14 - Wednesday, April 19, 1989 —- North Shore News pe NEWS photo Tom Surley Students get hands-on political experience MONDAY NIGHT’S North Vancouver District Council agenda was completed in record time thanks to the serious and thoughtful efforts of 14 local high schoo! students. Loca] Government Awareness Week saw the students replacing mayor, aldermen and staff for a hands-on experience of local poli- tics as they worked through the difficulties of both a regular coun- cil meeting and a policy and plan- ning agenda. The students debated the issues themselves with the occasional ad- vice of council and staff, and then stayed to hear council ratify the decisions of their juniors. This is the third year such an ex- ercise has tuken place and was set up with the approval! of both the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) and the Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Mayor Marilyn Baker played a key role in instigating the scheme when she was chairman of the UBCM Committee on Local Gov- ernment Awareness. Junior Mayor Wayne Maki from Windsor Secondary confessed to being nervous after it was all over, but concluded, ‘I think it went re- ally well. I got a basic idea of how it went while watching council on April 10, and I met with Mayor Baker for two hours after school By MARTIN MILLERCHIP Cor. ting Writer today for a bzsic overview on how to run it. I thought I'd screw up quite badly, but 1 think I did okay.”’ Junior Ald. Koko Yamomoto from Seycove Secondary was also afraid of the evening’s business becoming ‘‘disorganized’’ but finished the evening enthusiastic about the process. ‘‘Now I’m in- terested in it,’’ she said. ‘It was really interesting to see and com- pare how the professionals did the council meeting afterwards.’’ In fact, council ratified every decision the students had made with two exceptions. The question of a four-way stop at Edgemont and Queens was deferred for a report rather than being denied, and, in an amendment to a resolu- tion that saw a Handsworth ex- change student receive 100 district pins to distribute while abroad, all the participating junior aldermen and staff will each receive 10 pins. Mayor Baker commented on agenda choice at the reception for the students after the meeting. “The question of whether we should have a set-up agenda for them, or one of the regular agen- das is one that we wrestle with, but it has worked well I think.’’ Baker also noted with amused resignation: ‘‘They do a job far quicker than council.’’ Other students who participated were: John Biggs and Jennifer Saunders from Argyle Secondary; Sarah Jones and Sophie Yendole from Balmoral Junior Secondary; Jennifer McCafrey and Suzanne Smith from Carson Graham Sec- ondary; Mary-Anne Heskin and Mati Szesykowski from Hand- sworth Secondary; Caterina Pantelidis from Seycove Second- ary; Tracey Chrismas and David Wonghen from Sutherland Sec- ondary and Adam Kozak from Windsor Secondary. In other Local Government Awareness Week events, North Vancouver District will be hosting a mall display at Lynn Valley Cen- tre Saturday, April 22 during mall hours. There will also be ongoing videos and displays at the district hall during the week. Shaw Cable 4 will be televising parts of the special Junior Council meetings Thursday, April 20 at 7 p.m., Friday, April 21 at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 23 at 10 p.m. JEFF BRYANT of Collingwood School (left) plays the role of alderman during West Vancouver Council’s annual Junior Council meeting Mon- day as part of Local Government Awareness Weck activities. Municipal manager Terry Lester oversees the proceedings. Council's student replacements race through N. Van agenda COUNCIL MEMBERS were shorter, and considerably younger than usual at the North Vancouver City Council DON'T WAIT FOR EVERYONE ELSE'S meeting Monday night. As part of Local Government Awareness Week, students from Carson Graham and Sutherland Senior Secondary schools replaced regular council members, and rac- ed through the council agenda in a record 15 minutes. In a surprise move, the student council members voted against a recommendation by city staff which would have allowed the construction of a free-standing sign for Mac’s Milk store at Westview shopping centre. Student Ald. Susie Clee criti- cized the recommendation as being unfair to other businesses in the area. Other motions passed by the students included an Official Community Plan amendment study, several rezoning applica- 877-7000 CORINNE BJORGE tions, and the installation of ‘right-of-way’ documents for B.C. Hydro and 8.C. Gas Inc. After the students finished the agenda, regular council members returned to ratify all but one of the motions that the students had made. Students taking part in the take-over were Susie Heicman, Nancy Lee, Natty Gleicher, Ryan White, Susie Clee, Stephanie Hughes, Minerva Battista and Jennifer Smith. 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