municipal affairs THE following are brief summaries of topics on the agendas of North Shore municipalities: North Vancouver District Council: Monday, June 28 at 7 p.m. — delegation regard- ing proposed local improve- ment re Cliffwood Rd. from Decp Cove Rd to Cliffwood Lane; request from parent advisory councils of Seycove secondary, Dorothy Lynas, Sherwood Park, and Cove Cliff elementary schools on overcrowding conditions; task force on economic opportuni- ties with China; presentation: Judi Ainsworth, president, North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce and Gordon Chu, director, Trade Development Vancouver Port Authority; public parking and recreation- al access from Mountain Highway to Grouse Mountain; Cleveland Dam cast abutment seepage control and ozonation plant mitiga- tion of haulage of soil; 1085 Canyon Blvd. secondary suite in contravention of zoning; Highlands neighbourhood zoning; rezoning bylaw, Upper Lynn ctementary school; highway exchange bylaw, Lillooet Rd./Monashee Dr.; construc- tion of additional bridge across Seymour River; rezon- ing bylaw for Handsworth secondary, Sherwood Park elementary, Argyle secondary and Capilano clementary schools; inadequacy of current parking stall sizes. North Vancouver City Council: Monday, June 28 at 6 p.m. — Shirtsleeves session on childcare in mixed-use developments. Council recon- venes at 7:30 p.m:: Community in Bloom month (July); Jim Pike, McDonalds Restaurant, re vending cart operators; bylaws regarding street vending; sport travel grants; local government efec- tion bylaw issues; bus stop at 160 E. 13th St; North Van City Library grant request; placement of newsboxes; Order now and save $$$s on genuine California Shutters Don't be fooled by by polyvinyl imitation shutters when you toteu * wy Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporter dangclo@nsnews.com WEST Vancouver- Capilano MLA Jeremy Dalton spent at least an hour in front of a provincial court judge on June 18 arguing that his $25 parking ticket should be thrown out. Dalton argued that waiting nine months to fight his park- ing ticket was an unreasonable delay and infringed on his Charter cight to a speedy trial. Bur North Vancouver provincial court Judge Ken Page dismissed Dalton’s appli- cation and sent the ticket dis- pute back to traffic court. Dalton, who is a lawyer, represented himself in the case. He said he spent “an hour or so” arguing it According to an attorney’s general ministry spokesman Dalton’s time before the judge cost about $207 an hour to provincial taxpayers. Dalton said he had the same right as any other citizen and taxpayer to make his Charter argument about the length of time it took to pets heanny in tratte court Its no big Tt s just a parking ticket,” satd Dalton, Hv concern was to vo betore the judge and find why if took sa tong.” Dalton said the $ will now cost him: 545, should he lose his case in traffic court. Dalton made $81,384 in 1998 as an MILA. A justice of the peace will hear Dalton's ¢ in trattic court in Sepremt “PU be back to argue with the bylaw enforcement officer whether I did or did not or whether my car did or did not and that will be the end of it,” said Dalton. Dalton was ticketed on June 27, 1998, for parking his blue Pontiac “facing traffic flow” near his home in the 3600-block of Edgemont Boulevard. He filled in the form to dispute the ticket on the same day. According to a spokesman for the attorney general’s min- istry, traffic court proceedings costs taxpayers about $44 a hour, TALKING 985-7195 laser request for funding in school playgrounds; = community energy system; summer sched- ule of council meetings. West Vancouver District Council: Monday, June 28 at 7:30 p.m. — bylaws to pro- hibit sales by mobile vendors on highways or in public places; fire protection bylaw to continue West Van fire and rescue and define the duties of the fire chief and set out fire protection regulations, bylaw to provide for indemnification of members of the West Vancouver Memorial Library Board; bylaw re procedures for the conduct of local gov- emment elections and other voting; bylaw to authorize an automated vote counting sys- tem and procedure; develop- ment variance permit applica- tion for 3598 Marine Dr.; alteration permit application for 4747 Pilot House Rd.; development permit applica: tion for 225-17th St.; request for liquor licence from Alborz, Restaurant. MLA Jeremy Dalton ... seeks speedy justice. Sunday, June 27, 1999 - North Shore News - 4t MLA fights ticket if it’s news, then it's in the Buying A Home? Anywhere in the Lower Mainland. Selling A Home? 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