NEWS BRIEFS Fraud attempted THE WEST Vancouver Police received 2 complaint earlier this week regarding an incident ir which a man fraudulently attempted to gain access to a West Van- couver woman’s home. On Wednesday evening a man appeared at the doorstep of the complainant. The maa identified himself as an employee of the North Shore News and said that he was conducting a ‘leisure survey.”” After asking the complainant a series of questions he asked if he could enter the home. The woman refused his request and called the police. The North Shore News does not conduct door-to-door surveys. Any information regarding the case may be forwarded to the West Vancouver Police at 922-4141. Man charged A 19-YEAR-OLD Richmond man faces numerous charges following an incident involving break-ins to sev- eral vehicles in West Vancouver on Jan. 24. According to a West Vancouver Police spokesman, somebody used a shovel to break the windows of vehi- cles. A suspect was arrested in the 6200-block Marine Drive at 7:15 a.m. Brent Humphrey Billy is charged with eight counts of mischief, four counts of theft under $1,000, two counts of theft over $1,000 and five counts of possession of stolen property. Billy is scheduled to appear it: West Vancouver pro- vincial court on March 13. False UI claimed A 45-YEAR-OLD Surrey man was convicted on 23 counts of making false claims on his unemployment in- surance claims in North Vancouver provincial court on ‘Jan. 28. Albert Tellier was sentenced to three months in jail and fined $1,000 after he pleaded guilty to making the false claims in West Vancouver from Sept. 10, 1988 to July 17, 1989. Judge Doug Moss recommended Tellier's jail sentence be served through the electronic monitoring program. In addition, Tellier is required to repay $14,720 to Canada Employment and Immigration with monthly in- stalments of $450 starting on Feb. 1. Neptune potash shed nearing completion A $24-million potash storage shed currently under construction on the waterfront site of Neptune Bulk Terminals (Canada) Ltd. in North Vancouver should be ready to handle its August: The new shed, which will be 34 metres (110 feet) high, is be- ing built beside Neptune’s ex- isting 366-metre-lorg (1,200 foot) A-frame storage shed. The new 187-metre- -long (614 foot) shed will also in- clude an additional bottom car dumper and conveyors. It will have a 100,000-tonne storage capacity and will be able to. handle up to 3,000 tonnes of potash and fertilizers per hour. The new dumper is expected .to be operating in February. The Vancouver Port Corp. (VPC), which leases Neptune its North Vancouver waterfront site, gave the company permis- sion to build the second potash storage shed last March. Con- struction of the facility began last June. But the project has not been without controversy. The VPC approved the potash shed ex- pansion over the objections of North Vancouver City. City council had twice re- jected Neptune’s expansion application, refusing to rezone the property to make way for the expansion. The first application was re- jected after a public hearing, and the second was rejected - when the city realized it would have no assurances that its en- vironmental concerns would be addressed. The city said Neptune should first be made to comply with first potash shipment in By Surj Rattan News Reporter existing environmental regula- tions. It also noted at the time that Neptune, in 1990, violated environmental regulations on three occasions. Area residents also objected to the new potash shed, argu- ing that the facility would in- crease noise and air pollution. But last March, a_ three- member review panel, struck by the VPC and which held public hearings on the issue, supported the project after it found that the construction of an additional potash storage shed presented no environmen- tal hazards. Neptune officials had argued that the company needs the new $24-million facility to ac- commodate an additional 1.2 million tonnes of red potash annually and to keep it com- petitive with facilities in other West Coast ports, such as those in Seattle. Neptune officials have said the new potash shed will in- crease Neptune’s municipal tax contribution from $1.1 million to $1.5 million per year and will create between six and 10 new jobs at Neptune. The company has also spent several million dollars on in- stalling a series of pollution- control devices. AGENDAS North Vancouver City Council, Monday, Feb. 3 at 7:30 p.m.: Delegations: Cloverley Area Resi- dents Ass’n on proposed golf driving range. Rezoning for class D liquor licence at 107 West Esplanade. Reports: 200 Block West Ist St parking restrictions changes, noise survey, etc. North Vancouver District Council, Monday, Feb. 3 at 7:15 p.m.:Unavailable at press time. West Vancouver District Council, Monday, Feb. 3 at 7:45 p.m.: Delegations: proposed develop- ment property of Carnation and Swinburne. Unfinished business: large lots subdivision. Bylaws: sign amendment, 1500 block Chippendale Rd.; fire limit area D, E, F. DEVELOPMENT PERMITS North Vancouver District: Unavailable at press time. North Vancouver City: Parking variance at 1509 Fell Ave. and 814 West 15th St. West Vancouver District: Nil. Land sales make NVD situation different From page 1 have a very constant level of ex- penditures on capital works, then you could be jumping your tax levies around significantly year to year."’ Hoskin said the practice of earmarking land-sale money for road reconstruction is a “long es- tablished policy.”’ A $1.8 million road reconstruc- tion expenditure would translate into a 6% tax hike if transferred to the operational side of the municipal budget. Said Union of B.C. Municipalities researcher Frank Storey, ‘‘North Van District has a slightly different situation than everyone else. They have all this land-sale money. Only a handful of municipalities in the province are in such a fortunate position (having a large land sales base).’’ Ultimately the method in which the district chooses to maintain its roads becomes a political decision. Said North Vancouver District Ald. Rick Buchols: ‘‘We’ve asked accountants and tax people about what we’re doing and they’ve said we're OK. “The next problem we're get- ting into regardless of the philo- sophical debate, is that we’re get- ting into a financial problem: we don’t have sufficient money for capital projects. If we don’t, should we perhaps be taking that road reconstruction out of there and throwing it to general taxes on that basis? But let’s be real- istic, I’m sure not going to stand up there and tell everybody they’re getting a 10% tax in- crease,’’ Buchols added. Bringing Quality to Life North Shore Family ~ YMCA Sunday, February 2, 1992 - North Shore News ~ 5 MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS PUBLIC HEARINGS North Vancouver District: Unavailable at press time. North Vancouver City: Rezoning tots at 1509 Felt Ave. and 810 West. 15th Sit. RS One to Com- prehensive. Rezone 814 West. 15th St. for two-storey commercial. West Vancouver District: Nil. Agenda items are restricted by Space. 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