8 - Sunday, January 28, 1991) - North Shore News

SURVEY RESULTS

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respondents said they actively par-
ticipated in the visual and perfor-
ming arts, 67.4 per cent said they
were in favor of a West Vancouver
civic centre with arts facilities.

Satisfaction with, and use of,
such West Vancouver facilities as
its library, parks and recreation
centre was also extremely high.

Although satisfaction with West
Vancouver's Blue Bus system rated
high with residents who used rapid
transit, 3! per cent of survey
respondents reported that they
never used the Blue Buses, and
32.6 per cent s2:.* they used the
system infrequentiy.

Of those surveyed, 45 per cent
said they would be willing to pay a
subsidy to keep the Blue Bus
system independent.

Support for rental suites in
single-family homes was strong: 45
per cent of survey respondents said
they supported the idea of allowing
rental suites in single-family

This week
at councils

NORTH VANCOUVER CITY
COUNCIL, Monday, Jan. 29 at 6
p.m.: (In camera meeting of the
committee of the whole), Rezoning
application-Loh, Hawthorn-2144-
2160 Eastern Ave./Zoning
Amendment Bylaw No. 6048-
Norwood, Crockart-122-134 West
Esplanade, Rogers Ave./Rental
Housing Protection Bylaw, 1989,
No. 6070, Amendment Bylaw,
1990, No. 6083/Fire Bylaw, 1981,
No. 5343, Amendment Bylaw,
1990, No. 6082/Amendment
Bylaw, 1990, No. 6079-Pacific
Standard, Crockart-217-229 West
16th Street/City of North Van-
couver Community Plan Bylaw,
1980, No. 5238, Amendment
Bylaw, 1990, No. 6084 (Rental/
aon-profit housing)/Zoning
Bylaw, 1967, Amendment Bylaw,
1990, No. 6085-MacLean, Morton,
1553-1565 Eastern Avenue.

WEST VANCOUVER SCHOOL
BOARD, Monday, Jan. 29 at 7
p.m.: Committee of the Whole:
Challenge/I.B./A.P.-Programs for
the Gifted/Recommendations
from Ad Hoc Committee 1988-89
Education Report.

North and West Vancouver
District Council meetings usually
scheduled for Monday are cancell-
ed. The next district meetings will
be held Monday, Feb. 5.

The next North Vancouver
Schoo! Board meeting will be held
Tuesday, Feb. 13.

Agenda items listed are
restricted by space. For a com-
prehensive agenda, contact the
respective municipal halls and
school boards.

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On the controversial issue of
outdoor burning, $9.2 per cent of
the survey's respondents indicated
that they were in favor of continu-
ing the current outdoor burning
period.

In the 1987 survey, SO per cent
of the respondents said they
favored continuing outdoor burn-
ing in the municipality.

West) Vancouver is the only
North Shore municipality that still
allows residential outdoor burning
of garden waste.

A recent task force report to
council on the issue recommended
extending the current outdoor
burning practices for another three

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years and inereasing the number of
burning days during that time.

Respondents to the survey were
also strongly in favor of retaining
views in the district: 70 per cent
said they supported the selective
removal of trees to retain viev s;
80.5 per cent favored selective tree
topping to retain views; and 72.8
per cent said they favored selective
trimming of trees to retain views.

West Vancouver Municipal
Manager Terry Lester said the
results of the survey were ‘gratify.
ing. From our perspective it points
out the growing appreciation for
what we are doing. We do our
darnedest to please the public, and
we appear to be doing that."

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