Historic Lonsdale
buildings studied

DESPITE EFFORTS | by
North Vancouver City coun-
cil, business tenants at
‘Syndicate Block on Lonsdale
Avenue and Ellwood: Block
on West Esplanade: will be
evicted at the end: of. the
month.

At a council meeting Monday,
councillors agreed that city staff
review the city’s heritage designa-
tion policy.

* Staff will attempt to determine
"whether the buildings should be
protected as heritage sites.

Unfortunately, the recommen-
dation by city council is tco lute
for tenants... ”:

- L.D.P. Holdings, the owner of
the buildings, has asked tenants to
‘vacate the buildings by Dec .31,

The directors of» L.D.P.
Holdings Inc. are Fazlollah Aram-

-[E Panahi and Djavad Mowafaghian. ;

They say repairs are “prohibi-
‘tively expensive.” Both buildings
require foundation: work and gen-
eral repairs.’ A study conducted

on behalf of the city estimates the

NORTH VANCOUVER
CITY COUNCIL
By Richard Ostler

cost of repairs to the Syndicate

Block to be about $18,000.
Council -has recommended

several options be considered for

‘the buildings.

Options include:

RB withholding business permits
until plans for the. building are
approved by the city:

# requiring heritage retention for
redevelopment; ,

@ implementing a temporary pro-
tection on the buildings for one
year.

Although owners have not
applied for, a demolition permit,
city staff expect an_ application
soon...

{n his report to council, North
Vancouver city development plan-
ner Gary Penway said if the build-
ings become vacant, it will be a

__ considerable loss to the Lower

Lonsdale business district.

. veto authori

THE TWO North Shore |
Reform MPs split on the fed-
eral government's amendment
of Bill C-1!0, the call for a
B.C. veto over constitutional
change.

By len Noble
News Reporter

LT TOS OTD

Capilane-Howe Sound. MP
Herb Grubel voted with the federal
Liberals in support of the amend-
meat, while North Vancouver MP
Ted White, who wasn't in
Parliament to vote. opposes the
amendment and Bill C-110.

The bill provides a veto: for
Quebec, Ontario, B.C., and the

‘prairie and maritime. regions.

Prime Minister lean Chretien
initially proposed a bill that gave a
veto to a Western. region that
included B.C.

But: clamoring by provincial
and federal B.C, politicians forced
him to put forth an amendment that
offers B.C. aveto.

Grubel supported the B.C. veto

amendment because ‘it marks the

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“Hangers. is. moving: on. ‘to.another location: As a:
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“We hope you'll follow us to our new
location. Come in and. enter. our
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Ps split on

Referendums
best bet for
federal change

first time B.C. has been placed on
an equal footing with Quebec and
Ontario.

“J think thal was an amendment. .

worth supporting because of its
symbolic meaning,” he said.

But he voted against Bill C-ilo:

because. it gives the veto to provin-
cial governments rather. than the
people in the form of.
dum.

White. who said he \ was busy
with obligations locally. said he
would have voted against the
amendment because that’s what his
constiluents have told him to do.

He said constituents were 100% ,

opposed lo the concept of creating

unequal provinces through Neto ~

powers.
White added vetoes will stall
constitutional changes and giving a

‘veto to a separatist government in_
Quebec “is extremely annoying.”

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Ramming the bill ‘through

: Parliament with a few days of:

debate and invoking closure is
undemocratic, White said.

“To do it when the bill radically
affects the way we ahter our consti-
tution is not just undemocratic. it
is an abuse of process,” he said.