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couver City mayor Tom Reid (left) quipped atier being

oft the. ‘City by council, Monday. “An often controversial. figure, Reid

made a ‘reeman

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By NOEL WRIGHT

A West Vancouver
couple who last month
won $6,000 damages
against the munici-
pality in B.C. Supreme
Court for having been
illegally. ‘dented a
building. permit want a
formal inquiry into the
working of West ‘Van's
bureaucracy. +

Cypress Park homeowners
Francis’ and Elizabeth

‘served a as mayor from: 1970-77 and “accomplished a ‘fantastic amount. in.
our own way.” Here, Mayor Jack Loucks reads the proclamation to Reid,
in: front ofa packed council chamber. For story see Page Alz.

Barthropp say they made the
request for an independent
three-member committee of
investigation last week
during a two-hour interview
with Mayor Derrick
Humphreys.

The purpose of the
inquiry, they say, would be
to make ‘remedial
recommendations” aimed at
avoiding situations similar to
their own in the future. |.

Mayor Humphreys told
The News he had taken the
Barthropps’ observations
“under review” and would be

November

meeting with them again. He
declined further immediate
comment... :

The Barthropps’ latest
move followed the recon-
sideration by council
19 of a site
consolidation, bylaw
améndment which’ could
force the couple to con-
solidate their present double
lot into a single lot asa
condition of obtaining a
permit to add an extra
bedroom to their existing
‘home. '

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