- PROVISIONAL BUDGET

~ District socks.
_ $22.3 million

” ‘The cost of running North
“Vancouver District will
_come to more. than $22

_million during _the current

-~year, subject to. any last-
minute changes in the
“present figures.

Council Monday formally

adopted a provisional budget-

in the “amount of

"$22,335,027... ‘At the same

came to. West Vancouver
Council Monday to protest
the new notice requiring
.dogs' be

time. the usual temporary _Lighthouse Park.

borrowing: bylaw for- $15,
million was introduced.

This borrowing authority
is for the money needed to
enable the District to pay its

bills until the final version of .
the 1979 budget is completed .

and adopted. |

New park for WV

West Vancouver council
decided Monday evening
’ that it wants the property at
4768 Pilot House- ‘Road for
Parkland,” ;

Maney. to purchase the

- property will be acquired, if

x

possible, from disposal of
present .- -parkland - which
“may be. considered. # surplus
to municipal née

Alderman’ Don McAlister
cast the only ‘nay’ vote on
the intent ~to purchase
saying, “this is supposed to
be a time of restraint”:
Council members are talking
about spending “well over

$100,000” for that piece of——heritage
poses.

land, he said.

“

The owner, Nancy Fraser
of Vancouver, wrote council
in April, 1978, that the
property is in sad condition,

7 partly through neglect and
__. maltreatment

tenants”.
She wanted to know if
council was interested in the

property for its historical.

value or whether she should
proceed with repairs, =~

“I would be prepared to —

sell it .for its current
municipally - assessed value
(land and _ buildings,
$166,500),” she said.

‘Staff haye been instructed
to find out if any provincial
funds are available for
acquisition pur

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North Vancouver

by various"

This notice “restricts the
action of people who help

keep’ the park clean,”
"Maxwell H. French ‘ told
council. -

“Et is also ‘too dangerous
for people our age to walk
dogs on leads,” he said on
behalf of those near or at

senior citizenstatus.

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The ‘dog owners, along
with the entire subject, were
referred to the Parks and
Recreation Commission.

Beautiful party fashions

‘leashed in,

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A half dozen dog owners .

Commenting on the leash

notice posted in Lighthouse

Park last month, Parks
Manager Heinz Berger,
, wrote:

“Because of the particular
status of Lighthouse Park
and the desire of the
Municipality to obtain a 99-
year lease from the Federal
Government, the Parks
Department has been very
careful to preserve the
natural environment of the

area, both flora and fauna.

However, as the public
use of the park has increased
and subdivisions have filled
in around it, the pressure on

_ the natural environment has

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become critical, especially
the harassment of the
wildlife by roaming dogs."

The Parks and Recreation
Department advises that
dogs are allowed in 24 parks,
including the eastern portion
of Ambleside Park, provided
they are on leash or, in some

_cases, off leash, if under

control by the owners.

Dogs are not allowed on
any playgrounds, playing
fields, beaches, piers, floats,
fitness circuits, running
tracks, golf courses, bowling

. greens or. tennis courts, or in

public buildings.

“They are also prohibited
- altogethe n the following

places:

- Centennial Seawalk, John —

Lawson Park, Dundarave
Park, Kiahanie Park, Hugo
Ray Park (Third St.),

‘Memorial Park, Whytecliff

Park (west of Marine Drive),
Recreation Centre sit,
Benbow Park, Horseshoe
Bay Park.

Irwin Park, Klee Wyck ,

Park, Parc Verdun,

.Glenmore Park, Tantalus
‘Bay Park,—

Park, West

Parthenon Beach, Capilano
View Cemetery, Ambleside
Park (except the extreme
eastern portion).

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