8 — Wednesday, September 27, 1995 — North Shore News Finish municipal business Dear Editor: North | Vancouver’ District Council consistently fails: to com- plete its council agenda during reg- ular council meetings, normally held every Monday night. But rather than having enough sense or public responsibility to hold extra meetings to complete the agendas as printed and publicized. during the summer months, every second meeting is cancelled, thus creating total confusion. It is true that some other munici- palitics in the Lower Mainland have a reduced summer schedule as well, But there is a fundamental differ- ence between them and the District.” of North Vancouver. They complete their business on hand, but the dis- trict does not. : It is like having a private busi- ness where you, are unable to fill customers’ demand during a five day week, but instead of increasing the work. week to ensure demands are met, you cut business hours from five days: to two-and-a-half . days. .Neediess to say this is’ very inconvenient to the public. It is also very costly. Staff is often held up and public works delayed. Variance and build- | Connector ‘corrector Dear Editor: A North Shore News article describing the public hearing on, the —- Montroyal Connector . (“Connector meeting“; packed.” . Sept, 15), was reasonably fuir to both sides, except in one important aspect — when it stated that those in favor -of) the - connector “appeared to represent a very. slim majority.” An estimated 550 residents attended the hearing, Those in * favor of the connector wore small yellow: tags in-order to publicly ’ display their support. . ., . However, these lags were not merely. for identification. They were also used to provide an accu- fate count of residents attending the hearing who were in favor of. building the connector. . “A total af 373 tags were worn by residents attending the hearing, “accounting for 68% of all resi- dents in attendance. This 2-1 ratio: of residents in favor of the connec- tor. was hardly a “slim majority.” ‘A.R, Casselman North Vancouver IBIG SAVINGS | Special factory-to-dealer incen- |. I tives offer spectacular savings on the entire Lindal SunRoom line. | I Call or stop by today. But hurry! The sun sets on the savings soon! & Lindal SunRoonis-: Independently Distributed Hye Comfort ZONE SYSTEMS 926-3711 2300-1497 Marine Dr. West Van See our booth at Lynn Valley Mall = September 29 to October 1, YS ing pennits, which take weeks in other municipalities 1 process, take months in the district. Asva result, unfinished agendis have 19 be primed again and. staff time duplicated. Bucrather than rec- "tify the situation, council, after hav- ing increasing staff in the past to overcome this self-inflicted fiasco, particularly in the planning depart- ment, has been asked and is consid-: ering increasing staff in that depart- ment yet again. Also, taxpayers in. the gallery, after having waited for hours for their particular item to come up, fre- quently learn, often close to mid- night, that their item will not be dis- cussed that evening and that they have waited all this time for noth- ing. What’s more, rather than follow- ing the agenda item by. item as list- NOBILITY |PILLOW PACKS| Compare .. NOW .@ 100% Polyester Fill - ® Non Allergenic ® Machine Washable | 2 Standard Pillows $20 | pair ed, the mayor changes the order of business back and forth adding ta the frustration of the public. Either that or he is deferring them alto- gether thus adding to the confusion even more, But despite my inany attempts to change this situation, council has steadfastly refused to budge from its position. Maintaining its casual summer pace is; obviously more important than conducting the peo- ple’s business im a> business-like fashion. As far as 1 am concerned the issue is very simple. Summer, win- ter, spring or fall, the business -at hand needs to he finished. That's what we were elected for. [f council members are not prepared to accept this they should move over. Ernie Crist, Councillor District of North Vancouver HN TIE BRAND C ia PERCALE Os é | SHEET SETS | aa © Includes: FlatiFitted Sheets & Pitlowcasets} © Machine Washable 4 “] © All first quality ‘f © Choose from solids of prints Pair |.( 2 Queen Pillows 425 | pit ye | Pair} Sale La 2 sets custontst A] + 180 & 200 Thread count ‘fl © Assorted prints & solids 1 « Some slight irregulars Compare to $35 pair f NOW Cannon® | COTTON THERMAL SLANKETS. * Assorted solid colours | © Nearly perfect quality A | © Machine washable | Compare Now | Twin/Double £85. 43. 13] Queen/King A Limit 4 per customer CUT WORK EMBROIDERED BED LINEN SET © Machine washable - ‘Queen size sly B : Compare at $1 50.