Liam Lahey nevibuting Writer NORTH Vancouver City councillors were livid on Monday night after learning that an agreement to lease curl- ing rink space at a pri- vate facility for a North Vancouver curling club had fallen through. The tive-vear lease agree: ment between the city and the North Shore Winter Club had = been negotiated to allow the sth» Vancouver Curling th te eave its Lonsdale Centre location. ‘hat move would in turn allow the local Flicka » Gymnastics Club, which has outgrown its current Memorial Gymnasium facili: ues, To Move into the curling club's ree centre spac Renovating. the s Memorial Gym to make it big’ enough to house the growing gym club would require the removal of two tennis courts and cost an esti- mated $1:3 million. But. North) Vancouver Recreation Commission “director Gary Young. told council on Monday night that ‘the winter club’s lease agree- ment was no longer av ble — a fact that was not made - clear to council when it passed a motion ‘to revisir- the topic. on Fe awell, that agreement ratified) . north vancouver City Council “The ree commission and the sports counal to seme degree has put this. council and individual councillors ina poor, position.” an angered Coun. John Braithwaite said. “The fact that the winter club has reneged on an auree- ment tHat was pretiv. solid, Pin skeptical (of seeing personally feel we should Jo aeethe Memorial Gym tor expansion.” Braithwaite was not alone in his frustrations. Coun. Barbara Sharp reit- erated that council was not the winter club deal monious felaticnnship develop ing reen the curling club and Flicka was-the real issue at needs resolution. “Both parties have to win, that’s imperative. These nwo groups, should) support. each other, that’s what sports ts all about In disheartened quite frank! The lease revelation came durntg renewed council, dis- Seussion of the Failing that option. the ey onught consider the Memorial Gvinnasiaim rene vation North Vaneouser Mayor Jack Loucks asked council t¢ develop a plan to resolve the problems plaguing cur His request followed coun: ceils Feb. 220 decision to reconsider allowing the! curl ing club to curl at the Lonsdale ReeCentre, which would prevent the gym club from using the rink space as its acw hone, a ohas been wing out ofthe Memorial mnasium since LYSO under singly cramped condi- tions. proximately gymnasts. packed Vancouver city hall on and again on Monday night in an effort to persuade them to renege on their decision. Couneil’s Dee. 14 decision to fet the curling club stay ai the Lonsdale rink’ appeased the NVCC's concerns cover having to share the North Shore Winter Club's praately owned rink. Council Ins heard repeat: edly that the NVCC's small membership tapprovimately 4400 curlers, mostly adules resolty in’ high. reereation commission subsidies and. an used Lonsdale ntre facility, ay. by comparison, S$ competitive and reere- ational programs to youth berveen the ages of the and VS. and has been workir with the ree commission for close to tour vears te find a new home thar would best accommodate the club's Membership af approximately 1.000. The ree commission ‘sug: gested last December to council thar the curling club be moved to the winter club's rink and allow Flicka to use the Lonsdale rink space. Flicka has been asking fora 15,000 sq. fi. CLA00 sqm) facility that’ offers change rooms and offices. Because of the Memorial Gym renovation’s cost, the ree commission and the North Vancouver | Sports Advisory) Counsil recom: mended the Lonsdale rink. as ay alternative for Flicka. “On Monday night, cit council deterred a final ruling on the issue for one month and will send the mater back to the ree commission tnd city staff toosee it the deal that the winter club agreed to last December. could still be endorsed. / The total proyeeted cost of the curhng program tor |999 will ran as heh ay STPO00 compared with an anticipated OO in reverties, which works out to a $2200) per- curler subsidy. Moving the curling club would save the ree comanis- sion an estimated $73,000 over five ; : oT be “Emperor Towels 7 Colours, 2 Stripes Our North Vancouver office has moved inside Lynn Valley Center next to the liquor store. Our new hours are - Fri. Qum_- 9pm / Sat. Qam'- 6pm Sun. 12pm - hm. Mon. B.C.A.A. - A.R.A. 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