2 ~ Wednesday. February 18, 1998 - North Shore News

Deal’s

deadline |

debated

Fraur pi 4

PAV for transi Ws to represen
taion, the current GN

posal means the entire North
Shore would have only one
voting member,

Dung a previous meeung

GVRD chairman George
Pail, councilors ey
concern over the ¢ .
authonty to have legislated use
of residential tay dollars to pay
tor transit debts and improve
ments.

Despite Pulls assurances
that residemial aves will
“never” be uscd to) pay tor
transit, West Vancous er wants
that option to be remeted
trom the aureement,

West: Vancouver council: is
worned that the tain oortagen
deab may simply i nother
torn: of provincial of f loading
and that the inhented debt
may become unmanages
Untke the province,

run the transit. sv
deticit.

Councillors abo tear that
the impending Feb. 27 dead-
line for municipal acceptance
ofthe agreement is designed to
improve the provincial eovern-
ment’s financial picture tor the
spring budget by OVINE
transit and a portion of 1a
billion debt from) provincial
government books.

West) Vancouver council
also wants more time to ratify
the agreement, stating that the
proposed deal “has nor aftord-
ed adequate time for the
municipality to fully assess: the
implications of the agreement
and the long-range impact
which it will have oa the order-
ly development and fi
agement of cach municipality.”

West Vancouver recently

tion date bevond the
sadfine and to sever
the agreement into two parts:
one part transit, one part
roads.
This newest: motion
council directi i

ment “andl the GVRD giv
the commitments on the con
ditions identiticd in the
report.”

When asked what council's
next move will be if the GVI
agreemtent is adopted as antici-
pated, Williams replied, “you'll
have to wait and s He said
West Vancouver council is not
considering withdrawing, from
the GVRD if f
the agreement.

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