Mediator to hold BC Rail inqui il inquiry LABOR RELATIONS trouble-shooter Vince Ready, who has been appointed by B.C. Labor Minister Norm Jacobsen to try to mediate a settlement in the BC Rail strike, will hold an inquiry on the controversial issue of contracting out. Ready said he asked the Crown corporation and the Council of Trade Unions (CTU), which represents seven unions and 1,700 unionized BC Rail workers, to make recommendations to him on the contracting-out issue. He was scheduled to meet both sides on Friday. The CTU maintains that all other issues in the strike, which entered. its 20th day today, could be solved if an agreement was ROADBLOCKS THE FOLLOWING are the scheduled road closures and detours for the coming week in North Vancouver District and Ci- ty, West Vancouver District and along area highways. North Vancouver District: *Doltarton Highway Reconstruction: Road construction in progress along various sections of Dollar- ton Highway. Occasional detours. Motorists should use Mount Seymour Parkway as an alternate route. * Panorama Drive to Gallant North: . Culvert instailations in progress. Local traffic only. Expect) some delays. For road closures, watch for signs posted at the proiect. * Keith Road-Mouniain High- way to Sutherland Avenue: Final lift paving to be performed tonight. Expect delays. North Vancouver City: No major road closures. West Vancouver District: * Ambleside Revitalization Pro- ject: B.C. Hydro will be removing all power poles throughout this area and will close off sections to all vehicle traffic beginning Sept. £3. © Millstream Road: Road reconstruction in pro- gress. Local residents can expect some delays. Department of Highways: Sunday, September 23, 1990 ~ North Shore News - 5 EVERYDAY HALOGEN | FLOOR LAMPS p72" ‘TORCHIERES ] POMP TTR AN PBST AAT reached on contracting out. But BC Rail claims the CTU wanis any work to be contracted out to be subject to third party approval, which the company said is unacceptable. Bannerman named to Ferry Corp. board NORTH SHORE News columnist Gary Bannerman has been ap- ’ pointed to the board of the B.C. Ferry Corp. The appointment came in a Sept. 19 provincial government order in council. Bannerman, who began writing his Open Lines column for the News last October, said Friday he had been invited by transporta- tion minister Rita Johnston in the spring to serve on the ferry corporation board and had accepted the invitation at that time. But he said he bad heard nothing about the appointment since Bannerman added that he was ‘‘delighted”’ by the appointment. Golf course development | one step closer to reality DESPITE ANGRY protests from the public gallery, West Vancouver District Council voted Monday night to petition the provincial government to transfer the restrictive cove- nant that currently prevents development of the controver- sial Cypress Ridge golf course on Hollyburn Mountain. The covenant restricts lease time on a portion of the proposed | golf course property and also restricts use of the property to recreation only. According to the provincial government, a golf course does not qualify as a recreational use. All council members, except Ald. Rod Day, who was absent, and Ald. Carol Ann Reynolds, supported the petition. If successful it would allow transfer of the restrictive covenant that affects part of the proposed golf course to the 22-acre parcel of old-growth trees reserved in the northern corner of the site and the peripheral lands which have all been preserved as park. Reynolds voted against petition- ing for, the transfer because she said ‘it would ‘‘disenfranchise’’ West Vancouver citizens by depriving them of their right to a referendum on the golf course issue. Shouted one woman from the public gallery, ‘*You’re depriving us of our democratic right. We need every piece of land we’ve got up there. It’s too bad we haven’t got the guns that Oka (Quebec) has.’’ During council’s debate, Ald. Andre Danyliu said that leaving the covenant in place would force West Vancouver to hold a refer- endum over the property’s lease, and would also restrict the lease to @ maxiinum of 20 years. Currently the proposed lease agreement with Cypress Ridge Golf Ltd., the golf course devel- oper, is for 49 years, with options for two 25-year renewals. “Under a 20-year lease, it would be financially impossible to By Maureen Curtis Contributing Writer al WEST VANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL construct a golf course with the same amount of public play and at no cost to the public,’’ said Danyliu. But Reynolds disagreed. “Ef someone is going to develop a golf course, they must expect some return before 20 years,’’ she said. **You can have the referendum and then remove the restriction,”’ shouted Friends of Cypress ac- tivist Paul Hundal, who had brought a petition requesting the referendum. 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