wy youth favor tunnel, no smoking = S Jr. councillors | debaie issues B By Susan Pohorski § Contributing Writer ‘IF young people were running West g Vancouver, bylaw enforcement and library § hours would be reduced and groups would have to pay $40 for a picnic y permit. The ‘Lions’ Gate Bridge M would be preserved for pedes- trians; bicyclists and emergency B vehicles. Cars and trucks would B travel beneath Burrard Inlet in 5 a tunnel. 1 Members of the West Van my Youth Advisory Council replaced regular councillors § Monday night for a mock council meeting. 4 Lara.. Percy, of West Nancouver. Secondary School, acted ‘as ‘ mayor-and led eight ‘Other junior councillors ; through discussions of the ” municipal budget, smoking tegulations, a pedlars policy and options for the Lions Gate Bridge Th unior councillors chose topics from a list of about 20 and received their assign- ments on Frid: Municipal Clerk Margaret Warwick coached them on how council meetings usually pro- ceed. Serving as junior comcillors were: Claire Brown, Chelsea Hordo, Chris Hurl, Tom Gerschman and Cristi Masuch of West Vancouver Secondary School; Jamie Cullen and Julie Cowperthwaite of Sentinel Secondary School; and Aliya Shariff of Collingwood Scheol. Cowperthwaite found the council meeting “stressful, but a good experience.” “It was fun,” said Percy of her experience as mayor. “But nobody ever called me Your Worship.” The junior council spent the majority of the meeting dis- cussing the budget and results of a recent opinion survey con- ducted by = MarkTrend Research. When the councillors pro- posed reducing the budget for fire suppression by cutting fire- fighters, Captain Barry Campbell, president of the West Vancouver Professional Firefighters Association, spoke out against the move. “If 1 have to perform a res- A as eon t es cue I can’t do it,” he said. “I cannot do intetior attack with two firefighters. I urge you to leave our fire trucks at three fircSghters for the safery of the taxpayers.” Coun. Hurl gave an impas- sioned speech against a Clean Indoor Air and Smoking Regulation Bylaw and support- s ing smokery’ rights. In the end, the council approved the bylaw calling for- elimination of smoking, areas in food and beverage establish- ments by the year 2000. Hurl’s was the lone dissent. Coun. Cowperthwaite pre- sented a report on options for the Lions Gate Bndge and Impacts on West Vancouver. Yer report favored an immersed tube, cut and cover tunnel option. The tunnel would connect Low Level Road with Georgia Street in the West End. She recom- mended a $1 toll for vehicles using the tunnel, with reduced rates for monthly passes. expense than other opions bur in the long run we feel it will serve the people of West Vancouver better chan other options,” said Coun. Brown. At the conclusion of the meeting Mayor Pat Bonam can culated the junior coun “disposing of $3 million in 030. minutes.” She joined. Junior yee Percy in proclaiming May 4 Youth Peek e Wes Vancouver. Beautiful ways to tell her she’s sp 05 ct. 10K. S149 Fine jewellery avaliable In the following Euton’s stores: Vancouver Pacific Centre, Park Royal, Guildford, Metrotown, Lansdowne. _ Jewellery enlarged tos show detail.