Dykeman vows to
communication in

A COMMITMENT to improved communications be-

tween council and

Dykeman’s major goals as

Vancouver [istrict.

Speaking Moaday night at the
inaugural meciing of the newly-
elected council, Dykeman pledg-
ed to modify council meetings
and institute a program of
“town meetings."’

The neighborhood meetings
would address policy and issues
On an area-by-area basis ‘‘every
couple of months.”’

“This council wishes to work
with you, and I ask you to work
with us,’’ said Dykeman.

In his speech, the new mayor
voiced commitments to the en-
vironment, transportation, plan-
ning and social concerns.

Referring to the recently sub-
mitted report of the Task Force
on the Environment, Dykeman
said, ‘*it is imperative that
council deal quickly with respect
to the implementation, the tim-
ing, and the financing of these
initiatives in order to protect our
future.’’

Dykeman called for investiga-
tion into the feasibility of ex-
panding Park and Ride facilities
in the district and the introduc-
tion of small buses ‘‘to serve the
outlying areas of our communi-
ty.”

“Our system should be a true
focal system, not just a feeder
system for the downtown core,’”’

residents is

among Murray
the new mayor of North

By Martin Millerchip
Contributing Writer

he said.

Planning issues Dykeman
wants quick action on include
teviews of the Official Com-
munity Plans (OCPs) for the
Seymour, Maplewood and Deep
Cove areas and the completion
of an OCP for the North Lons-
dale/Delbrook area.

Turning to. social
Dykeman promised:

«an update of the Recreation
Master Plan;

®the establishment of the
North Shore Youth Commission
**as soon as possible’’;

e the right for seniors to live
in the community that they
helped to build;

® an examination of space in
parks and other public facilities
for childcare purposes.

Newly-elected Ald. Paul
Turner appeared pleased with
what he heard.

“I feel very positive here. I
think there's a great opportunity
because clearly the people who
were elected have heard some
messages. They want action on a
park master plan, a more ac-
cessible council, and I think they

issues,

improve
NVD

want some action on some social
issues, certainly daycare.”

Newly-elected Ald. Janice
Harris echoed Dykeman’s em-
phasis on communication.

Said Harris, ‘‘We've got to get
the neighborhoods more involv-
ed. So, we'll go out in a less
formal fashion into the com-
munities and listen to what the
people have to say about how
they see their neighborhoods de-
veloping and what their real
concerns are."

Harris said her first priority is
development.

“We have te slow the whole
development thrust of the
district down and decide what
are the priorities .... and not be
persuaded or pushed or dragged
kicking and screaming into de-
velopments that we don't want.”

Ald. Rick Buchols agreed that
“we've got to wrap up the issue
of overbuilding.’’ He cited the
protection of the small scale of
single-family development in
Norgate as an example.

Reflecting on his first term as
alderman, Buchols added, ‘‘Be-
fore I got elected I had all the
answers, and after four months I|
had none of them. The first
couple of years is a learning ex-
perience as to how you get
things done.**

Sager to tackle WV cynicism

WEST VANCOUVER Iiayor Mark Sager lamented
Monday night in his op:ning address to council the
growth of cynicism toward public institutions.

And he also promised to
establish a task force to assist in
planning for future development
above the Upper Levels High-
way.

In his opening speech as the
municipality’s new mayor after
he and council were sworn in
before over 100 onlookers, Sager
said, ‘‘As a community and as a
nation, we have witnessed a
growing cynicism towards public
bodies and particularly public
officials. To me this is a most
disheartening turn of events.”’

In his address, Sager said that
his first goal would be to assist
in changing the cormmuunity’s
perception of “those who are
willing to serve in public office,
both as elected individuals and
as staff."”

According to Sager, few peo-
ple enter public office to pro-
mote themselves.

“If the community is willing
to both temper its expectations
and criticisms and we on council
are willing to put our best ef-
forts forward, | believe we can,
in a very small way, do our part,
at least at the local level, to turn
the tide on cynicism,’’ he added.

Ald. Pat Boname later ap-

Loucks sees

‘1 look forward to the
Ministry of Highways confirm-
ing they will be commencing the
construction of the Westview
Drive and freeway interchange in
1991," Loucks said.

“Tt is my understanding that
the ministry recenjly decicted that
this will be a diamond inter-
change,’ he added.

But the provincia! highways
ministry, which is considering
two options for the interchange,

By Maureen Curtis
Contributing Writer

plauded Sager’s response to the
public's desire for a ‘‘back to
basics’ approach from council.

“*We do have work to do, but
I think that with consideration
and yrespect for all who come to
this chamber, we can meet these
chailenges,’’ said Boname.

Sager said that council's
agenda for the forthcoming term
will include finalizing bulk hous-
ing bylaws.

He said the issue of municipal
lands above the 1,200-foot level
will also be addressed and a
long-range purk proposal for-
mulated that could include the
preservation of old-growth
forest.

With predicted tough econom-
ic times ahead, council plans to
follow the recommendations of
its finance task force and
establish a seminar for council
members to fully examine every
municipal expenditure.

John Hutton, former chair-
man of the parks and recreation
committee, has been asked to
become the first chairman of the

WEST VANCOUVER
DISTRICT COUNCIL

municipal finance committee.

And Sager proposed that West
Vancouver host a week-long
Music and Arts Festival to cie in
with the provincial Music °91
program.

Council will also address
transportation issues and
establish a five-person task force
to assist planning staff in plan-
ning for future development
above the Upper Levels High-
way.

“We need to anticipate future
challenges and ensure that new
developments are consistent with
the most sensitive standards of
land use,’’ Sager said. ‘‘We have
learned from the mistakes of the
past and must work hard to see
they are not repeated.’’

Sager said he hopes to ensure
that Monday night agendas are
set so that staff and council are
not overburdened with issues.

“We wish to have every item
examined properly and fairly,”
he said.

Sager said he wanted council
to take a ‘‘strong and pro-ac-
uve’ view towards resolving
issues involving the less finan-
cially fortunate in the communi-

ty.

diamond in City’s future

THE WESTVIEW Drive and Upper Levels Highway in-
terchange will incorporate the diamond rather than the
loop design, North Vancouver City Mayor Jack Loucks
said Monday night in his Dec. 3 inaugural address.

By Pamela Lang
Contributing Writer

has yet to announce a choice.
And while a report favoring
the loop option prepared by the
Delcan Corp. engineering firm
has already been submitted to
the province, city council in-
dicated support for the diamond
option last year. And despite city
engineer Don’ Bridgman’s

NORTH VANCOUVER
CITY COUNCIL

September report supporting the
Delcan findings, council remain-
ed committed to the diamond
option.

Meanwhile, Homeowners
Against the Loop Overpass
(HALO) has lobbied the city and
the province to back the dia-
mond option, arguing that the
loop option would ‘‘change the
whole character of the
neighborhood."’

Wednesday. December 5. 1990 - North Shore News - 3

MEWS photo Noil Lucente

PENNIES FROM heaven? Well, not quite. These Windsor Sec-
ondary School students are surrounding $800 worth of pen-
nies recently collected by the Grade 12 students for gradua-

tion activities.

Capilano students

remember

Montreal

massacre victims

FOURTEEN female engineering students were shot to
death Dec. 6, 1989 at l’Ecole Polytechnic in Montreal, but
people are only now beginning to deal with the issues aris-
ing from the killings, according to a member of the
women’s steering committee at Capilano College, which
has organized a Dec. 6 memorial service for the victims of

the massacre.

“We were very concerned that
last year after the event 2 great
deal of denial took place,’’ said
Olga Kempo, a tacuity member of
the college's humanities depart-
ment.

“1 think under the shock a lot
of people weren't able to deal
with it, and the denial didn’t
allow many people to deal with
it,’’ Kempo said.

Since Nov. 23, a rose has been
laid and candles have bi-:2 iit at a
college dispiay each day leading
up to tomorrow's service. The
roses in the wreath represent the
14 women killed.

Kempo said the goal of the 14-
day memorial is to educate peo-
ple. The display shows newspaper
headlines blaring out the shocking
news about the massacre.

Student response to the display
has been positive, said Lori
Kosciuw, administrative coor-
dinator for the Capilano College
student society and a member of
the women’s steering committee.

“Most students said they were
really glad to see something to
remember the 14 women who were
killed at Montreal,’’ Kosciuw said.
“They said it generated a lot of
dialogue between friends and in
classes.’”

By Elizabeth Collings
News Reporter

According to Kempo, the acts
of mass-murderer Marc Lepire,
who shot himself after the Mon-
treal massacre, should not be
looked upon as an isolated inci-
dent.

Kempo said the recent release of
Lepine’s suicide letter shows that
the act was neither isolated nor
random.

“It repudiates much of what
was said last year,” she said. ‘‘It's
not just an isolated act of a mad
man. It was very premeditated
and has to be taken very, very
seriously.’”

In his letter, Lepine said he was
“‘enraged’’ by feminists who
“‘want to keep the advantages of
women while seizing for
themselves the advantages of
men.”’

At 2:30 p.m. tomorrow,
Capilano College president
Douglas Jardine, college faculty,
the women’s steering committee,
and college students will observe
14 minutes of silence at the
display between the college’s M
and P buildings.

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