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ATTEMPTS BY major Joval retail-
ers to extend mall opening hours
creates hardship for stnall business.
es according to a North Vancouver
District councillor,

NORTH VANCOUVER
DISTRICT COUNCIL
By Martin Millerchip

Capilano Mall's property man-
agement company, Cambridge
Leascholds’ Ltd, announced in
December -that the imal! would
extend opening hours to 9 pam.
Monday to Friday,

The move favors anchor tenants
Wal-Mart, Sears and Pacific Linen,

Independent owners — facing
increased salary costs and limited
revenue from the extended hours
have. pleaded financial hardship to
North Vancouver City Council.

Coun. Ernie Crist argues that any
new changes should be North Shore
wide “so as to avoid the undue com-
plications by virtue of the fact that
small businesses on the North Shore
-are operating out of three different
municipalities.”

- Recently North © Vancouver
: District Council agreed to ask for a
- staff report on existing rules and
i regulations pertaining to shopping

:-hours in all. three North. Shore .

“municipalities.

“[ like the idea of developing

some sort of joint approach so that
there is no sense of one municipuli-
ty taking advantage of another,” said
_ Coun. Janice Harris.

Viv LGnMOTIVE’

AERVICE ara.

Lat an amendment proposed by
Coun. Don Bell deleted a portion of
Crist’s proposed motion,

Crist bad also asked staff to
report “whether chinges need to be
made (o prowet the smd business
cammanity from potential hard-
ship? as ao result of darge. stores
extending shopping fours.

Bat Bell argued that the “second
part is beyond a reasonable question
OF staff and) suggested that the
points Crist raised “can he
addressed when we get that ryport”

Crist later told the News: that
Bell's deletion “emasculated” his
mation.

“ttound Coun, Bell's comments
typical, He always ties to water it
down, defer it. study it

“When he was the mayor he was

the great procrastinator, i was hop-

ing that since then he would have
learned fram Saleway,” said Crist.

But Bell said his amendment

vas intended to avoid stall wasting
time on. “unnecessary — political
reports.”

“t'm_) disappointed that Coun.
Crist continues to attack the person-
alities of other council members
rather than deal with the issues ina
business-like manner,” said Bell.

The major mall in the district's
jurisdiction is the Lynn Valley
Centre, where, according to Crist.
smaller stores dance to the tune of

Zellers.

Zellers’ general manager Rick
Corbett said his store has been open
to 9- p.m. Monday to Friday for a
number of years “without requiring
the other merchants to open.”

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