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Payne said the commission
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But other aldermen
- argued that sealed tenders
should ‘have been called
before the commission
approved the $9,412 pur-
chase.
Council membes also
debated the merits of pick-
up trucks as opposed to
Vans, new and used vehicles
and leasing instead of

buying.

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_ centre of controversy as City

council has triéd to finalize a
future: development. plan for
the area.

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While all this has been
going on. the ‘homeowners
say they have been subject
to harassment and even
intimidation.

According to some of the
. residents, ‘this climaxed. the
night the homeowners held

st their first meeting to try to

do - ‘Something about the

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here and listen to this,” said
an annoyed Payne as
discussion dragged.on.. .«. '

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Some of the residents say
one: of the organizers had
climbed into his car to at-
tend the meeting when his
car was surrounded by cars
shining their headlights into
his car, making it impossible
for him to see or drive away:

When he finally did get to
the meeting, they say, the
man was so intimidated that
he did not participate at ‘the
meeting.

For a week after that
incident sonie people kept
loaded guns ip their homes
and were ‘in..--continual-
contact with their neighbors.

Before they. signed sales:

agreements, the --residents .

say ‘they were continually
‘being approached by various
realtors interested ih their
property and that this in-
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harassment. *

With the current dispute
underway the residents feel
any chance of a unified
development of the
Hamilton-Fell area is next to

impossible.

“Now that we've got 14 or
15 properties tied up in
litigation. Nobody would
touch this area with a 10 foot
pole,” one of the spokesmen

says.

And the planning report
which is supposed to
recommend how the area
should be developed has still
not been made public.

The report was received
by the City on December 24,
a year overdue, and late last
month. City. Mayor Jack
Loucks said there would be
discussion on the report ata
public council meeting . “in
two to. » eight wee!

While everyone is agreed
that the area will stay

residential, it is the density.

of that housing which is the
main concern.

The residents blame the
City for all the uncertainty in
the area. But Mayor Jack
Loucks said the residents are
at least partially to blame,
because of. their failure to
decide what they want in the
area.

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The lawyer for the City of
North Vancouver says the
City has no power to
delegate authority regarding
the installation of emergency
lighting, says Alderman
Stella Jo Dean.

And that means a couple
was wrongfully charged and
should be reimbursed
$1,800, she says.

But other City council

members want to meet with |

‘the lawyer to try to correctly
interpret his report that was
tabled last week. ;
The subject under
discussion was the
prosecution and subsequent
dismissal of charges laid in
1977 ‘against Gordon and
Doreen Rogers for failing to
provide emergency lighting

in their apartment building.
Last November, City

solicitor Robert Orr was

instructed to report whether |

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