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Proposed facility's
proximity to creek
raises city concerns

BY ROBERT GALSTER
Contributing Writer

ENVIRONMENTAL UNDER-
TONES are dominating an old
spat currently being played out on
the banks of Mosquite Creck.
The conflict appears to result froma falling
out between Daniel Lo and Ji Sun Choi, owner
_ of Choi's Martial Arts,

According to Michael Kingsley, manager of

Choi's studio. his boss and Lo had plans to
jointly open a martial arts studio on the North
Shore, But the two had a falling out.
Lo stibsequenty began securing a location
fora martial arts studio an bis own,
Lo’s Rainbow Martial Arts proposal car-
senuy before council calls for the coustraction
of aomartial arts studio on a Third Street and

Fell Avenue site that was purchased from the
city for $281,000. ft was the subject of a pub-
lic hearing on Monday night.

Quoted in an varlier News story, Kingsley
identified bimself as a fitness facility ninager,
At that time he was interviewed about his
involvement in organizing a cally opposing the
Fell Avenue proposal.

The cally included about 1S) participants,
many of them Choi's students, clutching pro-
salmon placards.

“We had a low turnout because not all of
the students are con-
comed about it (he cnvi-
ronment)” said Kingsley.

During Monday's
lhres-hour pubhe hearing. Lo told ceunenl the
site, selich is on the west bank of Mosquito
Creek just east: of North Vancouver's Red
Robin restaurant, is especially suitable
because of its proximity to the creek

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“The focation was chosen after months of

research.” said Lo,

He added that a sense of togetherness: with
talure is essential to die study of martial acts.
In addition, Lo put ap $20,006 for the city ta
improve the creek’s salmon-spawning habitat.

But the proaimity to the creek of the site for
the proposed martial arts facility has drawn the
ire of citizens and groups concerned about the
danger of development near salmon-spawning
crecks,

Departnent of Fisheries and Oceans’
(DFO) guidelines specify that the minimum
setback for a commercial or industrial site
fronya ereek is 30 metres (100 feet).

The entire Feil Avenug site is (3 metres
wide. which places a portion of Fell Avenue
within the environmentally sensitive zone.

Karen Milne presented councillors with a
petition containing 1.195 signatures urging the
city to turn dows the application,

She warned councillors that eves Uf the pre-
sent developer's plan does no more damage to
the creek than has already been done by netgh-
boring industrial ventures, there are ino guaran:
tees for die future.

“AL businesses: don’t kist forever -- even
the mast successfid ones. said Milne. “New
owners may nol be as environmentally con-
scious.”

Connell vobsd to deler making a decision
on the proposal until all council members ary
Present,

Weather

Thursday: Cloudy with showers
High 14°C, low 6'C.

trustees
support
Dulids

BY MARTIN MILLERCHID
Gontributing Writer

THE GROUNDSWELL of
public opinion calling for the
reinstatement of the school
board of North Vancouver
Schoo] District 44 is rapidly
mushrooming.

Monday night saw North Vancouver
District Council uianimously support
Coun. Don Bell's motion requesting
provincial Education Minister Paul
Ramsey and the premier to reappoint
the previously elected board as soon as
possible.

The North Vancouver School District
has been without
elected represen-
tation since the
school board was
removed Jan. 18 and replaced with a
government-appointed trustee, Bob
Smith.

Smith recently completed his report
on the school district's deficit and finan-
cial problems.

Said Bell: “A good portion of the
criticisms levelled against the previous

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