NV man jailed for theft A 32-year-old North Vancouver man was sentenced Wednesday in North Vancouver provincial court to five days jail after he pleaded guilty to a charge of theft under $1,000. James Brent Moran was originally charged in connection with an April 2, 1986 theft of a package of tobacco and a package of ciga- rette papers from Save-On-Foods in North Vancouver. Grain facility to be built THE VANCOUVER Port Corp. has approved the construction of a new grain transfer facility at Terminal Dock. - The miove to lease the site to Elders Grain Ltd. comes despite the opposition of Wall Street area residents and rejection of the devel- opment plan August by the City of Vancouver’s Board of Variance. Said VPC chairman Capt. Hector Perry, “‘The port’s decision in shis matter has been most difficult. Ultimately, onr responsibitity is to all Canadians; in this case — our ability to sustain a viable con- tainer service through the country’s largest port. We respect the concerns of the city, and sincerely regret that, in this case, the con- sultative process was not successful in facilitating responsibilities to our respective constituencies.”’ The $2.7 million facility will employ seven people who will load grains from incoming trains into containers prior to export from the port’s nearby container terminals. The plant's originally pro- posed tower height has been lowered. Pollution to be discussed THE NORTH Shore Unitarian Church is hosting a panel discus- sion to address the question, What Solution To North Shore Poliution? The public forum is scheduled to run from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 15, and will focus on ways in which those who live end work cn the North Shore can work to improve the local en- vironment. Discussion will focus on an assessment of current methods of waste disposal on the North Shore, viable alternatives, citizen par- ticipation in environmental decision making, and lifestyle changes. Panelists wili include West Vancouver Mayor Don Lanskail, West Coast Environmental Law Association lawyer Anne Hillyer, North Vancouver District Mayor Marilyn Baker, GVRD air pollu- tion supervisor Morris Mennell and Hildegard Bechler of the Community Learning Services for a Sustainable Future. The discussion will be moderated by Harold Rosen, minister of the North Shure Unitarian Church. The church is located at 370 Mathers Ave., in West Vancouver. Fiu clinics held this month NORTH SHORE Health wilt be holding focal immunization clinics this month as part of its 1989-90 influenza vaccine program. The vaccine comprises components of three influenza viruses — A/Taiwan, A/Sbanghai and B/Yamagata. It is available to those groups considered to be at greatest risk from it:f¥1enza-related complications: persons of any age with chronic heart, lung or kidney disease, chronic medical conditions, such as diabetes, cancer, anemia, immunodeficiency or im- munosuppression, and persons over 65 years of age and children under doctor’s care fer chronic medical conditions. The clinics will be conducted on a drop-in basis. Children and people over 65 must obtain a written prescription from a physician and bring that prescription to the clinic to receive the vaccine. Clinics will be held 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 17 at Capiiano Mall Commu~'ty Room A on the 2nd level; 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday, Oct. 23 at North Shore Neighborhood House, 225 East 2nd St., North Vancouver; 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., Wednes- day, Oct. 25 at Silver Harbor Centre, 144 East 22nd St., North Vancouver; 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 26 and Monday Oct. 30 at West Vancouver Seniors Activity Centre, 695 21st St. in West Vancouver. For more information about the influenza vatcine program call North Shore Health at 988-5231. § - Friday, October 6, 1989 - North Shore News FOUR LOTS SPLIT INTO 11 Sunset Beach subdivision approved despite concerns DESPITE ITS reservations over some aspects of a subdivision that will transform four Sunset Beach lots into 11, West Vancouver District Council voted Monday night to approve the development variance permit that will allow the project to go ahead. By MAUREEN CURTIS Contributing Writer The decision was made despite warnings from district planner Steve Nicholls that the creation of the 11 lots, which will have access from Ansell Place, would require considerable changes to the site west of Horseshoe Bay. . In addition, Ansell Place resi- dent Dave Ellis raised concerns over the emergency parking on the Upper Levels Highway that will have to be used by new residents of the subdivision. “T question whether anyone will want to park at the edge of a treacherous highway in winter conditions...,’" said Ellis. He was also concerned that any blasting required to create the 11 lots would adversely affect his house and swimming pool, which are built on rock adjacent to the site. “I am opposed to cramming 11 homes into an area that is not real- ly designed for them,’’ Ellis con- cluded. Further objections were regis- tered in a letter from Hal Ansell, who protested against council’s allowing some of the development to encroach on a road allowance he had granted the district years ago. But Dieter Glups, president of Tri Power Properties, the project’s developer, told council that his company had been assured by the highways department that the emergency parking set aside next to the highway would not be threatened by any possible future road widening. In order to make the develop- ment more palatable to area resi- dents, Tri Power has set aside a park, about the size of a 12,000 square-foot lot, which land surveyor Bill Chapman said “could be the best piece of land on that waterfront.”’ Chapman also pointed out that the lots proposed are a ‘‘good size,’’ ranging from 16,000 to 22,000 square feet, except for the WEST Vancouver Ald. Rod Day .--What benefit subdivision? upper four which are no smaller than 12,000 square feet. Ald. Rod Day questioned what public benefit there could be from creating 11 lots out of four, and was told that the subdivision was | already within municipal bylaw standards. Nicholls recommended approval of the subdivision because it pro- vides public benefit by avoiding a development that is directly ac- cessible from the Upper Levels Highway. fel ea halle PE The developer is also con- tributing $135,000 to sewer needs and $200,000 to water supply costs. “That’s going to cost the municipality absolutely nothing,” said Glups. But Ald. Carol Ann Reynolds remained disturbed by the effect the development would have on the natural beauty of the area. “As an incurable romantic and lover of trees, I can’t vote for this,’’ she said. Ald. 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