Project model displayed SCHEMATIC PLANS for the new North Siore RCMP “police building were unanimously approved by North Vancouver District Council on Monday night. NORTH VANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL By Martin Millerchip ‘: Architect Stanis Smith of ‘Waisman, Dewar, Grout, Carter Inc. gave council a brief overview of the design concepts that are part of the $19,425.000 police building. ‘.« The costs of the new facility at-14th Street and St. George's “Avenue will be jointly shared with North Vancouver City, with the district's share pegged at 54%, Smith told council that the building’s design team had to find a balance between public accessi- : bility and staff security but that the building reflects the new spirit of RCMP community policing. © ing.” “+, Instead of being imposing or intimidating, he said the building sets out to be informal, inviting and contemporary. na Smith said scenes from the Mounties’ “Musical Ride” provided the inspiration for the cylindri- cal shape of the building’s main public corner and the pennant-like flagpoles at its entrance, », ‘The building will be topped by a tower needed to house 22 antennae, primarily for the use of emergency services, and flanked by asrnall park on its western side. But not ‘everybody i is enthusiastic about the design. The city’ s Advisory Design Panel (ADP)-have already termed it “an inadequate response in a From page 1., “New "Blections ‘Act “reforms proposed by the NDP. government would _: “prohibit. the media’ from ~ publishing: polls during , election campaigns. ©. |... “The May 1995 poll of : 501. B.C. ‘residents ‘is.;: ‘accurate plus or, minus: 4.5%, .19 times out of 20, “said”-MarkTrend . senior ‘research:. director: Julie : Winram.”> “Winram — said ‘the “report, is. prepared .. for subscribers, which are mostly corporations.” o}:The report paints. a - bleak . picture ° for: the “NDP. Although its voter - Support is solid, the party “has limited potential for . building on that support, Winram told the i iNews. | port provincially because’ the parties ‘are: so different, she said. .Also, with a a popu-. ‘lation, moving to the right. a shift in the’ Liberal’s'45% ‘support is. more likely to g0 to the Reform than the NDP. “Reform received’ the endorsement of 28% of respondents, said the poll. Winram said she does not expect an Glection to be called this fall. “2"There’s no way (NDP Premier Mike » Harcourt) can have any confidence to call - an election ‘for. this ‘fall: The numbers - "aren t there,” she said. “Ina poll of which party leader. would , make the best premier, Harcourt came out second best. ° ‘In that ‘poll, ‘41%. ‘said Liberal leader ‘Gordon’ Campbell would make the best premier, 19% pointed to the NDP’s Mike Harcourt, and” 11%, mentioned ‘Reform, - THE CHaces ARE: : “me HARCOURT. NDP. ~ JACK WEISGERBER, ry __ GORDA CAIPBELL ‘LIBERAL. olf AN ELECTION WERE TO BE HELO NEXT WEEK ; ;. WHAT word You 00? : The NDP..won't attract Reform supe. " EAMIGRATE.” “teader Jack Weisgerber. The report included more good num- | bers for the Liberals. _, A Campbell initiative to require single | " employable people on social assistance to take job training. or. perform community service received 87% support. Balanced . budget legislation received 75% approval and a reduction in the num- ber of government ministries from 18 to 12 ‘got the okay from 79% of respon- ‘ dents. . Two other Campbell initiatives were Jess ‘popular. A 25% reduction in the number of school boards was favored by 52% and opposed by 41%. The reduction was Campbell’s idea, but the 25% figure was ‘an. arbitrary number - picked. by Winram. : Campbells : desire to eliminate the fair-wage . policy also drew: lukewarm favor. Forty-nine. percent liked his ‘Plan “while 44% opposed it. Ly esicatceas eins acd Street entrance; @ access to the park; @ the choice of an aluminum ¢’ Hall. Expect the NDP to: play up, social policy to woo back voters ‘and the Liberals and _ Reform to concentrate on the economy, Winram said. Jarvis numbers to the party’s tax-and-spend policies and the public's dis- trust of the govern- ment's ability to reach an equitable’ setile- ment with aboriginals. His Liberal coun- terpart, West Vancouver-Garibaldi MLA Jeremy. Dalton, | partially attributed the - NDP’s fail to the “fes- tering wound” of the’ Noanaiom oo ~ Commonwealth Holding Society. an NDP-linked organization that allegedly cheated charity organizations. : The NDP’s foot-dragging in calling a public inquiry into the affair continues to haunt the party, Dalton said. Schreck, however, said poll results conflict with what he’s been hearing in ', telephone conversations, letters, and con- versations on the street. He said people are thanking the NDP . for policies such as the Westview ; Interchange, the. creation of parks, ‘and © protection ‘of the environment and medicare. “1 don’t want to exude confidence but nor do | want to give credibility to that kind of pessimistic poll,” said Schreck. A suspicious Mitchell noted previous polls in Ontario and Manitoba called for large Liberal victories at the onset of : recent elections. In the end, both parties Jost. Specific ADP concerns relate to: _ BH attention to detail at the pedestrian level on the three sides of the building other than the: 14th attributed . the NDP’s declining. f A, WEST siensouiier man, NEWS photo Mike Wekofleld ” NORTH VANCOUVER RCMP Staff Sgi. Bill Roberts surveys a model of the new police building slated to be built in the parking lot of the current detachment locat ted in the 100-block of East 13th Street. key area of the community in terms of what is expected by the community for a major civie build adding for the exterior of the building and BB the location energy costs of large glazed arcas. A model of the RCMP building is currently on display in the lobby of North Vancouver District 45 ays jail for attack | in W. Van in’ custody since: Cetober after he crawled through a window and: attacked a pregnant woman, was jailed a total of | 45 days on June 20. By Anna Marie D'Angelo me f News Reporter Christopher Miles George, 27, received a 30-day jail sentence on u break and enter charge stemming from the incident. ye During West Vancouver provincial court proceed-: ings. Judge Reginald Grandison’ sentenced George to, half that amount -- 15 days j in jail -- for assaulting the woman, oar George also received two years’ probation. a The woman was attacked on Oct. [1 in her West Vancouver home. George’ was arrested by West Vancouver Police in the 200-block of Lawa Road: An, West Vancouver. Crown lawyer C.B, ‘Johnson had asked for a three-. year jail sentence ‘after George ‘was found guilty. of assault and break and enter. Bet George's lawyer Dimitri Kontou had asked for a sen- tence consisting of the time George had already spent i in jail, said Johnson. George had pleaded not guilty to a charge of sexiial assault and was subsequently found guilty of assault.’ Johnson said a decision on whether to appeal the ; sentence has not been made. He said his request for the’ three-year jail sentence was ased on George's past his- tory and circumstances of the case, West Vancouver Police said that after George was arrested he kicked out a police car window. ; -Police had recommended charges of break and enter, } committing an indecent act, assault and mischief. a