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NORTH Vancouver
District staff and legal
counsel are in ongoing
discussion about
whether to take the
Greater Vancouver
Regional District to
court.

Since the planned upgrade
of Cleveiand Dam — includ-
ing the construction of an
ozonation plant and seepage

control blanket, at a cost of

$3.5 milion — = was

announced in the spring of
1998, both district council
and foval residents have
caprecsed high leveis of dissat-
istaction with GVRD process-
es. District counal voted 6-1
Oct. 25 to accept then-coun-
cilor Gienys-Deenng Robb's
recommendation for an ¢vam-
ination of municipal bviaw
enforcement.

The heavy uaffik and noise
caused by tracks cransporting,
construction materials ro and
trom the dam site via Capilano
Road goes outside the bound-

ines of municipal bylaws.

District, councillors have
said thar the GVRD and the
province appear to feel that
they nesd not adhere to the
bylaws.

“(The GVRD) have not
consulted with us.” said
Deering-Robb at the Oct. 25
council meeting. “Their arro-
gance knows no bounds. With
respeet to the legal action, 'm
tring to get then to under
stand that they must adhere to
our bylaws.”

Council passed motions to

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ghing dam suit

request. that the provincial
ombudsman consider whether
the district had been treated
fairly by the province and the

GVRD — and to ask the audi-
tor general to ckamine the
GVRD's financial analysis for
the Cleveland project.

The Grouse — Woods
Residents Association, which
represents homeowners along
streets which border
Cleveland Dam and has thus
iar fought tooth and_ nail
against the upgrade methods
chosen, supports the district’s
proposal to investigate the
GVRD's contravention of
municipal bylaws.

District deputy municipal
manager Dave Stewart said a
presentation would likely be
made to council in mid-
January, and thar staff contin-
uc to haise with the GVRD in
the hopes of reaching “an
understanding.”

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