Accident info sought SQUAMISH RCMP are investigating an Aug. 17 acci- dent near Squamish that killed two pedestrians. A 19-year-old Squamish man was driving the car that struck and killed Angela Empey, 15, and Lomer Aciero, 24, at approximately 11:15 p.m. To press time, no charges had been laid in connection with the accident. Anyone who saw the pair walking along Highway 99 or who may have given them a ride from Clarke Drive in Vancouver to the Squamish Chief parking lot, two kilometres south of Squamish, should contact the Squamish RCMP at 898-9611 or 682-1865. Councils cancelled COUNCIL MEETINGS will not be held this Monday becarse of the Labor Day holiday. The next meetings for North Vancouver City and District Councils and West Vancouver District Council are scheduled to be held Monday, Sept. 9. The first meeting of West Vancouver's District 45 schoo] board for the 1991-°92 school year will also be held Sept. 9. North Vancouver District 44 school board is scheduled to meet Sept. 10. See the Municipal Affairs column in the Sept. 8 issue of the North Shore News for agenda details. NVC Council to assess Lonsdale retail area A STRATEGY for revitalizing the pedestrian shopping areas of Lower and Central Lonsdale Avenue will be the subject of a $20,000 study if North Vancouver City suc- ceeds in getting a provincial grant for half of the funds. Although some Lower Lonsdale merchants won’t finish paying for a mid-’80s revitatization plan until 1997, both city staff and some councillors said Monday that the areas need a face-lift to boost their economic viability. “*We should take a really good look at another plan when the first has not been paid for,’’ said Ald. Stella Jo Dean, who added that the city can’t ask Lower Lonsdale merchants to commit funds to another project unless it is sure to be beneficial. Although the 1985/86 downtown revitalization plan was the same program being consid- ered this time, development ser- vices director Fred Smith explain- ed that it was restricted to a small area, while the new plan would be more widely spread out. The mid-’80s plan applied only to businesses on a few blocks of Lonsdale Avenue, while the new plan would Icok at the retail areas on and. surrounding Lonsdale Avenue in the lower and upper portions of the street, he said. But Smith agreed with Dean that the city could not ask the merchants to pay to replace things that they are still paying for through the last plan. Dean also pointed out that the last plan was not very successful at revitalizing Lower Lonsdale; she said the city is partly to blame for not insisting that new businesses follow similar design guidelines. “The area was a big hodge- podge a year later,’’ she said, ad- ding that the whoie area looks weary now. Ald. Bill Bell said part of that weary look results from the area’s unoccupied buildings. He added that if the area is to be revitalized, then eyesores like Sergio’s Oyster Bar at the corner of 3rd Street and Lonsdale Avenue would have to be dealt with. Smith said that while the city couldn’t contro! what happens on private property, the ‘‘untidy presence,” or ‘‘nuisance’’ bylaw may be able to force the owners into cleaning the place up. Bell said that if they couldn’t be made through bylaw enforcemeni By Pamela Lang Contributing writer to clean up their property, a letter should be sent to encourage them to clean up. Stemming from a report on establishing design guidelines for the historic Lower Lonsdale core, an Aug. 21 report from city plan- ner Gary Penway said that “heritage preservation should be pursued in conjunction with a general economic revitalization.”” The economic revitalization and historic preservation of the core would go hand in hand with revitalizing other adjacent shopp- ing areas, he said. “Typically Lower Lonsdale and Central Lonsdale have been con- sidered as being in competition with one another and the two have been dealt with separately by the city,’’ Penway said. “‘While there are clear areas of competition between the two, there are also similarities and complementary forces which should be considered,’’ he wrote. Ald, Rod Clark expressed some concern over endorsing the use of the Historic Lonsdale Design Guidelines, since the guidelines have yet to be approved by coun- cil. But Ald. Barbara Sharp pointed out that they were only advocating the study of a strategy plan, and that the project won’t necessarily get the go-ahead, particularly us- ing those specific guidelines. Penway suggested several possi- ble improvements including three major areas where both Lower and Centra! Lonsdale could be beautified or economically boosted: © facade improvements; * business improvement (cooperative promotions); eand capital works (improving public areas such as sidewalks). The Historic Lonsdale Design Guidelines, presented to council in June, but not yet approved, ad- vocated developing a design style to complement the historic build- ings along Lonsdale Avenue be- tween Carrie Cates Court and 4th Street. areas a Sunday, September 1, 1391 - North Shore News - § solid waste handling facilities OPEN HOUSES, hosted by the Greater Vancouver Regional District, are being held at local solid waste handling facilities on the weekend of Sept. 7 and 8. The open houses are part of the GVRD's public review of solid waste management in the Lower Mainland. A series of region-wide public meetings will be held fater this fail, and again next year, at which the entire GVRD Solid Waste Management Plan — announced in February — will be reviewed and revised with public input. All North Shore waste is first sent to the North Shore Transfer Station at 30 Riverside Dr., North Vancouver, which will have its open house on Sunday, Sept. 8 from noon to 4 p.m. Waste that appears to have a large percentage of recyclable components is sent to the Co- quitlam Resource Recovery Plant at 1200 United Bivd. in Co- quitlam. This facility’s open house is Saturday, Sept. 7 from 2 to 6 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 8 from 2 to6p.m. Most of the North Shore’s gar- bage, about 90%, is sent from the transfer station to the Burnaby Refuse Incinerator at 5150 Thorne Ave. in Burnaby. The incinerator'’s open house is on Saturday, Sept. 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 8 from noon to 4 p.m. Flat shoes BUILD WITH CONFIDENCE New Homes & Renovations Consultation Design Estimates oe HProtessional = Builders MAIL IS MOVING IN THE U.S. To send mail or to } arrange for your own private U.S. mail address. call: Serving BC. since 1981 SECURITY MAIL SERVICES 250 H. St. Blaine, WA 89230 Tel: (206} 332-4228 Fax: (206) 332-8473 are encouraged, and no one under 13 will be permitted due to safety concerns. North Shore residents may also be interested in the open house at the GVRD Compost Demonstra- tion Garden, located at 4856 Suill Creek Ave., west off Douglas Road in Burnaby. This open house will be held on Saturday, Sept. 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 8 from noon to 4 p.m. For more information about the open houses, and times of open houses at other Lower Mainland solid waste handling facilities and landfills, call 433-0137. 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