Waves off THE NEW $5.9 million wave pool which opened earlier this month st North Vancouver’s RecCentre Karen Magaussen was closed Friday because the pool’s chemi- cal-feediag systems weren’t operating, according to the _fecreation commission's acting-director Bruce Ray. The 2,240-square-metre facility features five pools heated at different temperatures and an ozone filtration system instead of the standard chlorine system. The wave pool operates with four miles of pipe. Ray said the pool was in operation again on Saturday and has been “going more than full tilt’? since students started spring break this week. Mian jailed A NORTH Vancouver man was sentenced recently to 90 days in jail.and placed on 11 months’ probation for trafficking in cocaine. Barry Duval Baker, 34, pleaded guilty to the traffick- ing charge in ccnnection with an April 18, 1991 incident in North Vancouver City. ' Baker was ordered Feb. 28 to serve his jai) sentence on consecutive weekends. Child protection A LOCAL public meeting on child protection issues will be held on Tuesday, March 24 frem 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Delbrook recreation centre, 600 West Queens Rd, North Vancouver. Social Services Minister Joan Sma'iwood appointed a panel to review child protection legislation in B.C. The panel is co-chaired by community activist Patricia Chauncey and acting B.C. ombudsman Brent Perfitt. Said Chauncey, ‘‘We would like to hear from anyone with an Interest in child protection issues, including in- dividuals, special-interest groups, aboriginal and multicultural communities and professivnals.’” After holding meetings in communities throughout the province, the panel will prepare a public report on Its findings. The report is due in October. For more information call toll free 1-800-663-1251, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:40 p.m., Monday to Friday. Copies of a discussion paper can be obtained at the meeting or by calling the toll-free number. Decision deferred on highrise development 130-foot-high building proposed for old N. Van City library site A MOTION to _ initiate rezoning changes that would allow the construction of a highrise on the 135 West . 12th St. site of the old North Vancouver City *. library was brought before North Vancouver City Council March 9 for rein- . troduction, . but council . deferred decision on the matter. — By Pamela Lang Contributing Writer ‘The motion was initially passed during council’s Feb. 17 in- camera session, then subsequently defeated in open council after Ald. Rod Clark walked away from the debate. . Clark had later informed the News that the motion to rezone the old city library site would be reconsidered through the special powers of Mayor Jack Loucks. But city staff learned that al- though Loucks’ ability to bring the motion to council for recon- sideration could be challenged, the motion could be reintroduced as a new motion, according to Robert’s Rules of Order. ’ During the March 9. debate, Ald. Barbara Sharp called for the city clerk’s report on the issue. to - be received and filed, thus closing NORTH VANCOUVER CITY COUNCIL the matter. But other council members ‘questioned staff after Ald. Bill © Bell said that a discussion of the development was premature because they were uncertain of the outcome of ‘discussions regarding a privately-owned lot adjacent to the three city-owned lots in ques- tion. -All four lots were part of the initial proposal. for a 130-foot high residential building that came before council last month. Ald. Stella Jo Dean asked city staff if the privately-owned land would be standing on its own to be developed separately, but her question was ruled out of order because it involves land negotia- tions and must be discussed in- camera.’ City council has typically discussed all land negotiations in-camera. But Bell was reluctant to take the matter in-camera because renewing a motion, the subject of council’s debate, is a public pro- cess. The motion on the development was not actually on the discussion table. The motion to defer the discus- sion to an in-camera meeting was carried, with Bell and Sharp op- Eight bids tendered for library expansion $3.6M to $5.1M WEST VANCOUVER District has received eight bids, ranging from $3.6 mil- lion to $5.1 million, for the West Vancouver Memorial Library expansion project. a WEST VANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL The lowest three bids fall within previous estimates, and West Vancouver District staff are evaluating the two lowesi bidders. ’ West Vancouver District Coun- cil took to third reading an early budget approval to transfer $400,000 to the capital facilities fund for the expansion. The bylaw will allow for suffi- cient funds to cover the municipal! share of the building cost as well as interim financing for some of the grants and fundraising that have not yet been received. The anticipated funding breakdown for the library project includes: @ a $500,000 GO B.C. grant: @ a $225,000 federal grant; @ and $1,089,000 in library fund- raising. 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