NV city meters to

Liam Lahey
Contributing Writer

THE City of North
Vancouver’s decision
Oct. 19 to keep the
parking meters ticking
on 14th Street does
not sit well with either
Coun. Stella Jo Dean

council.

“T don’t agree with meter
parking on East l4th. It's
clear too me othe parking
Meters pur there are to raise
money (for the city)”

But Coun. Darrell
Mussatto was quick to dis-
agree with Braithwaite and
Dean, reiterating the meters
were good tor business. “The

meters will kill, Dusiness is
wrong,” Coun. Mussatto
said.

“T read a recent. study
done in Calgary: that shows
parking meters encourage
business and in’ fact: creates
more business (for street level
stores). There are many peo-
ple who trv to get away with-
out paying for their parking.

that the automobile has had a
tree ride. We should have the
automobile pay its fair share
for taking up public space,
and public acceptance of the
meters has been good.”

Mussatto’s comments
appeared to win over the rest
of council, but it’ certainty
didn’t) wash with Coun.
Braithwaite.

Wednesday, October 28, 1998 - North Shore News ~— 27

think the public has accepted
it,” Coun. — Braithwaite
stormed back.

“We're making money
charging people. No matter
what anyone says, it's perma-
nent (the parking meters).”

No member of council
scemed prepared to argue
with Coun, Braithwaite,
when Mayor Jack Loucks

Stay on 714th Sireei

port for the parking meters.

“TE ouse them often, it’s
usually full (the parking
spaces) but there's always
space, a lot of people think
it’s working just fine,” be
offered.

“E think we should have
them on Lonsdale as well bur
I'm sure some people would

or Coun. John perception that these parking “Furthermore, [argue “f refute that, PF don’t intervened to voice his sup- See Meters page 31

Braithwaite.

The two veteran council-
lors were opposed to the con-
tinued use of parking meters
on the street.

The parking meters were
placed on 4th Street. six
months earlier as a temporary
installment.

However, council voted to
leave the meters running per-
manently as a means to con-
trol parking in the city and to
encourage business for the
street level shops.

“Fm opposed to parking
meters or Lonsdale or the
100 block of 14th Street or
anywhere else,” Coun. Dean
stated.

“Ic’s not good tor busi-
ness, all we'll do is drive peo-
ple to shop in shopping malls.
Fd like to see them (the park-
ing, meters) scrapped anyway,
they’re ugly.”

Coun. Braithwaite ques-
tioned adding the revenues
from the meters into the
city’s Parking Reserve Fund.

“I won't support this
motion because the concept
(of meter parking) on East
l4th Street was supposed to
be on a trial basis,” he told

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