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Deana Lancaster
News Reporter
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DESPITE heckling from
the audience, West
Vancouver council voted
Monday to light two ele-
mentary school ficlds for
evening soccer practices.

Residents trom neighbourhoods sur-
rounding West Bay and Caulfeild schools
booed and snickered as several council
members voiced their support tor the
lights to be erected at the schools, pro-
vided the school board abo approves,

Coun. Allan Williams explained the
recommendation of the standing com-
mittee of council on recreation facility
planning — a conmmitice which he chairs
andi also incliides Couns, Victor Burman

and. Bill Soprovich. “The demand for
fields in West Vancouver is enormous,
and we are not able to till the demand ...
Upwards of 100 young children were
denied the opportunity to join’ soccer
(this year),” said Williams.

After neighbours raised concerns
about the lights at public meetings in the

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Michael Becker

Newsroom Editor
‘mbecker@nsnews.com

THE Greater Vancouver Regional District
(GVRD) board of directors’ approval of a
controversial vehicle levy Friday showed the
North Shore divided on the issue.

North Shore representatives on the board supporting a vehicle
levy based on vehicle weight and insurance class: North Vancouver
City Mayor Barbara Sharp, North Vancouver District Mayor Don
Beli and Bowen Esfand Mayor Lisa Barrett.

West Vancouver Coun. Victor Durman and Lions Bay Mayor

Brenda Broughton rejected the levy.

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NVD, NVC, Bowen back it;
West Van, Lions Bay reject it

On Nov. 22 the Trans] ink board of directors voted 7-5 to sup-
port the vehicle transit tax scheme. Bell, the North Shore represen-
lative on the ‘TransLink board, supported a lew that will see a mini-
mum charge of S40 and a maximum charge of $120 for automobiles,
The average levy for commercial vehicles will be $190. Bell said his
vote “was the sunmary of what [ heard fram the municipalities on
the North Shore.”

On Oct. 16, West Vaneensver voted to oppose a vehicle levy and
requested a deferral pending a formal response from the feds regard-
ing a TransLink request for funds. Said Durman Tuesday of Bell's
‘Trans| ink vote, “As a Transl ink board: member he did represent the

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DANA and Robert Krag-Hansen stand on the playing field of West Bay elementary school in West Vancouver, where lights might be
installed to allow evening soccer practices. The Krag-Hansens say the lights wili lower the property value of their home, behind them.

Majority. However Mayor Bell was the deciding vote on his own
couneil, [ gather. [fhe had voted against the levy at that spot, North
Vancouver would have been against the levy and he would have
therefore cast his vote at the GVRD against the levy and that would
have won the day for those of us who are against the levy. He also
chaired a major committee meeting of the GVRD Friday before the
(Dee. FE GVRD board) meeting where he was forced into casting his
own vote for or against the levy und he cast it for the levy. F believe
that Mayor Bell personally is in favour of the levy.”

Friday’s GVRD vote on the transit levy was based on a weighted
voting system. Board members receive one vote for every 20,000
people living in their communities. The transit tax passed with 56 for
and 50 against. Beil’s decision was worth five points.

Duman said that North Shore councillors met. earlier this year to

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