coed “Page A2, tuly 22,1979 Sunday N News . FROM PAGE At problem. and not mine and | they are going to have to decide - whether. to confirm “these. people’s appointments and then lay them off if I win or whether they. will hold themi in abeyance. _ ‘School. board assistant secretary-treasurer ~Pat Dodd answers: ‘No-one enters into any court with the idea they are going'-to ‘lose and stop doing what they are doing. « ‘It’s nonsense ta. say ‘we. should ‘stop hiring ~coor- dinators, bearing. in mind most of-our teachers are on __ ‘continaing ' appointments - and canbe put into. a- classroom if their jobs are eliminated, — IN CHAMBERS Because of the manner Mrs. Bell is bringing the action, by way of petition, the hearing would be in chambers rather than open court, although it would be before a judge of the B.C. Supreme Court. Originally, the school board had intended lodging preliminary objections against the proceedings to try and ‘gét the case thrown - - ~out before i it was even heard.- "be the date for the “complete hearing. : , Hunter comments: ‘They decided not to make their preliminary objections after ‘I gave them a damn good _indication they hadn't a hope in hell of succeeding.’ ‘School board lawyer Henry Slade doesn’t see it that way at all. “The board isn't waiving any defenses that ight be ‘available to it, ” ke says. ‘The fact we are-not going ahead _ on this preliminary motion | doesn't. we've given up any defenses. I don’t intend to be hamstrung in my defense of this motion by :undertaking not to. use any defense - available.’ . He says of the case: ‘The. _ entire case will be fought on. legal grounds. It is a question of law as to whether the school board is within its. authority maintaining the employment of community school coordinators.’ ‘LEGALLY CORRECT’ Mrs. Bell maintains the coordinators are illegal but Dodd says: “We are going in there with the position that our decision is perfectly legally correct. . ‘We feel the majority of the- work -doné=-“by” the - . coordinators...is. within . the... _ “Maybe 3 some . of the ‘work — | they are’ doing after hours. doesn’t fall within that scope but having-done 10. or 12 hours work ‘that is within their scope they still have a full time job. He says of any ruling ‘that went against the school -board’s policy: ‘I don’t know if the full job of the coor- dinators would be affected. There might be a portion of their work. that was con- sidered ultra vires.’ It is unlikely a decision. “will be reached without a considerable amount of evidence and motions being. heard and school board lawyer" Slade says: ‘T think it's going to be a lengthy ‘matter for a chambers __ matter. It’s not somethinmg “that could be disposed of i in an hour.’ He says that he and the school board are «also anxious for a decision to be handed down as soon as possible and says of the September 5 date for the hearing: ‘It was the first date mutually convenient to Mr. Hunter and myself. I can assure you the school .board has not suggested it should - be, delayed in any way." But it “has since. been agreed t that September 6 will 1139 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, B.C. ” V7M 2H4 OFFICE/NEWS (604) 980-0511 CLASSIFIED 986-6222 CIRCULATION 986-1337 GQ Publisher Peter Speck Associate Publisher Bob Graham Editor-in-Chiet Noe! Wright Managing Editor Andy Fraser News Editor Chris Lioyd . Photos tgs, Trattic Manager Donna Cham Production Tim Francis §aye McCrae Classified Berni Hilliard Administration Andrew Walters Accounts Sylvia Sorenson North Shore News, founded in 1969 as an independent community, Newspaper and qualified under Schedule 111, Part 111, Paragraph 111 of the Excite Tax Act, is published each Wedneaday and Sunday by the~ North Shore Free Presa Lid and distributed to every door on the North Shore Second Class Mail Registration Number 3885 VERIFIED CIRCULATION 48,478 Entira contentad 1979 North Shore Free Prose ded. h rights reserved. of Leura: agers scope of the Public. Schools . “Act. _ FROM PAGE At1. — ne The massive increase in size — from the present 11,500 rq.ft. building is designed to cater for the department's needs and increased staff to cater for the municipaliiy’s population projected for 20 years’ time. On a more immediate basis, while the municipality's population of 37,000 is only increasing by about 500 a year, Hicks says, the 61-member force will be located in “comfortable” SD glicers ea to cater | for the dito be © be Hh ane ar APPEARANCE - The complex will be built around the present building, between Marine Drive and Bellevue Avenuc, and will be in various units with police parking below. Hicks says much thought is being given over the appearance of the complex. “It will have a very high profile, being the gateway to West Vancouver as well as to Ambleside Beach,” he says. “So it’ must be aesthetic, niccly landscaped and not too high at the corners.” Architects handling the project are Toby, Russell, Blackwell and Partners, who did their first study and tentative design of the _ building in 1975. iw police HQ ‘expansion in sight kicking me in the ‘pats.’ The company updated that study and the costs to 1979 standards’ with projections for the next 20 years. Hicks says he has been assured the required 27,000 square ft. building will not exceed the allocated cost of $1.3 million. ‘MINIMAL’ COST Of that cost, $911,000 has already been acquired from the recent sale of municipal lands in the Westport area and Hicks says: “So the amount from the taxpayer is minimal, compared to the total cost. ~ . : i " “ soompi Siena nithlig TERY eieibalir s fire depay- ment until expansion of deparments meant opening a new fire hall some ycar ago. The local provincial court is still located in the same building though and, like the police, staff have to use a trailer located alongside, because of the acute overcrowding. The transformation will be done in two stages: con- structing the additional buildings and then moving all the staff into those buildings while the existing facilities are modernized. .Hicks says: “The idea in’ design is that we house the court but the police would also have expansion room because the court. will be relocated in 10 years to a different building.” “ couve 2. house trained and dadjasty well to ving with huthans * (Perey Bi Peters rs photo). OOKING-CUTE and.smelling it too, now t : ‘old. skank makes-a perfect pet, according: to Terry: McDonald, of North Van- “Terry says she's also found from her pet, Peko, that skunks can ‘be easily © se ewunee alec with our used cars ...in writing! Come and see these clean low mileage beauties. Because we're a new car dealer and a Datsun dealer we handie only the best used cars, clean, smooth running, reliable cars you'll be proud to own. 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