agreement,

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' Valley’ water

‘catchment’ ‘area, former
source’ of the City’s own
water. supply, is well on its
' way to being turned into a
wilderness ' park, Phillips
said.

The City provided its own
water until Oct. 1981, when
the Lynn Creek intake system
was damaged in severe
. flooding. Since then the City
has been supplied by the

_GWD on an interim basis.

The new agreement will make
that official.

Under the terms of the
which was to be
signed by Mayor Jack
Loucks and Clerk Ed Ray-
mond, the City will sell its in-
terests in the Lynn Creek sup-
ply system and various other
components to the GVWD in

' return for reduced rates over

the next ten years.
The City has recommended
that the old water source up

repair the City’s own supply.
system. That money can ‘be
spent on badly needed repairs
to other parts of the system,
he said.

(Last year, Phillips faa

council that parts of the
City’s water delivery system
still used ‘wooden pipes, and.
that major leaks could
develop soon because of the
age of the system.)

Another advantage . of
hooking into the regional
water system is that the City
is guaranteed water, even if
there is storm damage, ' ‘he
said.

City voters will have the
final word on whether the Ci.
ty officially becomes a’ part
of the GVWD, in a. referen-
dum (0 be. held at the time of
the November | municipal
elections,

- Operation Dismantle gets District on its side

OPERATION DISMANTLE’S attempts to garner
support for its crusade to halt cruise missile testing
in Canada got North Vancouver District council

backing Monday.

In essence, council voted to
go on record opposing the
federal government’s deci-
sion to allow the United
States to test cruise nuclear

weapons in Canada.
Mayor Marilyn’ Baker,
although supporting the mo-
_tion to ban the flight tests
- over Canadian soil, caution-
ed her colleagues to wait until
District gets Icgal opinion

before voting on the matter
since the issuc is now before
the Supreme Court of
Canada.

Alderman Ernie Crist,
however, said cven though
the federal government is ap-
pealing the recent decision by
the federal court which ruled
cruise missile testing in
Canada is in violation of the
constitution, it doesn't affect

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“the discussion by
council.”*

Alderman Jim Ball remain:
ed unconvinced and said
council has ao business In
dealing with matters which
are involved in legal
proceedings.

““L won't touch it with a
ten-foot pole,”’ he said. "We
shouldn’t support any resolu-
tion at this time,”

‘this