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N. Van District Counuil
responds to P&T remarks

OPEN LETTER TO
WRIGHT

Your Aug. 30 Sunday Brunch col-
umn contained some unpalatable
fodder regarding North Vancouver
District, Council's concerns about
the Park and Tilford development
proposal. Ina Jast effort to ensure
the facts are straight we offer the
following:

1. Contrary to the column,
district council has shown marked
enthusiasm for the North Shore
film industry. A motion of support
was unanimously passed, fan. 5,
and conveyed to the city council. It
was reported in your paper Jan. 21
and again May 6.

2. The labelled “march” of the
district. mayor to the city’s June
public hearing was not a one-per-
son show as you imply. As noted
at the hearing (and in your paper).
the council’s position on the Park
and Tilford development was
unanimous. Our concerns were
clearly stated by the mayor as
council's ‘‘messenger™’ with district
council members in attendance. At
the request of the city, only one
representative spoke.

This action was caused by a lack
Of city response to our requests
over the past 10 months to meet
with the district in a cooperative
approach to addressing traffic
problems etc. Our entreaties were
“received and filed’? by city coun-
cil. The public hearing was the
district’s last chance to put our
concerns before the cily as there is
normally no further opportunity
for discussion on bylaws following
a hearing.

While we regretted having to
resort to such means of com-
munication and stated so at the
hearing, this appeal did gain the
attention our concerns warranted,
and a subsequent August joint
mecting of both councils to review
traffic implications was Inbelled
positive and productive by all.

3. Apart from Mr. Wright’s ref-
erence to ‘‘naive’? and ‘‘simple-
minded citizens’’ — an assessment
with which we take umbrage
(although it was no doubt meant
tongue-in-check) — the column
contains another amazing state-
ment: that being ‘‘... any traffic
problems with respect to the
development would eventually be
sorted out anyhow.'"’ We ask
when, by whom and at whose
cost? It would certainly not be to
the developers’ account if deter-
mined after project approval.

NOI

Free market?
Bah! Humbug!

Dear Editor:

G. Merchant's Sept. 2 letter ad-
vocates that the free market system
prevail with respect to cable TV
systems, and subscribers be re-
quired to purchase or rent a con-
verter and pay a flat fee for ‘‘all
available services.”

Here | thought a free market
system meant | was free to accept
or decline gocds or services
available commercially. | have
been able co decide to accept cable
service, but decline any or all the
supplementary channel services in
which I have no particular interest,
but which the cable system
understandably would dearly love
to have me buy — and, again,

This council feels that to try and
address such issues beforehand is
one of the duties of deeted of-
fictals. Were we to ignore (he saat-
ter, we would ‘ay odds” that the
press would be the first to point
out the error of aur ways. tn Fact,
owas already said in the Nows”
May 15 editorial!

Hopefully the joint council
meeting and direction determined
will now result in a reasonable res-
olution fot all parties that will well
serve North Vancouver residents.
Mayor Marilyn Baker
Ald. Craig B. Clark
Ald. Ernie F. Crist
Ald. J. (Murray) Dykeman
Ald. Joan E. Gadsby

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