A22 - Wednesday, September 14, 1983 - North Shore News

Kiosks okayed by narrow margin

A TOWN kiosk featuring advertisements from local merchants will soon appear on 14th Street in

North Vancouver City.

City council voted narrowly Monday to allow Town Directory Systems

Lid. to put up the kiosk ona one-year trial basis.

Approval was granted only after a long debate on the value and aesthetics of the proposed kiosk. Ald. Gary Payne and Frank Marcino voted against the kiosk. while Mavor Jack Loucks. and Ald. Stella Jo Dean and Ralph Hall voted in favor.

But even Hall said he wasn't thrilled by the kiosk concept. “I'm very disap- pointed. Why should we put anything hike that in our streets?” he asked = after looking at pictures of similar kiosks in other B.C. com- munities.

Marcino was angry that the kiosk company had agreed to pay the North Vancouver Tourist Bureau $1,000 if the kiosk went ahead. .

He noted that Ald. Dean is on the Tounst Bureau.

“Iam upset at this system of donating $1,000 to someone who'll then put the squeeze on the rest of council,” Marcino said.

The kiosk will feature 300 small advertisements, for which businesses will pay $45 each. The company will donate $900 worth of space to non-profit organizations, while churches and service clubs can rent their space for $10 per year, Neil Campbell from Town Directory Systems said.

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