Al0 - Wednesday, March 16, 1983 - North Shore News

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Pe by Ellsworth

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ACTING on a suggestion by a reader, for

today’s column I interviewed unemployed people to ask:

‘Are you happy with the service at the Canada Employment

Centre?”

Robert Parrish North Vancouver

AS far as I'm -oncerned, they are. treating me just fine.

They have not found me a

job yet, but they are trying. I have no complaints.

Ryan Mawhinnui North Vancouver

lam not too happy with their service. It seems to take a long time to get things done

Peter Frankien North Vancouver

T think they are doing the best they can during these hard times At the present time. they are lining up interviews for me

Lynsay Smith West Vancouver

AL first, oo felt) so burcaucratic and dchumanizing, bul going

through the process I found the staff to be helpful I think the Canada Employment

Centre is doing a good yob considenng how few jobs there are

Alfred Varney North Vancouver

1 think the

Scrvkc could be better 1 tave been trying to find a yob through the Canada bimployment: Centre for two and a half years and they have not found me anvihing Louse oa tubby qualified ight and beayy duty cquipment operation and | am wihing too work

anywhere Why they find me a pot”

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whether it was a good idea or not.

“We could find ourselves including it in the budget and going ahead and then discovering that it’s not what the public want. We should wait until next year,” Blackburn declared.

But Mayor Derrick Humphreys pointed out that nothing would be done without detailed, studies of the proposals, and that the presidents of all the ratepayers and resident associations in_ the municipality were being invited to a special meeting to study the budget proposals on March 24.

“You can be sure that the pros and cons will be discussed exhaustively. We don't go around spending money before we are fully aware of all that is involved,” he said.

Alderman Gordon Rowntree explained that the Ambleside changes had been carefully studied and were supported by the Parks and

Recreation Advisory ‘Commission.

Closing the road. he explained was important

because staff were anxious about the safety of children using the Ambleside playground.

“Children are constantly running out onto the road between parked cars, etther to recover balls or to pass from one side of the road to the other. This 1s unsafe,” said Municipal Manager Terry Lester.

In a report to council Lester pointed out that semiors with disabilities

would still be able to park and view the water, as 40 new sites would be available beside the beach in the area west of the playground.

Construction of another parking lot next to the tennis courts would mean a total of 2604 spaces compared to the existing 249 spaces -- an additional d5 spaces

Lester estimated the cost of providing the new seawalk parking area — including excavations, plant material, paving and a new drainage scheme would be about $187 000) The tennis courts

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parking lot would cost an additional $20,000.

But these costs, he said, do not include tearing up the existing roadway and parking area, and planting over them. This would add another $40,000 to the total he reckoned. —

Staff suggest carrying out the development in three Stages: first, building the new parking area at the entrance; second, closing tne existing road, leaving a

Curbs on pediars eyed

POPCORN and ice cream pedlars in West Vancouver may have to be a bit more careful where they stake their terntory in future.

West Van council decided Monday it wants to restrict these pedlars to certain locations within — strict boundanies.

Although it approves pedlars in John Lawson Park, council proposed that any pedlar in Ambleside Park should be organized by the concessig)

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small section intact to serve the concession for delivery vehicles; third, constructing the parking lot next to the tennis courts.

Although council members are not planning to seek public opinion,

municipal staff believe that it needs a highly visible project to show people that things

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are being done.

Lester says: “Many of our parks projects are so small and spread about the municipality that the public has a perception of little being done. Perhaps we need a large project brought to completion to show the good things which are being accomplished in our parks.”

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