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Commission backs better rates for seniors, students

Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporter adangelo@nsnews.com

THE North Vancouver Recreation Commission (NVRC) wants to increase discounts for seniors’ and students’ fitness packages.

Since Aug. 1, recreation centre yearly memberships jumped $24, up trom $246 to $270. NVRC also dropped the non-prime time or fimited- use memberships and special niemberships for seniors and teenagers. Such memberships had been offered trom $135.60 wa $148.50. Students and seniors now, vet a 25% discount off the $270 membership passes.

arec commission meeting Thursday, commissioners voted in favour

Hy North Vancouver City, (NVC) and North Vancouver District

(NVD) couneils to shell out more money to bump the seniors and students

discount from 25% to 35%. If approved, the higher discount would be troactive to Sept. 1, 2000.

The: city. would contribute an additional $6,667 .and the district $15,558 (a 30-70% agreed shared cost} for a total of $22,225 to achieve a 35% discount on annual memberships. The present district basic subsidy to the ree commission for the vear 2000 is $4,351,559, Phe city’s basic sub-

"_sidy is $1,694,435

. (Meanwhile, the recreation commission did not addre mmenda-

tion on its meeting agenda that suggests the city and district pay $40,000

for a consultant to review the current joing bylaw that outlines the rela-

tionship - between the municipalities and the recreation commission.

According to a NVRC staff report by director Gary Young, city council

had asked their siaif for a report showing how city residents could avoid fee increases and how the ree commission could ensure that any sidy reductions are directed to district services or ‘

Young stated in the report that it would be difficult “to enaci practices that would support any special treaument of the citizens of one municipal- ity over the other.” Young stated that hiring a fee management consultant

“could be considered c+ the city could institute celitre coupon system that could be redeemed for cash. City Mayor Barb Sharp has previously writen to the commission, suggesting that the ree centre fee ine related district council's decision to keep 2000 tay cates at 1999 le : hire

According to Heather Ostevik, NVRC manager of community recre- : ened ign ation services, recreation seaft found that there was a $400,000 shortfall in are ee : aa are = cal second quarterly review of finances this year. Ostevik said that half of the ; : : NEWS photo Mike Wakefield shortfall was due to increased heating costs. Ostevik said that. a review of! ; rt the non-prime time use (during the day) showed that it no longer applied. : eart sma Fitness facility users work out day and night. People have sified from aer- obics to weight rooms. Ostevik said that about 10,000 residents have annual memberships; 7,500 are adults. Approximately 25% of the mem- berships are taken eut ata discount by students and seniors.

THE quick reaction of North Vancouver District firefighters Kevin Broadbent (clockwise, left to right), Glenn Potter, Ken Berg and Blake Bartel saved a young woman's life last week. The firemen used a defibrillater to reverse the effects of the woman's heart attack. See story page 5. ‘

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