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PREPARING FOR REFERENDUM OUTCOME

W. Van Council tries to fulfil twin towers lease conditions

SINCE WEST Vancouver Mayor Don Lanskail has prom- ised to go with the results of the upcoming 320 Taylor Way referendum, West Vancouver District Council is attempting to fulfil its lease agreement conditions with development company Newcorp Properties to limit the municipality’s

legal liability.

Council recently paid off the $500,000 mortgage on the land at the corner of Taylor Way and Marine Drive, although it had until February. This was to clear title to the land, one of the four condi- tions-precedent agreed to by coun-

cil. “If we have taken all reasonable

By MAUREEN CURTIS Contributing Writer

steps to fulfil the conditions, then Newcorp may not be able to come back on us,’’ said municipal man- ager Terry Lester.

Council tried to comply with a second condition to clear the land

by giving the current car-dealership tenant notice to vacate.

Lester said the district has ob- tained a conditional approval from the Department of Highways for the building of an access underpass —a third condition.

And lastly, although the attempt was unsuccessful, council went through the procedure of trying to rezone the land to allow for a higher parking garage.

The fact that the conditions were not completely fulfilled, however, meant that Newcorp could have backed out of the agreement.

Still, Newcorp waived the condi-

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THE BOYD sisters clown it up with facepainting. The three will be helping to animate faces at the ferth- coming St. Martin’s Anglican Church Christmas Fair to be held Saturday, November 19 from 1 to 4 p.m. Pictured are (from left to right): Meghan Boyd, 9; Shelagh Boyd, 412; and Kelly Boyd, 7.

FEDERAL AND MUNICIPAL COVERAGE

News sponsors televised all-candidates meetings

THE NORTH Shore News is sponsoring a series of municipal and federal all-candidates programs scheduled to be televised on Shaw Cable 4 starting Nov. 15.

“We think it is important for the people of the North Shore to have the opportunity to view alli the candidates so that they can make intelligent voting decisions,” News promotions manager Dorin- da Emery said of the News-Shaw Cable joint election coverage.

**We are a part of the communi- ty and we want to keep our readers informed on the local issues.”

To that end, the News will be publishing North Shore municipal candidate profiles in the Sunday, Noy. 13 issue and local federal candidate profiles in the Wednes- day, Nov. 16 edition, in addition to sponsoring the Shaw Cable 4 series.

The televised programs will feature a phone-in format and be moderated by a single host.

Tim Frewer will host the municipal aldermanic and mayoral all-candidates programs while Bob Spence will host the federal all- candidates programs.

The series will begin at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 15 with the four North Vancouver School Board incurmbents, all of whom have been returned by acclamation, followed at 9 p.m. with the seven West Vancouver school board candidates. Both segments will run 90 minutes.

On Wednesday, Nov. 16, the nine North Vancouver District aldermanic candidates will be featured from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The district’s two mayoral can- didates will then each be allotted a minimum of 30 minutes each star- ting at $:30 p.m.

The same format will be used the following night for the 10 West Vancouver aldermanic hopefuls and the two West Vancouver mayoral candidates.

All three programs will be repeated on Friday, Nov. 18 star- ting with the North Vancouver school board candidates at 2 p.m. and finishing with West Van- couver’s mayoral candidates from 10 p.m. to 1] p.m.

The federal all-candidates pro-

grams will begin municipal election day, Saturday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m. with the 10 North Vancouver can- didates. Capilano-Howe Sound’s six federal candidates wiil follow starting at 9 p.m.

Shaw Cable will also provide municipal election updates during the program as results become available from the various municipal polling stations.

The federal program will be repeated Sunday, Nov. 20 starting at 7 p.m. with the Capilano-Howe Sound segment and followed by the North Vancouver segment, which will start at 9 p.m.

Shaw program coordinator Leslie Payne said the programs will provide North Shore residents, especially those with video cassette recorders, with an excellent and convenient way to see and hear all North Shore municipal and federal candidates.

“A lot of people will use them

(the programs) as a way to make _

their final decision,’’ Payne said. She added that Shaw Cable ap- preciated the North and West Vancouver chambers’ of commerce help in informing the various can- didates of the programs, and the work of the many volunteers in- volved in organizing the series.

tions-precedent Oct. 31, and has

declared the agreement still stan- ding.

“If the conditions-precedent has

been waived, then we are removed

from any responsibility from car- was

rying out those conditions, the opinion of Ald. Mark Sager, stated at last week’s council meeting.

Council also fielded questions

concerning the information sheet that has been drawn up to help voters make their decision concer- ning the upcoming referendum.

“Some of the points are of a po-

litical nature,’’ said Roff Johann-

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son of the Capilano Public Lands Committee, who said some of the arguments against the proposal had been summarized in a dif- ferent way than his committee would have done.

“*T don't think it’s a political document,’ said Mayor Don Lan- skail. ‘‘There are serious financial ramifications to this that people should be aware of.’”

When asked, council and staff denied that they had been in- fluenced by submissions from Newcorp Properties representatives on the wording of the information sheet.

News poll shows Liberals in lead

A NOV. 3 News poll of over 300 people from all areas of the North Shore shows the Liberal party leading among decided local voters for the Nov. 21 federal election.

Pollsters called a total of 449 people in the various North Shore neighborhoods and asked residents which party they would vote for if a federal election were to be held today.

Of those, 133 either refused to say, were not available or were disqualified for other reasons,

leaving a total of 319 who responded.

Of the respondents, 19.9 per cent said they would vote for a Liberal candidate, 17.4 per cent said they would vote Progressive Conservative, 13 per cent said they would vote for an NDP candidate and 4.4 per cent said they would vote for the Reform Party.

A total of 43.4 per cent of those contacted were undecided, while 1.3 per cent said they would not vote and .6 per cent said they would vote for a candidate from a party other thun the four mention-

Project costs have

residents

From page 1 municipal servicing of the Braemar-Dempsey connector and Road G of the project.

Construction of the cul-de-sac Road G, to be located near Demp- sey Road, was initially budgeted for $310,000 in a March 17 engineering services zeport. But estimates released Oct. 17 show a $414,000 cost for Road G, a 34 per cent increase.

The March budget for the new Braemar Place cul-de-sac, to be located near East Braemar Road, indicated a cost of $555,000. Edgeworth said the October figure increased to $700,000, a 26 per cent jump.

The $60,000 clearing contract for the Braemar-Dempsey connec- tor is up $31,000 or approximately 50 per cent to accommodate extra right-of-way clearing.

The timing of the entire project

translates into wet winter construc- tien in an area geographically defined by steep, mountainous ter- the

rain. Opponents estimate winter construction has added $500,000 to the project cost, due to the necessity of importing gravel to secure the road sites.

“It’s all been done in a hurry-up

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manner,’’ said Edgeworth. ‘‘The contracts have been awarded, yet some of the studies are still being done. We've sought to have topographic, soil and hydrology analysis done in a logical man- ner.’”

Residents opposed to the project are also questioning the discrepan- cy in contract-offer figures releas- ed publicly for the Braemar- Dempsey and Road G servicing tender. Tender figures presented to council Oct. 17 as the offers received from six companies Sept. 26 are all lower ($593,723 lower in one case) than the offer figures confirmed by one of the competing companies.

The winning offer, as received Sept. 26 and as presented Oct. 17, shows Dayross Developments Ltd. as the low tender. But the Sept. 26 figure for the Dayross offer is $2,268,091, whereas the Oct. 17 figure is $1,986,991. .

An engineering services spokesperson was not available for comment to press time. A resident attempting to secure municipal documents confirming tender amounts was turned down by the district on the basis that the documents are not public informa- tion.

” ‘WEATHER

Friday and Saturday, Periods of rain. Lows: 4°C, highs near 71°C.

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