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NEWS-CLIPS Oct 19/2018 to Nov 21/2018 NEWS-CLIPS Oct 19/2018 to Nov 21/2018 New Seymour River suspension bridge nearly finished.pdf 66 year old bridge bound for replacement.pdf Nobody home.pdf A look at the election results.pdf North Shore a leader for homes built with the BC Energy Step Code.pdf Addiction recovery facility opens for men in North Van.pdf North Van students learn waterway restoration.pdf BC have a choice of 3 good PR systems.pdf North Vancouver Election Results.pdf BC proportional representation vote is dishonest.pdf North Vancouver hostel owner found in contempt of court.pdf Bridge to the future.pdf North Vancouver residents warned of water testing scam.pdf Capilano Substation.pdf North Vancouver student vote mirrors adult choice.pdf Change of office.pdf Notice - Early Input Opportunity.pdf Climate change activist spamming politicians for a better tomorrow.pdf Notice -PIM for a Heritage Revialization Agreement .pdf Consider the cost before you vote for electoral reform.pdf Notice-PIM-for-1510-1530 Crown Str.pdf Developers furious with City of White Rock as council freezes tower plans.pdf Old grey mayors - the story of NV early leaders -part 1.pdf Dog ban part of long-rang plan for Grouse Mountain park.pdf Old grey mayors - the story of NV early leaders -part 2.pdf Dont like density - you aint seen nothin yet.pdf Old grey mayors-part2.pdf Drop in anytime.pdf Outgoing City of North Van council entitled to payouts.pdf Electoral reform not that complicated.pdf Pot pipe in car earns driver ticket in West Van.pdf ELECTORAL REFORM PUSH ABOUT POWER -IDEOLOGY.pdf Pro-rep pros and cons.pdf Energy efficiency gains will do the opposite of what economists claim they will do.pdf Province announces seismic upgrade for Mountainside.pdf For affordability try building apartments.pdf Province updates North Shore crash clearing rules.pdf Former councillor Mike Little elected new District of North Vancouver mayor.pdf Put a sock on it.pdf Former councillor Mike Little elected new DNV mayor.pdf REAL DATA ON PRO REP.pdf Forum aims to get young people more involved in local politics.pdf Rejection of affordable project is shameful.pdf Fourteen months needed to change voting systems.pdf Report reveals top earners among North Shore municipal employees.pdf Game of 21.pdf Six-Figure public service salaries need a closer look.pdf Heavy rains trigger North Shore floods and slides.pdf So long folks.pdf How PR could reshare BS political parties.pdf Take a cue from developers.pdf How rapid development killed a business.pdf Those who show up.pdf Interesting ad.pdf Trouble in Paradise.pdf Jonathan Wlkinson - Killer whale a symbol of urgency.pdf Two North Shore MLAs weigh in on electoral reform.pdf Just say no to proportional misrepresentation.pdf Two North Vancouver housing projects get provincial funding.pdf Legal tax is the elephant in legal aid debate.pdf Visions reign of error finally ends.pdf Major players not optimistic about Metro Vancouver housing prospects.pdf Voters split on electoral reform as deadline nears.pdf Majority government corruption.pdf We can do better - Delbrook affordable housing project.pdf Mayors Message - 10 bits of advice.pdf We warned of traffic - 35 years ago.pdf MLAs debate electoral reform.pdf When it comes to transit funding - all roads lead to disagreement.pdf Neither voting system on ballot flawless or ideal.pdf New councillor wants city to reconsider duplex bylaw.pdf New mayors may throw wrench in NDP machine.pdf 66-year-old bridge bound for replacement Jeremy Shepherd / North Shore News October 16, 2018 07:37 PM The Marine Drive Bridge over Mosquito Creek, which dates back to 1952, is set for replacement in 2019. photo Cindy Goodman, North Shore News After 66 years the Marine Drive Bridge over Mosquito Creek is set for its last crossing. City of North Vancouver council voted unanimously on a $9-million replacement for the 1950s-era bridge. The city is set to contribute $1.93 million to go along with $3.2 million from TransLink and $3.87 million from Build Canada’s Small Communities Fund, a federal and provincial partnership. The bridge, which was widened in 1973 and 1981, was found to have a “heavily corroded steel tendon” in a girder during a 2015 inspection. Replacement was recommended based on the bridge’s age and “the uncertainty of the condition of the post-tensioned tendons in the other girders,” the report stated. With construction set to begin in the spring of 2019, the replacement bridge should: “improve pedestrian, cycling, and transit connections across Mosquito Creek,” according to the city staff report. The old bridge was recognized by the B.C. Historical Federation as the first pre-stressed concrete bridge in Canada. The technique, which uses compression to overcome weaknesses in concrete, is now widely used. The motion for the bridge was passed without discussion. “It’s carried unanimously,” Mayor Darrell Mussatto noted. “So, we’ll build a bridge.” © 2018 North Shore News Daphne Bramham: Civic chaos or more of the same? A look at the election results Moving forward on crucial issues in both Vancouver and the region will require skillful leadership and a willingness to compromise. Daphne Bramham Updated: October 21, 2018 After nearly a decade of alignment on crucial issues of housing and transportation, B.C.’s two largest cities are now at odds. Vancouver is yin to Surrey’s yang, while Burnaby (the third most populous city) straddles the divide. Housing dominated every race in Metro Vancouver and the civic election results indicate a deep divide over how to maintain affordability for low- and middle-income earners, how to house the homeless and how not to destroy neighbourhoods’ character and livability in the process. Vancouver’s Independent mayor-elect, Kennedy Stewart, will lead a council that seems ready to take some aggressive measures to deal with affordability. Of course, it may take some skilful negotiation since the council includes five Non-Partisan Association councillors, three Greens and one each from COPE and OneCity. But it’s likely the majority will leave in place the controversial (and last-minute) decision of the Vision- dominated council to allow duplexes in every residential neighbourhood as well as agree to use city-owned land for more co-ops and social housing. Regionally, Vancouver will find allies in Coquitlam, New Westminster, North Vancouver City, West Vancouver and in Port Coquitlam where mayor-elect Brad West talked about possibly banning foreign homebuyers. Surrey’s mayor-elect, Doug McCallum, wants to pause development of new highrise condos and focus more on gradual densification. So do Port Moody’s new mayor, Rob Vagramov, and the new mayors in Burnaby and North Vancouver District — Mike Hurley and Mike Little. Hurley, in particular, wants time to figure out how to stop demovictions — the eviction of renters from affordable apartments that are being demolished to make way for highrise condos. City of Burnaby Mayor elect Mike Hurley celebrates with supporters at his election headquarters after winning the 2018 municipal election, Burnaby, Oct., 20, 2018. RICHARD LAM / PNG Hurley won because for years Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan dismissed affordability and homelessness as problems that are the responsibility of the senior levels of government and refused to do anything about the two issues. This year alone, the city is on track to approve close to $1.4-billion worth of highrise condo construction. In Maple Ridge, mayor-elect Mike Morden has vowed to get rid of the homeless by tearing down the 18-month- old tent city and possibly giving temporary, modular housing that was built to house them over to seniors and low-income earners. But any pauses on growth will only increase pressure on neighbouring municipalities, signalling difficulties ahead for Metro. The regional government — its chair, boards and committees — is comprised of mayors and councillors with the number of positions weighted to reflect the population in each. Through compromise and consensus, Metro has a regional growth strategy aimed at creating a compact urban area to meet its goals of economic and environmental sustainability. Co-operation on the Mayors Council led to the federal and provincial governments’ commitment to spent $7 billion on regional transportation, including the $1.65-billion, light-rail line in Surrey and the Broadway Avenue subway in Vancouver. But that’s now at risk. Both McCallum and incoming Langley City mayor Val van den Broek pledged to stop the LRT construction. They want SkyTrain and are willing to risk losing the LRT funding to get it. Safe Surrey Coalition mayoral candidate Doug McCallum celebrates his win in the civic election Saturday night in Surrey. Jason Payne / PNG Delta’s incoming mayor, George Harvie, also wants to put a wrench in regional transportation plans. Delta’s recently retired chief administrative officer wants to revive plans for a 10-lane bridge to replace the four- lane George Massey Tunnel. The bridge isn’t part of Metro’s plan, but it was promised by the B.C. Liberal government before the 2017 provincial election. Just as Vancouver’s new mayor must build support, Metro will also need strong leadership to avoid having its hard-won growth and transportation strategies left in tatters. That task may fall to the few incumbent mayors — Coquitlam’s Richard Stewart, New West’s Jonathan Cote or Richmond’s Malcolm Brodie — to provide that leadership. What’s at risk are billions of dollars in infrastructure money. Without consensus on the regional needs for housing, transportation and dealing with the opioid crisis, it will be even harder to wrest money from senior levels of government, even though most of these big-city and regional issues are their responsibility.
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