William Griffin Rec Centre Rebuild will be costly
Please view this link to the North Shore News article of September 21st on this topic:
http://www.nsnews.com/news/William+Griffin+centre+rebuild+will+costly/5434230/story.html
Alan Nixon says neighbours’ needs should count more
http://www.nsnews.com/Councillor+floats+flexible+zoning/3596378/story.html#ixzz1Yp0Sidfm
Marijuana Dispensary in Deep Cove
http://www.bclocalnews.com/greater_vancouver/northshoreoutlook/opinion/letters/124367689.html
Proposal to limit municipal sale of plastic bottles gets no support
Please see this link to the North Shore News article on this topic:
http://www.nsnews.com/story_print.html?id=5142163&sponsor=
District of North Vancouver debates Squamish development impact
Please see this link to the North Shore News article on this topic:
http://www.nsnews.com/story_print.html?id=4542698&sponsor=
Debate over Vancouver garbage issue heats up
…A plan to ship that garbage to Ashcroft, B.C. was recently killed by the provincial government. Now Metro Vancouver is considering sending it to Washington State, an idea that is meeting resistance from politicians like North Vancouver District Councillor Alan Nixon..
We are going to be blithely giving up authority over our own Municipal Land Use and Planning processes. Nobody in the District of North Vancouver voted to do such a thing or to impart such authority to Metro Vancouver. Most people are totally asleep at the switch on this issue. We have been lulled into a false sense of security by Metro’s soothing balm of platitudes and condescension. Be afraid – be very afraid!! Get out to the Public Hearings and let them know you will not tolerate such a usurpment of local authority….
District of North Vancouver council backs off calling for ban on plastic bags
– By Charlie Smith, November 24, 2008
The District of North Vancouver council has unanimously approved a motion asking Environment Minister Barry Penner to set targets to reduce the use of plastics, including single-use disposable shopping bags, in B.C.
The original motion that was contained in a report from Mayor Richard Walton called upon council to support Metro Vancouver’s recommendation that the Minister “ban” single-use shopping bags in B.C.
However, during the debate, some councillors objected to a ban. Coun. Alan Nixon said he would prefer measures that reward good behaviour on the part of retailers.
District of North Vancouver population to grow 20,000 in 20 years
By Benjamin Alldritt, North Shore News February 4, 2011
….Not all members of council were immediately convinced. Coun. Alan Nixon said the district needs to take a hard look at the services it delivers — which is an ongoing staff project — lest taxpayers be faced with “an inexorable increase in costs.”
On the planning side, Nixon said he was interested in exploring a single large centre.
“It’s all well and good to have a network of centres,” he said, “but I think we also probably agree it would be way better and way more effective and way more economical to put it all in one place rather than delivering dispersed growth. Maybe we’d be better off to have a Metrotown in Lynn Valley or Lower Lynn where all the expense, all the infrastructure is concentrated in one place.”…..For more information on the district’s draft OCP, visit identity.dnv.org/.
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North Shore Congress
Alan took part in the the North Shore Congress to discuss current and future infrastructure projects that are jointly funded by the communities, the province, and the federal government.
Pictured here with Alan at the North Shore Congress are Dr. Paul Kershaw, (Human Early Learning Project, UBC), Darrell Mussatto, Mayor, North Vancouver City, Richard Walton, Mayor, District of North Vancouver, Dr. Kris Bulcroft, President, Capilano University, and MLS Jane Thornthwaite. October 14, 2010.
Metro Vancouver Solid Waste Disposal Debate
On Monday night, North Vancouver District councillors were set to vote on the question of whether Metro Vancouver should be required to keep its garbage in B.C.
Ahead of the vote, Nixon said he wants it to stay in B.C. Sending garbage south to the U.S., he says, will put it out of sight of Vancouver residents, making them much less motivated to reduce the amount of garbage they produce.
“It takes us off the hook. It takes every citizen in metro Vancouver potentially off the hook about being devoted to or buying into the need to reduce the waste that’s going into the stream right now,” he said.
