Wednesday, November 14 , 1990 - North Shore News - 17 y a coe perce a — af ; a oe a te 3 : ) Council Candidates Question 1: Do you support provincial plans to spend $34 million on upgrading the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal? Question 2: Do you think council made a mistake in initiating a golf course at Cypress Ridge? Question 3: The municipality is initiating a tree management policy and has hired an arborist. Do you think the municipality requires more guidelines for residents regarding tree cutting and views? , ‘ 2 . Photo : an . — ei “ unavailable Andy Danyliu Rod Day Jack Forster Director of finance and administration of the [ West Vancouver ss Vancouver Industrial Relations Council Married, four children West Vancouver Married, one child Former West Vancouver alderman and ‘‘an in- terested citizen who lives in West Vancouver.” Rotary Club; Canada Day commit: couver Community Arts Council Lacrosse Association; director of Banff School of Advanced Management. ALDERMAN West Vancouver Marital status; | Married, four citren Community involvement: Lions Gate Hospital Board member; vice- chairman of North Shore Arts Commission; chairman of W.V. Council Parks, Recreation, Culture and Community Services. Community volunteer University professor at SFU West Vancouver Married, two children chairman of the planning and tand use comm tee; council representative with N.S. Union Board of Health; former library board member, Long-term planning is required in order to ensure that new construction fits in with existing neighborhoods. West Vancouver has to address seniors housing and youth activities. Youth and seniors have been negiccted. One concrete proposal would be to build a joint-use facility integrating both old and young. The community must focus on the problems of iis young people, the issue of senior’s housing and the orderly maintenance of the municipality. Most important issue: Bill Howard 60 Retired businessman Donald Griffiths 65 Management consultant CA ee Paul Hundal ; 33 | West Vancouver Donald Grakam : : West Vancouver Married, two children Residence: West Vancouver West Vancouver Marital status; Communily involvement: Slarried. three children, on Married, two children Married, two children Committee chairman for merchants’ association for West Vancouver's 75th anniversary; Amblesidy-Tiddlycove Lions Ciub (14 years; WY ior BP Homecaners Assn, N/A YES ¥ Y NO YES Seniors and youth. The community needs to make housing more affardable for both. Past president of the Coho Festival: past dir tor of the West Vancouver Chamber of Com- merce; director of LGH Foundation. Director of Heritage Forests Society; founding member of Friends of Cypress; award-winning author of Keepers of the Light and Lights of the Inside Passage. president of SPEC; founding director of Friends of Cypre: esearch director af Save Lyna Canyon Park Assn. 1. Ferry terminal 2. Golf course Most important issue: YES be preserved The regulation of development in West Van- couver so that the park-hke sening of the com- tnunity is preserved. More care should be taken in providing green belts. Providing services at an affordable cost without driving people out of their hom 1 is important to have good management skills both on staff and council, especially during a period of recession, Cypress Ridge must from development. ALDERMAN a ° Name Diana Hutchinson Beverly Tanchak Community consultant Occupation: Residence: Married, two chiidren Divorced, two sons Lilian Thiersch N/A Small business woman , > Ron Wood Management consultant West Vancouver Married, two children West Vancouver West Vancouver Marital status: Married, thtee children Community iavolvement: 4, Tree cutting | Most important issue: Served as West Vancouver alderman 1980-86; on West Vancouver Parks and Rec Commission from 1976-82; past chairman N.S. Board of Health; church warden at St. Francis in-The- Wood Church. Council should be more careful than ever with expenditures, especially during difficult econamic times. Council should also consider more com- munity input prior to development. West Vancouver Parks and Recreation Commis- sioner, vice-president of the Coho Festival: past director of the West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce. YES YES NO Transportation is a social, environmental and financial issue. The community could benefit by a mini-bus system connecting with the Blue Bus system and commercial areas. The function of the mini-bus system would be to “comb people out of the hills" and ‘*get people out of their cars for short trip Former school board trustee and chairman of West Vancouver school board; member of the Parks and Recreatien Advisory Commission; member of the West Vancouver Advisory Plan- ning Commission. NO YES The municipality would benefit by more forward planning. C ij on information, i n, that it already jal Community Plan should be analyzed wan respect te financial impact. Chairman, 1990 N.S. Symphony by the Sea com- mittee; Canadian Club of Vancouver member; past president, West Vancouver Howe Sound Social Credit Constituency Association; past president, W.V, Chamber of Commerce. Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) ex- penses are expected to double in the next five years. Rather than distribute expenses based on population, they will be distributed based on assessed values, It appears West Vancouver will be hit the hardest. West Vancouver will have to negotiate aggre: ely with the GVRD to ensure tax increases are equitable.