3 - Sunday, November 13, 1928 -— North Shore News N. Shore candidates compete for municipal, trustee positions A TOTAL of 34 candidates registered to contest two mayoral, 12 aldermanic and nine school board positions in West Vancouver and North Vancouver districts in the Nov. 19 municipal! elections. {In order to provide readers with information on each can- Profiles on the 10 candidates contesting the six available aldermanic seats in West Van- couver appear on page 16, while the nine candidates running for space, the News has published the six available North Van- profiles on each in this issue star- couver District aldermanic seats School Board candidates seeking the five available board seats are on page 18 along with comments from the four North Vancouver Schoo! Board incumbents, whe were all acclaimed. Profiles of the latter were replaced with a summation of important issues the next two years. Terms for all the available positions will be two years. For municipal voting and poll- ing station information in West Vancouver call 922-1211. For North Vancouver District municipal election information didate and their platforms and to provide candidates with equal ting with the four mayoral can- didates on page 3. appear on page 17. The seven West Vancouver each feels must be addressed over * BERT FLEMING Personal: A father of three children and an amateur hockey player, Fleming, 65, has lived in the community for 44 years. Having served with the air force during the Second World War, he has since been in- volved in various businesses, including the family-run, Fleming Hardware. Now a semi-retired sales representative, Fleming has a long history of community involve- ment with such organizations as the local chamber of commerce, business and ratepayers groups and _ parent-teacher associations. Issues: The proposed 320 Taylor Way twin towers constitute an impcrtant issue that divided council. The mayor, he says, should have ‘aken a decisive stand on it. Fleming is also concerned that ‘‘monster”’ houses and clear cutting developments are destroying a beautiful community. Comments: Feels council is avoiding issues and challenges the incumbent mayor to tell people why there is such a disarray in the community. A leading community should have a leading council that works together to solve problems. ~ Fish far * DONALD LANSKAIL Personal: Educated as a lawyer, incum- bent Lanskail, 71, is seeking his second mayoral term. He brought extensive expe- rience as a senior forest industry executive, plus 20 years as an alderman to his first term as mayor in 1986. He and his wife have raised three children and are now grandparents in West Vancouver where they have lived for 32 years. Issues: Sees a need for an informed elec- torate for the referendum vote on 320 , Taylor Way. Careful management of in- evitable growth in West Vancouver and fiscal responsibility in the municipality are other priorities. Comments: Feels council has accomplish- ed a great deal, despite the pressures caus- ed by unusual levels of building activity in West Vancouver. The revitalization of Ambleside and Dundarave and extension of the seawalk are some of the successes. e MARILYN BA\E) Personal: Now sunning for her fourth term as mayor, t!.c 44-year-old incumbent Baker has lived in North Varco: er District for 23 years. She is married and has three children. Baker entered municipal politics with a background in small business management and a concern for the rate of growth ie the district. Issues: While planning for rapid North Vancouver District growth is still of paramount importance, Baker is also con- cerned with social housing, infill housing, garbage collection and recycling, transpor- tation of dangerous goods and problems with the district’s transportation network. Comments: Likes to give everyone an op- portunity to express their views at council meetings and likes to achieve consensus whenever possible. defended From page 1 from the current four-pen site. Malamas added that the new pens would have no impact on any Indian Arm views for property owners to the south of the new site because the pens would not be visible from those properties. But Addison said that while pollution from fish farms is organic and acceptable under cer- tain conditions, “there has been no proper testing done to see if Indian Arm can support that size of a fish farm.”* He said the issue of fish farm pollution is not fully understood and cited the chronic beach closures in Deep Cove harbor from fecal coliform pollution as indica- tion that the area already faces a pollution problem because of In- dian Arm’s slow flushing charac- teristics. Addison also said Pacific has promised area residents in the past that it would maintain only a small “showpiece”? operation at its In- dian Arm farm. But Malamas said it was preposterous for residents to think a fish farm would add to coliform pollution because fecal coliforms are produced by warm-blooded animals not fish. Bill! Kimmett, the North Shore's chief public health inspector, agreed Wednesday that fish would not cause any fecal coliform pollu. tion, but added that other types of pollution such as deprivation of oxygen in water from excessive amounts of decomposing fish feed could result from fish farming operations. But Malamas said an ‘‘under- water garden’’ of shellfish and other marine life has bloomed on the ocean floor beneath his com- pany’s fish farm. According to B.C. Salmon Farm Association executive director Robert Nelles, salmon are extreme- ly sensitive to water pollution and require the cleanest water of all fish. Any pollution, he said, would therefore be felt first by the fish farmers and their salnion stock. The original aquaculture licence for the Indian Arm operation was granted as a legal non-conforining use in the primarily residential- recreational Indian Arm area. Pacific’s expansion proposal is therefore being treated as an en- tirely new lease application by ‘ue Vancouver Port Corp., which is responsible for the farm's water Jease. As such the company was required to inform all area residents by registered mail of the expansion plans. A public information meeting for residents was also held by Pacific in late October. In addition to getting water lease approval from: the port corpora- tion, the company’s expansion proposal must also be approved by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, North Vancouver District, if there is to be any expansion of the farm’s on-shore facilities, and the Canadian Coast Guard. Vancouver Port Corp. manager of property administration Deit- mar Setzer said Tuesday a decision will be made on the land-use com- patibility of the new farm very soon, He said the port has placed a moratorium on al! new fish farm licences in its jurisdiction until its current recreational study of In- dian Arm has been completed. call 987-7131. © PETER FAMINOW Personal: Born and raised on the Prairies, Faminow has been a resident and practis- ing lawyer in the district for 34 years. The father of three grown daughters, he has served on council as an alderman for seven years in the 1960s. fssues: Wants to stop annual tax increases and will push for removal of the home purchase tax. Faminow finds the local il- legal suite bylaw discriminatory and wants to stop tue Braemar/Dempsey road link. Comments: Faminow is interested in the forceful protection of the environment and stands for universal disarmament and the declaration of Canada as a nuclear free zone. NEWS photo Mike Wakelleld JIM MALAMAS, Pacific Aquacuiture general manager, shows some young salmon.