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Mark
Sager

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Patricia
Boname

Andy
Danyliu

Diana

Sager has the unevviable task of guiding council meetings, which he
usually dees with a firm hand. A stylish politician, he banters easily
with the public, but has lost patience with badgering from a few
council regulars. He rarely votes, but displays a good knowledge of
issues and regulations. An effective consensus-buitder, Sager still
lets too much discussion go on out of the public eye.

An honest and hard-working politician, the likable and easygoing
Boname can become a tad ruffled when she’s in ths spotlight. She's
not a forceful speaker and can be overshadowed by her more com-
posed colleagues. Still, when the votes are taken, she sticks up for her
belietS and is not afraid to vote against the direction taken by staffand
ber fellow councillors.

Danyliu sometimes shoots from the lip ard asks questions later.
Whatever the shot, it’s generally entertaining. One of the most conti.
dent and forceful speakers on council, Danyliu is also flexible enough
to alter his position when warranted. His decision not to run for mayor
is the municipality’s loss, as the fiscal conservative’s presence would
have added style and substance to the candidates’ debate.

An affable sort, Day can become downright recalcitrane when he feels
something is wrong. He’s not affraid to pop off to the mayor or the
media. Even with his interest in desiyn, his handling of the monster
house issue was Jess than stellar, but it’s a contentious topic.
Legislation to preserve Caulfeild proved popular. A middic-of-the-
pack politician, Day’s willingness to disagree is a plus,

Hutchinson is another capable West Vancouver councillor.

of the North Shore Health Board often refers the News to the

Hutchinson Although she does her homework in council matters, the chairman

Allan
Williams

health board CEO on board issues. Hutchinson, the council's
board representative, should be more confident discussing the
daily operations of the more than $100-million-per-year board.

Council’s well-informed elder statesman, Williams appears to be

respected across the spectrum. He usually gets to the point and asks
‘pertinent questions. Williams has exhibited passion and frustration

when discussing the slow grinding gears of the political process on
issues such as West Vancouver’s stilted attempts at a new sraoking
bylaw. OF current councillors, Williams is the most valuable player.

When the intermittent fireworks flare during council meetings, it’s
very rare that Wood is taking part. The least-talkative member on
council, it’s difficult to determine whether he has little to say or
simply chooses his words carefully. When he does speak, he doesn’t
draw attention to himself by making gaffs or adding original insight.

Wednesday, October 23, 1996 — North Shore News — 3

nsensus the
ey i

NEARLY three years have passed
since the fast municipal elections,
and together with the other North
Shore municipalities West
Vancouver District council is
approaching the end of its car-
rent three-year term.

For the benefit of North Shore News
readers, News reporter ian Noble has pre-
pared the following opinion and analysis
piece.

As part of an ongeing evaluation of
North Shore council perfor-

THE

‘Taxpayers paid for the report, should
have known it was available and heard
council’s reasons for rejecting the ban.

‘The private discussions, however,
generally prevent council mectings
from dragging on like the infamous
midnight meetings in North Vancouver
District.

Fortunately, passionate public
debate has not been eliminated and is
actually becoming more common.
Although West Vancouver councillors
like to talk up a good news motion,
they thankfully refrain from running on

mance the end-of-term report 4 “MmUnICipal de ision S|

card follows a similar April
1995 midterm report and
includes cach counctl’s peer.
mance as a whole as well as an
individual, councillor-by-coun-
tillor evaluation,

Some of the subjective consid-
erations included in the evalua-
tions are the degrees of leader-
ship, effectiveness, communica-
tion and preparation each
councillor exdibited during the current
council seston.

Exch council member's attitude and
ability to cooperate and compromise with
other councillors also played a part in his
or her evaluation and final grade.

West Vancouver councillors work’
well together, seemingly almost too
well. Consensus is often reached behind
closed doors on topics other than land,
personnel and legal issues. .

Most of the decisions made in pri-
vate sessions are likely not earth-shat-:
tering, but sometimes they come back
to haunt councillors. For example,
council did not publicly discuss its deci-
sion to reject a report recommending
trucks be temporarily banned on three
steep West Vancouver sirects.

HOW COUNCIL VOTED ON FIVE KEY ISSUES:

cards

COUNCIL REPORTER IAN NOBLE

to draw attention to themselves.

West Vancouver council has many
controversial issues before it that have
taken too long to decide: a new smok-
ing policy, the bulk housing issue and a
controversial request te extend sewer
and water services to Cypress Park.

e the hghes to the fact residents
have the highest per capital expendi-
tures in Greater Vancouver and West °
Vancouver has more employecs per
capita than any other B.C. municipality.

Council deserves credit for the pop-
ular Lower Caulfeild Conservation
Area and sticking to its guns in the face
of another lawsuit, this one from the
Capilano Sportsmen’s Club, which
didn’t want to lose its clubhouse to a
youth outreach program. . :

| YOUTH .-
| CENTRE
Councillors decided
late in 1995 that a
youth outreach pro-
gram needed a new
home. The home
they chose housed
the Capilanc
Sportsmen's Club,
which fought.a long
and heated battle to
save its clubhouse.
However, council
members won
what proved to be
a war of words and
the youth have
moved in.

AMBLESIDE”

Boname__._._.Yea
Hanyliu..._..._Yea
Day Yea
Hutchinson..._.Yea
Witliams.__Yea
Wood Yea

4 EISHERMAN’S |
cove

BAKERY/CAFE

A developer initially
asked for a liquor
licence for a bak-
ery/cafe in
Fisherman's Cove.
The cafe was sup-
posed to be
attached toa bike
shop. After a rau-
cous public hear-
ing, council’s com-
promise called for a
scaled-down bak-
ery/cafe and the
bike shop.
However, the liquor
licence was
shelved.

Boname Yea
Danyliu Yea
Day Yea
Hutchinson___Yea
Williams Yea
Wood_____Yea

CAULFEILD

CONSERVATION

AREA

In the long-winded
and ongoing fight
to control monster
houses in West
Vancouver, council
took a different tack
with the heritage-
filled |.ower
Caulfeild area. West
Van broke new
ground by institut-
ing subjective
guidelines instead
ot a mathematical
formula to deter-
mine development
in Lower Caulfeild.

Boname__._.___.Yea
Danyliu._._._.___Yea
Day. Yea
Hutchinson___Yea
Withiams_._._Yea
Wood -_—-Yea

WESTERN
COMMUNITY

REC CENTRE

After years of talk
about building new
recreation centres
in the central and
western areas of
West Vancouver,
council decided in
July to go with a
staff recommenda-
tion to focus on the
western site. Most
recently, councillors
were asked to
approve a pracess
to hire an architect
for the western site.

Boname___Absent
Danyliu.._.._Yea
Day. Yea
Hutchinson__.Yea
Williams.__.__Yea
Wood.____Alisent

ARTS |
COMMISSION
FUNDING
The North Shore Aits
Commission started
to stray away from
the objectives
endorsed by West :
Vancouver. Just
before the 1996
summer break, coun-
cil decided to look at
pulling its $50,00G°in
funding from the arts
organization, which
had been funded by
the three North
Shore municipalities.
The commission has
a $200,000 budget.

Boname Yea
Danyliu Yea
Day__. Yea
Hutchinson... Yea
Williams Yea
Wood Yea