Jack Loucks on
travel, fishing
and making
tough decisions

What's the hardest part of being
the Mayor of North Vancouver
City?: “1 guess it's sometimes try-
ing to make a decision on a pro-
ject when you're not clear on
what the best thing to do is. If I
feel it is the right decision, even
though some people may be op-
posed, then I'm happy with the
decision. But when you're not
clear on it, then it's difficult to
make a decision. h’s not very
often that I’m uncertain on a
decision but it does happen from
time to time.”’

What do people usually say to you
when they run into you out in
public?: **They usually say “Hi.”
A few times they may have prob-
lems that they’ tell me about. I
maintain an open door policy. |
listen to people’s concerns and we
uy to make sure our staff listens
to people’s concerns. I think peo-
ple in general are happy with the
job we're doing.”

What is the hardest politica) deci-
sion you've ever had to make?: “‘!
find that a difficult question to
answer. Over 13 years you've had
to make a lot of difficult decisions
and off the top of my head I just
can’t recall which has been the
most difficult. You face each of
these decisions as you go along.”

What do you like to do to relax?:
“I’m not a fisherman like some
people are, but I like to fish.
Every summer my wife and I go
up to the Pavillion Lakes. If we
have the time we like to go travel-
ling. We've been to Britain four
times, Japan twice and China
once. We've travelled across
Canada twice in our trailer. We
enjoy getting out and staying ina
lot of national and provincial
parks.”’

What is a routine day like for
you?: ‘‘My days vary a lot. My
typical day, if there is one, is hard
to describe. i have certain
meetings I have to go to and
documents to sign. Sometimes f'll
meet with staff and then people,
like developers, come in and see
me. Some days you’re running all
the time and on others you have
breathing room. It would be good
if you could combine the two.””

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* FAMILY: Wife, Olive, three daughters, one
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* HOBBIES: Fishing, travelling

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city will lease, but not sell land in
Lower Lonsdale.

A second issue facing the city,
and other members of the Greater
Vancouver Regional District
(GVRD), is finding funds to im-
Prove existing water, sewage and
drainage systems.

Pollution is also a major con-
cern of Loucks’.

“We've (GVRD) been told we
could end up with an air pollution
problem as great as Los Angeles,"'
says Loucks. ‘‘We take our great
climate and atmosphere for
granted. The biggest offender is
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We have such a good place to
live and we have to take care of
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While it is not uncommon for
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Loucks says he is against
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“ET don't think bigger is better.
We're (city) a more urbanized
area. We're five square miles with
36,000 people,’* says Loucks.
"We have urban problems. The
two communities may be similiar
and they work together very well,
but 1 do believe we are better
served with our own council.”

Jack Loucks has been a fixture
in North Vancouver for decades
and he knows both the city and
the district like the back of his
hand. He takes great delight in
explaining the history of the area
to visitors who drop into his of-
fice fora chat, some of whomcome
carrying pieces of native art look-
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