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lower road that will route
trucks and heavy traffic away
from most residential area.

‘‘And I want to see careful
planning—for .
‘growth in North Vancouver.

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RECORD.

e Honours graduate
in Mathematics and
Commerce, _practis-
ing lawyer

e 15 years Schoo!
Trustee

e 5 years. on Parks
Board

*

A E Exe TiN |
OF ESEINE rears

city alderman.

any future—

° 6 years on Advisory ~
Planning Commision =

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elected as a North Vancouver
And Pll
continue working hard if I am
elected.

involvement .with the com-
munity. But I’m _ probably

best known for my campaign ~

to convince the provincial
government .to donate land to

the citizens of North Van-.

couver for the creation ‘of a

.waterfront park at the foot of
Chesterfield. The campaign |
included presentations to city,

council; a

well-attended
waterfront walk; and i
culminated with a favorable

hearing by the Premier and.
-the provincial cabinet.

“] will continue to speak of |

my concern for the commun-

*ity if you’ll elect me to city

council.”’

er am working hard to be

| _“T have: a long record. of

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‘school

a plan

J OHN TOMPKINS
Reporter with NV City
newspaper, covering _ pri-

‘marily council affairs, and

former school teacher. Born
in Wales. Studied at Univer-

_Sity of Manchester [England]
and. political science at

University of Alberta. Settled

- in Canada 1967. and now a

Canadian citizen.

“Running to get things.

done, aldermanic candidate
John Tompkins in the city of
North Vancouver has re-
leased a seven-point plat-

POLICY |

lose
. buildings
through, * ~. declining
enrolment. Promote
community use. :
¢ Modified French
‘program in eiemen-

tary schools next
yoar.

® Increased parent |
participation in all |
phases of school |
management.

e Committee to study |
to substitute
tasty menu for junk |

~ food In high school

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UMCATING THROUGH TELEPHINY,

By

form he feels “matches the
needs of the city. Tompkins
said he would work for:

eAn attractive new image
to Lower Lonsdale and the
Seabus entrance to ‘North
Vancouver;
eSupport of the North
Vancouver Recreation to the.
point where it is the model of
local . institutions offering

‘services to the people in

British Columbia;

_ ®A guarantee from senior
levels of government that the
212-suite senior citizens
shelter on 2nd Street and St.
Georges which is facing
foreclosure . be used for
nothing but what it was
designed—occupation by
seniors;

-°A high’ level of public
safety;

' eTharough controls on

‘public spending and the
‘political justification for it ai

all times;
°Relief of citizens facing

possible downzoning of their -
properties;

The expedition of gov-
ernment _—_ decision-making
delays that sharply affect the
lives of people in_ the
municipality. ‘‘With regards
to the new image for Lower
Lonsdale and the Seabus
entrance to North Van-
couver, Tompkins believes
there is a need for a major
hotel, an innovative shop-
ping complex and. a first-
class people-park (no zoos)
‘on the area of land expro-

priated by the provincial
government.

Tompkins believes such a
development would give the
Lower Lonsdale and ‘water’
entrance to North Vancouver
the kind of appeal Lonsdale
once had for people the
‘width of Canada, :

With regards to support of
the North Vancouver . Rec-
reation Commission, Tomp-
kins believes the pattern of
control of the commission by
chairman Derek Inman is
heading us towards leader-
ship i in the province, .

ee

JAMES WARNE* |

Consulting engineer [part-
ner]. City alderman 1970-73
and 1977. Mayoralty candi-
date in 1973 [but lost to Tom

| Reid]. Has served as chair- .

man of numerous council
committees. Resides in the

city with his wife and two- e

‘“We’ve got to adopt the |

Official Community Plan

which is almost finished and >

other business such as our

‘management study should be

acted on and not allowed. to
die.

“City Council has. put off
action on our management
study long enough, We have
two reports, one from outside
consultants and one from
staff, with recommendations
from each. We've got to sit
down and look at them.. We
should decide whether to
accept, reject or. change
every recommendation,

“There are good recom-

mendations in both reports. |

a

They could improve Coun-

cil’s efficiency and help our.

‘senior staff in their adminis- -
‘tration of City Hall. The |
studies are no good to

- anyone on the shelf. It’s time.

to act.-
“I am pleased with the

| MACDONALD: BURBIDGE*

some tough problems and
made objective decisions.
We’re getting better.”’

‘lam also seeking election
as the City’s director on the
Greater Vantouver Regional —
District Board. The GVRD-
director should be an alder- |
man rather than the mayor...
so far the mayor -hasn’t had
time to serve the GVRD
properly. If elected director, _
I will » Bive the GVRD’ fp
priority.” . 7

NV school trustee for the.
past eight. ‘years and school
board: chairman’
years. Educator by. profes-
sion. City. homeowner. for 20
years. eg gt

“The. ‘School ‘Board:
going to need experienced
trustees to cope with prob-
Jems facing the district: as a
result of | declining enrol-
ment. During my’ ight years.

on the board, ‘we became

performance of City ‘Council? ‘ “experienced in dealing with
this year. Of course we could -

be better, but we have made
progress this year, We still
get distracted into hot
tempered debates at some
meetings,
often. We're finishing our
agendas. We'v ve handled

but: a lot less

‘the ‘problems of rapidly
tising numbers of students.
“Now we. have ‘to shift our
thinking drastically to cope

with a gradual drop to a low
of 15 1000 by 1981. |

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