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Karen Dyer
Contributing Writer

NEARLY 150 resi-
dents turned out Nov.
9 to a Lions Bay all-

- candidates meeting
held az the Lions Bay
village hall.

The evening became a
forum for the exchange of
‘ideas, with the candidates in
agreement about many of the
outstanding issues that the
‘village will face over the next
three years.

Beyond the on-going con-
cerns of fiscal responsibility
and bylaw enforcement, cur-

"rent issues include the. devel-

“opment of a plan for the
future of the village and: the
entire Howe Sound region.

 * Residents questioned the
“ candidates’ views about high-

~ Way satety, the proposed liq-

“uefied ‘natural gas “(LNG)
facility ar MeNab Creek and
the Britannia Beach reclama-
tion project.

“Nominees for mayor
include incumbent Brenda
Broughton and long-time
councillor John Jordan.

Both “have: served at che
same council table for’ six
years and together have seen
Lions Bay through a number
Of political success stories.

During their ‘tenure, emer-

cy services in the village

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have’ been augmented with’

the acquisition of a new fire
trick, a new rescue truck and
paraded communication

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“Sound

Within Lions Bay, she
wants a review of the reere-
ational needs of the village,
with an eve ro improving cur-
rent facilities.

She said she also wants to
continue her work with the

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Ministry of Transportation
and Highways to find ways
improve Highway 99 satetv.

Broughton said her first
priority as mayor in the new
term would be to draw the
new council together as a
team and assign portfolios
based on individual strengths
and preferences.

Jordan, an award-winning
environmentalist. who works
for the Port, of Vancouver,
said that he’s running for
mayor to more effectively
meet the challenges of the
next few years in Lions Bay.

His platform echoes the
need for community pian-
ning.

Jordan indicated that he
sces no benefit for Lions Bay
in the LNG project.

In a thinly. veiled ‘jab at
* Broughton, Jordan suggested
that he would) base his

approach: to this. potential
development on fact rather

than emotion. .

In_ one: of: the evening’s
few acrimonious moments,
Broughton said that Jordan
had clearly supported the
' proposed LNG project, in a

citelevised interview carlicr’in

‘the -.week .— a | statemient
Jordan denied.

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said his first priori
to seek: Village

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positions -. on’: Lion Bay
Village council... :

communications industry an

as two small children

‘She’ has:served on council
for three years.’

“ Her previous . portfolio

cluded - communications,

parking, security and enfore ~

ment issucs.

Bajus said: she recognizes
the complexity of the tssues
facing Lions Bay.

She wants to address con-
cerns about expanding urban
growth, long-terin communi-
ty planning, and quality edu-

jon and recreation for fam-

Incumbent Peter
Stevenson has also been at the
council rable for the fast rerm,
where he was responsible for
public works, and parks and
recreation in the village.

He has represented Lions
Bay on various committees
and if clected, he said he
wants to continue his partici-
pation in the Greater
Vancouver Regional District
electoral and transportation
comunittees.

If elected, Stevenson said
his first priority as a councillor
would be to establish the pre-
hminary budget that reeds to

be in place by the end of
December.

Anne Page has held a posi-
tion on two previous coun-
cils,

She is self-employed, pro-
ducing the loval rclephone
directory.

Page said her principal
concern is the maintenance of
water quality and the protec-
tion of the watershed for the
future.

Page said that residents’
concerns should come first,

and that village bylaws need

“ holding the i iine on taxes.
° for leaner, thrifty government.

to be fair, reasonable and
enforceable, or should be
taken off the books.

If elected, Page said her
first priority would be to poll
Lions Bay and Brunswick
Beach residents for their ideas
on future community plan-
ning.

Relative neweomer Wayne
Melntyre has lived in) Lions
Bay for nearly avo years and
has 30 years of business expe-
rience on the North Shore.

He is currently a2 business
consultant, operating both
domestically and internation-
ally.

His platform consists of

maintaining village __ fiscal
responsibility while maximiz-
ing residents’ tax investment
benefits.

MelIntyre toa said he
would like to see a communi-
ty plan created in consulta-
tion with Lions Bay and sur-
rounding communities.

Metnevre said his first pri-
ority, iF elected, would be to
take the pulse of the commiu-
nity, to hear where residents
stand on the issues.

Nominee Tola Nelson has
a business background and
presently manages a lawyer's
office in Vancouver.

Nelson also supports the
idea of bylaw review.

She said her approach to
solving problems is to try to
identify and solve — them
before they arise.

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In addition, she said she
wants to bring back a volun-
seer spirit to the community.

If elected, Nelson said her
first’ priority would be to
focus on the financial require-
meats of the upcoming bud-
xet.

Lions Bay school is a part
of West Vantouver School
District, 45, and as such,
Lions Bay residents will be

voting for the same slate of
school trustee candidates as
West Vancouver residents.

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