for 11 years.

and ‘Vest Vancouver.

Jack Loucks, who had spent 31 years in the education system before becoming mayor in North Vancouver City, has a style somewhat reminiscent of the school principal he once was.

“I try to direct traffic and get the business done without deny- ing people the right to speak — people have to feel you’re available,” says Loucks.

Completing his 11th year as mayor, Loucks has two more years to go on the current term to which he was elected by ac- clamation last fall.

Receiving an indemaity of $34,000, Loucks often sees himself as an ‘ombudsman’ to the people, giving thrm the op- portunity to be heard, while discouraging repetition and abusive behavior.

“Sometimes i tell people the exact same thing that our staff has told them — and they’ll be satisfied,’’ Loucks finds.

He often tries to keep council members from getting into too much of a debate, but denies that there is polarization on council between representatives of the right and left.

“Council should be a spec- trum of the community; people with different points of view who can sit down together and solve some of the problems fac- ing a community,’’ he suins up.

The father of four children and five grandchildren, Loucks, new 70, lives with his wife on East 16th Street in the second home they bought on the North Shore.

“‘One of the greatest changes I have seen over the years has been the increase in property values, which has made it more difficult for young people to buy houses in North Van- couver,’’ says Loucks.

The City of North Van-

JACK LOUCKS PROFILE

Keeping housing costs down # concern for N. Van mayor

This is the first in a series of three articles on the North Skore’s theres mayors and their unique styles of leadership within their murtivipalities of North Vancouver City, North Vancouver District

ONCE A single district, the long strip between the water and the mountains, stretching from Horseshoe Bay to Deep Cove, is now three distinct municipalities, headed by three mayors with distinct leadership personalities.

By MAUREEN CURTIS Contributing Writer

couver, with a population of about 30,000 in an area of about five square miles, is the smallest of the three North Shore municipalities, but has a population density second only to the City of Vancouver.

“We are sceing increasing pressure for different kinds of housing, especially higher den- sity housing,’’ Loucks has noted.

Cooperative housing and subsidized housing are options that North Vancouver may en- courage without direct in- volvement.

“Tt is important that people with children can continue to live here,’? says Loucks, who is working to make sure that some of the remaining pockets of single-family housing are saved from the developer’s jack hammer.

‘We're the urban core of the two North Vancouvers, and the pressures to develop are great. But once people start selling their homes to a developer, the

houses are allowed to deteriorate and the neighborhood to erode,’’ he says.

The Hamilton-Fell area, with its old wartime housing, is an example of an area close to commercial, which will be saved for residential use because of its close proximity to schools, transportation and shopping.

Getting the traffic off Marine Drive through the development of a low-level road is another priority for Loucks. The road is partly in place, with a few gaps left to fill.

“I also think we need to try and give as much service for the dollar as we can, but strike a

" NEWS photo Terry Petars NORTH VANCOUVER City Mayer Jack Loucks looks over the municipality that he has been at the helm of

balance. You can be penny wise

and pound foolish,’’ Loucks maintains. A recent reireat involving

council and several municipal staff was quite expensive, but worthwhile, Loucks thinks. The purpose of such a get-away is for council to look at the issues that lie ahead for North Van- couver and establish some goals.

“We have been so busy at council reacting, rather than ac- ting, that we’re not thinking about where we are. We need to concentrate and decide what we can do and won’t do,’’ says Loucks.

But one wish Loucks doesn’t have for North Vancouver is the occasionally discussed idea of amalgamation with the much larger District of North Van- couver.

“1 think we’re better off on our own, and there’s no pressure from the city for it,’’ Loucks maintains.

There is a much greater deg-ee of cooperation between all three North Shore municipalities and the three mayors than there was in the past, he says.

North Vancouver City and District, with their confusing and wavering boundaries, have long provided water and other services to each other, where it made sense to do so.

The location of the boundary has to do with the city and district split, 80 years ago, when property owners chose whether to be part of the city, which was to be the service-oriented area, or the district which was to have lumbering and farming emphasis.

But more recently, the North and West Vancouver municipalities have met quite frequently to discuss issues of common interest, such as economic development, cultural policies, the North Shore Union Board of Health funding, the Lions Gate sewage plant and a proposed clean-up of the north end of the Lions Gate Bridge.

“North Vancouver City and District and West Vancouver District worked together to get the watershed made into Lynn Valley Headwaters Park, and I’m very proud of that,’’ says Loucks.

3 - Wednesday, November 2, 1988 ~ North Shore News

FINAL VOTING LIST

Mayors to be. challenged in WV, NV District

INCUMBENT MAYORS in both North and West Van- couver districts will be challenged in the Nov. 19 municipal

elections as 34 candidates

in the two North Shore

municipalities registered by Monday’s noon deadline to contest two mayoral, 12 aldermanic and nine school board

positions.

The only uncontested positions were the four North Vancouver District 44 school board seats. In- cumbents Don Bell, Dorothy Lynas, Anne Macdonald and Richard Walton were all returned by acclamation.

There are no municipal elections in North Vancouver City this year.

All terms in the 1988 municipal elections will be two years. Starting in 1990 all B.C. municipalities will elect mayors, aldermen and school trustees for three-year terms as part of civic election reform legis- lation passed last June by the pro- vincial government.

In West Vancouver, Cuthbert ‘Bert’ Fleming, a semi-retired sales representative, will challenge in- cumbent Mayor Don _ Lanskail, who is seeking his second term, while 10 candidates, including four incumbents, will be seeking the six aldermanic positions and seven candidates, including four incum- bents, will battle for the five West Vancouver District 45 school board positions.

ChaSlenging incumbent West Vancouver aldermen Fatricia Boname, Alex Brokenshire, Rod Day and Mark Sager wil! be broadcaster Barrie Clark, finance and administration manager An- drei Danyliu, airline pilot Robert Fearn, manager James MacCarthy, pipeline consultant Tom Reid and

businesswoman Carol Ann Reynolds. Aldermen Dave Finlay and

Gordon Rowntree will not seek re-election.

The two were praised at Monday night's West Vancouver District Council meeting by fellow aldermen and members of the public gallery for their service and contributions to West Vancouver,

Running for District 45 school board will be incumbents Elizabeth Ferguson, Margot Furk, Barbara Howard and Michael Smith and challengers Pame!a Clark, a housewife, businessmar. Robert

Business .............. 44

Classified Ads..........54 Lifestyles..............49 Sports ................ 13

By TIMOTHY RENSHAW News Reporter

ELECTION |

“UPDATE.

Inman and management consultant Michael MacDougall.

Incumbent trustee George Suart has decided not to seek re-election.

There are currently 19,571 peo- ple registered on West Vancouver’s municipal voters’ list.

In North Vancouver District, lawyer Peter Faminow will challenge Mayor Marilyn Baker, who was: acclaimed in the 1986 North Vancouver District municipal election and will be seeking her fourth term as the district’s mayor,

Chalienging incumbent North Vancouver District aldermen Craig Clark, Ernie Crist, Murray Dykeman, Joan Gadsby and Bill Rodgers will be engineering physi- cist Patrick Bruskiewich, comp- troller Richard Buchols, businessman Dallas Collis and teacher Norman Vipond.

North Vancouver District Ald. Mary Segal will not seek re-elec- tion.

The district has 42,727 people registered to vote in this year’s municipal election.

Advanced polls in West Van- couver will be held at the district’s municipal hall, 750-17th St., West Vancouver, Nov. 10, 15, 16 and 17 from 8:30 a.m to 6 p.m.

Call 922-1211 for information.

A poll will also be held Nov. 12 for eligible Bowen island voters at the Bowen Island Community School from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

In North Vancouver District, advanced polls will be held Nov. 10, 14 and 15 at the district’s municipal hall, 355 West Queens Rd., North Vancouver, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

For information call 987-7131.

WEATHER

Wednesday and Thursday, periods of rain. Highs near 14°C.

Referendum wording debated

From page 1 fore being taken to third reading.

The two questions, preceded by a preamble, will be:

{. Do you favor use of this 3.5 acre parcel of Municipally owned land to generate revenue for the Municipality of West Vancouver?

2. If this 3.5 acre parcel of Municipally owned land is to be used to generate revenue for West Vancouver, do you support resi- dential highrise use?

Jack Howard of the Gleneagles Ratepayers, said he thought the wording of the questions might confuse people.

But Mayor Don Lanskail said a fact sheet would be issued to heip clarify matters.

Critics have insisted that the

questions should deal only with the question of having the twin towers on the site.

But council requires direction from the public on the idea of ac- tually reversing the 1981 policy to use the land for revenue generating purposes, Lanskail explained.

Howard pointed cut that there might also be confusion in people’s minds as to the definition of a highrise.

Ald. Mark Sager said the refer- endum wording was debated at length, and the result was. not everybody’s first choice, but a fair compromise.

The motion on the referendum questions will be up for final reading and acceptance at a special Nov. 2 meeting of council.