A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 1, 1993

ELECTION '93:

THE MUNICIPAL elections determined the mayor and council

jor the next three years.

It also gave voters an idea of what the seven successful candi-
dates will be trying to achieve over that period, assuming they

act on their campaign promises.
_ Below, what those promises were:

Jack Talstra (Mayor)

" Lobby Victoria fo ensure
changes {0 provincial forest
policy do not disrupt the flow of
wood lo local sawmills;

* City to act as regional spokes-
man and support smaller north-
weslem communitics when they
lobby Victoria and Ottawa;

* Joint-venture advertising ac-
tivilies between ihe city and
tourism operators and ‘‘be nice to
tourisis’’ public AWATENCss
campaigns; .

* Find a way lo finish library
expansion: project even without a
provincial

* Diligentiy revlew any project
because taxpayers already over-

Ruth Hallock (Council)
*Recognized need for an environ-
mental advisory committees to
ensure the preservation of suffi-
cient gréen belt areas;

* City should buy disputed Howe
Creek that are currently centre of
rezoning disputes;

* Resolve problem of inadequate
housing for low Income residents;

* Heed voice of neighbourhood

residents when. considering any
’ development; we “axeT ilew
.* Limit: of eight children--.in
 daycares located in Ri residential
.zones should be increased...

* Library project: prepared to see

tempeyers “sweeten the pot’’.

Gordon Hull
(Council)

* Find ways to keep chil-
dren off the streets and out
of trouble,
* Reduce city bureaucracy
by streamlining the system;
* Attempt to reduce taxes;
* Develop a plan to ease
traffic congestion;
* Library project: would not
support going ahead as it
stands now;
* . Provide infrastructure
needed to meet growth of
city; ‘ :
* Make decisions for the
community a8 a whole, not
just-“'the select few"’. :

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How the votes added: up

Mayoral race

Jack Talstra (*)...... 1, 104
_ Lynda Bretfeld............ 976

Francisco Trigo’.......:. 431

~-Gounchl
Roth Hallock (*).... 1,677
Rich MeDaniel....... 1.447.

Ed Graydon........... 1,340
Gordon Hull............1,314 ©
Val George ..... m0 1 276.
David Hulll,..,......:. 1.259

Bob Cooper (#)..uiew 1,212

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burdened:

* Finalize a city. wasle. manage: ;
ment plan;

* Set up an envizonmental ad-
visory commission; ~

* Provide more parking in the
downtown core;

* Revamp city hall;

* Improve city infrastructure,
but added the cost of proposed
long-range paving plan was
“‘prohibitive’’;

* Saw no need to hire city plan-
ner;

* Warned the cost of a second
sheet of ice would drive the city
close to its borrowing limit;

* Supported keeping commer-
cial trucks off residential streets
and on a designated truck route.

Rich McDaniel
(Council)

* Priority to Jobby for regional
designation for Milis Memorial
hospital; .
* Start work on a recycling
plan to include a regional recy-
cling facility;
* A second sheet oF ice;
* Supports library expansion;
* Improved park system;
* Improved city planning;
* Efficient use of tax dollars;
* Improve the visual/sound
quality on channel 10 coverage
of council meetings.

Rich McDaniel

Val George (Council)
* Proper land development; -.
* Efficient use of public works;
* No increase in tity taxes while
adding new services;
* Re-examine Official Com-
munity Plan to find cause for resi-
dents’ dissatisfaction with it;
* Referendum on second sheet of
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* Start library project;
* Retain green belt;
* City hall to work harder to find
out what community wanis;

* Only personnel or financial.

matters where confidentiality is
required should be dealt with in-
camera; ,

* More referenda and introduce
town hall meetings.

Val George

Regional district
Electoral Area C
_ Sandy Sandhals (*)... 170
_ Gordon Robinson....... 159

Electoral Area E
. Peggy Julseth ........0..261
Les Watmough (*)...... 204
Richard HAWK esnews 38

(Names. 7) ‘bold were &

Carol Sabo... ssecsessiees TS . ‘

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Ed Graydon (Council)

* Economic development a
priority, with emphasis on smali
business;

* More parkland and green space.
Leave tural designation on Howe
Creek Investments land;

* Get on with library project.
Also suggested may be better to
build entirely new one rather than
add on to existing building.

* Deal with traffic congestion and
crime {'while- still: mariageable”*;

+ Opposed parking meters Wrage 0

David Hull (Council)
* Develop an infrastructure
plan to ensure orderly plan-
ning and development;

* Supports long range
paving plan;

* Opposed city buying
heavy equipment will only -
use occasionally;

* Supported contracting out
projects to “‘specialists’’;

* Renegotiate better cost
share agreement with
regional district on recrea-
tional facilities;
* Second shect “Sa ney to.
a degree’’; -

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THE KERMODEI >
-CHORISTERS ~

Roger. LeClere....
Stew Christensen (*)
Laurie Mitchell (*) .... 1,662 °
Gary Turner..:...... od ;
‘John Pousette (*).
. Norm Lavalletso,

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