| Election ’90_

VAUGHAN
WILLIS

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VAUGHAN WILLIS

sion bylaws to control growth, he

Said.

He supports development of a
golf course on the Brackenhurst
@ Farm as a means of preventing
subdivision of the property into
50-acre parcels.

“T believe it will then be only a
question of time before those 50
acre parcels become 10 acre par-
cels and then one acre parcels,”
Willis said.

Personally he is not a golfer, but
he understands the proposed golf
= course would be owned by mem-
7, bers living in the community and
=j © would include no buildings, other
than those necessary for a golf
course.

“T believe it is a feasible way of
banking land for agricultural use
in the future,” he said.

During the Second World War in
England, many golf courses were
4 returned to agricultural produc-
r tion, he added.

Current sewage problems could
be addressed by individual or
Strata-titled area treatment centers,
like the one serving lots on Tryon
Road, Willis said. On his own lot,
Willis has a $6,000 first-stage
sewage treatment plant.

Such small plants are a better
altemative than dumping sewage
into the ocean and produce less
waste than standard septic fields,
Willis said.
=) Depending on economics, such
# © System may resolve septic field
problems in the southeast quad-
rant, he said.

He agrees the Capital Regional
District should handle water and
ff Sewer system which cross munici-
= pal boundaries but said zoning
“should remain municipal.

He feels more cooperation
between Peninsula municipalities
would be beneficial but accepts
any amalgamation with Sidney is
strongly opposed by residents.

Differing rates for residents at
the Panorama Leisure Centre is
not feasible, unless the system
were extended to all recreation
facilities on the south Island and

m some means of identification

# established.

: “It would be unmanageable.
Would you give a passport to
everyone?”’ he asked.

Central Saanich participation is

needed to make the recreation

|-® centre financing more equitable,
he said.

North Saanich council should
cooperate with the province to
ensure the most rapid and safe
movement of traffic through the
municipality, he said.

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Rural preservation common among C. Saanich candidaies

Among the 11 candidates run-
ning for alderman in Central Saa-
nich is Bruce Tobin, who is a
family counsellor/university lec-
turer.

Tobin’s platform includes want-
ing to preserve the rural character
of Central Saanich and to ensure
minimal population growth.

He also wants to see a freeze on
tax hikes and a more open form of
municipal government.

Association for the Preservation
of Rural Central Saanich spokes-
man Clarence Bolt is also running
in favor of a more open form of
government.

_Key to his campaign is the
desire to see the preservation of
the pastoral character of the area,
as well as to saving its farmlands.

An outspoken critic of the
Island View Interchange, the 38-
year-old Comosun College lec-
turer is also in favor of a slow
population growth for the area.

Ian Cameron also wants to save
the area’s rural lifestyle and its
character.

His chief concern is preserving
the agricultural land in the munici-
pality and keeping farming a via-
ble industry.

A strong anti-development pro-
ponent, he said this issue is central
to his platform.

Also standing on a very similar
platform is retired nurse Joan
Towler.

She believes the farmland of
Central Saanich is a resource that
must be protected at all costs as its
will become increasingly invalua-
ble as farmland is eaten up be
development projects elsewhere.

Ald. Jack Mar is a Central
Saanich farmer who is opposed to
the building of golf courses on
good quality of agricultural land.

He has been an outspoken critic
of the Brentwood Lakes golf
course proposal, which council
recently narrowly voted to support.

Mar is also anxious to see a
strict adherence to the guidelines
and rules laid out in the Official
Community Plan, and he sides
with the supporters of preserving
farmland.

Donald MacDonald, a parame-
dic, said community leadership is
“out of control” and he wants to
see taxes kept under control in
Central Saanich.

Maintaining the rural environ-
ment is also key to his platform
and to protecting the municipal-
ity’s farmland.

Businessman Frank Gruber
adds his voice to the calls to
preserve the rural atmosphere of

the municipality.

However, he is in favor of the
redevelopment for the municipal-
ity’s core areas and is supportive
of the local business community.

And he also supports the
upgrading of the Pat Bay highway.

Ald. Gary Valiquette, a leasing
administrator, said he wants to see
significant public input into the
local area planning process.

He also want to work to ensure
that the Mt. Newton Middle
School finds a suitable future loca-

tion in Central Saanich.

And the rural nature of Central
Saanich protected, but through
“balanced community planning,”
he said.

A Capital Regional District
administrator, Patrick Lindsay
said there is a need to keep
municipal taxes down and to get
greater accountability from the
municipal police and public works
departments.

Meeting short on tough questions

Candidates in the Central Saanich
municipal election weren’t
allowed to respond to questions on
the controversial Brentwood Lakes
golf course issues, Wednesday
night.

Addressing the all candidates’
meeting, Saanich Peninsula
Chamber of Commerce moderator
Witt Lapper said the municipal
lawyer had imposed a gag order on
the topic.

Some of the 500-strong gather-
ing of area residents at the meeting
later expressed dismay over the
ban on discussing the issue.

Municipal clerk George Sawada
said yesterday that lawyer Galt
Wilson had advised council not to

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receive any more input from the
public until the golf course rezon-
ing bylaw is adopted. :
Council has already passed third
teading of bylaw 973, that will
allow the $5 million golf course
proposal the go ahead when it is
adopted with fourth reading.

Candidates were asked by Ted
Clayards how they felt about nine
sub sections of the Official Com-
munity Plan being ignored in the
Brentwood Lakes golf course
bylaw approval process.

Mayor Ron Cullis abided by the
gag order not to discuss the issue
but did refute Clayard’s claim.

“That’s your opinion and I
don’t share it,” he said.

QUALITY |

Elected Office

Alderman — Town of Sidney

Saanich School Trustee
(Chmn. of Board)

Mayor — Town of Sidney

Director — Capital Regional
District

Chairman — Capital Regional
District (2 terms)

Affiliated Organizations

Chairman — Vancouver Island

School Trustees Assn.

Chairman — Assn. of Vancou-
ver Island Municipalities

President — B.C. Recreation
Assn.

Director — Canadian Parks/
Recreation Assn.

Director — Victoria Transit
Commission

Trustee — Municipal Finance
Authority of B.C.

Director — Union of B.C.
Municipalities

NORMA SEALEY SUPPORTS:

Completion of Port Project
Completion of Hwy. 17 / Beacon Ave. Interchange
Controlled growth as contained in Community Pian
Two-way communication with residents

Sponsored by the Committee to re-elect Norma Sealey

Community Involvement
Director — Sanscha Hall
Director — Victoria YM-YWCA
Saanich Pioneer Society
Director — Victoria Symphony
Society
United Way of Greater Victoria
Mt. Newton Centre Advisory
Board

Awards/Honours

Honorary Member — UVic
Alumni Assn.

President's Award — B.C.
Recreation Assn.

Life Member — Assn. of Van-
couver Island Municipalities

Member — Order of Canada