Candidate priorities, contact information

By The Malibu Times · Fri Mar 17 2000

Joan House

• Protecting environment (Malibu Lagoon Dye Study, Marine Sanctuary) while protecting property rights (proposed long-term development agreement with Malibu Bay Co.)

• Improved, expanded recreational facilities (first advocate of Parks and Recreation director)

• Fiscal responsibility. Tax dollars to upgrade infrastructure (Rambla Pacifico, Calle de Barco) and for emergency preparedness, not for $250,000 pay-off of city employees like former City Attorney Christi Hogin

• Contact Information:

Telephone: 310.457.2659, www.behrcomm.com/joanhouse

Jeff Jennings

• Development planning to protect open spaces and limit large or high-density development

• Retention of Bluffs Park playing fields and creation of teen/senior community center

• Reform planning permit process for single-family homes and remodels

• Disaster preparation and negotiating skills for inter-agency cooperation

• Fairness, not favoritism

• Consensus, not confrontation

• Contact information: Telephone 310.589.0780, jennings2000.com

Ken Kearsley

• Commercial development must be Malibu-serving, not Malibu-attracting

• Marine sanctuary, restored wetlands

• Fair application of laws

• Parks, ballfields, open space, community center, cultural activities

• Local control, not control of locals

• Inter-agency cooperation

• Contact information: Tel.310.457.7101. E-mail: bestdad@msn.com

Walt Keller

• More playgrounds and ballfields without trade-offs for higher density projects

• Complete disaster and medical emergency planning

• Simplify building permit process

• Community Center

• Marine refuge

• Improved traffic flow and management

• Negotiate water improvements with county

• Community service

• Streamline council meetings to maximize public input

• Contact Information:Telephone 310.457.7086. Fax 310.457.9371

Carolyn Van Horn

• Keeping Malibu rural while being conscious of vulnerability to natural disasters

• Keeping commercial development out of Civic Center

• Water quality

• Ongoing search for additional playing fields while working with State Parks Director Rusty Arias to continue using ballfields at Bluffs Park

• Contact information: Tel. 310.457.7397, Fax. 310.457.1922

John Wall

• Problem solving

• Preserve natural beauty and residential character

• Developing or acquiring facilities that bring community together

• Contact information: Tel: 310.457.7071;

Fax, 310.457.9331,

E-mail:ai323@lafn.org