Juan de Fuca Electoral director Mike Hicks has announced he will seek a fourth term on the Capital Regional District board.

He was first elected in 2009.

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So far no other candidate has announced their plans to run in the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area. Hicks won the position by acclamation in 2014.

This yearB次元官网网址檚 municipal elections are scheduled for Oct. 20.

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His goals include the completion of the SEAPARC Leisure Complex expansion, infrastructure upgrades at Willis Point and Muir Creek and to continue to solidify the electoral areaB次元官网网址檚 position within the CRD.

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When Hicks first ran for CRD director, he ran on a ticket of creating positive change. He said it took more than nine years to get there due to politics and bureaucracy.

It started with the final approval of the regional growth strategy, and gave more governance to the outlying areas of Shirley, Port Renfrew, Otter Point and East Sooke.

But, Hicks said heB次元官网网址檚 had many other success over the years too: city water to rural areas, the purchase of Sandcut Beach in Port Renfrew, the building of the artificial turf field and Fred Milne Park in Sooke, and the acquisitions of the DeMamiel Creek Golf Course and Pemberton Pool properties on the Charters River.

The Juan de Fuca electoral area includes the west coast of Vancouver Island from Otter Point to Port Renfrew, and the geographically separate communities of East Sooke, Malahat and Willis Point.