_- which
_ turned. into a four-lane. road,

TERRACE — — The board of di-
ectors ‘of the Okanagan Skeena
Toup has ratified an-agreement

with the city, and if everything -
: falls into place as scheduled,

construction ‘of the new shop-

“ping center should begin in April.

vith. completion planned by Oc-

. “tober, Third. reading was given
._ to two bylaws at Monday night’s
oF ‘meeting of city council to clear -
.» ithe: way for the commencemient -
: : of the Project. Final adoption of :

7 ‘Terrible area’?

A one-way solution
to traffic hazards»

' Sidewalks; . one-way . streets.
and | a traffic light... although he

admits he’s no expert, alderman

Planning and Public Works
Committee to consider ‘these

ideas as possible solutions for
traffic safety problems on n Keith .

Ave.
~ With Hull’s suggestion, Tet-
rault, Sparks, Hall and Ever-

"green would be one-way streets

south, and Kalum. would bé ‘a
two-way street with a traffic

. light at the Keith Ave. intersec-
tion. Hull says these changes

a would solve several problenis at
~ Once: hazardous left turns onto

Keith, excessive traffic on resi-
dential streets from Tetrault to

_ Evergreen,’ and provide a safe, |
-¢fficient access route from south
‘Terrace to the downtown core.

... He says that there is a large
concentration of population in

‘this area of town and they would

have two routes north: Kalum,
could eventually be

and Eby St. to Keith and the
Sande Overpass intersection, .
As far as pedestrian. safety is

concerned, Hull -has asked: the
- committee to consider sidewalks
-for Keith Ave. ‘He describes

WEDNESDAY IS

Shopping center oer
for fall completion ©

- these bylaws should take Place

next-month.

Under’ the agreement, a revi-
sion of Okanagan Skeena’s Orig-
inal proposal, Okanagan. Skeena
will purchase the southwest
quarter of Ottawa St. for

- $50,000, pay.all legal costs asso-

ciated with the partial closure of

- Ottawa, assume in perpetuity.

the cost of:annual snow removal.

and pay one dollar per year for.

Keith as a ‘‘terrible area to

- walk’? and says the location of
_ the new bus depot ‘has increased
Dave Hull has asked that the

the concern. He asked that pro-
vincial cost-sharing be consid-
ered and, referring to new ‘con-.

struction last year, added, “It’s a
‘a shame sidewalks weren't put in

at the same titne as commercial

“development, 7s

‘an easement. on: thé: ‘property ~
located behind. the: Liquor ‘Store’ fj
and Bank of Commerce: for use

as a parking lot:
‘The portion of Ottawa being

purchased by Okanagan Skeena,

8,900 square feet appraised at
$7.50 per square foot, was val-
ued by the city at $66, 000. In

-‘consideration- of ‘the’ economic

_ benefit to the. city, however, am
on the southern half of. Ottawa, .

both parties agreed in principle _

“on the $50,000 purchase price |

and the other terms of the agree-

ment at a Jan. 30 Committee of ff

the Whole meeting.
According: to the committee

report, the revised plan provides -
‘for much freer traffic flow
~ “within and without’? the cen-

ter; should not pose a critical

_ ‘impact to the overall downtown &
traffic patterns, does not require

any utility relocation, and an-
“Swers concerns expressed by the

neighboring Safeway and Wool-

tion though, that | ‘ Okanagan

‘Skeena should consider sharing
.'25 percent of a downtown: core _
- traffic study, was not.included
‘in the recommended agreement.

‘worth stores regarding the to- | ae
tal closure of Ottawa, A sugges-,

Terrace Review Wednesday, March'1; 1989 3

Terrace Pathfinder Wendy Prinz, seen here modeling an

original 1912 Guiders’ uniform, was one of many members
of the: Scout Guide Movement who volunteered their time to
make crafts for children visiting Sunday's heritage display

at the Terrace Arena.

Chamber requests tourism fee increase

. Due to its increasing. role in
the city’s tourism function, the
Terrace and District Chamber of

Commerce has asked for an.
increase in its ‘‘Fee For Ser-

vice’. In a. letter to council,
Chamber | ‘treasurer Doug

-McLeod explains that they re-
- céived:a little over $20,000 from

‘the city last year but expenses

_ for the tourism portion of their

operation exceeded $30,000 and,

‘“We cannot continue in this

fashion any longer.’’
“ McLeod explains that it was

“Mecessary to charge last year’s

overrun to ‘‘other users’? but

added that this was only to. |

alleviate the immediate prob-
lem. He said that if the city

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failed to: offer. the’ Chamber. a
‘“‘reasonable increase’. in 1989

‘they would be forced to return
‘some of the tourism duties they -
-have taken‘over on behalf of the
city, A hint as to what “reason- .
able’’ might be, McLeod says

‘that January's expenses exceed-
ed $3,;600;: projected over 12
months that “puts. us over
$40,000°’.

According to figures compiled

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. by InfoCentre manager Bobbie
Phillips, they: hosted 6,880 visi- -

tors last year, am increase of

- almost 1,900 over the previous |
--year; handled 2,176 phone calls, -

an ‘increase of about 33 percent;
received 1 ,028 mail enquiries, an

increase of almost 850 percent;

handled 7 bus tours, compared

to 1 in 1987 — and were oper -

2,460 hours, 10 hours less than

the. previous year.

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McLeod ° says: these figures .

demonstrate the need for in-
creased funding for wages and
operational costs and points out :
that much of the increase was |
due to advertisements placed in.

promotional material by ‘the

city. The Chamber of --Com-

merce has been invited to attend .
‘the. next Committee of. the

Whole meeting to discuss In-

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