“Terrace city council “has

adopted in principle a Tourism .-

-and Economic Development
Strategy developed by tourism
and économic development cf-
ficer Peter Monteith in conjunc-
tion witha: number of local
groups and invididuals. The:next
step in putting the strategy into
action will take place during a

public meeting at 7:30 p.m. on.
Tuesday, Feb. 13, at the Inn of ~
the..Wesi..At.this meeting the .

city will consider public. com-
ments and ideas to be added to
the final report.

- by Tod Strachan

some impressive “strengths e
troubling weaknesses.’’
‘as strengths;are.our. central loca-
tion in the region: (in part due-to
our proximity to. Kitimat and |

Prince Rupert ports),..a-strong.

and diverse retail sector, a city
council. which offers strong.com-
munity ‘support, ‘our lifestyles
and. scenery, access to -Pacific
Rim markets, and the Ter-
race/Kitimat airport. ~~
Weaknesses listed are the
small industrial #&x base located
in Terrace, the distance. from —
northwest ports. that causes
many industries to locate in
Kitimat and Prince Rupert, the

uncertainty of our wood supply, .

. The city decided i in “ mid-1988 Junsettied aboriginal land claims,

that Terrace must begin to focus
its tourism and economic devel-
or nent activities in order to best

the. beginning, four goals were
set to assist in the development
of a strategy: to prepare for
significant growth; to provide
planning, engineering and other
municipal services to accom-
modate existing operations; to
develop an economic base which
will insure an adequate tax base
and alternative’ job oppor-
tunities; and to retain and aug-
ment the existing quality of
lifestyles characteristic of Ter-
race. .

_ The. draft report identifies
several -strengths, weaknesses
and opportunities, And accor-
ding to the report, ‘““Terrace has

Referred to

The following items were re-
ferred by Terrace city council to
committee or some other agency
at the Jan. 22 public meeting for
further study and a recommen-

dation, Council committee
meetings are normally open to
the public and you may attend if
interested. For more informa-
tion, phone deputy administra-
tor Denise Fisher at 635-6311.

Committee of the Whole,
Monday, Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m, —
(1. Proposed signage and curb
marking recommendations for
the purpose of Parking Bylaw
control will be reviewed. Once
adopted, the signage and curb
marking restrictions will be used
by the bylaw control officer to
control parking in the down-
town core,

Finance, Personnel and Ad-
ministration Committee, Tues-
day, Jan. 30 at 12 noon — (1.
Joe Da Costa has been invited to
attend this meeting to explain
why his city-issued business
licence: should be reinstated. Da
Costa has operated a mobile sea-
food vending business out of his
home at 4729 Olson since 1982.
His licence was suspended last
July because he was operating a
fish processing plant in a
residential zone, the health in-
spector’ declared an unaccept-
able level of sanitation at the
‘site, amd he did not hold a
licence as required by the
Fisheries Act,

‘Community and Recreation

‘Services Committee, Thursday,
‘Febs Lat 4 p.m. — (1, A request

“the distance from major nation-
al and ‘international markets,

and airport landing reliability.
capitalize on our local assets. In _

The major opportunities in-
dicated in the report include
secondary manufacturing of
wood products, mining and
mine servicing activities, the
Mount Klappan coal develop-
ment, tourism and retail
development and expansion, a
convention business, oppor-
tunities connected with the
Shames Mountain skiing
development, and: ‘a government .
service center for’ ‘the Northwest.
The report goes oft to cover each
item of strength, weakness and
cpportunity in detail and
describes some solutions for the
future. Public discussion, -it is
hoped, will provide ‘even more. |

committee

from the Terrace and District
Multicultural Association for a

. $200 cash donation in support of

the sixth annual Potluck Dinner
to be held in the arena banquet
room at 5 p.m. on Feb. 24.

TDMA chairman Jane Dickson.

has been invited to attend.

. Administration; (1. Permit
and inspection fees relating to
propane filling installations are
to be reviewed to more accurate-
ly reflect the administrative costs
of inspections. Information
from this review is to be re-
turned to the Finance, Personnel
and Administratign Committee
for consideration. :

(2. Possible sites for a
Regional Fire Training area
within the city are to be iden-
tified and the list forwarded to
the Finance, Personnel and Ad-
ministration Committee for con-
sideration.

Other referrals include:

(1. To a public: meeting with
Minister of Advanced Education
and Job Training to be held at
the Inn of the West, Friday, Jan.
26; support for the estab-
lishment of a northern university
forestry research and training
faculty in Terrace and fair rep-
resentation on the board of
directors of the northern univer-
sity.

(2. A public meeting will be
held at the Inn of the West on
Thursday, Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m,
to receive public jinput on the
draft proposal’ of the city’s

-Listed -

Others providing assistance in.

developing :the draft report of
the strategy include 16-37 Com-
munity Futures; Kitsumkalum
Band Council, Kitselas | Band
Council, - Regional: District’ of
Kitimiat+Stikine; Skeeria Labour
Masket... Development. Comniit=
tee,.. Terrace -and, Disttict
Chamber of Commerce,; Férface
‘and -District Labour Council,
Terrace/Kitimat.
visory- Commission,
“race/Kitimat
Association, MP Jim Fulton,
‘MLA Dave Parker, Otto Grund-
mann, Damien Keating. and Pat
Ogawa.

Downtown parking regulations :

Airport Ad- |
“Bers
Construction.”

: Free recreation — :

- for kids.

it. went | over big last
‘November, so they’re doing
it again. .

Pool hall owner. ‘Danny.

Solowoniuk. and, ‘Benita
Champdelainre, . youth drug
‘and alcohol - counsellor for

the. Kermode | ‘Friendship’

Centre, ‘are? oliaborating to

' organize another free. pool
_ and Foes Ball tournament in
- Danny’s- establishment on
Kalum St. Champdelaine an-

7 p.m..

‘The first tournament took
place during
Alcohol Awareness week:

going up ‘all over. town ad- .
-vertising the nextievent,. Ate

’ mounced yesterday that it will:
~ take place Feb. 18: from 2 to.
* town that wants to volunteer

time or. donate anythin: to
Drug and:

offered

oD

Nov. 19, and to everyone” 8
surprise more than 100 kids
fook part and ‘enjoyed them-
selves. Posters will soon be.

tractions .. will include: free

refreshments, prizes, cast”

and gifts, -
git isn’t. necessary “fa r. ‘kids

to ‘register, they just.h ave to.
show: up. ‘Champdelaine™ “is -|-
looking for.some.-help..with.-}-
the hosting duties, however,

and any persen.or business in

the tournaiment is. welcome’ te:

. contact her at 623-4906,

to get committee scrutiny ~

Drivers in the downtown core
will:-soon have to think about
where they park and how long
they leave their cars.

The city is slowly working
towards their bylaw enforce-
ment policy, and at their Jan. 22.
meeting city council gave first

three readings to .a bylaw that |
sets fines for violations, They:
also took a first look. at Pro: -

posed - parking’ zones '—in’

downtown. core, but that:-pré-.

posal is going to committée-first.
Alderman Danny Sheridan said

- she: shad sabout' ‘six concerns*with* the ‘Mohawk . Stop. n’ Shop..

the ‘proposal: one being a ‘pro-

posed. one-hour’ parking zone:
located on the one-way portion’

of Ottawa St. beside Tim Hor-
ton Donuts.

A map of the proposed park-
ing zones to be reviewed by the
committee indicates one-hour
parking zones on both sides of
Park from Emerson to Kalum
and on the portion of Park
south of the Trigo building; on
the south side of Lazelle from
Sparks to Ottawa; both sides of
Lazelle from Ottawa to Kalum
(no restrictions are indicated in
front of the post office and a
15-minute zone is shown in front

of CFTK); the north side of

Lazelle from Kalum to Atwood;
and both sides of Greig from

Emerson to Kalum.
The proposal for Lakelse Ave.

is for one-hour parking on both

sides of the 4600 block; the

north side from Ottawa to °
‘Emerson and Kalum to Atwood;

and segments of the street in
front of the WCB office, Twin
City Meats, the bus shelter to the

east. exit of the Skeena Mall

parking lot, and on the north

_ side from Sparks to the east side
“of. Tillicum Theatres and from
-the west side of Tillicum

.Theatres to the east boundary of

There would be no parking on
the south side of Lakelse from

‘Eby to the Skeena Mall bus -

shelter, from the east exit of
Skeena Mall to Emerson, and a
smali section on the north side

Lakelse south of the Mohawk ©

Stop n’ Shop.

On north/south situated
streets, the map shows one-hour
parking on Kalum from Greig to
just north of the library and the
Trigo building; the west side of
Emerson from Greig to Lakelse;
the east side of Ottawa beside
Tim Horton Donuts and Sparks
between Lakelse and Sparks.
Both sides of Emerson from
Lakelse to Park would be a
15-minute parking zone and the
east side of Emerson from Greig

Tourism and Economic Devel- : Tg

opment Strategy. ~

to Lakelse would be a 30-minute:
zone.. There would be no park- ©
ing on Ottawa between Lakelse

and Lazelle with the exception
of the portion mentioned above
and on Eby from Greig to
Lazelle.
Fines under the new bylaw en-
forcement policy would be set at
$25 forparking violations, $100
for: excessive noise within city
limits, $100 f for an untidy prem-

hibited area,’ "$50 for an un-
licenced dog, $35 for an animal

Tunning ‘at large and $200 for
keeping poultry,

‘pigeons or
doves,

Sheridan was offended by the
last item, saying it was a result
of the ‘‘pigeon wars’’ of five
years ago and should be re-
duced. Five years ago, neighbors
of pigeon owners took them to
task and the neighbors won. The

pigeons were evicted, Sheridan

pointed out, however, that it
was unfair to fine a. resident
whose cow got loose only $35
but charge someone caught con-
cealing a pigeon $200.

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