Page A10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 16, 1993 Council shorts Extra traffic causes concern MOUNTAIN VISTA residents have told council they’re worried about the extra traffic a new sub-division will cause. The development is going in just to the cast of the existing properties and would be reached via Mountain Vista. The first of six stages calls for 24 lots to be developed on the more than 50 acre arcel, P In a letter supported by 6 two-thirds. of the: neighbourhood, Tesi- -dents pointed out theits. was a “‘quict residential street with many small children’’. ‘Maintaining it was not designed to take the extra traffic the sub- division would generate, they called on the city to ensure the new ‘ development included-a paved-access-on to McConnell Ave. - Clerk administrator Bob Hallsor said the city had required the de- ‘veloper to put ina secondary access but not specified exactly where ‘itshould go. Thal, he explained, would be decided by the developer based on how it would fit-in-.with future expansion, but he anticipated il would link up with Bailey St. - that runs off McConnell. At this stage, he also anticipated it would be a gravel road only. One property, two houses - THE PLANNING committee has been asked to look at a request to ‘construct a second dwelling on a single property. Lloyd and Maggie - Hodges want to put up a second house on their 5207 Mountain - Vista lot. In making the request, they said they understood such a move was possible provided the lot was more than three-quarters of an acre in Size. Third party sign gets the nod “THE SKEENA HOME Builders’ Association (SHBA) has been given the go-ahead to erect an advertising sign on vacant property near the Dudley Liltle (new Skeena) bridge. “Because the association does not own the land and a city by-law prohibits this type of ‘‘third party’® sign, council permission had to -ba obtained even though the property owners-had okayed the idea. - SHBA president Doug Fell said the Sit. x 8ft. unlit sign would . promote | the. Canadian Home Builders: Association and ils local af- * filiates». 0 °%, ' City amends 3 purchasing policy “EVERY QUALIFIED supplier or contractor is going to get a kick Customs officers get your number TERRACE — There soon won't be any excuses for people who say they can’t declare goods bought in Hyder, Alaska. Canada Customs is changing from a toll-free line from Stewart to Prince Rupert to a Zenith num- ber. , It—_l connect to the Beaver Creek, Yukon post which is manned seven days a week, 24- ’ hours ‘a day, “They can always get someone on duty. In Prince Rupert at nights and on weekends, that wasn’t possible,” says Prince Rupert-based Canada Customs official Larry Enders. He says approximately 500 people now phone from Stewart fo report goods bought in Hyder, “Those are the honest ones,’’ Enders added. He’s ‘reluctant to guess how many people do noi make decia- rations and,how much money is lost as a result. Canada Customs did have a post at the border between Hyder and Stewart but-it was taken out in the mid-1980s. **The whole situation up there with Hyder is a Catch-22. If we did-put one in there, in a month we wouldn’t need it, said Enders, That’s because the amount of - goods people buying in Hyder and then having to pay duty on would decline, he said. “My guess is that Canadians would no longer be shopping there and merchants would stop stocking there shelves,”’ said Enders, He added that putting in a post would have to balanced against duties received. The new Zenith number is Ze~ nith 2305. New board elected TERRACE -- The Terrace Seniors Housing Society has elected a new executive. Margaret Kukkola is naw presi- dent of the organizat ion, Addie Ryan holds the vice- ' president’s spot with Aileen Frank, Patricia Wafzig and Tina Brouwet serving as secretary, treasurer and surveys organizer respectively, ‘Directors are Larry Merrill, Olga Power, Ted Hamer and Pat Olson while Betty Stewart repeats on the executive as past president. Retiring directors. were Bev The society has been trying to put together a seniors’ affordable housing project here for the past year, But the B.C. Housing Manage- ment Commission announced earlier this year it would allocated a single seniors housing unit to northem B.C. this year. The society meets July 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Happy Gang Centre on Kalum St. Allan Banner ‘S ODOUR CONTROL SERVICES PET ODOUR - extraction to prevent carpet staining - 'UN-DO' to neutralize odour SMOKE ODOUR -Thermo-fogging - odour conteractants WATER/SEWER _ - drying services Ce) - ‘MICROBAN’ to control mildew HTLAR ALOR, "and bacterial growth in 635-3558 bint Introducing A New Agent 2) SunLife The management and staff of Sun Life Welcome Colleen Parsons to our saJes team. 306 - 4546 Park Ave. Terrace, B.C. V8G 1V4 Phone 635-6146 Fax 635-6112 Colleen Parsons TOUR THE METHANEX PETROCHEMICAL FACILITY AT KITIMAT, B.C. “at the city business cat. That will be the result of a purchasing aaa ty Mi lat Row policy change approved by council. omas, He Sicldt an Pethe poliey was origitally worded 80 that a suppliers’ contractors McKerule. Methanex Corporation offers a film and walking tour of its global world scala production “ability to meet. city requirements and price were the criteria for facility during tha summer months. This 1400 tonne per day methano! plant and 550 tonne. awarding contracts. Deloitte at per day ammonia plant produces ‘bullding block’ chemicals for world use In the ' Following on councillor Bob Cooper’s suggestion, the policy now Ot petrochemical Industry. 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