A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 30, 2000 Big store expansion okayed |' Neighbours oppose Wholesale Club plan THE REAL CANADIAN Wholesale Club will be allowed to expand its store but it’s under orders to make good on a series of promises to neighbours. The expansion — expected to begin this fall — will increase the store’s size by 45 per cent to 52,965 square feet. Parking on the east side of the building will be eliminated and the east wall will be exten- ded to within 12 feet of Cramer St. That means some neighbours will Look oul their front windows and see little more than the store’s 22-foot high wall. “We are going to be looking out at the Be- rlin Wall,” said Cramer St. resident~ Diane MacCormac, “I won’t see any sun in the afternoon.” The city development permit will require the existing landscaping berm be widened and coniferous trees be added to give some screen- ing in winter. However, cily planner David Trawin noted it would be many years before trees planted on the berm grow tall enough to screen the wall. The store will also be required to create a new access to Feeney St. on the west side of the building to replace one the expansion will eliminate. Residents who opposed the expansion vow they'll be vigilant in making sure the company keeps its pledges — which the city wants it to put in writing, “I hope they’re going to live up to what they say they’re going to do,” said Lee. “If they don’t we’ll be making phone calls.” That’s because a number of other problems — from idling trucks to the store’s lights shining Westfair vice-president Bruce Andrews was apologetic about the store’s record. “Quite frankly, I'm embarrassed by some of the issues we should have resolved,” Andrews said. Councillors approved the permit, which will ‘allow the expanded store to operate with 123 parking stalls — 41 fewer than required under city bylaws. Trawin said he’s comfortable that the park- ing will be sufficient, since a four-day study of traffic there in June showed the lot always had fewer than 70 cars in it. “f think you’re going to see the same num- ber of people coming in and buying more things other than groceries,” Trawin said. Andrews said the store wants to expand in response to customer demand. “They're asking for a greater product selec- tion and we can only do that with a larger store.” Prstten Sotuing & Ara you a team player? «Come and find out! *Sept, 21, 6:30-9:30 pm From front into homes — went unresolved for a long time. West Fraser says i's not affected of people in B.C. to make decisions in their own pro- vince over land use.” West Fraser vice presi- dent Wayne Clogg said his firm won’t be immediately affected by the boycolts. “We don’t sell any lumber to Lowe's,” said Clogg. “We don’t sell a lat of lumber through the main retail outlets in the U.S.” Instead, the company’s wood tends to move via neiworks of wholesalers. It also bailed out of the secret talks with environ- mental groups in the spring, saying it was un- comfortable negotiating at a table where area resi- dents were unrepresented. West Fraser also main- tains it will no longer have operations in the north or central coast with the sale of its north coast licence. “What’s particularly disturbing out of the Lowe’s announcement is that Lowe’s is petting into a trap of using. language “that, is, not defined,” Clogs. .; said. “They, are saying they will not ‘buy: wood products that come from endangered forests.” “That probably sound good on the surface, but exactly what do you mean by that? Unless they clear- ly define what it means it leaves the agenda open for somebody else to define it for them.” Lowe’s also went so far as to say it won’l take waod from the Great Bear Rainforest, he noted. “We all know there’s no such place as the Great Bear Rainforest,” he said. “It's a made-up name and has no geographic boun- daries. But once again you leave it to somebody else to define where you can and cannot source your wood from.” While eco-campaigns are winning pledges of phase-outs from big lumber retailers, they’ve had less luck in winning exclusive acceptance of the green- favoured Forest Steward- ship Council's brand of eco-certification. 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