- PET OWNERS inJackpine Flats, Rosswood,

- have to contend with the edog catcher coming

. Mal control-services: into outlying é areas, has
~» been delayed for al least one year, .

- ‘bylaw’ ‘until its “May: theeting,, reacting: to.

and. property’ owne

ticularly: property owners al. Lakelsé: Lake.

| ve ~The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, D

Dog control DI
shelved for a year |

By JENNIFER LANG
Lakelse Lake and other rural areas won't.

around any timé soon... 2.0: 2 .
A proposed ¢ extension of. Thomhill's ani-

On Nov. 19, the Kitimat Stikine: regional
district board: agreed. to table: the proposed *

continued: opposition’ from Tesidents = .par-

For the past ‘three months; lake’ residents

Rupert and ‘Kitimat’~-have- waged a battle
against the ‘service extension to. the Lake,
Rosswood, fiorth Terrace, Jackpine Flats and: ;

- “other residential parts‘of Electoral Area C..

The decision: to hold off for‘ancther: six:
months shelves the - ‘proposed | service exten-.

sion for another: year. ‘That's: ‘because’ any 7
“decision io: proceed: woilld. come after the. -

adoption of next year's s operating bud get.’
The delay will give’ electoral area direc -

; tors time to. ‘review a recent: administrative -.

report on ‘the: issue,” and search. for’ alternate

“ways to pay.for the service... - Mes

“[ think it's a good ‘step,” said Gordon.
Gillam, one. of eight residents opposed the -

move who turned: ‘out to the: regional, dis- =.
_trict's ‘November board. meeting. ©

‘Others sounded | mare frustrated: “ne s sad:
that this’ keeps. going on-and on,” Conchita *.,

_ Husoy- said, She and-ariother lake. resident.

~ tition opposing the service-extension.

helped gather nearly'200 signatures ¢ ona pe- -

‘ “We don’t. need: the’ service,’ "added! Gail © :

7 Bergen; a Prince Rupert resident’ vho' owns.

property at Lakelse Lake.
In: ‘September, Bergen helped zonvince._

_ the regional district to detay the: adoplion. of =
-a bylaw that expands dog: control: services

"beyond Thornhill-after Lake residents. com~"

plained they. hadn’ t been: fairly consulted.
~ Nearly 40: esidents turned: out, to: tha

niany from Prince“:

‘don’ "tneed the service, either, -

ecember 1 2004

. “meeting. ‘Since then, huidreds more have -
signed petitions, or contacted the: regional ;

district over the matter ‘by phone or mail,
with most against the : service extension and

" resulting.tax hike:

: . Bergen. agreed the: ‘service. may" be: ware
ranted i in Jackpine Flats ~ a number of resi--

dog ‘control. services, citing: Problems with
vicious and aggressive dogs...

“Give Jackpine Flats. what. they need and :
‘Bergen said.
“Residents ‘on the’ ast’ side of the lake
= where: ‘the roads: aren’t. serviced by local:

—are uniformly Opposed:
The’ tivo regional . district ditectors who”
: represenit the effected areas, Les. Watmough: :
(area: )-and Bab Cooper: (Area C), met with ”-
administrators but.no;oné, could agree Upon
“and alternate, cost payment scenario.” . °°:
“There i isn’Lany other: fairway, other than
:whiat’s: here,’ a Watmough’ told about tight
lake properly. oivners al the board meeting,’
“Walmough noted 25: per cent of T hornhill
“Animal | Shelter
electoral area® ea
- Kitimat. director Graham ‘Anderson said ©

che wants to See: a new. cost estimate ‘based on ‘

“leaving. Lakelse: Lake out of the equation...

he ‘service: ‘extension ‘would : cost bee
tween $45 and $55.a year per $100,000 in
jassessed residential property value. ‘ 7

“Lake residents: who are: ‘opposed. say- they.
‘would: be unfairly: penalized: becatise. their’

__ property values are. hi giter. than i in nother, parts. _

“of Area-C.00%
AL ‘number : ‘of Jackpiné Flats: ‘residents
“have told -the Tegional district. they’ re con-
~ cérned:about aggressive dogs'in their neigh-
* bourhoods: But Rosswood: residents say they

denis there ‘have. expressed their: ‘support for.

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government, ‘and. there-is no fire protection az ~

sers. were! from. -oulside _

“TE would: Jike to see, a future report: for. ;
on that" ° he. said, adding. Jackpine Flats _resi-
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