Balancing i is the key
in creating new parks

TERRACE RESIDENTS
got a chance to give their
views on the future of
B.C.’s provincial parks last
week,

The province's Parks
Legacy Project held an open
house at the Coast Inn of the
West Thursday evening,
Dozens of people attended
the open house to find out
more about B.C.’s parks, the
project and give their input
on the process,

The project is led by a
panel appointed by the cn-
vironment minister. The
goal of the open houses is to
educate people about parks
and the status of B.C.’s pro-
lected areas strategy, as well
as collect public views to
help guide the future of
parks in the province,

Gerald Amos of Kitimaat
Village is the local represen-
tative on the Parks Legacy
pancl. He says he’s excited
about the process.

“Pm encouraged by the
make-up of the panel,’’ he
says, ‘‘Many of the mem-
bers have been very vocal
about their own environ-
mental perspectives. I think
that’s a comment on the
government's commitment

DOZENS OF interested local people turned out to the
Parks Legacy open house held here Nov. 13. Those
attending received information on B.C.'s parks and
had a chance to voice their opinions.

to the project, ”’

Amos himself has also
been very outspoken in
terms of creating parks in
the province. He was one of
the key people involved in
protecting the Kitlope Val-
ey.

change,’’ he says. ‘Usually
Pm on the other side, yam-
mering at the government,
Now I’m here to listen.”
Amos says the big chal-
lenge is to balance the pres-
sure for resources with the
need to protect more land

That’s a major challenge,
but Amos says the project
will at least make sure pub-
lic concerns are heard.

The panel is due to release
their draft recommenda-
tions, based in part on pub-
lic input, in the summer of

“This is kind of a anda shrinking budget. 1998.

Three want garbage work

THREE COMPANIES want to take over
the city’s residential garbage service.

The three firms — some of which are
from out of town — responded to the city’s
recent call for proposals, said city administ-
rator Bob Hallsor.

Those expressions of interest are now
being analyzed by the city’s public works
department and will come back to council
in the weeks ahead, Hallsor said,

City councillor Val George says talk of
privatizing residential garbage collection is
stili in its early days.

He was responding to a letter” from”

Kitimat-Terrace District Labour Council
president Norm Lavalle criticizing the idea.
Lavalle predicts private pickup costs will
rise after city equipment is sold off, with
taxpayers paying more in the end.

‘We're still in the very preliminary dis-
cussion stages,’’ said George.

Councillor Rich McDaniel said the idea
came from city staff in response to coun-
cil’s request that all city departments at-
tempt to cut their expenses by five per cent.

““This is a concerted effort by our man-
agers to show where they can save five per

‘cent,’’ McDaniel said.

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