- Council Notes

TERRACE ~— Council has
decided it Wants more informa-
tion before accepting a commit-
tee recommendation to provide
& $2,000 grant to the Canadian
National Institute for the Blind,

Alderman Darryl Laurent ex-
plained the money would cover
the costs of a proposed two-day
workshop during which CNIB

. specialists would conduct train-

ing sessions for local profes-

- sionals working with the blind.

Pointing ‘out there were 31
registered blind people in the
area, Laurent said a. CNIB
spokesman had suggested the
workshop would result in a
needed improvement in -local
services to the blind.

However, alderman Ruth
Hallock. queried approving a
grant'to a national body “when
there are more locally oriented
organizations that have been
turned down.’? Suggesting it
would set a ‘dangerous prece-
dent,’* she pointed out that had

. been one of the reasons cited

earlier this year when council re-
jected. the B.C. Paraplegic
Association’s request for free
pool time to hold an event to
raise money,

Troubled by the amount of
money involved, alderman
David Hull noted council had
notin the past made a financial
contribution to Workshops con-
ducted by other groups.

. Since it was likely the benefits

of the workshop would extend
to those living outside the city,
he wondered why other bodies
such as the Kitimat-Stikine
regional district were not being
asked to contribute as well.

Given no date had yet been
set for. the workshop, council
tabled the matter until staff ob-
tained more information from
the CNIB and investigated the
possibility of financial
assistance also being provided
by other local goverment and
health care organizations,

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ht . Worried the relocation of. thei
“Lucky Dollar bingo operation
‘to Legion Avenue will lead to a
sharp increase in traffic at the
comer of Apsley St. and
Lakelse Ave,, the Skeena Senior
Citizens Housing Society wants
the city to install traffic lights at
the intersection.

_ In a letter to council,
secretary Frances Olsen said it
‘was even now difficult to turn
from Lakelse on to Apsley at
certain times of the day. In-
creasing the traffic in the area,
‘she added, would ‘‘no doubt

‘lead to many accidents or near-

misses.”’ .

The matter was referred to to-
day’s planning and public
works committee niceting.

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While always happy to get a -

TED JOHNSTON'S book on those who came to the Terrace area

toward the end of the last century and early into the next is being
used by the city, asa reference to find names for new streets and

avenues.

bargain, dramatic ‘differences

between bids’ om tio recent
tenders prompted aldermen to
seek assurances the work would

- be up to standard,

The concerns stemmed from
bids on the Lazelle sidewalk
project and sheet metal work at
the public works building. In
the former case, low bidder was
Randolp Huisman at $11,246 —
almost half the cost quoted by
the only other bidder, Danvrill
_ Contracting.

On the public works project
bids, Mike's Roofing’ s quote of
$11,500 was again almost half
that of the only other bidder,
Telkwa Roofing ans Sheet
Metal.

Administrator Bob Hallsor
told council the discrepancies
had not gone unnoticed, but
staff were satisfied “It's above
board, .it’s just one of those
freaks that happens.”

In the case. of the sidewalk
contract, the city had taken the
added precaution of requiring
Huisman to do-one short sec-
tion under public works super-
vision. The cost of that supervi-
sion would be borne by the con-
tractor who, if the work was
satisfactory, would be left to do
the rest of the job unsupervised.

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Seeking | information that

might be useful in putting

together a proposed housing
conference here, economic
development officer Peter
Monteith will be attending the
Northern B,C. Housing Forum
to be heid in Prince George,
Oct. 11-12. -

On the return trip he will also
be taking in one day of the
North by Northwest tourism
association annual general
meeting. Council approved the
trip expected to cost $665.

_ .Meanwhile another travel re-

quest by. Monteith — to ‘the ‘Op- ‘

portunity °90 trade show in
Vancouver, Novy. 14-16 — has
been referred to the tourism and
economic development commit-
tee,

The city shared a stand with
the district of Kitimat and
Kitimat-Stikine regional district
last year but, Monteith explain-
ed, having found ‘“‘the results
were not what we envisioned,”’
Terrace had decided not to par-
ticipate this time.

However, he added, ‘‘it is still
a reasonably good place to
make contacts with new com-
panies” and attending the event
would allow him to assess
changes introduced at this
‘year’s show made it more at-
tractive to the city. Estimated

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