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‘.
‘
aan

*” “structure. “We feel strongly and

’ ¥deleted-from the areas of

_/*faollitles that are becoming ac

: The reg trio, according to.Mr. Parfitt,
‘af the Kitimat-Stlkine: Regional failed to arrive. at any. con-
“District Board took place last. clusion. The removal of the bar

Friday at'2:00 p.nt. in Terrace. ~ had been requested by Elec-

Chalrman Ev Ciltt was in the toral Area “C” Director David

chalr.: : . Bowen-Colthurst.

Chairman. Clift, Assistant A bili was. approved for
Administrator Ray Parfitt and payment to Evergreen Preas
Bill Sinclair, a Federal Fishery Ltd .for printing of the con-
Biologist visited Herman Creck troversial study “‘The Case of
where itis reported thalasand Lakelse Lake” by/ William — cost
bar was causing flooding. The Sinclair. The cost for the 450

Brief on
Mayor Gordon Rowland has

_ released tothe Press a copy ofa

brief which he will present on

behalf of the City of Terrace

during, the — forthcoming

hearings scheduled ,by the

Select Standing. Committee on

Municipal Matterg.- The brief is

published in the public Interest

and to encourage other bodies to -
make ‘representations during |
the hearings:- ;

ular monthly meeting -

Federal Fisherles,

municipality as compared to
another, il permits’ that
- municipality to provide a given
limit of services at a lower

British Columbia. .

I'm. sure it is generally
conceeded that the basic
principle of assessment is
equalily, and we .betieve. that
this basic concept should also be
the basis for consideration of a
basie equality in the life style
and facilities of communilies
throughoul the province. .

In order to support the
variations ar. inequities (that
exist, Iwill” quote from the
Plunkett Report of 1971, page
40, titled “The Tax Base, The
Home Ovmers Grant, and (he .
Reallocalion of Municipal
Revenues’’. “While the
property tax is the principle
source of Municipal revenue,
ita’ productivity varies widely,
both absolutely and relatively.
Some of this variation is no
doubt due to the composition of

- the base for property taxation.
Value of Real. Property is the
basis upon which the property
tax is levied. . Not all. Real
Property located within . the .
rounicipality is subject. to
taxation. Certain’ types of
property are exempl from the
property tax levy. ‘In the
exempt ealegory for example is
_the property of School Beards,
Religious, Organizations,” and
the Municipalities themselves.
“While legally exempt ‘fram .

argument the report of .a
taxation inquiry committee in
-another province was -quite
emphatic. Quote “It is im-

plications for municipalities of
lack of balance in the tax base.
co : : On average, a municipality with
Mr. Chairman and Members of © iess than a normal share of
the Commiltee:- . I
-' The following brief is
presented to you in an attempt
to bring ta your atlenlion the
financial dilemma in which
most municipalities in British
Calumbla now find themselves.
We will attempt to bring lo your
attention the inequities that
exist in the present taxation
structure, the inequities thal
exist in the principle applted to
the unconditlonal — grant
structure lo municipalities, the -
inequities that exist in the
. distribution of revenue derived
from the processing of natural
resources, and also some .
comments relating to the
“Ynequitable. cost sharing of
social services~ to individual
nunicipalities. I believe at this
time il would probably be ap-
propriate to define tax,.and 1

pliment of: local government

equalizing affects
provincial grants. Conversely
the municlpality with more than

_taxalion."" :
_At this point Mr, Chairman, I

Assessment Years 1989, 1973
and 1974 relating to the District
of Terrace’. It Would certainly
indicate that’ the comments
previously made are certainly
in effect in so far as the District
of Terrace is concerned. The

quele. from Webster's dic- Property Taxation, the second most important source
tionary that taxis “lo requirea Provincial: - and . Federal © of revenue for local government
person to’pay a percentage of Governments pro vide is the unconditional grant

provided by, the Provincial
Government. . In referring to
‘ these grants ] would again have
la refer to the inequities that
exist in- this type. of graut
distribution, and 1 would refer.
you to page 43 of the Plunkett
 Reporl. “It-is essential to. note

payments in liew of property
taxes on‘ the basis af ‘specific
types of their property, and in
stipulated amounts."' «Refer to’
Appendix 'A” to show the effect
this would have on revenue over
and above the present 15 mill
government limitation. If 1
may refer back lo the sentence |
with the exemption categories | ::PravincialsGrants. programs
A think, jt. snould. .be,- strong

his income, property value, etc.
for the support of the govern:
‘ment. Having defined lax I
-would like to proceed with the
problems that appear to be
‘inherent in the existing

our views have been supported
on numerous occasions by the
“Union of:B.€.Municipalities, in -
.Ahe. concep}; ,qf . (he, respon: ;
i sibilities of local government in,
* relation to its expenditures. It
. ig our belief that the principle
‘that should be adhered lo Is one’.
- wherein loval governments are
responsible for seryices to
‘property and senior levels of
government are responsible for
‘services to persons. If this
‘policy were adopted by the -
senior. levels. ‘af government
then a great deal of the financial
difficulties being presently
encountered by. tounicipal -
‘governments would be non © three or four times lhe money
_ existant.. They would disappear © per person, a5 would the ap-
if this policy were adopted as plication of the same rate in
-iwo ‘of the major factors another municipalily, Much of
relating to the financial. the. variation in ~ taxable
municipal. dilemma,’ that of capacity as ‘between
‘educational costs and social “municipalities stems from ‘the
“Welfare: costs would then be composition of the tax base in
terms of types of property, ie.
Residential, Commercial, In-
dustrial. and Agricultural, or
Small Holdings.. An.argument
frequently advanced is that, the
_cost of municipal servicing of
‘Residential property. is much
higher per. unit taxable Yalue
than is the case for Industrial or
‘Commercial. property..., In homeowners.’
general therefure, where there '-inequities.- 0
exists. a. relatively high per-

be assessed for municipal
purposes with the possible
exception. -of :- Religious
Organizations and Recreation
facilities apen to public use, and
assessed. at what presumably
will he the full market value for
1975. Again referring to the
Plunkett Report on page 41, the
significance of the variation of
the. municipal tax base lies in
the fact thal a-levy al a
specified rate may produce

an, assessment

revenue. from
residential _ properties.

“responsibility . of municipal
“:governments and thereby allow
: the’ expenditures «of monies
-Gerived: fram taxation of
-“uproperties tobe used for the
installation ‘of services and

‘Increasingly more important -*
“aspect af community life and it

<< wonld'-certainly -have an

beneficial-effect. on employee

Telention, especially in the west

“central and northern sections of,

copies is $3,189.22, k would
appear that the R.D. will be re-
imbursed part of this amount by’

Another bill was 0.K.’d for
payment for $3,663.19 from
Willis, Cunliffe & Talt for a
major road study. In this case it
would appear that the District
of Terrace will foot a part of the

average impost.¢ On . this

business properties must im-
pose heavier (han normal taxes’
to pay for an average com-—
services, nol withstanding some
from

the usual propertion of business:
properties, will on average, be
able to provide adequate’ ser-
vices with lower. than ‘normal.

considered. that: ‘ali, properti¢a “based on any recognition. of the
variations in Municipal: Fiscal.’
- ability applicable to the com-
-position of the’ tax ‘base.”. It
certainly'is self evident that the
$34.00 per capita grant in terms
of Terrace, a community: of
10,000 people and an assessment
of $35,000,000.00 “for igeneral
purposes, that this grant does
- ot have the same impact as a
community of 10,000 people with’
base ' of
§50,000,000.00, Herein lies. the
dnequily,. Conversely the per
capita charge for social welfare
based on the same system in .
effect penalizes the communily
that derives the bulk-on of its
taxes - on
The
present per capita charge of 5c
‘jn acommunily such as/Terrace
represents. approximately 4
_ mills, whereas .this sdme.for-
mula applied to a communily
with amuch higher assessment,
generally: due to industrial -”
commercal,'in terms'of mills
would ‘represent fouri or. five. -
times less impact on. the
Herein lies the

To this point Mr, Chairman,
centage of Commercial and we have altempted to outline to

st. .
A sum of $4,858.34 was ap:

financial dilemma of Terrace

portant to recognize the im-~-

would refer to Schedule ‘'B" of
this brief entitled “‘Assessment -
Comparison re Property Type -

- at this point that none of the:

_division at Meziadin Lake. It,

cipally from the assessment on ©
lands and improvements within |

_complexes constructed for -the

purpose of processing caw
materials °
Municipality in which they are
located with a high .value. of
improved assessment which
benefits the Municipality;

Municipalities
harvesting of raw materials

takes place but from which the

raw materials are shipped: te

other jurisdictions for the

purpose of processing, do -nol -
have the. benefil of the in-

dustrial.
although they are required to
provide the amenities -for the
persons: involved ‘In. the har-
vesting of the raw. materials;

Columbia industrial. complexes
constructed for‘the purpose ‘of
processing raw materials tend:
to be concentrated in certain
areas of the Province; ° "
Scansidered "previously: ares. AND.. WHEREAS

E

zGovernment:: | od 1 oe
* Columbia has “recognized” the

.lioned situation and has made

finance formulas in the field of -

RESOLVED that! the Union of :

make representation {0 the
Provincial Government with a”
-view lo in part equalizing the

i

School District No. 88

Department of Continuing Education.

“ The Department of Continuing Education of School District No.&8 is _
-. looking for anyone who would be Interested in conducting a course lin
ihe evening-to adults. Instructors are needed in the following sub: ..:

fects: | ; ces

First Aid :
University Courses (M.A. Required) :
: “Academic Subjects
English for New Canadians
- Vocational Courses
General Interest Courses

* Cooking. Courses (Especially Chinese)

"WK course can be offered in virtually any subject provided fhere.is a
competent Instructor, sufficient students, and then ressary
equipment. ee en

on Anyone who Is interested in teaching a course or who has any
‘Suggestions for courses should contact: - woe oe
es 2 Hugh Power at 635-2833 or 635-6531.

nl
Ly T

Industrial property in ‘one, you the problem areas which .

‘

| Instructors Wanted |

(35-36

A slop-of-Inierest marker will

will be located just north of the
be placed at the polnt where

airstrip. When queried about
the bird problem. over the

proved for payment for ar:
chitectural services in regard to
the proposed Human Resource

and Health Center in Terrace. dump, Assistant Administrator way. .

A request’ from Kitimat Ray Parfitt informed the Board In acting on a petition from
Director George Thom to see thal the airstrip will be re- . residents of (he Ross Lake area
the plans resulted in his being located two miles away. ‘ a ban has been placed on the use

advised that they. are not The Stewart Forest. Ranger of all motor powered boats on

completed ‘as yet. and a sludent crew have re- this lake. ae .
A garbage site has been opened asixteen mile section of © - A Technical ,. Planning
selected ‘for the Crown Sub the Telegraph Trail up the Bell- Commillee '- recammendatlon ~-

that the planning program 8s
administered by the ‘Reglon’s.
Technical Planning Committee.
for the Stewart Caasiar High-
way be adhered to; and this
makes . provision for service
wanga,
This sure Would go ong ee tate
way to- alleviate. the financial , gob Quinn Lake, Totagga-
burden that is being placed on eadontenajon, Dease Lake and
residences. of . many jhe Cassiar turnoff; and
municipalities. [n:support of aternative sites’ will be
this resolution would alsa refer designated for future leasehold
you. to Schedule "C"' which - when a viable traffic volume
provides ‘a’ comparison. “Of exists on he “Stewarl-Casslar
revenue derived by. various Highway. This means service
communities as a.direct.result onters at about seventy. mite
of the Forest Industries, which intervals. . ;
again in.our opinion only sup-. “A proposed ‘subdivision by
‘portsour position “‘ for a more
equalized distribution -of gain turned down on a
revenue fromthe natural, recommendation. from the
resources of this province. Technical Planning Committee
Should the province not accept because it was defeating the
- the full: responsibility for -the ~ plan for the aren and could only
yments of- social services, create another Thornhill.
then it is suggested that the per The Board has abandoned a
eapita costs be discontinued as plan to visit the Iskut -

Irving and Rochester Rivers._

I'm sure are known to you and
in many instances the same set
of circumstances do nol apply
solely to the District of Terrace.
Al this time I would like to offer
some suggestions as to how the’
inequities may. be overcome.
First I would like to refer to a”
resolution that was presented .
by the District of Terrace and
endarsed by. the U.B.C.M.
Convention: in 1973. in Prince
George and -1.will- quote that’
Resolution. a :
‘at. ADJUSTMENT OF
PROVINCIAL GRANTS TOC
MUNICIPALITIES +. Teryace
WHEREAS ‘the revenue of “a
Municipality is derived prin-

the © boundaries of thal the i

. : ou y.are now established and Cr , For thi

MND WHEREAS industrial {at Sie levies to municipalities Face PP wever doin Pousetie,
industrial. be’ raised on. a: per : capil ‘Administrator and the Director

system, but inno circumstances
to exceed the product. of two
mills from that municipality.

for that area. will be making 8
call, sometime in September, on
the residents of that area. The
visit by the Board will be re-

scheduled for next year.
The Ski Hill Development By-

provide .:. the
This should : undoubtably be
reviewed depending on the
results of the assessment policy,
to be established in 1975. The
per capita. grant ‘as has’ 7 Te oe
previously been. mentioned” . A hesitation in an engine
probably represents the second _ when stepping on the gas pedal
largest source of revenue for _- usually canbe traced directly to
municipalities, but again 1
would have to polnt out’ the
inequities . that. exist in its
present method of distribution
of these grants.” “We are of the .
opinion that the manner In
which this could be ad:
ministered is-ta have the grant
. based on the assessment of the -
community itself, i.e. establish §
a mean per capita assessment
ahd raise or lower the grant in
relation. to this per - capita
. assessment figure. This could &
“tng” Derbased possibly on a formal
ich... -Suehas the following that ifthe -.
Britigh ee eRapie at iE he

WHEREAS
in which the

AND

carburetor, says the BCAA. -
The stroke may need ad-
justment to ensure the -proper

assessment base,

_ earburetor.

AND WHEREAS in British

of: paanes ub Rd

sessment ~

Telegraph (rail enters the high- _

. situation that exista at Clarke

Copperside. Estates Lid,‘ was-

Jaw will be tabled al the next

‘the accelerator pump: in the ~

amount of fuel is entering the.
" fierce Scattish tribes to the north,

~ Riverside Auto
_ . Wreckin
d. iH

gional district |

“Lake, He wanted to know if any
person had. been evicted or
given notice of evictlon because |
of unsatisfactory sanitary
facilities, .. © + nes
Mr..Thom also wants to the
procedures set out by . ad-
ministration se that the yarious
communilies - know: how ta
prepare applications for Tree
Farm Licences.- He suggested
that some refusals are coming
up from Victoria because the
applicalions , were incorrectly
prepared. 7

meeting ofthe Regional District
Board scheduled for Terracs on
Friday September 27.

* Electoral Area “C" David
Bowen-Colihurst asked the
‘Board to look into the dangerous

Read and Highway 16. He
suggested that the high speed of
passing traffic would result in a
tragedy... 7 an
Kitimat Director George
Thom once again esked for a
Public Health report on
sanitary facilities at Lakelse

WHERE THERE'S
A WAIL Too Late

Parts of Hadrian's Wall, which T Cl if
was finished about 127-A.D. - 1 O assiry
along a line nat far from what is . ae
to this day the border between - - mi
England and Scotland, are still 1 }
well preserved. Itran, according
to the Teacher's Scotch Informa-
tion Centre, fram sea to sea and
was built by the Roman emperor .
‘Hadrian. 7 ;
 ‘{he Romana invaded Britain in ,
‘the 1st century’ A.D. They added = 4°
southern Britain.to their empire
as the province Britannia, But
- they were unable to subdue the

Terrace 5-pin Bowling
Associations ‘general -meeting
Friday September 8 at-2:p.m.
Elks. Hall. (C-36) To

Vicki Parviainen ; te
Danca Insivuction —..-
Characteristic ballet and tap:
Children ilve years and up. -For:
Registration or further:.in-:
jor mation ‘phone 635-7483."-°- =. -
no, | en ue

9,

Babysitter wanted. “Andérson:
oSt. area. Phone 635-2592..(C-45).;

iad

,000.00the community would
‘then: qlialify for a $24.00 per.
capita grant. This grant on the
other hand, in a- communily .
with a per capita assessment of
2 $3,000.00 would then . be in- -
creased in proportion to the.

inequality of the .aforemen- 4 : :
adjustments to in -part ‘over: _ 2 CHEVY
come’ thal inequality © in: its

education:

69 FORD '% TON |
66 CHEVY PICK-UP 67 FALCON

Garage Sala: August 31 af 9:30.
Various articles fram. beds” to:
boat motor. 5010 Lanfear Drive...
(C-35) Loy ;

For Sale: Undercarriage’

‘THEREFORE = BE IT ~

difference in the. per capita -
ed , no assessment; -” gD
British Columbia Municipalities a ; .

In closing it is our bellef that
the residents of Terrace, wha
are primarily engaged In the
Forest Industry, supply raw :

imbalance . of: municipal
material for Pulp Mills and

revenue resulting from the

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house traller. Four new {res
8x14x5. Electric. brakes..:
‘Phone 635-2933 (C-36).:.:

WEEKEND SALE OF - RED
POTATOES! 0 0c
Straight from the field.

Sawmills should be-entitled to:
assessment, a : as great a share of the taxation
“(Endorsed by (he-Narth revenue as the-citlzens wherein
Central Municipal Association) "_ the processing plants, are ~
CARRIED.” i > located. . eS

2

concentration - of industrial

Get the Bugs out of
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before the cold». |
weather sets in Se,

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"A419 Legion Terrace Phone 635-9444 _

dig ‘em, you'll pick ‘em) 8c {b.-:-

bags.» Brovwer’s . Farm,..2213
- Archer Rd, Terrace Phone 635:
6702 (P36) De ae

7

BOGS FOR SALE
“Registered. Toy Poodle Pup:
plies. Phone 635-3485. (C-36)

a

‘| For:Sale: International TD-24 ~
Crawler type land. ‘clearing.
“machine with landscaping and : —
brush bladés.. Two "C!' frames. -

; and winch, Phone 635-7480 '(
3 ae ties

|For Sale: 3bedrcom-untinished ”.

“home, . full” basement, partly’
- furnished, Close’ to: school: In.
| Thornhill Phone 635.2028 (STF)

57

2 Kawasaki 175cc Trail Bikes.
1971 Mazda Coupe Phone 635- -
7266 Leave name ‘and. phone’
number, (P35):

For Sale 1965 Chryster Newport,

’. Excellent condition $700 Atter.6°
p.m.:T-11- Timberland Trallar -

Court. (Peabo oe

"45 Valiand (Signet) $650 69 Flat,
Offers??? Phone 635-4087 (P.35)

' 71 -Gremitn,.. standard, Red, |
$1900, Phone 635-4897" fatter : 5
JB cpm, (€-35) ari

BB.

‘gxd8’ Travel ease traller, $1500

i. For Sale: 1768 10x52 Pathfinder
traller .2-bedroam’ Joay shed, ©
partially finished Inside:set yp

- in Sunny HII. Trailer. Court::

Full Price only $4600.00'nearest
offer. Financing ‘could “be
arrangad.: Phone 635-4615 after. -
6 (€-35) 7 eg:

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‘For © Sale: Ona “ganopy for °°
Datsun pick-up, Best. oer -

Phone 635-4272 (P.38) °

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Bring your own’ containers or: °°

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