The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 25, 1996 - A11 £ Pe bd 7 Introducing A New Agent i | Council Shorts | Fewer pprsrmgeeennte ’ ° { ) 1-300-565-8000 : saath (mas e f = 2 7 m j | Dirtpilecanstay | Crimes Action line SunLife | A DEVELOPER who angered neighbours by placing | = i several hundred truck toads of fill on a property in the | n ru r al The management and staff of SunLife siockplie fi, TH! be can’t use the property to Welcome Barry McKenzie Roe Smit of Rossco Ventures Lid. has also b T pet/Brass to our sales team ssco Ventures Lid. has also been directed to make sure the fill on the lot doesn't slough a rea & Elementary Woodwind 306-4546 Park A onto adjacent properties or cause drainage problems, . Lessons ark AVE. But city officials said there’s little else they can do | CRIME RATES in rural Terrace, B.C. right now, because there’s no evidence Smith is doing Terrace are lower than those Bob Butchart V8G 1V4 anything other than building up the lot in the city, but. still well Pod Council approved a recommendation that a letter go above provincial and nation- rr = Phone: 635-6146 out to Smith outlining his responsibilities, al averages, according to the Fax: 635-6112 The lot has been built up several feet above the level Cana dian Centre for Justice 5 II: . of the surrounding properties, Stockpiling fill is not a Statistics, 638 802 ae Celt arr 9 rmitted use of land anes Rural Tertace, which in- A member of TIME ‘e Home: 635-517 permi ¢ of land zoned Ri/residential. cludes Tho mill, suffered Barry McKenzie _ House numbers switch Coe ea Sina = ERS SSnISnSNNSNI Ca THE SKEENA KALUM Housing Society affordable |G; lation estimate . . housing complex will be partly renumbered to make | of 6,000 people, that trans, ey ATIVE Age Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal sure if mects the standard layout expected by emer- lates to a crime rate of - rc bg "ey Affairs gency responders. 11.312 offences a el dn ; . ; ' per 100,000 ut Ny me “ip fia The society had objected to the city’s insistence that people. al eh sae half the units be renumbered to ensure quick emer- |. That figure is considerably im - PUBLIC MEETING - gency response on the grounds that it will be an un- | . fess than Terrace’s rate of : * Monday, September 30, 1996 starting at 7:00 p.m. expected expense to the low-income tenants, 18,923. Crime rates tend to mi Tuesday, October 1, 1996 starting at 10:00 a.m. But councillors said they weren't prepared to second | be lower in outlying areas ‘is pROWNer oF Community Hall guess their fire chief on a matter of life and death, because criminal activity C] Sirs couuKe™ 100 Skateen Avenue The cost B.C. Hydro will charge to change the hydro usually occurs in areas of | NEW AITYANSH meters is expected to be around $450, said the society's | concentrated population. pg |_R a Frank Rowe. Other costs include changing the numbers So it’s not surprising that | ee ; around and putting in ch f add & th t "s vi "= fat re Ofc nee OF Rdchesses af the pos Me ie tence swiolent crime, al Treaty Negotiations Process: It’s Council asked the society to keep track of those costs 125 violent offe ces w ' - and bring them back to the city for later consideration. recorded there Test year, . Our Future and . Members of the Committee are: The numbering complication ensued because the first | That translates to a rate of Your Chance to Participate Mr. tan Waddell, MLA (NDP - Vancouver- phase of the project was numbered a certain way, then 2,083, compared to the Fraserview) » Chair - the second phase was added, changing th figura- wile. toe ' i ~ Yale-Li - ion, P Bing INS CORNBNTES | city’s 2,383, . The public is invited to attend an open meeting — | Mt Harry Lal MLA (NOP - Yale-Lileoet} th But the numbers are still . ; i & [Deputy Chair Cit h well above provincial and of the Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Af- Mr. Tim Stevenson, MLA (NDP - Vancouver- ity nours get re-look national averages. The na- | fairs to present thelr views on the Nisga’a Agreement- |Burrard) | A TAXPAYER’s complaint about the city’s summer | tional crime rate stands at in-Principle, Mr. Glenn Robertson, MLA (NDP ~ North Is- | business hours may get action. 8,954 offences per 100,000 The all-party committee is seeking public com-__|!and) Ken Gibson of Ken’s Marine showed up at city hall | persons, while the violent ment on how progress can be made towards treaty _ |)!" Bill Goodacre, MLA (NOP - Bulkley - | at 4:05 p.m, on July 2 — the last day to pay property | crime index is 995. ith aboriginal tej Valley-Stikine) taxes — to find city hall closed, So mural Terrace has more settlements wit 1 aboriginal people in a manner bene- Ms, Erda Walsh, MLA (NDP - Kootenay) "The city had shifted to summer hours, during which | than twice as much violent ficial to all British Columbians. The Select Standing |Ms. Cathy McGregor, MLA (NDP - Kamloops) the municipal offices close at 4:00 p.m. instead of the | Time as the national aver- 4; Committee on Aboriginal Affairs will make recom- |Mr. Bil Barisoff, MLA (BC Lib - Okanagan- usual 4:30 p.m. age. Compared to the mendations to the Legislative Assembly of British [Boundary) . Gibson and any others who arrived to find the doors | provincial average of 1,415, : Mr, Murray Coell, MLA (BC Lib - Saanich Sve a4 Columbia. 1 locked had to pay a late taxes penalty, that rate is still high. his i . . North and the Islands) Gibson suggested council review the summer hours The good news is that This is an opportunity to have YOUP VIEWS [W. Mike de Jong, MLA (BC Lib - Matsqui) policy. . property crime in rural Ter- | heard and recorded { Mr, Geoff Plant, MLA (BC Lib - Richmand- Councillor David Hull said Gibson’s got a point, and race is actually well below Individuals and organizations wishing to ap- Steveston) wsked the eily wok i" changing the policy, even if only aia and even nation- pear before the Select Standing Committee on Abo- | Mr. Jack Weisgerber, MLA (Ref - Peace River or the tax deadline day. al levels. ini i i South “[ think it's a good idea,” added Mayor Jack Talstra Last year rural Terrace riginal Affairs should contact the Clerk of Committees ) | said. ‘‘] know there’s a tendency to wait until the last | bad to put up with 291 prop- at the number listed below, indicating the topic of For further information about the work of the minute when you go to pay taxes, I’ve even missed the | erty crimes. That translates their brief. Committee, please contact: . deadline and had to pay a penalty.” to a rate of 4,848 — neazly Intervals of 10 minutes have been set aside for | Mr. Craig James 50 Pe ar less uo o presentations with an “open microphone” near the _ [fletol Commities and Gerk Assistant Sewer goes to vote he "Canadian vavera a en. _end of the day's proceedings for those who have not [pa mant Buildings THE CITY will give residents in the southwest |. higher too, at 5,267 crimes | previously been scheduled to speak. Ag 4] Victoria BC’ VEvglN4 commer of town an opportunity to get sewer service. per 100,000 people. Written submissions should be sent to the Clerk | Telephone: (604) 356-6318 (cellect) They've decided to put a Local Improvement Project of Committees as soon as possible a Facsimile; (604) 356-8172 io residents of the 5200 block of Haugland Ave. and P . Committee Email: la_clerkcom@galaxy,gov.be,ca_ |’ the 2500 block of Skeena St. ~ MSFACT#8 — - F, f the Committee's intttal purbi , eB The city will prepare a cost estimate for the project ; OF a capy oF ine Committee's initial public consul and if enough property owners vote yes, it wil go multigene, eases . tation schedule and terms of reference, please contact the ahead and be charged back to the taxpayers there. is claser to finding the answer, Clerk of Committees, A lift station will be required, so city officials are Multiple Sclerosis anticipating the price tag may be in the area of Soclely of Conode $400,000 — which would be in the area of $6,000 per 1-800-268-7582 property. It’s one of the last big areas of the city that doesn't have sewer, and it’s the one with the most serious drainage problems, said director of engineering Stew Christensen. MORROW ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS INC. 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