2 “Terrace Review — Wednesday, May 3, 1989.

- Students tackle city problems |

‘Bight Giade- it: ‘Caledonia -
Senior Secondary students from
one. of. Henry Dreger’s Social
. ‘Studies ‘classes took. over city
_ ‘hall one morning last week. The

occasion | wasn’t a _Sit- vin,”

however: - Sefer:

by Tod Strachan

It was the second: annual:
Mock: “Council, in which Cale-
donia students get to experience
the life of a municipal politician.
The: event takes place during:

Local. Government Awareness.
Week and it’s a benefit to all.
. Students learn something of
civic politics and how difficult
’ ‘wise decisions can ‘be, and the
. whole community learns what.
decisions : the. next | generation
might: make. The meeting with
“six council members was chaired
by: Mayor Linda. Cutteford,
ansisted by Clerk/Administrator
Greg Docleman..

The meeting began with four
petitions. The. first, from Jill
' Currie, complained of an un-
sightly property in a residential
area of Loen Ave. According to
Currie, the carport is leaning
dangerously, requiring Pacific .
Northern Gas to request a steel
support to protect the gas meter, .
the chimney is ‘“‘dilapidated”’,
and the general appearance of
the property “leaves much to be
desired’’.

In response to the complaint,
alderman Hrinder: Takhar said
that. dilapidated: structures must
be removed and. Carolle Mi-
chaud agreed,"‘It takes away
from the city;’“The decision?
Refer the matter.to the Public

Works Committee for further -

study and a recommendation.
These kids learn fast.

' The second petition was pre-

sented by a trio of students:
Dallas Prevost, Elvira Soares
and Jeff Peden. Their request
was for a water fountain in
’ George Little Memorial. Park
‘that could be lit up at night.
They said this would enhance
the park and make it a ‘‘real
focus in the city’’. They envi-
sioned weddings, tourists and
photographers taking advantage
of the setting.

‘In the ensuing discussion, al-
dermen Justin Lane and Takhar
began talking about the size of
the fountain but the negative
side soon became apparent,. Al-
derman Jordan Bujtas said a
fountain would do nothing to
attract more tourists and Takhar
brought up the problem of van-
dalism. ‘It’s a fact of life to-
day,”’ agreed Elizabeth Mendes.
And Monica Sousa said that -
while a fountain might be attrac-
tive it was money that could be
better spent.

Not ‘to deny the petitioners
their democratic right, however,
the suggestion was sent to the
Community and Recreation Ser-

- vices Committee’ for further
study. Possibly to disappear as

did a request from Mary Little

to the real council for a decora-

tive log entrance to the same

ki:

The third petition was submit-
ted by Jason Dunham and of-
- fered a solution to the problem
of “Access for All’, Dunham
asked that council pass a. bylaw:
that would make elevators of
escalators itandatory in all pub-
lie buildings. He says: that ita a

business or public building can’t -

offer access to all they should be
denied a business licence, or in
the case of new construction, a
building permit. .;

This matter also: went to com-
mittee, but: witha much more

- - positive tone. “Building permits

_-t Should be issued only if access is.
“‘réasonable,””. said Lane, Other-

wise,.‘‘It’s discrifhination” said

Bujtas. “Stairs are inadequate,’*

‘agreed Mendes. And Michaud’ -:

and Takhar suggested that such
a bylaw. would help mothers and
children as well.

The final petition was subniit-

ted by Treena Graham on behalf.
of a number of residents. ““We
are convinced, that you the city,
should seriously take into con-
sideration the building of a. rec-
reation complex-civic centre,”’
their petition reads. It goes on to
say that such a facility is desper-
ately needed to keep young peo-
ple “‘off the streets’’ and that
they believe the pool and arena
as they exist are adequate.

“We propose that you entire-
ly scrap the idea of the swim-
ming poo! expansion, diverting
its. designated. funds to the as-
sembly of the civic centre.” In
closing, the petition states, ‘‘We
hope that you will take our
feelings ‘reflecting the younger
generations of Terrace into seri-
_ous account as you plan Ter-
" race’s future.”

There was some urgency put

on this item. It was. referred to.

Public Works Committee ‘as ©

soon as possible’. But it was:
close. Sousa made a motion to

drop the pool expansion anid put

the money into a. community

centef, a motion quickly“sec-

onded by Mendes. Michaud | sug-
gested, however, . ‘further in-
vestigation was required before

making such a decision.and the ©
"matter went: to ‘committee, . caren
2+. With. this part’ ‘of-their sched- .|-
“ qle out of the way, council: went |

on to new businéss. Here, three: |
items were discussed: the “No.
Smoking “Bylaw, a second rail-

way overpass and the matter of |“
‘Ministry of. Environment —

amendment requiring the city to
hire a full time attendent during
business hours and lock a gate
on their Sanitary Land Fill after
hours,
On the smoking issue, a mo-
tion was passed which stated the
city should “take all necessary
and reasonable steps to enforce
the bylaw. With the overpass, it
was moved that the city should
“build an overpass at Braun
St’’. And on the Sanitary Land-
fill. issue it was agreed that
closing the dump would be in-
convenient and a part time at-
tendent would be less costly and
almost as effective. Their mo-
tion? To attempt to convince the
Ministry of Environment to.re-
scind the amendment to the
permit. 4

City won't pay for

‘It was a predictable decision,
but now it’s fact — Dr. Joe
Zucchiatti’s $281.85 claim
against the City of Terrace for
pothole damage has been ‘‘re-
gretfully”’ declined.

Zucchiatti says that two of his
vehicle’s tires were destroyed on
the evening of Jan: 19 when he
ran into the pothole in the 3300
block Kalum St. He says that he
immediately phoned the emer-
gency Public Works number and
was told -by the city employee
receiving the call that he was
aware of the pothole — he had
run into it himself.

But according to the official

minutes of the Apr. 19 Planning.

and Public Works Committee
meeting: ‘‘as soon as the city’s

damage from pothole

Public Works Department was

made aware of .the problem, a

crew was sent out to the loca-
tion,.and the pothole was re- -

paired. It was noted that it was

taining heavily that everiing and

potholes of this nature can de-
velop very quickly.’’

Council’s decision not to
honor the claim isn’t surprising.
It’s the same with every claim
that’s received. Because, reasons
council, to honor one would be
to set a precedent that would
create a flood. There is hope
of improvement, however. The
city’s 1989 budget sets out a very
ambitious paving schedule and
included in the listing is the sec-
tion of Kalum in question.

Merchants demand
parking control

The issue of downtown park-
ing isn’t going to go away easily.
Francisco Trigo of Trigo’s
Enterprises at 3302 Kalum St. is
the latest businessman to com-
plain and he has the backing of
the other businessmen in his
block — the operators of Skarra
Variety Stores and The Fabric
Boutique.

These merchants want one a
hour parking sign in front of
their businesses, and, ‘‘We
would police the

sigh
ourselves,” says Trigo, ‘‘A lot
of the office: atatt would take

note and park elsewhere.’

But it may be some time
before they get their sign — their
letter, or petition, was only
received for
According to Terrace city ad-
ministrator Bob Hallsor, this
was because mayor Jack Talstra
felt it was the appropriate ac-

tion; the Chamber of Commerce.

and the city have already begun
a dialogue on the downtown

parking problem. Hallsor said ©

Trigo would be advised of this
fact,

Several Caledonia Senior Secondary students took part in a
fashion show recently at the R.E.M. Lee Theatre, and ‘ike
Melanie Goodland and Brad Neufeld above, modeled a
varlety of teen fashions from casual to formal. But the

Caledonia Fashion Show was more than just fashions — it |

was a series of mini-skits set to music. Through their pro-
duction, Caledonia students raised $1,500 for thelr school.
prom May 27.

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