A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 9, 2002 Assessments drop again PROPERTY values in Terrace are down in must cases for the fourth straight year. The total assessment for 2002 in Terrace for all types of. properties -fell to $739.6 million, according to _the B.C. Assessment Authority, That’s down nearly four per cent from 2001's total.tax base of $769.8 “million, , And it’s the continuation of a steady drop in assessed property va- ‘lues since 1998, when the city’s tax ‘roll peaked at $831 million, “The unsettled local economy continues to result in lower market demand,” area assessor Tom Pro- _theroe said. All the assessments are based on the assessment authorily’s estiumate Renew Alliance — Harper “CANADIAN ALLIANCE + leadership contender Ste- phen Harper pledged be- ‘ fore local members Friday . to end infighting and focus ‘the party’s attack on the - governing Liberals. : More than 30 locals * showed up to hear Harper, ; one of three candidates in ‘ the running so far for the - Alliance leadership. ' He told them to ignore of property values on July 1, 2061. For mast homeowners it means a modest decrease in assessments. A sample home in the horseshoe valued at $120,300 in the summer of 2000 sold for $116,500 in the sum- mer of 2001, the authority said. ‘Average prices fell more. on Ter- race’s southside and in: Thornhill than. on ‘the bench or in the. horse- shoe, it said. - . a ; Waterfront properties at Lakelse Lake-have been virtually unchanged in value. i But even homeowners whose as- sessments have dropped are unlikely to see.a.major change in the amount of property tax they'll have to pay the cily Since total residential assess- CANADIAN ALLIANCE teadership candidate Stephen Harper greets local pariy members at a speaking stop here Friday night. JEFF NAGEL PHOTO ments have fallen by around four per cent, cily counci] will have to raise tax rates slightly to meet its goal of no change in taxes for the bulk of homeowners. That means only a major drop in assessment is likely to. lead to a lower tax. bill’and anyone whose as- sessment ‘has held steady or. in- creased may end up paying more. Price trends ‘vary depending on age, size, neighbourhood and other factors. The deadline: for requesting an in- dependent review. of their property assessment. is Jan. 31, Hemeowners can first compare their assessment to-similar homes in their neighbourhood at the assess- ment authority office. oe _ some — even at senior le- :vels in the party itself — + who say the Canadian Al- “Something has to be done about that attitude.” their leader, Joe Clark. “We are wasting our “$250 million for the war on terrorists and $500 . James W. Radelet RADELET & COMPANY Barristers & Solicitors Tax Law ® Trusts * Corporate & Commercial 1330 - 1075 West Georgia Streel, Vancouver, B.C. V6E 3C9 Phone: 604-689-0878 Fax: 604-689-1386 Terrace was incorporated on December 31, 1927 A lormative meeting to seek nominations for Directors lo the 75th Birthday Committe will be held: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 7:30 P.M. City Hall Council Chambers If you are interested in being involved, please attend or contact Marylin Davies at 635-6468 or Denise Fisher at 638-4722 .liance should be allowed -to die and = sipporters . should back some other al- * ternative to the Liberals. “Some of our own . people are saying we * haven’t accomplished any- - thing and we won’t ac- ‘ complish anything,” said « Harper, who served one ; term as a Reform MP be- : fore becoming president of . the conservative National Harper argued the Al- liance has done much. He said the Liberals have shifted to the right on numerous fronts, elimina- ting the deficit and deli- vering tax relief in re- Sponse to voter support for the Alliance. But since the dismal re- sult of the last election, he said, the Alliance became obsessed with efforts to merge with the Tories and time. Joe is nat going to work with us,” Harper said. “My preoccupation is that we have a disciplined, functioning and profession- al caucus and I think that’s - starting to take shape.” Harper also ridiculed Liberal spending priorities, pointing oul half a billion dollars have been spent on a gun registry system that he predicted will never work. million for the war on duck hunters,” he said. Other candidates in- clude MPs Grant Hill and Diane Ablonczy. Stock- well Day is expected to run again as well. ‘Members will vote by mail-in ballot beginning Mar. 8. 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