<> CITY OFFICIALS Marvin Kwiatkowski (left) and David Block a are hoping a rail spur similar to the one shown above can be built from the exist ing Terrace-Kitimat CN rail line to the industrial land near the airport | It’s an Important piece of infrastructure to lure investment here. ° SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN PHOTO ; City wants to spur development _ By SARAH A. -ZIMMERMAN THE CITY is eyeing a boundary ex- pansion to take in more than 1,000 “acres of property near the existing airport lands. “It would pave the way fora larger . industrial land base and open the door to building a rail spur to the location. The establishment of a rail’ spur to connect to the existing CN line between Terrace and Kitimat is criti- , cal to attracting industrial companies = and manufacturers to the area, par- ‘ticularly now that the Prince Rupert container port is expected to- start - Operations in 2007. . The container port will rely heav- ily on rail traffic and if Terrace is to create an inland port of some sort, the city must acquire a larger industrial land base and start moving ahead ‘ with infrastructure development. _ The property the city has its“eye- on is located south and west of the existing lands. It is strategically located on acres ed Stay with us between Dece Single occupancy receives one hot breakfast FREE and double occupancy receives two hot breakfasts absolutely FREE. . PLUS... First 10 customers also receive a travel lunch cooler, compliments of ’ DAYS INN Prince George absolutely... of relatively fiat, easy to develop property which would make the. building of a spur relatively simple, says Marvin Kwiatkowski, the city’s. director of development services. He is on. a committee made up of city administrators charged with’ proceeding with the project. . The city has identified two possi- ble locations for rail spur lines, each roughly five or six kilometres long which could be built there. making’ it easier for potential businesses to _access rail cars moving to and from ~ ‘Prince Rupert. off the Kitimat-Terrace line near the . -BC Hydro substation off Beam Sta- .tion Road. r But the cost of. building the spur is estimated, at $1 million per kilo- metre, says city administrator Ron Poole, adding the city hopes to part- ner with CN to ease the costs.” ~ =: “T'think it’s a benefit‘to EN, they see that, too,” Poole says. But before the city can seriously consider the development of the rail ' One of those spurs could come _ | CRIME will STOPPERS ‘Terrace R.C. M. P. are. investigating: spur, it must first get the go-ahead’ from the provincial government to expand its boundaries. °. Part of that process includes con- sulting with property owners and any other groups that may be affect- ed by the acquisition — that includes any First Nations that may have tra- . ditional territory in the area. There are only two parcels in the proposed boundary expansion . owned by someone other than the provincial crown. One is the former Skeena Cellu- lose — so the city will be speaking with Larry. Prentice, the receiver in | charge of that disposal of that com- pany’ s assets. The other is local businessman Wayne Webber of All West Trading . and the city has already been in touch with him regarding the proposal. The biggest impact those property “owners would see is a slight increase = in taxes going from the regional dis- - trict to the city. However, neither property own- ers have residences on the land the cS) “a proud ‘sponsor of city hopes to acquire, which means the tax levels are considerably low- er, says Poole. . And because there are no resi- dences located in the proposed area, the city does not need to g0 to tet- erendum. Instead, once it is ready, the city . will have to advertise its intentions “in a type of reverse referendum | whereby the city. gives the: public time to object. ; A set number of people must be against the proposal for the plan to ‘fail. The prospect of acquiring. the. land and moving forward on the: - city’s plans to expand its industrial land base is exciting, says Poole. _ _ “It’s nice to be looking forward instead of constantly looking back,” Poole says. “This is new: and excit- . ” ing.” = Skeena-Bulkley NDP MP Nathan’ Cullen says the city has the chance of getting federal money for its proj- ect. See Page AY. GRAYDON SECURITY SYSTEMS The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - A3 News In Brief * new proposal being sent out as part of a mail-in ballot ‘reported that a red 1983/84 Honda. Quad and a Raleigh Purse snatcher sought ‘A PURSE snatcher brazenly grabbed an elderly wom- an’s purse in broad daylight as the lady walked down Park Ave last week. The suspect, who ripped the purse off the victim’s . arm at around 2:30 p.m. Nov. 7, is believed to be a young female, between 13- and 15-years-old, about 5°2” tall with a slim build and believed to be possibly First Nations, Terrace RCMP report. She was wearing a pale pink and cream jacket and fied on foot westbound through the empty lot between the 4700 block of Park Ave. and Davis Ave. toward ~ Eby Street. ' A second person seen running from the area is de- scribed as a young female with lone dark hair who was wearing dark clothing. : A witness retrieved the victim’s purse. “Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call the Ter- face RCMP det achment at 638-7400 or. (Crimestoppers at 635- 8477, ~ Union votes again MEMBERS OF the Telecommunications Workers Union who work for Telus should know today. if they'll be going back to work, ending.a strike/lock out which has been going on since July, The first attempt at a contract was rejected by a nar- row margin last month despite it being endorsed by the union's executive and bargaining committee. Union executives and negotiators are also endorsing “this second attenipt described as an n improvement over, the one that was rejected. . “It’s certainly not everything. we wanted, ‘but it’s enhancements,” union president Bruce Bell said of the arrangement. The proposed deal includes a lump-sum payment. of 5.25 per cent per year for the four and a half years since. the contract expired, and a two per cent increase for the current year, > Union concessions, in the previous. version 1 of the - deal included the closure of four B.C. call centres, with jobs offered to members in Alberta. B.C. employees were also. asked to give. up long- standing benefits such as a monthly * ‘accumulated time off” day. During the dispute, Telus contracted some of its call-centre services to the Philippines and India, which | union members viewed as a.threat despite the compa-. ny’s assurances that it was a temporary measure to deal with the walkout. Dirt. bikes driven ‘away — SOMEONE stole three dirt bikes from a Cottonwood Ave. address Oct. 28. A resident reported the theft of a grey ‘and red 1993 Yamaha Big Bear, a red and black Honda XR100 dirt - ‘bike with stickers on it and a white, purple and pink Yamaha PW80 dirt bike. Terrace RCMP said it’s believed these machines were taken through the. backyard, and. Across a. field, where their tracks disappeared... yy ”"In’a separate theft, a resident of Mountainview Avé. . bike were taken from a garage on her property. 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