Council to wipe out — multi-family zoning CITY COUNCIL will proceed with a rezoning in the Mountain Vista area against the advice of its city planner. Dave Trawin warned that rezoning Rossco Ventures’ 10- acre property hetween Mountainvista and the college fram . RS multifamily residential to R2 could lead to a shortage of multifamily space, ; He said removing the property would eliminate 90 per cent .of the multi-family: zoned-land-on the-bench-and-a quarter of all vacant multifamily land in the city. “'To rezone this now is to play with fire 10 or 15 years from now,” Trawin told planning committee members recently, But councillors David Hull and Ed Graydon said they thought the proposal to put in duplex or Single family lots -tade sense, , a They recommended council proceed with the application. ‘We have to be careful we're not scaring away the growth we’re enjoying here in Terrace,’? Hull added, : Don Highe, representing the developer, said the 2oning was scl at a ime before Northwest Community: College _ ‘broke. up into satellite campuses — ending the prospect of a single huge campus in Terrace, OY “Tf nothing’s done it will remain dormant for many years to come,’’ he said. : Trawin noted that it’s easier to turn multifamily residen-. tial land into single-family —- and a lot harder to go the other direction, A There was no opposition early this year when council blanket-rezoned the entire south side to R2 from multi- family amid fears of a flood of multifamily developments | Council Shorts Skate park gets nod A PROPOSED SKATEBOARD park be- hind city hall has received the blessing of council. Councillor Rich McDaniel has assembled a pledge of free asphalt and a number of service clubs are going to help. Recrealion committee chairman David Hull called .it-a good idea, and recom- mended the city begin Gigur- ing out what's needed, Councillor Ed Graydon had wanted council to con- sider placing the park in the Farmer’s market area, so the pavement would be a start towards paving that area. “Why waste the asphalt in an area that can't be utilized for other things,’’ he said of the site behind city hall. -But- = Hull doubted skateboarders and the market patrons would mix well, He said the city hall site is more central, closer to downtown, malls, fast-food outlets, the police, and am- bulance and fire fighting stalions. “It’s. an ideal site,”’ be said. Trees to be replaced THE CITY is not pleased with a developer who went ahead and chapped down a line of trees that he had been directed lo preserve, “He knew he had to maintain those trees, but he mowed them down that the city couldn’t control, But significant opposition has been mounted to an ap- plication to switch just one of those properties back to multi-family to allow construction of a six-plex on Medeck Ave, - The Official Community Plan will be reviewed later this year with a view to re-designating some areas multi- “familys Trawin said jettisoning. a big chunk of multi-family zoned land now will be an especially bad move if council doesn’t have the discipline to face down hostile neighbours and create more later on. " City director of engineering Stew Christensen noled that proposals to build apartment buildings are ‘controversial and council’s record of clearing the way for them has not bee’ good, vo “Every-time it requires a rezone and every time in the last five. years it's been turned down by council,” Christensen said. - ‘The city has been criticized for funnelling all multi- . family development to the south side, and not spreading it lo the bench and other parts of town. The Mountainvista rezoning and Official Community Plan amendment will still have to go through a public hearing in the weeks ahead before it gets final approval from city council. mo , The property in question is a combination of pasture land and bush north of Mountainvista, - - a Trawin had said he envisioned town-houses — and prob- ably not apartment buildings — for that property, The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June +2, 1996 - Ag Terrace Little Theatre SUMMER DRAMA DAYS | SESSION #1: July 8-26, 1996 SESSION #2: August 6-23, 1996 HIGHLIGHTS: Theatre games, improv, scriptwriting directing, acting, and a final performance presented to parents. Monday thru Friday —— Ages 6 through 9 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon » Ages 10 through 12 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. SCHEDULE: COST: $55 for first child $45 for each additional family member Be a STAR!! 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