Candidates have visions of the future — DIFFERENT visions of the Terrace of the future came out from some of the can- didates Wednesday night. Mos! intriguing was councillor Ron Vander- lee’s suggestion for re- newed attempls at amal- gamation — taking over bits of Thornhill in stages, “Maybe upper Thornhill would like to be part of Terrace {o start with,” Vanderlec said. “We should do a survey to see which parts of Thornhill would like to be part of Terrace now.” He, along with candi- dates from Thornhill, said tat aside from political boundaries the area is ef- fectively one community. “We are one commun- ity,” Vanderlee said. “We do everything as one.” Councillor Val George echoed past statements of mayor Jack Talstra that hopefully the city’s down- _town will eventually ex- “tend through the present “railway yard to Keith Ave. « °“We unfortunately have that railway between us, “but I think ultimately we «have to do something ‘about that by getting ac- ‘cess across the railway,” {George said in response to “a question about city po- “licy on protection of the -downtown. ‘And challenger Darrell “Norton said he'd invest- ,igate options for privatiza- tion of city services and other private-public part- -herships to save moncy on “ily operations. That met some skepti- cism from councillor ‘David Hull who said coun- cil has vigorously ex- “amined those options — in- cluding for the multiplex - /and they don’t always “work, - “T think our services arey.) idk span piymaki nga they “cut just about as lean as “you can get within Teason,” Hull said. “You Ron Vanderlee can go too far the other direction and cut too deep,” Norton maintained con- tracting oul more city ser- vices could work. “These guys are coming in saving us money sc we can invest it better,” he said. “We're making the top 10 in most categories of taxation and I don’t think thal’s necessary.” Norton is also in favour of a pedestrian overpass across the railway tracks. . He said that’s an impor- downtown accessible to pedestrians and people who don’t own cars. The Century Plaza . Hotel § Spa | VANCOUVER BC_ oie yaaa) SLL) From front More from forum “Terrace is still my whole concern and my focus and it’s home to me,” Christiansen said. “I believe we are one solid community.” added candidate James Fraser. Christiansen, who has said she’d fight on coun- cil for the farmer’s market, admitted she's not sure if she would be in conflict of interest if she were to make city decisions affecting the farmer’s market without first resigning as president of the market. “I may have to hand that position over to some- body clse,” she said. “We'll see what happens.” Fraser took aim at council’s secrecy on plans by big box retailers and fended off what he called a misconception that he’s opposed to development. “I have never been opposed to growth and deve- lopment,” he said. “I’m opposed to back door, closed door development,” Vanderlee conceded his record of attendance has been poor, but said that’s because he’s been in charge of Pacific Northern Gas Y2K preparedness Strategy — something that he said hapefully won’! come up for another thousand years, Asked if he’d support minimum standards for rental housing, Vogel — a landlord himself who runs Hillside Lodge -- said yes. He also nated however that care must be taken io ensure housing is affordable. “Just because somebody doesn't have enough Money to acquire a fancy apartment that doesn’t mean they should be banned from this town,” he said. ; He also admitted city staff's intervention requir- ing him to improve his apartments were a factor in his decision to run for council. “Yes and no,” he said, going on to add he’d thought of running for a long time and he fell now is the right time. , Absent from the forum was candidale Frank Ha- milton, who had travel plans booked well in ad- vance. About 50 people attended the forum in person, while others watched the live broadcast on Skeena Cable 10, | Spice Up Your Special Someone’s Images by |. Karlene and | Custom Video & Photography ow offers Boudoir Photography year round, The ultimate gift in The Terrace Standard, Wecnesday, November 10, 1999 -A13 | | VOTE. 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