roa ar es SE eee aah ein ° wg al 5 “ : . € ¥ Terrace Review — Wednesday, March,6, 1991 A5 STOCKING SHELVES FOR THE POOR. The Terrace Churches Food Bank is a lot better off than they were a few days ago thanks to a $1,000 donation from the Terrace local of the Nisga’a Tribal Council. Following a cheque presentation, Food Bank treasurer Anne Venema (above) explains their operation to NTC reps Marty Adams and Charles McKay. The money, raised primarily at Friday night bingos, will be used to restock shelves in preparation for next week’s opening. Venema says they appreciate all the financial help they can get. Even though they’ve never actually run out of food, January was the busiest month Food Bank organizers have ever recorded and the economy doesn't appear to be improving. The Regional District of Kitimat- Stikine. Planning Department is looking forward to an active year. The regional board approved earlier this month a new full-time, two-year position to assist regional planner Tosh Yamashita. The search for the new staff member continues, but once found, this will solve a major problem for the regional district. According to Hazelton director Pete Weeber, "We're understaffed and that’s why we can’t keep current, We’re doing a lot of planning after the fact." wo on As described in a regional district report, there is no shortage of work for a second planner. There are the usual daily inquiries involving things like subdivision proposals and Crown Land referrals, Board of Variance applications, and applications through the Agricul- tural Land Reserve. And there’s the daily routine of updating and filing maps as well as the race to keep pace with new mapping tech- nologies. Also, .the.Planning Department deals with the administration and amendments of two Official Settle- ment Plans, Thornhill and Kit- wanga. And five regional zoning bylaws; Thornhill, Greater Tertace, Lakelse Lake, Skeena Valley and Kispiox Valley. The majority of these need to be revicwed and updated, In the works are the Hazeltons Vicinity Official Community Plan being reviewed under Rupert The Kitimat-Terrace Port Society's pro the Major Projec which describes the project and its potential impacts, The Prospectus is available for ublic libraries, the Dis : Street, Terrace}, the Kitimat Government Agent's Office Kitimat) and the Vancouver Public Library. ublic review at the Kitimat ct Office of the Ministry o KITIMAT-TERRACE PORT SOCIETY PROPOSED MARINE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT | KITIMAT, BRITISH COLUMBIA osal for a public marine terminal at Kitimat is Review Process (MPRP). A Prospectus document, has been released for public review. Terrace, Smithers and Prince Environment (104-3220 Eby 604 Mountainview Square, _ Regional district seeks extra planner and Zoning Bylaw, and the Greater -Ferrace Official.Community Plan. The Terrace plan went to public hearing in the fall of 1986 but is currently on hold. The City of Terrace has io complete their new Official Community Plan first. And then there’s the Meziadin Rural Land Use Bylaw, which is nearing completion and the Iskut Road-Bob Quinn Lake land use bylaw is just beginning to take shape. The overall development of regulations for the Kitimat-Stikine portion of Highway 37 and land use regulations for the Nass Valley are projects that need to be done, and with extra help, may soon be under way. Pumper — Things looked good for the Thornhill Volunteer Firefighters Association following the Feb. 16 meeting of the Kitimat-Stikine Regional District board of direc- tors. The board approved a motion by Thornhill director Les Wat- mough that $9,125 be made avail- able for the purchase of a 1975 mini-pumper. A payback schedule was to be arranged, and Thornhill firefighters would repay all or a - portion of the loan over a "reason- able amount of time". It’s not going to happen, though. Thornhill fire chief Art Hoving said Feb. 25 another community offered 100 Mile House, the owner of the truck, a sum of $11,000 and — the deal was lost. Hoving says they’re not finished yet, however. Hoving says they are currently negotiating a deal on a pickup truck with a local car dealer, and if that works out they'll build a mini-pumper from scratch. Hoving says that the idea of a mini-pumper — basically a pickup truck with a 150-gallon water tank — is based on speed and effi- ciency. He explains that Orange County, California, and Williams Lake fire chief Dale Moon offer similar findings after putting a mini-pumper in service. The truck was able to successfully handle 90 percent of all emergency calls. — According to Hoving, the cost of building a mini-pumper will cost roughly the same as their offer on the 100 Mile House pumper and they plan to pay back at least half of the cost to the regional district with revenue earned from fighting forest fires and other sources. He explains that if the associ- ation repays at least a portion of the loan themselves, they will be able to use the truck both inside and outside their regular boun- daries for brush and grass fires and motor vehicle incidents, situations which make up a large portion of their routine calls. Thornhill Neighbourhood Pub Crib Night Every Tuesday evening to submit written comments on the Kitimat-Terrace Port f the public wishin; Members o pu to do so by April 12, 1991. Society’s Prospectus are aske B | Please forward your written comments to: q Mr, Derek Griffin Kitimat-Terrace Port Society Coordinator . 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