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detay in the decision making
process, said Orenda president.
Hugh: Cooper. \.

He also ‘said ‘Nisga’ a: Tribal
Council opposition’ to. the mill
site from questions it had of ¢n-

vironmental, ‘and. other effects’

contributed’. to: the decision. tO
look: elsewhere: « are

Orenda offi cials had. earlier -

said that ‘continuing delays’ in
approving the. process could

Several new locations under
study fit the basic needs of the
mill and also fit a request from
the provincial government that
it be located. near a population
centre, said Cooper.

A location: near a. population

‘gentre: would’ eliminate: the
_ chance of other nearby residen-

tial ‘or other developments re-

quiring services, he added.
And while Cooper wouldn't

say where the new locations are

> of pulp mill? _

— other then 10 indicate
engineering studies are taking
place and that an announce:
ment is expected in early July —
he did outline areas not under
consideration.

Those areas include points
west. of Meziadin toward
Stewart, into the Nass Valley or
north of Meziadin, he said.

: Cooper added that Skeena
_ MLA Dave Parker, a member

of the ca in

has to approve the mill location; oS
did ask’ the company to. Jook: at a

sites closer to Stewart; :
Earlier “studies: ‘ ‘alirainated.
locations . toward - Stewart

because of potential air emis-.
sion problems fram the mill and .
because there.. were worries
about a ‘secure and | steady’
source of electrical power. - os

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tion and the result: wasalengthy mean cancelling the ¢ project. *

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TERRACE — Alderman Mo
Takhar ‘says he did not feel he
was in a conflict of interest by
voting an two recent rezoning
applications. relating to apart-

ment development proposals.

And he says the rest of caun-
; cil agreed with him. ‘

‘Takhar owns. 25 per cent of
5&D Properties Holdings-Ltd.,
the company . which bought the
Cédar Place apartments at 4931
Walsh Ave. in A August of last
year. a
Since then —‘on 1 Jan, 7 and
May 27 of this’ year — Takhar
voted against rezoning -applica-
tions which would have allowed
new apartment blocks to be
built. &

- fellow. aldermen -prior ‘to both

Not in conf
alderman states

Buu Takhar said’ ‘he aiked:..

" yotes whether they felt he was in,

© Three aldermen want mayor
Jack Talstra to reconsider a
vote which turned down a
retoning application to build an
apartment block, You'll find
that story on Page A2.

told ‘'No’’ both times.
Council’s code of ethics re-

quires an alderman to repart

any potential conflict of interest

- or potential conflict of interest.
Takhar said he'll vote again»

on similar applications on the
merits of their proposals.
Takhar also said he had in-
formed all members of council
of the Cedar Place purchase at
the:time of the deal. a

Asked why he had not in-
formed them through ‘a letter.
“in open meeting” as required

under the: city’ s cade of ethics
when dealing in property within
the city, Takhar said “I don’t
think of this (Cedar Place) as a
property item, it’s a business
item.””

Maintaining he understood
“property”? lo mean vacant
land, he added,"'I don’t know
where you draw the line.”

Takhar said his decision to
vote no on the twa applications
was based on neighbourhood
opposition and because both
applications lacked informa-
tion.

“I'm elected by the peaple of
Terrace and I represent those
people,’’ he said. ,

In the case of the January
vote, Takhar said applicant Ray
Lovstad..didn'’t produce a
building plan for his Eby .St.

cont'd A2

LOURFUL EMINDER to people t tat what they pour
‘elvars-and $0 affects fish po Is carefully painted by Lindsay Blake «
gallum ul es are, the first guiding.

down storm sewers |

“TERRACE a Three Ter-
. ‘ raceview. -Lodge™ ‘workers have.
5 “beet fired or disciplined follow-

Ms ing: allegations. of. mistreatment

Against seniors. living thete.--.
‘Phe: mistreatment : vat. the
; !genlor ‘citizens’ eure facility took: -
i :-the: form: ‘af: “sfoughriess’” and .
"eye erbal‘abuse,”’ said Doris Mit-
f ‘Tesldent

in

oti Was tad Off and athird »
\ pended,: -she said. -
dents haven't been

eed
2 oly i

: “pipes ‘Union — the union
* {WeFtaceview's workers, are.
tt ear wee thay - Fight

iael Lelsinger, chief. ex
r of the: Terrace

= runs Terraceview, sald he
a a been engeng wi with ranlon of.

pnw “depaitment: oy
ore, ce, was dismissed,

-tivag 16 be done to ensure that the
rence ‘are: treated with |

ge workers dismissed

ficials to’ “outline: the evidence
gathered by. the’ lodge.

- He said: he: hopes 10 persuade ;
‘the union the terminations were .
“justified action’” in.an effort -
to avert the arbitration pracess.’.

- Skeena~ Health. < Unit. ad-,

-ministrator, David" ‘Bowering --

said the. health: ‘unit is conduc- \':
“tellent care,"”. she. said. “We

‘ting its own: -investigation: under:
t : provisions: ‘of the Communi

“ministration: - “has.

everything » ‘necessary to. ‘ensure:
the’ patients ‘are: ‘safe: ‘and well.
id

cared for,” Bowering |
itichell said -the:-dismiisse

Cc. ‘Government alot.

“She

Mp don't Uke:
, When you say the
~ might think ofr
punched or: “thrown, @ t
val That. hasn't or

“conjures up images’ ‘of. physical
c, violence... 2

~ Mitchell said the. ‘type of

mat ‘echaviour. in question was more

veubile..
OM Sit can show up in the way of

roughness, It can show up in the
way | of making comments that
are belittling or demeaning,”
she ‘said. -

“Everybody - else gives ex-

have a fantastic staff here. It's

weren "t-cut out for it.

just. too bad that some maybe

_any conflict. of interest and was

Committee to tackle’
Terrace and area future

“TERRACE — The regional
district and the city should have

a Study underway ina couple of

“months that'll decide the future

‘ of local government in the area.

At issue is what changes, if
any, should take place between
the city and Thornhill, says the
latter’s. regional district direc-
tor.

Speaking last week Les Wat-
mough said the study will look
at three options — municipal in-
corporation for Thornhill, hav-
ing Thornhill amalgamate with
Terrace or staying the same as it
is now.

Watmough said he'd be s sur-
‘prised if it recommended that
there is an economic advantage
to Thornhill or to Terrace if the
‘two were to join.

‘Anything in the past, for the
last 15 years, has said there is no
economic advantage to doing
that,'? said Watmough. -

“By: economic advantage I
mean taxes. If the two are com-

bined there'll be a demand for ..
. services: and that could. mean’

higher taxes for people in Thor-
nhill and Terrace,” he added.
Watmough’s comments
follow a meeting between ‘the
regional district and ‘the.city last
week to establish a committee
that will decide those terms of

reference and choose a consul-
tant for the study.

The study will be financed by
a $40,000 provincial govern-
ment grant.

No appointments have yet
been made to the committee but
it will consist of eight people —
two-from city council, two from
the regional district board and
two citizens each from the city
and from the rural area.

Waimough . expected those
appointments to be made within
a couple of weeks.

“The consultant’s duty will
be to get together all the

numbers, all the information on -

how much any restructuring
might .cost and what's
involved,”’ said Watmough.
Part of the idea behind this
study comes from the city posi-
tion that the immediate rural
area take on a greater financial
role in supporting recreational
and cultural services located in

-the city.

Although there are cost shar-

ing arrangements through pro-.
‘perty taxes for the rural area to
help pay for such’ services, the

‘city. says more support is

: justified..

Its best example of this is the

library. While the city’s can-
tribution toward the facility has

grown in dollar figures, the
rural area’s participation is cap-
ped.

The city also says new cost
sharing arrangements should be
considered for new projects
under’ consideration. One of
those is a recreation centre
council has been talking about
for more than a year.

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