Wal-Mart details revealed By JEFF NAGEL IT'S OFFICIAL — Wal-Mart is the name of the big box store that ap- pears all over plans filed with the city’s planning department Friday. The store will be 105,835 square feet, according to the de- velopment permit application filed by First Pro Shopping Centres on behalf of Wal-Mart Canada Corp. Another 6,000 square feet is loading dock and garden centre space, That makes the store the size of Canadian Tire and the Real Canadian Wholesale Club com- bined, says regulatory services director Paul Gipps. He estimates the Hwy {6 pro- ject across from Ferry Island will cost between $4.5 and $6 million, Construction is expected to start this summer, as early as June. The tentative site plan calls for 487 parking stalls in Wal-Mart's main Jot and 47. more on the west side fora total of 534 — just short of the 543 parking spaces in the -Skeena Mall. Development services director David Trawin doesn’t expect pro- blems with the approval of the de- velopment permit. He said there are minor issues mainly relating . _to ‘0 landscaping details. TERRACE STANDARD. SNDS is offering assistance for youth to participate in sports, recreation and fine arts in Urban Terrace. “Our abjective is to provide opportunities for mental, physical, emotional and spiritual (life balance) growth of Aboriginal youth.” FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT ARNIE (250) 635-6044 Or Toll Free 1-800-721-1633: Trawin said he will insist on larger trees than proposed being planted in some locations and more trees and landscaping at some points such as the back wall closest to neighbours to the south, He's meeting this week with neighbours to go over the plan with them. The height of the walls will be 21 feet at the back and sides and will peak at 32 feet at the front. The western part of the site will be sunk eight feet below prade, which Trawin said may make it possible to screen more of the store and its parking lot from the adjacent baseball diamond and the homes beyond. The highway access point clos- est to the new bridge would be Tight-in right-out only. City and transportation ministry officials meet this week to iron out details for the westernmost access — expected to be a new traffic light. Part of the site on the corner closest to the bridge is labelled “Future development.” Trawin said Wal-Mart may be able to split off and sell one or two chunks of the property if it THIS PROGRAM RUNS ON A YEAR-ROUND BASIS SAFEWAY www.safeway.com TERRACE TERRACE OT CHRYSLER | i] TOYOTA, www. terraceautomall.com Contact Us @ TERRACE TERRACE AT CHRYSLER | i] TOYOTA] info @terraceautomall.com DAVID TRAWIN examines the next to the river. Top: an artist site plan for the Wal-Mart store depiction of the front facade. STANDARD chooses. The project remains on track for development permit approval at the April 28 city council meet- ing, Trawin said, providing all is- sues can be addressed and provin- cial agencies in charge of envir- onmental issues sign off in time, advertising @terracestandard.com newsroom @terracestandard.com Neighbours B.C. dentists raise money for kids’ Save waiting for more info HOMEOWNERS who will be just south of an expec- ted Wal-Mart building say they remain in the dark on key issues despite a meet- ing with developers. ~ aS First Pro - Shopping: Centres’ project manager” and landscape architect met the east Haugiand area residents individually, showing them a proposed lic site plan for the building. But resident Melissa Munn said the company hadn't yet determined the elevation of the building. That means there's no way yet to determine how high the south wall of Wal-Mart will loom over The little girl grimaced when she was asked to smile. that brought Jona’s dental plight - to the attention of Trish Parr, a dental hygienist working in pub- Authority. In discussions with the mother, she learned a little about the child's prablem and the family circumstances. Jona’s father was the sole income earner, providing health in the Fraser Health eral Save for a large family on a very low Smile tar- _income. As recent Immigrants to get chil- Canada, they were ineligible for dre n government assistance. for dental treatment. that Jona , would. need was. simply, not avall- treatment. Save a Smile, a limited pro- gram run by BC's dentists through the Association of Dental Surgeons of BC, has been operational for sev- the province. Funds from a Smile program without other ven- treatment Money ues to hate telyithe res res of | fanding’ that Tt years in a urgently needed dental care. -tlon’s behalf. ; ; Since its inception in”. Jona: received ‘treatment: ‘to 1990, Save A. Smile has: restore her oral health by a den-: ‘helped mére’than 700 — tist who “donated ‘further-servic* children’ receive treat-. es without-charge, ©. -...: ment for pain:caused by “Save a Smile is’often the Hast i abscesses or extensive ray of hope for those who fall gt decay. Funds for basic between the cracks," says Dr. treatment are raised Dave Zaparinuk, chair of the asso- through B.C.'’s 2,700 ciation program. The Association dentists, dental sup- of Dental Surgeons is now under- pliers and affiliated taking a new initiative to help associations and low-income working adults who companies, Public require urgent dental care. health dental staff On Community Dental Day, coordinate scheduled for April 29, more than patients and admi- 750 patients have been booked to : nister the fund on see volunteer dentists in 40 BC ' the dental associa- communities for free treatment. their properties. “It was pretty tough to decide if what they were proposing was acceptable to us or not,” Munn said. “That will affect what kind of landscaping gets done or needs to gel done.” First Pro has made some effort to reduce the impact on neighbours, she added, planning a tiered landscaped buffer. But they haven’t moved on the residents’ request to shift the building further north, Munn said residents asked for a 30-foot setback from the property line, but First Pro officials indica- ted they will build as close as city regulations permit -—up to 20 feet from the property line. "Their take was that Wal-Mart was going to be so gocd for Terrace us re- sidents should just take the hit for the good of the community,” she said. Munn said they're also waiting to see a more de- tailed plan that indicates which trees in the area will be kept and how is- sues like lighting will be addressed. Residents have been assured they'll get a an- other chance at input through the city prior to the issuing. of a develop- ment permit. That’s the stage where council can insist on @ variety of alter- ations ta the plan to deal with issues like buffering and screening. 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