A& - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 19, 1997

TERRACE STANDARD

Business REVIEW -

irport lands soon
open for business

By JEFF NAGEL
THE AIRPORT lands should be available
for light industrial development by spring,
say city officials.

An industrial subdivision of the land
around the airport should be completed by
B.C. Lands in the next few weeks, says city
economic development officer Ken Veld-
man.

IV's expected to give another location for
industrial, transportation and warehousing
operations to set up shop, helping relieve
pressure on scarce land inside city limits.

The land will be owned by WLC Devel-
opments Ltd., a government-owned land
marketing firm.

But what happens to the revenue that
comes in from leasing ihe jand is still up in
the air.

The city had hoped the province would
simply hand over title of the land around
the airport. That would have given the city
a source of revenue with which to support
its anticipated takeover of the airport from
the federal government.

Council felt that was only fair, since most
other municipalities taking over airporis in
B.C. have inherited all the land around their
airports from Transport Canada.

Instead, says Veldman, the province has
indicated it will keep ownership of the land
and share the money coming from the
leases, But the formula for doing that has
not been determined.

The city is also contemplating an applica-
tion to extend city boundaries king in the
airport lands.

H Love of wood

ANTIQUE FURNITURE refinishing and repair is now
being done by Murray Tomkinson under the name of
Northwest Antiques. Ha's started doing work out of a
small shop at the rear of Bandstra Transportation on
Blakeburm Pid. If business grows, he hopes to apen a
storefront location buying and selling antique and
used furniture, Tomkinson handles a lot of dresser
and wooden chair rebuilds, but says he’s also got his.
eyes open for antique planos and poo! tables.

‘City boundary extension may be next step

That would ensure that any development

_there is added to the City of Termece tax
base and would give the city the ability to.

exempt the airport itself from taxation.

“We haven’t made a formal move yet,’’
Veldman said.

Extension to take in the airport is the
most obvious boundary change, but there
are other possibilities as well.

One that’s been discussed in the past is
adding the Dubose Industrial site south of
Lakelse Lake to the city boundaries.

That was most rejevant when Orenda

Forest Products had plans to build a paper.

mill on the site.

“We could look at anything from going
north to looking at different parts of Thorn-
hill,’ Veldman added.

But any boundary extension that takes in
areas with significant numbers of homes

_ would require another referendum.

He predicted the city will move quickly
on the issue in the wake of the defeated
referendum to amalgamate Terrace and
Thornhill.

“Now that the referendum is out of the
way it moves it back to the top of the
priority list.”

Meanwhile, a local non-profit airport
authority is close to being put In place to
operate the airport.

Veldman said the city, regional district,

the Terrace and Kitimat chambers of com-

merce will likely each appoiat a director io
the body, Another three directors would be
appointed through an at-large nomination

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pollution
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Construction picks up
CONSTRUCTION in Terrace mounted a late fall come-

back on the Hiecls of a deal to save Skeena Cellulose.
The City of Terrace issued building permits worth $1.12

million in October,

That was more than the construction started in August
and September combined — two of the worst summer con:

struction months in many years.

October’s starts included four single-family houses,
several garages and residential additions and four commer- -

cial additions or renovations.

But the month’s tally still came in lower than the same
month in 1996, when $1.8 million, including seven houses,

were started before freeze-up.

The total construction for 1997 to the end of October
siands at $19.6 million — an anemic year in comparison to
the $23.8 million started to the same point in 1996. The
city hasn’t seen a building season this slow since 1993. ~

Housing starts are a sluggish 47 so far this year, com-
pared to a more typical 70-to 80 single-family homes built

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