y LEGISLATIVE ass SEMBEY RFARLIAMENT BLIG ATTN? Rey CARDIN VICTORIA BO CAN Vay 1X4 three: : squaab courts « as 3 pait of ~ that complet. © - Mayor Jack Talstra said last week it will, be at least several: ~ months. before“ the “city: “, whatever ‘Plans ith ; t.imeetings. * : oe “From. the feed -is. .getting . and th idea-of a confeiende centie, “We could . be. dain. It could: be. on.-its: “way,”’ - said - Schneider of the expansion, «-: s . The. library's. corigina) . Ji ” million--plan' called for: borrow- ing approxiniately: “$5 400,000 through a.referendum,. ‘applying for a $333,000 provincial lottery ‘grant and. ralsing - $150,000 locally. TERRACE — The tbtary board has asked the city to. .pro- ~ ceed with a referendum this fall to increase the size’ of the facili- - ty." ‘Speaking last week, : “bourd bu chairman Willy. Schiieider said ° éan - the. Tequest follows‘ a council . -t commitment ‘made last | year to go to referendum in 1991. The réquest is even more im-” We-are -quite” sure people :sup- port U8 10 see the library and ; portant “now: that plans by the "He said the libraiy board's re Te- city’ for a+, com- 4 quest for a referendum this fall munity/conference centre “are © . is coupled with having the’ city on ‘hol . the 3Y st 5 negotiate a: new. financing agree- That , Breat arandlose ‘idea < Sthnelder. _ ment With the regional district, _ seems a dis. contribution is -now cap- One,” i Ped at $42,000 a year a The iibrary wants “a” “10, 006 | al "The libtary board's 5 tis ‘Usk on 3 road plan agenda ‘TERRACE — The highways ministry has added a road study to Usk ‘to. its list of transporta- _ tion plans for the area on’ this side-of the Skeena River. - ” Speaking. last week, district highways manager John Newhouse said the ministry 0 know how much road oy "We have to odo 10 something i in +. -¥ that area. id: improvements to the 3. foad ‘toe Kjtselas. -&t Newhouse added, -. ‘He said ‘the: study wil also | look at road access from the de, ee in from the, ‘ Newhouse cautioned that any -. improvement plans depend on: ‘the amount of money given the: highways minisiryand overall _ priorities it has. . ‘He «wants: cost figures - L prepared i in time for considera- 2; Gon: in plans’ for the next fiscal > TERRACE — Bell Pole Co, has “been fined for. exceeding. sits air ~ emissions permit last month at _ its, beehive burner: west of town e¢ Kalum River. The $100 ticket issued last m. . thsgignificant,"" “noting Tilokets , Be visually result. when any breach ° apermit: OCCUIS. 5. 4 + 28They've’ gat. 30° ‘days to either pay’ the fine or dispute i “he 8 said. . TERRACE A new. cbntservas tba officer has been: named for .: the Terrace area, : &Glen. Slater, of Parkiville, is sine to. begin work here in November. That : eft. only one ‘officer; “cover a 62,000-5q ¢ based on a letter it received from the city last May in which it said council would consider a- referendum this fall and that it would review cost sharing. ar- rangements with the regional district... Although the city also wanted the library board to show sup- port for the project from the community, Schneider said that can’t be done until the referen- dam is held, Meanwhile, .a city. advisory body says there should be one referendum for three Projects — fibrary, second sheet af: ice and @ community centre. That Story on Page A2, - new TERRACE —-. The provincial governnient has chosen Sha of Crown land in Thornhill as the site for a new regional correc- tional centre, The site is located on the out- skirts of Thornhill, kitty corner to the Thornhill nursery... It fronts an old B.C. Timber access road going, past the nursery and runs up . against Thornhill Mountain, -says regional lands branch manager Jim Yardley.'The land is -im- mediately. east of the Furlong Ave, and, Edlund’ , initersec- ions ~ ‘We've miade-an Offer-to the « Nisga’a govi's happy TERRACE -- working on the Nisga’a land . Claim say they’re close to deciding what form the settle- ‘ment talks will take, . Representatives for the pro- vince, the federal government | and the Nisga’a Tribal Council, its claiming 5,000 square miles of land centered on the Nass - Valley, say they should soon have what?s called a framework ready. for their study by their superiors. | Negotiators met last week in Prince Rupert: and’ held a con- ferénce call Monday. . The framework ° agreement will set out what will be negotiated, how that will go about and when talks should be . finished. Provincial native affairs deputy minister Eric Denhoff said nearly 80: per cent of outstanding issues . revolving around the framework agree- ment have been settled. What's left is the Nisga’a re- quest for a control of develop- ment on their-claimed lands pending a final settlement and the involvement of other. parties in settlement talks, he said, “We haven’ t entirely resolved that -(interim:. “protection maagures) yet but we're making orhill | site for . B.C. Buildings Corporation ‘Negotiators — : Willy Schneider jail (BCBC) to sell them. that: pro: perty for the purpose. of developing a correctional cen- tre,” Yardley said Friday. The sale of the land to BCBC — the crown corporation that handles all provincial govern- ment land and. building transac- tions — hinges on public hear- ings .and rezqning by the regional district. “There are conditions attach- ed,’ said Yardley,” “mainly i in-. valving the zoning.'? . BCBC negotiators have sign-. ed an ontion to ‘purchase. the: ame A formal legal qurvey of - the parcel is now ‘indefway. and after that’s complete — ’pro- “bably late February or March — BCBC will request the regional district rezone the land. The land selected for the jail is beside Thornhill’s Copper Mountain subdivision and is one.of seven sites in Thornhill _ BCBC identified last year as be- " ing suitable. It’s been nearly two years since the search for a new cor- rectional centre first began here. . The existing jail on Hwy l6—a converted motel — is con-.. sidered inadequate. The jail site search was stalled for several. months by. failed negotiations with private land- owners and public opposition-to an initial plan to build the new jail near a residential area: on the bénch. a Se ee nee Tan 2 eS n> Seen ee eee