ouncil Shorts Barricade still on hold WARNER AVE. residents will have to wait a little longer on their request to have one end of their street blacked off. Plagued by dust thrown up by vehicles using Warren as a short cul between Beach and Molitor Sts., Warner homeowners say eye prefer a barricade across Molitor to paying to pave the short OC Part of the problem is properties on the north side of the avenue are already paying for one Local Improvement Project (LIP), the paving of Sunset Blvd, That despite the fact the lay of the land prevenis them accessing their lots from that street. However, the fire department continues to object to any closure of Warner, pointing out fire hoses would have to be hauled manually to fight fires in the area if the access from Molitor was closed. Administration will now review the city’s LIP by-law to see what it has to say about property owners paying for more than one project and bring their findings back 1o the Public Works committee. Lanfear study to go ahead THE CITY will spend up to $30,000 on a design study for Lanfear Hill, the feeder road to the central Bench area. Long standing concems about the stability of the hillside were heightened in 1992 when a landslip undermined the sidewalk and a section of the road. After that incident, the hill was closed to pedestrians and a 20 kph speed limit put in place. Although the city had been talking about possible realignment of the road even before the slide, successive capital budgets have given priority to other projects. Direclor of engineering Stew Christensen said a comprehensive geo-technical study of the hitl will have to be carried out before a ’ final decision can be made on a new route for the road. Other issues to be tackled include what retaining walls might be necessary and whether it would be possible to fit in three traffic lanes, Council has approved including the $30,000 in this year’s budget and will call for bids on the design study. Beautification boost sought THE TERRACE Beautification society is asking its budget be hiked by nearly 60 per cent this year. The society spends money in three areas: Creative Options contracls for downtown clean up, that same agency’s contract to maintain and water downtown boulevards and planters, and the purchase and delivery of soil and plants for those planters, The biggest increases are on the two contracts. Creative Options- manager Linda Pelletier explained that’s due in part to increasing the workers’ pay rale to meet the provincial labour laws new minimum of $6 per hour. Under the proposed budget, the maintenance contract will employ two workers for 35 hours a week compared to last year’s full time equivalent of just over one worker. Pelletier said Creative Options was also adding in a figure to cover ils administration costs. It had not done so in the past but the organization could no longer afford to absorb that expense. The society has requested close to $20,000 from the city against $13,700 in 1993, Even at that figure, Pelletier pointed out, the city _Wwas getling excellent value for money. Council has referred the request to its budget deliberations. ne the Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 2, 1994 - AS Church daycare to open cility. * KING AND QUEEN of the Castle, Neil and Ghyslaine Courtney are about to abdicate. At least as far as their Birch Ave, business is concerned, But they will stay In the daycare field, taking up posi- tions at a new facility being opened by the local Full Gaspel Fellawship church on | Munroe St. and. believe. By MALCOLM BAXTER THERE’S A NEW daycare open- ing here next month, but: that doesn’t mean additional _ child cate spaces, at least not immedi- atcly, ‘That’s because: the Kid’s Castle Daycare on Birch Ave. is closing, Castle operators Neil-and Ghys- “laine Courtney: are shutting down their operation to run n the new fa- “It’s locaied ‘in the ‘basement of the Terrace’ Full Gospel Christian : Fellowship church on Munroe SL. at Park Ave, The * Courincys.” are. founding members of the local Fellowship, Neil Courincy ‘said both’ “the Castle children and” programs would be transferring.” ‘tothe church daycare, Initially, there will, be seven children in ‘the daycare ‘section while altendance at the pre-school will average five kidse?. 9. Both look after youngslers from three to five years of age: However, he pointed out, the facility is licenced for 20 children under cach classification, That and ‘the °3,150°.sq.ft.. of space ‘available offers” :the.; op- portunity for future expansion. For that to happen, though, ex- tra qualified staff would have to be hired. to | mect.. provincial regulations on stalf to children ratios. . Explaining the church’s. deci- sion to get into the daycare busi- ness, Courtney said, ‘“They’ve been watching us over: the: years in «What we're doing.”’ Establishing the - dayeate also went hand-in-hand. with — the church’s view of its rele in: the community, the credo _ being, “Their needs become. our con- cerm.”” He also emphasized parents did not have to be members of the church to send their children to the daycare or pre-school. Renovations on the basement area began Jast November and the facility is expected to be open by the beginning of next month... - Courtney said. all daycare licensing and building regulations had been met. And, the current designalion of the properly — it used to be the Oddfcllows Hall — meant no rezoning -was ‘required lo" go ahead with the project. = °°. 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