A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 22, 2003 City counts on outside money to drive downtown tourism plan A PLAN to create a tour- ism zone downtown will likely only get final appro- val if the city finds other partners to cover most of the costs, City development ser- vices director David Tra- win said the bylaw to bring in the plan — although it got the support of council and most people at a Jan. 13 public hearing — will be held at third reading and won't get final approval until grants are in hand. “If we can’t move the house down there as a hook to get people in the area, there’s no point in creating the zone,” Trawin explained. The costs to move the historic George Little house to the foot of Kalum St., renovate it into a train station and make other street improvements are now pegged at just over $850,000. But Trawin said he’s proceeding on the under- standing that city council is prepared to commit up to about $225,000 of city money, with the rest com- ing from other sources. The single biggest chunk of the costs is an estimated $330,000 to de- sign and renovate the house into the station. But Trawin points out that’s a “Cadillac version that contains everything from A to Z”, adding it can be scaled down if ne- cessary. For example, that Fluoride protects poor, dentist says DENTISTS here are vow- ing to oppose any city council effart to end fluori- dation of Terrace’s drink- ing water. Dr. Mark Forgie said he doesn’t support the idea and doubts any of his col- leagues will either, “It is the cheapest, most effective mass means of antidental cavity pre- vention,” Forgie said of water fluoridation. “And it’s available to all.” Council wants to re- search the idea further in advance of a possible re- ferendum to end fiuorida- tion. Forgie said dental dis- ease affects predominantly Death poor people who can’t af- ford treatment or aren't aware of benefits. “We have the highest decay rates in the province in this region,” Forgie said. “If things are high now and we pull that out things will skyrocket, par- ticularly for people who can’t afford to come to dental care in the first place.” He links the bad dental stats here to poor eating habits and the economic hardship affecting the re- gion. “We've got a poor quality diet,” he said. “There's lots of sugar and junk food eaten here.” figure includes completion of the second floor, which could be ieft unfinished until there is an eventual tenant for the space. About $75,000 is to move the house. The cost of getting the building past power and phone lines is unexpectedly high -— $30,000 — while basic moving costs are $40,000. More than $116,000 is for curbing, paving stones, landscaping and a variety of other costs to prepare the new site. And another $260,000 would cover both an initial and a future phase of street improvements. They would be the city’s contribution toward the distinctive “Old Terrace” look of the two- block section of Kalum -items like ornamental lighting, landscaping and tourist features. Some of the costs in the grand total are on paper only. The city lists the p»r- chase cost of the house al $55,000 for the purpose of seeking grants, but it has already acquired the house for a few thousand, and lists the balance — $51,339 — as an in-kind contribu- tion from the K’san House Society that offered the building to the city. ook & 2 Pay For Year Winter Sun Package Holiday or Cruise: sets POSE SE BE Stee Terrace Economic De- velopment Authority exec- utive director Brian Baker is optimistic there will be a major contribution from Human Resources Deve- lopment Canada. So far the city’s plan calls for it to seek total contributions of $445,000, cutting the city’s share to just over $400,000. 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