oui big a

_--@: better ‘consensus of council.” Be
SOME ANE TY ye es,
‘The ‘Tribruck application was cloaked ‘in
mystery for a while, Bruckal neglected to list
‘his.'son, ‘Lionel Bruckal, who was the com-
’ pany’s secretary-treasurer, as a contact; And
after’. filing the. application Tom .Bruckal
headed off for an extended U.S. vacation. As
@ result, the city had an application, but.no

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one-to talk to. -. oes. |
-.* There, were. other, co plications. The
“property: Bruckal wanted to -buy was owned
-by.:Helen. Bush ~and — supposedly .
‘included a former. laneway.: The city |
- had approved a request by:Bush for the ©
_return:to her ownership of the laneway
_’ @ year previous, A neighbour: though,
‘retired ‘businessman ‘and former city
- alderman Al: Purschke, had filed an.
' objection withthe Ministry of Munici-
_ pal Affairs and the lane exchange was
‘Stalled in Victoria. According to the
' Purschke, he was entitled.to one-half of
-: the-lane, - ; . .
_ . To expedite the matter, however,
. the city took the rezoning application _
“to second reading in two forms: one |
with the lane, and one without.
_’ While the debate on lane ownership
took centre stage, another event stole a
little of the limelight - a northwest
‘housing forum. sponsored by the City of
Terrace and the Northwest Real Estate
Board which began on April 4, 1991,

The forum was to take'a close look at
housing problems in the Northwest, and in
part of course, the need and placement of

_ multi-family housing. The second and third
panel discussions were titled: "The future of
housing in northwestern B.C.,” and, "A com-
munity perspective featuring elected offi-
cials." - | ; -

-One presentation at this conference took

a hypothetical look at people living happily
ina town that they don’t realize has grown
into a big, bustling city. People, who when
faced with the reality of growth, were sur-
prised. People, who when faced with some-
thing new in their part of town, were the
first to say, "No way! Not in my back yard!"
On April 22 a public hearing was held
and Tom Bruckal failed to attend. The public
hearing attracted about 15 neighbouring

‘Tesidents and the one-sided debate drew all .

the expected criticisms — additional traffic,

parking problems, poor road conditions, the —

safety of children..
__ A petition was filed containing 68 signa
Lovstad who lives at 5012 Park Ave,, about

a block from the proposed ‘apartment. You

_ might recall that Lovstad ‘was the developer
.. whose Davis Ave. proposal was shot down for
all the same reasons listed in this more
recent petition. - Ce

‘ Complicating matters; a second petition.

was filed, containing 37 Signatures and a |

promise of more to come. It requested a park
in the west end of town. The site of this park ;

' was. to be the Park Ave, ‘highways mainten-

ance yard, a site that was zoned R3. When

abandoned - by - highways, it would likely

Marvin Kamenz:

Sort things out
with the
neighbourhood

first.

become the site of a new apartment building,

For the time being, though, all that was
being considered was the Tribruck applica-
tion and the matter of a park was tabled to
the May 3 meeting of council. The hearing
committee agreed, however, that the concerns

lodged by area residents would be given the * a i

fullest consideration,

In mid-May, Tom Bruckal came to town.”

There had already been a lot of opposition to” oe

_ his proposal and no defense. The Terrace —
Review asked Tom Bruckal what he might. -.
have said if he had been here. His answer:"A

_ proposed 48-unit, adult-oriented apartment ©

constructed on the rezoned site would bring °

an economic boost to. the community of | _

around $2 million."

He would also have directed attention to : are
_ the current 0.6% vacancy rate in Terrace and |

an additional $25,000 in taxes for the city. In -

‘general, he said, "The benefits that the.”

objectors to the rezoning would get would far
exceed the traffic complaint." So
Bruckal would also have suggested an
interesting twist to the rezoning process for
this type of development. "Had these renters

Terrace Review — April 3, 1992