A10- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 2, 2000 Contract awarded to design city’s millennium linear park URBAN SYSTEMS has won the $36,000 contract to de- sign the city’s linear park along Hwyi6 West. City council ratified the staff choice of the Kelowna- based firm to carry out the detailed design and landscap- ing plan for the estimated $680,000 millennium park project. The company was among nine bidders, five of whom partnered with local subcontractors. Urban Systems will use local architect Dan Condon as a local resource on the project. “They're capable, they have the tools to do the job and they scored the highest in our evaluation process,” said city parks and recreation superintendent. Steve Scott. Urban Systems has also been the contractor that has worked extensively on the city’s Official Community Plan in recent years. Scatt said bidding for the work was very competitive, adding the prices tendered were well below the $60,000 design cost staff had expected. Once the design work is finished, another round of bidding is expected in April to select a contractor to ac- tually build the park. Going in just before the park work is an oversize water main from the Frank St. well to meet future water demands. Millennium grants from the provincial and federal governments will cover $366,000 of the park’s cost, with the city paying up to $320,000, The 50-foot wide park will run a full 1.6 kilometres from Kalum Lake Drive to close to Eby St. An asphalt trail divided for pedestrians and cyclists” will wind between grass, trees, shrubs and flowers. The plan calls for a central plaza out of brick near Munro St., benches, gazebos, ornamental lighting and First Nations history boards. The city is stili negotiating with CN for a final chunk of the park to take it right to Eby St. Another chunk of the park — where the Co-op bulk fuel plant used to be — is waiting on final environmental test results. o Christian school society to vote on adding Grades 11 and 12 a WORKERS with Geotechnical Drilling out of Prince George were on the future linear park site across from Denny’s last week. They were testing for any residual contamination left from the old Co-op bulk fuel plant. If the relatively small area doesn’t get a clean bill of health saon enought, the rest of the — park will be built around it. | | EVERY WEEK!! — | : ~ Great Brands, Great Prices CENTENNIAL Christian School society members are to decide this month whether or not to add Grades ll and 12. Frank Voogd, Centen- about 20 Grade 11 stu- dents. The school still owns land on: Eby Street near Parkside Elementary and plans to build a high school there. “The eventual goal is building a high school campus,” Voogd said. 'Voogd said he’s opti- mistic this year of winning the vote. ; last time and it didn’t hap- pen. It will come at some time” a, Centennial’ Christian school has about 230 kin- dergarten to Grade 10 stu- Watch for your — | Zellers Flyer in this issue of the Terrace Standard GREAT DEALS IXA& 638-1196 'Skeena Mall TERRACE BC nial Christian School prin- cipal, said society .mem- bers have voted against adding the two grades since 1992, when Grade 10 was added to the curricu- lum. But Voogd said the issue resurfaces every year - because offering Grades 11 ‘and 12 naturally fits with the school’s vision. “It’s always been a goal of the school to provide Christian education right through from Kindergarten to Grade 12,” Voogd said. Whether or not the school adds Grades 11/12 depends on the school’s 250 society members, : made up of past and pre- sent parents, and other residents. Last February, the school’s board of directors decided that a 75 per cent approval rate was needed . in order to add the addi- tional grades. With 70 per cent of vo- ters in favour of adding the new grades last year, the society was just shy of the | required mark. Interpreting this as a close failure, the board has refined its vision and plan- ning strategies in order ta prepare for the next. round of voting. Nay-sayers are con- cerned that adding the two grades will be too. costly, since tuition fees and other costs would increase be- cause of the variety of courses and needs of older’ students. 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