FR en tenes re SE Pot EP i aay asmmramemeiat So ms Sars Tetrace Review — - Wednesday, Sepember9, 1987 3 : ‘Convenience store development proposal - on Kalum met with. opposition Glannino- Prato, manager of Terrace Shell and Car Wash, says the majority od. of the traffic on Kalum St: is headed for the bench and his proposed 1,400 - ~ Square foot convenience store wouldn't add to it. “If more people move to. - the bench, there. will be more: traffic,” he said. “It's as simple as that. If anything, cars stopping at the store would. slow the. traffic down.” Pretto names |f | wanted to". ‘says he has-a lot of public. ‘support and he. could: get a Patition with 300 | TERRACE — Two public hear- - ings for zoning changes last - week saw no opposition to the’ proposed ‘‘re-zoning of Greig Ave. between Apsley and School | from Public Administration to ° Residential, but a requested by- law change that would allow Terrace Shell to add a conve- nience store to their present ~ facility was a different story. David Dediluke, a spokesman - for Terrace Shell, said that pro- ‘posed plans. would provide six: full time jobs in a-7 a.m.-to-11 p.m. convenience store operat- ing seven days per week. He also ‘Said that the business would be well maintained and kept clean. Edna Dahlgren, manager of - Sandy’s Grocery, led the opposi- tion by presenting a petition with 177° signatures to city aldermen. The petition argued that there are already enough convenience stores in the. area, and the addition of another would add even more traffic to an already hazardous. situation ‘on Kalum St. and increase noise pollution ‘beyond the intoler- able level. it is at the present time’’. Other residents at the meeting . expressed concerns ranging from littering, safety problems, van- dalism and drunks fighting, to exterior lighting which could be Fire report On Friday, Sept. 4 at ap proximately 7:15 a.m. a fire was reported in a trailer in Kalum . Trailer. Court. The trailer was totally in flames when the fire crew arrived. The approximate value of the trailer less its con- tents was $4,000. a residential nitisance at night. Dediluke responsed by saying he too is.concerned about van- _.dalism-and fighting in the area, but-he said he feels that it is a_ policing concern, and it will not increase because of a conveni- ence store at the Shell station. He also ‘said. that he feels business competition in the area would be a healthy thing, and there. would: be ‘no increase ‘in traffic; in‘the area because most customers. would be local walk- in traffic. ° . In .answer to’ night lighting, Dediluke’ gaid ‘that the business had. heard concerns about ex- terior lighting and‘ had already removed some of the floodlights. from the plan. No decision was. made on the. rezoning request and the matter was sent to the Committee of the Whole for discussion and a rec- ommendation to council. When Dahlgren was asked to comment on Terrace Shell’s pro- posal following the meeting, she said she had been told the fuel truck already had problems get- ting into the service station and she didn’t believe: the property was big enough to permit a building expansion. She also said the whole area is . ‘slowly turning into a slum’ and the addition of another con- Police report A. Terrace: man will face charges of impaired driving and refusing to provide a breath sample after he was checked while operating a motor, vehicle on Sept. 4. ie 2% fe Vicki Parviainen | DANCE CLASSES — Registration at: _..--. Parkside School Gym Wednesday, September 16 — 4: 00. 5: 30 p.m. Variety within classes of Jazz, Modern, Ballet, Tap and Ethnic Character for students 4.5 to teens. Limited: Enrollment Available For information or pre-registration phone 635-7483 | ean semen ete atte _ Edna Dahlgren, manager of Sandy’ Ss Grocery, says. there's no room in the: e neighborhood for'a! second convenience. 0 ' store and if Terrace Shell were to opan one, it would.not only create a traffic hazard for childran and. the elderly. but... -° also “increase noise pollution beyond the intolerable jevel it is at the present.time". Dahigren presented a petition to” ‘elty council signed by 177 residents who opposed the addition: ofa convenience store to Terrace Shell. , venience store, that may even- tually be open 24 hours,’ would’ _only add to the problem. “It’s getting ‘really. bad, ‘Peo- ple pass out in the middle of the street, they tear out flowers. and - then ‘knock against: the ‘wall at: one and: two in the morning, ” she: said. According to. Dahlgren, a - teenage ice cream vendor had been held up in the area recently by an 18- year-old, and that is only one example of the problem ‘in the neighborhood. ~ With ‘the new store, ‘This “neighborhood will not. shut down. It will be going 24 hours a day,’’ she complained, and add-. ed that every. other 24-hour operation in town ‘‘was not sit- ting right beside apartments and houses’. Giannino Pretto, owner/- manager. of Terrace Shell and Car Wash, -defended his -plans, © saying they were drawn up with the expertise of Shell Canada -Ltd., who are adding conveni- ‘ence stores to many of their _tetail gasoline autlets. According - to.. Shell - ‘Canada. _blueprints, construction will re- quire a 20-by-40-foot addition to the rear of the building in order to add a 1,400-square foot con- ‘ venience store to the business. It is intended to include a fast items. -. Pretto said plans also include ‘a handicapped washroom facili- ty: and ample parking. -He estimated the cost of the renova- tions at $194,700. After hearing: the » arguments against the development, Pretto said Kalum St. traffic had in- creased over the years,’ but. he also said it was because of an in- foods section’ and a sandwich - bar besides the normal ‘grocery creasing population. on ‘the bench and had nothing ‘to do -. with what was happening within the neighborhood. “Tf the population ° of: the . _ bench area grows, the traffic will .. increase,’’-he said.’ “At ‘Sas sim- ple as that.’ He added that, if anything, —_ his proposed store. would slow traffic down because they would . be stopping. Pretto said he. didn't blame Dahlgren for her opposition. “I would probably do the same thing,”” he said, but concluded — - by saying that he has had a lot of community support for his pro- posal, and claimed that if he were to circulate a petition of his. own he could easily set 300. signatures. and see what it’s all about. 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