pare 7 7 | last’ week that’ a support ‘|: “The Canadian. Cancer - Magazine we 2 Terrace Review — Wednesday, September 6 199, / Municipal act shuts door on tax exemption, council says - Equity in titles blamed TERRACE — ‘An application for permissive tax exemption: status from the. ‘Skeena Senior ‘Citizens’ Housing Society, the non-profit group developing - Twin River Estates, came to the municipal government well after the deadline for inclusion in this year's exemption bylaw. The re- quest was turned down by Ter- - race city council at a meeting Aug. 28. -- Jt appears that the seniors’ housing project would not have - ‘ qualified. in any . case, City treasurer Keith: Norman exam- ined the province’s~ Municipal Act in‘a special report.to coun- cil, concluding that the strata- wt Ownership arrangement for Cancer gupport: group © - formed. “TERRACE...— The local branch of” ‘the . Canadian Cancer : ‘Society, announced , group is being . formed for people suffering from cancer ~ and their families. © representative Lily Nielson said the support group ‘idea ‘came-about as a response to ‘need in -the community. Society is a national, “community-based organiza- tion of volunteers whose mis- “sion is the -eradication of cancer and the enhancement .of the quality of life of peo- ‘ple living with cancer,” “Nielson said. Providing sup- port to cancer victims and their families is a part of | the society’s function, she added. Anyone interested in join- ing the group or who wants further information about it can contact Nielson at 635-2995. . - Terrace Cancer~. Society: 7 the housing units doesn’t fall in- to the terms under which council. has the authority to grant tax. ex: emptions, - - The sections of ‘the ‘Ket. in-. cluded © in Norman’s report. in- dicate that. the. complex: wou. have. to have been funded ‘ whole or in part’ by a erant issued under the Housing Con- struction (Elderly Citizens) Act to. qualify for exemption. A ‘representative of the housing society present at the meeting ex- pressed disappointment, point- ing out that the project had gone ahead ‘with, no assistance from any form of government’’, ‘‘Without this, we could be like Vancouver with their hous- ing displacement problem,”’ she told council. ‘‘Other organiza- tions get exemptions,. It’s time for this city to start looking after its senior citizens.”’ Ald. Ruth Hallock replied, . “The Act is quite clear... you'd be better served to turn it into a church.” Virtually all property - owned by religious ‘organiza- tions qualifies -for - exemption under the terms of the Act... On a motiongby Ald. Mo ‘Takhar the question was refer- red to the next Committee of the ‘Whole meeting, with adminis- |: ‘ tration instructed to seek further information on the issue. . Representatives of the ‘seniors’ housing society were invited to attend the meeting. : Municipal » Affairs . minister: Rita Johnston. .was:.in Terrace three days after. the meeting. | When asked whether the ministry would consider requests to amend the Act to allow ex- emptions of this sort, she ex- pressed reservation. The development would not qualify for exemption under the current Act, she said, but added that the ministry would examine the question if asked to do so, She noted that there would have to be some mechanism in place to prevent speculative purchase of ‘housing units, Ald. Robert Cooper, who was ‘acting mayor at. the council meeting, had earlier noted the same problem. He said seniors - who purchase the new housing _ units are effectively transferring equity from their homes into the housing complex. If. those units were granted - -exemption, he . said, there is curréritly nothing to prevent other seniors from applying for exemptions for their homes. $1 e LOGGING FLOAT PLANE SERVICES FOR ©. MINING @ FISHING: | @ ETC. ; — EXPEDITING SERVICES — Contact Harry McCowan » 798-2562 Box so, Terrace, B.C. 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