City pays up to finish Skate park THE SKATEBOARD park will be fin- ished and the city — effectively the tax- payers -- will put in the rest of the money to get it done. Council last week approved spending $10,600 to complete the park, which has cost more than 3200,000. The new contribution, which comes in addition 1a $50,000 the city had already Put up, boosted the taxpayers’ stake in the park to more than $60,000. The city had been holding off on a final contribution ta see if park prapo- nents would be able to raise more money or in-kind donations elsewhere. But city officials warned council it faces a risk of legal liability because ska- teboarders, in-line skaters and BMX bi- kers are already using the park’s half pipes despite the fact the landing area is unfinished, “This situation leaves the City of Ter- Tace exposed to an unnecessary risk in the event of injury to a user,” said parks superintendent Steve Scott. The alternative to finishing the park would have been closing it to users, he said. A fence would cost around $8,000 and wouldn’t keep “determined users” out. - “It’s quite obvious the thing is 95 per cent completed,” said councillor David Hull in voting to complete the project. He said il was unfortunate a commit- ment of volunteer labour from the local labour council wasn’t fulfilled, leaving park proponents without enough money to complete the project. “We're going to end up with a much- needed facitity in the community,” added councillor Val George. Not everyone was in favour, however. Lynne Christiansen voted against the expenditure, saying it was too much city money to support one project by one group. - “I don’t feel it’s fair to taxpayers and other special interest groups,” she said. “I don’t like the way we've been put over the barrei.” ri The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 5, 2000 - A3 @ Adding the extra touch LANDSCAPERS Mike Gagnon and Joel Reece are bricking in the small court yards that will flank the entrances to Terrace's new linear park, the Grand trunk Pathway, June 28. The project will take about six or seven days to complete. City on polluters’ list for sewage outfall News In Brief By KEITH FREEMAN THE CITY OF Terrace has found itself on the provincial govern- ment’s environmental non-com- pliance list for a sewage outfall failure last July. ‘The failure, on-July 5, 1999, led to contamination. of the Braun’s Island slough and the shore area near the ruptured out- fall pipe. Crews were able to install and open a new outfall pipe last win- ter, during the Skeena’s lowest water level. “It’s functioning normally now, and there is no threat any more,” Said Jim Hofweber of the ministry -. ‘of environment. “The water qual- ity is acceptable.” Skeena Cellulose’s Prince Ru- pert pulp operation is the north- west’s lone non-complier without a planned remedy. The mill was cited for “unauthorized discharges”, and excecding acceptable pH levels. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is reviewing the mill’s environmental: practices. for the mill. aE Also on the list was Prime Re- sources Group Inc. for leakages from its gold mine operation near the Iskut River. According to the report, the suspended solids runoff exceeded the allowable permit level. The levels were exceeded dur- ing Prime Resource’s reclamation of the mining site and tailings im- This isthe tenth time: or ‘the. fist ; poundment, when runoff Jeaked:, ,into Bronson Creek and Sky “ "Creek, and then the Iskul River. The problem has disappeared since total site reclamation was completed in October, 1999. No to licence transfer PRINCE RUPERT city council doesn’t want the North Coast forest licence separated from West Fraser’s sawmill there. The company wants to sell the licence ta the Andersen Group of companies. There would be a clause giving West Fraser the right of first refusal to the wood off that licence. Rupert council passed -a motion saying it “did not fee} comfortable" that the: proposed change was sufficient to guard against job losses at the North Coast.mill. “I would like to. see a socio-eco- nomic report, preferably conducted by an indepen- dent forestry company, on the deal,” said council- lor Paul Kennedy. DFO to host open house THE DEPARTMENT of Fisheries and Oceans is hosting an open house/community forum beginning at noan on Saturday, July §. The forum will be held al the Best Western Ter- race Inn, and will touch on DFO's wild salmon po- licy and salmonid enhancement program. Presentations and open-honse discussions will carry on through the day until 9 p.m, Stolen cheques here A THEFT 100 of cheques from a Kitwanga ac- counting business has resulted in over $10,000 in fraudulent transactions in the Terrace area over the past Iwo months. According to Terrace RCMP, the cheques, stolen during a break and enter at Terry’s Tax and Book- keeping on April 22, are numbered 300 through 399 and bear the name and address of the business. Police say that the 70 cutstanding cheques are in the hands of numerous people. Terrace driver charged EIGHT PEOPLE were taken to hospital in Smi- thers last week with minor injuries after an car ac- cident involving a Terrace resident. Smithers RCMP said a 16-year-old Terrace girl ran a red light in a gray Dodge van, smashing into a Ford Explorer. on the evening of June 25. Damage to both vehicles is estimated at $18,000, The girl is charged with failing to stop at a red light. No injuries were life-threatening. Phoney money alert TERRACE RCMP are on the lookout for counter- feit $20 bills after one almost turned up in the hands of a local merchant. Police managed to nab the suspect, bul the bills had been disposed of by that time, “There has been some circulating in the com- munity,” Sgt. Darcy Gollan said. “We don’t know for sure where it’s coming from,.it might be a high- quality plotocopy.” , He wirned that‘ ‘people will ‘try and use ‘the bills during busy times, or hide them between other bilis during a transaction. START YOUR CAREER IN OUR UNIVERSITY TRANSFER PROGRAM SEPTEMBER 2000 NWCC offers a University Transfer Program in Arts and Science. 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