A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 8, 2000 Public stillhasachance | for a say in regional health © THE PUBLIC can still have a chance for a say in how regional health services should be set up, says the man in charge of a $180,000 study on the issue. But any public meetings won’t be conducted by the northwest committee set up to steer the study through, says its chair, Tony Briglio. Instead, he’s encouraging local community health councils to organize public meetings at which will be. the Alberta-based consultants his committee has hired to do the study. , Briglio is the chair of the North Coast Community Health Council in Prince Rupert. The northwest regional health planning committee; which-he also heads,” is made up of the chairs of northwest health councils, health care professionais and nalives. 7 Because it is a volunteer group and because its regio- nal report has to be sent to the health ministry by June, there isn’t enough time to hold public meetings, says Briglio. He’s also worried that public meetings hosted by his committee might be too lengthy and too unfocused to | give the planning information they need. So that’s why Briglio prefers having any public meet- ings hosted by community health councils who can then pass the information along in an organized fashion to the consultants and to the regional steering committee, —_ “I’ve said all along it is the responsibility of the CHCs [community health councils} to arrange for public input,” he said last week, “The perception out there that the steering committee is not in favour of public meetings is wrong.” By-law officer seeks a ban on all ATVs DIRT BIKES, all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles will be outlawed from operating within city limits - and even on private property — if city bylaw enforcement officer Frank Bowsher gels his way. The off-road fun machines are creating too much noise and dust, particularly in undeveloped patts of the bench such as the Cory Drive area, Bowsher said. “It’s disturbing the peace and quiet of the neighbour- hood,” he said. “People have asked us to look into this and see what we can do.” Bowsher said he'll propose city council prohibit operation of the machines altogether, including on pri- vate property, within the city. Municipalities have the power to regulate or prohibit off-road machines’ use anywhere within city limits under provincial motor vehicle regulations, he said. “My recommendation will be to ban them all,” he said. “It will be up to council whether they want to or not.” > '*People «want: their--peace' and quiet,” he “added. “We're not'a remote: centre’ any more. ‘And there’s'en- iough land outside the city where people can go where there’s no residential areas.” Bowsher was unable to provide stats on how many complaints his office has received about dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles, but said the issue has come up sev- eral times over the last couple of years. The most recent incident was in the Cory Drive area where Bowsher sent out a warning letter to one family that he was prepared to start issuing fines under the city’s noise bylaw. “Kids were coming from all over the neighbourhood to join in the fun,” he said. Tickets for noise violations here start at $100 for a first offence, then go to $300 for each offence after that. Asked why the city needs to prohibit the machines throughout town, rather than continue enforcement using the noise bylaw, Bowsher said prohibition would be a more effective tool. “It’s pretty hard to identify who’s doing it, particularly by the time we drive up there,” he said. “If we prohibit them and the police see them they can lay charges if they see them driving anywhere.” Bowsher said he expects to draw the wrath of local motor sport enthusiasts. “It's going to be a hot topic, I imagine,” he said. From front School start fears raised bench, across the field from where the new elementary school would be built, What Beedle fears is that Priddy may insist that's where the new secondary school must go, which would involve changing the elementary school plans. Once the board gets Priddy’s approval for building the Skeena replacement school on the Caledonia site, con- struction of the new 250-student elementary school can begin immediately. , “Everything is set,” Beedle said. “We're ready to dig the hole.” Construction on the new elementary school was sla- ted to begin last year, however the education ministry rejected the school board’s design plans. The board is encouraged to choose building plans used elsewhere because it saves $150,000 in planning costs and about a year in designing time. The education ministry, however, rejected the plans chosen last December because changes made to suit local needs were considered tao costly. The costs of making changes to the building didn’t fit within the ministry's pricing guidelines. The board has since picked new plans, which the ministry has approved. The new school, which will be smaller than Uplands Elementary, is being built to eliminate the portables currently needed at Uplands. The school, located on the Southeast corner of Bailey Street and Soucie Avenue, will house 200 elementary students and 50 kindergarten students. The consultants will meet directly, however, with specifically identified groups such as doctors, nurses, - hospital workers and public heaith authorities. e Briglio’s comments follow complaints by Terrace and Kitimat health councils that there would be no meetings regarding the regional plans °°. -- Brigiio said he hopes he has now cleared up his posi- lion with regard to the meetings, 2 re A model for how Briglio wants things to work has al- ready been adopted in Kitimat. ee ; On. March 9 and 10, the. Alberta-based consultants will meet: there witha. wide variety of stakeholder groups, including’ members of the public “advocacy Kiti- | mat Health Watch ‘group, Kitimat’ municipal council, Kitamaat Village and senior citizens. ae On the evening of March 9, the consultants will be at a mecting in Kitimat held for the general public. ‘There's no word immediately: available on“ how the meetings are being planned in Terrace. public: _ Why live with a diet that says no pizza, no cake, no fun? (Now there’s no reason to.) , » 0 Now Weight Watchers easy |*2*3 Success Plan lets you enjoy any food you crave! 2) Every food has a POINTS® value. Sarah, Duchess of York Stay within your POINTS range and lose weight! Now! Weight Watchers has a whole new approach to weight loss — the 10% difference"! Sent aan . Join now for ¥2 price and save $2090 Call 1-800-682-8011 for more information Knox United Church (Terrace) 4907 Lazelle » Tuesday 7:00 pm Valid in British Columbia far a limited time only. 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