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Ad Terrace Review — Wednesday, May 22, 1991

Apartment proponent surfaces after hearing ©

‘by Tod Strachan

There has been a lot of opposi-
tion but no defense for. Terrace’s

_ latest apartment complex proposal.

An April 22 public hearing for the
rezoning of a Kenney St. property
attracted about 15 neighbouring
residents but no one from Tribruck
Investments, the applicant for the
zoning change.

“The hearing ended with a prom-
ise of a traffic study on the 4900

: block Lazelle, and the results of

that study have still not been filed.

Since the rezoning application
‘was filed in mid-December no one,
including the city, has been able to
contact any representatives of
Tribruck Investments. The mystery

was solved when Tom Bruckal
visited Terrace a little more than a
week ago to find out what was
happening to his rezoning bid. It
was too late, he was told; the
hearing had come and gone and
any opportunity to speak on his
own behalf had gone with it.
There are two principals in Tri-
bruck Investments, The president,
Tom Bruckal, and his son, Lionel
Bruckal, who is the company
secretary-treasurer. Both live in
Abbotsford. Tom Bruckal filled out
a rezoning application on Dec. 12
and that application was received
by the city on Dec. 18, On Jan. 4,
however, Bruckal left for an
extended vacation in the U.S. and
didn’t return until recently. His

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was the only phone number on the
application, and he neglected to
add his son’s phone number, who
he says could have spoken on his
behalf.

With the opportunity gone and a
decision on his application possibly
already made, we asked Tom
Bruckal what he might have said.

"A proposed 48-unit, adult-oriented .

apartment constructed. on the
rezoned site would bring an econ-
omic beost to the community of
around $2 million," he said. "This
would bring much needed business
to the local lumber yards, concrete
contractors, plumbers and electri-
cians as well as various suppliers."
. He also claims another winner.
The current 0.6 percent vacancy
rate in Terrace, says Bruckal,
means increased rental rates.
"There are many people in Terrace
now who are paying too high a
percentage of their income to
rent."

Another positive aspect of his
proposal is an additional $25,000
in annual tax revenue for the city,

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says Bruckal, and that means
greater ability for the city. to
improve the city streets, police the
community, and operate the fire
department and recreational facil-
ities. "The benefits that the objec-
tors to the rezoning would get
would far exceed the traffic com-.
plaint," he says.

He adds, "An apartment is gen-
erally a nice looking structure with
well-maintained landscaping... the
people living in the apartment
contribute to the communities
retail stores, banking, etc."

Bruckal then adds an interesting
twist to the rezoning process for
this type of development. What if
the prospective renters themselves
were invited to attend the hearing?
"Had these renters been aware," he
says, "they alone would have
greatly outnumbered the people at
the public hearing who were ob-
jecting to the rezoning.”

As far as the primary public
objection to his proposal is con-
cerned, traffic in the 4900 block
Lazelle is going. to increase

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- whether his apartment proposal
proceeds or not. As the city grows,
and the difficulty of accessing
Highway 16 from Kenney St.
increases, Lazelle Ave. is 2 natural
route for accessing the downtown
area from the northwest.

In view of a failed apartment
rezoning bid on Eby St. in recent
months, and the possibility. the
Tribruck bid may mect a similar
fate — neighbourhood concerns
are the same — we asked Bruckal
about the future of housing in
Terrace if his application is ref-
used. Are we discouraging other -
out-of-iown developers from even
considering investment here?
"Definitely," was his answer.

Bruckal left with this observa-
tion: "The alternative to rezoning
for an apartment (on Kenney)
could be rezoning for light industry
due to the proximity of the existing
zoning. The objectors could com-
plain to possible noise, heavy
freight traffic and general.
untidiness that often occurs with

light industry."

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