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' TERRACE —
« yegular meeting June 8
*~ Terrace council granted a

cumulated by forest com-

panies ‘for road building.

and silviculture on Tree
Farm Licenses 1 exceeded

“stumpage fees: levied by -
-more. than a half million.

dollars in 1986, according
to figures obtained recent-

_ ly from the Ministry of -
a Forests.

“Section 88 of the Forest

- _ Act allows the ministry to
|. “rant. companies credits
. for building roads, bridges

and recreation sites in ‘the
course of their activities in.

24-month extension to the

| Be. ‘Buildings Corpora-
tion on a permit allowing.

-mobile buildings to re-

7 --main in the Ministry of
, Highways yard at the cor-
‘ner of Kenney St. and

Park Ave. At the same

‘meeting council members
_ were faced with yet an-
other. request for a tem-

porary permit in contra-
-yention of the city’s by-

. laws governing trailers.

‘The temporary permit

.. for the Ministry of High- .
. ways was issued by council
“ast year after extensive
' discussion: with local
--pesidents. A maxifium of
:24-months was recom-.
. ‘mended for the permit
~ . with .an. , understanding

“that Highways ‘would seek

“to move the equipment -

‘yard out of the predomi-
nantly. residential neigh-

- ~ borhadd into a more’ap-
—* >. propriate industrial set-

o tng. ;

°°. *Ttwas clear at the time
.  there'was:a 24 month lim-.
“> ity” Ald, Ruth. Hallock.
a observed,
. “>. ‘clear at the time they’d be

‘} back” on - our. doorstep,
> gsking for more time.’?.
-.:... The-request for an, ex-

A) {

was . also |

2 Terrace Reve — Wednestis, June! 17, 1987

Credits outrun stumpage in local fe rests”

- TERRACE — Credits ac--

the woods if the projects
are judged to be. of a
multi-use nature. Section

88 credits are also applied
to reforestation costs that
are not of an intensive .

Management nature,
Stumpage is the fee

payable to the crown on .
trees harvested and. is:

calculated backward from

the company’s. sale price :

of the ‘wood.

On Tree Farm License
(TFL) No. ‘I, the sprawl-
ing area of ‘crown timber
that surrounds Terrace

tension was tabled at the

last. meeting to allow. the
public to make representa-

tions to council ‘on the
issue, but no delegations

appeared at the June 3.

meeting and the extension

was granted, Ald. George —

Clark said he had spoken

‘to two residents of the
neighborhood who indica-
ted the Highways lot was .

well-kept but still at
variance with the charac-
ter of the area.

_Ald. Doug Smith sug-

7 gested. the extension be

granted fora 12-month
period with a review of the
situation at

ing, but Ald.. Robert Coo-
per expressed fears that: if

. Highways jis, pushed. too...
hard they might put in a.
permanent building to .

: marked.

conform with the bylaw

_ and never move the yard.
-. At the same meeting
council. received a request.

from the director of the

_ local Community Correc-
tional Centre for a permit.
approving the presence of.
a trailer that has been part.
of the center for a consid-.
erable length of time. The -

director, ‘Arno Brenner,

pointed out. the capacity

‘granted » ‘in Section: 88-- Quast. The stumpage total |
'_. js based: on a mean. of”
. » $131. per cubic. meter.

" During the'same period: ”
allowable cut on: TFL | of |

its \ expiry. .
Clark. said council should.

‘request their” long-term .
plans for the lot. in writ- ; .
_ General needed to expand .
“his office; I wonder if he'd”

and stretches .off to. the:
north, - 41, 380,000 - was’.

credits during 1986.

the crown collected about
$800,000 in .stumpage

fees, or about $500,000.

less than accumulated
credits on the TFL for the
year. The Section 88 credit |

’ figures were given \by

Prince - Rupert.. regional.
-forest manager Ken In-
gram, and the stumpage

royalties were calculated:
from averages supplied by

“of the center is.24 inmates
and the trailer with. a:

capacity of six is helpful i in
‘keeping offenders in their.
‘home community when
the facility becomes: over-

_ crowded,
Mayor Jack Talstra and
Ald. Bob Jackman

approached Attorney -

General Brian Smith: with.
@ request for a new correc-_
tional center in. Terrace

during their recent trip to”
Victoria. Talstra told.
council Smith -had replied .
that a new center was not

necessary because: the-

- trailer was. never filled to .
capacity and therefore the -.
“center is never overcrowd- .

ed;
“If the Attorney

‘settle for a tent on the:

lawn of the legislature,”

Ald: . Ruth ° Hallock ‘Te
‘Ata suggestion: by Ald. :

Robert. Cooper council: .

decided to write the B.C.
Buildings Corporation re-

questing their long-term
‘plans for the corrections —
_ center. A suggestion from
‘Ald. Bob Jackman. to
‘make the same inquiry. of
the Attorney General was:

also approved, —

Oe An inquiry . from. ‘Ter- ;

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Kalum district operations
superintendent Herb

multiplied * by’: -the. 1986

600,000 cubic meters...
‘Former: B.C. : “forests:

“minister Jack Kempf com-
‘missioned - -a

government-industry.
study of forest manage-.

ment ‘practices in late-

1986, but he was removed
from - cabinet: before: the

study was. finished. In a-
‘recent interview | Kempf,

TERRACE COUNCIL NEWS -

At a.

- Face council repanding a
dramatic jump in the cost.
of. leasing Fishermen’ s I
Park from’ Canadian, Na-.

tional railways. was

answered ‘at. the June &
council meeting with a let- -

ter from the government’s
railway real estate: branch
in Edmonton. :

- The letter indicates. CN

has. adopted a policy of
obtaining ‘‘a. reasonable
return on fair market
value” for its real estate

holdings: This year the:
lease for Fishermen’s Park

went from $150 per year
to $1,250... -

 *Do.we really need this
strip?”’ Ald. Ruth Hallock
asked. “I can- recognize
they want: a fair market

return, but maybe we're.

not: in the market,”

_. The main feature’ of the.
park i is a boat launch onto:
the Skeena River, ‘but ‘an-

other launch: site exists at

Ferry Island and the: Kit-

sumkalum. Indian. -Band
has recently expressed in-

‘terest-in building a launch:

on their reserve land:

tion: was referred: to the
Planning. and Public

- Works Committee.

‘joint’

“report
discontinuing Section 88:
and instituting a program”

_ The. lease:renewal: ques: .
already |

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who quit: the Social Credit. o
caucus to sit. as‘an in-
dependent MLA for. the _
Omineca riding, said, -‘‘I.

would -have ‘done away

with Section 88° without’
-any further study at all;??.°

Kempf recently pointed
out in the legislature that
during the period from Ju-

ly. 1980 to. January 1985:

Westar. Timber paid: net —
- stumpage ‘fees on all: its
B.C. operations. of. only.

$25,885 after writing off

Section: 88 . credits .of

$4,207,666. When Kempf

asked - current © Forest —
_ Minister ‘Dave Parker. if
. Section 88 .will be.repeal-
ed, . Parker. reportedly
: responded, “No
Despite Kempf's depar-
ture from the ministry, the
forest management study -
is continuing, according to

the ministry’s. executive

director for timber. mar- .

keting, Bob | Mitton.

“We've gotten about. 40.

pounds ° of letters and
briefs, and the responses
are now being summariz-

‘ed, We're. presently in the:

process of writing 4 report
for the minister,’’ he said.
Mitton

June or beginning of July.

In a-preliminary report |

published in. January
under. ‘the direction - of
forests public involvement
coordinator Gordon. -Er-

landson, Section 88 is ‘one. .
’ of 56 forest management

issues addressed. The
recommends

of. direct: payment and

contracting for road buil- .
ding, silviculture, research
“and recreation projects.

‘Kempf, however, stated.
that the government: has -
-committed
$105,730,000- for. Section:
8B projects in its 1987-88 |

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You don’t have to.

indicated the

report should “be. in ‘its
final’ form by. the end ‘of.

giving: away: the vesoaree? Se

There is virtually no stum-

page.charged and the peo- - :

ple of B.C. are. coming up
short.” . -

‘When he was informed 7

the ‘forest. management -

review is continuing, -—

Kempf replied, “You can

cary on any kind of.a ...

review and pretty well get. ~
it to say: whatever you.

“want. a : :
Kempf stated that even
if Section 88 is eliminated: . -

the present stumpage rates. -

. would still not represent a

fair return to the crown.:

. He contrasted the average
stumpage. of $2.18 per

cubic meter in. B.C. to.
rates in: the- state. of .

Washington. which now. ~ . -
average $17. .48 Canadian, --

- The Erlandson. report.
recommended’ a review. of .

minimum stumpage rates. a
_ after the full ramifications — -
_of the export tax on lum-_
ber shipped to the U. S. are.
‘apparent,

Forest: ministers. from

‘the Canadian’ lumber- - |

producing: provirices met
recently in Winnipeg. to.
discuss methods of trans- -
ferring the 15 percent ex--

port-tax administration to.
‘provincial jurisdiction. ~
The results of the discus- - .
‘sions were not made pub-

lic, but'it was indicated the
ministers’ recommenda-.

tions were given fo:the.
federal’. government. Fed- a
eral representatives will
“now have to draft a detail- -.

ed. proposal: for. the ap-.
proval of the U.S..Depart-
ment.of Commerce. ~_

One means of replacing © .
~ the. export tax would be...
higher stumpage. fees, but = -
B.C.: Forests Minister.

Dave. Parker. has given no

indication of what method. i . 7 —_

he will support.

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