Vol. 4, Issue No, 33

City short staffed |

TERRACE — A local contrac-.
tor, Ben'-Faber, expressed the ©

concern of many-when he spoke

to city aldermen at an informal
meeting Monday ‘night. The
problem-centers around the cur-
rent absence of a senior building
inspector on the city staff and
the difficulty this has caused the

construction industry. -

--Faber told the aldermen that
he wasn’t trying to criticize the
city but ‘failed to understand
how the construction industry
could operate under the present
circumstances. He said that the
city should appoint someone,

_ even if temporarily,. or shut

down the construction industry.
- Faber said the city is now

without a planner and a senior
7 building inspector and the con-
struction industry is .booming.

He said 21. residential homes are

under construction at the pre-
‘sent time, as well as several com-

mercial projects, and the junior |

building inspector by his own

Inside’.

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Terrace Review

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-admission isn’t: qualified to in-

spect commercial projects —
and even if he were, he may not |
have the time. As an example,
‘Faber: déscribed an event last

Friday ‘where he applied for a
_ building permit and was told. he

would have to come back Mon-
day because the building i inspec-
tor was too busy.

City administrator Bob
Hallsor said it could take as long
as two months before the posi-
tion was filled, but he indicated -
the city is looking at temporary
solutions. He said one possibili-
ty might be to make an arrange-
ment with either Prince Rupert
or Kitimat to share their senior
inspector. According to Hallsor,
-there is no ‘one locally that he
knows of who is qualified for
the job, and he told Faber that if
he or any other contractor
knows of anyone with qualifica-
tions, they should give him their
name,

A city spokesman: said the
previous, | building “inspector,

Getty Lichtenfeld;...put™in-his:

“notice in: mid-July and worked
his last day on Aug. 2. However,
the position wasn’t advertised
until Aug. 15.

There was no comment as to
the reason for the delay.

YOUR HOMETOWN LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED NEWSPAPER

| TERRACE, B.C., WEDNESDAY, August 17, 1988

Did you go to the Children’s Festival? Amy Warner did and
had loads of fun. Face painting was just one of the many
activities she found and she hopes that no one missed out
on a fun afternoon. See story page 3.

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Ht Legislative Library,

Victoria, B.C, .
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Biker lucky.
THORNHILL — An RCMP
‘spokesman says that a 16-year-.
old youth riding north on Old
Lakelse Lake Road near the.

Clark St. intersection was ‘‘very

fortunate’’ to escape with only
“scrapes and bruises’’ when he
was struck by a car shortly after
6 p.m. Monday night.
According to the RCMP the
incident occurred when the
youth swerved in. front of. the

vehicle without looking for on- -

coming traffic and the driver

| was unable to avoid the acci-

dent. Police say the youth was
taken to Mills Memorial Hospi-
tal for treatment and_ later
released.

RCMP remind both drivers

and cyclists of the dangers of -

city traffic. It’s only a few weeks
before school reopen when both
‘cyclists and motorists crowd the
streets, and the old rules of the

road for safe driving and riding —

practices still apply — look,
listen and use directional and

hand signals so others under-
__ Stand your intentions. .

_ A special warning applies to to

“older cyclists. If a cyclist has a

driver’s license, he or she can be
charged under the Motor Vehi-
cle Act for any violation of traf-
fic regulations and the same
fines and penalties apply.

- Committee recommends giving up on

police building heritage designation |

TERRACE — A three member
Committee of the Whole
meeting ‘voted unanimously to
recommend to city council that
rescind the Heritage
Designation bylaw covering the
Provincial Police Building on
the corner of Lakelse and
Kalum. The bylaw protecting
the building was adopted Dec.
22, 1980. Now, if the recommen-

dation is adopted, property
owner Heinz Lehmann will be
able to proceed with the sale of
his property for commercial
development and the building
will most likely be destroyed.
Council debate on saving the
building began last January
when Lehmann wrote to the city
saying that he had someone in-
terested in the property, and they

' it would appear that the B.C. police building Is doomed. A recommendation made at a Com-
" mittee of the Whole meeting last Monday night, if adopted, will allow the property owner to
destroy the building.

designated it as a heritage site
with the understanding it would
be removed from the property at
the. time of its sale. He asked
therefore that the city either pur-

chase the building for the sum of .

$1 and move it off the property

or remove it from the heritage

roll so it could be destroyed.
At that time, alderman Ruth

Hallock took up the cause to

save the building and looked for
the required funding from a
variety of government and com-
mercial sources. ‘She now says
the effort has failed with a lack
of local interest and with only
one of 17 possible funding
sources (Molson Breweries, who
offered $1,000) responding to
her plea. | .
Hallock thanks Molson’s for
their offer but says that it is only
a drop in the bucket. City ad-
ministrator Bob Haillsor has
reported that estimates have
been received from a local ar-
chitect and, ‘‘The city must con-
sider that $120,000 is required to
preserve the heritage signifi-
cance of this building on the ex-
isting site or $60,000 to relocate
the building to another site.”
Hallsor adds that he has
spoken to representatives of the
Terrace Regional Museum
Society and has been told the

building doesn’t fit into the log 7

building theme of Heritage Park _
and the city would likely have to
purchase property before.
relocating the building. —

He says that when the city -
originally considered preserving

the building‘they were under the -

assumption that grant money
could be obtained but now they
have found that funding is “very
difficult’? to obtain.

‘Try as I might to raise the ©

funds to buy or. retain the
building, through whatever
means, that kind of drive just
doesn't seem to be forthcoming
from the city,’ says Hallock.
Now, she says, ‘‘I don’t feel it’s
fair to hold out any longer.”
According to information.
provided by Mamie Kerby last.
fall, the original part of the ex-
isting structure was built in 1912
by Will Little, a step-brother of
city founder George Little. He-
built the police building after.

‘spending some time searching |
for gold in the Yukon and work-
-ing at various other jobs in

Alberta and B.C. During ‘his
years in Terrace, Little also built
several homes in the area as well

‘as structures like the E.T. Ken-.
ney Hardware Store (later. called _
J ohnstone. and Michael - ‘Hard.

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