Ald = Terrace Review — Wednesday, January 9, 1991

_ [Looking back...

It was a year ago this week that the people

on the Kitsumkalum Reserve finalized . reserve. The agreement meant that a substantial new residential housing
development on the reserve would be heated with cheap,

clean-burning fuel.

an agreement with Pacific Northem Gas to

he Okanagan Skeena

Group had totally

reappraised their $5 mil-
lion Lakelse Ave. shopping centre
idea a year ago this week. Accord-
ing to Okanagan president and
board chairman John Weatherall of
Toronto: "There may be changes
for the better but it’s unlikely that
work will go ahead this year
unless it’s some sort of preparation
work in the autumn."

Weatherall cited a number of
reasons for the delay but added the
project had not been scrapped.
"We want to be a part of the
downtown core," he told the Ter-

race Review, but added, "The
project involved much more care
and detail than we had antici-
pated."

Headlines from the second week
of January in carlier years involved
Skylink Airlines and the Peaks
Gymnastics Club. In 1989, Peaks
club member Erica Neves reported
to Terrace city council that after a
hard winter’s work they had come
up with some preliminary plans for
their gymnasium complex. It was
valued at $1.3 million, one-third of
which had been applied for under
a GO B.C. grant, and they only
needed council’s endorsement...
and a piece of land.

Council endorsed the project, in
principle, but added a few condi-
tions. The club would have to find
a suitable building site, raise the
remaining two-thirds of the money
themselves and assure council they
were capable of mecting long-term
maintenance ami operating com-
mitments.

One city alderman, Dave Hull,
said he didn’t want to discourage
the club, but noted their project
had a “fairly limited use". He
speculated that if the club didn’t

successfully build and operate the
gymnasium, the city might "in-
herit" the project "sometime down
the road".

In 1988, Skylink Airlines was in
the news. The company, who had
been carrying freight between
Terrace and Vancouver for about
two months, announced they had
purchased a 19-passenger
Metroliner III twin-engine turbo-
prop aircraft and would begin
passenger service in February.

Skylink spokesman Karen Green-
wood told the Terrace Review they
were aware of the reliability prob-
lem at the Terrace/Kitimat airport
and the Metroliner would change
that. The Méetroliner’s landing
speed is much slower than the
larger jets, she said, and that factor
would allow Skylink flights to land
in weather conditions prohibitive

for larger, faster aircraft.
| the years, city council was
having tender problems in
1988. Accepting an offer from
Anderson Engineering Lid. for a
$192,296 Mack fire truck was no
problem — that only took a few
minutes. The same applied to the
purchase of a $16,254 mini-van.
But the purchase of a $9,000 com-
pact car was moving into it’s third
month.

The problem was that the lowest
bid came from Thornhill Motors
and according to mayor Jack Tal-
stra, "It’s an unwritten policy that
it’s preferable to buy from Terrace
businesses if possible.” Another
problem was presented by some-
one on the city’s administration
staff (we don’t know who) who
argued that four doors were better
than two. It was decided to follow
the committee recommendation &
retender for a four-door model.

Another tendering problem that
year came out of ihe city’s fuel
contract. The Terrace Co-op's bid
came in as the highest at $71,376
and on top of that it wasn’t signed.
City administration made some
corrections - the Co-op had

n other news back through

provide natural gas service for the

apparently added the provincial
sales tax in twice — and managed
to get their offer down to $53,788.
This was over $5,000 below their
nearest competitor, Petro-Canada,
and was eventually accepted by.
council. There was a lot of debate,
though, and it was questioned if
changing the tender was even
legal. Later, a recommendation was

made to review the whole tender-

ing process.

Other council news in 1988.
included unmanned cardlock fuel .

dispensing outlets; there was a
growing number of them and
safety was a concem. And the
Greyhound bus terminal: a public

hearing had been scheduled to see

how city residents felt about a new
one at 3302 Eby.

In 1989 and 1990, the news was .
about council indemnities. In Janu- .

ary 1989, the mayors annual in-
demnity went from $12,130 to
$16,430, a 35 percent hike, and
aldermen went from $5,789 to
$7,162, a 24 percent increase. In
1990 they went up again; there
was an overall 5.2 percent wage
hike raising the mayors annual
indemnity to $17,284 and that of
the aldermen to $7,534. In 1990,
though, concern was expressed by
one alderman. Ruth Hallock
worried that CUPE and city
management were still negotiating
wages and council’s hike might set
a precedent.

round the community,
Nadina Shaffer and Tina
Thomas were setting up a
northwest committee for the B.C.
Youth Advisory Committee in
1989 and the Fire Safety House
was beginning to take shape that
same year. The Northwest Com-
munity College welding shop had
half-finished the trailer frame and
the woodwork shop was preparing
to build the main structure.
In the world of policing, the

anti-theft program was working,
we were told in 1988. December's
Lock It of Lose It campaign had a
definite impact.on local residents
according to RCMP. A ycar later,

though, everyone apparently forgot,

the lessons they had leamed.
According to RCMP, thefts from
vehicles were up. In fact, they hit

a four-year high.
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