Page Cid — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 30, 1992

NEWS

Council to hear
public reaction

TERRACE -- A report on public
reaction to a proposed townhouse
development is expected to come
before a council committee next
month,

Local developer Ray Lovstad,
through his company Wescor En-
terprises, applied in May to
rezone property off Eby and be-
tween Walsh and Davis as R3
multi-residential.

He wants to construct two 10-
unit buildings, one at the Davis’
end of the property, the other at
the Walsh end.

The plan called for the parking
area for the townhouses in the
centre of ithe lot between ihe
buildings.and exiting an to Eby.

Following an informal. open
house held by Wescor to get resi-
dents’ views and ‘a report by the
company to a council committec,
the city’s planning department
carried out its own, survey of the
neighbourhood. -

Planner Marvin ‘Kamenz. said
letters were sent to those living in
the immediate vicinity. of the pro-
posed development inviting com-
ment. A newspaper advertisement
- had issued a similar. invitation,
Pleased with the level of

Giesbrecht chairman

of regional

TERRACE — Helmut Gies-
brecht has. becn given. another
task in-his job as Skeena MLA.

He's. now: -chairman ‘of. the.

snortiicoast . : tegional ' advisory
commitice made up of local,
regional. and. native government
representatives. 7

The committee was first formed
by. the former Social Credit
government in 1987 when it cre-
ated © economic development
regions..

Although - those regions’ were
disbanded several years later, the
committee of approximately 20

members remained as a way for

the provines to communicate with

wed i

“SANGLING N G

Tagging
along

~ Provincial fisheries branch : staff: |

‘ are spending their time Playing
‘tag’ these days.

But it doesn’t mean tax dollars
are being ' wasted: It is a vital part
of trying 1o work out what hap-

pens to the Skeena run of summer —

steelhead.

- Regional biologist Bob Hooton

- estimates: 1,000 fish. have been

marked so far this season. ,

_- However, it will be a while be-
fore: that figure can be nailed

down accurately,

“We're still sort of playing
catch up,’”’ he said, explaining
some reports had been received
as much as seven weeks after the

taggings had been done.

Although steelhead tagging has
been going on for years, this has
been the first time commercial
fishermen has been involved.

It has been carried out as part of
a Conservation and Research pro-
gram initiated by. the, North Coast
Advisory Board -- it represents

all the major northern commercial -

fishery organizations.
Hooton estimates close ‘to 700
-steelhead. ‘ were tagged by

fishermen taking part in the »
normal . commercial openings or

carrying out’ experimental
fisheries contracts for the federal
Department of “Fisheries and
Oceans. -

Assuming. the commercial
estimate is close and ‘adding in
tagging carried out, by native and
sports” fishermen, Hooton says 4s
many. as-1,000 fish could have
been tagged ti ‘to date,

“And that: figure will likely dou-

ble ‘by. the time guides operating

onthe Skeena tibularies com-
plete their tagging. ©

‘He ‘noted. their. peak period of .
activity. began a couple of weeks |
ago and will, last through wo the

middle of October.

apged vethead they
-should remove the tag and return
it, to ihe | ‘nearest, Bnvitonment

provic

"much needed information; it will:
_also. eam the ie angler a free cap, he
added... : -

" ‘Tent ministry. .

ihe Fisheries branch with:

response, Kamenz said most af
the comments received came
from neighbourhood residents.

Summarizing reactions, he said,
“We got for and against (and) a
lot of concems over waffi ic in the
area.””

In particular, he added, people
highlighted the need to upgrade
- Davis.

tok kkk
Wescor has not yet produced

detailed drawings for its
townhouse development.
And Kamenz did not want them

to, at least not yet. Instead, he
wanted to concentrate on the
broad issues raised by the rezon-
ing request.

Detailed drawings also tended
to create a false perception that
everything was already decided,
he added, ?

Kamenz pointed out there were
salso advantages for the devel-
opers in getting public input first.

Rather than spend money on
.drawings only to have to change
them because of public concems, oe
the. developer could, by waiting,
tell the architect what features
must be incorporated to alleviate
those concerns.

committee ©

junior levels of government, It
reports to the economic develop-

Tt was" chaired by. Terrace
_ mayor Jack: Talstra: watil the ‘ap
' pointment of Giesbrecht.”

**There’s been some discussion -
for some time, It makes ita whole _
lot easier if the chairman is an.
,MLA,"’ said Giesbrecht. oF

The committee’s meetings are. -
kept confidential, something that.
_ Giesbrecht said removes politics
from regional issues.

“We want.to concentrate on
economic development issues
without focusing too much on the

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