Al14- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 14, 2001 TERRACE STANDARD | - Business REVIEW _ City restricts use of airport land Use of industrial land to be limited to protect pine mushroom patches “it will be identified as indus- AN AREA rich in pine mushrooms near the airport may be protected from logging for decades if Ter- race’s city planner pets his way. David Trawin is asking city council to approve recommenda: , tions to create new zones in the city’s Official Community Plan to. control the airport lands. At least half ofthe airport plat-. eau would be designated for heavy industrial development, : Trawin said. But a large chunk of the indus-, trial land — about a quarter of the; entire plateau - will be in an “industrial reserve” that coincides with the productive pine mush- Toor area southeast of the airport. That means the area can’t be developed — and more importantly can’t be logged — until such time as all the other industrial zoned land on the plateau is used. Out & About New Legion ‘ a ‘gateway’ THE ROYAL Canadian Legion branch here has the green light to begin con- struction of its planned new building, Construction could begin almost immediately. The new building will be located on the north- ‘west comer of the existing Legion property, closer to Lakelse Ave., where there’s presently gravel. It’s to be larger - 4,400 square feet - and will in- clude a part basement. The project, which got its development permit this week, fits into a plan to heautify the approaches to the city’s downtown, — _City planner David Tra- win said the intersection of Lakelse and Apsley St. .is designated in the Official ‘Community Plan as “gateway” ta downtown. - He said that means ‘there will be a highly - landscaped area including ornamental: fencing that. will signal people are en- tering the downtown zone, _ “The city, Legion, and Beautification Society will landscape it to create a oe gateway,” he said, OS The city has agreed-ta - allow the building to over- hang a city right-of-way. In trial for the future, but for now it can’t be touched,” Trawin said. “So people don’t have to worty about somebody coming in and logging it.” He said it makes more sense to leave ateas not yet needed natur- al, rather than allowing them to ° be clear cut. “It should address some of the issues of the mushroom pickers as well,” he said, Trawin is also pushing for about a quarter of the airport lands to be greenbelts. That would ensure green buf- fers along each side of the high-. way, undeveloped buffers on the* slopes and escarpments, and a wildlife corridor from the highway to Beam Station Road immedia- tely southeast of the airport. The buffer should also ensure large logging scars won't be seen on the airport hill from Jackpine Flats or Lakelse Lake. i The B.C, Assets and Lands Corporation is in the midst of | plans for an industrial subdivision on the east side of the highway. Buyers want land there for use as a log marketing yard and a doar and window parts plant. But project manager Jim Senka said the lands corporation may have to sell an additional plot of land on the west side of the high- way, where there’s more lucrative timber to be logged, in order to get extra money to finance the rest of the subdivision, “When we develop land it has to be financially feasible,” he said, explaining development cosis must be balanced by the price buyers will pay for the land. The costs. of the project -are higher than expected, he said, be- cause the lands corporation didn’t know the forests ministry had al- lowed logging in the area it wants to develop. The loss of timber means it’s not worth as much, and the stumps and logging debris left be- hind will make it more costly to make the land development-ready. Senka said the highways mini- stry wants an intersection with turning lanes that will also be costly. _ | LEARN TO FLY!!! | Ground School Course For Pilots License Starting February 22, 2001 Cost: $299.06 To register, or for more information call: 635-1852. Stop Dreaming and Start Flying! TKAir Chart rs Ltd. | Public Input On CITY OF TERRACE 2001-2005 Financial Plan Tuesday, February 20, 2001 7:00 p.m. City Hall Council Chambers if you cannot attend, it will be televised on Channel 10. Printed packages are availabie at City Hall or can be downloaded from the City of Terrace website: www. city.terrace,.bc,ca UP Akewstharer 6 Wwabia Ud ks eid BOLUS oN Ge alwys 4 : 2001 ALERO GX SEDAN BY OLDSMOBILE. 24 Litre Teln Com 150 TEP Engine exchange, the Legion pays a much of the landscaping ‘ . 2001 CAVALIER VL SEDAN 2 ttre la SFI Engine * §-Speed Purchase Finanelng trem ot Purchsta Financing costs for the gateway. “Speed Automatic Transmisilon with 2. 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