A10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 2, 1995

Pave projects to proceed

COUNCIL HAS decided it will go ahead with paving the west

end of Keith Ave. from the present end of pavement to Frank St.
Noting the local improvement project (LIP) had been protested

by residents Dixie and Olaf Thorsen, councillor Gordon Hull

. agreed the $15,500 cost share they faced was “a big bill”’, How-
ever, he added, other property owners with long frontages had
faced similar costs inthe past, -

_ An LIP cin be defeated only when at least half the property
owners representing more than 50 per cent of the assessed proper-
ty values vote against it. Skeena Cellulose, which accounts for
well over half in both areas, voted in favour. It also agreed to con-
tribute $36,000 beyond its normal share of the cost.

Council has also given the go-ahead to pave the L-shaped alley
running between Lakelse and Greig and from Emerson to Greig.
Close to two-thirds of the effected property owners voted for the
$27,800 project. The city’s share will be $2,057, a

And residents of the 4800 block of Dairy Ave. will soon get a
chance to vote om paving their street. Even if the vote is in favour,
the project would not go ahead until next year and only if the city
decided it could afford its $150,000 share,

Rec insurance non-starter

‘THE CITY will not be taking out ‘business interruption’’ insur-
ance for its pool and arena operations.
Noting the premium for such coverage would be $1,210 a year,
treasurer Keith Norman pointed out both facilities run at a loss,
Therefore, if there was a disaster which closed cither facility for

statement.”

Curbing requirement waived

COUNCIL HAS agreed to waive the requirements for frontage
curbing and controlled access for the Neid Enterprises building at
4921A Keith Ave. .

Neld has indicated it intends to curb the sides of the property
and pave the front lot area. The development permit for the pro-
ject will be amended accordingly.

Contracts awarded
ADAM ENGINEERING is being hired by the city to come up
with space requirements, conceptual design and cost estimates for
proposed renovations to the public works building on Graham Av-
enue, re
However, council wants to lay down some guidelines before the
company begins work on the $8,155 contract, Councillors and
_ public works officials will get together at a future committee of
the whole to go over the project and come up with an outline of
what the city feels it needs and how much it is willing to pay,
In a second contract decision, council agreed to award the Gair

bidder at $118,528.

Proclamation
’ SEPTRMBER
in Terrace.

Lindsay said events planned for the month include the annual Kite
Festival and distributing book marks.

At the moment the organization has nine matches up and run-
ning, divided between Big Brothers and Big Sisters and Lindsay
anticipated similar growth over the next 12 months.

Council Shorts

as much as a year, “the net result would be a gain on our income .

Ave. sanitary sewer project to J. Oviatt Contracting Lid:, the low

HAS been declared Big Brother and Sister Month:
In requesting the proclamation, local branch president Fred

City gets bucks

TERRACE HAS received anoth-
er grant under the federal-
provincial infrastructure program.

Skeena MLA Helmut Gies-
brecht last week announced the
city will get $192,000 toward the
cost of replacing an aging sewer
line on Sparks St. between Keith
and Haugland Aves.

Pointing out the competition for
infrastructure dollars had been
fierce and. the city had already
received more ‘than $1.3 million,
Giesbrecht said, ‘“Terrace has
done very well.”

Mayor Jack Talstra said the ex-
plained when the Sparks St,
sewer line had been installed a
number of years ago, it had been
laid on a poor sub-base. As a
result, it had developed a ‘‘sagz’’
which meant it wasn’t doing the
job it was supposed ta,

While replacing the 400m _ of
old line with a new eight inch
plastic pipe, the city will also
rebuild the road to proper stan-
dards,

Engineering director Stew
Christensen said the total cost of
the project, including the road

rebuild, was estimated at
$288,000 and work would proba-
bly get under way next year.

The earlier projects for which
the city received infrastructure
grants were the Frank St. water
well, rebuilding Keith Ave. west
of Kenney and one which in-
volved upgrading North Sparks as
well as providing secure access to
the Kitselas Valley.

Although the infrastructure
grant well is not yet totally dry,
the latest round of announce-

for sewer work

Helmut Glesbrecht
ments mean all but two per cent
of the moncy available has been
earmarked.

What happens when it’s all
gone depends on Ottawa; said

-Giesbrecht. “It’s up to the federal

government to decide whether it
wants to renew the program for
another year,”’ ;

Under the program, Ottawa and
Victoria each cover one-third of
the project cost with local
govemment picking up the rest
— $96,000 in the case of the
Sparks St. work.

For its part, Giesbrecht said the
province would likely be ‘‘very
Teceptive’’ to its continuation,

If the federal government pull
out, the province and
municipalities would have to try
and work out something to put in
its place, he added,

“The program has done some
good work,” Giesbrecht said, as
well as returning to the com-
munily some of its tax money,

Parks promise
not yet forgotten

- COUNCIL HAS not forgotten the

Terrace Greenbelt Association’s
(TGA) Howe Creek proposal.
“We're moving as fast as we
can,”” councillor Val Geotge as-
sured members of the association

‘- at last week’s council meeting,

Ina ijetter submitted.to council,
the association recalled it had
recommended the city purchase
undeveloped land adjacent to
Howe Creek and offered to raise
money to help pay for it.

Following a city request it show
the community supported its idea,
TGA held a walkathon Jure 11
which raised $1,500,

‘We know we have the com-
munity behind us,’’ Lori Merrill
told councillors Jast week. ‘‘But
we really haven’t heard from
cauneil yet.”’

Assuring the TGA council was

still working on the idea, George
said council was getting in-
creasingly concemed about the
retention and development of
park land,

However, he pointed out, land -
acquisition issues took time to
resolve.

Later in the meeting council
released in-camera minutes from
its February think tank session
which outlined its park plans.

The Parks and Recreation Ad-
visory Commission has been
asked to prepare a parks and-
greenbelt masterplan, come up
with a pathway plan through the
city incorporating scenic stops
and produce a long-term develop-
ment plan for Ferry Island.

That work is supposed to be
completed and a report submitted
to council by next February.

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