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District approves ATCO rezoning request Homeowner disappointed in decision-making process BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
If Jim Seminiuk could say anything to the regional district board, it would be that its decision-making process needs to change. Seminiuk attended the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary’s (RDKB) full board of directors meeting Thursday and within minutes heard a decision that could seal the fate of his family’s two acres of serene pasture and quaint home located in Area A adjacent to ATCO Wood Products. “If I could stand up and say anything it would be to recommend a process more friendly to the people the district is affecting,” he said. “I know what you are doing is all legal and above the board but you should have had a look at my property before you made a decision,” said Seminiuk. “Instead of sitting back and talking about it, come and see for yourself how this affects me.” The board approved ATCO’s application to re-designate two parcels of the company’s wildland,
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located 41 feet from Seminiuk’s back deck, from rural residential to industrial, granting the softwood veneer producer the go-ahead to proceed with land use change. “What it boils down to is the board voted on something that they can’t even visualize other than a plot on a map,” he continued. “Now I have no recourse other than to deal with the company on a oneto-one basis and hope my property doesn’t become unlivable.” The amending bylaws were read and adopted, confirmed Ali Grieve, Area A director. “No one can attend the board meeting to speak to any issues ever after the public hearing happens according to provincial law,” she said. “Once the public hearing is over, public input is over.” Re-zoning the properties is the first step in the process for ATCO to develop the properties, after an application was made to the regional district that was reviewed by the Area A planning committee, advertised in the Trail Times and an opportunity for public comment during a Sept. 23 hearing. See PROPERTY, Page 3
Trail gets cash to help with downtown improvements BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
Redesigning the Victoria Street corridor to improve pedestrian safety and replace aging infrastructure has netted the city over $150,000 to help foot the bill for Trail’s revitalization project. The money will be used to help offset the city’s final costs associated with the capital project this year, thereby reducing the net cost to the city, confirmed David Perehudoff, Trail’s chief administrative officer (CAO). “Any residual moneys would then be used as a funding source for Phase 2 project costs in 2014.” The second stage will include building on and maximizing the corridor project and will add the
finishing touches to the significant improvements completed this year, added Perehudoff. ICBC has contributed $28,400 toward the city’s safety enhancements which include bump-outs, enhanced pedestrian crossings and intersection markings. “Road improvements deliver real value to everyone from drivers to pedestrians,” said Dave Dean, ICBC road safety engineer, in the city’s press release. “The city’s grant is part of ICBC’s cost sharing opportunities for its road improvement program.” In addition, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI) injected $125,000 towards the revitalization project, with See MONEY Page 3
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Emi Brown was a model patient at Trail’s first flu clinic Monday in the Trail Memorial Centre. The 22-month-old received a flu shot by needle because she is too young for FluMist, a nasal vaccine available for the first time in the Kootenay Boundary for children ages 2-17. The next free flu shot clinic is Friday at the Rossland Miners’ Hall, followed by Nov. 12 in the basement of Fruitvale’s village hall, Nov. 13 in the Trail Memorial Centre, and Nov. 27 at the Kiro Wellness Centre by appointment.
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