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Boundary expansion takes another step BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff
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Trail is inching its way closer to extending its municipal boundary to encompass the Waneta industrial park. But the city isn't in a position to proceed without gauging its residents first, which Trail council decided to do Thursday through an alternative approval process that gives electors 30 days to rally against the proposal via petition.
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“We've been looking at this for two and half years, actually I've envisioned it for 10 years now or more, and here's an opportunity . . . to advance the entire region,” said Coun. Robert Cacchioni during the special meeting. “I don't look at it as a Trail initiative, I look at it as an initiative that's going to stabilize the economy and improve the economy of the entire region for the next 20 years.” The report presented to council points to an overall net gain of $1.6 million over a fiveyear period, along with other benefits such as an opportunity to maximize the utility
of the land through potential infrastructure improvements, which could attract investors to develop and eventually create more jobs. In addition, it notes reduced costs for the property owners and planning and policy guidelines that take a “business friendly” approach to development and a longterm partnership with Teck. The city previously entered into negotiations with Teck Metals Ltd. with specific conditions associated with approval to proceed as the majority landowner in the area. This resulted in the parties coming to a pending agreement that includes (over the course of five years) locking Teck's share of tax revenue in at 55 per cent from the current 62; a one-time $1 million community investment by Teck; and an ongoing community investment of $225,000, also focused on economic development. David Perehudoff, chief administrative officer, said this is a positive partnership that addresses industrial taxation that is brought up time and again at the provincial level and during talks at the Union of BC Municipalities. But this sentiment was not shared across the table. Coun. Gord DeRosa is concerned about the 20-year “tax freeze” that he said could have serious implications down the road. See RESIDENTS, Page 4
School’s out again Job action continues on Monday at SD 20 schools
BY TIMES STAFF The B.C. Teachers’ Fred Behrens Federation has notified school 250.368.1268 (cell) districts it will continue rotatfbehrens@telus.net ing strikes around the province next week, as negotiations All Pro Realty Ltd. continue to settle their long1st Time Home Buyer running dispute MP_adO3_Layout 1 13-10-04 6:20 AM Page 1 over pay and Specialist staffing levels. 250.368.5000 ex.31 In AM a letter MP_adO3_Layout 1 13-10-04 6:20 Pageto 1 parents, Greg
Luterbach, superintendent for School District 20, informed them that schools will be closed on Monday. He stated in the letter that schools will be “physically open” but for safety reasons he was requesting that parents keep children at home on that. School buses will not be running. He added that the shortened day schedule would continue when classes resume on Tuesday.
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Ximena Abresch, a 19-year-old student from UBC, is back home working at the Trail Museum as a summer job. She gets her hands dirty cleaning the wine press as she prepares for the museum’s opening on June 2.
Free admission to Trail Museum this summer BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff
Discovering Trail's history with a visit to the museum will be free of charge this summer, an attempt to prove to voters the value a new facility could bring to the city's collection. Artifacts like a beautiful handmade wine press and a replica S.S. Trail sternwheeler, an example of early transportation along the waterways of the Kootenays, are just a few of the artifacts found at the facility located inside the Trail Memorial Centre. “We feel that if more residents
visited our current museum, they will better understand the need for a new facility when going to the polls in November,” explained Trail Historical Society president Jamie Forbes in a news release. November's municipal election will include a borrowing bylaw referendum that will ask residents to support the borrowing of up to nearly $6.3 million to construct a new, integrated museum and library facility on the former Eagles' lot at the corner of Bay Avenue and Helena Street. See GOAL, Page 3
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