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Civic Core plan moves forward COLIN SLARK Citizen Staff
Prince George City Council chose to proceed with one of two proposals for the Civic Core Plan developed by staff at its Monday, Dec. 16 meeting but not before tweaking it after more than two hours of discussion and debate. The motion as passed by council chose the second of two options staff developed but swapped the location of proposed hotel and residential properties and directed staff to include a partitioned auditorium for the proposed performing arts centre. It also directs staff to consult arts groups like Studio 2880 in the development of the performing arts centre, consider the future of the Prince George Playhouse during development and maintain open-ended seating options for the new downtown arena contained in the plan. Staff will now include those elements as they commission consultants to go
CITY OF PRINCE GEORGE
After a lengthy discussion Monday night, city council decided to go with the second of two staff-designed options for the Civic Core Plan. The final decision will be up to taxpayers via a referendum.
over the site design, servicing, parking and pedestrian elements of the design. Councillors said that the final
approval and implementation of the Civic Core Plan will be up to residents to decide in a referendum.
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The passage of the motion came after lengthy discussions over the wording of proposed amendments and city administration’s confusion over what they described as vague wording. The Civic Core District includes the city-owned property encompassing Civic Centre, the library, the former site of the Four Seasons Leisure Pool, the Two Rivers Art Gallery, Canada Games Plaza, Kopar Memorial Arena, City Hall, the former Fire Hall No. 1, the Knights Inn, the Canfor Leisure Pool and Veterans Plaza. City staff offered two potential options for the Civic Core Plan while Mayor Simon Yu presented an alternative. Yu’s plan was the most ambitious of the three. A 3D rendering of downtown provided in the mayor’s plan shows not just a new orchestra hall or IMAX theatre on the top of Connaught Hill, with an amphitheatre built onto the hill’s slope that incorporates a public art display and an art studio into its base. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4