The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, January 4, 1995 CLEARANCE SALE 25 - 50% OFF ALL IN-STOCK CLOTHING 618 - 18th St., Castlegar 365-2663 ~ Madeleine's FASHIONS ADVOCACY - A new Community Advocacy Group Developing in Castlegar! Ongoing training and supervision will be provided. Everyone welcome. Please call 365-2104 to register and confirm location of the first group meeting. Date: Thursday, January 19, 1995, Time: 9:30 am-12 noon. WOMEN'S AGLOW4an. 11, 10:00 am, Fireside Place. Speaker: Dolores DeRosa - Trail. tickets $8.00. All The Castlegar Sun 465 Columbia Ave. ladies welcome 365-3279. Castlegar BC V1N1G8 .. 365-5266 J = Parks Continued from 1A installed, along with new steps leading from the lookout parking lot to the trail and treads. The Merry Creek Trail has also been improved, with new treads. And Deer Creek Falls Trail just south of Deer Park received a “full upgrade”. Fitchett-said a toilet was installed and some of the rougher parts of the trail cleaned up. Across the Arrow Lakes at the Natural Arch Trail, the Forests Ministry has reconstructed one. kilometre of trail to allow for easier access from the lake. “That's made quite a differ- ence,” says Fitchett. Boaters now have’ an easier time and getting onto the trail. Meanwhile, the Friends of Parks and Trails has been looking at the trail called “Ootischenia Meadows” near Selkirk College. “That needs clearing and work,” says Robinson. It is hoped that when the trail is upgraded it will be used by hikers and walkers to connect with the Brilliant Overlook Trail. The Bril- liant Overlook Trail has been a project of the Selkirk College Environment and Outdoors Club. But that’s not all. The Friends of Parks and Trails has been working with the Rails to Trails group in Castlegar Recreation Centre WE'VE MOVED! Our weekly schedule of events calendar has moved. Look for eur column every week in it's new location — right beside the safeway ad. ise J ) Castlégar Sun land. The group had hoped that the old CP Rail trackbed between Castlegar and Midway could-be converted to a trail. However, Robinson said CP Rail has given notice that it doesn’t Rail trainbridge and connecting with the Kinnaird Bridge and Brilliant Bridge, looping back to Pass Creek Park. A special thank you... ..to Dt. David Bullock & Castlegar Hospital nursing staff, for your compassionate yet professional care, given to Marjorie Bilinski over the last two years during her numerous stays in the the hospital. ‘Your special care for Marjorie and the family throughout a difficult time is very much appreciated. Thank you from the Bilinski family. Two Selkirk College students rece’ Union Foundation of B.C. Jennifer program, received $550 from Di Manager, while Wildland Recrea' intly received bursaries provided by the Credit Sallis, who is taking the Registered Nursing ennis Teeling (middle), Castlegar Savi tion student Jason Craig was awarded $500. SUN STAFF PHOTO (Karen Kerkhott is Branch Trail provides great view “SUN STAFF STAFF The trail’s main features are its ding views from a rela- OOTENAY CONTACTS -9°S | CASTLEGAR & THe SLOCAN VALLEY A ‘must have’ for new residents and businesses as well as current ones! Handy booklet size will make it a ‘keeper’! Will be available all year at hotels, motels, Chamber of Commerce, economic development, city & real estate offices. Each business featured will have its own page AND full colour photos are available! One of the little known trails in the area is the Brilliant Overlook Trail, which starts from the McPhee Creek Forest Service Road at a point where the road _ crosses the ridge leading to the Brilliant Overlook. Walter Volovsek first flagged the trail to allow an easy and safe access to the Brilliant Over- look—the prominent cliff that looms above the Brilliant Dam. Over the last few years the Sel College Environment and Outdoors Club has held annual work parties to upgrade the trail With a sign installed last fall, the trailhead is now well-marked. = Developers Continued from 1A charges are in addition to the existing requirements of the city’s subdivision and develop- If you-have news, Call 365-5579 Bring your body to us! SAAAAKOAAAAALA UIASDED} OSU Sunday hours MITCHELL SUPPLY LTD. 490 - 13 Avenue tively open terrain. There is a fine panorama of the Columbia River Valley to the south and west and an excellent view of the Koote- nay River Valley to the northeast. There is also a dramatic view of Brilliant Dam from the Over- look itself. In addition, the trail has a fea- ture called “The Vise”, an impos- ing rock crevice which leads to the edge of the cliffs. Last fall the Environment and Outdoors Club decided to extend the trail to provide an alternate return route. The route drops down the forested back side of the Overlook ridge. Then there are several traverses through an aspen grove which bring the trail to the relative safety of a vegetat- ed strip running between the cliff face and an extensive slide area. The trail emerges from the strip to run through a short area of rock and then through a series of switchbacks to reach the low point between the Overlook and Dove Hill. Plans are in the works to extend the trail up the back side of Dove Hill to connect with the Dove Hill Trail at the summit. Future plans also include an extension to Glade from the low point of the connector trail, using the abandoned Doukhobor water line ment bylaw, such as sidewalks, streetlights, and sewer and water. connections. The development cost charges will be levied on all subdivisions greater than three unitsas well as industrial,-commercial and insti- tutional construction. The new Twin Rivers Elemen- tary School will be one of the new institutional developments hit with higher cost charges. In its re[ort, the city also notes that Castlegar’s population is pro- New Year™ to all our friends We are closed dan. 1-17 (Inclusive) HAIR-4-U St4-=t0th Ave: 365-2213 are as follow: jected to grow at between two and four per cent a year for the next 20 years. : That means by the year 2011, the city could have anywhere between 10,000 and some 14,500 residents. “The projected population can be translated into projected demand for residential units,” says the city report. The report says that the city will need between 1,230 and 3,000 new residential units by 2011. City staff get hike SUN STAFF Wednesday, January 4, 1995 The Castlegar Sun Page 3A Townhouse proposal concerns council RON NORMAN Sun Editor Castlegar council-has concerns about a proposed townhouse development for the city's south end. A Kelowna developer wants to build a 36-unit townhouse complex on the west side of the 2200 block of Columbia Avenue just’south of Stellar Place. Imperial Capital Corp. says the multi-family resi- ential development will consist of three 12-unit, three-storey structures and cover 2.4 acres. The property is presently zoned.single-family res- idential and must be rezoned special residential posed development; + the proposed site has only 30 metres of frontage, less than half the 72 metres required in the zoning bylaw, + the Ministry of Highways will not ay sith the bylaw until p on Avenue have been addressed. Mayor Mike O'Connor questioned why the city is going to a public hearing on the proposal when there are so many problems with it, “We're wasting our time." Phil Markin, director of development services, pointed out that-any rezoning application must be tae toaiee gave first reading to the "s rezon- pli but with several pr dee of the proposed development, among them * problems with the design and density of the pro- by council and go to a public hearing O'Connor suggested it would be better to have the developer address all the problems before going to first reading. “If we take it to first reading in my opinion, it seems that we're not to your rec - lic hearing,” G dation and your recommendation is that it's not a good thing the way it's proposed, so why carry it any further?" Markin said by giving first ronding. council is not taking 4 position. “Simply introducing a bylaw is absolutely non- committal.”” Administrator Jim Gustafson added that by intro- ducing the bylaw, the proposed development becomes an officig! public matter and nearby Proper: ty owners are advised of the development As well, he echoed Markin’s comments that the developer has the legal right to go to a public ing. “This property owner could keep pressing on, as long as it meets all the bylaw requirements, to a pub- sai@ the issue is what happens follow- ing the public hearing when council either accepts or rejects the rezoning application. The city’s advisory planning committee examined the rezoning request and recommended that council hold off on adopting the bylaw until the problems with the proposal have been solved. Markin noted that he has spoken with the devel- oper and the developer indicated it would look at submitting new plans once council had given the rezoning bylaw first reading. Markin said he has particular concerns about the 32-metre frontage. “What we don’t want . 7 . is for council to set a precedent by permitting a small frontage for a lot that has a comprehensive development permit.” Castlegar United Church choir under the direction of Hiroki Kambara performed for diners at the annual Com- munity Christmas Dinner Dec. 23 at the Community Complex. Man hit, then dragged by car A 52-year-old Castlegar man | is lucky to be alive after being struck and dragged for 20 meters by a vehicle on Dec. 31. Cpl. Al-Hudema, of the Castlegar RCMP said a car driven by Michelle Weirs, 19, had crested the roadway of an alley at 8th and 9th Avenues around 10 p.m. when her vehi- cle struck what she thought was a garbage bag. It wasn't until Weirs heard cries that she realized she had hit Daniel Stewart, who had been lying On the sidewalk at the time of the incident. Stewart was admitted to Castlegar and District Hospital for treatment of major scrapes and bruises. In other police news: Vandals threw rocks through the-windows of NRS Realty on Columbia Avenue and Castle Glass on 6th Avenue. Police have no suspects at this time. Meanwhile, Stephen Keet, 49, of Castlegar, has been charged with failing to keep right after the vehicle he was driving col- lided with a pole on Columbia . Avenue Jan. 1. Keet was unin- jured, however, his vehicle suf- fered $3,500 damage, Elsewhere, Nino Dacosta, of Castlegar, has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle after erratic driv- ing in the Castleaird Plaza in the early morning hours of Dec. 24 led to a small motor vehicle acci- dent. No one was injured. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Ron Norman City of Castlegar administra- tion staff will be getting a wage increase in 1995. Castlegar council has agreed to increase administration salaries by 2.2 per cent effective Jan. 1. The increase is equivalent to the B.C. Consumers Price Index for the 12-month period ending Nov. 1, 1994. The increase is part of a city salary policy which ties adminis- tration salaries to the Consumer Price Index. The city's administrative salary grid ranges from a low of. $32,000 a year to-a high of $83,000 a year. Kinnaird Park to get fourth field Castlegar council has given the green light to a fourth ball field for Kinnaird Park. The ball field is estimated to cost $116,500 The city’s share would be $39,000, with field users picking up another $39,000 and the remaining $38,500 coming from a BC 21 grant. Council gave approval in prin- ciple at its Dec. 22 meeting. It also set aside $40,000 in its 1995 capital budget, but the money is contingent onthe BC 21 grant and the Castlegar and District Ball Association coming up with its share of the funding. Councillor Brenda Binnte said the—-ball association, which includes representatives from all the area ball groups, was formed =Road last spring to examine field needs in the city. “We have been meeting for now six months to discuss and develop priorities for the future of ball in Castlegar,” Binnie said “The number one priority agreed to is the development of a fourth field in Kinnaird Park and the removal of the field in the down- town ‘Kinsmen Park.” innié said Kinsmen Park would be redeveloped into a “pas- sive urban park suitable for our new downtown revitalization.” She suggested it would include things like trees and “splash parks”. She pointed out that council's recreation committee has exam- ined preliminary sketches for the , Park, but more. discussion will take place in 1995. “The reason behind this is to create a ball park where all games could be held, as welt as tourna- ments,” she said. Binnie said the fourth ficld would make it easier to desig- nate which ball groups can use which fields This summer the use of the fields at Kinnaird Park became an issue when a fastball tournament was held on the freshly-turfed Pony field. Binnie said the $116,500 price tag “includes everything” from fencing to sod to dugouts. “And a lot of it will be donated.“ The new park will be located in the southeast corner beside the fastball field and across from Continued from 1A A collector road is designed to provide access to abutting properties, but also collects and distributes traffic between other roads. The city intends to connect Sth Avenue with the proposed River- bend Subdivision, despite protests from nearby residents that they do not want the subdivi- sion to have access'W either 3rd, 4th or Sth Avenues. The new subdivision will gen- erate more than 1,000 car move- ments a day. Sth Avenue north of 32nd Street is already designated a col- lector road. However, that road does not meet the city's standards for collector roads, which calls from the proposed interchange, behind Stellar Place and through to 24th Street, and the other push- ing through 8th Avenue below Southridge Drive—have been designated as collector roads. In addition, a new road south of 37th Street is identified in the plan as a collector road, as is a road connecting Kinnaird Middle School with the .Castlegar Indus- trial Park. Kinnaird Middle School. The area is presently treed and has jogging paths. 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