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CASTLEGAR NEWS, October 10, 1979

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® At 1,390 feet, 25 acres of flood- -prone
land in northeast Castlegar; \a

© At 1,402 feet, at least..118 acres, in-
cluding some city installations and property
on Green Street and at Stanley Humphries
Secondary School; i

© At 1,410 feet, 145 acres, including a
section of Celgar Road as well as property on
Columbia Avenue ‘and Dumont Crescent.

Those are the city planning department's
rough estimates on ihe amount of Castlegar
land, threatened by. the three different pon-
dage elevations being considered in a B.C.
Hydro feasibility study on the proposed Mur-
phy Creek hydroelectric dam about 23 km
downstream on the Columbia River from
Castlegar,

Citing the Botential inact of the three proposed pondage

plotted Py, s department

on a city map,
confirmed that the effect the proposed 100- foot high earthfill
dam would have on properties could range from flooding of
already-threatened riverside land to groundwater seepage as
far away as Columbia Avenue.

The planning technician painted outthe properties which
would be affected by a level of 1,890 feet are even presently
considered low, and noted the city's building bylaw now only

oposed water levels’

“We're looking at an increase of 10 feet in the river level,”
Swetlishoff continued. “It's really not a lot of water, but at
1,410 feet we're looking at quite an area.”

He confirmed that about four dwellings on Green Street
between Second and Third Avenue North and part of the
Stanley Humphries Secondary School grounds plus about two
adjacent households as well as one household east of the Zinio
Park tennis courts, were among several “low spots where
we're probably going to get some ground water seepage” ata
1,400-foot water level.

“It all depends on the soil conditions," the planning
technician said, “Some areas may get ground water and other
areas, ‘depending on the soil, may not.”

t to the Castl Robson ferry ramp, a section of
Celgar Road may be “prone to flooding” but most of the road
would be above the 1,400-foot level, he said.

Swetlishoff said the map did not include the elevation of :

the city sewage lagoon — also believed to be threatened —

across the Columbia from the northern end of Castlegar, but
he added the city has a number of sewage lift stations and
other services “that will be obsolete” at that proposed level.

The planning technician agreed that at 1,410 feet even
more area between Second and Third Avenue North on Green
Street could be affected by seepage, as would any basement at
or near SHSS,

A portion of Sherbiko Hill on Columbia Avenue would
also “possibly” be prone to groundwater seepage, he said.

And he said Dumont Crescent, adjacent to First Avenue
South on the river bank, would “definitely” be affected by that
proposed level.

Although the map indicates the Zinio Park tennis courts
site near SHSS would be surrounded by seepage from a level

- of 1,410 feet, he said, the elevation increase involved in the

construction of the courts has probably eliminated that
possibility.
Swetlishoff stressed that the affected acreage cited was

result of changes in the river level. In addition, the figures
were taken from contours drawn on a 1965 map, he said.

Residents will be provided with a more accurate
indication of potential the impact of the project's three
proposed Columbia River levels, he said, when the city
receives new contour maps from B.C. Hydro,

Also confirmed this week, by a West Kootenay Power
and Light official, were the possible implications the proposed
B.C. Hydro project has for the private power company's
Brilliant Dam,

Stuart McKay, Sirestor of West Kootenay Foner ‘8

Id the
Castlegar News restriction of the Brilliant Dam's generating
capacity “might happen” as a result of a water level rise
caused by the new dam.

“The level that Hydro might select might reduce the
output by restricting the head,” McKay said. “If that were the
case, then it would be Hydro's responsibility to make up what
the difference that occurred to us was.”

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allows construction on land above 1,400 feet.
. “Actually, before the Hugh Kennleyside Dam was
constructed those areas were prone to flooding," he said. “In

most of those areas, at 1,390 you'll find there are no k

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therities: ities! report on the Aug.
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Vol. 32, No. 42 35 Cents

CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, OCTOBER 17, 1979

5 Sections (A,AA,8,CBD) family was) killed

on it because they were-prone to flooding and people just

_ never built there.”

3m project
bid hearing
Thursday

A $8 million’ shopping
centre is expected to be built
and in operation before the
end of 1980 if city council
members approve its prop-
osed location on two Col-
umbia Avenue 1500 block
residential. lots.

“., That was the schedule
Ron Mendel — whose bid to
rezone 1602 and 1530 Col-

. umbia Ave. for.“comprehen-
.. sive commercial” use goes to
public. hearing... p.m. Thurs. the .devalopre;

day at city hall — quoted this
week for development of a
complex which would accom-
modate a major food store
and several retail outlets.
Mendel,- president of
Mendel Enterprises, told the

up the whole area the site
permits.”

Included in a second —

stage of construction would
be accommodation for a res-
taurant, Mendel said.

““A restaurant's a possi-
bility although» we haven't
really got to that stage, to be
able to identify the individual
tenant," he explained. “It's

just .a question of restaur- |

-anteur: wis] locate .in

He said it was
a little premature” to spec-
ulate on the number of jobs

- the completed complex would

accommodate, but he added
it would probably be similar
to the number of I

robably py

OBSERVERS,‘these Pass Creek Elementary School students. were
touring city all Tuesday as Mayor Audrey Moore -was signing a

News the prop
Saatretiare foot develop-

» ment would help relieve the

need for retail space, pres-
ently in “limited supply" in
Castlegar, if approved by

_ council.

The proposed develop-
ment already has attracted
some prospective tenants al-
though it is still at the re-
zoning application stage, he
said,

“We ve. got a few in-

at C ird Plaza.
Mendel said Ae prop-

declaring | Oct..18-as

ship of.the - two | credit. “union
Credit’

Union ‘Day. Present were the. managers of the two local credit
unions, Harold Webber, left, of Castlegar Savings Credit Union, and

nthe mayor ‘urged:

Al Leavitt of Kootensy savitigs Credit’ Union. The
is. now. nearly
ple to give Yuting

he

near Bellingham, Wash. is
the
Castlegar News was told
Tuesday.

Paul Harrison, a Nation-
al Transportation Safety
Board investigator contacted
at his Seattle office, said he is
preparing a final field report «
on the crash of the Piper PA
82-type aircraft and the re-
sulting deaths of private pilot
David Cooper, 89, his wife, °
Marilyn, 88, and children:
( Sharon, 16, Bradley, 15, and ©
Derek, 8, for referral to the
U.S. agency's Washington,
D.C. head office.

Harrison said he had re-
cored the Canadian trans-
rt ministry report on the
cireraft and pilot the NTSB
required in the investigation
fof the crash on: 4,100-foot-
mm) high Black Mountain: in the
Sitver Lake area and the only
-remaining
probe are autopsy al ihe
‘icology reports. Ue
After completion of
~those~ phases, he - said, ‘ “it
‘would probably ‘be just a
) matter of. days” before: his

to the many b g| tot

credit untons.':’ * emda pore cause of the

‘oto by George erash, he said.

sed
asa “neighborhood shopping
centre” rather than as a
complex with a department
store and large mall as in
Trails Waneta Plaza.

“Assuming that our ap-
plication is successful, we
would hope it would be
completed and open before

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Kinnaird Park project passes $100,000 mark

Completion of the first

budgeted for the project, a
club said this

phase of the Castl Sel-
kirk Lions Club's planned
improvements to Kinnaird
Park represents about
$100,000 of the $524,000

week,

.> Walter Tymofievich,
chairman of the Lions’ park
project committee, cited the

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Mende! said.

" Initial construction
would be confined to space
for a supermarket and a
number of retail outlets, he
said, “but we've designed it
in two stages in case the
demand for space from smal-
ler tenants is sufficient to use

School District No. 9 board

The kindergarten at Tar-
rys Elementary School has
been ‘starting at 8 a.m. al-
though the education minis-
try has established that no
classes should start before
8:30 a.m.

That item was brought
to the attention of School
District No. 9 trustees fol-
lowing a written petition by
eight parents requesting that
classes start at a later time.

Secretary treasurer

Returning officers for
the Nov. 17 municipal,
school board and regional
district elections this week
reported no nominations
for the nine two-year posi-
tions available in the
Castlegar area this year.

Elected City of Castle-
gar officials whose man-
dates expire this year —
but who have yet to file
nomination papers — are
Mayor Audrey Moore, Ald.
Albert Calderbank, Ald.
Bud Godderis and Ald. Jim
Gouk.

Although the muni-
cipal election returning of-
ficer, city clerk Barry Bald-
igara, said Tuesday no
nominations had yet been
submitted, Calderbank
told. the Castlegar News
this week he would prob-
ably seek re-election, and
Godderis indicated last

month he intended to file
nomination papers,

The seats of School
District No.9 city trustees
Pat Haley and Anne Jones,
had also failed to attract
nominations.

The réturning officer
for the School District No.
9 elections, secretary-trea-
surer John Dascher, re-
ported no takers for the
school board seats present- .
ly held by Area I trustee
Lovette Nichvolodoff and
Area J trustee George
Anutooshkin,

* And the Central Koot-
enay elections returning
officer, RDCK administra-
tor Reid Henderson, re-
ported no nominations for
the Area J director's posi-
tion, presently held by
Martin Vanderpol. Hender-
son added that he has
received no nominations

No papers submitted yet
for 9 open elected posts

for ‘any of the five elec-
torial area positions — B,
D, F, H and J — to be
contested Nov. 17.

The nomination dead-
line for municipal, school
board and regional district
elections is also Oct. 29.

The latest increase
approved by city council
for Castlegar aldermanic
stipends brought an alder-
man’s annual pay to $3,527.
‘rhe mayor's stipend, pres-
ently $4,850, increases Jan.
1, 1980 to $6,000.

All school board mem-
bers receive a $2,000 an-
nual stipend, while RDCK
directors, who recently
voted ‘themselves raises
from $50 to $80 per regular
meeting, receive a basic
$1,200 for 16 meetings
yearly, as well as $40 per
committee meeting.

John Dascher said the min-
istry has established 8:30
a.m. as a starting time for all
classes, but obtaining per-

figure as the cost of clearing,
landscaping, seeding, sprink-
ler installation and walkway
construction at the 2.5-acre
park,

He said the newly-re-
vised total cost esti

under an $86,000 budget are $5,000 worth of picnic faci-
construction of a Japanese . lity improvements, he said.

garden, for $25,000 and a A budget of $81,000 is
parking lot for $31,000 as estimated for 1981, he added.
well ‘as the planting of Beginning the second

$10,000 worth of shrubs, phase of improvements, the

for

the project could be attri-
buted to inflation. ;

“Originally we said it
would be: in excess of
$300,000;" he said. "Since we
made that announcement
we've been looking at 25 to 30
per cent inflation. For ex-
ample, this year we budgeted
for $61,000 -and we've run
into 2100: 000."

mission for an earlier start-
ing time was a formality.

“Usually all that is re-
quired is a letter to the
ministry requesting that an
earlier starting time be per-
mitted,” he said.

The parents’ petition

stated that many of the chil- -

dren had to be awakened at
6:80 a.my if they were to be
ready in time for class. It was
also mentioned that parents
were concerned that the pre-
schoolers had to take the bus
with older children, and had
to cope with “pushing and
shoving" as a result.
Lovette Nichvolodoff
noted that many parents
were in favor of the early
starting time as they could
send the kindergarten chil-
dren with older brothers or
sisters, and it also eliminated
the need for two trips to. a
bus stop for those parefits

of the proj-
ect i is rent scheduled for 1983,
he said.

“When we look at 1983
we're looking at things like
tennis courts and lighting for
the ball park — these are
things we may or may not
do,” he explained. “But re-
alistically we're looking at
1981 for completion of 50 per
cent of the project.”

By the end of 1981 the
club expects to “complete
everything we started this
year and last year,” he said.

Slated for next year

con-
struction worth $7,000,
$2,000 worth of wood head-
ers, $5,000 worth of play-
ground improvements and

park project chairman said,

‘will be the erection of a

four-foot-high chain link
fence, faced with wooden
fencing, and construction of a

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McCarthy visit
planned Friday

Appearances in Castlegar are included in a scheduled
tour.of the Rossland-Trail riding Friday by Human Resources
Minister Grace McCarthy.

According to the itinerary outlined by a ministry
spokesman this week, McCarthy will arrive at Castlegar
Airport in a government aircraft around 9 a.m. Friday and
leave for appearances in Nelson before returning here around
11:45 a.m. for a luncheon, presentation of awards to local
residents honored for activities related to the province's Year
of the Child campaign, and a press conference.

After visiting the local human resources office at 1:30
p.m. the minister is scheduled to appear on a local open-line
radio program. After departing for Trail around 2 p.m.
McCarthy is expected to return to Castlegar Airport for
departure around 4:30 p.m.

pavilion at a cost of about
$20,000.

Tymofievich pointed out
the grass seeding was carried _
out with equipment borrow-
ed from the highways min-
istry and noted that the city
had provided more than
$5,000 in materials, equip-
ment use and’ “related ser-
vices.”

He also listed CanCel,
B.C. Tel, West Kootenay
Power and Kinnaird Transfer
among companies which had
contributed materials or la-
bor to the project.

Public reaction to the
park improvements, appar-
ently critical when the work
began, remains untested, Ty-
mofievich said.

“We don't know whether
the park has met approval or
is still being rejected, but at
least we know the number of
people who do go up there
and see it are very pleased
and quite happy,” he said.

“We're hoping for a little
public input just to find out
how they feel now. We can't
foresee any criticism of what
we have developed up there.”

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a pick-up spot.

She added that the 8
a.m. starting time was too
early, but said she felt that
nothing could be done about
it until next year.

“There is no question
that it is a very poor starting
time to get the little fellows

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