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CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1979

ds of the Koofenays”

ban Seal

Three Sections (A,B&C)

ouncil $

in Vote on Water Tie-In Pact

‘By RYON GUEDES

CASNEWS EDITOR
The rough draft of a legal agreement covering the terms of
Castlegar’s planned tie-in to the CanCel Lower Arrow Lake
pipeline won city council's approval in principle in a split vote

Tuesday. :

Ald, Len Embree and Ald. Bud Godderis opposed the
agreement — discussed by council Monday in a meeting with city
solicitor Galt Wilson — claiming that “ambiguous clauses” would
allow CanCel to cut the elty off from its pulp mill's 64-inch line with
only three years’ notice and to evade its responsibility-to the city.

Mayor Audrey Moore stressed that the proposed agreement
was only a rough draft of the formal agreement which would be
written: by solicitors for both the city and the company.

: BACK FORRATIFICATION

“The final document will in all probability take two or three
months to compile, after which time it will be brought back to
‘council for ratification,” she said. é

plit

Outlining highlights ‘of the rough draft of the

Moore said the city would have the right to use CanCel’s
pumphouse “for 25 years at no cost for the pumping of the water.”

After the 26-year period the agreement would require the city
to pay its proportionate share, based on the volume used by each
party, of the pump's operating costs, she said,

The mayor said control of the operation of the’ pumphouse
“will reside with CanCel" and a fifth pump required by the city for
the new system would be leased to the company for $1 “'to operate .
on the city’s behalf.” The city would be entitled to 10,000 gallons
per minute “plus any excess capacity CanCel is pumping at that
time" from the fifth pump, she said.

Should the company require: more than 45,000 gallons per
minute.from its pumphouse in the future, “the city and CanCel will
negotiate and if no accommodation is reached the eity can be given’
hee years’ written notice to find a new pumping station,” Moore
said.
‘The mayor told council the final legal agreement for the tie-in

at the
installation of the ‘planned fifth pump, the lease agreement
covering required maintenance of the fifth pump and rotation of
the jumps, a covering the
company’s original March:26, 1960 agreement with the Village of
Castlegar and the terms and conditons under which the city would
release the termination agreement.
NO LEGAL OBLIGATION

Speaking against Ald. Jim Gouk's motion for approval in
principle of the rough draft, Embree-said CanCel under the
proposed agreement “retains sole rights and powers to run its pulp
mill without any written or legal obligation to supply the people of
Castlegar with potable water.”

He said he objected particularly to the clause in the
agreement granting the company full use of the $250,000 fifth
pump to be installed in the pumphouse.

“They bring into-this agreement that they have the right to
run that pumphouse as they see fit,” he said. "They can rotate that

for purchase and -

don’t have to guarantee the people of Castlegar water and yet the
people of Castlegar are purchasing a $250,000 pump for thelr
pumphouse.”

Embree said he would have considered supporting the signing
of the agreement had it actually provided for a supply of potable
water at a consistent pressure for 25 years to allow the city to
eliminate the debt it incurred from its share of the pipeline
construction costs. ite

But the section of the agreement which calls settlement by a
three-member arbitration board of disputes between the two
parties in the event they reach a deadlock after three months of
negotiaton does not apply to the section dealing with’ the
company's right to terminate the agreement on three years notice,
he argued. .

“They've written into this the right to it
after three months discussion with the city and if that-discussion
isn’t in their favor there's no way we can go to arbitration,” he
said. “There's no-way we can goto the courts if after three months
of discussing and negotiating we don’t come to an agreement and
CanCel can give us three years’ notice and we have to pull out of
that pumphouse.” 3

DISAGREED WITH INTERPRETATION

Extra $127,500
Burden in 1979 | 3

A second refusal of further municipal affairs ministry aid
means an extra burden of $127,600 in police costs for Castlegar
taxpayers this year, city council's finance committee chairman said

esday.
Commenting on a Feb. 26
letter to the city from Muni-

cipal Affairs Minister Bill Van--

der Zalm, Ald. Jim Gouk told
council that without an exten-
sion of the five-year phase-in
period allowed for Castlegar's
police costs by the provincial
government the extra tax load
will amount to about five mills.

Gouk said the total cost of
policing in the city. was ex-
pected to amount to $170,000
this year but was reduced
because the assistance does not
expire until the end of this
month,

Vander Zalm's letter, in

City Eyes

response to council's second
request for a gradual phasing-
out rather than tomplete with-
drawal of ministry assistance,
said Castlegar's 1979 police
costs burden “is not incon-
sistent with that. borne by. all
other municipalities of similar
size.”

“I could not therefore
recommend to my colleagues in
cabinet any extension of the
phase-in allowance,” he said.

Council passed Gouk’s mo-
tion that the Vander Zalm
letter be received “under pro-
test” for information.

Residence

‘As PEP Headquarters -

A small residence near the
city's south sewer treatment
plant is the prospective site of
headquarters for the Castlegar
area's Provincial. Emergency

by the city — asa centre for the
PEP operation.

He said Rivers was con-
cerned about securing a loca-
tion from which the volunteer
ization “could work from

Program

Ald. Len Embree, city
council's protective ‘services
committee chairman, told coun-

+ cil Tuesday city staff and city

PEP director Bob Rivers had
been instructed by his com-
mittee to investigate the resi-
dence — among several owned

Salmo Well,
Damage Studied
By Engineers
CasNews Staff

An area engineering firm
has started investigating the
extent of damage to Salmo's
main well, which has been out

of operation forthe past ‘six
months. ©

on a fairly regular basis.” An
old public works yard in
Castlegar South which was
previously’ considered as: a
headquarters was later judged

‘+ inadequate, he said.

Reporting on a Feb. 28
- protective services committee
meeting, Embree told council
Ean Gower, the province's area
PEP representative, assured
the committee he had applied
“for a considerable increase” in
funds for updating the local |

will contain schedules- for engineering, designs and tie-in

by

‘MEETING ‘BRIEI
board Tuesday I

pump, they can use it to manufacture pulp, whatever. But they

ting, “McClelland: told the. Castlegar News

zation of immunization records:to Prevent such
4 4 : citbreak fn

ig-term question" for his ministry.
-asNewsFoto by Ryon Guedes

Both Gouk and Moore disagreed with Embree's interpretation
of CanCel's right to terminate the agreement.
“I was informed by our legal representative that we still have

More on Page A2

New Syst

Computerization of immu-
nization records to help prevent
such medical emergencies as
the recent red measles epi-
demic in the area is a “long:
term question,” according to
Health Minister Bob McClel-
land. z

Interviewed Tuesday be-
fore he met with members of
the Castlegar and District Hos-
pital board, McClelland told the
Castlegar News ‘his ministry
was ining the bili

said: “I'd be happy to look into
it, but that’s about all I could
add.” :

Asked whether he had re-
ceived Castlegar resident Anne
Jones’ letter criticizing public
health officials’ handling of the
measles outbreak, he said he
had ‘not been in his: Victoria
office since last week.

Rossland-Trail MLA Chris
D'Arcy raised the issue. of

in
1979, . FS 4
He said Gower “seems to
be very encouraged” by cor-
respondence. he had on the
subject with provincial authori-
ties, .

More on Page A2

of computerizing vaccination
data but he declined to com-
ment further on plans for its
implementation. 5

“I certainly haven't had
any direct representation from
‘the people of this area about a

re.

cords last week in response to

Jones’ letter to the health
ministry,

D'Arcy said entire schools

and. communities “could be

_ quickly analyzed for immuniza-

tion needs and to

Still Under. Investigation — McClelland
em a ‘Long-Term’ Goal

specific problem,” the minister .

a particular health problem” if
such a records system replaced
the “archaic and inefficient”
system presently ‘used by pub-
lic health authorities.
Contacted this week, Dr.
Terry: Pagan, director of the
West Kootenay Health Unit
agreed computerized personal
immunization records would
make vaccination programs
more effective. He sdid B.C.'s
public health officers have
urged “for quite a number of
years” that the ministry intro-

“duce such a system,

Dr. Pagan explained that
the health unit had insufficient
‘manpower to ‘check’ existing
area school immunization re-
cords to di ine which were

most vulnerable to the measles
outbreak,

Another step recommend-
ed by public health officers has
been the administering of com-
bined vaccines for several di-
seases, he said.

“Dr. Pagan said the West
Kootenay Health Unit, which
More on Page A2

‘Adga is Expected
~ To Get Contract

The federal treasury board
is expected to give final appro-
val today to a proposed three-
year, $801,100 contract with an
Ottawa firm for operation of
Castlegar Airport, a transport
ministry spokesman said this
week. 4

Chern Heed, the ministry's
Pacifie region airports mana-
ger, told the Castlegar News
Tuesday that Transport Minis-
ter Otto Lang, although he

_ failed to attend last Thursday’s

meeting at which the six bids
for the contract were scheduled

for discussion, would examine a |
bid by Adga Systems this week.

in-}-and refer: it-to the “treasury. “early January for the operation.

board for a decision. - © ¢ 1

Heed noted the board still
could veto the proposed con-
tract with Adga, which oper-
ates a missile range at Chur-
chill, Man., but said the bid is
expected to be’ accepted.

Adga representative Ken
Simpson was scheduled. to
arrive in Castlegar, he said, to
meet with airport workers
concerned about job security
after the planned April
takeover of the airport. The
firm has indicated it will offer
the present airport workers

i Ih he said.

uled to meet with Simpson
yesterday morning.

Adga’s bid of $801,100 was
the lowest of six — including
three from Castlegar firms —
which were received by MoT. It
was $50,000 below what MoT
officials had anticipated as a
bottom figure. *

Also listed as bidders were
Tower Corporation of Montreal
with $868,941; Best Cleaners of
Vancouver, $1,055,548.20; Kar-
ma Investments of Castlegar,

*$1,073,071; Adastra of Castle-

gar, $1,185,132; Scott Develop-
ers of Castlegar, $1,308.712,
Tenders were called. in

of the airport after the City of
Castlegar announced its plan to
withdraw from the airport
function March 31.

PWA Bid For

Subcontracting.
. Wins Support

A Pacific Western Airlines
application for federal govern-
ment permission to subcontract
out supplementary service to
southern B.C. won city council's
Tuesday.

At city council's Tuesday
meeting Mayor Audrey Moore
reported that she was sched-

Fire Report Discussed
Behind Closed Doors

A report by city fire chief Rene Archambault on the March 5
fire at the Castlegar Turbo service station at, 1335 Columbia Ave.
was referred to a closed meeting of city council Tuesday.

Asked in council's open meeting whether he had information
on the fire — believed to have been caused by exhaust from the

In response to a request
from Robert Petryk, PWA's
route development manager,
that the city support the
application to the Canadian
Transport Commission's Air
Transport committee for sub-
contracting to’ Northern Thun-
derbird Airlines Ltd. extra ser-
vices to Castlegar, Grand
Forks, Cranbrook, Kimberley,
Penticton, Kelowna and Ver-
non, council approved airport
committee chairman Ald. Ger-
ald Rust's motion for a letter of
endorsement.

. Litre $ E
Ga e station attendant's car igniting gasoline saturated snow — Ald.

Uranium Mining |-Legistation Inadequate, Says Judge

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port to the village council
Tuesday, Murray Klaiman, a
spokesman for MecMan En-
gineering and Testing. Ltd.,
said it has not yet been deter-
mined whether the wells
screens were damaged or forced

further down when a pump fell _

into the well.

Asked by Ald. R.. W.
Bakken whether the cause of
the incident had been deter-
mined and whether the village
would be able to retrieve some
of its losses, Klaiman said
several factors weré involved

“and were still under investiga-

tipn. .

The MecMan representa-
tive, referring toa news item in
last week's Castlegar News
quoting Bakken as saying the
village did not have a master
plan showing sewers and water
lines, pointed out to council that
plans for the village did exist
and several copies have been
forwarded to the village in the
past years. ~ i

He noted the water plan
required some updating and
that elevation of pipes and
grades were in the “as-built”
construction drawings. Z

Council was assured all
necessary information was eith-
er on the maps or properly
“carded.”

Bakken apologized for the
Statement. :

Favorable Verdict for Genelle 3

Three Genelle men arrest-
ed July 10 after their, sit-down
blockade of machinery being
used in uranium exploration
near China Creek were given
an absolute discharge in Ross-
land provincial court Friday.

ABSOLUTE DISCHARGE was

Friday in Rossland provincial court for (left

Judge Bruce’ Josephson
found ‘Herb McGregor, Eric
Taylor and Brent Lee guilty of
intimidation under Section 381
of the Criminal Code for ré-
fusing to move from the path of

a bulldozer operated by Manny

the verdict

Consultants Ltd, near their

watershed, but ruled they ~

would face no criminal record

‘or sentence for the offence.

In handing down his deci-
sion, the judge said evidence in
the case clearly indicated that

and

to right) Eric Taylor, Her

Brent Lee, pictured here after an Aug. 1
court appearance in Castlegar. Judge
Bruce Josephson found the three Genelle

the offence.

Creekwatershed, but ruled they would
receive no criminal record or sentance for

ES hae ABA Re RAD ee ALAA TN RD then ae tee oh LA BH be

provincial and federal legisla-
tion governing uranium mining
and exploration were inade-
quate to the point of being non-
existent.

He added that existing regu-
lations — although complied
with in this case — had been
inadequate to protect public
and on-site workers in the
China Creek area.

Geological engineer Im-
manuel Amendolagine, presi-
dent of Manny Consultants,
‘seemed to be unaware of the
health hazards of radiation and
unconcerned about the risks to
himself, his crew and the
community nearby, the judge

id.
es He said the firm had not’
taken minimal precautions such
as the wearing of dosimeters
(portable indicators of radiation
levels), monitoring of radiation
levels on the site and the plug-
ging of drill holes which may
emit dangerous radon gas,
Judge Josephson pointed
to conflicting testimony. be-
tween two of the Crown wit-
nesSes, Amendolagine and
Bruce Lang, chief regional
inspector of mines from Nelson,
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Len Erfibree told council he had just received the fire chief's report
and. would deal with it in the closed session,
Mayor Audrey Moore said the report on the fire, which was

- still under investigation, was referred to discussion in the closed

meeting because it involved “personalities.”

Attendant Glen Kirkwood told the Castlegar News last week
he found his 1973 Datsun engulfed in flames after moving the
vehicle to allow a gas tanker to refuel the tanks. :

Only the vehicle, which was gutted, was damaged by the fire
although the station, operated by Lorne Fellows, was shut down
for the remainder of the day.

A pumper truck used by the city to clear sewer lines was
called out to haul away §,000 to 6,000 gallons of water to remove
any remaining traces of gas,

Speaking in favor of the
motion, Rust told council
PWA’'s previous arrangement
with Arrow Aviation for similar
supplementary service “did not

work out too well and sub-—

sequently this new application
has become necessary.”

“It has been confirmed that
this in no way will reduce our
present 737 jet service,” he

said. “I certainly feel we can ,

use the extra flight service to
Cranbrook and the Okanagan.”

r

CONFIRMED BI
8.C. Hydro’s second look at
. the Murphy Creek Dam
Proposal,

COURTS B4
How to keep your name
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AnnLanders ....

CLOUDY and cooler this
morning. Tomorrow will be
cloudy with a few rain show-
ers with unsettled weather
through the weekend. Tem-
perature highs will reach 8°
with overnight lows near
freezing.

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