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The Castlegar Sun

Proposed lane closure sparks business

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Wednesday, August 30, 1995 The Castlegar Sun
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DEREK ZEISMAN
Sun Editor

ind shutting it down for

The city has served notice that
it intends to close down a public
lane located just off Hunters

The City of Castlegar may
soon be taking the road less tras

With every perm or
hilite receive

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FREE

While quantities last
EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 30/95

Members of Hair Association of B.C.

Place, behind the Big O Tire
Store on Columbia Ave

The lane is scheduled to be pur
chased by the owner of the Big O
Tire building, for use as a private
driveway leading to a still-unbuilt,
6-unit multi-family housing com-
plex. The new residential develop-
ment will be built on the site
behind the automotive business.

City adminéstrator Jim
Gustafson said the developer,
Edwin Jones of Tri-River Hold-
ings Lid., was unable to meet the
city’s original requirements for
access to the site of the new hous-
ing complex. He said the lane

leading to the property is presently
too narrow and poorly kept-up to
be considered & true road, "so we
said no to making that the access
road into the development.”

To get around this difficulty,
Gustafson said the city proposed
that Jones buy the laneway at fair
market value, and convert it into
4 private driveway for the exclu-
Sive use of future residents of the
planned housing development,

“The requirements change a
lot from road to driveway. That
lane has poor drainage and no
snow removal right now — it's
just not big enough or widely

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enough used for the city to put
the money into those things,” said
Gustafson.

“But if it becomes private prop-
erty, it's in the owner's interest to
keep the lane in good shape.”

Because it is not in general
use, he said the city itself would
have no access to closing the
lane, But he pointed out that three
different properties abot the lane,
necessitating written permission
from other nearby property own-
ers to allow its conversion into
Private property.

Although all concerned proper-
ty owners have approved the
change, the owner of the Big O
Tire store, Larry Chermnenkoff, says
he isn’t too keen gn the change.

“I'm not impressed. If that
turns into a lane and reverts to
Private ownership, it's just going
to be a big headache for my busi-

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ness.) said Chernenkoft

“But I'd be surprised if the city
went ahead with it,”

Chernenkoff said turning the
lane into a private driveway
would have a negative impact on
his operations by climinating

estricted access to the back of

sed, building

“Without unrestricted access, I
can't drive my.cars in and out. It
would be a real pain,”

Although Chernenkoff said he
has not been formally contacted
by the city for his opinion on the
matter, he said he would be per.
fectly willing to purchase the
property himself, if it meant
keeping his business from being
inconvenienced.

“I'm just looking out for
myself here. But selling it is a
pretty ridiculous thing to do,” he
said. “A 20-foot piece of proper-
ty going through two other
pieces of property just doesn't
make any sense.”

“I could see some conflict
coming out of this.”

Castlegar city council, appar-
ently heeding the concerns of
Chernenkoff and other irritated
locals, opted to postpone granting
rézoning approval for the lane at
its Aug. 15 meeting

“Mr. Jones [of Tri-River Hold-
ings) apparently has no problem
meeting with tenants regarding his
Proposed purchase,” said Mayor
Mike O’Connor at the meeting

Still, Chernenkoff said he
remains apprehensive about the
future of the asphalt strip backing
on to his Big O Tire outlet

“I'm just concerned about get-
ting in my back door — that’s all.”

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Castlegar Fire Chief Gerry Rempel shows off the shiny 1995 Ford truck purchased for the

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SUN PHOTO / Karen Kerkhott

Fire department on a roll
with shiny new wheels

KAREN KERKHOFF
Sun Staff

Castlegar fire chief Gerry
Rempel can be found nowadays
behind the wheel of a brand new
electric red truck.

Rempel said the $22,495 1995
Ford, extend cab, short box four-
wheel drive was supplied by
company which provided the
lowest project tender, A.M. Ford
of Trail

The purchase was approved
earlicr this year by Castlegar city

council

Rempel said that although the
previous truck, a 1991 GMC two-
wheel drive, served Kim and the

community well, the newer unit
has definite advantages

“There was some difficulty in
winter responding to alarms. It's
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The previous truck has been
passed on to public works, which
Rempel said was in need of
another vehicle

room for hauling equipment.”

The city’s shop outfitted the
truck applying decals, emergen-
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“I went for a drive. It handles
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Food bank going hungry

Items being purchased to fill hampers

KAREN KERKHOFF
Sun Staff

courses,

Shelves at the Castlegar Salva
tion Army food bank are as bare
as Old Mother Hubbard's.

Coordinator Bonnie Carbert
said that the Salvation Army is
now having to purchase items for
food hampers.

“We probably spend an aver-
age of $300 to $400 month,” said
Carbert

Carbert said Yuletide well-
wishers are usually generous dur-
ing the Christmas season, with
donations typically lasting until
February.

It’s after February, however,
that donations decrease and per-
sonnel are forced to buy food to
supplement the hampers.

“We're always looking for
donations,” said Carbert

Items always in demand for
the hampers include peanut but-
ter, pasta and pasta sauce, soup,
macaroni and cheese, rice, tuna,
pork and beans. juice, canned
fruit and vegetables, and canned
meat. During summer months
fruit and vegetables in season
are always appreciated

Typically the Salvation Army
provides hampers for some 15-20
people per month. But months
with five weeks in them, such as
last June, and this month leave
welfare recipients with little
recourse left except to access the

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“They can come here only thtee
times a year,”

Hardest hit, and the highest

users said Carbert, are young sin-
gle men

“They get so lithe [from
social services] that they can't
afford to eat.”

People accessing the food
bank, said Carbert, have
increased since last Christmas.

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