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Terrace optometrist Paul Clark
has complained to the city about
lack of wheelchair access in some
newly built or renovated buildings
in town, but.it may not be an casy
situation to resolve. Assistant buil-
ding and licensing inspector Paul
Gipps explains that there are few
exceptions where wheelchair
access isn’t required in new public
buildings but it’s a different matter
when it comes to renovating exist-
ing buildings.

When someone is renovating an
existing building, explains Gipps,
the city normally requests that

wheelchair access be considered,

but under the B.C. Building Code

they can’t require that it to be

included. Under the B.C. Building

Code property owners renovating ©
their buildings can be asked to

install wheelchair access only if
they can do so without creating a

hazard. And all too often, this
can’t be done.

A good example of this was
pointed out by alderman Ruth
Hallock when the Clark letter
came before city council. At one
point, the Royal Bank on Lakelse

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not a sure thing ©

Terrace city council has upheld
the right of Daniel C. Carson to
obtain a chauffeur’s permit in
Terrace, but that decision could
change. Council may have new
information to consider.

According to city administrator

’ Bob Hallsor, council’s July 9

decision to upbold the appeal has
been placed on hold and a new

' appeal hearing will be scheduled

for early August.

Carson was originally denied a
chauffeurs permit by the RCMP
due to his criminal record, but he
appealed that decision to the cily
last. month: “After hearing both
Carson’s side of things as well as
the evidence of the RCMP on June.
25, an in-camera Committee of the
Whole meeting recommended to
council that they direct the RCMP
to issue the permit. This would
allow Carson to drive a taxi in the
Terrace area.

According to the minutes of the

‘June 25 public hearing, Carson |

offered a letter to council written
by RCMP Cst. Doug Martin which
stated that the RCMP were not
aware of Carson selling drugs in
Terrace and that they do not
oppose Carson’s attempt to gain
employment in the Terrace area.
With this information,however,
council also had to consider infor-
mation offered by RCMP Cpl.
Gary Moritz as well. Moritz told
council that the RCMP had refused
to issue the chauffeur'’s permit due
to Carson’s past record and
referred to correspondence from
Inspector Larry Yeske dated Feb.
23, 1990, which stated that Carson
was. convicted of possession of a

narcotic on May 12, 1980, and of

cultivating a narcotic on Sept. 14,
1989,

In making their decision, alder-
man Ruth Hallock says she

believes it was the conflicting
evidence that caused city aldermen
to over-rule the RCMP’s decision.
"Iv’s very difficult when you're in
a quasi-judicial position to make a
judgement when you have conflict-
ing information," says Hallock.

Kitimat to

permission to use a patt of the

not have solutions —

Ave. was undergoing a few reno-
vations and they asked council's

city’s sidewalk to build a wheel-
chair ramp. Council considered the
matter, but determined that such a
structure protruding onto the side-
walk could create a safety hazard.
Council, therefore, denied per-
mission and the Royal Bank
couldn’t build the ramp even
though they wanted to.

New construction is different. —
developers can more easily provide
for wheelchair access within the
boundaries of their properties, and
Gipps cites an example to make
that point clear. An inspection of
new construction at the swimming
pool found wheelchair access to be
non-existent. City staff, therefore,
ordered the city to alter their plans
and it was done. Wheelchair
access was included in the project.
The Planning and Public Works
Committee will be meeting with
Clark to discuss the problem fur-

ther before making a recommenda-
tion to council, but at this point
it’s not certain that much can be
changed.

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Terrace city council has agreed

to swap recreational facilities -with:

Kitimat.

The 1991 Northern B.C. Winter
Games will be held in Terrace next
February, but Terrace is a little
short of the required recreational
space. Terrace organizers, there-
fore, asked Kitimat for the three
days free use of the Tamitik Arena
and Sam Lindsay Pool. This was

fine with Kitimat council, provided
Terrace. promised to. return the

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host the games. Terrace aldermen [(

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ment.

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