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' TERRACE — « yegular meeting June 8 *~ Terrace council granted a

cumulated by forest com-

panies ‘for road building.

and silviculture on Tree Farm Licenses 1 exceeded

“stumpage fees: levied by - -more. than a half million.

dollars in 1986, according to figures obtained recent-

_ ly from the Ministry of - a Forests.

“Section 88 of the Forest

- _ Act allows the ministry to |. “rant. companies credits . for building roads, bridges

and recreation sites in ‘the course of their activities in.

24-month extension to the

| Be. ‘Buildings Corpora- tion on a permit allowing.

-mobile buildings to re-

7 --main in the Ministry of , Highways yard at the cor- ‘ner of Kenney St. and

Park Ave. At the same

‘meeting council members _ were faced with yet an- other. request for a tem-

porary permit in contra- -yention of the city’s by-

. laws governing trailers.

‘The temporary permit

.. for the Ministry of High- . . ways was issued by council “ast year after extensive ' discussion: with local --pesidents. A maxifium of :24-months was recom-. . ‘mended for the permit ~ . with .an. , understanding

“that Highways ‘would seek

“to move the equipment -

‘yard out of the predomi- nantly. residential neigh-

- ~ borhadd into a more’ap- —* >. propriate industrial set-

o tng. ;

°°. *Ttwas clear at the time . there'was:a 24 month lim-. “> ity” Ald, Ruth. Hallock. a observed, . “>. ‘clear at the time they’d be

‘} back” on - our. doorstep, > gsking for more time.’?. -.:... The-request for an, ex-

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was . also |

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Credits outrun stumpage in local fe rests”

- TERRACE — Credits ac--

the woods if the projects are judged to be. of a multi-use nature. Section

88 credits are also applied to reforestation costs that are not of an intensive .

Management nature, Stumpage is the fee

payable to the crown on . trees harvested and. is:

calculated backward from

the company’s. sale price :

of the ‘wood.

On Tree Farm License (TFL) No. ‘I, the sprawl- ing area of ‘crown timber that surrounds Terrace

tension was tabled at the

last. meeting to allow. the public to make representa-

tions to council ‘on the issue, but no delegations

appeared at the June 3.

meeting and the extension

was granted, Ald. George —

Clark said he had spoken

‘to two residents of the neighborhood who indica- ted the Highways lot was .

well-kept but still at variance with the charac- ter of the area.

_Ald. Doug Smith sug-

7 gested. the extension be

granted fora 12-month period with a review of the situation at

ing, but Ald.. Robert Coo- per expressed fears that: if

. Highways jis, pushed. too... hard they might put in a. permanent building to .

: marked.

conform with the bylaw

_ and never move the yard. -. At the same meeting council. received a request.

from the director of the

_ local Community Correc- tional Centre for a permit. approving the presence of. a trailer that has been part. of the center for a consid-. erable length of time. The -

director, ‘Arno Brenner,

pointed out. the capacity

‘granted » ‘in Section: 88-- Quast. The stumpage total | '_. js based: on a mean. of” . » $131. per cubic. meter.

" During the'same period: ” allowable cut on: TFL | of |

its \ expiry. . Clark. said council should.

‘request their” long-term . plans for the lot. in writ- ; . _ General needed to expand . “his office; I wonder if he'd”

and stretches .off to. the: north, - 41, 380,000 - was’.

credits during 1986.

the crown collected about $800,000 in .stumpage

fees, or about $500,000.

less than accumulated credits on the TFL for the year. The Section 88 credit |

’ figures were given \by

Prince - Rupert.. regional. -forest manager Ken In- gram, and the stumpage

royalties were calculated: from averages supplied by

“of the center is.24 inmates and the trailer with. a:

capacity of six is helpful i in ‘keeping offenders in their. ‘home community when the facility becomes: over-

_ crowded, Mayor Jack Talstra and Ald. Bob Jackman

approached Attorney -

General Brian Smith: with. @ request for a new correc-_ tional center in. Terrace

during their recent trip to” Victoria. Talstra told. council Smith -had replied . that a new center was not

necessary because: the-

- trailer was. never filled to . capacity and therefore the -. “center is never overcrowd- .

ed; “If the Attorney

‘settle for a tent on the:

lawn of the legislature,”

Ald: . Ruth ° Hallock ‘Te ‘Ata suggestion: by Ald. :

Robert. Cooper council: .

decided to write the B.C. Buildings Corporation re-

questing their long-term ‘plans for the corrections — _ center. A suggestion from ‘Ald. Bob Jackman. to ‘make the same inquiry. of the Attorney General was:

also approved, —

Oe An inquiry . from. ‘Ter- ;

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Kalum district operations superintendent Herb

multiplied * by’: -the. 1986

600,000 cubic meters... ‘Former: B.C. : “forests:

“minister Jack Kempf com- ‘missioned - -a

government-industry. study of forest manage-.

ment ‘practices in late-

1986, but he was removed from - cabinet: before: the

study was. finished. In a- ‘recent interview | Kempf,

TERRACE COUNCIL NEWS -

At a.

- Face council repanding a dramatic jump in the cost. of. leasing Fishermen’ s I Park from’ Canadian, Na-.

tional railways. was

answered ‘at. the June & council meeting with a let- -

ter from the government’s railway real estate: branch in Edmonton. :

- The letter indicates. CN

has. adopted a policy of obtaining ‘‘a. reasonable return on fair market value” for its real estate

holdings: This year the: lease for Fishermen’s Park

went from $150 per year to $1,250... -

*Do.we really need this strip?”’ Ald. Ruth Hallock asked. “I can- recognize they want: a fair market

return, but maybe we're.

not: in the market,”

_. The main feature’ of the. park i is a boat launch onto: the Skeena River, ‘but ‘an-

other launch: site exists at

Ferry Island and the: Kit-

sumkalum. Indian. -Band has recently expressed in-

‘terest-in building a launch:

on their reserve land:

tion: was referred: to the Planning. and Public

- Works Committee.

‘joint’

“report discontinuing Section 88: and instituting a program”

_ The. lease:renewal: ques: . already |

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who quit: the Social Credit. o caucus to sit. as‘an in- dependent MLA for. the _ Omineca riding, said, -‘‘I.

would -have ‘done away

with Section 88° without’ -any further study at all;??.°

Kempf recently pointed out in the legislature that during the period from Ju-

ly. 1980 to. January 1985:

Westar. Timber paid: net — - stumpage ‘fees on all: its B.C. operations. of. only.

$25,885 after writing off

Section: 88 . credits .of

$4,207,666. When Kempf

asked - current © Forest — _ Minister ‘Dave Parker. if . Section 88 .will be.repeal- ed, . Parker. reportedly : responded, “No Despite Kempf's depar- ture from the ministry, the forest management study - is continuing, according to

the ministry’s. executive

director for timber. mar- .

keting, Bob | Mitton.

“We've gotten about. 40.

pounds ° of letters and briefs, and the responses are now being summariz-

‘ed, We're. presently in the:

process of writing 4 report for the minister,’’ he said. Mitton

June or beginning of July.

In a-preliminary report |

published in. January under. ‘the direction - of forests public involvement coordinator Gordon. -Er-

landson, Section 88 is ‘one. . ’ of 56 forest management

issues addressed. The recommends

of. direct: payment and

contracting for road buil- . ding, silviculture, research “and recreation projects.

‘Kempf, however, stated. that the government: has - -committed $105,730,000- for. Section: 8B projects in its 1987-88 |

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indicated the

report should “be. in ‘its final’ form by. the end ‘of.

giving: away: the vesoaree? Se

There is virtually no stum-

page.charged and the peo- - :

ple of B.C. are. coming up short.” . -

‘When he was informed 7

the ‘forest. management -

review is continuing, -—

Kempf replied, “You can

cary on any kind of.a ...

review and pretty well get. ~ it to say: whatever you.

“want. a : : Kempf stated that even if Section 88 is eliminated: . -

the present stumpage rates. -

. would still not represent a

fair return to the crown.:

. He contrasted the average stumpage. of $2.18 per

cubic meter in. B.C. to. rates in: the- state. of .

Washington. which now. ~ . - average $17. .48 Canadian, --

- The Erlandson. report. recommended’ a review. of .

minimum stumpage rates. a _ after the full ramifications — - _of the export tax on lum-_ ber shipped to the U. S. are. ‘apparent,

Forest: ministers. from

‘the Canadian’ lumber- - |

producing: provirices met recently in Winnipeg. to. discuss methods of trans- - ferring the 15 percent ex--

port-tax administration to. ‘provincial jurisdiction. ~ The results of the discus- - . ‘sions were not made pub-

lic, but'it was indicated the ministers’ recommenda-.

tions were given fo:the. federal’. government. Fed- a eral representatives will “now have to draft a detail- -.

ed. proposal: for. the ap-. proval of the U.S..Depart- ment.of Commerce. ~_

One means of replacing © . ~ the. export tax would be... higher stumpage. fees, but = - B.C.: Forests Minister.

Dave. Parker. has given no

indication of what method. i . 7 —_

he will support.

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