The Northern View, April 11, 2012

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◆ Tonnage at Fairview almost doubles...

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◆ Registration for Half Marathon Plus 8km run started... PAGE 19 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2012 Proudly serving the North Coast - The eNVy of the North www.thenorthernview.com 250-624-8088 VOL. 7 NO. 15

Feature Property SOLD

EASTER FUN…

270 7TH AVENUE 7T WEST For Sale:

$

187,500

Pride of ownership is evident both inside and out of this exceptional centrally located 4 bdrm family oriented home. This property is rare find indeed with both the roof completely replaced new in April 2011. Features of this home include a very quiet and private location, two fireplaces, one in the livingroom and the other in the family room, a fully fenced backyard with lane access, a single carport with adjacent ample offstreet parking and more. This property has SOLD! Call Gordon today @ (250) 624-9298 for further information on other similar properties that we still have available for sale.

Gordon Kobza Broker/Owner

Office and Cell: (250) 624-9298 Email: info@gordonkobza.com • www.gordonkobza.com Suite 6 - 342 3rd Ave W. Prince Rupert, BC V8J 1L5

Alan S. Hale photo

Over the Easter long weekend, both the Prince Rupert Rotary Club and the City of Prince Rupert Recreation Department held Easter egg hunts for kids of all ages. For more on the hunts, go to page 11.

◆ DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE

We would like to welcome

Gord Davis

to our Kitchen & Flooring Sales Team. Gord brings 25 years of flooring sales and service with him.

Now In Stock Kitchen Cabinets

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Architect tells council renovating current emergency buildings is not really an option By Alan S. Hale The Northern View Representatives from the RCMP, the Prince Rupert Fire Department and an architect sat before council last Monday to discuss the pros and cons of renovating the existing emergency service buildings, replacing them with new ones, or building a joint-use building for the police and fire fighters to share. While the speakers were careful not to tell council what it should do, the underlying message was clear: simply renovating the existing buildings is not a viable solution no matter how you look at it. The only real option available to council is to build something new, whether it be two new buildings or a single huge building.

Witmar Abele is an architect with KMBR Architects and Planning Inc. and has experience in designing emergency buildings, especially Fire Halls. Abele has been working on the emergency building issue for the City of Prince Rupert since last July and was the one to lead the public presentation to council. According Abele, there are a number of problems with the prospect of simply renovating the existing buildings. The first being that there is not enough space available on their current lots. Both the Fire Department and the RCMP have said that their current buildings do not meet their operational requirements and there is an extensive list of things that their buildings will need, some of which will be mandatory to comply with regulations.

For instance, even if the City only renovates the current Fire Hall, in order to be compliant with the rules, they will be required to convert its garage into a drivethrough design. So instead of having to back the fire trucks into the garage off a busy street – which is what the fire department does now – they would drive around back and pull through back doors so the fire trucks can be parked facing the street. The problem is that fire trucks need a lot of room to manoeuvre so there would need a large paved area behind the building so that the fire trucks could turn to reach the back doors. But there’s no way to fit that on the Fire Hall’s current lot because behind the building is a shear cliff with the Crest Hotel’s parking lot on top of it. See Sites, page 2

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