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Arts council pitches fire hall plan to City ARNE PETRYSHEN
The Cranbrook and District Art Council outlined its proposal for a gallery at the old fire hall at Monday night’s council meeting. Sioban Staplin, current president, and Bill McColl, board chair, represented the members of the arts council and answered questions about the proposal. It should be noted that initially the city council meeting included a recommendation from city staff to that would have allowed the city to list Fire Hall no. 1 for sale. That New Business item — 8.4 — was removed on Friday. Staplin said the arts council’s plan is to repurpose the fire hall into a “vibrant arts and culture centre that will enrich the lives of the citizens of Cranbrook.” Staplin said the centre would be complete with gallery and
education centre. “Here we have an exceptional opportunity in that we have a designated heritage building in a separate location that provides many unique qualities that will enhance the delivery of arts and culture programs and events,” Staplin said. She noted that cities like Kimberley, Nelson and Fernie have all invested in the arts. Staplin noted that for the past three years the arts council has worked with the city on the fire hall proposal. In December of 2014, the Memorandum of Understanding expired. The document outlined the terms and relationship between the city and the arts council. She noted that last year the city spent more than $100,000 removing asbestos from the fire hall. The Arts Council has ap-
plied for a number of grants. It has received two at this point. The first was for $20,000 through the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance. They have used $3,500 of that to hire Nelson Engineering to carry out a structural assessment of the building. The Arts Council intends to use the remaining funds to have a developer come in and assess the project. The second grant is $50,000 to improve access to the second floor. She noted the grants were applied for in good faith under the Memorandum and must be spent in a certain amount of time. She also noted they represent significant income to the local contractors they would likely employ. Staplin said they have applied for $400,000 from the Western Diversification In-
frastructure Fund, as well as other sources like Community Initiative funding. “In total we have identified over $1 million in available funds,” she said. Staplin asked for council to
reinstate the Memorandum. “We certainly appreciate the reluctance on the part of city council to expose the taxpayer to unnecessary expense,” she said. “Again we are not asking for further
major expenditures from the city.” Coun. Wesly Graham asked what the Arts Council’s “plan B” is.
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Kimberley reassured on tailings ponds T R E V O R C R AW L E Y
Kimberley City Council was reassured that all tailings ponds structures are secure at the Sullivan Mine during a presentation by a Teck official. Bruce Donald, manager, Dormant Properties with Teck Resources, appeared before council to provide an update following a government-mandated review in response to the Mount Polley disaster. Donald brought a slide
show presentation to council and spoke about Teck’s response to the review in the context of the Sullivan Mine’s tailings dam ponds. He concluded by noting that there are no significant issues found to date and that the company continues to review and upgrade its facilities and practices. “We were reassured that the way things are being managed in Kimberley is probably well in hand,” said Kent Goodwin, Kimberley’s
acting mayor in the absence of Don McCormick, who is away on business. “And given that a number of the tailings ponds have been de-watered and no longer contain liquid and that there is a pretty focused effort to stay on top of whatever dams are left, that we can be reasonably confident we’re not going to see a Mount Polley here.”
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