Nelson Star, June 17, 2015

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Vol. 7 • Issue 100

Nelson teams qualify for provincials See Page 19

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Lions Club turns 70 See Page 13

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Nelson Landing hearing focuses on access, affordable housing BILL METCALFE Nelson Star The most prevalent concern expressed at a public hearing Thursday on the proposed re-zoning of a portion of the Nelson Landing property at the old Kootenay Forest Products site was that there is only one road access point into the development and a second won’t be added for many years. Currently the only access is the rail crossing at 4th St. leading onto Sproat Dr. The plan for the development calls for a second access route once 70 units are developed. About two dozen people at-

tended the hearing and 11 made presentations. Council has yet to make a decision about the rezoning. The developer, Storm Mountain Development Corporation, has asked for zoning changes to make way for its development of a mixed commercial-residential development of 265 housing units and a hotel, to be carried out according to a phased development agreement over 20 years. Allard Ockeloen of Storm Mountain opened the hearing by describing the property and focusing on the ways the development

has accommodated community concerns including the contribution of the waterfront pathway and Red Sands beach to the city, the clean-up of contaminated lands, a $70,000 park improvement fund, $25,000 to public art, a publicly accessible dock and marina, public access to the entire length of the waterfront, and a pledge to use local labour and materials. There were no questions from council for Ockeloen after his presentation. Then Mayor Deb Kozak read Continued on page 7

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BILL METCALFE Nelson Star Nelson city council has agreed to a new grant application plan for the Civic Centre. Council will apply for a Canada 150 infrastructure grant amounting to $500,000 and a matching grant of $250,000 from the Columbia Basin Trust toward improvements to the building. In addition, the city would provide $598,000 of city money already earmarked for upgrades to the building. The total budget for the project would be $1,348,000. This decision came in the wake of a contentious meeting on June 11 in which council rejected a proposed partnership between the Civic Theatre Society and the city to apply for grants for the building by a 4-3 vote. The sticking point on June 11 was a piece of new construction proposed by the theatre society — a concourse on the front of the building intended to connect all aspects of the building and provide exits for all of them. The majority of councillors thought long-needed mechanical, electrical, and structural upgrades to the building should be done before the city spends money on new construction. The rejected plan would have seen city council apply to the Canada 150 Fund for $500,000 and to the Columbia Basin Trust for a matching grant of $250,000. Added to this would be the use of city funds (from reserves or borrowed) amounting to $850,000. This would all add up to $1.6 million toward Phase one of a two-phase renovation of the Civic Theatre. The theatre society would raise an additional $1.3 million toward Phase 1. Under the proposed plan the city would have funded (through the grants and its own funds) the construction of a galleria/concourse on the front of the building, along with technical and mechanical upgrades. The theatre society, meanwhile, would have constructed a second theatre space and a link to the concourse. (The theatre society’s intention since it took over the theatre has been to add two

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