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And the survey says... C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
As part of the renewal of the Official Community Plan for the City of Kimberley residents were asked to participate in an online survey. 467 people took part and the results indicate that people are generally satisfied with life in Kimberley. 64.5 percent of respondents rated quality of life in Kimberley as ‘very good’ and 60.6 percent rate it as a very good place to raise a family. As a place to retire, 39.1 percent say Kimberley is good, 39.6 percent very good. In general, how would you rate Kimberley as a place to have a business? 20.1 percent said it was poor, 37.3 were neutral and 28.1 said it was good. Use of city facilities was a mixed bag. For instance 29.2 percent report using the Kimberley Nordic Centre more than once a week, 18 percent use the Civic Centre that much, 39.4 percent make that much use of the Rails to Trails, while only 8.6 percent use the ballfields that often. 49.7 percent responded that they are in the Platzl at least once a week. Generally, the majority of respondents find city infrastructure such as the Library, Museum, the Nature Park, Cominco Gardens and more good to very good. 39.5 percent think the Mark Creek Flume Rehab is good, 29.6 find it very good. 50.7 percent believe the City’s overall performance is good, 15.7 say very good and 22.7 percent are neutral. The hot button issue
of road maintenance and snow removal gets passing grades, with 17.4 percent saying it was poor, 16.7 percent neutral, 33.9 percent good and 23.4 percent very good. Respondents were given an opportunity to pick five city services there should be more of and five there should be less of. The top five people wanted more spent on were water and sewer infrastructure repairs, road maintenance, business and investment attraction, business retention, and recycling. People were not as keen on the idea of reducing garbage collection to bi-weekly. 40.8 percent of respondents said users should pay more towards maintenance of city facilities and 68.6 say city services should be maintained at current levels. 47.5 percent agreed that taxes should be increased only if required to maintain present services. 38.6 percent are satisfied with the value received for property taxes, 27 percent are neutral and 20.1 percent are unsatisfied. The City website and FaceBook page rate high for providing citizens with information. As for local media, 30.5 percent get their city information from the Daily Bulletin, 12.4 percent from E-Know, 9.2 percent from Go Kimberley, and 5.5 percent from the radio. The 2016 Survey was launched January 19 and closed February 15 with a total of 467 responses. Respondents were not required to answer each question. An additional 58 people viewed or opened the survey but chose not to respond to any questions.
BC WINTER GAMES
Kimberley Nordic Ski Racers (KIXS) sent a strong team to the BC Winter Games in Pentictorn this past weekend and they did not disappoint. Molly Miller brought back two gold medals and Marielle Ackermann a gold and a silver. Sydney Wilson was 5th in individual start classic, 11th in skate sprints Midget Girls. Molly also won the WR Bennett award for Athletic Excellence at the BC Winter Games.
Laying rubber gets expensive C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
Succumbing to an urge to lay some rubber on Wallinger Avenue this past Saturday is going to cost a driver dearly. In a press release, Cpl. Chris Newel of the Kimberley RCMP reports that police observed a truck, near the traffic light on Wallinger, in a cloud of smoke with squealing tires. “The driver was making a right turn
and left a trail of black rubber on the roadway,” Newel said. Having drawn police attention, the driver headed off toward Meadowbrook on Highway 95A, and police activated their emergency equipment. “The truck turned onto the snow covered Houle Forest Service Road, likely in an attempt to evade police,” Newel said. “The driver did eventually stop and told police he didn’t think they would follow him on the rutted rural road.
“Police detected an odor of alcohol and after a breath sample the driver was given a 24 hour driving prohibition. He was also given a violation ticket for Drive without Reasonable Consideration and his truck has also been impounded for seven days. “We often hear about poor driving behavior after the fact, but this time officers were right there, witnessed the offence and were able to deal with it.”