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In the sunny, and far less snow-covered, environment of Marysville, it’s possible that, even with head counts lower than previous years, there are still a few deer left.
KIMBERLEY CITY HALL
Pile Council receives facility inventory report burning in Up to $4.5 million required to maintain and repair public buildings in next five years C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
Kimberley City Council has received a facilities inventory report from Manager of Parks and Recreation Dave Clarke. The report will assist the City with budgeting going forward, and perhaps assist in making decisions about whether to keep some of the buildings. The City owns 12 buildings that are open to the public. They are the Aquatic Centre, Centennial Hall, Centre 64, City Hall, the Curling Club, the Library, the Civic Centre, Marysville Arena, the Gymnastics
Club, the RCMP building, Oughtred Hall and the Conference Centre. Clarke gave Council a rough estimate on what it will cost to maintain and do needed renovations on the 12 buildings over the next ten years. That total is $4 to $4.5 million. That’s a rough estimate, the report says, as, given the age of some of the buildings, there is a concern about hazardous materials and a Hazardous Materials Survey may be required to perform any given renovation. Any renovations would require more detailed quotes. A new multi-sport complex, which Mayor Don McCormick has spoken of as being the ideal solution, would be in the neighbourhood of $20 to $30 million, Clarke estimates. Here is a quick look at each facility and costs associated. The Aquatic Centre has $159,000 in repair/replace-
Nature Park this week C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
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The Civic Centre, built in 1959, requires $1,844,000 in maintenance and repairs over the next five years. ments coming in the next five years, including $30,000 for solar system repair and $20,000 for new lobby flooring. Those two items are funded in coming budgets, the other repairs are in the five-year financial plan, but not funded. Centennial Centre will need
$128,000 over the next five years, including exterior and interior painting, and replacement of 200 chairs. Centre 64 needs foundation and structural repairs totalling $115,000, plus lighting and roof repairs for another $20,000. See FACILITIES, page 3
The City of Kimberley will be doing some pile burning in the Kimberley Nature Park this week, weather conditions permitting. Fire Chief Al Collinson says there are 500 cubic metre piles that will be burned, to finish work on one of the UBCM funded fuel treatment programs begun last year. Collinson says that burning only takes place if the venting index will allow it. Last
week the index indicated good conditions, and it was the same Monday morning. “We’ll burn on a fair or good venting index. If it’s poor, we’ll do a test burn,” he said. “So far it looks good for this week. We should have it wrapped up by Wednesday.” Nature Park users are asked to stay clear of the Ponderosa Trail area in the Kimberley Nature Park above Overwaitea Hill off Burdett Street until the pile burning is completed.