Rosemont Complains re City Upkeep Broken Promises by Suzy Hamilton said housing was already too by $51,000 annually, Gayton NELSON Rosemont dense in the propsosed area to added. residents told city council last accommodate another develop- Gayton said she received week that it should address ex- ment. And they were worried 284 applications for occupancy isting problems in the com- that the already conjested winter in the housing complex. "This munity before allowing more parking above and below Mc- proposal will be one of many," multiple housing units. Quarrie Ave. would become she said. "We have a critical Recycler Michael Jessen celebrates the arrival of the compost "People are fed up in worse. housing shortage, and if we get boxes at the Nelson Recycling Centre. Rosemont because we're pro- As a result of their con- the funding for this one, we mised things we never get," said cerns, Director of Works Bob won't be saying, 'Well, that West Houston St. resident John Smurthwaite. He was one of number of residents concerned Adams has designed some "rough ideas" of alternative ac- cess to the property which he is should solve the problem.' This is one prong of a many pronged attack." Soil Saver Arrives with the Nelson Housing Society's proposal to put a 40- unit subsidized housing complex expected to present at this week's council meeting before the zoning change. After Monday night's hear- ing, Gayton said many residents at RDCK Centre on vacant land across from "The issues brought up at were not against the proposal. by Sandra Hartline "We looked around careful- Jubilee Manor in Rosemont. the hearing can all be ad- "They've just felt short-changed. NELSON - It makes sense ly before choosing Soilsaver," The $3.3 million proposal dressed," said housing commit- Many issues had nothing to do to compost, says Michael Jessen. Jessen says. "The unit is about was sent Marcb 19 to Victoria to tee consultant Judy Gayton. She with our proposal." She was op- It cuts waste, provides nutrients the right size, the company has a meet the B.C. Housing Manage- also said that the owners of the timistic that the city could for your yard and garden, and good reputation and it appears ment Corp. deadline for · sub- land, the Sisters of the Precious resolve some of the complaints, can save you money too. to be the most popular model in sidized housing grants. But the Blood, have asked for an option such as few sidewalks, un- And the Soilsaver Com- North America." proper zoning must be in place to return the land to the former developed parks and unpaved poster makes composting quick The Soilsaver is made of 50 before the provincial govern- zoning if funding fails to roads. and easy, according to Jessen, percent recycled plastic, comes ment will consider the proposal. materialize. Smurthwaite said he was the Nelson-Salmo recycling co- with instructions and is guaran- The land is presently zoned for "It is understood that we will pleased that council will try to ordinator. teed for 10 years. It's for sale in single and duplex housing. pay for the rezoning application accommodate the traffic con- Nearly 800 of the backyard Nelson at the Recycling Centre, At last Monday night's hear- if they choose to have it cerns, but he says many units were recently purchased by 519 Front St., and at Hipperson ing to change the zoning to high rezoned," said Gayton. Rosemont residents are "frus- the Regional District of Central Hardware, 395 Baker St. density R-4, Rosemont residents The housing complex will trated. They've been through all Kootenay and retail at $45 each, For more information, had two major concerns. They boost the tax base in Rosemont this before." including tax. phone 352-2412. MiddleGround:Start WithOurHearts by Sandra Hartline other. We need to take back the president of the Kootenay Share ourable" way of making a living. NELSON Community responsibility we have given Society, said public opinion has NDP candidate Corky planning and control may be the away, to develop community made logging companies more Evans said, "The notion that key to resolving forest use con- solutions." responsible, but loggers themsel- forestry is a sunset industry is flicts, if a March 14 public forum Dick Brenton, a spokesper- ves tend to get caught in the the problem. It's true the big sponsored by the Nelson/Cres- son for the Kootenay Lake middle. trees are gone. That age is over. ton New Democrats can be Woodlot Association, said "We need a decent standard But the industry is not over. We taken as an indicator. woodlots provide an incentive of living, which we have to ex- all have something to lose, and As an audience of about 150 for responsible forest manage- tract from our resource base," something to gain. But we have listened, a panel of 18 speakers ment, and an increase in alloca- said Sam Simpson, coordinator to have hope, to be optimists, to each took a whack at responding tions would go a long way of the Nelson and District make a collective decision." to the topic: "Where is the Mid- towards finding a middle Women's Centre and a member dle Ground? A Forum on West ground. of several community and en- Invited speakers, not all of =-i~!i\;.;.;:;.:;;:;.,.,. whom were NDP members, in- Kootenay Forestry Issues." "We need to stop trying to sell our arguments to people in L-..:=::..__ ___-====-=---~ 1 1 •· Logger Bernie Clover sug- gested expansion of the small business program for selective vironmental groups. "But we also have to stop being violent, and look for personal change. What cluded forester Greg Lay, former Kootenay Forest Prod- Victoria, and work out our own NOP hopeful Corky Evans: logging, with some criteria we do on the land has to be ucts employee and employment destiny at the local level," said Looking for middle ground. "other than the highest bid." worked out in the rest of our counselor Fred Haake, Jane forestry consultant Greg Utzig. ee and IW A union rep. "Throw the multinationals lives." Lake, who with husband Roy "Too much valuable time "We have to start with our out of the forests," suggested Klaus Offermann, a member manages a small woodlot, logger has already been wasted by hearts, those emotional argu- logger Ralph Moore, a sawmill of the IW A National Forest En- Chris Choquette, environmen- people dividing into opposing ments we all feel," said forester owner who manages a woodlot vironment committee, defended talists Richard Allin, Grant camps," said Bart Scannell, a Herb Hammond. "We have to near Creston. loggers and woodworkers as Copeland and Janet Wallace, Slocan Forest Products employ- relate to forests as we do to each Logger Brian Hamilton, having a "necessary and hon- and MLA Anne Edwards. Continued from Page 1 COMINCO Looks for Tax Breaks Cominco has been using its old lead fur- has been able to compete on the market The city of Trail has frozen unchecked production costs are largely Cominco's taxes at $2.6 million, a responsible for the company's position. nace until the new process is perfected in because of the cheap power it generates. $250,000 savings for the company. "We'll "Technically speaking, we're doing Germany. Yet it has paid the provincial government try to cut some services here and there," okay.But we lost money in January and "It was a major mistake at a major $67 million in water fees over the past 14 says Santori. "Maybe not pave a street or February and that wasn't supposed to cost," says Steelworkers of America local years. wait for six inches of snow instead of four happen," says Fish. president Doug Swanson. "No one is "We've asked the government to roll inches before we plough." Cominco - whose controlling inter- proud of it." back the tax to the 1977 fee which is The Regional District of Kootenay ests are shared by Teck Corporation, Fish says Cominco has made $19 mil- $200,000. This year the tax is $9 million," Boundary has reduced capital spending Metallgesellshaft in Germany and MIM lion profit over the past 14 years - far says Fish. by $205,000 as a "token gesture" to show in Australia - has been undergoing too low for a company the size of Comin- Premier Bill Vander Zalm said he support for Cominco. It cut $175,000 modernization since 1977. co. "A Cominco board member may well would "look into it," when he visited Trail from the recreation budget and made A new high-tech smelter with a price ask: Does it make sense to keep operat- March 25 but declined to comment fur- smaller cuts to the airport and cemetery tag of $130 million was completed in ing as a business?" ther when talking to reporters. budgets. December 1989, but only operated for a But talk of closure is premature, he Fish says the company will "focus on Cominco public relations officer few months before being shut down. The adds. Cominco is lobbying the provincial turning around the cost of production Richard Fish says falling zinc and lead new German technology didn't properly government to remove a water tax which and look at management at all levels" to prices have contributed to the loss. But remove the lead from the slag. As a result has been escalating for y~ars. Cominco keep Cominco running. Page 2 THE KOOTENAY WEEKLY EXPRESS APRIL 3, 1991