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Housing Project Looms Persistent phoner Housing project looms TERRACE ~ The Skeena will be the subject of meetings the mortgage on the property its and is in line with the new and Valley CoToperative Housing between the parties, expected to management. recently adopted Official Com- igets busy signal take place in the near future. , The development will be built society is one step closer to build- munity Plan. TERRACE ',---,~A: calif(~mia Meal's. ing an affordable •homing devel, The society will try to persuade on a 1.2 acre site at the corner of The society also had to carry • .inmate shouldn't be bothering B.C. Tel security officials opment. BCHMC that, despite recent up- Evergreen and Haugland, on the out a survey to prove there was a •iIQcal residents by phone became aware of the problem Society • = spokesman Keith ward revisions, the conStruction city's south side. need for affordable housing in the m~/mor~;says a B.C. Tel offi- several months ago but it took Goodwin said last week the B.C. costs it is basing its calculations That's the site of the animal community, .. cial: . some time to co-ordinate mat- Housing Management Commis- on are still too low for Terrace. shelter which will soon be Ooodwin said the proposed de- ' Devices:l/ave been placed on ters with phone company offi- sion (BCI-tMC) has given condi- It may also have to look at ways moving to its new premises near velopment would include one to his pris0n's :PhOnesystem pre- cials in the United.States. tional approval for the proposed it can change the design, of the Rotary Park. four-bedroom units intended for venting: anybody from making "The- inmat~ has been 24,unit townhouse project, project to redfzce costs, he added. The parcel is city-owned land, one and two-parent, low income calls'.io~iT¢i-raee lind area Ox- spoken.to and ,he has agreed The society and BCHMC have Goodwin, however, was confi- but council has agreed to enter families. • clianges~:satdKathy Mears;...., .ihat ho.i~as ihe one making the still to reach a cost agreement. dent agreement could be reached. into a long term lease, the city Four of the units will be '?The:man:;had;15een making calis,'.'said Meats: (3oodwin said Terra Housing "•They (BCHMC) really:~ant receiving a payment equivalent to designed so they canbe adapted c~ll~ct calls 'and iwhen: people "Apparemly it was a random Consultants, the company which this project to go ahead," he •ex- 75 per cent of the land's market to accommodate those with spe- :ae~.pt6.di ::pOsed.".as a- Cos- :thing, .He began with 638- has been assisting the society, plained. " value up front. cial needs. m01~olitanreporter. 0000, then to 638-0001 and so estimated the cost at $2.2 million. Assuming the money question It has also started the process of Those qualifying to live there "He said he was doing a sur- on," she said. Eased on the maximum unit- is settled, he said final approval rezoning the land from its present fall within the program's max- vey and began asking ques- Mean added that prisoners in price formula it uses, BCFIMC is should come through in Dec.em- light indmtrial designation to imum income guidelines -- will lions. Then he began asking the United States have very suggesting approximately $2 mil- ber for a spdng 1994 start. multi-family residential. have their rent subsidized so that persohal questi0ns," said liberal telephone privileges. lion should do the job. BCHMC pays the construction That rezoning was required if none pay more than 30 per cent Goodwin said that financial gap costs with the society taking over the society's bid was to succeed of their income. Some making lots of money TERRACE ~ There are at least $75,000 a year. 100 people making $100,000 a The provincial average was 62 year or more in the Terrace area, per cent making more than indicate figures from Statistics $15,000, 40 per cent making Canada. more than $25,000, 25 per cent It's about one per cent of all making more than $35,000, 10 those who filed tax returns in per cent making more than 1991 in the area and that matches $50,000 and three per cent the provincial average. making more than $75,000. In total, 11,750 people filed tax ~" ~r 9r ~" 9r returns in 1991. In related financial information, The information from the tax the median income for Terrace in returns is given to Statistics Can- 1991 was $21,100. ada by Revenue Canada but any Median is defined as 50 per means of irglentification IS first cent of the people making more removed. than that figure and 50 per cent The nhtional average is also one making less. •per cent. When broken down by sex, the Westmount, a suburb of median income for women was Montreal, topped the national $14,300 while for men it was standings with 18 per cent of its $31,900. residents making_ m,?~. than , ,Th~ provincial median income $100,0o0 a year. W~'$:20,000 while nationally it Tops in B.C. was the Howe was $19,300. Sound-Cypiess .Cre~k area of Provincial female median in- West Vancouver with 11 percent. come was $15,200 and $27,100 All told, nearly 27,000 people for men. in B.C. made more than $100,000 Nationally, the female median in 1991. income was $14,800 and $25,300 There were eight areas in for men. Ontario among the .top ten wage The Prince Rupert median in- earning areas. come was $21,700. It ,was In Terrace, 62 per cent of in- $14,399 for women and $31,900 ..... Real corn bunch come earners made more than for men. $15,000 ayear in 199L Kltimat had the highest median shaun, Becky, Korena andLaneo.')n the front, loft tO right, ',- Forty.three per cenl made more income in the northwest at are Crystal-Gone, birthday boy Justin, Katlin, Rachael, .Levi.: than $25,000 a year, 29 per cent $31,100. The figure for wom0n and Myles: PHOTO COURTESYDIANA PENNER - . : .: made more than $35,000 a year was $13,400 and $48,900 for and two per cent made more than men. No job ;Miiils Memorial clos=n.g beds loss yet • " -, :,~ ::.:: TERRACE- Mills Memorial • !:. ::H°spital may be curing beds but • I for the second. year in a row ~,' thereOff.q, won't be any immedtate lay • . That's because it has enough i' . " . money to keep the employees it • , ......... : • -, • ,, .,., , .... : " " hasnow until next spring. Mills estimates it'll need to cut year• in a mw Mills hasn't "It's the maximuma hospi: TERRACE ~ Mills we should do this, but how specialty medical services approximately $500,000 for the received a budget inorease tal can have and run efficient- Memorial Hospital is closing and when we are going to do available in the community. next fiscal year beginning April 1 other than amounts to cover ly. Otherwise there may be or the equivalent of 11 full time 17 beds,'maldng it the second this," he said last week. He estimated that 50 people Mills officials, area now stay at the hospital every wage equity contract provi- problems. We don't want to jobs, says Michael Loisinger of time in as many years the fa- sions, mix males and females, for in- the Terrace Regional Health Care cility has td'mmed capacity be- physicians and others meet day. The 67 beds at the hospital Leisinger termed the new stanee,"saidLeisinger. Society. cause of shrinldng budgets. Sept. 8 to go over plans on The one piece of good news is cover all facets of medical closures a "statistical effort" The number 42 is mor~ than The reduction, to 50 beds what beds will be closed. that employee,s are covered by a Leisinger said there will be care with the exception of to convince the provincial the 35 provincial officials de- from 67, follows the closure of government Mills is doing its tually indteaie is needed for new agreement with the provin- 22 beds last spring. greater efforts at day surgery beds in the emergency and day cial government which provides and other areas to reduce ad- surgery area. part to cut costs, the area. .for early'retirement, job sharing, It means a: bed reduction There will be cost savings in But it seems the province is amount of 40 per ant in 18 missions. Closing 17 beds will bring retraining and opportunities for "The goal is to serve the the number, down closer to staffing and overhead, he said. willing to expand its official public service employment else- months. The 50 bed .level in reality .level by 20 per cent to take As-drastic as that sounds, same number of patients we what the provincial govern- where. translates into having no more into account particular condi- "The labour adjustment Terrace Regional. Hea!th 'Cam do noW but to deliver the ser- ment wants, said Leisinger. vice slightly differently," he "We know there won't be than 42 people staying at the tions faetng those who live in strategy is !n place. Emp!oLees Society chief executive officer hospital, isolated or northern areas, said have also received qu.ostlormalres Michael, Leisinger hopes the said. any more money next year and That's an occupancy rate of Leisinger. asldng them to state, their prefer- closures can be done without . Ldsingcf said the challenge if we don't change, there 80 per cent which is the maxi- "Other places already have ences for early retirement, Job disrupting the hospital's level also.lies in keeping a level of won't be any more money for mum the .provincial govern- it -- Ontario and Nova sharing.
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