10 -The Prince George Citizen - Wednesday, May 10. 1995 A TALLY OF KEY VOTES THIS WEEK LOCAL NEWS ifej City council boxscore The Question Mayor Backhouse Councillor Bassermann Councillor Becott Councillor Dezell Councillor Grantham Councillor Gratton Councillor Martin if ***« ,» Councillor Rogers Councillor Thiel Strike a committee to deal with proposed aquatic Centre. (Grantham/Becott - carried) Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Approve recreation fee schedule including con-tract with Cougars. (Bassermann/Thiel - carried) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Absent Table requests for liquor licence support from Dakota, Kokomo's. (Bassermann/Thiel - carried) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Civic Centre designated first-class facility by BERNICE TRICK Citizen staff The Civic Centre has been designated a first-class facility in the Canadian Conventions and Meetings Directory. Debbie McIntyre, marketing supervisor credited for the recognition by city officials, put together a comprehensive package of service information, tourism information and major local service information to bring about the honor. The Civic Centre joins a select few in the province with such a designation — Vancouver, Victoria and Penticton. ★ ★ ★ Prince George city council found itself trapped between a rock and a hard place at this week’s meeting regarding two requests for support of liquor applications. “By supporting one, we are denying the other,” said Mayor John Backhouse of requests for support of liquor license applications for Kokamo’s Restaurant and Dakota’s Night Life Cabaret downtown. The problem is there are only so many drinking seats allowed in the downtown area, so one or the other may be out of luck. The owner of Dakota’s is setting up business at the end of May in the Kokamo’s location and requested city council to support a transfer of his liquor license for 100 seats from the Dakota’s site, but liquor licenses cannot be transferred. A new application must be made. In the meantime, the potential new owner of Dakota’s is also asking for support for a liquor license. Neither party gave a lot of information as to operating plans, so council decided to table both requests until more information is received. ★ ★ ★ City council approved third reading of a rezoning bylaw to turn a single-family home on Burden Street into a duplex, despite opposition by 14 neighbors who fear increased traffic and a departure from a singlefamily neighborhood. Ed Chanter, city manager of urban development, said the lot was big enough to accommodate a duplex, but not another single-family home. He assured council the rezoning does not open the door for rows of duplexes. ★ ★ ★ A new softball field in Carrie Jane Gray Park is expected to be ready for play next year. The $223,255 project is being undertaken in three phases by Spruce City Minor Boys Softball Association. The third COUNCIL phase will be the lighting of the field when money is available. The association is raising all the funds for the project. The city will provide needed washrooms in the park to accommodate the new diamond. ★ ★ ★ The South Fort George Community Association is using $57,378 of southwest sector reserve funds to build an adventure playground at the elementary school. The plan calls for some landscaping between the structure and the street, and bench seats for resting. Reserve funds were set aside for recreation projects in fringe areas of the city which amalgamated as part of the city in 1975. ★ ★ ★ The week of April 29 to May 5 next year has been set aside as Celebrate Prince George Week. The goal of the event by the healthy communities committee is to make residents aware of the meaning of a healthy community and celebrate local resources which contribute to community life. Proposed events include a healthy communities fair, workshops, seminars, food fair, sports events, performing and visual arts and industrial displays. Community associations, schools, CNC, UNBC, arts groups, service clubs, industry and business, and all levels of government will participate. The initial public meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. May 17 in the multi-purpose room at the public library. ★ ★ ★ Mitchell Edgar has been appointed by council as part of the art gallery building committee. Edgar, who’s employed at Prince George Region Development Corporation, replaces Bruce Pickett, who recently resigned. ★ ★ ★ A Mississauga, Ont., firm has been awarded a $278,636 contract to supply movable ice screens for the multiplex arena. Crystaplex was the lowest of two bidders. Viking Construction of Prince George submitted a bid of$294,500. LOCAL NEWS A Count on us! Adopt-A-Pet faces complaints Citizen staff Joanne Laurin, owner of MacKye Kennels, plus 303 petitioners are asking city hall to revoke the licence of a business that takes in homeless animals. Petitioners say Adopt-A-Pet, located on Old Summit Lake Road north of Prince George, is a health hazard and health threat to MacKye Kennels and neighbors. The business in question takes in unwanted and stray animals, and due to the nature of the business is a health threat, say petitioners. Laurin told council the animals are noisy, run loose and are not properly cared for both from a health and home point of view. She described sick cats with runny eyes, frozen water containers and improperly chained dogs. In a report to council, Joe Barry, city bylaw enforcement officer, said a review of standards for licencing commercial kennels will take place between city staff, veterinarians and the SPCA. Currently, a kennel licence is issued if the property is zoned for kennel use and is the required five-acre size. Adopt-A-Pet owner Kathy Scheurman told The Citizen in mid March that the business was closing, and the animals were being adopted by residents. But Barry says shortly afterwards the name of the business was changed to Haven Kennels and the majority of dogs were removed from the property by the end of March. Barry requested the owners to comply with a number of terms, and did a follow-up inspection May 1. He found three dogs on the property, and says there had been no recent complaints. Council directed administration to contact appropriate authorities in health and envi- ronment fields with concerns of the city and the public. Mayor John Backhouse explained it’s a serious matter for council to revoke a business licence. “We have to be absolutely secure in all aspects before embarking on such an action,” he said. 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