Council Has First Meeting of New Year This Evening

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Prince George, B.C.-   The proposal for a  special levy for downtown businesses will be back  before  Prince George City Council this evening   A  bylaw will be presented and council will be asked to  give it  the first three readings.    Under the bylaw, downtown property owners would be required to pay an extra $1.65 per thousand dollars of assessment. If   the amount is over $10 thousand, any amount over and above the $10 thousand mark would be distributed among all property owners in the downtown core.

Also on the agenda for this evening’s first meeting of Council for the New Year, the Mayor will deliver a “State of the City” address.

Initiatives Prince George will request that it be allowed to pay interest only on the mortgage for the   former ACS building on Second Avenue until the building sells in July.   The full amount of the mortgage would be paid out when Terasen Gas buys the building in July.

Residents of Highland Drive will hear details of City staff’s review of their concerns over speeding and reduced visibilities.  Staff  say the RCMP will increase speed watch programs on the street, and   efforts will be made to improve the view of  intersections  by reducing the snow piles in winter and prune  trees in summer.

The World Baseball Challenge organizing committee will   make a presentation to Council looking for support for the return of the event in 2011.  The request gives Council two budget cycles to prepare for requests to upgrade Rotary   Field, provide temporary seating, lighting changes and move the fences back.

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