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building an archives centre on
municipal land located at 3rd
and Llovd instead of a com:
IMUUEY centre.

However, she cautions that
even 320 million will nor pay
for all the capital projects
council members might like
and thar operating funds: tor
existing facilities have eftec-
tively been cut in the last nwo
annual budgets,

She savs she will no lonver

CORRECTION NOTE
THE driver of a car which
allegedly crossed into the
oncoming lane before a head-
on crash on the Sea to Sky
Highway on Saturday was
Jose Picher, of Surrey.

Picher, 52, was driving
south on the road near
Cosmo Creek, according to
the Squamish RCMP.

Lisa Ross, 23, of Delta,
was driving north. A
Wednesday News — report
incorrectly indicated that
. Ross was driving south,

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be tied to council’s zero-based
budget approach.

“We are facing more prob-
tems than just the fack af these
taeilinies, Our existing parks
and recreation services are
fully utilized and under furd-
cd.

“After a) dime,
growth means cuts and Pm
not gomg to support pulling

lack oof

back on our parks and recre-
AtION services anymore.”

The Parkgate community
centre was designed to include
a library branch, a recreation
centre, a community childcare
centre and community use
facilities.

As funding became tighter
for capital projects council
voted to phase in the project

até cenire repeatel

with the dibrary component
finally opening in November
1904, The remainder of the
project tailed to make the cut
in successive capital budgets.
Recreation — commission
staff have said off the record
that every: postponement of
the faciliry adds to the cen-
struction costs of a buikdag
thar has been capensively

ly delayed

designed and the subject of a
number of additonal studies.
The current estimated cost
of Parkgate’s Phase 2 is about
$8.8 million in 1996 dollars.
Council had previoush
asked staff to report on the
posstbilitigs of a bare bones,
recrettion-warchouse type of
approach asa costsaving mea-
sure as well as investigating

titude.

t'em, or they're
ails in-store.

cost-sharing options with
private developer,

But Crist says ao ree
shirt-sleeve session of coun
committed to building the rg
centre as originally planing
whether or not it is in part
ship with a private developed

He says council has. al
rejected incorporating. t
centre inte a high-rise.