Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 9, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba Peg free press january paged Patrick City editor awards Lead to rides coworkers released from Dave Mem ply free press doctors take Billing Battle to pc Ridings High noon firefighters walk along the Peak of the roof at 503 estimated damage to the main nobody William Avenue after a fire broke out in the two Storey was Home at the time of the which is under House just before noon the Blaze caused an a fire department spokesman place promenade details sought details of the Deal Between the province and place promenade should be released before any Deci Sion on a bailout is Liberal Urban affairs critic Jim Carr we want those documents made Public today so that All members of this House and the people of Manitoba know How nigh the poker stakes Are in this Carr fort Rouge said the pending auction of the place promenade apartment development 24 could result in the Tri govern ment North Portage development losing millions in land rental Carr said the specifics of what that potential income might As Well As other will help determine if the province should step in to try and Stop the Issie North Portage development chief executive offi has said place promenades private the Village at Portage place housing agreed to pay the corporation a base rent of a year for 75 years to lease the land beneath the that rental would go up with apartment rents and could increase to a maximum of five per cent of Gross Coop in the developers had agreed to pay North Portage a participation rent of 50 per cent of profits from the but Coop said one of the conditions that Canada mortgage and housing made in order to guarantee the first mortgage was that North Portage would lose those revenues if the developers defaulted on the bid to gain some civic control Over Forks corporation fails by Janet Mcfarland a councillors bid to gain some City control Over the corporation charged with managing the Forks was Defeated at a civic committee Glen Murray tried unsuccessfully yesterday to have a com Mittee established to review the Forks renewal and determine whether More control can be taken Back from the arms length Corpora Public approval Murray River Osborne urged the planning and Community ser vices committee to study the Man Date and direction of the Forks re Newal arguing development at the historical site is proceeding without enough Public Murray said mayor Bill Norries announcement Friday that the corporation approved plans for a million hotel and cultural Centre was the final the Forks has really gotten off Murray his proposal was Defeated on a 22 tied vote of the Christine Mckee River Heights supported the but Jae Eadie Deer Lodge and Joseph Yuen Redbone were of Eadie said the proposal was pre mature because managers of the Forks renewal Are expected to Brief executive policy committee and answer councillors questions later this i also get rather offended by the constant reference to anything prior to 25 being a Eadie told referring to last years civic election youre new Here and youre anxious to get on with but you have to take the time to walk before you Start chairman of the planning said she shares Murray concerns that the Forks is operating in a planning in concerned were doing things with too much haste and were not doing things with Murray said More than million in Public funds was spent on the Forks site by last october to make the area increasingly commercialized in support of private he also said he opposes the development plan because there is too much underdeveloped land in the cites Core area Ive become increasingly concerned about the Lack of responsibility Over he the Forks is the most important historical site in this if not the prov he suggested three councillors study the original mandate of the the Public briefs and consultations when it was its Impact on downtown business and the examples of similar develop ments in other Legal Means he also recommended the and hoc committee review the Legal Means Council has to take Back More control Over future who did not attend the said during an interview later he disagrees that the Public is concerned about a Lack of account Norrie said the Forks renewal was set up at arms length on but still has More Public input than most corporations be cause it is required to hold a Public meeting once a year in cites Board of revision lacks exch airman says by Janet Mcfarland the cites Board of revision is heading into a Busy and troubled year without an adequately qualified Leader at its former chairman Harold Bud Irving said yester livings letter of resignation from the Board was to be received by the cites finance committee during an the Veteran of the assessment Appeal Board said he decided to step Down As a Mem Ber of the committee after he was replaced As chairman on 20 following a heated debate on the floor of former councillor Don who has never sat on the Board of was named his replace ment in the Ger Rie was Defeated in the 25 civic i am honestly con Irving i know what the circumstances and i am As concerned As i can possibly who was a Board member for 26 years and its chairman for the past 10 said he expects appeals to be filed when the City reassessed property values in he said there Are still appeals unheard from the 1987 assess most of them complicated commercial pieces of i think this year is going to be worse than Way at the same he said the Board of revision will Likely be faced with a new headache South Side of Portage real estate values have decreased rapidly since Portage place was opened in and Irving said he expects the Board will have to Deal with requests for lowered assess if you Start reducing the property then int it fair that property values also decrease proportionately As you go West along por Tage he you can see it will be a lawyer needed a said he believes he should have been replaced by another lawyer because the work of the quasi judicial committee is tech Nical and whoever is chairman should absolutely be a theres no question about Irving to be chairman of that Board and not have a Legal you be Able to Deal with the problems that come Irving said finance committee chairman Ernie Gilroy Dan Iel Mclntyre should have recommended Gerrie Start out As a Volun Teer member of the rather than its mayor Bill Norrie said yesterday he shares Many of irvings concerns and agrees a lawyer should head the who was travelling on City business during the 20 Council said he knew nothing of the plan to replace Irving until he re turned in very disappointed that he Irving int going to be on the Norrie said during an inter i thought it was a great loss to the Board of revision and i was very surprised he want reappointed As Norrie said there is nothing he can do so the Board will have to work out the Lack of experience and of Legal he said he expects the Board will have full time Legal counsel when it is sitting but could not estimate the additional Irving said it usually takes about two years for new members to be come comfortable with the Workings of the he said he is genuinely worried about the future of the cites assess ment Appeal process and insisted his remarks Are not sour i feel very badly in different but my nose int out of he Irving said he Learned of his re placement after being alerted to a newspaper i want i want told about i just got a he North Portage would also lose its mortgage held against the apartment towers developers if the auction goes Coop said North Portage has the financial resources to keep the com plex afloat without asking for More Money from any of the three Levels of we have the ability to finance it and we he we can finance it out of our the real estate Market has Bot Tomed out in Winnipeg and will improve Over he people Are just trying to make political Hay out of whats going on he in the if we dont do its going to Cost the taxpayers a lot of the private developers who own place promenade Are million in arrears on their Mort Gage with the Manitoba housing and renewal Canada mortgage and housing which insures the instructed Marc to head to the auction Don a macs Prairie Loans administration and real estate confirmed North por Tage could lose Money on the he said a clause in the insurance policy Chc signed with Manitoba housing and renewal the apartment complexes primary Mort says payment of the mortgage must come before North portages year lease if the Market Doest support a Sale at a Price for everyone to recon losses would be Cut with the lease he but Parker said the possibility North Portage will never see any lease income for 75 years is a worst Case Winnipeg is a very vibrant City of he said in a Tele phone interview from but some things came into play with place promenade like High interest rates and a slow econ by Allison Bray the Manitoba medical association has taken its fee dispute with the province directly to the constituents of conservative Cabinet minis about Homes in the Tuxedo Riding of Premier Gary Filmon were sent letters Friday urging residents to support the associations stand against a proposed two percent Cap on doctors an additional letters will be sent this week to Cabinet ministers association president Lloyd Bartlett said Cabinet has made this decision and they can reverse or modify were targeting these areas first because there the people making the he adding the association intends to Send letters throughout the province to get its message the open letters with the heading Manitoba doctors ask for your sup port to protect is the second move the association has made in its bid to gain Public support for its last the association took out newspaper ads in Brandon and various Rural communities urging Public support for binding which the Fil Mon government has at Issue is a health department proposal to curb rising healthcare costs by cutting fee increases for doctors if Billings exceed a growth rate of two per cent a rationing feared under the contained in the provinces three year contract offer effective april the province would pay doctors a lower fee for patient visits that represent an in crease Over two per cent a Manitoba doctors worry that the Filmon governments final ultimately will Lead to rationing of medical Bartlett stated in the Hilmons plan Means that doctors will have to Monitor the total number of medical services requested by patients in a Given year to ensure that the government fixed limit is not if that limit is doctors will be Pena he Bartlett said the end result will be further cutbacks in he said the medical profession at Large will ultimately find itself in the same Cash strapped situation As hos which have closed Beds and limited certain medical procedures to stay within their if that form of rationing is extended from the Hospital Arena to the medical profession it will be a very serious erosion of Bartlett said the Filmon govern ments refusal to Settle the dispute through binding arbitration is also creating an unnecessary bottleneck for doctors who Are being diverted from providing medicare through negotiations with the its simply ridiculous for doctors to have to go through All of this nonsense every three Bartlett has warned the Asso Doc tors will take strike action to Back its demand for binding arbitration if the dispute int settled before its contract with the province expires at the end of health minister Don Orchard was unavailable for comment yester he has said the fee Structure is a Cap on total Billings by All not a quota on individual extra police spending approved the cites Parks and culture committee approved funding for million in new capital expenditures for the police department in the committee recommended million be allocated for a new automated fingerprint identification be spent to refurbish the fourth floor of the Public safety building and to acquire land for a new police facade Donovan Timmers West Minster and Terry Duguid Miles Macdonell voted against the police Academy but were Defeated the committee also recommended be spent to acquire land to build a new District police station on Lack Rodiere but held off final approval pending receipt of an explanatory report from the admin councillors on the Protection com Mittee and the planning committee completed their review yesterday of the 1990 capital budget and the 1991 1995 capital the cites finance and works and operations committees will review the capital budgets under their jurisdiction the entire pack age is expected to proceed to the executive policy committee next week for review before it goes to City they approved million spending for new fire department projects in including a new fireball in vital and a new lion fire and ambulance dispatch the planning committee approved to buy materials for a new Branch Library in the Northwest part of the and also approved fund ing in the five year budget to implement a program to replace the Core area initiative from the Protection committee also approved million in 1990 for the development of Bonnycastle Park at the former Guertin building property and million to acquire land along riverbanks when it is put on the Gerry free press browsing for bargains eager shoppers browse for bargains at the childrens Hospital Book some books attracted steady crowds to the Sale at 685 William the in their 29th have raised More than million for ;