A rejection by city staff of a request to allow overnight camping at this summer's Cariboo Rocks the North is being appealed to city council.
In a letter to council, B.C. Northern Exhibition vice president Curt Wallach said he has been working on the issue with the event's organizers and City staff and believed everything was in order only to be told in mid-April that there will be no camping this year.
The City has been reluctant to allow the move, citing concerns about noise, clean up, and security.
Council will consider Wallach's request to allow camping on Monday night.
Also on the agenda:
- Findings from a review of the city's snow and ice control service will be presented.
Retired senior manager Frank Blues, who managed snow removal and budgeting for the majority of his 30 years with the City, carried out the review.
- A report on illegal dumping in the Fraser-Fort George Regional District will be presented.
- Council will decide whether to pursue a $5.2-million upgrade to the 2nd Avenue parkade.
The total represents a $2.4-million increase over the original estimate for the project's cost.
Rising labour and material costs and "scope, quantity of concrete repair and contingency," were cited as the reasons for the jump.
- Options for establishing public washrooms in the downtown will be presented.
- Volunteer Prince George will provide an update on its activities.
- A public hearing will be held for an application to remove manufactured housing as a permitted use on 61 of 64 properties in the Glenview Estates neighbourhood.
- A public hearing will be held for an application to add 14 manufactured home to the North Park Heights Manufactured Home Park at 5164 Hart Hwy.
- An informal hearing will be held for an application to increase the site coverage for a mixed use building at 1783-11th Ave. The building is to include a medical office on the main floor and residential unit on the second floor.
The meeting starts at 6 p.m. and the public hearing begin at 7 p.m.
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