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Iroquois needs A condultant. bao child care facilities suggested that the 'town ($89,500),- improved of Whitby spend $5.1 change rooms and million, over the. next public waslirooms few years in an effort to ($183,984) , consolidated brlng, it.s recreation office space and recep- facilities Up to the stan- tion area ($120,ooo) , a dards of those enjoyed public address system Iii other communities. ($15,000), a concession Most of the proposed area ($20,000)9 the workis rcommnded reconstruction of one of for the Iroquois Park wl Urudn h Complx an incudes pool ($114,300), and a the construction 'of a nw fot etac second ice pad, the i- stalaton f afitness The consultWnt, Jean studlioandofan xeri Montieth, lias also stuio nd n ecerise recommended that the room. town buitt mdoor tennis The cost for -the courts at a cost of second ice pad is ap- $j70,O00. proximately $1.8 According- to Whitby million. The fitness parks and recreation studio and excercise director Wayne room have an estimated DeVeau, the con- price tàg of $215,990. sultant's recommen- Also proposed for dations are not only Iroquois Park are realistic but are finan- squash and raquetball cially feasible as well. courts ($313,000), a However, he said that gymnasium ($565,283), the means of financing Town wants strict rules for exp anded kartraciing, Before allowing races to be held on the nor- tliern track of, Family Kartways, the-' owner must agree to several strict conditions whicli wil be laid down by Whitby Town Council. Last Monday niglit, coundil's *administrative commtteevoted -to allow, racing on the nor- th hall of the Highway 12 These conditions state that: -no parking or cam- ping-will be'allowed on the buffer zone that lies between the nortliern hall of the track and a neiglibourmng residen- ce; -the noise barrier behind tlie track's con- trol station be recon- structed; -there shail not be an outdoor sound system used on the north hall of tlie track; and,- -storage areas be fen- ced in s50 that tbey are not visible from the street. In his report, planning director Bob Short said that the most re- occuring problem had to déowith the use of the buffer zone. 1"One problein that lias been stressed is that on at least two occasions car have parked and people have camped ini the buffer area in association with major racing events," lie said, "The, use of the buffer area was not intended for sucli activities. " North ward Councillor Ross Batten lias given bis guarded support for the expansion saying that noôise levels will not increase greatly because of racing on the north track. It is a good attrac- tion and they bring thousands of people to Whitby,"11he said. He is satisfied that the noise levels will be ac- ceptable. "Thmere will be no ad- ditional noise on the nor- th track, " Batten said, " but there have to be some rules and regulations. We cannot allow parking or cam- ping in-the buffer zone." Wbile lie admits that the sound system can be aggravating to nearby Garden St. residents the councilr believes that the town's' latest proposaI is a fair one. "At thispoint we have to accept that we can't figlit them forever," Batten said. The committee's motion to allow the ad- ditional racing will be presented- to couneil next Monday niglit. WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6,1984, PAGE 3 $5.1milliion expansion,) consultn sy the proposais is stili un- der study. DeVeau also main- tains that the expansion of Iroquois Park Com- plex will eventually help bring down the costs of recreation to the town. The director points out that lis department currently spends $1.3 Million a year more than it earns inrevenue. The taxpayer is picking uP 52 per cent of wliat it costs to operate the department's programs and maintain its facilities. When the new facilities are in place, DeVeau expects that the taxpayer will only be picklng up one-third of the cost of the depar- tmnent's overail costs. Should Whitby Town Council accept and im- plement the proposaIs, the consultant estimated that the department wil earn $872,5W0 from its programs and facilities while' spending $1.23 million. That leaves a projected sliortfall of $36,650 whidh amounts to one-third of the cost. The consultant also suggested that tlie town's level Of recreation service was far below that of neigh- bouring municipalities. She pointed out tliat Whitby lias one indoor ice pad for every 20,000 people while other neighbouring com- munities have one for every 14,782. Whitby, she said, should be providing the same level of service. Montietli also pointed out that Whitby lias only one indoor pool to serve 40,000' people. The desîred ration is one for every 27,000 people. The consultant's report also suggested that Whitby is not providing sufficient sof- tball diamonds or soc- cer fields. Whitby needs two indoor tennis courts and an indoor track to provide the same level of service that neigh- bouring communities do. However, the major problem seems to be inadequate ice time at Iroquois Park. "An analysis of the demand for recreation facilities revealed that in Whitby the existing demand for prime ice tâne is not being met," the report said. "Generally, Most of the demand for ad- ditional ice time is to accommodate on ice programs presently not offered."' The report went on to say that the demand for recreational services wil increase as the town grows. More people also have more free time and wish to devote more of it to liesure and athietie ac- tivities. Because of these in- creasing demands, the consultant has also recommended that the town develop a master recreation plan and find another site on which to build more facilities. "It is also recommen- ded that the town direct immedliate attention to assembling a site for the development of a second recreation complex to meet the future demand for recreational/social faciities," the report said, "This area should be addressed in more deta 'il in the proposed recreation master plan." DeVeau said that his department hopes to begin the master plan study sometime next year. The consultant is ex- pected to submit her final report sometime in the next week or so. DeVeau will tlieii sub- mit lits own report to council witli specific recommendations be- fore the end of June. 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