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WHITBY FR~EE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1987, PAGE 9 Headquarters' alternatives diseussed before council vote Several present a tionrs and debates were made at regional council last week as the question of relocating the headquartcrs building again came under discussi on. Last March. chief administrative officer (CAO) l'or the Region. Don Evans. was asked by council to evaluate four alternatives [or housing the regionai government. Those choices to be considered were: continue in the same building at 60.5 Rossland Rd.. Whitby. with four sub-of'fices throughout Whit by and Oshawa; to expand the existing facilities to ailow for ail regional departments to be under one roof, to build a new headquarters building in downtown Oshawa on the former General Motors proper- ty at Mary and Bond Sts. on land offered f ree under a proposai l'rom the City of Oshawa; or to build on land across the street ['rom the existing facility at Rossland and Garden Sts.. on land off'ered free as part of a proposai by Graywood Developments Ltd. When the CAO*s report came back to council on May 8. it recommended tlfie Region accept the third proposai and consolidate its operations in one building on the site of the Oshawa proposai. Aller the report was received hy council. there was great debate as to whether the CAO had enough fac- ts and figures at his disposai 0<) come to ah accurate assessment.. Regionai council members voted to retain the firm of Peat Marwick Consuiting Group to review the report and, in part icular. 10 assess the financial and planning ramifications to the region of' the various alternatives. When the Peat Marwîck report was presented to council last week. il cleariy showed there was uiot rnuch to pick between the Oshawa and Whitby proposais. Mike Ross, one of' the three con- sultants who worked on the report told council members: "With the information given. there is nothing financially to choose between three and f'our (Oshawa and Whitbv's proposaH.they are virtually the sa me.- Garnet Watchorn. presîdent of' Graywood Developments. ad- dressed council and ran over the benefits he claimed made his 'i rm's proposai the better one. lHe said Graywood would donate l'ive acres of land. vaiued at some $2. 5 million-, design and construct a 170.000-sq. [t. office building f'or the Region with no contracting or design f'ees (which he claimed in ilt- self wouid save some $1 million)>: free on-site parking f'or 500 cars. his firm would lease the building to the Region for 2<) years at a no-prof'it rate and at, the end of' that period. sign over ownership to D)urhamn again at no prof'it mar-gin. Watchorn also indicated thÀt Graywood was quite f'lexible to other financing alternatives f'or which they would assume respon- sibility. H-e said there was up bo $3 million to be saved through -creative financîng,- which his firm was willing to share with the Region. 'We are the only ones who can of- fer these benefits because we have the incentive to do so," said Wat- chorn. He admitted that by donating six acres to the Region to construct a new headquarters building. the remaining 44 acres in his parcel of land would increase in value. "This is a strong incentive. ..you don't give away anything very of- Region headquarters.. FROM PAGE i dead." Emm said Whitby spent about $20.000 in an attempt to keep the headquarters in Whitby. Graywood Developments had made an offer to build a new headquarters had also as part of a major development north of the existing building. Emm said no Whitby councillor made a motion in favor of the Graywood location for fear it would also be defeated. "Our prime objective was to keep the regional building here," said Emm. A $25.000 consutant's report for council had concluded that the Oshawa and Graywood proposaIs were too evenly matched to make a recommendation. But Pilkey said the report favored the Oshawa location. IHe also said the Region was approached by the Durham Board of lEducation about the possîblity of a joint headquarters. -Because of the length of' the delay. the board is no longer dealing with the Region. They have gone out on their own," said Pilkey. He said Oshawa has made a secondary offer to the board for the nine acres of land at Mary and Bond Sts. -But the Region has first choice." 'he said. Mayor Bob Attersley said the Whitby location best suits the image'of Durham as an urban7-rural Region. Attersley also said General Motors. which recently moved [romn the Oshawa site. did s50 to get to open space. Chairman of the Region's finance committee. Ajax councillor Jim Witty. said there was "no way" the Region could build a new headquar- ters without debenturing. Alter the meeting. Herremna said the »Region may invite offers for a headquarters kithin two years. No debenture ten." he said, "And when you work at something for over 50 years you start to get good at it."- He was referring to Graywood's size and scope. adding they have some $750 million worth of con- struction projects underway in Toronto alone. Watchorn also stresses that by accepting the Whitby proposai. the Region would know what it was getting. 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He complimented Peat Mar-wick on their report and expressed his pleasure that it showed there was no conclusive difference in- the financing of the Whitby and Oshawa proposais. -There is no conclusive planning or financial reason in favor c>f the Oshawa proposaI,- said Wal lace. -Respectfully, we submit you ]have now gone full circle and are now back to a Whîtby site." In fact. he went on to state that had the terms of reference for the Peat Marwick report been broader in scope to allow for a more com- prehensive study, a Whitby site for a new, building would have been c iearly recomrnended. , In summation, Wallace clearly surprised everyone by suggesting more i ndepth considerat ion should be given to constructing a new headqùarters on the 19-acre site alrcady owned by the Region at 605 Rossland Rd. 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