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Whitby Free Press, 8 Feb 1989, p. 21

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WHMpfl'YFE pRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEIBRUARY 8, 1989. PAGE 21 Chalk Lake Spring p arking lot will c*ost $ 140,000 As part of its 1989 general levy budget, Durham Region has set aside $140,000 to build a parking facility near the popular Chalk Lake Spring on Lakefield Rd. (Re. R. 3) in Dagmar. During a review of the budget at a works committee meeting lait week, councillors agreed the parking lot needs to be built but disagreed over the location. Bill Price, manager of design and construction in the works department, said staff favored buildin the lot on the west side of eg.O.23. The springwtr on the east side, 18no otained by many region residents who park their vehicles mostly on the east side of the road, prompting concern over traffic safety. However, councillors and Dur- 'ham regional chairman Gary Herremà favored *the east side for a parking lot. "Ninety per cent (of users of the spring) corne from the south (of the region) and they will have Registry office movin*g back to Wýhitby The Province will begin con- struction on the new $4.5-million land registry office in the surn- nier pending approval fron the Town of Whitby. The eight-acre site owned by the Province is north of Rossland Rd., opposite the Whitby munici- pal building Kathy Mfilsom, project mana- ger, says the Province bas sub- rnitted a site plan to the Town and will be meeting with plan- ning depar.tment "Icf we get aIl approvals we can tender in the spring, with con- struction to begin this summer," qaid Milsom. She added that construction would take 14 to 16 months. The registry office was moved to the Thornton Plaza in Oshawa in 1987 to relieve overcrowding at the former location in a build- ing adjacent to the. Centennial Some Whitby residents opposed the move, saying the office should be kept in Whitby. "When we nioved the office to. Oshawa it was only on an interimi basis. We had always planne d to move back to Whitby " said Milsom. In addition to submitting the site plan, the Province asked the Town to remove the garden plots CORPORATION 0F THE (~:()TOWN OF WHITBY PLANNING DEPARTMVENT. NOTICE 0F PUBLIC MEETING Monday, February 20, 1989 at 8:030 p.m. Meeting Hall, Whltby Municipal Building Whitby, Ontario A Public Meeting wilI be held by the Planning and Development Committee of Counicil of the Corporation of the Town of Whitby to consider an application to amend the 'Town of Whitby Officiai Plan and Zoning By-Law 1784, as submitted by Whitby Estates Limited. Thesubjeot property is located at the southwest corner of 0f Nichol Avenue and Kendalwood Road, as shown below.J A. ~;;;I1 GItt The pur os 0f th ap li ati n i t ad Ca'Me iu Densty' ymbo on nvir nmenal A eas ap V"Vt Whity's fficai Pan s as o alow t e'SbEct Proprty to e dveloed or ediu desityresdenIl The purpose of thieeplctin is to prvdaediuat WiotsOiionao]hePlic sasd toapermthnerubetd Prper ons te dop fotunm enity tomk e resdentii prpespecThep0sf the zigotiinal lamement t yourreesentaicat'n be iledion writing by mailo peownal sdeivey oeacthePann prmn o Ter taroegua ofrki meing ous o Feruvdary 27ua89 lnersste prn my ispot additioenalifration i apeliatins. to theaoe uaplictatndinthe Planing Dor eprent Leel , c575bdosla nd Road Eyastldur regular.working hours, Monday te Friday or may contact the Planning Department by telephoning (416) 668-5803. ROBERT B. SHORT Director of Planning Corporation of the Town of Whltby used by many residents on the property, to make way for the office. to make left turns into the park- ing lot," said Herremà of the west side alternative, -describing it as a hazardous turn. Price informed committee that staff approached the owner of land in the immnediate vicinty of the spring, but he refused a Regin offerof purhase.- e are having talks .with the owner in the area but they are not working," said Price. A developer 18 proposing a ski facility on the west side of the spring and has indicated hie wouldI donate the land for the lot to the Region, said Price. We have to do something. There are a lot of close accidents up there," said Seugog councillor YvneChristie. "People are careless when parkinlg or driving up there,» said Hierema. «Either we do sornething or close the spring down.» Staff will again con sider options before a decision is made. It will cost Durham $100,000 to build a lot, with $40,000 set aside in the event land is pur- crh.sed and for miscellanous items during and affter construc- tion. You. can hl build the ftr The governments of Canada and Ontario are building for tomorrow. We have plans t'O crate a wide range of new non- profit housing, and we need your group to get involved and develop non-profit housing in your community. This program wilI be sub- sidized by the Government of Canada through Canada Mortgage and Housing Corpo- ration and the Province of Ontario through the Ministry of Housing. Funding is available.to non- profit and co-operative organi- zations, churches, service clubs and other community groups interested in sponsoring affordable housing. In some neighborhoods, citizens have received govern- ment grants to set up their own community- based groups. The resuit is affordlable housing for moderate and Iow-income familles, senior citizens and single aduits. For more information, your community groups should contact the neamest regional office of the Ministry of Housing Iisted below. The deadline for preliminary applications is April 289,1989. HeIp build for the future. Get involved in non-profit housing today. Non-profit housin"g-everyone- benefits. Cwaa(5)®Ontario Regional Offices of the Ministry of Housing: 55 Hess St. S. Hamilton L8P4R8 (416) 521-7500 If long distance dial toll-free 1-800-263-8295 380 Wellington St. Ste. 1100 London N6A 5IB5 (519) 679-7110 If long distance dial toll-free 1-800-26-r4733 1365 Richmond Rd. Ste. 300 Ottawa K26 6R7 (613) 820-8305 If long distance dial tol-free 1-800267-6108 1191 Lansing Ave. Sudbury P3A 4C4 (705) 560-6350 If long distance dial toll-fe 1-800-461-1190 540 West Arthur St. Thunder Bay P71E 5Ri (807) 475-1465 If long distance dial toIl-free 1-800-465-5015 4950 Yonge St. Ste. 400 Toronto M2N 6K1 (416) 225-1211 If long distance dial toll-free 14300-668-0208

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