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Whitby Free Press, 12 Jul 1989, p. 3

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WI~WY E~S~,~D~SpqYr M7jULf1, 19 PAGE 3 Trametpant std eon ended Correspondence Letter from the Whitby Hydro-Electric Commission asking to amend the Durham Regional Off ilal plan to allow a new office building and expanded service centre on Taunton Rd. E. Referred to planning and development comuttee. Recommendations from operations committee. That a taxi service f or the visually impaired at a cost of $31 ,200 be implemnented subject to Handi-Transit being prepared to administer the service. Approved That the reconstruction -of Ontario St. W. from.Brock'St to Byron St. S. andthe reconstruction of Byro n St. S., f rom Gilbert to John St., at a cost of $550,000, be approvedi. Approved That a heavy vehicle restriction be placed at Palmerston Ave. and Brock St. N., Centre St. N. and Rossland Rd., Wafton Blvd. and Rossiand Rd., Red Oak St. and Rossland Rd., White Ash Dr. and Cochrane St. and Starr Ave. and Brock St. N. Requests for the restrictions came f rom residents li vinig ln the areas to be signed. Apýroved Recommendlations from planning and- development Thtcommittee, council begin proceed- ings to have the Fothergili House at 1011 Dundas St. MW., the Donald Wilson House at 519 Du ndas St. E. and the James Boreham House at 400 King St. designated as heritage structures under the Ontario Heritage Act. Approved That council approve a reznin aplicatinby New and unfinished business." That a subdivision application byçChidley Gien Phase 111 (Graywood) at the northeast corner of Brock St. N. and Dryden Blvd. be approved. The subdivision will include 87 single family lots, 25 single f amily links and 17 street townhouses. Approved That a two-story retail and office building at: the northeast corner of Brock St. S. and Ontario St. E., proposed by Steve Wagner investments Ltd., be approved. Approved A'consulting, firm has. .been recommededby- Region works committee toi study the trèat- ment process at the Corbett Creek water pollution control plant in Whitby, identified in a provincial report as one of the sewage treatment plants in Ontario with non-compliant dis-. charges. In a report -tQ works commit- tee, works_ comm issioner Bill Twelvetrees notes that tfie plant has adéquate hyclraulic capacity for the current demand. The plant, lisas.rated ,capacity of eight ilflion imperial gallonisper day, with c!irrent usage of about 5.7 million a day. Howeverhe states, there have been recen1t problems associated with the treatment of high sea- sonal organic loading, resulting inthe mention of the plant ini the Ministry of Environrnent report. "«Operational staff have inves- tigtécI the treatnient deficien- cies adaheedome improve-- ment in the past. «However, it has been deter- Plice chase an A 36-year-old Whitby man was arrested for possession *of a sto- len -van after a police chase last Tuesday that caused $1,000 dama ge to a police cruiser and 'ended up wih the van rolling over three -times in a field. Plice said the chase'began at 2:30 a.m.' on Simcoe St. S. in Oshawa. The van, which police said had been stolen from ARÇ*Industries inAa atweend, then began tvelling est on Bloor St. *Police 'atit:inpted to place a cruiser in front of the van on Victoria St. The van collided with the cruiser and continued on down Gordon St. where it went out of control and rolled three times, eventually 'ending up on its roof. SCharged with dangerous driv- ing, possession of stolen pro- perty, prohibitied driving and failing to stop for police is Alexander George Soper, 36, Of 425 Dundas St. E. No one washurt in the chase. Use 'the signs All Block Parents should con- ing the summer months when tinue to use their signs over the the kids are playing outside summer says the pjresident of more. the Wbitby-Brooklin Block Benett 'says the progam. is Parent program. also for senior citizens who may «Bloc k Parent signs are to be need assistance. used ail the time, not just dur ng There are still several areas in 'the school year," says Debbie Whitby without school commit- Bennett. tees, alhuh such areas have "It's especially important. dur- some Block Parents. mained that an e,tensive evalua-ý tion of the treýtmxent process miust bé carried ýut in order to address the exioting treâtmeflt deficiencies." Canviro Consultants, a special- ized process engineering consul- tant now involved with a study of the Duffin Creek (YorklDur- ham) water pollution control plant, was recornmended to carry ottheestudytis xpcedtob Tohpe tdby thé encd oft er atan estted osthéedof the6,000. aTh saed89 sntarof$ sewer0 budet19prov ide 800,00 fr exaniodgtet Corbett$80 00 Cr FIant. The studbucost i to be unâfrom thebugt Regional council was to decide today upon thewok eomn dation. ~III --i~wI lin) AUIIc1,d CM"G" 112, PRICESPECIAL ON ELECTRIC AIlR CLEANERWITH PURCHASE 0F CENTRAL mm~ AI R CONDITIONING IEAhINOa AIR CONDMTIN.N PUT UT ON' YOUR GAS BILL "Low Mont hly Payments" SYou've secin the light. Always lia. Al«svaawilL in

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