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WW,BYFREEPR.E&%,WEDNESDAY; JANUARY 9,1991I, PAGE 8 ncies warne- 0 1 d ýavo Age 'dý' b in, end g p g Items- fromü Wbitby Council agenda(s) ModyJanuary 7.1991 Planning and .,,Development Committee ,Tnat a rnzonlng bylaw ecnlnga 24-unit- apartment building at 300 * High-St. as a legal conform- ýing -use be approved. *Although.now deslignated residentiai, the current zonlng does flot permit an apartment building on the site. Area residents have fought expansion proposais, for the building. several times over the years, the Iatestbelng an attempt to add six more units. Councli toid developer Wayne Bolahood in Novemberthat the numnber of units wilirermain flxed at*24. Tf. vote, council to vote Jam. 14 That a rezoning alication from the Grand Oak Group to pemift28 -townhouses tai bé buift on the southeast corner 0of Brook St.N. and Wallace Dr. be approved. The committee defeated a motion tram councliorJoe Drumm that the application be clenled owners speak agalinsta t haig ra p proposai. The property.Àow sitt !ig yacant, is desrgnated hgh,'denslty residential In the Town's officiai plan. It Is dlmectiy across the road t ram another controversiai developmont planned by Grand Oak, four apartmnentý buildings north of Wallace Dr. That proposai, also opposed by area tiomeowners, wili corne back ta committee later this year. A motionb.', councilior Joe 1Drummý to deny the application wasdefeated. ,RecM medeto council That a rezoning application tram Esso Petroieum ta permit a gas bar and convenlence store 9at 1903 Dundas Si. E. be denled. A gas bar and kiosk now occupy the site at the southeastcorner of Dundas and Kendalwood Rd., but planning department staff feel the area is now weii served' 4y cnvenencestores. Recomeudd tocouncil That planning staff report back to committee wth a recomrnendatlon on a proposai by Manfred Leibrand for a garden nursery store on Hwy. 12, north of Columbus Rd. A vacant slngie-famiiy dwelling now occuples the site. Staffs recomrnendation will be based on commients recelved f rom the public and govemrnent agencie. Recommended to council for information BPy PMike Kowall À further slump -in,-the economy coiild -possibfly' jeopard- ize future fundin gof localnUted Wagefncies. AJh-uh.officiais of the Osih- awa-Whitby-Newcastle United Way intend té honour ail com- mitments,, recipient agencies were warned last month te avoid mao expenditures in the near futre. The.warning was p rompted by aproctedshortalloft about $100,O00 in .1990's fundraising drive and any further, downturn ini the 'economy, specifically, the vital automobile.imdustxy. "We definibely will' have a shortfall,» said Unted Waiy.exe- cutive director Ron Duffy. "We just don't know exactl what the shortfall is at this point.» While- United Way officiais were waiting for some *large" outstanding ccuts te still corne i, theyedo flnot expect to reach 1sat year's $3 million tar- get. "Before Christmas our guesa *aabout $100-$12 5000 (short),» said Duey. Ini view of this situation, the more than 40 member agencies were informed in Deoember-that previously agreed funding leveis will be honoured, saidDuffy., .But the agencies were c au- tioned to avoid. unecessary àoewas toid they're not getting money,« but we're warn- ing them toe sit tight on major expeniturs," aid uffy. Howeverevnif the 1990 tar- get had been met, the sanie message ay have gone out to the agencies i ny event.' 1 «Whatever numnber we, gét, about 75 per cent is i the form of ayroll pedges,» explaied <fwýe have $2.9 'million that's not te say it's ahl in the bank we onily'pt about .25-per cenÏ i .Since General Motors and its empioyees acount for about 50 ercent of the money raised ]oaly, the financial health. of te automobile industry is cru- cial te the United Way, said I)t4hey have a few weeks out of production we don't get payroil peges. But if car sales pickup and there's no iayoffs we'll get by. n While the'books will officiaiiy close on the 1990 campaign i the neit few weeks, Dùffý- said contributions are welcome the year round. "Isnover too late. We do have a camýpaign period but well take donations any tinie.» G;rant for relief program Agroup of retired people from Whitby wili receive a New Horizons grant for $21,215, Monique Vézina, Minister of State for Seniors, announced recently. The Durhami Region Community Care Association New Horizons Committee will recruit and retain vohmnteers for home support and COPE prograins and staff for their caregiver relief prograin. The project will include researching conxmunity resources, developing public relations materials, developing a speakers bureau, and hosting volunteer recruitment workshops. New Horizons is a federal goïvernment prograni that enabies retired people te create projects of their own choosing. 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