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Whitby Free Press, 8 Jul 1992, p. 3

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Whiffiy Pâychiatric Hospital« Bcds'taffreduct'ions.iik ely Itlems from Whltby Council agenda(s): Monday, June G, 1992, Planning and Development Committee That council deny a rezoning application by Vem Dutusac for the construction of a donut shop, gas bar and minute lube at 516 Brock St. N. Planning commitêe.feels there are enough of these type of busInesses ln Whitby and aiso are iooking at what Brook St. N. shouid look 1ke In the. future. The property la currentlyzoned 'D.(R)' deeomnt zone (residen- tial). Roc 'ommended to counoil That council approve a Whtby officiai plan amendmenit application by Joseph Lambert for the construction of 97 single famiiy dwellIngs and 38 semni-detached units at the prope.ty south of Taunton Rd. and east of the Whtby hydro corridor (west of Tiiickson Rd.). The. property is curmentiy zoned agriculturai and would be-deslgnated as residential and low hazard ln the. Whltby officiai plIan.. Re«inenoto council That the Minlstry of Transportation be advised that'councill does flot endorse the, mfinistry's report, 'Summary Information -on evaluation and analysis and the technlcally preferred route.' The minlstry has Indicated the sixth conoes-ý sion between Halls Rd'. and Coronation Rd. as the. pmeforred route forth. f reeway ink between the existing Hwy. 401 and the. proposed Hwy. 407. Counil' requ.sts that the minlstry looks at Lakericige Rd. as an alternative rote. The Town staff report Indicates that =Lak rdge Rd. should be evlated differentiy ln part because It is not considered a igreenfild' route 1k. the. other route alternatives. R.cmmedoto couadil« Operaion COMMittee That the low tender of requlred amount neiessary for a stop sign to be warranted. Cost wouid be about $500 for the installation cf the stop sign and aproximately2O. 440 litres of addltonai fuel annualiyfrom the stopplng and startlng of. vehîcles. Recommended to council »Y Marlol3ouchr WhtyPsychiatrie Hospital admitration is looking at"ways te, deal ýwith expected- fundinig cuts from the province. Ron, Ballantyne, hospitai administrator, Baa they've ben aaked te come up with possible actions towards- reducing their & rojecte4de dficit of between 800,000 and $1 million. Four reductions have been dis- cussed and the first- two are expected to ho approved by, the Mmnistry of Healt h ho ays. Tii. firet woulâ include the reduction of beds te 70 from 90 intheps-ychiatrie réhabilitation unit *hihs consistent with the planned redevelopment cf the hospitai. It- has been'p art of the board's plan since 1988, hoe says. Thi. second action would ho the realignment of service in the adolescent unit. Tiie Ministry of Community and Social Services aays it cannot fund the salaries and bénefits oëf employees at the existing level, says Ballantyne. Ballantyne says there will ho ne reduction" cfthe 13 hodai in that unit but the hospital board la exp.eçted te work with $450100 less than what they e .ihird proposai la the rea- lignment orreduction Mu the ser- vice of the psychotherapy unit to a 12-hour, five-day sciiedule as opposed te, the ezîsting 24-heurý, seven-day operation, ho says. But theore would ho some staff members for criais support on the weekends, h. Bsaya. Tih. fourth proosal la the tom- porylaure *of ' the psvcho- Cyclist to circle lake in fundraiser Ron Hamilton of Whitby la on. of three local residents whe, will cycle, around Lake 'Ontario te rais. funds te help developmen- e oHÏý* seven- day cycling campaign beginn Os awa on Fciday, July 24, 7, a.m. The tour includes stops in vani- oua cities te encourage cem mu ni- ties to. help the. ca mpalgn. Funds raised help developmen- tally handicapped youths attend the St. John Sunria. summer camp. Fori more information cali Lcqna at 66&547. r 1 o e nlsevc 1 y i periatric .day hospitat Witli the, intention. te' reopen the unit as' aoen possible, h. saya9. Ballatynesays .the first .two p osais, ae xpcted te ýgo throg ad the beard hopes that, the third -and fourth pro- posaIs will hoe exempt from cutà H. saïs the hospital - la stilI waiting for a response from the -Ministry of Healt h on what fund- ing is availablè and what ýtheirý views are on the four proposais, ho says. «Fin confident w. *111gt eta funding- te keep the t sttwo options," ho says. Ballantyne, says the four'- pro- posais are consiistentwith,,the proposed redevelopinent of the zhospital despite claims'from the hespitaI union. The union cf hospitai -M SELjECTED SHADE TREES SELECTED-,ORNAPdENTAL TREES SELECTED GARDEN BOOKS' > ALL PERENNIALS, AIL CEDLAR PLANTERS & WINDOW BOXIES' SELECTEDj CLAY POTS SELECTED EVERGREENS ALL LAWN ]FERTILIZER ALL VIGORO BOX FERTILIZER ALL VINES ALL GROUND COVERS ANNUAL CELL-PACKS ALI VEGETABLE CELL-PACKS SELECTED BROADLEAF EVERGREENS For blanket coverage of ALL th. homes andlor busisssln Whub DE to selecled areasonly, oeil the a FROM JULY 9TO CLOSING, JULY 19T ~ . ALL SILKS SELECTED CERAMICS ALL FRUIT TREES ALL VEGETABLE & FRUIT PLANTS SELECTED PLASTIC POTS AND PLANTh RS SELE CTED HOUSE PLANTS SELECTED FLOWERING SHRUBS ALRIBBON AL HANGIn4G BASKETS SHOP EARLY .SELECTIONH ,Ail sales final and whuile supplies last ernployees. recenitly issued a -press release .that Ballantyne said .wan'.mleading lui at least oùn. areàý Tii. administrater. .says 'the~ union -has unfairly criticized the. board for the. a dvertis.ment cf a mianagement, position, executive' assistant te ho dministrýator becaus. it la net a newl-oeejatec posin. 1 The board has been se'arching for. somm one eI'the. position for tii. iast 'year, ho says. l ndustrial Commercial Glas I selected homes) s illan North > gtRe/Max Summit Rflty). (selected homes), .. . .-. . . . ... . J if you did notget aflyerwhkch i led for fuildistribution, gvusacail. MI d ANNUAL lu ' SUMMER CLEARANCE SA- IL E CONTINU]Eý-S =-- 11 il

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