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I CE Whity Free Proe, Wéefesday, Febniazy 16, 1994, Page 3 Council debate over next Whîtby Council, agenda(s) MonaY. eu14 Recommenda- tion from the Planning and Development Committee That a site plan application from Invar Industdiai Ltd. for a 129,1 72-square foot Alkenhead's Home Imrprovement Warehouse on the north side of Victoria Street, east of Thickson Road;be approved. The controversial development f lrst came before councililn 1991 and was part of a much larger project which Included a Price Club food and department stare wareho use. The cl,velopment was approvod by bath WhItby and Durham Region. but objections tram competing stores wem f lied wth the Ontario Municipal Board (0MB). The Price Club component was eventually dropped due ta a merger wth another company and the 0MB objections subsequnetly wlthdrawn. Construction Is scheduled to begin in April and the warehouse open for business next January. <cmried Recommenda- tions, from the Operations Committee That a publie works depatment report recom- mending reconstruction and widening af Cassels Road East ln Brookiin be recelved for Information. Staff recommend that Cassels Road be reconstructed toaa width of 9.1 metres (30 ft.) from Baldwin Street ta Queen Street and 10 metres (33 fi) f rom Queen east through the future Brooklin Meadows subdivision. The new wldth ailows room for two lanes of tratfic, a parking lane and mounitable curb and gutter and wlll cost about $20,000 less- ta build. since the byiaw waspasd The Pickering-Ajax-Whltby Anifmal ContraI Cormmltee recommended that eac h munlclpallty amnend its bYlaw ta permit the speciaizd farming. mre By e Kowaiskl ,Anothoyr ice rink in Whitby may . own council's next mor sponding project. on again, an e0xanded libr- aryor a Mibse Centennial Buiding could talcs priority over a new arena or ice pad. WVhitby's future capital works projects nearly becamo the sub- retof debate during last week's udet meeting. A briof discussion of what should be next on council's *roty list was promptd ya Ietter from the Bfrooklàn-Wlutb Minor Hockey Association. b Heeding a public invitation for written comments or questions about the budget, the association was seeking a commitment from council on when they can expect to seo another ice surface in Mff most councillors agreed that a new arena or ice pad is warranted, it may be some time before they can indicate when one will bo built. "W. should not be surprised, we do need it,» admitted Mayor Tom Edwarda. But until the status of a new fire departmenit headquarters and Whitby -Seniors' Activiy Contre expansion is determined council cauot malce any pro- mise, Edwards stressed. Fnding for the fire hall and seniors' contre is ridion the recently annoumced federal -pro- vincial infrastructure sponding pr am, Edwards said. tb ,ol received official notifiction ofthe prograni ear- lier that day (Wednesday), ho noted. «Until wo get answers froni the- federal government, wo muet be careful wbere we g with capital exp.nditurese,"said rEdwards. 'Thon w. can decido at some future meeting what our priori- ties are. Whitby will rocoivo $4.16 mil- lion as its share of the jobsOn- tario and Canada Infrastructure Works fundinq. Municipalities muet contribute another one-third of the shared cost of the proam, which would booat Whity's total to $6.24 million. Projects sucb as water and sewer facilities, water treatment plants, road and bridge work, and work on heritage and public buildingis will be given priority for fundimg. As Edwards reminded council a fire hall and expanded seniers; centre have been Whitby's priori- ties for many years. The fire department headquar- tors will be built in the Town's former worlcs centre on Taunton Road et an estimated cost of $3 million. Expansion of the seniors' centre on Brock Street South is expected to cost about $1.5 mil- lion. In addition, the Town has plans for either a new or expan- de irary, improvements to the Centennial Building on Centre Street South and several roads projects, Edwards said. 'Mhe only good news we can give to the ice users is that the two projects wéee oping for will likol1 b. done and this (arena) cauiLb moved up the list,» sad councillor Judi Loôngfield. and tbey'vo been waiting a long time,» said Longfield. Councillor Don Mitchell, who bas been pushing for another ice surface for some time, agreed witb Longfleld's comments about the seniors. "But you will bave to live witb the kidi a lot longer," ho noted. Mitchell eaid council is con- stantly bemoaning the cont of vandalisin and the need for youth-oriented activities. "Well, the pro arn are there. They (ice users) have the volun- teers, the people, but tbey have teohave a fcility,» be said. Whitby is already an «ice patd plus short» and will still bo in the sanie predicament when a new one copens, Mitchell claimed. «By the time w. build one we will be another short,» ho saiâ. However, councillor John Dol- stra argued that council muet bonour previous commitments. «Wo set our priorities and we bave to, stick te them," said Doîstra. Couneillot, Ross Batten, coun- cille representative on the library board, warned bis colleagues not te assume that an arena will b. the neit proect. 1I don' t ant anyone going out of this room thinking an ice arena is next on the Eist," said Batten. Following the meeting, council- 1cr Dennis Fox told repvorters tbat Whitby's portion of the lii- frastructure program will come from Town reserves. «We do have monoy put aside for it. It won't affect this budget," said Fox, council's finance chair. "rm not sayig the money won't b. misset some point, but were getting 10 times more benefit.» Althoujgb council will Iikely discuss future capital oxpendi- tures later this yoar, Fox does net expect firm decisions te b. made prier te tho Novemb.r Development continues hM Whitby, Tue Town of Whitby issued iemite in January o0r more tan $3 million worth of con- struction, slightly higher than the amount for January, 1993. Fourteen permits were issued for almost e2.5 million worth of residential building, five permits were for $530,000 worth cfi- dustrial cosruci and six per- mite for commercial construction valued at $89P000. 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