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Whltby Free Pnes, Weckiesdy, June 19, 1996, page 3 No >answeirs to irt pile Problemý Items from Whitby Council agenda(s) That a rezoning application tram Invar Industrial Ltd., ýta permit a veterfnarlan's office and pet graomlng facility within the pet supplies retail warehouse store located in its complex at 1650 Victoria St. E., be circulated for public and agency comment betare coming back ta cammittee with a recommendation fram planning department staff. Athough the existing zoning does flot permit a business or protessianal office as the principal use on the site,.it does aliow i totab. an anciliary and subordinate use ta the primary retail warehousing function. Referr.d te pla"nning That secondary plan studies be undertaken for the Brock-Taunton and Thickson-Taunton areas. The studios wiIl examine a number of criteria that may Impact on future development In the two locations. The twa studios cauld cost up to $1 55,000 and affected landowners wili be asked ta contribute ta the cast before work can proceed. Recommended to council That a site plan application from Faith Baptist Church, 95 Taunton R1d. E., ta permit construction of a 5,792- square foot gymnaslum and auditorium be aproved. Recommendéd to council Operations Committee That the town accept the low tender of $31 5,186 tram Bennett Paving and Materials Ltd. of Oshawa, subjetot Reglon approval, for the tollowing praJects. Pave, re-ditch and minor drainage Frank Cawan Corr'pany for the period tram Juiy 1. 1996 ta June 30, 1997, at a cost of $322,243 and increase its deductible limit tram $5,000 ta $1 0,000 for its liabllity, vehicle f leet and electronic data processlng palicles. That would save $1 8,918. Staff was aiso asked ta Investigate paallng coverage with the Durhami Municipal Group. Rec-mmended to council That the low quotation of $10.336 tram H.A. Dickison Contracting for repairs and re-paintlng af interior walls at the Brooklin tire hall be accepted. Recommended to council By Mark Reesor Wbitby councillors are sym- pathetic ta, Kennett Drive resi- dents' complainte about probleme caused by a large pile of dirt bordering their backyards, but aren't sure haw ta help. The 15-foot, 8,000-cubic-metre p ile Of sol was removed from the Qeen a Chame subdivision five years ago and dumped on pro- perty owned by Venturon, Deve- lopments by Frani Building Cor- p oration, the developer of Queen's Chase. Venturon asked for the I for a subdivision it was planning on builing on the former Mackey arajnt ta, the Frami deve- lopment, but that project fell through and ownership af the property is before the courts. Therein lies the problem - with ownership up in the air, the question of who's responsible for Frustrated neighbours don't care -- they're sick of the flooding and other problema it's causing and just want it removed. Backyards are so saturated glpe can't even walk out there » Kennett Drive resident JOannýe Speakman cornplained ta operations committee Monday. "We have leaking i between our houses... (ard)>eple are getting flooding i their base- mente," she taid counciliors, adding they've, aiready had ta' rébuild decking( around 'a pool they installea last August because the water made it heave. <'W. didn't spend $30,000 te, have this probiem.» 'We've had to use a submer- sible pup in aur window-welse ta pump te water out when it raine, it's so bad,' another resi- dent said. A garden that Victor Fountain put in hie backyard has turned inta a swaznp, he complained adding his Iawn is aiso saturatedà because the. water has no place' ta drain anda tence has heaved up fr nhes because the water ispundeeh the poste. "It's like a swamp - it even smells like aone," interjected another. "I think it's a safety issue,» said resident Ken Barnes. "You've got fences falling down, you've got kida in your backyard, you've got concret. heaving, you've got hales ful af water you've got prajeets haif done.... think this ie very, very serious.» Public works director Wayne Hancock says Fram Development denies responsibilit. citinir a written algreement with Vien- turon ta, move the fill -- an agreement he said that the Town not oniy didn't approve but wasn't contacted about. The former owner of the pro- pertyMackeyFrs, says it had nothing ta do with the fIll and Venturon who Hancock said has apparentl'y defaulted on mor-t- gage payments on the proýperty, hasn't responded ta inquu-es. The Town couid paLy ta have the f»il moved -- the lowest quo- tation received was $64,400 and another $25,100 ta correct the drainage -- and try ta recaver the money later, Hancock said, but lawyers have tald him there wouid b. littie chance of success. In any case, the Town would likely have ta firet get permis- sion from bath Venturon and Mackey, he added. Neighbouring property owners could sue Venituran over their drainage problems but that is a "very lengthy» . rocees with resuits that are ox:n nat satis- factory, he said. The warks department is now trying ta, negotiate with other developers who may need the fill. Hancock hopes ,«ta, have an answer one way or another by Friday. Comimittee decided ta ask for a meeting with Fram, Venturon INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT e RETIREMENT PLANNING - TAX I ESTATE STRATEG lES ~1 666-8245 FORTUNE FI1N A N C 1A L DEBBIE MORGAN Fortune Financial Group Inc. FRE1 ESTIMATES. and Mackey Farms at the site sametiie this -weeëk, request a copy ai the agreement between Frani and Venturon, and wished Hancock weil in his taika with developers. STARITO LNYU *Unique Designs * Melnce and *Quality Nursery Stock tpatiofl since 1 CALL: RM (905) 686-3869 or ... 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