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Whkby Fros Prea, Weckiesday, July 3,1996, Page>S Areement paves way or townhouses 011 obi silte By Mike Kowalild sgroed, saYmng 'I don't think the now this hascrne ujp solely as a poetal hurdie to develop- taxpayers should be expected to resuit of provnia oernment0 Dp ingAtheC2'i Foode site has been pavanother $16 O0. action,» said councillor Don it- clesrd 4h dv _oe stands te malce choul, now willing te be fleible Town council laa week a substantial profit. and the extra after expressing misgivings te red uce the deve sare of $16,000 shouldn't b. a problem about River Qaks request at the> the $68,0 cost of installing for them ho said. committoe meeting. 1 traffic lihbts at Brock and Maple Fox als criticized Townsend- Mitchell pointed out that the streeta. Robertson for her romark about Brock-Maple intersection' does Councils approval of the sub- t±he taxes Cobi Foods pays te the not- yet meet provincial criteria divis9ion plan paves the way for a municipa]ity. te warrant ýTaffic signaIs, but PUT ITONYOUR 130-unit -,tewnhouse coplex. to «I don't look at *$670,000 as a iver Oaka is cognizant of the GAS- BILL AS LOW AS be built on. the former canning handout te the Town of' Whitby, safety aspect. factory propet on the north- that's their share," he said. Mitchell joined councillors west coner cf tthe intersection. "If thoy're going te be penny- Gerry Emm and Shirley Scott-in 4 m0ehOO But just one week earlior, the pchnICan be, too. Frm pre- spotng Drumm's amend-- per mnhOAC developers refusai te pay any Pard say that if youre notmet porton o the $40000O initially wm t»y, you don't develop in Myo demadeby the Town had li en ao Tom Edwards, council- throatoned te scuttie the ontire "They played under the oId lor Judi Làongfild'and Fox were Proet. rules and paid their share and opposed. Authorized Deer River Oaks Group, feit it- was being penalized because the INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Ontario government no longer Eeti subsidizes the cost of traffic lighta. eRETIREMENT PLANNING Basebardat Lyn Townsend-Robertson, soli- * TAX / ESTATE STRATEG 1 ES -- aseCovrsiton citer for River Oaks told coun- a ovrin cils planning and âevelopmlent CALTDYFO £RFE NATURAL GAS committee that hor client had P* £ A j O 'COSAVES65%O already paid its share .throqgh AE65 development carges (lot levies) 666-8245 over electrîc heatlng and would net pay more. But commttee members didHatn ndlcdfolgLt. 0 flot want Whitby taxpayers foot- F0 TUN tin'g adArodîô1gLd ngthe bill and warned the FO T N development was mn jeopardy if DEBBIE MORGAN. o s a River Oaks did net co-operate. Fortune Financial Group Imc.> "The only reason r'm ber. is te talk about one outstanding isu the cost of traffic ligKhts3,' saiJ To)wnsend-Roberten in urgng council te overturn the commit- tees recommendation that River Oaka pay the $40,000. Àccording te Townsend-Rtobert- son, the impasse over the traifflc tthswas the ony issue remain- ing te be reolvedaince housing Was firat proposed for the site nearly four years ago. Once ownied by Stekely Van Camp the factory0ws ecsd b Cobi mooDeceimber 198 and eventually dem olished. Orignallyplannod teconsiat of apartment buildings and town-j hu.,the rooal has under- gene substanitial change due te area residents'- concerne aboutJ traffc, density and noise. Toned-Robertson, in addi- tion te pointing out -theéeelp ment cham paid by . El... Oaks, notfcrtat durnîç he last CoiFo-ad aid muierVaIle that contribution recognized, she aaid. Howoverralzn that the E D~ <~ situation hd h r angeRvrII1MN U aa liti or, onsend-Riber- 10KNG poieafter the developer' apparent "change of heart" since the committee mèeting. vle o$50 Drumm aIse noted that tho lp lights will b. located outeide the actual development and this10 would weaken theTownWs caseif muin te, the Oftarie Municipal ( EI ID T Itsmy sense that threisneT*7Oi obigtion for the, developer te put sie ollars there,» ho said. "If we went te the board, the devloer would. walk away values t7 of $24 000 richer7vle o 1 00 C;unci1lor Dennia ]Fox is ROTARY CASH CAWAR$