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durhamregion.com THE CANADIAN STATESMAN ♦ JULY 20,2005 ♦ PAGE 5 Opening expected late 2007 Goal of funding is to make communities more sustainable From page 1 large retail, He said he felt the concerns concerns of existing business were not being heard. "How many times can you state your position before you're turned off and tuned out?" asked Mr. Hooper. Allowing such large development will pose a problem for all of Clarington's downtown areas, said Tenzin Gyaltsan, owner of Newcastle IGA and a member of that village's BIA. "You forsake our downtowns, to have this type of development. Basically, do we want to have our town centre at Green Road?" he asked. Clarington had undertaken a retail analysis to help determine how much and what type of retail should be built. According to consultant Doug Annand, of UrbanMetrics, many Clarington residents residents are leaving the municipality to do their shopping, and the construction of new retail could help stem that tide of shoppers out of Clarington. "To have a policy structure that supports supports repatriating some of those dollars back to this community; we feel that's a good thing," said Mr. Annand. Proponents of the new development will work with the downtown, said Ros- lyn Houser, a lawyer for one of the developers. "We are hopeful that, in the time before this comes before council, we will have time to meet with the BIA, to talk about why this is a win-win," said Ms. Houser. Houser. 1 But, a lawyer for the existing Zellers store wasn't so sure the retail analysis told the whole story on how building so much more retail would impact both his client and the downtowns. "For Zellers, this suggests a very serious serious concern about its ongoing viability, and for the downtowns, it's very harsh," said Stan Stein. * '/ Staff suggestions that the larger stores should be built in two phases were overruled, overruled, though the timing of construction was altered somewhat, said Mr. Crome. "They agreed to let it proceed without phasing, but the stores will delay opening opening until late 2007, with the first full year being 2008," he said. The in-principle approval also disregards disregards staff recommendations about where on the land Home Depot should build. "Staff would have supported Home Depot on another location on the site," said Mr. Crome, noting the store, will now be built across from the existing movie theatres. Home Depot representatives, representatives, however, were set on building on the portion of their lot they had originally originally chosen. "Our concern was with respect to the character of Clarington Boulevard as a pedestrian-friendly environment," said Mr. Crome. m t Cmmbtan Statesman From page 1 "All of the great challenges we face in the 21st century arc complex challenges which do not lend themselves to solutions by one level of government alone," said Mr. Godfrey, in explaining the need to localize federal dollars. "If we're going to do something about air pollution or climate change, there's no way one level of government can do it alone. "The federal government has a huge amount to do, when you think about it, with cities," he said, noting most federal programs roll out at the local level. A meeting between Minister Godfrey, Clarington Mayor John Mutton, Scugog Mayor Marilyn Pearce and Uxbridge Mayor Gerri Lynn O'Connor helped the federal government determine how to roll out the money. "The challenge here in Ontario is to reflect the unique situation in Durham Region," because of the two layers ol municipal government, local and regional, said Mr. Godfrey. So, through the Association Association of Municipalities of Ontario, the feds came up with a formula which has the money split equally between the two levels, with the local dollars divvied up on gfej r ; 'V; r - . . . . * ■p ■ EIM-' mm wSmi 4 * »W3b>V- -.Tv mm V 7 ;\ ..".V Walter Passarella/The Canadian Statesman Federal minister John Godfrey was in attendance at a special Clarington council meeting last Friday to discuss the recently announced New' Deal for Cities, notable for increasing levels of funding to municipalities. a per capita basis. The money is to go toward improvements improvements in any of three areas, said the minister: minister: reduction of greenhouse gases, cleaner air and cleaner water. The goal is to make communities more sustainable. 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