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Wednesday July 1991 the HERALD- Page Community News Increase in developers fees termed justified and defensible The Herald Some developers may oppose proposed increases in the amount they pay the Town of Halton Hills to build but the are fair said Town AdministratorClerk Dan Costea during an interview Monday According to the Towns Development Charges Policy Report completed by consultants C Watson and Associates limited of Toronto developers should be charged to build a single family house Developers are currently charged In the case of residential development the proposed fee is 90 per square foot Currently no charge exists for industrial and commercial development Some developers may object but the fees are justified and defensible based on the and development projections for the Town over the next 10 years said Mr Costea Halt6n Hills Chamber of Com merce General Manager Doug said business people and developers in Town will probably take issue with these population and development 10 year forecasts This is the only area where we can argue with the reports recommendations he said The report recommendations are based on the Towns popula tion reaching in and housing to increase by a total of 305 over the next years Development fees are paid by the Town to pay for servicing ac new development If these proposed figures are ap proved then new development will pay for itself meaning the fees will cover the capital cost to build any needed servicing Mr said business peo ple and developers may also question whether or not they should be responsible for cover ing the total cost of all types of servicing accompanying new development He remains unconvinced this should happen since existing development in a lot of cases will benefit any new servicing put in place Mr Pennce predicted the business and development com munity will show up in full force when the report is presented at a public meeting July 23 at the Town Civic Centre Mr Costea said the fees should be increased so a wider number of services that accompany new development can be covered For example only a part of the cost to build a new public park is covered under the existing fee structure but under the proposed schedule the total cost of the park would be covered he explained Asked if the developers would be discouraged from building in Town if the new fees are Mr said no He ex plained other factors such as the long distance between the Town and Highway 401 play a more role in determining the amount of development that hap pens in Town Mr predicted the fee increase may not have an effect on new development especially commercial and industrial since there has been very little in the past Hes more concerned the in creased fees will discourage the existing business community from expanding their operations if the fees are approved Chilling out While others raced back and forth to appoint good book Saturday at Park and shopping centers Dean Jackson Georgetown Herald photo Georgetown preferred to relax in the shade with a HELLO BABY THIS IS THE BIG BOBBER WITH SAVINGS TO SWING FOR MEAT THAT DDES MORE THAN COMPETE BBO Beef Special TBone Steaks LB Kg DELI SLICED OR SHAVED MAPLE LEAF WAX BOLOGNA SIRLOIN STEAK FULL CUT Q LB PR0DUCT0FUSA CANADA NO Fresh Red Tomatoes 100 pasta SPAGHETTI SPAGHETTIS OR ELBOW MACARONI LB 900 Gram Pkg GEORGETOWN JEL FOOD MARKET MOORE PARK PLAZA Pleasure To Serve You STORE MomSay to Friday 900 u Saturday 800 6 CLOSED SUNDAY WITH THIS COUPON SAVE OFF The Purchase of ONE POUND OF BUTTER REGULAR PRICE WITHOUT COUPON 2 59 WITH THIS 60c COUPONS Coupon Valid Only Georgetown Sit July through July WITH THIS COUPON SAVE OFF The Purchase of ONE POUND OF KNECHTEL BUTTER REGULAR PRICE WITHOUT COUPON 2 CouponVlldOnlyIKncMIQorvtOwn 600 COUPON 99 JutyU 10B1 I Values effective Saturday July through Saturday July 13 1991