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By Oksana Buhel Needed By-laws which are not in place and parking requirements which have not been previously enforced, are twisting the plans Georgetown developer Sandy Mackenzie. Mackenzie has put his James and Draper Sts. properties up for sale after council refused convert the’stone building, which is almost 100 years old, on the northeast corner into a seueral commercial five one- to lly approve rezoning. He had been planning to bedroom sated units on the upper level. Mackenzie also owned a 28” x 132’ strip of land on the northwest cor- ner, which some councillors expressed a keen interest in because of the land S suit- ability as a parking | On Aug. 14, esitcaiore went against the recommen- dations of the planning staff and voted to defer rezoning his Draper and James Sts. property until staff could comment on the parking problem - Mackenzie indi- cated he would provide only 22 of the 48 parking spaces. ‘The issue returned before council Aug. 28, when coun- cillors decided to tentatively permit rezoning, with the stipulation Mackenzie would provide 35 parking spots. At that time, several councillors argued it was not fair to demand more parking spaces from Mackenzie than have been demanded from other downtown-core stores in the Mackenzie puts properties up for sale past and pointed out the dif- ficulty of enforcing cash in lieu of parking, since no By- law exists to regulate down- town parking. At Monday’s council meeting, Margaret Vint, manager of the Georgetown Business Improvement Area gave her support to Mackenzie. She said coun- cil’s resolution was “a bac decision for downtown Georgetown and is one which Sorel ga Has Se. ment of the core Mackenzie hee: pull both pieces of property up for sale. The strip land on the northwest corner has been offered to the town, and will be reviewed jane Municipally Owned Committee one Tf the northeast portion is not sold by Dec. 1, the existing struc- ture will be demolished. A demolition permit has already been applied for. Counc. Pam Johnston made a resolution Monday that if demolition occurs, MOPC should consider the potential purchase of this land as well. ‘ the Georgetown’s George Kennedy Public School students ran over hill ans dale during the school’s first annual Terry Fox run = support of Cancer research. The school’s first annual run raised over $3,200 for cancer research. hoto by Oksana Buhe/HHTW Peas day, October 2, 1993 WEEINEN AY o) ar-a y Co am Bs) 24 pages son s_ BRENDA PAYTON Resear ss Eee ooene By Oksana Buhel Burlington regional coun- cillors sat on their hands at Thursday evening’s special regional council meeting tion of market value assess- ment and waited-for other ear councillors to call their bluff. Without the support of. 232 Guel h St. Georgetown 873-2254 1988 property values, be deferred until 1992 market _ values can be assessed on individual properties. In the meantil method of cating regional and educa- tional costs would be based on the average of ‘the estimat- ed 1988 and 1992 values. In addition, once the 1992 fig- ures become available, they would be i Burlington Halton Region Council would not be able to imple- ment market value assess- ment (MVA) based-on 1992 market sales with the required ols thirds maj ijority. . MVA, stud- ‘che and recommended by Halton Citizen’s Committee on Property Tax Reform, would not be implemented until 1996; too long a wait, councillors. ry Burling Tn an effort to appease Burlington councillors, Halton Hills and regional councillor Rick Bonnette made a notice of motion that the implementation of a region-wide MVA, based on Burlington councillors were not satisfied with this WEE PrO- posals. They urged a deferral of the Dec. 2 resolution, which based the MVA on 1988 fig- ures, until Nov. 15, allowing time for six requirements to be filled. If the are not filled'by this time, Burlington councillors rec- ommended a Motion to Reconsider be discussed at the next regional council meetin, The requirements main- tained the Minister of Finance provide written confirmation of his commitment to imple- the olde Hide House Your independent voice in Halton Hills’ Burlington raises stakes on MVA approval ment a Halton Region-wide MVA by property class using 1992 .as a base year, begin- ning with the 1995 taxation year, or, at latest, the 1996 ear. Also, that the Ministers of Finance and Municipal Affairs provide written con- firmation that all necessary of the two Halton school four municipal mayors meet with the minis- ters before Nov. 15 to discuss implementation of these juirements. It was demanded that by the same date, Ministers of eit Affairs and must provide writ- ten Conan for the 1994 taxation year and afterward, until the Halton Region-wide MVA is implemented. Also that public and separate y apportionments school are calculated by using an average of 1989 and 1993 equalization factors, without the application of any further upper tier discount factors: The final requirement was that copies of the report be forwarded to ee minis- ters for ‘htoctuation. and as evidence of region comet} support for the resolutic This requirement hie sistence of Oakville councHIOr Liz Behrens, pointing out coun- cil’s support Was based on phone as a base year. than an oat of serie followed, susie which time Bonnette si id he felt he had a “gun is his head.” Oakville councillor Kevin Flynn, a strong sup- porter of the Citizens’ Commissi the thing to do tonight.” Halton Hills Mayor Russ Miller said some le will Le from 1992-based MVA, and some will be hurt, “but we have to do what is best for the region.” The recommendations were unanimously accepted. 50 cents includes G.S.T. Lowest Prices Our doors are open! 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