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THE GEORGETOWN GEMINI WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1996 Developer wants BY FRANCES NIBLOCK The Georgetown Gemini There were a lot of questions but virtually no answers con- cerning what the Town wants to see in the proposed devel- opment of the Dominion Gardens land following a three-hour meeting on Mon- day night at Town Council. Although some of the pub- lic, the developer's consult- ant and several councillors wanted some decisions made onthe proposed development ofthe former Dominion Seed House property in the heart of Georgetown, the meeting Chair, Councillor Al Cook, restricted the meeting to a presentation by the consult- ant and questions from coun- cillors, but no comments or debate on the merits of the concept plan. Parallex Land Corporation has aconditional offer to pur- chase the triangular piece of property bounded by Guelph Street, Mountainview Road and Maple Avenue and is working towards approval of a master plan for the land. Approved uses for the land include medium and high density housing, up to 230,000 square feet of retail- commercial space, park land, open space and possibly a separate school site and a fire hall. Three public meetings re- sulted in three different pro- posals for the land with the most controversial issue be- ing the exclusion and then inclusion of a a separate school board site, which couldtake up one-third of the land, called the "jewel of Georgetown" by many. Parallax consultant Wendy Nott pointed out that the Fire Chief has identified the site as an ideal location for a new fire station and Parallex needs direction from Council on that issue. Other options for the land include 80,000 to 100,000 square feet ofretail-commer- - cial space, public parkland, a memorial garden, town houses and an eight-storey high-rise. Nott said the developer has a "very serious interest" in bringing the land forward and requires a fairly quick indi- cation of Council's intent and concerns because the condi- tional option to purchase the Town direction on Seed House land land expires at the end of this month. "What we are really look- ing for is general agreement with the elements that we are showing on the plan." Nott stated. Several delegations made presentations: Joseph Deoni, separate school board trus- tee, identified the site as the Board's first choice foranew school; the University Wom- en's Club is raising funds to develop a memorial garden on the site. Current land owner Margaret Harding, whose family has owned the prop- erty since the 1870s, said she was pleased to see the com- munity involved in the proc- ess of developing the land. "We like the idea like the provisions for a park land playground and of particular . It will be lights, camera, action in downtown Geor- getown next week as Para- gon Productions (Dinner) Inc. films scenes for a ro- mantic comedy entitled Dinner at Fred's starring Christopher Lloyd, Parker Posey and Gil Bellows. Crews will begin set dressing and decorating -- turning Mill Street from Main to Park Street into a winter scene - on Monday and Tuesday during the day with filming from 4 pm to 6 am on Tuesday. All but emergency traffic will be re-routed around the area during the filming. On Wednesday, filming Tinseltown comes to Georgetown, again will take place adjacent to the McGibbon Hotel at the corner of Mill and Main Streets and the section of Mill Street between Main and Back Streets. That filming will result in inter- mittent traffic disruptions of no longer than three minutes at a stretch and all traffic control will be done by Halton Regional Police. Inaletterto Town Coun- cil, Paragon location man- ager Guy Methot stressed that they understand the sensitivity associated with night filming and will try to make sure filming doesn't cause any undue disruption. Driver asleep at the wheel A 55-year-old Georgetown resident awoke to find that con- stables from Halton Regional Police were about to arrest him on charges to having care and control ofa vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Police first became suspicious when they observed the male leave a Guelph Street licenced establishment in what appeared to be an impaired state, Nov. 16, at 12:30 am. When police arrived at the suspects vehicle he had fallen asleep with the keys to the vehicle in hand. Constables woke the individual and charged him with having care and control and failing a breathalyser test. 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