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TOE HERALD Wednesday April 1M1 Page Council Briefs Downtown parking meters could undergo change Hills General Commit tee recommended Monday the parking meters id the Street Parking Lot in Georgetown be removed Com mittee which is comprised of Town councillors also recom mend all parking meter rates be increased from cents per hour to SO cents per hour in the Georgetown Central Business Area The removal of meters from the Street Parking Lot and the meter increase results from a provincial tax introduced in 1989 requiring municipalities to collect 75 per square metre of public parking lots in which a fee is required according to a staff report The Street parking lot should be removed staff argued because the added cost of the tax on the tot means it can no longer pay for itself The report goes on to state the cent per hour meter increase will offset the tax as it applies to other lots so they will remain self sufficient Committee also recommended the parking meters in the Georgetown downtown core be fitted with a 10minute warning system in the form of a yellow flag The flag would appear after the expiration of time allowing for an additional minutes grace period before the car would be ticketed Acceptance of the is contingent on the Georgetown Central Business Improvement Area paying towards the 1 cost of install ing the new meter system Ail three committee recom will go before Town council this Monday for final ap proval Encroachment agreement Norval s Club will have to wait to the end of April for the Town to decide if the club can keep one of its signs on Town owned property Town General Committee Monday recommended con of a Club 2000 request for an encroachment agreement with the Town regarding the sign be decided April 29 Committee which is comprised of Town Councillors made its recommen dation after from Club 2000 General Manager Daniel Biagioni say the sign removal from its current location would mean a significant loss in business The sign is easily seen from Highway and therefore acts as an effective means of advertising the clubs events he said Several councillors expressed concern that if the encroachment agreement was signed with Club 2000 other businesses would make similar requests Whats the purpose of having a bylaw if it s not enforced asked Councillor Cook However committee also recognized the hard economic times and businesses need to advertise more than ever For this reason committee directed staff to meet with Club 2000 of fidals to determine if a com promise could be achieved Staff is expected to write a report and provide a recommendation based on the meeting with Club Air Cadet Week Halton Hills General Commit tee recommended Monday the Town proclaim the week of April Air Cadet Week The recom will go before Town Council this Monday Cycling race This Monday Town council will decide if Georgetown District High School can hold a cycling race June l through the streets of Georgetown Town General Com recommended Monday approval be given for the race to happen If approved the race would start at Centennial Public School at approximately 9am travel east on Delrex Boulevard to Road then to Sideroad to the Eighth Line on to Maple Avenue to Delrex en ding back at the school Illegal dumping A rise in incidents illegal dumping in Hills can only be curbed through cooperation between the Town and the com munity Town councillors agreed during Monday s General Com meeting Town Conn Al Cook told committee of people reportedly dumping garbage on the property of the Centre on Guelph Street In Georgetown Coun Anne Currie told of illegal garbage dumping on Carruthers Road and Main Street south Town Mayor Russ Miller who reported two incidents of people destroying three small trees in the Duncan and Weber Street area of Georgetown said have to get the message out to the public that it will do everything it can to catch illegal dumpers He urged membes of the public who suspect someone is dumping illegally to report it to Town officials immediately Halton Showcase 91 Georgetown District High School Concert Band under the direction Eleanor Wallace was one of the over 17 groups of students to perform at Hamilton Place this past Thursday evening halton Musical Showcase 1991 is an annual event perform by Board of Education students Also per forming during the first half of the showcase were the Acton District High School Concert Band as well as five students from Centennial Middle School who performed in the Junior Jazz Ensemble and two Centennial Middle School students who per formed in the Halton Junior Wind Ensemble Din ing the second half of the show the audience of over were treated songs from the mass choirs of The Junior Elementary Choir of over participants was well represented by students from George Kennedy School Georgetown and Robert Little School Acton and the IntermediateSenior Choir of close to 00 students from the Centennial Middle School students representing Hills Herald photo NEW IN 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