Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), June 19, 1991, p. 4

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Page A THE HERALD Wednesday June 1991 Community Site Plan Committee okays concession Halton Hills Site Plan Commit tee Monday made financial con cessions to Georgetowns St Johns United Church on Guelph Street to permit renovations on the church to go ahead Site Plan Committee overturn ed an earlier decision it had rendered to permit renovation work to go ahead only when the church fulfilled a certain finan cial condition The condition required the church to give the Town any lands within the existing centre line of Guelph Street right-of- way now owned by the church for purposes of Guelph Street road improvements As part of the condition the church was originally required in ac cordance with Town policy to pay the land survey and legal fees required to transfer the rightofway lands from the church to the Town Note a road rightofway is measured by the width of road way including the sidewalk and beyond on either side of the road During Mondays meeting Site Plan Committee decided to charge these fees to the Town The decision comes in the wake of a recent direction by Town Council that Site Plan Committee reconsider the churchs applica tion and the required conditions in the context of the church being a nonprofit organization which is operating under financial con straints Site Plan Committee deals with design details of construction projects According to Town Planner Glen Wellings the fees waived by Site Plan Committee are normal ly charged to the developer Asked if Site Plan Committee could expect similar requests Mr said possibly The fees range between and Site Plan Committee member and Town Councillor Joe Hewitt said he doesnt expect similar re quests to be made because It was a minor issue Mr said the commit tee waived the fees because the church was a nonprofit organiza tion However Mr Howitt said if the fees werent waived then the cost of acquiring the land at a future date would be more expensive Amnesty meeting Amnesty International Halton Hills Group will be holding its mon thly meeting tonight Wednesday at 730 pm in the library at St Francis of Assisi School on Duncan Drive in Georgetown Everyone is welcome For more information call Cheryl Broughton at For All Your Fine China Silvui Crystal 227 MAIN ST MILTON 8780050 OFFICE MAGIC FOR ALL YOUR OFFICE STATIONERY NEEDS St Gaofgatown Serving Halton Hills HOURS Monday CLOSED Tuesffi land pi noire Off 10 I WIT of lesser 1000500 regufef price GEORGETOWN OPTICAL tel 8773562 GEORGETOWN MARKETPLACE DISTRICT MEMORIAL NOTICE Of The Annual Meeting Of The Georgetown District Memorial Arena The Annul Muting Inn Geonjelown Dltblct Memorial Hupttal win be Ink In the Recreation Roam on the ground floor the Ben nett health Cere Centra at pm on June 27 Honorable LHo Member and 1991 Members are urged to attend AGENDA 1 Minutes of the Annual Meeting held on June 1990 2 Reports 3 Amendments to the Bylaws Appointment of Auditors 6 30th Anniversary Presentations Other Business 7 Election of Directors Refreshments will be served following the meeting Goebelle FCA Chairman of the Board J Oliver Secretary He explained the committee felt if the church was prevented from going ahead with the renovation project because of the fees then the Town would have to ex propriate the road widening land from the church The expropria tion cost would have been higher than the fees he said Asked if private developers should be shown the same con sideration when they go before Site Plan Committee Mr Hewitt said There is no clear cut answer Volunteer workers at and Meats Charity Burger Day to raise funds for Ileitis and Colitis couldnt keep up with the demand Saturday after noon as a busy Lucy Bellon urged Alt Spence to keep them coming Town of Halton Hills Councillor Robert Heaton and Tony Bellon friend of Georgetowns and Meats owners the Salinas family were also helping out Herald photo GRADUATES TO THE CLASS OF 1991 Something To Remember Dont let your graduation pass without recording your achieve ment on our special PAGE OF HONOUR The Herald will be special page of our graduates showing their photos and comments for everyone to see and to be recorded forever in history Dont miss this opportunity order your space today A PAGE OF HONOUR ONLY Per Spot GST Included ACTUAL SIZE SHOWN JANE DOE Your message goes here DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY JUNE 26th Noon Publishing Date Friday June 28th 1991 HANDY PLACEMENT FORM Name School Message Drop this form and a picture at The Hills HERALD GUELPH STREET GEORGETOWN 8772201 or 8778822

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