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An Oakville firm has the inside track on a $300â€"million (U.S.) conâ€" tract to build two electrical generatâ€" ing stations in Sri Lanka, an island country located just south of India. SAL BOMMARITO Oakville Beaver Staff Mihaly International Canada Limited, an international manageâ€" ment consulting and investment firm, heads an international consorâ€" tium selected as one of three finalâ€" ists to build the project. Oakville firm in running for $300â€"M Sri Lanka project "We‘re very optimistic," said company president and chief execuâ€" tive officer, John Walker from his Chartwell Road office.. "We‘ve got the best allâ€"around team and the most international consortium." The Mihaly consortium, which is comprised of companies from Canada, Japan, Australia and Singapore was chosen from a field of 25 bidders. The other two finalâ€" ists include consortia based in Britain and India. Walker said the company, which (See ‘Firm‘ page 2) A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 31 No. 3 FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1993 Paper «125Cross Ave 84906356 +2303laleshoreRi.W. 827â€"0738 +386lromoisShoreRd 8498486 oHwy.#58Hwy.#25 827â€"5200 +HopedalieMal 827â€"6381 338â€"196 â€" 185 Trafaigarfui. 8450421 ~1027SpearsRd. _ 32004 +750 BronieRd 8250690 +239Wyecrofthi _ 859220 +CalvilePlce â€" $24586 +270 (m-uunw SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS The Brick Artist Ascends Achieving her vision Page 10 "Canada‘s Best Community Newspaper" CCNA Better Newspapers Competition If approved some development fees would jump from $1,100 to $69,000 and $1,500 to $123,500. Town eyes huge development fee increases Oakville Beaver Stafdf A major overhaul of the Town of Oakville‘s planning fees bylaw could result in significant fee increases for several developers currently doing business with the town. The proposal will go before the town‘s planâ€" ning and development council for a public hearâ€" ing on Monday night (Jan. 11th). If council approves of the changes, they would be implemented as soon as possible, said the planning services department‘s Donald By SAL BOMMARITO Rita Haaksma (4) and Michelle Hornis (5) had a rough time of it in their Halton high school girls volleyball game against White Oaks, Wednesday. Actually, so did their team: Appleby remained winless with a 3â€"0 loss. For more high school sports coverage see page 16. (Photo by Peter McCusker) Now available in your local Tim Hortons is an Extraâ€"Large 20 oz. takeâ€"out coffee. Enjoy even more of Tim Hortons hot and delicious coffee in this new larger size. "If no one shows up (Monday night) to object to the bylaw, and if I report there was no response at the public meeting, it may be dealt with as a consent item," he said. A public information meeting on the proâ€" posed planning fees was held Jan 5th but only atracted one representative of the development industry. Parsons, who drafted the report to council. Parsons said copies of the report were mailed to "a selected crossâ€"section" of the development industry and advertisements about the meeting placed in local newspapers. "Council have indicated on previous occaâ€" sions that the fees collected for planning appliâ€" cations should generally meet the costs of staff 24 Pages If implemented, the changes would also bring the town‘s application fees for official plan and zoning amendments in line with other area municipalities such as Mississauga, which charges significantly higher fees for the same services. time spent on the applications," said Parsons. The first phase of the bylaw will raise the recovery rate to approximately 70% of planning staff costs. Ultimately, the bylaw could recover as much as 80% of staff costs. Parsons said the main changes to the bylaw affect official plan and zoning amendment applications where "a base fee plus a fee based on the scale of the proposal is used." Affiliated with Dr. H. Bernstein, C. Psych. Assoc CHISHOLM CENTRES (See ‘Development‘ page 3) 440 INGLEHART STREET 844â€"3240 We provide a lot more than 75 Cents (GST included)