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The Clarington/Courtice Independent, Bowmanvillc, Saturday, February 10,1996 3 Referendum for Durham? by Laura J. Richards A region-wide referendum on the amalgamation of Durham Durham Region into the Greater Toronto Area will be discussed discussed by Durham's Regional Regional Council next Wednesday. A notice of motion calling for the vote was brought to Regional Council last week by Oshawa Councillor Brian Nicholson. Councillor Nicholson's proposed referendum ques tion asks: /l Do you support the amalgamation of (Pickering, (Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa, Clarington, Scugog, Uxbridge, Uxbridge, Brock) into a political or administrative association with the Greater Toronto Area?" Yes or No are the only two choices. Councillor Nicholson's motion asks that the referendum referendum be held no later than April 30,1996. 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This is our community we're talk-' ing about," Mayor Hamre added. The mayor announced she would be taking a poll among the three Clarington regional councillors to find out how they will be voting next Wednesday, February 14th, at the Regional Council meeting. meeting. Commercial Growth Continued from Page One In Clarington last year, there were 229 new homes built in Bowmanvillc; 170 in Courtice; 45 in rural areas and three in the municipality's hamlets. This total of 447 is down by one-half from a total of 833 in 1994. The planners' report predicts predicts there will be a name change for one of the branches branches of the department. The Strategic Planning Branch will be renamed the Community Planning Branch. Municipal officials decided the word 'strategic' is too technical for the general pub- 11 n)} : 7 fîM V\ I n i Eipa , Itfplll : <1 Ur lie. Planning staff see the goal of the Strategic Planning Branch as improving the quality of community life through planning. 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