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PAGE 6THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, JANUARY 15,2003 www.durhamregion.com New headquarters would save $120 million, report says NEW from page 1 BY JACQUIE MclNNES Staff Writer DURHAM - A proposed $67.7-miI- lion consolidated regional and police headquarters will cost taxpayers less than leasing administrative space throughout Durham Region, the Region's Region's finance commissioner says. But some business groups and municipalities municipalities are asking the Region to slow down the process that could see the building approved as early as next Wednesday. Jim Clapp, the Region's commissioner commissioner of finance, says owning versus leasing will save taxpayers $500,000 in the first year, $ 14 million over 20 years and $ 121 million over 35 years even if the Region put no down payment on the building. "It's affordable, it's doable, it doesn't impact our triple A credit rating and it doesn't impact any other projects," says Mr. Clapp, who adds the finance department department is recommending $ 13-million upfront upfront financing from reserve and development development charge funds to reduce interest costs further. The report, he says, has been reviewed by Moody's Investor Services, Services, which confirmed the Region's credit rating under the plan. In its business case analysis, the Region's Region's finance department recommended recommended EllisDon Corp. build a 334,155- squarc foot building at Rossland Road and Garden Street to incorporate a number number of services currently located at leased facilities around the region. If approved, approved, it will be scheduled to open in 2005. Last June, despite opposition from Oshawa,- Regional council approved a plan to invite five firms to bid on building building a 250,000- to 350,000-square foot building, possibly including a police headquarters. The finance staff recommendations recommendations and business case analysis is to be presented today to a joint committee committee of regional politicians on the finance and works committees. Next Wednesday, Wednesday, Jan. 22, the proposal will go before full regional council for final approval. The new report suggests ownership will offer savings significantly higher than preliminary reports prepared last spring by the finance department had suggested. That has raised red flags for some officials. Oshawa and Clarington are asking for more time to review the new information and assess whether it presents an accurate picture. Ajax has Police headquarters included in new proposal DURHAM - A proposal to include 40,000 square feet for a new police headquarters makes good financial sense for the scivicc, says Durham's police chief. "We've had it in our capital forecast at least three years and expected a $10- million expense," says Durham Regional Regional Police Services Chief Kevin McAlpine. The recommended contractor, contractor, EllisDon Corp., is proposing to charge an additional $2.4 million to build the policing component of the building as part of its "bidding strategy" even though that is not the true cost of the expansion. "It's pretty good news to the taxpayer as far as I can tell," says Chief McAlpine, who adds the service will need the space when the building is completed in 2005. Family seeks solution to bus problem FAMILY from page 1 School council goes to board committee BY NATALIE MILLER Staff Writer CLARINGTON - In just a few steps from the driveway, a Kendal mother loses sight of her small children trudging to their mral bus stop alone. Trish Boyd can't leave her home to make sure Alexis, 7, and Noah, 4, board the school bus safely. She has a housebound 20- month-old baby, recovering from a bone marrow transplant. Her kids have missed a lot of school. And if it wasn't for a selfless gesture from the principal, they wouldn't be there at all. The Boyds and the Kirby Public School parent council are requesting requesting a school bus pick up the children at the bottom of their Dell Road driveway. Tonight (Wednesday) Kirby Public School's school council is appealing to the board's resource committee to help the family. Kendra Allen, co-chairman of the school council, invites the community to show their support by attending the meeting or by contacting her or the school board. "We, as a council, are distraught distraught about the whole thing," says Ms. Allen. "I don't think it's fair. Wiry can't they do it for this family? This is a special circumstance." circumstance." Kirby Public School principal Lisa Dunn became aware of the Boyds' dilemma when Alexis and Noah missed a week of school in November when baby Rhys came home from the Hospital Hospital for Sick Children. She found out the children had no way to get there. She chose to pick them up from home on her way to school each morning and LEARNING BOUND INC. In-Home Personalized Tutoring Programs School Blues? 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Statesman awards include: Best Coverage of Local Business and Economic Economic News, second place, The Canadian Canadian Statesman for 'Russian Road' by Jacquie Mclnnes; Best Editorial Page, second place, The Canadian Statesman; Community Service Award, third place, The Canadian Statesman, for 'We Want ITER'. The SNA awards cap off a banner year for the division's newspapers. FAX news items to 905- 579- 1809 ■ Canadian Nuclear Commission canadienne IT| Safety Commission de sûreté nucléaire Revised Notice of Public Hearing Canada The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announces a new date for Hearing Day Two on the application by Ontario Power Generation Inc., Toronto, Ontario for the renewal of the operating licence for the Pickering Waste Management Facility, Pickering, Ontario. Hearing Day Two will take place on February 27, 2003 instead of February 26, 2003, as originally announced. Hearing Day One was held on December 13, 2002. 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