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PAGE 2, WHITBY ÈREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29,1987 Budget includes significant' rise in spending The presentation of the final budget before Durham Region separate school board has been, postponed from this week until next to allow further consideration. Grant Andrews, superintendent of business for the board, says a SOLID OAK &D PINE Furniture INAL WEEK CTORY SALE VE UP TO m OFF W70% Ce( Now's a g Carrier dE confort, ; LOW OP COSTSY high effic è m I I I I I I Il I 1; r I I I I 1< IF I. I I OSH 723- "significant" increase can be expected in board expenditures, an increase which can reasonably be exepected" to be in double digit figures. He would no give an estimate of the inerease in the mill rate. He said one reason for the post- ponement to next Tuesday of the final budget presentation was ministry approval expected "at any moment" for a board plan to begin a French program for Gr. 7 to 10 students at the French Cultural Centre in Oshawa. He said about 200 students are expected to be in the program, which if approved, would also take place in portables to be added at the centre. He attributed growth in the region to the large increase in ex- penditures. Capital projects plan- ned for this year include the new high school in Pickering and ad- ditions to three other schools as well as two rooms at a Port Perry school., Andrews also expressed some uncertainty as to the date for the opening of the new higif sehool in Pickering, planned this year. "Our hope was to open the school in Pickering this year," said An- drews, who refused to comment further. He added that Paul Dwyer High Shool is now overcrowded. Dwyer students were using the public board's technical facilities at R.S. McLaughlin CVI in Oshawa. Meanwhile, Andrews says future projects include a high sehool in Whitby. For now, priorities are elementary separate schools in Ajax and Whitby and an addition to St. Michael's in Oshawa. "We still need another school in the north end of Whitby, " he said of the priority. "And we hope to get a high school in Whitby down the road." He said plans are to also locate that high school in the north end. Andrews said the board, had 10,373 students in 1982 ànd now has 15,000 students. Growth has meant an increase in buses and routes, he said, including the new housing north of Rossland Rd. He said 50 more teachers will be added this year while the board will also now be paying full years salaries for staff hired last year. However, the separate schOOl board will be receiving more assessment as a result of Bil 30, which extends full funding to separate schools. Decision postponed - agam For the second time in two weeks, Whitby council has réferred making a decision on an application to build a store plaza and apar- tment plan at the corner of Ontario St. W. and Brock St. S. Council referred the decision two weeks ago when a vote on the ap- plication ended in a tie. Councillor Tom Edwards was absent from the meeting. The Free Press had later learned that Edwards will vote against the app4cation. However, at Monday night's meeting councillor Gerry Emm, who is opposed to the application, was absent. ad there been a vote on the matter, it might have ended GET UP TO $325 REBATE NOW WHEN YOU BUYM NORTH AMERICA'S FAVORITE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM! S IRR ER S 0 OUR NAME ALONE Di)WILL MAKE YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE. ;reat time to move up to today's superior air conditioning technology. eluxe central air conditioners and heat pumps bring you that sùperb Carrier plus: ERATING il "rMal*« LOAN PLANI with Carrier's FINANCED BY THE ROYAL BANK iency, . At interest rates below orimeW0 NO DOWN PAYMENTS TO OUALIFIED PURCHASES. 2r THE PREMIUM ROUND ONES. • 38EH - OUR FAMOUS ROUNDONE."' i u u uOur most affordable extra-high- I IIefficiency air conditioner! îiII•iM 38S - TIE WEAT HERMASTER® Ili HEAT PUMP. 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Speeds in excess of 100 km/hr were reached during the six-minute chase. Police say the officer backed off due to safety reasons but not un- til the license number was ob- tained. Police later arrested the man at his home. Charged with failing to stop for police, dangerous driving and driving under suspension is Daryl Alsop, 19, of 4 Ferguson Ave; Hospital land uses FROM PAGE 1 "community focal point." A portion of the industrial land in northwest of the study area is low hazard land. But consultants say construction of a low berm can remove the site from the flood area. The report says exposure of in- dustrial land to a major highway (401) is desirable. Within Durham Region, Whitby now has 20 per cent of the industrial land with 401. ex- posure. . Durham Region has 1,116 acres of available industrial land designated in the official plans of the Region and its municipalities. Whitby has 46 per cent of that deisignated industrial land supply but only two-thirds is serviced. Consultants say that while Ajax and Pickering are now experien- cing the greatest demand for in- dustrial land, "Whitby is expected to be the next logical municipality" to experience that demand in the Region. The average price of serviced in- dustrial land in Whitby is between $30,000 and $70,000 per acre, con- sidered low for the average price in Durham. Consultants said at last week's meeting that the trunk sewer on Victoria St. would be able to handle all the industrial land proposed in the plan as well as two-thirds or more of the area south of Victoria St. A pumping station has been, proposed for the south area of'the land to serve development there. The Town of Whitby will now con- sider the report. Plans are to ap- prove the plan and the amendment to the official plan by early summer or fall this year. Consultants noted that residen- tial development of the lands would not be immediate but rather over a 10-year period once approval is given to the land use plan. 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