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on-street parking on Pine S. or maklng the street a one-way street.- Approved Regizon approves landfil, agement, Items from Whitby Couneil agenda(s) ne. l,19 Recomxuenda- tions by planning and development Committee That a bylaw be brought forward ta authorize temparary borrowing et an amount up $2-millian for the 1990 calander year. Approved That the 1990 facility and pragram fee"~s set aut ln the parks and recreation director's report beaprvd Approvedd That a bylaw be brought torward assuming Nijinsky Cri, as a public highway; that the develapers be reieased tram the obligations af the subdivisian agreement; and that the Mlnlstry et Transpor- tation et Ontario be lnformed ot the assumption et the street as a publc hihway. Recommenda- tions by the operations committee That council approved the rezonlng application' proposed for 51 and* 55 Meadown Ores., subject ta comments contained ln the planning director's report; and that a byiaw amendment be brought torward for councii's approval. Approved That council adopt a byiaw lifting the 0.3 metre reserve across Forest Helghts St, ln thie Graywoad subdivision. Approvedý' That council begin proceed- ingsto have the Interior of the lnverlynn house, 1300 Giffard St., deslgnated as a heritage structure under the Ontario Hertage Act; and that Town staff, wlth the Town solicitor, be dlrected te draft the necessary byiaw, together with the reasons for the designation, for counci's approval.» Approved That council approved the rezoning/site plan application fora proposed three- (aiong Pine St.) and six-story (aiong Dundas St. E.) building (fer I f F agenda PROM PAGE 1 Oe Of thie potential benefits,ý the ownership of the Brock north andsoth its was being uheld out as a ploy or bribe to the people of PickeinanAat soften up the deal. gadAjxt Parjsh said that Metro is get. tnthe best of the deal and indicated that the five-year terni was oiy the beginning, as Metro wouid lbe dumping its garbage for much longer. On behiaif of PACT hie asked that councii's decision be defer- red te a later date and that ai members of the public and con- cerned groupa be given informa- tion. Most of the packed gallery listened patiently as people spoke te the issue. One man was ousted from council after he ref- erred te regional chairman Gary Herrema as a utin-pan dictator." The Whitevale man said he was happy te leave and that Herrema was doing «a damn orjba chairman.» orjba Whitby mayor Bob Atteraley and reg*ional counicillor Marcel Brunelle both voted in favor of the agreement. while councillors Tom Edwards and Joe Drummn were oeposed and veted against «It gives the Region control of the landfill site. That's good " said Attersley. «Vie have te havpe a landfill site. 1 feel sorry for the residents of Pickering but it's a ood ageement from the Regons standpoint » lreferenoe te the process, hie said «What we voted on was the agreement. The public don't get invoived in agreements. People are elected te do the job. Regional council are in charge of negtiatig arements.» CounciilorTo Edwards said that in the Region of Durhamn master Plan it is stated that «the success of the master plan pro- cam depends very much on the level, of invoivement of the people of Durham Region. Ha called tnem brave words but said "I don't think a arig at a committee mee g 9 da and again, *Wednesd a nsti- tutes that invoivement. Ha called the deal «politically axpedient» and said it deals only with the short terni. "My major concern is that we are rushing into this on the coattails of Ietro» e said that the decision wili get the Re Ïon through the next two elections but feels the decision should have been held off until there wassoma long-terni plan. He aiso noted that there was no reference whatsoever in the agreement te a commitmnent te recycling and said that «We fai- led te, live up te obligation and Conitment te public invoive- ment." "aquitb oa ete inrelation ?atunng aur annual review et the revieus years local news events .Fr1., Dec. 29 at 4 pm ai Drumm, who originally voted against the Pl site, also voted against the agreement. «Fim convinced the site ia good for five te 20 years.' H-e said tat putting a dump site on the land was «nîothing short of sacrilagi ous. I don't think we should b taking Metro's garbage aven on a 1short terni.» L He said the Region's inabiity >te make a decision 10 years ago has put the Region in its current position. "The fact is that Durham slept for 10 years. That is the pro- blei." Cost factors are also of concern te, Drumm. «There has been no indication as te, how much it wiIl cost te prepare the site. I wouldn't be surprised if it costs up te $75. mi lion to prepare the site.» He disagreed with the speed by which the agreement was reached. "The process definitely was wrong. It didn't do any good for the political process because we rushed this through too much.» He called the outcome a fait accompli. "It was 12 years in the making and happened in one week. Durham was wrong te, ignore the people." Brunelle voted in favor of the agreement. He teid The Free Press that "We have te have a short-terni agreement with Metro. We have no place te put our garbage and need revenue te, construct our facilities. We got what we need te, do the job we need te, do.» Hie said that with theagree-. ment, the Region could builid » a proper, environmentaiîy sound waste mnanagement faciiity Aithough council approved the agreemient, it was stipulated that the final agreemient go back te, council for approval before signa- ture. ALLERGENIC AIR CLEANERS AIR CONTROL HOME COMFORT SPECIALIST Caîl us for any of your heating, air conditioning and heat pump À needs. 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