wrimy i-e Prosu, Wmensday, Mey 18,1994, Page 3 Public gets a say, in proposed hospita changes Items from Whitby Council agenda (s) mWnaY4 May J1 9t Pl4%nnin4g and Development Committee That the Town support recommendations contalned in a consuhtant's report with respect to surplus govern- ment lands near the Whitby Psychiatrlc Hospital. The report prepared for the Ontario govemment's management board secretariat recommiends developing a medical and oducational research park or campus on 69 acres of Iand flot requIred by the province when t builds the new ps ychiatre hospital. itozmenadèd to coune il That planning department be authorized to hold a public meeting about llcensing of bingo halls In Whitby. A moratorium on new bingo halls imposed by the provincial gavemment in 1989 has been lifted and repiaced with a new, certif ication proçess. The Town currently nas an application bef ore i: caliing for a bingo hall at 965 Dundas St. W. Récommended to council That McDonald's Restaurants of Canada Ltd. be granted a minor varance ta Whitby's sign bylaw for is proposed restaurant at 1301 Brock St. S. McDonald's wants two aciditional wall signs sino. the business will b. located wlthin a hlghway commercial zone. Recommended te council Operations Committee That a $1 3,375 tender t ram Winvalley Contractlng of Whtby for kennel alterations at the Pickçerlng-Ajax-Whitby animai contrai centre on Thickçson Road North be a(comed to counil That approval b. given toaa $1 23,756 tender t ram Furfart Construction Co. Ltd. of Oakville for the resurfacing of Michael Boulevard ftram Bell Drive ta Ann Arbor Court and the reacment 0f asphalt Ottenbrite Pool at Iroquois Park be approved. The existing fiMers have developed a serles of pin-hale leaks ln the extenlor casing, a staff report notes. Recommended to council A 'discussion pape? with pro- posed. changes ta hospital ser- vices in Durham Region will b. reieased at the end of this month. f e. 'pape?' will formn the baas for ommnt at »public meetings scheduled to b. eId mcosu the region. Athough the Durham Region District -Health Council study hasn't been released, hospitai officiais recently confirmed that on. of the recommendations of the $342,000 study of acute heaith care is the conversion of Whitby Generai Hospital to a rehabilitation treatment centre serving the entire region. Services associated with a general hospitai wili no longer b. offered in Whitby should the p roposai, if endors.d by the heath council, b. approvýed by the Ontario government. Tihe Durham acute car. plIan'- ning procesa began iaSt April and a ste.ring committee was estabi- ished to oversee it and deveiop recommendations. Tii. ste.rin* comittee wiii hold the public ceonsultations before a fina report is made. Dont ures 50 natural... you'ii noTvrknow 1h. difforoncol* S4P 4 (FREE CONSULTATION) *0J y,1 9 Walter Wimmer, Denture. Therapist PICKERING TOWN CINTRE 420.5020. OOmCLm52 162e 9444 11H ON VOUR INSURANCE DEDUC71BLE WITH THIS AD* Whitby Auto Glass uses an incredible new process to repair wincishield stone chips. And your insurance company will walve your deductible on stone repairs to keep insurance cost down. e -.,M"