Items from Whitby Council agenda(s) Monday, October 24, 1994 Recommenda- tions from the Planning and Development Committee That a rezoning and site plan application from Chidley Glen Developments Ltd., to permit a 250-space temporary parking lot on the south side of Kenneth Hobbs Avenue, west of Garden Street, be denied and that consideration of the application be postponed for six months to allow for completion of a transportation and parking study. Chidley Glen officiai Stephen Gutfreund told committee last week the lot is necessary to facilitate expansion of the company's existing three-storey office tower at Rossland Road and Garden to 10 storeys (lot is needed to attract potential tenants, he claimed). However, committee had concerns the tertiporary lot would eventually become permanent. The Tow prefers permanent parking closer to the tower, but Gutfreund said this ls no longerpossible. Carned That a site plan application from Ferdinand Wagner to permit a mixed use commercial and residential development on the northwest corner of Hickory Street and Colborne streets be approved. The original three-storey, 22-unit proposai has been reduced to a two-storey complex consisting of 11 units. Carried Recommenda- tions from the Operations Committee That a $17,581 tender from George H. Harding Construction of Whitby, for the rental of a snow plow from Jan. 3 to March 31, 1995, be approved. That a $9,025 tender for the printing of the parks and recreation department's 1995 spring/summer activity brochure and a $9,1 17 tender for printing of the 1995/1996 fall/winter brochure from Web Offset Publications Ltd. of Pickering be approved. Carried That the no-parking restriction on the north side of Regency Crescent f rom Hickory Street to a point 20 metres east be extended to a point 70 metres east of Hickory. Carried New Business That a grant of up to $250 be given to Shayne Bayford of Whitby to offset the cost to attend the 1994 roller hockey world championship in Santiago, Chile Nov. 3 to 15. Carried Candidates debate the issues next Wednesday A municipal election forum will be held at the Whitby muni- cipal building on Wednesday, Nov. 2, starting at 7 p.m. The forum is for Town council and Whitby Hydro Electric Com- mission candidates. Each candidate will be given an opportunity to express their views and challenge opponents' declarations. The forum is being organized by the Whitby Junior Chamber of Commerce/Jaycees. 60-day jail term for drug possession A 30-year-old Whitby man received a 60-day jail term and six months probation after pleading guilty to a charge of possession of a narcotic. Kelvin~Mask was sentenced in court in Whitby on Friday. • He had been charged after an incident Oct. 21, 1992 at 100 White Oaks Ct. in Whitby. The Durham Regional Police drug squad was executing a search warrant at an apartment at White Oaks, and as they approached, a man fled the building. The man, when confronted, kicked a police offlicer and esca- ped. He later turned himself in to police. Policd seized a loaded shotgun and about $2,700 worth of drugs in the apartment. Mask was originally charged with possession of a narcotic for the purposes of trafficking, pos- session of narcotics, careless storage of a firearm, possession of a prohibited weapon, posses- sion of weapons dangerous assaulting a police officer ana assaulting a police officer with intention to resist arrest. All but the possession charge were withdrawn. l i L.unaas Yt. E. rep acement. TOLL FREE 1-800-668-9247 MOBILE SERVICE GUARANTEED WORKMANSHIP with most insurance companies with this ad at time of purchase. PL EAS E MAKE ME SMILE! (Buy a B.B.Q. Sausage On-A-Bun for THE WHITBY GENERAL HOSPITAL) "I'm putting my money where my mouth is. Instead of buying election signs - I am paying the costs for a fundraiser to assist our Whitby General Hospital." DENNIS FOX EAST WARD COUNCILLOR • Enjoy a delicious Great d Canadian Meat Co. Sausage • Ail proceeds will go to the .. WHITBY GENERAL HOSPITAL AOn Oct.o29 support the W.G.H. SOn Nov. 14 support Dennis Fox Authorized by the CFO for the Dennis Fox Campaign Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, October 26,1994, Page 3