wm P8%WHIBYFE SWDNESY, JUNB 21,ý199%, PAGE 8 Con.netil gives go-ahýeado o sca-n. FR OM PAGE 1 open space and walkways on its OMn. A condition fimposed on Coscan is that a cash contribution of $60,000 per acre or approxi- mately $100,000 for tree panting and landscaping on. pub1jc lande on the south side of Fron~t St. b. part of the agreement. The. davelopment is alsp expec- ted te add $5 million te Town coffers from lot levy fees.' Councillor Joe Bugelli's only Effect of -GST FROM PAGE 23 GST; andcili tno GST were te be added ente the bill, that perhaps- sales would decrease. The representativos 'wore un- able te address ail her concerns and suggested she further inves- tigate the best and mest econe- mic way te intreduce the tax in that situation. Deug Harden of Home and Rural Appliances Distributors in' Whiîtby said that ho was there te 'm eut what was going on with the tax. «It's more a fear of the un- known. You don't know what te expe.ct.» He said it aIl boils down te competition and the conscience of the manufacturer and the retai- ler as te whether the savings are passed on te the consumer. «How do we know when we don't know what the cost of manufacturing an appliance is? How does the consumer know if there is any true savings?» Ho said that one manufacturer ho talked with actually thought there might be an increase in EARTHWORKS GARDEN SERVICE Garden Design & Construction (416) 430-7602 Joseph Palmier! OD AUnIW«Wof ~ iGu.e M I cost due t7 the GST. «The cost of everything goeq up. There is flot necessarily g oing te be a savings. I think it's eing sold wreng.» Harden said ho would be more in favor of the GST if it were a definite ineans of reducinq. the deficit, but didn't favor it as purely a coping method. 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"I don't know how realistic the $140,000 figure is, I can't dictate that , the market will,» said e also praised staff for«"stick- ing to its guns" in obtaining more than the minimum five per cent parkland allocation as is common in most subdivisions. (More than eight per cent of the site will be set aside as public parkland.) Mayor Bob Attersley said he spent more thon ten yelars nego- tiating with three different com- panies to, rid. Whitby of a «trri- yg ly site." Reeing to opponents of the development, Attersley asked, "I wonder if people would like them to put up an industrial building ,REACH OUT -' 1FOR1 FREE QUOTATION CALL HERB TRAN 725-6564 Bé............. your m...... ... Yiw ag.s ... ... . .. ... .... a.....f......na . ... ... .. ....h.... .. 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