Items froni Whitby Council agenda(s) Monday, Jume 25, 1990 Reconimenda- tions from the Planning and Committee That Durham Reglon b. asked ta amend Is officiai plan to permit construction of a hlgh sohool and headquar- ters for the Durham Board of Education on Taunton Rd. The board is proposing ta build a $28-millon sohool for 1,400 students on the site and has tentative plans ta, relocate its headquarters t ram Oshawa ta the same location. The new 11education centre" would house about 500 board employees now working out of varlous facilities around Durham Reglon. If approvedi, the two buildings wlll be constructed on a 24-acre site north of Taunton, between Gardon St. and Anderson St. Carrled That a bylaw executlng a subdivision agreement between Whilby Landmark Development lnc. and the Town be appraved. Landmark Is planning ta bulld a commerclal-residentlal developmenton the narth sîde of Rossland Rd., east of .Gardon St. h will Include a 12-story candominium apartment building, a seven -stary commerciaV/off lce block and 10 townhouses. Carriedl Recommen- tions from the Operations Cominittee To accept a $203,143 tender f rom Ontario Bus Industries Inc. of Mississauga, for a 40 f. transit coach. As delivery of the bus is flot expected until 1991, the proposed Goods and Services Tax will add an extra $1 4,220 ta the price. The bus will have seating capacity for 44 passengers. Carried That parking be restricted at aIl times an bath sides of Hyland St., except the west side of Hyland that runs parallel to South Blair St. and the east side of Hyiand that runs parallel ta the Pringle Creek right-of-way. A staff report stated that when cars are parked on bath sides af I WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27,1990, PAGE 8 Fire headquarters wins out over -seniors' oentre a genda 1 have the tunda. As for l the matter at! hand, Bugelli opted for the fire: head- quartera. «I don't think you have to be a geisto know that health and saeycane firet, we don't have the option,» said Bugellh. Councillor Marcel Brunelle did not dispute the need for another fire hall, but questioned the necessity of a headquarters at SEE PAGE 15 By Mike Kownask A new headquarters for Whitby's:firefighters will be built before a new facility is'construc- ted for her senior citizens. I3y a vote of 7-1, Town council Thursday approved a spending proraxnof $ 19.3-million innew capital works projects for 1991- 92. With only co"kcillor Tom Edwards opposed, council feit a now tire hall and lieadqusrters on Taunton Rd. took precedont over a seniors' centre proposed for Bradley Park. Council approved. construction of the $3-million fire station in 1992, while only suporting spending $248,000 for designn the seniors' building. No dat o that facility' construction has been set. Thie big ticket item in the 1991 capital budget is $2.6-million for completion of the public works de artmnets operations centre. Work on the $4.9-million Taunton Rd. facility approved by council lat year bas already commenced. Although ho argued Ion g and hard, Edwards -was not ale to sw!ay another member of council ta lus way of thinking. Whle not difflutinq the need for a fiflh fire ail mn Whitby, Edwards argued that council was obligated to, give the seniors centre a higher priority. Ho said council put ini motion the meclianics of a new seniors' building '"yeans before it began considering the need for an adIdi- tional fire station. Ho also rojected the argument that safety reasons warranted a new hall and headquarters. "If were to be inotivated by pure safety factors tiiere would be provision i the budget for a crossing on Garden St. Taes the moat ansafe location ini the coin- muty,» said Edwards. Edwars said that in January, 1987, council endorsed a report callixig for a new seniors' build- ing to replace the existing centre on Brock St. S. (Thie current centre opened more than 10 years ago with 450 mnibers. Today's membership has reached, 1,200.) Edwards said almost two and a half years elapsed before coun- cil seriously dicssed the need for a new tr departinent head- quarters. "I don't recaîl any discussion at ail by June/89 of any suggestion of a need for a new headquar- ters,» said Edwards, although hie conoeded that a nuniber of loca- tions for the station had been investi gted. But by thiat time the seniors' centre had been the subject of numerous reports and an organ- ized fundraising drive by the seniors, said Edwards. 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U have access ro the ontire com- munity,» saMd Buffett. Councillor, Joe Bugelli termed it "unflortiate the discussion is focusîng on confrontation bet- ween two 1'projets the Town urgentl nees. However,J he reminded cauncil ta lceep in mind what efTect these projecta, wiLl ave on the Town's budget in comingyears. (Althougljcouncil has commit- ted itsef t the projecta con- tained in tl e capital works- pro- gramn,-final~ approval for project selection is determinod by coun- cil during i1ýs actual budget deli- borations that yoar.) "Hf we doxý't increase one iota of ser-vice or capital spending, taxes will go up soven ta eight per cent regardless,» said Bugelli. ee vo see n a decrease of fund- ing froni upperlevels of govern- ment. Our roada needs program is falling behind the rate of inflation, we can't keep up.» Bugelli said road projecta worth *60-ilflion are required in Whitby but1 the work cannot ho done becausle the Town doos not h nientation of the 911 emergency systeni within Whitby in the neit few years, the tire depart- nient is currently iIl-equipped ta handle it. "I don't want to feBel respon- sible for the death or injuryo am'y. p p i, ec sewdont "ý 'l X ý à 2 'e j .,.* . % % 14 ý ê 4 ýC » * v 't 't -, %.'i -i 'l % 14. f.ý .- .1 r 1 % -ýl.' .. . »,tý,t L'IL