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PAGE 0, WITBY RNESSWEDNE8DAY, NOVEMBRE21,1990 Townwats parking9o axkle By Mike Kowaiskl The days of free parking in downtown Whitby may h. num- h.red. Town council isn sigti Ontario government "to* kil a controvorsal tai which led to Whitb~y waiving parkmng fees as a means of protestmgflthe measure. Ini so doing. council wants the New Democratic Party gov.rn- ment to honor its re-lection Ït othe meca &=ntrtion Tai imposed by the. former Liberal goverament. il.avote f 7-1, counillast to rescind that portion of the. tai which appliesto municipal park- in Nlots. eii new tax took effect lant January as a way of paying for tranisportation improvementa i the. Grater Toronto Ara (GTA). Apart of the, tai imnposes a $1,-per-eq.-ft levy on municipal parking -lots in the GTA each It would have cost the Town *165,000 in taxes for its six downtown lots, but free lots are exemt frm the tai. Conilr Joe Bugelli, who in- itially proposed the fr-ee parking aciieme as a show of. protoot and te avoid the. tax, introduced the. resolution calln for its removal. He criticized the, former LIàberal regime for impcsin the tax, noting that itmarkèd the. fSit time ainc. Confederatio.n~ that a senior level government had taxed a lower level govern- ment. Now, Ontarjo'. new govern- ment muet correct the. mistake of îtsýpredecemsr, said Bugellie . His motion states that whule In oposition, tii, NDP joined Ontario municipalities in -con- demning the tax. Hoiwer, tiie party is now 9in a postion te rec tusuus tai, tii moton dds. Ckmeffor Tom Edwards was the only on. te vote against Buelis motion. ,t, Edwards criticized Bugelli for itrod uci', ii mtion without prior discussion. Edwards said the. "ramifica- tions» of removing the. tax should h. investigated before council passed the resolution. H. said problema arse when council made the downtown lots free and did not want a repeat occurrence. «W. jumped the. last time and caused problem& e. . hould look before we .jump again,» said Edwards. (Downtown employees and commutera were quick to take advantag. of the ail-day parking and no, spaces were left for siiop- (Council responded by imnpos- ing fines on iehiclespaked in one spot'for more tan three hours and reinstituting leased parking in some lots.) Counicillor Lynda Buffett said the majority of. downtown- mer- chants favor fr-e. parking and warned councilaais doing anything rash. <'escindinq tiie taxidosen't mua we still cant have free parking spots,» said Buffett. However, councillor Joe Drumm welcomed a return te tthe situation prior te free parking. Drumm said momitoringth lots for violaters of the t me houx limit, "costa us more in time andiabor than wiiat it's worth." Bugelli teld lb. Fre. Press later tii. free parking policy Winl have teh. evaluatdhould the tax h. ablish.d, but h. could notpr.dict what may happen. e adproviding sufficient spaces for leased parking is one area that will nee exploring.-, <"W. cant accommodate tthe demandig@ht now,» said Bugelli. Copies of counýcil's resolution wvill h., sent te local MPPs al and te iii. Asoiation of Munici- palities of Ontario. Famil1y festivi*ties: ,Give -and take 1 eChristmas in for Famyand Priends in I)otow Wit will h. tth. theme of DowntoWn Business Improvement Area mechante. activities and promotions for the. holidaysesn WeWzeuWin Christuas Butto Several businesses wiIl h. handing out downtown Whitby Christias buttonbginn Dec. 1 (while EsuppliesIa.If you are seen wearing your button in downtown Whfit;byl the. "mystery buttonsptr" o could Win "owtownDoUars"t h. uaed tewards the. purchase of a special'îgift for a faily member or friend. Atotalcf $40Oin wowntown Dollars"wil h. awarded. Treegbmg CerMoMy On Nov.- 30, the, .ntire community in invited to an official tre..ligiiting ceremony, tnuilnta7:30 pan. at the. X.TVI*,X Iilbraxr on Dundas St. W., Santa CMam will lighit tii. Tree cf Hope. T. hi tby -Brasa Band an& the. Count Town singeraw1lllead teCdta carôling.Elve wiIl hand ont candies. Refresiimenta wil aise h. served. Chrmtms toching Draw nmng Dec. 4, il out a ballotPm contest closes Dec. 17 and the. winners will h. announoed Dec. 21. Toy Drive Be sure ta stop. byyour local downtown financiestablih- ment and àro off a nw nwa.d giftifr someon esa f=runtethan yomrseMm'l .s willh.etaken to thielocal Salvation Army for distribution. There will h. toy drive baie on display iparticinafiie banka, credit umnSw JI-b tst coepanies fi=e Dec. 1 - 17. ChrstasParing BMMu &>wntown Whitb,1 iuuo free par h. û beproNided ta wIl h. repenish.d WMtha-édime. 'lb. dime entities thie owner cf the. vehicle in the prin ci parkige A pe c f paper, exlsnng the. fre. Une, wiIh. placed on the wmdshleld cf the. ipicle. Vehicles that remain in teparking spot after the 16 minuîtes ore .up, and are. -once si ttig tan .xpired meter, TIaddtion, there aresi parking lots lcated in downtown Whitby. In tii... lots yen will h. granted three free hours cf parking If there is a ticket m achine, remember to obtain a ta te î lay on the dasiicf yor v.bLicle. ïon are visiti» the downtown for a =e-o'one than three hurs, r obrto obtain another tag or move your vehicle te, another parking space if you are in a lot with no machine te avoed obtaining a parking violation. Bide the renst ToaàvSod the tramfc and problems associated with cri *n a vehicle in tii. winter monha wiihy not ride the. transit te, dowvntown Whitbyl Witby Transit serves the downtown directly betw.en 8 a.m. and 4'.m. with 30-mnt servi ce Modaytminut.Fre until?7 pm. theeis a 20-minute service. For routes %, 4 andf5ý ridera must mak connections te the. downtown froen tii GO station via rontes 2 3 or 6. On onatrdy Dec. 115 a willroeve a "War'~Vi" Chistas utton &owntown Whrtby. Adult and student fir»,$ seniors a childrern~~o1) 50 cent, Children udr5(mam 3) accomipanidb a fare-paing adult and blind ers iha MNL card, traelfor fre. Correct change is required Por mure information contact the. Wbitby Transit by calling 66&-5803. Santa Claus Para&e Mak. a point of coening dawntown r gmpsecf Sauta Clau. Me paadeîè ponsored by the. Whitliy JayoSesfor the. erý&ym orcf the. whois conmumiy. Beginnfing at 10 a.m. on Dec. 1, the.parade gets mvn un Cochrane St., runs aloni Dundas St. W. ta Brock S t headas soth on Brock St. and muleaet Burns St. near RatarY BEPAGE 26 Yoiith arrested iiidrig btist Six pecle, ncd itaI14- ~~-odWhibyyct~ihave narcofis The six were arresed last 'Ibursday when a combined fore cf Durham Reginal Police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police executed a aewrdi warrant at a Ap sointély 62 grams cf coanhaving a sbreet value of $9ezedby police~ - abofaund a quant'ty cf auton&~eradias and utèreo cSupnxoets ithe bouse. The items had bensbàm efi= e - cles in the. Whitby are. 7.oI WO4jC h address of the residenoe for fear ofrsenet, 39ng ahd Vic le Brown, 18, ail ofWhitby. Also chard wth the sane offemoe is Ronald Stewart, 22, of Ocha&adBra teat we *mu tb, afede0.m