Whitb)y Fr9 pmss, Wecdesday. December 8. 1993. Page 3 Hefy icraseiiipak fee for adui*ts Items from Whitby Counceil agenda(s) Monday, December 6, 1993 Planning and Development Committee That officiai plan amendment and rezoning applications from the Durham separate schooi board to permit construction of a French- language secondary sohool on the northeast corner of Taunton Road and Highway 12 be crculated for comment before returning to committee with a recommendation f rom planning staff. The vacant 1 -acre property had previously been designated open space but with an exception to permit a banquet hall and convention centre. Financial problemns forved the developerto seli the land to the sohool board. Since the board only requires f ive acres for a school, it could soul the remaining portion for future development. Referred te planning department That a rezoning application from B.G. Schickedanz lnvestments Ltd. to permit a 65-unit townhouse develop- ment at 310 MarySt. E. be denied. Planning staff feft the proposai did not conform to accepted municipal standards for urban townhouse developments, specificaiiy with respect to parking and o=en space requirements. Reommended to counci That counicil begin proceed- Ings to have the former St. John's Roman Cathoiic Church at 508 John St. W., and the Halsted-Fisher house at 535 Myrtie Rd. W. designated as historical structures under the Ontario Heritage Act. Bulit ln 1867, St. John's was the f Irst solely Catholic church ln Whitby. Destroyed by f Ire ln 1901, it was rebulft and served as a church until 1958 and church hall until 1975. It Is now a private residence. The granite fieldstone Halsted-Fisher house was bulft by Thomas Haisted ln the late 1840s. Becommended to council Operations committee That council approve the 1994 budget of $512.600 for heip nmake up the additlonal cost to the Town for the service aler the provincial subsidy was reduced ln 1993 by about $37.000. Carried While fees for most Town parka, facilities and- programs wili increase by up to five Per cent, there will be higher increases, up te 52 per cent, for aduit bail and soccer fields in 1994. - - Leatm îor aclt bail fields will increase te $25.54 fromn the current 16.75 (level II and IV), and te, $17.19 from 11.75 (level ID). Fees for aduit soccer fields wil g upte $20.14 from $14.47 (evel III), and te $15.70 fromn $10.23 (level II). A parka and recreation direc- ter's report presented Monday night at a meeting of Whitby operations committee noted that there was a decrease in 1993 fées on aduit playing fields as a resuit of an appeal by user groupa. guidelines. One of them was that the cost to operate the Town's programii and facilities should ho recovered. Youth bail and seecer permit "As the policy was one of in- creasing costs to eventually eli- minate subsidies, the 1994f fees ( am' represent 80 ,per cent of - main-L tenance costs," states the report. ui~ "This works towards the eli-£_w u mination of aduit piaying field d subsidies by 1996 and as per the a kf r aPproved Poicy.» ireviewing the Town's a recreation services as a whole, the department followed certain W " :V:.AND)ERMEER TW.DtW oenf.a SI.un CHRISTMAS BALSAM - FRAZER FIR ------ t$35.OO o VANDERMEER NURSERY ' "Where Great Gardefts Begin" Corner of Bayly & Lakendge, Ajax HOURS: 401 à Mon. to Mr. - I wW'MI gam-7pm 1 1 1 Sat. &Sun. HURRY! 9ain-5PUited ime 0f fer RWARTh11MvacuuanMum _______________ 804 Bmock St. N., Whitby 666-4709 Whitby Auto Glass has great gift ideas for that special someone on your list. How about a Gift Certif icate for a Sunroof or a Slider? fees were not reviewed as par t of the report and will continue to ho free except for lighting Alh raes bec>me effective April 1, 1994. The fee adjustments and in- creased uses will resuit in addi- tional Town revenues ini 1994 of $94,285. D PN HRS NCHITA On(y 16 kt-ys 'ti1 ui hIrî.1!t m as