Whitby Fref reos, Wecbwsday, Januwy 19, 1094, Page 3 NE ~~ PA VIt1 O Whitby Council agenda (s) Monda&,January 17 Recommenda- tions from the Planning and Development Committee That planning staff bring forward a zonlng bylaw to impiement the' remaining portion of a 1,600-unit subdivision proposed by Erin Mills Development Corp. for the northwest corner of Rossland Road and Cochrane Street. A portion of the amendiment application to permit the development had been appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board by a Whltby couple concerned about the deletion of some hazard lands within the project. However, the couple agreed to withdraw their objection ln return for certain assurances f rom Erin Milis concerning deveiopment on the lands. Carried Recommenda- tions from the Operations ComMittee That licence fees for Nevada lotteries be Increased to three per cent of the total prize value, which wouid boost annuai revenues f rom $9,000 to about $1 7,000. Carried That fees for using llghts at bail diamonds and soccer pitches be lncreased to ailow the Town to recover 50 per cent of its costs. Llghting charges wouid rise to $4.28 f rom $3.45 per event for basebail and ta $5.12 t ram $4.05 for soccer. Fees would Increase to 60 per cent of cost ln 1995 and reach 100 per cent In 1999. The parks and reomeation department estimates the increase wili gene rate an adciitional $1 ,500 in revenue this year alone. Caried That rentai tees and iighting charges for outdoor lacrosse boxes be Increased to permit Vipond Memorial Arena ln Brooklin. The arena will be closed ln August to accommodate the project. The work is expected to cost $50,000 and the Town wili forego $2,850 in rentai tees as a resuit. Carried By MIke KowaIsld Another attempt will be made te reduce the cost of operating Whitb's Heydenshore Pavillon. Parka and recreation depart- ment staff are renewing teir efforts te increase the use of the Town-owned banquet and meet- ing hal on Water Street. Staff ho pe te make more of a dent in t he facility's deficit in 1994. Last year, operatlng, costs exceeded revenue by almost $52 000. Although 212 functions were held in t he pavillon in 1993, not ail usera paid the full rentai rate, aaid manager of recreation Bruce Taylor. Sorne were charged reduced rates deedngo the type of event being held, he aaid. Rentai fées coiiected last year totalled $7 1,480. But with a gr oasi operating budget of r123,455, the net deficit to the Town was $51,975. «Sixty per cent is not a good recovery rate, we know that,» said Taylor. "Our intent le te increase revenues,» he said. As Taylor explaîned, council last year directed staff te explore ways of generating more revenue fromn Heydenshore. Service clubs, community groups, non-profit ad private orgaizations in the Witby area were invited to submit proposais for renting the pavillon on a reuar basis. ewspaper advertisements were also used te attract poten- tial usera. «F'riday and Saturday is not a problen,» said Taylor. The Watch Ims on LISE BLOUIN gives Town employee Rick Barn a hand putting Up a new Neighbourhood Watch sign at Bradley and Eve nsong drives. Other signs have also been put up for the new Watch area comprising Broughton Court, Robinson Crescent, Jansen Court, Evenson g and Bradley (from Garden Street to Evensong). Blouin and Angela Guidotti are co-chairs of the project, the i Oth Neighbourhood Watch in Durham Region. Photo by Mark Reesor, Whitby Free Press «TMe problem la the other days in the week (teo littie use) and multiple functions on weekends,» he said. 0f the nine proposais received by staff,. eight were from catering companies and the other from a service club, Taylor said. The caterers wanted full con- trol of the building and to run it on behaîf of the municipality while the service club rosc that it be given respoýnsX>'iiiefor booking events, he said. Although staff did not object te some of the proposais, coucil ultimately rejected ail of them Taylor said. While stressing .that it was neyer the intention to selI the facility, Taylor said some council- lors were leary about signing a deai with a private operator for fear that it might be miscon- strued. «We were not looking to privat- ize it,» he sad.* "But the Liberals (federal government) were lookmujg joto privatization (proposed Toronto airport deai) and that ieft a bad teste in somte mouthe. Councilior Judi Longfield also emphazized that the pavillon is not for sale. "No one '--eaedselling it~» said Lnfed hi of council'a operations committee. "But as soon as you put out proposais, whispers get started,» she sald. Longfield said the offers recel- ved by staff were rejected for various resens. «Some were too low and a couple were for exclusive use oniy. That'a flot what we were looking for," she said. Liongfield said the pavilion does cost money to, operate, but she has neyer considered it a ««drain' on the Town's finances. She compares it te an arena or any other recreational facility that a municipality muet provide for its residents. Taylor added that Town staff will be contacting 'the groupa which submltted bide te find out if they would be willing to modily their proposaIs. 100 YOU HAVE A BROKEN WINDSHIELD9. 1