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Items fromn Whitby Coune:, agenda(s) Mond&yo MY 1 Planning and Developmnent Committee That a rezoning and site application from Ragetti Corporation to permit a gas bar an d 168-aquare-metre convenilence store on the northeast corner of Baldwin Street (Hîghway 12) 'and Taunton Road b. approved. Athough planning depart- mient staff supported the application for a gas bar and store, they were opposed to the store portion exceedîng the 75 square metres permitted under the existing zonlng bylaw. Staff feit there were sufficlent convenlence commercial shopping opportunitles elsewhere ln Whftby. However, committee feit the location dld flot warrant strict aciherence to the bylaw and was prepared to grant an exemption. Ricommendod to counci That a rezonlng and site plan application from Dan Shlsko to permit a golf drMvng range and associated club house on the south side of Victoria Street, west of the Lynde Shores Conservation Area be approveci. Both the Save! Lynde Marshi citizen s' group andi Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority had expresseci concem about errant golf balls endlng up ln the marsh. The tee-off platform was subsequently reallgned to the southeast to mînîmize the Intrusion of golf baîls Into the marsh. B000mmOded te o=oucl That a site plan application from Cleamet Inc. to permit construction of a 180-foot tal telecommunlcatonstower andi assoclateci 270- square-foot prefabricateci meanical Qulpment sheter on Canadian National railway lands, nearVictoria andi Grand Trunk streets be approved. Cleamet is leasing the site from ON. ts applIcatIon Is also subJect to federal govemment approval. Rooommoîdteocouncil comitte That councll exempt- Consumers Gas from the provisions of the municipal noise bylaw for the duratlon of construction of the natural gas pipeline on the Ontario Hydro corrIdor'from Taunton Roaci to the site of the Whitby co-generation facllity on, Wentworth Street, south of Atlantic Pacikagln g agend a have dopedopposition il By 1(1ke Kowalskl A proposed storm water reten- tion pond to serve the future' Lynde Shores hous*g roect continues to generate opposition. »Town council's planning ad development committee could flot reach a consensus Monday on a proposai Wo build the 1.2-acre pond onJprovincial land south of W'hitby Gneral Hospital. Comimittee split evenly on a glanning department recommen- ation to approve a request from the Ontario government's Management Board Secretaiat' for construction of the facility opposite the municipal boat launch. Council will decide next week whether the proposed site is the right location for what a Whitby General Hospital officiai once termed a "sewvage pond," but is no longer opposed by the hospi- tal. "My problem is with the long- term use of the land,» said coun- cillor and committee chair Mar- cel' Brunelle ini opposing the recommendation. "This basically paralyzes future uses. Fmn not hap9Y with the location at ail,' he sai. Brunelle's opposition was. prompted by a staff report which aflirmed the department's earlier support of the request Wo move thtpnd'àlocation. .Tepond is one of four that will treat -sWrm water produoed by the nearby Lynde Shores development, a joint initiative of the Ontario Realty Corporation (ORC), Durham Region and the Rose Corporation. Originaily intended W be loca-' ted near Lake Ontario south of the Whitby Mental Health, Centre, ORC officiais asked that thej>ond ho moved furtber north., eor poste. asociated with bewappipe installation due Wo existm gade constraints, and potentialgimpacts on lakeshore open srace, prompted the ORC 'T0ever, the revised proposai was attacked by Whitby General Hospital officiais when it came bofore coimmitteo in March. Hospital vice-president Marc Ksaley warned of odours, poten- F1IN A N C I.AIL " INVESIMENT MANAGEMENT " RETIREMENT PLANNING r666-8245 I ~~~ ~ ~ .... L AJEE E E E J J ï E E EL E J ~ ~E E EE z' I tial safety concerne and main- tenance problema associated with an open <bewage pond" and h. called on committ to Wscrap the «ludicrous rocommendation. Kealey's commente were ochoed in a letter fromn hos ital chief executive officer EIiza:eth site,. including a médical research theme park that was once Wouted Wo the former, NDP government. SBut in a subsequent letter Wo Town planning director Bob Short, Woodbury said the hospi- taiè s cerns were «satisfactorily addressed" and there is no fizrther need Wo review the mat- ter. Ini a brief presentation Wo com- mittee, ORC officiai John Perdue said moving the pond "more than five metres in any direction" will cause significant problems. Not only would the pond have Wo ho rasoed Wo-ensure that it remains above the level of Lake Ontario, but Gordon Street would have W o raised as well, Perdue explained. (Plans now caîl for water frome the pond Wo empty into the har- bour from pipes that would cross Town lande south of the boat launch.) Although conceding that "there cranyseems W o ea problem in moving it Wo another location,' Brunelle was upset that couneil is now faced'with this situation. He noted that a previous con- sultant's report proposed the now «unsuitable? laheshore location and. wondered Who should ho ,held accountable.- ,Brunelle said most of the storm water quality ponds ho bmas ee «are not pretty thinga at al" and wlule landscaping, will address the "visuai" aspct it wiIl not resolve bis "land ue complaint. "I think it will ho a major beadache for the municipality in the future,' said councillor Gerry Emm,, wbo j"oined. witb the chair in voting agaia the staff recom- mendation. ; But councillors, Don Mitchell and 'Shirley Scott supported staff, thereby forcing, the matter Wo g o Wcuncil witbout direction from, committee. Whftby Free Preas, Wednolsday, May 8, 19oM.,page 3 Concilors divided on Pond plan, But hospital officiais DEBBIE MORGAN * Unique Designs * 'ttrInce and *b Quality Nursery Stock $Mpuation since I~ CALL: M (905) 686-3869 or A.......narl tGrow ,witth et#f~ ba'