Whitbherp roaWpdqesdy,. July 10, 11996, Page ,3 Items from Whà itby Council agenda(s) Monday, JuIýy 8. 1996 Recommenda- tions from the Planning and Development COMMittee That an amendment to change the zoning at Iroquois Park t ram institutianal to open space-recreation camplex be approved. The zoning change is needed ta accamadate the $7.6-million expansion ai the existing camplex which wIll include three mare lce rinks, change raams, comman space, a public hall and eating facilities. Carried That a site plan application tram Invar Industrial Ltd. ta permit a 4.430-square faot restaurant ln addition ta ts retalil wamehousing units at 1650 Victoria St. E. be appraved. The restaurant willI be bult on the sauthem portion ai the praperty and wlll Include a drlve-through camponent.. CmArred Recommenda- tions from the Operations Committee That the number of free special garbage collections be reduced tram two ta ane per househald annually and that a $25 user fee be lmposed for every collection ln excess of one per year. Rtems that qualify for special collection Include refrigera- tors, freezers, air con- ditioners, staves, fumniture and Cther bulky household goods. Carred That two 40-foot low floar transit vehicles be purchased tram Ontario Bus Industries for a total cost of $747,500 of which the provincial govemment will provide $560,625 lnsubsidy., That applications fortax wrfteaffs totalling $329,384 for the 1996 taxation year be approved. The bulk of wrtteoffs are attributable ta businesses'no longer ln operation. Carried' That a $20,971 quotation tram Starfleld Safetywear Manufacturing Co. of Toronto for 16 firefighting bunk suits be accepted. Carried That a $57.525 tender tramn Carrtium Site Contracting lnc. for Improvemnents at the Whitby Pier be accepted. The project Involves paving over the existlng, granular area at the base of the pier and installinîg concrete pads and steps, site fumiture and paving leadlng to the bridge and gazebo. Cmrried That.a $131.161 tenderfram Miwel Construction Ltd. of Stoufiville for sidewaik construction ln varlous Whtby.locatio ns be accepted. Sexual assault charge laid A. 16-year-oId Whitbyyot was arrested late Saturda ftr- noon after a woman told police her 11-year-old son had been sexuaiiy assauited. The boy was enticed into the greenbeit area between Stargeli and Rice drives (south of Bassett Boulevard) around 4:50 police say, where the assailant pulled down his pants and tou- ched hlm before the victim fled. The victim wasn't physicaiiy injured. Police were called andr 20 minutes later, officers picked up a suspect who matched bis description. The suspect, Who police say lives in the area and is mentaliy disabled, was charged wi'th sexual assauit. Thieves. drive car through shop'S. bay door Bandits crashed through a garage door from the inside in the process of stealing a car from a Whitby muffler shop late Saturday evening. Police say the cul prits foroed the door at Thruway u er and Brake Centre, 300 Dundas St. E., around 11:35 p.m. and drove the gray four-door 1990 Cadillac Sevillie tirough the bay door to make th .efecae Glass Mnd mtal from the door were strewn ail over the parking lot and onto the westbounid lanes of Dundas Street. An inventolry was being carried out te see if anything else was misig Damage to the two doors isestimated at,$3,000. The Kennett Drive 'mountain' and the flooding and drainage problems faoed by residents should soon be a thing of the past. An igagreement-iri-prminie» bas been reacbed witih the The Great Gulf Group te move bet- ween- one-third and one-haif of the estfimated 6,000-cubic-meitre dirt pile~ says Wthitby public works department director Wayne Hancok The developer is building a subdivision at the northwest cor- ner of Cochrane Street and Ross- By Mark Reesor A plan te establish Meadow- crest as a community schooi te save evenng programs threa- tened by ýtacksis being nego- tiated -with the public schooi board. Groupe using the Brooklin and other schoois are faced with a 15 per cent fee increase i permit fées and wiil soon be required te be out of tbeachool by 8 p.m.. 'The cost for weekend use of schools nsste $44 an hour on Sat.urdays and $58 an hour on Sundays te. cover custodiai over- Establisbing Meadowcrest as a community achool wouid aliow use after 8 p.m. by groupa sucb as Scouts and Brownies, and reduce tbefr coes., 'Thè"toýhM éadli bord bavre' a reciprocai use agreement whicb entities schools ,to reduced ice time fees in exebange for aiiow- ing the town use of community acools at reduced charges. To preserve the agreement, the Town has agreedto pay to install locks or security doors at the six- community schools in Whitbîyso custodial supervision wouldntb requfred . It wiii cost an estimated $4,800 te instail the door at Meadowerest Demolished A LARGE CROWD gathered Monday mnoming. to watch as a crew from a Tennessee demolition" company blew Up Co-Steel Lasco's old meit shop - the taîl building on the *outheastý comrerof the plant. The explosion. wasdetonated night on sohedule and oompany officiaIs. say I went Off without a hitch.: PhOto by Lbrk Reosor, WbyFm se i Hold-usip at sub shop Two bandits, one brandishing a knife, gescape-on foot after holding up a Wiby submarine shop earlyý Saturday morng. Police« say the two mai es entered the Subway Sandwich land Road and has agreed to move the materiai there, at no cost te the Town, over the neit one te two montha. As for the remainder of the fl Hancock says the Town will "put m a proper swale and get the drainage working and then grade the rest off, which we think wili work reasonably well.» Hancock says that should eli- minate the dainage probiems "and the site problems, for the Most part." Ho hopes the work can be compledby the end of Auut. shop at the Garden and Rossland (Loblaws) 1az around 12: 15 a.m. and le'manded cash from the lone maie cierk. One of them puiled a knife with a thin, tbree-inch blade and Kennett residents have com- plained about- severe flooding, drainage, safety and esthetic pro- blemis sinoe the soil was moved te an area bordering their back- Yards five years ago. aA dispute over ownersbip that bas ended up in the courts meant the soi?, wbich was te be used as fil for a new subdivision, bas stayed put. black handie, say police, who add the pair were handed. the cash drawer,, scoope up almost $400 and then fied.1 1The bandit with the knife is described as a light-skinned black or Italian maie, aroundý six feet one inch, with a thin build and wearig a winter-type blue- nylon jacket with a ho6f ver bis head and red bandana over bis fae1 red basebal bat, black knittedgioves and white running shoei. The second susp~ect was around five feet eight inches and wearing a blue denim baseball bat,' a red bandana over bie face a black, puiloverý sweater anc1 jeans, wbite knitted gloves and whi running shoes. One suspect, threw away bis outer clotbmng whiie flesn The clerk wasn't injure4 in the incident wbich is bein'g investiga- ted. INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT RETIREMENT PLANNINGI - TAX I ESTATE STRATEGIES 666-8245 FORTUNE FI1N AN CIA L L)EBBIE MORGAN Forun FianialGrUn Iil. ISome fiJJ -to be eod Talkslý held to save Meadowcrest school 's evening programs ES