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stouffville suntribune thursday june 23 2005 13 churches want exemption from building fees from page 1 hilton said the department is in the process of producing such a document said tom parry director of development services churches should be exempt from these charges councillor rob hargrave said if we dont support our own community and the people in it we really are not doing our jobs commercial and industrial devel opments are only charged 2 per cent for parkland mr parker said if we dont support our own community and the people in it we really are not doing our jobs councillor rob hargrave mayor sue shcrban said churches have been taking care of our park issues for the past 30 or 40 years by making their land available for the public the official sodturning at christ church anglican took place last month we have outgrown the existing facility father rob shields said an average of 200 people come to worship there every sunday morning a new parish hall that will seat 300 people will be added af the back of the existing- church building which will be gutted so more classrooms offices and a large new entrance can be built the addition of a commercial kitchen means parishioners will no longer have to wash dishes by hand after large events the new parking lot will have 112 parking spaces including four handi capped spots the new building will make it easi er for the church to hold its increas ingly popular lenten suppers which served 900 people during the time leading up to easter as well as pan cake suppers and other parish events we have already had interest from some outside groups to make use of the new building fr shields said funding has come from a grant from the anglican diocese of toronto as well as fundraising by the congre gation members have raised more than 500000 surpassing their origi nal goal of 450000 the anticipated completion date is next january springvale baptist church has a new addition planned of around 70000squarefeet church member al brooks said springvale is being hit with close to 700000 for development charges and a letter of credit before getting the building permit the church also faced a cashinlieu of parkland pay ment but since it paid the fee during a previous expansion it wont be charged for parkland again mr brooks suggested development charges be spread over several years- to make it easier on the congregation nonprofit organizations should have a lower rate structure than developers he said with close to 500 people coming to jnsertsfor thurs june 23 2005 canadian tire giant tiger johns taekwon do sobys mm meat shops mattress haven premier fitness stonebridge church amtul shakoor yeehong centre iga dominion loblaws zetlcrs price chopper no frills food basics leons strawberry festival party supply hy zeis ontarl concord slacks 2001 audio video shoppers drug mart michaels the bay sears home mercedez benz m future shop best buy a4p bad boy- strawberry festival ntribune no one deovers results be we do to find out 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