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Late January for decision on Decom Vol. 17, No.1 WednesdayJanuary 7,1987 20 Pages Sunray St. But after the Town's refusal, Decom applied for an environ- mental assessment board hearing. The board has given approval to the station. The director of ap- provals now has to rule on the board's decision. Balfour would not talk about the meetings. "It would be too premature for me to -discuss the meetings," he says. Meeting Jan. 28. on strip parlor bylaw A public meeting will be held on Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m. to discuss the proposed bylaw to eliminate adult enter- tainment parlors from downtown. The meeting will be held in Whitby council chambers. In December, council gave approval to two readings of a bylaw restricting strip clubs to a certain area in town. The bylaw becomes ef- fective when third and final reading is given. Council members have indicated they want tohear public in- put before deciding whether to give the bylaw a third and final reading. The restricted area, if approved, would be south of Victoria Street to the lake, Thickson Rd. to the west and the Oshawa-Whitby boun- dary to the east. If the bylaw is ap- proved, it will make illegal the three parlors in the downtown area. froquois renovation cost goes up another $250,000 Add on at least another $250,000 to the price tag for the renovation of Iroquois Park. Members of the operations committee were told Monday night about the extensive leakage in the roof and walls of the arena during the Mann Cup competition held in Sep- tember. A report on the extent of the leaks from Totten Sims Hubicki Associates Ltd., in- dicated that extensive repairs would be required to stop leaking. A report from the firm to the parks and recreation department on Dec. 19 recommen- ded caulking, painting, metal work, electrical work, mechanical work, metal clad installation and gutter work be carried out on three of the walls. The west wall was excluded - the firm recommended that this wall have separate work at a cost of $29,100. The work to the remaining three walls is estimated at $339,000. But parks and recreation director Larry Morrow said a more accurate figure would be in the $250,000 range. The department will be bringing forward a further report on the leakage repairs. This brings renovation costs to the recreation complex, to date, to $4.5 million. Council approved spen- ding $4.27 million on the complex in October of 1986. Fewer OPP charges under RIDE Ontario Provincial Police are more than pleased with the results of the intensive spot check program carried out over the past month. Sgt. William Hanna of the Whitby detachment says 10 impaired driving charges were laid from the total 5,720 checks made from the first week of December until Jan. 3. That's one impaired charge for every 570 drivers, compared to one for every 100 Hanna of the campaign vehicles -the Christmas against drink and before. driving. "I think the publicity The intensive spot paid off," said Sgt. check program also led Woman struck by car A Whitby woman received minor injuries after being struck by- a car while she was crossing at an intersec- tion. Kathryn Howie, 41, of 28 Renfield Crt. was crossing Dundas St. at Thickson Rd. when she was hit by a car making a left hand turn from Thickson to Dundas. Dianne Gilman, 31, of 2 Coniston Crt. was charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian in an intersection. to 33 12-hour suspen- sions and 10 liquor licence charges. The regular spot check program continues throughout the year. OPP also report no major injury accidents over the last week of holidays. Durham Regional Police also say it was a nice. quiet Christmas and New year. "It was a pretty good holiday season," says Staff Sgt. Ross Smith. 4, k w A decision on a 50-ton medical waste facility proposed for Whitby will be announced sometime around Jan. 24, says the director of approvals for the Ministry of the En- vironment. William Balfour says he is currently conduc- ting on-going meetings with Decom Medical Waste SystemsI:td. The company had ap- plied to the Town to build the station on