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Shoutiug msatch erupts, at council over downed. trees By Mike Kowuik cial a-ild to preventa'àri~ developer from- destrýOying tre, were hotiy denied at Town cou cil Monday. Councillor Ross Batten tu~ issue with comments made' 1 councillor, Marcel Brunelie b t weeks earlier over the cutting, trees on a subdivision site, C Anderson St. Batten said Bruneile's remar made. Town. staff "look foolis] and cast as3persions on the dev, 1 Btte' criticism, of Brunel' came after the' latter introduci a notice of motion. caliing for bylaw that will protect trees an woodlot areas from destruction. -Brunelëe' mot'ion wa prornpted by the removal of trei frmtesubdivision beng bi by Nor-Arm Developments lu Irunelle told council two weel ago that 'hundreds" of treî were cut down, many over 10 years 'old, even thoug the devi loper publicly agreed last year t preserve the trees. Batten said bis first reactic upon hearingBrunelie's chargu was, 'Did we let the bail drop o th is'oner; Bu-t af t er :'iiivestigating tQ matter "I -wanttomake it cles wedid not let'any-bail drop, said Batten. The planning.sud developmer comnittee chairman said th~ only trees the developer pri mised te protect was a strandc evergreens on the north side « the site. «There were no items ith site plan agreement that wer contravened,"saàid'Batten. Earth Day oelebratioei Sme Pfge 30 «The only trees that came out M- were some apple trees that Ito would have ' Pee i in the way of ms houses.» n- Batten said that if Bruneile had taken bhis concerns te staff, ok he would have, obtained the* in- by formation he was seeking. "I wo take exception to, what-the coun- of cilior said. It made our, staff look on foolish. The builder did not vio- >late the agreement.» ks Brunelfe thon umped up -te h» say that Batten was accusing e- him of making faise charges. 'Tm not satisfied that ail the lie trees were saved that couid have ed beon.saved,» said Bruneile. a He -then -produced a document id which he said rocommended pro- 1 serving some trees. He said the is _document was, ignored by pIanL es niqa taff. ut _ take exception te, that,» said Lc Batten, but before he coud con- oe tinue Mayor Bob Attersiey cut off es further discussion. )0 Bruneile 'produced the docu- e- ment for reporters following the bo meeting Tild"ree Survey Plan,» it )n was prepared for Nor-r by es anothier company. The document n recommends that the 25 ever- green trees referred te by. Batten le be preserved. It aiso includes 14 ar other trees that- were not saved.- ,» said Brunelle. S .These trees were piven either ut high- or medium, priority rank- ie ings or preservation. wa ofwere being saved. This document of shouid have beenp art of the subdivision plan of approval,» le saidBrunelle. *e SE2 PAGE 42 Gweee problems action By Mike Kowalsl Whitby residents wiil no longer be able te feed Canada geese and other birds at the watorfront. Nor wil they able te park their cars on Brock St. S. just te, watch the waterfowl. Town coundui Monday appro- ved these and other measures aimed at dealing with the rapidly increasig population of ffleandother Ewd at the No-feeding signs will be mastai- led et Windor Bay Park and adjacent areas, *hile Durham Reincoundil will be asked te proi*bit parking on both sides of Brck from Front St. te, Water St.» Gzarbage containers in the waterfront ares. wiil be removed and new containers with lido .nstalled& .Council's action was prompted by a staff report which saLys the- birds are'becoming a major pro- biem. The birds are slowly becoming domesticated from the constant feeding sud are losing 'their FINANCE MINISTER Michael l-l on. Friday. Wilson waswin Duirbam. son (left) spoke to, local business and "egin odefend -bis cntmovers"a politit-lans at a huncheon lu Oshawa goodd ervie tan. 0mes stoq la page2. Conunimty paecniues mam oth'funù&%draising ,effort' Býy Trudis ZaRvadvios It is the largest community fimdraising endeavor ever mode, with a goal te raise a wh ing $5.5-nnllio for improvementt Whitby Generai Hospital. The hospital i in dire need of expanded facilities and updateýd eqmlpment. This is, precisely what the *5.5-million will buy - indepndentiyitout the ned of Miitydealth approval. This is the first time a fund- rsng goal of such magnitd has been attempted and the tewn is certainly showingîtfs up te the challenge.- To date *3.6-million has been raised. Although the community is showing care and comritmeqnt, often spontaneously reaching inte their h art nsd pocket- books to further the cause of the hospital, the decision to, launch suchi a mammoth campaign was not a spontaneous on.. The idea' was discussed for about two years. After. commit- ting te the poet the hospitaiTs foundation badthon -hired Navion Financiai Developmsnt Systems Ine, a Toronto-based firm seilzn nfmriig te carry out a feaslbility study t-e 'test the waters as it wore. Their findingshowed Whitby wasuip te, the tak of 'ramsing $5.5-millhon and the goal was set. From te onset this campaignm has operated 1ke a fineîy-tue Swiss timepieco; hundreds of volunteers working together to meet the goal. Planning began last September, the campaign was launchedminAprilafidin ta~tot wind up in August.> Tere are eightcomtos each with their own 0.al. Ti hospitai family committéehas already- reached their goal of $700,000; the corporato,finance institution and foundation com-, mittee has a goal of *1.8-million; developers and'builders comit- tee $1.9-million; locailuinso an1professionals, $400,000;, ser- vice clubs., $600,0010.s al1 names committee, i25g,000;- community phase committe., $400,000, their campaWgn to e o launched May 1 and to, run throu hout the month. ]Robm Postili, directer of deve- lojment for the poecwas hirod by the hospial boaerd -to croate.public awareness of the campaign. 5h. also works with a consultant from Navion to, plan the caxnpaign and decide on future fundraising initiatives. One aspect of public awareness is showing the public why the hsianeeds the funds. hrta is a- definito neod for the ~ to hpia eexpand'its ser-' vics~ sysPosili "ItIs in definiteneedof a shot in the "nSome equipinent is 20 years old. Even repairsansudp arts are becominghard to ge need te upgrade sud change the equip- ment. 'Mei hospital1 also needs to expand its out-patient sud emer- gency services. Theyre bursting at the sems. Some washrooms have boon- oenverted te offices and (soÈme) elevater shafta are now boing used for storage. Iliere a dr need for additional spaoe. Tuer.is a siigneàficant neod te create a centralizedservce. area for emergency, sud out- patient services, and an ambula- terycare service.» L btil says there is a short- terni sud a long-term plan. for. the hospital Tho short-term plan for new equipi nsdepn sion of servies wll horeafized with the *,'mllo.The long -term ni o ncesigthe size Of the Mxedcrfcltes te 68 beds from 32 will depend -on ministry' 'funding. The.minisftry now has a freeze on ail lon#-term cars projocts, no the inunistry cmritmeut of * 4-nmlon te extend that-,wing bas yot te hoý exercised. Un"is fundraising project lé benoficia for ' us because it-is a cimmuity p"rogrami,» says Pos- tfiI. 'It us not contingent on ministry approval.» Pldgesarebmg ccpe during campain fundrisng Arrangemients csu ho.ade t pa~pldgs vera iof time ralJrll= i on. lump sUM. The next few montha, are cru- cial in meeting *5.5-million goal. My, which bas hon rolaùned 'Whfitby General Hospital Month' bythe To» .w lllhoone of the usest.montsfo ramsng funds. The.cmunt phase wllh ,launched May iasd in -tbeïr, efforts' te raise *$400,000$ the conmàittes suad volunteorswill embairk îon- ea' door-to-door cam- paign te rais. funds. V'olunteers havecomte two-weeks te trining ascauvas- ser. Ther.have been. several training sessions -during which volunteen hayq bpeq iefll ifor- % .~ ~ ,.~. ~.SKE.PAG~B9 ~ " &~'À~ U .h a. I I I Engllsh Hgohts gred S ffl 3e