I Items from Whitby Counci agenda(s) Monday, March 18,1M9 Recommenda- tions from the Planning and Development Co'Mmitte That a-rezoning application tram Kathleen Natsuhara, ta permit a private sohool in the basement of a church at 508 Byron St. S.$ be circulated for: comment from public agencies and planning staff. The sohool, wh ich wilI house appraxlmateiy45 students between ages 2 1/2 and 7, is. naw located ln another' church In Whtby but its present quarters are cramped. Natsuhara is seeking an exemption ta the current residential zoning ta allaw the sohoal. Referred to Plann department That a rezaning application tram Maclock Develapments Ltd. ta permit a gasoline bar an a vacant site at the nartheast camer of Dundas St. and Regional Rd. 23 (Lakeridge Rd.) be circulated. for comment tram publie agencies and planning staff. ,~At least'one abjection ta the papsal hasbeen regIstered Sy the awner of a 185-ac re apple orchard an the Ajax side of Lakeridge Rd. Referred té planning .department That applications tram, Orlando Corp. ta permit prestige 1i«ndustrial develop- ment on a. 0.81 -acre site on the west side of Tiiicksan Rd., north of Wentworth St., be denledi. Althaugh staff recomimended approval, the committee two weeks aga feit further development in the area.will be detrimental ta the environmentallysensitive Corbett Creek and ne arby marsh: But followIng a submission fromn an Orlando spokesman, council last week directed committee ta take another look at the application. However, cammittee upheld its earlier recommendation ta deny the Recommended to couneil Recommenda- tions from the Operations Committee That councIl petition the Ontario Ministry of Transpor- tation for highway improve- ment subsidies based'on 1 990's subsidizable WBFIBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY,,MARCH 20,1994,PAGES Solutio0toPCB problemmaybeiteok By IllicoKowalski A solution to the problem of PCBs aboard -the dereiict ferry boat in Whitby, harbour 'may be at hand. fui an agreement to dispose of the potentially-danigeroue chemi-J cal wilI be forthcomîing shortly. About 500 gallons of PCBs are contained in three transformers aboard the Prince Edward Island ferry owned by Whitby business- man Art Robinson. PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) have been linked to cancer in laboratory animais. Production of PCBs was banned, in the 1970s. «We've got a couple of legal initiativeson the go which are aimed at resoiving the PCB pro- blem,» said Environment Canada spokesman Randolph Simmons. «That's ail I» can say right, now," he added. Ontario Ministry of Environ- j ment media 'relations officer John Steele' expressed similar commenta. "ltes not been resolved where the material would g, we're stili SIX GENERATORSj working on it,» said Steele. Edward Island fer Robinson was ordered by removed i preparatic Environment Canada to remove the PCBs and other oils from the transformers following a sinking last December. acquired jurisdiction of But after -Rob inson made waterfront from Ottawa and1 efforts to ensure the boat's trespassing charges agai safety, federal -officiais relented Robinson. and did not proceed with dlean- He will next appear in courl up order. the charge on Aprl 8. In making: their decision, they noted that Robinso>n had no other, options once the Town of conim sione Whitby registered itse objections to Robinson's proposed soluion. to attend Last 'monta Town concil objected to Robinson's apliea h t y fr u tioin-to the province for P.rns- sion to store the, PCBs, at a site adjacent to bis wrecking yard in Susan Van De' Velde, north Whitby. commissioner of the, CitizÀ Until outstanding fire code vio- Form on Canada's Future,1 lations and municipal. bylaw attend the April il forum ta charges against Robinson in con- held in the council chaxubers nection with 100,000 used tires the Whitby municipal building, stored at the yard are resolved, "This- is a very excil the Town will not consider the opportunity for aIl citizens app~lication. WhiAtby te voice their conce Ieprovincial environment directly te one of the individu ministry which would approve who will actually write the JuJ the application, will not, do s0 report( oplto frsl against the Town's wishes. ,- frms(a compil aionorsu One possible, site Ieing con- fourm,"shedailBo acro sidered for the PCBs is Whitby cotiidtiftsays Bby Stan] Hydro's storage facility on Taun- rsdn fth htyCa ton Rd-. of Commerce, organizers of >However general manager Whitby forum. Tom May labelled reports pub- The'forum* will begin at 7 pý lished elsewhere last week, that and the public isurged te atter the PCBs 'will be stored ý Whitby Hydro, «very premature. May .said 'the province was exanuing several options for the JL. k7 PCBs. % t, y. bus . "Mat's one of the options, there's no deal in the works,» o"o i t «Theres been no decision made this is one of them.» oni. hy'egt eenotin, shaw a Wihile no resting place has been found for the PCBs, the boat has been the site of recent nex tmnt .Robinson is in the process of -removing snix iel gene*,rataoFrs yMk Kwbk The Town tried te force Robin- Operating during this tii son te moire the boat three years will niot resuit inay addition aobut was thwarted in its cost te the municipahity. e ort by the federal govern- Wib rnitcretyp ment. ofcaswr o wr vides service easteiy te Garnai ;the government was ý collecting By extending Dundas St. se ~dc fees from Robipsoli.. wi from the prince rry are being on for the boat's the laid inst rt; on cens' will Dbe a at ting iof mrs uais iy 1 Ls Of the dey, iber the nd. às day rits bus 1 a last on ier- ing ber St. tho ing ne nal Td/ sale. -Three transformera cntaining POBs are stiHl aboard the vesseile CLEAN UP AND GOLF GREEN. -SPECIA L Reg NOW $19IV99 e.HID SEMIA' SUNDA Y MARCH 24TH -2PM Featuring: Mr. Wayne Hingston Over 14 years eprence with ocis. 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