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PAGE 22, WHT1'BYFRESE SWEDNESDAYJULY 8;,19 AnOntario MunicipalBor (0MB) hearinïg has been sehedu- led for, Juiy 23'to consider'.a regconihig pplict1on for addl- tionai apàrtment units at 300 Town council deied the app L cation.,by-developer Waye Ba- hood ,to *add j$units to the eisting 24-unit-apartment build- > ôaodsubmitted a notice of M~ei to the OMB; lu April, Wheên the application 'ca me up iNovember, 199,rsdnsin the areéa 'subittea'petition to council expressng eon cern about the. imact that' the new units would h ave in the quietresiden- tial neighbourhood. SResjidents ýwere concerned about, an increase in traffic flo$iv. But atraficimepact tudy bythe enidnenna rmn7-Marshall Macklin. Monghan, conicluded that the -propod d.exansion; of the buildinig wouldbrig a mini- iiiai amount of new traffic and thatexisting roads couiid accom- modate the additionai traffic. "The property was demignated as midium density residentiai, under the, secondary plan for the downtown area. The officiai plan allows deve- lopment for up toa maximum of 75. unité: per> net. hectare and the deveope's pplieaion for 39 apartment dwelling- unita con- forme to the me 'l density d.esignation of thý offical plan. Some of the deficiencies found on the ýproperty inciuded sani-, tary sewer capacity, storin, sewers and water pressure. The building asconstructed sometim~ etween 101and 1903 as a seniori?: homàe:under. the name of Ontario County House for Refuge. It' .was replaced i 1951 b Y'airview Lo4 e and used,.as an apaiment bilding until, a', fhr *caused dainage ini September 1972. Durigtie 150sand 1960a, the.buildig 1had 'a reputation'ais being rundown. ih - 1977, it rieopened as a luxury apar tment building. Funding renewed for region housing committees WHAT IS NOW.-an aPartment, building at 300 High, St. was onoe a seniors' homne. The building was constructed in the eariy, 1900S. Photo by Mark Reesor, Whlby Free Press The provincial: government will renew funding forfiveogaia tions in Duram Region that. LL4ADHLL-Sï T he Jnterirn Waste Authority Lirnited (IWA), a provincially-appointed Crown corporation, bas'identified -a. "long list" of. possible landfill sites in the Region'*of Durham, the comnbine d areals of Metrcâpolitan Toronto and. the Region of York,, and the Region of Peel. At this point, thé 1WA is seekîng pulcipu tôto ssist in narrowing down the long ist to a "short list" of four to six. sites in, each study area. We invite youi to attend avworkshop i your region on Saftuday, July 18. The site selection criteria and methodology usedto get to the short list wiIl be discussed. Pour obtenir des renseignements en français sur'la sélection d'un lieu d'élimination des z déchets dans la région de Durham, la communauté urbaine de Toronto et la région de Yorkou dans la région de Peel veule appeler 1-800-661-9294, 1-800-463-8484 ou 1-800-361'544 >Those wishing to attend should register and, obta.in- workshop tîmes andlocations by callng.- your Public Information Office: Durham Regionî: 1-800-661-9294 Metropolftan Tronto/York Reglon:e 1-800-7463-8484 1-800-36.1-54 48 Peel Region: Interl.m Waste 'Authority Llmlted 0111e provisoire, de sélection' de lieux d'élimination des déchets'Ltée j *.V~.. ¶.vi ~iVbkTà ~ k.Â..J. help f nd, -housin*gfor pole hv ingrobemflngnand.Ieein a pl'ace to liv.. ThPe Social Development Coun-' cil will receive' $67,200; B~S. ters: Shelter for' Youth, $3 o,'00- YWCA, $380,400;ý John Howard ,ScietV, *$41,200, Oshawa & Dis- trict, Association. for Coznmunity Living, *38,400.- The grouips help find housing for a wide ,range- of people, in- cluding vctni of vioalenice, homeless '-yo ung . people, ex-psy- chiatric patients, street people and fam'ilies with-1low incomes. Now it's officiai:, GST Iýrevenues are. only for deficit reduction Revenue .from the goodsansd servi es, tai wil now -bo used onlyto reduce the federai deficit. * Te Spendingl" Con'trol At nd. Debt Servcin'g ' and: Reducétio Account'Ast ýrecently becam-e llaw .. and Ontario riding -MP.Rene Soetens says the two ý pieces of legislation- «refleet -the goveru- ment's comimitmnent, to spending rstra'j t, >deficit reduction'su responsi'ble,- eff4ectivemanage- ment of public funds.'" Soetens, as a meniber of the federal government's finance committee, had urged the legisla- tion. «My -constituents have, fre- qSntly esesed thefr'whé new prograis, saidoens > NKw they have the. satisfac- tion of, dknowing that GST revenues wil b'used soiely foir deficit rýeduici<n.» The Spending - Control, Ast estabbishes firm iiis on pro- mgramseding for the.five-y.ar period ilm 191te 19l... Tii. Debt Servicing snd Reduc- tion Ast cmpeents the. Spend ing "Confrol7As by creatiig'an tingtlie cothfe ulic debt., Ail et evenes romti.h "GST audt.» prcedsfroni'thé sle fý è Crown corortions wMl flow into thïeaccount. 77- r-,- ;77 il ý