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Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 14 May 2004, p. 5

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Main St. to lose parking space for safety reasons Rv 1Ac;NWýflPi iTlr A single parking spot is set to be removed from tise downtown cote - where parking for the most pant is considered limtited - for safety reasons. Oas Monday night, tise Town's Community services committee recommended removmng a parking spot on Main Street East in front of tise Canadian Imperiai Bank of Commerce (CIBC). Tise bank manager, according to a staff report, expressed concem to tise Town tisat a vehicle parked in tise spot makes it diffîcult for motorists wiso exit tise bik to sec westbouîîd traffic along Main Street because of obstructed sigist lines. In faci, tise manager said tise baask lost some customers a.s a result of tis satety issue. "Tiss taof particular concem especially wisen a van. pick-up truck or SIJV i parked in this loca- tion.'"tise report stated, and creates '.an extremely dangerous situa- tion.- H-eide Scilegl, tise Town's Cii- ordinator of trafiic and transit. said in an interview sise went to tise bank and tried exiting onto Main Street to gel a sense of tise problem. I" went tisere once and it was pretty scary," se said, nofing tisere isas been at least one accident se Ms Scilegi saîd recommendmng tise removal of a parking spot in tise cote -wisen "parking is at a prime down tisere"' - wasn't made ight- 'y. ..Its not sometising we want to do, but wisen it comes to safety issues we isave no cisoice," sise said. "Safty's first.'" Tise $151) wortis of signage pro- isiiiting parking in front tise CLBC would go up next montis if tise rec- ommendation gets ratified by town council a ita May 26 meeting. Mayor Gord Kranîz told tise committeise"s cognizant of sup- porting a decision tisai involvea impacting parking availabîlity in tise cote. -l juat don't want tise puislic to tiik we isaven'î ibougisi about tisat," ise said. "lin alwsays ciifl'cientioua of losing even oine parking spot downtown.- lIn an interview. Mr. Krantz saad tise Town s nwcrking to create more parking apace in tise doawntown. Recently tise Town finaized an $8(X).(X deal to buy îiree proper- tics acros roin Town Hall on Mary Street witistise intent of uaing tise isalf-acre apace for parking. Two buildings currently it on tise site wiile anotiser is vacant. 'Me area would be avaîlable for mîodaic hiie iîccd loi exi.i parkiiig sisould tise proposed Town Hall expansion proceed, said Town CAO Mario Belvedere. Depending on isow tise parking lot is configured and if tise two buildings can eventually ise re- located, ietween 60) to 80 spots could be created. In tise meantime, in tise next cou- ple of montiss, Mr. Belvedere said tise Town isopes to create 24 park- ing spots on tise vacant piece of land. Patricia Flannagan, cisair of tise Downtown Business Improvement Area. "nid se recognizes CIBC's safety concem. But tise fact is tise cote riak s s ing a parking space wisen parking is already "linssted."' "Tiere are certainly people wiso isave complained about parking downîown." Ms Flannagan reminded visîtors tisere are two public parking lots downtown- on Mary andI Mill streets -to tise. "A loi of times tiscyre empty,- se saîd, adding ses encouraged tisai tise Town intends to build more parking spots. Jason Misner can 6e reaî'hed at jmisner@amiltîonc-anadianlaampi- on.com. The Canadian Champion, Fniday, May 14, 200"- Milton Chamber of Commerce MARKIT ý,am Fr'esh Fun* OpinatRiaaur a Over 40 Vendors! Every Saturday trom May to October 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Main St. tram Martin ta James For more information contact the Miflon Chamber of Commerce ai 905-878-0581 *TE OF 3PECIAL E[fG OF MMO PROSPEIUY 0E CM0N LMW Wuuimday My 19Si2004 NOTICE IS HEREIY GIVEN that a special meeting ai the members af Prasperity One Credit Unian Limited (the "Credit Union"), will be held at tihe Conierence Centre ai thre Ramnada Inn, 161 Chsholm Onive, Milton, Ontario, on Wednesday May 19, 2004, ai 7:30 p.m. Regstration wilI begin a 6:30 p.m. Specîal kesma aieh.Spedial Mumlq oi Mmeks: 1i.Ta consider andi thought advisable, ta conlirmn by special resolution, pursuant ta sectian 107(1) oaitme Credit Unions and Caisses Populaires Act 1994 (the "At"), an ameadment ta the Credit Union's by-laws already approved by its Board af Drectors, reducing the quorum requirement for a meeting ai the liald- ers ai the Credt Union's lass C Special Shares, and afi ts lass 0 SpeciaI Shares. The testoaithie proposed special resalutian is avaîlable in al afices ai tht Credit Union. 2. Jo consîder andi thought advîsable, ta pass, pursuant ta sectian 309 ai the Credit Unians and Caisses Populaires Act 1994 (the "Act"), a special resolution approvîng the Credît Unions proposed amalgamation with TEAME Credit Union Limited ("TEAME"), and the carrying an af business therealter with TEAME as ose amalgamated credit unian, which shail be known as Prospenity One Credît Unian Limited, pursuant ta the terms and conditions af an amalgamnation agree- ment between the Credit Union and TEAME dated as ai the 1ilith day af February, 2004. The test ai the proposed special resolution is available in aIl offices afithe Credît Union. 3. To conduct such furtirer and ather business as may praperly came befare the meeting ar any adîaurnments thereol. DATED the 28th day af Aprîl, 2004. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD Noies 1i Tht resalutians ta be cansidered at this meeting are special resalutians. The special resalutians require the appraval of at least two-thirds af the members af the Credit Union presented at the Special Meeting in persan, or, as permîtted by the Act and by mhe Credit Unions by-laws, represented at the Special Meeting by prosy and votîng. 2. Only members ai mhe Credît Union, according ta ils records as ai April 301h, 2004 (the "Record Date" accordîng ta thre credil Unions by-Iaws), shahl be enti- ied la notice af the meeting. 044 Main St. East, Milton IEPyeDLJS (905) 878»8105 CARPET&FLOORN4e 1 11I RED CARPET SERVICE AT EVERY STEP Til th îe IIG IT AI S IT u or ti I! 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