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-1T A16 - The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, January 24, 2006 ros< M, o e or t ram CITIZENS on page A3 scaping, pcaked roofs, arches. lcss glass. more stone. and smaller, almost bouse- sized elements. He said many of those desires were incorporated int the new plan. "We've made it look more broken Up, more like the existing building." he said. Witb much more stone on the façade. wbich is quite expensive. some elements had to be given up to stay within the budg- et. Mr. Sapuunzi said. One of tie features scrapped svas a solar chimney. But. he added. many energy efficient materials will be incorporated. flMc aId Town Hall building will be used mostly as a conference centre. he explained. witb meeting roomis that can be used by the public. Resident Mike Grimwood asked if the taîl stone svall incorporated into the design * would create too much shade. particularly * in the public square area. Mr. Sapounzi said shadoss studies bad been donc. "A good variety of sun and shade will bc important,- be said. Answering a query from Milton resident Bob Beyette. Mr. Sapounzi said ibe pro- posed extension is on par witb otber near- by municipalities wben it comes to the * square footage of the building in ligbt of the town's population. * Despite the largcly positive comments, toward the middle of the Q and A session some residents expressed their opinion the process was moving toio fast, witb the new plans to go before Town counicil January 30. "Tbey've sbown us two pretty pictures," said resident Brian Williams.."But a lot basn 't been worked out. Tbere's a wbole bunch of stuif that sbould be talked about by people in tic comniunity before tbis is L. considered approvable." King Street's Sandra McGagbran said she couldn't fully support the new plans until a perspective of tic expansion from ber street was sbown. " edta know wbat l'm going to be * looking ai,"* sbe said. .Mr. Sapounzi said thc King Street view would be almost a mirror image of the Mary Street perspective. Councillor Brian Penman, chair of tbe expansion steering committee. said tbere's a "now factor" ta the projeet. 'We can't spend forever on every nuance and subtlety," be said. raising some resi- dents' ire. But wben Mr. Sapounzi bluntly asked. "Are we going generally in the rigbt direc- tion?" the crowd broke into applause. Mayor Gord Krantz -wbo bas dcclared a conflici of interesi on thîs issue since be livcs across Towsn Hall -said notbing's psrping residents from appearing as dele- lsyouw God-given rigbt to appear here i n frosi o) counicil on the 30th,- lie said. (Xsîcernis ssere alsit extiressed regardîng pairking and the tiait c it could hring. Mr. Siipotin/ sa;d ari underground parkinîg garage. svbicb ssill be on tbe Mary Street side of tbe building, will bave 70) spaces. There will also bc 18 aboveground spots and a two-level parking garage on Mary Street to accommodate jusi over 100 vebi- dles. Tbe budget for tbis "parking solutioni" is just over $4 millioni. Hugb Street resident Sue Leeder svas concemcid tbe parking garage wasn't sbown in the perspectives. "To put aIl that money mbt a spectacular (addition) svhcn itîIl be ovcrtooked by a two-storcy parking garage... ibat sbould be tn tbe perspective and it's not." Ms Leeder tben questiotîed wby tbe expansion was îîeeded in the tirsi place. drawîng support from others in tbe audi- ence. One mani vebemcnily said the issue sliotld be 'oi thie ballots' and stîîrtîîd oui oftte room. Couitillor Wendy Scbau siauncbly defended the projeci, bringing the meeting to a conclusion. "Tbe key to an organization ssorking ssell is teamwork. Puiting people ail over îown in separate buildings wouldn't facili- tatc that. We're not soiie riîîky-dink (town).' 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