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The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, June 3, 2008 - A17 By'a~ t t~ ~fct u 9 from DC on page Ai cltamhers of commerce. Lyn Townsend, who tepre- sents the Halton Industrial Development Group. asked counicîl to extend the 30 per cent dtscount t March 31, 2010. The discount is slated to he parttallv phased out hy next April and then [ully phased ont tn 2010. Both the Oak-,tlle and Milton chamhers of commnerc e asked for the satne extension. Townsend reîteratcd the development communitys posi- tion that the high DCs will act as a deterrent for hustnesses look- ing to set up shop i Halton. At ils meeting Mondav night. Milton counicîl also passed a motion that expressed the municipaîtty's concemn that the new DCs wilI have a negatîve timpact on husiness develop- metnt tt Milton, After heaning [rom the dele- gates, regiottal counicîllors went on to make a senies of mottons about the DCs, ntost of which were defeatrd. The faiîed motions included unes to: - Ehimtnate the discounts for manufactuning. office and ware- house developmenîs - [romn Oakvtlle Mayor Roh Burton . Implement region-wide DCs - [rom Oakville Councîllor Alan johnston - Extend the discount to March 31, 2010 -Mtltotn Mayor Gord Krantz -Hase a ttansttonal pciîcy su that maîtufacîuring, offite attd warehouse developmritts on certattt lands wtll pay the current DCIs il they're tssued a hutldting permit hy Novemher 30 -Mtlton Mayor Gord Krantz. Counctl ultntately support- ed tIhe area-speciftc DCs and the discounts that'll be phased oui. Artother motiont [romn Burton that asks staff to report on options to deploy a variety of taigeted rconomic development tools was also passed. Last hut not least, approved was a resoluton [rom Burltngton Councillor jack Dennison that effectively lets high-densîty developers who are huilding 100 unîts per hectare pay thetr DCs at the building permit stage, down [rom 150 units per hectare. DCs are levted hy munictpal- ies to recover growrh-related costs assocîated wtth things like roads, water and sewer infra- structure needed to service new developmnent. The new DCs are expected to cover 78 per cent of develop- tuent costs, or $56 mtllion per year, leaving 22 per cent to be paid hy the taxpayers, or $15 million. Currently the Region charges Halton-wide DCs for roads and general services and area-specif- tc DCs for water adwse water, wtth the latter fees being htgher in Halton Urban Structure Plan (HUSP) areas where rapid developmnent is tak ing place, like Milton, north Oakvtlle and the Milton/Halton Hilîs 401 cornidor. Now that the area-specific charges are conninuing, the cost to develop a home in a HUSP area wtll go front $22,752 to $28,864 and fronti $13,677 in a non-HUSP area lu $23,764. The price for a retail develup- ment tn a HUSP area wîII tise [romn $12.09 per square foot to $14.79, while non-HUSP retail will pay $1 1.23 per square foot, up [rom the current $10.36. Manufacturtng, office and warehousing businesses wilI have lu [ork over a dtsrounted rate of $10.74 per square foot in HUSP areas, up fron $9.59, and $7.18 per square foot in non- HUSP areas, which ts down sltghtly [rom the current $7.85. Once the discounts are phased out though, these fees wilI be the samne as those for retail developments. The new DC hylaw comes into effect on August 18. Melanie Herrnessey can be reached ai mhennessey@mtlton- canadianchampion.com. FOR CHILbREN WITH CANCER îuddB<'utioOkl GoId Book would like ta thank those advertisers assisting in oui' »Toonies for Ooch fundraising campaign. Camp Qochigeas believes that kids with cancer deserve the chance 10 just be kids. It also believes in the power of camp as a heallng experience. So since 1984 Camp Ooch has given children with cancer the opportunity to rediscover the maglc of childhood through camp. Cancer does change a child's Iife.Thankfullyso does camp. Together we can malie a differencel For more information on Camp Oochigeas, see wvAs.ooch.ofg. L ~ (our new GoId Book is coming to you-r home this monthî Il