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Stouffville Sun-Tribune (Stouffville, ON), 13 Jan 2011, p. 9

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'Ihé watet park was 0W identified in the 2010 capital budgets fiveyear foreâ€" cas: as being completed in'2012. If the grant Japplication is approved and the money. acceptedhy council, the projea will be compléi‘e'd at the end ofsum-mcr 2012.» consist of closin and replacing the outdoo: pool with a m £1-featum splash pad; bar- fier-freewashroomslchange rooms; acces- siblepléyfitmclmes and associméd outdom activity areas and a sensory garden. A por~ (ion of the area-could be transfomaed into a skating rink in the winter. ' "Children. with or without a disability have the chance to have fun in the park.“ said Heather Andrews. chairperson of the town‘s accessibility advisory committee. However. not all councillors are in favour of the potentialpmiect. 'l realize sdmehody's dangling money in from of us and you want to grab it.’ said Councillor Ken Ferdinands “I’d like to see what! (Menmriali Park looks like in the sum- mer to see if what's proposed fits in. My instinct on this is to lei this one go." “I love the idea you can also turn that into a skating rink." said Councfllgr Richard Banicy. "I think this is something we have to go for.~ ' Councillor-s Phil Bannon. Rob Hargmve and Mr. Bentley all disagreed with Mr. Fer- dinands and voted in favour of submitting (he application. Councillors Clyde Smith and Susanne Hilton were not at Friday after- noon's special council meeting. “lt would be somewhat foolish of us to not Alake advantage of this money if we are to be fiscally respOnsible.’ said Mr. Bannon. who sits on the town‘s accessible advisory committee. ~â€" Wm Ila Il‘vlllb wu-rluyw‘vu Ill bVIb- II “ID you“ . - “This pmject was discounted by staff. , >||cation IS approved and the money. _ . :2;pr by council" me prom will be however. as sniffing the project {upward to compléié’d at the end of summer 2.012.» m wng “men”: of "‘9 (mung Although council approved submitting. MCMWW “WWW W33 Pfemamm- an apphcation. if the fédéfaTӤ6vemment The Nun‘m'e Cons‘mC'm" afld “9973' accepts the project. there‘is- still “0" nighgseconsl W10“ 0001 "PP"?- mniqy. for cggncu m not go ahead with the senta wmt unpaa on theta"!st project. ' ; . operating budget.’ Mr. McNeer wrote. “Council Has to make the decision (1 ' The town will find out in April or May if its what is in the best interest of Whitchurch» application was successful. 905727-0930 1m2wzza: â€"--\El'lninate women abuse m our Water park’fun for all’ 51mm: said Andrew McNeely. director of planning and building services (6: The Ian. 7 report accepted by coundl also noted: “This project be identified _in the 2011 capital budget. onIy to proceed If the town is successful in being awarded funding through the (Enabling Accessibility Fund) program." ‘ There were three other projects town staff considered the gram for. One was the transformation of (Look Canada into the? new town hall. which was negated because. according to the grant appliCation guidelines. work must start on or after April I. 201 l. Construction at that facility started late last year. - In the capitalâ€"forecast. this $2.9-million project is set for construction in 2012. How- ever. about 86pm cent of its budget is recoverable through development charge payments. according to Mr. McNe‘ely’s Jan. 7 report. to council. ' A second indoor pool was also consid- ered and is within the town's five-year capital iorecast. with construction slated for 2014. Also considered was a new seniors/well- ness centre with a location to be deter- mined. A second indoor pool was also. considered and is withirg the town’s five-year capital forecast. with construction slated for 2014. I Stouffvil‘le 67 Automall Boulevard (Millard 8. Hwy. 48) 905-888-7777 ° stoufivillehyundaixom 20H TUCSUH MANUAL" M AW M U’IUH mu somu cwmm o cuss um mu u WW. 20H HANWAL‘MANUAL'AH MW MMW «Jr-u 201? SANTA FE 0 MSISUUMW W? $1M 3?» : ANATH.» v 'r‘i' «mam- v m.m.§iiqmonmust HYUDDFII“ (Iv H VH1“

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