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MEETING: GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION
DATE: February 19, 1990
REPORT #: CS -05 -90 FILE #:
OSHAWA WHITBY THIS WEER - SALMON DERBY
RESOLUTION #C -19 -90
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose &
Administration Committee recommend to Council the following:-
1. That Report No. CS -05 -90 be received;
2. That Council donate a gift certificate from Farrow's Bait
Tackle and Hunting Supplies in Bowmanville as a prize to
this years Salmon Derby Event on behalf of the Town of
Newcastle;
3. That staff be authorized to purchase the gift certificate in
the amount of $200.00;
4. That the necessary funds be drawn from the Tourism /Economic
Development Account Number 7710 - 00000 -0299; and
5. That Mr. Mike Hayakawa of Oshawa Whitby This Week be
informed of Council's direction.
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REPORT CS -05 -90 - 2 - FEBRUARY 19,1990
1.0 BACKGROUND:
1.1 At the regular meeting of Council held January 15, 1990
communication was received from Mr. Mike Hayakawa, This Week
Salmon Derby Co- ordinator requesting Town Council donate a
prize for the Seventh Annual Oshawa- Whitby This Week Salmon
Derby. Subsequently, through Resolution #C -19 -90 the
request was referred to Community Services for review and
report.
1.2 This Annual Salmon Derby will be held for a six -week period
commencing June 23rd, 1990 and ending August 3rd, 1990.
Last year, participants in the Derby increased from a few
hundred to 1,600 participants. Proceeds are evenly divided
between the local United Way and improvements to boat
launching facilities in Bowmanville and Whitby.
1.3 Council has supported the Salmon Derby for the past three
years by donating a gift of $200.00 each year. Last year's
gift certificate from Farrow's Bait Tackle and Hunting
Supplies in Bowmanville was well received according to Mike
Hayakawa, organizer of this event. Staff are recommending
this gift certificate be purchased again for donation as a
prize on behalf of the Town of Newcastle.
Respectfully submitted,
s
Jos e P. Caruana, Director
Dep tment of Community Services
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Recommended for presentation
to the Committee
L rence +'E. Kotseff,
Chief Administrative Officer