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REPORT
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Meeting: General Purpose and Administration Committee File#
Date: Monday, March 4, 1991 Res. #
By-Law#
Report#:_PD_-_53_-_9_1_ File##: _P1__n12__7
Subject: STATUS REPORT ON COMMUNITY ASSIST FOR AN URBAN STUDY EFFORT
(CAUSE) DOWNTOWN BOWMANVILLE
Recommend Vons is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the following:
1 . THAT Report PD-53-90 be received for information.
1. This report is to update Council on actions taken by Staff since
Council passed a resolution on November 26, 1990 recommending among
other things, that "Staff be authorized to undertake the necessary
preparatory steps for the undertaking of a CAUSE Study. . . . . . " .
2 . On November 27, 1990 the Town of Newcastle Planning and Development
Department and the Bowmanville Business Centre jointly applied to
the Ontario Association of Architects CAUSE Committee for a CAUSE
Study to be done for Downtown Bowmanville.
3 . On January 16, 1991 an evaluation visit was conducted by CAUSE
Committee representative Tony Griffiths . Mr. Griffiths submitted
an evaluation report for the prospects of a Downtown Bowmanville
CAUSE Study and the report was favourable.
4 . On February 13, 1991 the Ontario Association of Architects advised
the Director of Planning and Development, the Bowmanville Business
Centre Community Liaison (Al Strike) and the CAUSE Committee
Representative (Tony Griffiths) that the CAUSE Committee had, on
January 30, 1991, approved a CAUSE Study for Downtown Bowmanville.
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REPORT NO. : PD-53-91 PAGE 2
The proposed date of the CAUSE Study Weekend is September 26th -
30th, 1991 and it appears to be acceptable to all concerned.
5 . The CAUSE Steering Committee (the local backers of the CAUSE Study)
has been assembled. It is comprised of eight (8) members under the
Co-chairmanship of David Crome representing the Town of Newcastle
and Al Strike representing the Bowmanville Business Centre (BIA) .
The Committee Members are as follows:
George Webster (BIA)
Charlie Trim (Goodyear Canada Inc. )
Peter Parrott (Canadian Statesman)
Steve Wiggens (recommended by L.A.C.A.C. )
Brad Hockin (Trinity United Church Social Outreach
Group)
Lennis Trotter (Northumberland-Durham Society of
Architects)
Bob Russell (Newcastle Planning and Development
Department)
Jane Pascoe (Newcastle Planning and Development
Department)
6 . The Steering Committee takes responsibility for preparing for the
CAUSE Study Weekend. Individual members of the Committee will take
responsibility for specific concerns such as:
1) the Budget
2) public relations/media
3) citizen participation
4) accommodation for Study Team
5) report printing
6) photography
7) transportation for Study Team
8) equipment/supplies
9) report typing
REPORT NO. : PD-53-91 PAGE 3
The full Steering Committee will first convene in late March 1991.
Task assignment and budget deliberations will be among the issues
discussed at this first meeting.
7 . Staff will continue to provide status reports to Council at
appropriate intervals .
Respectfully submitted, Recommended for presentation
to the Committee
? Fran in Wu, M.C. I .P. Lawrence E. Kotseff
(/ Director of Planning Chief Administrative
and Development Officer
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22 February 1991
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