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src weeiijsepramb 2 j99p3 region completes progressive official plan tracy kibble staff reporter york region has accom plished another milestone this week with the completion of its firstever official plan docu ment approved by council in newmarket thursday the first draft outlines a progressive regional plan encompassing suburban urban and rural citizens and land uses and which emphasizes a strong economy protection of the natural environment and building and sustaining healthy communities the plan also forecasts employment in the region will more than double offering 580000 jobs from 250000 employment opportunities available today the official plan will set the stage for managing growth in the region for the next 30 years announced regional chairman eldred king in a prepared statement the region needs a plan to provide certainty about where new development is to occur how much and when this kind of certainty is important for mak ing decision and to ensure a sustainable natural environ ment economic vitality and healthy communities the deci sions that will be influenced by the official plan include busi ness investment new home construction and public spend ing on infrastructure such as roads and sewers calling the document a pro gressive plan for the future markham mayor frank scarpitti official plan steering committee chairman praised staff for preparing an excel lent blueprint reflecting yorks growth guidelines and aspirations for the next 30 years as the province looks to york region to accommodate substantial growth this draft official plan deals with all the issues faced by the region he said the oneyear planning staff endeavor headed by planning director john livey has involved the public and taken many citizens comments and suggestions into account scarpitti added this official plan also takes into consideration a doubling of population over the next 30 years from 538000 to about 11 million people we know there will be sig nificant growth pressures in york region over the next 30 years livey stated he said the plan is not yet carved in stone and can be revised every three years based on international and local economics growth and immigration status highlights of york region 2021 include protection of environmental systems and areas such as wetlands forests ground and surface water systems and the oak ridges moraine identification of a regional greenlands system composed of natural areas natural corri dors and connection links establishment of urban boundaries within which most of the projected population and employment growth will occur establishment of a system of centres and corridors which provides a focus for residential and commercial development protection of agricultural rural and natural resource areas and creation of a network of transportation and public works that will service antici pated development in a cost effective way copies of the draft plan are now being printed and public meetings in each of the nine regional municipalities are slated for november new official plan launched york region released its official plan this week to the press above is the regional structure of the area with greenspaces urban areas and growth management areas candidates spar over jobs economy at election debate from page 2 there is a need to get the banks making loans to the businesses again he said grant brought up the governments plan to spend 125 million on new helicopters we have mixed up priorities grant added i suggest we rethink where we do waste our money attewell pointed out government changes to the small business loans act as efforts to stimu late investment in that area although consider ably less than in previous years the bank of nova scotia has put out 100 million in small business loans this year he noted bergson feels most of canadas unemployed would not be out of work if not for the free trade agreement the national party wants to cancel that agreement and reject the north american free trade agreement the party would also stop registered retirement saving plan rrsp and pension fund money from going out of cana da instead the money would be used to stimu late the national economy when it came to defending free trade attewell pointed out one of every three jobs in canada is dependent upon trade he is confident canadi ans can compete in the global market the focus of this election is leadership attewell believes more than ever before we need a spe cial type of leadership with promises to end patronage and encourage consultation at all gov ernment levels kim campbell represents that new leadership he said canada post fires back at council from page 1 we are not closing down your post office it will contin ue to exist its just the way its used that is changing he added craig insisted that the majority of local residents have already been using the convenientlylocated stamp shops at shoppers drug mart and local beckers stores for some time when officials complained parking is a premium at the ap plaza craig rebuked the statement by saying council should have taken parking concerns and growth into con sideration when they approved the design of the mall craig said he and two asso ciates will attend a meeting with the save our post office committee nextweek to reit erate its position tttt ttttttpntt church st homnot in compliance town orders alterations from page 1 the town had never physically gone out and measured the structure which she said is 10inches over regulation size on each side according to an independent survey chairman nick tatone promised if staff has been ignoring any violations the town will get to the bottom of it if staff should have stopped the construction and didnt well look at this tatone said the laings and the morgans who have been fighting for a year to have the builder of the 220000 home brought into compliance own lots with a minimum 100foot frontage on either side of the newlyconstructed home the residents who say they still want the town to re write its bylaw to protect other citizens from going through the same process say they have spent thousands of dollars in legal wrangling home exterior repairs and landscaping improvements to fix upsets they allege were caused by the construction of the church st home during the last few months they said friday the builder should have been fined instead of receiving a slap on the wrist i majority still undecided a whopping 66 per cent of polled whitchurch-stouffvil- lites say they are undecided on who to vote for in the oct 25 federal election the stouffville tribune undertook a random informal telephone survey last week of area residents to gauge which way the local elec torate is leaning the next highest percent age tabulated was that of those who say they will boy cott the election marking 12 per cent of those polled for those who have decid ed which way their loyalties lie 75 per cent say they will back markham whitchurch- stouffville liberal candidate jag bhaduria 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