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st walls come tumbling down derrick operator otavio cutillo of adesso construction tears down the walls of the old dr freel home on main st to make way for a new development including a new td bank office photomike ruta business sign bylaw relaxed by mike ruta staff reporter council has relaxed the sign bylaw in response to businesses who said the previous rules were too restrictive and the business improvement area now has control over sig nage in the downtown core we went through the sign bylaw from a to z said building director bob bennett refer ring to the summer meetings between town staff and representatives from the bia cham ber of commerce and others sandwichboard or aframe signs are now permitted in commercial zones one per busi ness if the owner gives permission inflatable signs are also in the amended by law a business can now advertise with an inflatable sign twice a year again if the owner gives permission bennett said there would be a 100 fee for such advertising since town staff would have to ensure that any floating sign is positioned and anchored properly the size allowance for twosided ground signs has been increased depending on the area in which they are placed to allow businesses and others to better advertise but the bia was a big winner in the process bennett said the bia now has the authority to issue permits and charge a fee for signs hang banners across the road and allow a- frame signs on the sidewalks in the bia area bia member sandra stronach owner of freckles at 6345 main st welcomed the greater control afforded by the changes in the bylaw she said the bia would ensure that any changes they make are appropriate they can control their own destiny said bennett thats what they want i dont think the town can do anything more for them york students score well on tests from page 1 and regional stats on provin cial math and english test results trustee keith irish said he believes a more traditional way of testing that provides a concrete marking system would be more useful i dont find this all that useful he said of the preliminary report monday but board staff insists that this is just one of many tests that when looked at together will provide an overall picture of how york region students are doing compared with national provincial and local standards results released last week by the north york board of education showed grade 3 and 5 students there per formed below the national norm on the cat reading test north yorks public affairs officer ross parry said trustees voted to release the data before the nov 14 munic ipal election if wed brought this down in november we wduld have had credibility problems parry said as for releasing a ranking of schools parry said the north york board had a very long debate and decided to make this information public next year he said the board will also compile the results of all test ing according to race as well as the length of time a student has been in canada candidates drop out of races there are two changes to the list of candidates running in the municipal elections courtney newmarch late friday opted to withdraw from the ward six race leaving lynda norman helene john son and mark kostandoff in the hunt also out is ivan davis who was registered to run for the position of english language trustee for the sepa rate school board paul wolscht and sean pearce are left vying for the seat meet your candidates in coming weeks the candidates will be under scrutiny in two upcoming debates the chamber of commerce is hosting a debate for the four mayoralty candi dates only on monday at 630 pm at angies eatery only members are asked to attend the whitchurchstouffville public library wel comes everyone to a debate on nov 4 at 730 pm at stouffville district secondary school public and separate school board candidates can be interviewed after the debate nov 5 the vandorf ratepayers will be hosting a mayors debate at the vandorf hall at 730 pm correction the lead story in the oct 18 edition of the tri bune contained an error the town did not scrap opa 88 as stated in the story in fact the ontario municipal board approved the amendment in a verbal decision riven on oct 3 at the oct 11 council meeting the i town cancelled plans for a secondary plan for the vandorfpreston lake area the omb would not approve additional industri al development applications beyond the limits of opa 88 the item did not appear in the council agenda the tribune regrets the error weekender october 22 1994 p 3 opinion centre was hamstrung from page 1 brought up to code months later a report to council by the build ing department indicated the facility would need some work including a wheelchair access ramp but otherwise met the requirements necessary for a youth centre rather than drawing on the parks trust fund to complete the necessary tasks the present council stonewalled the operation by saying the cost of the operation was not in the budget then being made ready for final approval the total amount of the renova tions would have come in at around 10000 there just wasnt the money at that time council said when budgets were being drawn up this year there was absolutely no mention of a youth centre despite having been com mitted to by council since then council has chosen to ignore this issue the tribune learned that this summer council had no trouble finding more than 8000 to fix up the front of 19 civic ave because a woman tripped on the cobblestones then after a service club donated new basketball nets to the town council approved the withdraw al of more than 6000 to pave a basketball court rather than have people shooting hoops in a parking lot and finally earlier this month this newspaper was further surprised to learn that the chief administrative officer merlin dewing was hoping to convert the basement of the silver jubilee club into a recreation centre for town staff using their own money and equipment what happened to the youth centre town staff determined that the silver jubilee is no longer suit able for a youth centre because 1 seniors use the upstairs does this mean that seniors are incapable of being in the same building with young people or does it mean the seniors who use the townowned building complained about the idea of teenagers invading their space 2 the municipal archives are one door away in the basement does the town not have other storage space perhaps the upstairs lounge at the rec centre could serve as an archive it is rarely used for much else does the town not have a lock on this door 3 the basement has bad access making it a hazard in the case of an emergency also the barred windows do not make for a friendly environment the town knows perfectly well that the 10000 would eliminate all unsuitable and dangerous aspects of the building as far as the environment is concerned an unfriendly one is better than none at all senior town staff has instructed the recreation department to rethink the idea of a youth centre its location and its budget this is intolerable the budget has been worked out a suitable location found and the demand has been demonstrated the youth centre would have cost 21000 a year to run including rental of a main st store at 1100 per month however through programs video game receipts and membership drives the cen tre could easily be one of the few municipal facilities that actual ly make money projected revenues even for the first year would see several thousand dollars in profit councils mandate following the initial approval was to strike a committee which would oversee the centres operation this has not been done why because there is no will on this council the first of the two councillors that objected to the youth centre and rejected the motion did so because they felt there was enough for young peo ple to do in this town the second said the centre had financial implications the others have put off the notion because they didnt want to spend the money to renovate they didnt want to upset the seniors who use the silver jubilee and because lets face it young people dont have a voice it is election time once again there is still no centre for young people in this town the connection is obvious this should be made a prime election issue current candidates must realize that in the last three years three classes of teenagers have turned 18 they now have a voice kids earn extra money become a carrier today call 6402100 stouffville 1 wmmmmm vsvsssss attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your flyen for a little a at a piece so far thii year we have delivered 25962227 flyen doortodoor in markham unionville milliken stouffville uxbridge clarcmont dickson hill locuit hill gormley goodwood victoria square brougham hagerman comera box grove cedar grove buttonville sandford goodwood leaikdale greenbank udora sunderland zephyr aihbura cannington and all adjacent rural route areas we can deliver your flyen on the day you want to the area you want any 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