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p 16 weekender november 12 1994 st candidates offer visions for future of our town from page 15 an impediment to development we need to value them and realize the tremen dous economic benefits we can realize from them through tourism dollars as one example there is so much to be done in whitchurchstouffville in the area of planning that the large official plan when taken in context to all the official plan amendments may not appear to be the largest issue as well we peed to remember that it costs big dollars to redo an official plan let me explain ill try to go in order of priority and immediate economic reinforcement action improve high tech infrastructure for growing homebased businesses maximize the utilization of existing available resources to attract j high tech industry visitors and promote international trade v streamline government services community empowerment and social 6 safetynet improve effectiveness and efficiency of policing by maximizing legislative action input from community in decision making establish guidelines on conflict of interest improve community safety social awareness organize activities to promote better understanding of the heritage of the communities recipient of commemorative medal for the 125th anniversary of the confederation of canada in recognition of significant contribution to compatriots community and to canada norman logical sequence- a as you know we have just com pleted a very convoluted process with the passing of opa 88 with what could be described as much obstruction from various senior levels of authority b with the passing of opa 88 there were several points made in the deliber ations of the board provincial facilita tor and other parties that appear to pre empt any development that might have been considered in the vandorf area and the related vandorf secondary plan c next the opa 90 ballantraemus- selmans lake secondary plan had to be tackled and is essentially on hold pend ing resolution of the water funding question from the region of york d next the urban stouffvilledown- town area railway lands needs to be considered for study referred to as the stouffville urban area study from all of the above i am saying that yes we need to review our op and draft a new one but we must build into it certain logical constituent parts a b c and d above 3 i support the overall thrust of the crombie commission report in as much as it looked at the broader picture of growth and development in the gta greater toronto area we couldnt go on with uncontrolled 1980s la style sprawl i also believe that providing steps of 2011 and 2021 for benchmarks for pop ulation growth was wise unfortunate ly im not sure how realistic the popula- tion growth figures are 6 million peo ple in gta by 2021 as you may know the new region of york official plan is in conformity with the crombie commission report- i do have some concerns with the growth path set out for whitchurchstouffville in the regions official plan how can we pay for facilities that will be demanded with such limited growth opportunities 4 a yes i understand the challenges being faced by farmers and the last thing they need is to face attack from their own municipality in making their business pursuit even more difficult fanning is a viable business that should not be taken for granted b i would only support agribusiness pursuits and commercial pursuits relat ed to farm husbandry on class 15 farm land however in hamlets where a lot or proposed building does not represent an extension of a ribbontype develop ment i would support this as well 5 the siting of the proposed well and tower for the ballantraemusselman lake water project could very well have a draw down effect on private wells surrounding the service area in the event the proposed water project moves ahead as mayor i would together with council work and residents for a citi zens committee and enlist the help of representatives from the oak ridges moraine group orms and other groups to define the potential zone of influence we have garnered very little respect from the regionover the last few years with respect to the special needs of our community this must change i would propose together with the citizens com mittee and as many individuals as they can muster along with mayor and coun- please see page 17 for markham regional councillor authorized by gilbert tam cfo op the ultimate grand opening excitement if anybody can design the ultimate dream home bramalea can with the pinnacle collection of stately homes on 60 lots p now open in newmarket now jpen in pickbring gnadkiocjtatrabiciabkiiiasterphnmdamiiiniiiirjr the homes featert opening 10 bright airy firing and rattrufcint spaas up to 3700 aj 1 pliced flom 299900 ssn gcdrc looted oo lesfcalkmoahofmnixidf a secluded and limited endue of spectacular bona up to 3700 q ft beauty townwide wb trad tysem priced from 289900 sales centre looted hogarth st and vabtyridge cm morffay thursday 12 noon 8 pet mdff 12 soon 6 pa 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