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economist suntribune regional news saturday feb 16 2002 music to region s ears groups broad scope includes transit garbage issues by jeff mitchell staff writer york region is encouraged by a provincial initiative to promote wellmanaged growth chairperson bill fisch is yorks representative on the new smart growth panel which will provide the province with input on traffic gridlock urban sprawl and waste disposal issues throughout southern ontario the panel is comprised of 19 representatives from communi ties as diverse as niagara falls in the west to the gta and north to haliburton it is that wide geographic scope that led markham regional councillor bill odonnell chairperson of the towns economic development committee to wonder about the effectiveness of the new panel what does cottage country have to do with someone who lives at yonge street and steeles avenue he asked mr odonnell predicted the majority of growth issues dis cussed by the panel would be urban which may lead to alien ation among members repre senting areas beyond the 905 belt i think its going to be gta- focused and some of the repre sentatives at the table are going to saywhat the hell am i doing here he said but it is diversity that may help the panel be effective mr bill odonnell markham regional councillor believes most smart growth issues will be urban fisch said were really trying to focus on the highlevel issues and not necessarily the specifics of a geo graphic area he said i think thats what the province was trying to accom plish with tliis wide range of peo ple around the table he said were really trying to focus on highlevel issues and not necessarily the specifics of a geographic area the smart growth panel which includes politicians developers business people and environmentalists will be head ed by mississauga mayor hazel mccallion its mandate will be to advise the province on how to manage growth in a 37000-square-kilo- metrearea seeking solutions on issues such as transportation and waste disposal will be at the top of the panels discussion list the provinces pursuit of smart growth is music to the ears of york region planning com missioner bryan tuckey a pas sionate advocate of sensible sustainable community plan ning york region has launched its own growth management initia tives and mr tuckey and his staff are working with planners from other gta regions on smart growth issues he is hopeful local views can be passed along to the panel which will in turn make recom mendations to the province the panel is remarkable in scope actually mr tuckey said it means you can take pieces of the smaller picture to form the bigger picture and viceversa we will be able to provide lots of advice to this group mr tuckey contends many sound and sensible planning practices and official plans are in place in ontario he sees the cur rent exercise as a means of co ordinating efforts and develop ing more initiatives that are com patible and complementary were finding we can work together well on a variety of lev els on different issues he said its housing its transit its urban structure it all begins with that mr tuckey said its the building of a com munity n ills on man at markham home by roger varley staff writer york regional police have uncov ered a quantity of counterfeit 10 bills at a markham house det kerry vincent said wednesday they found 1000 in phony bills when they arrested a man and another 2500 at his home we havent had a lot of counterfeit 10s det vincent said but a lot of merchants wont take 50 and 100 bills any more so the natural progres sion is to phony 20s and 10s he saidthe quality of the counter feits was amateurish but added it would not be hard to pass them in a dark bar or taxi or in a busy store he said people can recognize the phony bills with a little bit of study you can tell the difference between bank note paper and bond paper he said genuine bills look crisp the flanders fields poem is easily read on the counterfeits its harder 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