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PAGES VOL NO V 10 CENTS Since NEWMARKET AURORA KESWICK ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JULY 1968 Newmarkel 8952331 Aurora Keswick Encourage private enterprise to develop downtown Newmarket NEWMARKET Businessmen were told Wednesday night the future suc cess of the downtown area is their respon sibility even if the proposed Urban Re newal Scheme gets underway The schemes public funds wont be used to tear down and rebuild everything in the downtown core that might have to be redeveloped John warned the store owners and residents affected by the plan Mr is a member of the firm of planning consultants Proc ter and Bacon who proposed the scheme Pubhe funds will be only do the minimum necessary to create a cli mate where private can lat over and complete the transformation lie said Federal provincial and municipal gov ernments will form a partnership to pay for the year plan Newmarkets share will work out to about 25 per cent of the cost and with subsidies from government average taxpayer here will Id Si a the deal go to arbitration But Highway secrecy holds up development The scheme proposes the removal of blighted commercial buildings the crea tion of a ring road system creation of a shopping mall provision for increased parking building of new stores offices and municipal offices Wednesdays meeting was held lo ac quaint the most likely to be af fected by the redevelopment with of the plan Mr was questioned by the audience most of vhom seemed generally in favor of the refused under any stances then his property could be ex propriated Mr Bousfield called expropriation the crunch or Urban Renewal Schemes Al though it is a difficult decision to make if an owner refused all offers then the property would have to be expropriated in the interests of the public he said The price paid to the owner for his land would take into consideration not only Hip cost of the land but also lie cost of relocation The cost of having a business and perhaps moved more lhan once would also be considered That would be a negotiable cost he said The scheme also guarantees new space for the displaced properly owner before his land is bought But so far there is no guarantee that the store owner will b able to have a new site of his choice This problem was brought up by sev eral merchants A Main St store owner might have to move to a side street while the redevelopment is going on And as one shop owner said the prime con cern of most merchants in that situa tion would be lo get back on Main St Mr said the disruption pay ment would lake into account a merchant Sue Iac 4 Jm iH Young shows his parents Mr and Mrs William Young the StaffStudent award he received at Huron Heights graduation for con- most to school life He ilso the award for his efforts in publishing the Huron Heights yearbook His over all scholastic standing was per cent Holder photo NKwMARKfcTT The proposed High way which someday will run just cast of Don Mills Rd is holding up development in York County because no dale has been set for its construction Whitchurch Township Deputy Reeve Law rence Hennessey told York County Council Mr Hennessey said municipalities Hotel owners offer holiday to poor tots Mr and Mrs Frederick Parkes of Ihe Royal Hotel want Toronto slum children tobe able to enjoy their nine- room house and spacious grounds But as the southern Ontario heal wave continued Monday the children were still sweltering in the city and Ihe family was still wailing There seems to be so much red tape Eileen Parkes says a litlle sadly You offer to give away something free and people are afraid The want to some under privileged children a holiday They think playground f the citys poorer chil li They want lo Invite Iwo children a tor Ihe rest of the summer The Idea came to Mrs Parkes last She was In a downtown Toronto res and saw the filth and endured by citys feclcd by the highway have been unable lo implement their official plans because no one knows when the highway will go In would also help in our search for industrial development ho said Mr Hennessey pointed out the high way was planned as early as lJ52 that a 300foot rightofway from Ave lo Newmarket was expropriated In 19G0 lo the northern of the said and urged council lo ask the Min ister of Highways to expedite of the highway If we dont take action the money Dial would be used for it is going to fol low the lakeshorc all the way to Port Hope he said He said a recent statement by High I Sl still I re It sed Hoi fell I to present their I and suggest changes Once the planners complete Die pro posal it will probably take town council four to six moulds to negotiate its agree ment with the other two members of the the Federal and Provincial Governments Hie scheme will be put into effect in five year singes After each stage is completed Die whole project will be reviewed and a new estimate of costs Several members of Ihe audience wor ried that inflation would drive the initial cnsL estimate of up to Sit or by the time he scheme is completed in years Todays estimated cost docs have a dollar escalation clause In but if this proves insufficient then council would be able to reconsider Die project at the end of any stage Mr assured the audience Under the scheme Die partnership a hi buy Planners see Prospect St as a public housing location development This is contained In a report from town planning consultants Proctor Red- fern and Baron who submitted their proposed Urban Renewal Scheme to Council recently The planners estimate fivestage plan tor the redevelopment of downtown will cost a total of with town taxpayers paying per or 1426931 The report proposes removal of Die dilapidated buildings on Main St crea tion of a ring roud system more parking redevelopment of certain office buildings and a new site or the office- a strip parkland along the Holland Riv er and a development of nit for public housing In their latest report the planners point out that it has been mentioned in pre vious report Dial housing units west hi It of lnsxct St arc only well be housing The report continues Until such time as precise rehousing requirements have been determined to gether with the extent of land necessary lo accommodate them it is recommend ed that this area bo rehabilitated It Is unfortunate that the industry to the rear of these properties is expected to remain for a considerable lime but it is fell that the reconstruction Prospect Street cur rently under way will do much to upgrade environment It is recommended Dint a buffer strip of planting be instituted along the cast boundary of the industrial land at least provide some visual separation of these two land uses Those residences on Pros- peel Street north of the proposed Millard- Street connection in consider ably bettor condition but should bo fur ther enhanced by street Improvement hem Township tided She Introduced her plai Club meeting Inst spring Then she mentioned Die plan to the woman who represents the iwo fosui children cared for by Die Parkes family And the Childrens Aid Society was lold of the offer So far everyone thinks Its idea But no one has produced Die Tbc foster children from the rehabilitation training schools Gall and Port Bolster Their representative has promised to choose children perhaps two a time from the same family and send them lo Keswick Although Mrs Parks would rather have children who not already receiving Childrens Aid benefits the CAS has also promised to keep In touch This Is the first time Die have offered their borne for summer vacations although they have been foster parents for years They also have five children of their own ranging in ago from five to 15 and the ties the OPEN SPACE The scheme Area present does not contain an appreciable amount park land In fact the only amount Is Dint part of Fairy take which lies Scheme Area boundaries R was recommended that the of vacant land along the Holland River lie utilized as park land This has been included in Die scheme and a total of approximately acres has been indicated A recommended lay out for this area will he presented in the Design Plan to be presented in Die next report The mall will also provide open space for the downtown This will include grass- areas and landscaping A further area of open space Is pro posed to Ihe north of the arena to provide a mure amenable setting for lids building the following outlines the land use changes which will result from the pro- and Use Single Residential Multiple Residential Commercial Institutional Industrial Parking Open Splice Vacant who reintroduced Die Camps ell meeting Monday Dial reaction was not what we expected Mr Twlnney was hoping to collect complaints the camps and hold a Optimist public meeting to protest trnns- camp children to and from Ihls been forthcoming And although Die final decision about the protest meeting be longs lo the Bast reeve it apparently will not lie held Brown Camps fur emotionally children have established In Bast iwllllinbury and Newmarket during the past year Initial controversy about heir place- I In residential areas died down dur ing Die winter but was reactivated Hie Juno 17 meeting by Mr He told council then that children now In camps in this would be transfer red lo and and new would bo brought here Mr objected tho transfers because ho better behaved Children will be sent to liriunulu pacify residents Kind which hasnt so much fuss will he See BROWN Page IS Charge Argo gun A defensive end Die Toronto Argonauts training camp In remanded when lie appeared igMrntos court IYulny a charge irylnj without ft penult Hilly 1 Doss of Memphis llil Dint ho would be represented his July trial by Toronto lawyer Charles Dubln Doss was released on cash ball player was arrested on alter he Inquired about Don the Hardware iluk phoned police who later appe nded Doss and two companions on said lliuy scan bed Die People hud narrow when tit fulled lo at the Junction of Inrk Shoe Store lvuMol derringer in tho cm ls who played with Montreal the car driven by Nelnon of Church St Newmarket Ins year was hold by mid Main St I lit em Ion Main St and ploughed Into VUtms Hours before being to the front of the store Iholii By Hurry Hooper on ball