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Era We May Itn THE ERA Serving York County Sine rdrda at Cherli Si by Inland Co LinirM for on cop Umbr and Aodrt of Cielion Second Hall DAVID Publlihtt TERRY CARTER JOHN Phone Newmarket 30 Charles St Phone Aurora 7274024 Jetport site a political plum There axe more and more signs that he site of the new International jetport to Toronto will be located to the north east of Newmarket While the location of the site is still the speculation stage there an al flurry of commercial and residential in the Newmarket area Developers are showing a marked in- in building department stores and hopping plazas Plans for subdivisions and are popping up all over arket Aurora East and All this action all of a in dicates that someone must know that the general public doesnt know one side of the ledger it makes nse to locate the airport in this area On he other side it seems contradictory to vernment planning to have it locate in a fourlane highway and the Provincial Government has announced that studies are being made to determine the feasibility of operating a highspeed commuter north- south service along the median The northeast part of York Region and the western corner of Ontario County is largely undeveloped and suitable because of its terrain and proximity to water a good location for an airport It is also common knowledge that the Provincial Government through its Tor onto Centered Region Plan wants this area to remain and recreational When former Municipal Affairs Min ister announced York Regional government he basically reaffirmed the Toronto Centered Region Plan and added that the populations of such centres as Newmarket and Aurora would be curbed So it would appear then that this area has the blessing of the Provincial Govern ment and yet it hasnt It is known that the Federal Govern ment has leaned toward locating the jetport in the Orangevrlle It is also known that the Provincial Government has leaned toward locating it in the Newmarket area Federal Transport Minister met with Premier Davis last month to dis cuss the location Mr later announced that sites were still under study and that the persons affected when the choices are narrowed down would have an opportunity to present their views We do not suggest that such a decis ion as to the location of the should be treated lightly but rather it should re ceive a most thorough study and But one wonders in the light of a Federal and Provincial election to be held within a year or so that the ultimate decision as to the jetports location is be coming political A political plum to be plopped into the laps of or plucked away from the public by either the Federal or Provincial Go vernment This is reserved for the comments opinions and drawings of The Eras read ers Pltaso feel frtt to send yours along All wo ask Is that you include your name and address- Were getting snow job too NEWSROOM NOTES New rules make development selfsupporting Dear Editor I have just been read ing your most excellent paper and the first item that caught my eye make a few since I now find myself and several of my neighbors living on the south side of Ave are in a somewhat similar position They want to build an apartment right in our back yards As if it terry carter also like to enjoy the sunshine in my back yard which will disap pear if they build the apartment I suppose I am some what selfish in wanting to enjoy my retirement years in my secluded surroundings In closing feel that the money gained by the town would be offset by the ill will and displeas ure of a dozen or more comments are invited W Ave Newmarket to the courts the air would have been cleared once and for alt Mr was surely trying to sell this prop- building as a steak house Your paragraph saying the Provincial Government is no naive fool Is the exact words quoted to by a member of The in calling for an in creased measure of com mitment from town citi zens I wish to declare that I am eager and willing to work cooper atively toward solving the common problem of recreation in our com munity I would be pleased and privileged to assist at any time and in any reasonable way that you consider that my services could be profitably utilized downtown core plans for enough new stores to sell shoes suits and sandwiches to five times our size indicate New market is to lie the centre of a building boom during the next few years Has all this sudden pressure to grow come upon us because of some has been at the centre of the pressure these months practically beating wouldbe developers off with a stick so theyll get in line and has done some delving into the question himself The has been there for years Its just that the town is giving them an answer or no so they dont have to keep coming back says the mayor Plans on most of the sites were deal ing with now have come lo councils or plan ning boards before but for one reason or another were stalled he said Theres no doubt this council is pment minded Now development must do two things the mayor It must be good for the in and it must pay its own way To make sure its good for the town the right type of assessment in the right part of town the new planning commit tee has been working long hours on finaliz ing the towns new official land use plan and the council has launched an initiative to use the townowned land downtown as a carrot to entice highassessment develop ment into the core And to make sure new development pays its own way the towns lot levy sched ule has been updated The lot levy for construction of a sin glefamily home in town went up from to and apartment levies went up correspondingly one bedroom from to twos from to and threes from to The new fees were set after town en gineer Mike Perkins calculated the cost of each unit to the town in terms of the sew ers water mains library arena and other services it must provide Now says the mayor new growth pays for itself instead of the cost coming back on the general mill rate The develop er should even be required to put in his own recreation facilities The town will lake over maintenance and replacement However the mayor pointed out these fees arent necessarily payable in cash by the developer In most cases theyre nego tiable The builder may agree to build something a swimming pool or arena say in lieu of part of his fee above a BILL SMILEYS SUGAR AND SPICE Dont sneeze at rights of Spring it Youll be sorry appears as a blank white space with a heavy black bor der around it I dont want any eulogies in that white space At least nothing fancy Nothing like Here lies a noble soul Torn from this earth before his His words were nothing But his soul sublime No I dont really want that sort of thing Although it was my first suggestion as I for breath trying to choke down the rye and hot water and honey and lemon juice that somebody had suggested to my wife might save me We compromised after some discussion concerning how much a letter the tombstone i charges And I will say this for Opening Day This once an indefinable and inexplicable Nowadays its about as thrilling as climbing onto a subway train at rush hour Theres the right to go out and shovel and sweep back onto the road all the the has thrown up on your lawn during the winter This a tendency to pall after the first five or six years Theres the right to cheat on your in come tax This used to be day rigerre as we used to say but so many people are doing it now that its as say now There are all sorts of other spring rights like giving birth to twin lambs go for a swim as soon as the ice goes out or discovering that your kid has quit uni versity a week before final exams But were not all cut out for these things Theyre sort of spotty The only spring right that has not been interfered with by government big business Initia ls lib is the ordinary fixed minimum Thats another lever for the town to use to get the type of develop ment it wants Commercial and industrial building fees are negotiable too because were try ing to encourage that type of development here said Mayor Forhan To make sure the town doesnt get with pretty promises as it has in the past a few other changes have been made at town hall in the past three months Developers must now negotiate and sign site plan agreements with the town before their land is Then the agreement must be registered against the property deed so that it travels with it This prevents a speculator from getting a pro perty on the strength of a attrac tive plan which he has no intention of build ing then selling the land to someone who wants to put up a much shabbier structure Also people seeking a rezoning must prove they either own the land they want rezoned or are an agent for the owner It seems until recently in Newmarket you could have a mans property for apartments say at no cost to yourself and without him knowing it then go out and buy it from him for fraction of its As an additional safeguard council planning committees new procedure is to notify neighbors who might object to re- zoning before it happens instead of after Good thinking that On top of that anybody speculating on a profitable now has to pay cover the cost of the application if the committee proceeds with it The ultimate goal says the mayor is to come out with a more favorable assess ment ratio the ratio of homes to busi ness and industry and to do it In a bust- would be funny The space where they pro pose to build this apart- the former boundary the clerk show a build ing starting at Davis and as it gets back to wards our back yards Disputes Baldwin facts Dear Editor This is about Don Bernards follow up article about the Bald win Dam He is right that facts should be pre sented but appears re- ones he would like to think are so important First Mr stop calling a MILL POND a LAKE there is a dif ference you know Sec- you is this the whole Provincial Government Is not involved in this fiasco You should never make such a sweeping statement as our coun cil as a whole certain ly proved were no naive fools either when they backed away from this project as they could not get Mr Dorfman to state the price he had in mind Why think the public should know that the assessment value on this property is last September by the Chairman of Minor Hock- of little I conform with the eleva tion of the ground In mv humble estimation putting a n apartment town halt Now you may ask the question Why do you object to an apart ment building in your back yard Well I will tell you why dont want an apartment in my back yard I dont like apartments period much less right In my backyard I like to see out and enjoy the scen ery which is one of the reasons we moved here glad the 50 signa tures from fanners along Highway Not that this was sent in last year use in the damming of the Black Lake These people were perfectly right in their phrasing from the pre of this pi would NEVER In their lifetime have used he type of damming done of Lands and Forests fit to come up to have the top logs removed as it is my understanding that a 10 foot header was the limit when a sale of this property was damaged had gone neighborhood of could even less and you c we will want to know how much any govern ment for real estate as contrarv to a statement made to me by a government em ployee that you cannot set a dollar value on a of this and a large number of taxpayers in this area insist on value for our dollar We are well aware of the who see this of but policl We settled on After all BUI knew Hed die So do you It wasnt quite what I had in mind but I dont quibble about these things and I did like the last line Also we saved on the lettering Thats almost enough to buy an automatic dishwasher Lets put first things first Theres heen a whole lot written about the rights of spring poetry music and stuff like that To be dying of the flu is one of the rights of spring in Canada one of the few inalienable rights we have left Oh there are other rights of spring in this country but theyre becoming polluted right well have in perpetuity And I think have yet to know an expert to be right about anything But to die of the flu every spring something thats fairly precious to us Can adians and I hope the advertising agencies dont catch on to it or theyll spoil the whole doleful business the ads ICOMB TO by drink Canada dry and relax with Canadian club The Yanks would flock In Dont let them Lets keep something for our mess of pottage Im dying of the flu and I dont want a bunch of tourists Belles ji of York J This week our hello per old 1 Italian of Schomhcg Union a King school stiulcnt was UissSchomhetg Shu lows spotls ing skiing and plans In take a r Has at llumlxr College niter high school She also plays the Utile in the King City school By J Robert White jj l would like to know what they intend to keep there unless it Is old folks like me and my group Anoth er coincidence that one of the museumminded women the wife of a member of the conserva tion group Your final so called argument almost brought tears to my eyes as I read your prediction the EARTH being cover ed with concrete etc you really should think before you make these grandiose statements Mr because If In years this condition ex ists it will be respon sibility of people in your age group and if it lakes one little mill pond the Hie of which can be created over and over again to bring river fish trees and an artificial dam to the attention of children then you and future generations are In real trouble Stick to your sport column Mr it was good MRS VERA K MILLER 1 KESWICK Hull concluded The fallow are from letter Dr Mark which appeared In The Eras bam April ttit were omitted space UmtU- the reported shortage of coaches This season Grade boys from a class of a local school inconvenienced them selves and used the arena weekday mornings before school with evident suc cess in all areas which was the positive at the same time To Illustrate how ludicrous this accusa tion and insinuation charge is it was none other the parsonable Dan Shannon himself who on January 13th to me person ally I dont blame you when I told him that was to per severe with the Novice consideration It was also the Recreation Director that told me on January that all of the members of the Minor executive think s stood for the Novice that 1 pleaded with them to consider the re lationship my boy and the Novice team and it was at that time evidently that the above information was shared and this boy and- that it In actual tact constituted real elimination and thus I have with used this concept which dentally has not yet refuted A few weeks ago a selfconfessed objective and voluntary inmiiry to the problem was made by a knowledgeable citi zen of community who talked with several involved people his re port said that I was the recipient of many in sults and that were per cent right I this is much more accurate and thentic and that if body should be demoral ised that it should be the other party and not the