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Aaron Oat Wat ft rl I Meridian buys Friedrichs property for tenant retreat KESWICK Township officials want to see a specific proposal before com menting at length on plans announced last week by Meridian Building Group Ltd to build a resort area for its St Jamestown tenants northeast of Roches Point The giant Toronto development- firm announced last week the million pur- North Gwillimbury Park and Eastbourne Golf Club Meridian said it plans to build a hotel cottages and recreational facilities and charge its St Jamestown tenants a nominal monthly fee for their use No high rise is planned Meridian said but the site must become econom ically viable Mayor Joe Dales first reaction was that the sale may get a legal load off the town ships mind The previous property owners Michel and are seeking a court order against the township to force issuance of building permits for the site would hope for a dismissal of this action the mayor said At first glance the plans certainly have laudable for their people The mayor said the development would have to mesh with the good planning principles of the township and would require hours and hours of assessing and studying our respective positions He said he wanted to talk with Meridian officials before commenting further on the proposed resort project Regional Councillor Bob representative but hadnt the development Councillor Pollock labelled presumptuous the Meridian will extend only as far north as Old Homestead To service an area this far north in Georgina would the township is trying to avoid he explained In filling in the area bounded by the Old THE ERA KESWICK South Shore News Sutton subdivision will not overburden sewers Engineer SUTTON A proposed overload the towns sewage disposal facilities a surprised Georgina Planning Board was old Wednesday night Hugh Amber consulting engineer for developer Voldemar said he had been given this assurance by Kilborn Engineering which is This is news to us said Bob Pollock chairman of the townships sewage committee He said he has been advised by Ministry of the Environment that at peak periods the system running at 104 per cent Mr Amber who estimated the developer would be spending on servicing the subdivision said his client would install another pumping station at the corner of North and Middle Streets in Sutton Building pace in Georgina continues ahead of last year SUTTON- Building in Georgina Township continues at a pace Tar higher than last year Building Inspector Charlie report to planning board shows that in August 125 permits were issued for building worth an estimated million Comparable figures for August of last year were permits for construction worth an estimated In the first eight months of this year construction valued at million has begun in the township far outstripping the 27 million total for the first eight months of last year Permits for new homes were issued in August bringing the total to 178 for this year Township revenues from permit and processing fees have also climbed Some has been collectedin processing fees to date this year compared with for the same period last year Permit fees this year amount to up from in 1972 It looks iike were keeping pace with our ex- pectations we budgeted for commented Mayor Joe Dales chairman of planning board In its budget council anticipates revenue of from general sources most of which will have to come from building Committee wonts health centre in Georgina A com- centre as a pilot project but headed by Regional Councillor Bob Pollock Is making a bid to have a total health care centre located in Georgina Township wasnt sure where The committee which also Publisher Harry Stemp went to Toronto recently to discuss the and possibility of cillor Pollock explained at council Monday night in that there is an emphasis in the former on preventative medicine They study what makes you well as well as what makes you sick he said In what was known as the Hastings report the province several years ago said It was going to build such a health care locating in Georgina with On tario Hospital Association and Ministry of Health officials Council bylaw fines PEFFERLAW Pollock said he had discussed the study with York Planning Commissioner Murray Pound and Medical Officer of Health Dr Owen He said the study would cost 2000 and could be carried out by a graduate student APARTMENTS MOTELS Georgina to review zoning bylaws Council decided Monday night to make a study of all township zoning bylaws related to apart Cameron Ave Jacksons Point The petition was submitted by Miriam Freedman Cameron Ave Is zoned tourist commercial which would allow construction of hotel However Engineer- apartment buildings prohibited by all zoning bylaws He said there is a 35foot height maximum on all buildings in the township Mr Mintz also laid the township has not received a building application for the Cameron Ave area building proposed for nearby Malone Ave in Kovacs aborted his board and was also thinking of amending the bylaw to prohibit a six in no uncertain terms We should get a bylaw thats dear la this regard said Mayor Dalai The mayor added We should not permit any large- scale Inthe township There seems to be singular op position of the citizens of his township to this type of development Jean Noble ward councillor for Cameron Ave said Bylaw 1302 which zones the area was not circulated to the residents when it was passed In 1989 She said council should pass a bylaw prohibiting highrise and motel development for the area This would make them feel more secure she aid Councillor Ken Smockum said there is a place for apartment buildings and motels In the township but that they shouldn go up on every vacant tot Given the two Jacksons Point situations Mayor Dales suggested planning board make a complete review of zoning bylaws relating to apartments and Homestead Don Mills Rd and Morton Ave should be first on the development agenda he said Arr alternative to municipal servicing York Region Plan ning Commissioner Murray Pound explained would be a selfcontained private sewage disposal system Theyre a long way from any definitive idea of how theyre going to develop It Mr Pound noted Councillor Pollock said the township hopefully will reap a sizable revenue from the development We need revenue from industry and our industry recreation he said Georgina Is designated or recreational use under the provinces TorontoCentred Region Plan In Keswick along Church St out to Don Mills Rd When asked if there Is any connection between the two holdings Councillor Pollock Meridians 850acre holding land to relatively flat elevation at the centre It to zoned agricultural In the townships controversial Bylaw i The Meridian an- nouncement of the retort facilities for Its tenants could have been meant for the ears of the provincial cabinet Merita Is seeking to expand St Jamestown to the west with three more highrise towers and a major drawback te the expansion to the lack of parkland and open space in tea area exponents of the ex- A park in the centre of the development will be increased other entrance would be from The 35acre development units Town population would be increased by an estimated 466 persons an increase of 25 per have to work out an agreement with the Sutton Fair Board which owns the property The subdivision proposal was referred to York Region Planners for a technical report judge The township will not tolerate the flagrant breach of any of its bylaws Mayor Joe recreational haven for Its tenants COUNCILLOR POLLOCK SEES Development explosion in Keswick Keswick in the near future Regional Councillor Bob Pollock predicted at a meeting of Council Monday Keswick Kesw department employee with an engineering for the building department There are going to be plans coming in for hundreds and hundreds of homes he said The building department is going to look at many plans of subdivision Councillor Pollock said the township should hire a person now so the employee can become familiar with the paper work and procedure of the building department He said Building Inspector Charlie wants to spend more the the development explosion In month which will include input from Planning Commissioner Murray Pound Engineer Bob Officer Jack Retlie Major development Plans called for lots on the south to go on septic tanks with development of lots on the north to be up until municipal Councillt Pollock says the plans were then by District Engineer George of the Department of the En vironment then the Ontario Water Resources Commission who said the whole subdivision would have to be municipally the details of which are being worked out at the regional level the area In anticipation of the arisen in spite of the fact that Georgina Township has been designated as recreational stow growth in the provinces TorontoCentred Region Plan In another development matter which came before council Monday night Coun cillor Pollock sponsored a resolution calling for the township to forward the West Park subdivision plans on to the region with the hopes of eventually securing provincial approval for the plans Council bought West Park last year for close to shot down Councillor Pollock told The Era His resolution was designed to move the plana on to the region which he thinks will ask the province lor re consideration Weve got to liquidate this properly and liquidate fast agreed Mayor Joe Dales noting council has budgetted for revenues this year of from West Park It has to move and it has to move this year he added Sale of the West Park tots will be money in the pockets of Georgina taxpayers the Duclos Point zoning bylaw referred to region planners questionnaires surveys a water and sewage committee finan the p portion Beamish seeks gravel pits east of Sutton owns east of Sutton for a gravel pit and related purposes In a letter received by planning beard last week the Toronto road building offers to pay a royalty fee any gravel It uses for projects Beamish owns 170 acres which are part of the west half half of Lot Con- cession The contractors want to use the lands for gravel pits an aggregate processing and storage area a contractors yard an asphalt plant site and a zoning bylaw were received by Georgina Planning Board last week and were referred to York Region planners at Area Ser vices Branch for comment The main intent of the bylaw is to provide stability for the exclusive residential area Council In April defeated a holding bylaw for the area because of lack of input from area residents However Dennis Wood lawyer for the Duclos Point Property Owners Association and beach associations at McRae Beach and Moors Beach told planning board that the bylaw as It now stands has the near unanimous support of the residents of the area Mr Wood wellknown for representing Toronto ratepayer and citizens groups said there had been two public meetings committee from the three associations and extensive canvassing and discussions However Neal McRae a lawyer who has extensive holdings In the McRae Beach area said he didnt know about the proposed bylaw until five or six days Duclos Point which zoned transitional He said some people have bought Ms there with the that they would be able to build I dont want them to get gypped he explained Mr McRae also said he shocked to learn that some of his property had been designated as public park space Mayor Joe Dales chairman of planning board advised Mr He York Region When a Beamish r appeared before concrete batching plant site Councillor Ken Smockum chairman of the townships appeal dlastm pfenning board last month about might interfere with the Grenlt The walkathon starts at Bob Pollock concern about whether the township would have enough gravel for Its own needs Gravel is scarce Councillor Pollack told Beamish vicepresident Breeden We ourselves are going to be short of gravel We dont went to Restaurant and a nearby hotel Beamish wants to make sure that restrictions arent placed oh the lands by the new township official plan The letter outlining York Region planners at Area Services Branch who are drawing up Georglnaa official school Georgina Family Life Centre schedules open house Whipper Billy Watson will be master of ceremonies while music will be provided by the Coachmen Drum and Bugle celebrate lis first anniversary Corps walkalhon starts at at Sutton Arena while the house will begin at pm Open The province has at the Family Centre refused to subsidise family building In counselling and regional funds Mayor Joe Dales will for supporting the four family with financial A of participation Family Ufa Cantn