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The Era New market Aurora Keswick Wed March NewmarketYork dispute delays subd Continued from Page If there are any problems theyre outside this office Mr Phelps said Paramount Develop ments owners of the school site will not turn the property over to the board until the first phase of the Davis Dr east subdivision recenes draft approval For that it first must dear regional council The debate on road patterns has centred generally on whether a local council or a regional employee should have ultimate control over the design of a communitys internal road patterns and specifically over whether or not major collector roads should be built through the Paramount project meeting major roads on the south side of Davis Dr and making traffic lights necessary Town councillors all of whom sit on the planning committee dont want more traffic lights on Davis Dr A committee composed of Yorks department heads has demanded the plan be redesigned with the major roads and lights When the town refused to make all the changes they requested the York staff committee refused to forward the plan to York regional councils planning committee Following an discussion last Tuesday the department heads agreed to let the regional committee arbitrate the dispute The plan must go through the committee and on to regional council for approval before provincial authorities will issue a draft plan ap proval Debate opened at last Tuesdays meeting when Mr Rettie defended his staffs right to comment on subdivision plans and said it would be very very difficult for them to recommend something they didnt agree with Ho attempted to keep the debate on the general issue but Mayor Bob Forhan zeroed right in on the Paramount problem He said meetings had first been held between town and regional staff at which the towns main point was that it didnt want more traffic lights on Davis Dr Basically we wanted the streets designed for local traffic only out of that area Regional planners felt should be ai intersection where a subdivision street and Carlson Dr met Davis Dr and the town reluctantly agreed and had the plan redrawn said the mayor We didnt want a speedway to Davis Dr so we stuck to the maze effect within the sub division said the mayor pointing out the extension of Carlson would pass right by the new school site More meetings followed and the plan was redrawn again We came up with a road pattern we were not happy with but It was the best we could get and still discourage traffic in the subdivision said Mr Then said the mayor the regional staff decided a new in ternal street in the plan should be hooked up to Huron Heights Dr making another major artery through the subdivision At this point the town aimers and committee and the two groups have been at ever since Mr said his staff was simply trying to resolve the problems and avoid a confrontation at regional planning committee Replied Mayor the holdup wasnt coming from regional council It was your staff we were at loggerheads with would serve We want another collector voice he said pi only as a demanding the plan be sent to the regional planning committee for a hearing Commissioner Bob Hodgson argued that since local roads even tually put traffic onto regional and provincial highway systems his department should be involved In their design He said he did not foresee Rd as a major traffic artery if it connected to Huron Heights Dr He argued It Internal road system Instead of on Davis Dr Mr Hodgson said He said the Dr has nearly m is s loner s plan would reached its traffic make an easy route from capacity and were Huron Heights Dr via concerned with all and Carlson to the developments which will Third Concession dissipate into regional and provincial road systems This brought a charge from Councillor Last Wednesday Ted Phelps director of tanning for Paramount Corp received the assurance of VI Roy that the regional planning regional engineer is committee that the trying to force a design on project would be Paramount sub- by the committee division which will put within the next two traffic through the towns meetings Substantial tax hike predicted Continued from Page During that time assessment increased percent This year the taxpayer will be asked to dig even deeper into his pocket to pay for expanded services including road work neglected over the past few years and new library facilities This year the town must also pay the first full debenture payment on the new administrative centre completed last year That will add about to the budget Total debenture payments this year are In the past the town cut back on Aurora spending to offset increases in other areas noted the mayor We can only cut away so far in our hard town of Aurora services he remarked Although the mayor stressed no firm decisions have been made council is considering repairs to Machell Ave completion of McDonald Dr to Kennedy St completion of Aurora Heights Dr to Dr the Tyler St bridge and resurfacing of Bigwin Dr and Banff Dr including curbing guttering and sidewalks The only solution to spiraling taxes is increased assessment Mayor Timpson said noting local assessment has risen million over last years 103713929 This percent increase in assessment is due to subdivisions which have been completed over the year such as Estates Tridel development Country Lane and Aurora Garden Homes Currently Auroras assessment is split with percent residential and 21 percent commercial and the town is making efforts to increase industrialcommercial assessment the mayor said While many people object to growth it is necessary to keep taxes down Mayor Timpson commented We can still grow slowly and gracefully but we must grow he noted King to consider 87home subdivision KING TOWNSHIP A request by the developers of the Lakes Golf Course to build homes on acres of land ajoining the golf club was referred to King Councils planning committee for further study following a presentation here last week The golf course itself came under fire from nearby residents who complained that area wells would be depicted by wells for the club and roads would not be adequate for increased traffic At last weeks meeting however council was told that wells on the property are pumping at a rate of 200 gallons per minute without any drain on other wells in the area It was not a sufficient comment for Mayor Margaret Britnell however who reminded the developers Wells it have run dry before The mayor said the area in question on the Eighth Concession is causing great concern in regard to water It area the mayor told Roy Fletcher who spoke for the developer Mrs said additional wells and septic systems would be of concern to council in considering the plan further Fire brigades fight two local house fires AURORA A fire here Feb 23 and another blaze in Oak Ridges Thursday caused an estimated 25000 damage York Regional Police reported Monday Extensive smoke damage was done to the Aurora home of Nicolas Kainellos at Kemano during a Tire that caused a total of damage Catholics urged to back charities NEWMARKET Most Reverend Philip Archbishop of Toronto Diocese challenges Newmarket area Roman Catholics this Sunday to raise as their con- ion to Share Life The drive by St Johns parish and its mission church Our Lady of Good Counsel in Sharon will see all 1250 parishioners called on this Sunday between and pm Father Hill and Paul Lang both directors of the drive feel confident that area Roman Catholics will support the bishops drive to raise in the diocese to aid developing nations the education of priests and Catholic charities No one was home at the time of the fire which broke out at ap proximately 340pm and the Aurora Fire Department extinguished the flames Cause of the fire is believed to be faulty wiring On Thursday 15000 damage was done to the living room of a home belonging to Rose at Aubrey Ave Oak Ridges The Richmond Hill Fire Department ex tinguished the fire which broke out around mid night A cause has not yet been 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