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1 I Newmarket Aurora Keswick Wed June 1 1977 The Third Section Newmarket Classifieds I wont work NEWMARKET A fountain for the centre of Lake cannot be a royal silver jubilee project Town council learned last week that plans to finance purchase of the new fountain with an Ontario government silver Jubilee grant in honor of the year of the rdgn of Queen Elizabeth II have been sank grants are not available for capital projects They must be used to finance events The town has been trying to get a well- lighted highsquirting fountain into the lake for several years but Us first attempt only amounted to a little spray On hearing the news last week Mayor Bob urged councillors to put on your thinking hats and come up with an idea will qualify for the royal jubilee grant Under the grant program up to is available to finance Jubilee events providing the money Is matched by a municipal grant Cleanup Finas NEWMARKET Town council made another gain last week in Its campaign to clean up frontage on north side of Davis Dr from Longford Dr to Young St It approved a site plan agreement with CDN Petroleums Ltd if Hamilton the new station and car wash on the northwest corner of George St and Davis Dr The firm plans to expand the facilities while retaining the same fuse and has agreed to pay for up to worth of improvements and landscaping on he municipal road allowances on the propertys two frontages The town will do the and bill CDN Regional Councillor Hay Gulf service station improved its road allowances when oil company rebuilt two years ago o convention review request vote NEWMARKET council here split down the middle on whether or not to oppose a engineering committee members and one staff member attend the an nual Canadian Roads York Region expenditure Transportation Con- of to send in Vancouver delegations to con ventions in Tokyo and Vancouver handing Mayor Bob the deciding vote Regional council voted May to allow up to three regional Oct and another three council members of the same committee to go to Tokyo for the In ternational Roads Federation vn World Meeting Oct Regional Councillor Town to require watersavers on new homes NEWMARKET Water saving devices on toilets will be mandatory in all new homes con structed in Newmarket council decided Monday It approved the policy by resolution last week making water saving devices approved by the town engineer mandatory on all sanitary facilities in new homes Since the town cannot legally require their installation the requirment will be in serted in all future subdivision and site plan agreements Thus builders must agree to the installations before a building permit is issued The resolution was proposed by regional councillor Ray Twinncy Mayor Bob taken In three thefts NEWMARKET Cash totalling was removed from two area businesses and a group home last week police reported Monday Wednesday 180 was removed from office at Living Lighting in the Upper Canada Mall during store hours Police report a lone sales clerk in the store was likely occupied with customers at the time of the theft On Monday 190 in small bills was removed from a money box after a cupboard was forced open at Browndale Home on Park Ave In Newmarket Late Sun day was removed from the gas bar at mesher Ford in Aurora after a window was broken to gain entry explained that many plumbing manufacturers are already designing toilets with small reservoir tanks and suggested when these come on the market they will qualify as water saving devices under the new policy He said there are also other devices available including one being marketed by a Newmarket firm Mr said devices on the two toilets in his home arc saving him about a month on his water bill No request for water restrictions NEWMARKET Despite a water problem here which York regional operations engineer Gerry said last week would necessitate water restrictions in the town similar to those of the summer of his department did not request the restrictions from town council at its May 24 meeting Mr had no comment on the change of plan Monday and York engineering com missioner Bob Hodgson was unavailable The 1975 restrictions were enacted because of a water shortage Mayor Bob Forhan said last week Newmarket does not have a shortage now He blamed problem on the fact that the towns largest water reservoir was empty while painters worked inside it Ray Twinney chairman of the regional engineering committee intends to go to the Tokyo meeting he told town council Although Mr said he voted against the convention expenditures at the regional council meeting he voted to defeat what amounted to a vote of censure of regional council by his own council on the grounds that a local council should not try to dictate to another elected body He said regional council is elected just as the school board is to make its own choices The motion was put forward at last weeks town council meeting by Councillor Tom Taylor who said he could find no rationalization for sending people from York Region to Japan to attend a committee meeting I think should make our voices heard particularly when we are asking our own em ployees to abide by a to per cent increase said Councillor Taylor His motion requested regional council to reconsider its approval of the convention delegations and to establish a policy on conventions if it does not already have one Mr Taylors most vocal support came from Councillor Dave Kerwin who contended only one delegate should attend any convention and should report back in detail to other council members He seconded the Taylor resolution Councillors Peter Hall and Doris Blair supported the Taylor- Kerwin motion Main St aw ssed by town NEWMARKET Main St between Millard Ave and SI was designated an im provement area last week when town council unanimously approved the designating bylaw the bylaw is ap proved by the Ontario Municipal Board a five- member board of management will be set up It will administer Improvements fixation and money is raised as ail addition to the business tax paid by firms in the area Council would not have been able under Ontario legislation to pass the bylaw had on third of the businesses in the area objected However only one ob jection was received It came from the legal firm of Sliver Vale and Erringlon Town clerk Grant maintenance of public Blight said the single buildings in the objection may mean the area over and above that normally provided by the town It will also ad minister the promotion of the area as a business and shopping centre The board will be appointed by town council and will consist of a town councillor and four representatives of the business community in the improvement area The latter must be qualified to be elected to town council The bylaw places an annual budget limit of on the board The will call a hearing on the bylaw A spokesman for the Newmarket Downtown Merchants Association said last week a hearing could delay the bylaw up to four months Council indicated last week it will not appoint the board of Management until the OMB has ap proved the bylaw but in the meantime the merchants association will be asked to submit their nominees for the board seats ft Seeks data on radial station i I V Ken Kerr Photo BEST ROSE GARDENER IN MOUNT ALBERT We dont know whether she talks to her plants hut do know Diana Machel of Mount Albert Horticultural Society is doing something right The large Red Rose Teas Trophy shes leaning on at the display booth the Society had last week at Upper Canada Mall was awarded to her at the Mount Albert Groups annual competition for Best Red Hose In the Show The smaller Ken and Ida Ross Trophy she won for best exhibit of house plants The Mall exhibit was an attempt by the gardeners to gel their membership to grow too NEWMARKET Bruce Wilkinson a Newmarket photo grapher is trying to find out what the former Toronto and York Radial Railway station on St looked like when the 70yearold building was in its prime Mr Wilkinson recently moved his the building He is renovating the interior for use as a studio and gallery and would like to refinish the ex terior to look as close to its original appearance as possible The radial line Pioneer Day festival planned for Main St streetcars reached Newmarket In 1899 and was extended to Sutton in It was discontinued north of Richmond Hill in 1930 At various times after the building housed a billiard hall furniture store and ap pliance repair business Originally one storey it Is now two Mr Wilkinson is hoping to hear from anyone who remembers it as It was Residents ask study NEWMARKET you are downtown Friday itll he strike ud the band threeday Pioneer Day no up nana The j festival and will have and kick up your heels if merchants association Main St closed off for the Grant for Holland Landing camp counsellors with previous day camp experience have also been hired More will be required HOLLAND LAN- DING The Holland Landing adventure day camp to run from July through Aug 25 every Tuesday and Thursday from am 3 pm is to receive a grant of 1600 from the ministry of culture and recreation It was announced Mon day The ministry has undertaken fund the summer camp for the next three years Joe hall chairman of the it nil ami Landing Recreation centre board The Era Monday John Geary a University of New Brunswick forestry student and a resident of Newmarket will be the camp director and three will be in the middle of its evening The Newmarket Citizens Band will play in the mall beside the municipal offices from 76 pm and George Con- stable and his Happy Hoppers Will lead the square dancing on Main Street from 830 on First event in the busy threeday schedule Saturday afternoon June and judging will take place from 89 pm on the contest day Children should bring brushes Paint will be supplied will be held Friday from pm at Sports and Cycle shop The antique car parade will leave the south end parking lot at 1030 am and the cars again for a skate board contest for children eight to an antique car will be a store window display and parade craft when final number of painting and antique exhibits a children is known Mr June 16 for children aged donut eating contest a eight featuring a pioneer theme It will run from pm Prizes are 15 and Pre- registrations will be Saturday June will be parked on Main St Main St will be closed for examination A trophy hall noted Present registration totals about Further information on camp can be ob tained from Barb at concert by the Newmarket Pipe Band and a covered wagon display The skate board taken at Minor Matters contesi will run from and Abels Furniture am and proregistration will be presented to the best car The donut eating contest will be open to the first registrants younger will be at Fine Cake Shop June 13 14 and Groups of Jive will compete with a twominute time limit and the winners of each heat will eat their way through a final round No objections filed to plan 7 i Qf1 flu A f I I It I I I if r I rf I J I ft J I- J i til I I I l I IS Jon NEWMARKET- Homeowners neighboring the proposed home sub division on Davis Dr spent two hours Thursday night going over plan ami firing questions at the developer and Mayor Bob Then apparently satisfied none of the ap proximately GO people at meeting at Community Centre filed formal objections to iIh request by Paramount Developments Ltd the sulMlivider All properly owners within feel of the sub- dividers land were notified of meeting Ted Phelps planning director for the firm outlined the plan pointing out all homes would be singlefamily detached units on 50foot frontages and stressing that his firm lias deeded IG per cent of its land acres to the town for a park and school site In addition it is retaining a smaller parcel which the town had ruled is unsuitable for development and zoned for open space use About half the acres approximately eight acres will be sold to the York County school board for use as a public school site said Mayor Bob He said since the Innd was given to the town by the developer as a park dedication Newmarket offered to give the school site to the board if the board would develop the school yard and adjoining park In return However the board rejected offer maintaining ft would be deprived of Ontario government grants If It accepted the gift The mayor said the town then determined it would cost 80000 to develop the pork and act that as the price of the eightacre site The will finance complete development of park lie said including tennis courts ball diamond and childrens playground Mr Phelps pointed out by law his firm is only required to provide five per cent of its for park It agreed to per cent to speed up approval of its project he said Mr said construction on both the school and subdivision could be underway fall He said among the builders first projects will be construction of a sewer line linking unused sewers in Hamilton Heights area to a trunk sewer west of He said the starts depend on when the subdivision rezonlng received Ontario Municipal Board approval and when the Minister of Housing approves the plan When these approvals are given the plan can be registered the school site sold to the schoolboard and work can start We hope work on the land can start this fall said the mayor adding he hopes for registration in August Various owners of the land once known as the Rut ledge farm have been trying to subdivide it for over years An earlier East plan inherited by the town when It annexed the area had twice the number of homes projected as does the present plan Many of the residents at the meeting also expressed concern over the portions of the subdivision not slated for immediate develop ment the open space parcel and two streets abutting It which will not be built for at least to years because they are not Included In Paramount s sewage treatment plant ration Will this land be allowed to become a trash dump asked one resident We as a municipality will try to enforce that It will not replied the mayor Will the open space area later be rexoned for apartments or developed some other way another asked As far as the town is concerned it is open space forever said the mayor At this lime even Mr agreed the chance of it being granted is very slim Then why Is the developer keeping it asked another resident Because the town cant afford to keep all the open space people want to go in and manicure it and do all the things people want the mayor He also pointed out the owner must pay taxes on the land Mr Phelps termed the land very valuable and added Paramount would sell the land to the town but only at market price and again pointed to the per cent already provided When the question of adequate sewers and water arose the mayor said sewage treatment is no longer a problem the treatment plant ex pansion Is complete and no construction will be allowed until adequate water is available He added engineers say the new day well due to come on stream In two months will provide adequate water supply Construction Mr Phelps told another questioner will start at the north end of the subdivision and he agreed trucks should be brought In off Davis Dr and not along Huron Heights Dr Houses will be built about at a time as market conditions warrant He also agreed with a request to have signs erected clearly showing what all lands within the subdivision are zoned for In response to another quest ion nor Mr Phelps undertook to see that as many of the trees would be saved as possible The question of where sidewalks will go drew a vaguer response The mayor said they will go on all major streets and Mr Phelps said they will probably be built on all streets leading to the school anticipate building sidewalks on Huron aSf Nibble He also assured another questions all hydro and other services will be put un- However he pointed out the owner may apply at some future date for a but of court decision KING TOWNSHIP with a county court decision that found King Township public school trustee Margaret Coburnwus not In conflict of interest when she sat on the boards negotiating team township resident Vtnce Vila has taken his case to Ontarfo Ombudsman But an official of the Ombudsmans office while refusing to com ment on the specific case said the Issue may be out of their jurisdiction The she noted cant intervene in any case that has been decided in the courts In a submission to the Ombudsman Monday however MrDe ViU who unsuccessfully op posed King incumbents Mrs Coburn and Dorothy in the municipal election said the court ruling has demolished sections of the Education Act and the entire Conflict of Interest Act Judge Harry decision said a group consisting of Mr Vita and former trustees Joy Horton and Chris McMonagle created a precedent so damaging to the rights and interests of ill citizens of Ontario that it is no longer our responsibility to bear the great financial burden of an appeal Kicked door fined 100 NEWMARKET A 24yearold Newmarket man who got angry with his girlfriend and kicked in door of their Timothy St apartment was found guilty of mischief causing last week and fined or 10 days In jail Harvey was charged last March 23 after he caused damage to the door He ordered lit