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Sees need to co-ordinate plans VITAL TO REGIONAL PLANNING: MICHAEL The man who played the major role in the creation of Whitby's proposed new offi- ciai plan will not be involved in the day to day work of implementing it It will be his job to tie in that officiai plan with that of the other seven municipalities in the new region of Durham. Dr. Mofeed Michael, the town planning director, be- cornes the number two man in the regional planning struct- ure as regional planning director. Dr. Michael looks forward to his new role with enthusi- Durham County Sales Arena ORONO, ONT. LIVESTOCK SALE Every Thursday Evening 7:30 p.m. SHEEP-CATTLE HOGS- -HORSES BUSINESS 983-9363 HOME: 623-4685 BILL MOSLEY asm. "I think it is a challenge... which I accpt," he said as he prepated to clean out his office in Brooklin. There will not be much tîme to get ready for the new job because his appointment announced Wed- nesday is effective Jan. 1. As he sees it, three elements must be co-ordinated to make regionai planning work. Tere must be a liaison between the regiona and the province with its Toronto-Centred Region Plan, there must be a liaison with the departments and activities of the region itself, and there must be a liaison between the region and the local municipalities and the public, he said. How quickly this co-ordin- ation can be achieved depends on the space required by the regional planning department and the hiring of staff. I hope this would not take much time, said Dr. Michael, who expects to have about 40 people in his division. Besides co-ordinating the workings of regional planning with other bodies, Dr. Michael will be faced with standard- izing the different zoning bylaws in the region. He explained that the sym- bols, procedures and provis- ions of the zoning bylaws must ANN'S BE AUTY SALON 2OiRéOO MAIN STREFET The Council of the New Town of Newcastle cordially invites ail citizens . to †ie Meeting ofthe. NEW COUNCIL thatwill be held in the Auditorium of Bowmanville High School Thursday, January 3, 1974 Refreshments Entertainument by high schools be standardized so it will be easier for the public to understand what is going on. It would be better for the environment of the region to have the same objectives, he said. I hope the same owuld apply to subdivision agree- ments and the process of district plans, The zoning category of Ri in Whitby should express the same Ri in other places, said Dr. Michael A benefit of regional planning would be a common language and com- mon objectives. Dr. Michael explained that some of this standardizing would occur before the reg- ional official plan is complet- ed in 1976 and some after. The official plan for the whole region expresses the intent of regional government as to where the region is heading, said Dr. Michael. POLICY DIFFERENCES Parts of the region do not have official plans now or ones that are up to date. Most are in isolation and not tied into each other. Some contra- dict each other in certain areas, so that the policy of one municipality would defeat the policy of another, he said. The regional official plan would try to find a balance of all activities in the region, and provide a framework for a better habitat for the inhabit- ants of the area. The regional official plan will deal with sociological and economic questions as well as transportation, and determi- ne' the framework for other planning functions, said Dr. Michael. One of the first jobs he will undertake is to prepare a schedule and work time table for the official plan and devise interim development policies to fill the vacuum till the offical plan is finished. Dr. Michael intends to use the teamwork approach, with input from the local municip- palities and the public. I don't think planning will be further away from the people in regional govern- ment said Dr. Michael. Public participation has to be em- phasized in the planning process. The success of any planning endeavour is public understanding of its ramific- ations. Before becoming Whitby's planning director in February 1970, Dr. Michael was senior planner with the Central Ontario Joint Planning Board will Bill McAdams as chair- man. He will again be working with Mr. McAdams in the regional planning department for Mr. McAdams was re- Chatterton Electric ORONO, ONTARIO Phone 983-5546 or 983-5940 Residential-ommerical Industrial 1974 ONTARIO HYBRID CORN REPORT AVAILABLE Once again this year the Ontario Corn Committee has put out the Ontario Hybrid Corn performance trial sheet. This report lists all the 1974 recommended Hybrids for the various heat unit ranges across the province and also gives a full summary on all hybrids and how they perform with regard to stock breakage moisture and the acre yield of shelled corn based on 15 percent moisture. If you do want a copy of the 1974 Hybird Corn report, please get in touch with our office and we will forward one to you. We do want to remind you that it appears in a number of cases that seed will be in short supply, and we recommend that you do order your seed in plenty of time for the upcom- ing growing season. cently appointed regional commissioner of planning and development. While he was with the COJPB Dr. Michael was responsible for preparing the Bradley Farm subdivision report for Whitby and the initial plans for the Lynde Creek Subdivision. Michael Blvd. in the latter subdivision is named after him. OTHER SUBJECTS MORE IMPORTANT (Continued from page 1) floor it was evident that the majority of elementary school principals felt strongly that there were more urgent priorities in the elementary school than the introduction of French," he said. Among the priorities sug- gested were: An extension of the remed- ical reading and other special education programs: Expan- sion of learning resource centre facilities and increased staff; additional guidance and psychological services; lower teacher student ratio; pro- vision of teacher aides to assist in existing programs. Dr. Wilson said the prin- cipals supported in principle the introduction of new curr- icula that would enrich the Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, December 26th, 1973-5 child's learning experience, such as a second language, they felt other requirements should be attended to first. "It was noted that ail elementary schoois are work- ing on the implementation of ministry of education PI JI curriculum guidelines, a long and painstaking task, involv- ing not only instructional changes but changes in atti- tudes of teachers, students and parents, he said. It would seem unwise to attempt to introduce another new pro- gram before the PI JI implementation is complete. Parents, however, appear- ed to support the introduction of French at kindergarten level. A principal reported that 85 percent of the parents of his school community had returned a questionaire sent to them regarding French instruction. Of these 75 per- cent had favoured the intro- duction of French. The principals stressed that widespread and detailed in- formation Must be provided for parents before they could be asked to make a decision on the matter. Mr. H.R. Moorcroft, Super- intendent of Instruction, re- ported on his observations of various types of French programs in Ottawa Carleton area. He mentioned problerms that had arisen including shortage of qualified staff, the fact that class size in immer- sion programs must be smal- ler than regular classes, transportation p.roblems created by immersion, kind- ergartens, and morale pro- blems among staff members. It appears that the number of graduates from the teacher training programs qualified to teach French will be insufficient this year to meet anticipated demands, he said. Dr. Wilson said that every- one at the meeting had supported the concept of bi-iingualism in Canada, the value of acquiring a second language and the enrichment that came with added learning experiences. However, it was felt that in considering the introduction of an elementary French program, consideration must also be given to other needs of the system and their priority, he said. Dr. Wilson said' the com- mittee hoped to get opinions from the Brighton area early in the new year. .3 I mmmmmmmmmm o m m moon mmgg Attention Farmers ! 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