Decision stupid developer says By PETER DEPODESTA Examiner Staff Reporter Barrie planning boards decision Tuesday taking away high density Zoning on Kozlov Street is ridiculous says part ies in Chez Belle Developments Ive never in my whole life seen anything so stupid Lou Kozlov said Mr Kozlov told The Examiner he will fight the city at the Ontario Municipal Board OMB to get his own way The board made the decision after four people objected to Dronosed 1trstorey rental apart ment building with 157 units The building was the northwest corner of Kozlov and Cundles Road Mr Kozlov said his company is willing to take $1 million loss in construction costs to build the building with units renting for about $275 month They planning board turn around and want me to put in tOthouses he said This is the lowest form of housing and youll end up with junk slums Chez Belle was given the high density by city council in Oc tober when council amended the plan for Residential District Ald Jim Perri city develop ment committee chairman said at that time council should give the higher density because it was committed to the dtiveloper by previous coun cr He said additional parkland was given by Chez Belle because of the committment of high density CHANGES TUNE At Tuesdays board meeting Ald Perri changed his tune and did complete turn after listening to the our objectors He said the board has presen ted its views and the public ob jected to it Ald Perri sug gested the developer redraw STUDENTS receiving awards of academic ex cellence during St Jo sephs junior high school his plans and the board hold public meeting The board accepted Ald Paul Wessengers suggestion to move the high density zoning to another location in the sub division north of Heather Street unopened and west of Bayfield Street The proposal will not decrease the number of units which Chez Belle can build but Mr Kozlov will have to wait un til an Official plan amendment is approved by council and the provmce dont want the change it means one to twoyear delay Mr Kozlov said And what guarantee do have that people living in the townhouses in the area wont object to the apartment buildings Mr Kozlov presented plan for the 76 acre site which in cluded 16storey rental apart ment building and 16storey condominium apartment building The condominium building which had all underground parking was located west of Kozlov Street north of the ren tal building The four objectin residents complained to the oard that they moved to Barrie to get away from apartment buildings in the Toronto area They said they did not realize the land was zoned for high density development The residents said Cundles Road and Bayfield Street can not handle the increased traffic from the apartments ZONED RM The property is zoned RH residential hold Any land in Barrie which can be developed with houses has similar zoning until plan of sub division is prepared by the developer In the hold category 30foot height limitation is used for buildings and the only type of housing permitted is single closing exercises included back left Angelo Lenar duzzi Sharon Hurtubise and Marc Mireault Front family detached homes on 10 acre lots The land is designated in the citys official plan for high den sity which is all types of apart ments with up to 40 units an acre Mr Kozlov said he cannot believe the comments made by residents in the area He said every deed gives the exact location of all future apart ments townhouses and com mercial developments in the subdivision All deeds he said had to be signed before the homes were bought He said many residents told the board they enjoyed living in the subdivision because of the amenities felt like standing up and saying who the hell made the subdivision did he said Whos the guy that put in fan cy street lighting who got the tennis courts for the park who got the creative playground Lou Kozlov has done everything Mr Kozlov attacked Ald Wessengers suggestion to move the rental apartment building to different location He said the alderman made statements earlier this year that no one would build rental apartments in the city Heres developer whos going to subsidize rental project out of his own pocket he said adding he turned down Central Mortgage and Housing Corp mortgage Ive worked so hard Mr Kozlov said he is willing to take members 0f Barrie news media to Toronto next week to show the type of developments his company has built He said one of the buildings is almost an exact copy of the Barrie proposal After you see it youll spit on Barrie and say Louie youre God damn fool get out of Barrie he said left Steve Komar Fran cine Delorme and Lucia Del Mu Examiner Pho to School is large in spirit valedictorian tells class St Josephs junior high school might not be large in size but it is large in spirit Laurie Hayes valedictorian told this years graduating class Thursday night Miss Hayes told the Grade 10 class it was fortunate to have had the advantage of Catholic education and expressed hopes that St Josephs Would con tinue Rev Leonard OMalley pastor of St Marys church told the students they have the privilege of belonging to the community of believers During the closing exercises held in the school auditorium awards of excellence were presented to several students Lucia Del Mul led the list of SUPPLY OF NEW USED orncr murmrnr mar 30 x60 SOLID DESK WOOD $1 8995 SINDREY OFFICE EQUIPMENT 220 BAYVIEW DR UNIT 7373100 recipients being presented with the English geography drafting and French awards Berny Nitert received the mathematics and consumer education awards and Marc Mireault was presented the art and physical education awards Other awards went to Steve Komar history Angelo Lenar duzzi science Kevin Burke Latin Francine Delorme typing and Susan Hurtubise physical education Tommy Aikins wgs presented I976 OLYMPICS MONTREAL Tickets for Two events Accommodation LORD ELGIN HOTEL Ottawa TicketsAccommodation Transportation $69 inclusive Call TRAVELWAYS TOURS at I800261929I Toll Free otic 1320987 the student leadership award Tracey LaPlante was chosen mate athlete of the year and the female athlete homors were shared by Susan Hurtubise and Brenda Vasey SKI it $1795 Friday to Monday Plus Mileage Featuring Chevrolet TIEDEN RENT CAR 341 BAYFIELD ST the Hayfield Sunoco Car Wash 7370800 SUSAN MARTIN isnt near the Golden Years yet but she took part in the square dancing during the second anniversary party of the Parkview Centre for Senior Citizens in Barrie Thurs day night Mrs Martin is the citys new senior citizens coordinator and will work with the club members at Parkview Cen tre on Blake Street She starts her new job Monday tExaminerPhoto Second anniversary marked coordinator makes debut Thursday was night for sin ing dancing and cele ratin for about 125 peo ple atten ing the second an niversary party of the Parkview Centre for Senior Citizens The party at the Army Navy and Air Force Club on George Street was also the groups first official introduc tion to Susan Martin Barries new senior citizen co ordinator Mrs Martin was the guest of honor with Gary Stoner director of parks and recreav tion for the dinner and dance Following the dinner the senior citizens joined in for singsong and square lance with music supplied by Bill aclonald on fiddle and Edna Smith at the piano Mr Stoner told the senior citizens thcre were no re quests for him to sing Happy Anniversary as he did last year nor for his anniversary joke He told the club members about Mrs Martin adding her role is to work with the senior citizens at the centre There were close to 30 an plications for the job vacated this year by Peggy Hall Mr Stoner told the senior citizens his department still hopes to get larger facilities for the members at Parkview Centre In two years the membership has increased to 740 senior citizens from the Barriearea LIVES IN ELMVALE Mrs Martin who lives in Elmvale with her husband an instructor at Georgian Col lege joins the city staff after two and half years working at the Mental Health Centre in Penetanguishene At the mental health cen tre she was community liaison officer between the recreation department at the hospital and the community agencies She also worked as leisure time counsellor for the residents helping them plan their leisure time Mrs Martin who is native of the Ingersoll and Woodstock area said at the hospital she also worked with senior citizens adding this might give me an insight into the problems of improper lcisurctimeprogram 12month jail sentence on stolen good charge Wayne Howard 23 of Bar rie was sentenced to 12 mon ths in jail Thursday for possession of stolen property Ronald Henderson also charged was acquitted by Judge Woodliffe Howard pleaded guilty to possession of stereo set and fishing rod and reel stolen from the cottage of Joseph Markson Toronto lawyer in Oro Township Mr Markson testified that his cottage had been broken into around Dec 10 1975 and some food and wine was stolen along with the stereo equipment Howard sold the stereo valued at about $600 to George James of Angus for $140 James said that when the stereo was brought to his place Henderson came with Howard and helped set it up Taking the stand in his own defence Henderson said he had driven Howard to Angus after being asked to and had no knowledge of the stereo before it was sold to James Judge Woodliffe ruled that although there was evidence against Henderson the ex planation he offered was reasonable one He said he was bound to dismiss the charge Judge Woodliffe acquitted Alexander Tateon charge of obstruction of police officer His car was stopped on Highway 400 South Jan 25 after police received com plaint that the driver of the car had assaulted someone on Highway 27 Constable Doug Wainwright of Barrie PP preached the car to get entification from the oc cupants and found Irene Monica of Toronto was driv ing He said Tate who was in the ssen er seat refused to pro uce entification Tate and Miss Monica said that he pounded on the window and demanded identification Constable Wainwright and Constable Gordon Fearon said Tate told Miss Monica to drive away so they forced their way into the car and ar rested Tate Tate and Miss Monica said they didnt understand the police ac tions and that Tate was the victim of beating at the hands of Constable Wain wright Tate was acquitted of the charge She does not plan any changes in the program of operation at the Parkview centre She said she wants to spend the next few months meeting the people and team ing about the activities want to take time to know the program as Peggy Hall did it she said The centre is for these people and they know their needs better than anyone else Mrs Martin said she is glad the centre has board of senior citizens which she can turn for help and guidance GRADUATE graduate of the two year Recreation Leadership course at Fanshaw College in London Mrs Martin became interested in recreation dur ing high school She worked as playground leader in her home town and worked with senior citizens group during her education at Fanshaw enjo ed the work so much ecided to make it my vocation she said Mrs Martin said while she has not worked full time with senior citizens group since graduating in 1973 the basic theories and philosophies of recreation are the same for all groups She is involved in other aspects of recreation and is working on two provincial study groups for recreation for disabled people and women in recreation Local General ANNIVERSARY The Cookstown Womens Institute will be celebrating its 75th anniversay July at Cookstown Public School at pm Guest speaker will be Mrs Maluske provincial president of the Womens In stitute For more informa tion call 4584458 The public is welcome TRANSFERRED Rev Guy Hamel pastor of St Patricks parish in Perkinsfield and trustee on the Simcoe County Roman Catholic Separate School Board has been transferred toDonMills Wednesday night accor ding to the Education Act the separate school board ap pointed committee of three to ap int new trustee to compete Father Hamels term of office The committee must bring in its recommendation by the next board meeting July 21 Father Hamel has served in the Huronia area for 15 years and has been member of the school board since its incetion in 1969 ATTENTION PC CANDIDATES AND DELEGATES Ronald Stewart President of the Progressive Conservative Riding Associotion of Simcoe Centre is pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas Evans of Bradford and Charles Style of Barrie ds Returning Officers for the upcoming convention to be held at Central Collegiate in Barrie on the 24th of June I976 All delegates are reminded to bring their delegates pass to the meeting in order to qualify as voter The doors will be open for delegates at pm and to visitors and members at pm All nominations must be inwriting and be submitted to one of the Retur ning Officers priOr to seven oclock on June 24 Ooops Barrie planning board made mistake After five minute presen tation by Jack Stollar of his subdivision lan on Little Avenue the ard forgot to make any recommendation There were number of possibilitiesit could have accepted the lan circulated it to city hal departments set date for public hearing or even rejected it But nothing happened so the plan sits in limbo until the next board meeting Mr Stollar representing Stollar Construction Ltd NDP hold barbecue Simcoe Centre New De mocratic Party riding aSSociation will hold its an nual barbecue this Saturday at pm at the home of Elsie Raikes Shanty Bay Road Members supporters and their families are invited to attend the function and bring their own icnic baskets Barbecueswil beavailabie Paul Wessenger NDP can didate will attend and organizers are hoping an NDP member of the provin cial legislature will alsa at tend Further information may be obtained by telephoning Diane Hanna 4361074 or Dori Buckley 4589038 Pros did soil study Soil tests for subdivision plan in Cookstown were done by professionals not just students the develo ers representative said urs day Al McNair of Abasco Management Ltd said an ar ticle in the June 16 issue of The Examiner may have been misleading At public meeting over Cockstowns official plan consultant Dr Bruce Brown criticized the Simcoe County Soils Survey of 1962 for not being comprehensive He said the tests were done one summer by team of university students Since then however Cookslane Developments hir ed professional firm to per form son tests on 55acre subdivision site Mr McNair said On the basis of the latest tests 92 lots of 20000 square feet each have been approved for septic tanks the ministry of environment and the Simcoe County District Health Unit Because of poorer soil elsewhere in the village health officials have required lots covering 45000 square feet of land owned by Phase One Developments Dr Brown is employed by PhaseOne if For Reservations coll My Whether its for quiet break in the day 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