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rumours are unfounded, .Incidentally, two books from that same Library would make good reading for those interested: Frank Swin- nerton's Reflections from a Village, which covers forty- five years of life in "he community in Surrey, England, and ends with a melancholy chapter entitled "The Passing of a Village”; and Wilma Dyheman's Look to This Day, from which i would love to quote - instead, I refer you to pages 4 and 32 among many goodgexamples of this auth'or's thoughts about what is happening to her country, the United States. PAGE t LETTERS TO THE EDITOR editor" referred to by Mr. uughinhisletterofApril9, I claim the right of rebuttal included in the ground rules laid down for the Weston Ratepayers' meeting of March 31. The quotations below are from Mr. Lough's letter. A: the writer of one of the T‘sevenl letters to the (1) "Metro prepared a recommendation . . . . . which clearly states that they recommend ' the widening of King Street only te, from Weston Road to asemount Avenue and no further. . . .lnno way would the Public Library be razed or the United Church touched for this widening." In the first place, I did not say that the United Church would be touched; I said it would be isolated. In the second place, although not a civil engineer, I cannot see how King Street can be widened without touching either (1 these buildings, since both are practically on the sidewalk now! Further, as a member of the Weston Library Board for the six years immediately prior to the amalgamation of Weston and the Township of York into the present Borough, I have been hearing rumours since 1966 about the sale "of the land on which the Library stands, and would be delighted to learn that those _ Again, having walked down King Crescent and through the Park to Little Avenue on March 29 before Submitting my letter of April 2 to the Weston Times, I cannot visualize how these streets carrhe widened and extended without touching the War Memorial - unless a bridge is built over it or a tunnel under it! Actually, I understand that the plan calls for the relocating of (2) "The letter and plan issued by the Borough clearly shows that only four homes will have to be acquired on King Crescent and no homes on Little Avenue will be touched for the extension. As far as the War Memorial is concerned, it will not have to be touched." _ by 'h"nciparhitrhshink Lid., every. Thursday . W K "risen. Geneva! Manage: Lush sugvmo. Aonmsmg Manner -' Mrs. Doreen Flown". Edntm second Cm: Mail 'teistratrtto Nerrmer 1588 SUISCHIPTION RATES 3700 pm yen in manq- to any names. m'c'anam ' Other counmn 99.00 Chum-d Advemsmg Mrs. e'tsvth) Harmon ' “Danny Advornsmg wmy wmon. Leigh SWING Telephone 241-52 I I the War Memorial. (Hon can that be done without "tpuehing" it?) I understand also that it is proposed to use land-fill and build the widened road on that 'thin edge-of-nothing' foundation - frightening to a victim of acrophobia. The whole point of my argument was that King Crescent and the Park should be reamed as two of the few beauty spots now remaining in the com- munity. (3) "The balance of the contents of the letters to the editor, in regards to the project and the effects, are clearly suspicious or emotional reactions." To this charge I am proud to plead guilty. I wrote my letter of April 2 from the, humanitarian point of view, and shall continue to believe that the people living in the community are its most important assets, assets which cannot be evaluated in monetary terms, and that many of them prefer to live in their own homes. (4), "The following are some of the known, ad.. vantages (here I am forced to summarize) ..... in- creased assessment and tax revenue; approximately 300 full and part-time jobs; badly needed shopping facilities including a Department Store." V Desirable as these are, might they not be off-set to some extent by decreased values in the surrounding areas, fewer job op- portunities in already established businesses, and even the enforced closing of some of those businesses as a distinct possibility? Can anyone really expect any such complex to compete with Yorkdale? Why not set our sights a little lower and re-develop the area on a less grandiose scale? One has only to traverse the lane between Steinberg) and John Street to realize that something should be done to improve these properties - but surely we don't need to destroy (aesthetically, if not literally) everything around them in the attempt! Finally, I would, draw the attention of Mr. Lough/and all other readers to the ar- ticle about GO transit, on Pages 1 and 11 of the Weston Times, April 9, and ask you to consider the long-range advantages of not selling the Municipal Parking lot on John Street, but rather of retaining it as a convenience for those who would come into the community to use the GO trains - and quite possibly do at least some of their shopping here, as many of the commuters do now, before returning to their homes. As I said earlier, I ampot a civil engineer; neither am' I a financial expert- but I am a howowning tax-payer who has looked forward to en- joying retirement on a relatively quiet residen- tially-zoned street, where birds sing and flowers bloom and little children play on tree-shaded lawns. When a concrete jungle looms as a possible alternative, I begin to have second thoughts! Still suspicious and emotional, Marjorie I. Campbell. _ As developers of the big combined shopping center- apartment complex at King, John and Weston Road we feel compelled to answer some of the objections to our project which appeared in recent weeks in your paper. We propose Jo put up a shopping maCot about 40 stores including a depart- ment sore, variety store, specialty stores, boutiques, a movie theatre and a children's theatre. Parking will be provided in a garage on the second and third floor of the complex. The roof of the garage will be land- scaped and above that will rise two apartment buildings of 400 suites each. In order to be able to build this project it is essential for us to have the present John Street parking lot. We proposed to buy the lot and have the Borough. aquire another one to service the present Weston Business district or as an alternative we proposed to' build an extra 160 /parking stalls in the parking garage on the second floor or underground and lease it to the Parking Authority at one dollar per year for 75 years. Unfortunately the few objectors among the Weston Busineissmen objected to any alternative. parking and insisted on retaining the half empty lot in itipresent form. These. gentlemen and their vocal supporters among the ratepayers know well, that without the parking lot Lionstar will have to scuttle" this unique project. They have launched a campaign of petition signing, letter writing, telephone The Weston Times regrets that an error appeared in last 'Week‘s edition. In an article entitled "News Brief", we stated that a petition being drawn up to protest the sale of the John St. lot was sponsored by the Weston Ratepayers' Association when, in fact, only some of the ratepayers are involved with this petition. As well, do to an oversight, a letter to the editor from Mr. Warren Lough was signed President, Weston Ratepayers' Association. Mr. Lough was writing as a private citizen. 5 Because at” all the conflict raised by the parking lot issue, I think it is tin. dersttfndable that the} Wes n Times has had dif- ficulty in ascertaining just where the various Weston groups stand. While Mr. Lough maintains that the WestOn Ratepayers Assoc. remains neutral on this issue, the letter on this page from Mrs. Ashbourtte 'and Mrs. Cox would indicate that this is not the case, even if unofficially. Let's hope that thepeopleofWeston can get together'on this is: to be better able to feet I solution. t 'rHEWEtrrONTTMES Oops The Planning Board suggests you step off the curb, shut your eyes and think about the in. creased assessment'. ’ (» calling and spreading ot rumors against the sale and 'si?) YO RK "W', replacement of the John VOLKSWAGEN “M tw, \A/ Street parking lot and against the project. _ Those people spread rumors,, ltalfrtruths, no- truth, misstate and twist the facts and use scare tactics, playing on people's emotions and convictions. - . "Mrt"rrTle-U, {he extra ser- vices will cost only $200,000.00 and we pay close to $300,000.00 towards them. (check with Works Dept.) _ l. "The Prbject will cost the Municipality an extra 35%).00000 in services" - ot True - the extra ser- -riiiriiriiiif refute some of their bogey statements: 2. "Taxes brought in, by the Project will be used up in building extra schools". - 94 per cent of school costs are paid by Metro. (Check with School Board). 3. King Street will be widened from Weston Road to Jane Street - F Not True - King Street will be widened to Rosemount Avenue only. (Check with Works Dept.) 4. The Library and Church will be razed for the widening of King Street - Not True - (Check with Works Dept.). 5. The. traffic will congest all the internal streets, you won't be able to drive out of your driveway - Not True - The shoppers will come mostly from the South, North and West. Only local residents west, of Jane Street will be using the in- ternal roads (which they do now anyway). ' The limited space does not permit us to refute all the petty rumors which are ‘ siii'iii'ifii, NED?" "iiiis SALES . PARTS . SERVICE 2950 ISLINGTDN AVE NORTH (Just Sputh of mm) wooosmocE. 851-2297 . NORTH ISLINGTUN 1-1; if , er,-.', x. , aw r,',,'.),',;,',',? iil'itiji,'ftlf) 2m: 6*,{wgf . 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