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North York Controller Mel Lastman admitted he would like to see one specific change in municipal board procedure. He said developers should not be allowed to by- pass municipal councils and appeal to the municipal board. "I would like to see that stopped," he said. Metropolitan conservation authority now owns 21,590 acres of land having purchased D properties for a total of 82,900,000 last year. The authority reported last week a four percent drop in visitors to 14 conaervation areas. The total for the year wan 1.565.000 visitors. -- NEWS BRIEFS Metro Parks Communion" Thom“ Thompson" proposal to ban mowmoulu from Rogrntree Mill- Park h Mitt and" consideration. North York Camel!“ Paul Hunt and the parks Cttrttntiagttttter we trying to arrange confer-Inca with redder"; lid groups around the put] Mte at Finch and 1Btingtmtirtaneftorttttritattttsttgal Wt. The path canal-Inc to“ Mammalian path was [at not that1otrtArtttrtminei"etrtetmtttrt- "A small home owner has been able to get as good a hearing as any big money interest," Mr. White said. Metropolitan Council wants the province to review the function of the municipal board with changes being made after the retirement of Mr. Kennedy. Mr. White described the municipal board under Mr. Kennedy "as a further extension of the democratic process." Metro social services committee will become responsible for the operation of Metro's 24-hour emergency ambulance service under a motion filed for Metropolitan. Council consideration later this month. The committee, .under the ttiairrruuettip of North York Controller Paul Godfrey, is already responsible tor housing elderly persons, public welfare, day nur- series and other social services. York Mayor Philip White told Metropolitan Council last week that he would support an extension in the term of office for J. A. Kennedy, chairman of the Ontario Municipal Board. Mr. Kennedy is scheduled to retire this fall. Mr. White said the OMB chairman has given a great deal of consideration to citizens in the community where they are concerned about the action of municipal government. Snowmobile ban Metropolitan Council tor the second time last week postponed consideration of North York Controller Mel Lastman's proposal for a study of a possible metropolitan fire department. Mr. Lastman also want: Metro to consider centralized training programs for city and borough (trench. Alderman Ben Nobleman was named chairman of the Borough of York's Board of Health for 1972 at a meeting last Tuesday morning. Mrs. Wm. Ashbourne, Weston, was named vice chairman. One of Mr. Nobleman’s first functions will be to attend the York Mental Health Council meeting at Osler School of Nursing, Weston, on January 22. The eitreme delc'tlon ot apartment development I“ still not ml: to um yr. A.E. swim-d, I mob-man tor my Humewood Ratepayers Auo ctntlon. Apartment development in York bu been I contentious lune between Mr. Stollard and no..." mtastdi$ertrtartrg-.Mr.lttN1ard+ Mr.8ttttuedgtitimairttairtedttugtartdtts MMMdInMdM tute-teiimttmttoarteBetai+ts -tttttttom8Nan."TUtNartwats 2g1't'll'uM'g'ttlMlhltg,'2el WhMApI-nthtwuhwn -trmdtouattoi$0t,"ttoid."Thae" 'gg.'l2"gg,'rtrgehrtngt tt.'T2g'2'rgfl."'""t"' been. mmwhyltmkh't." out. "ttat' tt-tttqeg Broemqtt . " I'M ot W's- And-9m A _"rt? I", ttttt “1-29" Ile' ml- In 2eur,'t.,.te,dt,te,Pt,,eL, tt A m will: by and! to ttte nupgygn’ --- _u _ buying-man's WWWMM.W ar_ttteremomlMttt.maitttngktd mt mm: In Walton. than with an mutton-Wanna Road In. and KleleArgiirttoetarsa.iBatttttrataglirttoet autumnal new apartment growth um: new “may gummy: tme. Nobleman post VOL. li, No. 6, Big land owner " tsvuraao= JhTia irraGr Pf' [nonhuman Rd. , Neck Sou”! of Bum-Id Study opposed Another 'iusk YOU ARE INVITED TO OUR. g iiiiiii, NEW SHOWROOM ALL MODELS ON DISPLAY All from '1 990 Extension supported Apartment removal still' displeases Chtt.etrdtttoreartddarnageeattrnatitmu k l, m ttttteat-tttted. Sunday afternoon firemen from the Weston Fire Department m still at the aver Ice than regain trolley but: Bus service nu maintained along Weston Road by gmlInepowmd but They were better able to manoeuvre around trucks and A three.alartrr fire which broke out at Reliable Auto Trim, 1718 Weston Road, early January 15, summoned the aid of Weston, Jane, Lambton and Oakwood fire departments. Of approximately 37 men who attended the blue. ten were ttoatbittm and received treatment. The zero degree weather created icicies, from the spray. some dangling two feet in length. They clung to truck: and the gutted framework of the building. A four inch coating of ice on the road about one hundred feet in each direction trom the building gave police mum to close Weston Road from Lawrence Avenue and Denilon Avenue till early Saturday evening when salt and and ieuened the driving heard. Captain Ward of Lambton Avenue station, which received the alarm at 2:55 am. Saturday. said, "the fire was in a place which was hard to reach." Some articles in the building were still smouldering. as late " early Monday morning. Mr. Mind stated that original dicta] plandrawnupinimwuidenticaltothe one being previewed with the any change hematite deletion of apartment “There is no reaemblence between thin ottital plan and theold one," answered Mr. White. “The principal remains the some as far u Ptn concerned," said Mr. 8tttliard. “Then we are at wide varience. Mr. Stanrd.” countered Mr. White. Mr. White then read Mr. Stollard M major change- that had been made on the new plan requested by the ratepayers. atopins. "Yiert'ttoia we Ihould hm my The {mpg-ugh of the mum (a being Heavy stream Weston-York Times Fire guts Weston firm By Dennis Human A haze of smoke and steam almost obscures firemen fighting last weekend’s blaze at The Reliable Auto Trim plant on Weston Road. The firefighters had to battle sub zero temperatures as well asthe blaze. In the photo below York firemen scale the outside of the building in order to play hoses on the Scource of the flames. Btmht-tlnYtFreretaunauatty the deletion at apnrtment development Al Rain, a business owner in Mount Dennis e-ed his opinion that public meetings on the plan should have been held before the discussion with ratepayers and mum 00me with it,'"aaid a may Aida-Inn Ben Newman. "it the 99p. nu the mayor of York you’d attack would not have called for the drastic reducauon in apartments that the ratepayers were asking for. "if the public indicate they are not happy with these deletions would council THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1972 businessmen in York new a very bleak future. Why should we hold back when other municipalities are expanding?" C The Ratepayers' questioned several study areas marked on the map. They felt that the rcconnlduW. um Chri- Touh. a t-it-rtittttirttttrmt-tda mummvcmmmr. Tutha.qre-ddutteliottttat-rtttd ttteProp-tttut-dt-tid.). Tenn maintained that one. the punk- 'nmtletg' m held In each not. that pert-the-alms-mid prefab "ernorsttigttrim. ' "Tt-uttohopefortttiotttttitdpality," crrtyirtgtootteaey,ttttttr+nandtaeethe abolition of basilica." "We had seven [obi-n storm in York - sixolwhom hmrebeettt0regdtocltme inthe put five months." Mr. Toni: continued. With two - ahead ”than. ttttret-Miter-nth-tsith? 'gttuti'l'J3, Yul an on. but .mhlhaudammmh auburn. "at Yul Altman ROI-I. on tt-mr,t+%ttt-attdtttmrttr- 'etllt,'M'lta'plt'ht,tf,,',itt “In mum-Mmd the “I.“ M mun. The decision d the Ont-Ho MW Boanitorequirwtmmitsipirmmntto 'nrttteemtBlrttnsrrrdbrattEtthiaAe Inn-cw“: who tought rezoning for an im char-tor lite bu tome Metropolitan Ctnmei1rmerttms-et Tttetto-it"i11tteatttetoeol1etupto 'i,0t0f'tmnMetroasarxmttattte tgtitt board m them to a (ladder: aBo-ingtdoit.ttrparutit ttteKiglitteaormr hem-tor. Yuri m Philip mm- told um Cattttdtt-ttt.ittt-daoetttr Nobieman were at the transportation committee meeting which heard an outline of the subway route trom Metro planning officials. What is worrying the York members in the thought that the subway White favors zone fares Despite a warning of caution trom York Mayor Philip White, the majority of Metropolitan Council members last week took the decision to favor a policy of a single transit fare for the city and boroughs. The area now operates on the basis of a two zone fare. Metro planners inve examined the York borough consultants study of the value to the municipality of high rise apartment development and concluded that it was a well reasoned approach to measuring the benefits and costs at such development. _ TheMetropitoningstattsaidintheiromt report that the Price Weterhmse cost benefit land use study was an innovative approach to the noblem that has beset a number tf 'muoieipttiities. It is recognized, the Metro planners said, that high dually apartments are the only 1ttnduaerritttaqrei1estatsiiattedr-2 marketdemsndintheba’ough. Tinstudy waatmdertakeninanattempttormotvea Mr. White recalled that council previously discussed a reduced transit tare for elderly persons and approved such a step in the belief that the cost would not be great. The result, he said, was that the cost was substantially more than council ever anticipated "Ut's move slowly," he told council on the one. tare proposal. TTC officials have estimated that tr single transit tare could cost Metro about $8,000,000 a year. This would be separate from the annual operational loss of the 11C. North York Controller Paul Godfrey and other borough cont-alien gave strong support to the idea of a single transit fare. York elected representatives told Metropolitan Transportation Committee last week that they are not happy with the Vaughan subway station proposed on the new Bathurst,Street subway line. lifetime. have I. alone with will! we have," and Lou Line. “in; It: the Weston cued-Mon. - Cedervule, Old Mill Side, Gouge Sm *rt h1gy an“ with M "" ','l,'2,lll1 "ru"lt,', 'r"iiiiiii. 'dtirrtatatr in," on . Pour Alla. thgttqtiqitqgr Plum "glaitrod m plan tmidtt't b and I!!!” ”we W. M nun would have te In M and th- "tqr-rrmittt-rtatttNrdtaattm0tr irrvotv-ttaatdet-."Wearsotaged who" ”Wanting." all Mr. Alla. Wanton Wm mad I w *adirtgtitrrttrmt-trnarttairtmMon. "Wett-mtqtt-rtrrsattatoiaatato and 'urrirotr Knapp)!"- ieneriiir aiirovat would rennin long " all" wu no further was ”when: tor York. One spokesman qumtiomd Mr. White on “in“ has In. “In Mayor Philip White and Alderman Ben Musical chairs' arMefro Municipal board action 'ork Controller Paul Godfrey and suggested that pibuc transit should be rough emu-one“ gave strong made cheap enough to justify leaving can the idea of a single tranidt fare. at home. . Gains may be higher . than estimated White-Nobleman oppose sfutions tii Fully Meghan I I oor vacuum: q Mow» dummy . SK." . Skllng o Snowman“. A rentals q Won turtood (Anna. plan) WInt Izod cottages ENOUIRE ABOUT UR SPECIAL sm PACKAGE WRITE: CAL DIRECT ”“12 MUSKOKA SANDS I . GRAVENHURST. ONTARIO . FW. unashalm sands inn A YEAR ROUND RESORT metropolitan communiw. Apartments are well suited, the Metropolitan planners and. to certain segments d the population In some ways, the planners argue, they Im- "iiiGG"iiUiiiigTiiri'iiiil'iii'iUiiirririi are consith with changing livirg stan- thrds and lift styles. station will generate a lot of extra traffic in the district and force the eventual extension east of Rogers Road. Metro is expected to proceed with the subway section north from Eglinton Avenue to Wilson Avenue first. A ctmaiderttNe amount of debate and further rettorta on be expected on the route south from Eglinton Avenue. The executive of two York ratepayer associations have already met to give preliminary consideration to the impact of the new subway line. Cant-out Pall Hun Q (“In an ha b.ttetttotttemrrttmmtitmtC-tgor .tmrtomrttetttftMtt.WetCot'r-t Wmmmhutmbb ham-uh. ceutMgl11"f2'dt','2gNl'2 . {?JNltrd','a,dtth"dltgtt, um an an. an. hull-nulY-th '.1l'tti'fdr,ilt' ”In” m. tttermmieipaitmrdemlidrmttttittttt+ action bycldaenl. Hahn an! cilia-l. M inttteh-tjttit-r-tioexmigtit - at municipal M t-rtr- b -emr1ientiomotrm-ietatitt_ Mr. J2'tg',,rgt2t2't'u'f.t'g mun-l rd 'ttttttht at ttsetter b get',r,'Jl,t2'fxxt',ig, t'llu'e'2rf, 'r/Seah,', in " Ire-alto! MMMMVIII tmeet-out-ttttit-ret. tram of "idMttm and m van-tou- connlhm and mm that mandamus-rm North York Alderman Ian Rogers, making his first appearance at Metro Council under the borough's rotation system for Metro representation, said the province in agreeing to pay so)»: cent of any tramit deficit was inviting Metro to get rid at the zone tare. He predicted that Metropolitan government would have to get provincial approval before abolishing the zone fare. North York Controller Irving Paisley said a pay " you ride transit fare deserves consideration by council. This would we tranait rider would pay a tare based on the distance travelled on the bus or subway line. "We should give the most comfortable and cheapest ride," Mr. Godfrey said. He said the single tare should be introduced without raising the existing transit fare. The can yould be met through the property tax bill and a provincial subsidy. controversy " to whether apartment 'ssr1sh8rrnentisttem6eiaitotttetaxUse d TheMetro planners suggest that the net gains expected from apartment develt mentrnaybehigherttianeatimatedinthe teptrtTheplttnnersalsosaidtttatitahatht '“lhn _ - ,GVdiiiii' WWW” mm with " dlfl'll'i2Udlh'h'Ntl.'ateff, rttrta'sdatnq-dtrm-,Mr.mtte le,datttoA'i'ti."ttu'tt,t2ir',rp,,',et 1ettgtttytim-ta-rtrr-tt Murphnmmlwuly 3M0asr.rtrnenturtiuinYortdttrV 'e.tti"rears..ruttttteitMtFtt char-14w of York. AmrustdputtliernoetietgaoettheN- 1eheldbyeouneilirtuurettruarfor-tr ,ilirGarve an 9'.".'S'~'!Wh'!k!-‘ mulling.- Slit IN A DAY ‘ZW'PWQI‘IFQ INGLE COPY 10 CENTS