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..plan printed above was the named Goals Plan lil and shows _ through the organization of --the Council seek -a recom- in an econmic region who =» - vantages .of such a:tremend-, .ous growth. affecting Port whereby 'a group of Munici-| o¢ canada Engineering: Corp- 'mutual forecasted or even -Council to research and ac- .many of them to this Region. PY fo aay eR RISA LOCAL CENTRE 10:50 50-100 RAILWAY RAILWAY, COMMUTER, EXPRESSWAY h) Th ~ REGIONAL cl 4 SUBREGIONAL CENTRE POPULATION RANGE IN THOUSANDS RAPID. TRANSIT (SUBWAY) HIGH SPEED © HAMILTON } GOALS PLAN Ti 2000 ; ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF MILTON ® STREETSVILLE LA KXE MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS / 1 METROPOLITA ONTARIO N TORONTO SIMCOE PORY PERRY ~ J) \ 0 10 20 | a © ep © --y pe a TS po] SCALE MILES Several plans were presented at the meeting, and the the most extensive. The plan is Port Perry a city of 50,000 population. The heavy line above: the shaded (Continued palities. may join together to research and discuss their and imagined problenis mended solution. It is a co- operative of Municipalities; a group of Municipalities with- have joined together in a complish planned economic development operating under the Ontario Regional Devel. opment Council Act". 3 The four-County area is the fastest growing of Ont- ario's 10 - Economic Regions and about 50 per cent of all immigrants to Canada are coming to Ontario--A great So, in the next twenty years we. must build another Metro in these four counties. With the pride must go responsi- bility and to be responsible, we must have direction. Di- rection in the true sense, not by groping our way in the dark, but by enlightened, outward looking, co-ordinated programs at the highest and lowest levels. 2 Public participation .is not only necessary, it is essential, in making policy that will eventually effect the Region. It provides for the explora: tion of alternatives in any proposal and is the only real alternative to central control and central direction and gives co-ordination instead of dictation. We can partici: pate in decisions being made by the Province. The advantages and disad- Perry and area were natur- ally foremost in the mind of residents attending the meet: 'ing. "Roy H. Fletcher, manager pollution control, Foundation oration Ltd., consultant to CORDC gave an informative address and explained the possible future growth with the aid of excellent charts. ~The present population in an area from Hamilton in the West and to Oshawa in the east is about three millions people today. This population is .expected to increase to «2x and one half millions by year 2,000, Mr. Fletcher ex- plained.. Following are ex- cerpts from his speech: "By its expression of policy for regional development, the Province of Ontario eviden- ces great interest in the growth of the Town of Port Perry and other such areas of urban and rural develop- ment. In" this larger region as members of an industrial so- ciety, we must husband our resources of people, land. materials and structures so as to produce a maximum in- dustrial output. In the past Port Perry has enjoyed a favoured position as an independent service town within the region being closely connected by road & 'rail with the markets of the Toronto metropolitan area, Today, with the outward growth of this metropolitan area, Port Perry lies within that band of land surround. ing Toronto which acts as a bedroom community for per- sons working in Metro areas, and has become an ideal re. sidential community for the aged. This additional role un- doubtédly will continue and at 'a 'rate depending on the accessibility. of the town to jobs in the metropolitan area and depending on the avail- ability of water, sewage dis- posal and depending on the area indicates a new expressway, within close proximity of Port Perry. the 50,000 population range (Highway 407) passing. Other towns in are Milton 'and Streetsville. Goals Plan Iil shows a version of a double corridor plan Port Perry Population 50,000 availability of lands serviced for "residential purposes. None of these factors is available in unlimited a- mounts and the financing of larger urban expansion in an economical fashion is prob- ably beyond the resources of the people in Port Perry. As- sistance must come. then to Port Perry to permit expan# sion, as it must do in other parts of the region, but on answer period was conducted, B with northern subregional centres extending radically north east transportation facilities and communities. PORT PERRY STAR -- Thursday, Oct. 24,1968 --~ 13 and north west along corridors of existing y Year 2000? ab hE Siri A A 3 XL ENN EN XN ENN RR ppappepapy the basis of priorities. Can this growth occur without loss of the town's pleasant town character? Is there suf- ficient land within the pre- sent commercial area to sup- port the extra shops that will be needed by a larger com- munity? Will the commer- cial centre become fragment- ed with the older part fall- ing into decline? Can the town support the increased burden of schools, parks, li- braries, 'colleges, auditorium and other amenities' within its own resources and with- out taxation from industry or without new sources of re- venue. Can the prospective owners of high-rise apart- ments catering to '"commu- ter residents" develop here without facing a tax burden that their competitors else- where are not faced with? Has sufficient land been re- served for parks, schools, homes for the aged and those other non-competitive uses of land? y Do the people of Port Perry want to maintain their | present status in the face of changes to the region about them? How would you pre- vent rapid growth? Do you. want to maintain your iden- tity as a town or will you wish to become engulfed: by the larger metropolitan area? How would your 'growth be financed? Following the speech of Mr. Fletcher, a question and ANUS JU i po and = participating in this ' * were a number of local re-|} sidents asking the questions, ' K P . M U R | 2 A Y and in addition to the speak-{s ers already mentioned, Mr.|7 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR J. van Dyke, Consultant to ' Corda, G. P. Branch, repre- ' senting the Province of Ont-|g PE 1 TN oe mw A ario, D. J. 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