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SOME BUSINESSMEN said they hadnt seen so many people on Dunlop Street since the fire five years ago almost destroyed downtown Barrie This at DOWWIVLETS IT ALL iv view westward from the roof of Zellers gives some idea of the number of peo Board stops short on builder proposals City planning board stop ed short of requiring uilders to meet recommen dations of the senior citizen housing rent supplements and Assisted Home Owner ship Program AHOP were passed by the board The amendments instead of requiring builders to follow the policy recommendations suggest that builders be en couraged to follow the recom mendations Planning board will send the amendments and its comments on the policy state ment to city council The policy statement pre pared the citys planning and development committee recommended having developers provide senior citizen units in both apart ment buildings and town house developments The board amended the recommendation saying will be encouraged The report says Ontario Housing Corp OHC man ages 151 senior citizen units in Barrie in three buildin but there is waiting list about 181 people For the senior citizen units the department recommend ed building both high and lowrise developments located close to the dowutOWn or major shopping faclities and within mile of bank drugstore and health centre or clinic For OHC rent supplement housing the department recommended that devel opers shall be requested by council to offer minimum of 10 per cent of the units to the program But the board backed down on the policy saying de velopers shall be en couraged to provide the 10 per cent for rent suppliment ousmg DID NOT DISCUSS The board did not discuss what the city would use as method of encouragement for the developers to provide the units According to the statement the objective of the rent sup plement program is to rent units to OHC applicants on rentgearedtoincome basis The OHC manages 74 fami ly units in Barrie at two loca tions with 10 onebedroom units in two apartment buildings The development depart 15 pound 34 inch lake trout in Lake Simcoe Unbelievable Not for Guy Boucnard of Maple Court in Painswick Mr Bouchard and his father went fishing Friday off of Big Bay Point in lnnisfil Township After about 40 minutes and about three or four miles off the point Mr Bouchard got strike with almost 600 feet 15 POUNDS 34 INCH ES of line let out It took about 15 minutes to fight the fish close to the boat and Mr Bouchard said he was al most ready to give up The Bouchards were fishing from sailboat What will happen to the fish The plans are simple half goes to the father and the other half will be baked by Guy and his family Examiner Photo ment because of council motion recommended lim iting the number of units on sitet025 The last amendment the planning board chang the citys proposed AHOP policy making it mandatory for builders to build all multiple family units zones R4 RM1234 and RAl ac cording to the AHOP regula tions Planning board changed the policy to that housing construction be encouraged according to AHOP without naminganyspecificzones AHOP limits the size of unit to 1100 square feet and the final selling price to maximum of $39500 in Bar rie Wayman Fairweather di rector of planning and development told the board the Central Mortgage and Housing Corp CMHC ver bally turned down his request to increase the selling price to $45000 He said CMHC said the city should consider AHOP hous ing in the multiple family semidetached and town house zones and not single family detached areas Again the board did not discuss what methods the city could use to encourage the developers to build according toAHOP IN PRINCIPLE The board accepted the housing policy statement in principle and will send its amendments to the city development committee after the boards next meeting The city development com mittee will make final recom mendations concerning the statement to city council Mr Fairweather said the purpose of the housing state ment the first in Barrie is to provide housing production targets over the next three years with the intent to use the various housing benefits available to the city from the provincial government The programs with grants or assistance available to municipalities and residents include the Ontario Housing Action Program OHAP Assisted Home Ownership Program AHOP rent gearedtoincome and rent supplement senior citizen ac commodations assisted ren tal program ARP non profit housing assistance municipal land assembly housing authority the neighborhood improvement program NIP residential rehabilitation assistance pro gram RRAP and the On tario home renewal program OHRP ple who came to the mall Friday night There was dancing in the streets Friday night Downtown crowded People replaced cars on Dunlop Street Friday as the Downtown Improvement Board began its twoday mall and the downtown core has rarely been so crowded Rock groups square danc ing art and craft demonstra tions pedicab rides free balloons and outdoor beer kept throngs entertained from before noon to late at night The mall is on again today with more of the same on tap Accordion music was to en tertain shoppers all day and fashion show was planned after lunch Rock music was to continue in front of Memorial Square until late afternoon In addition to the varied entertainment bargains galore offered by local mer chants lined the sidewalk on both sides of Dunlop from Maple to Mulcaster Stores are to close at pm and barricades will be removedata The Ennis Examiner CITYNEWS The Barrie Examiner Saturday June 19769 Canada Council grant to Shanty Bay artist OTTAWAMilly Risvedta Handerek of Shanty Bay will receive federal help to fur ther her career in the visual arts She is one of 131 Canadian artists who have been awarded grants in the first Canada Council Arts com etition for 197677 the ederal body announced today Funding goes to profes Sional artists in the early stages of their careers It is desgined to finance specific project or advances studies Each award is worth maximum of $7000 plus travel expenses and produc tion cost allowance of up to $900 The grants totalled $614902 and an average of $4694 was given to each recipient The competition which closed last Oct attracted 543 ap lications Most important ju ging criteria are the artist merit and potential of the candidate plus the significance of his or her con tributions Applications are assessed by independent juries rep resenting the various arts forms and reviewed by the Canada Council advisory arts anel composed of experts mm across the country The results of the second com etition which closed Apri will be made public this fall Question from mayor surprises chairman After being informed that the South Lake Simcoe Con servation Authority SLSCA is alive and well Barrie Mayor Dorian Parker said Thursday she will suggest that the city become memberofit Of course we will have to know the financial commit ment involved Mayor Parkersaid The chairman of the SLSCA said later he was very sur pris by Mayor Parkers question during the Lake Simcoe pollution conference held in the city council chambers Mayor Parker had asked if the SLSCA is eventually go ing to become reality First class to graduate History will be made when the first graduates are named from the Marine Engineering and Marine Navigation Technology rograms of Geor ian Colege in Owen Soun during convocation ceremonies being held in Lee Manor at pm Friday Junell Introduced into the cur riculum in 1973 these pro grams are designed to prepare graduates for careers as engineering of ficers and deck officers in the Canadian Shipping industry can assure you we are going strong replied George Richardson SLSCA chairman With $1 million budget this year the SLSCA has 18 member munici alities It has operated un er its pre sent name for five years and was called the Holland Valley Conservation Authority 20 yearsago wasnt aware what municipalities were involved didnt realize the authority came as far north Mayor Parkersaid lnnisfil township just south of the city became member of the SLSCA last year along with West Gwillimbury town ship sourth of lnnisfil Fill and floodline map ing has just been complete by the SLSCA for Innisfil township Mayor Parker said membership in the SLSCA may be good idea and she would suggest it to the citys general government commit tee and council This year Barrie Will pay $2289 for membership in the Nottawasaga Valley Conser vation Authority Part of the city lies in the Nottawasaga watershed Mr Richardson said the SLSCA could take in all municipalities around the lake including Barrie Orillia and Oro township necessitating only name change from the South Lake Simcoe Conservation Authority Dozens of square dancers turned out in front of Jacksons Grill Calling ZELMA TORIIFF of the Barrie Art Club was pain ting as she helped with the clu display in the Mall was by Lorne Hay There was also rock dance lit tle farther down the Dunlcn Friday She says she and some of the other artists in the club are donating 10 per cent of the earnings from PeOple placeplan Street Mall with music pro vided by Bill Chambers Bandstand =57 the paintings to the Fire hall Fund Examiner Pho tos unveiled for downtown By RICHARD DUNSTAN Examiner Staff Reporter Coordinated architecture shopping district linked with the Kempenfelt Bay shoreline narrowor streets wider sidewalks and replace ment of parking lots by multistorcy arages could be the shape the future for downtown Barrie Thats just part of the message the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce brought to city council plann ing board and municipal staff this week in private seSSion The presentation assem bled by the chambers civic affairs committee will be taken to service clubs and other community groups lt anyonc who wants to see it says committee chairman Marshall Green before be ing shown at the public meeting late this month Were trying to generate public interest in core area renovation says Barbara Marshall professional planner who sits on the com mittee Its an awakening pro cess says Mr Green Were not saying we have any pat answers now The presentation pared down to 35 minutes for show ing to community groups is the latest step in chamber drive which Mr Green kicked off three months ago in muchpublicized speech in which he charged that the city core is going nowhere and the official plan is paving the route to nowhere The chamber has also asked for an official plan amendment which would de signate the core rea as the heart of the city and as the chief retail commercial in stitutional recreational cultural and administrative area This proposal will be the central topic of the plan ned public meeting Committee members argue that such an official commit ment to the downtown area is essential before any provin cial help or major private in vestment can be expected Other plans call for asking city council to apply for funds for study of the core area survey scheduled for the fall of what Barrie residents want in their downtown core and secondary plan for the area in time to serve as an issue in Decembers municipal elec tions The presentation which committee members hope will draw as much public in ut as possible includes ilm of an extensive rede velopment project in Vic toria BC done for Centen nial Year and slide show comparing Barrie as it is today with what has been done to renovate downtown Peterborough One thing the presentation emphasizes is architectural harmony too many Barrie buildings Mr Green says are slap in the face to surrounding buildings of real architectural merit Too many people and not enough cars make another problem our aim is to get people out of cars and walk ing around says Barbara Marshall possible solution is widening sidewalks to eli minate onstreet parking and make the downtown shopping area more of people place favorite committee expression Mr Green would also like to see many parking lots put to better use especially those near the water To consider what could go on there it numbs the mind to think we use it to park cars he says He sites parking garages as one way to solve the parking shortage that would result if such lots were eliminated at Friday afternoon Shirley McKay left Mario Iafrate and Shelley Larter com pleted the second step of threestep climb to becom in radiological tech no ogists The students graduated from Royal Vic toria Hospitals school of radiological technology Keeping the core in touch with the bay is another priori ty The bay is really in credible natural setting says Mr Green For some reason Barrie seems to be barricading itself from its own natural environment Committee members scoff at the argument that the CN tracks located between the shore and the business dis trict are bar to linking up the two area Ways around this problem can be found they say without interfering with the few trains which run through each day One thingwere not sug gesting right now is that railroad tracks in Barrie be removed says Gord Knox another planner on the com mittee Committee members note that their movie points out that Victorias core was revitalized even though Vic toria almost prided itself on its sleepy indifference to change of any kind It can be done here says Barbara Marshall Groups interested in seeing the presentation should call the chamber office 7206573 RADIOLOGY TECHNOLOGY GRADUATES await the results of their exams for the Canadian Society of Radiological Technologists Before entering RVH two years ago the students com pleted exams for the Toron to Institute of Medical Technology Donald Ca meron hospital ad LOCAL GENERAL PLAYGROUND REGISTRATION Registration for the citys playgrounds is scheduled Tuesday June 15 from to pm at the nine locations Johnson Street School Codr ington Street School Steele Street School Maple Grove School Cundles Heights School Hillcrest School Prince of Wales School King Edward School and Allandale Heights School The summer program at the playgrounds are opened to tots 57 years old juniors 810 years 01d and seniors 1114 years old The cost is $10 for each child $30 for family for the summer CRAFTSSALE There will be an Arts and Crafts sale June 12 in the Beeton arena from 11 am to pm The sale is organized by the Beeton Figure Skating Club and the Beeton Arena management committee and is to raise money for the arena Admission is 50 cents and there will be macrame ceramics leather crafts and other crafts for sale Anyone wishing further information can call Mrs Helen Coburn at 4167292227 MANAGER GUEST Mike Benvenuti Barrie manager of the Victoria and Grey Trust Company will be guest speaker Monday at the egular meeting of the Barrie Ys Mens Club Also on the agenda is the report of the nominating committee discussion of June programs and 5050 draw The meeting begins 630 pm The cubs final meeting of the season is June 21 SAFETY BANQUET The general manager of the Ontario Safety League will be guest speaker at the Barrie Safety Associations final banquet June 14 at the Bayshore Motel An drunyk will speak at the din ner which begins at 630 pm Lillian Jones secretary of the Association would like to hear from all members re garding attendance before June 10 MAHIYRS SIIRINE MIDLAND The Jesuit community of the Martyrs Shrine here will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the foun ding of the present shrine June 26 with concelebrated Mass at 230 pm followed by reception The ceremony will also mark the 350th an niversary of the arrival in Huronia of St Jean de Brebeuf one of the most famous of the martyrs who was tortured to death nearby by the Iroquois and lies buried across the road at Ste Marie Among the Hurons OPEN HOUSES Open Houses will be held each Monday this month at the Allandale Lawn Bowling Club for those interested in learning about the sport Free instruction will be pro vided at the open houses which start at 130 pm Flat soled shoes are necessary The club is located on Essa Road Further information is available by phoning 7286012 SCHOOL MEETING Midhurst parents are try ing to start second nursery school in their community The existing one Midhurst Cooperative is filled to capacity and has long waiting list says Bonnie Smith one of the organizers Anyone interested in form ing halfday nursery school is asked to come to meeting Wednesday at her home For more information or directions call 7288678 PANTOMIME PLAY The Grade and students at Goodfellow Public School in Stroud are performing the Wizard of Oz in Pantomime Wednesday June and Thursday at June 10 at The director is Marianne Kleinsteiber Tickets for the play in the school general purpose room are available at the door for $1 for adults and 50 cents for students the students well saying they were one of the few groups of students left to hospitals to train He also warned them of the grim employ ment situation in health ministrator wished services to Examiner Phd