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intor the examiner Saturday May 21 1977 LoSs By PAT UERGIS Examiner Staff Reporter BAXIER Essa township residents were told Thursday night that rural developrneirt is increasing far faster thair ur ban contrary to the policies of the official plan of the township Ross Raymond Grav enhmst independent planning consultant told about 75 people who iriet at the Orange tall in Baxter that the results of his survey s0 far indicate that ur harr growth should increase and rural development should be kept to minimum in order to preserve agricultural lands The rate of growth in Essa and the townships ability to provide services for the growth nrust be considered by planners when making decisions ltay rrrorrd said orrcerns of residents were heard they rrraiirly boiled down to individual problems over stVetelltts tlrarles Marshall of RR ltopia said In Innisfil lownslnp there is 20000 acres of the best agricultural land that is going down the road to the developer and here in Essa we cant break off single piece II 30 RICS Marshall has rtt acres and six sons and says he has to tell his sons to go see develoixrr if they rslr to build home Leech potato farmer from the sotitlr end of the township said estate lots are something the planners must give serious thought to They are something we bare to consider If this type of lot is not rrrade available to peo ple wlro want them they will buy 30 or 100 acre farm fix up the old tarm house on rt and let the rest of the place go to grass The people who buy this type of harles Marshall left of RR lot are usually able to pay their taxeshesaid Raymond said the meeting was held to hear Essa residents about whether development should be concentrated in the more heavily populated centres of the township such as Angus Cookstown and Everett study is going on right now in Alliston to see how it is going to spread out It is grow ing to point where agricul tural land is coming in to use for building and rrrore laird is going to have to be taken from surrounding townships Ray mond said SERIOLSTIIOLGIIT Essa as well as other municipalities has got to give Serious thought to other forms of handling their affairs If you dont make these decisions on your own the government will do it for you he said Im appalled at what is go irrg on in Barrie when everyone has to stand up in front of board at an enormous cost to the taxpayer It is costing around million dollars and you are helping to pay for it It seems blind to rrre They arent even looking at the prob lem seriously You have got to make decisions now and avoid sittrat run like that he said IIIINI FOR man who referred to himself as Latvian land owner said there is demand for Sttltl larrd ltarrrrers are trot the only ones who want to sever their lands There are lots of people who want to build here just to enjoy the area such as did Mrs Isabel lcamr said she and her husband had talked to their neighbors before selling their farrrr in ttopia to develv oper and they were all for it they have turned around arid dont want it Iwerit to all of them also and asked if ltopia discuwes his land severenee the wanted to rent the land an none of them were in terested Willard Dobson Utopia farmer said he has to travel miles to get all the land he needs and so do many other farmers think we should save all the agricultural land we can We are forced into position to day through competition where we have to pay for machinery to justify the amount of land to be farmed We have to travel distance now to make our operation pay Dobson said his farm is next door to proposed development in Utopia ESTATE RE SI DENTIAI Raymond outlined some of the areas of the township which would be conducive to the development of estate residen tial lots These areas would be groups of not less than 10 or l2lots each arid the lots would likely be one to two acre sizes nrost likely two acres The lots would have to be able to exist permanently on their own file beds and wells Tire township is entith to five per cent of the larrd in such development or the equiv alent in money to be used to develop park land elsewhere What do you want two acre pieces for rrrembcr of the audience asked They are too lrig for gardening and too small to farrrr The owners just let them grow up in weeds Raymond said people who briy this type of lot are usually in the higher wage arning bracket They are irraitily people who commute to the area the lots alone are in the 320000 range Certainly they are not the answer to the housing problem They are designed to give the problem with Essa Relye harlcs Iridham and planner Ross Raymond during Thursday nights public meeting in Baxter The metting was held to give residents of the township the opportunity to oicc their opinions about future land drielopment in Essa Examiner Photot REGIONAL GOVERNMENT IS ONE TOO MANY The Davis Government has given you Regionol School Boards Regionol GovernmentJ Regionol Health Councils We dont need another layer of govern ment to provide gamer and amusements Ior bureaucrats The NDP will give you more not less government control LIBERAL GOVERNMENT wrll stop the tax man digging deeper irr to your pocket for more government ALIBERAL GOVERNMENT Will give more control to the existing loral government closest to you the government CHOOSE CAREFULLY CHOOSE CORNEAU Liberal VOTE Barrie 133 Dunlop St COMMITTEE ROOMS 737 870 Bradford 19 Holland St 7757259 Penetong 79 Main St 5493052 Sporrunrnd by tho Sirncoe Centre Liberal Association owners piece of the country he said Sounds like the answer to developers pocket book was the reply form the audience DEVELOPMENT PLANS There are at least four sub division or development plans being proposed now in Essa Township There is an estate plan to be located on the 4th line near Angus which came before council again within the last two weeks Another is located next to Centennial Park consisting of 23 lots one on lot four conces sion five for 12 lots and rotor plan at Utopia We are undertaking this study to help the township plan their development as they wish under certain provincial guidelines Raymond said Some of you may not agree with restrictions which will be placed on you as result of our study from which township policies will be formed along with your ideas we gather from this meeting Others after some reflec tion will see that they are for the best PAST EXPERIENCE Raymond is not new at the job of planning lle is now in volvod with the planning in 12 different municipalities He does all the planning for losorontio and has done so for the past years My main purpose here is to review the planning of Essa lownship because of all the problems which are occurring TAKEN FROM LATIN The name April cotnes from the Latin verb aperire rto open because it is the month when the trees and flowers be gin to bloom WK Elinor Binghom inks why Will the detailed report on mercury Contamination lfl M3 Ontario lakes iniode by the ministry oi errvironrrrent NOT be released until after theelection here Council relized that it would be best to review its plan ning policies before going ahead with further develop ment GROWING CONCERN Ross Whiteside an Alliston area farmer asked Raymond if Angus reaches the population his survey was projecting that of 8000 to 9000 by 1990 where does that leave the rat of the township politically would think it would need governing body of its own he said IHXOM ES REGISTRAR WEYISURN Sask CI Wendy Damnrann has become the first woman sherifflocal registrar in Saskatchewan The attorneygenerals department has announced that Miss Dam manrr will fill the position for the judicial centres of Weyburn and Moosomirr She has been deputy slreriffdeputy local reg istrar at Weyburrr since 1971 Im as positive as stand here that political changes will take place here and in other municipalities like this long before 1990 Im not prepared to say when or how but know it will happen Raymond answered Tom Smith Utopia farmer voiced his opinion also We have to consider whether we want to keep this minimum growth are and not take on the population problems of Toronto Control of certain areas of the township and the council itself by big developers was another fear mentioned by township residents We are trying to assist the township in the making of by laws so as not to allow any developer to get any control whatsoever over the township or the council Raymond said MEIllIN in DENTURE THERAPIST Complete Denture Service Hours om pm Mon thru Set 280 Dunlop St Barrie Member Denturist Society 7286810 cotor Atoo tiarfiitcontly concentrlttom at Oct unpoctod cont AC WW m3 NC 01 pun know you dont think it matters if one or two lots are allowed to be taken off larger one but when you add them all up it make great impact on the township He was answering the insis tent questioning of Charlie Marshall who had attempted all evening et an answer to his problem severing one or ie ree Stfdio 6i agricultural land concern in Essa two lots from his farm spoke to 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