Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), February 13, 1975, p. 2

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z the tribune thursday feb 13 1975 commission takes lowest tender local bid accepted v newmarket york regions police commission closed out its patrol car controversy lat week by accepting tht towest tender and agreeing to buy 34 plymouth vehicles from a stouffville firm the action came after chrysler of canada officials promised to remedy mechanical problems which have plagued the fleet of plymouths used by the force in the past last month the commission awarded its 1975 vehicle tender to colonial chevrolet- oldsmobile of newmarket which submitted the third- lowest quotation but colonial president roger stevenson advised the force on jan 29 that he was trying to sell his business and would be unable to fulfill the tender the commission had cited a drastic increase in plymouth maintenance costs as one reason for rejecting two lower tenders for plymouths and accepting the colonial tender for chevrolets commissioner ray twinney said at the time he was convinced chevrolets cost less to operate than plymouths last wednesday night the commission voted to accept the low tender of 93834 sub mitted by emerald isle motors of stouffville the price is roughly 10000 below the colonial tender in a report deputy chief robert hood said chrysler officials had promised to correct problems in three major areas faulty timing chains and gears defective batteries and poorly installed exhaust systems each 1975 police car will come equipped with a double link timing chain a heavy duty commercial battery and one extra muffler hanger deputy chief hood said chrysler discovered that some of the problems are common to heavy duty use vehicles his report indicated in a letter to the commission the colonial president said his firm cannot fulfill its com mitment due to a drastic change in our companys financial state mr stevenson wrote that he was attempting to sell the business by the end of february prospective buyers are reluctant to take over your 34 chevrolet requirements he wrote i have tried to gain general motors help to assign our tender to another local chevrolet dealer but to no avail to date mr stevenson wrote again we apologize for i he embarrassments and inconveniences caused but i repeat we had no premonitions of todays problems on jan 8 when we submitted cur tender he wrote jjtzezsfsjk industrial m e3facres 1 hernial annual toecmcj hchi february ttth16th orbank investments e- enterprises ud v for inpdrmat1dn come and preview the 1975 camping seasoti wp stouffville industrial park approved in 1967 is open for business on don mills rd north of gormley the 89acre site is now ready to be built on it stretches from don mills rd to the road allowance for highway 404 the industrial 3 park has 14 fiveacre lots and two other lots of about 7 acres each the foundation is in for one of the buildings already don bernard passed without debate or comment cedar valley keeps rural status feb 616 12001030 pm internitionilcentre 6900 airport rd atderryro one mile past airport erpd cqx cixglw malton go station free buses islington subway andback 1x1 adults s2 so children under 14 51 00 zvzvy w22koo for information call 4866568 all ths week stouffville planning board last week endorsed a resolution to return land in cedar valley which is designated industrial on the official plan to an agricultural usage the 86 acre site was the subject of an ontario municipal board hearing during the summer the omb refused the towns rezoning application and recommended the area be restricted to an agricultural usage council declined to act on the recom mendation but com missioned the area services branch to conduct a study of the area the report entitled cedar valley land use study was received jan 14 but was not dealt with at that time planning board decided to discuss the report at the next planning committee meeting the report was not discussed at that time and the resolution was passed at last weeks meeting without being dealt with publicly the only comment was from councillor cathy joice who questioned the legality of drawing up a bylaw to change the designation mayor gordon ratcliff and planning board chairman eldred king and steadfastly refused to make the report public in apparent contravention of section 216 of the ontario municipal act the tribune obtained a copy of the recom mendations contained in the report through a confidential source the key recom- 5 rodeo im feb 16th noral acres als tack shop sponsored by m whitchurch equestrian club prize money to 3rd place barrel race oval race pony express pick up bring the family barn painting mendation states the lands presently designated industrial by the official plan of the former township of whitchurch planning area and zoned industrial m2 by bylaw 727 be redesignated to rural pending the results of studies and completion of the consolidation of the three official plans presently in effect in the town of whitchurch- stouffville in addition the study suggests further studies be initiated to show what may be considered to be a satisfactory residential rural to commercial industrial ratio out that the question of the longterm future be whether ruralindustrial serviced is yet to be development should in resolved vtsitsummer in winter sti um litttt it ciapiftf tfljvibktit 4 tmtl titiltfi tt ttttatt capii skow 17s few mim skcratm nan epseut twwio citi hall ftttlda km1 10 30 pa satuidai 13 an 10 30 pa sftda row s co p adannen jlooivawij ctilitn vsdtt 12 free hn acrjw id tf iail fct wt ir fwsr kiqa phct 3g7 07s9 ford mercury- products teeorhevbesl9ea new and used ford mercury touffville call now 6401770 2941476 notreasonableoffer refused w t

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