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1 p si 8 p ff isl in 2jj bfltt lj 2j ol jm thursday november 13 197s uxbridge picker1ng leeondsep sports netbs district neiv classified section rave uxbridge this councils request for some relief- from the province regarding its sand and gravel industry may be paying off in a letter to council last week provincial minister of natural resources leo bernier said that he will set up a task force to study the industry next year earlier this year council had requested additional subsidies from the province because of the expense to the township that the aggregate industry was causing they gained endorsement from a variety of other rural municipalities in similar situations mr bernier said the task force would be set up early next year and asked to report its findings by july the decision by mr bernier was termed a major breakthrough by coun bill ballinger part of the reason for the decision may also have been due to a supreme court of canada ruling this year that upheld the right of uxbridge to impose controls on pit operations he added a deserted gravel pit at coppins corners is full of old j pieces of machinery a proposal is in the works to trans form it into the hamlets first subdivision uxbridge council favors the idea and has urged regional and provincial authorities to approve the unorthodox proposal v tedwilcox blackmail offer draws council fire i council seeks strong downtown core area l uxbridge v dustrial according to council would like to coun bill ballinger he strengthen the downtown would not specify the core and hannla7a pyartlnralinn hnt hh development according say itwas vm the eastern to a position to be taken area because it was the before durham region 4 in a recent meeting to jiletermine the towns stand to provide input for the durham official plan council also designated a certain area in- most serviceable councils position will also have- to do with gravelextraction hoping to develop abandoned pits rather than turn them into conservation areas mr ballinger said regarding resi dential development council wants to allow limited development on marginal farmland as well as some residences on good farmland provided they are tied into agriculture planners favor growth r in usnawa h durhatmrigldn ithecregffinsifirst official if regional planning staff- p would like tpseetke bulk i stal- pfv- durham regions would see thetown of igrowurin fthe future to pickering grow from stake place in the oshawa 29550 at present to 11100 whitby coutice area while uxbridge township f would jump from 10500 to e planning director 18000 mofeed michael made the mr michael said suggestion last week to development should be i planning and develop- ment committee who are responsible for drafting centred in the oshawa area in order to create a distinct identity for the region apart from metro toronto jhe suggested that about 300000 of the possible growth figure of 660000 shouldbe located relatively far away from metro stage four of the official plan study is to take place dec 1 to dec 15 with public meetings and displays held in each municipality ps wifefacesl traffic charges ashburn mrs bill newman will appear in court dec 2 oa a charge of driving while the alcohol content of her blood exceeded legal limits she was tested following a nov5 coinsicnat pickering nov 5 was not a good- day for mrs newman wife of ontarios minister of agriculture as earlier a bin containing antique duck decoys at their farm was set j afire as she was burning leaves claremont firefighters doused the blaze with damage estimated at 1500 mr newman had used the decoys for hunting damages in the accident included 1200 to the newman car- owned by nurse chevolds and 2500 to the second vehicle owned by katherine romancwich of i sprucedale ont mrs romancwich 61 was treated for hospital- foll6wmg cohisioh uxbridge council wants to meet directly with the provincial ministry of housing over a dispute surrounding the scott official plan it was learned last week the threat ap parently was issued by a ministry official named hall according to the mayor about a year ago the mayor said council and the ministry had met -j- a ministers freeze together and come to an r rests on the former amicable agreement on township of scott and mr puterbough said ux bridge has been told that no more portions of land would be unfrozen if the townsnipwiii iiui agree io the ministrys stip ulations thats nothing but sheer blackmail he said at last weeks meeting of council lets go to the minister the matter afterwards ever comments received from ministry hat totally different how- were the were from what we discussed he said the ministrys terms are unacceptable one point of con tention is that the ministry wants large parts of the former township designated environmental pro tection areas councillor bill ballinger said the areas were very loosely drawn up from aerial photographs the mayor is hoping that mpp bill newman durham north will both set up and participate in the meeting with the housing ministry ballinger complained that weve been dealing with about five different planners at the ministry and that each one has a new philosophy airport references removed from report lome wall is uxbridge townships new roads superintendent he takes over v his new post nov 24 uxbridge hires supwihiendani uxbridge council approved a new roads superintendent for the township in a session following last weeks meeting selected was lcfne wall of brock street uxbridge an employee of the ministry of transportation and com- munications for the past 11 years mr wall was a project supervisor for the construction of highways 401 409 and400 he will start working for the township on nov 24 pickering tops for new industry regional 9 residents seekarend takeover by town unionville the town of markh should take over theniperation of crpsby memorial arena thisjopinion jhas been expressed a group of nine unionyille residents 1 concerned with conditions at the kennedyrd facility in a letter to council presented by spokesman fred cox safety factors inadequate washrooms cleanliness and the need a for an- upgraded auditorium and proper seating weredted as reasons forsup- port- of councils decision the building was referredto as an unfinished community centre although council has always approved budgets aridfinal decisions the crosby arena board in the past has been sunder a separate board calling on members of the community for support in july the town reversed the situation and voted to make the board an advisory uufiru i i it is our understanding that the advisory board will be appointed by council the letter v stated we hope that because of its community base will have constant input to council to suggest points concerning operation of the facility two councillors one hockey club member one skating club f member and three people from the community should make up the board the letter stated allocation of ice time and preparation were included in a list of recommended responv sibilities of the new board t commenting on the reference to safety factors j contained in the letter mr cox said that recently a floodlight in the building had dropped but- that no one had been injured i pickering this town is attracting more industry than any other area in durham region according to a report that was to be presented yesterday to regional council the report also said nine new manufacturing plants valued at 79 million providing more than 350 jobs will be completed in pickering this year iby a report planners town planner stephen bedford- had included paragraphs in the original draft suggesting the airport should be reconsidered at a future time it also said that the provincial land freeze surrounding the airport should be encouraged to continue both of the above council also voted to items were cut out after a ask that the gross motion by coun jack density calculations be anderson he told the kept at the 2025 persons tribune that we per acre level rather industrial rieedspiirs proairport groups j shouldnt be planning an airport when another level of government has cancelled it mr anderson was also unhappy with the than a 2530 personslevel suggested by mr bed ford another portion removed was a reference to the possibility that extension of the land potential growth would be freeze terming itlost by pickering to the ridiculous he said he north pickering project- pickering the desire for bigger and better industrial development continues to motivate certain durham region groups in ad vocating construction of the pickering in ternational airport oshawa and district building trades council passed a resolution last week endorsing the airport and the house oand urban development association sent a letter to premier william davis asking it be revived in both cases more jobs and an economic shot in the arm were cited as reasons for wanting the project r faultyririttg blamed in ear fire gormley garry van rijan lot 35 cone 4 whitchurch stouff- viiie ae hf iinnrr hie por on don mills rd north of 19th ave when the vehicle caught fire the fire was caused by faulty wiring on the engine and the 1000 car was totally destroyed the incident occurreds3turdb youths charged two musselmans lake area youths have been charged for the october breakin of the cottage of lofna gorman cedarvaiel- ave george l duuxitttc 2g anu kafi bishop 16 have been chargedwith breaki enter and theft mayor objects to 7 y metro land grab markham mayor tony roman last weekjed a six member delegation opposing expansion of metro toronto to the robarts commission i mr roman said markham is adamantly opposed to any realignment of its boundary that would were interviewed and charged rock thrown ill joanllhall 0brien ave reported to york regional police that someone threw a rock through her front window thursday night i juveniles aged 14 and 15 vandorf vandals j r have been arrested and several windows charged i with willful worth 150 were broken damage akron standard saturday night at windows valued at 25 general product devices hadbeen broken the vandorf- juveniles were called to assaulted officer 19division wherehhey douglas tooley 27 sign smashed the plastic sign in front of stouff ville monument works was smashed recently by rock throwing- vandals the sign is valued at 175 windows broken two stouffville rr1 milliken has been subdued and taken to charged with assaulting york central hospital police impaired driving was later transferred to was very concerned with l thefihancial loss he also expressed with the personal aspects of such a move j residents of the ballantrae threatened area would another subdivision suffer severe disruption will be con- ruralpropdsat rejected vandorf conroy dowson well known for his representation of developers in this area came before planning board last weekwith yet another subdivision proposal motion was deferred because the board had committed themselves to examining the property stay a farm inquired councillor cathy joice mrs joice felt if the northern portion was mr dowson asked for developed there would be permission to subdivide lr wf the north end of the farm elop the rest into 10 two acre lots with mr dowson admitted r minimum frontages of 150 25 percent of the land he fcmr dowson a hopes to develop is planning consultant hulkjof tarawj fasstckw councluorart starr m permission to develop a- f said he wasnt too op would be swamped i2lacresegmentofai05nmr ijowson about on starry spoke acre farm located on the explained- r fpnnrnvph hut fl paganst the resolution on rescinded and that the proposal be rejected i am opposed to developing parts of holdings in this particular manner he said 75 percent of all the land would have 20 percent that is not arable mrs- joice agreed and mayor gordon hstdiff added that if we got into this category we ito their desired and chosen lifestyle and would become dependant on an impersonal and distant government machine he told the commission v mr robarts candidly admitted that york has been subject to severe buffeting by other governments sidered in the secondary plan study for the ballantrae musselmans lake area john watson owner of a 25 acre parcel on the north side of the aurora rd cone 7 asked planning board to -con- siderallowing him to put in 10 lots averaging 19 acres jmouvtlhtecduced through anarablepwtion later in the meetingjto of e farm then introduced a motion mrmflng agreed iv that the previous decision defer the resolution until ir reject thepoml this ihow long wiuiditto look at the property be the next meeting although mr roman reduce the area of the town a 29 page listing the towns op position to metro ex- panding northward to hwy7was submitted to the commission mr roman told commissioner john robarts the town has been under a cloud of uncertainty since 1971 when treasurer darcy mckeojgh said rit was inevitable metros boundary would- be pushed northward the commission has heard from several pnv development groups which are advocating that metro annex portions of york durham and peel regions i zt-c- according to mr roman such a move would- spell financial disaster for markham and jhc wholeofjiyork region t77 markham stands to of markham to scrap a three and a half acresite lose- i8 percent of its controversial townshouse to allow development of assessment which works iproposal6nchurchst36 units and v council recentlyjapproval had been given- reversal of the i follows receipt of petition and a meeting in where objections from residents were planning heard driving overl08 and possessing liquor in a place other- thana residence according to police mr tooley was observed driving in an erratic manner on 14th ave was stopped and placed under arrest on suspicion tof being drunk police allege he resisted and twice assaulted the arresting officer he was and hd appear jin 27 pjvisinn overnight r to court monday ning school vandalized two thermoseal windows valued at 300 were smashed at st patricks schooli wellington st the damage was done last wednesday night f another oltiri for baltaritrad the north and west ridges moraine study the boundaries of the land- is given a mow propertyare adjacent to priority rating con- the vivian forest and mr servation watson said he would dedicate 100 feet along the wesf side now planted in pine to the forest he described the property as poor agricultural land and said that according to the oak the property has been used for corn for th- past two years but for many years before that it lay fallow according to mr watson the land is so poor he had to lower the rent on it so the farmer would use it again this year- planning boards reaction to the proposal seemed favorablebutno- commitment was made regarding approval mayor gordon ratcliff introduced the motion that it be- con- sidered in the secondary- plan commenting that the location puts it injthe cone of influence- of- ballantrae 300 oppose townlioiise plan markham op- associateson behalf of criticisms of the directed to the project he told council members position from over 300 the owner- robert property in the area recently discussions of not bccausethe houses suitoundingjiomeowners almond had previouslyoycrovdingofschoouuiolthe proprtydaiewerenotsaleablelbut hasmdtivated inevrown requested rezoning of the and increasedtraffic flow i969hesafd because i- l in the old part of town i-i- considerable concern was also expressed over a new townhouse project on wodttenvway north which stands empty a year after completion v v y i ine a motion to unsold sunitsbn woottcn rcccivcdhowevcr ifcel risdndroriginal support waythesamc problem we shouldbe considering of theschemecouncillor had developed oyer singlealternative plans forthe waltcflgrieve remarked family homes in another almondt- properlvv he on thesudden interest part oftown at vimoxf approval of the reining didnt have the money to was given in1972 buy jh- i most objection he v hev expressed his noted were products of doubts that this was valid an overallopposition reason toobject to further townhouses in general development- andanapprehchsion f qeated by the empty 6 p p os it i o n rwwc v e markham school project t j