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tribune 30000 copies vol 2 no 49 a metroland community newspaper saturday december 6 1986 52 pages 25 cents asphalt plant opposed for years residents of gormley with homes fronting on a section of woodbine avenue have been staring into the remains of decimated cars on the site of a scrap metal yard theyve been patient however that patience reached the point of exasperation when they learned miller paving ltd has hopes of establishing an asphalt pav ing plant immediately south of the scrapyard property on the east side of woodbine they let their indignation be known at a meeting of town planning advisory committee tuesday while discussion wasnt meant to deal with the pros and cons of the proposed operation citizens insisted on having their say chief concerns related to environment traffic and devaluation of property values would you as councillors want this sort of thing in your back yards asked resident david goad he described the application as part of a horrid scheme to make woodbine avenue a haven for big business in his report town planner michael saunders said the location of this type of use always causes problems however the subject site appears to be a least offensive type of location since a similar heavy industrial use don mills steel metal ltd exists adjacent to it he supported amendments to the official plan and zoning bylaw no objections were received from either the regional health unit or the ministry of natural resources company spokesman les macarthur said the plants effect on the environment would be negligible he said strict environment minis try standards would have to be followed the plant will be for the mixing of asphalt only macarthur con tinued no refining will be done the firms representative said the plant would be set back 3000 feet from the road much of the operation would be screened by a berm he explained residents however werent satisfied when mayor fran sainsbury said the discussion had far surpassed the preset tenminute time limit councillor jim sanders expressed his disdain at the way the meeting had been handled councillor wilf morley agreed we seem to have gotten off on a tangent involving site specifics the asphalt plant as opposed to landuse amending the zoning by law he admitted all concerns had obviously not been heard the committee agreed to continue the hearing dec 16 stouffville artisans wednesdays a special day for the members of the silver jubilee club in stouffville thats when artis ticminded members get together to do some paint ing in preparation for their annual art show and sale every may but this year they decided to experi ment and hold one in december here stouffviues alma johnson left shows one of her works to fellow resident effie foskett sjoerd wittcvccn vandorf to grow the hamlet of vandorf a community divided by woodbine avenue and located part way between the bloomington road and aurora sideroad has growing pains michael saunders whitchurchstouffvilles director of planning wants to ease the agony by extending the bound aries and allowing more growth this advice was contained in a memo placed before the towns planning advisory committee dec 2 at present the population ceiling stands at 750 this in cludes wesley corners a community to the north citing the fact the 750 population mark has almost been reached by existing committed development mr saunders has recommended the figure be altered to one thousand the planning director also suggests the vandorf bound aries be extended to the aurora sideroad on the north hwy 404 on the west the vandorf sideroad on the south and the cn rail line on the east new development he said will consist mainly of oneacre community residential lots the boundary change will also allow some rural residential lot severances he explained whats inside kimberfy twaddle no war toys for her christmas25 directory comment p4 editors mail p5 entertainment p22 childrens page p28 sports p29 to 31 church page p32 to 33 real estate p34 to 43 classified p44 to 51 bill brown hes moving up10