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weekender february 7 1987 p3 heritage homes forge ahead despite concerns over extensive costs by steve houston staff reporter markhams proposed century home subdivision forged ahead tuesday with a consulants sub mission of neighborhood designs for the plan but at least one markham coun cillor is dubious of the heritage neighborhoods feasibility for potential home buyers planning committee chairman elson miles says hell back the plan when shown it will fly but is skeptical about enormous costs involved in relocating and re novating the houses the towns initial plan indicates that buyers will pay for the costs of moving renovating and found ation construction for the homes as well as the townowned lots they will sit on planning consultant geoffrey fryer estimates the prices of homes when complete will run up wards of 200000 councillor miles says hes con cerned about not being able to fill the subdivision with authentic century homes with willing buyers and markham councillor gord landon at the meeting questioned the conclusion of the plan namely how the town will proceed when the most desirable lots are filled i would support it 100 per cent said councillor miles but i dont want it to halfgo thats not the idea despite his skepticism mar kham mayor carole bell says the innovation involved in developing a heritage subdivision will set an example for other muncipalities to follow she also said at the meeting that council must be willing to fully support the project thornhill councillor doreen quirk a real estate agent assured members the plan would be a marketable concept the market will be good be lieve me she said at the meet ing thats the expected house prices becoming a cheap house in markham mayor bell echoed councillor quirks faith in the project and said council would be foolhar dy in not taking advantage of the plan the mayor was first to suggest the town proceed with the next step in the plan as laid out by mr fryer including preparation of draft plans zoning bylaws and a soil study i think mr chairman that weve taken the step of producing this land said mayor bell i think we have to be determined in our own minds that this thing is going to work i ed and clatideite this is the site plan council prefers todate bail hearing on thursday by ed rogers the brougham man charged in the traffic death of paul mayb- ury of markham was released without bail on thursday john mcgrath facing a charge of criminal negligence causing death and three counts of crimin al negligence causing bodily harm will appear in ajax provin cial court on sherwood ave feb 12 the 44yearold father of three was killed when a pickup truck apparently crossing the centre lane collided with his van on brock rd in pickering the van flipped in the headon crash and mr maybury was pronounced dead on the scene mr maybury well known in markhams hockey community was drivinghis son david 14 and 14yearolds todd gerrard and kevin green to a hockey game in ajax mr mcgrath 30 was treated for major cuts to his forehead pickuptruck passenger basil mcdougal also of brougham was taken to hospital with serious injuries taking aim at carole markham mayor carole bell has good reason to hold a dart board those around her are going to toss a lot of verbal darts her way at the canadian national institute for the blinds upcoming second annual celebrity roast its scheduled for 630 pm saturday feb 21 at the bayview golf country club in thornhill tickets are 50 per person with 35 being tax deductible for more information contact cnib at 2945752 from left to right are cliff moss member of cnib board dave gascoigne chairman of board richmond hill mayor al duffy lou parsons go transit chairman peter h mason realtor vaughan mayor lorna jackson milt farrow assistant deputy municipal affairs and entrepreneur glenn crosby markham planning briefs school sketch wins approval the york region roman catho lic school board was nudged a step closer tuesday to construct ing another elementary school in milliken members were presented with an architects rendering of st francis xavier catholic school slated for construction highglen ave just east of brimley rd the schools design is identical to unionvilles awardwinning st matthew school second look for mall plan a shopping mall proposal in milliken was referred tuesday to the towns administrative com mittee to initiate some changes and workout financial arrange ments for the plan plans for the kennedy centre south of the stillnew supercentre on kennedy rd call for a two- building complex for retail stores and a restaurant but markham mayor carole bell says she would like to see a portion of frontage on the proper ty that can now be permitted with kennedy rds recent realign ment it will be brought before council at its next meeting realty centre near approval a new office for markhams century 21 armour real estate owner doug meharg is nearing the goahead point planning committee tuesday approved in principal mr mehargs plan to open a new office and retail plaza on hwy 7 he assured members their con cerns about a garbage enclosure and parking requirments will be alleviated before councils next meeting and an adjacent homeowner was promised that the developer will address his concerns before going ahead with the plan the proposal slated for con struction on hwy 7 near cosburn rd calls primarily for office uses with some retail stores we deliver we can deliver your dyers for as little as 3 5c each call advertising at 2942200 or distribution at 2944244 1986 flyers delivered economist suntribunct2252700 metroland distributing 306622900 flyers with weekender saturday feb 7 pascals unjonvuie theazx markham word processing a p tuesday feb 10 sean ztllcn contour window fashions darren jarrett