ttmnitimt eccmm bjy road woes x in r r more funds needed to improve staff tracy kibble staff reporter some local politicians charged the town works department is not doing a good job in repairing and making roads safe especially for some rural gravel roadways staff heard tuesday afternoon people are literally sinking into the roads every year its the same thing on vivian road and st johns side road people cant use these roads and cant even drive into their driveways its complete ly out of order the way repairs are being done claimed ward 1 councillor margot marshall but townclerk coordinator pat oakes said council has ignored staffs recommendations in the past for more money in road repairs in all fairness paul white- house director of engineering has brought forward motions to improve the roads but the funds arent there and council has not been allocating the money mrs oakes stated this is not a unique problem every municipality like east gwillimbury has this problem sheadded and fire chief bill brown said some residents should be review ing the status and safety of private drives and entrances into their homes as well its not only town roads that are a concern im more aware of private accesses the fire depart ment cant put our trucks in some driveways there might be a multimillion dollar home with beautiful gateposts and we cant council update protect them i cant even turn my truck around in some of them chief brown said mr whitehouse said the roads department is sanding and pound ing stones into roads that get ground into the surface as an extra precaution to safety we are making the roads as passable as we can mr white- house maintained mayor fran sainsbury agreed the flooding problem on some roadways is not unique to whitchurchstouffville and said this years late winter flooding is the worst in 1 1 years council made no motion but requested the director of public works to prepare a report on the number of temporarily impassable roads due to the recent thaw council voted to review staff recommendations when a report is completed grou bene chamber charmers phoiodave barnett stouffvilles remax imperial centre was abuzz with activity tuesday evening when the whitchurchstouffville chamber of commerce hosted a wine and cheese reception at the new building local business people turned out for the event to socialize and make business con tacts from left are bev kennedy jean bar clay larry royalski helene johnson dr bill corrigan chamber president susan myers and main street merchant bob ancheril stouffville gives out grants tracy kibble staff reporter the town of whitchurch- stouffville will give more than 14000 to various groups and organizations allotted from its 1990 grant request schedule the most money given is for localbased groups and events including the kinsmen club santa claus parade whitchurch- stouffville home support ser vices lemonville cemetery upkeep projects and the york- durham speech stroke cen tre council went through the list amending amounts here adding amounts there and requesting staff contact some groups which did not specify how much was needed an amount tentatively to be issued to the canadian national institute for the blind for 1815 was questioned and may be lowered after several council- go apologizes for oversight go transit formally apologized in writing to local council recent ly for an oversight that failed to inform the town of additional train service to toronto the provinciallyrun passenger service explained the improved service announced by the min istry of transportation became a reality only after long negotia tions and because go was anx ious to bring the extra train into service without further delay they forgot to mention it to whitchurchstouffville council the additional train effective jan 29 leaves stouffville at 714 am and arrives at union station at 811 am the earlier train leaves stouffville at 633 am and arrives in toronto at 730 on tuesday evening markhamrstouffville family life centre counsellor tony colarigelo is making a return appearance as guest speaker next tuesday at the stouffville singles support group mr colangelo who has exten sive experience in marital single and individual therapy will address matters relating to the chil dren of a marital separation etc the york university psychology graduate was asked to return fol lowing an earlier session on healthy selfconcepts the group meets at 8 pm at st james presbyterian church for information call 6421225 or 640- am the new train leaves union station at 555 pm and arrives in stouffville at about 650 pm trailer permission a local resident who wants to erect a mobile trailer on his cone 6 property while building a per manent residence has asked councils permission to use the trailer on a temporary basis town building official bob bennett told the committee he is willing to enter into a separate agreement with the resident so he can live on his property while building cash disagreement officials of the local business improvement area and chamber of commerce say the cashinlieu of office street parking spaces is too high council heard recently but town treasurer ed black burn who held a triparty meeting with the groups said neither rep resentatives gave any reason why they thought the price was too high both the bia and chamber of commerce told mr blackburn the 80 per cent figure decided on is too high the two groups spokesmen are invited to present concerns to council in future water runoff complaint a stouffville resident is corn- plaining that a twoacre property abutting his own is not graded but filled with rubble he says water runoff caused from excessive fill is disturbing his property councilinxommittee heard that the building department reviewed the site in question and took into account the time of year with the problem because there were no other neighbors complaining staff rec ommend northmark properties inc be given until this spring to rectify the problem there is presently no bylaw reg ulating the fill and grading change to a property but the situa tion is being review by the build ing department wrong real estate sign a family trust real estate sign incorrectly naming a listed prop erty on aurora road as industrial has now changed the sign at councils request to the proper rural zoning council was told the building department has been in touch with the representa tive who adjusted the sign to reflect the current rural zoning of the property historic effort the town of whitchurchstouf fville and the whitchurchstouf fville architectural advisory committee are joining to form a more solid structure to complete a list of historically significant structures in the community after meeting with mayor fran sainsbury the committee and town established a criteria for buildings considered historic- aged at least 100 years historical significance to town and archi tectural significance it was decided at least two of the three criteria have to be met jtrjess must still comebefore full council rorfmai approval lors said the amount was too high for whitchurchstouffville residents needs mayor fran sainsbury also won support in deleting a 50 grant to greenpeace foundation but ward 6 councillor jim sanders said the timing was bad this is definitely the wrong time to delete a group geared at conserving the environment councillor sanders said and one councillor defended the salvation army when ward 3 councillor nick tatone sug- gestedthe st johns ambulance service receive 100 wfien the army grant was for 50 the st johns group saves lives councillor tatone main tained and so does the salvation army each and every day retaliated ward 1 councillor margot marshall both grants were kept at 50 other groups who had previ ously requested funding but did not specify how much was need ed will not be paid until the request is received in writing the town will make contribu tions totalling more than 14000 to more than 30 groups as approved in the 1990 budget for grant allowances the above amounts do not include a 40000 onetime grant to the stouffville community track project currently being developed fuel tanks being considered for removal by firm tracy kibble staff reporter old petrocanada gasoline storage tanks will be considered for removal by the company later this year council learned last tuesday evening ward 4 councillor wayne emmerson earlier requested staff write the company regard ing the unused tanks he said have been empty for some time located on edward street beside the stouffville coop the tanks and equipment will be dismantled and removed by petrocanada products a divi sion of petrocanada inc from the stouffville location later this year according to a letter from the coordinator of equipment and safety the property was originally a petroleum storage plant owned by the company which hasnt decided what to do with the property yet confirms petro wholesale marketing spokesman bill sparling and petrocanada manager 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