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st trffiunevaugust 22 1990 p3 basement apt bid nixed by council tracy kibble staff reporter a stouffville resident who did all the right things was turned down by council tuesday after he asked to rent out his basement to a single mother a main street resident said he will have to tell the single parent that she will have to move out if council turns town his bid to rent the base ment unit the only alternative right now is to evict the tenant said whitchurchstouffville mayor fran sainsbury mario parisi said a halffinished basement apartment was already constructed in the house when he purchased it but the town does not allow apartments and the situation is under review through the course of an affordable housing study said town planning director michael saunders public meetings will then be held as to decisions on public housing units therefore this application is new democrats field candidate more rounded development edu cation funding and a fairer lax sys tem are top priorities for the ney democratic party says durham- york candidate larry oconnor acclaimed aug 9 by nop support ers v mr oconnor 34 of sunderland says durhamyork residents are being taxed lb death and adds corporations should pay the majori ty of federally and provincially- inflicted taxes the gst attacks the poor when these big companies are making lots of money and are not pitying taxes mr oconnor says development is also a great con cern and an ndp mandate would strive to keep pace with runaway growth mr oconnor maintains i ic says people want more than a bedroom community and develop ment should include projects other than residenliallvbaseil communi- premature he added he told council granting mr parisi the accessory unit would be prece dentsetting and would pose a prob lem for the building department but ward 2 councillor ron robb sympathized with mr parisi and said councils decision would send nega tive messages to others this guy has tried to come for ward legally and has done all the right things but hes being turned down this sends a message to peo ple that are trying to get a few extra dollars to go ahead and do this ille gally councillor robb said but ward 1 councillor margot marshall said a vote in favor of this application would be voting against our own standards of a ban on accessory housing mayor sainsbury said council should submit applications like this to the starr group the townhired consultant to study current and future housing needs to give the town more ammunition to fight the province for sewage allocation council voted to table the applica tion until the affordable housing report is studied but the vote will still disallow mr parisi to rent his basement apartment in the interim photoannette buchkowski mayor offers thanks whitchurchstouffville mayor fran sainsbury invited local supporters to her 9th line country home last week to thank them for their efforts during an unsuccessful bid to win the provin cial liberal nomination in markham riding here the mayor serves supporters outside her home as they enjoy a less hectic environment mayor sainsbury was among three candidates vying for the liberal nomination last month it was won by markham councillor frank scarpitti lake water quality needs more analysis lsrca tracy kibble staff reporter mr oconnor will kick off his campaign wednesday at the nqps party headquarters grand opening in oxbridge at 7 main st s along with mike breaugh who recently won the riding vacated by former federal ndp leader kd broadbent musselman lake water quality has deteriorated with time largely due to the area turning from a cottage to residential com munity council heard tuesday afternoon everything draining into the lake stays into the lake there is no flushing action said a mem ber of the triparty investigation team which performed the study mike walters of the lake sim- coe and region conservation authority lsrca and co author of the musselman lake surface water quality report 1989 made his first public presen tation to local officials where he outlined the study objectives although he stated the water samples taken late last year need a lot more analysis he said the tests were concentrated on deter mining the levels of certain lake contaminants that would affect its leisure use we did no work on the ground water whatsoever and dealt main ly with parameters affecting the recreation value mr walters told the officials and two environmen tal groups we did the best we could with the report but it would be benefi cial to see where the phosphorus is coming from mr walters added naming nutrients and bacteria as the study concentration area mr walters saidphosphorus levels rarely meet acceptability stan dards at musselman lake he added although levels at some testing stations were high musselman lake did not have a bacteria problem he did however say the envi ronment ministry is working with a livestock operation to deter mine what measures can be taken in future to lower fecal runoff from the stock bacteria fecal levels are very static going up and down quickly levels rise with rain and beach use he said he then stated fecal inputs werent a problem with the lake although beaches are still being closed ward 5 councillor doug alles said he was receiving two mes sages in one statement you say bacte ria is not high but earlier you said it was high is it or isnt it councillor alles queried mr walters said because levels fluctuate so severely the lsrca would need more time to study the lake the york region health department picks up a lot more than we do mr walters said photoannette buchkowski waitin till the midnight hour stouffville residents turned out last friday night activities were organized to attract shoppers to to see the bargains offered at the downtown the core here local singing sensation lawnle cores annual midnight madness sale a host of wallace left performs at civic square complex gst debated the new goods services tax means diverse changes are on the way for the town of whitchurchstouffville council heard tuesday finance director ed blackburn urged local officials to allow him to hire a professional consultant so the town can streamline its business in preparation for the complex gst the changes and cost factors for the town are many and we cant deal with them the way the books are currently set up mr black burn said there are a lot of implications affecting us as a government body way different than any other corporation he added debating a report discussed at the meeting mr blackburn suggested training staff and hiring a consultant professionally equipped to deal with the government every invoice coming in here has to be categorized and its very complicated he stressed but ward 5 councillor doug alles said most consultants are in the same turmoil as the town and there is really no guarantee the gst will be passed by jan 1 1991 he said some officials suggested mr blackburn attend courses to learn how to deal with the issue but he said 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