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p2 tribune septembers t990t st no answers forsiouffville on gta growth tracy kibble staff reporter a change of government at queens park has left local offi cials with a lot of unanswered questions a representative from the office of the greater toronto area gta could not tell coun cil last week how a future growth study will affect whitchurch- stouffville because of the offices uncertainty of who will be appointed as the new minister and because the sept 6 provin cial election saw a new demo crat government swept to a notice come to our national open house september 2930 1990 9 am to 4 pm majority liz mclaren says her new minister will hot be known until next month mrs mclaren from the office of the gta presented officials with a study option report but a lot of concerns could not be answered such as policy change options however whitchurch-stouf- fville must be a part of the future planning scheme for the gta as massiveand rapid growth in neighboring municipalities will affect the community she said in a 45minute presentation the gta is at a turning point and if neighboring communities are growing this is going to impact on you she told council although gta growth future planning- and study options are currently being undertaken it is not known which direction the plans will take mrs mclaren added the gta consists of 35 munici palities throughout five regions the gta study objective is to develop three concepts that will provide basic needs such as water sewer solid waste human van dykes cat shop 20 years of winning sales service rr 4 stouffville ontario l4a 7x5 416 8881658 its free and its fun come see the new 1991 wildcat 700cc efi on display watch the exciting new video of the 1991 arctic cats in auction free draws giveaways free hot dogs coffee doughnuts the showroom is chock full of new arctic cat clothing and accessories we have a full line of suits sweats tshirts warmup suits gloves boots helmets hats 1 14 miles north of stouffville sideroad 12 way between warden avenue kennedy road oh bethesda sideroad look for the signs arct1ccat world class snowmobiles official notice 1990 annual meeting monday october 22nd 1 990 at parkview village auditorium dinner at 630 pm meeting at 800 m the purpose of the meeting is to receive the annual report and reports of the board of directors and supervisory committee appoint auditor for fiscal year ending july 31st 1990 as required election of board of directors and committee officers a resolution to increase the size of the board onceagain dinner tickets are only 1 000 each and should be purchased at the credit union before october 1 5 1 990 plan to attend your credit unions business and social event of the year marlchamsfouffville community credit union did you miss last weeks york south home show toromark furniture repeats the best buys in canada for the people of markham sofa chair black flower 699 sofa love seat t k s sofa chair vinyl wine colour recliners 1 99 wing chairs only 299 also carpet on special plus 9 monthly payments at no extra charge these specials only at markhams oldest discount store 2942581 toromark furniture hwy 7 galsworthy otts or 4772055 and environmental services for a growing gta population she pointed out three growth options the office has been study ing to properly plan into the future and used the city of moscow which cannot stop growth as an example of poor planning we have learned from britian and russia that you cant stop growth moscow planned there would be four million people now there are eight million living there she said if they cant stop people com ing in we wont have much luck industry will likely go south of the border if not in the gta we cant close our eyes and say its not going to happen she added the gta office has developed three possible concepts to pre pare and plan for inevitable growth they include option 1 to spread the growth across 350 square miles of agri culture land the easiest to implement and what were used to option 2 a central plan where growth would be planned on cur rent undeveloped land or 140 square miles of agricultural land she said this option would require more government inter vention at all levels option 3 a nodal concept where growth concentrates around certain growth areas or existing centres using 230 square miles of agricultural land these are all options york region will have to think about she said the options can be implement ed by creating more freeways and arterial roads intensifying the current rail systems and by making road improvements or creating more rapid tranist links between centres she said council asked questions after the presentation but many could not be answered because the gta office is not sure who will be heading the ongoing study until next month stouffville police briefs york regional police say york brick on hwy 48 at bethesda sideroad was entered by thieves between 615 pm sept 18 and 6 am sept 19 york region police reports said the culprits entered through a north side door possibly using a key a power saw and hand sander worth more than 800 were taken police suspect three men in the break in two aged 20 and 22 had been suspended sept 17 and a third aged 20 had been fired the same day car vandalized a stouffville teen was charged after a car was vandalized at a high school dance friday night the 16yearold was arrested in connection with the break in of a car in the parking lot of markham district high school the car belonging to a york region police officer was dam aged to the tune of500 the young offender was charged with theft under and two counts of mischief to prop erty he is set to appear in court oct 29