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8 economist sunsuntribune news saturday jan 10 2004 she shoots she scores staff photosjoerd witteveen hayley hughes of the stouffville district secondary school spartans sweeps around aurora high school goalie jesse johanson to score the spartans second goal in the first period of a game at the stouffville arena tuesday afternoon teammate laurie mclellan is at left stouffville won 41 into results 0pen7dms awfflc callstoreforhous canada s sour c e tor fit n e s s mississauga 600 matheson blvd w 905 7559000 toronto 2760 yonge st 4164400244 newmarket 17480 yonge st 905 8367618 markham 5328 hwy 7 east unit 3 9054714116 0ac on selected merchandise i not be combined with any other products oakville 166 south service rde 905 8150123 pickering 1755 pickering pkwy 905 4265700 wwwfitncsssourccca t r vaughan 3240 langstaff rd 9056604888 selection may vary by store administration fee of 49 see store for details municipalities given time to review density plan by roy green staff writer faced with the image of blocks of highrise towers lining yonge street and hwy 7 york regions planning commit tee has agreed to give local municipali ties more time to review the regions growth plans the regions centres and corridors strategy which calls for higher density development along major transporta tion corridors raised hackles at wednesdays meeting of the planning and economic development committee you say this report was circulated to area municipalities but this is the first time ive seen it vaughan regional councillor mario ferri said if we approve this today then it gets approved by council its all over richmond hill mayor bill bell agreed this came out before christmas and i read about this higher density plan in metroland newspapers and now im being asked to approve it in a recent york region newspaper group story richmond hill councillor david cohen said the region was trying to push through an official plan amendment that would allow much higher density in core areas without the approval of local municipalities but regional chairperson bill fisch told the committee endorsing the strat egy would not result in loss of local control by endorsing this it doesnt mean there will be canyons of 30storey blocks on yonge street from steeles avenue to newmarket and from hwy 50 to markham mr fisch said there will be highrises in certain locations its going to happen whether we agree or not but it will be a local issue planning commissioner bryan tuckey said the regional official plan amendment was simply a draft it was issued in draft form for public discussion there will be complete and detailed consultation with the local municipalities mr tuckey said were simply asking them to identify some areas where more compact develop ment would be appropriate the committee agreed to table the discussions until local councils can study the strategy in more detail there are also plans to run a series of meetings on the strategy with area councils the committee also dealt with a con troversial proposal for a 14storey apart ment building on yonge street in richmond hill a number of residents were on hand asking the region to oppose the project which has already been rejected by richmond hill council when it comes before the ontario municipal board in february they are upset because the owner after working out a compromise with neighbours on an eightstorey building on the site in 1991 changed his mind and is now seeking the 14storey 400- unit building there will be highrises in certain locations its going to happen whether we agree or not hut it will be a local issue its fitting this is on the same agenda as the centres and corridors study committee chairperson frank scarpitti said we want to increase density but we want to do it in a way that respects the community a staff report on the project recom mended the region tell the omb it had no objections to the plan but the com mittee rejected that we should tell the omb that the original plan for the eightstorey build ing already meets the objectives of the centres and corridors strategy and the wishes of richmond hill council should be fully considered richmond hill regional councillor brenda hogg said registration the flare group selfenhancement modelling acting k psmn jjxaaf celebrating 25 years of success new curriculum new prices jan open house registration thurs jan 15th 500800 pm mag canadian national modelling acting convention 04 open call audition jan 15th 0 46 pm call for details results of our parent student survey 95 rated our program excellent or very good 90 stated confidence has increased since joining flare glamourous birthday parties 180 bullock unit 4 markham vywyy 1 i 1 i 1 i i t 1 90mpm149