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stouffville suntribune thursday dec 2 2004 5 tree cutting fine penalty ok with city from page 1 on the charges because prosecuting on these individual charges is difficult mark guinto executive assistant to mayor dave ryan said in a written response thursday to a submitted set of questions the city is satisfied that the fine and penalty forms a strong deterrent against illegal treecutting the state ment said combined with the 10000 fine the mandated replanting and fiveyear maintenance of 1000 trees will be a very significant cost the city is supporting a growth study paid for by developers silvio degasperis of vaughan and jerry coughlin of ajax which recommends housing in the area which is part of the former duffin rouge agricultural preserve the province has moved to block development on pickerings duffin rouge lands with a zoning order and proposes to include the duffin rouge in pickering and markham in its greenbelt mr colucci is also president of erosion control gabions ltd which shares a concord address with rosebank farms he was not available for comment parkview asks region for help residents petitioned town council to waive fees for new home for aged by hannelore volpe staff writer after being turned down by the town for a break on devel opment fees officials at parkview home for the aged hope york region will come through with a cheap loan to help pay for their new long- term care facility joanna reesormcdowell parkviews director of resource development is meeting today with the regions finance committee to ask for a bridg ing loan of around 2 million to help with construction of a 128bed facility anticipated to open in mid2006 the loan would be at 4 per cent interest for up to three years cost 15 million the estimated cost of the new parkview is between 15 million and 17 million ms reesormcdowell and mayor sue sherban tried in vain last month to have the region waive its development charges of 267000 the region will only waive its fees if whitchurchstouffville does so first sue sherban smaller municipal ities have harder time waiving fees mayor told regional council despite a plea by mayor sherban to reconsider the decision whitchurch- stouffville councillors voted not to waive charges of about 328000 at their aug 26 council meeting i would implore you to at least look at what this project means to the community she said councillors refused to waive the charges in part because of worries about finances they were con cerned infrastructure expens es relating to new develop ment could cost the town mil lions of dollars in the future some were worried waiving these fees would set a prece dent for other projects markham waived develop ment charges for the markhaven and union villa facilities and york region was able to follow suit ms reesor- mcdowell said we either get relief from both levels of gov ernment or from no levels markhaven union villa and parkview are among five nonprofit longterm care facilities in york region effect on taxes mayor sherban told region al finance committee mem bers smaller municipalities such as whitchurch- stouffville have greater diffi culty waiving such fees with out affecting taxes constructing parkview brings a lot more benefits that will outweigh any poten tial financial contribution by the region she said fundraisers for the new parkview are trying to raise 3 million toward the cost of construction when residents of the parkview village apartments heard about the towns deci sion their council circulated a ms reesormcdowell and mayor sue sherban tried in vain last month to have the region waive its development charges of 267000 the region will only waive its fees if whitchurchstouffville does so first petition asking municipal politicians to reconsider the decision more than 200 residents more than 90 per cent signed the petition which was deliv ered to the mayor and coun cillors coffee cheese crackers hot dogs 11 am to 2pm ore products d bird seed carhartt winter work wear etc for more information call 905 6401550 seepage 27 jot scheu building centre specials-