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stouffville simtribune thursday sept 1 2005 5 town treasurer retiring after 42 years service by hannelore volpe staff writer nick kristoffy treasurer adminis trator of the town of whitchurch- stouffville is retiring jan 12 he began working for the town in 1998 as its treasurer in 2000 he was appointed to his current position as the towns most senior bureaucrat before coming here he was chief financial officer for the city of toronto for five years my job has been extremely chal lenging and rewarding over the past seven years mr kristoffy said our challenge has been to balance the daytoday operational issues while planning the future of the town throughout this time the staff mayor and members of council have been very supportive of all my endeavours but after 42 years in the fulltime work force i feel it is time to move on whitchurchstouffville is no longer the small selfcontained municipality it once was he said rather it has become an integral part of the gta increasing residents demands for uptodate services the towns growth will increase at a more rapid rate as seven new subdi- visons are completed the real growth in staffing is yet to come mr kristoffy noted he worked with three councils and commended both former mayor wayne emmerson and current mayor sue sherban for their support the town is in good financial shape with a blueprint for the towns financial future mapped out for the next 10 years he said the approval of the geranium big box development on hwy 48 south of town the purchase of 50 acres of parkland on bethesda road and the development of the ballantrae golf and country club by schickedanz bros are all feathers in the cap of the municipality he said mr kristoffy does not have any firm plans for his retirement except that he intends to stay active by mak ing use of his extensive experience in municipal and provincial govern ment equipment drop off ikies- sept 4th to fri sept 9th we desperately need your used equipment turn your used equipment into 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by the minister of the environment on june 30 2004 the proposed undertaking includes a 41 km twolane median transitway on the preferred alignment see map below generally in the highway 7 corridor between highway 50 and the markham bypass through the city of vaughan town of richmond hill and town of markham the proposed undertaking also includes a median transitway in the vaughan northsouth link between highway 7 and york university with eventual replacement of this transitway by an extension of the spadina subway from steeles avenue at york university to highway 7 the proposed transitway will be designed to accommodate both bus and light rail transit vehicle technologies there are short sections of transit operation in mixed traffic through constrained sections of rightofway and existing underpasses of major northsouth arterial roads such as bathurst street and bayview avenue the proposed undertaking includes stations generally located at major intersections and a proposed road widening along highway 7 between woodbine avenue and sciberras road the region is requesting eaa approval to design construct and implement the proposed undertaking as required under the eaa the ea report will be available for public review and comment from september 2 2005 to october 26 2005 the documents may be reviewed during normal business hours at the following locations location address phone number 1 ministry of the environment environmental assessment approvals branch 2 st clair avenue west floor 12a toronto on m4v1l5 416 3148001 2 ministry of the environment central region office 5775 yonge street 8th floor north york on m2m 4j1 416 3266700 3- regional municipality of york office of the regional clerk 17250 yonge street 4th floor newmarket on l3y6z1 i877 464 ext 1320 4- town of richmond hill office of the town clerk 225 east beaver creek road richmond hill on l4b3p4 905 7718800 5- town of markham office of the town clerk 101 town centre boulevard markham on l3r9w3 905 4754744 6 city of vaughan office of the city clerk 2141 major mackenzie drive vaughan on l6a1t1 905 8328504 7- ansley grove library 350 ansley grove road woodbridge on l4l5c9 905 8566551 8 richmond hill central library adult reference desk 1 atkinson street richmond hill on l4c0h5 9058849288 9- unionville library 15 library lane unionville on l3r5c4 9055137977 anyone wishing to make comments regarding the ea must submit their comments in writing andor by fax to the ministry of the environment by october 26 2005 all comments must be addressed to ms gemma connolly special project officer project coordination environmental assessment approvals branch ministry of the environment 2 st clair avenue west floor 12a toronto on m4v1l5 phone 416 3148001 fax 416 3148452 a copy of all comments will be forwarded to the proponent if you have any questions please contact mr steve mota project manager regional municipality of york planning and development services phone 1 877 4649675 ext 5056 email stevemotayorkca under the freedom of information and protection of privacy act and the environmental assessment act unless otherwise stated in the submission any personal information such as name address telephone number and property location included in a submission will become part of the public record files for this matter and can be released if requested to any person this notice is dated september 1 2005 0 rrrrrr maestraftc york region