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largest weekly markham stouffville uxbridge all the news i wjiitchurch uxbridge r t markham j pickering vol 83 no 8 14 pages st0uffilllvhitchlrchmarkhamuxbridgk thlrsdav july 22 1971 phone 6402101 15 cents urges permission for town expansion hint at meetings with century city principals york region if mayor ken laushway has anything to say about it the sign on the outskirts of town will someday read stouffville population 12000 mr laushway spoke at regional council july 15 a report submitted by the regions planning committee recommended delay on channel improvements to duffin creek proposed by the metropolitan toronto and region con servation authority some confusion has arisen as to financial responsibility for the project and discussions with the authority are in progress mayor laushway urged that whitchurchstouffville be allowed to expand he cited water and sewage facilities which he said are already adequate for a population of ten or twelve thousand century city also figured in the mayors remarks century city is by no means dead he stated he went on to say that some of the principals of the century city project were seeking a meeting with officials of whitchurchstouffville and there is a possibility of the two groups joining forces indicating that he was not entirely in favor ot this mr laushway said i would like to see century city abandoned entirely and whitchurch- stouffville allowed to expand he added that he hoped the regional government would approve of developments for the whitchurchstouffville area offering the municipality some sort of parity with other local governments in the region council received mr laush- ways statements sym pathetically on the matter of the stalled flood control project markham mayor tony roman urged a positive answer on the financial aspects of the undertaking consultations between whitchurchstouffville and the region will continue blood donors stouffville a red cross blood donor clinic sponsored by stouffville branch 459 of the royal canadian legion will be held monday july 26 in the legion hall 9th line north blood donations will be accepted from 2 to 430 pm and from 630 to 9 pm local residents are urged to support this worthwhile project claims no notice was received protest fast boats at musselmans lake stouffville musselmans lake may soon go the way of prestons lake as far as powerboats are concerned last tuesdays meeting of whitchurchstouffville council heard complaints about the boats from mr john mc- cracken president of the cedar beach cottagers association mr mccracken said that some boats of exceptionally large horsepower are being used on musselmans lake and residents are worried some cottagers have placed special buoys to keep the boats away from swimming areas they dont seem to do much good though said mr mc cracken some of these clowns are almost running the buoys down the association is also con cerned about weeds in vacant lots throughout the area mayor ken laushway said that this matter had been discussed previously in council and an attempt is being made to discover who owns the land where many highpowered boats are launched wed like a survey similar to that done at prestons lake said mayor laushway could your association carry this out mr mccracken assured council that his group would be glad to carry out such a poll and to obtain signatures on a petition in the matter of weeds mr mccracken was referred to the municipal weed inspector a junkyard in the area another source of worry for residents will be checked by the bylaw enforcement officer according to mr mccracken the association has 112 mem bers at present taxes on lot 214 but cant build house stouffville if you own a lot in the whitchurch stouff ville area youd better make sure its properly assessed anyone who pays taxes for a building lot which turns out not to be a building lot is in an awk ward position planning committee on july 6 heard a presentation by mr joseph w sherman mr sherman owns two tenacre parcels on the 6th concession which were assessed for tax purposes as building lots he decided to sell the properties when taxes went from 85 to 214 in 1969 he has separate deeds for the two lots and has always paid assessments on them separately a prospective purchaser for one lot withdrew when told he could not build on ten acres according to a bylaw lots for building purposes must be a minimum of 25 acres the committee sympathized with mr sherman who has been paying an unduly high tax rate since 1963 councillor merlyn baker sharply criticized assessment procedures being used by the province he added i think its a shame theres been so little liaison on these matters other members echoed his sentiments and mayor ken laushway told mr sherman that his was not the only case where this has happened as to the matter of back taxes the committee was powerless to offer any redress the assessment was done by the province said committee chairman tom lonergan we cant do anything on a motion by councillor gordon ratcliff mr shermans problem will be studied when the committee begins work on a new zoning bylaw expected to be finished bv october stouffville a spokesman for century city has stated that the firm received almost no notice of last weeks uxbridge council meeting dave fitzpatrick the com panys property manager said the firm had read about the july 12 meeting in the tribune but we received no letter from council when the letter failed to arrive on the morning of the 12th the century city solicitor mr cohen was instructed to write to council seeking an appointment the letter read at councils meeting provoked criticism of the firm mr fitzpatrick claimed that councils letter was received around 1 oclock on the 12th after he had personally delivered mr cohens letter to council it arrived too late he said this isnt a tea party we have to assemble people and get them out there he added that many people felt the company simply hadnt bothered to appear this he said is ridiculous with something like 62 million tied up there were going to show up he em phasized on friday mr fitzpatrick told the tribune he had not yet received a letter from uxbridge council suggesting a meeting on august 3 at its meeting on the 12th uxbridge council decided to ask the company to appear on august 9 at 8 pm govt grant for family life centre markham the markham family life centre which serves residents of markham unionville and stouffville has been awarded a 16500 grant the announcement was made recently by thomas wells there was something for everybody at the sidewalk sale on friday janice gray 7 and her sister lauren 5 liked some tennis rackets which they found in front of cards hardware the two girls find bargains at sidewalk sale girls laughters of mr and mrs george gray of main st decided theyd wait awhile before taking up the sport mark niblett ifekftom seeks senior citizens housing markham ontario housing is conducting a survey of the need for senior citizens housing in markham spurred by a request from markham council the cor poration will research the topic through advertising mailin questionnaires and personal interviews letters will be sent to all ratepayers over the age of 60 asking them if they wish to participate in the survey questionnaires may also be obtained from the markham town office according to a statement from ontario housing any new ac comodation built would probably be an apartment building minimum rent is 32 per month a similar survey has been requested by whitchurchstouf fville council ontario minister of social and family services the centre established three years ago by local citizens offers a variety of services in the area of family life education this new grant will be used for analysis and upgrading of the present programs seneca college seeks to build campus in york region council enthusiastic york region the region may soon have a community college campus within its boundaries at thursdays meeting of regional council a presentation was made by w roy mc- cutcheon executive dean of seneca college the college wishes to build a new campus in this area and has signed an offer to purchase the former eaton property near dufferin street four miles west of aurora mr mccutcheon explained that seneca had looked into the matter carefully and wished to proceed with the acquisition of the property york regions official plan contains no provision for institutional zoning of the type required he said and this was one matter that would have to be cleared up other departments such as ontario water resources commission must also be approached the college said mr mc cutcheon wanted to know if the regional council favoured concept the executive dean stressed the community aspect of such a college mr mccutcheon indicated that college facilities would in large part be open to the general public the possibilities and the scope in this region are almost unlimited he said aurora mayor dick illingworth spoke out strongly in favor of the college this is something weve tried for since 1565 he said i will certainly support the idea richmond hill mayor bill lazenby asked why the college had chosen this site rather than a larger population centre mccutcheon explained that the major advantage was the fact that existing buildings could be easily converted for college use we would expect to have a few programs operating by september he said i he added however that even if matters proceed smoothly a full daydiploma course would probably not open until sep tember of 1972 councillor don plaxton a member of the colleges board of governors opposed mayor uizenbys suggestion that the matter be deferred and studied seneca he said had signed an offer to purchase which expires august 16 the price is said to be about lj million dollars markham mayor tony roman supported mr plaxton as did mayor illingworth who termed the project one of the best and most exciting ideas ive heard in a long time a resolution to defer councils consideration of the project was defeated during discussion councillor plaxton pointed out that if senecas new campus were built in an area of high population the logical choice would be downsview gladys rolling mayor of east gwillimbury said the new campus would be most advantageous and added that she would be happy to see it become a reality council gave nearunanimous support to a resolution ap proving the idea in principle seneca will now conduct negotiations with other con cerned parties in order to complete details of land pur chase and alterations at mondays meeting of aurora council mayor illingworth suggested the 696- acre site could be used for a domed stadium and multisport complex associated with the seneca campus such a stadium similar to one previously proposed in toronto would be suitable for training olym- picclass athletes he said king city council has also endorsed the seneca proposal in principal bell telephone expanding service in this area new apartment building nears completion the new apartment building on hinlanc drive brother to the existing building is still in he midst of construction parklane place is to be completed early next month and half the available suites have already been rented workmen are now completing the buildings interior mark niblett stouffville the bell telephone company of canada is investing an estimated 450000 to install new services and improve present ones in the town of whitchurchstouffville area manager gordon wansbrough said almost 175000 of this figure would be required to expand bells present building on westlawn crescent when finished likely in november the structure will be almost double its present size a quarter million dollars will also be spent to run feeder cable up hwy 48 to the new vla development at ballantrae mr wansbrough observed that many telephone users were no longer satisfied with a system that met the needs of residents a few years ago for example he said urban oriented folk now living in rural areas favor private rather than party lines but to change this the manager pointed out is an expensive proposition in terms of capital investment