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o m h a semi finals march 9 and 12 model train show library march 11 vol 88 no 41 phone 6402101 stouffvillewhitchurchmarkhamuxbridge thursday march 9 1972 12 rages 15 cents freeze 158000 airport acres rural buildup banned chief concern stouffville acting with surprising swiftness and without consultation with local municipalities queens park has imposed a freeze on an estimated 158000 acres of land lying on four sides of the proposed international airport in pickering township in whitchurchstouffville the freeze covers 30000 acres including parts of cone 6 and 7 and all of cone 8 9 and 10 with a few minor exceptions see map page 3 excluded are properties within the former village of stouffville and an area south of hwy 47 to ringwood also the hamlet districts of bloomington musselmans lake ballantrae and pine orchard in markham the freeze government assistance promised stouffville hon darcy mckeough ontario minister of finance has promised assistance to municipalities directly affected by the new airport plan in a statement made in the legislature mr mckeough said meetings would be held with each of the municipalities to discuss the impact of the airport and to consider changes that will be required in their development policies experienced staff will be made available to assist in making these necessary ad justments mr mckeough said special attention will be given to those situations where high noise levels are expected where land use policies are inadequate or nonexistant and in critical areas close to the airport covers 30000 acres including 4000 acres of actual airport land 10600 acres in uxbridge 37400 in pickering and 50000 acres in the twp of scott sixteen hundred acres of claimed land in uxbridge is owned by revenue properties limited acting mayor gordon ratcliff of whitchurchstouffville said the freeze could work a con siderable hardship in the municipality since buildup particularly on estate lots had been contemplated he suggested however that it could spur residential growth in stouffville the sterile zone covers threequarters of the town but does not curb buildings for agricultural purposes on 25 acres or more mr ratcliff said he had no idea how long the restraining order might last but suggested it could continue for two or three years he indicated that the move was made to halt mass land purchases for speculative purposes he warned against such practices calling it very risky with respect to the direct effect of the airport on whit church stouffville councillor ratcliff said his chief concern was noise he admitted that stouffville located between the prongs of four runways was in a very vulnerable position in this regard district maps as provided by member bill hodgson york- north showed takeoff and landing strips slanting north west and due west two would extend between cone 7 pickering and the uxbridge townline while two others would stretch into markham north of 16th and 18th avenues the initial stage will include two runways and one terminal building the completion date is tentatively set for early in 1979 councillor clark muirhead claims stouffville to be obliterated uxbridge twp strong opinions were triggered by the word airport at the uxbridge twp council meeting march 6 councillor clark muirhead on studying the layout of the air port site and its flight paths stated emphatically stouff ville will be obliterated by this mr muirhead who trained in aeronautical engineering said that regardless of assurances to the contrary there was no way that stouffville smackdab in the middle of converging flight paths would not be consumed by noise he added that he had been trying for ayear to find some reason for the need of another airport without suc cess he felt that the facilities at malton except for the passenger terminal were adequate and added that london and other cities larger than toronto were functioning successfully with one major airport depreeve don jackson also expressed strong objections to the airport site and suggested starting at the top of the ministerial ladder in voicing opposition councillor hendy reminded council that he had always been in favor of the airport for on tario county and still is he felt it would be a tremendous boost to the economy of the area and pointed out that people born there would at least have the opportunity of finding work through the commerce the project would stimulate without having to go further afield councillor darcy higgins commented it doesnt matter where you put the airport it will ruffle feathers he prompted council to consider the main concern what direct and damaging effects the airports proximity would have on ux bridge township one direct effect is a land freeze covering lots 125 cone 1 except east l of lot 1 lots 2- 14 cone 2 except west 250 feet of lot 6 lots 111 cone 3 lots 14 cone 4 within the freeze zone land use and building structures will be limited to agricultural purposes including 1 single farm dwelling used in con nection with each agricultural operation minimum frontage to be 600 feet minimum lot depth 3 times the frontage minimum front side and rear yards 50 feet if stouffville seeking information on the proposed international airport in pickering twp and its effect on lands in markham whitchurchstouffville and uxbridge queens park has established an airport information hot line the number is 3654716 however to assist residents on a more localized basis acting mayor gordon ratcliff of whitchurchstouffville said information booths possibly located in portable trailers would be set up in individual municipalities luiw0 dont be alarmed air canada has no 747 flights scheduled out of pickering township just yet that phase of the project is still seven years away and the photo above is only a mockup version of what folks can expect to see come 1979 unfortunately however farm buildings like those on the allan murray property will have long since passed from the rural scene three hamlets to disappear pickering twp the completion of the new 18000 acre airport in pickering township will see three and possibly four hamlet com munities removed from the area map a certainty to go is atha identified only through the community centre and once the schoolhouse serving that sec- tion its location on cone 8 pickering is in the heart of the airstrip plan also directly af fected will be altona to the north and mongolia to the west hamlets located on the sterile fringe are green river brougham claremont glasgow lincolnville and dicksons hill dont panic realtor stouffville the emotion buildup over the airport plan that in some areas has reached fever pitch has been described as asinine by stouffville realtor gerry meharg mr meharg points out that from the hub of the airport site to the centre of stouffville is a distance of five miles he notes the tremendous growth that has occurred within the same radius at malton many people are becoming emotional over this thing un duly so in my opinion said mr meharg after all he pointed out no planes will be flying for eight years if then metro line to stay at steees york region the north boundary of metropolitan toronto will not move rather it will remain at steeles avenue the announcement was made in the house march 2 following persistent questioning by mpp bill hodgson york north mr hodgsons query as recorded follows mr speaker i would like to ask the minister with regard to his announcement the airport site that since he has pretty well clarified where the eastern boundary of metro is going to go is he in a position to clarify the northern boundaries between metro and the region of york hon darcy mckeough i am pleased to clarify that it is the decision of the government that the northern boundary of metro will remain at steeles avenue the decision will remove the concern held by many municipal government officials that metro might come as far north as hwy 7 or even the stouffville gor- mley road warding pri vat k property g trespassers will be prosecuted im historic family farms in path of progress ki iil iii 1 no trespassing signs are common in pickering but their intent was to keep cut intruders on foot rather than in flight to some one is no more welcome than the other pickering twp history that is more easily measured in generations than in years will bow to the bulldozers blade when construction work begins on the new 18000 international airport in pickering township one such property the gostick family farm on cone 7 dates back to 1832 when first settled on crown land by rev thomas gostick sons to follow included thomas jr fred and russell the hugh miller farm cone 7 east of the brock road has been maintained through five generations dating back to william miller 1839 john miller followed then john jr the present owner hugh miller and his sons john and james the property contains just over 200 acres the grenfell wilson farm goes back 130 years to william thomas wilson there are 100 acres there and a third generation including kenneth ivan george and alma as far as we can figure out were half way down runway no 2 said one member of the family airport a disaster delegation spokesman pickering twp its a national disaster its a prime example of the inadequacies of our present government to take up thousands of acres of good land to take away its history i think the people who made this choice are a monument to the stupidity of our governments these were the brief but ex plosive words of jim anderson speaking on behalf of a huge delegation of people who vehemently protested the location of an airport in pickering township at a council meeting monday councillors had just returned from a conference with federal and provincial authorities dissatisfied with the answers they unanimously passed a resolution opposing the location of the airport in pickering township and opposing the method of implementing such a project reeve john williams declared that the whole plan was a shambles from beginning to end there had been no real planning for this facility he said council had pointed out to the government heads that its zoning did not permit an airport in the rural area the committee of adjustment had just recently refused an application for a flying field for light planes yet said the reeve here was the federal government designating a site for jumbo jets councillors learned at their conference that the government would like to have the property acquisitions in the airport area done in two or three months but admitted that the target date would probably be two years provincial controls have been placed on the lands to the east of the airport site north in ux bridge west in markham and stouffville and in scott township what it amounts to said mr williams is sterilization claremont is not proposed to be expropriated and is not subject to these controls flight paths would be over whitby ajax the north portion of the town of whitby take off to the northeast over markham stouffville and uxbridge and the northwest part of the town of whitby the site of the airport should be north or east of the one that was selected contended deputy reeve george ashe and authorities were creating the same problem as at malton cost he said was the reason for the selection and even jiough the acquisition of land wcild be more expensive the sencing costs transportation and roads would offset it councillor john anderson who is in the expropriation area spoke of the rural atmosphere the properties are beautiful he said amid hearty applause and i go on record as supporting the motion councillor mrs jean mc- pherson said she would whole heartedly support the resolution to protest when councillor don kitchen asked the deputy minister if the airport could be relocated the answer was no its going to be very difficult for you to change that said kitchen both governments are very strong in their feeling that the airport will go here this township was not asked its opinion our voices tonight will receive the same con sideration the spang family farm of 115 acres on cone 9 dates back to anthony spang then john oscar and the present owner harvey spang a former township councillor the dunkeld farm history is unique going back to 1888 and five generations four generations of which still reside there the original was thomas dunkeld then william now murray and donald and donalds family dougie bernice and steven mrs thomas dunkeld will be 95 next month the property contains 188 acres the tran family farm dates back through four generations george david joe and his sons bob jim and bill both the tran and dunkeld properties are on cone 8 almost in the heart of the airport site farmers meet atha an important meeting of the pickering twp federation of agriculture will be held tuesday march 14 in the community centre at atha while the proposed airport plan is not listed as a topic for discussion it will undoubtedly rank high on the agenda the guest speaker is william newman mpp ontario- south an official of the ontario federation will also address the gathering 7400 damage almira damage has been estimated at 7400 in a fire sunday at the home of mr and mrs reginald stanley 19th avenue markham east of cone 6 chief myri smith believes the blaze started in a car parked in the groundlevel garage brigade units from both markham and stouffville at tended the scene the family that includes three children suffered no in jury