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Stouffville Free Press (Stouffville Ontario: Stouffville Free Press Inc.), 1 Jun 2008, p. 9

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Terry's team, The Neptunes, got its moniker by combining the first syllable of his last name with 'tunes' to indicate his passion for playing music with his band. His determination is awe-inspiring: the two-day ride will take cyclists from Not only is he spearheading the Canadian Cancer Society's Relay For life on June 13 at Willowgrove, but Stouffville dynamo Terry Neprily is also participating in The Princess Margaret Hospital’s Ride to Conquer Cancer on June 20 to 22. You don’t have to be very obeervant to note that dreamy, parochial Stouflville in growing lake wildfire. lt alts at the developmental voxtex of the Regional Municipality of Yotlt, desctibed by some demognphen as the second fastest- ' ateaofthe world. ut despite the doom and gloom in America Stouflvillo occasioned the woman ‘w housln a teal "‘0‘ "‘l estate st, I! all many did seem: to have stopped about 50 miles south of hete at that magic line down the middle of Lake Ontario. U here, tn the land of the last Ca tan gram elevator, the place is just hummm' along. One month ago, this column enumerated lust a few of the known How many and who pays? And what is this manna from One month ago. thrs column enumerated just a few of the prnzjects, publrc works and bulldmg a cultural initiatives whrch are marching into town thh all those new residents, to accommodate all the wants, needs and Infrastructural requirements of all those residents. But be careful. It has an exponential Stouffville, like the old woman who lived in a shoe, risks havmg so many children it won't know what to do. Except that it cannot do nothing. With construction costs up from $167 per square foot in 2003 to $250 per square foot in 2008, a widening of Main Street has begun along with an $18 million doubleâ€" pad arena cheek-by-jowl with a $6 million fire hall desrgned to serve 40,000 residents, a new Rona store, a new rail terminal at the corner of Tenth and Bethesda, a radio station, an arts facility and cultural 'hub', Nineteen on the Park, a new public works centre, and fancy additions to Parkview Retirement Villa e. We have new developments al over the place, with jolly little parkettes and moms and pops with kiddies and cars and appetites for groceries, sports, culture, participation, safety and the Canadian, Stouffvillian dream. 'multiplier’ effect â€" add' sennces, it draws more people; add more people gpd fit dygws 3"”‘995- Pedalling For Cancer Fm Press By Newman Wall» Catch-22 Stouflvillo, lit. the old woman who livod in a IhOO. risk: having so many children it won't know who! to do, enuepreneuml heaven celled development charges? Does a! ray tee for evemhmg? I: then teeny a lunch? Development chance are a cmcnl levenue source (oz fundmg the cou of new community cenltee. van! mfmxmclun, road: and budget. mum end hbunee. Thea charge: an collected bum ike m old many on 1hr {IMM' winch I: rarely It's a Catchâ€"22 â€" a situation from which there is no escape because it involves mutually c o n f l i c t i n g or dependent the anttctpated gtowut With"! the town to: a nod described a the '2004 bu t'. protected to be com lete at the end of 202! By 2 , ucordmg to the study, the 2004 popuhtton of 24,000 (at “BB testdentul umts) would have inflated to 54.000 m 18,712 umu This exhaustive study has been approved in pnncrple by COUI'ICII,‘ but some of It: data tend to short- sell the mayor's own published extrapolation of continuous growth at the rate of seven percent until ‘buildout'. At that rate the town would be lurching past 75,000 and, employing the rough (minimal) divisor of three souls per residence. it would probably râ€"â€"â€"- or dependent conditions. In Whitchurch- Stouffville, it refers to the year after 'buildout". How come? lf growth does not pay for Itself through development charges, the cost falls to propert tax bills. A reportreleasedinMay theBuilding Industry and Land Development something more like 25,000 dwall‘mg places: 7 I ' Accord: u the 2002 D e v e o p m e In Charge: Update Study menu) subaumd to counnl by the datum of finance/unsure: and arpvovcd the calm 2004 Dev: opmenl a ‘ described a l', progected la n the end of 2021 ardmg to the study, dawn of 24.000 (1:: fulfill "MIC“!!! Terry’s team has 13 members and has raised more than 531,000 so far with a total goal of $37,000. His team mates are Thomas Beckering, Alex and Cam Burrows, Blair Champion, Ron Kirby, Bonnie Neprily, Brett Philp, Roman Shalatski, Jack and Justine Thompson, and Brandon and Pat Wlld. Toronto to Niagara Falls, on a course that will total more than 200 kilometres. Donations can be made online at www.conquercancer.ca If growth does not pay for itself through development charges, the cost falls to property tax bills. plum: Newman '5 I umu I been ounal‘ » abort Auocutton (BILD) demonstrates that the Town of Whttchurch~ Stouffvtlle has a development chuge anangement which add: $32,602 in development chu to the cost of a new angle“ y home when I! u butlt, the etghth ht est tn the CTA. The“ (huge: ”9,866 to the cost at apartment: wtth two Durham sanitary sewer project, The developers of these units are the ones who are paying the freight for much of the emer ent cityscape you see rising out o agrarian old Stouffville. or more bedroom According to the development community, while the CTA housing make: a ID are development charges, wine rose on average 0! 75 1 percent (or all housing types since the sun of the 21;! century. This puts home ownership out 0! Inch Io: man and severe! 11mm chow: fox 0 n. In the c u u umustwuble. acts nuns! munmpwttu fund 100 put: new facilities through dwelt change to the bulmu that < and unwed In (any addition. SIouffvdL mumapal In rnlruln it is unsustainable. acts .- atnst the corporate strategies 0 the town. hobblee planning. hum the economy and puts an unfair burden on new homebuyers. Before 1997, municipalities were permitted to fund 100 percent of the cost of new facilities and Infrastructure through development charges. A change to the Act restricted the facilities that could be supported and insisted that the property tax carry at least 10 percent. In addition, municipalities such as Stouffvrlle have adopted the average. municipality-Wide cost approach to calculating develogment charges when it is Widely un erstood that a marginal, areaapecrftc, negotiated approach has proven superior from an Infrastructure. planning and land-use efficiency perspective. Anyway, they have been out there srnce 2004 when council directed staff to meet with the Stouffville developers group emanating from the Town's Fiscal it does or itself relopment Impact Study , cost falls which foresaw at ‘ tax bills. least 5,333 new units coming this way due to the completion of the Ninth Line York Or are they? and merely Bereaved Families Butterfly Release at Bruce '5 mm The 2008 Bereaved Families of Ontario - York Region butterfly release rakes place a! Bruce's M111 Conservation Area on July 5 at 10 a.m. Pot a ptepnid donation of $35, which must be received by June 6, you can patttcipate in thu moving event in memory of a special loved one. The ptogtam includes live mum. inspiration! readings and the announcement of all the names of those bang honoured, below the buttetflm ate minted in an unforgetuble duplay of colon! and beauty. A limited numbet butterflies, at a cost OAK RIDGE TERRA INC. Excavatir' Iard‘ Supplies 0 Spend 8“ “Is 059 N 0 [Well 0 m 0 SIM I Gravel 0 mm 0 Firewood Screenings DELIVERY AVAILABLE 14547 . 48. Stouflville 905- 2-1441 on the day of the event. All proceeds will go to the Bereaved Families of Ymk Region and St. Muk's Parish. Markham. $50 each, will be available For information call 905898-6265 or email bloyl_mfo@b¢llnct.ca. Jun. 2008 0 9

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