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HEE Aurora King AURORA NEWMARKET KESWICK ONTARIO DECEMBER 667 resignations submitted by York secondary teachers students plotted ways to keep the York County Board of Education Friday climaxes months of what were at the best strained and at the worst bitter negotiations bet- Jim Bethune chief negotiator for the teachers since the OSSTF office was called into the talks last month and Cliff Morris provincial field secretary for the arrived at the boards Church St Administrative of After a brief wait they were led to an office occupied by board superintendent of operations John Kippen who received the resignations in the absence of acting director of education Ron Hall Following a meeting lasting only several minutes the representatives returned to the main lobby of the building where they indicated during a press interview that resignations had been turned into the board They said 800 OSSTF negotiator Jim Bethune right carries teacher resignations into York Comity Board of Education off Friday with field officer Cliff Morris Cole Photo resignations bad been received from a total of 816 inschool members in York but the balance had been screened and returned apparently to protect but said only school board This presumably will during the next regular board meeting Monday unless both sides can come to an agreement when negotiations resume tomorrow night With the threat of mass resignations that would cripple the York County secondary school system in January thus forcing a longer school year four Grade 13 students at Dr GW Williams Secondary School in Aurora have mapped informal plans to educate themselves One of the four Carol Rank emphasized Monday that formal plans have not been established but said that each member of the group would teach a par ticular subject should any or all of the students attend classes despite the teachers absence Miss Rank and Bob Keys would teach French Hanna Wagner would instruct the scoffed at the idea the quartet appears determined to make sure their summer vacation plans arent upset by an ex tended school year While he holds the power to see TEACHERS page 2 Committee named at mass meeting Bathurst citizensfight fourlane plan KING TOWNSHIP Bathurst St residents want improvements on their road but they are unalterably opposed to a plan that would widen Bathurst to four lanes More than King residents most of them Bathurst St landowners the old Public School They also elected a committee of seven to fight the widening project planned by Commissioner Bob Hodgson had planned to attend the meeting but was absent owing Richmond Hill Councillor Gordon a member of York council s engineering committee w s present and fielded a number of questions from concerned residents Councillor said af terwards that he had attended on his own and not as an engineering committee mem ber Councillor told the group the region has immediate plans for the paving of two lanes on Bathurst but the project includes designating a road allowance of 120 ft to commodate four future lanes He said York is only making an allowance for four lanes and had no immediate intention of paving four lanes The comment drew audience charges that he was splitting hairs Most residents felt that two paved lanes would meet their needs but they opposed further widening to provide a St bypass They worried about loss of their present frontages for the regions road allowance and the bulldozed into a fourlane high- Aside from the plans direct effect on their properties several residents wondered at the rationale of constructing another major highway in light of the gasoline shortage In the presence of five major roads why do we need a sixth one especially since the commodity of gas seems to be disappearing asked resident John Kudelka Its not true that more traffic needs more roads he added More roads create traffic Long claims zoning meetings open but colleagues disagree Bill Long all those meetings King Council has been holding on the comprehensive zoning bylaw were not closed after This surprising bit of news was buried deep in a lengthy reply last week to an Era editorial criticizing councils however delay in taking the proposed zoning bylaw to the public I am surprised that your staff has not reported to you wrote Councillor Long let alone you reporting through your newspaper to the citizens of King Those planning meetings were not closed meetings Members of the press are alone in their surprise Adding insult to defeat in pit fight KING TOWNSHIP Garpaley gud sad Gravel kad to King Tewnskle gravel pita 17 at a ratepayers were MM actively trying la nadaay la slap late at age and reiliinle ware still trying to team Genaley legally la expand Ike emails bad keen atari laaa a earlier Alter Ike news Hat He fceea baaed Depwy clerk Mel tela Tae Era kad leMee teas per l ia a kask aw When asked if she con sidered them dosed meetings Mayor Margaret Britnell replied Very definitely It was generally agreed by council they would be closed Councillor Ben Rough an swered similarly adding I tried to get them opened up Councillor Murray Sheardown declared them technically closed although I dont like to use the word closed and went on to explain they werent for public view Councillor Stan Kimisk also declared them doled I un derstood we were making a ourselves he laid Councillor BUI said he believed It wile for council to have the opportunity to acquaint themselves with the text and maps first Monday Councillor Long iB lgjU El UM USUI Large plowed field in aerial photo Is the site Edward St Barn will be tors down but farm house where Aladdin Industries will locate its plant in the Shielded by trees to right of barn will be retained new Aurora industrial park House of Braemore Southern edge of Aladdin property marks boundary Furniture is expected to purchase 15 acres of industrial park Farm to the south is owned by mediately east of Aladdin Park will be serviced via Alliance Balldlng Corp which plans a commercial road dotted line opposite Murray Dr Unking with and industrial development Aladdin lights the way as new industrial park lures its first factory Councillor Rowe said that i 1974 the region plans grading for four future lanes and gravelling of two lanes from Elgin Milts Rd to King In 1975 two lanes will be paved to the King fencing in 1975 grading and gravelling in 1976 again allowing for four future lanes and paving of two lanes in 1977 No studies for Bathurst north of Aurora are being conducted at the present Councillor said King Councillor Ben Rough said northern Bathurst residents who attended a June meeting had been told by Mr Hodgson of very tentative plans for two- lane paving to Hwy 9 in and to Hwy by 1979 At that meeting residents said they opposed the long range plans for four lanes and werent particularly agreeable to two lanes Councillor Rough said The residents appointed a committee and eventually engaged engineering con sultants Ian MacPherson and Associates The firm Is expected to finish a brief within the next two months Mr Sillcox complained of a see page 2 Staff noshow annoys Rough Councillor Ben Rough Issued a Hinging rebuke at York Regiens engineering staff for railing to send a representative to last Thwsdaya meeting on the Bathurst widening protect See story on Page ByJOHNLOTT Era News Editor AURORA With a little help from one of its friends Aurora Council last week pumped he first breath of life into its new industrial park The town has sold the first parcel on the former Jack Wood farm to Aladdin Industries Products of Canada which plans to open a ft manufacturing plant in the fail of 1974 Aladdin bought the parks prime site a 108 acre parcel immediately east of the War Memorial on St South The total purchase price at per acre is The man who played a key role in bringing Aladdin to Aurora is Bert Archibald secretary- treasurer of the companys Canadian branch and himself an Aurora resident At a press conference in the council chambers Friday Mr Archibald said he began AURORA TOP LOCATION I prepared a feasibility study to show that Aurora was the best location of any area within the Golden Horseshoe from the Niagara also manufactures kerosene heaters and a wide variety of vacuum containers and lunch fits With one prestige industry in the fold council is expected to announce within the next week the sale of a acre parcel to House of Braemore Furniture Ltd will purchase a site immediately east of Aladdin and also expects to start with a ft factory FLEW TO TENNESSEE B Rodger Auroras clerkadministrator flew Nashville with Mr Archibald last week to close the deal with Aladdin Last Thursday one day after he returned the Ontario Municipal Board approved the towns application to borrow million to cover the cost of land and services for the industrial park Meeting in special session late last Thursday night Aurora Council unanimously adopted a bylaw to establish the industrial park It also passed legislation to authorize temporary borrowing so the purchase from Mr Wood could be finalized Aladdin will move to Aurora from its existing plant in Rexdale and expects to hire between and 35 local employees at the start Mr Archibald said The company hopes to begin conduction next spring with subsequent ex pansions likely Mayor Evelyn she believes the land and services for the industrial park can be paid for without taking a cent from the tax payers reflected in the sale of the land the mayor said Friday With the kind of interest were getting in Aurora we dont expect this the sale of all industrial parcels to take more than five years and probably not as long as five years It is expected that revenue from the sale to Aladdin and Braemore alone will total about Auroras agreement with all industrial concerns in the park will give the town ar chitectural control over all buildings for years This provision covers both original buildings and expansions If the company does not construct its building within two years after the agreement is signed the town has the option to repurchase the land at the original price The town also has an option to repurchase excess land if a company finds it has bought more property than it needs Aurora would buy back the land at the purchase price plus taxes and eight per cent simple interest Purpose of these provisions is to stop speculation Mr Rodger said If we wanted to sell that form for speculation we probably could have sold it four limes over already Mr Rodger said Aladdin now has a sq ft plant in and rents another sq ft building hut it believes the Aurora site will be sufficient for an indefinite period Mr Archibald said 1 hope we dont outgrow it he said see ALADDIN page Rayel development approved AURORA A proposal for townhouses and two seven- storey apartment buildings on Wellington St West won ap proval in principle from Aurora Council on Monday night Construction recently obtained a court order forcing the town to allow development requirements council had refused building permits because it didnt favor the proposal and because of a lack of sewage capacity The court told council it must Issue building permits when sewage capacity is available An expansion of the treatment plant has received preliminary approval from the province and is expected to get under way next spring- After a long battle with Rayel council and the developer finally got together to work out a mutually satisfactory proposal Council recently toured a series of developments in the Metro committee Davis The site lies at the Evelyn Buck said council had been very impressed with the in the newest plan although it had not seen on its tour the stacked twostorey units which comprise part of the proposal submitted Monday by Howard Raphael Weve come to a meeting of the minds I hope said Mr Raphael Council seemed to agree It supportedMr Raphaels request for approval in principle and authorized him to prepare a detailed site plan for further consideration Builder proposes enclosed mall theatre AURORA A proposal to build an enclosed mall with a department store and a submitted to Aurora resolution by council officially declaring the meetings closed Deputy Clerk Met Lyons agreed that there is nothing in theatres Council on Monday night and Mayor Evelyn Buck thinks it could mark the beginning of a flood We could be getting several proposals for four or five hopping malls in the next several weeks the mayor said as council referred the dan received Monday to its planning She argued that council should obtain from York Region planners data on the amount of commercial footage the town can support before making a decision on shopping see that its quite possible that a municipality can be overbuilt with commercial space she said warning that proposed the shopping mall and 58 townhouses for a recently- levelled site immediately north The plan includes a ft department store and a motion picture theatre Mr Anthony said he had consulted several theatre chains but had no commitment to date The fourbedroom would be in the price range Mr Anthony told council He said the com it- mercial and residential portions of the development would be constructed simultaneously Council expressed several reservations notably with regard to proposed gas pumps arid the potential traffic strain on Old St at the rear of the property Councillors Pete Miller and Norm Stewart both said they favored the concept Mr Anthonys firm Anthony and Sons Construction Ltd located in Etobicoke