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York Ontario head for collision over housing AT SPECIAL MEETING TOMORROW Planning committee to focus on Mil liken project minister is prejudicing Councillor the position of both project would proceed Involving officials from the affected municipalities Im a very very strong believer in communication Mr Shelley said In a telephone Interview from his Newmarket office Friday Im keeping every mayor posted about our activities I agree our biggest last weeks regional planning meeting After tracking down major housing project In local planning policies can be Ignored And some regional officials are obviously worried that the province may be trying to steamroller York planning policies at a time when Queens Park is supposedly delegating greater planning powers to the regional committee will hold with proposals and developers he said the Ontario Housing Action Program particularly 250 tremendous impact upon Vaughan develop Neither proposal had been approved even on preliminary basis by But as far as Mr Shelley Is con cerned is not a power play The name of the game was and it still is that this is a fourparty agreement he said Should the municipality refuse to sign that agreement it is null and void In other words the province developer region and local municipality all must agree to permit proposal for Committee members were alarmed last week to learn that Ontario Housing Minister Donald Irvine had signed a preliminary agreement with the developers of the proposed Milliken Mills Community Although the minister agreements Mr Shelley said the Milliken Mills agreement applications for replied that he Housing Coordinn for the York district before tomorrow Housing Coordinalor meeting Irvine letter hi agreement to enter I the Job is redundant because the coordination comes after the fact housing units and Sflid councillor But the Big Brother Impression remains that the province wants to push housing on municipalities regardless of local priorities Mr Shelley insists that the buck stops at the local council accommodate people Later the region also learned that Queens Park has approved the Beaufort Hills subdivision a southwest comer parcel at and the Sideroad lots on Yorks watershed the Oak Moraine Important conditions were Aurora provides a case in point has received two applications for housing action applications for housing action projects from Markham Council But the minister left Homes Both proposals have little doubt that hed like to see the been given high priority by Aurora development realized under In the case of Beaufort Hill ministerial approval was conditional from local and councils the proposed subdivisions are In Beaufort Hills not an project would produce a population of about persons but planning Since keeping municipalities in the dark Important decisions had been made The Mills decision only seemed to substantiate that un to his letter Mr Irvine said the Mill i it in proposal and that resulting develop ment will fully reflect the planning priorities of the Region and the Town The committee probably would being rejected obviously Is lot of homes In a short t that it is the municipality which has the final say on whether a housing project will proceed local responsibility I the I the skeptics other Is the impression that local and regional politicians are being kept in the dark Mr Shelley is trying to da something shout the second problem He believes municipal supersede it but Queens Family Law workshop draws crowd A tended the Family Property Law workshop sponsored by the York North District Womens Institute in Hall Sunday to sea A New Lawrence Centre lllmmann Mary Brown Bob Brian Hill and during the holidays The Friendship Club of and Sharon met Thursday for a of games and luncheon In the United Church hall Mortgages get quick action That addition to your home or cottage it done now so it will be ready in the Spring Morrow the money you need from Victoria and Grey the old established company that lias been custom building mortgages for people like you since Stan your Winter work today at Victoria and Grey VICTORIA in Main St market aw si CK Wtavar Accountant thai negotiations had Councillor Bob Adams Councillor Adams said the Mills proposal would affect a total watershed 1200 Fifth and including the old Ferguson Farms B Sailors Telephone Main St S Newmarket SERVING NEWMARKET AURORA SURROUNDING AREA Cntm amines fabricated tot the public Ik lines iMttiiils available Mday irflnuMwul as It lit Oct ye en tat or dentures hi No la yeas AT EVES The Celebration Continues OFF EVERYTING IN STOCK IN BOTH STORES LADIES WEAR S sportswear provincial grant and lower income brackets get a chance to buy homes they other wise could no Ten per cent of the homes In an subdivision must be made available to families making less per year The next pel tent are allotted to families in the to income range As a rule of thumb Mr Shelley said the home price would be about 2i families making or less It would get for each home in the next per cent and per- lotfor the rest of the homes in an OH development These capital unit grants would be separate from the municipal lot levy collected from the developer In the overview two factors worry York officials One is the aftertaste of regional councils meeting last April with former Housing Minister Sidney who said could result in temporary lowering of en vironmental and building standards in MAIN ST SOUTH DOWNTOWN NEWMARKET lo discuss Twice he has been scheduled to attend and twice he has sent lastminute apologies His office the region last week that he Dress Shirts Dress Slacks Grouping of Ties Sweaters 25 off Dress Slacks 50 off Wear Suedes Leathers 3 0ff GENTLEMENS APPAREL ST AUIiOitA TIT Bat PANT PIT ST AURORA