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mm Plaza wants office building town a cleanup NEWMARKET Plans to construct a fourstorey building containing offices and stores at Newmarket Plaza may be the lever the town planning committee has been seeking to pry before the committee seeking approval to build the fourstorey structure in the southeast comer of the plaza next to the Stewart Bean store The committee on which all members of council sit made its approval of the project conditional on the landscaping being Councillor Bob Scott who described Newmarket Plaza as a losing operation said it would be a good idea to fix up the plaza to bring back some of its business Councillor Hall said He old however that the curb facilitates drainage Theres not a good traffic flow or aesthetic throughstreet Mayor Bob said Put a big tree in the centre so someone can crash into it again Councillor Ray Twinney said In the spring of a car hit a tree planted in an island in the plaza Both car and island were demolished Mayor said in imposing the cleanup condition councillors were venting their frustration over their past inability to have the owners landscape the pi its seldom we get the chance to tell act said the mayor To stay in competition the plaza should have landscaping The office building will be constructed of brick concrete and glass with 8600 so ft of retail space on the ground floor and sq ft of office space on the lower floor and upper two floors The applicants did not indicate what stores the commercial space ightr The building will face Parkside Dr and the walkway between Dr and the plaza will be retained Construction will as soon as plans are finalized said the spokesman Plan for new plaza triggers debate on limits cant rent his commercial during the discussion Mayor Bob called for a study of the towns commercial needs so planning committee can ensure that existing stores wont be driven out of business if more are built The quandry arose when the committee considered an ap plication for a commercial development on the southeast corner of St and Davis Dr The builder should be allowed to pay his money and take his see NEW PLAZA page New Grace Church has day care centre ground the mayor said Id like to get churches and other people interested in day care Its a plus for the whole develop Mayor said the regional day care centre in the town has a waiting list of about loo children The church has applied to the provincial government for a licence to run a private day care centre in its lower auditorium The centre will be operated on a five day a week basis with fully paid staff and wilt be open to town residents Planning committee accepted in principal the construction of church subject to site plan approval Mayor said a potential problem which would be part of a draft agreement was the need for a service casement through the church property to subdivision to the east To build big homes in Park Ave Lome area NEWMARKET Occupancy of homes in a subdivision the former J Davis estate at Park Ave near Lome Ave is expected to coincide with expansion of the sewage plant planning Approval of the of the plant which Councillor Ray Twinney said would be and four of the nine acres will be donated to the town as parkland The homes will be built on a culdesac with the entrance to the development at Park Ave and an easement to Lome Ave Lots will average sq ft with an average frontage of specificati Called Davis Estates the homes will be constructed next winter for occupancy in July or August of 1976 Mayor Bob said Ihe Ministry of Housing will approve four to six months 50 lots for Bogarttown NEWMARKET Newmarket will prepare a subdivision agreement permitting the development of estate lots an a Bogarttown property Heritage Estates had been accepted in principle by the ns planning committee last September John Cole a Newmarket optometrist who is one of the developers told the committee last week the subdivision had been altered to conform to the conditions set out by planning spring 1 think it Is a plan we need in the town Councillor Ray said There is nothing like that right now The developer said the proposal satisfied the regions medical officer of health that soil conditions would support a septic system He said a report indicated there was water on the land to support homes without affecting wells in the area To conform to requirements of the Ministry of Housing the development will require a double septic system for each lot with two sets of tile beds of 3000 ft each The mayor said the property will require rezoning However he said it is not in conflict with the towns new official plan Mayor said rural estate residential policy permits Courthouse construction start postponed bigger building needed Queens Park claims facilities on Botsford St which have served as the local justice dispensary for over 25 years appear destined continue indefinitely despite provincial promises for a new building Plans have been delayed to build a new courthouse on the York Manor Farm at and Eagle Sts The project was scheduled to go to tender next month An official with the provincial Attorney Generals office who refused to be quoted by name would not comment Monday when asked whether the project had been shelved When money Is available a new courthouse will be built the official snapped He said there is no Indication when funds would be available However Bill Hodgson design of court facilities for the new separate judicial district of York Region A decision was made late last fall to establish York Region as a separate judicial district with expanded facilities in cluding county and supreme courts Mr Hodgson said The spokesman for the Attorney s office denied Provincial Court Judge Clare Morrison who has been battling for new court facilities judicial district would probably coincide with the construction of new court facilities He said he along with representatives of York Region and the North York Law Association persuaded provincial officials that the new The design provided for a million structure Mr Hodgson said facility to accommodate a separate district would cost million to million for a minimum of courtrooms a sheriffs office and bailiffs It means redesigning the whole building Mr Hodgson said Government Services said the project is back at be preliminary stages He said he could not estimate a date for tenders The government has not its the next lis Anderson said Mr Anderson said the concept of the building had changed slightly and the requirements were enlarged The dimly lighted Botsford St courthouse served as a farmers market town hall dance hall and auditorium before it housed provincial criticized for its stark dungeon like appearance complete with leaky roof and inadequate heating and air conditioning Court proceedings are repeatedly interrupted by noise and room echo throughout the chamber After a series of Era stories the court last spring I week in response Government Services ministry request town council directed its property chairman Tom Taylor to report on the need for roof repairs A roofing firm was at work last week in the building The provincial government last fall announced new facilities would be constructed this spring on a acre site on Ihe York Manor Farm The establishment of a separate judicial district for the THE ERA Since VOL NO NEWMARKET8H NEWMARKET AURORA KESWICK ONTARIO JAN Forced to resign excop claims claimed Monday that he w forced to resign Jan It after Chief Bruce Crawford Sircar tried to lay a bogus drug trafficking charge against him Glenn 26 of Bolton said the chief forced his by intimating that The exconstable quoted iff Crawford ih having said You nd up in the Don in an hour and you know what Asked by The Era yesterday whether he made that statement Chief Crawford said Absolutely not CHRISTIAN BAPTIST MINISTER ORDAINED The minister of the Christian Baptist Church Alan Roxburgh Rev Alan Roxburgh in an ordination ceremony performed the church Thursday Above visiting minister a church elders gather around the young r for him during he Portable school for Quaker Hill in RICHMOND HILL Separate school students in the Quaker Hill subdivision could have their own school sometime this year York Region Roman Catholic Separate School Board owns 55 acres of land on William Roe Blvd adjacent 1 business administrator Percy school The board business ad ministrator stressed that no firm action has been taken on development of the Quaker Hill site but said once board and Ontario Mm of approval is given the school two unoccupied Newmarket properties owned by the separate school board Snowarama is still set for Feb 2 We may possibly put a relocatable school there this year he said A sixroom relocatable school consisting of portable classrooms fully connected to office and washroom facilities the for Timmy is still set to go Feb The way things look right now its green light said We wont know for sure until 12 noon Saturday after we have made the advance run But right now theres enough ice on the and the lake especially on Speculation has been run high among snowmobllers that the massive rally might have to be postponed due to the retarded freezing process When a car plunged through the ice of Virginia Beach last week concern increased among thinking of taking part in the rally My phone has been ringing off the hook claimed Million spokesman tor the snowmobile club As far as I know its go I heard someone had driven the route and that its safe but I know some people are very concerned Last week organizer of the mammoth rally Sue said the rally would be post poned only in the event thai the lake I ad no sufficiently frozen but that in all likelihood it would take place as planned This years rally is expected to exceed last years which earned for charity Mr Percivals lawyer has threatened police with a lawsuit and result my attitude has to be that anything I say I will say in court Chief Crawford Mr said he was arrested at his apartment in front of three witnesses on Jan and taken to police headquarters in Newmarket where he was questioned for several hours by the chief Deputy Chief Wallace and Inspector Donald Hillock During the interrogation his superiors suggested that publicity resulting from a trafficking charge might damage the health of his father who suffers from a heart condition Mr said in He said he had refused three times to sign his resignation but on hearing that statement he gave in because I was scared Mr said the chief gave him two choices to quit the assurance that the story would reach the newspapers or be suspended from the force see CHIEF DENIES page COUNCILLORS FEAR SERVICES DUPLICATED Order study before vote on family centre funds comprehensive study which may determine whether the regions four family life centres get the money they need to stay in operation after March 31 Thursday after council received a 1 name petition supporting he centres and heard a spokesman for an inter- church delegation say it would The centres in Newmarket counselling and family life education programs While they have received various forms of government funding hey are not directly affiliated with any regional department Several regional councillors suspect the centres are duplicating services already provided by various agencies of Yorks social services depart Four councillors spoke out vigorously in favor of aid to the centres Thursday but ob viously councils silent majority will determine whether the region provides funding The interchurch delegation asked council to supply 100000 about 70 per cent of the total the four centres Chief Administrative Of ficer Jack one of the staff heads charged with preparing the study said in an interview Friday that the report ill likely deal with the matter of duplication of services The motion passed by council calls for a report on the financial implications of regional funding for the centres Mr said he was un certain at his time what terms of reference would evolve but it could take us into the field of what other counselling services budget for are provided in the region Mr Social Services Slingerland and Treasurer John will prepare the report It will go to councils health and social services committee Feb will be sent to regional council with recommendations on Feb About citizen supporters of the centres jammed the gallery Thursday as Rev Robert of Oak Ridges presented the petition and brief to council Rev said it was the first time the regions churches had presented a united plea to regional council Wc do not have a regional ecumenical structure he said We dont come together regularly and we dont come to you unless we fee deeply Mayor George Burrows a family physi cian led council support of the delegation and FAMILY page 1