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2 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesday, Pebruery 26, 1963 Municipal History Was Made In 1962 By RON DEVANEY City Hall Reporter Oshawa had a BIG year- in\cil's 1962. assessment that crept up over a quarter of a billion dollars; a World Champion figure skater; a solution to the removal of the King street tracks. tion, A 2-year look into Oshawa's| Already, 33 of the recommen dations have been acted upon| A Parks and Property Com- and ratified by council, with a|missioner has been hired; he few more in operation before|will correiate and administer the report was brought in, 1 The report. cited Oshawa cityjations: the Oshawa Recreation major problems:|Committee, Parks Board, Me- lack of co-ordination among|morial Stadium Board, North unsatisfac- Oshawa Community Centre traffic future by means of a re- port which calls for spending over $1,000,000 a year; a plann- ed $1,000,000 auditori-a as a nu. Potten ae a 226-bed, $2,700. : th ing of a . 000 addition at Oshawa 'General Hospital. terms of impact which will bel MAYOR LYMAN GIFFORD dations government civic departments; But the biggest event, in|tory implementation of council decisions; alleged poor admini- mission and Union Cemetery felt through the city over the|stration at the Board of Works next 25° years, was city coun-jyard; too many boards and "approval in principle" the Woods, Gordon report in Oc-/bers on such boa:s and com- 10,000,000-pius budget, an/ tober. Sees ty The management consultan's'|required of aldc~2en, report contained 51 recommen- directed toward wficommissions; too many 'mem- missions; too much detail work A Director of Operations will im-|be hired, He will be responsible proving the civic administra-|for the engineering, board of works and parks and property departments. functions of six former organiz- ard, Children's Arena Com- Board of Governors. The above six organizations had 30 appointed and 10 alder- manic members, Other changes: the Welfare Board has been disbanded and accounts will be handled through the Finance committee of coun- 1, The -Industriat. Commission has been cut to five memi- bers; three from city council, one from the Chamber of Com- merce and the fifth from the Oshawa and District Labor Council. BOARD OF WORKS The Board of Works yard op- eration is now a separate (from the city engineer's department) function, and the superintendent will report directly to the Di- rector of Operations, Woods, Gordon consultants gave two general approaches to a slimmed down and more efficient city. government: 1. reduce spread of responsibility by consolidation of groups re- porting to council; 2. improve methods of delegation of respon- sibility and work. The city's largest (and latest) budget -was brought down March 26, Over $10,000,000 for the first time, the budget de- tailed a tax levy of $8,421,000 with city expenses. demanding $4,987,000 and the school boards taking $3,434,000, Motor city assessment stood at $257,000,000 at the end of last year; some $230,000,000 in as- sessment was taxable. J. P. assessment program, finished in 1961, pushed the civic assess- ment total from $93,000,000 to $223,000,000. Property was ap- praised on 1950 values with land es being computed on cur- rent "values. Don Jackson made the name Oshawa known to the world when he became a World Cham- pion in winning the men's sin- gles figure skating champion ship at Prague, Czechoslovakia on March 15. The King street tracks hear- ing in April before two mem- bers of: the Board of, Transport Commissioners resolved na- thing; however, by airing the entire question and examining possible solutions, the hearing did act as a spur to negotia- tions between the city and the three firms involved, Many meetings between the two sides culminated in an agreement which saw the. city submit a Private Bill to the On- tario Legislature to give the city the right to pay compen- sation to the three firms, With the passing of the Pri- vate Bill in December, it look- ed like an old. political football was, at last, deflated. Last fall, Col. R. S. McLaugh- lin turned the first sod for the $400,000 Simcoe Hall Boy's Club, to be built in Eastview Park. The Club will have a heated swimming pool and a regulation- sized gymnasium, In April, the Oshawa Memor- ial Auditorium executive com- merce; principle" vember. ard RECOMMENDATIONS ere are the major recom- sanantions: . quieren a May Sunday. Nearly 300 per. 1, an expenditure o! ,000, over the next 3 cultural backgrounds sang and senior government subsidies and an increased population to help| monies pay the bill. : 2, A one-way street system in the city's central core. street would be eastbound be- tween Stevenson road and Fare- mittee (of the Citizens' Com- ers. A second project of Insti years, 'units, all with three bedrooms,| 7. Widen Simcoe north, from\ have rental rates geared to in-| Adelaide to Rossland road, to|Li come and the scheme gives|four lanes, Widen Mary street Oshawa a second type of public] and Ritson road in the 'near fu- housing, Halliday Manor, if the] ture", city's east end, is for pension-| 8, Local widening of Park road his|at Gibb, Elmgrove and King kind has been approved~for 'he! streets, No parking on Park Westmount area. A a" " ry . pe ig gerd brought the 'short term" parking spaces in} birth of an automotive museum, backed by the Chamber of Com- the opening of the $2,- 100,000 R. S, McLaughlin Col- gel joan i prie- in the block bounded by Church, ae Ps a Rajan Sy gh which calls for the spending of over Bates" ghd Assoriate' 7a $1,000,000 a year for the next Board of Works chairman, said| years. " it important report" ever _pre- itn ram ~~ ae cis ie sented to council. He predicted 000 (rest paid by Department of Highways), won "approval in from council in No- road south, 9. Provide 500 additional! the downtown area, New park- ing areas as near as possible to the Four Corners. 10. Establishment of an_ off- street loading depot for buses Bond, Prince and King streets. Ald. Walter Branch, the 1962 the traffic report is the 'most "complete chaos in the down- town area" if one-way streets are not implemented. The Second Annual Folk Fes- tival attracted 1200 persons to afternoon and evening shows on formers with many and varied danced. An honor guard was present for the openmg cere- King avenue. The westbound thoroughfare would incorporate Richmond, Bond and. Floyd streets, Simcoe would be northbound from Fairbanks to Brock; southbound route would use Centre and Church Streets. 3. A 2.5 mile limited access route in the Oshawa Creek Val- ley from Wentworth street to Taunton road, 4, Development of all major north-south streets within the Stevenson-Wilson "corridor" to four lanes. 5. Extension of John across the Oshawa Creek Park road. Widen Gibb street and connect it to Olive avenue via Albert and Celina streets 6. Olive and Banting would be- come one-way streets from Rit-} son road to Albert street. Olive would be extended from Wilson road to Townline road south. the street to WALTER BRANCH, Chairman, Finance Committee General Motors of Canadalin their subdivisions. and farther behind e year mited_ entertained 24,300) The recommendations, passed|in the miles of road with per- guests at its three-day Openjon a 10 to 3 recorded vote,;manent paving," said Ald, House in late May. Biggest|will affect taxpayers, subdivid-/Branch. He added that main- one-day total ever recorded last/ers, homeowners and those mo-|tenance costs are bound to rise year -- 7630. torists whe moan about city|as the amount of Dix-Seal that Oshawa's Business Guide was) streets. is laid becomes greater. Published toward the end of] Then Board of Works chair-| Among the recommendations: late May. This was a 105 page|man Walter Branch told coun-|Subdividers will be required to "basic tool of industrial devel-jcil the compulsory paving would|pay costs of constructing as- opment" as Industrial Com-jadd "about $190 to the cost of|/phalt pavement on streets with- missioner Ken Bath described!servicing a lot." in their subdivisions and begin- The book is crammed with] This would apply to a stan-\ning this year "permanent" facts about Oshawa's economicjdard 50-foot lot, on which ser-|Paving will be put down at the ei nem alg pages ateivice costs now average about/#ame dime as curb. and gutter. j ed; they are on file)$1700, The figure varies depend-| In addition, no changes will 'ord may be speedily mailed to ing on the layout of the subdivi-|be made in the city's policy he -- persons. Information|sion, taking into account such|with regard to local improve- includes: city location, gov- things as intersections and ir-|ment charges to property own- - mfertaed education, -- history, |regularly-shaped lots. ' ers for granular base, pave- statistics on utilities, labor] "The city is falling farther'ment and curb and gutter. rates, land planning, building e ROGRLSSING . . . costs and business regulations. WITH OSHAWA Oshawa Flying Club's W. F. BOWDEN & SON Seventh Anaual Fly-In break- LIMITED -- OSHAWA fast set some records last year: 1200 meals served and 342 air- craft in. With so many planes ¢ BUILT-UP ROOFING ¢ SHEET METALWORK ¢ FLAT ROOF REPAIRS nesting on the ground, a show- case of flying machines was No Job Too Small No Job Too Big available to inspect. Old and W. F. BOWDEN & SON new, rare and common, they flew in from a Il parts o f a tri- LIMITED OSHAWA angular area bounded by Wind- sor Mills, Quebec, Sault Ste. Marie and WindSor, Ontario. On July 26 last year, Oshawa) was no longer a city without a ratepdyer's association. The! Lake Vista Ratepayers Associa-| tion was formed in the base-| ment of a south-end church. Robert ,Harper was its first! president, Purpose of the asso- ciation was 'described as two- fold: to improve conditions in the south end; and to obtain a voice in regional affairs. | On Nov. 11, Rev. Alfred Wool-| cock, Legion padre and rector! of St. Mark's Anglican Church, was awarded the Polish Gold Cross of Merit with Swords. As an Imperial Army chaplain, Rev. Woolscock "ministered to the 'spiritual needs of the men) of the Second Polish Corps who! had no padre of their own."| He was recommended for the| decoration by Gen. W. Anders, then Commander-in-chief of the Free Polish Forces. Late May saw council adopt a policy whereby city subdiv- iders will pay for paved roads 54 BURK ST. 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