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18 'THE OSHAWA TIMES, Toosdey, Movember 22, 1966 - Amalgamation Report | Made On Whitby Area BROOKLIN (Staff) -- In a Whitby Ti is and local government structure. The alternative stu- juded amalgama' ge¢ agg gz g 2 ty Bs in the status quo. Tne highlights of the recom- mendations follow: As regards posals conform to them. 'In order to guide the gra- dual and economic extension of services and to meet the re- ments of future popula- growth, the general plan for roads, water supply, sew- age disposal and storm drain- i. as indicated in the engin- eering section of this report should be adopted. , S"The proposed new town should be regarded as a muni- cipality consisting of urban-ru- Yal, semi-urban sections and on the basis of the 1966 popula- tion of 22,748 would thus quali- fy..for an unconditional grant of $4.50 per capita. "The new town would also be- placed in a position to es- tablish urban and rural tax areas similar in principle to the provisions of special legislation now applicable in the new towns of Oakville and Burling- ton," ARGUMENTS The consultants said the fol- are arguments in fav- our of amalgamation: "The Town of Whitby is with- a area of the township and common boundaries with the township on all sides. "The township is interrelat- with the town by geogra- y, topography, watersheds, economy and by urban expan- sion. "The traditional division of ufban and rural life in the area is no more existent. "The town and township form @ Social anf economic unit, with rigid division of political jiitisdictions and taxable re- sources. "Both municipalities are equ- ally affected by development = outside their boundar- h., township is partly with- ta the sphere of influence of the town for urbanization. "The township embraces an afea of 32,105 acres of 50.17 @quare miles compared with the town of 4,281 acres or 6.7 equare miles, Of the total area ef the township about 5,038 acres or 16 per cent are un- derdeveloped and suitable for scale industrial develop- it and complementary resi- tial uses. Of this amount itidustrial use is proposed in the official plan on 3,077 acres and residential uses on 1,916 acfes. "The town can provice the basis for expanded services for the area of urbanization "It is logical then to con- elude that further growth must be regarded as area growth having a beneficial impact on both municipalities. AL GOVERNMENT One municipal jurisdiction prevides the residents of the atéa with simpler and more sily understood municipal re and more practical miethod of planning and imple- meéntaion of proposals. "The proposed area for the new town is sufficiently large tt the real problems can be d alt with by a single respon- sivre body and not jost in a network of inter - municipal arr its, agr its and committees. "By establishing a boundary fer economic servicing, urbani- can be guided, control- led. in proportion to urban de- mands." The consultants said the amal- gamation was also desirable for the following reasons: AGE DISPOSAL wt new sewerage system will be required in the Corbett Creek drainage area to serve the. urban development in the corridor area, east of the pre- sent Town of Whitby limits. ition of and township; annexa- part of the township town; annexation by the of Oshawa of the whole part of the corridor area the township, and no change planning and de- velopment, the consultants re- commended the new municipa- lity should preserve the broad land use pattern suggested in the proposed official plans of the town and township and en- sure that all development pro- 'This system will provide ser- vies to-an area in the town injarea which extensive development is anticipated. "A new sewerage system will raat Creot! Wrstaage,aret. A le a Fogger oo tg pe Samp yo town Ta Lyne Creek, watershed ex: The Li waters ex- tends to the north boun the township and with ama mation, heal pe gg ihe] development which w -- occur within the water- shed boundaries, would be un- der the control of the enlarged municipality, leading to a pro- per approach to the design and development of the sewerage system. "With the overlapping of drainage areas in ine iown and township, integration of the se- in that they would be united werage systems is desirable in that they would be united under an a istration unit. WATER SUPPLY. "The Whitby water purifica- tion plant will be the source of water for the area of anti- cipated urbanization of the town and township south of Taunton Road. The distribution system will be extended into the township, and with amalga- mation, control of the entire waterworks system would be effected by one municipality authority. Although it is *be- yond the scope of the prelimin- ary studies carried out in con- junction with this report, it should be noted that such a system would serve future de- velopment north of 'Taunton Road. "Greater protection of the water source would be avail- able through control of the lo- cation and operation of sewage treatment plants by the enlarged municipality. ROADS "The integration of two roads and street system will achieve more desirable and economic- al road administration, because it will permit: "Planning, programming and engineering for the combined 'ana |System which is difficult to ach- ieve separately for the smaller individual systems. "Strategic location of service yards or depots would be de- termined by economics rather than sauhicioa! boundaries. "Avoidance of uneconomical duplication of road machinery and equipment. Economy through combined purchasing of larger material quantities and contracts. "Combined utilization of bene- ficial facilities now available to only one municipality, such as sewer maintenance facilities. of the present town and the munic- ipally owned gravel deposits in the township. FINANCIAL EFFECT "On the basis of equalized assessment and 1965 revenue and expenditure, utilizing area rates and hydro savings there is a net saving to the township taxpayers by amalgamation and virtually no change to town taxpayers." Regarding the suggestion that part of the township be annexed by the town, said: "The remaining township would remain essentially a rural municipality, without either new urban development and sufficient tax base, or the capability to attain new urban development. For the remain- ing part of the township there would be no other choice than to amalgamate with East Whit- by Township. This, however, is not a realistic alternative, be- cause it would reduce the stan- dard of living of a great portion the consultants c fof the residents in the rural "It also would be difficult to control incompatible develop- ments at the fringe areas. "The annexation of the cor- ridor area by the town would create residential servicing problems for the town, The town, however, would gain al ercial assessment in com- pensation for providing essen- tial services in the annexed area. However, it would obtain sufficient vacant land for new industrial development. "This form of annexation would place the township in a difficult condition in losing its largest tax paying area. In any event this would lead to piece- meal annexation, without solv- ing the area problem. ENGINEERING ASPECTS "It has been assumed that Taunton Road would be_ the north limit of urban develop- ment for the forseeable future. Hence this boundary change would provide some of the benefits associated with amal- gamation. However, this alter- native is not considered as being desirable for the follow- ing reasons: "The area of the township north of Taunton Road, lying for the most part in the Lynde Creek Watershed, would be beyond the control of the munic- ipality and without its control, it would be difficult to make provision in the Lynde Creek sewage system for the develop- ment that will ultimately occur in the upper area. ROADS "In the event of annexation, the road system of the remain- ing township would be r of|potential industrial and com-|' Henry Borden (left), chairman of the board of governors of the University U OF T TAKES of Toronto, hands over offi- cial papers to Veterans' Minister Teillet after the OVER HOSPITAL university took over the 1,500-bed Sunnybrook Vet- erans' Hospital Monday. sultants said. 'As urbanization expands. in the township this 'Common Bon' will become more and more evident, On this basis, their union would appear to be the obvious implementa- tion of a practical reality, since the preservation of the anomaly of separate rural and 'urban municipalities has become com- pletely opsoieie in this rapidly expanding part of the province. "In some respects, remaining 'as is' would present certain 'short term' advantages, pro- vided no additional were provided. However, these advantages would soon dis- appear as servicing and other financial segments became im- minent." The consultants also held that by approximately 26 per cent. The efficient and economical operation of such a system would be extremely difficult not only because of its smaller area but more importantly, due to a disproportionate loss of assessment. "The need for improvement of township roads will, in cer- tain areas, be influenced by traffic generated in urban sec- tions. The reduction in assess- ment would unquestionably re- sult in a very difficult problem of financing otherwise need road improvements, FINANCIAL EFFECT | Annexation of the township | area south of Taunton Road) would result in a 10 per cent! increase in taxes to the tax- payers remaining in the town- ship with no Hydro saving and 14 per cent increase to the tax- he dev tration of services will be ac- complished much less advan- tageously if the boundary re- mains unchanged, They also said there 1s_ sufficient over- lapping with the town to make the division of jurisdiction of independent sewerage systems difficult and inefficient. DUPLICATION FORESEEN "The establishment of a sep- arate water supply and treat- ment plant from that of_ the town of Whitby is not recom- mended because it would create! an uneconomical and unneces- sary duplication and in any| event would probably not be} possible _ because available |shore line sites in Whitby Town- ship would be too close to exist- ing or proposed sewage treat- ment plants. The only alterna- tive would be the purchase of water from Whitby, probably at Payers annexed by the town but with a Hydro saving. Again) there would be no change in the| town tax rates." Answering the suggestion that the corridor area might be an- nexed by Oshawa, the consul- tants felt the present boundary between Oshawa and Whitby Township should be maintained as control of the Corbett Creek Sewerage system is more strongly oriented to Whitby than to Oshawa. The extension of the Oshawa water distribution sys- tem into the corridor from the existing Oshawa plant or a new plant could be less readily ac- d than ext from centrally located the more Whitby plant. The consultants also said an- corridor area would result in a 14 per cent increase in taxes to taxpayers remaining in the township with no Hydro saving. NO BOUNDARY CHANGE "The town and the township are parts of a larger area, in- ly and functionally," the con- INTERIOR DECORATOR PURNITURE ORAPERIES BROADLOOM 15 King Street East CUSTOM MADE DRAPES Phone 725-2686 Gifts Sure To Please Everyone On Your Lisi! 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However, the township will within the next few years be required to provide its own police services at an estimated cost of 7.6 mills on its equalized assessment. "Tt is apparent with the sub- stantial amount of debentures required, in the long run, a larger and broader tax base which the two municipalities together would provide, plus the indications of larger com- mercial and industrial growth potential in the township, with the town restricted within' its present boundaries, amalgama- tion would be a benefit to both municipalities. "If the township now decides to remain as it is the future |possibility of annexation by ad- |joining municipalities of the \larger urban and _ industrial commercial area and the re- sulting loss of important assess-| ment would leave the remain- der of the township in a difficult) IZZA Phone 723-0241 or 728-0192 PI's SE Ne A es Interiors by Windolf 39 Simcoe N. -- 728-3651 Yes, we do RECOVER your Favorite CHESTERFIELD or CHAIR with Expert Care! | k; PLEASE CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATE position which the figures indicate would mean an increase in taxes of some 10 to 40 per cent without any com- pensating hydro saving. The debenture forecasts show the taxpayers remaining would suffer under a high debt to assessment ratio." pabraows the United States to de a emi a Bolly es country. The defendants are Rolf enbier, 36, and Jay Aubrey liott, 32. Copper Plotters Indicted By Jury NEW. 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