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r- jv7v vol 88 no 44 whitchurch stouffville march 25 1976 10 cents 20 pages board split on aib ruling events yorkcty asanti- inflation board staff review a salary increase exception granted the york county board of educations senior and supervisory staff trustees remain divided on events leading up to the salaryin crease v the rift remains despite a special 45minute board meeting monday night during the session trustees approved release of closed committee meeting minutes leading up to an oct 14 meeting during which trustees salaries in principle were subject to aib approval minutes and backup material released as a result of the motion show v a committee was formed on aug 18 1975 to investigate discuss and make a- recom- emendation concerning salary levels- on oct- 14 committee chairman john raniowski told a closed board session bis group was dealing with ranges and setting up a scale in salary talks with senior staff the committee was split on oct 14 on an interim proposal for supervisory staff on a recorded vote the board approved an interim increase of 10 per cent of 2400 and approved that means be explored immediately whereby the balance can be paid within the spirit v of thv federal guidelines r as included in the same motion the balance wouldin- clude 1619 per cent increases for supervisory staff and 165 per cent for senior staff and mr raniowski and education director sam chapman filed affidavits dated dec 19 swearing two staff groups had accepted on oct 8 an offer mr i raniowski had made as committee chairman i in a telegram to mr chapman dec 6 the anti- inflation board stated that exemption from the aib program would be recognized if a sworn affidavit or evidence shows that an oral large crowds enjoy syrup festival wes brillinger chairman of the whitchurch stouf fville museum board shows theold fashioned way to tap a maple tree for sap he uses a wooden augur and bucket if was part of the maple syrup and pancake festival held at the museum over the weekend and continues next weekend pancakes and coffee was served for 1 to visitors at right mrs dorothy yakes flips pan cakes about 180 people turned up saturday and another 180 sunday for the event a large increase over last year this coming weekend the pancakes will be topped with syrup made from the sap of the trees on the museum property the event goes on from noon to 5 pm march 27 and 28 the museum is located on the vivian rd just west of woodbine ave- ted wilcox i agreement was reached prior to ctu41975sil thfe aib later made its decision granting the exemption on that basis- following letters from trustees and members of the public the aib asked its staff to conduct a review of the decision s i an information officer forj the aib confirmed last week a review is underway but said the issue has not yet been put on the aib agenda i the board meanwhile will debate the issue further at its f april 12 meeting vboard chairman doug allen said monday that he would receive specific recommendations on the aib dispute at that meeting tracking firm wants re mix plant at west end site stouffville the west end of the former village may soon feature a second concrete plant planning board members are taking a week to consider whether t they will allow don anderson haulage to moveto a new location and operate a cement plant out of the same site the proposed location is a 10 acre lot two parcels west of country ready mix where a carpet outlet currently operates from a commercially zoned building x markham lawyer don hind- son representing the applicant v said the haulage firm needs room to expand and he asked the board for some indication that you would be acceptable to the plan mr hindson explained that there is some urgency as the offer to purchase is un conditional and must be closed by may 1 traffic jam comes with spring day stouffville warmv weathef an auction in the middle of town and the usual the present building would be left zoned commercial ac cording to plans and the rest of the property would be zoned m2 which permits general in dustrial use a truck terminal for an dersons would be built about the centre of the property and a custom concrete plant rising to a height between 45 and 60 feet s would be constructed at the back- of the property i mr hindson said the con crete plant would be screened by the truck terminal the entire lot would be paved to keep dust down all trucks would be stored behind the terminal and he promised there would be con siderable landscaping and screening vs the attorney felthere would be many advantages- to thetowhinthis arrangement owns a substantial part of an- derson mayor gordon ratcliff pointed out that the present ready mix plant has had water- problems and mr hindson replied that he is confident they can negotiate for townwafer mr ratcliff said a study has been initiated todetermine what should bedone with the west end its a very good operation youhave but you still have to i realize its the approach n to v stouffville he warned- councillor june button was critical of the proposal on the grounds the trucks turning r would create traffic congestion but mr hindson maintained that the transports leave in the morning and dont return- until night- we had entirely hoped for nbre dressy type of industry a more c commented councillor eldred testing resultsegativie wants irr 3- testing onename as custom concrete stouffville no pollution of nearby wells has- been detected yet asa result of the highway 48 york sanitation landfill site according to provincial environment ministry tests conducted feb lo however v council is un convinced that the testing conducted byf waste management- branch of the dealing with thewater qualities branch instead council will ask that mer- cury lead and hydrocarbons also be looked for in the testing at a meeting with waste management representatives last month council had been told that testing forthose items would be too costly mr baker said that it was important that the town well be tested along with other sites a small amount otfzi make it appear the testers picked out simple things that make it look like theyre i doing something aconcern of mayor gordon ratcliff was that in- their meeting with ministry officials v we were led to believe there would be a decision soon on whether the site would be restrictedclosed off or what been in a also we had promised a meeting month about the dump site he said the times- gone on froni a month to two months- councillor baker said the fact that no pollution whatever- had been djscqyered yet was a happy note i hope thats the results for all timeheadded- rush- to t stouffville sales- barn produced- a kingsized trafftejam in stoiiffyille h king but mturaay- fj zrfuckffomt passing 0uffoughf have an jssassf town asmeynow dp going toanddbligationftb provide acv the first warm saturdayof the frqm en terminal and v year hundreds of people headed wom result eventuauy in atotal for the sales barn despite f t mnew jobs muddy conditions in the parking h said the area a large number of vendors 0 womd a under the were on hand nnonam ao nnctnm prninipta on market st betzpools was holding an auction to sell off remaining equipment from- its moveto the west end market st was blocked off between main stand spmervihvsty cars were 1 homecoming and going fromvvthe auction throughout theday the worst tie was around 1 pm when extra police were called in to help unsnarl traffic l tested for and that three pther- wells beincluded in the testing v m p va motion also was passed that councilmeet in the future with the water qualities branch of the ministry to determine what testing ought to be done the waste management branch according to councillor merlyn baker is only con- cerned with- getting rid of garbage he argued that council should have been councillor cathy jpice said council shouldnt be an tagonistic that the ministry doesnt do anything she also r wondered how much of a farce are we making f or jl this municipality- s councillor art starr on the other hand opined that the into cbmmodatioritoilocal business men j mrhindson said his client wbuld be quite prepared to pa for a planning report and he was promised an answer in a weer c eurniture taken while ffwrier uvxmv- lcicust hill the total value of furniture taken from a j 1 regional police report swallow rrclocusthill was entered sometime between novemberl975 andmafcht16 1976 v f entry was gained through a basement window items tafiep includedtwo antique dressers acolortelevisionsetfahd sideboard mrsvswallows is not scheduled to return from california until- the end of april stouffville the new library buildingintown will be designed with expansion in mind according to architect for the project eugene janiss dr jariissa toronto ar- chitect appeared before- planning board tuesday night waste management branch and later was endorsed by them could have a conflict of uias the librarys designer terest in conducting the tests earlier he had been approved in that its theif job to get rid of by the library board waste the test results to him r the architect told planning board thats cheaper material v would beused for the back wall of the building with future additions inniind dr janiss also said the working drawings mrould be quite flexible arid could allow for a size anywhere from 7000 to 10000 square feet depending oh t available finances v councillor cathy joice pointed out that council had allocated only 250000 for the project and dr janiss said that support has poimcillors lipfet stouffville some 1 members l of whitchurch- stouffville council took the- opportunity to decry lack of regional- support in the york sanitation dump hearings when k a regional land severance policy statement came up for discussion last week the document policy- interim land severance deals with conditions for obtaining i- t pdnecrasli i markham- a single- y engined aircraft- crashed just after takeoff monday just west of the markham airport- therrcraft piloted by christopher james521of will owdale was taking off from thepmarkhamairfield headed t for buttonville airport iz the engine failed and the iaircraft wentdown in a field at lol 27coric7 was unhurt o i i- v severances in the regions the draft policy specifically cites the environmental dangers in the oak ridges morainearea r councillor cathy joice said half of whitchurchstouffville is in the orm- r i was very discouraged councillor eldred king said i that she felt it would give away jjj au authoriey for land seve- fe moraine can become so ranees counciuor june button niportant when they the said v that council should sffi s tw pressure to have the severance function returned to the local button claimed an expensive municipality mrs there is duplication of paperwork- mayor ratcliff- generally favored the proposal a jv- there are several in- stances- in here i dont agree with but the region is not going to rubberstamp it the mayor said t v years ago according to councillor merlyn baker what is now a critical recharge area they the region said two years ago wasa clay till plain at the environmental hearings into the operation of the york sanitationlandfill site the regions planner was present but did not vigorously support the town in its efforts to close that operation- amount was sufficient for the 7000squarefeet option in answer to a question about building materials to be used for the structure dr janiss said brick to match the church across the street probably would be sdected june button wantedtp know if ithe land being flood plain land wouldadcl to the cost- dr janisif replied that it wouldnt although it might necessitate sbmeextra fill the areas with flopji danger would be used as parking of landscaping i with the building somewhat higher he said the price per square foot for the building dr janiss told the boardwas about 55 by comparison school buildjrigs generally range from 29 to 31 he said j the- first tasks tojbeun- der taken will be soil testings and surveyings on the site t janiss said j smaller frontage for faulkhjer lots under if rr3 stouffville a bylaw has been passed by thej municipality to allow five acre lots on faulkner ave following vlast weeks t v planning board meeting council v told the tribune later passed r the bylaw with the- that the policy as it stands is restriction that no new homes or too restrictive for conditionsrin accessory buildings be allowed i were adamanjly opposed to the i mgner uensity if the situation was further confused because there are ages required zoning lot sizes in the area have been a bone of contention for- some time as taahy residents living on 10 acres wished to divided their land while others whitchurchstouffviue within 150 feet of- existing vtthepolicymentionstheoak homes- i v tya ridges moraine and the sen- tne bylaw also included a mtivityof that formation over clauseiallowingil68 foot front- v t ages instead of the 200 foot front- the opposing neighbors 3 recently suggested that they would- accept a compromise solutionthey said they would agree to five acres lots bufjvith the stipulation that no new houses could be built within 200 feet of existing homesijivr 1 i council felt a distancepf 200 j feet might make it impossible to build any homes on some lots becausealarge portion of the chris knapp of elm rdproves the saying youre nevertppold to jeara ajpponrack made ineevenmg wood working alreadymariy five acre lots in properties would beiinsuitable class at stouffville dfatt- secondary school last thursdaytwas open existence for sitinga home houseat sdss slcjt- u sonbjfnard 3 -4i- j 7 j