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the tribune thursday- june v1ki s v stouffville mr shermans for five months town survey of the town in- piannermax sherman duded three aspects he fried to learn everything told y the tribune pe could about the town people places and pfwhitchurch stotjfl- thingsit jdk- v v v heconducted a study his objective was to of the population struc- draftportionof the towns ture attempted to project official plan- entitled it into the future and he issues goals and ob- also made a total i jeetivesil planning i committee went over and i made revisions to the l paper last week further revisions will be made through input by york region and the public a description ot- the physical environment but the majority of the work went into the third category things he talked to school board studied the history jpdraft up in- identified architecturally si buildings and tried to find out what kind of town people were in- terested in having among other things mr shermans total inventory enables him to know every lot what kind of people are there and what theyd like to see he even can pin- point every tree on those lots be said some work on l the inventory- such as soil testing still remains however mventory- i vmiiable sized estate lots arte considered stouffville a variety of lot sizes from i 20000 square feet up- i ward would be permitted ij in estate residential i developments according to a preliminary draft of the official plan for i whitchurch stouffville j the draft currently is i in the talking stage and is being revised by i planning committee the topography vegetation soil and drainage characteristics the draft was drawn up by max sherman of macro plan ltd for the town having variation in lot sizes would provide flexibility of design according to mr sher man at present estate planwiflgo to the region jsjuggf of york for- revisions re t0 a before it willcfinally be- proximately two acres submitted to the public imentit says be permitted fhllosophv coiiies 111 suited for a the draft lays down a variety of requirements for future estate residential development development it says should not on areas suited for agriculture oi forestry cultivation and should not disturb natural flora fauna watercourses and scenery among areas un- his soours of dic taphone tapes when pulled all together helped him draw upfirst of all what issues people in the town and other concerned parties find important the issue of theen- vironment for example reads like this many sensitive natural en- vironments are drastically affected by all forms of urban and rural development these areas are often in tricately connected with other natural systems their destruction has far- ranging implications the next step is to define the towns goal for the environment the draft said the goal is to use water land and air without polluting them all other gwus should satisfy the requirements of the environmental goal the draft said then objectives more specific still are spelled out using the environment as an example again one ob- jective is to correct all existing polluting and sources of pollution as set down by thpministry of the environment the final step in the progression would be the policieshich are dealt with uttbe body of the official plan mr sherman stressed that the draft so far is talking paper and probably will include many revisions before it is implemented r va i weighing goals tor comment estate residential development in the draft is defined as a semirural subdivision lot sizes ac cording to the draft should be directly related to the sites each the proposed ap proach in the draft would calculate lots on the basis of two persons per acre over the total site area 1m r sherman stressed the preliminary nature of the draft saying that we may burn a lot before its implementation stouffville weighty questions like do we need to preserve agricultural land and what is agricultural landand even do we have any responsibility suitable for estate tor feeding the world residential development all came up at a planning would be those next to hamlets commercial or industrial lands dumps or quarries or to existing strip residential development treeless areas and those liable to flooding would also be ruled out among other places committee meeting last week growth areas not identified stouffville planning committee eliminated a potentially controversial section of a draft of the official plan last week mosquito paradise thats one way of describing the little stream that runs through the heart of stouffville although the pesky insects dont breed in fast water stagnant little backwaters such as the one created by ihis barrel make an ideal habitat according to a ministry of the en vironment official who spoke here last week the section in question under the heading environmental objectives said the town should clearly identify areas or centres suitable for development in order said to reduce the pressures for growth in en vironmentally sensitive areas in discussing a preliminary draft of the official plan for whit- church stouffville the committee found that their philosophy of planning and life came into the picture i a paper titled issues goals and ob jectives prepared by town planner max sherman raised several of these points the residential goal said the proposed draff would be to provide a sufficient variety and r choice of living accommodation and at the same time preserve aeiicultural land planning chairman eldred king reacted by asking whether horse farms for example should be considered agricultural the sole purpose of agricultural land is the production of food not recreation he remember when supermarkets offered oldfashioned personal service well come shop at whenjoda canada grade a eviscerated fry roast or bbq ia2vmapic read1ttoserve 3 bkbss smoked hams 5165g175 b0ftmart2ouncc beef patties 89 pide of canada wieners s 35 m ro tis er not too likely in yofk byannegret lamure stouffville the s provincial govern- tnent is unwilling to fund afiy sort of mosquito control program in york jlegion tq curb the only four deaths in all of ontario last summer and perhaps another 200 serious ill persons he said far more people succumbed in fatal ac cidents he pbinted out moscpeople even if in- i cant order spraying where there is no disease he said i to fulfill that ob jective commented councillor june button would create a lot of speculation i think it would be awful i t the committee decided to change the wording to clearly define policies for development rather than areas or centres suitable ment for develop- mayor gordon rat- diff suggested j that j en terprises such as riding stables might need to be zoned commercial rather than agricultural in the future in theupinion of cathy jpice the issue of preserving farmland has been well overworked added mr king farmers of the u s and canada dont have to provide food for the whole world schneiders country sausage us swifts premium reaor to sow dinner hams j5 sugar p1um rinousssucf d side bacon ji swirrs oh roastinc corned beef sl js3 ifrfm7rok sandwich meat chunks possible danger of en- fectedwill have a very cephalitis according to mild case with flulike jerry- oneill a symptons and no harm- representative of the ful after effects only ministry- of the -en- some people over fifty vironmerit havejhttle resistance to mroneilljalong it decided in tim 4 wab i to treat all public lands in with dr james assistant medical officer m of healthvand mayor fc1zs cordon ratcliff met with fi group of concerned citizens in council chambers last week to discuss encephalitis and inosquito control many residents were asked- but not york region mr oneill explained that it would be im practical to institute a control program in york region for several reasons there are 740 concerned that the 2 square miles of land to disease which is trans- cover and only r percent mittedby the culex mosquito and can cause fatal swelling of the brain could gain a foothold in the region thisu not fooiikely according to dr james kerr he said that culex mosquitos much prefer birds to people for their- blood meal and it is only in areas of dense is publicly owned the cost would be prohibitive and any measures taken are not likely to meet with much success because mosquitoes are highly mobile treat one area and the mosquitoes will move to another he said iwhy not spray all lands public and private alike- was another health done dr could order it kerr disagreed at yp population and few birds aiiker was satthere ismy dangers question- ithe boardof mr oneill was of the same 1 opinion he said that out of over 40 species of mosquitoes- only the culex variety could transmit encephalitis and even this- species could only infect a human being under- special circumstances first the insect would have to bite an infected bird and then a person this is rare becauseusually mosquitoes only take one blood meal jhoweyer his audience was sceptical how many people have to die before 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