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better safe than sorry seems to he the motto of mayor gord ratclif f as he anxiously watches trainer councillor eldred king fasten his life jacket as it turned out he made good use of it the tribune august 31 1s77 u health social briefs wanted newmarket theyre still after your opinion on planning for the health and social needs of york the review com mittee on health and social planning has been meeting over the summer to consider what sort of planning body if iny might be appropriate ix the region briefs from in terested agencies or members of the public are now being received and can be presented or spoken about at the regular meetings sept 6 and 20 following receipt of submissions the com mittee will draft a list of alternatives for such a body and present them in a series of public meetings to be held in both the north and south of the region the committees meetings are open to the public and will begin at 930 am on both dates in september at the health unit 22 prospect street briefs may be ad dressed to alan wells at the health unit to the delight of hundreds of spectators mayor gord ratcliff ended up in the drink at the cne mayors bathtub race a combination of poor seamanship and bad luck proved his undoing councillors fear regional trans it control if -s- newmarket it was the thin edge of the wedge for the regions eventually takeover of municipal transit systems and aurora mayor george timpson didnt like it together with markham councillor ron moran the mayor led a fight last week against recommendations of an engineering staff report that outlined yorks future role in local transit they lost why were the two men supported by rich mond hill councillor louis wainwright so opposed to a report than suggests nothing more for the present than that the region act as coordinator for transit in york r simply put they dont believe it will stop there and theyre afraid for local control of municipal transit they feel that local residents have carried through their taxes the cost of the transit deficits so that local routes could be built and they dont want to see control of the routes pass over to the region the regional transit role study was put together at the request of council in march of 1975 the idea was to identify what role york should play in satisfying present of future transit needs and how it should assume such respon sibilities its major finding was that transit systems need to be better coordinated and its major recommendation is that as the next step in this evolutionary process york assume the role of coordinator among its 10 recommendations pass ed by a 43 vote at committee last week and due to come before council for approval tomorrow were that the region initiate additional transit studies to improve existing service that area municipalities advise the region before making changes in their systems that regional stafl continue conceptual transit planning short and longrange transit network plans that regional stafi assist area municipalites when requested and that regional stafl annually assess transit responsiblities although the reporl points out that it asks only for coordinating authority for york it alsc states that the assumption of a full transit role by the region is seen as an evolutionary process which must begin now with the region assuming effective co ordination type responsiblities in tran sit it was the latter comment that had mayor timpson and councillor moran talking about the thin edge of the wedge youre offering technical advice now so in 1977 its going to be expansion feared continued from page 1 people must be hired on a grant and they must be unemployed people hired through canada man power offices while mayor schiller said that he thought the chief administrator was going to buck this thing till it fades into the woodwork chairman wright argued that all tenants had leases and lawyers to help them sign the forms while social service director alan wells ex plained that the canada works suggestion had been made last month by the committee itself councillor moran con tinued to argue for more qualified personnel development hank will lend cash to entrepeneurs the canadian development bank visited markham recent ly to help out people wanting to start their own business ron lea v i 1 1 representing the bank was at a markham motel last wednesday to discuss just what the bank does for small businessess i we are an in formation service as well as a financial one mr leavitt said if someone has gone to a chartered jbank and been refused a loan concerning a busfness deal then they can come to us as a last iresort he explained there are certain criteria in- volved before the com- pany will give out a loan and they are management earning power ability to repay debt the persons own investment in the business and his security not every one of these have to be met absolutely if you had good management and earning power but are bad on capital in vestment we still might go ahead with the loan depending on how strong you were in the other areas we deal with each case individually mr leavitt commented the company represents basically a last chance for many who want to start their own business but have been turned down for any reason however the bank does charge higher than usual interest rates for their loans partly because they are in a higher risk situation we have to be sure that the business stands a good chance of suc ceeding before we commit ourselves there also has to be a definite financial commitment on the persons part to prove to us he is serious about his business depending on the amount of money involved we sometimes expect a 50 per cent in volvement on the part of the person he said mr leavitt com mented that businesses have been turned down usually because of an unstable market for the business if someone came in wanting to start a fur niture business we would be very reluctant to help them because of the economic situation very few homes are being built so the market for fur niture is tight we would probably offer them some advice to consider other alternatives information is the other big part in the banks function they hold seminars on dif ferent business subjects and they are available one day a month to talk to people with business problems they are also willing to go out to a persons place of business to talk and see the operation besides operating in markham which also covers anyone in whit church stouffville the bank travels to newmarket sutton aurora and surrounding areas the next date in markham is september 14 and anyone is welcome to come down and talk if one wishes to get in direct touch before that date call 16380823 the main office at bathurst and sheppard ave in toronto and while mr oakes suggested that the staff might go for days at a time witnout a call mr wells suggested the service might be com bined with the rent review office in the end the committee sent the report back for suggestions from social service staff about alternate methods of running a bureau and councillors and staff on both sides of the dispute left grumbling in private that the issue is really more than the establishment of a lan dlordtenant bureau that it was one of ex pansion of the regions social service depart ment and whether the branch was attempting to empire build behind the position is the argument that because the region raises its money through property taxes its responsibility lies in the provision of physical services social services should be provided either through private agencies or through the region supporters of the bureau in speaking privately feel that social services are given no more than a token nod with the real aim of the region being a sharp containment of service expansion they argue that york takes a backward ap proach in restricting itself to roads and sewer construction and that the provision of social ser vices the first to be cut in financially hard times becomes more im portant when money is scare and social problems multiply free in 1980 were going to be paying its the thin edge of the wedge said mayor timpson if youre recom mending only an advisory role thats fine but i really think youre going farther councillor moran added both men received criticism from committee chairman ray twinney who accused the two of thinking only locally instead of considering the transit needs of the entire region they defied the charge arguing that municipal autonomy over transit systems was of importance to all areas who says an annuity has to have a fixed premium ask your sun life agent to explain the features of the new flexible premium retirement annuity such as adjustable premiums interest and annuity rate guarantees waiver of premium upon disability and cur rent tax deductions into the bargain heinz daues clu insurance agency lid 9246674 suiufe 4 tuneup time is here now we have the latest in tune up test equipment the allentronic analyser s for the finest in auto tuneups the 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largest selection of carpet in york region markham newmarket borri 2144440 8981800 7280899 imccowon moinst nor just nhwy7 oovis dr borrie plaio town of whitchurchstouffville notice of public meeting wednesday september 7th 1977 at 800 pm in the municipal building 19 civic avenue stouffville a public meeting will be held by the planning committee of the town of whit church stouffville as noted above to discuss the following proposed official plan amendment whereby it is the intent of council to consider proposed amendment no 16 to the official plan of the township of whitchurch now in the whitchurch stouffville planning area which changes the land use designation from rural to estate residential on part of lot 20concession 9 the subject site consisting of approximately ib acres is located about 300 feet east of the 9th concession road and 450 feet south of the aurora road access to the site is obtained from forfardale road i the proposed amendment results from an ap plication which proposes a 9 lot estate residential development you are invited to attend the meeting and to state your support of or objection to the proposed amendment should you be unable to attend written submissions will be received up to the time of the meeting the amending document may be examined at the municipal building 19 civic ave- stouffville during regular business hours t 830 am to 430 p mr cb radio warehouse clearance heres the right ticket 23 channel cbs protected 8v waiver numbers courier classic iii basemobile m1s2iim mow it 3 oo courier spartan 69 channel ssb 17888 mi s1 91 how 330 sue 5888 fanon fanfare e courier redball 23 mfg orig list price now only courier cruiser 23 now only 259 mfg orig ust price 99 88 fanfare 300 ssb mle pellek mobile 40 channel cbs fanon fanfare too 6888 shakespeare antennas fanon convoy u 9388 fanon fanfare sau 14888 the fabulous beltek amfm mpx 40 chan nel in dash htunn ww 28888j super savings on kiddies bike cbs walkietalkies etc 1731 1736 430 4301 2000 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