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a2 tribune april 27 1938 stouffville legion hosts vets from sunnybrook stouffville legion branch 459 and members of uhe legion ladies auxiliary hosted 37 veterans from sunnybrook hospital sunday afternoon the guest list included seven veterans of world war i one of these tom bommer recently marked his 101st birthday jim thomas editors mail the process failed dear editor j this letter is in response to the letters to the editor from two stouffville residents published in the tribune issue of april 20 indications are these indi viduals do not wish to hear about residents problems in the west- field estates subdivision they express the following views ci they are tired of hearing of our difficulties 2 we should look after our own landscaping 3 the town has been sym pathetic indeed we are tired of express ing our difficulties to those who will not listen and hear the exact nature of the difficulties we make two major points 1 supervision of the develop ment and its progress was lack ing as citizens we do not wish this to occur in future develop ments within the municipality 2 because of the lack of super vision we wish assistance in the resolution of the resultant diffi culties why do we have the right to ex pect town action residential and indeed busi ness development is sought by all towns large and small stouffville is no exception what then is the development process l a developer wishes to create a residential development 2 the developer approaches the town with a plan 3 the town and the developer produce a document called a sub division agreement this agree ment outlines the requirements of the subdivision development in terms of building code standards water drainage land elevations municipal services etc 4 the developer provides the town with a letter of credit to ensure that the builder complies with the terms of the subdivision agreement as work progresses to the satisfaction of the town this letter of credit is dimi nished 5 when all is complete the town grants the developer the re- quired occupancy permit and then the developer has the au thority to permit the homebuyer to become a resident in hisher new home 6 the town because the de velopment is complete now assumes responsibility for the de velopment the process as outlined appears simple enough however with the westfield estates development the process failed the town in progressive stages allowed the letter of credit to be diminished this very act indicates the work was done to the satisfaction of the town because of this the town allowed the developer to close the purchase deals with the future re sidents the westfield estates residents find that the properties which they occupy and pay substantial taxes for are not in the condition they should be yet they were approved by the town the essence of the situation is 1 the town failed in its re sponsibility this failure is hardly an act of sympathy 2 the residents of westfield estates want completion and acceptance of the subdivision 3 the town has authority to act it must do so 4 the town has the resources to act the balance of the letter of credit is that resource for these reasons we have been insisting that the town should utilize the remaining let ter of credit to complete this de velopment the issues certainly are not landscaping or strings attached to occupancy of homes it should be clear that the town must complete the subdivision at some point in order to assume the subdivision if we are not part of the municipality why should we pay taxes to the municipality swift resolution of the situation will benefit all parties concerned sincerely joachim joe schmeiss cam fella boulevard stouffville v bus trips planned stouffville the silver jubilee club is sponsoring two bus trips during the month of may the first is to orangeville race way may 15 a buffet lunch will be served the second is to the bayview playhouse to see the popular en glish comedy run for your wife may 25 a buffet lunch is included for reservations or more in formation call marion murphy 6402443 marjoric smith 640- 3604 or sign in at the silver jubilee club main and market streets stouffville phantasma magic show come celebrate with us the second anniversary thurs apr 28 sat apr 30 three long days of magic mystery music centre wide merchandise values see page 27 of the focus section in this paper for details sopercentre mall t 1 am b v kennedy oenison markham super centre