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whitchurchstouffville public library pageant hopefuls take stage page a8 david street has an eye for quality page cr ummitview kids salute ioneer spirit page a3 strawberry festival i yttj jew 5 main st w stouffvte 6404646 jvol 102 no 26 serving whitchurchstouffville area countrye flyme brealtyltd country property specialist 6405090 john whytall a metroland community newspaper wednesday june 28 1989 3tpages 50 cents public meeting called in housing plan denise mcdonald correspondent whitchurchstouffvilles planning advisory committee has agreed to schedule a public meeting after summer recess to hear any objec tions to a proposed 10lot residential subdivision on kennedy rd according to a report submitted during last tuesday evenings meeting area resident carol mccrone requires both an official plan and zoning amendment to proceed with her bid for the subdivision planned for members of her immediate family mrs mccrone has owned this property for the past 25 years it has always been her intention to develop it into a family subdivision said alcorn associates representative julie ground ms ground pointed out that all 10 lots are expected to be a minimum of two acres or greater with nine to be connected by a cul- desac road with access from kennedy rd however in order to minimize the environmental impact on a creek traversing the property the tenth lot would require its own direct access the ministry of natural resources has confirmed this property as a wetland but ms ground assured members the way the plan has been set up they would anticipate proper zoning through the en vironmentally sensitive area although town planner michael saunders claimed it was his understanding that the adjacent property owner to the west is con sidering making a similar application to develop members indicated concern that the only access to the mccrone subdivision would be through the culdesac i have a whole lot of concerns with the application said ward 1 councillor margot marshall the little extra house is just a severance of two acres with a separate entrance i realize its a sen- stouffville youth shane stapley recovering at the hospital for sick children from burns to 45 per cent of his body had some feline friends drop in last week to wish him all the best the two felines from the toronto production of the hit musical cats dropped in on shane before he underwent a fourhour skingrafting operation to plioiu bruce stapley repair his damaged legs from left are kerri lyn wasyick bom bacurina cat and gino berti corico cat shane is expected to be in isolation at the hospitals burn unit for another three weeks according to dr howard clarke business as usual for ballinger v matt nicholls correspondent the ontario government must forget the patricia starr scandal and continue to work hard for the province says durhamyork mpp bill ballinger mr ballinger says mpps must hot get sidetracked from their agendas in light of the biggest scandal to hit david petersons ontario liberal government since it took power in 1985 were still going to keep our agenda mr ballinger said in an interview from queens park on monday im still out working hard for this riding its business as usual as far as im concerned last month ms starr resigned from her position as head ofthe toronto section of the national council of jewish women because of allegations she distributed more than 80000 of group funds to provincial and federal politicians j gordon ashworth premier petersons executive director and key insider also resigned last week after admitting ms starr had arranged for a free refrigerator and his house to be painted through tridel corp tridel corp constructed a l0milion housing project in north york for the charitable organization ms starr headed the provincial opposition par lies have also charged that mr ashworth is responsible for recommending ms starr for the posting at ontario place the scandal dubbed patty- gate by some media sources has prompted premier peterson to call a judicial inquiry to sort out exactly what- has happened and its a move mr ballinger and other liberal mpps at queens park wholeheartedly support r were other mpps at queens park very pleased that premier peterson has taken steps to get to the bottom of this mr ballinger said but the opposition parties have denounced the premiers call for a judicial inquiry saying it will fail to clear the situation for the liberals the oppositions job is to op pose mr ballinger said he added that the longterm ef fects of the scandal will not be known for sometime well know soon enough when all the cards are onthe table so the constituents can judge for themselves he said late night crash a york regional police officer surveys the damage to a car after it crashed on stouffville rd near bruces mill conservation area on sunday night police said no one was injured in the pxwooruce stamey accident a 26yearold wlllowdale man is charged with impaired driving in connection vith trie crash sitive area but i dont think its the best planning and by having a culdesac with only one entrance in and out if there ever was a fire or accident there would be a big problem ms ground added the idea of installing a median at the entrance prior to scheduling a public meeting it was recommended the town confirm with the ministry of agriculture and food that there are no agricultural codes of practice infractions associated with the proposed development as well officials will investigate whether a traffic noise report will be required along that section of kennedy rd and whether a second individual lot access will be available for the proposed tenth lot this application was submitted six months ago said mr saunders theyve met all the policies and followed all standard procedures if we have the public meeting any concerns about the appropriateness of this development will come out there fire guts main street apartment matt nicholls correspondent just last week stouffville residents rob and kris kerfoot had a cosy secondfloor apartment above the savex drug mart on main st today they have virtually nothing a sunday evening fire ripped through their secondfloor apartment causing extensive damage and leaving the young couple without a home the couple just saw smoke coming from under the door when they returned from a walk to bjs variety at about 10 pm rob ker foot 21 said in an interview from his brotherinlaws house in goodwood they opened the door and high flames were shooting up everywhere he said i called 911 but i forgot stouffville isnt hooked up yet the operator put me through to the fire station york region is in the process of implementing a 911 emergency ser vice but it has not yet been finalized he knocked on the doors of the other two apartments above the drug mart to warn the other tennants of the fire mr kerfoot said a man and his boy were in one apartment but they got out okay he said stouffville firefighters arrived on the scene almost immediately and they were very helpful mr kerfoot said they explain everything to you he said we didnt have in surance but they explained what we had to do we pretty well lost everything stouffville fire chief bill brown said firefighters arrived at around 10 pm and extinguished the fire at approximately 2 am mr brown said an aerial ladder was brought up from markham to help fight the blaze and some firefighters were weary after respon ding to another call just minutes before the fire the cause of the blaze has not yet been determined but it looks like it started accidentally mr brown said he said the fire caused approximately 100000 damage but that figure is hard to determine exactly because a number of parties are involved new tree policy debated by town development sites far removed from public road allowances and while it was pointed out the proposed bylaw would not ac complish this he indicated it would be better than nothing if approved the bylaw wold prohibit anyone from injuring destroying or cutting down a tree upon or adjacent to a highway unless they had consent from the town as well council would be able to prohibit the planting of any tree species deemed unsuitable and could order any tree growing or planted on a highway removed the bylaw would also give the town engineering coordinator authority to supervise planting and trimming of trees on private property where the branches ex tend over a highway in addition town officials would be allowed to remove decayed or dangerous trees if directed by council however the bylaw would not give the town authority to pro tect or preserve existing woodlots on private property i dont think we can control what happens on private proper ty said mayor fran sainsbury if a resident doesnt like trees and would rather have them in the fireplace then they have the right i think this would apply more when entering into a sub division agreemenf it would give us some control mrs saunders also pointed out the proposed bylaw would give the town rights regarding the whitchurchstouffville hydro electric commission trimming of trees denise mcdonald correspondent members of whitchurch- stouffvilles planning advisory committee are unsure which direction to take on recommen dations that they forward to council a bylaw proposal to regulate and prohibit tree plan ting on town roadways according to a report submit ted by town planner michael saunders during last tuesday nights meeting it was his understanding committee members wanted to protect ex isting woodlot area more exten sively including potential portables approved whitchurchstouffvilles plan ning advisory committee has agreed to support a recommen dation allowing st marks catholic school to install two new portable classrooms according to a report submit ted during last tuesday even ings meeting exemption from site plan control policies are re quired in order to bring the number of portables on the pro perty to 11 three additional parking spaces will also have to be pro vided for a total of 29 in order to comply with parking requirements said mayor fran sainsbury i move we accept this recommen dation but i do so sadly wc need a new school more than we need more portables