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conservation to cut towns authority wants representation the tomumwednesbay november 1 1989p3 tracy kibble staff reporter the lake simcoe and region conservation authority wants to slash its municipal represen tatives by 66 per cent which would cut york regions input from 11 members to four but councillor margot mar shall whitchurchstouffvilles sole representative says she is against the cut which she says could eliminate whitchurch- stouffville input altogether currently operating with 26 representatives from each municipality in the lake simcoe area the lsrca membership review committee says the number should be reduced to a more desirable and workable number geared at saving money but councillor marshall serv ing her first year on the authority following jim rae and eldred king says every municipality has different concerns and the representation for each should not be based on population but on conservation concerns the mayor agrees we have a large jurisdiction with many ket- tle lakes mayor fran sainsbury says richmond hill may be more populated but it has a smaller bethesda plan gets approval the region of york has given its approval for the proposed development at hwy 47 and bethesda rd the 11hectare 27acre site will house a packaging plant and warehouse operation if okayed by the ministry of municipal affairs the land which is currently idle is adjacent to the cn rail line which is needed for the facility the regional planning commit tee report called the proposed development a logical extension to the mixed commercial and in dustrial development along the west side of the cn rail line whitchurchstouffville council is in agreement with the proposal because among other things the project would utilize the rail line and possibly save it from abandonment the site is currently zoned for rural uses and would have to be changed to industrial the development will be ser viced by individual wells and private sewage disposal systems which is agreeable with the regional officer of health area that is environmentally sen sitive as do markham and vaughan the representation should not go by population but by land concerns councillor marshall maintains york region makes up 11 of the current 26 members to serve on the board while durham region and simcoe county hold three representative spots although the lsrca wants town council approval for the proposed cutback the town of whitchurchstouffville does not- approve of the cutback and coun- cillor marshall is firm whitchurchstouffville will not change its position on the lsrca i strongly object to the reduc tion of municipal members at the lsrca council to amend towns sign bylaw tracy kibble staff reporter council agreed to review and correct its sign bylaw after a spokesman for the anderson in dustrial park condominiums on sandiford dr asked to have a separate sign for each of the three office buildings the industrial condominiums on sandiford dr are unrecognizable and com panies dont know what businesses are located in the three buildings said york con dominium spokesman ed hakonson to alleviate the problem hakonson asked members of councilincommittee for a variance to the signage bylaw to allow a separate sign for each of the three 48unit buildings he said berms or manmade hills in the middle of the property line block the view of the condos from the road and curbs built 14 feet back from the property line are not consistent there was no accommodation made for the condos and many of our tenants are disturbed because there is no visible signage hakonen said i know this is a problem and a lot of money is spent on advertis ing mayor fran sainsbury said the company wants to erect weatherresistant name sign locaters on the berms the locaters would measure 12 feet from the base and nearly 10 feet across with company logos en cased in a 12inch spot identifying the unit number for each building the mayor pointed out the york group is the first industrial condo developer in the communi ty and its nobodys fault but the section will be fixed its like having a baby youre not quite sure what to do at first but you learn quickly she said local bank helps find laundered funds the royal bank of canada is helping the government and the police in a national fight to stop drug traffickers from launder ing drug money through the banking system and the banks efforts have not gone unnoticed with markham whi tchurch stouffville mp bill attewell attewell commends the royal for helping to cqnibat the laundering of money from drug trafficking which he says is a serious problem in canada through the passing of bill c61 enabling the canadian law system to make money laundering a crime the royal bank of canada carrset up its own guidelines kathy turner manager of eustomer relations at markhams main st n branch says the bank takes it upon themselves to request a source of funds if were not comfortable with the transac tion she adds the suspicions are usually triggered by a gut feeling since january all branches of the royal bank of canada have large depositors sign a declaration of source of funds and ask for personal identifica tion this information is ac cessible to the police so far the bank has examin ed close to 100 suspicious ac counts and has reported 76 to the rcmp in october us icriminal charges were laid against a royal bank customer afterpolice were tipped off the royal bank should serve as an example for all canadian banks to follow in the warv against drugs attewell reports resident angry over ticket tracy kibble staff reporter a whitchurchstouffville resi dent is angry after receiving a 20 parking ticket while atten ding a funeral service in the town of aurora clay cormier told the tribune that eight or nine people received parking tickets while inside the thompson funeral home on vic toria st off yonge st you cant see the no parking sign because it is hidden behind a tree cormier said but town of aurora bylaw en forcement officer john insley said the signs are visible and anyone walking toward the funeral home entrance would pass four of the signs one every 20 feet while the aurora town official conceded that by no means is there sufficient parking in the downtown aurora area new development will correct the problem sign cormier said was hidden behind a tree is actually partial ly hidden by a branch of a bush there is a parkinglot near the funeral home but town mer chants reserved 56 of the 70 spaces for themselves and the town only has use of 14 he also said there are a lot of businesses near there and the tidketer would have no way of knowing what cars are in a funeral home and what cars are 4rley-atoits4he- photoricxmadonik retirement party friends gathered saturday to honor claremont postmistress norrine hill on her retirement after 30 years at the local post office here she chats with robin drake mrs hill started at the cjaremont post office as a casual worker in1 959 a t truck used to enter sales barn sports store york regional police report about 30000 in damage and stolen goods after a break and enter at the national sports cen tre at tbe stouffville sales barn last weekend media officer sgt norn miles said the south side window and door were demolished when the suspects vehicle smashed through the structure and into the store sometime between 9- pm friday and 5 am saturday according to the national sports head office the alarm system was properly intact when employees left for the day the alarm company told the store they received the usual signal to indicate the system was in proper working order but are now in vestigating why it didnt sound when the store was broken into the suspects made away with large quantities of sporting goods including 31 pairs of skates totall ing 5500 three sets of goalie pads totalling 3000 various running shoes totalling 4000 golf bags licensed toronto blue jay shirts tennis racquets and hockey equipment bags sgt miles also said the estimated damage to the window 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