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t st wjn mmimmkmm k councillor says survey ja waste of time tracy kibble staff reporter the town of whitchurch-stouf- fville wasted 12000 on an addi tional affordable housing survey charges ward 1 councillor margot marshall director of planning michael saunders updated council last tuesday on the starr group ques tionnairesurvey to determine housing needs m the community but councillor marshall voiced strong objections claiming the additional survey geared to the younger population is a waste of time i have no idea why this council supported the extra 12000 we have no facilities to build any houses let alone affordable hous es she claims i already fought thatagreed mayor fran sainsbury the province will not finance additional information a munici pality requires for individual housing needs but will allot fund ing for a portion of the original survey geared to seniors but councillor marshall was absent when the majority vote to support an an extra survey as rec ommended by ward 2 councillor ron robb councillor robb insists the information derived from the stan- groups interviews and question naires will be worthwhile in assisting town planners in future i believe this will be a great tool to work with we can use it to pressure the province for sewage by telling them how much afford able housing we need gaggs photorickmadonik everyones a critic fifteenmonthold lauren hine just wasnt interested in the artwork created by paul till at the opening of an exhibition by the artist at lafcham gallery last week mr fills creations made up of color photo copies are hanging at the gallery until april 22 i suggest half the people in whitchurchstouffviile are juniors between the ages of 18 23 the point remaining is these surveys will give us a tool to say to the province we need sewage council robb maintains mayor sainsbury noted there are already 502 whitchurchstouf fviile area seniors currently on waiting lists for housing with vari ous organizations but councillor marshall rebuked the statements all these things have been said over and oyer and why the town of whitchurchstouffviile would spend12000 to hear it all over again i dont know she says but councillor robb says the information will prove to be a very good bargaining tool for the future that will pay for itself in the long run council voted to spend an extra 12000 for the additional survey last month concerns about the younger population being missed outin the original survey the new one will determine how many teenagers and other informal ren ters need affordable housing all municipalities are to report similar information to the province in order to help accommodate the needy and combat a housing crisis currently being experienced in ontario stouffville approves budget estimates totalling 125 million tracy kibble staff reporter whitchurchstouffviile council approved 1990 budget estimates last tuesday totalling nearly 125 million a seven per cenf increase from 1989 and local politicians agreed the budget is a good one ward 4 councillor wayne emmerson added the figures are realistic for this day arid age ward 2 councillor ron robb noted ill bet whitchurch-stouf- fville will still come in with the lowest increase to taxpayers than other municipalities in york region however local mill rate increas es to property owners cant be established until the town reviews the regional and two school board budgets but town department heads can now prepare for capital projects this years 12489731 figure is slightly higher than the 1989 fig ure of ii304178 the 1990 total consists of operating andcapital expenses3 10724991 sewer costs 947156 water costs 757306 and cemetery costs 60278 the town earned revenues of 496 million in operating and capital 254936 in sewers 670575 in water and 60278 in cemeteries in 1988 the municipality increased taxes by 55 percent arid imposed a 59 per cent increase in 1989 the 59 per cent increase in 1 989 hiked property assessments by 2 1 76 at 20000 plus an extra 1016 for those propertiesutiliz- ing the town sewers and assessed at 20000 all of which do not reflect regional and school board increases last year mayor fran sainsbury said the 1990 budget would reflect special emphasis on roads while placing emphasis on three areas traffic lights for safety unexpect ed mandatory provincial programs and the completion of the museum sewage bid being reviewed tracy kibble staff reporter a stouffville residents request to sever his prop erty and have a sewage allowance transferred to the vacant lot prompted council to review the sit uation david moyer 520 millard street requested last week that a hookup allowance be forfeited from his existing dwelling and be transferred to a 34- acre severance but council said a hookup could only be grant ed for existing dwellings and not for vacant lots within the boundary allowance however council requested director of plan ning michael saunders to prepare a verbal report to determine how many residents on waiting lists would be affected by mr moyer s request there are only a few severance requests that want water and sewer hookups mr saunders said most of those are along the southern boundaries he pointed out including some main and millard street residences four severances are the only ones affected by the moyer request but there could be more people in the community that havent yet applied he added altogether there are 47 sewage units left on the duffins creek sewage plant council is undecided how these units will be zoned or allocated theres people out there asking and we should discuss this among ourselves and make a decision we shouldnt sit on this said ward 4 councillor wayne emmerson council received the report and will discuss how to handle the moyer request at the next meeting historic house the 1990 figures show the largest increases in sewer and water and the smallest increase on operating and capital estimates council adopted a resolution to approve the 1990 125 million budget estimates province gives 32 million for ballantrae water supply system whitchurchstouffviile has been given 32 million from the provincial government to deyelbp a communal water supply system in the ballantrae and musselman lake communities the grant part of a 445 mil lion grant given to york region under the provinces direct grant program was announced last week by yorkdurham mpp bill ballinger were taking concrete steps to improve water supplies and distri bution systems in ontario i am pleased that the province is able to assist the regional municipality of york and whitchurch-stouf- fyille with these important pro jects mr ballinger said in a released the grant was announced on behalf of environment minister jim bradley firefighters battle backtoback blazes backtoback building blazes kept whitchurchstouffviile fire fighters busy sunday afternoon fire officials were first called to glendale beach in musselman lake at 530 pm where one fire was easily contained the second at 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