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scotiamcleodi one rrsp that should turn any head wmmkr neie ii ii i wooapks mackenzie 2269505 trusted financial advisers j since 1921 vol7nq3 i i amstmhndomrnmmtynewspaper saturday jatiuaiyl9wl 48 pages 25 cents j 1 gormley industrial park scaled down in bid for approval tracy kibble staff reporter whitchurchstouffville coun cil should accept a proposal for a miniature gormley industrial park town officials were told tuesday stouffville gateway 404 busi ness park originally slated to include more than 1300acres of industrial development could be a reality in a smaller version as proposed at planning commit tee this week previously york region and the ontario government nixed the 1300acre proposal citing inadequate sewage capacity and environmental concerns however developers ambro enterprises inc and buttcon ltd which own 243 acres at stouffville road and woodbine avenue proposed the smaller version to the region recently stating their land is the choic est for such industrial develop ment paul johnston said this propos al is the first window weve seen to building an industrial base in the municipality should be taken as a good sign from outside authorities and perhaps could be developed on a larger scale in the future submitting an amendment to official plan 60 amendment a10 the ambrobuttcon pro posal includes 160 acres of land for the development mr johnston told officials these lands have the best loca tion excellent traffic visibility and accessibility to hwy 404 it would make eminent sense for the town to deal with these lands mr johnston said however the proposal brought forth this week angered other landowners in the area who argue they too should be includ ed in any development projects robert johnston representing four independent landowners i covering 310 acres said he felt no need to pump up why our lands are better than ambro s i think our lands are pretty choice too mr johnston said meanwhile donald hindson representing sloane estates inc which owns 22 acres at stouf fville road and hwy 404 and nick gallo don mills steel owner of 50 acres to the west of the site said the town should push to get individual applications to the ontario municipal board before accepting the proposal he called the scaleddown ver sion premature and said the omb should decide on an indi vidual basis which application should proceed and which should not mr hindson also said it would be unwise for a municipality to depend upon one developer for its industry and alan paton solicitor for gormley industrial park ltd said it is inappropriate for ambrobuttcon to be given all the land meanwhile peter smith rep resenting landowners with 50 acres at the site said supporting the regions position to accept the ambrobuttcon proposal will invite referrals to the omb to let the ambro application go to the region really invites a disservice he said but ambrobuttcons mr johnston urged officials not to send a confused message to the region and the the minister of municipal affairs by not sup porting the miniature version council received all comments and wilfdiscuss what stand to take at an upcoming council in committeemeeting brian cox stars in new thriller see page 14 info on dump sites to be released york region will release a public report monday pinpointing which lands were being considered for a temporary landfill site the solid waste interim steering committee swisc a group made up of regions in the greater toronto area were obligated under swisc provi sions to choose a temporary site since keele vahey will reach capacity in 1993 however since environment minister ruth grier announced in november that a threepart strategy to address waste diversion and management in the gta would replace the interim landfill- site search plan the report was kept from the public a motion was passed to release information thurs day but some councillors insisted they see the infor mation before the press seyeral officials claimed theywouldnt be- pre- pared to answer questions if they had not previously reviewed the report york region had hired a consultants group last year to select lands within the region that could hold yorks garbage until a permanent solution was found but mrs grier has since changed the swisc role to act as an advisory board to the ndps provincial ministry she has implemented instead a program to empha size methods of reduction reuse and recycling to achieve waste diversion targets and since the swisc report would not be imple mented as planned the information waskept from the public however council voted to release the information nextweek