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st tribune jwne5 199hp3 new planning process cuts down on costly reports tracy kibble staff reporter some whitchurchstouffville officials say theyre uncomfortable with a new system that alters the planning process at a meeting last week ward 1 councillor margot marshall said the new system which doesnt require the applicant to produce background reports until after a public hearing takes away coun cils right to discuss the merits of an application before the hearing however town chief adminis trative officer bob panizza said the reason for the new system if to no gas bar at hwy 48 council a 24hour gas bar and restaurant will not be built at bloomington sideroad and hwy 48 council decided last week after a public hearing penny fuels had proposed to construct a gas station and 14seat restaurant at the southwest corner of the intersection with entrances on hwy 48 and blooming- ton road however murray and jean painter of rr 2 stouf- fville stressed concerns of water quality safety increased noise levels and loss of agricultural land and robert clay who lives on hwy 48 said it doesnt exactly turn me on that a 24hour gas bar will be located next door to him i dont relish the idea it will attract all kinds of problems clay said clay who said the ministry of transportation mto calls the location one of the most dangerous intersec tions on the kings highway added that one just has to live there to appreciate the heavy southbound traffic flow but representative julie ground of alcorn and asso ciates said traffic studies showed 40000 cars pass by the intersection every day that works out to 34 mil lion cars a year r she added that interviews with aurora opp officers indicated there is an average of 10 accidents at bloom ington and hwy 48 every year this is considered low and not one of the opps major concerns ground said however ward 6 councillor jim sanders said 10 accidents being considered low is debatable and requested the opp commit to this statement on paper gordon ratcliff who farms on the southeast corner stressed concern that all runoff from the site will affect surrounding land we dont want anymore water were at our limit now im concerned for the farmers ratcliff said council in light of the concerns and agency objec tions voted against the proposal ground told the tribune later that penny fuels will definitely go to the ontario municipal board to fight the matter she added all studies had been complete and all agencies involved endorsed the project discourage people from spending money on reports when council may turn an applicant down any way panizza said council should not discuss the merits of an applica tion before the public meeting it is after all concerns are heard at the public hearing that officials vote on whether to proceed or deny an application under the new system it is difficult to sit here and not have opinions or we wouldnt be elected in the first place mar shall said but panizza said the matters should be dealt with in planning committee meetings if the committee wishes not to proceed the applicant can request a public hearing anyway if an applicant knows councils wish on an application he can still request a public hearing but whether or not he wins is a chance he will have to take said town planning director michael saunders building activity drops by 72 percent york regions residential building activity dropped by 72 per cent dur ing the first two months of 1991 a report shows figures show there were 367 homes built in january and february in 1991 a drop from 1288 for the same peri od in 1990 the only municipality to see an increase was richmond hill which issued 253 building permits or 69 per cent of the regional total all municipalities except rich mond hill experienced a 1991 decrease from 1990 figures party makes further inroads from page 1 whitchurchstouffville chamber of commerce in the 1980s responded that while it wouldnt be a simple matter to turn things around his party did have a strategy its not going to be an easy pill to swallow stonehouse said its going to be tough for us all were in a mess in canada now but weve got a plan a direction we know we can make a difference stonehouse said the reform party would advocate fiscal responsibility above all else with a recommendation that any future government which failed to balance its books after three years in office be forced to call an election several in the audience expressing their dissatisfaction with the current ontario government asked if the reform party was considering becoming a provincial organization as well stonehouse expressed his concern that people not vote for his party sim ply to remove another party from office we want people to get to know our policies and platforms he said stonehouse told the tribune that the party had signed up 20 new mem bers at the meeting book sale raises 3 100 for ws library the whitchurchstouffville library gathered 3100 for its building fund at a book sale last weekend spokesperson marilyn ferguson said the turnout was fantastic especially friday and sunday people were taking books out of here by the boxload she said this was the second annual book sale and ferguson said she hopes it will become a yearlyevent she said it not only provides building funds but recycles books and makes people more aware of the library facilities truck stolen from dean myers sunday a whitchurchstouffville car dealership lost a truck to thieves last weekend a rear bay door window of dean myers chev olds was smashed at 2 am june 2 a 1989 blue tracker not fitted with licence plates was taken man charged a 31 yearold stouffville man- was arrested in connection with the break in at a local auto body shop and the theft of a can police nabbed a man with a stolen car and toolbox containing mechanical tools taken from a main st shop at 245 am may 30 the main st man was charged by police with break and enter possession of stolen goods over 1000 possession of goods under 1000 and 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