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nqyifolber93p3 photosbrucestapley economy commercial development ideas meet with mixed reaction at town tracy kibble staff reporter the towns economic advisers want town backing to promote the communitys hamlets but some officials say many of the ideas would not be welcomed by residents the economic development advisory committee edac presented council this week with a list of ideas on how best to create commercial potential in whitchurchstouffvilles rural communities including opening fairgrounds and pro moting tourism through bed and breakfast operations farm ers markets and fish farms but ward 3 councillor nick tatone said residents dont like a lot of changes taking place near their country homes which could complicate matters seri ously regarding land use zon ing and bylaws one of the problems council could face is with nimbys not in my backyard we would need bylaws to control some of these promotional ideas and a lot of people dont want fair grounds and bed and break fasts near them we would need a lot of rules and laws tatone said but edac chairman jury konga said the town needs to face the reality that it sits smackdab in the middle of the developmentrestricting oak ridges moraine which could still work in the towns favor everything can be looked at as either a liability or an asset we may sit on the oak ridges moraine but that is one of the most significant assets in york region we should take advan tage of that konga said there are a number of oppor tunities in the rural areas for offering full and parttime employment he added konga said after meeting with at least six environmental and recreation government agencies and experts edac has based its economic revival suggestions on a wide spec trum of experiences konga said the communitys teenagers would relish this type of promotional avenue because youths fit in well with many seasonal tourism and recreational markets were not looking to imple ment things that are inappro priate to the community but we need to update our understand ing of consumer needs konga said he said skeptical politicians should realize that edac acts as the towns consultants in a number of areas which could not otherwise be afforded and that any economic plans will be put back into the community edac ideas should be viewed as an investment any tax revenue from new initia- tives would come back to the public if the town is to move forward we have to put dollars toward this konga said ward 6 councillor ken pren tice drew icy stares from sever al colleagues when he stressed concern that the town might be supporting fish farms in rural areas when its currently in legal wrangling with a compa ny over excessive water usage how can we support fish farms which pump 13 million gallons of water down the stream a day when were fight ing to stop batching plants which draw about 70000 gal lons a day prentice countered officials were then warned by staff not to discuss the matter in public edacs report will be discussed again next week in council monster home bylaw a missed opportunity whitchurchstouffville politicians have backed away from dealing with a potentially disastrous building problem within the communitys urban area one local official charged this week council has missed an opportunity to get valu able feedback and public input on the issue of monster homes said ward 6 councillor ken pren tice after his colleagues agreed not to define mon ster homes in a special bylaw instead councillors said the towns current bylaw adequately covers the issue and agreed to deal with each infill housing matter on a site spe cific basis but prentice argued that a site specific process leaves no mechanism for a public hear ing to include residents concerns about homes that may affect their livelihood privacy and investment potential prentice last week harshly criticized the building directors report on the issue calling it biased onesided and of grade school level the report said staff is having a difficult time defining monster home and again asked for coun cils direction prentice said he would have liked to have seen the towns building expert delve into the matter discussing a definition dealing with side- yards architecture height heritage factors and streetscape aspects he added proof that the bylaw has no teeth appeared when a home at 43 church street was built and which at times exceeded bylaw restrictions without more than a slap on the wrist to the builder ward 5 councillor bob ancher- il agreed that public input is very important in this area but stated a site specific review of each application would be enough both prentice and ancheril agreed to hold meet ings with residents as each matter arose to enable neighbors to understand the seriousness of the issue public input is still vital and will help council ancheril said when prentice asked that staff be present for the meetings ward 2 councillor stephen bellerby said that would be costly and of no help since staff has been unable to find a solu tion to your liking hair today gone tomorrow kevin morreau goes from longhair to buzz cut at a fundraising breakfast for sdss spartans sr boys volleyball team thursday morning in the school cafeteria frank frano of franks hairstyling performs the haircut which included shaving mor- reaus number 12 into his head all the spartans got similar cuts after the team won the dyssaa title last week the team is in ingersoll for the ontario championships this weekend residents oppose site for proposed bandshell from page 1 pie she said watson and fel low committee member don petrie both long time stouf- fville residents fielded resi dents questions and demands saying they were simply trying to assess the feelings of the neighbourhood theres no point in us putting it the band- shell there if its going to be another source of aggravation said watson we need to get this input the pair was repeatedly put on the defensive by members of the citizens group and tried several times to reassure the audience they were still in the initial stages of making the project a reality ive been accused tonight of being devious naive and dis honest said petrie but were here to hear your concerns youve got to appreciate youve got a frustrated group of people here said a resident several committee members suggested the frequent inci dents of rowdiness in the park cited by the residents were indicative of deep problems in the community after sitting here and listening tonight im more concerned about just where were going as a commu nity said alan percy have we allowed the vandals and hooligans to take over our town said watson three jobs cut at town from page 1 the town in 1987 as subdivision clerk the town has also promoted engineering coordinator tom parry as director of engineeringplanning to head a newlyformed department com bining staff from various other departments parry a twoyear employee with the town is an engineer with 20 years of municipal government experience the town says its newlyformed engineeringplanning depart ment will generate revenue in certain areas to offset staff costs and not rely so heavily on outside consultants the impact of the social contract reduced provincial subsidies depressed development prospects and the overall need to belt- tighten has forced municipalities across ontario to take a good hard look at what services they are providing and the staff levels required to provide these services the announcement states while both promotions will cost the town a combined 24000 a year in salary increases the two former posts have been eliminat ed the town feels it has achieved the goal of right sizing and done so in a manner that has resulted in the least amount of adverse impact on those directly affected the announcement says it made no mention of severance packages or other initia tives offered to those who have lost their jobs kids earn extra money become a carrier today call 6402100 stouffville attention flyer advertisers we 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