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economist suntribune whitchurchstouffville thursday june 27 2002 sherban blasts council will keep up fight from page 1 when ward 6 councillor sue sherban lost her bid to turn the old town hall into a multipurpose cultural centre includ ing a live theatre and to build an addi tion to the municipal offices she took council to task for failing to support her several supporters of the sherban plan and other plans not picked voiced their displeasure loudly shouting and booing at members of council from the rear of the council chambers after delivering a tonguelashing councillor sherban left the meeting but not over councils decision on the town hall she said later she left to protest the way the town deals with proposals for new subdivisions which were also on the agenda about 200 residents packed the council chambers tuesday night most were attending three public hear ings dealing with future residential growth the public meetings ended at 110 am wednesday i left in protest if i stayed all i would do was blow smoke i left in protest councillor sherban said in an interview wednesday if i stayed all i would do was blow smoke three members of council and the mayor sit there in silence all night while the people tell us they dont want these type of houses whats the use of staying so i left i wont sit in silence councillors cliff dunkeld peter dobrich and harry bowes and the mayor stayed for all of tuesday nights sessions councillor mark carroll arrived late councillor sherban reminded coun cil that she had the support of stouffvilles arts and culture community including the clock tower theatre and the downtown stouffville business improvement area a few months ago councillor sherban commissioned a consulting firm the ventin group to carry out a study of her plan including a financial analysis paul sapounzi of the ventin group said the proposal was financially viable he pointed out that the town presently pays 74000 a year to rent a 16000- squarefoot space on sandiford drive if the town builds a new building in the downtown and combines it with the theatre it would cost about 33 mil lion said mr sapounzi the town would have 20000 square feet versus the 16000 square feet they have now to finance this expenditure it would cost 79000 ayear if the town opted for councillor sherbans plan mr sapounzi claims in 25 years the town will have paid the building off using the rent money in the existing rented space the town will have nothing in 25 years he said don quarles owner of melody man an entertainment production company proposed the town enter into a long- term lease agreement launch a fundraising campaign and convert the building into a multipurpose cultural centre offering everything from com munity theatre to dance recitals to con certs the wwtchurchstouffville resi dent did not suggest the municipal offices return to civic avenue artists conception of stouffvilles old town hall that town council will investigate private companies would use the second floor while the main floor would remain open to community organizations mr quarles said the canadian fiddlers and step dancers hall of fame and museum which is looking for a new home was interested in the town hall his two daughters played their fiddles at the entrance to the town offices for peo ple entering the meeting mr quarles is also disappointed with councils decision it was my under standing that mr arrowsmiths proposal dealt with the purchase of the building not the condo lease of it and it strikes me that the concept of the supposed town use on the first floor was an after thought perhaps a little public and council pressure finally got the better of them said mr quarles on wednesday in her proposal to the town karen young of the clock tower potters group reminded council that existing tenants want to remain in the building they include singers potters painters a newspaper staff musical groups and a transportation service group ward 5 councillor harry bowes said he was elected on fiscal responsibility the responsible and only choice is the architectural group he stressed arrowsmith is the only one satisfying my desires said councillor bowes councillor sherban said shes not throwing in the towel im not quitting she said wednesday theres still a win dow of opportunity nothing is signed i am going to ask people to lobby their councillor and ask council to reconsider this decision people can ask council to not support this giveaway hes got a pacemaker shes got a grandfather your donations help give someone a second chance this message brought to you as a community service of the economist sun 0j1agd mothers against drunk driving 1800665madd this message brought to you as a community service of the economist suntribune lease a brand new 200 neon lx m mil irf is a chs wly i loaded with power sunroof ac power windowslocksmirrors security alarm fog lamps cruisetilt 15 aluminum wheels automatic transmission mo taxes with down only one left in stock v dealer controlled 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