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tt it 20 stouffville suntribune thursday may 5 2005 i i 1 1 1 off broadway kimiko carter of york durham academy for performing arts belts out her favourite show time during the- musical theatre session of the music alive program last week at christ church anglican in stouffville staff photomike barrett the regional municipality of york expropriations act notice of application for approval to expropriate land in the matter of an application by the regional municipality of york for approval to expropriate lands described in schedule a hereto in the town of markham in the regional municipality of york geographically in the township of markham in the county of york for the purposes of a the widening and reconstruction of warden avenue yr 65 from steeles avenue to 16th avenue yr 73 to a basic width upto 360 metres with additional widenings at cuts fills water course crossings and intersections b to provide a basic seven lane road on warden avenue yr 65 between steeles avenue and apple greek boulevard with leftturn and rightturn lanes at intersections c the adjustments to existing traffic control signals and associated illumination to accommodate the proposed revisions to the road layout at the intersections and d the reconstruction and widening of thebridges over the cn tracks north of 14th avenue yr 71 and the rouge river north of highway 407 to provide for six traffic lanes over these structures notice is hereby given that application has been made for approval to expropriate the lands described in schedule a hereto any owner of lands in respect of which notice is given who desires an inquiry into whether the taking of such land is fair soundand reasonably necessary in the achievement of the objectives of the expropriating authority shall so notify the approving authority in writing a in the case of a registered owner served personally or by registered mail within thirty days after the registered owner is served with the notice or when the registered owner is served by publication within thirty days after the first publication of the notice b in the case of ah owner who is not a registered owner within thirty days after the first publication of the notice the approving authority is the council of the regional municipality of york 17250 yonge street newmarket on l3y6z1 the regional municipality of york denis kelly regional clerk 17250 yonge street newmarket on l3y6z1 this notice first publishedon the 5th day of may 2605 schedule a an estate in fee simplem the lands described as follows lands in the town of markham in the regional municipality of york geographically in the township of markham in the county of york being composed of those lands designated as parts on a plan deposited in the land registry office for the land titles division of york region more particularly described as follows partoflotfe east 12 of 10 10 9 and 16 concession v- 4 4 partfe 2 3 4 and 5 plan 65r27781 65r27781 65r27781 from page 1 improvement area with the goahead for the geranium corporation site clearing will probably begin this summer no financial institutions are allowed on the site but that could change in future town planner andrew mcneely said thats so banks currently on main street dont move to the new area leaving another vacancy on main street this is truly a regional retail centre mr mcneely said it will bring dollars from northeast markham primarily into the town of stouffville mayor sue sherban noted that the mall will have to abide by guidelines to have a made- instouffville look to reflect the towns motto of country close to the city the sooner the project starts the sooner hoover park drive is completed creating a link with the westerly approach to town councillor phil barinon said traffic will then be diverted from stouffvilles main street and the downtown area can then be better developed 1900 new jobs the commercial portion of the hwy 48 development is anticipated to create 900 jobs while the business park will generate another 1000 this development is only going to enhance and provide the opportunity to open up industrial and manufacturing lands mrs sherban said developer joe lebovic did- nt like having his plan for 330000 square feet of retail and commercial space and homes rejected the town wanted the plan reduced to 70000 square feet turning it into a neighbourhood plaza mr lebovic reminded councillors of the monetary contributions he has made for sewage capacity for stouffville i spent money after being- led to believe i would get this shopping centre he told- councillors what is going to happen to my 30 acres he didnt want to fight the town he said because i have to deal with you for the next 10 years instead he requested coun cil change the zoning to allow residential uses on the 15 acres originally proposed for the retail development he also asked the town to free up more than 250 units of water allowance for the site which is north of 19th avenue the residential develop ment of more than 600 homes will be in three phases mr mcneely said town staff will be meeting with mr lebovic shortly i a 1 pi ii