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VOL. 90, NO. 5. Metro Foiled Again On Vaughan Dump iuu\(uihifiuiuiimmumumnummmuuumunu\\\m\\u\\\\muu Town Passes Bylaw 3150 Tax Def crment 0MB Hearing Adjourned Until Conservation Authority Approves Site nlumuuummmmmmluunumumuummuuuumuumuuuuu Markham Planning Board Studying Two Apartment Proposals For T hornhill, One 9 Storeys Homeowners o v e r 65 years of age in Richmond Hill will soon be able to avail themselves of the first annual deferment of $150 on property taxes. The en- abling bylaw had been ap- proved in principle by council some weeks ago and Town Solicitor T. 0. Fraser was instructed to prepare the necessary bylaw when the legislation was passed by the Ontario Government. Last week it was given three readings and passed. The provincial govern- ment will provide interest- tree loans to the municipal- ities which pass implement- ing bylaws. Liens will be placed on the property for the deferred amounts. to become. due when the prop- erty changes hands or the recipient dies. An advertisement will be run in "The Liberal“ when the town office is ready to receive applications for this tax deferment. lll‘leredith and Memxflill sign the Canadian Tire Centennial Tour~iog~book helthhy tour participant Walter Doncaster, of Owen Sound at the brief ceremonies held at the local Canadian Tire store when the tour stopped in Richmond Hill last Friday. Looking on is the children’s father Harry Hill, owner of the Richmond Hill Canadian Tire Store. the town on their way to Expo it the the A dirty word was much used at the July 27 meeting of Markham Planning Board. A dirty word to Thornhill residents, that is. “apart- ments". Two proposals for apartment buildings were put belore the board, one on the northeast cor- ner of Steeles and Yonge. directly east of the new Esso Service Centre: the other on Elgin Street. immediately east 01‘ Jim Dance's Shell Service Station. This is his- toric "Answell". the site of Holy Anne's well. Representing Wycliffe Homes Limited. Fred Sharf and Architect M. D. Lipson of Lipson and Dashâ€" kin. Toronto unfolded and explaini- ed drawings of an apartment com- plex built around a central court in which would be retained the marker on the original site of the well. prr site plan of the property now had marked on it trees presently standing aropel'ty and a large num lese would be retained if Hill residents lined the streets to see the fleet of 24 classic automobiles as they toured )la \l‘d was much used meeting of Markham 'd. A dirty word to :lents, that is. “apart- ne east Public Lixrfiry, 24 er'ht 3t., Richn‘nd Hill. 1 Jan 3~2-1â€"0‘9'8’ large nun retained if 'ollowed. Sign logboo/l 0f Auto 7 our will be faced with the building of another new school soon, but this time the decision may be left up to them. “Would this be a good time to take this to a vote‘of the people?” asked Reeve Stewart Rumble Monday night after council had discussed with members of TSA 2 their re- quest for approval of a $990.- 000 debenture for a new public school. Mkm Twp Ratepayers May Get Chance To Vote On New School Hard-pressed homeowners in Markham Township faced with increasing taxes each year. due mostly to new schools going up. The school, which is to be ready for occupancy in Septem- ber 1968, is to be 10cated on a 15~acre site on Concession 7, just north of Highway 7. Gov- ernment grants would cover 3772.315 of the total cost. Board Administrator Wilfred Morley said it was necessary to build the senior type of school. which includes special the all property. an eight storey building was shown, about 350 feet long. backing on the proposed extension of Dudley Avenue. 0n the north side of the property and jomed to the east building \n'th a long cov- ered play area for children is another section which where the land slopes downward to the west would be nine storeys high. How ever. the roof level Would be the same. The Yonge Street frontage of the plan showed an eight storey building, fronted \n'th five retail stores. set back about 60 feet from the from of the lot. These would be between the Shell service station on the south and the newly-built Leibrecht Animal Hos- pital. Mr. Shari pointed out that a very open feeling was retained from Elgin Street, looking into the \vell-treed central court. All ten- ant parking is underground with \‘lSitOl‘ parking in the court. En- trance will be off Elgin Street. rooms 1'0! science. art music, library, guidance, home econ- omics, industrial arts and health. in order to qualify for the provincial grams. The original fiveâ€"year fore- cast of the board had been for a straight elementary school. When asked by Reeve Rumble wa the new school would affect the mill rate, Trustee Eldred King said it would probably mean an in- crease of more than seven mills. However, the people demanded those facilities, he said. "Are the ratepayers demand- ing a senior school?“ asked the reex'e. Mr. King said it was needed to provide the grade 7 and 8 pupils “ith the extra courses they would need for high school. ' Elgin Stre encroachme Ml: Shari The only thin 0111C hal n worrying Several members of the board demurred to the five stores. "We thought they would be an improveâ€" ment." Mr. Shari said. “They will provide a convenience to the apart- ment dwellers and to the area and will provide continuity on Yonge Street." to the south a church. Txigh school and farmers’ market.” “There is no continuity on Yonge Street,” objected Board Member Anthony Roman, "and “1th a little commercial area here and there. you won‘t have it.“ Mr. Roman is also the Ward 2 rep- Roman is also the Ward 2 rep- resentative on Markham council. “The whole business of apart- ments is a touchy one in Thorn- hill.” observed Board Member Napier Simpson. “Residents are extremely opposed to them and we wrote into our restrictions that there should be a seven storey limit. The residents have put faith in the township over this. This proposal has eight and nine storeys to absolutely no benefit of the people who live in behind. The landscaping is a benefit to RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1967 €113 about is can we afford it,” said Mr. Rumble. “I don‘t think we can stand still.” said Mr. King. Trustee Gordon Champion said the Department of Educa- tion stipulated what kind of school the board should build. “Maybe we should ask them to pay more then," said Mr. Rumble. “Maybe we should ask them; However, prints were taken to pay more then,” said Ml" from the hands by township Rumble- police and sent to the Attorney- Councillor Anthony 30' General's Centre for Forensic man questioned the DI'O- Sciences, where they were posed location of the school. shown to be those of Mort- Unionville would be partly imore. serviced by 1968, why not The youth was first reported build there? asked Mr- missing July 13 by his brother Roman- Reginald, two days before the He said too that he thoughtlbody was found and a week the board could have askediafter he had last been seen. council what the situation was; The two brothers. natives of in the area before going aheadSamia‘ lived together in a with the purchase of the sitc.§rooming house on Gloucester Mr. Morley said the board'AV-enue, had met with Planning Director; Detective Clifford Cox and Ian Keith and had been in- Constable Robert Burbridge are formed that it would be two or handling me investigation for [Continued on Page 6) ithe township. zIn Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity” «Photo by Stuart’s Studio lot to Promise To Retain Mature Trees of Thornhill. We should stick to what we told our taxpayers. It should be a seven storey building.” Planning Director Ian Keith stated firmly “If the height limit- ation is to be amended, we will lune to know how and why he- Last February. while the ex-‘ ecutive comn‘l'ttee of the con- servation aut ority had recom-} mended approval of the land‘ fill project. subject to study of‘ final plans. the general meet-i ing had refused to accept the‘ recommendation on the grounds that it had insufficient information on the proposal. ln adjourning the hearing( while such approval is sought,‘ .\lr. Kennedy'was strongly cri-i tical of Metro's failure to ob} tain the approval before pro- ceeding with the hearing. “The question of the consent of the‘r conservation authority was c0113 sidered last February." he re-‘ minded the hearing “And no‘ further action was taken sineei that time. i 1 “This is incredible in view of the extreme urg- ency cited in this case and is something over which this board had no control,” he added. L Mr. Kennedy also reminded Metro representatives when the previous hearing had that ‘ been adjourned on March 16 of this year to have a legal point; decided by the court of appeal before proceeding. the case had not been put on until May 15.‘ llillllllllllltlllllllllllllllllilllllllllilllillllltllillilltlllllllllll\\liilll\lllll By press time. Wednes- 1 day noon. Metro had still not requested a meeting of ‘ the conservation authority l to consider the Thackeray ‘ Dump Site proposal. l The authority's Secret- ‘ airy-Treasurer Fred Lunn ‘ advised that normally no ‘ meeting of the authority i would be held until Scp- ‘ tember. by which time it is expected that staff would have completed a study of the McLaren Report and be in a position to make recommendations concern- ing it. llllllllllillllllllllllliilllllllllllltilllllillilllilllllllllillilllllllilllllililllll “A great deal has been made at this time of the urgency of this situation,” he repeated. “It mama hnt'nrn thn rain-t in Jump The builders answered that the difference between seven and nine storeys wasn‘t much to them but that they felt the preservation of mature specimen trees was en- ough to warrant eight storeys. If the lower height were insisted upon. it would mean that they would have to design a building which covered more ground. they explained. “Seven storeys would mean cutting down many more trees,” said Mr. Sharf. ation is to b haVe to kno“ cause of oul residents." However, they advised that rather than get into a fight about it, “We will go back to seven storeys: forget the stores and get on with the building. We thought it would be just a little better." allern No Date Yet For Murder Hearing No date has been set yet for the trial of ‘James Gl'eenidge, 28, of Torontouwho has been charged with limpi‘eal murder in the death of Robert Wayne Mortimore. 17, of Toronto‘ 28, of Torontp.,who has been charged with iwpiisal (murder in the death of Robert' Wayne Mortimore. 17, of Toronto. whose nude and badly decom- posed body was found two weeks ago in a field in Mark- ham Township. Markham Township Police Chief Harvey Cox said that it was still not known where Greenidge, who also faces a charge of attempted murder in Barrie, will be tried. Arrest Toronto Man Mortimore's body lay in the field a week before being dis- covered by Antonio de Freitas, 33, of Toronto, who recently bought the farm with some friends. I By MARGARET McLEAN The battle between Vaughan Township and Metro Toronto with respect to the Iatter’s attempt to establish a garbage dump on a 600 acre site on the Humber River watershed south of Woodbridge was thrown last week into the arena of Metro Con- servation Authority. Except for some colorful tattoos on the corpse‘s arms. with the inscription: “Born to raise hell,” the same one as worn by con'victed Chicago Mur- derer Richard Speck. there was little by which the police could make an identification. OMB Chairman J. A. Kennedy, after sitting for three days adjourned last week’s hearing until approval of the scheme has been given by the con- servation authority which owns close to 200 acres of the proposed dump site. Detective Clifford Cox and Constable Robert Burbridge are handling the investigation for the township. mm ml e propc bligati )I e De( RICHMOND HILL PUBLIC LIBRARY ‘hy be- to' the 1d nine em but tion of 'as en- 110‘ been adjourned on March 16 of this year to have a legal point decided by the court of appeal before proceeding. the case had not been put on until May 15. came before the court in June when it could have come up in April if more expedition had been exhibited in preparing the case. It was the duty of the applicant (Metro) and not this board.” ‘ Vaughan Township Council at its July 4 meeting gave three readings to bylaws instituting a new administrative set up in the township. Appoint Township Administrator readings to bylaws instituting a To the administrator are re- new administrative set up in sponsible the township engineer, the township. treasurer, clerk, building ad- Former Clerk J. M. McDon- ministrator. fire chief. hydro aid was named township ad- manager and planning director. ministrator; Deputy-Clerk TedHowever, the engineer will also Jackman was named clerk andireport to council's works com- Howard C. Burkholder townshipgmittee the treasurer to its fin- treasurer. lance committee, the building In the chart prepared by theiadministra-tor to the building, finance and general purposejthe fire chief to the fire and committee, the line of command the hydro manager to the hydro passes from the electorate toicommittees. The director of In the chart prepared by the finance and general purpose committee, the line of command passes from the electorate to New Department Set ’U p‘ In VaUghan By press time. Wednes- day noon, Metro had still not requested a meeting of the conservation authority to consider the Thackeray Dump Site proposal. The authority's Secret- ary-Treasurer Fred Lunn advised that normally no meeting of the authority would be held until Sep- tember. by which time it is expected that staff would have completed a study of the McLaren Report and be in a position to make recommendations concern- ing it. TED JACK Clerk eet portion MAN HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 apa Mr. Kennedy adjourned the‘ hearing late Tuesday afternoon of last week when Vaughan Township‘s Solicitor James F.} McCallum had elicited the in-i formation from Metro Worksl Commissioner Ross Clark that1 the conservation authority ap-i proval of the scheme had noti been received. the ramifications of which had apparently been overlooked by all parties. The question then revolvedl around the question of “emi-i nent domain”; which of the‘, two bodies. Metro Council ori Metro Conservation Authority? had prior right to the property and whether one could expro-‘ ‘priate from the other. Mrf IKennedy asked the legal rep- ;resentatives to come to the ‘hearing Wednesday morning prepared to argue this point. However. he had evidently been doing some research into the point himself overnight and gave short shrift to the argu- ment of Metro’s Solicitor George Mace that the question should be decided on the ‘grounds of which authority best served the public interest. “At the moment, I am strongly inclined to the view that if the conserva- tion authority has acted within the sphere of the act which gave it authority, it would hardly expect the court to say that the choice of this particular site is an overriding of the public interest (in having a dump). The river that is the source of the conserva- tion authority’s jurisdiction is there. This will always be there.” Since the action of the con- servation authority in acquiring Continued on Page 3) council to the township admin- is‘trator, M. MCDONALD Administrator spread all over the map and look like hell." 'i‘ll ent ..Richmond Hill Town Council July 24 verbally approved the separation of two lots on the south side of Richmond Street with a frontage of 52 feet each and an average depth of 100 feet each. Total depth of the two lots at present is 659.55 feet. Approval to the applica- board Planning Board Opposed Council Majority Approves Haggart Request Richmond St. Severance In the preamble to the bylaw setting up the post of township administrator, it was noted that he will be responsible for the general control and manage- ment of township affairs and responsible for the operation of all departments; will have full control of township employees with authority to receive 'ap- plication from and dismiss all employees. (Continued on Page 7) Manning will report to planning COMING NEXT WEEK! Although not opposing in full Richmond Hill’s appli- cation to annex approxiâ€" mately 310 acres of its land for industrial uses, Mark- ham Township Solicitor Jer- ome Shibley, presented a four-point resolution from council stipulating the points it wanted carried out if the application were ap- proved when he spoke at a hearing before the Ontario Municipal Board Tuesday in the town council cham- bers. Four Conditions Set By Markham Township The application. which was adjourned for judg- ment to a later date by OMB Members R. M. Mc- Guire. chairman. and V. S. Millburn. called for the an~ nexation of the parcel of land bounded on the west by the easterly limit of Yonge Street. on the south by the southerly limit of Elgin Mills Sideroad East. on the east by the centre line of Bayview Avenue, and on the north by the line parallel to Elgin Mills. The Markham Township resolution said it was not 20th ANNIVERSARY SALE BURKHOLDER Treasurer In Annexation Hearing ladder truck. “We have been given to under- stand," said Mr. Beason “that the school in the area doesn’t present a problem, there would be room for the children." He commented too, “The revenue from increased taxes will far exceed additional taxes will far exceed additional education costs." Questioned by board members as to whether they had considered an office building for the site, the builders advised that this would be “absolutely impossible" because it is impossible to rent them in the hearing on the matter and advised the builders that the board would consider the proposal and advise them. Valencia Construction has built several apartments in Toronto and North York. the Lorne Apartments at St. George and Bloor Street, an apartment at Avenue Road and Rosela\\n, the Bank of Commerce at Highland Park and Yonge and smm'al houses on Betty Ann Drive are The chairman indicated that in any case, there would be a publiq I Planning board at its meeting ion July 18 decided to oppose lthe severance. l Councillor Ivan Mansbridge lwas the only dissenting council vote. He charged, “As far as ll am concerned this is only a 'subtle way of getting a subdi- Vlyision. Weâ€"‘JIa-ven't the neces- sary services. “Besides this leaves a landlocked area". Mr. iMansbridge represents council on the planning board. Mayor Thomas Broad- hurst noted that if the sev- erance is approved by the committee of adjustment. Pleasantville Developments Limited will have to pay the town a severance fee of $650 for each lot or a total of $1.300. “There is nothing to prevent the own- ers from building on these lots now, if they conform to our zoning regulations. and we would get nothing.” Councillor William Lazenby also emphasized the fact that there is nothing to stop the owners from applying for a building permit now, without the separation. with Reeve Don- ald Plaxton commenting. “The {only thing being determined is the depth of the lot." ‘ In this application former Mayor James Haggart, who is now a real estate agent is act- ing as agent for Pleasantville Developments Limited. tion by Pleasantville Develop- ments Limited must be received from the committee of adjust- ment at a hearing on August 2. ILot 8 is reserved for the Trench Street Extension.) Mr. Mansbridge said a satis- factory solution to the water, sewage and school situation should be found before any more housing is approved. Councillor Lois Hancey point- ed out that allowing the sever- ance would bring a dedication of 13 feet across the width of the lot to permit widening of Richmond Street in that area, and stated. “In my opinion planning board had no valid reason for oppOSing this applicaâ€" tion.” opposed to the application provided: all lands to be an- nexed would be developed only on an industrial and commercial basis; a solution to the pollution of the Don River be implemented: the proposed area not contrib- ute to the present sewage treatment problem; the town of Richmond Hill sat- isfy the OMB that an ade- quate water supply is avail- able to serve the area to be annexed. Three citizens. including Markham Township Deputyâ€" 1~eeve S. J. Gadsby. who appeared as a private citi- zen. 'spoke against the ap- plication, Besides Mr. Gadsby. Ernest Abram. RR 1. Richmond Hill. and Nor- mand McCrimmon. also of RR 1. Richmond Hill, ob- jected. Appearing for Joseph Paterson, RR 1. Richmond Hill. who owns 40 acres of the land proposed to be anâ€" nexed. was Grenville Price, who also opposed the appli- cation. PER COPY 10c