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“Sometimes they appear ‘0 not even care. They must cer- tainly have none of the visions of those who founded and de- veloped this nation. As a re- sult. Canada today has the worst productivity record of any major country," said Stevens. “speak positively of what can be done in Canada if we accept today‘s challenges. We are a great country. We have great resources and a great people." "Stanfield. unlike the pres- ent Prime Minister. is a team man. Given the support. given the votes. given the MP5. he will head a government that will reintroduce s o u n (1 practical economic development to Can- Ida. Stevens then proceeded to do the expected by lashing out at the Trudeau Government in lusts" fashion. He said the Liberals under‘ Trudeau have no idea what type of economy the nation should strive for 10 years from now. Some 800 spectators swarmed into the auditorium of Huron Heights Secondary in Newmar- ket, to pay, homage to Stevens who will be making his first big as a federal candidate. The 45-year-old lawyer from RR 3. King Township was trumpeted in by a host of old and young and every age inâ€" between supporters â€" led by a band from King City Secondâ€" ai'y. Spe‘aker Stevens said that in his campaign he hopes to o "The great tragedy 1nday is that we have a government in Ottawa that is unsure, hesi- tant and vague in its economic planning for this country. "It‘s motto is to introduce yesterday‘s solutions for“ today‘s problems." he said. A solid wave of Tory Blue supporters waving Tory Blue Sinclair Stevens‘ signs was a picture worth a thousand words at the York Simcoe Progressive Conservative federal nomination meeting Tuesday night 'of last week. The story it told was that Sinclair Stevens was the unan- imous. unchallenged candidate to run, under the Conservative colors in the next federal elec- tion expected this year in York Simcoe. He also threw in some kudos for Conservative Opposition Leader Robert Stanfield. VOL. 95, NO. 34. "The Conservatives. led by Stanfield. will give to, Canada “that. the Conservative party has given to Ontario since 1943 â€"â€" good government," said Stev- ens. He then took a final sweep at the Liberals: O "The record of the Liberal Government has been unbeliev- ably poor in the past six years. o "Unemployment has jump- ed from 3.6 percent to today's 6.2 percent. Inflation has meant your dollar today buys 20 percent less than when Tru- deau came to Ottawa. 800 Tories Name Stevens York Simcoe Candidate 0 "Taxes have risen at. a cumulative rate of 21 percent per year â€" more than twice as fast as your income," he said. Stevens told “The Liberal" that he has been involved with the Conservative cause in "one form or another since my public school days." He was a president of the Young Progressive Conserva- tives for York North in 1948. He has been practising law since 1955 and received his Queen's Council in June of last year. Co-chalrman of the nominat- ing convention were Councillor Donald Findlay of King City and Sam Nielly of Gilford. Other platform ,guests in cluded Art Evans. MLA Simcoe Centre: William Hodgson. MLA York North. Perry Ryan MP Toronto Spadina. and Elwood Madill. a former federal Tory MP and a candidate for the riding of Dufferin Peel. uuuuuuuumlmmumuuuumm“um\uu1l\uummmulmumuu Minimum\mum“mmuumu\uuuuumuuuumuuuuuum York Regional Police said 21-year-old Gordon David Dean is alleged to have gone for a ride in a Cessna 150 around 2 am. January 5. A Claremonl man. already charged with armed rob- bery. has now been charged with break. entry and theft of an airplane. The plane was located at the headquarters of the Toronto Flying Club ln King Township. The plane was returned undamaged despite having been taken and returned in the darkness of night without benefit of landing lights. Dean is presently facing Charges in connection with the armed holdup and theft of 5119 from Fred's XL Service Station at Ring- wood January 6. Went Airplané “Joy Riding” W § ~\i \ ' (rhotos by Stuart‘s Studio and Ifhotique Studio) Thirty men of the Richmond Hill Fire Department, aided by six Markham Firefighters, Thursday night of last week battled for 212 hours before getting under control a $260,000 fire that destroyed a bowling alley at the east end of the Allencourt Plaza. Markham Road and Bayview Avenue. For a time the line of stores in one of Richmond Hill’s newest and largest shopping centres was threatened. Valuable files were removed from a bank branch several doors away. The lower photograph taken the next morning shows the interior of the 16-lane b0wling alley that suffered about $200,000 of the total damage. The upper photograph was taken Thursday night at the height of the blaze as firemen with back tanks and face masks attempted to get at the blaze through high heat and heavy smoke. Also at the Allencoul‘t Var-l Owners of the 65â€"suite apart-lported. "l have checked with iety Store there was smoke and‘ment building named “Lave-‘a couple of people and thesel water damage. The lessee here rock Apartments" at 60 Laverâ€" owners did not grant any de-l i5 MOI‘I‘iS Salz Of 132 Faywoodjock Road, Richmond Hill, were-‘creases to their tenants to re-1 Boulevard. Toronto. the man‘supported last week by theiflect the decrease in taxes that; Who tE'lephoned the alarm tO‘majority of their tenants in an‘occurred last year. Instead they" the fire department. unsuccessful objection to Rich- raised the rents on January 1. The next business In the mond Hill Town Council to the it it t it l line of stores in the Allen- recent hike in charges for “I have no Sympathy for court Shopping Centre was water seerces. . ‘ these owners." Said councillor‘ the Imperial Bank of Com- In December counc11 decidedAndy Chateauvert merce where records and to 1e\,-y a minimum charge of valuables were removed for $9 per quarter for water for a time for safety. But here each residential unit. Before‘ also there was only smoke that. multiple family buildings and water damage report- such as apartment houses reâ€" ed by officiaisf‘v : ceived only one bill each quar- Bowling centre owner Alleniter. said he is planning to rebuild and re-open his business. He told “The Liberal" at press time it was impossible to give a very close estimate of dain- **** When Councillor Lois Hancey asked if there is not a special ‘department of the provincial ‘government dealing with rents and complaints of tenants in it! 4: a a apartment buildings. Schiller Walter Kohn'said “Rents are one area where Holdings Ltd. and Benlark In-lthe act didn't give any 8111i“??- vestments Ltd. said they wouldlltyfo anyone- Find" “119 deg: have to pass the increase on to‘latlon 0f onlallodlh‘? 3" ml: age so soon, but that damage their tenants in the form of a hast {3 free than 1“ 59 g to his business alo n e would 32 or more per month increase fen 5- I th probably range between $180.-vin rental fees. V Council took no action on e 000 to $200,000. I Councillor David Schiller reâ€" protest. , The owners. il-llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll\lllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllulllllllllllluuuuuuluuu\uuunnmnitnumuuuuulnmunlumuuumuuulunumuuuumuu1miluu\l1llll“uuluulllllulllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllm“ll“WWW““WNWWm“‘F Seek Funds From Federal Govern ment, Private Investors, Domed Stadium The proposal for a domed stadium on the Langstaff Jail Farm is Very much alive. Richmond Hill Town Council learned at its Feb- ruary 7 meeting The stadium committee composed of Regional Co cillor Gordon Rowe. Coun lor Shaun Beggs and Ar itect. Douglas Allen â€" sou council‘s co-operation in suing a Lbrochure on stadium. The brochu composed of Regional Coun- cillor Gordon Rowe. Council- lor Shaun Beggs and Arch- itect Douglas Allen â€" sought council‘s co~operation in is- suing a ‘brochure on the stadium; The brochure would also be intended to serve as good public rela- tions literature for the town. It would cost $4.800. Council agreed in prin- ciple and will consider the matter further at budget time â€"â€" not long in the future. Regional Councillor Rowe gave a brief history of the jail farm property. The 640 acres of land was assembled between the years of 1911- 15 by,the City of Toronto from several different own- ers at a total purchase price of $114,600. It was used by the city as a jail farm and then for several years dur- By MARY DAWSON (riiotos by Stuart‘s Studio and Photique Studio) - Thirty men of the Richmond Hill Fire Department, aided by six Markham Firefighters, Thursday night of last week battled for 21,-; hours before getting under control a $260,000 fire that destroyed a bowling alley at the east end of the Allencourt Plaza. Markham Road and Bayview Avenue. For a time the line of stores in one of Richmond Hill’s newest and largest shopping centres was threatened. Valuable files were removed from a bank branch several doors away. $ 26 0, 000 Fire Damage Richmond Hill '5 Worst Ever ing and after World War II as a mental hospital. The buildings have been unoccu- pied since 1958. although the land is farmed. he said. The committee. said Rowe. considers the property an ideal location for a domed stadium because of its prox- imity to major existing and proposed highways, with G0 Transit available and two airfields within a short dis- tance. The city pays a grant of $6.500 in lieu of taxes each year. according to an old agreement with the Town- ship of Markham. The jail farm. was formerly in Markâ€" ham township but is now in Richmond Hill. Councillor. Beggs said he discussed the proposal with several people in the sport- ing education field and dis- covered there is a great prob- lem arising from the lack of sports facilities for Cana- dian athletes. "To bring the federal and provincial people into the picture. this has to be a com- plex â€"â€" with diving pools. imming be a com- ing pools. evaluation RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEB mg 254 South Taylor Mills Drive. Owner Allen of 260 Mark- !m Road said he tried to ‘lephone an alarm when the ire was discovered, but was .lnable to ’do so because the elephone was dead. Apparently he telephone wires were al- ready burnt 'off by the fire. Ah inspector from the Fire Marshal‘s office was investi- and treated at York Cen- tral Hospital. He was Vol- unteer Frank Shadwell of centre. etc. Federal Minister of Health and Welfare John Munro has made it clear he definitely approves of such a centre somewhere in Can- ada. said Beggs. “This would be an ideal situation within the mass of population and the mass of athletes. We've had consider- able consultation with Sports Director Lloyd Percival, who has offered to ‘donate his time and research materials," he said. ' "The purpose of the broch- ure is to see if enough in- terested parties can be con- tacted to make things move with the federal and provin- cialgovernments and private individuals." said Allen. “Would this be geared for professional sport or for. a m a t e u 1‘ sports?" asked Councillor Louis Wainwright. "I wouldn't want to see any of my tax dollars going to support professional sport.“ “We hope both aspects could be dovetailed together. We think they can both 176 incorporated." a n s W e r e d Regional Councillor Rowe. "Cost to the town‘s rate- In Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity gating the fire at press time.‘to aid in the battle. *xvak Owner Allen sent an em- ployee and others to the nearby variety store to give the alarm. Fire Chief Stong said the heat and smoke was so great fire- fighters uere unable to enter the building and the fire wasn't under control ‘for 21/2 hours. Thirty local firemen fought‘ the blaze using two pumper Chief Stung said the fire apparently started in the space between the 'false ceiling of the building and the roof. There were two gas fire heating units in the ceiling space but the fire didn’t appear to have cen- tred around either one, the fire chief said. The fire occurred just at fire trucks. while six men and league Changing time and there and additional pumper truck were two groups each of were called in from Markham‘about 150 people present at the 16-lane automatic bowling facil- Owner Allen sent an em- ployee and others to the nearby variety store to give the alarm. Fire Chief Stung said the heat and smoke was so great fire- fighters were unable to enter the building and the fire wasn't under control for 21/2 hours. payers would be the $4,800 for the brochure." assured Mayor William Lazenby. "Money to develop the stad- ium would come from private enterprise." Architect Allen told “The Liberal“ that the committee has as yet no way of-estimat- ing the cost of such a facility on the.jail farm. “The pro- gram hasn‘t been written. so we don't know what it will include. Whatever the cost. we don't intend that it will be paid for by the Richmond Hill taxpayer, but rather by senior levels of government and by private enterprise." It was announced Thursday of last‘ week that Buffalo's domed stadium. to be com- parable to Houston's Astro- dome and to be ready for use in 1974. will cost $55 million. This is to,be raised through private funds. "Has anyone approached Toronto as yet As to the avail- ability of the land?” asked Councillor Lois Hancey. The answer was “No” although Rowe said he talked to Toronto Mayor although Rowe sam talked to Toronto Mayor Dennison and Controllers 13%wa 17, 1972 ity at chief. The bowling building con-Z tained a snack bar and office.“ It was insured. There was somel fire damage to the roof of the adjoining Embassy Cleaners. and some smoke 'and water damage to this premises. offic- ials said. Clothing in the build- ing for cleaning was removed by two employees. Wilson Ell- iot of 1110 Weston Road, Toron- to and Anthony King of 3896 Bathurst Street. Apartment 309. ‘ There was also some smoke and water damage to the Allen- court Coin Laundry. James Loughridge of 148 Arnold Crescent, Richmond Hill, is the lessee. Rotenberg and Puccini. “who all want the stadium within the city." "The only ‘way to bring any pressure to bear on Toronto is to get federal government involvement." said Beggs. “If we can get Mir. Munro in. we will get the stadium." “It could be a centre where athletes are brought in from BC. and from Newfoundland and given a few weeks' in- tensiVe training. They would then take their new skills back to their home cities to pass it on. This would mean a pliysical education program for the whole of Canada," said Rowe. "I don’t think Richmond Hill can become involved too heavily financially. We will have to get it from other levels." said Rowe. “I would back my judgment that the stadidm would be a great thing as a tourist attraction." “It's not producing any significant revenue at pres- ent.” said Councillor Stewart Bell. “It seems a shame to have it sitting there idle when it could be used to such great advantage. Maybe we are not looking {Or direct the time, said the fire HOME PAPER 01“ THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 The study was made at the‘ regional planning committee following a request last April from the Markham Town plan- ning committee. In the past five years there has been a signifi- cant increase in the applications for high density development in ‘the region, particularly in :Nlarkham. i In 1966 just six per- ‘ cent of all dwellings in ‘ the region were apart- ! llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“\llllllllll“\“llflllllllllllllllllllllll Bombshell OnNew Homes By MARGARET LADE ., If our local towns want to keep taxes to a minimum. they should allow only construction of apartments on new residential land, says a new regional council planning report which appears likely to land like a bombshell in our local communities and councils. w Mil-{dim shoulder a little highen lax load for the priv- ilege, the towns can allow new single family dwellings. Townhouses are more expensive for the towns, while semi-detached homes really bring a‘ heavy municipal tarx load. , ALLA“ .1-.._1-.-.._-.‘L lllu‘llvlyun ma“ Ave“... The decision to allow apartment development, or any other development must be more than 3. "‘dollars and cents" decision, since it affects the structure and makeup of the whole community. ‘ a 1v I n ,',,, ML-.. 1 _ A . . A per unit than ar ularly education uAuL IJ puuvuvu u Single family detached homes produce a slight tax deficit. but row-house units (townhouses) and semi-detached homes cost the municipality considerably more than they produce in taxes. uuu nuuuvuy v- v“ A -n, VV----_- This is the conclusion by planners of York Region.- They have recently completed a survey of tax yields and municipal costs of various types of residential development in the region. - . The 38-page report indicates that apartments bring .in more'tax dollars __ A ..L.' A Apartment Dwellers Unsuccessful ln Plea Against Water Rate Hike Owners of the 65-suite apart-1 ment building named “Lave- rock Apartments“ at 60 Laver- ock Road, Richmond Hill, were supported last week by the majority of their tenants in an unsuccessful objection to Rich- mond Hill Town Council to the recent hike in charges for water services. In December council decided to levy a minimum charge of $9 per quarter for water for each residential unit. Before that, multiple family buildings such as apartment houses re- ceived only one bill each quar- ‘ter. Richmond Hill Town Council will issue an inter- im tax bill totalling 50% of the 1971 taxesWhis year to alleviate the large ex- penditure on interest neces- sitated by last year‘s de- lay in government approval of the final tax bill. The interim bill will be due in two payments â€"- the first on April 20 and the second on June 20, it was decided at the last council meeting. All the days of grace are included in the above dates. so that the payments are absolutely due and payable April 20 and June 20. tax dollars. but the indirect benefit can be tremendoug." “It is not my intent to be a \vet blanket.” said Mrs. Hancey. “But I think this should be a budget item. It needs to be considered in the light of other priorities council intends to make for the benefit of the commun- ity. There's some talk the basic shelter exemption will not be forthcoming this year, which would mean an in- crease in taxes to almost everyone." “I would be a lot happier about it if I knew of any in- dication by the City of To- ronto that they are willing to give up this land. We are dealing with another munic- ipality which also would like to establish a similar facil- ity." cautioned Councillor David Schiller. Hill Interim Tax Dates Set ' “But they’re not the same." countered Councillor Beggs. “The Toronto proposals do not contain any provision for the needs of Sports Canada. any approach to Mr. Munro. orv ah}; thought of putting private capital and govern- ment money together to pro- rwc- --r-_, ___ are spent in providing to the occupants municipal services, partic- All But Apartments Hike Taxes A large number of local ser- The study vices are financed wholly or sample of dwe partly by the property tax. The'in the 1960‘s largest single item. says the re- cipal costs in port, is education which ac- vices. counts for over half of all costs * financed at the local governâ€" Included in men-t level. by the property tax. }.391 single . '71 DEMOS Wilson NOW ON 11.179199 ments. but from 1968 to 1970 the Town of Mark- ham accounted for 65 per: cent (1,500 apartments) of the apartment permits is- sued in the region. These made up 49 percent of all permits for new dwellings in Markham during that period. The basic purpose oi the study, it points out. is to pro- Vide information to aid muni- cipalities in making decisions on the type of housing con- struction they will be able to afford. Other costs to local govern? ments include fire protection and police costs, public works such as roads. waiter, sewers. public health. welfare and rec- reation. The cost analysis in the report, however. deals exclu- sively with educational costs levied directly on property by the municipality . For this reason said the study. much is omitted that is‘ important. For example. ported, "I have checked with a couple of people and these owners did not grant any de- creases to their tenants to re- flect the decrease in taxes that occurred last year. Instead they raised the rents on January 1.” “I have no sympathy for these owners." said Councillor Andy Chateauvert. When Councillor Lois Hanceyl Amendment 4 to the Official asked if there is not a specialiplap of the Richmond H111 department of the provincial Planning Area received three government dealing with rents readings and was passed at the and complaints of tenants ianebruary 7 meeting of town apartment buildings. Schiller council. said “Rents are one area where This amendment is the first the act didn‘t give any author-step towards allowing estate- ity to anyone. Under the legis- type residential development lation of Ontario the landldrdion two properties on the south- has a free ,hand in setting east corner of Bayview Avenue lrents." land Gormley Sideroad. Before __4As-.1 __ CHE\'.‘- CUTLASS' IMPALA - CAMARO & OLDS. professional sport. We are trying to provide something Canada needs badly." Councillor Wain w ri g ht agreed the brochure expense should be a budgetary item. "I am concerned about ad- vertising somebody else's property without some com- mitment." he said. vide for amateur as well "The brochure has a two- fold purpose, to arouse in- terest in the stadium and to sell Richmond Hill. We are fed up with the fact this property is tied up and doing no good." said a coun- cillor. "The reason \‘ this is to sell Hill." .added R0 “We will be I u: anyone who “We will be presenting it t‘o anyone who will listen. There are people in the fi- nancial, world waiting for something like this," said Beggs. “M a n y municipalities. businesses and bankers are endorsing this proposal. We have to sell it. show it. so private enterprise will know about it." said Mayor Wil- liam Lazenby. SALE e are doing Richmond 355 YONGE STREET N. 8896435 Phone 727-9453 RICHMOND HILL CHEV-OLDS Where Cars Cost Less! it does not consider the dif- ferences in cost to the oc- cupant of different types of dwellings (rent, mortgage payments, etc). Further it does not examine non-ec- onomiofactors. Social as- pects are only briefly touched on. and psychol- ogical, aesthetic and en- vironmental considerations are omitted entirely. It emphasizes that the study on its own should not be used to determine the suitability of residential proposals or proper distribution of housing by type and price level. The study was based on« a sample of dwellings constructed in the 1960‘s and 1970 muni- cipal costs for education ser- vices. Included in the study were 1.391 single ,family detached homes with an average as~c5:ed value of $28,900. Education tax revenues averaged $402. Tax- supported costs averaged $449. leaving a deficit of $47. Of 125 semiâ€"detached houses with average assessed value of $17,000 the deficit was $321 each. the highest load of the municipality of all types of housing. Row-houses in the sample of 263 units had an average assessed value of $17.â€" 700. with services costing $160 more than they produced in ed- ucation tax revenues. The 1.637 apartments in the study had an average assessed value per unit of $10,500 and brought in $67 per unit more than was paid out by the municipal- ity. “Although test figures give a realistic picture of the financial implications of the four types of dev- elopment during the past Gormley Area Estate Lots To Be Approved This amendment is the first step towards allowing estate- type residential development on two properties on the south- east corner of Bayview Avenue and Gormley Sideroad. Before development may proceed. an amendment to the old Mark- ham zoning bylaw and a subdi- vision agreement will be neces- sary. Until now policies governing the land are those of the Town- ship of Markham Official Plan â€" that is “Rural”. The amend- ment adds a “Rural-Estate" designation. Part of the property is heav- ily wooded and the amount of arable land of appropriate soil and suitable topographic condi- tions of sufficient size to per- mit agricultural production economically is said to be quite limited. Its scenic .attributes make it particularly suitable for residential estate develop- ment. The lots will be approxi- mately two acres in extent and with individual wells and septic tanks. Minimum lot frontage shall be approximately $200 feet. The lots shall be well- proportioned with access to in- dividual lots from internal roads. All dwellings shall be of sufficient size so as not to sufficient size so create a financial the municipality. it When the esta create a financial burden on the municipality, it was agreed. When the estate-type deâ€" velopment was first proposed to town council and its plan- ning committee. a meeting was called of all property owners in the area where the proposal was discussed at length. 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