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During Mayor William Lazenby’s four years as chief magistrate of the Town of Richmond Hill, his fam11y has been growing, perhaps BY HAL BLAINE The most difficult and pres- sing municipal matter being faced in Richmond Hill at this time is health and social services. according to Mayor William Lazenby. The mayor was interviewed the other day on local affairs, it [being just about the middle of the present town council's two- year term of office. The mayor says the town now has well established clerk's, treasurer’s and works sections. The community planning office has been or- ganized. It is now the time of the soft services. he says, predicting a new health and social services developments. like the municipality. by says. The housing situ- ation is critical and the most pressing thing. The centre of urbanism is moving north in this part of Ontario. In the past it has spread along the Lake On- tario shore. Now the apex of the development triangle is tending to move north through Richmond Hill since this is the direction in which the Toronto subway system can follow it. “In the future I could see Richmond Hill as the centre of a megalopolis, maybe not in my lifetime and not of the Manhattan type, rather as the centre of “golden horseshoe” type development 20 miles on Here the stream sew: cilities. Thi: residential E ahead in th vide the p for extensic plants. Considerii pened in 2 market, the also be i‘ here for sei cilities to Hill growth the form of plants. com or a combin One prov: department phase out treatment NEW FAIRGROUNDS Big item in this regard is the new fairgrounds at 18th Avenue and Leslie Street where he hopes the Spring Fair could even be held this May. Mayor Lazenby sees some major changes ahead in the community planning blue- prints due to housing and development pressures and due to provincial changes in the Toronto Centred Region Plan. Parks and recreation servi- ces are advancing rapidly with major new projects at Langstaff. Richvale, central Richmond Hill and Oak Rid- ges. It was because of the great need to give attention to health and social services that the mayor continued in this field as his prime in- volvement at York Region Council. This being his se- cond two-year term on region council also, he last year rose to the health and social ser- vices committee chairman- ship. “We've got to expand on day care, school dental care. Amenities or services of this kind have to be built up . . . such facilities as the family life centre and things of this nature. centres for seniors and youth. recreation." says Mayor Lazenby. "We need better arrange~ ments to cope with the shor- ter work week . . . more swimming pools, tennis courts. We need to meet the needs of social groups, age groups. common interest sec- tions of the population like young mothers. We need to find programs like the YWCA promotes to fill the void in various levels of life. We've got to push for dental services, education on birth control. Lazenby says the “big crunch" in the immediate fu- ture in Richmond Hill is going to be the stress on social amenities, seeing they are available to people andl getting them working earlier within the population. In time this function of the town administration will be a department like the others, he predicts. IGNORANCE STILL “We think we live in the age of sophistication. But there's still a lot of ignorance within the population. The answer is to keep youngsters in school longer, give them better exposure to health measures through education. If you don't get on it from the source it becomes more expensive later on. We must have the right social services, make them available and publicize them. The town is past the physi- cal amenity stage and is mov- ing beyond that. Work on social services is like a road. If the work is done well enough in the early life of the citizens. emergency re- pair costs are cut drastically. HOUSING CRISIS But when it comes to mu- nicipal activity, the real busy place is in the field of deve- lopment for housing. Lazen- 28 Mayor Sees Health, Social Seryigqg Pressing THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, Feb. 14, 1974 “Some people say we should have development controlled at five or six percent a year. But it can’t be that. It has to be staged development. We have to take into account the hous- ing crisis pressure. GO train terminals become fo- cal points for development. With the start of GO trains two years from now there will be explosive pressure for de- velopment in this area. There has to be government assis- tance to keep lands for parks and agriculture, through the ministry of agriculture or somehow. “Because of the provincial government interest in, and the pressure on, housing. I expect we’re going to see a complete change of attitude to the TCR (Toronto-Centred Region) Plan. It isn‘t now practical or economic. “In the future I could see Richmond Hill as the centre of a megalopolis, maybe not in my lifetime and not of the Manhattan type, rather as the centre of “golden horseshoe” type development 20 miles on either side With Lake Simcoe the boundary on the north side. The drastic changes in the TCR Plan will require chan- ges in the population alloca- tions, not for the present de- veloped area of Richmond Hill. but for the area around it. The centre of urbanism is moving north in this part of Ontario. In the past it has spread along the Lake On- tario shore. Now the apex of the development triangle is tending to move north through Richmond Hill since this is the direction in which the Toronto subway system can follow it. “By the year 2000 we're going to need another master plan for the areas further north and around us," says the mayor. In regard to the ,big plan for a sewer trunk line down through Pickering to Lake Ontario, there will probably be a slowing off on that major service due to the cut- back on plans for the inter- national airport and satellite town to the east of here. UPSTREAM SEWAGE PLANTS Mayor Lazenby feels it's significant that Aurora and Newmarket have been given the go-ahead to expand up- York Home T.V. 306 Bayview Ave. (Plaza) 889-1646 - 884-4165 KO 031353" SALE 59% off Creativé Framing of our Regular ng, LOW PRICES Color TV from Sweetheart Peter g; {THE FRAME UPC WORKS IN A DRAWER GET YOUR ‘30 LP s3 PRINTS, lITHOGRAPIIS, ETGIINGS, WATERCOIOURS, MIRRORS, STATUES, FRAMED FIGURES, WALL ACCESSORIES, OIL PAINTINGS. ‘the fram and picum people' (Photo by Susan Samila) s as chief Lazenbys gathered recently in their living room, Mrs. Evelyn amin has Lazenby with the children (left to right) Christine, Billy Jr. Here the and Carolynne. stream sewage treatment fa- provide the facilities that are there is the 45 acres for park cilities, This means a major going to be needed there." he use on the Orange Home pro- residential expansion is going said, emphasizing again. how- perty. ahead in those towns to pro- ever. that this will be some vide the population to pay time in the future. are “an in the mm" said for extension of the sewage * * * Lazenby' on top of 'these plantS. Returning to the subjeCt 0f fhprn in tho ancnf Rnnnh These recreation advances Considering what has hap- pened in Aurora and New- market, there will probably also be interim measures here for sewer and water fa- cilities to assist Richmond Hill growth. This will be in the form of either upstream plants, connections to Metro, or a combination of both. Turning to the Oak Ridges- Lake Wilcox area, the mayor said the important situation there revolves around the question of services. “These are going to be late in coming, but they've got to happen. These residents have to be given water and sewer services. If the province can subsidize that in some way, we can alleviate a critical si- tuation there, although we don’t want to expand the de- veloped area. We must keep as close as possible to the TCR Plan concept, yet still One provincial government department has wanted to phase out upstream sewage treatment plants, but has been defeated in this in our York Region’s northern mu- nicipalities. So there is pro- bably going to have to be a compromise here in southern York Region. FARMS, RECREATION “We can learn from Europe to combine agricultural, re- sidential and recreation faci- lities together in each com- munity. But that is certainly going to require provincial assistance. We certainly have prime agricultural land around here. I would hate to see it all disappear. It is a prime amenity of Richmond Hill," said Mayor Lazenby. ' “N0 JOB T00 SMALL OR T00 BIG” . 11“““I“‘H!““‘ “““““‘I“‘ IATMST I SKHAID run, 622 Sheppard Ave. W. (m Bavhum) "I STE.“ IEBITS mu, 1537 Smelt: Ave. Ens? (I light Eon of Bayviow). 561-1. 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This will allow completion of plans for this important community centre. LANGSTAFF PARK Also the town has finally acquired clear title to park land adjacent to Langstaff Secondary School. This land can now be developed for community use. Returning to the subject of housing. Lazenby said be ex- pects to see more programs from the province to assist housing. KINDS OF HOUSING “We’re going to see in- creased pushes in assistance for senior citizen and subsi- dized housing. Units are going to be much more freely available to seniors in order to free up units for larger fa- milies. The next thing is Ozark Park in Oak Ridges where the new arena now stands. This facility is to be expan- ded to include baseball dia- monds. The next thing in that vi- cinity southern part of town is the BAIF park and recre- ation plan in Richvale. Then PH 0T0 SUPPLIES 884-3221 630-1“! 221-5717 “4-90” These recreation advances are “all in the mill", said Lazenby. On top of these there is the Sunset Beach property purchase at Lake Wilcox which will be joined 301 MARKHAM ROAD (Unit No. 3) RICHMOND HILL Thorndale Business Services Aimed at providing better service to our cilents we are pleased to announce the open- ing of an office effective February lst, 1974, at “The Liberal” requires a responsible boy or girl for an established paper route in the Colbourne & Bayview area of Richmond Hill. This is an excellent opportunity to earn some extra pocket money. CARRIER Piease Phone‘Dinah Darlington at 884- 1105 for further details. Bookkeeping & Income Tax Services Bus. 884â€"2660 Res. 889-8051 (24 Hr. Answering (Evenings & Service) Weekends) will be paid following the apprehension and conviction of person or persons resmnsible for the theft of stereo and other equip- ment from the residence of Kenneth Thomson, 282 Richmond St., Richmond Hill about 8:30 pm Monday Feb. 4, 1974. The identity of any persons supplying in- formation will be treated as strictly confi- dential. A REWARD OF 5250 BB ANNOUNCEMENT in Kleinburg is now open all .year featur- ing excellent, early Canadian cuisine for Luncheons, Teas and Dinners, Tuesday through Sunday. Dinner reservations accepted up to 8:00 pm. Fully Licensed For Reservations call (416) 893-1429 Chargex and American Express Cards Accepted The Doctor’s House Restaurant and Tavern PHONE 884-5371 The newhr-acquired 133- acre fairgrounds and works yard site have existing home and bam buildings. It is pos- sible the Spring Fair may be held there this year. up with other town-owned properties there for water sports and recreation. “I would like to see it. With proper negotiations bet- ween the town and fair board, I can see it there this year," he said. With proper management of that whole piece of pro- perty we're going to have a natural recreation area in connection with the fair faci- lities. The sooner the fair is established there. the sooner we will have recreation deve- lopment there. In the age of the motorcar, the distance from the town centre isn't so important," said Mayor La- zenby. FAIR SITE PROBLEMS The mayor said the fair at the present site involves some major problems. There is noise and irritation to nearby residents. Parking is limited and causes serious congestion on local streets. There are very restrictive li- mitations on the amount of space for entertainment and exhibits. Another problem is the destruction of the turf by the horse trials, making the Town Park grounds unsuit- able for other recreation uses. 1y. We have adequate area 1y. We‘ve got adequate area for parking and can have larger entertainment areas. I'm sure there can be some sort of temporary housing for exhibits. I hope some land can be prepared well enough for horse trials," said Mayor Lazenby in the mid-term in- terview. 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