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York County students will get a chance this summer to try their hands at building “adventure playgrounds." painting playground equipment and working on research projects. Meaningful, learning employment And if'sV all on proyincial government The programs are some of those suggested by the ministry of education as part of “Experience '75, designed to give students both “meaningful employment" and a “learning ex- perience.“ Each project is to be financed up to a maximum of $5,000 with most of that going for student salaries. Material costs for approved Married? You should have your own North Pickering, the Province of Ontario’s first new town located on 25,000 acres of land nor- theast of Metro, will contain an urban com- munity and an agricultural community, the Honorable Donald lrvine, Minister of Housing announced Thursday. The urban community will be located on 7,000 21 or over? Two distinct communities â€" one urban and the other agricultural â€" comprise the Ontario government's proposal for development of its first satellite city to be located next to the proposed federal airport at Markham - Pickering. In making the announcement Minister of Housing Donald Irvine said the location of the urban develop- ment to the east coincides with the objectives of the Toronto-Centred Region Concept to stimulate economic growth east of Metro; This proposal is based on results of public review and technical studies of three modified concept plans presented to the public for comment during October and November last year. During these presentations it became evident the public had two basic preferences â€" the desire to save agricultural land and to orient North Pickering‘s urban community toward Oshawa rather than to Toronto (with a maximum separation from Metro). The open space portion of the agricultural com- munity will likely be incorporated into the Parkway Belt and will still allow extensive agricultural uses. The Parkway has not yet been defihed east of High way 48' in Markham Town. The urban community will now be located entirely within the Town of Pickering and will consist of ap- proximately 4,000 acres on the east side of the creek which bisects the site. The remaining acreage will be earmarked for open space uses. The agricultural community will be located on ap- proximately 17.000 acres west of the West Dullin Creek. including land‘in the Town of Markham, the Borough of Scarboro and the Town of Pickering. It also siniplifies jurisdictional issues by locating the urban component entirely within the Town of Pickering and the Region of Durham. Working full-time? mi.) on the west and, with the Open Space onorable Donald lrvine, Minister of Housing System, provide a buffer from Metro Toronto. mounced Thursday. These last two zones will lie partly on land now in 1e urban community will be located on 7,000 York Region. Airport .:56 tel/ire town to get urban and rural communities unityiand an’agricultural community, the Ontario * OHIP number! Ministry of Health Hon. Frank S. Miller. Mlmster the projects would be added to 1975 budgets. First v project to be recommended was the painting of playgrggqgs. Trustee Norm Weller of Aurora thought that should get precedence and was backed by Doreen Quirk of Markham, who termed the playgrounds an “utter disgrace grubby and weatherbeaten." Trustee William Laird of Georgina Township objected to the latter, because it didn’t provide the necessary “learning experience.” He saia he Was against the “menial labor" idea. Vice-chairman Craig Cribar of Newmarket, felt Your parent's OHIP insurance no longer includes you. So apply tor your own. Don‘t delay. or you could be walking into an emergency uncovered. Consult your em- ployer or Contact your nearest OHIP Office. r T’hé OHIP Officé in your area will answer any questions you may have. Bank 114 Worsley Slice! 726-0326 Nlndllun 25 Main Slreel West 528-3461 Kl ion 1 Pnncess Sheet swan” London 227 Queens Avenue £33456] “luau-ug- 55 CI” Cenlro Drive 275-2730 Olav- 75 Albetl Slrcel Put-thorough 311 George Street Novlh 716-21‘0 These would be opening school libraries two or three days a week for about three hours a day for six weeks for the distribution of books. Later Trustee John Stephens of Markham suggested the board take such projects as the the board should consider two other proposals first. Next would be taping material for students with learning difficulties with cassettes. Trustee Donald Cameron of Vaughan suggested the board “adopt the whole package and put all the kids to work." acres in the easterly portion of the site nearer to Oshawa. The agricultural community will be located on approximately 17,000 acres (26 sq. Mr. Irvine said that in co-operation with the ministry of agriculture and food. a number of measures will be developed to encourage farm production in the 17,000 acre agricultural community for perhaps the next 20 years. - This plan will form the basis for official plan amendments to be proposed by the corporation to the municipalities having jurisdiction in North Pickering, including Markham and York Reigon. An innovative farm lease program. developed in collaboration with farmers in the area. is already under way and may well serve as a model for the management of provincially-owned agricultural lands elsewhere, he said. “It is car intention to discourage non-agricultural activities and to encourage full-time farm operations”. the housing minister added. A basic task of the planners will be to recommend land use zoning to establish areas which are explicitly urban and agricultural as well as areas which will fall between the two. The two-community concept forms the basis for planning during the final planning phgse._ . The plan thaE will evoNe will Be, submitted to the North Pickering Development Corporation when it is established in the spring or early summer. It is in this context that the roles of the existing hamlets within the agricultural community will be determined, he said. An architect-planner from the North Pickering Project is now meeting with hamlet residents in planning for the future of their communities. The proposed official plan amendments would be considered by the municipalities in accordance with established procedures under The Planning Act of Ontario Si. Canada-l 15 Church Slreel 682-6658 Toronto 2195 Yonge Slveel (Eglmlon) 482-1111 Vilnde H27 Ouellene Avenue libraries, cassette tapings, research work on the history of York County, English as a second language and an inventory of community resources and “lump them altogether.” Tfie board agreed it‘s an award winning suite to begin with; You sit yourself down at a handsome 54 inch by 34 inch Burma teak table with a 22 inch extension leaf for your company The four ultra comfortable chairs will be covered in your choice of one of many luxurious wool materials. You‘ll be serving off a 74 inch teak buffet with a matching hutch which has the added dimension of tinted glass sliding doors. All pieces are discreetly accented with unique chrome i bracesThe price is really something else iuomethinq elre. It'lon J'ale for Earter too! Qur”T"_|_(r_oma plininq room for a suite of this nature. $1299 / ,/ W%/ Let them (the John Robarts Commission studying Metro Toronto) “do what they want south of Steeles (Avenue) .” Having an administrative centre for York Region in a “highly-populated“ sout- hern part of the area, “would show the region is going to stay together as a region,” Councillor Lois Hancey of Richmond Hill told a meeting of the regional planning com- mittee last week. The committee was discussing a report from the planning department on possible sites for such a centre, specifically citing Newmarket and Richmond Hill as potential locations. The former proposed site was the existing Newmarket old York Manor site on Yonge. The latter consisted of one west of Yonge Street, south of Major MacKenzie Drive, and one east of Yonge, north of Markham Road. Mayor Bob Forhan of Newmarket. who is also chairman of the planning committee. took the report apart almost clause by clause, finding most of its statements “hard to believe". He ended with the declaration the Oak Ridges moraine should be the boundary between the north and the south. “You go your way and we’ll go ours,” the mayor said. That was something Mayor Forhan then proceeded to do in his rundown. The report was prepared for last May, but the committee just got around to last week. Acknowledging this later on, the report said “con- sideration might well be directed toward the gradual implementation of a system providing services and in- formation to residents at local centres.” Provision of such in- formation in “locally available form" should possibly be incorporated into plans for the new centre. The report said the im- portance of council meetings, which were now poorly attended by the public, would be realized “The creation of a highly visible symbol of govern- ment is one benefit derived from the establishment of a regional centre," the report said in its opening paragraph. Then it went on to say the acceptance of such a focal point depended 'largely on the “accessibility of the centre to regional residents.” “I find that hard to believe,” said Mayor Forhan. “That wasn’t the main criterion.” How many people ever came to the regional office in Newmarket? They went to their local offices instead, he said. WV” ’ W/M' 7”" modern Trend Interiorlm Richmond Hill, Newmarket sites proposed for York regional centre 7310 Woodbine Avenue - North of Steeles 495-6337 45 Overlea Boulevard - Thorncliffe Plaza 425-2839 “when the process becomes more visible” through easier accessibility. “I find it hard to believe that the bigger building means more people become involved,” Mayor Forhan said. The report also said the selection of a site outside of main population centres will necessitate sub-regional centres in any event. Site selections Selection of the Richmond Hill west site in the BAIF development, “would in- volve co-ordinated planning with a political support from the Town of Richmond Hill,” which was also considering a spot within the general area for its own office, com- munity facilities and an 18- acre park, the report said. Were they now going to “became another arm of the information bureau?" The report said a regional centre there would have a “major catalytic effect upon the existing land use pattern of the surrounding area,“ which included market gardens, steel plant, GO Transit bus station, vacant land and sewage treatment plant. Land costs in the area average $50,000 to $60,000 an acre, and are twice that in the Richmond Hill east location. Integration of existing rail and bus lines, along with proposed rapid rail transit, “would also be a major determinant of this centre’s design," the report said. The York Manor site in Newmarket “would serve as a development catalyst for surrounding area,” as well as “have a substantial impact upon the over-all land use pattern west of Yonge Street.” However, “the sacrifice of rurally-designated land and the redirection of a main employment and retail centre away from the central area of Newmarket will doubtless affect" the established commercial area," the report said. While development on the Newmarket site might achieve some local ob- jectives, it might also “defeat regional preferences for the struc- turing of the town,” the report added. The latter remark brought a quick rejoinder from Mayor Forhan who said any such structuring would be “determined by local municipalities and not regional planners.” The llS-acre York Manor site had 80 acres of open, agricultural land available for development. He said he would also like to point out the centre of Newmarket wasn’t the main employment centre. In summing up, the report said the effect of the centre was difficult to estimate without taking into con- sideration such things as “opportunities for in- corporating other municipal offices. space needs of school boards, provincial offices and many other ancilliary and supporting functions . . . " Township seat Rupke wins King Staff Sergeant Ted McBrien of York Regional Police, 3 member of the Richmond Hill detachment until the formation of the regional force, has been promoted to the rank of inspector. He replaces Staff Inspector Fred Mason. Mason resigned earlier John Rupke, market gardener, won the Ward 6 King Township Council seat in the March 24 by-election. by polling 224 votes. York Regional Police Commission this week ap- proved the tender 00 Twin Hill Motors, Richmond Hill, in the amount of $3,877 for a 1975 Mercury for the chief of police, There were approximately 950 eligible voters in the ward. Voters there had the first opportunity in five years of casting a ballot for councillor. ‘ Other bids received were from Brad Walker, Motors, Newmarket, $4,494; and Gateway Lincoln-Mercury, Thornhill, $4,818. The tender is the net priCe and includes the trade-in value of the chief’s previous car, a 1973 Mercury. HisBpponent, Fred Davis, a farm produce broker, polled 141 votes. Forrrler Councillor Jack Van Luyk was returned to the seat by acclamation in the last three elections. However. before he could be sworn in this year. he suf- fered a severe stroke. and vacated his seat last month. The meeting alsd decided to repair two vans rather than buy new ones. Chief Crawford said one firm had withdrawn its bid, while the vehicle offered by another firm didn’t meet requirements for a prisoner van because of space limitations. Three polls were set up for the voting â€" two at the Christian Reform Church Hall‘in Ansorveldt, and one at a research station. Only six people cast ballots in an advance poll held March 15. Cost of revamping the present two vans will total $1.700. The chief also proposed the purchase of a new van to be used in towing the department’s safety trailer and “talking” car. Regardless of the choice of MoBrien appointed police inspector Police chief's car purchased in Hill site. provision of certain services would “in all probability give rise to further decentralization and the need for sub-regional facilities as the regional population expands and this month after 29 years of police work, and has opened a summer resort near Peterboro. Staff Sergeant McBrien, who is now stationed at headquarters in Newmarket, had his promotion approved by a meeting of the police commission Monday night. This would add one more vehicle to the police fleet, with a saving of about $7,900. Invitation compliment toYRP head The comxfiission agreed to the chief’s proposals. An invitation to sit as a member of the justice ad- visory board of Niagara University in New York to York Regional Police Chief Bruce Crawford, has been approved by York Regional Police Commission. The invitation was “quite a compliment,” Commission Chairman William Lyon, told the meeting. Chief Crawford, who will be the only Canadian member, told the com- mission that the other members would be police chiefs from New York city. Buffalo and Niagara Falls. THE LIBERAL. Wednesday, Mar. 26, 1975 - 3 demands for services in- crease," the report said. Lacked objectivity Councillor Robert Adams of Markham said he thought he detected “a singular lack of objectivity“ in Mayor Forhan’s assessment of the report. The only thing he could see wrong was another 75,000 peeple in the southern part of £he region, Adams said. He complimented staff, which he said he felt was “looking for what will be the greatest good for most." While Richmond Hill east didn’t "excite" him as a possible location, Richmond Hill west did, Councillor Adams said Should wait Mayor George Burrows of Georgina Township said there was “no way the region should get into a major expenditure at this time. or in the near future. We‘re doing fine here.‘_’_ -_ Councillor Hancey said the choices had been “narrowed down to Newmarket and Richmond Hill," and this was “something council’s going to have to come to grips with." They needed office space as they were “bursting at the seams” in Newmarket. Money could be set aside to invest for the future building. Mrs. Hancey said. A government building should be made “accessible to the people,“ she said. The Richmond Hill east site had the advantage of rapid transit. The western site had an “aesthetic advantage." Favors Bond Lake Mayor Gladys Rolling of East Gwillimbury said she didn't think the latter had any “identity,” and favored the Bond Lake area. Mayor Evelyn Buck of Aurora wondered what would happen to Newmarket if the centre‘ were put in Richmond Hill. Planning Commissioner Murray Pound said they had “considered it both ways”. If the centre were in Newmarket, they could foresee the decentralization of offices in the south. With the reverse, he could see Newmarket always remaining as a centre for the northern part of the region. SHARON: A motel complex is proposed for East Gwillimbury but township council is keeping the location a secret. It will be discussed at a closed meeting later this month. It was at that point Mrs. Hancey commented on the importance of building in the southern part of the region. Mayor Buck also won- dered “just how far reaching” the Robarts report would be. It would let Robarts ét a] “know we are not playing games," she said. _ The report will now go to council for consideration. News from next door