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Back to municipalities York Regional Council still doesn’t know whether to slow down, or to go full speed ahead with the new metric system of speed limits. As a result, it will set it aside for awhile so that it can have a closer look. The system, whose adoption was recom- Seniors planning extensive travel A packed travel schedule has been planned for Richmond Hill’s Senior Citizens during late summer, fall and winter, tour organizer Don Hick told The Liberal this week. ’l‘wo trips to the CNE to see the Irish Rovers and Vera Lynn on August 26 and to attend Senior Citizens‘ Day on Sept. 1 are planned. September 22 is the Grape and Wine Festival at the Niagara Peninsula which includes a tour of a winery, luncheon and a performance of the Canadian Mime Theatre. A trip to see fall colors, Oct. 4. will take the seniors to Gananoque and Clayton, N.Y., and a three-hour boat cruise. At the Mill Pond Ecological dig Metric speed change still bothers Region ' This Richmond Hill resident literally lowering the swamp A three-week trip to Sarasota, Florida, in January and a threeweek holiday on the Costa de So] in sunny Spain in March are scheduled. Mr. Hick wants any interested people to contact him about the Spain trip because a certain number is needed before the trip will be taken. A Travelogue evening has been arranged for Sept. 15 in the clubroom where information regarding the last three trips will be presented and “Travelways” slides will be shown, said Mr. Hick. Toledo, Ohio, is featured Oct. 31 for a four-day shop and show tour. mended by the engineering committee, would convert the existing speeds of from 25 miles an hour to 60 miles an hour to their equivalent speeds in kilometres per hour A speed iof 25 mph. would now become 40 k.p.h., while 60 mph. However, according to the committee’s report, it was felt that, in some cases “the automatic conversion of speed limits is somewhat inapâ€" propriately high or low due to the roundâ€"off to the nearest 10 k.p.h." It was that-“roundâ€"off” that bothered council. would become 90 k.p.h Mayor Tony Roman of Markham, said he didn’t object to uniform speeds, but felt the speed should be lower, if anything. Councillor Lois Hancey of Richmond Hill, said she felt the latter was being “adversely af- fected,” and that area municipalities “should have the privilege of stating their case before the bylaw was passed”. “Wé need time‘to study the plan now, or we'll h a v e u m p t e e n delegations up here upset about increased speeds," Mrs. Hancey said, Elgin Mills Rd., for example, would go from its present speed limit of 40 mph. to 60 k.p.h., or; 37.5 miles an hour. However, the recom~ mended speed limit in that area is 70 k.p.h., or 43.75 m.p.h. When it was suggested by Mayor Margaret Britnell of King that the matter be referred back N. Roy Clifton has been slugging away in the Mill Pond area trying to correct what he says is a “changed ecology“. He's lowering the swamp level and raising land east of swamp to grow trees. Council also turned down a request from the regional municipality of Ottawa-Carleton to en- dorse its resolution for a uniform speed limit of 45 k.p.h. â€" 25 m.p.h. within urban areas, after adoption of the metric system. Municipalities have until Sept. 30 to change all speed limit signs on roads within their jurisdiction and control. Chief administrator Jack Rettie said the one recourse for council was “to stay here all night and hammer it out”. Instead, council ap- proved the recom- mendation of Councillor Ray Twinney of Newmarket to refer the issue back to the municipalities for their recommendations by Aug. 10. “I don't think 25 miles an hour would be prac- tical,” said Com- missioner Hodgson when asked by Mayor Britnell why council couldn’t support it. t o c o m m i t t e e , engineering commissi- oner Bob Hodgson ob- jected. That would make it difficult to get the bylaw prepared in time for the Sept. 6 conversion, he said. N. Roy Clifton, 105 Woodlane. Richmond Hill, is a great believer in voluntary service for the community, as demon- strated by his push to start the recycling depot some time ago. But his latest venture, at the back of the Mill Pond, is not one that is obvious to many people. “If I saw someone doing what I am doing. I would certainly stop and ask what was going on," he said. “I think it isa bad sign when people do not ask, and most people who see me digging back here don’t say a word.“ He is lowering the level of the swamp so that reeds and marsh vegetation will grow, and he‘s moving the soil about 20 feet to the east to build up the land where trees such as birch, basswood and cedar are dying, due to poor drainage. So. what is he doing with shove], pail and borrowed wheelbarrow? He says he’s trying to do two things at once. Before the town dredged the pond, there was a natural gradient where swamp vegetation gradually moved into a forested area as the ground level became higher, he said. The report for the Mill Pond Park. carried out by Canadian Mitchell Associates Ltd, stated the forest was dying and should receive the ooze and organic debris from the dredged lake. It cohld then be reclaimed and planted for more intensive park use. Mr. Clifton saw that the forest was dying since trees “don’t like wet feet” but he said he thinks the dredged material was pushed into the swamp area instead of filling in the forested area. “Two things result from this change of gradient," he said. “Water from the Mill Pond Court is dammed up in the forested area and on the east side of the By DIANE MARSHALL wnh safety Head to pie vent slipping and cm» mental IRON RAILINGS Installed in hows, not days‘ ALSO AVAILABLE - Patios ' Sidewalks 0 Interlockan pafio stones 0 Curbing '01 driveways 6 flower beds -SCIeen blocks. - Steel vernlovced One piece. CONCRETE ST EPS Not just your savingsâ€"not just your loan problemsâ€"but everything to do with your money management, from home ownership plans to retirement savings plans to your estate executorship. V and G is here to serve you with understanding and expertise in all your money needs. 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Mr. Clifton estimated the swamp was roughly three feet higher than it had been before the dredging, and people can tramp through the area killing vegetation since it is drier. “I am not the only one concerned about the park," he said. “Two residents called the town last year when they saw a bulldozer plowing right through the forested area. “Mayor (Dave) Schiller and Councillor (Marylo) Graham came over and stopped it, but it just shows that people must stay aware of things that are happening around them.” The vegetation in the pocket where the bulldozer pushed through is still noticeably less than the surrounding area. Mr. Clifton has planted about half a dozen silver birch saplings in the forested area which were financed through Richâ€" mond Hill High School students who bought paperbacks from the school library when Mr. Clifton was librarian. Mr. Clifton has been digging for a couple of hours each week since the pond was dredged last year. “It’s something you know will never be completed in your lifetime, but you can see signs of progress,” he said. It is a long, slow process. but he says he enjoys doing it. York Regional Council last week honored an earlier high bid for a piece of property on Keele Street, King City. despite a last-minute tender that was $2.000 higher. The $55,000 offer of William F. Garthwaite of Maple, was approved aftera debate by council as to whether its obligation was to the highest bidder. or to the one who had bid highest first. Acceptance of Gar- thwaite‘s bid was recommended by the engineering committee over three other bids. Included in these was one of $45,000 from Brenda Lee Kotras of King City. They are cooling system specialists, servicing radtors, air-conditioners, heater cores 8 installing Hayden Transmission Coolers. 10037 YONGE $1., RICHMOND HILL FAST SAME DAY SERVICE Region sells King property despite $2,000 higher bid HAYDEN TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER with the only guarantee that holds water WE ALSO CARRY ORIGINAL REPLACEMENT CORES FDR MACK TRUCKS IF YOU TOW A TRAILER YOU NEED HAYDEN llflllBlE IBANSMISSIUN [IE 884-7170 WITH A $57,000. However, the engineering committee had put through its recommendation by that time and her bid was not included in the com~ mittee‘s report. Markham's Ron Moran said he wasn‘t adverse to picking up an extra $2,000. but what would happen if someone came in now and offered even more? “There should be a cut- off date.“ Moran said. Mayor David Schiller of Richmond Hill said that if council accepted new bids after ‘the recom- mendation had been made. it wouldn't be fair to the previous high bidder. THE LIBERAL. Wednesday. August 3. 1977 â€" You can might have been made after the other bids were revealed, solicitor Ted Oakes said it was unlikely he would offer $10,000 more. He said council should take the offer or “throw the thing wide open}: The longest street in the world runs through the middle of Richmond HiII. True Council took the offer True or False?