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PAGE 2, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3,1976, WHITBY FMEE PRESS Councillor LovelockM seeks re-election Whitby Rýegional Councillor Don Lovelock will seek re- election in the December 6th municipal election. As former chairman of planning, he believes that "Planning involving people participation is a criteria that must be encouraged at the regional and local levels of government". Councillor Lovelock, an employee in the Quality Control Department of General Motors, ias been granted a two year leave of absence fron his job in order to serve as a full time representative. He said that although people tend to blame regional government for duplication of services "We should be looking for duplica- tion in alllevels of government, and particularly the role of regional and municipal govern- ment in our day-to-day way of life. "If we run a tighter ship, the resulting efficiencies will help to relieve the heavylax burden that we are faced with to-day, as well as in the future". Currently chairman of Whitby Council'sOperations committee, and a sitting member of the regional management committee, Cou neillor Lovelock was elected to Whitby Council in 1972, as north ward councillor. He was re-elected in 1973, and has in the last term served as regional councillor for the Town of Whitby. KNICK KNACKS Gord Cooper peaks out from behind a bunch of elephant grass in front of his recently-opened store, Cooper's Place, at 103 Brock Street South Your loss is your gam. I itness. In vour hcart vou know il' right. Town adinistrators support rejuvenation of Whitby's downtown From Page 1 "The development, rede- velopment and rehabilitation of the core with a view to providings more pedestrian space" is another objective of town administrators. Also essential is "the maintenance of a law building profile, with a maximum building height of up to six storeys. "The incorporation of extensive landscaping into al public and privatedevelop- ment and redevelopment" is another ain of council. Town administrators see "the provision of more public parking, and the development of more variety, type and choice of goods and services in the commercial core as being the first step towards revitalization". "The co-operation of the municipality, the landowner, and the tenant, and a willing- ness by all parties to invest in their own community" is also important. Council also sees the need for "the provision of a greater variety and type of residential units and the maximization of.the potential development density of the higher density residential areas". GENERAL POLICIES "The existing core must be preserved as a viable com- mercial entity andidentifiable community focal point", according to town staff. "Strong competition from other centres for many shop- GRACE CATHEDRAL 508 Byron St. S., Whitby WAYNE GILLIE - President of the Full Gospel Business Mens Fellowship - Oshawa Chapter - -3% l i ifo anda ns w ie SHEILA GILLIE - Telling of God's their lives and their marriage. 11 A.M. and 7 P.M. Sunday miracle in ping needs indicates it is appropriate to encourage the establishment of a specialty and personal service shopping theme, in order to provide a more distinctive appeal for a broader trade area. In addition, the continuing role of the commercial core as a local and district shopping facility for residents of the "old town should be strengthened". The statement says "The Town shall prepare and adopt policies toward the mainte- nance of the physical and psychological character, the preservation and rehabilitation of buildings of architectural and historical merit, and the preservation and develop- ment of tree-lined streets". "Council will seek to maintain, as much as is realis- tically possible, the basic character and identity of the "old town"," says town staff. "Council recognizes residential development and improvement to open space facilities shall be required to enhance marginal or blighted areas, and to increase the local market and bolster the economic health of the core commercial area". "Council shall encourage, where appropriate, the rede- velopment of such mixed use or conflict areas to realize more compatible forms of development", according to the statement. "Council will undertake a comprehensive program of open space/park acquisition and development, in con- junction with proposed development and redevelop- ment", the statement says. "Such a progran shall, where- ver possible, make provision for bicycle and pedestrian lirfkage between focal points in the downtown". "The Town shall investigate the ultimate closing of the Brock Street/Highway 401 interchange to reduce the north/south traffic move- ments through the immediate core area", according to town staff. "Further, council shall seek to establish a more efficient downtown circulation system (utilizing and arrange- ment of one-way streets and pedestrian linkages), as well as more plentiful andaccessible parking, through a program of municipal acquisition and more efficient use of other 'public and private parking, such as the rear lanes behind the commercial blocks on the "four corners". The statement ,continues "Council shall acquire land under the provision ofSection 21 of the Planning Act, parti- cularly for purposes of municipal parking, parkland, commercial development and redevelopment, andresidential redevelopment wherever and whenever around the com- mercial core". "Council shall designate the 'downtown area', or any portion thereof, under Section 22 of the Planning Act," says town staff. "Council shall endeavour to proceed with the comple- tion and implementation of the secondary plan for Special Study Area 3, the downtown area, forthwith", according to the statement. THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY PUBLIC NOTICE REPRESENTATION ON THE DURHAM REGION DISTRICT HEALTH COUNCIL A Durham Region District Health Council has been established and the Council of the Town of Whitby has been requested to nominate a represen- tative from the Town of Whitby whose name will be considered for appointment to the Council. The Durham Region District Health Council will be an advisory body to the Ministry of Health with broad responsibilities related to future health care planning. Interested persons, either health providers or consumers, who have a broad interest in health care within the community and are individuals who have the time and willingness to assume a roll as a member of the District Health Council, are requested to submit their resume to the undersigned by no later than November 1lth, 1976. Wm. H. Wallace, A.M.C.T., C.M.C., CLERK, The Corporation of the Town of Whitby, 405 Dundas Street West, WHITBY, Ontario. m