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PAGE 8, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1981, WHITBY FRI Whitby Town CounciÎ 'Bleeman, J. Silver Hold- will delay a decision on ing Limited that would a proposed townhouse sec townhouses built development for Otter across from their single- Creek until its next family homes. regular meeting. At a recent meeting of That decision was council's administrative will bei made Monday night, in committee a spokesman *'Snoi order to allow area resi- for the residents, Robert 20 feel dents to make a deputa- Carr, said I'These towfl- road in tion to council. bouses are only going to said. Coundil met at 5 pan. be four feet apart. " The last Monday instead of "We're not very hap- tends at its usual time of 8 py with it. There will le townlic p.m. overcrowding." consst Residents in the Frost He also maintained mediun Drive-Bonaccord Ave. that driveways in the on thIi ares are objecting to a developmnent will be so Way, proposai by Grossman, close that snow remnoval spokesr Fown council delays townhouse decision impiossible. Dw will be piled up thigh along the i the winter, " he developer con- that building ousés on the site is tant ' with the n-density zoning land. ne Cassidy, a iman for tie deve- loper, said that his firm's original proposal, which had fewer homes, was rejected by town planners because it called for the construc- tion of two cul-de-sacs. "We are still propos- ing 41 units, which is five less than the numn- ber allowed," he said. "We've taken the mat- ter to heart and we've come up with the best plan possible. " When the matter came to council, Drumm fought the motion to table saying that "lwe've had this thing before us for so long that it's beyond the pail."P The councillor was also critical of the ares residents. Saying that they own $125,000 homes, Drumm said the problem was "lthey don't want to look across at homes of $80,000 plus."t "They don't like any of the plans that've been brought forward," he continued. "I'm getting a littie tired of this. " "Let's deal with the thing now. " Support for Drumm's position came from Cen- tre Ward Councillor Barry Evans who said that council would learn uiothing new if the deci- HOLIDAY SAu * * s gocrysaing Product-of Ont. Can. No. 1mai Except Thurs & Fri. Night» til 9 pm sion was put over. "We're flot going to receive any new input," he said, adding that at its meeting Iast week, the committee wasn't given new arguments. "The delay isn't going to give us any new comments." However, support for the delay came from West Ward Councillor Joe Bugelli who said that it was 11practically impossible for those who want to speak to be here because of the early meeting." The tabling motion was carried on a 4 to 3 recorded vote with ayes coming from Mayor Bob Attersley and councili- ors Joe Bugelli, Tom Edwards and Gerry Ehim. Nay votes came f rom councillor Drumm, Evans and Ross Batten. Asked whether or not he objected to the delay, a spokesman for the developer said that he did flot. However, he told council that it costs $12,000 a month to carry the land and each delay makes his homes more expensive. The matter will be considered at the January il, 1982 meeting of council. Task force CONTI) FROM PG. 1 make a contribution and be a vital part of the community, they need help to do so. "Only you," Thoms told council, "can make the difference for us between mere existence and really living." Members of council were clearly impressed by Thoms' words and expressed their desire to see as many of the task force's recommen- dations implemented as possible. The chairman of the task force, East Ward Councillor Joe Drumm, said that "it was a very, very difficult assign- ment. " He also gave the credit for the task for- ce's success to« the people who gave up their time and energy to serve on it. "These people deser- ve a tremendous amount of credit,"1 Drumm said. The councillor also had nothing but praise for Mayor Bob Atter- sley's contribution to the task force. "Without your initia- tive, it wouild have been impossible," he said. Drumm said that the day Attersley spent in a wheelchair at the beginning of his term was "inspiring. " Attersley told council that the first goal of the task force had been achieved, that is, to present their final report before the end of the International Year of the Disabled Person. The report, he added, will, help make Whitby "a better place for the disabled to live. " Council unanimously received the report and referred to town ad- ministrator Bill Wallace for implementation where ever possible. more mat ai