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Port Whitby study part of Durham. official plan Durham Regional Council has accepted and adopted the Town of Whitby's application for an official plan amend- ment for Port Whitby. Regional Council gave its blessing, almost without a word, at its meeting last week. Hbwever, two resi- dents of the Port did show up at.the meeting to object to one portion of it. Henry Perry of Duf- ferin Street, told council that both he and Alfred Reed were opposed to the section of the amendment that will allow for the develop- ment of apartment buildings. "We have objected. to the apartments that exist," he told council. Many Port residents have objected strongly to the construction of new apartment build- ings in thearea on the grounds that it would place a greater strain on he already overworked sewer system and caure their property values to suffer. Perry, a resident of the Port since 1945, said he was in "favor of the plan as a whole," and would accept a higher density of single family homes but not apart- ments. He suggested that such housing be placed north of Watson Street between Charles Street and Dufferin Street. In this way, these homes would be closer to the major transporta- tion -facilities such as Highway 401.and the GO Transit-Service. Perry 'added that future esidential developmeit "should be of a higher quality than we have now. -Another Port resi- dent, Bert Mondria, had written to council asking that the matter be put off for at least two week, however, council did not see fit to do so. After the meeting, Mayor Bob Attersley said he was pleased with the decision and assured Perry that his concerns will be dealt with. He pointed out that anyone desiring to build apartments will have to come back to council for permission. Attersley said that regional council's action will pave the way for the development of a pro- ject proposed by Kes- mark Holdings Limited. Kesmark intends to invest some $200 million into constructing a hotel / condominium complex at the base of Brock Street South. The development will also have other harbor related commercial and recreational facilities. However, no develop- ment agreement has yet been signed and the mayor was reluctant to commit himself to when such an agreement will be signed. "We're working on it," he said adding that another meeting with Kesmark has been sche- duled for this week. The official plan amendment does not mean that Whitby resi- dents will soon be seeing all kinds of construction going on in the near future in the Port. Before anything can be done, the region must finish the construction of the Pringle Creek Corbett Creek Diversion Sewer at an estimated cost of $3 million. The project was de- ferr4d earlier this year, for a second time, be- cause regional councill- ors felt the prçject was too expensive. Howeyer, they in- dicated that if major development plans came forward they would reconsider their position. Attersley said that there are not enough people currently living in the Port to justify the project. "We need the popula- tion to get that," he said. "I don't think the region will ever approve the sewer until there's some substantial users.7 Aside from Kesmark, there is one other possi- ble major user for the sewer pipe. The Ministry of Health said two years ago that it will re- develop the Whitby Psy- chiatric Hospital at a cost of $28 million. Whitby NHL scout dies Funeral services were held last Wednesday for life-long Whitby resi- dent Les Moore who died on February 28 af- ter suffering a heart at- tack. Moore, who died at the age of 54, was a well- known scout for the National Hockey League and on the morning after, fans from across North America flooded the league's offices in Mon- treal and Toronto with telephone calls mourn- ing his passing. Moore died at the University Inn in New York state after watch- ing a college hockey game in Canton. Aldo Guidolin, Red Sulivan, and Dave Lucas were with him at the time. The funeral service was held at the Whitby Baptist Church. Serving as pall bearers were familiar hockey names such as Jim Cherry, Guidolin, Sullivan, Lucas, Ken Slater and Jack Timmins. Moore not only played but coached both hockey and lacrosse at various levels throughout this area. He is survived by his wife Audrey and his daughter Nancy (Mrs. Donald Dair).