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f zLETTERS TO WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1984, PAGE 5 THEDIT-OR Resident says she should have been inforrned of changes E D I O R S O T : sc pi g gr e m e ~ ai o J n e 26 " hi h n d ed o u t b y D en n is n o t a p t to w o rry ab o u t st ite d in th is le tte r. I rem a in , The following is a letter slgned between the town report went to council Fox). whom 1is reaîîyofKindyareMhee ineeyn to Mayor Bob Attersley and the developer of the last February and a yqeto stî:rpeete ttee cnen fmn n a rianne EPlsc n and ail members of Rolng Huis sub- approved, apparently Do we, as residents 0f meetings? repîy in writing at 3T»u Lwder Plac Whtby Town , Council division. wtearîiestNneo, h Twno Wico ntnvenience Wity concernlng th.e ian- Dear Sir; thout eae None 0f th Twn0fWhtb ot Finally, I would like to aletc Soccer club thanks Dear Sir: On behalf of the players, parents, coaches, sponsors and the executiye of Whitby. Iroquois Soccer Club we wish to express our ap- preciation for the ex- cellent coverage you gave- in the weekly publication of resuits, goalseores and league standings during the season recently coin- pleted. Your support in this respect is very gratifying for ail in- volved and is a welcomne attribute of a com- munity newspaper. Ail involved looked forward to seeing the scores durin g the sea-son' to kýep themùselves in- formed of their own teams progress as well as the competition. Without this co- operation this would not have been possible. Once again, please accept our sincere thanks. Yours truly, Michael Airey Vice-president. EDITOR'S NOTE: We were deeply honored te recelve any honorary^ sponsorship freinthe Whlthy Iroquois Soccer Club as a token of thanks for this year's edfitorlal coverage of thefr activitfes. This newspaper was delighted to have been able to provide this ser- vice' because organizations such as this' make Whitby a bet- ter place toelve. As a new resident of WVhitby, I attended'my first Municipal meeting on Sept. 5 to express my concern over changes being made in the Rolling iiEls Develop- ment.. (Re Ian- dscaping). I must say that my first impression of the council members was flot a good one, as I found the chairman of the administrative committee to be overly hostile in his ejection of Dennis Fox from the meeting. Mr. Fox merely wanted respon- sible answers to questions he had posed months earlier and, 1 don't think that the ejec- tion was justified in any way. I, myseif, am still waiting for this issue of the landscaping -to be properly addressed. Considering the fact that we purchased ouw home for the closing date of Dec. 22/83, the builder, at thý%,time, was stUll under obligation to use funds for designated landscaping. However, I have since learned that couneil. approved changes (without public, notice) to ailow Grand Oak Homes to cut back on playground equip- i ment, privacy fencing 1 and tree planting, 1 giving them a total 1 savings of $123,000. As John Sewell (an unbiased third party) wrote in the Globe and t besthought enough. to bargain " with the developer and get somnething in return for the large sum being forgiven.* Could you imagine the response a property taxpayer would get if he ýasked that 10 Per cent of his taxes be forgiven? Or, for that mater, if someone asked for a free dog licence?" Dennis Fox did not essentially go off topic in bis presentation when he mentîoned the deplorable state of the Roiling Hilîs Develop- ment (iLe. people moving in with no bricks on their bouses). He was attempting to show that this $123,000 could have been used by the builder to improve this com- munity in some way. (had it been properly negotiated back in February). I realize that a change in the bylaws now only cails for one tree being planted per 5o foot lot; frontage (as opposed to two trees). However, I still consider it my right as a taxpayer to be in- formed Of proposed changes such as the one passed. in February. As it was, the first i had learned 'of anything regarding issues in Rolling Huils was on Sept. 4, 1984 -- only one day before the municipal meeting (and Lhis was from a notice NDOGS /~\ALLOWED- You'li have nothing ta ~J groiwi about wit-h ao-ur- printing jobs... STUDIO,601- Prunting & Design 601 Euclid, St., Whitby, Ont. Li N 5B9 Phone: (416) 686-4555' ue tnougnt tW exist unless we attend the council meetings or write in letters showing our concern? It seems unfortunate that sucb a close watch would have to be kept over proceedings at council meetings in or- der to learn about vital changes being. made in subdivisions such as Roling mils. Which leads me to my last point "- namely the present practice of having the public agen- da for Monday's weekly meetings available only on Monday. I under- stand that it was previously available on Friday for pick-up by the general public. This new format hardly gives concerned *residents the time needed to consider some of the issues at bland, especially since' most of us have busy working scbedules. Thus, I wo uld ap- preciate having this amended. Otherwise, one would have to assume that the, town council is attempting to make it difficult for residents to obtain notice "before" bylaws andý changes etc. are approved. Do they have sometbing to hide, or are council- members i add that althoughIÏ waâs quoted in the "Oshawa Times" as saying that it seemed as if Dennis Fox had misinterpreted the facts, I arn no longer of that opinion. That had been my first im- pression of the situation, and it turned out to be a misleading one. 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