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BluegrasMeadows... TownStalls subsidized housing A decision on a site commlttee bas declded tember. That prgposaI mlttee had also attem- was forced ta deal with tempt ta deal wlth are requlred to offer 40 Jan application for 58 ta do," sald commlittee would see a 70 unit, pted to table site plan the applications on people." percent of the apar- Dwnhouseto be bultln member joe Drwma seven storey apartmnent applications by Aldom Monday. Under the Renter- tments to needy àe Bluegrasa Meadows Both he and c>unfior building constructed Enterprises and the Coundilor Edwards prise program, the familles wlth renta for ubdlvlslon bas been Edwards sald the suro- wlth a number of the Sorichetti Group under said the commîttee's province will provide those units based on bled by the towi ad- mer inonths are a very apartments belng sub- the provinces Renter- recommendation ta boans towards the thete incomes. inistrative commlttee badtUnieto deal wlth the sidlzed. prise program, but upon table the applications building of the apar- The Sorichetti ap> though a decision was Issue and both believe Members of the com- legal advlce, council was a "1good falth at- tments and the builders SEE PAGE 18 eeded by Auguat 1 for the committee's counrueuon Wo begin. The DRNPHC ap- plication for townhouse ln Bluegrass Meadows wilI flot be dealt wlth by tetown until Septemn- ber evezo though Dr. Mofeed Michael, general manager of the t corporation has saki, that if approval la flot given by the town by Auguat 1, the cor- poration could lose the provincial funds to bulld the townhouse. "I don't care what he says this la what the declalon will fot affect the construction of the homes. But president of the corporation, .Diane Hamre told the Free Press, that if the Auguat 1 deadlie laà flot tadhered to, she hoped the province would be flexible but admltted "we could lose the allocation ailtogether." The-committee also referred a second cor- poration site plan ap- proval at Nichol Ave. and Wood Dr. until Sep- By MIKE JOHNSTION Free Press Staff A Durhamn Reglon Non-Profit Houslng Corporation project whlch would see 58 townhouses built in the Bluegrasa Meadows subdivision with 45 per- cent of themn belng sub- sidized, la In violation of a subdivision agreement, cdaims Corridor Ratepayers executive Pat Dooley. And ta that end the ratepayers and residen- ta of the subdivision wili ha hfrlng a lawyer ta, seek an injunction ta stop the developmnent. Dooley made the charge during a rowdy information meeting on public housing at Thursday during whlch some residents of the eaat Whitby subdivision Jeered and lnterrupted speakers and vaîced Winl figl vociferaus objections ta the proposaI. "It la aur contention. that putlng in that par- ticular type of houslng (townhouses) 'goes againat the agreement of 1975," sald Dooley. He explained that an agreement igned in 1975 between the town, the reglon and the corridor ratepayera ciearly states no townhousea are ta hae lit housi"mg built in the subdivision. Dooley later told the Free Presa that by threatenlng to hold up construction and therefore delaying the construction dates, the Corridor Ratepayers may not have ta go ta court at ali because the province bas lmposed a dcadline for construc- tion after whlch the grant may ha wlth- drawn. Many of the objec- tions raised by the 150 homeowners In the area who attended the meeting appeared ta ha directed at the fact that 45 percent of the townhouses are to ha subsldized. "Some people have calied us snobe, mayha we are," one woman said. The residenta firat ob- jected ta the houaing project two weeks ago when the site plan ap- proval for the townhouses came before the town's ad- ministrative commit- tee. At that tinie the residents stated a num- ber of objections ta the project, which included lack of achool facililties, traffic problems and falllng property values. It waa these objections membera of the cor- poration attempted ta, answer durlng the in- formation meeting. "In the 60's and 70's subsidized programs were known as public housing. They were 100 percent subsldlzed," General Manager of the corporation Dr. Mofeed Michael tald the noisy and emotional crowd. He sald these areas created a negative Im- pact.and aften created ghetta's. «"Therefore," clalmed Dr. Mlchela "'new progama were created whlch integrate tenants." .The proposed townhouses In Bluegrasa Meadows would see 58 townhouses Town hires new recreation head Tuba players David Biddle and Matthew Lucas get in a littie practice before their class starts. The students are just two of the 65 students who are taking summer nmusic lessons at Whitby Senior Public School. Classes run from 8:45 arn. to nmon, five days a week. This is the third year the music classes are being held -and as in past years, the^ students are taught on a more personal level. Classes for the students Wind up next week with two performances. On Thursday, July 23, the students will present a concert at the sehool beginning at 7 p.m. Then the following day the students wilI give an encore concert for senior citizens in the Gazebo at Rotary Park. The Rotary Park concert wifl begin at 1: 30 arn. and ail are invited to attend and listen to what the students bave learned. See story page 16. Free Press Staff Photo The Town of Whltby bas a new eanployee. At Monday afternaons counli meeting, Mayor Bob Attersley announ- ced that Larry Morrow of Kanata has been bired as the town's direclar of Parka and Recreation. The position became vacant after Wayne Deveau, who had beld the job for il years, resigned suddenly from the position tis spring. Morrow previously held the samne position in the City of Kanata which has a population of cloue tao 3,000people. A press release from the tawn announcing the hlring states that the new recreation director has 17 years of management experlen- ce la the recreation field. Morrow, who la 37, lsa graduate of a com- munlty college applied arts and technology course, majoring in recreational leadership. He also holda a numhar of recreational leader- ship certilicates and awards. As weil, Morrow is a graduate of the municipal ad- ministration (elerks and SEE PAGE 3 t' ta r m Itatepayers Vol'O 16, No. 27 w Wednesday, JuIy S 1986 28 Pages Suînrer music school 1 built, wlth 26 of them being subsldlzed. Dr. Mlchaels ex- plalned that the project would speed up the justification of a new school. He tried la ex- plain, over cat calis and a chorus af boos, that the townhouses would create 50 nef atudents whlch can ha accom- modated at Dr. Robert Thorntan Public School or they canhae bussed. As ta the value of properties decreaslng because of the housing, Dr. Michaels read a let- ter from a land ecanomist stating that subsldized housing does not affect property values. The residents an- swered the letter by clalmlng it was untrue and false information. "If that la miue why have two real estate agente moved out of the area?"I asked one man. The archltect of the develapment, Charles Simon, was also at the meeting and he described the houses which are halng proposed. Each bouse wil have two parking spots in front af it cavered by a car port. "Why can they have car ports and we can't t"l crled out one lady. Simnon was lnformed by a nunaber of residen- ta, who 'constantiy la- terrupted bis presen- tatian, that the sub- division agreement states no car porta can ha built. "4Everyone has a right, la Canada, tlagood housing," said Simon. He told the audience that siilar projecta have also started la ap- prehension and ended up being accepted by But the reslInts were not iatenlng te, the ar-, chltect's vlews and ex- pressed opinions to the cantrary. SEE PAGE 3