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PAGE 2, WHFBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1988 COmmiittee to walk Lynde ..Shorea rea before decision made . Councllors who make up Whitby's administrative commit- tee wi1l tke a walking tour of the orea included in the hospital land use study before making a recommendation on the proposed secondary plan, known as the Lynde Shores secondary plIan, to, establish development and desig- nate open space. Councillors Joe Drumm and Rose Batten (councillor Gerry Enm was absent) decided Monday night to take a dloser look at the area after a further report by planning director Bob Short and concerns again expres- sed by area residents and hospital, staff members including Joan Gates president of, OPSEU local 331 (hospital employees). (Planning department has recommfended council approval of the secondary plan for the joint *provincial/municipal land use). Dr. Margaret Bain, saying that lands flaning Lynde Creek. and the Central Lake- Ontario Conservation, Authority (CLOCA) lands are recognized as, "environmentally sen sitive" by CLOCA urged that an environ- mnental impact.. study be made before deciding on a'plan. The buffer zone area between the marsh. and what would be a developable area has been the subject ofmuch discussion., T he, secondary plan proposes that the lands beside the. creek and CLOCA property, be open e.ace A pannngreport suggests that any'stormn water within the entire plan area would be discharged directly« to eitber Lynde Creek,' tLake Ontario or Whitby harbor. 1Bain urged that the "special area" be kept as is. Ifs just, going -to be another subdivision and a great loss te the rest of us,' said Bain, referring te development' guidelines in the plan that could permit some form~s of housing. South of Victoria St., the Province bas declared about 111 acres as surplus. Bill Wilson, representing the Pr-ovince, said that there were "definite" plans by the- Province to consider, Region non-profit housing on part Of those lanids, but probably in a block dloser, to Victoria St. than te the lake. Short said that varl 1ous types of housiig' could >be accommodated in the area, but the appropriate densities would have te be studied. During discussion, however, he did suggest that housing with ,bigh. elevation would likely have a low impact on the area described as "environmentally sensitive." "With ail tiiose people?" replied Bain. A planning report -states, that another- ; 155 acres -ol be retained by the Province- for ýthe future redevelopment of the psychiatric hospital, confirmed by the acting hospital administrator Monday night.,* ! " .Gates said Isome of that land could sômeday also be declared surplus andý then used for residential. She maintained. that there would, be pressure by developers te "use more, and more." Short replied that sûch devel- opment would be decided by the Province, but that the "right of. appeal" would still exist when application is made. Heard house to remain on property Construction of a 123-unit condominium apartment building on the north side of Mary St. E. between Ash and Hickory streets was approved by- Whitby council last, Monday nigbt. The Florence M. Heard House, which is considered an important historical home by the Local Architectural Conservation Advi- sory Committee (LACAC), is now on the site. LACAC bas informed' the Town that the bouse should be preserved. So tbe developer, Bellamy Park Estates, bas proposed te relocate the house to another part of the property, adjacent to the proposed new building, for use by a superintendent or as office space. At a previous administrative committee meeting, LACAC chairman Rick MacDonald praised' Bellamy for saving the house, particularly, he said, when ilother buildings have gone the way of the wrecking ball. "It's nice to see we're starting to get some give and take," said MacDonald, referring to heritage preservation in the, face of development. The condo building is to be-six stories in height. But, according* to councillor Marcel Brunelle', no elevation plans accempanied the proposaI. "This is large'and - will bave a tremendous effect on tbat area. I can't vote on this until we have the elevations.' I have a big problem with that," said Brunelle. However, council approved the building. WIIIT5Y - 352 Brock St. S. 666-1800 & 308 Dundas St. W. 668-9324 AJAX- Harwood Place Mail S. 683-7344 OSHAWA - 32 Slmcoe Si.S. 723-5207 PICKERING -Pickering Super Centre 831-6501