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Fare increase decision made in closed session Page il Herrema stili at the helm of Region Page 10 Fire guts Greek Tycoon restaurant Page 3 Arena costs discussed Page I 111 deniied Ciizens' 9group can 't address health council ByMilRk owalski A local citizeens' group has been denied an opportunity to plead its case for retention of acute care services at Whitby General hSta.v e Our General Hospi tai (SOGH) committee will not h allowed to -make a presentation at tonight's meeting of the Dur- ham Region District Health Council. Instead, the committee will have to put its request ini writing for consideration at a future health council meeting, said SOGH co-chair JoAnne Priout. Council feit that by hearing SOGH, it wouid open the door to requests from other groupe. who also submitted briefs in response to a controversial report on the future of acute care -health ser- vices i Durham Region, Prout explained, "Thy fel heymust ho consis- tent ihwte accept input in the coslainprocess, said Prout. S"They feel that if they agree te hear us, they could ho bombar- ded by other groupe," she said. Prout had asked for time on tonight's agenda te make a short speech and te give council a copy of a petition recently presentedl SEE PAGE 30 Lynde marsh issue raised hilegisiature By MIkeKowalsld The controversial Lynde Shores development proposai reached the floor of the Ontario leqislature laet week. Hlowever, Natural Resources Minister Howard Hampo dedlined comment on the subjIect as the matter is now before the Ontario Municipal Board (0MB). Hampton refused te speculate on whether the minist-y's oni- .ai support of the proposed fenelopment near the Lnde Ceek Marsh would ho any dif- féent now that a teugher wet- lands policy is in force in Ontario. Durhamn Centre MPP Drum- mond White raised the issue of the pelanned subdivision of 5,000 peopleandnearby industrial mark ia question te Hampton Wihite's query concerned the government's 1992 wetlands policy and how it wouid affect the ministry's position on Lynde Shores if the proposai were com- Ingforward today. Hamptens muuistry and oth- ors, had no objection te, the joint public-private sector proposai whon it was originally circulated for ministry comment. Based on staff opinion and an environmental management plan prepared i conjunction with the proposai, then environment minister Ruth Grier exempted the project from an environmen- tai assessment in early 1992. In his initial response te White's quýestion, Hampton said neither his ministry nor the municipal affafrs ministry objec- ted te the proposai as the wet- iands policyhad not yet been approved, t heiegislature's offi- cialIrecord (Hansard) states. «Since that time, however, there has been a revised plan of subdivision, so some work has been done on that revised plan of subdivision, noting what poten- tial impacta there ffiight ho,» said Hampton. (Witby council's' approval of the actual plans of ýsub division of the three-part Lynde Shores developmnent has been appeaied te the municipal board by a local citizens' group.) In his follow-up question, White aslced if any part of the proposai would have been «changed» or "moderated» by the wetlands policy. «Would that likely have an effect on a proposai like Lynde Shores, or would they 'i any way affect the buffer area around those wetlands7' asked White. Hamipten replied that "the whole issue of the Lynde MarsW» has been referred te the 0MB SEE PAGE 30