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Whitby tree Press, Wednesday, October 2, 1996, Page 13 Market coniditionas delay iarsh developent Bpy M&içowld sk no OP m il.-L Plans; for building- the controversial Lynde ghores By mark RSor How few students should a school have or how many repairs should it need before a committee looks at closing it? That's the question facing a Durhamý public schol board committee try- ing te draft the criteria te be met before the school closure process kicks in. The ad-hoc committee was forméd last April after a staff report recommended closing six schools, includ- ingR.FA. Hutchison in Whiitby. The resulting pub- lic furor convinced trustees te suspend the process until new mIles could be drawn up.--- . he Ontario L-Ministy-o-f- Educatiorr -iequires that -bôards -havé a policydirect- ing when and how% aschool will be considered for dlo- sure. It also requfres a two- vear process after a school is identified before it can be closd during which the board has te look at the community and financial implications of closure and alternative uses for the A pdL. propoa] bl ope- rations offîcer Norm Powers proposes six- "trig- gers» that would begin the closure process: a) the projected enrol- ment- in any, family of schools indicates that not aIl schools are necessary te, accommodate the total nwnber of students; and/or b) the, enrolment in the past two years (as of Sept. 30) is less than 160 pupîls (kindergarten te Grade 6 schools) or 200 pupils (kmn- dergartent te) Grade, or high shool); and/or C) the school is operating at less than 60' per cent of' board-rated capacity; and/ or d) the requied repaýir, renewal andurpgrading costs te meet board and/or mnus try safety or program needa appear te be out of proportion te the replace- ment value of the school or te alternate student accom- modation cSts; and/or e) the per pupil operating coot of the school is signifi- cantly higher than average; and f) the school has not Vone through another scI1ool review process for at least tw ears. Thee committee was sche- duled te meet again last nght (Tuesday), with Costly fallen slghtly behindj dule. another meeting set for .4 p.m. (kt. 21at oard head- quarters. Ken Ferguson spokes- person for the I~se Cor- poration, concedes that it will be difficuit for the deveoer to meet, its ori- ginal June 1997 target date for home occupc. Ferguson blianes a slow- ing recovery housing mar- ket for causing a slight delay in the company's plans to build a 5-unit subdivision east of the Lynde Marsh. Howev'er, he stresses that uthings are looking good" and work will soon com- mence on preparing the site for installation of the required infrastructure components. "The market has been very slow, although there's been some recovery in resale homes," said Fergu- son in a recent interview. . There's been no demnand for (bigger) lots, so that's why we. didn't seen any- thing happen in Whitby,» he said. However, te "«keep our options open,» the compn has mnstructed its cotrac- tor to do site preparation that it will allow for future installation of sewers and watermains, Ferguson said. Earlier this year, the T RpU C KSpe~ aIl o to wilsA R t, "E 'r ~ i o m~ ,P96 13M1 JIMMY '96 tMC SIERRA BEGULAR CAB, the barrier plantings requested of it in thesfu,. division agreement with the Town of htyeru son said. WibFru Ini addition, the commit- tee responsible for monitor- ing- the open space area between the marsh and the development has been on site and given its approval, he said.. While- Rose cannot meet its original timeframe, "un- less we beedle ahead, » Fer- Suo does not anticipate further delays Although hesistant te in- dicate how soon construc- mistie that things are look- éonentousissue sInce development was first pro- posed in the Lynde Shores area more than 10 years ago, the Rose compoent is profan overa oec iznvovifng both Durham Region and the Ontario government. 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