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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, FEBRUARY 7,2001 PAGE 11 § § a I ,Y ii£. Will a few make decisions for many? Durham doesn't need GTSB: Regional Chairman BY JACQUIE MclNNES Staff Writer CLARINGTON - With the GTSB poised to pump up its role in municipal government, government, Durham's Regional chairman and Clarington's mayor are raising concerns residents here could lose their voice in local government. government. "I'm not a huge believer in the Greater Toronto Services Services Board and the Region too has spoken quite clearly," Mr. Anderson told Claring- ton council Jan. 29. Mr. Anderson's comments comments come on the heels of a GTSB governance report related related to the board's mandate and powers. The GTSB strategic planning planning and review committee will likely hold a special meeting Feb. 23 to consider the report, says the board's new chairman Dr. Gordon Chong. Dr. Chong was a member of the Who Does What committee commissioned commissioned to look at governance across the GTA in the late Ski under the moon The Ganaraska Region Region Conservation Authority Authority is inviting people to ski under the light of the moon Feb. 10. The GRCA's Moonlight Moonlight Ski will be held at the Ganaraska Forest Centre, where participants will ski a marked and groomed ski trail, then gather inside for hot chocolate. The event • runs from 7. to 9 p.m. Participants Participants are required to have their own ski equipment equipment and some skiing experience. experience. In case of heavy cloud cover or poor trail conditions, the ski night will be held Feb. 11. Call (905) 797-2721. 90s. That committee recommended recommended the formation of the GTSB, created in 1999 with 30 member municipalities. Dr. Chong says he favours a structure where the board would have the authority to create a planning model for the entire GTA to ensure manageable growth and transit. transit. "We are going to have to look from the perspective this is not 416 looking at Clarington or Clarington planning for Toronto. This is people coming from all over balancing local interests with the overall scheme" for the GTA, Dr. Chong says. He suggests the municipalities need to come together and "make some • compromises for the GTA." Dr. Chong says he hopes a new model might emulate the Greater Vancouver structure, structure, an "umbrella special purpose body" (SPB) to which other SPBs report on transit, water and housing. However, he says, he is "open to a lot of sugges tions." He points to o tirer GTA-type bodies that have created plans to ensure development takes place in areas where infrastructure is in place to support it. "In Atlanta, (tire board) has the ability ability to block development that is not transit transit friendly," he points out. But at the Clarington council meeting, meeting, Mr. Anderson dismissed the notion the Region of Durham requires a larger governing body to tell it how to plan its infrastructure projects. "We don't need the GTSB to tell us where we need a road. We know where we need a road," he said. "Durham communicates communicates with York and our neighbours to the north," and co-ordinates its planning planning with that of nearby municipalities without direction from another level, he added. Mr. Anderson also warned if the GTSB becomes a governing body it could diminish the voice of local representation. representation. "You'd be gone, just one of you would be representing Clarington," he told the councillors. "Clarington is busy today because it was well planned and well thought out," Mr. Anderson said, adding people moved to Clarington from the west because because it offers a lifestyle they could not get in higher density areas. While Clarington Clarington provides the ideal lifestyle to many residents, he said, residents "don't have the infrastructure they want because because as you and I know, if you're east of Markham Road it just doesn't happen that often." Mayor John Mutton says he will keep an open mind when the report is presented to the board; however, he says, he would be very concerned concerned if the GTSB was given the power to veto de velopment in any GTA municipality. municipality. "As Clarington's representative representative on the board I have to approach every issue on expanded services by the GTSB with caution," he says. Spa Facials In Your Home! Includes massage, moisturizing or mild mask, exfoliating and more. 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