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"A Family Tradition for 132 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Wednesday, May 26, 1999 - 3 'Township preparing for hearing By Chris Hall Port Perry Star Scugog Township staff members and lawyers will sit down this week to dis- cuss their plan of action against the appeals made to the municipality's new Official Plan. plan," he said. "Technically the appeal period is over, but the board can be flexible on these things. Depending on the nature of the appeal, the board could hear them or insist they make an application for their amendments." As for the four appel- lants, Mr. Cuddie says it's up to them to come up with their own strategy for the hearing. The appeals target both specific elements of the plan, and the entire docu- ment in general. The appeal put forth by Mr. Kemp argues that the OP strangles economic opportunities in the town- ship's rural areas by directing virtually all new housing and other devel- opment to the Port Perry on OP appeals urban area over the next 20 years. If the appeals go for- ward, the hearings will likely be held either at Durham Region headquar- ters or in the Scugog coun- cil chambers. | The OMB will decide whether to send one offi- cial to make a ruling, or rely on a panel of two or three to hear the matters. The Ontario Municipal Board is a quasi-judicial body which rules on appeals of municipal plan- ning matters. A meeting has been arranged for Thursday (May 27), at which staff and solicitors representing both Scugog Township and Durham Region will dis- cuss upcoming hearings by | the Ontario Municipal Board, said CAO Earl Cuddie. WEE il SEMI-ANNUAL "We're going to try and decide how we're going to approach this, to see if there's grounds for com-. promise and to see if there's any evidence we can bring forward to per- suade the board that the official plan is best left the way it is," Mr. Cuddie said Friday. "We're not sure if there will be a pre-hearing or not, but this will give us an opportunity to sit down and look things over as a group." Four Scugog residents: have filed appeals against Scugog's OP. Included in that group are Nestleton's Colin Kemp, Scugog Island's Ray Reader, and Doug Wilson and his daughter Wendy, who own property south of Port Perry. If the OMB decides to go ahead with the hear- ings, 35 days of notice will be given before the sides appear before the board. And if a hearing is held there is a potential for more appellants to step forward, said Mr. Cuddie. "When the notices of a hearing come forward, and it remains to be seen if there will be a hearing, there could be an opportu- nity for more people to have their say on the Staff shuffled at local public schools The Durham District School Board announced a number of staffing changes during their last meeting on CREA on selected Mens, Womens, Childrens and Infants clothing and footwear 4 WL ' May 17. During that time, it was announced that : Barb Farrow, a vice- : . principal at Port Perry Dri Rehool, would be mens womens kids shoes ransiarnd) wikis * Dockers * Chaps * Guess? * Brooks * Krickets * Pickles * Keds * Naturalizer September. * Brooks * Arrow * Point Zero * Tabi * Guess? Val & Mik * Fila * Aerosoles Replacing her in the * Levi's & more * Mac & Jac & more * Fila & more * Adidas ¢ more ng Pe Cho, + * Gant * Mary Rose * Adidas * Raft River who will ' finish up A *of equal or lesser value interim vice-principal's position at Exeter High *sexcludes Tommy Hilfiger, all bathing suits, lingerie & accessories, Stride Rite and Dexter Shoes School this June. ***see in store for complete details Sale Ends May 31 p 1999. As well, S.A. Cawker Public School intérim vice-principal Dianne Fennell will be the act- ing vice-principal at S.A. Cawker SINC IO = for Kids 174 Queen St., Port Perry 985-8797 BR2CKS BR@CK'S (014) 12610] 8 168 Queen St., Port Perry Y85-2521 178 Queen St., Port Perry 985-8334 Service, Quality and Style Since 1881