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a :%he * local slioppers. * : becoming more and more Jr -- SoA LH ~~ Yolume 106 - PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, Wednesday, July 12, 1972 - No. 38 The question pof* parking ., spacé in Port Perry has been, _. a constant topic of conversa- _ tion among merchants and a reat deal of frustration to It's .évident changes will have to .'be made in the future to provide additionnal parking - space and most of the merchants on Queen Street ree. . rr. To further discuss the problem an invitation to some 40 property owners on Queen Street to meet at .'Conway Gardens "Monday night had been issued: Unfor- Junately, only about one third of those invited accepted the - invitation. Consequently, a true and complete picture .could not be established as far as the extent of interest among those concerned. The main reason for the #ncreased interest in improv- ing the downtown parking facilities . is the possible development of a 100,000 sq. ft. shopping plaza just south of the Village. ¢ . It was emphasized during the meeting and strongly so . tnatthemerchants must pull together, spend some money and make the shopping area attractive as well as: prac- ticle if it was to survive the future growth and develop- ment of the area. & Jack Dowson, a member of the local Chamber of Com- merce executive presented a tentative plan for future parking facilities on proper- ties 'behind the stores on Queen Street. Mr. Dowson had spend a great deal of time on the plan and the result was interesting and sensible. Ontario Scholars . Both Port Perry and Cartwright High Schools have recently announced the pies of grade 13 students inning Ontario scholarships this year. Seven students from Cart- wright will receive the award . this year, and three from Port Perry. An Ontario Scholar is one * $ho, on six grade 13 credits, has a total of 480 marks. The PORT PERRY STAR offers congratulations to all the scholarship winners. Pictures are on page 18 Hospital Report For Week Ending July 6th Admissions. .............. 4 Births. ............oo00nui 4 Deaths.................. Nil Emergencies............ 157 ®perations. .............. 22 Discharges............... 4" This particular-plan cover- ed the area behind the stores on both sides of Queen Street from Water Street 'to Perry Street, An estimated 58,000 sq. ft. or'about 200, parking spaces for cars could "be -made available on.the north side of the street and 64,000 sq. ft. or 240 parking spaces on the south side of Queen Street.. However, it was agreed this could only be made possible by the closest co-operation of those concer- Queen Stregt 'merchants agree parking problems must be solved ned and financial involve- ment by all would be necessary, : A suggestion of engaging a consultant to make a study of Port Perry and area as far as. the need of a shopping plaza was unanimously agreed upon. The general opinion was that the population is too small to support a plaza south of the Village and would be a detriment to .the Village merchants and spoil the : (continued on page 5) Greenbank citizens demand dogs out A 76-name petition asking that something be done about the keeping of some 20 dogs by Mrs. Camilla Williams on her property in Greenbank was submitted to Reach Township Council last week. Reach Clerk-Treasurer Vic Malcolm'said that the Coun- cil considered the petition and has turned the matter 'over to the Township solici- tor. . Despite the pressure for the removal of the dogs from the property, Mrs. Williams says she plans to keep things - "astheyare,andif I get legal pressure, I'll legal pressure right back." PA VRE ! i Several persons who had signed the petition were contacted by the STAR and complained that the dogs are creating an offensive odour, and are howling and barking sometimes early in the morning or late at night. . « Mr. George : Rahm - who lives about 100 yards from the property says he wants to see the dogs taken away. "The dogs make a disturbance and the smell is awful," said Mr. Rahm. : Mrs. E. Till who lives right next door said the odour and barking, especially at night, bothers everybody. "I'm not: (continued on page 17), S. ARE Jacoposee Tiglilk (left) aged 20 and Gyta Eeseemailee, 17 had arecentshort visit to the Port Perry area as guests of Mr. Ray Skinner of Prince Albert. Jacoposee and Gyta are both . Eskimo and live in Pangnirtung, a community of 650 people on Baffin Island, 200 miles north of Frobisher Bay. With Miss - Joan Neil who teach in Pangnirtung, the boys are on a two month educational vacation to the southern part of the country. They have visited Montreal and will be going to Toronto, Kitchener, the Lakehead, and possibly the Maritime Formal protest made to Reach zoning by-laws Port Perry Council has passed unanimously a motion formally objecting to -By-laws 72-16 to 72-19 inclus- iverecently passed by Reach Reach: Council for the pur- pose of re-zoning from agri- cultural to residential and commercial land owned"by Athika Enterprises in Reach south of Port Perry on the west side of the Oshawa Road, "The objection was passed attheregular meeting of July 4.Incommenting onit, Reeve Robert Kenny stated he was not opposed to this method, but stressed the hope : that Port Perry and Reach would be able to work out their disagreements over the whole issue of water and the proposed development. (The councils were unable to do this at a meeting two days later, and a-report on. that meeting is in this issue). Reasons for the objection are stated in four points which read as follows: 1. Port Perry's Official Plan which is being present- ed to the minister for approval states "it will be the policy of the Village to provide, water supply and sewer services for develop- ment beyond the corporate limits only when such devel- opment is in the best interest of the Village and it is assured that standards of service will be maintained in such areas outside the Village, and when it is assured that any necessary enlargements or extensions to the Village water supply and sewer systems will not place an undue burden on either the financial capabil- ity or the capacity of the services." . 2. The proposed commer- cial development could have a devestating effect on the downtown core of Port Perry, particularly when there is not sufficient population to sup- port such a development. * 3.The Village of Port Perry will not support this develop- ment until the vacant land withing the Village limits is developed and services can be extended. This has been confirmed as good planning by the staff of the Community Planning Branch (Toronto) on June 29. 4. On December 17, 1971 Police arrest prowler Following several recent complaints of- prowlers in Port Perry, an investigation by. the; Ontario "Provincial 'Police 'Whitby Detachment has led to a charge of trespassing by night against one man, who is to appear in court this week. .A police spokesman said that since the end of April there have been about six complaints of prowlers from Port Perry residents, and police believe that there are three or possibly four differ- ent persons involved, In the past year, police say there have 'been about 20 'such complaints made in Port Perry. However some of these may have been false alarms from over-anxious persons who may have mistaken the wind or some other sound in the night for a prowler. Police say that investiga- tion into this matter is continuing. Provinces. Although both boys were in Hamilton some 10 years ago for medical treatment, this will be the first trip they have made to the south. They have brought some Eskimo art with them, and also some very striking and unusual pencil drawings which they hope to sell. Gyta speaks English, but Jacaposee does not. The boys are educational assistants at the school in Pangnirtung, working to preserve the Eskimo Culture. Reach Township Planning Board authorized their consultants to submit a report on a proposed residen- tial, commercial and indust- rial development. which actually lies between the Village of Port Perty and the subject lands (Athika). This report dated January 14, 1972 should be referred to when considering the re-zoning application. Reach passed the bylaws to re-zone on June 29, and any objections must be register- ed by July 13. The re-zoning by-laws will go before the Ontario Municipal Board for approval. ) : Councillor - Gerald Jack- man who is strongly opposed to the development in Reach Township has said he hopes opposition to the develop- ment will necessitate a public hearing before the OMB. Council petitions McKeough By a unanimous vote, Port Perry Council agreed at the regular meeting of July 4 th send a written report to the Hon. Darcy McKeough, Minister of Treasury, Econ- omics and Intergovernment- al Affairs on the proposed Athika development in Reach Township and the supply of water and sewage services to the Township. The decision to petition Mr. McKeough, who is regarded as one of the most powerful men in the Davis govern- ment, and whose department is responsible for planning and development was made in the hope of gaining support for Council's feelings that the residential and commercial development in Reach Town- ship is poor planning, and could have an adverse effect on the commercial sector of Port Perry. Besides stating the reasons for the objections to the development, the report to Mr. McKeough says that were it not for the strong possibility of regional gover- nment in this area, Council would be considering apply- ing for either amalgamation or annexation of part or all of Reach Township, in order to provide industrial land in the Village for the broadening of the assessment base. The report goes on to say that the Village may consider these possibilities anyway. Inadiscussionin council on the report Councillor Gerald Jackman who has taken a strong stance against the development said simply, "I'm prepared to go as high as we can to fight this development." Reeve Robert Kenny agreed that possibly the development is not good planning at this 'time, and continued to stress that in his opinion negotiations with Reach Township would be the best route to follow. Attempts to reach an agreement with the Town- ship failed at a combined meeting of the Councils two. days later. There is a report on this meeting in the issue of SATE ToT t Pe RA