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OMB sets date of The long-awaited date for the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing into the site for the proposed Scugog Library has been set for April 24. The hearing will be held at the Latcham Centre in Port Perry, and the OMB will decide whether to uphold objections filed by two Township residents against a zoning amendment passed by council last October. The zoning amendment would permit a new library only to be built on the west half of the former Lake Scugog Lumber property on Water Street in Port Perry. The remainder of the 2.4 acre property, that which fronts on the lake, has been re-zoned to open space, for use as parkland. The re-zoning of the. pro- perty and the proposal to build a $300,000 library on the western half, has created a bitter controversy in Scugog Township. Roy Grierson, of Caesarea who along with Myrtle Prentice of Port Perry, filed the official objection with the OMB, told the Star last week that they hdve hired a lawyer to present their case at the OMB hearing. Mr. Grierson also said that a petition which was circu- lated throughout the Town- ship late last fall, will also be presented at the OMB hear- ing. He said there are about 2500 names on the petition. Library Board chairman Chuck Preston said he is pleased the OMB finally has set a date for the hearing into the zoning amendment. The fact that the site for the new library must be dealt, with by the OMB has hindered the library fund- raising drive somewhat. Mr. Preston said two service clubs in Scugog and several businesses have reserved judgement on contributions until the matter is dealt with by the OMB. . Scugog awards road contract Scugog Township council has awarded the contract for reconstruction of Queen Street to Ivan Hubbert Con- struction Ltd., of Peter- borough. - At $405,336, Hubbert was the lowest of 11 bids received and council awarded the con- tract Monday afternoon on recommendation by the Township's consulting engi- neer who reviewed the sub- missions. The next lowest bid was from Dagmar Construction of Scarborough at $419,856. The highest bid of the 11 received was for $477,827 from Miller Paving of Union- ville. The total cost for the re- construction of Queen Street from Water to Lilla Streets is $478,000 with such things as sundry construction, contin- Féncies and engineering supervision making up the additional $73,000. Work is expected to get underway by the middle of April, and the construction will be done from Water Street west to Lilla. The scheduled date for comple- tion is 14 weeks, which means the work including the first coat of asphalt should be done by July 1. A second and final coat of asphalt will be applied in the summer of 1981. : Of the total cost, the share which will come directly from Township taxpayers is $189,168. The Ministry of Transportation and Com- munications will subsidize a total of $165,000 and Durham Region will chip in $122,231 for the replacement of the water mains. Included in the project will (Turn to page 8) Court action t Residents of Gerrow's Beach say they are prepared to seek a temporary injunc- tion against a group home for mentally retarded adults proposed for that area of Scugog Island. - Gary Fitchett, a resident of Gerrow's Beach and a The six members of Durham Region council from Scugog, Brock and Uxbridge Townships may vote against the 1980 Dur- ham budget to protest the increases which will amount to more than 17 per cent for taxpayers in the three nor- thern municipalities. The $61 million Durham budget is to go before Re- spokesman for a three- member committee repre- senting other property owners in the area, told Scugog council Monday afternoon that unless they are given further time to study the proposal, 'this whole issue will end up in gional council for approval today (March 19). However, the members from the northern munici- palities are upset over the fact that a combination of increased spending and the new provincial equalization factors will result in an in- crease of 17 per cent on their share of the Regional levy. Scugog Mayor Jerry library hearing He added that any lengthy delays could jeopardize an approved Wintario grant of $100,000 as the terms of that grant specify that construc- tion tenders must be com- pleted by this December. He said the Library Board has retained a lawyer for the OMB hearing and will make a joint presentation with Township solicitor Tom (Turn to page 3) Vol. 114 No. 17 Wednesday, March 19, 1980 36 Pages Just standin' inthe rain You needed an umbrella and rubber boots to get to this news box at the corner of Simcoe Street and Highway 7A in Port Perry as heavy rains and mild temperatures on Monday brought some flooding to certain areas of the Township. Several residents of court, and that's \not a heal- thy way to resolve any prob- lem." The threat of legal action to delay the proposal is also contained in a letter written by Paul Fletcher to provin- cial community services minister Keith Norton. Taylor told the Star that a decision to vote against the budget was made following a joint meeting of the three Township councils in Ux- bridge last week. "The impact of the budget will mean an increase of about $25 on an average home in this part of the Region,' said Mayor Taylor. "We feel we have to ex- REE REAR IPR <a RAY Gf FE MN Mr. Fletcher, a lawyer, and one of the three commit- tee members representing property owners along Gerrow's Beach, was pre- sent at the council meeting Monday afternoon. He stated the residents of Gerrow's Beach feel they 'Councillors may oppose budget press our concerns over this," he added. The new equalization factors, which will account for about: half of Scugog's 17 per cent Regional tax in- crease, were brought in across Ontario this year by the provincial government. The system reflects changes which have taken (Turn to page 2) HERRERA EY WM . the area reported water in the basements of their homes, and Township work crews were busy freeing ditches of ice and snow to keep the water flowing. Spring, by the way, officially arrives on Friday, March 21. now have little choice but to seek a temporary injunction, or to seek a review by the Ontario Municipal Board of the actions of Scugog council in accepting a legal opinion that the group home could be established without an amendment to the Township zoning by-law. The issue of the group home for eight adults has been simmering since the proposal was first put in front of Scugog council January 26 by the Central Seven Association for the Mentally Retarded. Council initially believed that an amendment to the zoning by-law would be necessary before the group home could be established. However, council now has accepted a legal opinion from the Township solicitor IAC oe AZ La eh ON ER hreatened over group home that an amendment is not needed, and on March 10, Central Seven representa- tive Ron Deeth stated that the home would be operating by early next month. Central Seven has been granted use of the house and 2.5 acre property free of charge for a period of up to 12 years under the terms of the will of the late owner Mrs. Amy Smith. Central Seven received approval for funding for a group home last November, but the provincial govern- ment could withdraw that funding if the group home is not operating by the end of this month. The Association has stated its plans to operate the group home for eight mentally retarded adults, who would (Turn to page 20) ' 3) " \ 1 t y hs A 0 | oe er) Ad a BIA Cm dt A SE !