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Rs RE a Se So ss cl Council wrestling with details PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, February 16, 1988 -- 3 Conway project approval inches closer It would appear that a decision to approve the Conway Develop- ment Project in principal is not too far away, after an hour meet- - ing with the Townships planning consultant Monday morning. John McDermott told council that as a planner he has no real problems with the plan, but there are a number of issues that coun- cil will have to deal with before making any committments. He suggest that the three most critical issues they must deal with are those of the (1) traffic and ac- cessibility to the site, (2) the den- sity on the property and (3) the overall concept. "If we can resolve these three is- sues, you can then make a deci- sion, on whether to support the project of not" McDermott said. In reference to accessiblity, the planner told council that it is the opinion of the planning depart- ments and traffic planners that there should be separate entrances for the commercial and the resi- dential portions of the project. "The safest and most desirable way to proceed is with no move- ment of traffic through the project from 7A to Water Street." He qualified his statement say- ing that this did not mean that there could be no through-traffic in the site, but it would be more desirableyand much safer if there was not. "That decision is up to council", he said. Most councillors agreed with councillor Yvonne Christie who said that she felt properly signal- ized traffic lights at the 7A en- trance, opposite Port Perry Plaza, is essential if they are to give their approval. She also said that she personally did not like the idea of selling public land, but the small triangle -of property adjacent to ball dia- IT PAYS YOU TO THINK THINK central AIR CONDITIONING AND DON' * SEPTEMBER 1, 1988 o 5 YEAR WARRANTY on mond where an open ditch runs was of no use and this would be a good opportunity to get it covered and landscaped. "I can live with selling that piece of land", she said. : Regional Councillg [fRawrence Malcolm strongly oPgised the formation of three or four condo- minium corporations on the prop- erty, and suggested that all of the condominiums should come under one coporportation. If there is one real stumbling- block for council it appears to be the amount of commercial space being proposed for the property. John McDermott suggested council should take the report which has been completed for the developers and have an indepen- dent planner take a look at it and give an opinion on the reports as- sumptions. Presently the Conway Project calls for 77,000 square feet of commercial space on the site. Large logs removed from No one seems to know just when the large cribs, filled with stones, were placed at the lake- front, but the most educated guess that it was sometime before the great fire of 1884, which destroyed the entire village of Port Perry. But 1988 will go down in the history books as the year in which the century old cribs were re- maved, to improve boating condi- tions around the lakefront. lake date back to pre-1884 Work began on the project early last week when a crew headed by Ira Carr cleared the ice and began flooding the ice to thicken it be- fore moving on the heavy machin- ery. With about 20" of ice under them, a 30 ton backhoe was taken onto the ice, but when they found that it began to sink slightly the large machine was replaced with a smaller 11 ton machine. In all, it took about 20 working hours on the ice to remove the stones, and cribbing which was found on the lake bottom. Roads superintendcnt Ronn MacDonald told council Monday moring that information given to (Turn to page 10) About 30-40 hand hewn logs were moved from the lake last week. The lar ro Lr "What you need to know now is are the assumptions in the report unreasonable", McDermott sug- gested. Mr. McDermott will return to council in about two weeks to clarify a few items and hopefully get the wheels in motion for an Offical Plan Amendmernt, so the developers can proceed to the next step. It was also learned at the meet- ing that a contract had been let for the break-wall which will sur- round the the project, and work is to begin in the very near future. piled on the shore after being re- gest of the logs, which formed cribs for a dock was about 40' long and measured 16"x16". 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