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BP a Vol. 127 No. 12 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1993 Copy 65¢ (61¢+4¢GSD 40Pages a0 By Scott Anderson - Port Perry Star It's unlikely ground will be broken on the new Erin's Leigh development before fall, says Mayor Howard Hall. Mayor Hall was responding to comments in a recent Star ar- ticle by a representative of the developer who said building would begin on the new residen- tial and commercial project "by late March or early April." But Mayor Hall says this will be next to impossible to achieve consideri e number of hur- dles yet to clear. "1 think it was wrong to jump ¥ Don't Forget Your Valentine AA CRSITIT TO TR 4 FETED A JF 0 FR Fh Ba Bl Bd Ba) donate swimming club By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star Two local businessmen have come to the aid of the Uxbridge SwimClub. A } Responding to an article in Port Perry Star Marketplace, in which Scugog's Planning Com- mittee turned down a request to grant $500 to the club, Zoltan Domik and Emmerson Insu- rance, decided to contribute the money themselves. The money is to be used to - send four members of the swim club, including one from Port Perry, to a national meet later this month in New Brunswick. Mayor Howard Hall had sug- - gested that Scugog give $500.to+ J] the club as a goo will gesture, : sbased Although the swim club in Uxbridge, at least, 16 of the members at m SC 25 per cent of those enro I a Lao ri are from y S But ha vote of 3-2, the re- quest was denied. This decision infuriated both Mayor Hall as well as Uxbridge Mayor Gerri Lynn O'Connor. After reading about the issue in the paper, Mr, Domik, owner of Top Gun Janitorial, contact- ed the Port Perry Star to say he and Emmerson Insurance, were footing the bill. Mr. Domik said it was "unbe- lievable" that Scugog should turn down the request for the money. "To turn something down like Many hurdles yet to be cleared the gun like that," he said. "It puts expectations in peoples' minds that aren't there." "I just hate to see the public get excited about it and it take three or four years to build." The mayor says a number of hurdles must be cleared before the developers can begin con- struction. This includes pur- chasing all the various parcels of land at the Water and Simcoe Street site and submitting a site plan for approval. There are a number of differ- ent parcels of land involved in the development and Mayor Hall says not all have been pur- \ aad oN IN A | LALLA UTA AA EEA ANAMAPR RR YP RIN chased. This includes land owned by the township, Minis- try of Transportation and Elgin Knopp. - Mark Smith, a representative for the developer, told the Port Perry Star last week that these transactions are in various stages of completion. He said a complex deal involving a multi- tude of mortgages for one por- tion of land was completed. But until all parcels of land are purchased, the development cannot go ahead, says Mayor Hall. He did confirm however, that there have been talks be- tween the two parties concern- ing a transaction. Another obstacle which has not yet been cleared is the site plan approval process. The Township of Scugog has an 11-point process which must be followed by every developer planning development in the township. This process includes submitting a site plan for coun- cil's approval. But both Mayor Hall and Clerk Earl Cuddie say a site plan agreement has not been submitted. After the site plan is submit- ted, council must review, as well as approve, the plans. 3] ! 4 RAL ARR J THIRTY sew mata aR sg werenane tere nt br rs cuca SAMA AAAANMAENINHEY SY YY rom Scugog. Also : Local residents 500 to ~ZOLTAN DOMIK that angers me," he said. "A small town should get behind things." ....%.. ogc He says Scugogis known as a sports-minded community, and very community oriented. He was amazed that township rep- resentatives would deny the re- quest. | : : Mr. Domik says he moved to Epsom from Ajax last spring be- (Turn to page 3) Mayor says plaza unlikely this spring "There's site plan procedures in place that have to be followed for any project," Mayor Hall said. Although the mayor is pessi- mistic that the project will begin this spring, he says council is still supportive of the project. _ But Mayor Hall fears the de- lay in the start-up will be inter- reted by the public as council's ault. "3 "Council wants to see it go. It'sbeen shown," he says. Erin's Leigh Plaza is a com- mercial and residential 'devel- opment featuring 120 ocondo- minium units as well as 95,000 8q. ft. of commercial space.