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#/ i\ @ Studentspresent bill of rights Costly NEWS BRIEFS VOLUME 10, NO. 11 York council on Monday reversed an earlier decision to designate Glen Cedar and Ava Roads as collector roads. A consultants report commissioned by the borough at a cost of $12,000 had recomâ€" mended the designation because the roads provide a direct route for motorists to inâ€" tersections at Eglinton Avenue and Bathurst Street. About 60 students attended a meeting on Monday of North York‘s School Board Management and Academic Committee to support the presentation of a student bill of rights by ICSCNY (Interâ€"collegiate Student Council for North York.) Cedarvale Ratepayers‘ Association and Cedarvale Home and School Association opposed the plan claiming collector roads endanger the lives of children. Mrs. Shirley Taub, Glen Cedar Road, said : ‘"‘We have enough traffic on the street as it is. The stop signs would be the next thing to go." > ICSCNY President Barry Weisleder presented the bill which gives a student freedom of the press, speech and assembly ; a voice in school policies; access to all his school records: control over his curriculum and learning methods; and the means used to evaluate his school program (written exams, projects or oral tests etc.). We have no intention of jeopardizing the lives of children," said Alderman Cy Townsend. ‘"The stop signs are not coming out." +++ York council on Monday decided to go ahead on a study on land use and comâ€" missioned Price, Waterhouse Associates of Toronto to do the job. The study is expected to delay the official plan, cost $25,000 and take 14 weeks to complete. _ _ 2 § 0 O Dr. A. Bakan, teacher for 33 years and a member of the North York Committee for Education, supported the bill saying: ‘‘When students feel so strongly there must be some basis." Martin Meslin of North York Home and School Council said: ‘"Though not necessarily in agreement with each article of the bill, we endorse the need for a student reversal Alderman Ben Nobleman in opposing the study said he felt the money could be put to better use and suggested a comprehensive survey of "the inequity of present municipal tax structure which puts the entire municipal tax burden on homeowners." The study is to determine the financial implications of apartment development and is believed to the first of its kind in Metro. +++ Gordon Hester of Cherrylawn Avenue was killed Sunday night when his car struck an abutment on Highway 400 near Sheppard Ave. The 51â€"yearâ€"old man was alone in his car which was northbound and also in collision with another northbound car driven by Joseph Fish of Newmarket. Mr. Fish was not injured. bill of rights and recommend that the present document be used as a basis for discussion between the board, parents and ICSCNY to evolve a bill suitable to all parties. Trustees Bruce Bone and Kechin Wang +++ A rift that occurred in a senior citizens group that meets in Weston brought about 25 members to York council on Monday. Two factions wish to meet on Wednesdays in the same facilities. Council referred the matter to parks and recreation department where Mrs. Lily Scott and Mrs. Edna Barrett will present their cases. +++ The F.W. Woolworth Co., 2277 Sheppard Ave. West are opening their doors to the public who wish to donate blood on Wedâ€" nesday, March 10. The clinic will be held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and from 1:00 to 3:30 sua;v;yad parents in their wards and were +++ Weston‘s proposed information centre stalled on Monday when council referred a request for funds to its budget committee. Rev. Don Reed asked council for a grant of $5000 to help get the project off the ground suggesting that the centre would provide council with an ear for local problems not otherwise heard. President A. Valeriani of an information centre based at St. Thomas Acquinas school, and in operation for three years, intimated that if Weston‘s centre gets a grant, he too will press for equal consideration. +++ The Communist Party of Canada have called for a referendum to be held on the issue of the controversial Spadina Exâ€" pressway. In a press release issued last week, the party urges a plebiscite be subâ€" mitted to the electorate after allowing sufficient time for all interested parties to present their points of view through meetings, TV and radio arranged and paid for by Metro Toronto Council. ALWAYS READY p To HELP York Mayor Philip White told Metro Council last week that there is a demand for continued operation of the Metro Landlord unable to find any support for the students‘ demands. ‘"Even in families," Bond said ‘‘someone has to be responsible for the final decision in cases of disagreement." Several trustees agreed with Trustee Mrs. L. Deane comments that the brief could not in fact represent the majority of the borough‘s 23,000 secondary students. Several schools were unaware of the existance of such a bill and of 20 borough schools, seven were in favor, five against and three abstained. Five schools were not represented. Trustee Val Scott felt that ICSNY‘s presentation was a compliment to the North York education system. "An atmosphere where students can present such a brief and take it through the system to the board is a healthy one," he said. Calling the bill of rights ‘"a look at education in a broader sense than in the classroom‘", they want alterations of our structure. He said there is a difference in being kind and being fair and the students would prefer fairness. Trustee Lyn Trainor moved that a comâ€" mittee consisting of three members of staff, three trustees and three members of ICâ€" SCNY be formed to consider the student bill of rights and report to the board as a whole [Wlpbnininietetntett inbnleeiaeleleleteletetetetetets ts t : fellows were great. 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Landlord, tenant bureau â€" a toothless tiger? is on oo in on o ab i hy e o y m ut : U t u. ns sLatE Westonâ€"York Times 5':'!':':'!'Z':'Z':':':':‘:':'Z':':':'Z':':-I-:-Z-i-:-:-:-:':':':':'!-!-!-:':':-:';i’.-:':-:-:-:':-:-:':'2'2'2'2'2-:':-:-:-:’:':'C':'J\"Z-Z-:-:':';':':\'f:'Z':':'l-:':'Z'I-C':':':'Z':':-:-Z°Z':'Z-l':-Z-Z-:':':':':':'Z':'l‘fij'.: A power failure at the Swansea sewage pumping station could mean raw sewage spilling into the Humber River. The station is currently without complete power standby equipment and Metro Works Commissioner Ross Clark said last week that this situation is no longer acceptable. A budget item being considered by Metro Works Committee to cut down on the tax levy was removal of $25,000 from the works department budget which was earmarked for this equipment. "If we allowed raw sewage into the river we could face heavy penalties in a court action," Mr. Clark told the committee. The committee agreed to keep the $25,000 in the budget to provide the standâ€"by equipment. Over the past two or three years there have been two very brief power failures in the Swansea area, Mr. Clark said. He said an overflow can start in three minutes after the power failure. Council voted, however, to delay the permanent appointment of Paul Jones as full time director of the bureau. The bureau was formed in September 1970 by council to provide guidance to landlords and tenants who were having disputes. The bureau does not have any powers of enforcement. Mr. White said the bureau may need more staff to handle the growing number of and Tenant Advisory Bureau Close call for Humber Weston, Ontario, Thursday, March 4, 1971 Mr. Godfrey said the landlord and tenant bureau, as it stands, was a toothless tiger. He suggested that it was doing nothing more than paying lip service to the whole problem of landlord and tenant relations. Metro Chairman Albert Campbell agreed that a report on the function of the bureau should be prepared by Mr. Jones. He said after council receives the report it could decide if a policy change was needed to determine the future operation of the bureau. Mr. White said if the landlord and tenant bureau was given wider powers it could mean that Metro would have to set up district offices in the city and boroughs, add more staff and spend more money on inâ€" vestigative services. North York Controller Paul Godfrey said the bureau has only powers of persuasion. ‘"Are we on the right course, we should review the whole situation." Council decided that the executive committee should study the role of the bureau before asking for the permanent appointment of Mr. Jones. problems coming into the office. He daid the decision of council to postpone Mr. Jones‘ permanent appointment after six months on probation was an indication that council was unsatisfied with the function of the bureau. We are aware of the need for the bureau and I am satisfied Mr. Jones is doing a good job,"" Mr. White said. The York mayor said its possible that the landlord and tenant bureau does not have sufficient legislative authority to deal with landlord and tenant disputes. RATEPAYERS PRESENT BRIEFS The report suggests that boundaries of the borough‘s municipal wards lying south of highway 401 should remain unaltered but proposes creation of an additional two wards north of the highway in the borough‘s fast developing area. ‘‘The nurses are as lovely as ever, and the tender loving care is excellent," he said. He is in room 601 and is accepting telephone calls from his many friends. The hospital reports his condition as "good". How does he feel? ‘"‘Well," he told this newspaper, "you know how the little dog felt as he backed onto the grindstone â€" rrrough!" Mr. Hewitt, 62, won the Ward 8 seat in the 1969 election by acclamation. The bureau has received 13,000 telephone calls and 1,023 personal visits from citizens since Oct. 27. Only two per cent of the calls or visits have been from York residents according to a survey conducted by landlord and tenant officials. Their report said that in addition to abolishing to board of control and changing some ward boundaries, the existing 17â€"man council should be cut to a 15â€"man body with a mayor and 14 ward aldermen instead of the existing 12. Metro estimates that 22 per cent of all telephone calls and personal office visits to the bureau have come from residents of North York. Borough of York Ward 8 alderman Bob Hewitt entered Humber Memorial Hospital this past week to undergo a series of tests for a suspected ulcer. "It has been.coming on over the past couple of years," explained Mr. Hewitt, ‘"and I expect to be in hospital for at least another week while doctors continue their Xâ€"rays." Mr. Hewitt had words of praise for treatment received from the hospital‘s staff. They had harsh words for a suggestion by a committee of four aldermen, charged with recommending revamping the borough‘s municipal administration, that the fiveâ€"man board should be abolished and replaced by an executive committee elected from within the borough council. Spokesmen for borough ratepayers‘ assoâ€" ciations made their comments in briefs to a special meeting of council called to hear citizen views on proposals that the board of control should be scrapped by January 1973 and two new wards created. Council will hold its own debate on the municipal reorganization plan on March 15 but out of 14 ratepayer associations who submitted comment briefs to Monday‘s meeting, only three and the North York Municipal Liberal Association favored the abolition of the existing board of control North York Ratepayers‘ Associations on Monday came out four to one against the proposal scrapping of the borough‘s board of control. Several ratepayer representatives said the councillors should be compelled to work full time at their political jobs even if it means they have to vote themselves higher salaries. They argued that increased pay for aldermen â€" they now get $6,500 yearly â€" would attract better candidates for council seats. Ratepayer spokesmen also criticized the fact that the council operates like ‘"a close knit social club," and often conducts its business in a "semi secret atmosphere." Proposals for revamping the borough‘s municipal administration were released a month ago after a yearâ€"long study by four councillors, Aldermen John Williams, Fred Schindeler, Robert Yuill and Ian Rogers. Max Gellman, president of the Wasdale, Hotspur, Rajah, Neptune Citizens Association, said that allowing council to elect their own executive committee would "make a mockery of the democratic process." He added: "This would insure that the congenial lobbyist will continue to warm the vinyl upholstery." William Walton, president of Federate Eleven, a confederation of ratepayer groups said there was no valid reason for scrapping the board of control but he expressed disastisfaction with the planned redisâ€" tribution of wards. He said the planned population of each ward ranged between 39,000 and 66,000 and was too inequitable to be satisfactory. Alderman hospitalized Opposition to executive plan J ‘"Our department is continually receiving complaints from citizens living in the imâ€" mediate vicinity of billiard halls and pool rooms and of being harassed by persons permitted to congregate and loiter in front of these halls". Although there were some favourable arguments for the halls, Mr. Allen felt that the granting of additional licenses for persons to operate billiard halls and pool rooms in York would only tend to increase the volume of crime in the area. In a letter to Mr. Allen, Inspector E.G. Snider said "he was in full accord with restricting the licensing of any further establishments of this nature in the Borough of York." ‘"Our investigations have revealed that in many cases juveniles have been subjected and introduced to drugs for the first time while loitering on these premises", said Inspector Snider. In his report Mr. Allen said that according to the telephone directory York has 50 per cent more billiard rooms per capita than Metro Toronto. Thirteen are listed in the Yellow Pages, although more are known to exist in York. They stay open until 1 a.m. on weeknights and as late as they please on Saturday nights. Controller Douglas Saunders and Alderman Jack Gallichan opposed the idea stating that this would give present owners no competition and buildings would deteriorate. But Planning Board voted 6â€"3 recomâ€" rhgnglipg the adoption of the proposal. Planning Commissioner, Peter Allen recommended to Planning Board last week that no more licenses be issued to billiard halls other than those in existence. Too many poolrooms SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS CC Bob Hewitt