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/ VOLUME 10, NO. 17 NEWS BRIEFS In a brief to the Toronto Transit Comâ€" mission, York council asked that the TTC repair Rogers Road as quickly as possible so that accidents may be kept to the minimum. In its meeting on March 15, council learned that 151 accidents occurred on Rogers Road during the period of time from January 1, 1968 until July 31, 1970. «Contributing factors to the major portion of these accidents is the poor condition of the roads and the defective tracks," Controller DOUGLAS Saunders said. Repair Rogers Rd. +++ Mr. "Tug" Wilson is replacing Mr. Gregory Spears as Recreation Coâ€"ordinator of Dropâ€"in Centres for the borough of York. The appointment was made this week and is part of a reported large reorganization within the dropâ€"in centre committee. ++ York Board of Control approved sending a letter to all borough store owners advising them of the regulations concerning the sale of fire works. Fire works can only be sold seven days prior to May 24 and July 1. Purchases are restricted to those 16 years of age and older. All shops selling fireworks must post a copy of the Byâ€"Law in their shops for the people to read. Metro government bas agreed to issue $292,750 in debenture financing for York. York‘s financing includes $150,000 for reconstruction work on 16 local streets inâ€" cluding Brookside Ave., Guestville Ave., Watford Ave. and Roseneath Gardens. Another $111,500 will be used by York to buy three garbage packers, a bulldozer and other vehicles. The paving of Emmett Ave. from the end of the existing pavement south to Eglinton Ave. is also included in the financing. +++ York Mayor Philip White announced to Board of Control last week that Metro Council‘s $170,000 grant to the borough had been cut to $140,000. York lost the $30,000 when Metropolitan Toronto decided it could use the amount. Mayor White said that York‘s $140,000 grant is still well above the borough‘s per capita average. Under the per capita system, the grant to the borough would have been about $98,000. +++ Budget Chief James Trimbee gave serious consideration to Alderman‘s Cy Townsend‘s request before Board of Control last week for $96 from the budget. Mr. Townsend, chairman of the York Festival, requested the money to purchase, 1,000 buttons for distribution to local high school students to promote the student‘s Black Creek Cleanâ€"up campaign. Mr. Trimbee questioned the need for such a campaign as a cleanup of Black Creek is on the work‘s department schedule. However, after Mr. Townsend explained that the students would be working on the river between Eglinton and Trethewey and the works department on the area north of this, Mr. Trimbee seemed satisfied and approved the $96 sum. +++ North York Controller Paul Godfrey told Metro Council last week that it should once again try for a hotel room tax. York Mayor Philip White suggested that "perhaps the time has come to support a hotel room tax." The mayor suggested, however, that Metro should separate the proposal for a hotel room tax from enâ€" dorsement of a convention centre. «We should consider it a separate issue,"‘ he told Metro Council. He said Metro legislation and planning committee could gather statistical material which would go into a brief supporting such a tax. Metro officials estimate a hotel room tax could produce $1,600,000 yearly in revenue. This is based on 35 per cent occupancy of rooms during the year. +++ Metro has approved a $120,000 settlement to acquire 17,178 square feet of property at the northâ€"east corner of Jane Street and Dundas Street., which held an industrial building and a metal shed. The land was needed in connection with the widening of Jane Street from Dundas St. to Wilson Ave. Latest road plans show that a substantial part of the site will be surplus to road departmental needs. +++ by Fraser McKen About 20 explosions and a fire destroyed a war surplus goods warehouse belonging to Hercules Sales Company Limited early last week. Flames from the warehouse located on Dundas Street near Jane Street could be seen as far away as Etobicoke and Toronto International Airport. A large crowd was attracted to the scene by the sound of explosions. The CPR. Westonâ€"York Times Weston youth, YORK DOWNS North York Planning Board recomâ€" mended last Wednesday wholesale purchase of the 163â€"acre York Downs Golf Course for a major public park but decreed in a 4 to 3 decision that if the borough council conâ€" siders the cost too high partial development for housing should be allowed. As a result, ratepayer representatives, who have been battling to save the land tract southâ€"east of Bathurst St., and Sheppard Ave., from any development, left the meeting unsure whether they had achieved a hollow victory or a partial defeat. ‘The meeting lasted nearly eight hours and heard delegations from nearly a dozen ratepayers groups who are opposed to a reâ€" zoning application for housing by ownerâ€" developer Max Tanenbaum. Jeffrey Sack, lawyer for the York Downs Community | Park Association â€" said afâ€" terwards: "The board obviously felt that unless it recommended an alternative use for the park; the Ontario Municipal Board might give the developer what he wants." At last week‘s meeting, board members also voted unanimously . to reject Tanenbaum‘s plan for a community of 3,600 people on part of the 90 acres of tableâ€"land in 66 singleâ€"family homes and five 33â€"storey apartments. w Wl quecop locl atme with a Ratepayers‘ hollow victory elP?ert UITCTUET However, the board went along with a suggestion by Alderman John Williams that about half the tableâ€"land should be given over to 80 singleâ€"family homes and between 600 and 800 apartments, if council decides it can‘t afford to buy the total golf course for park. This would create a community of up to 2,700 people and provide a 118â€"acre park. Housing would be located on the southâ€"west and northâ€"west sections of the golf course. ul 1 4 i9 â€"knastian M ieee esns oo 5 Recently Metro Parks and Recreation Committee went on record as favouring the buying of the whole golf course as a major public park if North York Council agrees to share the cost with, it is hoped, the Metro Toronto and Region Conservation Authority and the Ontario Government. ‘Tanenbaum bought the golf course for $6,400,000 in 1968. Two independent apâ€" praisals of the current value, commissioned by North York Council, stand at $5,000,000 and $6,300,000. NC SiineeGrrramtcanseshity and $9,000, 000 Alderman Murray Chusid unsuccessfully appealed to planning board members to reject Williams alternative use clause. He claimed that designation of an alternative to "ppen space‘‘ zoning will drive up the value of the land if council or other government agencies definitely decide to buy or °xâ€" The aftermath Tony Mintoff of Weston Road, Hercules warehouse, Dundas station next door when he fi Bowlden). mainline north of the fire was cleared of standing freight cars. : 7. M e ommc da ceatight SUaTAIIE M EBME ECC It was also feared the flames might spread to the Premium Dundas Service Station next door where 12,000 gallons of gasoline were stored underground only 100 feet from the flames. York Fire Department despatched 13 trucks to the fire with about 65 men. Two trucks from Toronto were also at the scene. The firemen had the blaze under control propriate it PMERACORS NE Chusid claimed that the clause might give Tanenba he asked for". . â€" Eleven speakers â€" all Dut OnC U representing borough ratepayers . the North York Board of Education, Ao on gi oS Taless EO CCT ERRDCCCC I representing borough ratepayers groups, the North York Board of Education, or the North York Social Planning Council â€" asked the board to recommend the purchase of York Downs for park and nothing else. Lawyer Robert Macaulay, a former Ontario Cabinet minister and the man representing the Armour Heights Ratepayers Association, said that Tanenâ€" baum‘s proposed housing scheme, which would cost $30,000,000 to $40,000,000, had been inadequetely planned and more studies are needed. Gerald Shankman, president of the Arâ€" mour Heights Ratepayers Association, said that pushing the proposed Avenue Rd. exâ€" tension through the middle of the golf course at an estimated cost of $7,500,000 will mean part destruction of the community where homes are worth $35,000 to $150,000. gs ul ELE sha Narth Sixteenâ€"yearâ€"old Claudio Romanin of Exeter St. died this week from a massive hemorrhage suffered from a hockey puck fired by a friend. WAv sc IGRE mhan: s 418 018 00 Mc db db Claudio was rounding the net when a slapshot fired by 15 year old Ralph Rudisi hit him on the temple just below the helmet he was wearing. 1 e en SnE Alsana S NC WHs mWDCCCB® ‘The boys had rented Lambton Park Arena for two hours for a pick up hockey game. Claudio was a Grade 11 student at Western ‘Technical School. Hockey was his favorite sport. Ned uh 100 oL 0e ecomnpthu far the SpOF L York council expressed sympathy for the parents of the dead boy at its meeting Tuesday. Director of Community Centres Fred Howard added his praise to all in volved for their speed and coâ€"operation while attempting to save the boy‘s life. Weston, Puck kills local boy _ _i EoC ston Road, stands in the rubble that remains from the spectacular fire at se, Dundas Street at Jane Street last week. Tony was working at the gas when he first noticed the blaze from the warehouse. (Photo by Colin dogs discover fire that the alternative use ‘Tanenbaum "more than Ontario, Thursday, April 15, 1971 all but one of them within two hours after the alarm was sounded, although some units remained on the scene all night. e 4ecaanacte mat of The exact amount of da known, but Mr. Norman G owner of the business, rep< stock was partially insured CNC CAgnD Anodues ces id known, but Mr. Norman Goldstein, part owner of the business, reported that the stock was partially insured. He said the warehouse contained automobile tires, convalescent beds, radio equipment, some exposed Xâ€"ray film, and other surplus stock. The fire was discovered just before 7 p.m. by Tony Mintoff, 19, of Weston Road, an employee of the Premium Gas Station located next door to the warehouse. He said two German Shepherd pups ran out to the front of the station, and, as he was returning them to their leash behind the building, discovered the fire. "I saw the fire swirling around inside," Mr. Mintoff said, "then there were 20 exâ€" plosions, five of them very loud." Mr. Mintoff also said he saw a man in the area of the warehouse as he was returning the dogs. York Fire Department has turned the investigation of the cause of the fire over to the arson squad. Each York and North York home ownet will pay an extra $7.85 this year to operate Metro government. There is a good chance, however, with restrictions placed by the province on school board spending that residents of the two boroughs may end up this year paying a lower overall tax bill than last year. Metro‘s general budget of $295,137,031 will cover the operations of the police departâ€" ment, social services, Metro library board, Metro planning, maintenance of water road and sewer facilities and parkland. North York will contribute almost 23 per cent of the Metro government operating levy this year compared to 8 per cent in 1954, the first full year of Metro Council. The borough will be required to put up €36.998.000 of the total $295â€"million Metro _ The borough $36,998,000 of t general budget B e name North York‘s contribution general government is seco among the six Metro municif ceeded only by the city. Y‘:);l: will be required to pay four per cent of the Metro get about $7,446,000. eC POP0CECC North York‘s assessment according to provincial records â€" now stands â€" at $1,405,634,558, more than four times the $299,632,345 in assessment registered in York. us un viHp 100 nes RUIR: Metro police and Metro social services department account for about $130,000,000 of the total gross Metro operating budget this year. Among the four hospital building grants this year $169,000 will go to York General Hospital. Metro records show . that North York contains almost 24 per cent of the total Metro Toronto population and 28 per cent of the total land area,. York by comparison contains seven per cent of the population and nine square miles of the land area. of damage is not ed to pay a little over Metro general livy or ibution to Metro s second . largest municipalities, °xâ€" BEECHâ€"HALL RESIDENTS Between 50 and 75 residents of Beechâ€"Hall apartments attended an informal discussion and meeting held in McEachren Hall last Thursday. President of the York Township Housing Company . Jack Gallichan assured the Beechâ€"Hall residents that the buildings would not be torn down. He did state, however, that they could expect a rent inâ€" DEUUIPRRAN OCRIIOOC OS would not be torn down. He did state, however, that they could expect a rent in . crease of between 10 to 15 per cent. f "There is no one at this time who can establish exactly what the rent increase will be," Mr. Gallichan stressed. More information should be available in the next four or six weeks when the report of the management consulting firm we have hired to study the situation is published." ‘©The rent increase won‘t come into effect until January 1972." Mr. Gallichan conâ€" tinued, "and it will be a gradual increase over the next five years." Mr. Gallichan also stated the York Township Housing Corporation plans to consolidate Hydro payments of Beechâ€"Hall by putting all the buildings onto the one metre. The onus on paying the hydro bill would fall upon the landlord. "If this plan were put into effect," Mr. Gallichan said, "the rents would of course go up as the hydro bill would be in corporated into them. This rent increase caused by the hydro bill would be separate from the main increase.‘" Rents haven‘t been raised in Beechâ€"Hall in 10 years. Single apartments (one person only) are $29.50 and doubles (for husband and wife) are $35.75 per month. Beechâ€"Hall, named after two former reeves in the borough of York, William Beech and Fred Hall, were constructed over Favor rent raise Commissioner of Parks and Recreation Al Savage told York Board of Control at last week‘s meeting that the park‘s department application for a grant from the federal government had been turned down. mt 2 i _ _iiss Aanortment BATeAIM MAAAE des ols The Parks and Recreation department had applied for part of the $50,000,000 grant that the federal government was offering to work programs which were student oriented and student iniated. i ! Mn neneeas d 43 TY SEUMOITNNCCCC Mr. Savage‘s department had wanted to conduct a survey This summer, employing university students, on all the recreational facilities available in the borough. Mr. Savage had told the Board of Control several weeks ago when he requested permission to apply for the grant that he felt that this survey would qualify for the grant as students employed by the borough last summer had organized and developed the York council received a letter from Metro Property Commissioner B.M. Henblen stating the lease on the 93 homes in Wards 1 +2 that are being expropriated by Metro for the Spadina Expressway is being redrafted to comply with recent amendments to the Landlord Tenants Act and with municipal and provincial zoning byâ€"laws. ‘The 93 homes are located on Heathdale Road, Strathearn Road, Everden Road and Arlington Avenue. According to a February report by Byâ€" Law Enforcement Officer Willie Roxâ€" borough, 20 of these 93 expropriated homes in the Cedervale area are violating the single family zoning by having multiple family occupancy. UEWL O W lSaLANLS in an sroa Mess Gemidal l ) are $29.50 and doubles (for husband ~*""" C . cuan said Y wife) are $35.75 per month. Mr. Gallichan said York Township eechâ€"Hall, named after two former Housing Corporation might consider purâ€" ves in the borough of York, william _ chasing its own antennae for the Beechâ€"Hall ch and Fred Hall, were constructed over residents. AEZ ERmieiiine ‘‘The multiple family dwelling in an area zoned for single family dwelling is causing the area to deteriorate," said Alderman Ben Nobleman. ‘"‘The expropriated houses aren‘t being kept up by the landlord, Metro New Spadina lease b...........__commmmmntmrmmmsventh Petunia the duck seems to be receiving her tull quota of attention from Runnymede Public School students: Danny McLeod, Arthur Schwartzel, Frances Killingbeck and Cathy Henderson. Teachers tell us Petunia is reacting to today‘s modern education "quite «wimmingly, thank you!" (Photo by Colin Bowlden). 19 years ago. The development consists of 16 twoâ€"storey apartment buildings each housing eight apartments. Only senior citizens with less than $5,000 in savings or securities may live in Beech The additional capital derived from the rent increase will be used to give Beechâ€"Hall proper building maintenance. Mr. Gallichan reiterated his statements given to the press April 8, stating that Beechâ€"Hall is definitely in need of extensive repair and maintenance work. Residents of Beechâ€"Hall are willing to accept an increase in rent if the repai:‘:‘ork L Se L MLZ Bil L bun) ces in qUUDENATOIRRNEDOIOU s CCC is done. Mrs. Martha Simpson seemed to express the opinions of the majority when she said: "If hydro is to be included in the rent raise, then an increase is OK with me. I don‘t want to move." ' 1 . fen e ksnnd uon L Walt MZ NCO Mrs. Lily Martin, however, expressed concern at the pending increase. "There is nothing much left over from my pension now," she said. "With a rent increase I will need more." Mr. Russell Quin, another resident of Beechâ€"Hall, felt the more money he pays for rent, the more satisfaction he should receive. Mr. Quin and other residents are paying $1.25 for a joint television antennae. "Since the antennae was built," Mr. Quin said, "a new school and a high rise apartâ€" ment had been built. The antennae needs to be 40â€"feet higher. Then we can get a good reception of local channels." NNOLOACEOc orsg arot Trawnabin sINGLE COPY 10 CENTS plan of the survey ol abad it h divnt n tie Aid However, Mr. Savage was told by Ottawa that York‘s scheme did not meet the federal government‘s definition of student oriented and operated. Mr. Savage said that he was told that in order for the plan to qualify the students themselves would have to organize the entire project. This even includes writing their own paychecks and hospitable coverage. "‘The municipality," said Mr. Savage, "must not be involved. We can, however reâ€" apply in the student‘s name and the government will deposit a cheque for $20,000 in the student‘s account at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce." Mr. Savage did not state whether his department intends to reâ€"apply for the federal grant under this new guideline. Property." Mr. Nobleman wants assurance from Metro Property Commission that the new lease they are drawing up will be retroacâ€" tive "If the lease is not retroactive," he exâ€" plained, ""we will have to wait till the premises are empty before the single family zoning byâ€"law can be enforced." "To my knowledge the only other alterâ€" native York would have to ensure enâ€" forcement of the byâ€"law would be to take the residents of the multiple family dwellings to court,‘‘ Mr. Nobleman continued. York should not have to take its citizens to court. The entire process would be costly and more important, it would be terribly time consuming. S S ons hsC thn rom aut occasions Y WIRE UHHE CUTSCUUUD The onus is on Metro Property as the landlord of the expropriated homes to make sure the byâ€"law is enforced." PHONE 216951 oc 2415261 SEND FLOWERS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD