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PARKS AND REC DECISION In their brief to the commissioner, the staff requested that the policy of closing drotrins tor one day for every 840 of wilful damage done to the centre be rescinded. The trief also requested the removal of the $2.50 membership fee and changes in staff management In his report to the committee, Mr. Savage recommended removing the registration fee NEWS BRIEFS The parks and recreation conunlttee decided at their meeting last not to accept the resignation at the drop-in centre staff and to continue with the present policies as agreed upon by council. The Matt of the dropins had submitted a hie! to the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation Al Savage declaring their resignation effective May 11. Mr. Savage asked the supervisors if they would move the date their resignation, became effective to May it to enable council and the parks and recreation committee to have time to consider the matter. A boarder is any person living within a family unit in a family home in an area zoned RI, R2, or R3. Nor does this motion affect the legislation allowing a maximum of four boarders per home in any of the designated areas, he added. York's Bylaw Review Committee passed a resolution altering the definition of a "boarder" at its meeting Monday morning. Previously a boarder had to be over the age of 16. This resolution follows the recently publicized case of Frank Urso, who was ordered to evict his daughter, sort-in-law and their 20 month old son because the child was under 16 and therefore constituted a second family in a single family dwelling. Parks and recreation committee received a report from Commissioner Al Savage last week concerning the planter boxes in the foyer of the municipal building. The tug-of-war contest will take place during the third annual York Festival on Dominion Day, July I. Volume 10, Number 22 Controller Douglas Saunders, Chairman of the committee, stated this does not eliminate any of the borough's restrictions on boarding houses where boarders must still be over 16. This represents an increase over last year's allotment of $37,000, which was used to maintain and clear the sidewalks in front of municipal property and borough parks. Mr. Savages report stated the planter boxes were constructed at a cost of $1,619, $678 of which was paid for labour. Mayor Philip White said he thought the flowers "brightened up the austerity of a public building". "The first step into a public building is most important," he continued, "and in our building you see a beautiful array of flowers." The police have also offered to train those pulling for York. The additional $8,000 to the budget will provide for year round maintenance of the sidewalks. As there are about 45,000 homes in the borough, this additional service will cost the homeowner $1 a year. The report came as a result of Alderman Lloyd Sainsbury's request at a council meeting that the cost of the flower display be reviewed. Mr. Savage told the committee that the carpenters “would have had to have been paid anyway", and that many of the plants and flowers used in the display are able to be used again and again. Metro Toronto Police Department has challenged York's Fire, Works, Parks and Recreation departments and members of council to a tug-of-war contest. One item in the new budget passed by council last Friday morning was $45,000 for the cleaning and maintenance of all borough sidewalks. NoolltttatrermimuforYt_eeept the chalking. "Boarder" redefined MARINE 8AUTO LTD +++ +++ +++ No charge in drop-in policies; staff resigns CANOES s I 10.00 "The time has come for us to open our eyes," he said, "Maybe we should try another approach to the situation. d 82.50 as it would be "difficult if not im. possible to collect" and substituting a token fee "tied to the issuance of a membership card" which would result in "some control over attendance." Mr. Savage also stated in his report he has no objections to the policy of recovering costs of damages by closing centres but said he feels "the staff has legitimate cause for grievance if the damage is beyond their control and (if) during the closure their wages are stopped to pay for the costs". "The advisory committee should be running the centres. We (the council) shouldn't be running them. Mayor Philif) White, the only member of the committee to vote against the motion, urged the committee to take immediate Mirvish Village on Toronto's Markham Street, (between Bloor and Lenox Street) will be the site, Sunday May 30, of Festival '71 presented by members of the Crusade Against Leukemia. Continuous entertainment for the entire family from 10 a.m. to 7 pm. will include top talent for children such as Jingles and Jack. the Clown Magicians at 10:30 a.m.; a puppet show; Uncle Bobby; Blinky the Talking Car; and, Jim McKenny of the Toronto Maple leafs. There will be numerous children‘s games tor the youngsters. They will view a leopard and cougar display and be able to purchase used toys and books. This old section of Toronto which houses many artists, boutique shops and galleries ha been selected " the Ontario Liberal leader Robert Nixon has agreed to raise in the Legislature the case of three North York career girls who have been ordered to leave their Weston bungalow by May 30 because they are violating a borough single-family zoning by- law by living together. Barbara Greene, 25, one of the girls and a North York high school teacher, received a letter from Mr. Nixon last week pledging support for their fight to remain in their Walwyn. Ave. home which they rented in April for $350 a month. Mr. Nixon said he is "deeply disturbed" by the problem facing the girls and will bring it up when the Legislature debates the Mr. A.G. Gillespie, Director of Education and Mrs. Jeffers, 2ltt1t1, School students at recent luncheon. See inside for Humber Memorial Hospital View works of Frank Oke story. (Photo by Colin Bowlden). o o o ' Liberal leader Nixon fakes girls case "Festival '71 to feature fun for entire family Weston-York Times stage tor Festival '71. All shops on the street will be open to brouse through. At 3:30 pm. adults will view Unisex Fashions from around the world. The Ryerson Company of During the winter months, the Air Management of the Ontario Department of Energy and Resources, carried out a com- plete survey of North York Municipal installations giving all a clean bill of health The report, received recently from Mr. W.J. Hogs. P. Eng., Regional Emineer for the Depart- ment of Energy and Resources, by North York'g Environmental Control Committee. stated that in his Department" opinion, Clean bill of health estimates of the Department of Municipal Affairs. She said ten lawyers have volunteered to help them fight their eviction notice free of charge. They have received about 40 sympathetic telephone calls from citizens and Fred Young, New Democratic Party MPP for Yorkview, has also agreed to help. He added that he considers it "completely irrational" to have municipal by-laws which exclude single householders from a com- munity if they are not married. Miss Greene said the girls have prepared a detailed brief showing why the by-law dis- criminates against single people and they have made an official request to appear before North York Council as a deputation. Hopefully in the future there will be a complete break and the advisory committee will have full responsibility with perhaps even a grant from council to help them operate the centre." Mr. White said he hoped the advisory committee would meet in the schools where the centres are located "to improve com. munications." He also stated there was merit in the suggestions that each dropin have a representative on the advisory committee. The Mayor said he would like the committee to report directly to council. Mr. White urged the committee to rescind the policy of closing the centres to recover damages and also advocated either disbanding the membership fee or else leaving the collection of the tee to the discretion of the dropin supervisors. We don’t want the drowns to be used as 3 ppm?! foothill fr a popularity issue. "The kids in the céntres Bon’t seem that uptight about the policies but the staff are, Weston, Ontario, Thursday, May 20, 1971 The facilities inspected were the Work's Department yard at Toryork Drive, 61 Toryork Drive; the Work's Yard on Ingram Drive, the Work's Yard at an Ber- momisey Road; the Norton Avenue Yard, 19 Norton Avenue; the Oriole and. 2751 Old Leslie Road; the North York Municipal Building at 5000 Yonge Street; and the Finch Avenue West Yard, at was Finch Avenue Welt "There are no excessive air pollution problems from any at the facilities." Players will present a premier performance of one of their plays for this surn- mer. There will also be a pie- eating contest am pm. and a pottery auction. “To rescind the membership fee now would make our etrordinator (Tug Wilson) look like a fool," Mr. Trimbee continued, "We have him send out a letter requesting the collections of fees and then a few days later we would have him send another out saying the fees shouldn't be collected." Controller James Trimbee stated council has made a decision about he fee structure three times. "I object seriously to staff not following the guidelines of council," he said, "The guidelines have to be followed through at the source by the people running the centres." By leaving the collection of fees up to the supervisors, council would be allowing the staff to play favorites, Mr. Trimbee added. . . . and the kids support the staff," he stated. "The supervisors are idealistic. They don't see the role of the politicians. In their dedication to reorienating the youth they ignore the budget" because, their philosophies are at stake Borough by-law officers ordered the girls .- two teachers, an airline hostess and a social worker -- out of their bungalow after a woman neighbour across the street complained of the by-law violation. - - A family under the by-law means a group of two or more people living together and interrelated by bonds of consanguity. marriage or legal adoption. A wopeny owner living in his own home may have two others, not related to him or each other living with m but these million! &m't cply with ranted property. The other girls are Katie Hayhurst, Celine Fulford and Patricia Wroe. All say they have not acted improperly at any time. Board of Control has already asked for a report on the whole affair from Harold Amer, borough by-law enforcement officer to find out if the by-law could be altered to permit the girls to stay. The girls rented the bungalow on a two- year lease. It is broadloomed throughout and valued at about $49,000. They moved in their own furniture but had to buy drapes, a refrigerator and a lawnmower. Alderman Joseph Gould who represents the area on North York Council said he has been deluged with "scores" of telephone calls on the issue but only one person was in favour of the girls cause. Mr. Gould said nobody who has called him has anything personal against the girls. He added: "However they will all have boy friends coming and going and if they have relatives to visit it could be like the Grand Hotel on weekends especially so far as parking is concerned." All of them have cars and they park two in the garage and the others in the driveway. In the house with them are an Irish Setter, Daedalus and two cats named Fred and Wimpy. He said other homeowners feel strongly that the existing single-family by-law should stand "to protect their environment" and the Pelmo Park Community Association - the area ratepayer group - supports this position. Mr. Gould said the real estate agent who rented the bungalow to the girls should not have done so knowing that the home was in a single4ttmily zoned area. "'_._ii..'i::... Someone in council musf fake firm stand yk..o.iyTotiytiytiyy.op.:g, Mr. Trimbee told the parks and recreation committee this was the tint program he'd ever encountered where fees and upper management were criticised. "It's the some basic problem," Mr. Trimbee concluded, "the situation has been fouled up became there are too many bosses and bad communication. Either we hold this whole matter or we iron out the matter of jurisdiction today. Either the parks and recreation committee or the Advisory Committee is running the dropins" Alderman Jack Gallichan, chairman of the Parks and Recreation Committee, said, "We don't have the trained personnel since this is not a straight case of recreation." Mr. Gallichan said he foresaw the advisory committee becoming a committee of specialists and taking over completely the running of the centres. Mr. Gallichan, commenting on the Iroposal to rescind the fee structure, asked" ' 1971 BUDGET This means the owner of a home assessed at $5,000 will pay $7.70 less to the borough in taxes this year. The tax cut comes as a result of the reduced education budget. The Board of Education cut its budget down 6.58 mills less than last year's level. Controller James Trimbee, budget chief, however, told council that York residents would save an extra $4.50 this year because of larger Ontario government tax credit. Other increases this year include the sum of $25,000 for payment to consultants for the borough's Official Plan and an additional $14,000 set aside for labour corporation agreement and $16,000 increase to the Community Centres Board. . . autonomoui body of government, they will Mr. Trimbee also stated the wmter works have to pay a bit more over the next few program budget has an additional $144,000 years," Mr. White concluded. MR. Trimbee reported the 1971 budget allows $800,000 more for increased wages, and another $100,000 for increased per- The new budget allows $65,000 more to the library board bringing its total projected expenditure to $703,057. York's tax rate was cut by 1.54 mills in the 1971 budget passed by council at a special meeting last Friday. The new mill rate is 104.34 mills compared with 105.88 mills in 1970. York has a local levy increase of 3.78 mills, making an additional $1,472,000 available to the budget in funds. Editor's note: The following is the joint reply from Mayor Philip White and Controller James Trimbee to the article that appeared in this space in last week'g paper on Controller Douglas Saunder‘s resignation from the Firefighters' Negotiation Committee. in this article, Mr. Saunders stated that he was resigning in part because Board of Control consistently refused to make “a reasonable offer" to the firefighters. He stated that the firefighters' contract would probably have to go to arbitration “and eight per cent would be the figure an arbitrator would have to award to the union“. Mr. Saunders also felt that arbitration would give the firefighters the 36 additional men they are requesting and “we (the borough) ate gambling with “MIMI". This amount would be approxlmately the anmal wages M " more firemen it employed by the borough. "We are basically concerned with respect to statements by higher levels of government (provincial and federal) urging that municipalities try to adhere closely to the wage guidelines set up by Price: and Wages Commiaeion and nlao urging restraint on civic expenditures because at the current trend M till-don Tlie Metro Toronto levy is up also to 1.26 Tax down 5555:2355::2-5:2::22:a:::::2:::::::m&mss:mm2mzam A REPLY as Mayor Philip White said after the meeting that York's assessment had increased just $8,000,000 over the past year as compared with North York's increased assessment of $115,000.000. Mr. Trimbee explained that revenue items were set too high on last year's budget (land sales were lower than anticipated) and as a result this year's budget is up. However, he doesn't expect any extra costs to occur that have not been provided for in this year's hudget. Mr. Bosa complained that council refused to accept the guidelines stipulated by the Prices and Wages Commission and "then turns around and refuses to hire a consultant to see where money can be saved". "We must look for something new and not just wish the mill rate down," Mr. Bosa stated. Mr. White stated that York has done well to reduce its tax rate by 1.54 mills as North York managed only 1 mill difference "even with all that taxable assessment." Are'regoingtoupsetthtnewttot- already pain! 1rtrtscindimr the Ice? I'd um my with): bath." The 1971 budget was approved by all the council members except Alderman Peter Bosa who, in voting against accepting the budget, compared Mr. TYimbee as budget chief to a doctor trying to cure a patient without the proper medicayequipment. Alderman Fergus Brown Md moo; words ebqut the dropin staff’s letter (1 resignation. "The staff has made a menu stand. They have backed us against the wall. We're not going to have anyone put the club over our heads." allotted to it. "I'm not in favour of rescinding the fee," Mr. Brown continued, "as council voted a similar motion down at its last meeting and I am bound by what council decides. Pd be glad to review this matter " the next meeting. The staff can wait another two weeks." There will be a joint meeting of the Drop- In Advisory Committee and the parks and recreation Committee within the next two weeks to discuss these matters. SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS Someone in council must bike a firm position and demonstrate to the in» 'PreruthatworetryiiohWatter their interests as well as the MM Totdrer theftrenghter-1tottit York settlement is looking it M mm. To offer more is not In“ In the (“payee M" and unemployment. The borough of York firefighters received 18.23 per cent pay increase in 1970 while other staff received a 10 per cent increase. A two year contract with our Hydro employees agreed on last week was for a 71s per cent increase this year and a 7 per cent increase in 1972. We added nine men and acting ranks last year so that all five trucks would have a captain and sufficient crew on board when they left the halls. The union association agreed this was sufficient men last year, or they would not have signed the contract This action put $100,000 extra on taxes this year. 1.54 mills "If the people of York want a local