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l/ NEWS BRIEFS Metro Roads and Traffic Department has proposed a temporary $12,000 footbridge across the Cedarvaie Ravine to span the excavated area for the Spadina Expressway. Metro Transportation Committee last April asked the department to consider a bailey bridge over the ravine. The cost was estimated at $35,000. Metro Roads and Truffle Department mldered building the tridge at the end of Markdnle Ave. The tridge would have to be 170 feet long. An In alternative the department ia dieting the footbridge which would be In asphalt walkwny built down the sides of the Mr. Bose says that because council voted down his motion asking for the extension of the expressway south to St. Clair Avenue, this is the only alternative left to clear the congested traffic conditions on Marlee Ave., Winona Ave., and other streets in the area. Metro Council and the boroughs may produce a policy in 1972 which will govern the undertaking of erosion control projects that would involve both public and private lands. A report by consultants outlining high priority areas where erosion control is necessary is being examined along with a proposal for a coat sharing arrangment. Corporation apartments and town houses in the Humber Boulevard area are circulating a petition urging council to end the rock concerts being held at York stadium. Mr. A. Goodman, an OHC resident, organized the petition which complains that the rock festival carries with it "undue noise, pollution, illegal consumption of liquor ... and other illegal acts all committed within the sight and hearing of hundreds of families and senior citizens adjacent to York stadium.” "Twenty two thousand cars travel Marlee Avenue in one day," he stated. When asked what suggestions he had for the use of the existing portion of the Spadina Expressway between Highway 401 and Lawrence Avenue, Mr. Bose replied: "I have no idea. There are many uses the land could have but that is out of my jurisdiction." “This rock festival is not fit for children to see," stated Mr. Goodham. "There is booze and public lovemaking." York council has a contract with Cymba Productions to hold the concerts. The borough is receiving $15,000 ($3000 for each rock concert held) during the summer at the stadium which was paid in advance by the promotion company. He did suggest however that the expressway would make a good baseball diamond or soccer field. Metro Conservation Authority last week declined to participate in a $300,000 erosion control project on the east side of the Humber River near Denison Rd. in Weston because it did not have a high priority and the nearby private property was not in danger. $81,800 in capital financing mafia) include $73,100 worth of ,ork, to repair and renovate the municipal buildings at 2700 Eglinton Ave. W. and 2000 Weston Rd. The balance of the money will be used to build a concrete pavement at the intersection of a lane between Eleanor Ave. and Bansley Ave. excavation inf-cro- the bottom. York's Parks and Recreation Department has been tagged with an infraction notice for improper dumping on Metro Toronto and Region Conservation Authority lands. It is claimed that the infraction took place north of Dundas Street at the main branch of the Humber River and Lambton Park. Alderman Peter Bose stated in an interview last week that he will ask York council's support for a motion asking the Ontario government to terminate the Spadina Expressway at Highway 401. "The Conservation Authority questioned us but we cleared it with them and we haven't heard anything back from them so we assume it's clear," explained the Mayor. Mayor Philip White stated that Parks and Recreation Commissioner Al Savage told him the borough was filling in a washed out culvert which required 7 or 8 loads of clean Volum 10, Numhor 32 Residents of the Ontario Housing Yrrhas recpived Metro approval for YOU ARE INVITED To OUR NEW SHOWROOM ALL MODELS ON DISPLAY from ' I 990 Cedarville foofbrldge Spadina sports fields Not fit for kids Erosion control Ftll infraction Building repair n - Ami-h- - “hwy-A ‘EIQ-‘IPP'F The Department of Labour wouldn't support the idea of an underpass during the construction period due. to safety considerations. They feel that no facility of convenience is worth a person's life, the Mayor said. Don Mclnroy, a 21 year old Bell Telephone employee and resident of 55 Emmett Avenue since November 1970 said this is the first time the owners have ever taken such action. Pedestrians wanting to use Jane Street to get from St. Clair Avenue to Dundas Street will now be forced to divert their route along Runneymede Road. Last Tuesday, July 13, at noon, 62 residents of the apartment buildings at 55 and 65 Emmett Avenue had their hydro shut off for being arrears in rent payments to the landlord, Pearlmac Holdings Limited. He and his two roommates were four and one half weeks overdue in their rent payment when their hydro was turned off without any prior notice. Mr. Mclnroy also stated there was a reminder in Tuesday morning's mail to pay the rent; however, there was no warning or threat of shutting off the electricity. "The Jane Street underpass is a major inconvenience," Mr. White stated in an interview last week, "There has been a crosswalk there for the past 50 yearg.“ "On the Monday night before the hydro was shut off, we had a visit from the superintendant asking us for the rent," Mr. McInroy stated, "We told him we would have the cheque by Wednesday (July 14) and he seemed content." At five minutes before noon on Tuesday the clocks in his and the 61 other apartments stopped. , Mr. White said that he will ask Metro Council this week to provide free 'Shuttlebus" service in the area. Mr. White proposes the bus' route to be from Jane Street and St. Clair Avenue east to Runnymede Road south to Dundee Street and West on Dundu to Scarlett Road where it would go north to St. Clair Avenue and back to Jane Street. The Ontario Department of Labour vetoed York's idea they install a pedestrian underpass at the Jane Street subway construction site, Mayor Philip White announced last week. “This walk is out of the question for our Senior Citizens," he said. "Metro should pay for this, "Mr. White declared," In the contract for ctngtructitm then In I clause stating there would be Landlord shuts off hydro Jane Street underpass vetoed Weston-York Times "We're going to play you some rock'n roll music" the musician told the crowd at Sunday’s rock concert at Borough of York stadium. And that is exactly what the thousands of kids who converged on the stadium that day had come to hear. Other pictures and story on page 9. NORTH YORK BD. OF ED. A.W. Win-let. a teacher - counsellor with the board. said the Youth Bureau is concerned that it lan't getting " many cells for help from school: since Mr. Adameon's hck-lnto-unlform otder. He Hid officers used lo telephone the teacher counsellor department to uh North York School Board on Monday deferred a decision on whether it should ask Metro Police Chief Harold Adamson to rescind his recent order requiring Youth Bureau Officers to wear uniforms instead of civilian clothes while on duty. principals don't like uniformed office}: arriving at schools to interview students who are criminal offence suspects. approach to Mr. Adamson on the mic. She explained board A metal; ami, borough The board decided to ask Mr. Adamson to detail his reasons for the change before continuing discussion of Mrs Donne's motion. provision tor a pedestrian underpass when the subway was being built." Under Section 95 of the Landlord and Tenants Act, a landlord is required to maintain his dwellings in "a good state of repair" and keep them "fit for habitation in accordance with the Health Act". He also called Controller James Trimbee who advised them that legal action could be taken by the tenants without electricity but that it would be a matter of eight or nine moguls before the cause would be dealt wit . Mr. McInroy called the police department who sent an officer to the apartment to witness that the hydro was turned off. Mr. McInroy has had his Hydro turned back on, but only after he requested the building superintendant to do so, The tenant is responsible for the general cleanliness of the dwelling. A spokesman for the Landlord and Tenant Advisory Bureau stated that, in the bureau's interpretation, the landlord is contravening Section 95 of the Act in shutting off a tenant's hydro. However, York Controller James Trimbee stated that the tenant's only recourse in Trustee My. Loraine Deane sought an Uniform order puzzles Womn, Ontuio, Thursday, July 22, 1971 "They owe us a moral obligation," he added. whether a student should be charged or not but this doesn't happen any longer. He and that when police are out of tmitornortdinattdoutotsettooUtttereis morFrttNtotruttterfttge occurring. "We have no legislation in the borough to prevent this," Mr. Trimbee stated, "The borough will have to bring in legislation to prevent this happening or else work out some additions to the condition of supply in the next contract with York Hydro where offending landlords can be punished." “I can see the need to protect young people but the word does get around," he such a situation is to make a summary application before a county court judge. Also, it used to be the practise to take students away from school by ambulance if they were on drug trips, but now police cruisers and uniformed officers do the job. job. Trustee Val Scott said the uniforms should stay because it was " deceptive way to enforce the law" by sending police men on troubleshooting expeditions to schools only in plain clothes. "They cannot turn off our electricity," he explained, "Besides, we want to be reimbursed for the food we lost when the refrigerator was turned off. We lost $75 worth of food." work bothers him espechily when one reads , 15 ttar on! being Itruited by the Royal pan-dun Mountéd Police 'as police Mr. Trimbee explained that the Hydro was powerless in this case because the apartments are metered on bulk billing. Mr. McInroy said that he will take Pearlmac Holdings Limited to court "if they don't change their ways". "A lot of the people who had their Hydro turned off lust didn't care about it. This is the ridiculous part of the whole matter," he Mr. McInroy stated, however that not all the tenants felt as strongly about this matter as he did. Mr. Sept: {Added that Police undercover Bargaining talks between the Borough of York and York firefighters have gone to arbitration as of the last meeting of York council on July 5, 1971, revealed Controller James TYimbee in an interview last week. Talks between the two parties for the 1971 firefighters' contract have been in session since January of this year and it is generally agreed that negotiations have reached an impasse. Anchorman Bill Murphy. mm, [Id at the number Blvd. OM.C. meet, [in ht nil-m Inch-actio- to avian" Bruce Bores. In the our driver Loreen Calh- II " aviator Anal-er an " may to the d! In but annular: cat lily. York is currently paying their first class firemen $9,800 in take-home pay, or $12,296. in gross annual pay. The borough's negotiating committee -- consisting of chairman Peter Bosa, alderman for Ward Three, director of Personnel and public relations Ivan Cronsberry and borough solicitor J.H. Boland -- have based their offer on East York's contract with their firefighters, East York pays its first ciais firemen $12,535. Firefighters in North York and S- carborough take home $10,584 yearly, while Etdbicoke has recently settled a contract with its firemen for $10,585 annually. It is reported that Captain Lorne Campbell, president of local 411 of the Firefighters' Association and chief bargainer for the firefighters has been demanding an 8 to 8% per cent salary increase or salary parity with Metro policemen. "It the benefit coverage were raised to 75 per cent," he continued, "it would cost the borough $690 more per fireman than East York is paying for their men." Mr. Ttimbee explamed that if York's firemen received a 5 per cent salary increase, their take home pay would be $10,290. Controller Trimbee stated that York firefighters receive 66 bard per cent benefits in the current contract. "East York firemen take home $10,275 now," he said, "but York firemen get higher benefits." Police are paid $300 more per year than York firemen. “The firefighters are asking for wage parity with Metro Police and the police negotiations are in arbitration right now," stated Mr. Trimbee. "The firemen would The step up to the arbitration table' should improve the firefighters' chance of getting what they want. Firefighters talks go to arbitration "This would cost the borough more than a big raise to the present firefighters," Mr. TYimbee stated York firefighters claim they are 36 men shortstaffed Mr. Trimbee also stated there is also a "threat" that arbitration may grant the firemen the additional men they have been asking for. Alderman Peter Bosa, chairman of "I don't think borough staff should be negotiating wage increases that will affect their own salaries because they, too, will firefighters' negotiating committee also refused to comment on the pending arbitration talks. He suggested as an alternative, negotiations be made on a Metro wide scale, although he hastened to add that he still favored separate fire departments. Controller Ttimbee criticised existing negotiating procedures. Captain Lorne Campbell, the firefighters' head bargainer declared comment and then get whatever the police settle for, "In York, we're sitting in the middle," he explained. "in an event of a large fire, we can pull in Etobicohe's rigs, North York's or the City of Toronto's. We get far more than we pay for." demand parity," he declared, Controller James Trlmbee SINGLE COPY " GEN"