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V VOL. 11, No. 46, & _ In addition the East York stand has % > prevented Metro from legally requiring 5'§ # York and North York to put the Spadina 5 : expressway question on the ballot this fi ; December. Both North York and York $ iz have finally backed away from trying to | ; put the question on the ballot themselves _ Zafter being warned on more than one & i occasion that this would be an illegal act. # The proposal to have Metro Toronto % % require the city or boroughs to put & % questions on the ballot at civic elecâ€" § # tion time is now a dead duck. ':; # | East York, one of the six members of 3 3 the Metro federation, has formally & # served notice that it would oppose any 3 & legislation giving Metro this power. As a &# z result the province would not be expected & 3 to grant any Metro request for such & & legislation. , * % & “;Vlelro parks kdt![,\ar’(ment h:s drafted a % & $39,420,000 park developrient budget fd g the next five years. This mmm g % $17,000,000 in projects already in % i: progress. New projects include % § development of the south Humber & 53- watershed area and over $3,000,000 for ’f % new park land acquisition. A big share of & .-5.' the new spending, almost $15,000,000, will : % go for redevelopment of Exhibition Park. % 17 payber Avenue â€" Phone 247â€"6137. Off Martingrove Rd. 1 block South of Belfield a critical evaluation of a Lawrenceâ€"Bathurst rapid transit Ratepayers‘ Association that the Borougg of York initiate studies on reports by the Toronto Transit Commission was referred by council until the next meeting. Cedarvale Ratepayers object to a report by the T.T.C. which gave YOU ARE INVITED TO OUR A request by the Cedarvale NEW SHOWROOM ALL MODELS ON DISPLAY Dead duck from $1990 Cedervale ratepayers want further studies praiser that Harry and Charlotte Rotenâ€" berg, owners of the fourâ€"storey apartment building at 131 Lyon Court lost $2,000 in family house fronting on Dennison Road. The decision came after homeowners in the immediate area petitioned the comâ€" mittee objecting to a subdivision of the York Borough of solicitor Harry Boland has been instructed by council to study a lengthy order by the Ontario Land Comâ€" pensation Board that has ordered the borough to pay $6,000 to the owners of a small apartment building because of loss on rental income. Mr. Boland will report back to council before a decision will be reached. The order was issued by the Ontario Land Compensation Board for damages that resulted when the borough closed several streets to accommodate a Cadillac Development Limited apartment project. The board accepted evidence of an;apâ€" Homeowners in a region must have the final say over the desires of speculators who want to build in their area, stated the petition signed by eight homeowners in the area of the old Moffat estate on Dennison The committee of adjustment reached a decision on the Moffat property this week and have approved part of the application that will allow the erection of one single Mr. White was referring to a request by Goldwin Avenue homeowners to have a ‘"It would look like the Berlin Wall," said Mayor Philip White at last week‘s board of control meeting. x ork borough of solicitor Harry Boland _ rental income over a twoâ€"year period. s been instructed by council to study a Part of Lyon Avenue and Castlefield igthy order by the Ontario Land Comâ€" _ Avenue were closed by the borough and the nsation Board that has ordered the land conveyed to Cadillac Development rough to pay $6,000 to the owners of a _ Limited for part of an apartment site. iall apartment building because of loss on Closing of the roads resulted in the ntal income. realignment of Lyon Avenue and the Mr. Boland will report back to council property originally at 131 Lyon Avenue fore a decision will be reached. became Lyon Court with the only access to he order was issued by the Ontario Land _ the building on Roselawn Avenue. mpensation Board for damages that The board found the borough liable for ulted when the borough closed several direct damages as a result of the street eets to accommodate a Cadillac closings and also for damages suffered velopment Limited apartment project. during the construction of the nearby [he board accepted evidence of an;,apâ€" apartment buildings. aiser that Harry and Charlotte Rotenâ€" According to Mayor Philip White the rg, owners of the fourâ€"storey apartment $6,000 could become $10,000 when interest ilding at 131 Lyon Court lost $2,000 in _ and costs are added. satisfied that a proper assessment of such a route was made, that the T.T.C. report of September 1, 1972 was hastily, superficially and inadequately done and that it was not s.fi)mmed for the scrutiny of the Metro Transportation Comâ€" mittee. We are given to understand," continued the letter, "that the experts required to criticize the _ transportation committee. T.T.C. report and to pr(:gerly Members of the Cedarvale evaluate the Lawrenceâ€"Bathurst _ Ratepayers discussed having an rapid transit alignment are notto _ independant study on the T.T.C. be found on the Borough of York‘s _ report during their general Toronto Trhn‘:sortation Comâ€" mittee. It stated they ‘were not Eating out Berlin Wall fine with Westonâ€"York Times York ordered to pay $6000 driveways in the vicinity. Presented to the committee of adjustment last week, the petition objected to a subâ€" division of the property that would divide it into two sections and permit the erection of two single family homes, one fronting on Dennison Road and one on Sykes Avenue. The petition maintained that the land is a charming asset to the community in its present state and that hasty authorization of a poor proposal for development at Sykes and Weston Road has left nearby residents and homeowners holding the dirty end of the stick for over five yearsâ€"now. Residerts asked that the proposal be turned down because of inadequate sewers, parking and brick wall erected to prevent residents from the apartment buildings on Emmett Avenue using the street and destroying their property. We will put up with a Berlin Wall say the homeowners. They are objecting to a recent These young gals of the Our Lady of Victory Sports Club sure know how to devour hot dogs, chips and pop. All the teams of the league held their annual banquet in the parish hall of the church last Friday evening and Saturday afternoon where trophies and awards were presented. More pictures in the sports section. 1 staff, within Metro Toronto (except for the T.T.C.) or within the Province of Ontario." Such experts do exist, insist the ratepayers‘ association. Their services should be retained for the purposes of criticizing the T.T.C. report on the Lawrenceâ€"Bathurst rapid transit alignment and> to properly evaluate such a route versus the five routes recomâ€" mended by the joint technical " ‘"me .i.k. _ the William Alien Expressway not In addition said the letter, the ir general _ be ended at Eglinton Avenue. uncertainty about an eventual use :35:::‘..‘5::.’-:::=$:3:::::5:::5:!::::::#W::#fl:::::%fi%flfi%fimfiw THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1972 Residents in the area have a lengthy list of complaints. One resident had a thrown mmdihlrklmtmwhflmfd;‘xum appearance at board of control. It is believed that the rock had been thrown from a balcony of the apartment building. Back rds are continually littered with beer gmm-nmdmmmb residents of Goldwin Avenue. residents that the borough was willing to try anything. But he said closing the gate would only result in someone opening it further along with a pair of wirecutters. "I think you are going to have to live with‘the hole in the fence," he said. ; Mayor White suggested the gate should be closed off for a trial run and board of control authorized a report from Mr. Macdonald on the feasibility and legality of erecting a block fence along with a price. Colin Macdonald, commissioner of works, told board of control that the price of a black wall would be tremendous. He explained that people cannot be denied access to a public street. The gate is at the north end of Goldwin Avenue because of a fire hydrant located there. It provides access for the fire department to get hoses to the apartment building in case of fire. Emmett Avenue was originally used by the apartment dwellers, but when the crosswalk was moved from Emmett to Goldwin two years ago, residents, especially children, began to look for a shorter route. The crosswalk was moved with the widening of Jane Street. homes. Since the gate has been opened, apartment residents find it a shorter route to come through the fence, along Goldwin to Jane Street. residents The fence separates a play area and the apartment building from Goldwin Avenue opening of a gate in an eightâ€"foot fence along the end of Goldwin Avenue and the problems that have resulted since. Controller James Trimbee explained to The ratepayers have petitioned the Ontario Municipal Board for a hearing on discussions of the proposed Spadina Rapid Transit. The association has also written to the Honorable Wm. Davis, Premier of Ontario, asking that the William Allen Expressway not be ended at Eglinton Avenue. explained to the association that the study could be quite costly â€" estimated to be about $10,000. not have the funding a meeting in September, but decided that the association did hWB : funding available. At Mayor Philip White ‘This Husband and wife team with the Weston Unit uu.inqmmcmlh.n her hasband, president of the Weston Unit, at last board?" questioned Mr. Waclawski. "They have no new information to work with." "I don‘t think people are aware of the new proposal," explained Mr. Saunders. "Their main concern is on how the proposal would affect their area with traffic,‘"‘ Mr. Saunders maintained a study by planning board on the modified proposal would result in additional useful information. The ‘lle:m stated that the Cedaryv areas have been nflm from the threat of an expressway for many years; that parks have been torn up, and remain in that condition, delaying long standing plans by the Borough of York to provide much â€" needed _ recreational facilities; that Arlington senior public school, has been deprived of promised playing fields and that hundreds of expropriated homes are now in rundown conâ€" dition making the area slumâ€"like. The three and a half storey building will house a medical and surgiâ€"centre. And the developer® intends â€"to remove ‘the présent three storey apartment buildings on the sife. York planning board objected to the development and notification of the obâ€" jection was sent to the City of Toronto. Toronto did not reply to the objection and Mayor Philip White maintained that council should refrain from pressing the matter until Toronto Planning Board reach a decision on the modified proposal. Controller Douglas Saunders wanted the proposal sent to York‘s planning board for further study. "‘Why send it back to planning ‘"If you want a hornet‘s nest in that area â€" you are going to get it," warned Alderman Michael Waclawski. Mr. Waclawski told council that residents and ratepayers are opposed to the development. He said they expressed this opinion when the first proposal was presented for ten storeys early in 1972. The development, a three and a half storey building actually will be located in the City of Toronto but backs onto York and would have an effect on traffic in the borough. York council heard what was termed by Alderman Peter Bosa "the longest deputation in three years." Discussion over a'proposed development in the Bloor Street â€" Traymore Crescent area lasted one hour and fifteen minutes. Toronto project trouble for York &7 ¢ 241â€"3581 180 CHURCH ST., WESTON. ONTARIO York Board of Education will be requested to close the entrance to their parking lot on Trethewey Drive during rush hours. â€"Council approved this recomâ€" mendation by the traffic coâ€"ordinator last Monday. Studies made of the area show that the < â€"morthtâ€"left turning. movement on Trethewey i+ Drive at the entrance to the York Board of Education parking lot should be allowed to continge. | The report stated that the leftâ€"turn movement does not cause a severe delay to the northâ€"south traffic flow on Trethewey Drive and that accident records do not in $ dicate any mishaps as a result of this manoeuvre. A vehicle volume summary has shown that there is not heavy vehicle movement, continued the report. The close proximity of traffic control signals at Yore Road in tersection and the overall width of Trethewey Drive would creat difficulty in properly signing a turn prohibition. The report recommended that the York Board of Education beâ€"requested to enâ€" courage their employees to use the Yorktown Drive entrance to their parking lot during the morning rush hour period. The Cedarvale area is a maze of oneâ€"way streets, implemented by the borough as a solution to heavr traffic problems in a residential, singleâ€"family region. of the expressway rightâ€"ofâ€"way / _ has lead to further uncertainty on the part of our planning board in .$ â€" terms of land use planning. Now the area is thre.t::ied witg a mini 7 expressway to at Avenue in spite of the omcm : reached by all experts who gave evidence at the Ontario Mudcxl Board expressway hearings t to end the expressway at Eglinton > "Asking the City for further information would only give them the impression that we want this development," said Mr. Waclawski. ‘"My main concern is the traffic it would cause on York‘s streets The development is not good for the borough. Council decided not to take any action on the development until approval forâ€"~the project is given by the City of Toronto. Leftf turns OK SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS TRIMBEE , LLORIST roeenannainennannenieiscsnnit P ‘why . \