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PAGE 4, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1976, WHITBY FREE PRESS whitby s Voice of the County Town Mike Uhe only Whitby newspaper independently owned and operated iERVING 0OVER 28,000 READERS r Pumblishcd every Wednesday by M.B.M. PUE LandLPhotogrnd The Free Press Buï :e Burgess, Publisher-Managing Editor 121 Brock Street P -à1. IRIL - I.9... .~ --- Wfiitby, Ontario d y vvnitby resiuderis r UVfitby resiaent, Assistant Editor - Blakei Purdy Commupity Editor - Brian Winter Contributing Editor - Jim QuMý- Production Manager - Marje Burgess )lsigDisplay Advertising Manager - blishng 1Robin Lyon ?hy Inc. Classificd Ad Manager aleeByo Circulation Manager- Sharon Lyon Box 206, Whitby. ilding Mailing Plermit No. 460 N4orth, Phone 668-611l1. How about haviing employers' protest?, We thought it was too good to be true ... that we could actually go a whole year with- out a strike in the post office. From- what we've been hearing throuigh our national media it appears some sort of strike action by the inside workers, thé' saine group which was on strike a year ago, is due this week. It appears they feel that the government has broken the contract by starfing to instali autornated processes, and hence feel it is not illegal for them to now take strike action. It seems a sharne that the inside workers caii only find one solution to A their problems and that apparently is to strike. Most other people solve contractual dispuites through the civil couirts... where problemrs betweeni two parties can usuially be solved without hurting others. It is som-ewhat ironic that ini the case of a postal disruiption intended to "hutrt"' the employer (the governiient) the only people who don't get hurt is the governr-nent. The governr-nent always continues to miove its own miail ... probably even quicker than throughl the regutlar channels. Further on 'how to win friends and influence people', possi bly em~ployers should think about (and maybe by unionizing) take the bull by the .horns and return the 'Nationial Day of Protest' favour by having tIn 'Emiployers' National Month of Protest' an(l having a national shut-out. Sonie workers seemi to forget t ha t without the employer they WOULI) NOT have a jo b. But theii according to the unionists and the socialists, employers are ALL makiîig excessive profits throughi our' excessive l)rice gouging an(l low paying wages. Despite t hese obviously unbiased, impartial, andl knowledgeable daims by you know who, it may bestirprisiing (for somne) to sec hiow miany ernjloyers woul(l wind up jo ining tlieir ex-emnplovees iii the soup l)inie. But iithenevervbodv kniows 'history l)OES NOT repeat itself'. and since %ve have already liad a depression it couildil't POmisitb 1 happenl again. righit? So unionlists take heed andI follovv the exanipfle of those sharp workers down ceast who initen ti(>nally torce(l their coînpaîiy to Close lowNv.... Brochures will expkiin planning terms says new director Kevin Tunney Public education is key to understaridngpaig By BRIAN WINTER Staff Wniter Kevin Tunney, Whitby's new planning director as of Sept. I13 is no stranger to Whitby or the living environ- ment of a small town. A 30-year-old bachelor, Mr. Tunney was born and raised in Newmarket, a community mucli the same size as Whitby. After studying geography and planning at the University of Waterloo, he joined the Town of Whitby planning depart- ment in the faîl of 1971, where he rose to the rank of senior planner, and becamne deputy director in the spring of 1974. Since being officiaily named planning director he attended five public meetings in eight days, and is already deeply involved in what many consider to be the most difficult job in the town's staff structure. A restructuring of the planning department and more eniphasis on educating the public on planning matters are among Mr. Tunney's top priorities, -The work load in the planning .departmnent lias gi-own ho sucli an extent that it is physically and humanly impossible for one individual to have tabs on everything", he says. "We have to split the rcsponsi bilities and sl'are tlîem". Mr. Tunney proposes lu implemient a new interna I structure for the planning deparrnent where there will be an opdrations nmanager responsible for current oper- ations such as zoning, site plans, subdivisiuns,commiiittee of adjustmnent and day-to-day routines. A projects manager will be in charge of ail special projects such as study areas, short and long range develop- men t plans, and establishment of long terni policies. An examiple of the work Joad beflore the planning departrnent says Mr. Tunney is that 15 complcîed or cu rren t projects are being handled hy by the staff and 1 7 other projects will require work in in near future. In addition, there are 23 rezoning applications awaiting action, nine officiai plan amendment applications, 36 subdivision applications, tircee condoininium apl)ica,,tîons and 25 site plan applications. P>ublic participation in planning is very important ho Mr. Tunney, but lie feels that a new approachi to public meetings would be more helpful. Public meetings by the planning departme nt in the fuiturre \vill t ake thec forn of' \vorkshops aiid infoirmation centres wvhere any issue directly affecting the public can be aired and discussed on a personal ma-to-man basis \vith mienbers of' the pIinnling stafft, says Mir. Tunney. This systeni, hie says, wVill avoid t he cha irnia n. and question and answer sessions where a very vocal rninority can monopolize the meeting, Mr. Tunney also \vants to prepare a series of brochures, flyers and pamphlets which w,'l explaiii what Planning is aIl about. île finds that citizens do not really know what is mean t by such plan- ning jardon as zoning, lot coverage, reverse trontage, popuilation density, cluster and link housing, flankage lots, etc. i le hopes the information brochures wiIl clear Lip mis- conceptions 50 people Nwill understand what is being talked about at the work- shops and public meetings. "This will establish the ground work so people can properly discuss and under- stand the terrnis", lie says. l-owever, Mr. Tunney expects it will take a year or two to prepare these infor- mation bhrochures. Twvo plannfing miat ters whi»Ch are'of' prime concern to M r. Tunney are the special studies lor the downtown and Rossland IRoad(-Garden Street area, wvhich will be the major commercial centres of the town. "It is essential to hiave a lanid use plan l'or the down- town in order to give guide- brnes to future developers, so we don't get any inîisconcep- tions of' what we are goinig to permit and what we are going tu restrict ,/he says. In addition, guidelines are needed for the Rossland Rd.-Garden St. centre because this represenits the centre ini Whitby for the municipal, regional and provincial govcrn- mnents, says Mr. Tunney. île hopes that both miatters will be given top priority by counicil in the first monthis of I1977 if not sooner. M r. Tunney feels thiat both areas nmust hiave mnulti- funiction uises of residential and commercial space if they are to becomie vital cores of the town. Other mnatters of concernl ho Mr. Tunney are the developmcent of Brooklij, now under study by a consult- ing firm, and a waterfront plan which will designate - %vhat will be doue withi lake- shore lands before they are al uised uip by industry. Tie lharbor, too, is of prime importance to Mr. Tunney, whio feels that any plan thiere shiould address itself ho tHie needs of ail residents of' the town, present and futuire, not just those who happen to own boats at thie yachit club. Water-oriented industries suchi as boat manufactuires, imust also be considered in the plan. lie says. Iii addition to these priority items, thiere are sucli miatters as preparing a consol- idated zoninig bylaw, a new sign bylaw, developmient stanidards, and acondomniniuni policy report, aIl of wliichi miust also be donc, says Mr. Tunniiey. Mr. Tunney hopes the council will consider the need for prcparing an annual plan- ning programn to enable the couincil and othier interested parties ho know thiat is expect- ed to be dealt with during thie year, and to decide whicli itemis require priority status. Mr. Tunney says hie lias a "humiianistic conirnon sense approacli, to planning taking into account the needs and desîres of the present popula-i tion and future residents". Kevin Tunney, Whitby's new planning director, lias many ideas about improving thue operation of the planning department and providing the public with more information on planning terms. He intends to hold public work- shops where the residents can talk with'the plannlers about matters of interest to themn. .Free Press Photo 'I Àdouffl -- -1