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PAGE 8, WEDNESDAY, NOVEM BER 3, 1976, WHITBY FREE PRESS DURHAM REGION LU NCY ASSOCIATION CHRISTMAS SEALS hundred volunteers throughout Durham have been preparing Christmas Seais for for the Durham Region Lung Association Won't you please send your contribution to help provide the foilowing services: Physicai Conditioning Courses for Asthmatic Chiidren Refresher Courses in Respiratory Diseases for N u rses Seminars for Medicai, Paramedicai and Nursing Personnel Pulmonary Function Testing Tuberculin Testing Baby Sitters' Training Courses Health Literature on' Respi ratory Diseases Rehabilitation of TB and RD patients Assistance to patients in Sanatoria and at home i-ilms on TB, RD, Smoking and Air Pollution Research Please use your Christmas Seais on the back of your mail and packages ta show you care, and send your contribution to - Durham Region Lung Association c/o Bank of Nova Scotia, 1l Simcoe Street, North, Oshawa, Ontario L1G 4R7 1IAL TE N OL U "TH A N K DED TO NTEERS YO0ul, OU R Planning and works departments say: Reducitngdevelopment ma fl? ot decrease housi by BLAKE URDV conceived assumrptions take Staff Witer far too much for granted, Reducing development without substantial' evidence standards may nlot resuit in a to baick thernUp". decrease in the cost of According to the report, housing,. according to a *the provincial study states report released recently by that three quarters of the Whitby's Planning and Public savings are through the use Works Departrnen t. of alternate planning standards The purpose of the report and, more specificially, reduc- was to analyze a study pre- ed lot sizes". pared for the Onitario Ministry "It states tîiat these, cost of Housing's Programns Sec- saîvings niay fiot automnaticaîîy ion,' Local Planning Branch, be rellected to a redticed entitled "LJrban Developrnent selling price",. says the Standards - A Demionstration report. "Why propose to of tlie Potenilial for Reducing reduce developmrent stand- Costs".ards if the savings froin doing The objective of the flic saine are not passed on provincial study \Vds to t lic house btiycr'?" examnine ways and mecans by "If a nutnicipaîity is to svhich developmnent costs of' embark on a prograin of new -hlousîng could be reduiced developnrient stand- lowered. ards, there muist bc sortie "Theau hor uttli Studviron-cîad assuiranice that the decidcd that savings autoinati- derived savings w/ill be passed cally couild besecurcd t1irough1 directly on to the house reduiced developinen t stand- btuver", the repori says. ards", according to lte report. ime municipality should Planning IJirector 'It \voulld appear tîtat tie nu t be luorced to g'înible \vitli Tunney (pictured a aiîthors did not osdrte e oiig erp)t and Public Works Dii coeraivs sireydereoep nw-o - tereotDick Kuwahara believe alentie hceydceo-states that if the rinarket in rdcn eeomn ment costs cotil(tbc reduiced". thecomnntinity i cn . ti reducin eeopenut 'it is aiforegonleconlcluisîin then a full saving nmay be siar ds m a flot tesu according to thte authors of' relected". hosiianeces i h the sttudy, tîtat losvering Iht. the aLithiors of' the Frousiesngho standards is the way to redLîce report wonder if a savingFeePssho lot prices; the quiestion. at couild indeed be passed on Lu report asks. presen t, tha t thie auithors ask, the houise buiyer. "If s0, we foreset is lio% are they to convînce "It is possible that a following conditions those involved inl the S6,000 to S8,000 saving be imposed on the devel developinent process tu lowcr passed directly Io thc home Municipality directl these standards", the report buyer throuigh flic tise of indirectly involved ii says. "We ledl these prc- redutced stan dards'?", th lie ti the devetoner's , -1b-o q -"- r'u -,àa ,stan dards tng costs Kevin above) irector ,that stand- in a cost of ýtO ýe the being ,loper: fly or n set- profit Severai Region mailing Anothèr Thlis is Energy Conservation Weelk. Heoeis what you can do to help Ontarjeo conserve energy. E ne rgy. It will cost us $7.5 billion province-w ide th isyear. Warming Up your cars engine graduaily To help cut that cost, your Ontario Government* Avoiding idiing the engine whiie waitîng established the Energy Management Program. The goal For more ways*to save energy and money, send for the is to save $1 billion a year on energy buis throughout f ree bookiet "Energy Conservation.. The Choice is Yours". Ontario by 1980. Write to: Ninety-f ive energy management research and Ontario Energy Management Program demonstration projeots are underway to help you use iess Mnsr fEeg energy at home and at work. 56 Wellesley Street West You too can conserve energy and save money by: 1l2th floor a Insulating and caulking your home Toronto, Ontario a Lowering daytime temperatures to 68'-F (20"C) andM72B nighttime temperatures to 630~F (1 7"C) e Closîng drapes on ail windows on winter nîghts -Mnsr fEeg e Repiacing air filters on warm air heating systems Dennis R. Timbreli, once a month Minister William G. Davis, 0 Using 40 watt instead of 60 or 100 watt bulbs where Premier p ractical N~# a Keeping the dam per ciosed when the fireplace is not in use e Instaliing storm windows and doors * turning off ights and TV when not being usedPrvne fO tai .. . . . . . !.4w .... .... developer% wants a say in Brooklin study plan A developinent company, Markborouigh Properties Limiited, lias asked that it be allowed lu participate in -dIiscuissions witbi the Town and the Region before phase two of the Brooklin second- ary plaîn study begins. Whitby Council had decided to not proceed with the second and third phases of the stuidy without prior consultation with the Region's planning and development committee. In a recent letter to council, B. H. Manning, Chief Planner for Project Planning Associates Limnited, wrote "On behiaîf of our client, Markborough Proper- tics Limited, we formally request that, prior to a decision bcing made to commence thec secondary plan studies dealing with alternative concepts, we be allowed to make suitable presentations to both the Town. of Whitby and the Planning and Development Committee of the Region of Durham". The coînpany also wants to be informed of any 1meetings dealing with the Brooklin area., The Town's Planning Director, Kevin Tunney, will report to council's adminis- trative committee on Mark- borough's request - in the fùture. margin; -Provincial legislation required to force the *developer to pass such a saving directly to the home buyer; -Municipality, by necessity, becomes involved in the financial aspects' of the development industry. We forecast a further implica- tion of adopting reduced standards - such action may have the effect of increasing the cost of the raw land which is sold by speculators. This would have a ripple effeet of superficially inflating the price throughi each phase of development until the houLse buyer'- absorbs the cost; --The type of environneÏiit created has the possibility of creating social problems which outweigh the short ermi financial savings. Mcanwhile, the municipal- ity is saddled with this type of developrnent for 35 to 40 years anyway". The authors of the report fedl that imposing those conditions on developers &"4 nay be considered to be infrînging. on the operation of tbe free enterprise systemn whicb is su highly regarded by 'the North American commnuni Ly". A SPE C IS E X v