PAGE 4, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1979, WHITBY FREE PRESS whitby ir s Voice of the County Town Michael Ian Burgess, Publisher - Managing Editori 'Te only Whitby newspaper independently owned and operated by Whitby residents for Whitby residents. 'Published every Wednesday by M.B.M. Publishing and Photography-Inc. Phone 668-6111 The Free Press Building, 131 Brock Street North, P.O. Box 206, Whitby, Ont. CommuniyrEdntot Mike Kne Contributing Fd.loi Jim QUail Production Manaq(i -Marj Burgess Puini & Promotional Manaqer o -Robin Lyon cuAiid it Carol,? Bertin Maing Permit No 460 Member orie Better Business Bureau oi Toronto Whitby Chamber of Commerce Reader discusses Brooklin development Dear Sir: Whitby Council has been accused of dragging its feet In connection with the growth of Brooklin question. This Is*not correct, as $100,000 has been spent and five years of council debate and discussion have gone into this premature expansion program. After atten- ding many meetings on the subject, I have come to the conclusion that pressures are coming only from the developer, - three Brooklin businessmen and a few of the villagers. It has taken five years to convince most of the villagers to urbanize their lifestyle, many of whom are not yet ready to make the change. There are many ad- vantages to the Brooklin taxpayer such as the developer must pay for the sanitary sewer and water ser- vices to be constructed to the lot line of existing buildings, a saving of $2,700.00 ac- cording to one Brooklin resident who apparen- tly has done some research. The developer would also have to con- tribute a sum of $50,000 to assist in the development of the downtown core of Brooklin. He would also have to make a financial contribution on the basis of 50 per cent of the cost toward the reconstruction of roads in the existing hamlet. I could go on and on mentioning that ail ser- vices and facilities in lower Whitby will be duplicated as the development pro- gresses. 76 per cent of the housing mix will be low density consisting of manager type houses with 80 foot frontages. The assessed value of which will be 25 per cent above the average assessed value of similar dwelling units lying south of Rossland Road. it is quite ap- parent then that Coun- cil has covered every conceivable angle to insure a good portion of the old Brooklin at- mosphere has been maintained. By comparison, when the Brooklin development agree- ment was passed by council, some of our elected members in discussion about the 2400 housing permits that have to be issued for land lying south of Rossland Road suggested more medium density and 35 foot lots. Thanks to watchdogs Drumm, At- tersley and Bagelli, these will now be single family detached residential buildings with the standard CONT'D ON PG. 6 Reader infavor of having buses Dear Sir: 1, for one am in favor of having a bus service. I do think that it should be put to the people of the town to vote on a bus service. So many things & Issues seem to be put down without the public even having a say. I too, worked at Whitby Psychiatric Hospital and used bus servicet at.least 50 per cent of the time. With the service that Char- terways operated, the, & maybe even now, sometimes we never arrived on time for our shift and they could never care less. Staff were often told, by some supervisors "if bus service is not reliable don't use It". Its time this town got away f rom the horse & buggy age and realized that the day of public transportation has arrived. Big wheels in gover- nment say "cut cost of gas & fuels" - how can we if we have to use cars to get around town to shop or to go to municipal functions. The town hall is at one end of town & the arena & sports centre is at the other end. In reply to a statemernt that was printed in October 17 edition about Church Bros. going under & folding. Too many staf- fed shirts in this town run him out by allowing Charterways to still operate even with some help from Coun- cil to allow Charter- ways to extend some services while Church Bros. was trying to make a decent survival with his buses. For many fingers in the broth spoil it! Let us vote on bus service I for one would use it. Ajax, Port Hope small towns like Rich- mond Hill have it, why not us!- Mr. Gartshore feels that people once on a bus will continue on route to the shopping centres. Why wouldn't wel Has he taken a good look at our down- town core! Especially the shabby appearan- ces & drabness of our downtown buildings. Some of the store owners have done some sprucing up & they are commended for it but it needs ful co-operation of all owners to do a good clean up of our down- town core! Name & Address withheld by request <. 1, ý ýà '