Region will rethink Oshawa decision KATHLEEN ROWE Public School principal Paul Ed- mondson slides through the ribbon held by parent committee chairman Jayne Davis (1) and treasurer Diane Cartwright to mark the installation of playground equipment at the school, at a cost of $3,000. The slide is just one of the playground facilities in- stalled from funds raised by students and parents. Free Press photo .riResidents favor move Park relocanon: but fear rent hike Residents of the Subway Mobile Home Park north of Dundas St. E. generally favor the proposed relocation of the park but have con- cerns about rent hikes and moving costs associated with the relocation. "The relocation is generally positive except for the rent hike possibility," David Siksay, the Whitby lawyer representing the trailer tenants' association, said at a public meeting last week. Siksay, several park residents and a few neighboring residents commented at the meeting on the relocation planned by Falcon Developments Ltd. Sam and Joe Mizzi of Falcon, who are also currently building a har- Couple-eharged after dware supply store at 701 Brock St. N., want to relocate the park on a 4.76-acre site fronting Crawforth St. and east of the Canadian Pacific Railway line. They also proposed to expand the number of trailer units to 89 from the existing 66. A second part of the application would rezone the remaining property (6.29 acres) to special purpose commercial. Entrance to the new trailer park site would be off Crawforth St. just west of the intersection of Pringle Dr. and Crawforth. The entrance to 4-1- - -mniI irea fnruhie h cillor Joe Bugelli noted that the Town can't make rent conditions. Joe Mizzi promised to discuss the new park plan with residents as well as neighbors who had inquired if their nearby single family homes would be devalued as a result of the move. Mizzi said he was unable to ob- tain a new licence for the existing park from the Whitby Fire Depar- tment. A fire had taken place at the park only a few days before the public meeting. "It was either close it up or move tf hp said ofthe trailer nark. e me commercia iarea, ior w n c noI, ell p . actual development plans have yet Town administrator Bill Wallace an1in-alS IOun starvIV1 g been made, would be off Dundas. told Mizzi he was now "on notice" R li Joyce Dunlop, a 27-year resident through the fire department and io i1 A cru(Iln couple has been presumaDly starved to death, was of the park which was established hydro service. charged with cruelty to animais af- found m the basement of the home. in 1917 as a trailer site and has ac- "The problem is not a new one," ter Ontario Humane Society of- The cats were found amidst commodated mobile homes since said Wallace. 0O 1954, said rent hikes are a concern Siksay said park residents sup- ficers found a number of starving human and animal feces, empty because the park has seniors and port relocation because there are animais in a Brooklin home last liquor bottles and garbage.oter rsets wharenixed prlof inae tero and Tuesday May 19. It was thought that several of the other residents who are on fixed in- problems of inadequate hydro and "It was absolute filth," said cats, long-haired Persians, would comes. water service and "atrocious" road Christine Mason of the society. have to be destroyed. But Mason dntwn ols hm"sesi, Mnrcnen vrnwlcto They found 13 cats and three dogs said that as of Monday morning, all don't want to lose them," she said, Minor concerns over new location in the house. Two ponies were also the animais are expected to sur- adding that residents favor the plan include parking and lot size, found in a nearby barn. The society vive. relocation. said Siksay. ob A believes the animais had not been Mason said mixed-up com- "We're confident we can come to The proposed lot size for mobile fed fra ~.some kind of agreement with the fed for a weeka owners," said Siksay, after coun- SEE PAGE 2 A dead cat, which, had SEE PAGE 4 Mî4îY.8 4 4 4 I 44 4 4 4 M 4464t4V44'M41 *'4's$'t tt t ' <~:.:'j. .~ : - ' ' ' > 4 44 4 4 4 à & t* a," "t <$4$.6 41 Durham regional council voted last week in favor of Oshawa as the location for a new headquarters building but the decision will be. reconsidered at next week's council session. After council had voted 13-11 for Oshawa, a motion by Whitby's council members Tom Edwards and Mayor Bob Attersley to recon- sider was given the required sup- port by one-third of council mem- bers. "It gives us a chance," said Ed- wards after the meeting about his motion, which he described as a "delaying tactic." Six councillors, including the mayors of four municipalities, were absent from the 30-member council when the voting took place. Edwards said he was uncertain, but believed that at least some of those absent "aren't anxious to see 100 years of history go down the drain," referring to Whitby's long- held designation as the "County Town." "I hope there will be a tur- naround when we get the full regional council here," he said. Nine of Oshawa's il members on regional council voted in favor of the Oshawa location. Also suppor- ting the move to Oshawa were Newcastle councillors Ann Cowman and Marie Hubbard, Brock Township councillor Keith Shier and Pickering councillor Bob Mitchell. Prior to the voting in favor of Oshawa, a motion was made by Ajax member Jim Witty to refer the Oshawa recommendation back to staff to study the financial im- pact and to advertise for, other alternatives. That motion was defeated, again by a vote of 13-11. Discussion of the recommen- dation to locate in Oshawa with SEE PAGE 4 On stage 1iBrooklin . n i . 1 0D0OKe