-. , ~ -~ H'eard 1house gets repri eve. WCR it was merry-go-round at the well-attended BrOOklin Spring horse rides, horse puHs, horse rac- Fair over the weekend. See Page 18 WhSveee ing or horse shows, there was pleinty for more photos. of açtivity, in mostly great weather, Peter TombUn photo Trailler park ex a closer T nsion a SteP B3y Mike Kowalski Local conservationists will ho gwven a chance to save a 115- year-old hous from demolition. Town planning and develop- men~t comrittee Monday defer- red aà decision on the fate of the Florence M. Heard house to next week'sg meeting of Town council. This.will give the Local Archi- tecturai Conservation Advisory Comxittoo <IÀ&CAC ) timne to prearean ngieering report on tecndition of the houselocated at 306 Mary St. E. The report will determine if the house la5 structurally sound and' can h moved te a new location. The comniittee's decision fol- lowed a request from LACAC that the house be protected under the Ontario Horitage Act and not ho demolished- See Thze Otizer &ide of the Pence page 7 for more on the Heard House B.G. Schickedanz Investnients Ltd. wants to build a 124-unit condoiniuxn apartment build- in ntesite. LIACAC wants the house xnoved to a new location adjacent to the development and restored for occupancy in conjunction with the condominium pro.ject. The home of Fl)orence M. Heard, a former Whitby school pricipal, was originally to be used for the superintendent's office and residence. The developer at the time council approved the rezoning application last year, agreed to preserve the house in this fash- ion. But an engineering report pre- pared for SChîckedanz, the new SEE PAGE 35 By Mike Kowalskid Town council has been asked te remove a development freeze on the Subwa!y Trailer Park te, permit expansion of the facility. However counil's planning and deve 1opment committee recommended Monday that a zoning bylaw not ho passed until new trailer sites are fully serv- ced te prevent the maintenance problems which have plagued residents in recent years. If approved by council, the recommendation will allow 67 trailers te hoe relocated elsewhere on the Dundas St. E. property It will also allow the applicant te build a commercial develop- ment where the trailers are now located and tewnhouses at the north end of the park. The tewnhouses would front onte, Crawforth St. and serve as a buffer between the. park and nearby homeowners. Engineer Frank Sobolak, representing park owner Doug Huggins gîd the committee the freewas preventing his client from obtaiming financing for the project. If council were to lift the cur- rent holding designation, Hug- gins could obtain funding and work could start within a month, said Sobolak. When council approved a rede- velopment plan for the park last year it slapped a holding bylaw on the property te ensure that, future development met with Town approval. Park residents have cern- pl.ammod. over the years about disrujptions in power and water au swag poblmsand un WhUle council is limited in what it can do in essentially a private landiord-tenant matter, it can impose conditions te pro- vent future problems from coeur- !InYyce Dunlop, spokesman for the residents' assocation, said' that while residents are flot opposed to the development they wanted assurances that their concerne would be met.' «W. have no objection te, link houses or the development but we object to, this work taking printy over the park,» said Planning directer Bob Short stressed that developinent of the commercally zoned land would ho restricted until the new trai- 1er sites are fuly serviced. Howevçr, townhouse construc- tion could proceed u13n comple- tion of 50 per cent 0f -te servic- mng requirements of the trailer park, said Short.1 <5We're saying the single-family links should be allowed te advance, but 50 per cent of the work needs to ho done and -the peark complete before commercial development gees aliead," said Short. «Each site 'bas te ho fully serviced and safe. We want access roada to a standard that will allow emergency vehicles te the site," he added. Councillor Dennis Fox vowed that ne development will occur without the trailer park reloca- tien. ."'The trailer park won't ho 7nored, I won't allow it," said Resident Jean Scott cem- plained of the water and hydro problems and demanded that council take action. "We wa.nt power and water we haven't had it for years. WYo must force them te do some- thing,» said Scott. Fox replied that while this has been an ongoing issue which has "haunted us for years, the Town bas nosaë behtween a tenant and Councillor Tom Edwarda sym- pathized with the residents' pon t n said there had been onlyone orse situation during lstne on council. That was when a house on High St. was split inte, 22 dif- forent units, saidE dwards. "Water waa off, thoro wore sewap ,problems and railings missmg ' said Edwards. "The reason wo couldn't do anything is because the building was always hoing sold and that's what you people are finding out. "There have been occasions when I ish we had the power te wave a magic wand and put you ini a permanent place. Let's give Huggin a chance, let's have an owner wholll romain an owner for some tfime. Councillor Joe Drurn asked Sobolak about "for sale' signa posted on the property. S~ PAGE 30 .4,,.,,,,,,,,.,#.,.,.......... ............................................. Rail service unlikely See page 15 No pairking $Sepage 16