A developmenitstùdy's.e With all the controversy over who will finance the development study for Brooklin, no one has taken time out to explain what a development study is. According to Whitby's Director of Planning, Keith Birch, the study would be done in four phases. . The first phase is to deter- mine the feasibility of doing such a study. The region and the province must approve of the study before the next step can be taken. The next phase would be to develop a detailed terms of reference for the prepara- tion of a secondary plan for Brooklin. After the terms of refer- ence are developed, the sec- ondary plan would be prepared. The preparation- of the secondary plan would include consideration of several items. The preparation of a suc- cessful secondary plan would require information toiliaison with and participation by the people of Whitby as well as municipal, regional, land- owner and development input. The next step would be the determination of econo- mic base, employment and social characteristics. Physical and environment- al studies of existing ecolo- gical systems would also have to be conducted. Goals and objectives for existing and future inhabit- ants df the community, which form partial evaluation criteria, would have to be formulated. The next step is the preparation of alternative community concepts with requirements determined for each concept as follows - land use; including population options, community housing type- mix and density ranges; transportation: services utili- ties and communication net- works: community facilities, commerciaf and shopping fac- ilities; capital cost estimates; tax base, revenue and operat- ing cost estinates; urban de- sign and landscaping princi- pals; and environmental protection measures. The next step in the pro- cess is to review, modify, evaluate and select a master plan. The master plan .and its concepts are then finalized and prepared in the form of a secondary plan. Àfter this, the secondjary plan is processed and approved or disapproved. The final phase is the implementation of what the study determines. Town Staff in Vancouver Vol. 5 No. 15 Local schools involied April 21 to 26 is "Educa- tion Week" across the pro- vince. "Education Week" has been observed in Ontario since the thirties. Until 1958 it was sponsored by teaching féderations. Now it is sponsored by a number of groups, including the Mini- stry of Education. The education week com- mittee started with a core group of four people - Joseph Cooper, assistant superinten- dent; Jim Delaney, past chair- ment; Mike Jack, audio-visual consultant; and John D'Costa chairman. There are 10 area com- mittees with a total of 50 members. The committees are religion and family life; language crafts; mathematics and science; social studies;- physical education; arts, crafts and music; library; French; special education; and junior kindergarten and kindergarten. This year's theme is "Education - a Co-operative Community Enterprise." In keeping with this, the schools of the Durham Re- gion Separate School Board are planning a series of daily displays and demonstrations in both the Oshawa Shopping Centre and Sheridan Mall in Pickering. The mall programs are designed to show how the Catholic system of education works and to show the tax- payers what is involved in education today. The Oshawa Centre is the site of the "Living Classroom" an actual "in-class" situation with teaching of regular class subjects. Grade four students from Holy Cross School in Oshawa will be led by Chris- tine O'Malley. 'Education Week' see page 2 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16. 1975 TEN CENTS VANCOUVER B.C. - Four Whitby councillors and one staff member are taking part in an international Joint Planning Conference this week in Vancouver, British Columbia. Councillors Joy Thomp- son, Jim Gartshore, Don Lovelock, Mayor Des New- man and planning director Keith Birch are all presently in Vancouver along with a- bout 3,100 other delegates taking part in this conference. The Whitby Free Press talked with Councillor Joy Thompson last night at the Hyatt-Regency in Vancouver and found out that our local representatives have been on a busy schedule since. their arrivai in Vancouver Friday afternoon. The opening day of the conference, Saturday, was spent with orientation and official welcoming. Sunday they started riglht at 7:15 a.m. with Seminars on trade, commerce, and recreation in harbours and ports which councillor Thompson said "was very apropos because we have a harbour (in Whitby) that needs develop- ing". Sunday afternoon was spent with an orientation of Vancouver. ' Monday 7:15 a.m. to 12 noon was spent studying architecture in natural set- What does it mean to be a Canadian? Do we have a distinctive Canadian culture or do we merely conform to the American stereotype? Is Canada one nation or many? What has been the contribu- tion to the Canadian scene of the various ethnic groups - German, Italian, Ukrainian, Dutch, and so on? Students at Anderson Collegiate in Whitby will be seeking answers to these questions today which was Man shot at P.C. Robert Gray. 8th division, Durham Regional Police, is still investigating an incident last Tuesday in which Helmut Hitscherich of Brooklin was shot at while travelling east on the 9th concession near Dagmar Road. Mr. Hitscherich thought at first that a rock had hit his truck. tings and "what type of architecture in what set- ting?". The Monday after- noon seminar Councillor Thompson felt was very im- portant because it dealt with growth management, citizens' partnership planning, popu- lation allocations and a re- tional town centre program. Tuesday, the 7:15 a.m. workshop dealt with indus- trial sites, "where to put in- dustry in a small town", park space, and how to make good use of 'creeks. The afternoon program was on recycling and environmental psychology and design. Thursday the delegates will be going to Victoria and having a look at Vancouver Island. Councillor Thompson said "the speakers are good, and the whole program is really fantastic". Of course she had to point out that the.temper- ature in Vancouver has been hovering around 60 degrees (er......15.6 degrees Celsius). The conference is spon- sored by the Community Planning Association of Canada together with the American Society of Plan- ning Officials. The theme is "sharing space from neigh- bourhood to continent". The delegates will return to Whitby Friday afternoon. officially declared "Canada Day" at the school. The afternoon activities will begin with a special as- sembly presented by the North American Indian Travelling College of Corn- wall, Ontario. Iroquois In- dians in native costume will perform tribal dances and convey in dramatic form the Indian's message to the white man. For the remainder of the day students will move into seminars and group activities of their choice. These will include workshops in Indian and Eskimo art, a Canadian film presentation, a discus- sion of the Loyalist tradition in Ontario, and study sessions on Eskimo and Indian culture. The physical education de- partment will offer instruc- tion in Canadian square- dancing. A special seminar on Quebec will be led by Reverend Raymond Bastien of the French parish in Oshawa. Anderson Collegiate holding Canada Day AU REVOIR The Denis O'Connor High School students turned out full force Friday morning to bid 'aurevoir' to 25 visiting french students. The visitors from Riviere-des-Prairies, on Montreal Island spent five days in Whitby as the return half of an exchange program. During their visit the DO'C students showed them Niagara Falls, Science Centre, Kleinburg and the rock opera 'Tommy'. The DO'C students visited Montreal in February. Free Press Photo by Mike Burgess