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Decision on Brooklin and.buses BY RUTH CHAMBERS FREE PRESS STAFF Strong .conflicts were. brought nto focus during the council meeting of July 23. The bail was filled almost tW capacity by citizens -who. were interested in'the, Brooklln studyý and the bus service proposai.' Eugene- Henry, -a local- resident,.-said:'that- .the" Bjrooklin developmentmust - take its place-in the whole seheme of things, that lo ng .term planning is needed and before Whtyis p roperly developed. "«CBC expected the- Pickering ,airport tW go ahead and now wants Whitby Wo corne W their aid."1 Henni. said.ý (CBC-Consolidated Build- ing Corp. la the developing fiîrm in the Brooklln study.) Henr said tha t the deve-' lopment of downt own Whitby Wo serve, industry andothe concerns shouid corne first. Comecil pace pro- posed"'would, indeed, be a detriment" W o, Whitby's commercial deveiopment,, he saîd. "Thedownowncore needs re-déeelpment badly'and so many' ,square 'feet of commercial development in Brolnis premature aned, delay in, the development 'of down Wwn ninakes cash flow problems; sq orderiy 'plan-, ne growthover time with Brooklin should be part of> the plan at a later time,") Henry said. East Ward Coun. Joe Drumm feels very strongly, that this piii is very prema- ture, -but one, which in time, wii be an asset Wo thecom-, munity, so, if done'now, there wiil be many extras to be provided by the. twn at a later date. "T7his -ensthe tax rate- will esculate at an. alarming rate, the price of s96vicelots in Brooklin will, cost more- than they, are worth and exceed the price of lots' downtown," he said. "The consultants, report is full o! unverified figures and is worth niothig," Drumm said. "We took their word, and did not'-- verify, Price Waterhouse (theconsultant) does. not appear te have sufficient data," he said. Centre Ward Coun., and administration committee member, Barry Evans said that he took expectio,'n tW Drumm's .caim -,that ,t he report was worth nothig. Depending bis company's position, Terry -Stevens -a. financial expertwith Price Waterhouse'said,.«"Verifica-, tion in forcasting workds like tis (the' results ofl the, report) ý, we don't pretend that this is a statutory aàdult. Our, role .was tW determine wbat cosits wouid be in eac h are, then, on the basis of this, decide, the prices quoted are reasonable. This la a forcast, not an'audit." > Anàswering 'questons from Drumi, Stevens sald that Price Waterhouses job-was Wo establlsh and verify cst figures i the report 'and é mphasiz% that "the figures are a forcast flot hisWory."' "This explains why a range of figures is used in the report,"l he said. Regional 'Coun. Bob Attersley complained of too many-conflicting reports anrd said .that- co uncil',a'nd Istaff shouldbave a j'oint meeting to décide what action shouid .be taken., "Let's doit as a group and' be compietely'knowledgable before we can make a deci- sion," he sald. There should be ne deve- lopment o, Brooklil unless it, includes industry Att.-nley: sai& -. Coundil decided to hold a <'barýd core" .meeting, of coundil and staff Wo consider the Brooklin deveiopment resuiting 'i an overview report, consolidatin 'g ail pre-, vious research into one docu- ment before the end of Sep>-. tember. THREE YEAR, BUS SERVICE,. llWe bavýe no- means of v)EPRES Ade'mnistratâion committee.... WiiBrooklin paaks Att:ersley The development of Brookiin ',wouldfnot be a financial detriment to'.the town or the region," Centreý Ward Councillor, Barry Evans saiç--àat the, July 18 administfration committee meeting. The meeting, called speci- fically to deal with the Brooklin Secondary Study, recommendedto council that the procedures begin for'tbe- Officiai Plan admendment for Brooklin a soon as possible. This decision was against the recommendations of the, planning director's report to the com'ittee and the advice of committéee member, Coun. Bob, Attersiey. .Attersiey is unhappy with the situation because he feels there has not been enough staff imput into the study area. "I'm not getting enough information to make a deci- sion," he !iaid. Attersley said that there should be one'report. from the clerk-administrator that gives the positions of ail the departments, especiaily from finance, public works, recreation and planning. This 'report should refleet the reasons for staff taking the position that 'they do, giving ail avallable informa- tion, Attersiey said. "lt's about time the Coun- cil sits down with the staff and gets this thing out of the way,"Attersley said. I'm only getting more coefused" and is. sure, that the staff is getting more confused, he daid. -Attersley said that since he has not got al the informa- tion he wants, the reports should be referred back for' greater staff study. Atterley' proposèd a 1 ..%rral ,motion--that was, turned down by the commrit- tee. He suspects th at 'there, may be an air of urgency concerning the Brooklin'pro- posais and does not want to comment on the reasons. "Why, ail of a sudden, is time such an important factor?',.' he asked pointing out> that the issue bas' been before council for the iast six years or so. Financial discrepencies were also highlighted, at the meeting. Treasurer Forbes McEwen bassa id that the, esýtimate6s puùt forward by the consultants hiired. to study, the issue 'may not be as accurate' when the actual construction ýbegins. "Ail these projections (put forward by Price Water- hueand 'Donavan Pinker, management consultants) are based on 1977 costs and' 1977 lot ievy schedules. If Brookiin proceeded, we wil not be receiving the first year's levies' until 1981, therefore, we wiil have four years of inflation in con- struction costs,",he said. McEwen also said that the lot levy schedule bhas not been increased since 1977 and in order for the project to break-even, the lot leviesý would have to increase at the same level as ýconstruction and land costs. Reports have said that the putting in of 2,500 residential umita in Brooklin would bring lot 'levies in the amnount 0f $5,800,OO0. The staff has capi-* taI estimates for the Brooklin- project at $2,900, 000, McEwven said. However, rising costs may easily reduce or eliminate that surplius he said. There is a wayto make the projet work, Through indus- trial growth. "If there is no 'industrial growth, it *wiii cost three.- milis to al the taxpayers, which at todayýs evaluation 0f a miii is $210,00," McEwren said. Broken down, this means that for. a bouse assessed at' $5,000, there w'iii be a $1.5- increa se in ,the taxbili, he said. "If there -is industriai growth, and that's at l'ast 70 acres of industrial develop- David Boyce, on Cinderella -jumping over a 2 fIt. 6 i. high, fence during the Junior Horse Showheid at Pine Wood Place ment, there* will be a. re duc- tion. of '17 milis or $85, per household," McEwen said. Thtsentireiy .condi- tional on the d eveiopment 0f industriai growýth, " he saîd. To produce this reduction, there wili have to be 1,400,000 sq. ft. constantly -used industrial land, he said. What ma 1y1 turn< out to be the keyý point in -the entire discussion oof thé B rooklin*' development is, Coun. Attersiey's. question. Wbere wil'the population and tbe inutiibase to' support, them corne-fromn? last weekend..Bogyce was the winner of the over ail competitioii rlding Mr. Kahok Bars. Story and photo on Page 20. Horse bus ineJLss is fence jumping