A falure to com- municate seems to be the cause of a major rift between Whitby Town Council and the Local Architectural Conser- vation Advisory Com- mittee (LACAC).ý Matters were brought to a head at last week's meeting of Whitby Town Council when two mem- bers of LACAC, Vera Hugel and Rod Angevarre appeared before the town fathers to plead their cause. The dispute is over the recent demolition of the Dow House by Costain Developments Ltd. The house was sitting on lands scheduled for' residential development but since no one was ap- parently willing to pur- chase the house on its conditions, the company tore it down. In fact, it was revealed that Vera Hugel and her husband had attempted to buy the house but could not come to terms with Costain. The developer said in a letter to council that it was willing to sell the house for the price of the land if the purchaser would bring it up to the standards required by the subdivision agreement they had signed with the town. These conditions in- cluded the installation of water and sewer ser- vices, property grading and landscaping as well renovating the exterior of the house so that it would be compatible with the rest of the sub- division that is curren- tly under construction. However, Rod Angevarre, chairman of LACAC, told council that the house had already been torn down when Hugel receivçd a letter from Costain rejecting her offer to purchase. "The house was already down when she received the letter rejecting her offer," Angevarre said. He also told the com- mittee that the original demolition permit for the house had been recalled by the town in an effort to preverse and wanted to know why it had been re-issued despite the fact that a purchaser had been found. Angevarre told coun- cil that if LACAC had of been notified Of Costain's intentions to take down the house they would have started proceeding under the Ontario Heritage Act to have It declared a heritage structure. This would have given the town and the committee another 180 days in which to save the house. However, in its letter to council, Costain said it feared a strike by some of its workers and needed the land in an ef- fort to establish a credit rating with their bank in the event of a labor dispute. "The people of Whitby had a great disservice done to them," Hugel. said adding that the demolition was allowed to proceed "just to make room for someone who doesn't know what Whitby is or where it is on the map." Realizing that it is too Whitby resident Don Stewart has been named the New Democratic Party's. candidate in Durham West for the next provincial election. The Dovedale Dr. resident was made the local NDP riding association's standar- dbearer without op- position at a meeting held last week. Stewart, 33, is a teacher at O'Neill Collegiate in Oshawa and is married with-one child. He is also the current president of the Durham West NDP riding. association. In the last provincial election the Progressive Conservative incum- bent MPP George Ashe handily defeated ail op- ponents earning an ab- solute majority of over 17,000 votes. He curren- tly serves as Minister of Government Services in the cabinet of Premier William Davis. Neither the local Progressive Conser- vative or Liberal riding associations have yet to name their candidate for a provincial election which is expected sometime this year. Durham West in- cludes the towns of Whitby, Ajax and Pickering. late to do anything about the Dow House, Angevarre and Hugel went to council to seek assurances that this situation will be avoided in the future. They also asked coun- cil for more money so that they can conduct a complete inventory of Whitby's heritage homes and plan a designation schedule. They pointed out that much of this work will be done on a volunteer basis by the commit- tee's 13 members. While all members of council expressed regret over the loss of Dow House they infor- med Angevarre and Hugel of their desire to continue their policy of refusing a designation request from LACAC unless they had secured the owner's written con- sent prior to it coming before them. Councillor Ross Bat- ten, the mayor's representative on LACAC defended both the policy and Costain's right to tear down the house when no pur- chaser could be found. Crouch honored Whitby Fire Chief Ed Crouch received his Long Service Medal from the Lieutenant- Governor of Ontario, John Black Aird, at a ceremony held at the Ontario Fire College in Gravenhurst last Friday. The medal was given in recognition of 30 years of fire service both with the Whitby and the Scarborough fire departments. Crouch has been chief of the Whitby depar- tment since 1969. A few days earlier, at their annual conference in Windsor, the Ontario Association -of Fire Chiefs elected Crouch as their president for the next year. "I am adament about that particular policy," he said, "The owner made every effort but was not able to put something together." Two members of council, Joe Bugelli and Joe Drumm, accused Hugel of having a con- fliet of interest in the matter since she was trying to purchase the house while sitting as a member of LACAC. . Bugelli pointed out that members of council are bound by the Con- flict of Interest Act and are subject to severe penalties if they con- travene it. Hugel's involvement "muddled the issue for me," the west · ward representative added. Drumm went so far as to say that Hugel should resign from LACAC. "I felt council was in some way com- promised," he said, "That member should resign from that com- mittee." Because council ap- 1 month $9.00 C.O.D. Orders Add $2.00 Handling and Cost. Copyrights by Paui Brouillette. points LACAC, Drumm believes that council has the final responsibility for its actions. 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A PCB Public Information Session will be held: DATE: THURSDAY MAY 31, 1984 TIME: 2:00-4:00 & 7:00-9:00 p.m. PLACE: MUNICIPAL BUILDING, COMMITTEE ROOM, 1710 KINGSTON RD., PICKERING .Ministry of the Ain drew S.B BrockAn En va i uîuueflLDeputy Mnse Ontario Don Stewart I WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1984, PAGE 3 LACAC & town spilt over Dow House demolition Car destroyed in highwayfire This 1974 Mustang suffered $1,500 damage last Monday morning when its d'iver noticed that a fire had started in the wiring under the dashboard. The fire took place on Highway 401 just east of Thickson Rd. just before the Oshawa/Whitby townline There were no injuries and the fire was put out before it reached the gas tank. Responding to the cail were firefighters from the main fire station on Brock St. S. Operating the pum- ps is Firefighter Don Murdock. Manning the hose is Firefighter Danny McCarroll and Captain Charlie Photo by Garnet McPherson NDP candidate named -W -Z77 k-, m