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~~~~1 WHITY FREE PFRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1988, PAGE 15 FROM PAGE 12 Fr.. Press: In the past t.rm, council deait with the. question of moving, Hwy 12 traffie to Thickson Rd. Wbat do you think about that? B.W.: I don't think it's a bad idea. Downtown Brooklin really doesn't have that much tourist traffic, and doesn't rely on tourists o support their businesses. But people will take whatcver rond they feel rnost comfortable with anyway. I don't think changing Thickson Rd. Vo highway status is going Vo make a difference on how peoplý geV Vo the 401. Free Press: How would you deal with the question of afral housing? B.W.: -If affordable housing je rentai apartments, you have Vo change the minde of the Province to get more apartment developnients done. As far as- market cost or market selling priée of a house, you really have no controlý over' that. If sornebody is willing to pay $200,000 for a 1,200-sq. ft. house, what can you build for lese than that? Fr.. Press: Wbitby croates eetsie houses? Do you agree B.W.: Yes, I agree with that. Fre. Press& So you dont think we cazi do anything about affordble housing? e B.W.: 1I would say it's self-regulating. Md like o see somne affordable housing for seniors ini Brooklin, which would be on the scale of multi-family dwellings probably. Theres a lot (seniors), they're in their own homes and it becomes more difficuitfor them'eash year Vo cutthe grass and do other, thinges because ,al the. lots In Brooklin are basically a qurer-acre. If thé seniors had a paeto go where Ithey didn't have Vo care for their yard, most of themn would probably spend the reet of their lives in Brooklin. Fr.. Pross- Would you advocate a senior' home? -B.W.: NoV a seniors' home, a, seniors' apartment would be more practical. It could be sornething as elabrate asà, the Regency (Ores-) apartMfent building. 1êree Press: In terms Of 4Ianing~iw4ere would you draw the. lne between the. rights of each landowner vs. the. rights of tii. community as a whole? B.W.:, Ia the case of Whitby, al I "nsare~ alrea dv zoned. You have a fair chance of changing the zoning but the zoning is there o stablilize the market. If the planning department doesn't want the zoning V,,,o change, there shouldn't be any 'gbts. If you want a piece of comimercial property, you should be able Vo àgo out and buy one. The maY be a problem where theWes an ixnbalanoe of property available. Theres a terrible shortage of commercial property iný Brooklil. The shortage is caused mostly because you can't develop on the main street, the sew*ge and water is at capacity. Fr.. Proese: You'ro part eit the Heritag. Advisory Comrnittee. In the aspect of private ownership and heritage buildings, do you feel the. eommunity bas a right to say a pe-son can't demolish a building eo- alter its characteristies, or do you feel that's a an infringement upon' that pmeros property rights? B.W.: rve heard sorneone say it's easy Vo geV a demolition permit but almost impossible Vo get a building permit. The McNeil Furniture building, I don't know what state it was in, but it was solid brick and it probably would have fit nicely iînto the new office building. IV juet takes a little more architectural planning Vo havé eomething it in ... If you tel everyibody Vo o everything the samne, then what yo geV is a bunch of thinge that look exactly the anme and that's noV vey intereeting. Heritage preservation is a bigger issue than what a planning department can or can't do. You have Vo educate people. Vo the benefits of preserving older homes. Free Pros&: What do yc.i féel about the. future of Port Whitby? Do you suppoet high rise B.W.: Yes.t Free.;Proea: This muniîcipality spends a large part o f its budget on spots/ rocroational facilities but very little on cultural facilitios (ecept for the library, if you want include that). Would you change that at ail? B.W.: The issue came up about the possibility of the Centennial Building being available for a museum. My first. question is, who is going Vo pay the cost of that? Thate going Vo be a vey expensive building Vo maintain...I enjoy going Vo museumes and theatre, but rm noV sure if it's the municipality's responsibility Vo fund those things. Fr. Press: What should bo the. relationship between Vthe municipality . and community groupe? Tii. Town has a poliey of reducing or eliminating grants t. such groupe. Do you agree witii this? B.W.: As long as the Town grants bingo licences, there's lots of opportunity Vo rmise money. My experience with the Optirnist Club is that we can maise more money than we can legitimately spend without -Brian Wick. go»ng out of our way Vo find places Vo spend it. Free Pres: The. met few years have brought complaints about "'closeci' gov.rnm.nt. Do you agi-e. with that? B.W.: I tend o agree more and more with that. Fr.. Press: What would you do to op.n iV up? B.W.: Change the council. Fr.. Press: What are yoeir feelings on disclosure of yoeir holdings? B.W.: I think it's a good idea. I can see one large benefit - from a councillor's point of view, if hie hýs disclosed somnething, it's a lot easier to know whether he's got a conflict r noV because hie has defined iin xs mind what hie is involved in. Yo)3-end to get involved in a lot of things, and you forget how your involvement May be connected. Fr.. Prese: Do you think taxes are toc, higli? B.W.: ]Relative Vo what? I haven't been paying property taxes for 35 years as have 10 per cent of the residents in Whitby. I think as long as taxes don't increase more than the rate of inflation ... I don't see how you can change that. Fr.. Pross: Are there, any areas wher. you think tii Town oen eut baek on sp.nding? B.W.: rm noV aware of any blatant misuse of funds. Fr.. Pi-es& How do you envision Whitby (ineluding Brooklin) in, say, the. year 2000? B.W.: Twioe the size. Free Proe: Can Whitby and ]Brooklin maintain a separate identity? Should we? B.W.: In Brooklin, if development je based. on the cornmunity, yes, they will. But if a developer cornes in and cails hie developrnent the beet ini Brooklin or somnething, then Brooklin will lose its identity. For example, there's a development called Brookwood which takes away a bit froro the identity of Brooklin, I think, because people will automnatically confuse thern. Hwy 407 will separate the communities, the hydroeaesernent separates the commrunities. Fr.. prose: Can Whitby as a whole maintai~n a separate identity from its n.ighboe's? B.W.: The' way Vo make a mark is Vo build 20- or 30-, 60 or 70-story buildiings, thon you can say this is who we are. You can't do that 'in 'Whit by. There isn't a place Vo do it. And you don't have a major-tract of agricultural land in between developed areas, so it's pretty hard Vo separat e. Whnt they do at Garden and Rossland is Important in identifying the centre of Whitby. Fr.. Pres:. What special MEET GERRY EMM m 2 Drop în and see us at campaign headquarters w 209 DUNDAS ST. EAST ( at Green St.) m à Tel. 668-9932 668-6442 668-1709 W Office hours 10:00 a.m.- 8:00 p.m. Mon. ta Sat. m w l"time for a change," 3;PRESENTED BY THE COMMITTEE TO ELEOT GERRY EMM MAYOR e EMAM EMM EMM EMM EMM EMM EMM EMM EMM EMM EMM EMM EMM EMM EMM Election '8 Whitby Chamber of Commerce presents a MUNICIPAL ELECTIO N ALLCANDIDATES F0ORUM Thursday, October 27, 1988 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. in the. Council Chambers Whitby Municipal Building 575 Rossland Road East, Whitby Hear the candidates for Mayor, Regional, and Local Councillors EVERVONE WELCOME ON NOV. 14TH ELECT FOR COU NC ILLOR EAST WARD WHITBY GEOFF-1 RISON TO WORK FOR A GOOD QUALITY 0F LIFE THROUGH TAUNTON RD. " PLANNING FOR BALANCED DEVELOPMENT " BLJDGETING- Good value for ypur tax dollars. " RECREATION- More facilities. " ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION- High standards, maintained HWY *401 and enforced. " CONSULTATION-COMMUNITY INPUT LAKE OTARIO IF YOU WILL HELP THE GEOFF RISON CAMPAIGN OR WILL TAKE A SIGN PLEASE CALL: GEOFF RISON - 666-1135 or DON STUART 668-8256 qualitios woud you bring to, the position which sets you aside fromn your opponents? B.W.: A lot of fresh ideas., Anyone who has been on ýcounciIlfor eight years is going to be ailittie bit tired of standard procedures and they're going to stop questioning a lot of things that niight corne up from a new candidate. I live and work in the village of Brooklin and my opponent lives at the north border of town, a long ways from most of the north ward people. ]Pm in the oentre of the north ward, and it's easy to get a hold of me. b