The Free Press interviews At tersley the mayoralty candidate sJ2nIl The Whitby Free Press as part of its commitment to give fuit even coverage to the candidates ini the Nov. 14 municipal election is interyiewing ail the candidates for Town council. We begin this week with the two mayoralty candidates,' Bob Attersley and Gerry Emm on page 10, and the two North Ward candidates, Ross Batten and Brian Wick on page 12. Each interview was approximately an hour in length and. covered a standard set of questions with ample opportunity for the candidates te, Sj make their positions clear. AS you will see froni the interviews many of the questions were very general. Others covered specific topics which we feel are vital to the future of Whitby. The interviews were tape-recorded and then edited te remove the um's, ah's, casual asides and repetitiôus ele- ments. Nothing else was removed. The candidates speak for NORTH WAIRU theniselves. see Ip Each inter- NEXT WEE] view started eia with the gene- East, Centre and I M raI question,1 "What do you think are the most important issues in this election?" From there, the interviews went on to the achievements and/or failures of the previous council and what each candidate felt w'ould be the most contentious issues of the next three years. Questions on specific CANDIDATES: >age 12 K~ and NOV. 9: al Coumcil, Vest Ward caindidates issues followed Iif they had not already been cover- ed. Next week, and Novern- ber 9, the Free Press will publish interviews with the Regional Council , East, West and Centre Ward candidates. We would have liked to have done the Board of Education and Hydro candidates but due to the numbers involved and the lateness with which most of theni filed, that will not be possible. We are doing what you as an elector would be unable te do even if ail of the candidates called on you personally. We hope you read them and f¶nd themuseful in making your decision on election day. 0MB approves boarding house addition .By Dbe) Luch-41euk - - An addition te a Euchd St. boarding bouse, which bad been opposed by Whitby- council, bas been approved by the Ontario Municipal Board. Lorraine Willis had applied te tbe Town for approval of an addition to ber boarding bouse last November and was turned down unanimously by admiin- istrative conittee, saying the addition did not meet the residential bvlaw. She appealed to the 0MB, and a hearing was beld in late August te decide whetber the addition would be allowed. The exitng home is 3,980 sq. ft., wbile the addition would be 1, 125 sq. ft., providing two bedrooms, an eating area, two washrooms, and a basement. Eacb' bedroom would accom- modate four boerderq. There are currently six boarders in the existing bouse Willis bas been operating for boarders for 25 years. E.F. Çrossland, wbo rendered the 0MB decision, said that "Mrs. Willis is only attempting te give ber boarders and ber immediate family better accommodation witb a more comfortable atmos- phere. "There is obviously a demand for this type of special needs bousing. Mrs. Willis is filling a small niche in tbis need." The board decided that there was no reason not te amend the bylaw concerned te permit the adcitional construction of two guest rooms acconinodating four lodgers eacb. "Mhe evidence is clear that Speciai Study Area 3 of the Whitby officiai plan at the present time bas not ail tbe necessary approvals. "*Mrs. Willis bas every right at the present time te increase tbe number of boarders te ten witbout applying for any amend- ment," Crossland states in the decision. The Town now nas te prepare the site specific aniendruent in Unme with the 0MB decision. The United Way campaign for Oshawa, Whitby and Newcastle bas so far raised $1,395,877, about 51 per cent of this year's goal. rnooking at the national average, in comparison, we're doing pretty well,7 says Rob Owens, wbo chairs carnpaign public relations. Much of the carnpaign total te date comes from General Motors' employees' campagn The Whitby commercial division of the fund- raising effort aise has 139 contributors this year, compared SEE PAGE 2' New plan is approved for former Buildail site Wh-itby council bas approved a two-story commercialiretail build- ing on the site of the vacant ,Henwy Buildali location at Brock ac"Mary streets despite concemns from one downtown developer that the new use will delay approval of other deveiopments on the samne block. "I have concerns about the storm water drainage in the area," Bernard Egan told council Monday. He noted that, in a staff report on the development, the public works departmnent said storm drainage from the location is a problem. 'Tou are acting contrary to that (statement) hoping for a band-aid answer," said Egan, who bas plans to develop the property at 106 Mary St.- E., whicb backs onto the property. Hie said that by approving the proposaI by Brockby Corp. and Monreith Dev., council is holding up other development on the saine block. 'We (other developers) may be delayed or stopped in our tracks because of that storm water problem," said Egan, who was worried that there would not be available capacity for any new development for five years. But Mayor Bob Attersley noted that the problemn of storm water drainage already eists and he said the development is not adding te the problem. Councillor Marcel Brunelle, who along with regional councillor Gerry Emm voted against the development, said the design of the building does not keep "in tune" with the downtown. '"When we approve something in the downtown we sbould make sure ît's first rate , said Brunelle, wbo noted. that the building wil be set back 10 feet from Brock St. "This will be the start on ~ ages19 to2 Brock St., the closest building te Brock," said Brunelle. He suggested that the building be set back by placing parking at the front of the building. Emm said he was opposed because of the sewer problemn. "This is the best application in many a day for downtown," noted councillor Joe Drumm. I hope we get lots more like this in the downtown." Councîllor, Ross Batten noted that the zoning on the property, C3, does not require parking but the developers have located 44 parking spaces on site. Attersley aiso noted that under the C3 zoning, the building could be built up te the property SEE PAGE 5 A look at candidates Page 3 BRUCE MATER1 retiring director of the Durham Board of Education gets some help fo a student at the official opening of Bellwond Public Sdioëi last week. 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