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PAGE 21, WHf'Y FMEEPRESS WEDNESDAY, MARCI!!à, 1991 Cornmittee.rejeots staff advýice-te keep -green' lands in, public ownership. By Mike Kowalddki Staff advice to put partof the, Lynde . Creek valley ini public control, has been r ct by Whitby's planning anevelop- ment committe.. De *ite opostion from coun- cillorMarcoBrunoelle, committee members Monday aflmed a pro- vious deciuion that the lands romain in privato ownership. If endorsed by Town council next week, the recommendation means residents of an estate lot subdivision 1pane for north y W ne =eorryabout their bckyards abuttmng public propery làst month comrittee recom- mended that developer Neal Grandy b. permitted to build 30 estate lots on the, north side of Brawley Rd. E., between Ash- burn Rd. and Dufl!s Rd. Despite. Brunelle's objections, the committee agreed to the devoloper's request that a con- dition of approval imposed by the planning deartmentbo deleted. Staff %ad recommended that land on both sides of Lynde Creek, which flows the prooed Mqarch is Red Cross Month The Canadian Red Cross Society A United Way Agency development, ho designated pub- lic openkspaoe. The creek roughly dissects the approxxmatoly 80-acre site in the middle. Staff feit that land border-mg, the creek should bo dedicated to the Town at no extra coot to the munieipality Bta soesman for the deve- laper sa!d résidents' would abject ta, their backyards beomajtent ta, public propertyand rhass oven a future walway aongth creek valley. Although Brunelle said the land sjhould ho kept in public ownership for future generations, the'committee feit otherwise. Howover, Brunelle canvinced council ta, send the matter back ta committee se staff could 'Com- ment on the- ramifications of loaving the open space block in privato ownership. According ta a staff report, Durham Region's draft official LIankroides for the growth of rook. s urban areas ta the north. The report states the lande in question form a "logical exten- sion" ta the aren spaoe system around Brooklin aln Lynde Creek between Lake Ontario and the Oak Ridge Moraine. It further-notes that the po vinciallyappointed Kanter =om- mission recommende in' its Greenlands Strategy for the Greater Tarante Area that Lyndê Creek valley lande ho protécted. The repart also addeà that both the Central Lake Ontario Con'- sèrvation, Authorily -(CIMA), and Ontario Ministry of Natià Rtesaurces aposedevelopmüent. within thevZ eylands.N Kevin Tunne, a spokesman for Grandy, did flot dispute' CLjOCA's and thoe*ministr' desire te have public ownersbip.. af the valley lande. BSut Tunnoy said no ather Pub- lic body had taken that position during the past four yoars. (Grandy's orignal 1987 appli-,., cation called* for 37 lt btwas reducedby seven teconform. wiith' Durham's officiaI p an.)' Tunney assured the commtte that leaving the land in private ownership wilI not, contravene CLOCA or ministry7 policy'. nor conflict with existing Town, bylaws. .I Nor would it lieopardize» pro-.~ visions for preserving greenlanda and waling trait requiroments contained in the Kanter report, SER PAGE 10 Solid-Oak,,Pine, Maple Furniture Also avallable: Dining and Bedroom Suites, Harvest Tables, Rocking Chairs, Bar Stools 848 SIMCOE ST. 'S.,9A4347204A OS HAWA (2 Blocks South of Bloor) WEV * Qp~n; T h~ ur. 10-6, F1. 10-8, Sat. 9:30-4 CULP & ANDERSON- ACCOUNTING AND TAX PROFESSIONALS WiIh sad recee $500OOoff' any tax mtum Tom Andern 114 Dundas St. E., Suite 202, WhItby (416) 430-1817 Hours: Mon.-Tues. 9amn-5pmn, Wed.àFri. 9amn-9pmn Sat. 9am-5pm Sun. 1lpm-5pmn Limnit ans per persan. Not valid wfth any other affer. M 'I j'