Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, Octobor 191994, Page 39 'Revised CoNï development plan gets ouïg1.¶> êptôf"e Drumm: t's absolutely bloody, stupid' By Mfike Kowalski A revised development pro- posaI for the former Cobi Foods canning factery has encountered strong opposition.1 Area homeowners and Town councillors elike raised several objetion Moday te a 129-unit twhouse complex proposed for the Brock Street North site. But despite the criticism, pro- penenits of the development are confident their prop>osal wili eventually win council's support. Only a year ago, their previous submission received councii's becking, even though it too was subjected te a similar atteck. Details of the revised proposai were unveiied during a public meeting held bofore council's planning and developînent com- mittee. Cebi Foods lac. has filed an offliciai plan'amendmment appli- cation to permit construction, of 129 street townhouses on the 10-acre property, south of the Canadien Paciflo rail lino. Recently demolished, the for- mer -food processing plant and werehouso had set vacant since it wes losed by the compeny neerly five years ago.' SAit ouî h council approved a 125-unit block townhouse deve- lopment last Novembor, there has been a change of plans, committeo members learned Monday. Chris Matson of River Oaks Group, pertners with Cobi Foods in the project, told comiittee the developers want to build freehold townhouses instead. Under the previous proposai. the tewnhousos wQId have been condlominiums anWd\the site deve- lope ail at once. Feehold units wili allow the developer to build in stages as the market ailows. Whl area residents raised reviousl hl concerns about taflc roles and donsity commitee . ebrs complainecl about changes to the actual dove- iopment. "I feel liko you're going in the wrong direction," councillor Don Mitchell told Matson. Mitchell referred te the eli- mination of an opeon space area in the middle of t he development and driveways now backing onto abutting streets. In the previous proposaI vehi- Cie access to the townhouses was only possible from private roads leading into the developrnent. «Quite frankly I don't think we're pining anything et ail,» said Mitchell. Matson replied thet in'the former proposai *the open spaco area would have been a privato park sololy for use of townhouso occupants end not erea rosi- dents. But councillor Dennis Fox foît Mitchell wes "dead on" in his criticism. "I don't liko driveways backing on to Centre Street," seid Fox. "And you're besically asking children to play on land you can't build on," ho said -in reference to open spaoe desiga ations near Brock Street and the railroad trecks. "Those are the inost dangerous spots imaginable," Fox added. «It's absolutely bloody stupid," said councillor Joe Drumm of the driewy roblem. rmrtee, agreed that the open space area sh6uld remain in the '«centre of the whoie thin g.» To the applause of local rosi- dents, Drumm told Matson to «"take this plan, put it'in a bag and take it home, and when you start taiking sense, bring it back' Councillor Ross Batten, cern- mittee chair, advised Matson to take note of the conMmittee's cern- ments. "To come back with this plan, I don't see it getting approved,» hie warned. After committee referred the application back to planning staff,. Matson told reporters he was not udiscouragod» by its reception. "I think they asked a lot* of questions that we asked our- selves," ho Siaid. "We've been talking to staff thé past number of monthe and the issues they raised will ho reviewed. "We think that somewhere in there is a fairly good project.» If approved Dy council, Matson hopes construction can get underway by noxt spring. Meanwhile, measures wore taken to ensure that about 50 trees plannod for relocation within the development were protected durlng Che factory's demolition, Matson noted. In addition, concreto and bricks from the building were crushed and recycled for other uses, he added. The application wili now be circulatod for public and agency comment before eoming back to committeo with a recommenda- tion frorn planning staff. Peewees seek to defiend titie The Whitby mnieor peewee AAA hockey team has started on the path te defend the OMHA titie earned last year as maýjor atoms. With four beague games played, the team has a win, a boss and two ries. With four new playerà on the team and the move te full contact, the players are stili learning the systom as taught by coach Roy Pappin and assistant coach Paul Caa. The league epener saw Wihitby outshoot Central 37-12 yet a hot goalie and a lato scramble left Whitby with a 1-1 tie. Judd Stevenson counted the bone marker. Whitby was fiat in their second game agaiast Quinte who took te the offensive and handed the tearn a 5-3 boss. Stevenson, Steven Farquharsea and Chris Tinkunas replied for Whitby. Against Ajax, Stevenson, Kybe Branch and Morrison* spotted Whitby te a 3-0 lead and Jusrin Zammit closed the doors in goal te preserve the shuteut ad the win. Old nernesis Peterborough fought Whitby te a 6-6 tie. After Sweater dance upcoming The Whitby Miner Hockey Auxiiary wibl hebd their annual sweater dance at Heydenshore Pavilion, Whitby, on Saturday Nov. 12, from 8 p.m. te i1 a.m. There will be a catored buffet, dise jockey and doom prizes. For tickets eall 668-3684. scoring two goals at the beginning of the game, Sean MacRury had te blave with a sepatated shoulder though the pregnosis is good for quick recovery. David Morasse picked the slack and potted three goals with Stevenson adding the final marker. The team was recently in the Tim Horton Tournament where they had a strong showing against teams such as London, Detroit, Sudbury and North B.ay. Whitby had a record of three wins, a tde and their only loss coming in the semi-finals against Don Milîs. The team has barely had rime te catch its breath from the beginning of the season as it has acecpted an invitation from the German Ice Hockey Fedleration to represent Canada in the International Bambiniturnier Tournament starting Jan. 1 in Regensburgr., Geri-,çny. The 10-country tourney features the best teamisfrorn Europe, Russia end Canada. The team hes embarked on a major fundraisinff venture te, cover the cost of airfare to Germany. 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