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Page 2, Whlty Free Press, Wednesday, March 8, 1995 Questions over CL.,OCA position o Shores '< GREATI SSpacous sidespli LJ bedrooms, 2 bai !OWN U) furnaoe and centiz turion 0$137, ~CALL1 'Cont-radictions within authority, SLJVM daims By Mike Kowalsld Apparent inconsistencies in the conservation authoritys posi- tion on the proposed Lynde Shores housing deveiopment will be the subject of a staff rep~ort. Conservation Authority (CLOCA) board ordered the report last week foliowing a presention from the Save Lynde Marsh. (SLM) citizens' committee. The report will respond te SLM's dlaim that CLOCA!s in- itial opposition te the controver- sial project was neyer rescinded, but at the sam eUtie the auth- ority came out in support of the development. Among the matters te be addressed is wýhy guidelines applied to environmentaliy sensitive areas elsewhere in Dur- ham Region seem te have been overiooked in this case, as SLM aileges. In asking the board te review its position, SLM spokespeïson Johanna Tito referred te «ambi- guities" in CLOCA's stand. Tito noted that in . 1988, CLOCA endorsed a staff report which objected to a proposed amendment to WNhitby's ofliciai pi an to ailow development bec ause a satisfactory Environ- mental Impact Study (EIS) had not been prepared. The report states that al environmentai analysis submit- ted to date did not provide suffli- cient measures to deal with the impact from. proposed deveiop- ment Tito said. "CL~OCA was requesting a full environmental impact statement for the area in order to deter- mine appropriate iand use," she sai d. "T'his position has neyer been rescinded by the CLOCA- board, yet no such statement has even ben done.» Tito claimed that the varlous environmental studies under- taken in subsequent years by the Town of Whitbydo not constitute an EIS as àe1ned by provincial legislation. She based this ciaimi on affada- vits -subrnitted to the Ontario Municipal Board (0MB) by SLM's consultants. SLM has chailenged Whitby's approvgl of subdivision plans or a community of 5 000 people and nearby industrial park east of the Lynde Creek Marsh. The Rose Corporation, the pro. L.OCATION! CLOSE TO ALL AMENITIES )li in N.W. Oshawa, 3 Great N.E Osh*awa location, this 3 bedroomn ithroomns, newier gas home offers, separate dining roorn, w/o f rom rai air. A great buy for living room, eat-in kitchen and finished rec. ,7,50.00room. Asking $1.14,000.00 ROSEMARY BROWN NORTH- EAST. WHITBY 2540 sq. ft. ail brick family home, newly decorated, "Dutch" clean. Over- sized 4+1 bed roomns, main floor family room with fireplace, large oak kitchen, pool size lot, 2 car garage. Close to parks & schools. Asking only $1 99,900. PRIVATE SALE. CALL 435-0828 CLOSE TO SCHOOLS & PARK Semi-detached wfth upgraded oak kftchen, separate dining roorn, 3 bedrooms. Fenoed yard 150 feet deep, 4 appliances. New listing prced to sell at $109,900.0O vince (through the Ontario Realty Cor p.) and Durham Region are the principals behind the three different components of the Lynde Shores project. A pre-hearing conference, to shorten the iength of the even- tuai 0 MB hearing resumes in Whitby later this month.* dn er presentation, ito said CLOCA's 1988 position was in accordance with a 1977 "«master plan» to acquire the iands now slated for deveiopment as part of the Lynde Shores Conservation Area. "This master plan has neyer been revised te, reflect a change inpolicy,» she said. (Whitby councillor Joe Drumm, a former CLOCA chair, has sta- ted on several occasions that the authority attempted te purchase the property, .'but the previous owner would not seil.) SAlthougfh Tito said there is no record of CLOCA having rescin- ded its previous position, a 1989 staff report, also approved by the board, stated that staff was no longer «opposed in principle" te development in the area. "For three years after these reports, CLOCA continued te, develop both contradictory posi- tions, as -if there were two strains of thought with CLOC,» she said. During the same time that the deve1lpment were being dis- cussed, a consultant was hired te develop proposais contained in the 19717 master plan, Tite asaid. This culminated in the 'Stra- tegy for the Provision of Outdoor Recreation Facilities' which was adopted by the board in 1991, Tito nioted. «That CLOCA takes this docu- ment seriously is a pparent from the fact that it was being used in '93 to gu.ide deveiopment in Osh- awa's Harmony Valley,"she said. The inherent contradictions" within CLOCA is one reason for SLM seeking an. expianation, Tito said. Other issues include CLOCA's opinion on whether the Lynde Shores project conforms te pro- vincial policy governing develop- ment near wetiands (The 1992 wetlinds p)olicy came inte effeet after former environment minister Ruth Grier exempted the project from under- going an environmentai assess- ment. VSMtra Cuts Quality Haircare Affordable Prices a icensed Agency HOUSE FOR SALE (Ministry staff were satisfied that an enviromental manage- mnplan prepared in cn'Une- tion wîth the proposai addressed their concerns.) Tito teld The Free Press that CLOCA appeared te be "speak- ing with two voices" on the Lynde Shores issue. That's neyer corne out. They were giving the development the ~ had and at the sanie time unding the other situdy,» shé said. Oshawa councillor and CLOCA chair Irv Harreil said the staff report will be discussed at the board's March 28 meeting. SLM will also be given time on the agenda te respond te staffs findings, Harreli said, who decined' te comment on Tites presentation. «It was beneficial and I think the authority made the correct decision te dèal with it at the next meeting,» he said. «We really couldn't do any- thing with out background reports. There are a lot of new members on the authorifty and we need time to refresh our memories on what happened in '88 and «89.» *Meanwhile, the 0MB pre-hear- ing conference resumes in the Town council chambers on March 30-31. Two days have been set aside for the opposing parties to reach agreement on technical issues that can be resoived prior to the start of the actuùal hearing on May 29. The hearing could possibly last up to four weeks, said Durham Region solicitor Kate MacGregor, but that may depend on 0MB chair D.S. Colebourne's rulings on a number of issues raised last month. MacGregor, along with lawyers for Whitby, Rose Corp. and the province, argued that the hear- ing should be iimited to how the sdbvisions conformn to the per- mitted land use. They disagreed with SLM lawyer Donald Hindson's conten- tion that the environment and other issues are legitimate con- cerns and dismissed it as an attempt to bu y time for SLM te pursue its goal of a nature sanc- tuary in the area. SLM has been actively seeking governmnent involvement in a proposai that wouid have Rose Corp. engage in a lIand swap' with the province. Aithough the lawyers asked Coiebourne to dismiss SLM's objection without going to a hearing, MacGregor conceded that "it's quite unusual for the board te do that.» %We WatcheliL d