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Friday, February 20, 2009
Council Makes Growth Decision By Craig Simpson Af t e r m o r e t h a n t w o y e a r s o f wrestling with the question of how much growth should take place in Clearview Township over the next twenty years, Council finally passed a resolution that may just wriggle its way through the maze of provincial policies, county quotas and local desires for managed growth. Council met in a special session Wednesday morning and went through the key issues: what to do about all the development applications received before Places to Grow; how to initiate some growth in New Lowell and Nottawa given the huge costs to fulfill the infrastructure needs of these settlement areas; how to accomplish this within the growth figures allocated by the County Growth Plan. In addition to providing a review of relevant background material, Director of Planning and Development Michael Wynia provided a list of four realistic options to deal with these complex matters. All of them included the key decisions and directions that Township staff needed to prepare a detailed growth plan, which would then go back to Council for further consideration and ultimate approval. In the end Council opted for a variation of the only one of Wynia’s options that included invoking the transition regulations, which allow grandfathering those applications received before Places to Grow was announced. Here then is the resolution passed by a vote of 6-1 with Councillor Thom Paterson opposing. “Be it resolved that: Council directs staff to prepare a detailed growth plan for Council’s further consideration which: Designates the County Growth Plan allocation to Stayner and Creemore, subject to the 5-year review; allows for consideration of the individual merit of applications in Nottawa and New Lowell, which
Vol 9 No. 08
Echo Briefs Get off the couch Clearview Township will be holding their first Health and Leisure Showcase on February 28 from 10 am to 2 pm at the Stayner Community Centre. The day will focus on getting people off the couch and engaged in one or more of the wide variety of activities currently available in Clearview. The showcase will feature over 40 local organizations ranging from fitness and sports to health and culture. In addition to the interactive demonstrations and displays, there will be prize draws and opportunities to sign up for activities.
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Painting the Town Red Sara Wilkinson and Alyson Wright, seen here painting ceramics at Two Rivers Ceramic Cafe, were just a few of the people that took part in the many Big Heart Festival activities planned by The Creemore BIA to lift the winter blahs. Organizers were pleased with the great weather that accompanied the weekend. are grandfathered by the Places to Grow transition guidelines; freezes all surplus greenlands over the 20year planning timeframe subject to 5-year reviews. Councillor Paterson believes that the second section dealing with the transition regulations could get shot down by the County or perhaps the Province. He wanted to see some other justifi cation than growth for providing services to New Lowell and Nottawa. Councillor John Crispo was forced to miss the meeting due to a previous commitment, but supplied his comments supporting minimum levels of growth. It is likely that he, too, would have voted against the resolution. Assuming the resolution does stand up, it means that applications starting at 500 units each for New Lowell and Nottawa will be considered on their merits. Inherent in the review of these fi les is that the developer will pay for most if not all the (See “Growth” on page 2)
Friday nights are the time to get out and play ball at Nottawasaga and Creemore Public School. Alternating between volley ball and basketball this free fun runs every Friday night from 7:30 to 9:30 pm and is open to everyone over 13 regardless of skill level. For more info call Laura at 466-6844.
Theatre Orangeville’s current show features former Smithdale resident Actor Terry Hart, who spent his childhood in Honeywood and Smithdale as Terry Hesselgrave, stars in the mystery thriller I’ll Be Back Before Midnight, opening this Thursday and running through March 8 at Theatre Orangeville. Hart has an extensive professional acting career in film and television as well as on stage. While he adopted his stage name over thirty years ago and currently lives in Toronto, he retains many fond memories growing up in this area, where he attended a number of schools including Duntroon Public and Stayner Collegiate. And of course, a number of Hesselgrave family members still reside in and around Creemore. Hart will play George Willowby, a farmer who rents a ramshackle old farmhouse to a typically neurotic city couple. Eerie noises and ghostly visions provide some gripping suspense, which
is contrasted by the humour provided by Hart’s Willowby character. For tickets contact the Theatre Orangeville box office at 1-800-4241295 or 519-942-3423, or order online at www.theatreorangeville.ca.
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