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every Pita Port Perry Star Company Limated PO Box 567, Brooklin, Ont LOB 1C0 Prodi 0 and. Area since 1983 Brooklin Profile RERANNE REVELEN News & } » Hdee Phone 655 3637 or 95 7383 Local roads are due for a regional facelift will be required for land purchases; Durham works department will be asking for almost $2 million over the next five years to spruce up two regional roads in the North Ward. In the 1987 capital budget and four year forecast, both Myrtle Road and Winchester Road have been singled out for a much needed facelift. In his report to council, works chairman Gerry Emm indicated $155,000 would be required for the surface treatment of the 1985-86 con- struction of the 7.2 kilometer stretch of Winchester Road between Highway 12 (Baldwin Street) and Simcoe Street in Oshawa. Likewise, the reconstruction of Myrtle Road from Highway 12 to Simcoe Street in Raglan, will be costly. It has been estimated it will take $1,730,000 to bring this 3.4 kilometer stretch up to standards. Under the two-lane rural reconstruction guidelines $55,000 > $20,000 for clearing and grubbing; $45,000 for fencing ; $65,000 for utili- ty relocation; $1,530,000 for the ac- tual construction costs and $15,000 for carry-over. The Winchester project has a ten- + tative scheduling during this year if budget approval is received. Plans for the Myrtle Road project are not projected until 1991. eC Now you see it .... em now you don't! That was the scene last week as Town of Whitby - ees and MTC staff made quick work of removing the accumulation of snow that had pil- ed up on Brooklin Streets earlier in the week. | BM 00 3 33 4 2 BB 2 Be Bt Be Be Mme 2 And away she goes! Ett SESE The dump trucks lined up and were quickly fill- ed to the brim with the now grey-white stuff. It is now such a treat to venture downtown, not having to scale what in some places appeared to be mountains of Snow. New golf course for North Ward The North Ward of Whitby might be deficient in a number of services, but there is one thing it is not short of and that is golf courses. With three already in existance, Country "Lane, Thunderbird and Winchester, council Monday night approved yet --another- a ---- Ea Te The newest eoniber into the drive and putt set will be Lakeridge Links Country Club and will be located on the south side of Brawley Road (Con. 8), just east of Lake Ridge Road (Durham 23). The proposal to build the 18 hole golf course and associated establishment of said course. But the construction of any course in that area will not be a simple one. Whitby Hydro Electric Commission has already advised that sufficient power is not available at the location to service the proposed use. They ___say that if approval is granted, it will be necessary for Summerléa to negotiate a primary line extension to service the property: with the Hydro Commission. The Fire Department has also in- dicated the applicant must provide adequate water for fire fighting in the clubhouse and maintenance clubhouse facilities on the 152 acres © areas, and that acces to these water "of property was made by Sum- merlea Golf Club Limited. Acceor- ding to drawings submitted, the par 72 course will be 6735 yards in length. Summerlea are presently in the process of purchasing the subject property from the Ontario Land. Development Corporation with the intent of developing the golf course, but under provisions of the town's agricultural by-law must get ap proval of the site plan for the supplies and proper connections must be approved by them. Central Lake Ontario Conserva- tion Authority (CLOCA) has approv- ed the plan in principal, but at the the fishery in the creek and the func- tioning of the area as a wildlife cor- rodor. Because of this, CLOCA has stated the applicant must obtain their approval before any altera-- tions can be made to the water- course, for filling and grading ac- [livity on the property and construc- same time issued a few warnings of their own. The property is virtually bisected by a western tributary of the main branch of Lynde Creek and also a smaller tributary. Both watercourses have been designated a high degree of environmental sen- sitivity because of its forest cover, tion within~ fhe Tloodptatns of the watercourse. "CLOCA did note that the clubhouse, parking area, and a ma- jority of the holes on the course would be located outside the floodplains of the creek and the en- vironmentally sensitive area. However, they state some regrading and clearing of vegétation in the sensitive portions of the property will be required for the construction of approximately seven of the holes, and for the three ponds proposed + All'in all, CLOCA suggested the location of a golf course on the pro- perty may, in fact, benefit the fishery in that part of Lynde Creek, since much of the property is presently used as pasture land and cattle have unlimited access to the watercourse. A bit of good néws, bit of bad Results are in ...well almost Well ladies and gentlemen, there is some bad news and some good news regarding the 'needs study' re- 'quired to prove Brooklin's eligibili- ty for the Direct Grant Program which could pay 50 percent of the costs for alleviating local sewer problems. The bad news is that the Ministry of Environment has not been able to complete the study by the end of 1986 as indicated when the project was first started. The good news is that the ministry feels there is ~ enough preliminary information to be presented to the Project Priori- ty Evaluation Committee with a re- quest for an eligibility ruling for a direct grant for Brooklin under the private systems funding program. - As residents will recall, the Ministry of the Environment's Direct Grant Program provides the opportunity to secure provincial fun- ding assistance, subject to the ap- proval of an application, for eligible - private or municipal sanitary and water projects to correct various community servicing problems. Each application must include an acceptable 'needs study' justifying remedial action by the ninisiry under the program. In October 1985, Council Sirens the. Planning Department to prepare a confidential questionnaire survey of all Brooklin property owners and businesses to determine community interest in the Direct Grant Program and the level of cooperation that could be expected in carrying out the required 'needs study.' Such a study would entail an on-site household inspection of at least 45 percent of the existing 'sewage systems. The Department's survey was completed last Spring, indicating a significant interest in the Brooklin sewage servicing issue and a high degree of cooperation for the study. Accordingly, on May 20, 1986, Council directed that the Town "proceed with the "needs study" Tor . Brooklin and that the. terms of reference for the study be finalized with the Ministry. At this juncture, Ministry staff ap- proached the Planning Department to offer direct manpower assistance in the preparation of the 'needs study." On May 26, 1986, Council authorized «he Planning Depart: ment to work cooperatively with the . Ministry int conducting the study Throughout last June, a Ministry field research team surveyed 329 sewage disposal systems in Brooklin, or 55 percent of the total number. The water quality of Lynde Creek was also monitored at five stations. ~ The results of the above-notéd in- vestigations were to have been analyzed and the findings released in final report form by late 1986. ~Heowever. this ime frame could not. be met by the Ministry. In response to a request from the Planning Department for a progress report on the 'needs study," Mr. G. Boretski responded by letter, dated January 8. 1987 The letter indicates that the finalized report on the 'needs study' -1s still being prepared and will not be completed until the Spring, 1987 In the interim, the Town has been provided with a brief summary of the Ministry's preliminary findings These findings provide a general synopsis of the sewage systems, ground water and surface water (Lynde Creek, conditions in Brooklin at the time of Ministry's surveys. As noted, it ap- - pears there are problems with the individual private sewage systems with some 28 percent of the sampl- AIERENE LD ERT Tas a Hh as Rear ime the ed systems malfunctioning with either wash water or sewage being exposed on the ground surface. A further 11.3 percent had laundry or sewage pumps discharging direct- ly to drainage ditches or storm sewers. In total, it appears that some 40 percent of the surveyed systems exhibit problems. These results appear to be consistent with, and confirm the findings with the Town's confidential questionnaire survey.: Of the 370 (62 percent) respondents to the questionnaire, some 29 percent are dissatisfied and _ consider their present sewage ~ system to be malfunctioning or defi- cient, and a further 12 percent are not providing the correct hook-up of their laundry waste water to the septic tanks although they consider their systems, to be satisfactory This suggests about 41 percent of the respondents have improperly operating septic tank systems. In'this regard, it is noted that the "Ministry has previously advised that the minimum number of ex- isting private sewage systems. which should be investigated, should be 45 percent of which at least half should prove deficient. Other preliminary findings in- dicate contamination with in- dividual private wells in Brooklin. as well as high levels of bacterial contamination in Lynde Creek On- ly two of the 21 surveyed wells were considered bacteriologically safe for drinking /purposes with faulty 'sewage systems cited as one of the possible sources.of contamination This information, in itself, was of in- terest to the Regional Works Department which is responsible for - the piped wated distribution within Brooklin. Bacterial contamination of Lynde Creek rises dramatically in thie stretch through Brooklin, par- ticularly south of the Baldwin Street storm sewer discharge and : human waste. t 5 x ea "The Ministry's dicates that these preliminary fin- dings could be presented to the Pro ject Priority Evaluation Committee with a request for an eligibility rul- ing for a direct grant for Brooklin under the private systems funding program. This way, a favourable response from the Committee could be forthcoming earlier than later. saving time and further in vestigative effort, given that the final report will not be available un- til the Spring. Nonetheless. the Com mittee could still insist on reviewing the final report before rendering a decision on the 'needs study, and consequently, on Brooklin's eligibals ty in the Direct Grant Program Should the Committee's ruling be favourable with regard to the preliminary findings, Provincial funds would be provided to commas the scope of the problem and recom mend alternative solutions. Such solutions, and their associated costs would be put before the'Municipal: ty and the Brooklin Community to determine what solution is to be pur sued under the Direct Grant Pro gram.. It is hoped that the preliminary findings could be before the Committee by the end of February and a decision known bs March 1987 \ \ sion a full:scale engineering study . of all sewage systems to examine No matter which alternative is - chosen by the C 'ommittee, it would appear both Whitby Planning Staff and the Ministry are opting for assistance to upgrade personal sewage systems rather than at tempting to bring sewers and water to Brooklin