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Halton delays comment on Acton landfill site By DONNA 1 Herald Halton Hills Mayor Miller requested a hold be put on Halton Region s response to a proposed landfill site in the Acton quarry til the town gets legal advice The mayor s request follows Reclamation System In RSI environmental assessment received by the Region Local consortium RSI ap plied to the provincial government this year for approval for a landfill site at the Acton quarry at 22 and Fourth Line The Region was to send a letter o the Ministry of the Environment 31 voicing concerns about proposal But speaking to Regional last week Protect Our Water and Environmental Resources POWER spokesman John Minns said the Region did not oppose the Acton landfill site strongly enough in its letter to the Ministry But Mayor Miller was cautious about the Region response I can get up and say anything but sometimes it could be detrimental to speak without a legal opinion If our solicitor says yes we could be more forceful he said The letter scheduled to be sent to Tim Sharp of the Ministry of the assessment branch says there are significant shortcomings in RSI testing The Region said the consortium s assessment would not compare to the Region s own methods The letter goes on to say the proposed contaminated water system and confining designs ire based on very limited field experience They may not perform according to expecta ions If Halton Region has to supply a lakebased system if groundwater becomes contaminated at the Ac ton side it would have severe time and cost implications for The Region also suggested in the ministry letter that costs to im prove would go to RSI It adds that a landfill site at Acton could undermine Halton recycling efforts We are recommending that the Ministry of the Environment order RSI to conduct the research necessary to address our con cerns But the letter was not sent to the ministry The Region voted to defer sending the response to the ministry When the mayor of a municipality asks for a deferral I would suggest council give it to them said Burlington Coun Pat McLaughlin In Business For Business OFFICE SUPPLIES Georgetown Secretarial Services St Georgetown 8772282 8771 Florists TAKE HOME A BOUQUET OF MINIATURE CARNATIONS ONLY While Supply 211 Guelph St Georgetown CENTRE l0Ul SATURDAY JUNE 3rd 1989 PAGES Halton banner flies over Guelph Congratulations Halton Hills For the remainder of Canada s May the blue and gold Halton Hills town flag will fly over the skies of Guelph That as a result of the final standings of Wednesday Great Canadian Participaction We win again Heres how Halton Hills topped the competition for two straight years Challenge in which our communi ty challenged Guelph to see who had the more fitness minded community When the final tally was taken Wednesday night Halton Hills had won its second challenge in the past two years with per cent of the town population exer cising for at least is minutes as opposed to s final total of per cent Our flag should be flying over right now said an elated rec department special events supervisor Joanne Wilson on Thursday morning As part of this year s challenge both mayors Russ Miller of Halton Hills and John Counsel of Guelph agreed to fly the winning community s flag for the rest of A total of of Halton Hills population of 189 called in Wednesday to register their 15 minutes of exercise while 29 of Guelph s accepted the challenge Ms Wilson was pleas that Hills not won Us second consecutive challenge but also that the town enjoyed almost a full two per cent rise in participation over last year Work That Body aerobic instructors Robynne Spence and Sandra Kroesc led four 15mmute low impact aerobic classes outside Georgetown Market Place on Street during Day Herald pholo Town warns of dust noise in new subdivision IIMTOM I1IIIS I- 315 1988 II 10 Mil 364 a ih The Town of Halton Hills will in elude a warning clause for home buyers of Hills Village Homes west of Road A report last week from the town administrative assistant Steve Thomson said there is a unique aspect to the building company subdivision The sub division developiblc blocks which would mean more construction will take place after new home owners move into their properties The warning clause will alert home buyers of the potential for dust noise and fie for a protracted of time said Mr Thomson report The town entered into an agree ment ith Halton Hills Village Homes Inst December coer four subdivision plans of u 1 v It The developer bold lots located west of Road to Homes then sold over homes to buyers although Regional water restrictions disallowed more than 93 homes The biulder and developer then worked out a lot and block pattern to accommodate the building lots on three plans of subdivision with blocks that will be built on in the future when there is adequate to service them said the town report Town councillors approved the subdivision agreement with Hills Village Homes last week C A S S I FREE BANQUET HALL 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