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Wednesday June 5 1991 Page Council Briefs Town councillors recommend approval of golf course Halton Hills General Commit tee recommended Monday the Niagara Escarpment NEC approve construe tion of an 18hoIe golf course and equestrian centre on a piece of property located on the east side of Highway and south of Sideroad Committee s recommendation will go before Town Council this Monday for final approval General Committee is comprised of Town councillor Last September Council defer red commenting on the golf course proposal until it had more information about the amount of water the course would use Representatives from the golf course s developers Eagle Ridge told General Committee Monday per cent of the needed water will be taken from three man made ponds Ground water will only be used as a supplemen tary source Committee members were told that assuming NEC approval is given for the golf course relative soon preliminary work on the course will start this fall The course is scheduled to be finished by Mr Austin t predict when development would be sufficient to justify the Environmental Study Report being done Road widening should be shelved Hills Engineer Bob Austin told Town councillors Monday the slow down in development along Mam Street South between Mapk Avenue and Sideroad in Georgetown means plans to reconstruct area of Main Street South should be shelved for the time being Earlier this year many Main Street South residents balked at the idea of widening the road when a preliminary design for the road widening was unveiled by Town staff At that time staff had told councillors it was about to start an Environmental Study Report on the possi impact the preferred road reconstruction design would have on the ding environment However in Monday staff report Mr Austin sTid the need for reconstruction of Main Street South between Maple Avenue and Sideroao due to develop ment pressures is not an ticipated in the next three ears Rather than write the Environmental Study Report now it will be prepared at a more propnate time depending on the progress of develop ment in Georgetown South Parade proposed Get ready because here comes a parade Town General Commit tee rLcommended Monday Hills Chamber of Com hold a parade in Acton in conjunction with Back to Acton Days Saturday June The recommendation will go before Town Council for final ap this Monday The parade is scheduled to begin outside the Acton Post Of at ll a and travel south on John Street to Mill Street then west on Mill Street to Park Avenue then north on Park Avenue to Prospect Park Parking prohibited Halton Hills General Commit tee recommended Monday that parking be prohibited at any time on the west side of McFarlane Drive in Georgetown Agreement over Acton quarry carries no legal weight The Herald Years ago a handshake was good enough to seal and guarantee an agreement but not any longer says Hills Mayor II this lesson Mayor Miller and local environmentalists are now learning the value of as they grapple with trying to stop the Acton dump proposal from becoming a reality Mayor Miller said Monday the original owner of the Acton Quarry had agreed with the Town in the early s to reroute the Third Line through the quarry once all quarrying of the site had completed Originally to begin quarry operations on the property the Third Line had to be re directed Ihesite Aecording to Mayor Miller promised to rebuild the fliird Line so it would travel down one side of the then up the other side In retrospect there was one problem with that said Mayor Miller The agree wasn t registered n title giving the agreement little legal footing he said Since buying the Acton Quarry site from in the mid 80s Milton based United Ag Limited has always claimed it was never told by In about the agreement re route the Third Line Mayor Miller believes because Indusmin made an agreement with the Town over the Third ljne ted Aggregates should honor that agreement even if it wis unaware of the agreement at the t ime of purchase An agreement is an agree ment said Mayor Miller Mayor Miller predicted if United Aggregates was forced to rebuild the Third Line through the irry then the dump props for the quarry would not be possi Milton Reclamation Systems Ineorporaled RSI wants to least the quam land once quarrv operations cease use as irbage dump The pin it ion is before On tin s Ministry of Her the Towns Imjir has written to Jamie Con nell of the s Appro Is informing him of the the Town had with In dismin and believes United Ag should uphold Tin mayor rejected a thai United Aggregates could appease the Town by rebuilding the Third I me over top of the quarry net it had been filled with garbage The won t lei mueh hap pen on lop of a landfil said Mayor Miller According to a letter obtained by the Herald from the MOE Ap s Branch and addressed to local Rita Lan dry the Approval s Branch is unaware of any agreement bet ween the previous Acton quarry owners and the Town for the Third Line to be re routed The letter which was dated June was sent to Ms Landry from Mr Connelly Contacted Monday about he letter Mr Connelly said he id not received my letter from the Town on issue of the Third line Mr Connelly snd the Br inch assessment of Dump proposal would have to be repeated if a road is being proposed to run over top of the quarry onee filled with assessment of the Acton dump proposal done so far by he Approval s Branch has been on the assumption that filled with garbage the landfill would seeded and used for agricultural purposes or passive recreation uses said Mr Connelly Georgetown Location Street CLOSED WED JUNE FOR INVENTORY We apologize for any mean and we re open Thursday June FLYERS Watch for these MONEYSAVING flyers inside this edition of THE HERALD PET JUNCTION PARTIAL DISTRIBUTION you did not receive your flyer please call our circulation department Monday to Friday 9am 5pm The recommendation will go before Town Council this Monday for final approval Development application Town councillors learned Mon day a development application to build a one storey commercial retail building on property located at Mountainview Road north of Todd Road has been sub mitted to Town planning staff Staff is currently evaluating the proposal and will soon present a report for council tion Dump referendum requested Town General Committee recommended Monday staff design questions relating to the Acton dump proposal and what the Town should be doing about it to be used as part of a referen dum on the dump Town Mayor Russ Miller said the Town needs clear direction from its residents on how Council should fight the proposal Councillors want the question to be included on the ballot for the municipal election this November Weekly Savings are featured Every Wednesday from miracle Foodmart Watch for the Miracle Ad every Wednesday in the Herald LADIES GO FOR COOL COMFORT With Ritter Sandals Soft padded leather contoured insoles Lightweight cork wedge 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