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Wednesday July 3 Community News Page 13 Region Planner complains about lack of comment time amount of time given Halton Regions four municipalities to comment on proposed changes to the Niagara Escarpment Plan eview was too little said Halton Hills Planner Ian Keith during an in terview Thursday Haltons municipalities include Halton Hills Oakville Burlington and Milton Each of the municipalities were given four months to comment on the changes proposed by Niagara Escarpment Commission NEC concerning the review This process is part of the NEC five- year review of its plan For comments to be considered they had to have been submitted to NEC staff by June Halton Hills Council only ap proved its staff comments on the changes last week said Mr Keith The comments now must Bo to Regional planning staff for consideration Once the Region receives comments from all four municipalities Regional staff will review them along with its own comments and then submit all comments to the NEC Mr Keith called the four- month comment period unfair and unrealistic especially given the workload of each municipal planning department Acknowledging the Towns comments wont be submitted to the NEC until later this month Mr Keith speculated his depart ments comments could quite possibly be ignored Mr Keith explained the four- month waiting commenting period was too short because staff was required to do a com prehensive review of 21 NEC policy reports Together the documents are approximately five inches thick he said NEC Senior Planner Marion said Thursday the Towns comments or those submitted by any of Haltons three other municipalities wont be ignored by the commission despite the fact they will be handed in late Once the comments are sub mitted to the commission staff will consider them and determine whether or not similar comments have already been submitted to the commission by other com menting agencies If the town comments are new to the com mission then NEC staff will write a report and submit a report to NEC commissioners for consideration Like Mr Keith Halton Region Planner Ho Wong said staff is not really happy with the four- month comment period Told of Mr Keiths comments concern ing the time frame Mr Wong said I tend to agree with Mr Keith Safe at first And sheeees safe While Hills Councillor Cook waits for the ball at first base during the Glen Williams Canada Day celebration Softball game Monday between local councillors and the Glen Williams Taxpayers Lyne Lefleur of the Taxpayers successful makes It to first base Glen Williams Taxpayers won the game Herald photo Weve smashed our prices to help clear some room for our upcoming expansion Save on hundreds of items during our PREEXPANSION INVENTORY CLEARANCE FOR ALL YOUR MORTGAGE NEEDS CALL CAPTAIN DAVE Years Lending Experience Personalized Service Great Rates 8734991 FAX 48 LEVEL 17 GAL GARBAGE CAN GARBAGE CAN ON WHEELS 4297584 JET SPRAYER QUALITY BEACH CHAIR WEED n FEED FERTILIZER 5922676 1263 FERTILIZER 10 KG 5922684 FERTILIZER 10 KG 19 SAVE I Q52 269 10 6 1910 HIM DECORATIVE LANDSCAPE BARK 5945306 CATTLE AND SHEEP MANURE SANYO 1 CU FT MICROWAVE 4317110 HEAVY DUTY CORN BROOM FT WHEEL BARROW 2 LB DACRON SLEEPING BAG 7607501 PC DRILL BIT SET DIGITAL WALL SWITCHTIMER REG SALE SAVE 5288432 329499 130 11- 53 69 4 18 29 Georgetown Location Only 236 Guelph Street Georgetown SPORTS 8775140 HARDWARE 8775149 PARTS STORE HOURS MondayFriday 9 am 9 pm Saturday 830 am530 pm Sunday Closed