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232 Guelph St., Georgetown 873-2254 this mound of snow on ut was bumped from this Photo by Laura Salverda $f Make a GOURMET MERRY! ice in Halton Hills’ td BLUE SPRINGS GOLF CLUB Fore Christmas! Make the golfers on your list merry with an Early Spring Foursome (w/carts) on the Turtle Lake course, just $199 plus tax. ‘Also...gift certificates in any denomination! Visit ‘Customer Service’ in the Hide House 50 cents includes G.S.T. Council wants OMB hearings held here By Dianne Cornish ‘A bid by the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) to hold a group of hearings about Halton Hills’ devel- opment proposals at an out-of-town location has raised the hackles of istrative staff to write to the Board, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Halton North MPP Noel Duignan stating its opposition to the Board’s plans and asking that the hearings be held in Halton Hills. Two weeks ago, Councillor Rob Heaton asked planning staff to try to find out why the OMB had re- scheduled a hearing on a Halton Hills Sand and Gravel subdivision proposal. Initially, the hearing was to be held Jan. 4 in the Halton Hills Civic Centre in Georgetown. However, it was later re-scheduled for Jan. 20 at the region’s public works building, Trafalgar Road, Oakville. Last week, town planner Glenn Wellings and administrative assis- By Dianne Cornish plans on hold until details on works meeting. of escarpment landowners which have argued that a decision on ture of the development control tr was referred to the Feb. 24 meetin tant Stephen Thomson contacted OMB officials who told them that the Board plans to hold a group of hearings in Oakville as a means of reducing a backlog of cases referred to them for resolution. That response, however, doesn’t sit well with Mayor Russ Miller and several other members of coun- cil who want the hearings to be held in Halton Hills. “We need to put some pressure on the OMB to hold the hearings here,” the mayor told council. Seniors have phoned him to com- plain about the change of location, Miller said. “I think it’s so unfair. It’s wintertime and it’s 25 miles to Oakville,” the mayor said, noting that he can understand the reluc- tance of town residents to travel to Oakville for the hearing. “If you want to bulldoze some- thing through, take it out of town,” Mayor Miller said of the location change. Commenting on the same vein, Councillor Rick Bonnette charged, “This is > ing to run our town, (from) some Continued on page 6 12-11 vote halts NEC control change By a narrow one-vote decision, Halton Regional Council decided Wednesday not to proceed with plans to request development control of Niagara Escarpment lands in Halton. Council voted 12-11 in favor of Hills councillors Marilyn Serjeantson and Bill Robson to put the region's the potential cost and organizational struc- ansfer are addressed. The whole issue a resolution proposed by two Halton g of the region’s planning and public control of escarpment lands to regions and counties along 725-kilometre landform which extends from Queenston to Tobermory. At present, devel- opment control along the escarpment is in the hands of the Niagara Escarpment Commission (NEC), a 17-member board appointed by the ince. Regional council’s action is expected to allay the concerns of some environmentalists who on earlier appearances before regional councillors the transfer of delegation control is prema- ture because the findings of the Niagara Escarpment Plan’s Five-Year Review aren’t known yet. NEC director Nars Borodezak told council Continued on page 11 ©) pins = ABLE