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~— Se The Acton Figure Skating Club Carnival will be held April 2 and 3 at Acton Arena in Prospect Park. Some of the characters sure to entertain with their on-ice antics include; Mickey and Mini Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and Winnie the Pooh. Tickets are available at Freezer Frenzy, Glenlea Drugstore, the CIBC (all in Acton), or by contacting Jane Roberston at 853-1653. Photo by Simon Wilson NEP report delayed again By Dianne Cornish The release of an extensive report on the Niagara Escarpment Plan (NEP) and its policies has been delayed at least until next week and possibly longer. The Five-Year Review was scheduled to be released Monday, but hearing officers failed to meet that target date. “We're targeting for next week, but we’re not mak- ing a firm commitment,” Janet Martel, assistant board secretary of the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB), said Monday morn- ing during a telephone interview from her Toronto office. Martel said she would be in a better posi- tion to give a definite date by early next week. Officials at the Niagara Escarpment Commission (NEC) in Georgetown have expressed frus- tration in the past over delays in the report’s release and have asked hearing officers to speed up the process. “This has been going on for some time,” Richard Murzin, public affairs manager of the NEC said Monday, venting frustration over yet another Hearing officers have asked three times for an extension on the freport’s release since last June, Murzin added. A total of 86 days of public hearings wrapped up about a year ago, with landowners and officials iving testimony as part of the Five-Year Review process. The purpose of the Review is to look at the first five years of the NEP’s operation and examine “the Plan’s successes and shortcom- ings,” with a view toward “cor- recting any shortcomings,” Murzin explained. The report is expected to be about 500 pages long. =|} Ne Ao) Fi Pa Coc) Wednesday, March 17, 1993 HIS WEEK 24 pages RE/MAX SUBURBAN (91) INC. 877-5211 874-3051 MICHAEL (KE) ADAMS ‘Award Winning Sales Rep 232 Guelph St., Georgetown 873-2254 ‘Your independent voice in Halton Hills’ 50 cents includes G.S.T. e Cornish A disgruntled Georgetown, home- © owner, armed with signed st ments from other homeowners liv. ing in Law Development’s Kingsmill on: the Credit subdivi- sion, asked town council last week to closely monitor the Law’s plans to build another subdivision in the Maple Avenue/River Drive area. “Perhaps you can look a little deep- er into the next stage (a proposal to build 67 townhouse units behind Varian Canada Inc.), Mike Foley pao to council. Tf that area is to be developed, I hope it’ s developed responsibly,” porated into the Proposed stage ~_ (Phase II), Foley asked the town to consider a lower density residential use for the area and investi ua- cy of a detention pond near the Credit River which handles stormwater drainage from Phases 1 and II of the development. He also read letters from some of his neighbors, condominium unit owners in Phase II on the north side of Maple Avenue, east 0} Mountainview Road. The letters, signed by the homeowners, criti-. IGHTI ING Let as help re oe ALL Le ger 4 Li ‘ightng conceragh— 245 Gi St. ( eized Law Development for failing * to correct deficiencies in the town- house units, altering layouts after buyers had been shown original plans and selling xtra parking ‘spaces in the underground’lot when there weren’t any available. In answer to the allegations, Eddy Li, executive vice-president of the Toronto area development compa- 4) la “an option to change” ments between moines Halton Roman Catholic 1 Board and a Markhan- Contractor working for the have been charged by the ton | building code enf ment department. for starting to build an elementary school in Georgetown without a permit. If convicted at the April 1 court hear- ing in Milton, the board and con- tractor could be fined a maximum - _ were issued to workers building on of $10,000 each. Four em tion company as face charges laid - by the ale inder the Ontario Buildi ees of the construc=" not to start. construction without a owners and the developer. Supplying an electric hot water heater as a substitute for a natural Bas unit was seen “as a benefit to the individual owner” because elec- trical units“are considered very safe and natural gas water heaters repre- Sent a cost to homeowners because they’re rented out on a monthly basis, he said during a telephone intetyiew Monday. baat re related to lay out “Feb. a said the town issued a stop-work order to the board, Jan. 1. The order went out after munic- ipal inspectors discovered that workers had laid the school’s foun- dation without a building permit from the town. Despite the order, work continued at the site in Georgetown South. Verbal and written warnings the site on three different occasions before charges were laid. Giacomo Corbacio, the board’s building and plant controller, said the board directed the contractor - All charges were ine ‘changes, sae 3 sub aa | Substitutions and fur: lec- trical panel sient in i liv- ing room of units, have been “gone over and over again” with home- owners. All were addressed last fall during a public meeting in Georgetown attended by homeown- ers and representatives of Law and the Ontario New Home Warranty gram, Li said. He said the “board inated an unusual length of time” for a build- ing permit after applying for one in September of last year. In hopes of ‘Speeding up the process, a separate foundation permit was applied for. The contractor was anxious to get the foundation in and went ahead with construction, he added. “It’s unfortunate,” Corbacio said. “Communications got bogged A permit was granted Feb. 17 and construction is continuing on the site. However, the charges remain outstanding and will be answered in court next month. Values in effect until Mar. 27/93 or while quantities last. Bulbs extra. We reserve the nght to limit quantities, 2uNcil asked to monitor proposed development ee sold as extras ‘when the devel- per thought extras were available, va explained. However, the town bylaw was changed, making it nec- essary for the developer to provide two parking spaces for residents in upper units, he added. Money was returned to those who bought extra spaces and a second space was. given to homeowners, at no addi- tional cost, even though Law wasn’t contractually” obligated to do so, i said. 5 The Law official said large piping was installed at the outset of its sub- division developments in the Maple ~ Avenue area to deal with stormwa- ter drainage for all three phases. As for protecting the environ- id zoned industrial and Law is propos- in, a residential use: “Environmentally, isn’t it better to try to change it to a residential use” rather than have an industry locate there, he asked. Town council directed concerns. raised by Foley to town staff for fol- low-up investigation. The town’s planning director Ian Keith said it'll be “some months” before Law’s Phase III application comes before council for consideration: %