Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Gemini (Georgetown, ON), 4 Sep 1996, p. 1

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to serve you -- fest 2 locations in Georgetown In Real Estate, Performance" Call: ) 877-5165 Performanc Counts Dump deal in the works? BY FRANCES NIBLOCK The Georgetown Gemini Reclamation Systems Inc. will dump all current and fu- ture plans to turnamined-out portion of United Aggregates Limited's Acton limestone quarry into a massive landfill The Gemini has learned. In return the Town, Re- gion and the environmental group P.O.W.E.R. mustagree to waive all costs in their six- figure fight to stop the dump, and abandon their opposition to a proposed Niagara Es- carpment Planning and De- velopment Actregulation that would make it easier for UAL to continue quarrying. No party to the purported deal would comment on the contents, but a copy of an August 25 memo from the Town's lawyer outlines the proposed deal that was the subject of a closed-door Council meeting last week at the Civic Centre and another incamerameeting after press time Tuesday. The five-clause draft deal, as outlined in Stephen D'Agostino's memo, said that RSI will drop it's nine- year attempt to get Provin- cial approval for the landfill and abandon rights and inter- ests in the quarry, if all par- ties in opposition agree notto go after RSI to recover their costs and legal bills to date. Subject to agreement of UAL and the Town, UAL will fund a study to deter- mine an appropriate end-use for the Acton quarry and to develop arehabilitation mas- ter plan. The Town will be given the option to purchase the entire quarry property once UAL has worked it out and rehabilitated and only after Halton Hills and or the Re- gion and UAL reach a mutu- ally satisfactory agreement for the excavation of the Third Line and Regional Road 43. In exchange the Town must agree not to object to the proposed NEPDA regu- lation change and other par- ties -- Halton Region and 'P.O.W.E.R. -- must agree to abandon their costs as a con- dition to RSI's withdrawal of the dump plan. The only person willing to comment on the record was environmentalist | Rita Landry, whose private pros- ecution against UAL for quar- rying without a development permit is back in court on Monday, and she does not like the deal as outlined in D' Agostino's memo. "Why is the Town cutting a deal?" Landry questioned Friday. "Tt smells." Cellular phones taken Motorola flip phones were the possessions of choice to be snatched away from their owners at two different locations last week. Last Wednesday, a Ballinafad resident had put her phone down for a few minutes at the Gordon Alcott Arena. When she returned, And overnight on Friday entered as it was parked at a it was gone. a 1993 Ford Explorer was Barber Street home and its phone was taken. Luckily for the owner, the phone was recovered on the lawn of a close by residence. Both phones are valued at $100. " France next summer. (Jamie Harrison photo) CORSAGE OR CENTREPIECE? Laura Lee Campbell models a floral centre piece that she assures can also double as.a corsage to fit any occasion. Campbell was at the Garage Sale and Silent Auction at Holy Cross Church Saturday. The funds raised from the sale go toward funding a trip by members of the church's Youth Group to GEORGETOWN Ask about our House Order Plan! 'Lat Us Help You with All Your Lighting Concems- 245 GUELPH ST. (HWY. 7), GEORGETOWN ome ii and see Satellite TV Quality in operation STORE HOUR MON-TUES 9-6 WED - FRI 9-9 SATURDAY 9-6 SUNDAY 12-4 Custom Name Plate 2] = . 873-2996 ad wo r=) o oe : Elegant 3 Head || Matching Coach Lamps Outdoor ! Cast Aluminum Post Lamp available in assorted finishes $29499

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