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The Acton Free Press Wed Nov Meeting urges no new gravel pits The potential plight of a town threatened by Invasion of commercial gravel pits was exposed via film on Monday night when a com mlttec called Concerned Citizens of Erin and Erin Township Invited residents to hear a presentation at Erir Masonic Lodge Before a crowd of village and township residents chairman of the concerned group David Wright opened with the reasons of the formation of the Association stressing their concern as to what should be regarded as a threat to the entire com unity Salesmanship He suggested a recent presentation by the Telephone City Gravel Company was a masterpiece of salesmanship which was basically an Invitation not to decide it gravel pits were acceptable In the district but rather how they would operate Mr Wright could see the companys operation as a potential menace to the village and township He foresaw residents being faced with visual and audio pollution together with constant gravel truck traffic providing potential accidents Inconvenience to resident paying the costs of road upkeep The chairmen presented a film based on the experience of Clark Mulrhead who had been exposed recently to a gravel pit close to his home Mr using the analogy of a cancer said It doesnt really concern anyone until Its too late and Just when you think Its been stopped It starts up all over again Trie chairman said Mr Mulrhead In discussing his particular predicament explained the noise of the grinders starting at 30 every morning was mind shattering ana when there were periods of quiet in between It was necessary to adjust to the silence and Just when that point had been arrived at the noise would pervade again If you don want them in fight now before its too late was the message of the film The chairman explained Mr Mulrhead could not possibly explain to anyone the drastic effects of the potential ravage and said that highway traffic noise alone would be multiplied by ten percent The chairman Introduced guest speaker Rick Symmes an industrial engineer and director of the Sierra Club of Ontario Mr Symmes presented his case point by point minimizing the sup posed need of Ontario for gravel Ontarios need of gravel is the favourite point by operators he said but their implying that it Is patriotic of a community to welcome them is nonsense Not more gravel will be sold he said xut slow down the rehabilitation of already existing ones He suggested better than opening numberless pits It would be better to consolidate for centralization fewer pits Duff disagrees man Not all those present at Monday nights meeting at the Masonic Lodge In Erin were In accord with the views of the newlyformed Association of Concerned Citizens when they said that a pit In the area would a disaster J C Duff operator of the Ilmehouse Sand and Gravel Company In said In his 10 years of operation he had had only one complaint about noise Replying to a juestlon at the meeting as to why someone from would be at tending the Erin meeting Mr Duff said that he was a resident of Erin Township In adding Who would want to live beside a gravel pit Mr Duff said afterward tha in his opinion with the new government regulations on rehabilitation of pits they were no longer thrown Into disregard On his own site deer are often seen and ducks arc on the pond Erin contains the best sand and gravel in the country said Duff and reiterated a statement he had made to the meeting that within a matter of five years County will be out or sand and gravel According to the man rail transport for gravel Is out of the question Rarely Is a pit situated near rail facilities and the extra cost to load and unload would not be feasible Comparing the foot hydro corridor proposed by Ontario Hydro another required commodity which nobody wants Mr Duff said The difference between Hydro and gravel pits Is the good Lord put It where It is Company officials said that when the pit first moves into operation trucks will be sent cast along Highway to village and then south on Highway to the Metro Toronto market David Wright chairman for Concerned Citizens said that In talking to Crawford Reid executive vlcc- resident of the Telephone ity Gravel Company he could not get an explicit answer as to actual route because he played down western routings I feel he said that as haulage in creases the other alternatives Tor the Hamilton market appears to be Highway 24 through Erin and then south to Highways or Medal of Bravery for heroic rescue of CampbcllMlle think Ing of any reward when he waded Into the icy woters of a north Toronto creek to rescue a drowning boy a year ago January But a reward is coming his way On Friday Nov 30 and his wife will be In Ottawa to receive the Medal of Bravery from Governor Gerera Roland A during an and luncheon at Govern merit House Boy in water was a wintry Sunday In January of 1972 when wski a Toronto Transit Com mission bus driver took the heroic action that saved a 10- yearold boys life and re sulted In the Medal of his bus on Finch Ave In the city Sokolowski was flagged down by a small boy who told the and startled passengers that his Health Unit budget proposes increase plus nine more staff friend was in the water down a nearby embankment and an unidentified male passenger rushed to the scene and Just barged in All they could see was the back of the boy facedown at the surface of the 12 foot deep pond Both men waded and swam to where boy floated pulled him out and gave artificial respiration It turned out boy and some friends had been sleigh tng and playing with two dogs One dog fell through the ice and Michael DcGroot 10 went to help the dog but the thin Ice gave way and he plunged into the water Meanwhile the dog escaped Too old The temperature at the time was 32 degrees Mod Sokolowski ugged his heroic rescue by saying I loo old lo be doing this sort of thing Age at the time the resident is a for mer baseball catcher with New Giants farm teams in Ottawa Jersey City and Minneapolis He has a bus for TTC since 1964 earlier recelv a St John Ambulance award for his action on that chilly Sunday in January of The Medal of Bravery first Canadians to Ontario Mr Symmes explained the pits will not bring Industry to Erin but councillors should check with and where highly paid management Jobs went to Toronto or Europe with small tax benefits outweighed by road surfacing costs for ZOO trucks per day carrying expected loads of 28 tons of gravel The speaker said that he believed In the maxim that a mans land Is his own to live with and do whatever he wants providing it Is not an optical encroachment on his neighbors property He said to allow gravel companies to operate In the Erin Township would provide monetary benefits for Brantford Toronto and Europe gravel for and Milton but for Erin there would be noise dust damage with heavy road traffic and danger to school buses He also pointed out the township council must also bear in mind the constant expectancy of neighbour with neighbour feuding as each one requests that the trucks be trafficked from some other roadway Councils Decision During the meeting It was made clear that It was councils decision as to whether or not the gravel pits would be allowed At the present time the land Is zoned agriculture and unless zoned suitable for extraction the citizens have no worry Mr implored the township of Erin to Know what you are doing to your roads do your homework check with other com and see results DAVE WRIGHT learn about Its effects on welts and drainage and finalized by saying that In my estimation Erin township needs this hole In the ground like a hole In the head Chairman Dnvld Wright said that there are acres of gravel land the community can be concerned about and at the present time it is zoned agriculture The first step of the gravel company is to apply for rczoning If council turns down the proposal this meeting is unnecessary he said We tried to contact the directors to Telephone City to get more Information on the project said chairman Wright However we werent able to trace anyone down as they were all British and Americans In speaking to ho representatives attending including residents from Erin and Mr Wright said that he un derstood the concern of people as the pits would be in Erin township out easily close enough to Caledon to naturally involve hem During a follow up question period concern by those present raised questions of road costs necessity and rail transportation as opposed to rood useoge Chairman David Wright urged those resent to contact Reeves and Lang stating their attitudes At conclusion a motion was passed proposing that Da Id Wright as chairman of the Concerned Citizens Association of Erin and Erin Township write lo both the councils of Erin village and he township stating the association under no con wants a gravel pit opened in this area and further requested that the Information be transmitted on behalf of he citizens Neighbor asks zone conform Council approved Tuesday a planning board to rczone a lot on Main St from Industrial to residential Lawyer Mr and owner Mr Toft had appeared at a committee meeting of council as well as planning board They sought fo amend the official plan and toning by law from Ml to of part of lot 157 plan Main St N The lot Is SO by 150 feet across from the en trance to the Industrial park Neighbor Clarence appeared and asked if council would con Blder an amendment to In elude nil the properties in that area and got no objections from councillors Houses are presently nanconforming in an industrial zone Deputy reeve Marks said the administration com mittee would be happy look Into it He recommended Mr Rognvaldson start soon at planning board others agreed he d better get started and get it on thenooks at least before January Mr Marks reminded him of the fee and Mr voldson said hed go back and talk to his neighbors population is now 100 with the females outnumbering the males 449 to A proposed budget for the County Health Unit operation for 974 shows an increase over the actual expenses in 1973 of The budget was discussed briefly at a Community Services Committee meeting Thursday This fiscal year the board budgeted but only spent The surplus is accounted for in unfilled staff positions The increases projected this year include seven per cent raises for starf members and nine new staff people Psychiatric service The new positions Include a isor or senior nurse for Milton and Halton Hills one Senior nurse for the Burlington office one super nurse for the office one public health nurse to take port in a psychiatric ser vice at Joseph Brant Hospital Two registered nurses a public health Inspector one office coordinator and a clerical person for the Burlington office are also being requested Several committee members expressed surprise at the number of staff people being requested Only preliminary consideration was given to the budget It will be discussed at a future 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