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sponmi the HERALD Home Newspaper of Hills 136fi a arffitl I Stare the oldt OPEN lHideHousL SUNDAYS It Worth Knight unfair to Burlington says MPP The people of southeast Burlington were let down by the Liberals Burl Ington South MPP Cam Jackson has charged The Is disappointed the new provincial ridings put southeast Burlington in an Oakvllle riding The ridings were approved early this month just before the Legislature wound up for the summer Only all party agreement could have saved southeast Burlington and it was under active by the three House Leaders as a political change Mr Jackson said His amendment to the tation Act that would have kept southeast Burlington In a Burlington riding was turned down despite a name petition with support from city and Regional councils Mr Jackson charged that Burlington Don Knights tion through the matter was con fusing and unfriendly to the people of southeast Burlington during the debate over Mr Jackson amend Since the proposed now ridings for were announced In February Mr Jackson charged Mr Knight hasn t been fully represen ting the people south of Road They live beyond the boundaries of the Halton North seat Mr Knight has said he be seeking reelection in Tuesday afternoon Mr Knight called these charges cheap shots and said Mr Jackson was lushing out at him because he had been successful In keeping that bit or Burlington Burlington South riding Mr Knight said that part of Burl ington t in his riding and he had no say over It although he said MPPs had agreed to not disagree with one another over the distribution of ridings in Region When you indicate to your tuents you re going to achieve that realignment and when it t come about some people find it easier to blame somebody else when they don t attain It Mr Knight bald Although Burlington won be In his riding In the next election the MPP said he Intends to represent the Burlington constituents until then despite charges to the contrary by Mr Jackson No summer vacations for busy town thieves There were a rash of small rob beries lost week in HUls An estimated In camera equipment was stolen from a car on Division Street in Acton ween and a m July 13 A camera flash and zoom lens were taken The window on the driver side was broken on a car parked at the Main Street and Mill Street park lot in Georgetown About was taken from the car over the night of July 13 About 30 cassette tapes a cassette tape box and sunglasses wore taken from a vehicle parket at Mounta Road South July 14 between 3 and 30 a The name night another car parked at Mountalnvtew Road South had a wallet taken from it A It stereo was stolen from a car parked at the 19 John St park lot in Georgetown The interior of the locked car was also ransack over the night of July Two sets of golf clubs were taken from two cars parked at the Georgetown Golf and Country club July One set was worth WOO and the other WOO An WOO radio was stolen from a car parked at Victoria Avenue In Acton between July 15 and IS The car was locked Region to study disabled busing Region is going to be look ing into the nitty gritty of providing transportation to the disabled within Region Right now there s no service tak the disabled from one municipality in Halton to another If you want to go to Burlington from Georgetown and you re disabled you must rely on family friends or volunteers to get you there The same Is true of going outside the region say Hamilton According to the estimates of Del Can Consulting Engineers and Planners the consulting firm that prepared the study on the needs of the the cost to link municipalities and regions would range from to Of this to would come from the Region pocket The average annual cost per assuming one or two trips weekly would be in the range of to Service to more- frequent users would cost in the order of It works out to to passenger trip double the cost of ex isting local services Although about agencies and groups were asked for their com merits on the transportation study only 12 responded In support for Inter municipal and inter regional transit service The Social Planning dl expressed concern the study underestimated the number of disabled in the Region and the Oakvllle Committee for the Physically Disabled recommended that the service he provided seven days a week rather than Just Mon day to Friday Milton is concerned that an inter regional and inter municipal service for the disabled will create pressure for it to implement a local disabled transit service As for Burlington as long as the Region is paying for the trans porta tion services they have no Burlington Mayor Roly Bird a committee member involved with the study agreed with the sugges tion to go with a phase He said the committee ap proached the new service very cautiously If there a to be an inter regional service Halton will have to take a leading role in providing this ser vice Mayor Bird noted In region where we have a budget of million in revenue and expenses this should be addressed even though the cost Is quite high the Mayor said Eat and run A hungry thief left an Acton a parlor a little richer and with a appetite The intruder entered the IS Mill St restaurant between and 5 a Saturday by forcing the rear open The robber took cents from the cash register and stole a microwave oven and before leav ing the thief baked a Beautify beautify Judging tor the Beautify Hills contest begins next week so The Georgetown Horticultural Society Is sponsoring the event which Involves the judging of dens and lawns If you want to included In the contest you can Hot rocks Fire station addition flare up The new fire department com muni cations centre is way over budget council learned Monday night Estimated at In the town there has been a Si saving with the fire chief not going to St John New Brunswick for a Association of Fire Chiefs con lh f ln budget the square foot pro- not the hardwood floor at particular the Halton Hills Regional posed addition to the Maple Avenue h j Other than to say that Mountain view Road will be upgraded to die traffic safely the Regions Public Works Director didn have much in concrete terms to say about future plans for the road Marilyn was trying to find out what is planned for Mounta a Regional road that nick Km up dins made an In i Kin tin Urn J The- up win at Ontario Maintenance burden erowd but was till lien In limn 1 veil without lass 1 Id thrill Ihrlr jmlicnct Town wont share school pool costs in swm Herald Stiff If the Town of Hilton Hills wont share the cost of m lining Board of pools they mav be closed If pools bet me loo expensive to maintain the town costs pools could be closed Trustee Bruce said Georgetown District High and Smith Public School pools would affected May the Board voted in favor if asking the municipality for maintenance money nihl town council decided not to share the cost Burlington hive refused to shire the of mini laming pools said Tom director of Recreation and for Hills The Uptimes are refusing to share the costs because of an agreement they signed with the Board when pools were built Thot agreement states the The Georgetown Commerce will continue its sup port of the North Youth Employment Service YES A grant paid In quarterly in will total The Chamber wants to show leadership In the community by continuing to support the program for this fine activity Are you outgoing The CN1B of requires a volunteer in the Georgetown area The person should Ideally be friendly outgoing female fond of children and have some free time during the day each week The use of a car for sharing recreational activities or driving clients to appointments or shopp ing Is required If you are Interested call 321S municipalities will build the pools and the Board maintuins them The Board is for help maintain the pools now hit of the rising costs of maintenance and bee the town the pools more limn the Bo ml Tin District High School wis built in 1T5 at cost of 11 19BS It to MtKenzic Smith Public Stliool pool was built in for MOO In 19H5 it cost over to maintain The re for the in creases are the costs of healing general sewer sur The own has received mid Tiled the Ho request for help between the Town and the ire the next step Trustee Bruce nil Negotiations will pro begin in the fall she said We the cm t on piying for maintenance and renovations We don use them pools to the extent the Town does she said Georgetown fire station will cost or nearly twice as much Fire Chief Bill Cunningham at tributcd tbe huge difference In the over run to an increase in tlon costs Some cost areas of the construe tion Industry have risen dramatical ly this year and unfortunately we are the victims of this increase Mr Cunningham said In report to council the fire chief said some of the renovation costs to the station turned out to be more ex aspect of the communications tre He said the estimate was worked out In the fall and was felt to be realistic at the time The only part of the estimate to come within budget Is that for design work Budgeted not to exceed the design work Is costing the town It being done by The Draw House a local firm Four tenders received for the construction of he communications centre and Glenn McClure try of Georgetown was the lowest at US Although the fire chief did some juggling of figures In his report cut ting this and that from the fire department budget to try and finance the communications centre council wasn having any of it In a recorded vote councillors vetoed accepting the McClure tender and reallocation of fire department funds lo the project They asked the fire chief come back with a report considering other alternatives as soon as possible Johnston said she t supported the lions centre during budget discus slons in the spring and would now Instead of having it added onto the Maple Avenue station she indicated her preference that the centre be run from the municipal complex the town is in the process of designing and building Chief Cunningham said that the present llveln dispatchers slay on beyond their May retire ment date has meant considerable savings in salaries and benefits to the fire department The department plans to hire four full time dispatchers to take over when the Assel tines retire the station not fencing the Maple wanted to know how safe Avenue compound and another mm at the crest of Si savings in medical expenses Hungry Hollow where it meets Sum for the volunteers this year Mr mlt Visibility is poor there for Cunningham listed motorists These operating budget realloen Public Works Director Bob Moore lions tally 300 With another noted an overhead flashing light has cut from the project by ex been put up at the intersection and tending the air conditioning in the said the Region Is looking lo see if existing building instead of putting they can recommend and additional in a new system for the addition not improvements moving the old fire bell getting councillors approved public works to do the landscaping money in the budget lo in making a cheaper the the area and make fire chief brought the project closer for improvement Mr to the estimate Moore said Hired hands It the Jobs are piling up around the house don fret The Canada Employment Centre for Students has Ion of wilting workers willing to tackle an To prove the point Richard rtUl phone to register by calling Herald at or Judging for tbe Beautify Halton competition will take place July Aug 1 Awards will be presented at the first regular meeting of horticultural socie ty at Knox Presbyterian Church Over budget up by mostly due to a nurses salary settlement of 14 percent The increase puts the budget over the allowable provin cial four per cent increase If the province refuses to pay that in cease a nursing vacancy in the program won filled TRAFFIC ALTERNATIVES Herald Staff Maun tain view Area Ratepayers Association will have a chance to talk with Regional stuff to day Wednesday before the terms of reference for a traffic impact study of Mounta en view Road goes to council for approval At last week planning and public works committee meeting Regional Planning Director Moham med said his staff would find out how much MARA requests for tlonal Investigations will cost the developer Ihe developer Corporation Is paying the bill for the traffic Impact study The study is one of the conditions of draft plan of the home development i Georgetown South ween MAKAs lawyer Doug Edward told planning and public works committee the group wants the traffic impact study to identify and consider alternative routes to the Mountalnvtew Road cess into Georgetown MARA members arc concerned about high traffic on a street that Is lined with single family homes MARA wants the study to look fit all roads west to and including Trafalgar Road east to and in eluding Winston Churchill Boulevard south to and including Avenue and north to and in eluding Street between the revised east and west boundaries You have to know what s happen at these intersections to know what happening down Ninth Line Road Mr Edward said must say Ian has been very very helpful In pro viding information and very anxious to achieve a negotiated solution Mr Edward said Really that a our objective too MARA wonts the following in tcrsectlons to be reviewed and Ninth Line Avenue and Ninth Line Sideroad and Tnfalgor Road Sideroad 10 and Trafalgar Road Sideroad and Winston Churchill Boulevard and Winston Churchill Boulevard and Street and Winston Churchill Boulevard Regional Engineering Services Manager George said four of those Intersections are ln eluded In the terms of reference for the study and the other three would be extra work Mr said doing the tlonal work will be inexpensive as part of the study For MARA the in formation will be Important It may clear up their concerns about the volume of traffic to be using Moun Road or it may justify them With the Information the Region can work with MARA to come up with solutions to discourage use of Mounta in view as a main traffic artery Into Georgetown and en courage the use of other routes Mr Edward said The threat of an Ontario Municipal Board hearing against the develop ment still hongs but the MARA lawyer stressed his group is keen on resolving Its concerns through negotiations Asked if MARA would prefer to see Mountainvicw Rood turned over lo the town Mr Edward sold yes Mountninview is a regional rood with the Region responsible for its upkeep laving control the local level would certainly make it easier for us From left joined in for a pic lure with Centre staff Friday They left Eccles Lamb and Greg The number call If you re looking lor help to have dialogue It more when we have lo make submissions to two levels of government Mr Edward said He noted he s had much co operation from the town planning director Ion Keith I must say Ian has been very ap proachable very helpful in pro viding Information and very anxious to achieve a negotiated solution Mr Edward said Really hat our objective too Coun Pam Sheldon noted the Hills Transportation Study released last summer addressed alternative routes for traffic Into Georgetown Mr Edward said there wasn t enough information cumulated on the existing alter natives and where traffic Is coming from and driving to We could do all the studies in the world until such a time thai Ihe development becomes a reality and commuter traffic is generated we don t know where those people will be commuting from and to Coun Sheldon said I feel we should do the traffic pact study but I have some difficulty in expanding it to the level you wont because I not sure of what it will achieve