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Residents protest proposed development A petition signed by downtown Georgetown residents was presented to Halton Hills Council urging it to reject a proposal by the developer to build an unit apartment building at James and Wesleyan Streets in Georgetown Georgetowns downtown core as it exists argued Cheryl Potosky a spokesperson for the petitioners is the physical commercial and social heart of Georgetown The development if approved would ultimately destroy this at she said The highrise would lead to the downtown becoming similar to that of shopping plaza type malls she noted Ms Potosky acknowledged the downtown core must grow but the scale of any new project should be smaller than the one currently be ing proposed Town Councillor Pam Johnston suggested the proposed develop ment which is still before the towns planning staff would bring more people into the downtown core thereby making it more viable But Ms Potosky countered say ing more parking instead of large developments will bring people to the downtown area She told council the petitioners support a proposal for the town to extend Market Street through to James Street In this way parking would be made said Ms But Sandy Mackenzie of the development firm behind the pro posal appeared before council earlier this summer opposing this idea because it would kill his development plans The Towns Administrator Clerk Dan Costea said if Market Street was expanded then the development would have to be smaller or the developer would be required to buy townowned land to malntian the proposed size Coun Ann asked Ms Potosky if she was aware Market Street residents who would be directly affected by the road exten sion oppose the idea Ms Potosky acknowledged this opposition but said those residents would also be confronted with increased traffic flow if the development is allowed to go ahead Coun Johnson asked Ms what she thought of the Silver Creek Towers on Park Street in downtown Georgetown I knew someone was going to ask that she replied Ms Potosky went on to eplajn that they dont harm the downtown skyline because their elevation is lower than most of the downtown area buildings A Cook asked Ms if she knew how the downtown merchants feel about both the development and the Market Street expansion She didnt know Georgetown Business Improve ment Area manager Margaret Vint said after the council meeting the few merchants shes talked with have said they oppose any action that will discourage development in the downtown core In Business For Business OFFICE SUPPLIES Georgetown Secretarial Services St Georgetown 8772282 Florists Anniversaries are for FLOWERS 8776901 21 1 St Georgetown CENTRE FREE DISTRIBUTION SATURDAY AUGUST 18th PAGES Orangeville waste issue to stagnate until Sept 18 By BEN The Herald Halton Hills won t be subjected to a dally increase in truck traffic carrying garbage from Orangeville to the Transfer Station on Armstrong Avenue in Georgetown until at least September 18 The provinces Ministry of En vuonment was to have decided Thursday if Lefennk could accept approximately 60 tonnes of Orangevilles garbage on a daily basis so that garbage could in turn be transported to a landfill site in the United States had wanted to use the local transfer station en route to shipping the garbage to the S because its regular landfill site in Simcoe the Landfill was scheduled to close Thursday But the MOE has extended the landfill sites certificate of approval until September 17 confirmed John Gassbarro an engineer with the MOEs approvals branch The MOE learned Tuesday night that the Innisfil landfill site had gone into receivership said Mr Gassbarro A reprieve was granted to give the sites owners time to try to reestablish the land fill he explained Meanwhile station manager Bert said Wednesday Orangeville will take the time from now until Sept to negotiate a deal with a group to find an alternative solution to the disposal of its garbage The Waste Management Direc tor for Orangeville was unavailable at press time to con firm which groups are being con sidered But Mr Lefennk said he t know of any other transfer station being considered We re the only one around he said The MOEs decision comes at the same tune that Region Planning and Public Works Com mittee recommended that Lefennk be allowed to take Orangevilles garbage on that the contract between the transfer station and expires Dec 31 and that Orangeville enter into talks with the staffs of Lefennk the Region and Halton Hills on such issues as the route the trucks would take to and from Orangeville The recom will go before Halton Regional Council Wednesday for final approval Before the granted a repneve it was to decide if Lefennk could take Orangevilles garbage To have made that deci sion it required input from both the Region and Halton Hills Hills Council in a special meeting Aug voted not to sup port request to accept Orangeville garbage Councillors were concerned that supporting the request would send a political signal to area residents that the Allcandidates debates The people of Halton Hills and the rest of the North Halton will get a chance to hear first hand the four local candidates debate the issues starting next week The first allcandidates meeting will be held Tuesday at Sacre Coeur Hall in Georgetown The debate which is scheduled for 30 p m and is sponsored by the local environmental group Protect Our Water En vironmental Resources POWER will centre on the issue of the en vironment The next two allcandidates meetings are sponsored by the Hills Chamber of Commerce There will be one Thursday at the Georgetown High School starting at 7 30 m This will be followed by another meeting Aug 29 at the Acton High School The final allcandidates meeting is scheduled for Aug 30 in Milton at EC High School The meeting is sponsored by the Milton Jayceesandthedoorsopenat7 m town was willing to accept garbage from other municipalities As well the increased truck traffic would annoy Hills dnvers and damage the town roads council worned Halton Hills Regional Councillor Rick Bonnette voiced these con cerns at Wednesdays Regional Planning and Public Works Com mittee meeting and on the basis of these concerns the committee recommended support the proposal that accept Orangevilles garbage for mon as opposed to five years as Leferink and Orangeville had onginally wanted The committee also stipulated that the Region Halton Hills the company and Orangeville recon sider the proposed truck route and the idea that Hills be com pensated if any of its roads were damaged The Regional staff supported Lefennks proposal because the transfer station can legally accept tonnes of garbage daily while it is currently only handling 120 tonnes every day Orangeville would ship about tonnes dally to Regional Chairman Peter Pomeroy acknowledged Halton Hills councils objections saying It not an easy local issue But he supported the proposal because I see it as supporting a neighbour The Region has had garbage related problems and other municipalities have lent a helping hand explained the chairman He did agree with Coun Bon nette that a different truck route should be chosen pro posed route would in Orangeville on Highway 10 to Sideroad to River Dnver to Mountainview Road to the Arm strong Avenue transfer station Agreeing with Bonnette he said River Road because of the hills is for truck traffic Chairman Pomeroy suggested Highway could be used instead of River Road This weaponry Is just a fraction of property stolen from break and enters in Halton rural areas During an Aug search at a Terra Cotta home police seised in stolen property however about of property reported stolen still remains to be recovered Here Guelph OPP Const Doug Skinner and Const Charlie Hunter display the confiscated goods for the media Photo courtesy of Guelph Mercury