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Council unanimously supports Sixth Line development plan tried to mediate a solution between the residents and the developer, and even hired its own traffic consultant to peer review the Despite the continuing protests of Sixth location of the subdivision's entrance. Line residents, Halton Hills council unaniBut frustration with the residents' inmously greenlighted a 20-lot rural estate creasing intransigence, and their subtle-- subdivision at Monday's council meeting. and sometimes not so subtle-- suggestions Esquesing Development Ltd. had made that council would forego residents' safety its first application to build a 45-home es- and their own integrity in favour of develtate on 117 acres near the residential en- oper cash, created an unanimous front. clave on Sixth Line, north of 17 "We got to feel as we were goSideroad Road, in 1975. But ing along as we working towards through the years reduced the arriving at a solution, as we got number of homes to its current towards the finish line, the finish 20. A remnant lot adjacent to the line kept moving. And that's the site would allow a 21st home, part I'm having trouble with," but that is not part of this applisaid Ward 2 Councillor Bryan cation. Lewis. "At what point do we go Three Sixth Line residents, forward? Not sacrificing safety, Kevin Lake, David Monroe and that has been the game plan of Dave Betchley, spoke again to mine from number one...I've council in front of a neighbourhad people yell at me, call me BRYAN hood-packed public gallery, reall kinds of names but I tell you LEWIS iterating their concerns with I take exception to the integrity the proposed development. challenge that I have listened They include: the potential safety issue to on two occasions here." posed by the proposed location of the subHe said safety is paramount to all coundivision entrance drive, the impact of well cillors. water in the area, the loss of rural charThe Town's traffic consultant, Gene acter, the loss of tree canopy, possible soil Chartier of Hatch Mott and MacDonald contamination on the land previously used advised council that the subdivision's enas a gravel pit, the potential for develop- trance is now located in the best possible ment on the remnant lot, construction in a spot due to environmental constraints. Greenbelt area, lack of public notification, "As much as one would like to fight city and repeated extensions of deadlines given hall... we recognize when you have a provinto the developer. cially significant wetland and top of bank "The residents of Sixth Line receive no restrictions, those are firm restrictions that benefit from this proposal, only risk and one is not able to compromise," said Chartnegative impact on our rural way of life," ier, who met with the residents July 4. said Lake. "This is the only benefit that we The solicitor for Esquesing Developcan assume the Town... is receiving in this ments, Bert Arnold, said the new entrance transaction: additional tax revenue in ex- location would be accepted. He reminded change for a portion of lands that currently the residents that the application for this fall within the Greenbelt policy." development predated the Greenbelt Plan Initially, the residents had come to coun- Policy, and under the provincial legislacil in May and June seeking a compromise, tion it can go ahead. He noted 21 wells on but by July had opposed the project telling the property have already been drilled and council they have hired Toronto firm Miller tested over multi-seasons and for crossThomson to take it to the Ontario Munici- interference.No more wells will be drilled. pal Board. He added that, while the Region has set a "We will not go away, we will not be bul- security deposit of $100,000 in case of well lied," said Monroe. failure, that does not limit the developer's During the last two months council had liability. 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