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Thieeyear-old Michael Tanti was cajoying the sun and his toy boat on the beach last Saturday on Fairy Lake at Acton Prospect Park. photo by Simon Wilson/HHTW “Bureaucratic jackasses” stall Acton progress By! Oksana Buhel Various extremes of opin- ion concerning Acton devel- Municipal Board a hearing Monday at the Town of Halton Hills Civic Centre. Izaac Walton, of the Fly Fisherman’s Association, said he fully supported the view of the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), Ministry of Energy and the Environment (MOEE) and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), while cton businessman Ted Tyler called DFO representa- rey “bureaucratic jackass- «Walton, who has worked on projects with Halton Region Department of Public Works, the MNR and the MOEE, explained Black Creek has the highest con- centration of brook trout in southern Ontario. He com- pared the fish habitat issue with canaries used in coal mines to check if the mines were fit for humans. “If the canaries died, the people got out,” Walton explained. “It’s the same with the trout. If the trout go, the people will fol- Vol No. 4 low closely.” Walton claimed he was not against development, but insisted studies were neces- sary before development begins. “I am concemed this OMB meeting dealing with Acton does not make any contravention to the Fisheries Act.” He defended MOEE’s decision to allow develop- ment in increments of 1,000, assuming studies show Black By Oksana Buhel Residents of the Sixth Line/20 Side Road area in Halton Hills will finally receive a municipally-piped water extension, despite the fact they are outside the urban boundary. During last Wednesday’s Halton Regional council meeting, bylaw 103-93 was intro- sweet briefly discussed, and eee surprised,” admitted Regional Planning and Public Works Chair, and Town of Halton Hills Councillor word about it.” Serjeantson explained several council- HIS WEEK Wednesday, July 21, 1993 Creek and fish within it are not affected by increased pumping of the Prospect Park well, by stating the 10,000 population goal is not necessary to achieve all at once. “Things aren’t going to happen that fast,” he said. “They haven’t in the past, and they won’t in the future.” Town of. Halton Hills solicitor, Roger Beaman, pointed out Walton was incorrectly assuming the town had heard from the MNR. Speakers following Walton were less supportive of the provincial and fe agencies. Acton resident Theo Ancker, claimed he was being “blackmailed by the conservation people” for his Main St. property, which he claimed was the only remain- ing private land crossed by Continued on page 2, 2 lors, including Burlington Mayor Walter Mulkewich and Burlington Councillor Joyce Savoline, had previous objected to the pumping of municipal water outside an urban boundary, but both were. not present at the regional meeting to vote on the bylaw. Serjeantson explained some individuals are con- cerned that if water is pumped outside . urban boundaries, more subdivi- sions will be constructed in the area, and the urban boundary will expand by default. She admitted coun- cillors must be firm about the way they monitor the sit- Water extension approved ie region uati Other individuals believe Halton Hills is experiencing a water shortage and cannot afford to allocate water out- side the urban boundary. Serjeantson said area resi- dents are already buying water out of the system, but the water is being transport- ed by trucks. “These people are experiencing a crisis situ- ation in their lifestyle,” she said. Area residents will be paying for the pipe, which Serjeantson believes “will not be a horrendous amount agreement must still be made with the region regarding the details of construction. PAUR ey-Te[=1-) 232 Guelph St., Georgetown 873-2254 By Oksana Buhel Halton Hills has been invited by the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MOEE) to participate in a neighborhood composting program, to increase the number of individuals pro- moting and participating in backyard composting. “This is a very different project,” explained Sudhir Khanna, project advisor for the Waste Reduction Office of MOEE. “Halton Hills will be a composting demonstration site.” Currently, there are only three other demonstration sites in Ontario -‘the closest being Brampton. The invitation was issued after Wastewise, located on Armstrong in Georgetown, had applied for funding to the MOEE. Initially, the application was rejected because it was addressed incorrectly to the Research and Technology Branch. The application was then for- nator, Khanna wrote “funding Diane vai is available for eligible items.” Khanna explained he was not sure what the items will be, until he meets next Wednesday with Halton Hills town staff and Diane van de Valk of Wastewise. “We will have to deter- +» Geor ‘Your independent voice in Halton Hills’ Halton Hills invited to join unique environment program mine how interested Halton Hills is before we come to nde Valk process will begin during which time an application will be submitted by the municipality to the Waste Reduction Office, which will be assessed, and responded to. Khanna could not provide a deadline by which the process would be completed. 50 cents includes G.S.T. Wastewise is currently conducting neighborhood composting programs, \\Ce Aucy, sentatives are chosen to encourage their neighbors to compost, and to answer any questions they may have. Ellen Froemmel, a summer student working ~ at Wastewise, said 27 per cent of Halton Hills resident are composting. “Through our program, we’d like to increase this number to 40,” she sai Khanna claimed he did not know Wastewise already had a program in place. Asked if the existing program: is only a skeleton program which Wastewise wants to improve through funding, or if this is the finalized program, Khanna responded he will find out after the scheduled meeting. 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