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hahaa” § a Ontario Municipal Board urges cooperation on Acton development issue By Oksana Buhel Even the Ontario Municipal Board is awaiting the results of the fish habitat and wastewater treatment plant audit study before approving residential devel- opment in Acton, but it does not intend to wait for the estimated two-year period. “We were able to take all the provided information, examine it and give you our conclusion in less than 48 hours,” J.R. Mills, chair of the OMB, pointed out Friday. He advised Halton Region to act in a similar prompt fashion. Previously, the region indicated the Trequired studies would take two years, but Mills pointed out the studies could be com- pleted in three seasons. The Board approved the extension of Acton’s bound- ary, to include Rinarin, Coscan, Bond-Arch and Sprowl lands, adding specific agreements should be reached with individual developers. Within these Acton East lands, Mills rec- ommended two school sites be maintained until it was definitely determined the Halton Board of Education does not require a site. Development in the Acton urban area, namel Blackhawk Leather and Dawkin’s lands, was the only area where the Board’s views varied with the Town’s (as. outlined in the Town’s offi- Board recommended the urban boundary be extended to include a ring road, link- ing residential units separat- ed by an environmentally sensitive area, which cannot be developed. The Board, however, did not approve 18. proposed housing units on the west side of the ring road, which would require-a fur- ther extension of the. bound- Mills all cial plan released in June). Mills rec- ommended only a portion of the Dawkin’s land be desig- nated low-density residential, and the portion of the land adjacent to the Blackhawk lands remain industrial. added redesignation of the Blackhawk lands would premature. “Blackhawk is a very suc- cessful employer in Acton,” Mills pointed out. “It (the property) shouldn’t be redes- ignated. poy Blackhawk ceases to With cape to Acton’s southwest Goose lands, the agencies, including the Town, and Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources and Credit Valley Conservation Authority, ie together on the required The Beane Pai hold a pre- hearing conference in January, to monitor the pro- gression of the studies. Three . |} weeks have been set aside in April to discuss commercial macro development in Acton. Regional and municipal councillor Marilyn Serjeantson was impressed with the Board’s recommen- dations. The Board gave directions which will be fol- lowed up on,” Serjeantson On your mark! Set! Go! Dozens of people showed up last Sunday at the Town of Halton Hills Civic Centre in Georgetown to Run, to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society. It was estimated over $900,000 was raised province-wide in this year’s 13th annual run. photo by Simon Wilson/HHTW said. “That’s what we need- ed.” Acton councillor Norm Elliot was impressed with the “very strong message to the involved agencies to act run, walk and cycle for the Terry Fox quickly.” Town solicitor Roger Beaman also praised the Board’s recommendations which “basically approve Halton Hills’ position.” S\ wrike AdaT® HIS WEEK RE/MAX SUBURBAN (91) INC. 877-5211 MICHAEL (MIKE) ADAMS - ‘ — Vol. 2,No. 13 Wednesday, September 22,1993 32 pages 874-3051 ‘Award Winning Sales Rep oJ | = 232 Guelph St., Georgetown 873-2254 Your independent voice in Halton Hills’ 50 cents includes G.S.T. m nber claims. ‘Turner press conference not an “election ploy” clarify the point that Halton. Peel M.P. Garth Turner’s 13 press conference was. me called for election-moti- - vated pee but at the amber. request of | “The request for a press conference was. made before photo by Simon Wilson/HHTW the election was called,” Turner, who was in atten- dance at de confer- ence, poit Bob Herren president of HHCC said the Chamber’s Three-year-old Jordan Stephan of Guelph sure was merry as he went around on the merry-go-round last Saturday at the Acton Fall Fair held at Prospect Park. an ” We i until 9 p.m. GEORGETOWN LIVING LIGHTING iu Let ae hetp you with ALL your Lj ighting concerns! 245 Guelph St. (Hwy. 7), Georgetown 873-2996 ao (SS ee ot A, Cn perception, “and I reiterate perce] .” prior to an Aug. 31 meeting between Chamber officials and Turner, was that the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) was the only roadblock in the way of Acton development. During the meeting, Turner called the DFO approval of develop- ment had already been grant- ed. Turner said after he was made privy to this informa- tion, he asked Reid to put the DFO’s position in writing, and the result was the memo revealed at the Sept.13 press conference, dated July 6. Turner added he received this DFO internal memo Sept. 10. “T took the’ extraordinary step of releasing an internal memo,” Turner stated. Turner then admitted despite the issuance of the memo, “there i is no exception to legislation. Chamber vice-president being accused of hunting for votes. 199” i Garth Turner “He got his butt kicked for helping the Chamber of le of Dixon Commerce and the pes his constituency,” insisted. The blame has now been shifted to the Ministry of Energy and the Environment (MOEE), which, according to Malcolmson, has “switched it’s position (regarding the granting of permits to take water) at least six times.” ‘How many times can the provincial government flip an ~ issue?” Malcolmson demanded. He added a meeting will be organized in the near future between the Chamber and 2 3} 2, 1993. We Halton North M.P.P., Noel Duignan, to clarify the posi- tion of the provincial govern- ment It. The issue of liability, municipal and regional coun- cillors, was referred to by Malcolmson as “smoke and mirrors.” Turner insisted he was “completely comfort- able” there will be no charges laid by the DFO against Halton Hills in regards Acton development. Others are not so comfort- able. Wes Lammers, special projects co-ordinator of the Ministry of Energy and the Environment, said the focus of the development situation in Acton has changed and he doesn’t “want to get involved in a big political issue.” Benson Leung, manager of special studies and research for Halton Region, also said he would not be commenting on the situation any further. “Tt has turned into a political issue, and I would feel more comfortable if regional elect- ed iepresenlatives comment on it,” Leung sai SOFT AND SUBTLE THWEST 29" High, sath western spl be lamp. AFTER SALE PRICE'T69* TRUGH $ @Q99 cur uir99