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I I J 13 whd Friday June Financing for water treatment plan backfires By A AG A Herald A proposed financing agreement between Hal Ion region and private developers to pay or a water facility in Burlington has bock fired and 11 may mean the region will have borrow money finish paying or the project The plant opened May a threeyear con project which when financing Is com is expected total about ltd has already paid million lor the First but it had hoped hat he developers most likely benefit from It would front end he remaining money needed to expand the water real men I Under front ending agreement develop ere would heir inllial contribution from devtiopers who link s services later But when the third phase was being about I wo yean ago developers Properties Ltd Shell Canada Ltd George Wimpey Canada Lid and Coslain offered an other solution lo ho fund problem suggesting lhal I hey loan the region I he money to complete job The rep ion would pay back he loan as building ptrmlls for new houses were issued Although the develop er had not signed the financing agreement Hal on at the beginning of issued lures Vi million I atari II third phase while the financinR agreement fimllied Once Ihe was closed Ihedibenture bylaw was a have been repealed But thai year the financing scheme ran into a report from chief rativc officer recalls Dennis Perl in says that here was some doubt ha I Ontario Municipal Board could en dorse a financing agree ment between develop ers and the region And then WlmpeySheil and refused to sign he agreement Dcv eloper reps at region finance and Inn com mil tee meeting last Wednesday argued I hat ihe housing markel Is just picking up but is still loo tow for their firms lo sustain a large outpour of funds to pay for the plant MOOT THE HILLS Car avoids deer Swerving avoid a deer a Georgetown dmi Fourlh damage up in dllch on 15 at a There was loa IBMToyotu and Paul lo George I own Memorial Hospital by police for minor injuries received in lie Burning tires A man burning tires on his properly raised Ihe Ire of neighbors displeased with smoke and odor being produced Friday Impaired driver at a m with drinking under age and careless driving alier regional police slopped him on Main In Georgetown Report hinders contractor A rcporl from Hallon public works department criticizing work done on Georgetown Drive may have cost a contractor a sizeable project planned for the McNnbb Si reel neighborhood Last Wednesday Halt planning and public committee chose contract to carry out a 10 sewer and project for the Si ret I drainage even It a bid submitted for project by Conslructlon was cheaper But report on Ihe project alkies performance as a sub contractor on a walcr main along Day too Drive in late sewer mam project in led I problems with Whili he work has turned whin he projects were the says here were com plain Is about how the was maintained This Ihe author of the report Bruce Kitchen led unsafe road conditions as well as com phi Ms that equip ment damaged private properly and a lawsuit filed one a Mr report supports a rctommenda lion from the consultants RE Clips ham Id of Georgetown which maintains thai has a larger number of similar projects for Hall on and more expert in dealing with complicated servicing But Paul Murphy representing Construction said his firm has ample expe rience handling servicing contracts and feels its reputation may be damaged by the reasons why he region Is reject heir bid has worked on streets in the area Mr Murphy said We really lake excep tion to complaints raised In this recommendation he said feel hat s work is equal to or bill unci 1 tors vol to 3 in las rnf having do Ihe work And while he was one of tin supporters otitic staff recommendation Hills Pete Pome roy cautioned on wi rding public which are sharply critical a private per for ma nee Although he region has reservations about quality of work done by Pelar on Drive and on Road where It laid water mains for contractor IngiindCanslruclion that doesn I mean won be considered for future We will always accept bids from Pelar chief officer Dennis said Bui this is a difficult situation old part of town The decision was up held by regional council Wednesday June at GALA OPENING The Iinc alley Squares were at Pioneer Days Thursday lor Ihe opening dancing up a storm for Main St peels ton the ceremony In which Major Pomem presented Oldest Pioneer award and cottier Catering handed out piece onlookers browsed through atom and watched Ihe dancers phot Cant convince town FROM LIONESSES The Lioness Club of Georgetown hive dooe their In helping out the hospital In buying a heart rale monitor for the children nursery chairman Lena Connors is seen here with Georgetown Memorial District Hospital administrator Fred Morris presenting a cheque for IBM raised during a March bowl a boo Herald photo injured in car crash Four people were injured In a Iwocar collision Saturday at 45 p m and taken lo Georgetown Memorial Hospital by ambulance driver Joanna Wilson was ireated for minor Injuries as were Acton driver Barbara Durham 35 and passengers Andrew Durham 3 and Laura Masales There was damage In the Incident A weal bound driver on Sidcroad stopped for a stop sign then started to make a left turn The driver t northbound vehicle on Fourth Line unlit loo The driver was charged with falling to yield I raffle A Concord Ontario firm was unable lo con vmce town council thai It should be chosen to do the lowns share of a major road reconstruction pro ject In Georgetown Mc Street area Last week Con the region of the con tract to Contracting Ltd of Burl whose bid was CO higher Bui flatten public works officials argued be fore the planning and public works com mi fee thai Ihe Burlington firm has more experience In he sewer and work planned They add thai there have been pub lic relations problems with some other projects has been Involved In region Dominic Pel or s general manager stressed that council should uphold the tender ing process and award the contract the lowest bidder One project which regional staff he reconstruction of Drive which Pel or worked on extensively Barbecue brings firemen It was a barbecue on the floor below that confused Park Avenue residents on fifth floor Thursday at 11 23 pm Firefighters were called the scene where they reassured residents that the smoke in their living room was coming from a lower floor balcony barbecue m Raised Bungalow custom built in 1973 5 bedrooms income potential Two minute walk to the GO train Priced at