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Page THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday November IT 1990 Community RAIDD meeting Developers have mixed reaction to proposal By BEN DUMMETT The Herald The reaction was mixed among Halton Hills developers to an in vitation by a local ratepayers association for developers and the public to work together in determining where development should happen in Hills during an information meeting Wednesday at Georgetown and District High School The local group Residents Ac live in Development Decisions R A I D put on the public meeting During her opening remarks RAIDD chairperson Gail Rutherford stated em phattcally the group does not op pose development Instead the groups interest lies in ensuring the public has a say where development is best suited for the town Ian Matthews who has been a developer in Georgetown or the last 20 years owns land in Georgetown and is a member of the provinces Urban Develop ment Institute commended for holding the informs tion meeting Your emphasis on public par in the development pro cess is very good he told the au dience of approximately 250 peo ple Mr Matthews said he has found that the earlier and more informed the public is about a development project the more the process proceeds smoothly Mr Matthews was referring to the purpose of the meeting which centred on the stages that a development proposal goes through before it Is approved or rejected by town council More specifically the meeting centred on where within the process the public can offer input Another local developer Al wasnt that supportive of the group and its invitation Mr accused the ratepayers association of opposing all development The attitude of the groups membership now that they ve moved to Georgetown is they want everything stopped I think this attitude is unjust and un fair said Mr Mrs Rutherford responded by saying 1 think those comments are unjust and unfair Acknowledging that the group has heard the argument before Ms Rutherford stressed that the group supports responsible development meaning it opposes Halton Hills becoming another or Brampton We want you to listen to what we have to say said Ms Ruther ford A developer behind a project on Danville Street in Acton called the groups approach to develop ment halfcocked The group has failed to consider the finan cial consequences the public fers when development projects are delayed The developer had initially planned to build the development in the early at which time the houses would have sold for But the project was held up in the ap proval process for years the houses w ere sold for between 140 and The homeowners could have saved each if they could have bought the houses in the early argued the developer Ms Rutherford said she took offence to the group being called half cocked We are taking everything into account If your development was held up 15 years there must hove been good reason for it she said to ap plause Dunng much of the meeting the RAIDD group received support from the general public in the au However one gentleman suggested that the group become more proactive instead of to development if it wants to increase membership Ms Rutherford said that this is only the groups first public meeting but plans are in the works to create a plan for the future Ms Rutherford encouraged the audience to participate in the public process of the towns ur ban structure review which the town is currently undergoing In volvement in the process is the only way people can influence the direction of development town she said OSBORNE DECOR Cut torn Mode Vrt lea Is Drapes I And Badspreads I FREE SHOP- AT HOME SERVICE STEVEN C FOSTER BA LLB BARRISTER SOLICITOR MAIN ST SOUTH GEORGETOWN ONT 8734961 fax 8734962 Wide Horizon Tundra Swans by Robert Bitenun Untamed 00 Framed MDEDDEAOUil DECEMBER Council seeking control over police budget Halton Regional Council is hopeful the new provincial government is more receptive to giving municipalities final sa over their respective police budgets The Ontario police Commis sion a provincial ap pointed body is currently the final arbitrator over all municipal police budgets In the case of Halton Region if council rejected the 1991 Halton police budget increase the department could appeal that decision to the OPC During the 1990 budget deliberations Regional council objected to the OPC as final bitrator since the municipality funds per cent of the police budget At the time the Region appeal ed to the Solicitor General of On tano to amend the legislation so hat the municipality had final over the police budget But no changes were made to the legislation The Halton Regional Police budget comprises more than per cent of the Region s total operating budget and for 1990 the police budget increased 15 per cent According to a Regional staff report by Treasurer Joe council will send a letter to the new premier requesting changes be made to the legislation The Region is proposing that it have the right to review evaluate amend and approve 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