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HUH m the HERALD Wednesday September 25 1991 Council Briefs Council hears solution to Acton dump proposal Residents opposed to the Acton dump proposal believe they have a sure- fire way the Town can use to kill the project However judging by Town councillors reaction to the idea at Mondays Council meeting the idea was received with little en thusiasm Gord Vandevalk representing the group Furiously Opposed to Acton Dumping told Council the Town has ammunition to force United Aggregates the quarry owner to reconstruct the Third Line so that it once again goes through the property where the quarry now exists If the road was reconstructed through the quarry property then a dump couldnt be established in the quarry Based on Mr Vandevalks presentation and those of Len and Pat Council- referred all of the information presented at the meeting to the Town lawyer for a legal opinion While impressed by the presen- tion councillors remained un certain whether the information would hold up in a court of law The crux of Mr Vandevalks position rests on a 1974 agreement signed by the Town and the quarrys previous owner That agreement called for Indusmin to reconstruct the Third Line through the quarry However the agreement was not Region Briefs Study deferred Halton Region has no intention of repeating past mistakes made in connection with identifying ad ditional sewage capacity for Georgetown Region Planning and Public Works Committee has recom mended that the hiring of a con sultant to carry out the necessary study be deferred until concerned residents have had a chance to provide input into the decision The Region has had to backtrack on this study because of concerns raised by the public lack of input allowed by the Region from residents early on in the process when the study was firsts carried out The deferral is for twoweeks to give members of the Georgetown- based ratepayers group Silver Creek Valley Group a chance to of fer its input into the selection of a consultant Regional staff recommend the 215000 contract be awarded to Torontos Dillon Limited For a project of this nature which is very sensitive to the public and will have a high level of public involvement staff were of the opinion that the MM Dillon proposal was the strongest in the critical areas that would lead to a successful completion of this project indicates a staff report Chairman Peter pomeroy remains unimpressed Before giving the company his en dorsement he wants details on how the public will be involved in deter- mining how to increase Georgetowns sewage capacity Study held up Halton Region Planning and Public Works Committee has recommended deferring a Regionwide hydrogeologic study until budget deliberations which start later this fall The study is to determine the amount of groundwater available in Halton to service further rural development and where the groun dwater is located Staff told committee the would only be sufficient funding to start the study To complete the study another would be required Based on this information a majority of committee members decided it would be more ap propriate to defer the initial ex pense and determine during the budget process if the entire cost could be included in next years budget Haltons future Advocating more green space arid less reliance on cars for tran sportation Haltons Official Plan Review document has received strong public support says Regional Planner Rash Moham med The public appears to only have concern with the proposal to prevent farmers from severing a piece of their property to use as a retirement lot Mr Mohammed told Haltons Planning and Public Works Committee Committee members expressed a similar concern and as a result directed staff to investigate the possibility of retaining the right of farmers to create a retirement lot while ensuring the privilege isnt abused Pilot project recommended residents may someday be able to include plastic bags as part of the material they put in their Blue Box for recycling Halton Planning and Public Works Committee has recom mended staff carry out a pilot project in Burlington to determine if plastic bags are viable recycling material The pilot project will determine the cost of collecting and recycling the plastic bags and whether or not there are a sufficient number of markets to handle the recycled product John Haltons Recycling Coordinator told com mittee members The pilot projects cost is all of which is being funded by the province If the project Is deemed viable said Mr then it could start running Regionwide in Volunteers sought for numerous community programs The Fall is a time of year when many local agencies are offering ex cellent training opportunities for volunteers If you are interested in developing new skills and in gaining valuable experience the follow ing are just a few of the many training opportunities now available Victim Services Unit of the Region Police Force needs volunteers to help victims of crime Their training program consists of four threehour sessions and covers areas such as domestic violence sexual assault assault and child abuse North Distress and Information Centre offers a training pro gram for new volunteers starling on October 2 1991 and running for six consecutive Wednesday evenings If you would like more information on these or on many other volunteer opportunities call your local Volunteer Centre registered on title Therefore the Towns legal council has said United Aggregates is not obligated to fulfil the 1974 agreement Mr Vandevalk claimed if the reconstruction portion of the agreement is void then the entire agreement should be void That would mean the Town owns the Third Line and has every right to immediately start reconstructing the road through the quarry proper ty he reasoned Coun Cook urged Town legal staff to present Council with a legal Barhopping for health By BEN the Herald Local residents probably wouldnt expect a lesson on how to protect themselves from con tracting Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome AIDS when they visit their local watering hole but thats exactly what may happen as early as December Janice Benson Haltons AIDS Coordinator said Friday there are plans to bring the Regions AIDS prevention Bar Campaign to Milton and Halton Hills later this year The campaign involves public health nurses visiting bars in a community promoting the Play it Safe message The message being wear a condom while engaging in sexual activity The Region has already run the program in Burlington and Oakville with much success said Ms Ben son Bar owners were calling us requesting we visit their establish ment she said According to Ms Benson nur ses visited 17 bars in and Burlington over the summer armed with a range of pamphlets on educational information about AIDS Nurses found a lot of the people they talked to were unaware of the issues saidMs Benson She explained several people in correctly believed only homosexuals lesbians and in travenous drug users are suscep tible to contracting the AIDS virus Ms Benson points out while statistics show a majority of AIDS victims are members of the homosexual or drug community anyone can contract the virus if precautions are ignored By aiming AIDS education at all sectors of the community the num ber of nonhomosexual or drug users who contract the disease wont reach as high as the numbers associated with the risk groups explained Ms Benson The Bar Campaign is primarily aimed at people in their 20s said Ms Benson This is the group who had graduated from high school prior to AIDS education being in corporated into high school curriculum Nurses participating in the Oak ville and Burlington Bar Campaign found people other than those in their 20s were also interested in finding out more about the disease Parents and grandparents had a lot of questions most of which cen tred on how they should talk to their children arid grandchildren about the virus said Ms Benson The idea for the Bar Campaign came in the wake of successful programs in Hamilton and Perth Ms Benson couldnt say what bars in Halton Hills nurses will visit once the program comes north opinion on all of the issues by this Monday Barriers needed Town Councillors were urged Monday to erect safety barriers where Sideroad 27 meets the Eighth Line near Ballinafad or face a possible disaster sometime in the future Shropshall of the Hickory Falls Ratepayer group told councillors at some point in the future a pedestrian walking in this scenic area will probably be killed by a speeding car unless barriers are erected She presented councillors with pictures of two different car ac cidents that happened recently at the corner in which the vehicles in volved were total writeoffs Council directed staff to write a report outiining what action could be taken to improve the situation Fairy Lake bylaw Town Councillors recommended Monday a bylaw that better regulates activity on Fairy Lake be approved The bylaw was introduced in reaction to the lake coming under Town ownership Recreation and Parks Director Tom Shepard told councillors the bylaw will provide the Town with legal protection if a libel suit Is filed against it in con nection with the lake Although councillors supported the bylaw they did so only after changes were made These in cluded permission for boaters to use the lake after sunset as well as permission to use electrically- operated motorboats Funding provided Town councillors learned Monday developers wanting to build in Ballinafad will contribute ap proximately Jo the funding of the Ballinafcd Community Study The study is meant to determine where in Ballinafad development should proceed According to a staff report the study would not have been able to go ahead without the developers money The province had originally agreed to provide necessary fun ding but backed out because of fiscal constraints the report in dicates Residents living in the area said following the meeting the acceptance of 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