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the HERALD Community Wednesday November Remembering our heroes Local residents look on in silence during the reading of the Honor Roll at the Acton Remem brance Day services at Trinity United Church on Mill St Herald Photo by Steven LeBlanc CVCA implements slope restrictions The Credit Valley Conservation Authority has implemented further restrictions on development within the Credit River Watershed to prevent slop erosion due to con struction According to the CVCAs new set back requirements construction can only take place a minimum of five meters from the edge of a slope located anywhere in the Credit River watershed Chris Watershed Planning Manager said prior to the change in policy constructiori could take place on the edge of the slope The new restriction creates a buf fer between the slope and con struction activity ensuring con struction activity doesnt affect a slopes natural vegetation ex plained Mr In the past there has been a problem of building material falling over the edge of a slope and not only disturbing the vegetation but also ending up in the Credit River explained Mr Worte For Great Food Second Only To Home Book Your Company Christmas Party NOW by 1 1 5 Main St S Georgetown 8732754 Formerly McCarthys Tea Room Proprieter Angela Dadd Region Notes Freeze on rural development relegated to limbo status A proposal for the Regional municipalities to impose a freeze on rural residential development until a Regionwide water study is com plete now sits in limbo Regional Council decided Wednesday to table instead of deal with a staff recommendation calling for Hal tons four municipalities to consider placing a moratorium on rural development until the Region can determine the quantity and quality of area well water Tabling a recommendation means putting it in Umbo Fur thermore the decision means development can go ahead in ac cordance with each municipalitys Official Plan Halton Region Council made its decision despite urging from Ballinai ad resident Shrop- shall it impose the moratorium In the name of good old fashion common sense hold off on allowing development until were sure where the water is its quality and quan tity Ms Shropshall told Council members Other communities the provin ce are reporting shortages of water because of permitting development to go ahead prematurely the Region shouldnt want to make the same mistake said Ms Shropshall The staff recommendation called for the area municipalities to con sider adopting an interim control bylaw to implement the moratorium However Hills Regional Coun Marilyn Serjeantson pointed out provincial legislation requires a municipal study justifying the moratorium be carried out as a con dition of the bylaws adoption In this case that study is the Regionwide water study However Regional Council has decided it shouldnt go ahead if ever until sometime next year Currently the study is being con sidered as part of the 1992 budget deliberations Mark Meneray lawyer said once the water study issue is resolved then the Region can con sider requesting area municipalities place a development freeze in rural areas Program approved After being assured a spraying program to kill gypsy moths in Halton is safe Regional Council voted Wednesday to support the idea The gypsy moth which is curren tly defoliating large tracts of of forest area in Burlington in Oak- is soon expected to invade unless the sraying program is implemented Halton Region Conservation Area officials have warned Oakville Regional Councillor Janet Mitchell a supporter of the program predicted many trees will die if the gypsy moth population remains unchecked Dr Robert Haltons Health Commissioner told Regional Councillors the primary ingredient in the spray Bacillus has been shown to have no negative impact on people or animals However he councillors people living in an area scheduled to be sprayed will be notified ahead of time of what is too happen People will be warned that children and those who have problems with their immune system should stay away from areas for two to three days after spraying has taken place as a precautionary measure said Dr Milton OPP detachment accepts costcutting order Staff Sergeant Al of the Milton OPP said the detachment is receptive to deficitcutting measures put in place by Solicitor General Allan We the not immune to the recession and we realize ex penses have to be curtailed said Saff Sgt Smouter We live in tough times and we have to be more accountable with our expenses and resources The entire force consisting of 5800 uniform and civilian staff has ben told to slash its 16 million budget deficit Among the costpreserving measures being taken into con sideration include limiting cruisers to travelling no more than 108 km per shift overtime restrictions decreases in the number of training programs and a hiring freeze The hiring freeze is the only real cutback Staff Sgt Smouter said he was concerned about This means if someone retires or is transferred there wont be any recruits to take their place so man power will be reduced But he doesnt believe this will directly affect the Milton Detach ment as only one person has retired The force has also been ordered to cut its motorcycle exhibition team The Golden Helmuts and its Pipe and Drum Band Only one Milton officer belongs to either one of these public relation groups and Staff Sgt Smouter said since the officer will no longer be attending public relations events hell be able to contribute more time to actual law enforcement