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A2 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday April 21, 1999 Town conducting noise studies but residents not amused (Continued from page 1) the process to defend its own decision is encouraging," said Assistant Town Solicitor Jennifer Huctwith. In the meantime, the Town has given permission for noise studies to be per­ formed on Town land adjacent to the properties in question. Although four weeks have passed since the CTA's decision, Stop CN presi­ dent Peter Krysmanski is disappointed the Town has not risen to the task and assumed a leadership role. Krysmanski has made no secret of his frustration over what he sees as the Town's contentment to sit on the side­ lines and not take a firm stand on the res­ idents' behalf. Monday's failure to come to a concrete decision was simply more of the same waffling, said Krysmanski. "Some councillors don't realize the seriousness of the situation and the opportunity they have to correct a prob­ lem that has bothered citizens for 45 years," he said. Krysmanski says it's his impression some councillors would prefer to take control over the action against CN while others can't seem to appreciate the grav­ ity of the problem. Krysmanski and his group fear the CTA's order will not be enforced and no funding will be made available for them to defend against CN's appeal - especial­ ly if it ends up at the Supreme Court. "It's absolutely frustrating (some councillors) don't seem to be grasping it," said Krysmanski, who is tired of inac­ tion by municipal, provincial and federal levels of government. Monday's debate was the result of a recent motion by Ward 1 councillor Kevin Flynn calling for the Town to "reassess its involvement" with the con­ tentious east Oakville issue. After all, he said at the time, now that the CTA has handed down a noise abate­ ment decision in favour of Stop CN, per­ haps it's high time the Town picked up the ball. Although Oakville Town Council passed a resolution Oct. 26th stating it is aware of the issue and is dissatisfied with C l e a n - u p ! Save up to 50% See store fo r details Hurry. Sale ends M a y 2 ,1 9 9 9 CN's handling of the matter, Krysmanski and other residents have been upset by the Town's past wait-and-see posture. Krysmanski has said all along that he wants the municipality to be an active participant on behalf of its qitizens. For months the Town's Legal Department has said that the local noise by-law does not apply to railways since jurisdiction over their operations is an exclusively federal matter under the Constitution. According to Alain Thauvette, CN General Manager, Great Lakes Region, CN's appeal of the CTA order was done to "clarify certain legal matters" relating Lockout costly (Continued from page 1) disillusioned they may never get back into extra-curricular activities," he said. The lockout is also having lasting effects on the Board itself. During the lockout, the Board saved around $300,000 in teachers' salaries, money which must be reported to the province. Strike-related expenses, such as mediators and security, can be deducted, however. (Some of the Board's savings may be offset by the cost of a security firm hired to patrols schools during the lockout.) Provincial grants in subsequent years are reduced to compensate for leftover savings. to this decision. "Our intention is to continue to work with the Town of Oakville and the resi­ dents adjacent to Oakville Yard to address the noise issue even while the legal issues are processed," said Thauvette. Although CN says it has taken steps to reduce noise, area residents have con­ tinued to experience the effects of the rail yard. Thauvette has written the Town and outlined the various steps he says the company has taken to date. He says CN has enlisted the services of an acoustics consultant to undertake a noise study which would include regular readings. This may include the installation of continuous monitoring equipment on residents' properties. A log of rail yard activity will also be maintained, said Thauvette, to compare with noise read­ ings. "In this way, CN believes that a com­ plete picture of the noise magnitude and the spectrum of noise that is found to be offensive to the citizens can be devel­ oped," said Thauvette. Thauvette says CN reacted to the CTA decision by "ensuring" rail switch­ ing in the southern yard, starting collect­ ing sound data and "re-designed" yard activity to "begin to reduce noise levels." Thauvette also said nighttime switching activity unrelated to Ford of Canada was removed. 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