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- u~I ________ Regional bombshell The Region of Durham through heir Waste Management Liaison group dropped a bombshell late Fri- day afternoon to landowners of some 800 acres of land north-east of Orono. The land area is one of five candidate sites for a major Regional landfill site within the Region of Durham. The event on Friday followed an in-camera meeting on Wednesday of Regional councillors at which time MacLaren, consultants hired to investigate and select a number of 12 sites from which five can- didate sites would be chosen, outlined the various sites within the Region. The choice of the site north-east of Orono came as a shock to land owners within the 800 acre area east from Jewel Road to Henry Road in the east and from the sixth ine road to the seventh line road. Major landowners affected are: Dick Morton, Gord Morton, Carl Lowery, Jim Rutherford, Paul Ben- nett and Delbert DiBartolmeo. It has been stated that they were offered $3,000 for some test drilling on their property and that an agree- ment must be signed by Wednesday of this week. Mayor Marie Hubbard in speak- ing at council on Monday night referred to the plan including the Ski Hill property and Counc. Hamre declared a conflict of in- terest being the owner of a home on the corner of Oak Road with the Eighth Line road. The area was quick to react with the call of a meeting on Sunday afternoon at which some 80 were present. The meeting was chaired by Elva Reid who is to act as in- - Orono candidate dump site terim chairman until final direction of the group is setforth. Mayor Hubbard also attended the meeting along with Counc. Frank Stapleton with a promise that the Town of Newcastle would setup a fund to be used for professional assistance to fight the development of a dump in the area. The Waste Management commit- tee of the Region has setup a meeting to be held in the Kirby School on Wednesday night (to- night). Attendance is by invitation only which invitations have already been issued to affected owners and neigh.bouring property owners. The local group has organized to demonstrate at the meeting their objection to the plan and others have made a bid to attend the meeting without invitation. The official announcement of the 41111 j' I I 4 five candidate sites were made at the Public Works committee, Waste Management branch Tuesday mor- ning at the Region. It is understood that before the spring of 1991 the Region of Durham is to decide if they will ac- cept garbage from Metro Toronto to their permanent site which is to be large enough to last for forty years. Further the Region has scheduled to make the final decision as to which of the five candidate sites will be chosen by the summer of 1991. The dump is expected to be opera- tional by the Région in 1996. Gord Mills, MPP for Durham East, who attended the Sunday meeting stated following the meeting that any site now chosen would have to go through a fulf¯En- vironmental Assessment Hearing. and that in the meantime he will be seeking information as to the status of the Byer's report as any site in the area would have detrimental af- fects to the Oak Ridges Moraine and the headwaters of the Ganaraska River. The Orono group was out in force at council meeting on Monday evening carrying signs "No Ganaraska Dump". They are to meet on Sunday to further organize their efforts against the proposal. The other four sites have one in Cartwright Township with the south boundary on the Old Purple road; one in the Blackstock area on the east side of Old Scugog Road, one located in Cartwright in the area of 7A in the Wilson Road area and one north of Mitchell Cor- ners. Laidlaw still in doldrums with Town council PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, September 26, 1990 Another battle begins A representative of Laidlaw re- quested the Town of Newcastle either pass their rezoning applica- tion for their proposed infill at their Newcastle operation or turn it down. This will allow us to proceed with the application at another level it was stated. It was noted that some 600 businesses depend on the landfill in- cluding GM and even the Town of Newcastle. It was further pointed out that the latest technology would be used in the operation of the infill opera- tion. Council however neither passed or denied the application for rezon- ing and official plan amendment but rather received a report from their planning staff. The applica- tion remains in limbo as a result. In the report it was stated that the Ministry of the Environment has as yet to complete their report on the application. It was also noted that the Town's consultants have noted that they have received insufficient information from the proponent at this time. Counc. Hamre said the Town is of the opinion that the infill opera- tion would be illegal under the Of- ficial Plan and she said the 600 businesses were not all from the Town of Newcastle. She also stated that consultants hired by the Town were not as yet satisfied that suffi- cient information had been sub- mitted by Laidlaw. Mosport and Town to get together to talk Garbage, our throw-away from few yers than anything else, Monday's council meeting was but every sector of life whether in the especially so in the Town of another and the newest outburst home or from the work place, has Newcastle. over waste management. mounted more protest over the past The organized demonstration at Town levels stinging attack on Regional dump process It was a stinging attack by the Town of Newcastle council on the Region of Durham, it's Waste Management committee and the consultants, MacLaren, on Monday night over the choice of the Orono candidate site for a garbage dump. The attack was lead off by Mayor Hubbard and followed by Councs. Stapleton, Hannah and Hooper. Counc. Hamre declared a conflict of interest as her home is closeby to the affected properties north-east of Orono and selected as one of five candidate sites. The Mayor said she was horrified with the choice of the Orono site it being in the Oak Ridges Moraine, prime farmland and ignores everything that David Crombie has been trying to endeavour as to the environment. She said the MacLaren choice s made only on a theorctucal analysis. She said senior planners at the Region or the Town had not been consulted nor had there been any regard to the Official Plan- proposed changes. "How could anyone pick the Oshawa Ski Club property," she said. "This is a real blow to us." Counc. Stapleton said people are shocked and devastated. He said owners had been requested to sign by Wednesday orbe expropriated . . . it's shocking. Senior farmers are upset, he said and if anything I have learned we have to save our farm lands. Stapleton said he could not understand the Region and it's Public Relations. Counc. Hannah, one of eight members of the Waste Management committee said the process was wrong and that he was astounded as to the sîe of the proposed dump areas. What will this do to the Ganaraska he asked. Counc. Hooper said it was sup- posed:to be a civilized age. In a resdlution council passed that the MacLaren recommenda- tions were unacceptable and have asked that the Region terminate the investigation in the Town of Newcastle. The Town is to seek all informa- tion and studies undertaken by MacLaren and want all minutes of meetings. The Town is to inform the Liaison committee that the land in Newcastle is not needed and the resolution also calls for a sum of $100,000 be set aside, at this time, to Iire consultants to assist with their objections. The councillors, and Mayor voted unanimously to defeat any at- tempt for a garbage dump in Newcastle and in the Orono area. The Town of Newcastle has pass- ed a resolution authorizing the Chief Administrative Officer, Larry Kotseff, to meet with Mosport Park and their legal counsel Sam Cureatz to iron out irritants that have arisen between the two parties. Sam Cureatz speaking on behalf of Mosport said there has been some misunderstandings over the past couple of years and suggested dialogue to be undertaken with a view to ironing out some of the pro- blems. He spoke of work being under- The recount for the Durham East riding in the recent provincial elec- tion still hangs in limbo as of Mon- day late afternoon. Gord Mills, Orono, NDP, following the official count, holds a 63 vote majority over Kirk Kemp of the Conservatives. According to Gord Mills Kemp's agent had filed the request for a recount with the County Court instead of the Pro- vincial Court. Mills states that it would now ap- pear that he could demand that the recount request was invalid as it was not made within the four days as re- quired by the Ontario Election Act. Mills said it was a simple mistake and that after consulting with the NDP head office it was decided a second chance would be offered. The Conservatives have refiled the request now to the proper court taken to meet fire regulations and that Mosport had done their utmost in this regard. Cureatz also noted the applica- tion for a site plan for a new struc- ture andhoped that staff could facilitate this in the near future. Cureatz asked that anything towards taxes be put off for three months and that some decision be made prior to the end of the year in order that 1991 could start off on a fresh foot. A report is to be brought back to council. but Mills stated he cannot find out if a date or if the request will be allowed. He said the request was to be placed Fridîy afternoon with Judge Bark of Cobourg. Mills also said that another factor is that Kemp's campaign manager, Joe Dalrymple, has left Bowman- ville to take up a position with the Conservatives in Ottawa with the Immigration Department. Mills said he has agreed to a replacement in the person of Bob Collet of Oshawa. The saga continues, said Gord Mills. Mills notes that a judge from the Ontario Court of Justice must decide whether to grant a recount, and that there is no threshold of votes necessary to prompt such a decision. (Continued page 2) .35c. a copy Durham East recount stilli holds in limbo