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1 til 'f-'-l Ju » I Orono Town Hall illili! 1 BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY 163 Church Street 1.1.05 Bowmanville, Ont. L1C 1P7 tp l.v V GST Included Wednesday November 3, 2004 hi Serving Kendal, Kirby, Leskard. Newcastle, Newtonville, Orono, Starkville and Tyrone since 1937 Greenbelt Protection Plan Newcastle sewage pipe never to reach Orono Port Granby residents seek property tax moratorium e 1 1 i.1 T /Niir T ni / Û 1 1? anil While residents object to the 'Port Granby Long Term Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Project' label, they do concede things are moving forward. A public meeting was held last Wednesday night at the Newtonville Community Centre to discuss the Socio- Economic effects of moving the low-level radioactive waste from it's current location location on the north shore of Lake Ontario, just east of the village of Port Granby, to a new location location 1 km north. While several residents pointed out that there would be no need to discuss the effects that moving the waste would have on their community, community, if it were just left alone, meeting facilitators would not be drawn into that argument. "The decision has been made, "The train's coming, either get on, or get out of the way"- --Tom Wlodarczyk Gartner Lee Consultant we have to move on," stated Tom Wlodarczyk, the Gartner Lee consultant hired to assist the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Office (LLRWMO) with managing the social and economic effects of the project. "The train's coming, either get on, or get out of the way," he stated. stated. Residents were asked to identify problems to be addressed to a point that there could be some benefit to them from the project. "How can you benefit from this, and how can we leave a positive legacy?" legacy?" asked facilitator Chris Haussman. The name 'Port Granby Project' gives an unfair stig- matism to our historic village, said one resident. The suggestion suggestion was made to rename the PORT GRANBY see page 3 Ontario's Greenbelt Protect Protect Plan has major implications implications for Orono.The Greenbelt Plan released by the Province last week Thursday, seeks to permanently permanently protect a broad band of countryside. While Orono was identified identified as a hamlet in the Protected Countryside, David Crome, Clarington's Planning Planning Director, feels this is an error. Sunderland and Can--* nington, which are smaller than Orono, received village designation in the Plan. The municipality will be addressing addressing the incorrect designation of Orono in their comments on the draft legislation to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs. The difference between a village and hamlet designation designation in the new Greenbelt Plan is in the growth allowed. A hamlet gets a one time rounding out expansion to bring the Municipal Official Plan in line with the new Provincial legislation according according to Crome. A village is allowed to have moderate growth over a longer period of time. Of greater implication to Orono is that no new Great Lakes based water and sewer systems may serve settlement areas within the 'Protected Countryside'. There is a long- held theory that growth in Orono will only occur when development in northern Newcastle reaches a point where it becomes economically economically feasible to bring the sewage pipe up to Orono. The Plan now makes it clear that no such extension of the sewer system will be permitted. permitted. Any service system for Orono will have to function on the basis of using a stream for effluent discharge, according according to Crome. On the whole, Clarington Mayor John Mutton thinks Clarington is one of the win ners in this proposed protection protection plan. The Greenbelt Act estab fishes a forty to fifty year urban boundary for the GTA, Hamilton and much ot the Niagara Peninsula--the Golden Horseshoe. The government's government's proposed Greenbelt legislation, if passed, would protect environmentally sensitive sensitive land and agricultural land in the Golden Horseshoe from urban development and sprawl. With the proposed Greenbelt, Greenbelt, the government intends to protect about one million more acres in the Golden Horseshoe, more than doubling doubling the areas protected by the Oak Ridges Moraine and the Niagara Escarpment. "Clarington really benefits from the Plan," David Crome said in a phone interview with The Times on Tuesday morning. morning. "The Plan makes it very clear where any future growth can and cannot occur. That's going to protect our existing rural character." GREENBELT seepage 3 Smoke-free arena entrance Clarington is going one step further to ensure their recreation recreation facilities promote a healthy lifestyle. Committee of council gave their approval Monday morning morning to the creation of a smoke free buffer zone around the entrance doors to all municipal recreation facilities. The Regional no smoking by-law bans smoking in all public places and work places, and has been in place since June of this year. Municipal buildings have been smoke free before the regional ban became law. Patrons of recreation facilities facilities often have to walk through a crowd of smokers at, or near, the entrance doors. Following Monday's approval approval by committee of council, council, Municipal staff will be erecting signs indicating a designated designated smoking area at recreational recreational facilities. These smoking smoking area will be located at least nine metres away from any entrance to sports complexes in the municipality. While this new initiative is only a guideline, and can not be enforced, Community Services Director, Joe Caru- anna says he hopes people will be courteous and respect the new smoke free areas.