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bowmanville library 163 Church Street • • Bowmanville, Ont. L1C $1.00 GST Included Wednesday November 23, 2005 Orono Town Hall Serving Kendal, Kirby, Leskard. Newcastle, Newtonville, Orono, Starkville and^ Tyrone since 1937 Subdivision seen as threat (larington rallies in support of zoo u .TVe see the development beside us as seriously imperilling the zoo" --Michael Hackenberger Bowmanville Zoo Director Port Granby project Super cap proposed for waste site Wv IavpI rii Hi nan. five waste. of the mound, rather than Changes to the Port Granby project, "does alleviate alleviate some of our concerns," stated Port Granby resident Gerry Mahoney. In a series of public information information sessions held Monday and Tuesday of this week, and Thursday of last week, at the Newtonville Community Centre, the Low-Level Radioactive Radioactive Waste Management Office (LLRWMO) introduced introduced changes to the design concept, as requested by the Municipality of Clarington last April. Last spring, the LLRWMO introduced a design concept which included a polyethylene membrane at the base oi the engineered storage mound of low level radioactive waste. Clarington requested that there be a double membrane under the waste to provide an additional level of protection. They also requested a grade separation at Lakeshore Road, possibly a culvert under the road for the construction traffic traffic as they transport the waste to its new location 430 meters north. They also recommended recommended upgrading the roads that will be used to bring in construction construction equipment to the site --along Newtonville Road south of the 401, and Concession Road 1 to Elliott Road. LLRWMO have modified the mound design by adding a geomembrane liner to the cap of the mound, rather than adding an additional liner to the bottom. "This puts the emphasis where it belongs, to the cap rather than have need for monitoring for many hundreds hundreds of years," stated Dave Hardy, of Hardy Consultants, hired by Clarington to peer review the design. "The system system draws water off the cap, and not creating leachate in the first place." The LLRWMO arc also proposing to build a temporary underpass at Lakeshore Road, so construction traffic will not interfere with local traffic on Lakeshore Road. The LLRWMO LLRWMO has also agreed to upgrade the roads they will be using to PORT GRANBY see page 5 Clarington council chambers chambers was filled Monday morning morning with residents concerned over the future of the Bowmanville Zoo. The Zoo, which has been, in Bowmanville since 1919, and its support- " ers were concerned concerned about a subdivision proposal on the lands directly east of the zoo. On September 2, 2005 Schick- edanz Bros, submitted an application to the Municipality Municipality for a plan of subdivision containing 422 homes, school site and a park site on the 40 hectare parcel -- of land. According to Michael Hackenberger, Director of the Bowmanville Zoo, every private private zoo in North America that has been faced with encroachment issues by urban development, has gone out of business. "My number one priority, and the most important important aspect to me in all of this, is the continued operation of the zoo," Hackenberger stated in a phone conversation with the Times on Monday evening. While the planning act deals with setbacks in the rural environment in dealing with urban development, there are no such rules when dealing with urban development development in the urban area. The minimum setbacks in the agricultural agricultural area is 285 meters according to Mr. Dale Toombs, an agricultural consultant consultant who spoke at Monday's public meeting, dealing with the proposed development. This minimum setback would accommodate the animals the zoo has right now, but would not allow for any expansion, or the acquisition acquisition of other types of animals at the zoo in future. Setbacks arc one of Hackenberger's biggest concerns concerns with this new development. development. In his presentation to council council Monday, Hackenberger stated, "I would like to say up front, city hall has always been supportive of Bowmanville Bowmanville Zoo, and in the current situation, remain supportive." "We are not opposed to development, but we see the development beside us as seri- -- ously imper illing the zoo, and we need to resolve these issues," he stated. Buffer zones aside, Hackenberger was concerned that the proposed proposed plan of subdivision included a park block and a school block next to the zoo, where the lions and tigers are kept. - Besides the potential noise and odour complaints, there exists the possibility that one day someone someone might climb over the fence and enter a cage where they shouldn't be. There is also the concern of zonotic diseases--like mad cow disease disease and the avian flu, that are transferable between nonhumans nonhumans and humans. Without the proper setbacks, there is a risk potential to the neighbouring neighbouring population, according to Hackenberger. At Monday's meeting, Mayor Mutton stated that they had a very successful meeting with the developer. "From what I got out of that meeting, the developer agreed to work with the zoo to achieve a ZOO see page 5 : -- " is M -- Inside Year of the Veteran" 5eepage4