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v wr" T= Seiigog Cifizen Tuesday, July 30, 1991 Tires still pose th reat FROM PAGE ONE And he said it's unfortanate for 1 the he cya of \the property had nothing to do a the tires. "But the proper- ty owner is responsible for the , site," he stated. The Ministry's biggest fear about the thou- sands of tires is a fire. Mr. Adams said tires in stor- "age pose no threat to 'the envi- ronment, but the disaster at Hagersville last year gave an indication of what happens if large numbers of tires catch fire. stored within a few hundred meters of the lake and numer- ous houses that 'get water from wells. To guard against possible vandalism (that's how the fire started at Hagersville). for the last five months the Ministfy has been paying-an Oshawa company 'to. provide rourid the clock security guards at the site. This is costing in excess of $10,000 per'month. - Mr. Adams said paying for security guards is cheaper than «coping with a major fire. The problem with these tires surfaced late last year when the property was rented by Gordon Elson, who began trucking. them to the property, after picking them up, for a fee, at various commercial locations. ~ Scugog Township eventual- "ly took Mr. Elson to court on a zoning infraction. He was con- The tires on the Island are* victed and finéd $500 this spring. The Township also was granted a court order demand- ing that the tires bé removed from the property. . | Mr. Elson has since Jeft the 'area, but he left the tires behind. : . Scugog by-law enforcement officer Bill Henshall told the Citizen last week the Township wants the tires removed, but is trying to co-operate with the property owners because they are not dt fault in'this case. "Mr. Adariis said the Ministry cannot force the owners to remove the tires, but it can demand that they be stored properly. "This could include making.sure they are stored in such a way thatfire fighting equipment would have access, and also securing the property , with a fence. He $aid once that is done the Ministry will take away the security guards now on the site round the clock. «The tires are piled in an old wooden , an old;shed near the'b d in two small piles in an open field behind the bam. Mg, Adanis stressed that they pose no threat unless they I catch fire. "There is a concern about possible vandalism," "he wamed. He said it will be at Yanst two weeks béfore the order for safe storage is presented to.the . property Owners. old tires that are stored in a barn on Scugog Island are a concern to the Township and the Ministry of the Environment. And the property She's seeking the Regional seat again HL Christie quells rumours about running for Mayor FROM PAGE ONE cept will be too costly'and prove to be inefficient. Durham council last month voted, in principle to support the idea of a new Regional building in downtown Oshawa tied in with a Te-d Pp plan that includ: retail and a hotel. ! sion of the sewage ent sys- tem in Port Perry. + Ifthe capacity be expand- ed with some kind of a treatment plant, she believes that future development should pick up at least part of thie $5-6 million cost. "But future growth (around i Port Perry) must be slow and Any new Headquarters build- trally located (in Durham) have ample parking for staff and visi- tors-and be located on a major road, she said. . At the local level, Mrs, Christie favours a "go-slow" approach to future' development. And new development depends on expan- Chairs ... 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As chairman of Scugog coun- cil's finance committee, she notes that the local budget increase in}, ia 1991 was 4.8 per cent, and coun- cil had to grapple with such things - as pay equity and the Employer Health Tax, both of which added to the budget. ,Mrs. Christie. was first elected to Township council in 1985 as the Ward 1 (Reach) rep. In 1988, she was elected to the Regional } 'PANASONIC 10° owners may be stuck with the blll even though they had ho part in putting the tires there. _ council seat. FS EEE EEE EEE EEE EEEEEE EEE -_TIME'S A WASTIN' Bring in this coupon and we pay the GST* , COUNTRY '91 SPECIAL SATELLITE SYSTEM installed .. $3695. The past year has been a diffi- cult one for her personally with the 'passing of her husband John 'this spring after a lengthy illness. * Before getting into municipal politics, Mrs. Christie spent sever- alwyears as a Board of Education trustee, including a couple of terms as chai . 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