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2 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, December 12, 1989 Pictured is one of the in Whitevale. many signs posted along the streets has sold them out for a dump (From page 1) is inconvenienced by a regional the resolution. rema and Works Chairman project. Several councillors felt that John Aker meet with the Pick- Another Oshawa councillor, the wording of the deal's State- eringcouncillorstoseeifan"im- Brian Nicholson, said he would ment of Principles was weak pact settlement" could be support the resolution because and needed to be fine tuned by reached. Pickering was only asking for * the region's lawyers. - Oshawa councillor Jim Potti- the opportunity to discuss the The legal documents will cary said he would vote against impact of the dump with region- have to come back to regional the "sweetheart deal" for Pick- al officials, council for final approval. after ering because the region has "It is not an unreasonable re- the lawyers have re-worked the eight municipalities anditcan't quest," Mr. Nicholson said. wording. possibly "pay out everyone" who Council voted 27-3 in favor of Residents will get water system, but also want more compensation Broken promises. That's what Whitevale and other Pickering residents feel - Durham Region Council has handed them. At a special meeting of coun- cil on Wednesday, regional councillors voted 22-9 in favor "of a short term garbage agree- 'ment with Metro Toronto, & a SENN EIN ARES OPENING SPECIAL ... $1.00 / WASH 2 Days Only - Wednesday & Thursday, Dec. 13th & 14th SERVICE OFFERS: * Automatic Car Wash . * Soft Cloth ~* Under Car Spray * Hot Wax * Polish Wax "* Rust Inhibitor ALSO AVAILABLE: -*6 Coin Operated Bays with high pressure guns |. and foam brushes - | * 4 Vacuum Cleaners A OE" ut of move Pickering and Ajax Citi- . zens Together for the Environ- ment were shocked by. According to PACT chairman Bill Parish, the residents of Pickering were promised "meaningful public participa- tion" into the deal. Instead the agreement was made public only 24 hours before council was to vote on the deal. "It was rammed through the "HOURS: Mon., Tues., Wed., Sat. 8 AM to 8 PM; Thurs & Fri.8 AM to 9 PM 'VANEDWARD DRIVE, PORT PERRY 985-0441 - Landfill Site, committee yesterday and it will be rammed through council to- day," Mr, Parish said. He said that council has had months to scrutinize the deal, while PACT has had only 24 hours to examine the agree- ment, : "We, in PACT, want to under- stand this deal fully and clear- ly," Mr. Parish. "This is a tragic mockery of the public participa- tion process." The deal includes adding mu- nicipal water systems to the hanilete of Whitevale and Cher- ood. "It is distasteful in the ex- treme that the cost of clean wa- ter would be tied in any way, shape or form to the approval of . the P1 site," Mr. Parish said, adding that the residents of Whitevale and Cherrywood: should get free water as a bonus for everything they will have to, endure. if Mr. Parish also questioned' the future of the P1 site. He said PACT does not believe that P1' will be used as a short term so-- lution. , One Ajax resident blasted PACT for not doing it's job. "I am bitter] that Bill Parish has not an- nounced legal action against i P1 site," Malcolm Harris said. Mr. Harris said he developed asthma after moving to a prop- erty close to the Brock West He said he doesn't want to see P1 became a landfill site, but he believes in the GTA and the ac- tions of Durham Regional Council. : "I apologize to this council for the actions of Bill Parish and PACT. Ninty-eight per cent of Pickering and Ajax residents do not support PACT," Mr. Harris said, calling the group a "bunch of over-; James Bonds." (Turn to page 4) oh To better serve the people of Port Perry and Area HOGAN'S HEARING AID CENTRES are expanding hours of service to MONDAY & WEDNESDAY *9 AM to 5 PM (both days) beginning Monday, Nov. 20th, 1989 DENNIS J. HOGAN 230 QUEEN STREET, 985-4422 disappointed THM JE pA a li Whitevale residents feel Region