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M1osCommunuty Newspaper SinCe 1860 Weend Edition N EW S 0M decision expected soon ~MiRNR!isoeuU Dcoeph S PO0RT S Bonnici goes out on top with selects wwwn-itoncanadiancharnpion.com A & E Musician wins major award - kmflewRs oe 487Laurier Ave 8782881 A Merln Medi .ru pulcto Vol 14 .o 58 .rýy Setme 29, 200 64 page a $1.. ( l NB Town investigating growth slowdown GRAHAM PAINE / CANAOIAN CHAMPION WATER WORKS: Natalie Feluch, a grade 4 student at Guardian Angels School, races wîth a paîl foul of rubber bails Tuesday in the 'Off 1 Go' relay race, one~ of the many activities durîng the three-day Halton Chîldren's Water Festival at Kelso Conservation Area. The event, whîCh wrapped sp yesterday, was co-hosted by Conservation Halton and Halton Reglon in partnershîp wîth the public and Catholîc school boards and the Town of Oakvîlle. The festival teatured more than 50 outdoor Ontario curricuium-based actîvîties desîgned to eduCate 3,000 grade 3 to 5 students in Halton on one of the world's most precîous resources - water. Bergsmals Home Decor ,twaw>r By Melanie Hennessey CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF Town staff will soon hegîn investi- gating how to slow down Miltons rapid residential growth. At its meeting Monday niglit, town counicîl passed a motion put forward by Wards 2 and4 Councillor Ron Furik that asks staff to look into options or new policies that would reduce the Roni Furik speed of development. The local and regional counicillor recently announced he wants to slow growth down so that Mîhtons roads can "catch up." 'l'm committed o fixing this proh- lem," Funik said duning Mondays meet- ing. -'if we can do anything in our power to slow down the process, we should be doing it.' This counicil not to, blame: Furik Furik also, addressed the naysayers who've been puhhicly hlamîng the cur- rent council for the development proh- lems since hie announced hts intentions to come forward with the motion. 'I laugh to read its this council's fault," he said, nIsting he feels the coun- cils from five to 15 y'ears ago were the development dectsion makers - coun- cils he said he was sitting on as a local representative. In an interview with The Champion, he went on to say, 'Don't point fîngers at thts counicil. They had no deciston making in this development. Its not fair." Ward i CETunilloiST Rick Day, whos losng heen againsi tihe rapid deveiop- ment happening in Milton, secondcd the motion. He said while he thinks the "traffic problemai in town have become unhear- able," the Town is trymng to bning the road infrastructure up to date. The motion detadled the problemrs Milton has been expeniencing due to, rapid growth, such as that roads and other infrastructure required haven't kept pace with the large population increase. But Ward 4 Counciltor John Challinor hegged to differ. "We're not hehind on ail roads and infrastructure," he argued. During the meeting, Ward 1 Councillor Brian Penman provided background information on how the town's growtng pains evolved. He said the community had a strong optnion that existing residents should- n't have to cover the costs associated with growth. So in turn, the Town had to watt for development charges to be *see MOflON on page A4 Today's Champion OPINION A6 CLASSIFIED A25 DATELINE B8 RELAL ESTATE C3 www.mulconcanadianchamplon com Inserts: FULI. DISTRIBUTION A& OPE LOSIOWS - ZELLERS . WALMART - FOOD SASICS *SMART SOURCE - SOEYS - SUCE SURS PARTIAL DISTRIBUTION - USA ROM SI; SEORS . CANOSION TIRE. lU EORICCO - G1050 CARPET - HUME HARDWARE -COUERS HUME OUTFITTERS* PRICE CHOPPER* - ITCHEN SOUFE PLUS - BONUS ROC - PEOCETERS - OZIM RIZUEES SUPERS70RE - THE SOURCE SU CIRCUIT CITE.- CNOSEST SUE *FUTURE SRSP * HUOME UEPUT* TOUS R US* ST & SUVE - SECOIR UROUEL .POULE SES REE MICREOLS CLUB MET*- RITE ROUE.- EHUEPERS URUS MORT www.miltontoyota.com