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A 2 The Canadian Statesman 7</tUe#de*., Bowmanville, Saturday, February 27,1993 From Page 1 the Morgan's Road area of the Town of Newcastle. However, by the end of the evening evening about 10 o'clock, there were only 18 people left in the hall after the workshops on compensation ended. Three discussion groups worked on the idea of fair and reasonable compensation for those on site and for those who live near arid those who live away from the actual site. The groups also discussed reduced taxes on their properties or rebates by the region or municipality. There was also discussion on how to compensate the people directly affected by a proposed proposed dump--the people who own the land. One group suggested that if a family family were to be displaced, the IWA should relocate the family on a comparable comparable piece of property. If none could be found, then the IWA would look elsewhere for their site. Another'suggestion by one of the three groups was that services and employment employment should go to local people. During the earlier part of the evening evening the representatives of Dillon, the engineering firm working with the IWA, spent about an hour and one- half fielding questions and comments from those attending the meeting. Some of the people adding their voices voices to the discontented were members from the Stapleton family who will be directly affected if the proposed dump is located near Newtonville. Questioning the facts used to include include their property on the potential garbage dump list, were Marvin Stapleton Stapleton and Kathy Holland, representing representing the next generation of family members wanting to run the family dairy operation. Questions relating to the selection process brought out details that had not been revealed before. "The short list had six sites for Durham Region," said Gary Komar, a- representative from M.M. Dillon. "By dropping GG2 (the St. Marys Cement site) the KK2 (Newtonville) site did. not get placed on the list by default," he said. Even placing it on the list does not mean that it will become the selected site in June, he told an angry crowd. Ms Holland told the representatives representatives that she has sent briefs to the IWA, but it hasn't even responded to them. She was told that even though these particular representatives had not read her written comments, someone someone has. "Every word of every brief is being being assembled," Laurie Bruce, of the IWA, told to the crowd. However, none of the people at the meeting from the IWA or Dillon had read briefs-particular to this area before before this meeting in Newcastle Village, Village, the workshop participants were told. Ms Holland also told the consulting consulting engineers and IWA representatives representatives from the number of reports she has sent out regarding the KK2 site, these people should know the people they are dealing with. As tempers flared, Ms Bmce tried Rental Vacancies Increase, Housing Agency Reports About 6.1 per cent of apartment units in Oshawa, Whitby and Newcastle Newcastle are vacant, according to the latest statistics from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). "The 6.1 per cent rate is up significantly significantly from 4.4 per cent recorded recorded in April 1992 and 3.4 per cent logged in October 1991," said the CMHC in a rental market report on the Oshawa area. The latest survey of privately initiated initiated rental apartments with three or more units took place in October of 1992. CMHC cited a number of reasons for the growing number of empty apartments. These included the postponement postponement of the economic recovery and the increased affordability of home ownership due to lower house prices and lower interest rates. "And finally, the completion of a large number of assisted rental units had a dampening effect on rental demand in the private market," said the CMHC report. Of the three municipalities included included in the survey, Newcastle had the lowest vacancy rate at 3.8 per cent. Whitby had a vacancy rate of 11.6 per cent and the rate for Oshawa was 4.5 per cent. The average rent for an apartment apartment increased only slightly between between October 1991 and October of 1992. A one-bedroom unit rented for an average of $564 in October. That's up from $562 for a one- bedroom unit in October of 1991. to put out the growing anger in the crowd by trying to get people to deal with the issue of compensation. However, by doing so, more people people became upset with what they thought was an effort to control them. Reid Road resident Terry Caswell told the group that by discussing compensation compensation with the IWA and the engineers, engineers, the people were not going to be giving them their "passive approval to thé dump site." "We do not want it (the compensation) compensation) because we do not want the dump site," Ms Caswell stated. Another woman wanted to know why the IWA didn't do any investigation investigation of the potential sites by drilling bore holes before the shorter list came out in November. That did not happen because of the cost involved, one of the Dillon representatives representatives told her. She argued that if the drilling had been done, the KK2 site would have been off the short-list of potential sites.. Getting on to the band wagon was another area resident who claimed the IWA has lost sight of the fact that the land is not the only issue in this search. He stated Highway Two is to be upgraded soon and there is a possibility possibility that the trucks taking garbage to the site will travel along these roads which have been upgraded through the citizen's taxes. He said he was concerned with the heavy traffic along the road and going past the public school on Newtonville Road. Ms Bruce said the access route would be examined. Mr. Komar said alternative routes and perhaps another interchange would be looked at. The idea of the Stapleton farm being being on the list despite the fact that it is close to environmentally significant lands, the Clarke Swamp, and Graham Creek was brought up. Another idea is that the proposed location on Morgan's Road is not the only farm that is within the lakefront micro-climate that produces specialty crops. As far âs Marvin Stapleton is concerned, concerned, it isn't the only one in the Newtonville area. "Our specialty crops arc fed to our cows that produce the milk that you put on your kitchen table each day," he said. Soon after the general discussion of the dump site, many people left the meeting and the - remainder split up into groups to talk about compensation. compensation. Town of Newcastle Mayor Diane Hamre was the guest speaker at the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce Luncheon at the Bowmanville Recreation Complex on Wednesday, Feb. 24. Mayor Hamre talked about how the municipality adapts to financial difficulties in much, the same way that a business would adapt. She also talked about how the town staff are improving their services for their customers, including including the residents, those who wish to set up new businesses and developers. Improving the quality of customer customer service and adapting to financial restraints are two areas Town of Newcastle staff have had to deal with since the ne.w council took over in November 1991, said the town's mayor on Wednesday, Feb. 24. Mayor Diane Hamre, in speaking to the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce Commerce luncheon at the Bowmanville Recreation Complex, said: "People want the biggest bang for their dollar." dollar." Residents want all the services they enjoyed during the spending sprees municipalities had before the recession. However, the citizens do not want to spend the money they used to, Mayor Hamre told about 90 business owners from Oshawa, Whitby, Bowmanville, Orono and 1 Newcastle Village. To make sure that the programs provided by the municipality are not cut, the municipal government has had to become creative when it spends money. This includes the sharing of staff and coming up with zero-based budgets. budgets. "We have also had a staff hiring freeze for two years," Mayor Hamre said. "Now, we do more with less." Looking at the quality of customer customer service goes hand-in-hand with the restraints, she added. It was also one of the recommendation recommendation made by the Mayor's Economic Economic Task Force last year. "It is the key to success -- following following the private sector's example," example," Mayor Hamre noted. To help the town staff develop better customer relations, the mayor invited people to let her know how to improve the situation. "You can help us by letting us know your criticisms and compliments," compliments," she said. The mayor was thanked for her speech at The Mayor's Luncheon by Rick James, the Vice-President of James Publishing. The Canadian Statesman Published by James Publishing Company Limited A Family Owned Business Serving Local Residents Since 1854 The TOccteMiU* is published 52 times per year and delivered free of charge to more than 17,000 homes and businesses in the Town of Newcastle. Please direct all inquiries and suggestions to: The Canadian Statesman 1WeeAmcUn. P.O. 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