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noise and hazards cited by neighbors markham council took action tuesday to soothe irate residents in the woodbine ave hwy 7 area concerned about noise and indust rial hazards produced by a near by business members of the classics com munity association say noise pro duced by janovski counter tops on spy crt in markham detracts from enjoyment of our homes and demanded action the matter was referred to staff for a report recommenda tions are expected to be brought forth at the next meeting the groupalso contends that a dust collector used to capture particles circulating in the plant was illegally constructed and should be removed bill walker building director for the town of markham said owner jim janovski overstepped the bounds of the building permit issued but noted that its not an uncommon occurrence he also said mr janovski has been cooperative with the town to bring the collector into com pliance i guess he assumed that what ever he was going to- build was covered under the building per mit said mr walker this case is not special the environment ministry has been notified to investigate noise levels and will recommend mut ing measures to protect residents mr janovski defended his right to operate the business and said residents there were aware of the nearby industrial subdivisions development he said the firm which em ploys eight operates during nor mal business hours 25m pool given nod town centre approved by steve houston staff reporter in a 74 vote tuesday markham council approved a 25metre swimming pool for milliken mills and rejected a plea that the pool be stretched to 50 metres the approval was part of the 40million 1987 capital works budget approved by council in cluded is an 18 million allocation for a new municipal complex at warden ave and hwy 7 and 3 million for the swimming pool the markham citizens for a 50- metre pool made its final plea be fore members in a packed council chamber markham resident jim jones who spearheaded the drive for the facility began his presentation to council saying the group would lose tonight with dignity or win with dignity the group ran a comprehensive campaign citing several exam ples of costefficiency with the proposed plan but lost to council lors concerned with the increased costs increased cost figures for the pool were generally pegged be tween 13 to 15 million we dont want a taj mahal but just a conservative facility that can best service the whole com munity said mr jones in his presentation to council lets swim not sink on this much needed 50metre pool facility once again he said the town could recover a large portion of its costs through the use of bulk heads school board participa tion tournaments prudent man agement and fund raising the markham aquatic club committed its group to raising 250000 towards the project regional councillor frank scarpitti turned the proposal into a pool versus new municipal com plex issue saying he would vote for a people first project like the 50metre pool after looking at the final fi gures no matter which way you cut it we cant afford the new municipal centre commented councillor scarpitti if we approve this the municipal com plex the public will get short changed but those who voted against the larger pool and for the municip al complex councillors fred cox bob sherwood tom newall bud bonner ron moran mike popovich and mayor carole bell were generally concerned ab out the largerpools cost adding to the towns projected 6 million de ficit in 1987 and several were unconvinced that the need for a 50metre facil ity had been sufficiently demons trated regional councillor ron moran said the town would realize no real savings with the larger facility he added that the town would pay a proportionate fee for a pool increased by 25metres thornhill councillor mike popovich concerned about the towns current capital budget for 1987 said he wouldnt support ed and clatcdette mimm ummfmu spending additional money for the pool were facing a capital outlay this year of 40- million said councillor popovich that in it self is a big concern but supporters of the plan councillors doreen quirk gord landon alex chiu and frank scarpitti believe the enlarged facility would suffice on a longer term and serve as a townwide facility markham firm fined 3000 by bruce etheridge a bullock dr company has been fined 3000 for spilling pur ple ink into a tributary of the rouge river cip containers ltd pleaded guilty to discharging waste into a waterway and failing to notify the ministry of environment of the spill the company was fined 1500 on each count by justice of the peace george cummings crown prosecutor jerry her- lihy representing the ministry of enviornment told the court that the company pumped water con taining purple ink and paraffin wax onto the back of their proper ty over a threeday period last november the waste water was carried off the property by heavy rains and washed down into a creek leading to the rouge river cip containers ltd which manufactures cardboard contain- ers such as milk cartons apparently had a drainage line become plugged with wax caus ing the waste to back up a markham resident whose property backs onto the creek spotted purple foam around the banks andcalled the ministry of environment the waste which caused a discoloration of the wa ter was easily traced back to company property via a ditch leading down to the creek mr herlihy said that while the ink was nontoxic and not harm ful to aquatic or plant life in the rouge river he was concerned that the pumping had continued over three days mrcowan counsel for cip containers said the company has now set up an internal drainage xmfemiim venf another spi weekender february 28 1987 p3 m dsfl ms jbf j 1 1 hfl asbbik sbc s r e9s1 jpp il j rtt m i the dust collector protruding from the roof of janovski counter tops on spy crt has certain neighbors objecting tension mounts over mount joy by steve houston staff reporter despite a growth suspension plan to soothe irate mount joy area homeowners markham council tuesday found itself confronted by residents de manding answers the group currently in the process of forming a rate payers association in response to the towns official plan op review demanded action on the proposed mount joy indust rial designation but the town which approved in principal a plan to redesignate the entire site a study area still had to answer to residents ward councillor gord land- on who introduced the new proposal said mount joy will become a study area and re turn to the same status it had prior to the official plan re view the new proposal prohibits development until a markham bypass and 16th ave widening is complete and makes a provi sion for buffer zones should in dustrial development take place it was referred to the official plan review committee and staff for further consideration mark hassan area spokes man for the residents said re sidents insist on appropriate buffers between their homes and potentially industrial de velopments if its just a garden peri meter if thats what it is its totally unacceptable to the 16th ave residents said mr hassan in a separate exchange he requested that the town pre serve a manmade pond on the north side of 16th ave near brother andre catholic school but councillor landon said the development question is too early to consider and said buf fer zones will be addressed later mayor carole bell noted that further meetings on any prop osals will be held in the fall the councillors were ac cused of backpedalling on the issue and told they were naive by another disgruntled resident mr hassan echoed those statements in response to councils prepared motion for a rcdesignation of the area it seems to me this is a prearranged cop out to get us out of here early he said after the bitter exchange the two sides agreed to repre sentation at a monday night meeting at et crowle public school the meeting takes place at the school at 730 pm we have a winner to focus attention on several heritage homes and buildings in markham during heritageweek the weekender announced a con test cosponsored by heritage markham in the feb 14 edition the winner was stephanie dawes of unionville who correct ly identified all the buildings she wins 100 courtesy of the news paper and heritage markham we deliver we can deliver your flyers for as litlle as 35f each call advertising at 2942200 or distribution at 2944244 1987 flyers delivered economist suntribune 950900 metroland distributing 22065600 flyers with weekender canadian tire the clean team conlour window fashions crothers ida lalondcs guitar studio fantastic sams a p daniel stainton