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uphill battle bruee stajoley examines ski resorts just in time for holiday skiing please sqe sports oh page 1 2 econo 5 youdine we drive its christmas party time reservations 6405466 ine lnbune econo taxi 6405466 vol 105 no 50 ametrolandcpnimtinityniewspaper wednesday december 15 1993 20 pages 50 cents waste company says stouffville dump site dropped prematurely tracy kibble staff reporter the company which owns an abandoned landfill on hwy 48 says the provinces dump search process is a failure because it didnt consider plac ing a 600acre dump site in whitchurchstouffville the tribune has learned mississaugabased wmi waste management of canada sent a letter to the interim waste authority iwa last month suggesting the inactive hwy 48 site should not have beenrejected by the iwa dur ing its twoyearlong site search process wmi feels that the selection process was flawed in its fail ure to consider sites such as the highway 48 landfill for which extensive information and a track record of the sites performance as a disposal facil ity is available states a letter obtained by the tribune wmi told iwa officials that the hwy 48 inactive landfill is under one of the best monitor ing programs in all of canada and that according to a 1987 ministry of health study there are no health impacts associat ed with the site but town officials have stressed concern during the past few months that a leachate plume leaving the site is getting worse over time because the company is truck ing hundreds of gallons off the property for closer monitoring and decontamination wmi however said last week it wants to meet with the iwa the crown corporation responsi ble for finding a landfill site once maples keele valley land fill site reaches capacity to discuss the matter before the final decision is made wmi reported to be the worlds largest waste manage ment company said the stouf- fville site which was closed in no special events policy town stouffville pouticians will not adopt a special events policy to control outdoor concerts and other functions on private prop erty it was decided last week the issue of how to best enforce planned activities held on private business properties at least two years after the stouffville country flea mar ket decided to make outdoor functions a regular crowdgrab ber ward 6 councillor ken pren tice said the matter needed spe cial attention when dealing protect surrounding homeown ers from such effects as noise and traffic he offered with staffs guid ance to draft a special policy dealing with the matter which would outline applicants obli gations and responsibilities has been debated at council for with outdoor ftmctions to better befbreholdlngsuchafunctcyi but officials decided a special policy only duplicated matters which are already taken care of through other agencies such as ontarios liquor board and the police council decided the towns current bylaws are sufficient please see page 3 sainsbury 1985 has met all government guidelines for groundwater quality and could pass the provinces site search criteria with ease iwa spokesman jim joe said yesterday that private corpora tions were invited to submit their lands for consideration to challenge the authority if it was deemed they over looked some thing in the process mayor fran sainsbury who met with wmi officials last j friday said she was completely unprepared for the companys proposal to have the site reopened and filled with 40 million tonnes of toronto and york regions waste how can they even consider placing a dump only a few thousand feet from the towns water source sainsbury said the mayor who expected to please see page 3 grant will aid museuiri the federal government will help whitchurchstouffville h museum maintain its invento- ry and recordkeeping system- through a grant which includes supplying four workers for the project heritage whitchutch-stouf- fville and museum staff joined forces to win ottawas approval of a 30000 grant through employment and immigration canada the 15week project which includes putting to work four people presently on unemploy- ment insurance will consist of improving the museum storage area updating inventory and cataloguing records incorpo rating the municipal filing sys tem and inputting the heritage building inventory on a com puter database thisjmroject will help the museum to improve the care for artifacts and information that has been entrusted to it by the public stated a report from museum curator andrea wilson