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22 economist sunsuntribune environment saturday april 242004 the regional municipality of york notice of completion addendum to the class environmental assessment water supply for community of bloomington town of whitchurchstouffville the regional municipality of york completed a class environmental assessment class ea phases 1 2 report on a possible water supply for the community of bloomington town of whitchurchstouffville in may 1998 the class ea report recommended alternative was to construct a 1300 meter watermain between the community of bloomington and the existing ballantraemusselman lake water supply the existing ballantraemusselman lake elevated tank could supply storage for both systems as this class ea has an expiry date of five years york region is now required to undertake an addendum to determine if there have been any changes that could affect this recommendation by this notice you are advised of the completion of this project in accordance with the requirements of the municipal class environmental assessment subject to comments received as a result of this notice a review of the alternative solutions noted in this addendum to the original class ea report york region intends to refile this class ea report to obtain further information regarding this project or to submit comments please contact the region or the consultant undertaking the study if concerns arise regarding this project which cannot be resolved in discussion with the municipality a person or party may request that the minister of the environment make an order for the project to comply with part ii of the environmental assessment act referred to as a part ii order which addresses individual environmental assessments requests must be received by the minister at the address below within 30 calendar days of this notice a copy of the request must also be sent to the project coordinator at the regional municipality of york if there is no request received by may 25 2004 the 1300 meter watermain will proceed to design and construction as presented in the planning documentation the honourable leona dombrowsky minister of the environment 135 st clair avenue west 12th floor toronto ontario m4v 1p5 the addendum to the class ea report is available for public review at the offices of the regional municipality of york transportation and works department the town of whitchurchstouffville clerks office and the whitchurch- stouffville public library interested persons should provide written comments to the regional municipality of york or simcoe engineering group limited consultants for the project as follows mr mike rabeau project coordinator the regional municipality of york infrastructure design and construction branch transportation and works department 17250 yonge street newmarket ontario l3y6z1 tel 905 8951200 ext 5157 fax 605 8364590 mr greg baker project manager simcoe engineering group ltd 1815 ironstone manor suite 10 pickering ontario liw 3w9 tel 9058311715 fax 905 8310531 town of vhitchirchst0uffvii1e country close to the city notice northeast functional servicing study tuesday may 4th 2004 700 pm council chambers 37 sandiford drive 4th floor take notice that council will be considering a staff report at its meeting sched uled for tuesday may 4th 2004 at 700 pm on northeast functional servicing study the council meeting will be convened in the council chambers 37 sandiford drive 4th floor stouffville the northeast functional servicing study assesses the implications of new develop ment within a portion of the community of stouffville generally described as being within the area bounded by main street to the south regional road no 30 to the east the stouffville reservoir to the west and bethesda road to the north the objectives of the functional servicing studies are to ensure that the form and layout of new urban development within the community of stouffville is viewed in a broad fashion rather than as a singular property that is considered in isolation of the larger network or system the functional servicing studies have been complet ed consistent with the vision the guiding principles and the policy framework as set out in the stouffville secondary plan copies of the revised northeast functional servicing study will be available for pub lic inspection after monday april 26th at the town municipal offices development services department 37 sandiford drive 4th floor or the whitchurchstouffville library 30 burkholder street for more information concerning the northeast functional servicing study please contact the development services department at 905 6401900 or 8952423 37 sandiford drive 4th floor stouffville l4a 7x5 905 6401900 fax 905 6407957 905 8952423 reduce your heating costs with our new affordable solar heating system the rising cost of energy is creeping up all the time this affordable passive solar heating system is designed to supplement your existing system with an abundance of passive solar heat the system uses 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poles are visual eye sores they were worried that the project may diminish the value of neighbouring homes and were fearful snakes from other areas might migrate here councillor bannon proposed devel oping the project in stages while review ing and monitoring its progress respect for neighbours you have to have respect for people who will be exposed to this on a perma nent basis he said john harper from the environmental group friends of musselmans lake said every animal involved in this is totally innocuous the community resource centre prepared this plan in keeping with direc tives of the oak ridges moraine act the lake simcoe region conservation authority identified it as a location to be naturalized mr carroll explained it has received a 10000 grant for the project it will show kids early you dont have to be afraid of wildlife that is around you just have to respect it he said support came from longtime area resident sharon burdette who brought along a contingent of the whitchurch district girl guides who spoke in sup port and presented posters of the project to councillors she emphasized the renat- uralization is being done through fundraising and volunteers efforts children from ballantrae public school planted trees and shrubs in the park yesterday principal mary carnahan said in an interview the project would be a tremendous resource for us based on the science cur riculum from grades 1 to 8 she said it would give children allimportant hands- on experience as they study habitats energy and ecosystems since the park is in walking distance to the school there would also be cost savings we are interested in working with our neighbours to make the best of all our resources in this wonderful rural area she said what is natural about bird and bat boxes mounted on poles local resident alan thompson said we already have an education area for the school we dont need an artificial area to attract what is already there teachers live elsewhere local resident maria czezcar pointed out that teachers who are supporting this and all the people who are for it live somewhere else at night when i barbe cue i really dont want to chase bats councillor clyde smith said residents at preston lake have spent their own money putting up bird boxes osprey platforms and fish cribs with feelings running high councillor hargrave asked residents to bear in mind that we have an issue but we are also neighbours