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Residents of Thornbay Drive stand in from of the Bloornington Road property its owners want to fill. "Dre potential for noise and dust from years of dumping upsets residents. That is what it will feel like liv- ing next to a pmposed in-fill site on Bloomingmn Road. according to «m» arr-a “idem Terrified is how another mi- dcm of the hamlet of Bkmmingwn tics-cribed {be potential scenark). is what a mother is experiencing lx'causc her three ymmg hays vmn'l be able m play in their back yard for roughly the next four They - names were not anmmnced -r war in a cnmi of about 80 people from the Bloom- ington Road/Ninth Line area jammed into. the Whitchurch- Stutth council chambers' gal- lery Wednesday night for a special council meeting on the application In in-fill 57m Bloomington Rd. [he Bloomingtnn Road property (M'ners want In mum? the appmxi- matvly 83 acres to its original grade and mac it for agrk'uhural/mral pur- p1 ram. aluming In the smfi n'pun. It will talk? about HM ('uhu‘ memes of clean fill to accomplish this and last three to {our years: M MN one n‘side-m thinks it will Neighboursz’Not in my back yard’ IV SANDRA IOLAN sbnlgnfi’wmg mm BLOOHIIGTOI RESIDENTS FEAR ADDITIONAL YEARS OF ORAVEL TRUCKS. DUST FROM NEW FILL PROPOSAL As part of the project. the prop» erty's two ponds have to be filled. tosayOKyoucandothatinmy hack yard for six years?" he said. The site once housed a gravel pit extraction operation. More recently and temporarily. it is being used as a horse stable with three dwellings on it. They will be removed and could he reinstated upon the proj- ect's completion. according to the risk management plan submitted to the [tum Fabian Papa Part- ner‘s lnc. and 028 Environmental Consulting Inc. “It's no: how I want to live the next six years." saidThombay Drive resident Paul Mihelcic prior to (he tinn as far as I'm concerned.‘ said (bunciflor Susanne Hilton. during the meeting. ' The gallery empled in applause. Attempts by [he Sun- l‘n'bunc to mmaa the (M'nc'rs thmugh their cumullams dlld "the! avenum were unsucaxsful in time for this publication's deadline. Hwy war not named in the repun and did not speak al the meeting. Mayor Wayne limmvrvm said the owners MW in “Who m their @11 mind is going “llmx'gh'tneedfimher Moe-me Wm be Pm i" W3C? the gallery Wednesday night. Residents have already spent time living in a dust bowl and hear- ing the clanging of dump truck tailgates The property this one - 55l l Bloomingmn Rd. â€" also a former gravel pit. is being wha- bih'tatcd and is near completion. II is turned/operated by the same people who put fonh the proposal for the land next door. to minimize the project's impaa on area residents. according to the consultant who spoke on behalf of the more. Residents. who met with the owners privatefy last week. found the solutions Iaughabk‘. 'lhombay runs south ofl Bloom- ingmn Road and is just west of the Ninth Imv. “That's just hugwash." «aid um- lhnmbay Drive resident. ‘Who in their right mind is going to say OK, you can do thy: in my back yard fbr six years? ' that they can unly bang their truck’s tailgate once. Between and 400 trucks 3 day arr cxpodcd to bring clean fill into that site. “You won't stop the tailgate banging. You won't stop the nuist'. but they Will do their best." Mayor Wayne limmerson told the resi- dents in attendance. A 12-foot berm will be erected to help minimize the noise and dirt. 'lhis be not a lawn pmicm. but. if appmved as pmposed. the municr pality stands to gain about $1.656 million in servicing {01's. (Zlulhes wnn'l be able to dry (in the line. thcrel‘nre. tht-n‘ will an increase in dryer usage. Air con- ditioning will haw m be installml and Used n-gnlarly because (if the dust. "This is my lift“ ‘lhis is my equity and you can't take it away like that." Glenn Collins. a 'lhombay Drivo fl‘skk'lfl. Inld ruum'ilhrx. “What's in it far the people luv- ing there? Absolutely nothing." sand Ninth Linc n‘sidcm John Mcl’hux Along with a (it-creme in their property values, residents claim they will have m actually shell out more money in ordet to mmain llv» ing in their homes. 'l‘nere is no definition of what mnstitutqs cit-an fill. according tn Debbie Minion. fmm the .8 "MM (Save the Oak Ridges Moraine) (halition. Ms (Bordon. along with (kmnela Marshall of the lakeridgv Citizens for (Jean Water. want the municipality to mmt‘ up with a standard. 11w mowing was held in order m uhtain rvsklt'm fl‘fiihiilfk. Fill being moved m the Bloom- ington Road site will he tvstvd hofurv being transported. Pmiudir testing mll also be done of the soil once it is dumped. acumling m Paolo E Albanoso. PM) designau-d consulting engineer and panner at Ldbian Papa 8: Partners Inc, whn prvwnlvd the proposal chm-sday night. Mr. Collins hired a lawyer to fight thv applicaunn. “If [7 was mad and worried. befurt' this meeting, I'm In times mnrv now," he said. Ms Marx‘hnll mum! at si!(' in St'ugug was found to ho ('unmmr natcd despite site testing. No decision was made on the applicannn and nm- is not expected umil mmwmuu m lhv {all when alufl m’ll prmcm m nx‘tmmx‘ndafinn tn numril, STA" 'HOYO/NK K IWANVSHVN