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weekender november 271993p7 town made errors lii opposing batching plants reader from page 5 by some town officials are no more than scaremongering for self serving reasons using completely unsubstantiated facts figures and claims for example the mayor has been quot ed as stating that if batching is an allowed use the damage to the towns wells could cost 10 million however experts who have experience developing and constructing municipal water systems estimate the cost to replace the two outdated wells in question with a completely new system at approximately 275 million not 10 million including investigation engineering property acquisition well construction tower or reservoir and distribution system for example the water quantities being used by st marys for their batch ing operation are minute compared to other water users in the immediate area none of which seem to present any con cerns to the town or threat to the towns water supplies the towns wells pump about- 1 million gallons per day and the nearby fish opera tions are capable of pumping about 13 million gallons per day combined for a total of about 23 million gallons per day st marys batching operation uses an average of about 17000 gallons per day with peak demands of about 75000 gal lons per day in fact the st marys well is not even drilled into the same aquifer as the one feeding the towns wells the towns claims that concrete batch ing operations pose a risk of polluting the local water supplies are also completely unfounded concrete batching plants are operated in strict accordance with regula tions administered by the ministry of the environment and there is no possible threat of pollution there are no fuel stor age facilities on the bloomington road site and any small quantities of concrete admixtures used are properly handled water use above 11000 gallons 50000 litres per day is also subject to approval by the ministry of the environment approvals which would not be granted if a potential problem existed in contrast the mayor recently argued vehemently in support of a truck stop which includes thousands of gallons of underground gasoline and diesel fuel storage on the sabiston property located on the south west corner of bloomington road and highway 48 this truck stop which is only 900 feet further away from the towns wells than st marys opera tion was bulldozed through council in spite of objections from the towns own planning department and many local resi dents it was also completely contrary to the 78000 planning study undertaken by the town to support their interim con trol bylaw to date the town has spent close to 12 million trying to stop batching in whitchurchstouffville although they claim that the issue is 14 other potential properties make no mistake about it the towns efforts are concentrated against st marys who is operating the only batch ing plant on any of these 14 sites which by the way is a completely legal opera tion as the courts recently confirmed concord fireplaces inc up to off on all instaflame inserts direct vent fireplaces 8 s lanqstaff sbusaum hwy7 7366808 346 mluway avl unit 10 concord monday sat the towns compulsive actions against sl marys are clearly evidenced by their use of an interim control bylaw had they bothered to consult their own planning department they would have found that there were other options avail able at a fraction of the cost that has been spent to prohibit batching on the other sites i suppose if one really wants to get to the bottom of this and why the town has spent close to 12 million they had bet ter start asking questions and obtaining facts not fiction and fairy tales perhaps they should start by looking at some of the potential developments adja cent to the st marys property the plan ning implications of st marys batching operation on those potential develop ments and whose property just happens to be right in the middle of it all this is definitely not an issue of protecting the towns water supplies as some would have you believe wake up whitchurch- stouffville st marys cement corporation is a multi billion dollar canadian owned and operated company who would not have become involved with this property had the town not given theni written confir mation that they could use the property for their batching operation they also do things in a proper professional manner and would not be party under any cir cumstances to any operation that would have a negative impact on the environ ment or affect a municipalitys water sup plies in fact last spring in an effort to work with the town and alleviate their con cerns st marys voluntarily offered the town a number of safeguards which included among other things to have any additional engineering necessary to satisfy the towns concerns completed at their own expense to establish a monitoring system on the towns wells and to reduce or shut down their operation if any problems developed to provide the town with sufficient financial security to guarantee the towns water supply and tc consider financing the work necessary to upgrade the towns existing wells the towns actions forced me out of this particular venture as it did with a number of other long time residents of the town who had invested a great deal these people did not deserve to be treated the way they were and neither does st marys cement who goes out of their way to be a good corporate citizen its about time that the residents of the town realized what is really going on here because it sure isnt an issue of water and it sure isnt their interests that are being protected haroldscott former resident grand opening saturday november 27 markhams largest selection of cut flowers direct from the grower flowers cut cleaned prepared before your eyes come in saturday and experience an open market floral centre sfisf77m from the bridle post village grocer quality foods 0400655 2942572 unionvill markham j national gnk its mmbsm mens wear custom tailoring vv 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