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Georgetown Acton Wednesday June view of the dew Senior CI til cm Apartment building la Roekoood It tod the rettdrnU up In protesting to local councillor and Queen Colored siding from page building stopped Immediately or further professional consideration She wrote citizens have talked to MP Realty and he is both furious and con The creature has literally grown over night and we the residents of the village were never notified as to Us growth potential Mrs Root wrote The neighbors In the Immediate area never did have an opportunity to request that it be built as originally planned and in conjunction with the aesthetic requirements of the street complained that normally in neighbors are asked to approve things happening which will impact on their properties but in this case they were ignored In her brief Mrs Root called the building a monster which has emerged on St What was a dream retirement home for seniors has developed into the most incongruously ugly building ever conceited for a delightfully tasteful community She asked how such an abhorrence was allowed to happen and said residents have been watching Us development with in credulity explained as each new color first brown then green and now blue was put on the building the howh of com munlty protest have grown as more colors arc added the protest will gather steam We the citizens are extremely disap pointed and concerned wonder about the lack of foresight the display of poor taste and the utter deficiency of con Hi deration for the aesthetic welfare of our community especially for those people whose homes art directly facing or in view of such a monstrosity So many seniors had looked forward to a continuance of pleasant living in thcirown hometown Now they considerations of leaving the commun ity entirely rather than take up residence In the nlghtmarishly ugl calamity Mrs Root declared The amazing phenomena has literally gone against the original publicly presented plan or a neat brick complex with a courtyard set on a beautiful property In a very convenient location But without public input without thought as to whether its design was compatible with the surrounding properties or whether it would upgrade or deface other homes located In its vicinity the enigma has expanded from all directions like a mammoth disease In short cosmetically the newlyerected sen citizens residence in our town is an insult to the integrity or the citizens of both the township and this village What we are most interested in is what can now be done to correct an obviously blatant error in judgment and sense How can wc restore some kind of order out of such a lerrible mistake and further howls it to be paid for Certainly not by the Village of or those whose homes are dir ectly within Its view The devaluation of their property alone would have probably tripled the possible cost of rebrlcking So who is it to be Which government body was stupid enough to pour our hardearned lax dollars Into such a catastrophe and what official is big enough and valiant enough to contest the problem These are our questions Many are our concerns How arc our township fathers the cart takers of our community prepared to correct the disaster which can only serve to antagonize disrupt and fracture a peaceful community whose only sin was to request that their senior friends relatives and neighbors could continue to stay on in the township Mrs Boot in her letter to Bennett said hopefully this can be resolved without rancor and difficulty She also protested government impositions and urged the government and citizens work together as opposed to the citizens being dictated to without opportunity to express their own opinions Mrs Root asked Bennett to reconsider the project even at this late date adding it is never too late to rectify a bad decision McLeod complained there was no notice of lost week meeting and the board had ready decided to proceed with the project after a closed meeting on June despite residents complaints He noted Reeve Murray Cox and Deputy Reeve Gord Bald win sit on the board claimed the board and council still don t have a final perspective of how the building will look Plans ha Ye neYer been tabled Mrs said she felt the board of directors don seem to know for sure what all the final colors will be All the board seems to have McLeod explained is a view of the building with colors drawn on with crayon The two citizens said residents are con fused because Coxc has indicated to them that they appreciate Citizens help in having changes made yet provincial of ficlals have told them changes must be Initiated by the Township McLeod the color scheme and project is a guinea pig this concept been used before They emphasized citizens still feel there is a need for a seniors apartment and it has been butlt In the right spot what they object to is the size and color scheme which docsn t Tit into the community It a bad aesthetic design In fact it offensive McLeod declared Citizens plan to continue to make noise about the size and colored siding We will contact all of our political representatives In the hopes someone will go out on a limb for us and help us instead of passing the buck Mrs declared Seniors apartments ready by September The Senior Citizens apartment building now under construction for the Profit Housing Corporation expected to be completed landscaped and ready for occupancy by September George Schledel Construction of Ontario have made good progress with the building and there have been no delays In construction A press release from the board says inter views are now being conducted with ants for suites in the building Bob King secretary of reports that 23 applications have been received and of these have been interviewed Anlmmed late problem Is that under the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing regulations for Profit Housing developments only the suites In this building can be on a Rent Geared to Income basis The Rent Geared to Income is calculated on a paying approximately per cent of their monthly income in rent The market rents set for this project are per month for the one bedroom suites and per month for the two bedroom suites To the extent that per cent of income is a reasonable rate prospective tennants who pay market rents must have Incomes of to Si per month The Profit Housing Corporation directors are hoping that the opportunity to have excellent rental accommodation and to move into a new building In Rockwood will bring a number of interested tennonts to town The directors of the Corporation are now seeking a suitable name for the apartments Suggestions to date have been Senior Citizens Housing Rock Well House Apartment Homes Anyone suggesting a suitable name please send It to the Eramosa Non Profit Housing Corporation Township Offices Rec committee is sponsoring lessons by swimming lessons at the Conservation Area again this summer The lessons will begin on July and run through to August There will be a Tee Registration will be on June 23 at the Centennial School in the main foyer from further information call Nancy at The Squirts Soccer Team chalked up another win last evening They played A at The final score was There will be an Arts and Crafts Show on Friday June at Rockwood Centennial School Those wishing to compete must have their entries to the school before fi m on Friday evening The doors will open at JO and the show will continue till There will be prizes awarded Call Butch Given at between a jn and for more Information another reminder the lions chicken will be on Saturday June at Centre The Lions will be serving chicken aalads and desserts from til Ticket axe for adults under yean and will be available at the door or from any The will also be a dance on Saturday June 25 from pm lajn The tickets for the dance will be 10 a couple and there will be a midnight buffet The music will be provided by Mint Green This is the last dance of the season so well see you there The Rockwood Fire Depart ment answered wo alarms this past week both on Monday June 20 In the morning they responded to a house fire on Ash St at Eden Mills In the afternoon they responded to a resuscitator call to a home on Pine St Wrecking yard Continued from pageS people had been tolerant and under standing long enough Page all alleged bylaw should be dealt with aa a package and the bylaw should be applied equally to all operations He continued the crux of the problem was social people deal like wrecking yards but they are necessary Auto Wreckers had been there longer than most of the complaining residents which citizens loudly rejected one pointing out the has been in jraara ERNIES TREE SERVICE MHBJULY SPECIAL 25on 4 on presentation of this ad FULLY SBMNG The AREA TEARS 8770693 Urban Pest Contrd 8777014 GOOD FURNITURE jsj IT JUST FADES AWAY Pf Protect your investment and save Have your furniture REFINISHED stripping Staining AopaMng AdkiaiAMwy Ft Estimate FURNITURE RERNISHtNG Jim Murphy 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