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Criticism delays regional plan THE Iagc Strong condemnations of Ha lion regions apparent In tention to control agricultural land use has helped oVvlnce regional planning committee chairman Pat McLaughlin that more time Is needed la review first official plan before It Is adopted by regional council and Kent to the of housing for final approval Expected to endorse do cument alter nearly five years of preparation at last Wednes days meeting council Instead to defer consideration of the official plan at Coun McLaughlins suggestion I thought we had a plan that was pretty much acceptable but It appears there are still some questions to be answer ed he conceded after hearing appraisals of the doc ument by two Hills farmers As chairman of the committee Im willing to take It back our Aug meeting and get these points ironed out so that you can accept or reject all at the Sept council meeting Numerous public meet ings have provided all Input from Hal ton liens that Is needed Coun Carl of argued The plan ning committee he pointed out has been criticized in the past for spending loo much time the public and deb- ale over Ihe plan at council level be avoided by deferral Ha I ton Hills Roy Booth however commended chairman McLaughlin for his responsible attitude toward evident need for further study Burlington Coun Ben nevertheless warned thai deferral will lead disas ter if council intends to satisfy everyone Regional chairman life Mor row predicted that once adop ted by council the official plan will be in the minister of housings hands for about a year During time he said updates and revisions Link semis approved for south Acton A revised development pro posat for three residential lots Main Street south Acton has been approved in principle by the town planning board Holdings Ltd to six linked semi detached homes on the 253 fool by 146 fool parcel of land facing Cobblchill which former Acton torn of adjustment in 1973 as a suitable bite for residential developments The is now owned Chateau Developments Lid Deputy planning director Brian out the close proximity of Beard more Tannery tn the proposed site in a report warned of its possible incompatibility be cause of obnoxious odors the tannery has emitted in the However the plan does designate the proper for residential use and as the proposal before us now repres a 50 per cent reduction in the number of units which could be expected we feel the proposal is a viable and dwir able alternative Mr explained asked the planning department to elabo rate on its report that an existing pruatc drive the site intended for use by the residents of all three lots can be properly aligned with Cob- to form a lour intersection at Main Street Hod consulting engineer who worked on proposal informed the board that despite Its location on Ihc crest of hill suggested intersection does not present any major problems to traffic flow Concerns over the handling of traffic at intersection prompted councillors and Peter Marks to suggest Hut the boards approval in principle should be held up until further information Is made available At urging of Coun Miller however approval was granted Blackout Lightning caused a minor power failure at Quarries la si week resulting in a disruption of work on one shift Don plant manager said the lightning came in on the primary crusher circuit throwing circuit breaker it was necessary to slop work on thai machine for one shift while awaiting the arrival of necessary parts to put the machine back into working be expected to be made to the plan regularly Coun Mac Anderson added thai Mr Morrow was being optimistic because his munlcl politys official plan has been before the minister for the past four years Wednesdays decision to de fer the plan came shortly after Rod of George town and Peter Branch of took turns before council listing the official plans shortcomings with res- to agricultural practices Referring to the plan Mr contended that the regions Intention to lake over stewardship of Hallon farms docs not represent freedom which he and many others fought to preserve the Second World War He challenged council to find farm leaders as efficient and as Reford the Hills farmer and president of last years Royal Agricultural Win Fair Mr pointed out that control of power brings wilh It responsibility He commented thai region wilh Is official plan is committing Itself and future councils to honor legal agreements outlined In the plan Although he admitted he docs not know all the details of the Mr ex pressed his belief that Hills council as Georgetown council s successor should ho nor legal agreements thai still bind the Iowa Focal Properties Ltd to develop an area south or Georgetown Mr Plnkcy and Mr Branch both contended the official plan has failed to honor alleged verbal agreements by regional planners to remove the con cept of land freezes from the plan According to Mr Pink ncy the words pertaining land have been taken out but Ihe intention of the plan as outlined elsewhere In ihe document has not chang ed Both speakers defended form owners right to sell his property to anyone for any purpose without infringement by regional planners and both to take official plan before the Ontario Munic ipal Board unless and other farmers arc afforded the opportunity to have Ihcir con cerns resolved Mr Branch doubted such differences in opinion could be resolved at reg council level Hills and Milton alone seem to land the farmers situation The former called Ontario Agricultural Code of Practice which the official plan alludes We Have a GREAT DEAL for SOMEONE Discontinued Model TOSHIBA C970 COLOR TV ONE ONLY Ser Remember We have only one left Note We have been told our prices are very good and they are From time to time you will see big city ad vertising of discontinued models presented as current models This is a very common practice designed to give the impression of lower big city prices Since the model is discontinued delivery is im possible when 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