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Page a SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday September Merchants press for civic centre in BIA Although It agreed that the Stevens estate would be an ideal piece of real estate for the town to own Georgetowns Business Improvement Area told councillors last Thursday that downtown Georgetown la the bat place for a new municipal centre The la not to the acquisition of the Stevens property or of one central building chairman David Page told a special council meeting last week But we argue that the centre belongs down town A municipal centre In downtown Georgetown would have a high pro file in the community Mr Page commented and the traditional ainess area would become the civic and cultural hub of the town A downtown site near a large residential area would be more easily accessible to people- with limited ways of getting about he si Id The Stevens property Mr Page pointed out Is not convenient for pedestrians ABANDONMENT He warned that steer fug away from down town Georgetown aa the possible site of the centre would amount to the abandonment of the business core by the town Two sites In the down GEORGETOWN Triangles mark spots which the Hills balldlng committee reviewed as possible sites for a new municipal centre Council passed a motion last week to try and purchase the Stevens properly 1 No sites la Acton were reviewed In commit tec final short list of sites Several sites examined Seven other proper ties were considered by the town building committee before It settled on the Paul Stevens Estate as Ihe most promising site for a municipal centre While the additional had some live points a report the clerk depart ment reviewing the dedslorKnaking process maintains that the Stevens property has been strongly favored ever since me town started its quiet evaluation of the possi bilities In In addition to sites in downtown Georgetown and between the police station and Gordon Arena on High way the building committee also looked at a site In Cedarvale Park the Moore proper ty Carrutbers Road and Highway J the west and of Georgetown on Highway the Seed House proper ty and the Garrett Pro perty adjacent to tbe International Bible School on Georgetowns western boundary BESTBITE The clerks report acknowledges that the Go metric Starting in January lumber and build ing materials dealers across Canada will begin advertising producta in metric units According to a metric conversion plan developed by represen tatives of major buying groups Independent Stevens estate was viewed front the on set as tbe parcel having greatest possibility for a centre because of its closeness to the current clerks office on Trafalgar Road and a major eastwest artery Servicing approxi acre site would not be a problem the clerks report main tains commenting that It would in fact pave way for additional residential development In the area While only briefly Included In clerks report the site between the police station and the Gordon Alcott arena waa rejected because of long term recreational plans the town baa for the property Mayor Pete tola a public meeting last week Owned by the town the site was favored by the George town Chamber of Commerce In its presen tation at tbe meeting The Chambers Murray said the property combined with the arena and tennis courts and a proposed soccer pitch would make a complete municipal centre Trait- Mayor told the group mostly businessmen Interested In where the municipal centre might go that the part of the property fronting on Highway 7 would be sold and the money used to acquire more recreational land Mayor said that Alcott arena was built with an extra large icemaking plant In anticipation that the town would one day build Its twin That would put a constraint on parking he said stressing the need for keeping land tor use A proposal to use land at Cedarvale Park was rejected because of restrictions and because It would mean a severe intru sion in recreational and open space land The Garrett property poses some servicing problems from a tech nical and political point of view the clerks report notes Located outside Georgetowns urban boundary the property cannot be ser viced according to Haltona official plan Using private water supply and sewage dis posal would cost the town an extra to for extra land While the Moore property has ad vantages from a traffic point of view It not well located for all real dents of town The Lambert proper ty covering has servicing con Dominion Seedhouse at the comer of Guelpb Street and Maple Avenue was not strongly favored either Owners are not interest in selling and Its location la not wellsuit to many residents the report says Downtown George town the report says has a shortage of suit able land for a muni centre It may be difficult to get land because It is privately owned and parking limited town core should be at least Investigated tho roughly Mr said One is on a triangle of land flanked by Guelph Main and Cross Streets and the other is on Mill Street partially the Halex Building the former Georgetown post office Mr Page commented that downtown area Is entitled to more than Just a bill paying office A number of council expressed concern that parking presents a serious restriction to locating municipal centre downtown It has been suggested that the problem might be corrected by build underground park The current concept for the centre coils for at least eight acres of land for building and parking facilities alone A centre downtown would have to have more floors than the spread out twostorey structure proposed If Stevens property Is purchased and ally used USE Mr spoke at length of using the Building and the Halton Hills Hydro office as anchors for a larger municipal build ing The post office moved in the Coun Mike Armstrong said because in a growing Georgetown It needed a more central lied local on and recognized parking shortage at the old location What makes the building more functional years later Coun Arm strong asked At last week s meet and another session It hosted in May the BIA pointed to down town study which the maintains stresses the Importance of down town Georgetown as Hills civic hub But Peter Walker whose consulting firm authored the 1931 the Acton and Georgetown BIAs tempered that interpre tation by saying down Georgetown Would be a good location for the centre If It is Teas The Walker study list of suggested policies for Acton and George town says that if down town Georgetown Is not suitable for the muni cipal centre It should be related closely to the civic centre function Mr Walker said he thinks buying the Stevens properly and using it or residential development while saving land far the municipal centre Is good concept TAKE EASY TAKE THE TRAM For TtCKETS and HON Your Authorized Agent Is A 8772214 Main St S Georgetown The triangular slice of land In downtown Georgetown would be the more preferred site for a centre In down town Georgetown he said The Ha lei and Hydro site is better suited to a small food- 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