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the HERALD Wednesday 1992 Council Briefs Council determined to sell Old Stone School Hills Council showed no willingness Monday to bend from its earlier decision to sell Acton Old Stone School to the Region Board of Education By reaffirming their position councillors rejected a request from the group Heritage Acton to post pone the sale until it along with other Acton based groups con sidered whether they could use the building and possibly renovate it Selling the school to the board represents a good deal for both sides Acton councillor Gerald Ren told his colleagues Not only does the town get but also once the board demolishes the building as planned Robert Little Public School will have ac cess to much needed parking space Acton Norm ded the sale saying Acton residents must realize they cant have it all especially given the town budget constraints Coun Elliott pointed out the three Acton councillors support the ap proval of the new Acton arena and the conversion of the Old ire Hall into a seniors centre Its unrealistic to expect town council to reject 000 and ap prove two large capital projects this year said Both Elliott and Ren said until recently neither had heard from anyone in the com for the past four or five years expressing interest in saving the building Surprised mayor Town Mayor Russ Miller seemed surprised when council decided Monday without discussion to hold off selling the property at 125 James Street Georgetown Through a letter that went before council Monday the Georgetown Business Improvement Area requested the town hold off selling the property until the board had discussed with the town the possibility of using the property for parking Commenting on the lack of discussion Mayor Miller said the property was held for a year while the town earned out a parking study The study showed the property wasnt suitable for use as a parking lot Proclamations Town council Monday declared two proclamations Council proclaimed the month of March as Red Cross Month in CVCA offering land owners conservation plan for properties The Credit Valley Conservation Authority is offering watershed land owners of acres or more 5 to 10 acres in special cases a detailed conservation plan for their properties at a real bargain The plan is a detailed hard covered book written specifically for each property but does not obligate land owners to follow any recommendations says CVCA Bob Baker We do an in depth inventory of the flora and fauna on the property including inventory soil sampling past glacial activity wildlife inventory wetlands watercourses ponds and problem areas land owners might want us to address A background on the history of the property and title search is performed to help understand how properties have been developed Regulations and designations of sensitive areas are outlined for each land owner Based on our inventory we recommend how best to manage the property from a holistic and systematic approach to improve water quality erosion and flood control wildlife habitat and generally encourage good land stewardship practices says Baker Inventory of lands is performed in the spring and summer with books delivered before Christmas Only few plans can be earned out each year and pnees range from to ding on acreage This is very much a tool designed to educate land owners and to show how their property fits into the broader watershed picture By having a conserva tion plan completed we hope more appreciation would be given to the property from a con servationenvironmental point of view and should the landowner consider improvements it is hoped first consideration would be given to the recommenda tions says Baker For more information about having a Conservation Plan car out please call the Bob Baker at the Credit Valley Conservation Authority 1 Helping hands Ed Memorial Dart Tournament organizers Grant Richardson middle and Dave Paterson right donated the proceeds ot this years tournament to the Heart and Stroke last week Accepting on behalf of the dation was area coordinator Goodtellow Halton Hills and declared April as National Wildlife Week Revised application Town council learned Monday Burlington based developer Zupet and Associates have submitted a revised development application concerning their Maple Avenue property in Georgetown The proposal called for two storey condominiums to be built on the property at 327 333 and Maple Avenue However under the revised ap plication the developer is planning to build one fivetoio storey tiered apartment building near the rear of the property and 39 three storey stacked townhouses at the front of the property Councillor speaks out In response to an advertisement that recently appeared the local press concerning the Acton dump proposal Acton Norm Elliott said Monday town Mayor Miller doesnt need to be reminded that the public opposes the dump proposal The advertisement was taken out by local group Opposed to Acton Dumping It called on all residents to telephone Mayor Miller to try to stop the dump proposal by forcing the quarry owners to reconstruct the Third Line through the quarry Mayor Miller said the town solicitor is trying to develop a strong legal case in support of the Third Line reconstruction project He said there is no point going to court unless the town has a good chance of winning the case Mayor Miller also said the town solicitor has been in touch with lawyer to explain the towns legal strategy and the groups lawyer agrees with the town Article questioned At Mondays council meeting town Pam Johnston questioned parts of an article ap pearing in the Heralds Sunday Town Buyer The story centred on comments by town Bill that for Hills Regional Coun cillor Joe Hewitt shouldnt be working for a developer with in terests in town The storys lead says the new town committee set up to encourage local development got off to a rocky start However Johnston who at tended the meeting countered by saying In her opinion the meeting was 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