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ninetythird yearno 7 acton ontario wednesday august 16 1967 authorized as second class mall by tbe post office kept ottawa for postage paid in casji at acton ontario twelve pages ten cents laobp shopping mall proposal presented to council i detailed proposal for creation of a pleasant shopping mall in acton presented as expected by ted tyler jr at council tuesday was referred to four otter groups for study tbe development commission chamber of commerce no 2 com mittee of council and tbe halfnourold new planning board will all have an opportunity to comment on and question personal proposal of tbe councillor photostated copies of the presentation and map as appear ing in the free press were available for all council and the press the presentation reads why a shopping mall the d shopping area of acton is deteriorating and has been for some years tbe south side of ihh street with its empty stores is particularly noticeable specially to visitors and propective industrialists d in other district communities eg ge hilton and even erin is much better than in acton and the merchants in these communities seem to be propering kany people in acton it seems prefer to shop in qoelph kitchener or these other areas the reason for this lies probably la part with the town and the physical facilities in the downtown area and prob ably in part with the merchants for not getting together to try and improve matters the time is ripe for the town to tackle its share of the problems in hopes that a better customer cli mate will help to boost the morale of the d merchants i would like to quote time magaalne july 3867 and the creek plainer constantinos dodadls the car must be curb- ad if cities are to ha made human again for the first time la history since he came down from the trees man is losing on right to walk inside us does several dries phila delphia washington houston and minneapolis either have or are plaining pedestrian malls here in canada we have yorkdale mauandclorerdale man the first an indoor matt and the second an outdoor mall both la toronto and less than one hoar drive from acton hamilton also has gyrr malls kitchener and ottawa have streets closed off to make pedestrian malls what acton needs is shopping services in its downtown area which boast of something dularent and attractive something to interest acton and rural shoppers and attract customers who now go elsewhere anyone who has been to expo 67 can testify to the lively atmosphere and interest of the malls and tr anas there they are completely free of automo bile traffic and buyers can shop about from store to store without the problem of waiting long minutes to get from one alov of the street to the other in safety what acton needs is ratowa aaajptag ana watch win atfrecjnaoatt toll jest to see what is going on and to meet and talk and shop in lass crowded and qauetar surtounduajs than they hava now i womld uke to submit that the man proposal introduced in my reaolutlon is perhaps one of the most promising solutions to our downtown problems if the mall proposal is adapted it win only be successful with proper planning to set it up four steps most be taken to make it work l highway 7 most be rerouted around tbe downtown area and traffic patterns in this area altered 2 adequate parking must be supplied for shoppers in the mall area 3 the mail must be interestingly and attractively designed 4 the merchants must take stock of their appearance sen- lag techniques and service and improve these where necessary l traffic soma merchants win no doubt worry about loss of highway trade if no 7 bypasses the d area they are mlstak- ea i think if they bsueve much traffic stops on actons drab main street with lte impossible parking to shop whether or not a man is established highway 7 is going to ce rerouted in vary few years and something of a benefit might as well be derived from this think what an enticement it would be to traffic eaterlng acton to have a sign welcoming them to actons downtown mall tne only mall in flalton county with lots of parking i think that out of sheer curiosity a great many would stop to investigate and if they liked what they saw they would stay to shop and what is more important tbey would probably return the rerouting of highway 7 and alteration of traffic pat terns might be carried out as follow bypass highway 1 traffic should be routeddown eastern ave to bower ave and ah overpass constructed at the railway crossing on eastern ave while this is being done the pres ent young street route couls be used bower ave would be extended along the cnr right of way as a no access bypass to the intersection of highways 7 and 25 at main and guelph streets the old coleman property would have to be acquired and a lot at tbe other end of the bypass along with some school- property and some other private property the bypass would not be accessible from the main part of bower ave and would be the shortest and fastest route between the easterly and westerly part of tbe town stop lights would be moved to main and guelph street corner at the intersection of highways 25 and 7 and a railway underpass constructed at the cnr cross ing in this area other streets elgin street from church street one way only north a fast route from the south industrial area to the post office john street oneway only south this would pro vide adequate facilities for the funeral home and an easy way to the south industrial area mill street one way west to victoria street this would eliminate a dangerous crossing at mill and park ave park ave one way only north knox ave one way only east 2 parking parking must be supplied for prospective customers in the mau and it must to reasonably close this means establish ment of some sort of municipally owned parking lot property on the north side of church street from the corner lot on main street to and including the corner lot on church and willow could be acquired this would give a large parking lot which could have customer entrances to the stores on the south side of mill street a service lane would be left clear of parking along the rear of these stores to permit deliveries to them and give access to the depot taxi and bus stop busses would proceed here from highway 7 by coming down church street other service lanes for the business places on mill street would have to be established there could be a lane between willow and john streets behind the old post office and ymca a service lane is already in existence behind the stores on the north side of mill street between main and willow the properties around the town hall might be acquired this could become a parking lot especially needed for the pouce offices and ore hall and a service lane could be estab lished through it between willow and john 3 design of the mall some sort of professional assistance would be needed here to ensure a satisfactory plan there should be trees perhaps flowers in tubs or on lamp posts benches to sit on and ade quate room for tbe pedestrian shoppers to walk it might be possible to have a fountain of some sort at the present mill and willow intersection andsnrhaps this could become a sort of civic square where municipal celebrations of one type or another might be held all of this designed to arouse the cur iosity and attract people to the downtown area 4 merchants previously mentioned no 4 is the answer in conclusion i would uke to say that this all sounds very nice and visionary and we as municipal officials must always be faced with cold hard facts of feasibility and cost but i think we must also ask ourselves this question what is going to happen to our downtown area it we do nothing can any of you answer the question with any degree of optimism after looking at the present condition in the downtown area residential mall prqpqsa l and i traffic patterns industrial main m mall bypass route 7 td25 s parking service lanes so highway 7 bypass workshop garage destroyed by fire about 6 am saturday morning fire was detected in a 30 by 40 foot frame workshopgarage at the borne of mr and mrs nor man turner near churchill the building its tools andequlpment were- completely destroyed a newlypurchased second hand truck parked just outside the building received 550 damage mr turner conducts ms coot trading business from hlsnome the nearby house and main shop within 20 feet of the fire were saved acton firefightersextlngalshed the ore which was spread by exploding paint mr turner as sisted the firefighters using some of his own equipment i i grade 1 3 results released today acton district high school grade 13 examination results were released wednesday morn ing by principal ted hansen armc daniel p eng 59 chem 50 barber wayne eng 56 clarke susan e eng 84 math dub theesir john a macdonaldr emily hodgson as queen victoria got the regal task of titling glen widowski at play- ground closing thursday father of confederation ralph lands- fsntu tgobmb borough adjusts his tie for formality leader kathy krul wrote mmnn ftftmnny staff photo jqffjfig bygw third and final reading was given to the towns zoning bylaw at tbe council meeting tuesday evening after being in tbe pro cess of making tor three years an amendment was passed af ter discussion about the advisa bility of full blocks back of tbe commercial area being zoned commercial the amendment specified the area from the railroad tracks on mill church and bower be zon ed as in the previous toeing by law with the residential area as r3 the present commercial area by ci and tbe area encompassed by willow from bower to st al tons drive and sfc albans dr from willow to main be r3 the zoning bylaw will go to tbe minister of municipal affairs a public bearing will be held by the ontario municipal board in acton when th e bylaw will be gone over item by item although council was not all in agreement with the amend ment au agreed the bylaw should not be held up any longer com fl hears mall proposal after the presentation reeve bert hlnton commented hes done something no other council lor has done in tbe way of orig inal thought in this field although councillor tyler had no information on widening or rerouting of highway 7 he said ha believed it was inevitable from guelph to georgetown is the worst piece of highway in ontario opined councillor earl masales members agreed the proposal should receive further study au councillors were present for the lengthy meeting in the smokefiued room mayor duby reeve hlnton deputyreeve oakes councillors williams ty ler drinkwalter mckenzle perry and masales with clerk jack mcgeachie more get forms housing survey several persons received extra bousing needs que suonalres from tbe town office this week ans wers to tbe survey are mailed directly to toronto about 350 acton tenants re ceived the questionnaires in the mall but any others interested in pubuc rental bousing were asked to obtain forms at the municipal office only one was given out the first week but bus iness was slightly brisker the second week flower lover monday evening the large pot of flowers at the door of morris pharmacy was taken by a man in a passing car tbe theft was seen the men apprehended and a charge laid by acton opp a 76 math b 71 biol 76 phys 80 cbem 73 french 61 cooke elizabeth j bag 58 geog 59 biol 58 chem 54 french 50 denny leverne ls eng 57 geog 75 french 50 garrett douglas s math a 55 biol 54 phys 52 gay geoffrey math a 51 harris l merl eng 79 math a 72 math b 52 biol 79 phys 64 chem 67 heard eleanor e eng- 80 biol 66 chem 65 latin 68 french 71 hoey martha j eng 64 hist 60 geog 73 french 50 tiranendonk chris a hist 69 biol 56 landsborough joanne e eng 76 math a 64 math b 53 biol 56 chem 59 french 59 linham linda j geog 67 cbem 61 french 51 matthews ralph l biol 52 mccrea rita l eng 88 hist 68 geog 73 biol 73 cbem 60 french 65 mckenzle e kathryn eng 66 hist 62 geog 55 biol 65 french 50 perry franklyn b math a 62 biol 51 cbem 54 winter nancy ge- eng 75 math a 82 math b 82 biol 60 chem 69 french 77 withers k gayle eng 65 math a 58 biol 54 cbem 56 latin 53 french 53 county assessor system plained to esquesing the operation of a county ass essment commissioner system was explained in detail to mem bers of esquesing township cou ncil on monday evening county assessor robert beach at the suggestion of councy coun cil is visiting each municipal council in halton to outline the proposal that is presently being studied by tbe countys finance and assessment committee within the next few weeks mr beach wiu explain it to each council so they can give some direction to their county repre sentatives tor a vote at the coun ty level possibly this fall main benefits of a country wide assessing system he said are a more uniform assessment o au pr the implement ation of data processing a mora equitable costsharing between municipalities and the switch to a new assessing man an electric data processing unit would be purchased immed iately to compute au assessments and set up tax roils tor each municipality mr beachexplaln- ed in the second year of a coun ty assessing operation the ass essors could begin to switch over to a new assessing manual which bases assessments on the car- rent 1966 resale vales not the 190 base level which is pre sently la use to date 28 of ontarios 31 counties and districts have chan ged from the local ass sy stem to a county setop present assessing staffs through halton would he employ ed by the county department working invarioasnwntclnahties whenever they are needed for the benefit of ratepayers with queries staffers could give guid ance in local otflcesln each mun icipality am a certain day each week suboffices would prob ably be established in oakvlue and burlington where around 75 per cent of the countys total properties arelocated provincial grants will assist in getting the new system start ed he explained the province pays 10500 toward salaries plus 50 per cent of equipment purchases and about 50 per cent of tbe cost of implementing the data processing unit reeve george leslie who is a member of the county committee studying the proposal said he had visited peel and waterloo counties with the committee to see the system in operation of ficials in these coanaasdescrib- ed it as superior to the former system and it sounded good enough for me he said assessment is the mainstay of any municipality if you are not doing it right you are not doing anything right continued tbe reeve the discussion ended oncosts which are still unknown mr beach suggested the system would probably cost more than the present setup but the re sulting better service should be worth any extra cost he said the countys studying committee would probably look more fully into the costs reformed church new minister to be ordained rev peter brouwer has ac cepted a call to serve as pastor of bethel christian reformed church he completed his stud ies at calvin college grand ra pids michigan last spring and will be ordained here in septem ber mr brouwer went from bram pton to study at calvin college he is married and has six child ren the family wiu move into the church parsonage in a couple of weeks the house is up for sale and it it is sold the church officials plan to build anew home beside the church for the mini ster and his family during the summer calvin college student dirk veldhnlxen his wife and children hava been in acton while mr veldhaiizen has the duties of temporary min ister they are leaving this aaak bottom of fairy lake comes spewing out of pipe a settling bed as dredging be gan last friday wa1ch vorvtr i- new spectator sport in acton to see how the stoneladen silt is sucked up into the -7- to 3 staff pttoto