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The Acton Free Press Wednesday January Yearend review Development hydro hunting major issues in Nassagaweya Maintaining the rural aspects of Township yet at the same tune allowing ac ceptable industries and residential development Into the area will be some of the main objectives Nassagaweya In according to Reeve Mrs Anne MacArthur In a yearend Interview with this paper Mrs reflected on the ac and setbacks of Council during the past year Mrs Arthur remarked Council had a fairly successful although you never achieve the amount of success you want More homes With in the coming year the reeve Intends to push for oneacre lots There is a land purchase restriction of five or ten acre lots and a certain frontage restriction noted Mrs A five acre lot results in only the wealthy owning land An individual be denied the op portunity to buy a housing lot Mrs MacArthur stated she was not in favor of indiscriminate building practices Then would be restrictions on where houses could be built We wouldnt want filled with houses she explained The is also in favor of attracting more industry to the Township Council wants ac ceptable industries ones which won be nuisances If more In did come into it would balance the residential and industrial aspects of the township In inaugural address Mrs MacArthur stressed should not stand by and have township land values frozen This was in regard to the provincial government TorontoCentered Region plan The plan designates certain land areas to be frozen and is almost one of them Require subsidy Mrs stated that if the province intends to make Nassagaweya a recreational area where no industry can enter then the province will have to give subsidies to make up for the township not being allowed to reach its potential value The Reeve also feels the creation of a would not improve the value of land in However the Reeve felt an ac ceptable solution could be reached with the province and the issue of recreational use of land could be settled without coming to loggerheads Looking back over the last year the reeve said she thought the reason Cbuncfl managed to accomplish what it did was because of the har relationship of the councillors I not saying everyone on council saw eye to eye on every issue and it wouldnt be a good if they but members did manage to work together Indmdual members respected the opinions and ideas of other members even if those ideas offered from their own Better ruda Mrs MacArthur proud of the expansion of the township road hard topping in Gueph Acton Legion sang Sunday in a service of thanks- church Major the Rev D Crawford Smith in his sermon paid tribute to John McCrae on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth will now be known as the Poppy City After the church service Sunday evening a reception was held by the city In the church auditorium The also sang at the reception Ted Hansen directed the choir program The program was started In 1970 but the reeve says it was greatly expanded within the last year The township Ins what Mrs causative year plan for hardtopping roads Within five years If everything goes on schedule all roods In will be hard topped I feel this is quite an ANNE MacARTHUR achievement for a small municipality such as One of the toughest decisions to face council during the past year Mrs MacArthur said was the decision on which route a volt transmission line being built by Ontario Hydro would take through Towers carrying the line will be feet apart and would cut a swath over 600 feet In width Ontario Hydro had proposed a diagonal route while some ratepayers including former members of council wanted the hydro line to follow a lot and concession line route After listening to several deputations from ratepayers holding public meetings and discussing the issue among themselves council in early December came forth with a resolution stating the route the transmission line would follow through would have to be decided by Ontario Hydro Ratepayer concern I think our position on the transmission line was the only sensible one council could take said Mrs MacArthur We avoided pitting neighbor against neighbor but at the same time we didn t give our blessing to Ontario Hydro for creation the line We wanted to give the greatest consideration to the ratepayers who wul be by the route Ontario Hydro takes Outside hunting licences may not be granted in next year Mrs This action may come about because of what Mrs MacArthur calls the very disillusioning actions of the Department of Lands and Forests Lands and Forests are actually forcing bunting on exclaimed the Reeve Mrs explained Lands and Forests bad ap proached individual landowners asking them if they would allow the department to erect red placards designating hunting areas If the farmer want any hunting they won erect any signs the Reeve said What happens If farmer allows the hunting placards but his neighbors want any hunting at all It very easy for for hunters to wander from one farm where the farmer allows hunting to the land of a neighbor who is completely against nun ting Need permission Under an existing bylaw hunters have to ask farmers for per mission to hunt on their land the reeve states We will be looking into the question of hunting very seriously in the new year reiterates Mrs MacArthur A yearend debate erupted over the future the SPIN project SPIN Stop Pollution In Is an ecology group which gathers waste material throughout the township The group had petitioned council to help them dispose of the waste Township trucks were used for a while to garbage away However council learned It was not economically practical to use township trucks Mrs MacArthur says she in favor of SPIN and says the work they are doing should not be dropped The Reeve said she was working on the project and hinted she thought solution would come about soon A youth community centre will probably be discussed in the next year by council Council is taking more and more interest in our young people the reeve stated A community has to have the support of Its young people Mrs MacArthur said will probably be taking a more active interest in the creation of recreation facilities also Quarry rehabilitation Nassagaweya has in the past quarrelled with the townships local corporate citizens the quarry operators Mrs MacArthur hopes that In the new year the quarries will fallow the rehabilitation programs set down by the province She said she knows it takes a while for plans to get into motion The quarry operators haven t been fair with the township in the past probably because they felt they were dealing with a small municipality noted the reeve who also said she hopes to see the scars created by the quarries and gravel pits completely rehabilitated The one main objective Mrs MacArthur appears to be working for in the future Is the defence of Nassagaweya I would like very much to see Nassagaweya kept Intact in any form of regional government that the provincial government may wish to implement The reeve said when it comes to Nassagaweya she has grave reservations about the cost of a restructured County Mrs MacArthur exolained her position on maintaining tne boundaries of Nassagaweya We re a unique township south helps the north and the east cares about the west People in this municipality are concerned about the welfare of their neigh tors The reeve eels she has the backing of moat of the people of the township In maintaining Nassagaweya as a separate entity ARTHUR A JOHNSONod OPTOMETRIST Ml II St E Acton Wednesday a Saturday Main St Canadian Citizenship Applications Applications for Canadian citizenship will be accepted every Wednesday and Friday from am to 3 at the Queen Square Building 24 Queen Street East Lower level 2 BRAMP TON Ontario For information regarding documents required fees etc telephone BRAMPTON Wednesday or Friday only AFTER INVENTORY CLEARANCE BIS DM WINDSHIELD WASHER Gal Jug MENS PILE LINED GLOVES Reg Spec I LAM0NT BLANKETS BRIDGE MIX Reg B9c 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