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No Centennial present Tho Acton Free Press Wed Jan 3 Watson defeated by incumbent The Town of Acton was denied Centennial year by members of The Hal Ion Hoard of Education Thursday night Tom of Acton veteran trustee wan defeated by Bill of Burlington In the race for chairman of the I word In nominating Watson for 100th Ik an Id would be pleased to hove representative of the area at chairman of the Cooper reviewed Watson years as a trustee first with tin Acton public school REGIONAL CHAIRMAN Allan brought to the Halton Board of Education at its inaugural meeting Thursday in Burlington He is shown with assistant director Em Lavender and Hills trustee Tom Watson Halton Hills sets planning procedures general ad ministration committee of Hills council met Monday their new rcspon Tor planning filled the All matters of recreation were postponed to Tuesday evening and recreation director was told 10 be might an well leave unheard Main matter for decision of the committee was the procedure to be taken with regard lo applications requesting amendments to official plans and zoning by laws of the former Georgetown Acton and beginning of the meeting was changed as members discussed the merits and disadvantages of different progress from the application on through nil stops before approval All members of the com were at hall for the first meeting chairman Hoy Booth members Lea Morrow and Dick deputy clerk rench secretary with Mario Vfndltti the planner Mayor alter nated between ad ministration and works j Advisory planning advisory sub committee were named ward one Vic Frank and Krugcr ward a George Maltby Morrow It V wards 3 and A and Hoy It hud been decided to tunc three representatives from each former planning Acton Georgetown and Applications were reviewed Monday night and the nine men Several are former planning board members Whether this advisor sub- committee should have chairman from council or not was discussed It was finally decided that since planner Vindilti would meet with both planning ad Hills general ministration committee he Would act as liaison line pro Planning applications will be received by the clerk of Hills and will be placed on the agenda of the general administration committee The next in line was the one caused con discussion Should notification through com mil tee minutes be sufficient Members agreed to by pass putting each application on the agenda of the full council From the committee each application will be forwarded to the planner Mr Vinditti who will Ret reports from department heads The ap plication will also If ap plicable be forwarded lo the new citizen planning advisory subcommittee Then the application comes back to the general ad ministration committee for a recommendation to council lecs Mr Vinditti Is to In the system of charges and fees to be recommended Eventual the region will have responsibility for planning and Hi lb recommendations will go However Mr Vinditti explained the machinery in operation yet so plications will still be warded to the Ontario Municipal Board they have been in the past Public meetings will be called as 1 usual when required The regional planner Is working on a comprehensive document to cover all the county he said He estimated the region will not be ready to function as Intended for two or three years Amendments will then go to the region instead of the Ministry Certain applications will also be sent to tho land division committee of which is comparable to a committee of adjustment Streamlining Council hopes of streamlining the system were expressed by councillor Dick as committee men talked over which ways would Just cause more delays The planning advisory sub committee is to give ap plications a sense of feeling councillor Ilk Morrow felt Councilor llowitt agreed and Raid they should have autonomy as far ideas art concerned The recommended remuneration is a meeting Needs help Planner Mario Vinditti feeling his way in a new area advised the committee there no way he can handle all the work himself JIc has Investigated the status of the three planning consultant firms which aid work for Aeton and Georgetown Acton Project Planning Associates arc phasing themfiohos out of this kind of work He has advised the others thec may assisted Georgetown and M Dillon which worked with township He hopes to come up with firm budget figure he said as committee threw him estimated what their own communities had spent last year He will hire a secretary night meetings have proven a hang up There Is no salary schedule to go by yet but it was agreed consideration for night meetings should Ik given Mr Vinditti is obtaining copies of maps and all relevant documents and setting up comprehensive filing system I ike a luck fisherman he held up his hands to Indicate the width of the file on the apartment project alone leal Ions Several planning plications forwarded to the new council were listed on the agenda Monday night and were sent on their route through the new procedure Ml had previously been before boards in their home municipalities and representatives explained the situation to their colleagues represcntatlv tin situation to colleagues Mr and Mrs J Sheldon appeared the meeting In opposition lo quarry designation for of land owned by Consolidated Sand and Gravel off highway In the vicinity of St Helena ltd Twenty families had previously attended a meeting supporting lit I squeslng official plan and Mayor lorn Hill told the a recommendation would go from the committee to tin full of Hills to support the official plan and the former request of the rati payers association Policy Policy statement for thL installation of septic tanks and lilt fields as a proposed amendment to the Georgetown official plan wen reported We 11 hove to have a report on this and get back it Inter on said chairman Hoy Booth Already three years on the road an application for apartments on Water St in Georgetown by Construction was reviewed Problem Is the Credit flood plain level The catlap will proceed Jhe new Ice snow get blame Slippery and snow were to for at least some of thL collisions in town the past week Sunday two cars were In collision on lid Driver John Bower damage to his car and Wayne to his The cousins met accidentally Hire Bates for region solicitor Noel Bates of was hired as Hoc ion at a meeting of regional council Wednesday A graduate of the linker of Toronto Bales now works in a private practice in per year plus a 500 moving allow there at 11 AVAILABLE FOR ADULTS DAY SCHOOL CLASSES at ACTON HIGH SCHOOL OPENINGS IN ALL SUBJECTS SEMESTER CLASSES STARTING JANUARY 30 to JUNE For further Information calk Mr Katz Mr Downie Mr Skerrert at 8532920 iward then Alton high hampered his Judgement board and lntur will I ducal ion Watson two term for ihairman not frig mint Ik rs should gel to serve as Watson said hi work towards strengthening the trustees association so I I nit llicrc was never situation like the re is now lb the problems that with leiiihir walkouts riislmr who served as Inst ymr defendid tin two year term ami pointed out tin benefit of lontinulty Ik not all wire ihairman tiling I reviewed bis first l r called a start but that overall the year was a smooth one thai IhImjj he iparati chairman Priest tier recognized Bill the greatest threat boards in the provlnn would have to deal during the year ITie bill would both ttuehirs and boards arbitration In words if teachers and Iwnrds did nut settle eon trails by a certain time a provincial arbitrator would settle the matter Prlestmr said the would hi a threat lo Hit authority of boards across the He urged an attack on the provincial government and Indicated people suy goodbye to boards of education if bill llcgional Allan addressed tin Iward lb noted tin was of the muuliipal in rcgkmiiw lion iirnltni newspaper atlarks on bis to Judy Alexander of Oak purihase of worth of office furniture He jokingly Mrs Alexander Is tin first that might have woman to hold position of been one area he should viec chairman or chairman eonsulleiMh board a county or to wants Kim work Ixmrd Its formation iloslng the gap the board lie suggested nap had there for several yearn lit also told the Iward he hoped that time a building for tin new regional government wan built it would be big nuugli to Iniludi for groups us the ward of 1 1 nit on llcglon Authority and district tin fedtnd and provincial lit lit one building people wirt nominated as chairman of lit It ml Bill lawson of Milton nomination rcpn Istlveonlht board hid Joked position and during his about of the hidgp A it the oaths of and allegiance Tor tin mi Hill Bill Ibrd and 1 Inn are nt mix on tin Iwurd this served on Miss Itobliison making her tie but as a trustee She is no tin education She has spent a r in education working as a and latir In a supervisory inpaiily Miss Itobliison father M ami his father on boards of education Both and from Staff is late Hills stair members transit rrcd from Aeton to an inning by bus and arriving lute I at of finance and told Monday night He suggest liny be to a short luiiih hour to make up tin time lost Whin asked what he would Treasurer I Pelirson I suggest form a tar pool Ik claimed If In In lit still then on tlmt Ibis is a litllt dlfbrtnt Harry apply for job thty wen swit elied to town If Hit ill to Itolili and IK 1 Ih tin Unit mild tin out HKpk don t drive how lorelyon public Wt with t altera they will find ways I hi i hided the tnnsunr Including the ad visory sub commiticc An application from Jamil for a tannery In the former auto body property on Main St Acton at Agnes St was disapproved by Officer of Health and Acton planning board ho was re com mend eel turned down An application for a Mini Marl on Mountninvlew Georgetown next the bowling alley was referred forward loneirn density of shops and resulting traffic problem were ported by Georgetown members Application of Clarence Itognvaldson Main Alton for reonlng of his property from industrial to will go through normal channels Board studies The Acton I study was received and filed However Georgetown planning board s study will not be further It had already been turned down by Georgetown council Mr Booth explained He felt it was undertaken with too much haste It looks like arbitrary freezing observed Application of Angela for a shopping centre on Main Acton was j forwarded to the planner and sub committee I a col at parking lot lies Brampton had estimated to his and Marion Nurse Marin St to hers Saturday at on ltd the driven by I McGrulhcrs It 11 i had dam age and the ear driun by Douglas Heath Guelph In a cotillion William Kent It 1 was driver with estimated to ear Hid Margaret Ijiird Hit Norval the other driver with no damage recorded to the pick up truck Tuesday parked owned by Aluminum Indus tries Sen Thorough was struck Driver of a car with Jo damage in the incident wis Winston Wellingtons The collision occurred on Mill at fi 15 p CLEARANCE UU I I STORE WIDE SAVINGS VP 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