Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), July 20, 1983, p. 7

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GeorgetownActon Wednesday July 7 Tbcret for at Fairy Lake Including the which recently had the at Todd and Sara Graham and Sarah Harwgod and Rkh There arc abut tides and a hMt of other playground or those of all at Protpect Siding from page I Iron Barb Wynneck and others An elevator cant be in a building of less than three storey He said It appears board members never really knew what the outside would took like they never saw an architects drawing colored but they did see lots of blueprints He noted the board was told by a Queens Park official thai the might be complaining but the architect who didnt attend Thursdays meeting will get an award for his design Board members raised concerns about the color scheme but pi officials said there were no funds available and board meeting minutes Indicated the architect felt local concerns didnt matter Total cost of the unit complex is million a cost of Just under MO per unit which is the provincial celling King reviewed all costs associated with the pro ject including the fact per cent of the annual deficit or difference between the mortgage cost and the buildings income will be covered by the federal government The mortgage runs years King reported the board only received a drawing recently showing color after Queens Park officials ordered the ar chitect to do one and keep the cost down He also admitted the board and other officials have never been given answers regarding the costs of the aluminum aiding versus brick King noted the building design as with everything else in this project is covered by an agreement between the federal and provincial governments and the board All three levels of government approved the plans and budget The local board Is ap pointed by Township council Mrs Marshall felt they had always had to go along with the chosen architects design since dollars had been spent on the elevator and making the apartments a little larger Residents kept saying It sounded to them like the architect was running the show wasn I listening to the board members and didnt what thought of his color scheme The meeting was told the foundation I built take a brick siding but ad to the foundation could be made Asked If the board and councillors would go to bat for of Rockwood to have exterior changes made Mrs Marshall observed she and others have spent many hours on this worthy project and whats happened has happened I can see no way out Theres nothing we can do about It now Theres no more money Her remarks were repeated by board mem bers all night long Residents didnt present a real but did suggest the building be Just a couple of colors or half brick and siding or all brick etc A builder In the audience Allan Bums urged the board lodge on official protest of the color scheme with the federal and provincial governments before the project is finished warning It will take years to have changes made after the project is completed if there arent complaints now Other residents warned the siding will buckle and fade and be costly to maintain alliens also thought for land scaping should be saved for exterior renovations and the could landscape the grounds Repeatedly resl dents said an should be brought in to come up wilh a rescue plan with cost estimates for the exterior Also the audience was reminded the Post Office didn originally took very good but pressure on govern ment produced changes and the same thing must be done this time While the whole community wasnt at the meeting noted over people signed petition and even names from out of town on the petition were people who had once lived in Rockwood and still visit the village The complained about getting govern the province says complain to the housing board the housing board to go to the province Several said they hadnt applied to sit on tbe housing board because they were told there was nothing which could be done about the exterior now Cox said there were contracts in connec tion with the design and construction and they couldnt be broken However Bums countered change orders are routine during project and there should be a change order in this case Cox the audience they were trying to stop tbe project and were only thinking of their personal fed and not tbe senior King the board wanted blue siding removed bat the architect rejected the Idea Also changing the siding when it was all ordered would cost a square project opening Ineddl- Uon while the board can suggest a order It mutt be approved by board meeting is supposed to place this week and donees formaBy pre sented their brief to council Monday eight Ospringe Fire destroys Morrison barn Its really a numbing shock o sec your barn and all its contents go up In smoke and flames Alex and Helen Morrison of the Erin Town Line on lot 17 still dont know what caused the fire Wednesday night bul they do know it consumed the barn some pigs tractor and implements grain and their spring crop of hay besides numerous other things that will come up The fire Department responded to the call within minutes and seeing the barn was beyond saving confined their efforts to saving the house which was close enough that the aluminum siding was warped Sandra Ferguson a teacher of Remedial and Core French Brisbane has com a three week Learning Disability course at the University of Waterloo Byron and Blanche Bruce had a rtfrcshmR weekend holiday when they to Owen Sound and Midland and beat the heat on a Island boat cruise They also had a with George and Elsie Rudder Beaver Valley The Rudders lived on highway and north nine years ago Jim of Cambridge was the visiting speaker at Knox Church on Sunday morning He is at present a theological stu dent at the Presbyterian College in He spoke about Jesus commissioning his disciples for furthering His work saying il is not easy to lose those we love It is all too easy give up hope but love is excelling and all powerful The ultimate ground being is God and God alone Debbie Ellis of Cam bridge was organist WERE MOVING 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