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Mayor claims Halton Hills cannot accept housing subsidy THE HERALD Wednesday December Pae3 With more than acres in Georgetown and Acton or residential development Mayor Tom Hill says Hilts cannot take advantage of the provinces Ontario Housing Action Program Mayor Hill made the com merits during the Acton Chamber of Commerce dinner hut Wednesday with guest speaker Robert Holmes co ordinator of the program in Halton listening Halton Hills has the Black Creek on one side and the Silver Creek on the other the mayor said Both are over capacity with the effluent from the sewage treatment plants in Acton and Georgetown How can we Increase development with no where else for the fluent to go The program Is sponsored by the provincial government to increase housing development for low and moderate Income families The program coordlnatea the work of the province local governments and area developers and has been of fered to Halton Hills Mayor Hill added that he does not nave any faith in the program to attract develop ment to Hills even though it has been accepted by Burlington Milton and vllle More than people including Ward 1 Acton representatives attended the meeting to listen to Mr Holmess explanation of the program BURLINGTON ACCEPTED While Hills has not accepted the program Mr Holmes said Burlington has already completed negotiations for one housing development to supply 18 homes at prices under These are good quality homes he said There is more than 1000 square feet of space throughout Its a very nice proposal Mr Holmes said the programs objectives are to encourage and assist an In crease In housing production to meet the needs of low and moderate Income families Part of the problem In the past few years Is that most housing sells for a high cost In a large exclusive area he said Now with legally binding agreements the ministry is in a position to direct developer end builder efforts toward fow and moderate Income family requirements Explaining the role of the three groups Involved Mr Holmes said the provincial responsibility Is In financial and planning functions By offering a system of grants under a tax stabilization program the province hopes that municipal taxes will not Increase due to costs incurred Major food store coming New plaza for Guelph Street THESE TWO beautiful entertain their guests at the St Georges Anglican Parish princesses turned Into pipers Georgetown Pipe Bands hall at midnight Saturday to annual Christmas dance in A new plaza complete with a municipality a department major grocery chain store Is heads for their comments prior for a fiveacre area to any decision on the plan adjacent to the new Halton Hills Mr said a zoning arena on Guelph Street bylaw amendment from A proposal by Al residential to is outlining plans for the plaza needed on the property to ac- was presented to the towns commodate the plaza He said planning committee last the land Is now vacant Tuesday night Questions Besldesthefoodchainstore however were raised by a small office building will be committee members about the located on the property near the site plan and possible traffic highway Street he problems created by the plaza said There Is a possibility Planning committee has that two or three small stores passed the proposal on to the like a bank and restaurant will be added Town water to Stewarttown He said one advantage for the town in having a plaza con s true ted beside the arena is the Increased parking space which j would be available Tne press and public were Councillor Em Hyde who said like to know the reason he presentation The lack of adequate traffic barred from a meeting of the he wanted specific reasons why said With the little No other explanation was control was a concern for some Hius planning com the public and press should be background given I think it given to council which the councillors who last Tuesday night barred should be public knowledge prompted Councillor Hyde to questioned the choice of site of during which discussion on Councillor Hyde objected to Mr Pilutti said there are continue arguing that not the plaza They pointed out that the request saying insufficient some conflicts of Interest enough Information was given special attention was being l and present the extension of a sewer line j me saying some connicis interest enough information was given special a the village of reasons were given by the which his company is not to close the meeting given to tl was discussed with developer developer He added that prepared to let the public know if an open meeting will plaza council should vote whether to about at this time He added jeopardize the company Town engineers are studying In wma aeMion was camera or not that if council decided to hold position then Im willing to go proposals to include the requested by Mr but his We re excluding press and the meeting open then he along wilh the request he of traffic lights on the request was questioned by public from the meeting and Id would continue with his said But we havent been The present plaza given sufficient reason moving its entrance in line With This would help control the traffic because all turns would be made with the traffic lights he said The two properties are adjacent and there shouldn t be much of a problem Councillor Morrow agreed with the use of the arena entrance to help control traffic flow along Guelph Street He added that the proposal should be carefully studied Adding one step further Councillor Em Hyde said the town should look to the future when the remaining property on Guelph Street may be for commercial He suggested the con a semi service road in front of the arena and proposed plaza with entrances and exits at the traffic lights Councillor Hyde added that the road would be extended when other properties became He said this would be the best method of traffic control along the busy Street MINISTRY OFFERING He added that the ministry of housing Is offering municipalities WOO for each Home Ownership Made Easy HOME unit for units for moderate income groups to annual in come and for other units In addition the province is offering mortgage financing at 10V per cent Interest for families in the moderate range he said Mr Holmes said developers can qualify for the OHAP program by providing suf ficient land for the construction of HOME units The land would be purchased by HOME developers for a price sub stantially below market value He added that the amount of land should be sufficient for the construction of units equalling 10 per cent of the subdivisions total number Also the developer has to 30 per cent of the ousing units In his subdivision for moderate income groups guarantee price stabilization on the remaining land and meet a firm construction schedule Acton Councillor Joe Hurst said Halton Hills is In a dilema that only a meeting between the town officials the ministry of housing and the ministry of the environment can solve Councillor Hurst said the housing ministry is pressuring the town to develop while the ministry of the environment Is trying to slow the town s growth GROUPS WORK At the present time the groups are working against each other Councillor Hurst said As far as Acton is concerned there cannot be much more development because of a lack of within the town boundaries Councillor Lea echoed Mayor Hill s remarks con cemlng the lack of facilities for treated He said development will not proceed until the problem is solved Mr Holmes replied that the government has recognized the need in Hills and Is willing to investigate alter native possibilities including constructing pipelines to other creeks All Im saying Is don say no without trying the program he said I believe theres a potential for Hills may be completely wrong but thats what think MIRROR MIRROR in my hand cries the evil Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs played by Vera Rehearsals Tor the play have been underway since September OPP warn about ice- away areas With the approach of winter and n new season Commissioner H Graham of the Ontario Provincial Police reminds of the dangers of travelling on thinly frozen lakes and rivers specially early In the season Every year members of the OPP are called upon to In incidences of persons going through the ice many with tragic results Later In the season when the ice is thicker a thorough knowledge of prevailing Ice conditions is still necessary Underwater currents can erode the strongest Ice so that there Is open water on even the coldest days Commissioner Graham recently said that a new problem has arisen Many cottagers are using iceaway machines to protect their docks and boat houses Air pumped into the water creates a tur which prevents the formation of Ice These machines are very useful for protecting the lakeside property but present a potential hazard to any person travelling on the ice Criticizes cheap shot To The Editor of The Herald How much background present system of Education I have been following the research was done by your Lets stop thinking negative Herald with much interest reportertocheckallsldesof the Lets start thinking since it has been given Its Issue facelift and have been very pleased with Its editorials However 1 was very disappointed this week to read a gossip story on the front page to which someone thought It of such Importance as to place over It black headlines This In my mind How many people con report Get your photographer and moving its entrance I Councillor Rlc Morrow the entrance to the arena supported Mr position The traffic lights at the in- pointing out that perhaps the tersecllon of the entrances with company Is purchasing more Street will control six land and is dealing in private lanes of traffic which include with the owners special turning lanes for both Also in agreement Councillor the arena and plaza Coxe noted it would not be Mr PllutU said his company ff people 1 only a parts of Georgetown or la It our educators are proud to be mtu centred in one specific area associated with what s hap- a cheap way for a group of particular school principal parents to get front page teacher or Is it with coverage Let s face It if this with in our schools today or one this group has legitimate complaint If so coverage Lets face of complaining adults d written a letter to your newspaper it wouldnt even have been published because not one of them had enough courage or faith in what they are doing to even have a name appear with the story Parents have been helping children with their school work at home for many many years but none of them have ever called a newspaper to have it printed on the front page make It specific Dont blacklist In general all our schools and all our Was the school board teachers for the sake of one or principal or teacher contacted two Stand up and speak out varify the Dont hide behind a few large headlines of a cheap front page story A Georgetown Parent talso In other words lets have both sides of the coin shown Information tactfully omitted can create a lot of mlscon on the part of the general public Mr negative aspects about For the first time or businessman in the down Georgetowns Downtown town core wishing to join the Business Association will be association will have to pay a charging a membership fee to fee cover costs of the associations A merchant who doca not pay various promotions throughout the fee but during the year the year wishes to be Included in one of At Wednesday nights the associations advertising meeting of the association It programs will have to pay a Lois Barrager was decided that any merchant percent surcharge In my opinion your paper r Editor has printed a lot of The big rush is on As of tomorrow at from to Monday oclock the Christmas rush in to Friday and Sam to m downtown Georgetown will be Saturday officially underway At a meeting of the Down town Business Association held During a short discussion on Wednesday night in the King he hours one member of the Restaurant association association commented When members decided that Btore you do three times more hours for almost all outlets In volume in December than you the downtown core would be do during any other month of extended officially from the year you pretty well have tomorrow through to Christmas to be open those other hours to Eve The new hours will run handle It VOLVO HAS REMODELED OUR SHOWROOM F0R7S Were wall to wall with Volvos The new scries sedans and wagons with new fuel injection steel belted steering spring strut front suspension electronic ignition and more comfortable bucket its The luxurious Vulvo 64 comes with air condition ing power steering and scats that la you sit on leather Refinements for include a new more comfortable scat design and power front windows Come in and see our new Volvos Business usual while remodeling is in progress GEORGETOWN BRITISH CARS St Hwy No Georgetown Continues To Sat Dec 7th Hundreds of yards of fine qualify brand name sq yd The Carpet Barn 26 Guelph St 8779896 EVEN OLD SANTA himself has heard of the big Christ mas doings these days Robert Gougeon Furniture In downtown Georgetown On his pre Christmas visit to our store we invited him to relax In one of the wide variety of Easy Chairs we have in slock for Shoppers We explained how we are giving away in cash In our big Christmas Shopping Spree with customers winning anything from to by Just selecting card from our Christmas tree didnt enter our this North Pole stock Is already complete but you can today or any day Gifts for the home arc lasting gifts and ap preciated by all and the selection has never been better In our many years on Main St For your shopping con venience we are open every night til p now to Christmas our lay away plan enables you to make your choice now and take delivery later Robert Household Furnishing is located at OS Main St South downtown