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I EXCELLENCE AWARD IN CUSTOMER RELATIONS FOBERT RMttOC Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Since 1866 BRIAN GOODLET Mutual Life of Canada or WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1981 finance post tied to town halls fate Mayor throws weight behind restoration THEY LET THEIR FINGERS DO THE WALKING It lure milled good la teacher Betty Ayotte Grade class last week Students made gingerbread house last Wednesday by gluing Graham crackers together with white sugar Thursday the students decorated their with chocolate chip gum drop licorice goodies Jujube candy canes and allows Mrs said she let boys and girls left to right Adam Miranda McLean Jake Mashlnler Scott and Michael take the goodies home this week The Herald visited student Using part In Pioneer Days at school last week In photo published Friday though we Incorrectly identified students In teacher Plall and linn Firth Grade classes as being from Centennial School Herald photo by Atil Fourth Linens grave plan approved Fourth Line residents living near three wayside pits soon to be mined for gravel bound for Highway reconstruct ion have reluctantly agreed to conditions concerning Ihe pits operations During Monday night s town council meeting residents ex pressed concern that their privacy and peace was being by the opening of the pits Just north Slderoad 17 Although the conditions for the pits stipulate that crushing operations will not be carried out after the town agreed to try and get an earlier dally closing time Trucks will be allowed to haul gravel out between Sam and and will move south from the pits to eventually linking up with CUIUS Herald bull Writer Months speculation on whether plans to save the centuryold Acton town hall would receive crucial support from Mayor Pete ended Monday night as he heart ly endorsed a restoration proposal despite Indications that he w be fly opposed by two senior councillors when the town halls future Is decided Dec In a lengthy notice of motion presented to council Mayor cited the need for a strong municipal presence n Acton among the reasons why he embraced the fourth of six scenarios for the building offered by Klcinfeldt Consult ants at the end the seven week teas study I am so concerned about this that if we adopt It I will immediately resign as nance chairman Ward 4 Harry Levy told council I- Ward Mike Armstrong said he will not support the restoration propos a either Neither councillor elaborated on his reasons for opposing Mayor argued that the town has already rccognlr the building located at the of Willow and Bower Streets as an historical site and number of community groups have expressed on Interest in seeing It restored DROP IN A recently completed study on the Acton downtown core has also urged some kind Landawn protests plaza restrictions in Acton BIA among studys options Not with our money Although some Acton residents will be overjoyed by the pros peels of having the 100year old town ha II restored as a fulcrum of Acton budding image others will I be I ttle discouraged Until Monday night opponents to the Ice of town tax dollars In the restoration were largely overshadowed by town hall enthusiasts However council received a petition from Anion residents who object to tax dollars being spent on the hall They argue that municipal money Is belter spent on other projects and have suggested that if the town needs additional public office space it should use the community The residents agree that they don object to the idea of having the town hall restored long as the money comes somewhere other the town treasury council while the balance of the restoration costs would come from government grants including assistance anticipated from the Ontario Heritage Foundation and the provincial culture and recrea tion ministry SHORING UP The fourth scenario in Klein package is the most expensive one restoring the building for public use and maintaining Its historical character Other proposals for sav the town hall include sharing up the structure to prevent further decay while funds are raised for its complete restoration Two scenarios one proposing office space In the Id don concentrate on detailed historical restoration a fifth scenario calls for histo rical restoration and private space and a sixth option proposes moll lion the build ing a original fate when It was condemned in 1973 Kleinfeldt reps Dr Bob Graham and structural community centre lor the community he added and also said that the building could be used to house a senior liens drop- In facility The town hall Is important in the emergence of Acton as a tourist attraction Mayor maintained inviting the community tourist oriented Assoc la tion to help In fund raising for the project While building coats for the town s library cultural centre in Georgelown were per square foot the mayor estimated lhat restora costs for the town hall would be considerably less possibly as low as to for Hcsaldthat the taxpayers may have to pay for the project if it is eventually accepted by 1st vor David presented the study remaining findings council Monday night before Mayor endorsed the fourth scenario Although Mr David said that the building is structur ally sound to make It fit for public occupancy the roof has to be repaired inside and out floors strengthened wash rooms and exits added and the present heating and electrical systems replaced with more modem and efficient onea If the town decides to restore more detailed structural analysis will bo needed before job slendered Inside the building would be completely gutted and then restored to reflect a character while main La nlng modern features The fee does not include furnishings and arcfal fees for designing the floor space Into useful areas MAIN FLOOR In the fourth scenario the building Is described a community resource centre the main floor possibly being used as public office space The upper floor would retain Its traditional role as an open meeting placecommon hall If the town accepts this proposal or any of the other restoration proposals It will have to plan the buildings management and arrange for additional parking In the are Acton Coun Ross Knechte told council that the town will likely recover the costs of the building from additional bene fits the restoration brings to the community like more development and redevelop ment He said that a restored own Ivi will keep the Indu strial and commercial tax base healthy and help the community grow Trafalgar Road Councillors M Her and George Matt by assured residents that the crushing operations will only continue fora brief period once the pits are opened The provinces ministry of on and commun ications needs tons of various gravel grades from the three pits for road repairs on the highway around the James Snow Parkway Interchange and a short stretch west of Trafalgar Road Gravel haul will be done by private contractors Meanwhile the mln has agreed subsidize road re pairs along the Fourth Llne- hauling route The town has proposed raising Its share coats by Imposing a per ton royalty when it Issues the wayside pit permits By CHRIS Herald Staff Writer A last m protest against some of the recommendations in the recently completed Acton Core Area study failed to slop counc Monday night from taking Initial steps to securing the futures of the Acton and Georgetown down town business communities Representing Centres Ltd the company which wants to build a commercial plaza in Acton s east end lawyer Jeffrey Gold failed to have council rev sections of the core study which specifically oppose shopping centres on the com muni fringes Instead consultants for the downtown core studies Walk Wright Young Associates of Toronto have stressed in their report that supermarket Hies belong In down town centre and that such development on its boundaries could disastrous for Main M Street merchants State ments In the study regard shopping centre development in Acton and Georgetown are Intentionally meant warn council about the threat con chief Peter Walker told council Thoslatementsluredet itcly intended to prevent the development of the Landawn proposal outside Acton he said adding the market far additional grocery facll exist he unity according to his requested by Mr Gold on behalf his client Mr Walker said ore In no woy minor In the Acton context Mr Golden berg maintained that the future of the proposal rests in the outcome the Urban Area Review scheduled for release last Tuesday night The shopping centre project has been plann for the southeast corner of way 7 Churcl 111 Road It community urban boundary but I as been unable to proceed until the rev has determined Acton capacity to treat sewage from add I development Jerry mm led a scaleddown centre proposal to town planning board last May mming off over half original plans 90 fctt Zchr Foodslores I id was II Intcrestd In con he old the board year Planning pol suggested for the core areas have been sent to the town s official plan task force for review before Ihcy arc Included in the prop- Mr reiterated earl statements made by Mr that a large shopping centre located out side Aclon could benefit the community by drawing new trade He pointed to a MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE is of It could save your See page At and locations in Bolton as examples where small community oriented super market has successfully estab lished itself apparently with out adversely affecting those communities downtown areas Meanwhile guidelines changing the character and beautifying downtown Aclon and Georgetown have been approved by council Propos als Include ways of enhancing historical Leathertown flavor and strategically trees and shrubs to break up building In both business communities Municipal planning staffers will also start preparing cations Tor funding from the provincial government for the downtown core changes under Ontario Main Street Revllal I tall on program The applies lions must be approved by council before the end of this provincial fiscal year In Jury advice correct boys mother agrees WORTH A CHUCKLE Fiveyear old Greg Taylor and his siller eleven special exhibit of political cartoons by local editorial cartoonists month seem to be enjoying themselves In the Georgetown Greg Landry of The Herald The display will remain at the library art gallery The pair stopped by Friday to view the library until Jan 9 le bearing no malice toward any parly tl mother ihe twoyear old Aclon boy dr ing Oct was the EUbJect of coroner Inquest Inst week Is I with the quest recommendal Following the Inquest in II lown Trafalgar Road head last Tuesday night a jury of four r commended tic 9l allow pond off Main Street South when young Dor Jones drowned should be fenced in or It so easy to get to Louse Jones told The Herald Its In everybody a backyard Mrs Jones whosaidshehad cough Derek playing ear tht pond far from tlcir Kingtnm Road hone and him accordingly would prefer lo Bee the nil drained although erect a enco between pond properly track operation run by Don Cat and He nearby housing subdivision would be her own scenn nice I know kids play there all the time In the summer she commented Even now re still playing If s done it happen again The Jury a recommendations are being considered by town council blamed in the inquest for falling have the fence erected and Ihe Credit Valley Conservallon Authority which will determine whether Campbell farm pond should be drained Mayor told The Herald he ogres thai the municipality was to blame tor not requiring a fence The municipality had Insisted only that a fence be built between housing development and 1 Cemetery The mayor said town will make a decision In a couple of about the coroner inquest recommendations I think Its a very valid concern Mayor said I need to rend Iho coroner a report and talk about it wit council Th Jury at inquest also recommended lhat the Cons Authority should en sure the pond and neighboring swamp area are properly drained by maintaining proper ditches and culverts and also making a gradual slope to the pond Mike an engineer technologist with the who testified at the inquest that the urea woa a wetland area said lost week he t know what kind of drainage system there Is on tl property belonging to Don Campbell Mr sold If He culverts are on the road allow II are tho of the properly owner Mr Campbell said he had put them in to keep the pond down As for filling in the pond a move about which Mr Camp bell had no objections during Mr an application fill It would have lo be mode by Mr Campbell to the Authority which would then assess tho environmental effects of such a move BURIED TREASURE A massive cleanup last week of the Georgetown District High School vault unearthed valuable records from wheal the school was first opened With an initial enrolment el the high school ha come a long It now ha 1 student Principal Don Biker left I thrilled with the ftafe being a history buff Among are commencement programs 1B10 and 1137 minutes of the first meeting of the board tl high school trustees a book recording principal expenses book from tin to IBM recording students mark neat handwritten columns Bullae teacher Bob when he found record or bis own student efforts from yean gone by The Herald will be looking Into the history of later Herald photo