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Says Peter Branch Town needs more growth to compensate for loss Herald Since 1B76 Halton Hills has lost 1 TDD Jobs claims a Norval farmer Peter Branch old town councillors lasl week that according to his calculations a net 1 Jobs have been lost by the town over the eight year period If this continues without some form of compensation in terms of more growth were going to run into assessment and financial problems Mr Branch warned He pointed out the town could expect the trend of less in government grants to continue If we re not enticing more Industry to this area we re in trouble Mr Branch said He said he found it difficult to understand why a proposal to develop acres along the Highway Corridor for industrial use has been deferred for another two years by both the province and the region As long as that land is in a deferral situation no matter which company comes and looks at it Intending to locate in Halton Hills they going to be interested Mr Branch said The same is true of 250 acres on Highway south of Acton Under the town proposed Off iclal Plan these acres are to be deferred from an industrial designation until the region settles Its rural industrial land needs Mr Branch noted the recently publicized Honda site In All Is located on rural land of a better quality than Halton Hills farmland where the finest crop of potatoes were growing up that you could w for Yet when Hills wants a bit of Industrial land It s deferred My question is how come in A lis ton with its limited water and sewage that land would go Immediately In the town of Hills provided 200 Jobs For its been forecast at 13 Jobs Employment within the town should be Increasing at jobs a year Mr Branch said The regional plan indicates an employment target for the town of jobs In By for Hills Since 1974 the population increased much according to Mr Branch The population as far as I con see is standing still which doesnt encourage industry to come here he said Industry likes a labor pool and good bousing before settling into a community Town planner Ian Keith said It was with difficulty that two months ago the provincial government finally approved acres In south cast Georgetown for Industrial land At the present time we have no serviced Industrial land Mr Keith said Wc ve had an extremely difficult time convincing the Ministry that it proper Jobs lost figures disputed Herald Staff Peter Branch 9 claim that 1 Jobs have been lost In Halton Hills aver the- last eight years la attributed to information he says he received from the region and Statistics Canada The Herald called Sta tlstics Canada and was told he town had had instead a net gain of Jobs from to 1980 A researcher said no layoff figures are kept by Statistics Canada The region business development officer Brent Kearse told The Herald that there been two to rive per cent constant employment growth in over the last years That an awful large figure Mr said In reference to Mr Branch 1 Jobs lost When you look over the lost few years there ve been no major closures In Halton Hills I would dispute It He noted Acton Tannery bad dropped Its staff from lo but that here had been Increases at The Olde Hide House and that In Georgetown had gone from SO to 200 jobs Regional planner Bob White able to confirm Mr Branch figure and said It was a politically sensitive one We have had a recession and there has been some loss of Jobs with Industries moving out but new industries have come In as well Mr White said Further information promised by Mr White was not available as of press time Burlington MPP Julian Reed said he had no evidence that there were 1 Jobs lost and said he would like see Mr Branch In terms of industrl residential balance I think Halton Hills really has to concentrate on industrial job develop ment than on residential development Mr Reed said That s true You cannot sustain a commu nity simply as a bed room community with out paying a price in terms or taxes Asked again how he got the 1 figure Mr Branch t able to verify It I attribute ray inter pretallon to discussions with the region Mr Branch said And I can t go back on those figures because the regional people there Whether It was a loss of forecast or a loss of actual Jobs I confused now I don know he said Official Plan Off to Queens Park Herald Staff Now that the Official Plan for Kills bos once again been bundled off to Queens Park for approval a plateau of sorts has been achieved The Official Plan gives direction to growth In the town and is In accord with the Regional Plan approved In 1960 by the province Last week town coun cillors modi fled the plan Incorporating suggest by the province and welcoming public input When all the changes were passed accolades went to Official Plan Task Force Committee chaired by Armstrong mayor and now regional chairman Peter Pomeroy town planners Ian Keith ana Bruce McLean Clerk Admlni Ken Richardson and current Mayor Miller We ve been worrying about the Official Plan for a long lime Coun Ross Knechtel said I ve often wondered whether this is the reas on Mayor Pomeroy went to the region and now that the region Is looking at It is the reason he wants to go Jo the province Joke was well taken with the regional chairman laughing That may be true from his seat in the audience Coun said it was a difficult job well THE UNIVERSAL CAR STEREO Regions bill delays firms expansion Clarion 6900 AMFM STEREO CASSETTE RECEIVERTUNER ByANIPEDERIAN Herald Halton Hills council tried to bargain for more than the per cent contribution the region planning and public works committee was willing to pay toward upgrading a watermaln on Eastern Avenue Last week at regional council they pnly succeeded In having the matter referred back to the planning and public works committee for consideration again Acton Holly es can go ahead with a 3 square foot tlan to Its building until the watermaln has been upgraded They ve been asked to put of their own money Into the project with the region making up the other The will improve fire protec tion for Holly Industries and Its neighbor The Olde Hide House Halton Hills Mayor Miller said com pa president J A Meyer had indicated to him that Holly Indus couldn t afford the cost Burlington councillor Joan Little pointed out the region bad made an exception in the company cose asking for only a per cent contribution when normally it s I afraid of the pre cedence this would set at the region If the region puts In 100 per cent Mrs Little said Mike Armstrong said It wasn fair to ask Holly Industries to pay forpartoflt and tried to wangle money left over from another public works project for Halton Hills Into this one If we have savings on a project it should go back and the commit tee see what is the greatest need in the region not just the muni Coun Anne Mulvale said The project Is In the region budget for If Mr Meyer waits a year and the region pays for the 100 per MelalTape Capability Way Balance Output Reverse NOW 28995 fat Sound Sinclair 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Musk Jim Croce Favorite Hobby Sailing Favorite Good Time Visiting friends Favorite Vacation Place Mexico Philosophy of Life The strength to change it can change and the Intelligence to accept it I can t What do you hope to be doing ten years from hope to be retired land policy deferred Herald Staff Pol es covering land owned by the Croatian Cultural Centre were deferred from the Halton Hills Plan last Councillors were review written sub missions proposing changes in the town Plan Lawyer for the Centre Nell Davis asked coun cillors to defer adopting policies that would designate what develop ment could take place on the Centre land He painted out such a move would be as agricultural and storm water studies arc underway en the property Council requested tl studies carl this year In response to develop plans by the Centre Public committee turns up site search Herald Special Brampton public works committee has a new song with an old melody for Peel Region in Its search for land fill site The committee voted last week to ask the Reg on to test the me site rccomm ended by a consultant which was thrown out along with four other original sites by the Region In May It also wants a staff report about the costs of Brampton testing the site for as a landfill location itself if Reg council refuses to test the s to called SiteB Ste near Mis Road and L West was thrown out last May after pressure from Properties which owns an Industrial park near Misslssauga Road and Highway 101 Both c works committee recommend will be considered by city council next week permit a rational deci to be made by city council as requested by some members of Regio nal council said Coun Sutter who intro duced both recommend Mayor Hazel McCalllon keeps telling Brampton to make a decision Mrs Sutter said we should tell them what we want Site B is probably the best site Mrs Sutter said I don t buy all the arguments about It affecting the prestige industrial park Cly council stopped just short of a similar week of Marilyn the town could expect to have its Official Plan accepted by he province and was told pcrhhaps in time for Christmas by Mr Keith You want a year or a date Mayor Miller joked In reference to the five year process Head NIceN Easy Shoulders Shampoo- Colgate Dial Soap Dandruff Personal Hair Toothpaste FourPack Shampoo Permanent GEORGETOWN MARKET PLACE HIV GEORGETOWN ONTARIO MONDAY TO FRIOAV A M 9 M SATURDAY 9 J1