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2 Plea to save aren Continued from Page 1 tee investigating munici- pal needs and that Acton 's new arena and community centre was a major project. Several councillors noted the Town could still end up having to pay to have the building demolished if it re- directed the demolition money and the group's plans for the facility failed. Varanelli said there's an element of risk in every plan and asked the Town to take that risk. "As a Fair Board we're risking all of our building reserve that's been accumu- lated over the past 20 years. We've got Heritage Acton on the line as far as saying this is a doable proposition and we can find user groups to use this building and the community themselves have said they will support it," Varanelli said, adding that the project won't go ahead without Town money. Varanelli also said they have an engineer's report in- dicating that the roof, which the Town says could collapse THE NEW TANNER under a heavy snow load, could be shored up with scaf- folding to make it safe. Heritage Acton member Mac Sprowl presented coun- cil with a 1,701-name peti- tion supporting the restora- tion plan and said that they have a number of "fairly sub- stantial" pledges for quite a few thousand dollars towards the project. Varanelli said the groundswell of financial support led the Fair Board to conclude the project is viable. Acton Councillor Norm a delivered Elliott pointed out that roof repair costs could be stag- gered over the years. Coun- cillor Rick Bonnette asked that Heritage Acton's report be attached to the demolition cost information at the next council meeting. 'THE Ta f Hometown news that people read! Keep track of your community with The Tanner Dan C. Dolliver ONTARIO LAND SURVEYOR Legal & Topographic Surveys 54 Mill St. E. 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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1998 Approve seven unit YMCA redevelopment By FRANCES NIBLOCK The New Tanner The owner of the former YMCA building on Mill Street doesn't have to include any amenity or recreation space for prospective tenants of the seven rental apart- ments approved by Council on Monday as part of a re- zoning application. Provision of amenity space was a contentious is- sue as councillors grappled with a Town planning policy that says they "shall" require amenity space in downtown redevelopments. A proposal to use one of seven proposed parking spaces behind the building for park benches or a children's play area were rejected by a most councillors who visited the property on Thursday. Since the Town required that each unit have a park- ing space, and proposals to tent a parking space off site in a near-by municipal lot were rejected, that would have meant only six apart- ments could have been built. The agent for owner Dianne Biggs, Mel Code, earlier told councillors that all seven units had to be built to make the project economically vi- able. Suggestions that an amenity area be required in- side the building were also rejected by a majority of councillors at Monday's meeting, despite staff's con- tention that council should not ignore the needs of po- tential renters. Acton Councillor Rick Bonnette noted that other communities including Guelph and Kitchener don't require amenity space for downtown redevelopment projects and said he wasn't sold on requiring it for this plan which would result in the rejuvenation of a build- ing that's been virtually abandoned since 1988. Mayor Marilyn Serjeantson, who said she admired owner Dianne Biggs' courage for taking ona project that will benefit the community, was willing to compromise the Town rules for amenity space in apartment buildings. "In the spirit of getting something approved in the downtown Acton area I re- ally believe that we are mak- ing a good decision by sup- porting seven units and mak- ing sure that this building is redeveloped," Serjeantson said. While Acton Councillor Norm Elliott ultimately voted in favour of the seven units without an amenity area he earlier had argued that there was no perfect solution to the amenity issue and suggested it would be the lesser of two evils to have an amenity area within the building. Police appeal for help Continued from Page 1 with biker gangs as_re- ported earlier and had no known ties to drugs or organ- ized crime. The letter in the package bomb was signed but police aren't sure the person who signed it exists. The killer said he and his partners were opening a business called Acton Home Products and asked for Greavette's help in rebuilding some equipment. The killer said Greavette might not remember him and offers the names of two men that they both know. 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