Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 27, 1970, p. 3

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What Council did At the regular meeting Tuesday Acton council Read and passed a bylaw allowing casement Tor building for lots with 50 foot frontage in foot ones Authorized the mayor and clerk to sign an offer ol purchase with James Gibson for two of land in the industrial park Closing sale is to be June and services are to be installed four months after the date Tin property fronts on the service road through the park s The Acton Free Press Wednesday May 1970 Reinsulate portions gas main but find no evidence of damage loitering bylaw will be enforced police of financial Rejected objection from Messrs C Heard I and Patterson concerning the by law restricting the height of apartment buildings to feet wid builders had no restrictions now and the bylaw would restrict rather than increase the height Council acknowledged the public probably thought a fool restriction was in force but agreed it was in error Appointed frank to replace the vacancy created by the resumption of Bob Drink waiter from Planning Board Accepted he of the ttec that ft of land westerly boundary of the lal park be held atr Tor full development A railway spur line could possibly go in the property Tyler and Coats Authorized the commit to proceed with detail work Churchill RJ Agreed to proceed with testing of a well on the I ourth Lineal a cost of portions of a high Stcwarttown Senior School last week but found no evidence of damage to the mam itself In a letter to Council recently contractor Norm Turner said a backhoc operator had accidentally damaged the mam gas pump line which supplies natural gas to the town of Georgetown while excavating lor tank and weeping tile system during the summer of Mr Turner said he approached an officer of the gas company Georgetown and a representative of the Department of Health but in spite of his the damage to the pipe line was ordered to he covered over The tile bed system was then installed according to plans directly over the portion of the authorizing town employee continue to committee in Us regional government Agreed to list the municipally owned land on Road with real estate agents at a price of SI Opposed were Councillors Greer and Chapman An amendment to the Authorized the clerk to have a survey supplied on industrial road A and road in the industrial park to the end phase one Authorized calling invitational bids on the installation water and sewer hues to service ronds A and to the centre of the proposed property the park Councillor Coats said he hoped council would consider debentures later if needed to develop the park As a result of natural drainage the weeping tile system chemicals would cause a gradual corrosion of the gas pipe He also expressed the opinion the pipe line would eventually leak and that gas could follow the septic tank system and enter the school driver was charged with Dangerous Driving and Fail to Remain at the scene of an incident The other was of a ture Tola damage in the two accidents was A of three motorists were issued traffic citations and four Four persons have been charged with Loitering on the main street Many more have been warned for this offence and this law will be strictly enforced during lite coming months Drivers Do you know what to do if youre caught by high beam dazzle from the lights of an approaching car The most important thing to remember is dont look at ihem Force yourself to look at the side of the road ahead of car use it as a guide slow down and stop if necessary Once the high beams have pissed give your eyes a chance to readjust before resuming normal speed Dont you be he driver who says after a collision was blinded by his headlights Cons Roy Wood In president Shadboll asked council to change their policy and consider making the sales presentation realistic in terms of market conditions He Questioned the relevance of the commission if they had deal with council policies Newspaper headlines proclaimed Full steam ahead for the Industrial Park last year he said We are not convinced that any more has been done than to light the match Certainly no bead of steam seems to be visible he concluded Prepared copies of the brief were passed around the council table Council defends Continued from Page I make offers the town needed plans specifications and figures when they went to the for approval Weve never been able to reach the stage where two or industries and we could go to the A lot of your criticism should not be directed at council the mayor told Chamber delegates He said one was building in the park now another one would locale in four months time and another was negotiating an otter to purchase Im reluctant accept the full criticism due to your lack ol knowledge of our difficulties the mayor said Mi icphed that the Chamber had asked a n a 1 1 on the Development Commission six months ago and no action was taken LI we dont know the facts the criticisms wc level are not valid On the other hand the only way we can know is come here Mi complained We would like someone who represents the Chamber on the Development Commission The mayor said it was his understanding there was a member of the Chamber on the Commission since the chairman ol the Development Commission of charges from any business destitute with their eggs all lost in the towns muddy basket However Mr Muckle said the management of Keytorn is still interested expanding in Acton next year if couued took positive and reasonable action is a past president of Mr denied receiving any information about industrial development however Alter lurlhet discussion said it was his impression the chairman of the Commission had done a great job in spite of obstacles placed his was The mayor replied that council worked handin hand with Mr Nielsen and their were also his c 1 1 1 Mckenzie the reason lor no appointments to the ion was there vacancies but advocated The mayor agreed but was critical of the view there was a supposed lack of industry in Acton since the ratio was 51 per cent to per cent recently when town tried to gel the government interested in providing assistance He insisted the prune need now was residential development We must have a valid reason to go the to ask for debentures to finance development he told the delegation The deputy reeve said money from sale of lands was used to pay lor services the industrial park As land is sold services are put in We have to use now he said We feel are saving taxpayers money this way Mr Tyler also assured Mr no industry detrimental to health would be locating in the park And the mayor said part of Lite reason for council being slow on industrial park development was because some were inclined to think industrial development should be the south of town I think it was poor planning and thinking in the earlier stages Mr agreed Everything in planning and economics is against the property being used for industry It should be residential I only wish there was some way we could turn back the clock Questioned by Mr Muckle as to why council clipped the mill rate instead of keeping it at the same level as last year the mayor replied that council was considering people with fixed incomes We have to look at both sides of the com here blue detergent light bulbs 2 Garbage bags 2 turn a STEMS PIECES 3 iGAjAMS 5 una mum net m GRAY DUNN BISCUITS Health BeautyAids SoftDri CHILDRENS ASPIRINS 3 TAME CREME RINSE 2 M K9 maw WHITE PICKLES 3 mat YOUNG Turkgys Mil KK meats jss sausage 2 If In The Dairy Ca IC1 TMURITE WIENERS 2l TWISTS 2 AH iga candy 3- 2k spaghetti 3 i HOSPITALITY Sultana I Cake MUSHROOMS aft If Mtt tract APHIS JBKSU 5s49 IMPORTED CARROTS IEEE m SfcEffL 5 FRENCH FRIES 2i apple pies QieeSe iJf Slices 1 Slices MARGARINE ORANGE NECTAR IGA PURE LARD This Weeks Extra Bonus Tapes no mm SUNLIGHT LIQUID DETERGENT mm mm FACIALTISSUE HUM CALIFORNIA NEW POTATOES MM WIIH IGA WAXED PAPER MUFFETS MM MP lb bag Mcintosh I APPLES Of THE GET A When far ACTON IGA STORE STORE HOURS- CLOSED ALL DAY MONDAY 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