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The Free Press Men Mull Oils Planning board bats that old annexation ball around Members of Acton Planning Board will hold a meeting on the subject before they Invite a representative of Project Planners to special meeting to discuss annexation an area east of Acton The subject arose at the regular meeting of the Board Thursday following a receipt of two letters regarding annexation of land east of Acton The letters urged the town to take some action so proposed development in what is now township could proceed Mayor Duby an advocate of annexation started the discussion going suggesting the board continue to think of annexing 1000 acres which would double the towns land area and possibly attract needed assessment We dont want piecemeal annexation the mayor declared He pointed out the folly of annexing land west of town when services such as water and sewers lay to the east where it would minimize costs to tie into them Board member Dave cautioned against too much hurry in asking for land when the advent of regional government may be closer than most people think He urged the board if they decided annexation was necessary that it must be done right Lets spend the money and go for the bundle or wait for regional government he advised Councillor Bill Coats suggested that letters urging annexation also had a note of personal Interest where land owners have their own little plan feeling if they are annexed It would get built on It is time to sit down and spell out our plans for 1000 acres he stated and if we decide to annex the plan is ready If regional government comes we will still nave a plan for them to consider He also suggested that it might be more expedient for the town to ask Tor 200 acres instead of 1000 If township made no objections He felt the board should sit down and talk it oyer with Cost of annexing acres could also be prohibitive he told the board if figures Of It cost Milton to turn the annexation trick were applied to Acton The plan should come first declared Councillor Coats Chairman Sid Saltz thought the discussion was needless He reviewed the history of annexation talk in Acton and pointed to previous resolutions from planning board to council recommending the town proceed with annexation that were lost in the procedural Jungle some where No action taken said Mr Saltz Cloud Issue Councillor Norm Elliott said his colleague Councillor Coats I like to see us annex argument reflected the general acres he said but It might be feeling of council on the subject re practical to divide the land but cost and reaction from P ln locks and proceed with a were clouding the Piecemeal approach enclosing issue fie people who want to be Council dealt with a variety of matters at their regular meeting Tuesday Council will underwrite half the cost of sending two students to the annual national school safety parade and Jamboree in Ottawa this spring Two Acton students have regularly attended this event This year the Hamilton Automobile club wrote requesting council pay half the cost for the two local youngsters each Mayor Duby and councillor Peter Marks were named voting delegates for the founding convention of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario Several council members Indicated they would be attending the convention in Ottawa in June including Dr Oakes who might be representing county council The number of delegates is based on the population of the muni cipality and clcrkadmlnlstrator Hurst pointed out Acton would likely have three voting delegates next year A resolution was passed approving proposed expenditures on roods and streets for 1972 for construction for maintenance a total of The figures are forwarded to the department as regular procedure Works superintendent Duby was named weed Inspector for the town Deputyreeve enquired about progress on rezonlng for the second medical centre and Mr Hurst said work is proceeding on the zoning amendment Council learned that the public works committee authorized V Anderson Associates engineers to do a profile and sectioning of Bower St to Mill St The clerk was to notify the engineer that the town work force would look after the removal of trees and the hydrant The engineer was to be asked to suggest where the underground hydro service should be located annexed in the first block Then find out if it Is practical to go to phase two Mr Elliott admitted the annexation ball had been batted back and forth between council and planning board with equal facility but at the same time felt It was up to planning board to take the initiative What happened to previous board recommendations to council Impending regional government has been the excuse the chairman said noting also a suggestion to bring the planner in also been done before at some expense Weve been guilty of procrastination admitted Mr Elliott If we dont probe we are plugged into the planning process then we are in trouble declared the mayor and planning will be done for us by others added Elliott The mayor said it was imperative that municipalities in the south be made aware that the north end of the county has planning boards too and they had no prerogative on them He stated that adding another acres on Actons size was not extravagant and would allow the town to plan its future with more certainty than with annexation However conceded It would be foolish to antagonize with whom they have the beat of relations But if we don do something some other areas people ore going to bo governing us he noted emphatically Id like to see the planning done while we can he said feeling it was essential to get something on paper family stole the show at Saturdays I G A at the Acton Curling Club Teaming up with Rae Swackhamer Denise mother Val and father Bob walked off with the trophy Dave Manes made the presentation Photo MAPLE NURSERY SCHOOL Georgetown A government llcenctd cooperative nursery REGISTER NOW FOR FALL A few Mill available Cedarvale Community Centre mornings teacher per children Phone Mrs Bick NOTICE MOTORISTS AND TRUCK OWNERS THE ACTON OFFICE OF DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT LICENSE ISSUER Will Be Cfoied Good Friday March 3 1st Infer Monday April 3rd OUR OFFICE WILL BE OPEN THURSDAY KIRCH 30 TIL PM SATURDAY lit TIL PM No Extension Has Been Granted For 1972 PlatesDeadline to Purchase Locally is Thursday March 30th at pm Planning board favors more town houses on hill Members Acton planning- Board looked favorably on a scheme for a second to town house development proposed for our acres of Industrial land on the cemetery hiU off Main St Vimy St across the street from the town houses presently being constructed by Alteo Construction Hie Board passed a resolution Thursday recommending that Acton council more the property Lot 289 from M2 Industrial to providing that the developer Ross and the municipality can come to a satisfactory agreement and plan prior to any forma council application Councillors Norm Elliott and BUI Coats expressed reservations about the resolution the former because he felt there was not Information available The tatter warned that rexonlng meant a developer coutd sidestep a agreement We must be wary when we reione to R4 cautioned Councillor Coats favorable Developer Ross appeared at the meeting with a rough plan for the development explaining the existence of another subdivision across the street and an improvement in the effluent disposal made building conditions more favorable man when he first proposed developing the property for residential use three years before Chairman Sid agreed the board should look at the proposal again Doting three years ago the land was unsuitable because it was industrial but now all prospective Industry was being directed to the industrial park off Main St Councillor Coats reminded the board the town engineer was concerned with density of population in that end of town because the main sewer line may not be able to handle the load further development would create He felt any change in to would also take control from the towns hands He also advocated a complete agreement be reached before the board endorsed the project air assured the board that they gave a favorable recommendation to council be would observe all the town requirements He told the board he paid only IBS a year in taxes now but the town could realixa as high as In tax revenue when the nouses were twOt Mayor fed up with Queens Park and other delaying tba rxilldlDg in Acton said he Celt Mr Cescon should get every consideration to go ahead We spent years trying to develop assessment and got nowhere he declared and we may have to go with developers we know can go It is hard trying to draw up a budget when there is so new assessment to help he said in reference to budget meetings of council The mayor noted he hod been at a meeting that day where almost every municipality had to 300 homes being built which would yield new assessment while Acton continued to bang Its collective head against a brick wall But 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