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Town moves to moderate income homes The Acton Free Press Wed December 1975 1756 damages in mishaps The town of Motion Hills took the first step toward participating In the I Ontario Housing Action Pro gram Tuesday night The program designed to speed up house building will grant approximately WOO unit to houses in the moderate income bracket Ten percent of Ihe housing must be available to the family with gross incomes between and and 30 per cent to those with incomes between and and The other per cent are free of income rca trtctions but no grant will be made on these units The grants are paid on the lower cost homes to give municipalities and developers an incentive to mix these homes in with higher priced ones In addition if town accepts development program interest free loans arc made for servicing such as sewage plants water vices drainage and creek channelization southern Ontario would be come high growth Councillor Ric Morrow asked what control the muni approved first by the municipality and the region before we approach the developer Councillor I said because of sewage facilities seemed to be at odds with the program He said he sewage plant problem and the ability of the streams to accept affluent still re- malncd Mr Martin pointed out there are several municipal itics that are eliminated from the program because of lack of sewage capacity reply to a question from Levy the represent said the grants are on new housing only and would be available to projects now Don tanner Regional approved but not built until Treasurer told Hal ton Hills the sewage plant extension Is Planning Hoard the Interest underway frco loan would save the town Morrow said the population a quarter of a million in the plans already approved dollars year in interest In Georgetown and Acton the He said the cost of areas of Hal ton Hills on for the expansion sanitary sewers would take to Georgetown s plant would large part of the sewage be cut lo million by 15 per plants capacity That would cent forgiveness from the Indicate there would be no and large scale development Cc HS HOLDEN OPTOMETRIST Cork 822 CLOTHING FOR INFANTS TO TEENS HALTON HILLS Mayor Tom Hill and Acton ire Chief Mick Holmes looked over the new fire truck on Monday The chief explained to the mayor the instruments at the side and told him about the water a minute hold MX gallons irfits tanks he is replacing a Im pumper which has gone to to pump gallons of id hole i mil flu for 1h forluijati ACTON TODDLERS to TEENS Downtown Acton Thieves rob retarded ceramics cash gone New fire truck ready mm it in tint blind is 10 per cent from He said the million dollar saving in interest would mean Georgetown would million instead of S3 million which they would pay borrowing at 10 per cent Mr farmer said the ex to Acton s sewage disposal plant would cost instead of the estimated WW if the scheme was adopted and Peter Martin of the Ministry of Housing Ontario Housing Action Program explained the program works with private Industry and the municipalities to accelerate housing They explained Hills must take action before March 1976 to be come eligible for the grants Councillor Levy said he was surprised to see Hills designated high growth on the map since they had been led to believe It was a slow growth area Mr Martin replied the high growth was simply tenta tive marking and he did not anticipate all the areas so marked on the map of ounclllor foe Hurst there be no building in Acton because Beard more would take up a large slice of the sewage plant expansion Levy repeated If I had the assurance that committed ploas are included I go along with it Mr Martin said they had included In areas The regional treasurer said Georgetown was talking about on addition for 15 Mario explained plant wis over opacity 1000 people now so they were really talking 11000 Morrow pointed out in had to be so that the popula would be still lower The planner said the onus was on the municipality lo determine how many units they wanted Let s say maximum subsidy The planning board ap proved participation in the program in principle subject to receiving a sample agreement to study Thieves ho into IK Workshop at Hornby Monday night ind stole worth of gift items and close to ill in wire called Workshop Minnger Istum ljust about died whin I tame in to work and saw whit had happened Ihe worrit manager Tuesday morning The items that wen stolen were ill Christmas gifts that we re red and some of the ir units worked all weekend getting Hum ready We have all been working so hard to Christmas orders re Mrs traced Items The stolen ceramics an ill items only it Hie Hornby workshop and should to rice only the hes things I flor she Some I displays an also missing men window footprints indit ite thru wt rcinvoht polite in gating Mid penny t ingtl Mrs idded Third lime the third lire in it tin workshop ill yt I fit pissed up nil oilier item tonit on tin imns Alt provides employment fur re larded idulLsfioni ill Kill products the trimees Workshop opt my of If will inform point Appointed to board Mrs Susan I Henry Knox Avenue Acton was pointed to the Hilton Hills 1 Board for a three term night to fill spot among iimn ell appointee She will fill position vacated by Mrs Anne turrit whose term mi the board has expired Library boards are it ylt has hi en le I to the I Hoard of School Ho in mil lilt Hit Hilton Hoard of luluuitiin it is not Hit membtrs of Hilton Hills I lumiir i is rq He a Hyde wary of OHAP plan Councillor Hyde is he had a few doubts ind had of getting something been assured that the town for nothing He told was making no commitment that lOnt this point He said the town ario Housing Program could save a quarter of a mil to give grants for housing and Man dollars a year In debt interest free loans on sewage on the sewage plant disposal plants should not be He said the planner and the adopted loo hastily representatives have He said rather assured him he town was not than housing should be the giving up control of where towns prime consideration development He said here wis an should be in Regional councillor considers news column iht inn nutting nun ippointid Pit is Mavor loin Hill to li board when present The mavor is in off mo ml of Hit MARILYN her customers to that due tit unforeseen in es fashion Trend West BEAUTY SALON is tnd iNrw I IV appointments THE STORE WILL BE CLOSED JAN am closing my business and have taken another position and would like to thank all our customers for their patronage over the past two years Seasons Greetings of an in the mill that would require a part of the expanded sewage plant It is assumed he was referring to When you think vou re getting something for nothing vou should a hard look he warned Councillor Morrow said Morrow said he fell the pre- step of appro the plan should be until sample agreements and bylaws are obtained If we don like we don I sign it Council agreed to accept planning board recom mendation to approve program in principle Councillor Pit inls to he ir from He told the Press his week thai it he about county work is helping the local people inv hat might mis out that few people We know who when specif it pro blems With regioml tame responsibiliti locations now knows the working of the region il stiff mil is too glad to help to the right department MAKE THIS CHRISTMAS and YEAR A SIGHT SOUND EXPERIENCE He wonders if people woulil in sled in rending reguhr report on during the tinning ye ir if he win to it He would I ike the to ins ier regional tountil ptoplt il would help tl until rst whit Azaleas African Violets Tropical Robertsons ACTON HALTON HILLS FURNITURE APPLIANCES