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The Acton Free- Pross Wednesday Mar 41981 Town will fund downtown studies Hills council will spend up to or studies of both the Acton and Georgetown downtown areas as a prelude to the Business Improvement Areas spending about over the next years on rcvitaliiation projects Both downtown areas are eligible for study grants of each and since much of the in formation gleaned in the studies will become part of the towns new official Plan another can be obtained from Queen Park Monday night council passed bylaws amending the old Georgetown and Acton Official Plans as well as approving a minimum maintenance and occupancy bylaw This completed the first Little Ip about working at the Acton Community Service Centre from Peggie Mrs little on Acton resident started working the part lime Inst week Trusleeschop 130000 from proposed board bill A scheme or the systematic development of the skills and capabilities of all staff got chopped from he budget by Board of Education trustees Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation Dhtriet Ron Ness said he not disap pointed tliat trustees the item out of the budget I think a plan will come and the dollars will be there he said Board education director Em Lavender said after Thursday vote that he thought trustees were perhaps reflecting the view of the finance committee Lavender suggested that the boards executive committee list priorities for finance committee members Kevin PRO Br We now have four teams entered in the dart competition at Branch 15 in Don forget the bus leaves our Branch at a a m starts at 10 a Comrades Ken Hfldritcit and Peter reached the semi finals of the singles Fred Allen and Norm Roy reached the semi of the douhies This is a strong perform when one considers there are over 100 dart players competing Branch 15 is hosting a Din per on April and have invited World War I vet from Branch 197 Comrades Ed and Pat Waldie will accompany those wishing to go Comrade Townsley the district service officer Will be the area on April Those vet who have questions or wish to see the of should contact Comrade Vic Patrick by At a recent executive meeting it was agreed to maintain our annual donation to the Canadian Cancer Society Comrade Frank will represent the Branch at a meeting to discuss notice board at the entrances to town This is sponsored by the local and will be held at the Acton Lib on Wednesday March 11 We received a request from a city branch to Visit our facilities during the summer The date coincides with our beef which they felt a bargain so we may have set up a couple of tables Souvcmer mugs for the Golden Anniversary now available at the Branch and members will shortly be able lo pick up their compli mentary copy of the Branch history Tins book is credit to ihe efforts of Comrade Joe Hurst and make a valuable to any library Comrade Jim is home from hospital hopefully taking things easy for a while Comrades Ev and Arnold Perry are in General Hospital and we wish them both In speedy recovery SeeyoualltheAnniversaryBall The chairman of finance committee trustee Noel Cooper said in debate with trustees that committee cannot support the additional expenditure Trustees approved the principle of Improving the skills of staff members however they did not vote the funds for the budget The board budget to be presented Thursday is expected to approach a 15 per cent increase That amounts to Last years budget was about 101 900 Georgetown trustee Betty Fisher established that the program which would be used for development and im of a systematic supervision evaluation and development process for all staff has not been tested We approved it in principle perhaps we should put It off until there s an evaluation report said Fisher Acton trustee Arlene Bruce took another She indicated about the amount of time teachers must spend outside of their schools Coming on the heels of a previous program Bruce to me we are putting an added burden on them so soon Board superintendent of instruction Stoness replied that the time wont be more than five dayswiiof the school year The scheme for skills development is the only part of the boards Long Term Plan to have run into a block Moments before the skills development money was erased from the budget trustees voted In favor of balancing board staff across the region That Item amounts to 000 step towards making Acton and Georgetown downtown areas eligible for study grants as well us possible loans of for each for Before the two areas can obtain the loans a study must be performed by a consulting firm to determine what work will be done on municipal land in the downtown areas such as sidewalks streets lighting off street parking etc Council received a Joint presentation from the Acton and Georgetown as well as a report from the town planner dealing with the proposed study A subcommittee looking at the studies was directed to nail down cost figures and then report back by Marh George of the Georgetown described their proposal as one which thev I A number of consulting firms have been eon tacted about downtown studies and costs arc estimated at a high of With from the province the maximum the town would have to kick In would be The town and BIAs only have until the end of this month to apply for provincial funds so imug is now critical The will each receive in loans as well as invest about another of Iheir own money from the special tax levy over the next 10 years explained He said the have reached a crucial turning point in the drive to revitalize the core areas Its a proposal Our investment in municipal land will be phenomenal Council voted to go ahead with retaining consultants for the studies subject lo provincial funding being firm and the town contribution being set tled Planner Mario Vcnditti said half of the studies arc for eventual down town and half for the Official Plan which council wants completed this year He said If these studies hadnt came up his department would have had to budget money for downtown studies the Official Plan Councillor Harry Levy said the two business areas were showing strength but was concerned the town hasnt received a written commitment to spend over 10 years on rcvitallzation He noted there is no money In the proposed operating budget which hasnt been finalized for Ihe studies Councillor Dave Whiting said the town doc3 have commitments from the He said the town wont have to spend more than and now has minimum maintenance and oc cupancy bylaw so everything Is in place to gel going on studies and rcvitallzation of the Canadian Heart I- lion shows how its done during the heart saver course Wednesday nights Adams Crt extension Thedcveloper of a lot subdivision planned for the area of the inter section Ransom St and Main St South Adams Court has been given town approval for a one year extension of ap proval of the draft plan of subdivision Final details of the pro posal arc now being work- out but the draft plan approval was due lo run out March Council gave its approval Monday for the one year extension ClcrkAdmmistrator Ken Richardson said the delay in finalizing the development has been caused by an approach which has been made by a single use purchaser who is perhaps interested in acquiring the site This may mean amendments to our agreement Ideas For All Your Lighting Needs EXTENSIVE SELECTION OF HOUSE FIXTURES TtCli Doc CWmw FREE PARKING OPEN I JO FBI When youre in fast foods You need fast forms Ask Angel She Gils out the Record of Employment perfectly every time an employee parts company OPENS FRI MAR 6th T EXTERMINATOR tito man pushed too far PLUS THE DARK Opera DARK SCANNERS EXTERMINATOR GLEN MILL 1586 MAIN ST GLEN WILLIAMS 8771351