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Hide House restaurant delayed a few months Expansion of the Hide House to accommodate western near has been com This new retail space Is in part of a rear bay where the Hide House held its successful fashion show last year Above this area Is a platform where leather bags are now displayed but It Is really the beginnings of the restaurant or lounge area Because of other business opportunities and some design problems the restaurant plan has been delayed a few months but there Is still a chance It will be completed by the end of the year Planning for restaurant at the Hide House continues reality as soon as originally expected Hide House general manager Don says there is still fair to good chance the restaurant will open by end of the year When project was first announced in January said they were aiming for a July August September opening Inaninterv ewthis vcek said expansion in two bays at the rear of the building Is just about completed One area is being used for furniture display while a mezzanine above is for displays a reception area and offices The other bay is be ng used to display the new lines of western wear aa well as crafts Above the new clothing and leather product retail apace Is a platform which is now being used to display assorted leather bags This platform is the beginnings of the restaurant which envisions could be a lounge or din ing area The firm has tentative plans to go leather fur nit lire manufacturing and leather garment manufacturing ma limited way said the owners still view the restaurant project as highly des rable but the existence of other opportunities in the area of garment and leather furniture manufacturing has resulted in a reevaluation of priorities so the timing on the restaurant uncertain The restaurant is envisioned to occupy the ground floor at the rear of tho retail area with several levels above As planning for the restaurant has progressed mezzanine design problems have cropped up and must still be solved allow when the restaurant Is opened it may not be in the ultimate form envisioned but there will be provisions said they are still planning for a quality dining establishment with probably a beer and seafood menu Because of the uncertainty of the necessary applications for and municipal approvals have been held up The Hide House expansion Is completed and there is no ni lure display area The for displays An Inland Community Newspaper One Hundred and Sixth YearNo ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY APRILQ Twenty Pages TwentyFive Cents Acastoabout5aActonHighSchoolFludeQtsbavebeenworkinghardformany Back Helen Robertson Norm Bouraasa Carolyn Gibson Norm Harris Glenn weeks to prepare for their presentation of the musical Super map which opens Jeff Mark Woalsle and Lindsay tonight and runs tomorrow and Friday evenings as well Shown here are front Superman Andreas Th I el Ron Skefflnglon Steve Saxon and Adela Rodriguez Photo by LYNDA HALL 1 homes 3390 people Golf course part of plan A second golf course for Acton is part of revamped plans or a huge proposed development north of Highway between Churchill North and tho Fourth Line The Acton Heights Development Plan a nine page document plus a site plan is in the hands of municipal staff awaiting the completion of the cur rent study of sewage capacity and urban boundaries for Acton As the urban boundaries now stand the acre 1 005 unit single family low density home and clustered residential estates development which would add about people to Acton population is outside tho area which can be serviced by the municipal water and sewer system It is purely a proposal at this point Colin general manager of the development firm Ltd Brampton said In an interview this week Ager is very familiar with the Acton area having lived here for about eight years during This Is the most recent in a number of proposals and studies done on this property in the last 10 years said while It is similar to previous stud this is a new proposal Completed In February this study suggests for the first time an executive golf course for the north part of the site he said Also previous proposals have included semi detached homes and townhouscs This plan previous saBmatmmmtBmammmxmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmBitmitmmmmmammmmKanuA detached homes and townhouscs This plan Council rejects Section 86 tax reform Knechtel Whiting Grubbe supported it Halton Hills Council has once again rejected erly assessed That a the percentage of all property taxation by confusion municipal property tax and assessment reform assessment which would rise or fall over Hi look nl a he in single fam ly homes on larger lots bu It In two phases to the south of the The third phase which includes the golf course would contain clustered resident estates Because of the larger lots the on density is lower than previous proposals fate of this proposal hinges on if there is sewage capacity left In the Acton plant for more development end if the urban servicing boundary Is moved cast of Church 11 North and north of Highway Indicat In the past have been that there isn capacity left in fact Acton may be over ty now for ex sling and approved developments However the answer pending completion expected thlssprng said the answer from the study that there is then they be push ng to have the proposal classified a registered plan by the ty If the answer from the ncgat then it will be back to the drawing board An a last resort the property could maybe be developed on septic tanks with of course a much lower population den and far fewer homes said the firm looked at the llty of developing the land on sept tanks we II cross that bridge when we come to it Phase one behind homes on Churchill North and churches and Tyler Travel and Transport on Hghwny would cover acres contain K homes have a population dens of 15 people per acre and house people Phase two on vacant land behind homes on Highway 7 and Fourth Line acres with homes The population density would be people Continued on page Halton Hills Council has once again rejected municipal property tax and assessment reform through Section of the prov Assessment Act Controversial Section 86 called market value assessment by many people was supported by of the councillors present not enough to see it implemented in A tie vote loses Acton three representatives Councillors Ross Dave and Terry were Joined by Georgetown Walter Harry Levy and Marilyn Ser jean in supporting Section 86 Mayor Peter councillors Miller and George and Georgetown Mike Armstrong Roy Booth and John McDonald lined up against Section She don was absent The dramatic vote came after minutes of de bate and months and months of study and cuss ion of the issue Only McDonald t indicate which way he d go during the debate so when the vote was called all eyes were on him to see which way bed fall He said after he rejected Section because there were too many unanswered questions However thereseemed to be more voices for sup port of Section Monday night than at any time when the Issue has been raised at Hills coun cil Last spring council turned down Section but voted to set up a councilcitizen review committee to probe the subject That report was brought in by chairman in January and several times the issue was cussed but councillors kept delaying he vote Themost vocal booster Knechtel has maintained since bringing In his report that Section Is equal lied assessment not market value assessment and Is preferable to the present dogs breakfast which councillors can t explain Noting he has been a vocal booster Knechtel pled ged to donate any decrease in his own taxes to his favorite charity if Section was passed The present tax system is well understood by God but nobody else Knechtel branded a system where there are different mill rates and assessment systems in force in each of Hills three for mer municipalities as well as equalization tors nobody can understand a dogsbreakfast He said per cent of all taxpayers or en t prop erty assessed That a the percentage of all property assessment which would rise or fall by over per cent under Section How can be keep collecting taxes when we know percent fairly assessed He claimed is subsidizing the two ban areas and those in newer homes and town houses are subsidizing everyone Section assessment can be explained and de fended something that can be done with the accident of history system Tho present ay stem is taxation by confusion He said based on a look at Acton homes he determined assessment varies from sale prices He added assess ment on per cent of Acton homes would increase under Sect on 86 Townhouscs are the cheapest form of housing re sidents receive fewer municipal services and pay maintenance fees and yet they pay on prop erty worth or 38 But another home in Acton a single family residence worth pays Lisa McGrath First runnerup Miss Sea Maid beauty pageant Lisa was chosen first runner up in the Miss Sea Maid com petition last week Miss was crowned Miss Ac ton Fall Fair by her sister Cathy the winner last September The Miss Sea Maid competition was held Thursday night at the Inter national Centre in It was part of the Canadian Spring Boat Show held there She said she was entered in the pageant by her agent Miss Is now working full time in Toronto as a model There were contestants who spoke five minutes apiece with tho judges and modelled bikinis just In taxes How long are the people living in the cheapest form of housing going to keep cheerfully subs dlzing the rest of us Section isn perfect but It is a step In the right direction towards a fairer system If Hills moved now assessors would Inspect about SO per cent of properties in the town However if the lcipality waits for Queen Park to make Section mandatory then there will be so much Ontario prop erty to be assessed then only about 10 per cent wilt be inspected By the end of the year said the assess department per cent of all mun iclpallties will be under Section Later treasurer Ray King revealed at the last count he knew a little over Ontario municipalities had opted for Sec tion BO while there are more than municipalities It was noted a large number are looking at Section Including Hills If the town waited for Park to implement Section BO It was surrendering control to com pensate people who face Increases of over SO per cent Knechtel warned region control how it Is brought in There were no guarantees that after a Section has been in force for a few years the same inequities wont show up Maltby declared He said the assess department has repeatedly demonstrated Its Incompetence Property tax and assessment reform was a responsibility of the province main He said if Section 86 was to work all property must bo examined The mayor warned people who have upgraded their property and taken out build permits will be penalized while those who have made improvements but not taken out building per mits might be rewarded for breaking the law it all property t Inspected stated two citizen members of the study committee he talked to from Acton and Lome and Paul Campbell dont support Section He said since the province has created the assessment mess it was up to Julian not local councillors Even Ontario Municipal Association says Sec tion 88 won solve many problems only sliift themayOrsald Continued on page B7 Kevin Fabian Cameron St was presented with a pin and a plaque by the Safety Council day night for having pulled his chum Robert Jen from the icy waters of Fairy Lake last winter Ills family was on hand to sec him receive his Life Saving Award