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The Acton Fro Press Wednesday Stewart Russell retired but week from Building Product and given from employees and In the picture from left to right are Charlie BlakeUnion President Lloyd tadMain roan JeanButseH Stewart and Plant Manger Tom Cant stop Greenore semis The only way to stop five semi detached homes Whiting old Robinson and that the owner from being built on the west side of Greenore purchased he property as an Holding and if It Crescent would be to purchase Ihe land from he ever went to the Ontario Municipal Board Ihey present owner two residents of that street learned point that out at councillors dropIn Friday Jim and Don Robinson attended the dropin to ask mayor Pete what the lown stand is on the land They noted the properly in question is listed as an Environmentally Sensitive Area Robinson explained there are to 350 homes in the area with on average of two children per home There is no real park in ihe area for the youngs not one person he had as not against the houses Robinson said there ked to in the area who going up Kncchtc pointed out Robinson can go to council to speak on the matter He said if there was some way lo make it into parkland that is what should be done but noted their hands were tied Robinson named alternative places where homes Increase liability The town of Hal ton Hills has increased its liability insurance from lo a million limit at an owned additional cost of chicles The total insurance amounts premium for all town- liability J a GEORGETOWN 122CiMlphStnHwy 7 DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC J J Novak DT Phone 8778974 or 7912314 and allowing building on the open land would create could be built noted some of the areas he were not the urban boundary further problems as well as hinder the wildlife habitat Pomeroy pointed out ihe land Is in a R3 Holding rone placed there by the former Town of Acton Re the owners asked for a and said the owner could force the issue To prevent the houses from being built the town or the residents would have lo purchase the property at market value of about according to Dave Whiting pointed out there is no money in the park land reserve fund to purchase it Robinson asked the councillors present if the town went by the master parks plan drawn up a few years ago which designated the area an open space Ross Knechtel told the resident the land was Holding before the plan was drawn up He noted also that the plan did not take zoning into consider He agreed that It was a mistake lo zone it Holding Robinson pointed out to councillors there was nothing stopping the conservation authority from allowing more homes on the site five years from now He wondered if the federal or provincial governments could be approached on the matter Pomeroy assured Robinson it was a local issue MAYFEST Say it in sign FRIDAY MAY 7TH is a deaf awareness evening offenng FREE sign language workshops and hearing tests dancing mime magic prizes and information about deafness ST LAWRENCE MARKET Front St North For more information contact the Canadian Hearing Society at Task force I Continued from page communicate about their budget better School boards are viewed by people as giants out of control Mayor said adding it docs I matter if people foot the bill for education through I heir local axes or provincial luxes they still pay He suggested lliere d be savings if the schools ran months instead of nine Fisher said there a lot of merit in a three semester year THE CORPORATION TOWN OF HILLS PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT RS O Ilea CHAPTER 337 TAKE NOTICE that Council lor tho Town HilU it their mooting tic Id on gave their to remove the Port J accord to subdivision of in in Plan lloimci Acton Town Hall 19WillowSreitT as an Historical Sue The reasons lor proposed lte designation are as follows Building condemned by Onlano nistry Labour Industrial Hoallh and Safely Branch dated 197803 its present condition Studios indicated cost to the said building To demolishing the building and parking spaces person may within rty days alter the Clerk Administrator The Corporation the Town Hal ion to this act on and Council will consider all submissions final enactment inatepeal By law The last date lot 1 will bo the of May 1962 Dated at the Town Hills the day Apr I Richardson Clark Administrator Town of Hills Main Street South HILLS Georgetown Ontario THE CORPORATION Of THE SB TOWN OF HILLS PUBLIC NOTICE To reconstruct longheld Road from Queen Street westerly leg Place and the log Mowbray Place from a point south of Road a point 190 easterly and to widen end resurface Long mid Road the leg Mowbray to Road the 1eQ Mowbray Place Road to a point m and the teg Mowbray Place from Road to a point 35 southerly Notice hereby given pursuant to Section and The Municipal Act being Chapter 302 of The Revised Statutes Ontario I960 that the of Town lis its meeting to be held in Council Chambers Municipal ng Rood at m on Monday June will consider enactment ol passing a by law to out homo the ruction ol Road Street westerly leg Mowbray Place and the southerly leg Mowbray Place point south of Road a point and the widening and roiur lacing of long eld Roud fOm westerly leg Mowbray Place to Road westerly leg I Mowbray Place from Long Id Road to a point southerly and lha easterly leg Mowbray Place mm Longficld Road ton southerly A plan showing project and proposed by law may be soon in Enn neering Department Trafalgar Road during hours Any inquiries should be reeled to iho Engineering Department Tho Town lis 1877 I w hoar in or by his Counsel any person who claims that his lands will bo affected by so by law and who to bo hoard Persons wishing to bo hoard should notify the oil CO of understood DATED at Town of Hills May Change overnight parking ban to just winterWhiting The town is going to look at changing its bylaw prohibiting over night parking on the street so It will be in force only during Ihe winter Monday Councillor Dave Whiting raised the issue noting numerous tickets for parking for more than three straight hours between 12 mid night and am have been left on cars recently In Acton He said people who have been tagged have been calling the police and been referred lo heir councillors just as should be happening When the bylaw was passed a few years ago it was designed to keep cars off the road during snow season to fac ill plowing the time the bylaw was passed covering months a year councillors were saying the bylaw be enforced during ihe spring summer and fall just winter However police told the Free Press Hi nee the bylaw says nothing about winter it must be enforced as man power allows all year around Also sometimes the police are enforcing the bylaw because of complaints from residents aware of the law The signs are posted at entrances stating there is three hour overnight parking limit streets don need to be in dividually posted Whiting observed Oak v III and other municipalities have bylaws enforcing overnight parking bans during winter months only He called for clerk department and bylaw enforcement officer look at coming up with a new bylaw for Hal ton Hills and report back to council Whiting added one reason the bylaw was written to apply all year long was to get derelict vehicles off the streets q problem which is now taken care of in other municipal regulations Mayor Peter said he agreed with Whiting in calling for a new bylaw enforced only in the winter Dont Miss Pioneer Family Pools Great May PreSeason Chemical Accessory SALE STARTS THIS SATURDAY OAKVILLE THISWetKON SPORTY PRELUDE HONDA CIVIC FE FROM 5695 GEORGETOWN HONDA i88BGuEuHSTamu 8775286 Acton Town Hall Our Side of the Story In the beginning Acton Town Hall Restoration Committee wished to restore the Town Hail on its own Some money was raised and offers of free labour made But requests for grant money were turned down because the Committee did not own the hall Only the owners Halton Hills could apply for grants and finally after 5 years they did Restoration by Hills grant assistance was proposed after a favourable feasibility study The hail was to become Municipal and Regional offices in Acton Council turned this down on a 76 vote Actonians asked that Actons Town Hall be given back to the people of Acton so interested groups could restore it at no cost to the taxpayer Some Georgetown and Esquesing councillors rejected the idea on a 66 vote Opposing Councillors voted down the municipal project because it would cost tax money Was that the real reason or was it to destroy forever Actons history as an independent municipality The town hall cost Hills nothing to acquire it was Inherited from Acton It would have cost them nothing to return the town hall to Acton people Converting the town hall to a parking lot will cost There are probably more necessary projects In Halton Hills than a 80000 parking lot for 107 cars Apparently there is more interest In smashing the town hall than in saving tax money Acton Councillors Knechtel Whiting consistently supported restoration Some Georgetown and Esquesing Councillors have backed them Booth Other Georgetown and Esquesing Councillors Armstrong Levy Maltby Miller Serjeantson Sheldon have thwarted Actons hopes of retaining its only remaining historic public building Why should outsiders have the right to destroy something which is Actons Whv cannot Acton voters at least be consulted In such decisions AC I OWN 1K1 Actons people obviously have no influence with the opposing councillors But there must be voters in the wards who welcome the Idea of Acton retaining some of its identity in a restored hall or at least not spending unnecessarily for a parking lot Please help us as only you can Contact these councillors by telephone or letter tell them you support return of Actons Town Hall to its people so they can restore it In their own time as part of their history Somehow some way in spite of all the obstacles Actons Town Hall must be preserved for future genera tlons of Actonians Municipal Office Telephone Number Councillors Telephone Numbers ARMSTRONG 8776785 BIEHN LEVY 8534768 MILLER 8776619 SERJEANTSON 8777720 SHELDON Actario Committee Town Hall Restoration Committee