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Haton missed out on car plant Branch The Honda automotive plant bringing new jobs U AUIston could prX as easily have located in Halton Hills according to a local farmer and former planner who visited the Township site last week For his sharp criticism of Halton Region recently completed Rural Industrial Land Needs Study Monday night Nerval area sheep fanner Peter Branch a member of the Region Agricultural Advisory Com received the accolades of Town Council Urged by Council members to become an unofficial ambassador in Halton Hills fight against the regional study constraints on rural industrial development Branch will present his views to Regional Council A second assault on the study findings lakes the form of an elaborate resolution from Town Council that lists ten different reasons why the Town rejects its con elusions about locating industry in the rural A former planning administrator at Queen Park Branch contended that Hills needs between 1 100 and 1 acres of rural land designated for self serviced industry to be split three phases to accommodate immediate near future and distant future demand The Regional study recommends designating 100 Hills land for rural Why are we so constrained Branch asked Why ore services such an issue How are we supposed to hold the tax rate down without new assessment These are the answers we need I hope can take his issue to the Region and tell them in a little more blunt terms what told you Branch said he will attempt to verify information he received that was among the locations examined for the Honda plant Hell also check on the process at work in Simcoe County and Tecumseth Township which obtained swift clearance for Honda plant The plant will occupy square feet of a site featuring better agricultural land than anything has to offer Branch said Yet Ontario s Ministry of Agriculture and Food curtails such land uses in Halton because it says the land is needed for food production he added Branch said he is most upset by develop ment restrictions placed on Hills land along the Highway l corridor in recent years He recalled the province s development plan for Toronto Centre region prepared by former Premier John which recommended orderly growth for munici polities with Highway considered ideal for industrial siting It was my impression that the corridor would be the most attractive place to put industry Branch told Council So it came as a shock to see the report from the Region says the corridor should not be developed at this time Before the Region was formed Hills land along the was zoned industrial being part of then Our forefathers in their wisdom saw its potential Why hove we gone backwards instead of forwards Council resolution being sent to the Region in response to the Land Needs Study supports its conclusions regarding urban industry that Hills has a serious shortfall of designated urban industrial land that the corridor has longterm potential for urban industry and that at least acres should be founded in corridor locations The resolution rejects the study con elusions about rural industry in Hills for the following reasons historical trends are not a sound basis for long term planning the given demandsupply ratio is not valid as policj the study failed to consider onsite water storage for purposes the given basis for average annual demand for rural industry is premised on invalid ons the study fails to weigh Georgetown lack of new industrial growth copac ty In the next five to ten years the study fails to consider the interim role which rural industry could play while sewage treatment plants are being ex to accommodate urban industry industry that can rely on wells and septic tanks was not adequately considered a e Lepage iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ESTATE SERVCES LTD REALTOR 170 GUELPH STREET GEORGETOWN 8770173 A METROLAND COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER GEORGETOWN I IbuickI CMC TRUCKS ST GEORGETOWN 8770149 One Hundred and Ninth Year Issue ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JUNE 20 1984 Fifty Four Pages Thirty Cents Survey shows Bums bother merchants by Douglas Acton downtown area would be a nicer place to work If the bums were not allowed to loiter on the street say local merchants People ore really intimidated by them said Sharon Vincent partowner of Freezer Frenzy They should pass no loitennglaws said Morenez owner of Milk Plus Cheryl Corson of Desmond s Tack Shop suggested work programs to get the bums off the street Give kids a place to hang out that isn I a dump Corson also suggested A Free Press survey of 11 local businesses found a majority of people who said the main street could use improvement Planting more trees and brightening up lore fronts were two suggestions made by half the store owners and employees An agreement among merchants for the same type of sign to hong In front of the stores would help to get rid of the junky look said Cheryl Corson She would like to see Acton look like a quaint old fashioned town Merchants could neatenup same of the store fronts said Diane Zmija an employee of Village Cleaners The garbage on the street was also a concern of the merchants including Donna a teller for the Bank of Nova Scotia and Don McGilloway on employee of J T Sports McGilloway would like to see students hired again to clean the streets They did a good job last year he said Carmela Zengn owner of Bakery and Paul Nielsen owner of Nielsen Clothing think trees and wider sidewalks would give the street appeal Nielsen is assisting in the Business Improvement Associations I A plans to give the street more width by prohibiting parking on the south side and relocating It to the Church and Willow St parking lots recently constructed under the plan The Church St lot will hold cars the Willow St 39 The additional space will allow the north sidewalk to be widened and more tree planters and garbage receptacles to be added Bill Yundt owner of IDA Drug Stores aid the downtown area has to be made attractive for people to shop there and that can be done by attracting more businesses It can be set in a plaza setting with a concentrated area of shops to provide what people want with the prices and variety they want he said The only difference would be that it wouldu be under one roof Larry Greaves owner of Stedmans said he know if the town needs beautifying I ve taken pictures along here very early In the morning and this is a very pretty town he said This is a very helping community he sold citing generous donations to the heart fund and the Cancer Society as proof Inside this week Coople waits for pensions page 2 Cancer unit celebrates success pages A farewell to Acton page 4 Archivist Hgh Sets at Ballet recital pages teams victories page Proposed country inn main topic as residents organize kindergarten class performed fairy tales for parents and friends lost Thursday The tales acted out included Jack and the Beanstalk Goldilocks Little Red Riding Hood and and Blackburn played and Yvonne Ng as they tried to find their way out or the forest Weeds dropin concern Citizens took advantage of the Ward l and councillors drop in at Acton Library last Saturday afternoon to complain about weeds dogs and trucks A vacant lot on Green ore Cr bordering on the conservation area has caused com plaints over the noxious weeds growing on it said regional councillor and Ward 1 representative Dave Whiting The concern was taken by the town to Weed Inspector Leslie but the cit complaining was not happy with Leslie s response that he would look after It in August said Whiting Whiting contacted town staff on Monday and the owner of the property will be con acted and asked to get rid of the weeds or the town will get rid of them at the owner expense said Whiting There is also concern over the large trucks which park on and use Cr to turn around The trucks take up a lot of the roadway and children can I sec around them when they are crossing the road With summer has come an increase in the problem of people letting their dogs wander and deface other peoples properties Some citizens want signs posted and the stoop and scoop bylaw actively enforced Crowd hampers Main arrest A 25yearold Main St North man was charged with being intoxicated in a public place early Sunday morning following a scuffle in which a policeman night stick as grabbed by a bystander Constable Brian Crosby was trying to rest the man for public drunkenness at about Sunday on Main St when a crowd converged Police say Crosby had to release the suspect when a bystander grabbed his night stick still attached to his belt As the suspect fled Crosby attempted to arrest the bystander for obstruction of justice but a scuffle ensued and the second man escaped Crosby was later able to find and arrest his original suspect charging him with public intoxication 1 knew we have trouble with the by law said Whiting I can I sec putting signs up Another citizen voiced his concern over the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railroads plans to replace the man in the caboose with a computerized box If a train breaks down in the middle of town blocking off traffic and emergency vehicles from one side to the other the crew from the front of the train will have to work their way all the way to the back of the train instead of meeting the engineer from the caboose in the middle taking twice as long to look for the problem This was one of the concerns expressed The Acton resident told Whiting if the municipalities of small areas like Acton complained to the railways they may reconsider said Whiting The newly formed Eramosa Residents Association ERA aired their concerns over the proposed Country Inn and the aesthetics of the township and vil at their meeting last Tuesday night Mort a resident for seven years voiced his concerns over the possible disruption of the community peace and tranquillity and the future value of property if the inn were to have loud entertainment He cited on Hockley Valley Inn and McLaughlin Square Oshnwn as two inn residence ventures which turned to loud entertainment to survive lagging busi Although consistent with he bylaws these events wore not Intended nor fore seen by the council said Rapp who stressed the importance of preventing such circumstances by writing protections into the original enabling bylaws Mr Rapp residence would be right across from the proposed development The ERA has been organized by group of citizens who hope to produce positive in put to help Inform councillors of the people opinion on such matters as zoning bylaws future development police protee tion sewer and hydro rates and service and township and village We re a watchdog group We want to work with the council to help them make decisions for the township said Mich el Dawe secretary of the ERA The main topic of concern was the pro posed development We don t intend to encourage loud enter talnment said Bruce Donaldson repre sen ting She owner and developer of the land where the proposed inn will be built The owner developer Andrew of Oak vlllc was also present at the meeting Peter a resident for seven years voiced his concerns over the appearance of some or the buildings in the area He wants derelict buildings removed and historic buildings preserved It only takes one bad apple he said of the aesthetics of the township Others condemned the horror on Street referring to the multicolored sen ior citizen apartments which opened last fall The meeting was open to all citizens Memberships were solicited and an live was voted in after discussions which centred mainly on the development of the inn Longlime resident Harry Bonner sum up what seemed to be the general con census of the people who spoke at the meeting For the last years we ve been going backward Soon we re going to have to drive miles to buy a loaf of bread but 1 dont want Area one on the above map Is the proposed inn site area two Is the proposed sub division site and area three is the proposed recreation trail houses tomorrow We need growth but controlled growth he said Johnnthan is president of the Association Paul Clark is vice president Belly Lou Clark train Root Joan Hill Gordon Dawe Don Hilt and Lou Hilts are directors All were appointed by acclamation Red Cross blood clinic on Tuesday The Acton Red Cross Is again sponsoring a blood donor clinic at the Acton Legion on Tuesday June 26 Blood donors are urgently needed and appreciate that one day they may benefit from the service Clinic hours are from till p at the Acton Legion on Wright Ave just off Mill Street West Pet pigeons rabbits stolen and killed To the My name Is Aaron lam 10 years old I used to raise pigeons I was going to race them this year Last Man day night June someone came Into our backyard and took all my pigeons even the babies and put them Into bag and threw them Into the swamp to drown them They took my brother Jason three dwarf rab bits and my sister Laura while dwarf rabbit They killed Jason black doe We foundherat the side of the road by the swamp where we found my pigeons The other three rabbits must have got because we found them in the bush alive He found three of the pigeons alive at the top of the bag When we got home one pigeon died Now I can t race them and Jason and Laura arc selling their dwarf rabbin They re afraid to keep their rabbits because the thieves might steal hem again don t know bow anybody could be so cruel kill birds and like thai Varan mire Cobble Hill Road Aaron right lost all his pigeon a tbkf after training them for yean race His fitter Laura and brother Jason lost their dwarf rabbit Two pigeon and three rabbi were recovered alive the children keeping for fear will return