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THE HERALD 1 ltJI Region plan approved despite rural concerns Culminating years of extensive debate and lincussion some public and hundreds of isiuns rigional com i 1 lus adopted its plan lion of ill dictate the growth and fur this century lora I plan I tin Ontirio iMrj r approval Wcdnedtj ex priced some and predict arei f that ton in attempts to implement pi prompted Hills vole which he oppose motion approve 1- Honing preMiiUtions by Town to close Acton access Prompted a lout d rt r lung noisy uiimties the f nance and a dm mis Ira fun committee his mended to council that an public road ilio- off Drue in should be off casement ai fool of Elizabeth had the of council tommittet discus sons after J3 Elmore inquir IhL pro- perl in the hope of committee had initially retommtuded tin Mr fcyken should be idled his Ihe proptrlj expressed Marks at last i council prom Marks pointed out that used by skiers and cyclists a cut across Elmore The private sale of tht property would arte such pe destrians to use only other accesa route at the end of the ad he predicted thus some for the living there It is a different breed of that has Mr Van however At Monday committee meeting tailed the casement as well land to of the property a hangout for motorcyclists and dune buggy raters Mr claimed that his proposal to or buy it off the weeds plant a would put in end to the mischief littering and foul language that is annoying neighbors Eight year dtnts of Acton tht Van Der s decision this year imcd avoiding noise associated urban scrawl problems Involved in either leasing the properly to the Van else closing road allowance and silling it Clerk administrator Kin Richardson informed the com mitltt that town engineer Bob Austin is opposed to sale of the property until the future use of the vacant land to the rear has been confirmed road allowance would eliminate that on Coun Marks a greed thus inviting hi juslifi able objections to any such move by the town A number of solutions aim I at curbing the non licensed operation of mini bikes and dune buggies in the Area were considered posting of signs biting tht vehicular use of the easement Graduate inch and fellow farmer Miller led that the concerns of agricultural hue not been adequately hiedid Others who voted to left adoption of the plan were Archie of of and Jim WaLson of Milton The other 18 council memb in Including Hilton Hills other represtnla lives Tom and Pat Roy Booth and Mike Armstrong endorsed new official plan In his third brief to council Mr Branch a former Ontario civil servant claimed that it will cost SI million during ISTSalone just to Imple ment policies outlined In the chapter of the plan concerning agriculture He further ted that Million taxpayers will unwilling lo finance Ihe scheme especially when we farmers assure them the will be wasted And the farmers he added certainly can afford a bigger lax burden Mr Branch contended that the new plan offers furmirs nothing that Is not already available from and paid for by other sources He warned that the provincial government will probably rcj the plan outright as an encroachment upon demo cratic rights of citizens and quoted agriculture minister William Newman who in a tetter to Mr Branch edged that planning policies must be flexible According to the letter Mr Newman also admitted that provincial land freezes would be unnecessary unfair to farmers and difficult administer Mr recommended deletion of plan s section arguing that regional council with Its ab sence of farmer members will unible to finance or even such a private enterprise system I believe Farmers should run their own show through an elected body which represents all who wish lo participate said They arc running It on their own now quite essfully without any help from regional government an farmer who has also addressed regional coun ell previously to condemn pro posed rural land freezes expressed amazement at Mr Branch financial prediction He noted hat Implementation costs for the new plan have been distussed at region Do you think the people can afford this he asked I dan know but I don think the farmers can afford It Mr speculated hat government officials could find permanent jobs tint correcting problems arising from the provincial government s agricultural code of practice which regional plan repeatedly re fers The only reason for keeping a farm these days is so some day you can retire and sell It he commented Milters decision to support the farmers attitude drew critical comments from his colleagues 1 don think any group In has been heard as much as the farming group planning committee chairman Pat McLaughlin or Burlington responded citing support for the plan offered by Hie Federation of Agriculture There will never be a lime when wc can satisfy every Burlington Mayor Mary Munro took offence at Miller assertion that far s because they arc a minority group ore not ade quately represented at region council Regional chairman Hie Mor row cooled debate by com mending the planning com mlttee staff for their pat icncc and pcrservernnce in producing a document this council can be proud of McLaughlin similarly expressed his hanks to the committee staff and added a special note of gratitude Milton Mayor Don Gordon whom he slid attended every public meeting on the regional plan was instrumental in over north of Gord persuaded council to make a final amendment prior the plan s adoption by deleting a paragraph in which housing mix figures were cited as guidelines for the development of high medium low den residential project ins not ised on housing needs he and as such will be of no help to regional council in Its efforts to meet those needs over the next Barbs Meat I Moore Park Plaza the Junior Plowing Halton Juniors plowed for honors on Saturday The Junior Plowing Match was held on the farm of Don Sherwood in Burlington Lome James or w is the judge for Saturday match He first began judging the International Plowing Match held in Georgetown There were two classes in two or three fur rows and four In two or three furrows class first place went Larry Hoard of Milton Second and places went to lorn Wilson and Paul Wilkinson both or Georgetown Also entered in the competition were Doug Donaldson David Rich Milton Brian Georgetown and Cecil Mil In the four or more furrows class the winner was John of Kite Milton Second third places went to ley Pickering of and Jamie Alexander of Also entered in the competition were Allan Hu ns West Div id Robinson RPj and David Milton Douglas Murray Wright son of Mr and Mrs Stan Wright St Catharines formerly of Georgetown has received A in fine arts from University of Toronto Mr Wright is presently enrolled at the University of Toronto of Education si art In a quarter pound nil boot pal lie lop oft Brazier sauce and servo 1 on a seed bun Sound del It is And now Thursday Friday you buy g lor regular you a second one lor jut right mo lis our Braiier part pat QUEEN BRAZIER stores Offer Available At 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