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THE HERALD Wednesday December 12 1IM- Page Council Briefs Acton development recommended despite opposition Town or Halton Hills General Committee recommended day a onestorey commercial plaza with the above floor being comprised of apartments on Queen Street East In Acton be ap proved despite continued con from some area residents over the proposal The general committee is comprised of town councillors Committee recommendation will go before council for final ap proval this Monday Residents opposing the development argued as in the past there is insufficient parking to support the plaza and people living in the apartments would be able to see into the backyards backing onto the proposed building They told councillors they would have no privacy if the building went ahead General Committee however chose to support staff s recom mendation to recommend the development application for ap proval Acton Councillor Norm Elliott echoed the opinion of many cillors when he said the developer has been more than willing to cooperate with the town and neighbors so that all concerns are addressed The Charges dropped The Town of Halton Hills was forced to drop charges laid earlier this year against Norvals Croatian Centre Thursday during a Milton Court hearing because of a technicality The centre which is located at Winston Churchill Boulevard and Sideroad 5 faced charges of building a picnic shelter without a building permit Town building inspector John Holmes said the charge had to be dropped because a member of town staff had carried out the necessary tie search on the wrong property Mr Holmes would not name the staff member who made the error For the time being at least the 5 square foot shelter will be permitted to stand said Mr Holmes For the building to come down the Town would have to re lay the charges and the centre would have to be found guilty he explained Town Building Director Ron ShetteM said a decision on laying new charges won t happen until another legal proceeding involv Ing the centre is heard The Halton Federation of Agriculture is appealing a minor variance granted to the centre to build a picnic shelter to the On tario Municipal Board COMB The towns Committee of Adjust granted the minor variance this fall According to the ap plicable town bylaw the centre needed a minor variance and building permit to legally con struct the shelter The federation is appealing the minor variance because the shelter should not be considered minor in nature and it was built without a permit according to the federations letter submitted to the OMB A date for the OMB hearing has yet to be set Nomination deadline If you know of someone who has made a notable contribu tion to the community through their achievements in sport or culture in 1990 be sure to nominate them Tor a Town of Halton Hills municipal award Monday Applications for the awards are available at the Hills Recreation and Parks Department Office located at 1 Hills Drive or can also be obtained at the Acton Indoor Pool Hurry the applications must be at the recreation office by Monday building will be an asset to the community said the councillor Hewitt recommended Town General Committee recommended Monday Halton Hills Councillor Joe Hewitt be the towns representative on a com mittee comprised of other municipal and provincial politi clans to investigate the driving habits of truckers destruction by truck traffic and unsafe truck loads in the North area Aggregate service Councillors referred a request by Halton Hills resident William offering his property located at Lot and Concession 5 as a source of aggregate for the construction of the Fourth Line bordering his property to the towns pits and quarries commit tee for a report Historic Glen Williams Town General Committee recommended Monday a bylaw be passed calling for Glen Williams to be considered for designation under Section of the Ontario Heritage Act as a Heritage Conservation Area If it ever did become a heritage district no person could erect or demolish a building without first obtaining a permit from the town according to a staff report The recommendation will go before town council this Monday Chemical concern Town councillors followed the lead of Acton Norm Elliott after he suggested the town switch from its weed spraying program to a manual cutting pro gram for a year long trial basis during Mondays general com mittee meeting Although acknowledging he lacked exper tise in the field of weed spraying Elliott told council a tion in the use of chemicals will be beneficial to the town Council will vote on the recommendation this Monday General Committee gave the goahead Monday for the Seventh Annual Egg Nog Jog sponsored by the Georgetown Track Club and the Credit Valley Conserva Authority this Sunday The jog starts at 30 a m from the Terra Cotta Conservation Area and proceeds south on Winston Churchill Boulevard west on Sideroad north on the Tenth Line east on Sideroad 32 and then south on Winston Churchill Boulevard Site plan discussion Town General Committee recommended Monday to defer a proposal by staff to introduce ad ministration fees for developers who sign town site plan agreements Committee Town hoping court levies strict penalty The Town of Hills is hoping Toronto based Millview Manage ment Group will be fined between and 000 when it goes to court Feb on charges of refusing to clean up the Barber Mill site on River Drive m Georgetown The town was forced to clean up the site this fall after the company ignored several requests to do the work said town Municipal Bylaw Officer Bob Ustrzyciu Friday Mr Ustrzycki wouldn reveal the amount of money the town paid for the cleanup He did say however the cost of doing similar work ranges between and We 11 the town be seeking a penalty that reflects the cost to the town and local taxpayers he said The clean up involved boarding up the mill and removing broken glass and other debris from the property said Mr Ustrzycki Before the clean up the property was a public safety hazard he said Dur the fall there were four reported incidents of arson at the site con turned Mr To ensure no entry to the property Mr Ustrzycki said police patrol the regularly a REMOTE CONTROL 21 ColorTrak TELEVISION Allelectronic Control System it with on screen prompts and displays for easy operation High Quality Speaker System r mm AO Auto Programming I Automatic ContrastColor Tracking ran Stereo Monitor 0 0 HIHT120 Premium VIDEO CASSETTE System lime Compatible RCA Unified Remote Delayed Start Diiect Access Inltaied Remote Control Search and Stop Action HQ Video ItCl REMOTE CONTROL VCR recommended a site plan committee be formed to study the feasibility of the ad ministration fees and the site plan process in general Town site plan committee members consider what developers must do in the way of landscaping and public works before their development is finally approved The committee recommendation will go before 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