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mayor duby predicts expansion in future acton mayor l g duby looks at acton and the ramification growth transportation studies and regional development will have on the town leo as hes affection ately known in acton and district has been reelected to head the influential central ontario rogion- r al development commission cordc for another year and is past president of the town and village section of theontarlomun- ldpal association we are involved- and the rush is on f dr residential development that is and we must act wisely and progressively to cope with it t the next few tears will rehire every ounce of experience that is available to deal wtti the pressure of development available lands to the east ofus bramp ton georgetown etc aro now deploted and adon has become the marketplace are we surprised nol what is happening is a natural phen omena and it was bound to affect acton as it has been for years in communities aroundiis regional requirements already are having a profound effect on the part that adon as an existing community will have in the development of tho total area being on the perimeter of two major growth areas wolungtonwatorloo and the metro complex our job will be to look to actons best interests to whatever degree we have control to condition our values to accept what will be an asset to our community and fight those things that could have a detrimental effect on our economy and physical woll being time alone will give us ho answers and while i have always personally felt that an optimum growth for acton would be up to 7500 copulation for a place we all would like to live in we may have to accept some degree more population to cope with the demand factor since adon is a nice place to live we have a bulltln responsibllty lo ac cept the natural growth that comes due to new residents who sottlo here for that one reason alone our job will be to do everything in our power to rotain our present assessment ratio and nd allow new growth o be sub sidised by the long term rosldentsof acton wow development must be self support ing in every aspect of its influence on tho community in this way wo can welcolpo our new citisens ih the proper peraped- ive end they can justifiably share in the i growth and development of adon this part of now growth is readily under stood and where we have local controlj we can debate thelgsues and make deols- ions it is dealing in the areas controlled by dhor levels of administration where it is like trying to nail jelly to the wall how ever lets face tomorrow with a will to do whatever ye must do in the best way we can j we must realize also by now that the mtarts metropolitan toronto and region transportation study presentation and its eventual rebuttal recommendations from all centres involved in the study will have a great bearing on what patterns of growth will take place everywhere includingacton central ontario regional development council cordc i would liko to montlon at this time that as recently as this week cordc engaged the services of fonco foundation of canada engineering corp lid and the services of mr p e wade who was in volved in the complete mtarts study and his staff or engineers to assist cordc in evaluating the proposals of the study as it affects acton and other communities in the fringe aroa of metro toronto mcetinps will ho hold in acton as olso- where to get the local reaction of the whole cedral ontario region to prepare our criticisms or approvalsof theproposal some pdnted comments 1 senior citizens accommodation un its i have had many entjulrlos as to how wo are progressing al this time survuys and land availability studfesaxo completed atijl spedfle recommendations are now being submitted by qhc for omhc approval in other words sites have been selected and the town is now awaiting results z low rental housing once again site loeattdn ohpulrlos arc completed 0h1c aremaldngthelrreeom- mendatlons and we arte- awaiting their sc- ceptod proposals 3 apartment development the first apartment complox is expected to got underway by early october if there are no hitches in present arrangements 4 fairy lake dredging we all understand we have passod the halfway mark with egard to material pumped and time required it is now im perative thai all parties involved in tho operation snould determine tne must uviw- flcial placing of the balance of the material to give us the desired final result satis factory o all parties 5 sewage the amenj plant tendershave now been called received and successful bidder telpcfod due to all the delays we have had in required pro- cessing the contract price is considerably in excess or what was anticipated and we are now faced with 6mo adtqtjorial delays iii acquiring new financing approvals we aro still hopeful of a starting dale by early jalli much credit is due our staffwho have kept a plant designed for 3000 people producing an accepted rosultfor the pre sent population of 400 the new plant is designed tor growth to 7500 6- inpustrialiiasin- slnce we have now finally agreed lo de velop a basic access road to tho area and have taken stops to promdo its develop ment it is our hope we will soon see re sults that will help us to retain nurassus ment balance with the expected residential construction and expansion 7 i would like lo sou a continuing effort on tho part of all properly owners in acton to support tho keep canada beautiful program thu result would make acton a more interesting and attractive place that we can all rofor to as our home town a did vckj kjtbw statistics show that only plus ormlmls one per cent of the electorate in aty com- muhlty are informed to the point where thoy have been lnvolvod sufficiently in rom- mujitty affairs to riiaxo pahe statements with a background of personal knowledge leis take acton for an gxatnplo in clude council school boardi planning board commission and chamber of coin- merco and dhers and we do well to in- peratlve thai all parties involved in iho this indicates only one thing there is a lot pf room foe more interested groups in any municipality ip become more active in promoting the best interests of the community in which tlioy ilvo happy holidays to everybody the hon william g davis mnnipr of educit on assists acton mayor los duby to award diplomas it tho recent cor dc seminar at the university of guelph miyor duby also received a diploma alonq with counc llor bob dr nlw titer and clerk administrator jack mccichie si iff photo imwimm fairy lake dredging is making a now lake out of tho 80 acre body of water and providing fill for new construction in lakeview subdivision areas not dredqed yet are apparent in this aerial view four hundred thousand cubic yards of silt will bo removed from the lake stiff photo one natural feature which has made acton well known is fairy lake originally dimmed by the pouter to supply water power to a flour mill the like now sipphes water for beardmore and co as well as be nq the centre for summer recreation for town and dislr ct v tor- come fro miny miles to enoy the lakes waters or to cimp if ether of two tourist parks on the south shore staff photol