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wineryfourth year no 31 rfon svtt pre c c february acton ontaeio wednesday januabv 29 1949 slln pages ton cents regional ministers proposal r dissolve acton merge into big municipality merger or the entire counties of llullon unci peel into one giant supermetro regional government complete with a series of six or seven lowertier locul councils was predicted as a possibility for l7l when the hon darcy mckeough minister of municipal affairs for ontario unveiled his suggested blueprint for the urej last week mckeough n a formal presentation to about 200 municipal officials from the two counties in toronto wednesday outlined a tentative p lumping everything from burlington on the south lo amaranth township on the north from natsagaweyn on the west to albion on the nil into one giant regional unit the new region would encamp aboui revenue system that is simple equitable efficient adequate and conducive to sound growth without change in the structure of government rcskjeitls of ontario the minister elated are no longer prepared to tolerate the lack of coordination in the provision of regional service and the lack of dinction he alao cited the o eakteoce or other fragmentary 900 iq miles and iwateerjxi ie mdeppsof buoictnl cod towns two villages and an or parts of elgfit township under the twotier system outlined lowertier councils of up to seven persou would handle local administration in six or seven area municipalities acton officials were noncommittal about the proposal when it watt presented but many of them are now voicing strom opinion on the merger since theyve had time to study it the minister proposed to metge acton georgetown and liquating township from i s sideioad north into on urge municipality population of the area municipality would he over 24x100 and it would gel one representative on the regional council mayor le duby amid acton had already committed itself to the idea of regional government but wondered if the town should not he oriented towards guelph rather titan georgetown we have some responsibility to guclph for use of hospitals there he said and they could very justifiably make an appeal for support for hospitals the town will continue to operate normally until all the details or the setup are settled but the minister made it clear that the government was committed to the program and would let no municipality veto it etquesing officials did not teem tickled with the fact their township would be split in halfwith the lower portion joining tin- milton unit and the upper half lumped in with acton and georgetown in another regional unit the proposal raised hackles in nassagaweya where cries of ditenfranchisement and undemocratic greeted the ministers announcement officials from the township were aghast at a suggestion lands south of 35 sideraul could join the miltonbased unit and the rest of the township could be given to wellington county mr mckeough defended hit governments decision to proceed with regional government basing part of hit reason on the report of the ontario committee of taxation which pointed out that the inadequate size of moat municipal unlti has resulted in chaotic system of provincial grants to focal government that cannot adequately compensate for inherent financial weeknesse the committee said it could not hope to devise a tax and tpacsaf purpose juriadicuont as hurrying the process along the rveutaltou area wa picked at a unit tine a sen of community exists with elements or diversity the minister said he was convinced the peemlalton oreo can be suitably incorporated into a system of large urbancentred regions similar patterns of land use and the same pressure of urbanization mark both counties he claimed regional units would come into effect the minister hoped by january i hi town township and county councils in peel and hallon will be scrapped to make way for the hew system of government t firing all the volunteer help one woman representative it the meeting charged and the paid help it going to take over mr mckeough said he envisioned six or seven local units of government the seventh would be the town ol burlington which is now run of a provinciilly sponsored local fovernment review of the lamilton wenlworth area it could or could mil he part of the new syitem the department favored it lie said the proposal embraces a hw square mile area with a population of over 400000 it would he more than three limn the size of metro toronto the minister also suggested the village of tcin and pan of the township of i tin in wellington county and the town of orangeviue in duffcnn county be included in the regional unit mr mckeough said the diape of the seven large urban areas followed the drainage pattern set by the watersheds and this would factutste in planning for major sewer projects and future recreational and residential development we mutt move more closely to the democratic concept of representation by population the minister staled a statement which representatives from nassagaweya and the oilier rural townships promptly challenged after hit speech mr mckeough said a difficult scheme of multiple voting now puts the preponderance of power in urbanoriented hands at live county level he cited peel and the town of mistisiauga as an example he proposed urban centres combined with a large rural area to balance separate concerns which rural representatives at the meeting charged would leave them with no voice at nil in government mr mckeough aaid the government viewed with alarm the prospect of toronto or hamilton ever joining in the vicinity of the credit rivet or oakvillc creek consequently conrthurd on page 3 ht wbohat municipality of pctl- haltow xl iejjrv ocmwiv mtwaieutfjnicimujtv mommar hmstvr county ioowumx the seven area municipalities as defined by municipal at lair minister darcv mckeough are a follows area 1that part of the enisling town ol miuistauga south of the deny road including the towns of port credit and streetsvllle a until taction of east oekvllle it also included the iocs population of this area is estimated at 1 35000 and the area would have seven members on the regional council area 2 the enisling municipalities ot chinguacousv brampton and toronto gore plus that part ol mlstlstaugt north of the oerry road the 1068 population of this area isfjnooosnd the area would have lour seats on the regional council area 3tlie townships ot albion and caledon and the village ol celedon east in addition the town ol orangeviue plus ihote urts ot the three bordering towmhipt that are in the credit river drainage area the population would be about 18000 with one regional representative area 4lnctudet the towns of georgetown and acton and pan ol the townihip ol etquesing this area would have a population ol about 24000 end would get one representative on the rogional council area 5lncludet the town ol milton and that part ol oakvllle north ol bate line road part ol esquesing and that pan ol the township ol nassagaweya south ol county road 10 this area hmnisstnroruunximcantim jaw has ahoul 12500 residents and woujdjiave one regional refwesentative area gthemainiurt ol the present town ol oafcvllle with a papulation ol about 04000 this area would hovo ilium members ol llw regional council area 7the town ol burlington ii it is included in i ho peel hallon legion the present population is over 70000 and the ilea would have lour regional representatives the new region would have an initial population ol clow to 400000 the regional council including burlington would consist ol 21 members representation at the outlet is based on roughly one representative lor each 20000 residents cobblehill rd pjpose ohc residents housing cobblehill road area residents oppose the locating of gearedtoincome housing and senior citizens units in their locality with signatures of 47 out of 5s residents contacted a group of seven presented a petition to council tuesday evening spokesman for the group was trevor rorbes hacked by mr and mrs w g coe mrs ron guest ivan copot malcolm macphersun and colin bennell we do not expect a ready answer said mr i oihes we wish to be provocative an alternative sue would he better lo our way of thinking their brief rcid as follows ttc wih to establish through this petition hint we are not against the principles of providing adequate housing for the elderly citizens of our town or the provision of low rental housing units but of the proposed location in assessing the present riroposals of the- ontario lousing corporation we feel the proposed area namely cobblehill road is inadequate fur such a project we feel that the present r2 zoning for single fomlly dwellings is the only type of dwelling suitable to this area due mainly to its physical aspects and location we list reasons supporting our assessment for your consideration below 1- unsuitable for senior citizens a the steep incline of the hills in the area will make h difficult for walking bpoor access and greater distance than is perhaps necessary for them to commute to town holes rtijil and churches csidewalk kovisions either nonexistent idequate or in bad state of maintenance and repair on all routes leading to town dhigh and hazaidous traffic incidence on hwy 25 2unsuitable for multiple family units a a heavier than normal increase in motor vehicle traffic incidence will congest the already poor access roads b the cobblehill road outlet empties into a very hazardous sectton of hwy 25 the sudden contours impede visibility at all times and the situation is extreme with the morning sun compounding the sroblems fc the mill tree route has a complex of hollows lulls und bridges which ore hazardous to both motorist and pedestrian d the relation of the location to schools willfurther complicate and compound problems ealthough the condition is already existent the ready access lo swamp lake and dam with a heavier than normal influx of children could lead to disastrous and complicated problems c ummented mayor les duby mournfully weve been trying over many months to find a suitable location we have been fouled up in four areas that were handier to the centre of town problems included proximity to the tracks lowlying land loo high cost or unsuitahility to cxl ii a there aic is or ik john goy graduates john goy jr son of mr and mrs john goy received his bachelor of science degree at convocation at the university of guolph lust i riday afternoon just seven received the ii sc degrees from chancellor george drew at winter convocation there were i2s graduates altogether the rpajonty of them in arts after the graduation ceremony friends and relatives of the goy attended a reception pedestrian kit by tar at mimain struck by a car at tlie mill main coiner mrs maude chltliolin svjs taken tu guelph general hospital monday evening and later released she suffered a broken wrist and bruised leg the accident occurred at 20 pm and cons roy wood inveiligalcd he is seeking witnesses to the accident and would like anyone who uw it lo contact the police mrs i lorence i lizaheth dale of r r i acton was driving north on main st and making a riglilhand turn onto mill when the struck mrs clusholm mrs chiiiiulm had been crossing from lamb real i state corner to mcleods store mi chidinlm was treated at the medical centre by dr c hutchison and taken to guelph general hospital ot the cutlen club guelph he is now associated with hit father at goy transport rconfinurd on page j actons stand on peelhaltori to be relayed train car crunch monday at crossing don ford 123 crescent st had a hairbreadth escape when this car and the 308 pm cnr chicago train collided on the mill st crossing monday afternoon shaken but otherwise unhurt the youth wa treated for shock after the front end of the auto wa sheared by the eastbound train ford said ha did not tee the warning flasher signals it was the second accident where a driver collided with a train at the crossing in recent month and walked away frorrl the accldentlstah photo in another accident at the mdl st c n r crossing a car driven by donald ford was struck late monday afternoon by a passenger train mr ford crescent st told police he was blinded by the tun his car was struck by the through train receiving 1200 damage but he received only minor injuries he was alone in the car at the time he had been driving west on mill when the accident occurred engineer of the fivecar passenger train was john gray sarnia the train was southboundr on the way from sarnia to toronto the train was held up for a short period damage to thai train was estimated at only 25 to the engine steps the ford car was towed away to johns texaco garage cons kreuler investigated and a charge was laid another car was struck by a train there in november an acton woman was struck and killed by a train there list year county councillors generally want no part of union willi peel reeve dr frank oakes relayed to acton cojned tuesday at county council meeting tuesdayafternoon the seven reeves hallon were named a committee to study the regional government proposal which would join the two counties county councillors are taking this very seriously mr oakes asserted they want hallon to retain its identity a special meeting of council wat called jor wednetday february slo prepare actons hand this will be relayed by dr oakes to the new committee suggested ways of dividing halton alone into larger regional government units will be considered deputyreeve tyler who hid also been at county council that afternoon declared acton will lose all its identity the little man will become a number there are lots of problems in peel added mr greer were the back end of the county anything they dont want will be shoved to the back end it going to come all we can do u right and try to get the beat of it a couple of councillor disagreed mildly mr mckenrie itated that a syitem adequate 100 yean ago i obsolete now mr coats said the town bordering toronto didnt lose their identity with amalgamation actons big enough to null it weight mr marks wondered if too much emphasis wa being placed on identity we thould look at the broader plan hd said