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jvcfim jfru pxless nlneeyhfit ymt no 16 acton ontario wednesday october 15 1969 elthlttrt hlgcl fllet calh mugging for a camera wet just on of the tjv peuret tumdey when this high spirited spr ingbank school class came out from toronto to tpend day in the country they toured a farrtt about 10 mile north of town and than bundlad in warm clothing had thalr lunch in the park hare their italy teacher sitting centre back in a kerchief is mrs hartmansulf photo council authorizes hydro to negotiate agreement turn down land offer wide new beach along the north shore of cleaned and dredged and soon became an inviting fairy lake was croatod this summer by bulldozers f or wlmmertstaff photol fronting lakoviow subdivision the shore was despite opposition from several councillors who objected to what seemed exceisive costs to the subdlvider acton council authorized acton hydro commission to negotiate a separate written agreement with the reisman group which proposed a new subdivision in the seynuck property cost for an allelectric subdivision as figured by the hydro commission comes to 872 per lot but the developer could recover j 1 00 per lot if the development is completely electric including heating complete cost will be borne by the developer councillor p marks objected to the fact that r v anderson the town engineers had done a survey and found actons price was double some other municipalities and it was because of the material being used engineer ken hyde sard if ins firm used the same philosophy as acton hydro they could use glass sewer pipes it distresses me when mr hyde makes that statement he said didnt mr hyde also state that other fees have not been updated for two or three years asked councillor chapman councillors nodded the commission is trying to save us money insisted deputy reeve tyler sure they can cut costs with inferior material but we will pay for it in the long run acton was only si 00 or so higher than brampton at the last estimate and brampton is now revising their prices councillor bill coals wondered if condoning hydros attempt to use top material for jobs did not run counter to the towns effort to cut costs and use less expensive maternls we seem to be advocating hydro put in the best material but are we also advocating the best roads sidewalks etc maybe we want top of the line but maybe something cheaper would last as long councillor greer commented it irks me that i sat a whole night and discussed this and now we have to rehash it all complained the deputyreeve of the objections it nukes us look like a bunch of donkeys councillor marks disagreed we were asked to keep auiet until this meeting he sala i have done considerable research on this and find aluminum wire is only half the price and has almost as high a quality acton hydro insists copper wire be installed in the subdivision their findings were that aluminum wire has a life span of only 10 years underground while copper has an expectancy of 30 to 40 years an offer of purchase on the recently advertised annexed townowned land bordered by cobblehill road and mill st was turned down by a committee of council but negotiations for the sale could still continue neiman sequin bloomenfeld and white a toronto firm offered to purchase approximately 23 6 acres of the 44 at a price of s3 500 an acre with stipulations for services which would be required for subdivision development why was it turned down asked the deputyreeve councillor mckenzic explained the committee turned down the offer of purchase because it was the internum of the adveitiscmcnt to sell the entire property they wanted the choice land and not the marshy part as well as wanting to dictate terms of the sale mr mckcnzie said lie also explained that any curchascr would have to abide y the terms of a subdividers agreement he wanted us to put the services in said reeve frank oakes a subsequent letter from the firm requested another meeting with no i committee however indicating they were still interested in purchasing the property safety contest now underway four breakins competition between the two public schools for the new safety plaque is well underway says safety officer roy wood the police are registering any infractions of bike and pedestrian rules and these will count against the school at the end of the month the school which has the least offenses will be awarded the alec johnson safely shield it was pictured in last weeks free press the police arent going to keep all their information to themselves the principals will be told which students broke the safety rules and how cons wood has been working nights this week but next week when hes working days again he will be up at the schools talking up safety again consider paving resurfacing of roads in lakevlew subdivision started this wul and acton council is now considering whether to resurface churchill rd n whan sewer installations have torn up the road mayor la duby advocated soma work on churchill rd since there would b heavy traffic using it to and from the new curling club four breakins were investigated over the thanksgiving weekend by acton police two of them were into churches it was saturday noon when rev harry dawson reported that st albans church had been broken into entry was first made by an unlocked dour and then the door into the vestry had been broken by force there were no signs of the use of tools nothing wjs stolen and nothing disturbed according to the rector however a flashlight was found at the back of the church on sunday noon one of the officials of knux church reported a breakin there bntry was gained by slipping the lock on the front door a cupboard had been ransacked and between 8 and si0 was missing police expect both brcakins occurred at night a resident of 4 mill e reported a man in her upstairs apartment mary rose stuffels screamed and the man fled falling down a flight of steps the incident was reported to police sunday morning in this case the intruder had removed a pane of glass and slipped a lock on thanksgiving day cornelius snoek discovered the kitchen of bp snack bar had been entered and he informed police early that morning a screen had been removed and a window broken the till was rifled and about s8 in cash taken the theft likely occurred during the night a weekend brcakin also occurred at the christian reformed church which is in bsquesing township a basement window was broken two vehicles in collision a twocar accident at main st n at lhubclli dr was investigated friday night by acton police a car driven by harold speaker 110 mill w was making a turn and received si0 damage to the rear bumper the ucond car involved was driven by glcnys patricia newman k r 2 rockwood and received s2o0 damage to the front no control over messes mayor les duby admitted council had little or no control over messy properties in town where absentee landlords often let gaibage and weeds pile up and grow high councillor mckenzic asked council if something couldnt be done about the area east of the new apartment buildings on churchill rd south its a heck of a view for people who come out of brand new apartments said mr mckcnzie theres nothing but gaibage littered all over the area it was used for building purposes and just left as it was suggests trees for bare lots councillor bill coats recommended acton orgjnue a new tree planting program to beautify town streets at tuesdays meeting of council me suggested new subdivision home owners could be given a tree i was raised in a town where such a program existed said mr coat and it did a lot to beautify the town nothing changed on ohc project acton council authorized construction of six additional ontario homing corporation units at the proposed development on cobblehill rd at tuesdays meeting but could furnish no further details on when construction could start on the project nothing has changed regarding the rezonlng of the oil c land explained clerk j hurst there must be a zoning amendment bylaw and the people within 400 feet of the property notified of the proposed change they have 14 days to object if there are objections they will be forwarded to the ontario municipal board and they will set a time for a hearing we could have another hangup on this project predicted the mayor gloomily telling council that seven other municipalities were starting 041 c developments and for some it was their seventh or eighth project library centres in ali schools recommended to hoffofi trustees library resource centres should be established in all schools the report of the library resource centres council recommended to the llalton board of education the 20 page report presented by chairman john fuzio of burlrngton central high school also recommended the integration of the audio visual and library departments and expansion to include graphic arts and electronics the need for a central library service for cataloguing and maintenance of equipment was also probed in the report mr fazio noted the current requirement for accommodation in the resource centre for 10 per cent of the school enrolment may not be adequate at the demands on the centre increase he also maintained that in new school construction the librarian should be employed in time to work with the architect in planning the facility elroy rilett associate chairman of the committee and a teacher in champlain public school reviewed the role of the librarian suggesting the importance of overcoming the feeling she was a clerk it was vital for the librarian to work with the children and be available to help them discover through research trustee w pnestner observed that what the council was suggesting could gel td quite a staggering amount of money irs dubious whether this board or any board could afford it the board received the report if the stove catches on fire srab the salt and pour over allies never use water hydro officials lectured on subdivision costs officials from ontario hydro who arrived on the acton hydro commissions doorstep thursday evening bearing charges of rate discrimination to a subdivider left somewhat chastened and partially convinced the acton commission knew what it was doing in negotiations with proposed subdivisions in acton phil garlough and bob hartley of the parent ontario hydro system totd acton commissioners that the solicitor for reisman group which proposed to build a large subdivision on the seynuck property felt his client was being discriminated against by acton hydros demands for 840 i lot for an electrical distribution system although they realized it was for a complete system they admitted they were partially in agreement with the solicitor since the acton charges seemed unnecessarily steep when compared to other placet were not here to tell you you cant do this because legally you can said mr garlough from the hamilton office but he fell individual rate levels were set to finance the distribution system out of revenue and any other methods could run into difficulties anything you do also affects the other municipalities around he reminded the acton commission mr hurley viewed the rates set by other towns and found the acton figures specially steep by comparison when it came to underground wiring which the commission has insisted on for future acton subdivisions he questioned if the acton commission was going to charge all new users of power the tame rates charging it could be interpreted at rate discrimination if they didnt if this it your policy for new subdivisions what about the met on vacant lott and possible industrial subdivisions he asked the debt here it almost nil tald vicechairman ted tyler sr that is the reason i think the people in town shouldnt be discriminated against by paying for new subdivisions where a developer can walk in make a sockful and then leave burlington georgetown milton thorold and brampton were also named as in the middle of working out agreements making developers pay all the electrical distribution costs iti way overdue the veteran commissionercouncillor told the ontario hydro nun developers go into communities and have to pay for roads curbs services why not hydro he enquired 1 guest because thats the way it has always been answered mr hanley people are being asked tc contribute to somebodys wealth under the present system mr tyler charged mr hanley agreed but said developers merely took the charges and put them on top of i the house price anyway should i worry about someone coming from hamilton mr tyler replied there are people going to live in the reisman subdivision who dont even know of acton havent we got enough taxes here in acton we have had to pay all through the years tor our hydro system and if it wasnt here they wouldnt be able to come here and hook onto it other places are also considering placing a tax on substjtions too mayor les duby referred to the bitter experience the town had with the previous two subdivisions developed in the last is years where much of the cost burden fell on local taxpayers developers came and went and after the a v roe layoffs the town was left with empty homes council has come up with a strong subdividers agreement and we expect developers to carry their own cost he told the visitors acton is- justified because the cost of land is so reasonable here people come to save 10000 on a home its not a case of being antideveloper the mayor continued but simply a means of making the developer pay for what he is responsible lets not be cautious and careful he urged since this had influenced too many things in the past were not here to make dollars out of the subdividers agreed mr tyler who told the ontario hydro officials that they would scream to high heaven if they did the mayor stressed the government was strongly opposed to municipalities subsidizing industry unless there was a depressed label on the town were a small town and with exceptional growth the assessment balance could go all to pieces he asserted would the subdividers agreement affect the end price of homes in acton quite likely agreed the commission but it would be mostly people from toronto who will buy in the reisman subdivision the reason they come to acton is the lower price for homes it is no problem to live here and work in continued on paoe 3 six hundred tulip bulb wmwprawtadtuaiav night at cottncil meeting to clerk administrator jo hurst and mayor las duby by representative of the acton liberation committee jake kulken left and hank klelne dieters right they asked specifically that some of the gift tulips be planted at the cenotaph money it being raised here through the tale of 2500 bulbs national proceeds go to purchase of a gift for canada to commemorate the liberation of holland by canadian troops 25 yean agoistaff photo