HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-07-26, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2012.At their July 17 meeting, HuronEast councillors were curious as towhy all municipalities in HuronCounty wouldn’t present a unitedfront on wind turbines during
the upcoming public comment peri-
od.
With a new study announced to
investigate wind turbines and poten-
tial adverse health effects, a public
question period will be open until
Sept. 7.
However, it was pointed out that
not all municipalities feel the same
way about wind turbines.
“Not all of them have an issue
with wind turbines,” said Councillor
Bill Siemon. “ACW (Ashfield-
Colborne-Wawanosh) seems pretty
content, so that could be why they’re
not raising individual issues.”
Siemon, however, did point out
that despite ACW Council not seem-
ingly having an issue with wind tur-
bines, that there has been a lot of
negativity surrounding turbines
because of some of the municipali-
ty’s residents.
“ACW has a lot of negativity, a lot
of bad press, [Shawn] Drennan espe-
cially,” Siemon said.
Drennan has been outspoken at
dozens of public meetings, including
provincial all-candidates meetings
and council meetings in Central
Huron where wind turbines were
being discussed.
Councillor Joe Steffler agreed that
each municipality should handle its
own approach to the issue, saying
that what’s being done in Bluewater,
for example, could be something
that Huron East doesn’t agree with.
Approaching it individually, he said,
is the way to ensure the municipality
has the most control it can over an
issue.
Clerk-Administrator Brad Knightalso discussed the concerns councilhas with NextEra Energy about theplacement of a transmission line. InBluewater, Steffler said, council isfighting to have a transmission lineburied to avoid any issues. A sugges-tion was made that Huron East ask
for the same thing for its proposed
transmission line through
Cranbrook, but Mayor Bernie
MacLellan said that suggestion was
shot down pretty quick due to a
number of issues.
MacLellan said council was told
that the transmission line would
have to be encased in some sort of
coolant to ensure the line wouldn’t
overheat underground, so it has to be
above ground due to the amount of
power it will be transmitting.
“If Bluewater gets them buried,”
Steffler said, “wouldn’t it then make
sense for us to get them buried? If
it’s economically feasible in
Bluewater, then it should be in
Huron East too.”
Siemon, however, wasn’t opti-
mistic that the line could be buried.
“It’s never going to happen Joe,”
he said.
MacLellan said the only gover-
nance council could possibly have
over a wind turbine company is if the
company proceeds with a portion of
a project that is against the law. As
long as the company is obeying the
law and the Green Energy Act, he
said, there isn’t much the municipal-
ity can do.
Councillor Larry McGrath, how-
ever, was disappointed in how issues
were being dealt with, saying that
the companies shouldn’t be dealing
with their own issues, that it should
be a third party who investigates
complaints.
“They’re looking after their own
issues,” McGrath said. “It’s the fox
looking after the henhouse.”
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and this suggestion in front of us.
The only question here is whether
we enable a temporary solution here
or not.”
The solution would see Kellins
work out of the temporary location
until Oct. 31 and, after that, her con-
tinuing presence there would need to
be discussed by council if her store
space is not available.
“We anticipated that [Oct. 31]
would be sufficient, however, if that
doesn’t come about, we can come
back to council in October and see if
we want to continue this agreement,”
Newson said. “If the space is avail-
able before Oct. 31, Kellins will be
able to move and we can cancel the
contract.”
In her report Newson stated that
this decision supports economic
development in North Huron and
suggests that council, in future plan-
ning, could permanently re-zone the
space to allow for more commercial
uses and attract other tenants.
While there are examples of other
locations that the township rents out
to local businesses like a community
nursing group that rents a facility
adjacent to the Belgrave Community
Centre, none of those locations
require council to essentially look
the other way on their bylaws to
enable it to happen as they are prop-
erly zoned.
The motion to sign the agreement
and not enforce the zoning bylaw
was passed by council with
Councillors Bailey and Campbell
dissenting.
Kellins opened the business, which
she said is a needlecraft and sewing
services store, on July 21 at the tem-
porary location at 431 Queen Street.
“We carry yarns, sewing notions,
ChainMaille jewelery and supplies,”
she said in an e-mail to The Citizen.
“The sewing services offered include
a variety of alterations, repairs and
mending. Scissor and knife sharpen-
ing services are available as well.”
Kellins said that throughout the
summer a Knit and Natter evening
will be held at the store.
From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. crafters
can chat and compare work and tech-
niques at no cost.
Organized lessons and classes will
be held in the fall and the store will
be moving to 404 Queen Street, the
former location of The Citizen office
in Blyth. Private lessons can be
arranged with Kellins. For more
information call 519-440-6026 or,
after the move, 519-523-9449.
On display
An Encaustic Viewpoint, curated by Ron Walker, opened at the Blyth Festival Art Gallery on
Friday night. The exhibit highlights “Beal Art”. One of the artists, Ron Milton, left, was on hand
on Friday, along with Steve Kerr, who helped organize the show, to officially open the show.
(Vicky Bremner photo)
‘Stitches’ to move
locations in Oct.
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