The Citizen, 2010-03-04, Page 28PAGE 28. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2010.North Huron Township Councilmet on March 1 to decide ifWingham is a suitable place for the
new district K-6 elementary school.
Council and interested parties met
for a Planning Advisory Committee
Meeting prior to council's regular
meeting to entertain a request from
the Avon-Maitland District School
Board (AMDSB) to change the
zoning and labeling of Part lots 5
and 6, in Concession 1 of Wingham
Ward. Tom Robson, a solicitor
retained by the AMDSB, put the
request forward for the change.
The advisory meeting provided an
opportunity for residents of the
Ward to put forward any questions
or concerns they may have regarding
the building of the school, and theextension of John Street toaccommodate the traffic caused bythe school.The location the proposed schoolis adjacent to the current secondary
school, F.E. Madill, and will house
500 elementary public school
children.
The land is currently labeled
Residential Future Development,
and the application would see it
changed to Community Facility.
According to Sandra Weber, a
senior planer for Huron County
Planning and Development, the
change is one part of several that
need to be made.
"The area proposed is in both
Morris-Turnberry and North
Huron," Weber said. "An Official
Plan Amendment (OPA) and change
in the zoning by-laws is required for
North Huron, while its just a zoningby-law change in Morris Turnberry."Weber went on to say that thechange-over does make sense, as thelands that surround include othercommunity facilities, like F.E.
Madill, and Sacred Heart Catholic
School, as well as residential
development.
Most of the issues brought
forward by both the public and
councillors concerned buses and
traffic, and how adding a second
school would cause more bus traffic.
But Jeremy Taylor, an engineer from
R.J. Burnside and Associates,
explained how the redesigning of
school parking areas for both the
high school and the new public
school will actually alleviate some
of the congestion around the school.
"We've engineered the changes to
try and prevent traffic problems," he
said. "The extension to John Street
will be curved to reduce speed, and
there is now a queue for buses, with
exits on the right side for safety."
Taylor added that the queue canhandle up to 24 busses, which is themaximum expected to see betweenthe two facilities.Councillor Archie MacGowanalso questioned the problem of foot
traffic, to which Taylor said the
sidewalk on the north side of John
Street will be extended, as well as
the south of necessary.
Jeremy also stated that, in recent
years, the amount of student traffic
caused by vehicles has dropped,
because Grade 13 was dropped and
the graduated licensing system.
Parking was also brought up by
councillors and the public, and
Taylor explained that they had used
a "Christmas Concert" clause when
engineering the parking situation.
"There will be enough parking for
either school to have a Christmas
Concert, as long as they don't both
have it on the same night," he said.
In her original documentation,
Weber suggested deferring both
decisions, as a traffic analysis was
missing that would provideinformation necessary forcouncillors to make a decision.However, that report did surface lessthan a week prior to the publicmeeting, and addressed many
concerns that were brought up
during the meeting.
As the traffic concerns were met,
Weber still suggested deferring the
Zoning By-law change until the
OPA had been passed.
As this was a public meeting and
not an Official Council meeting,
council was under no pressure to
make a decision, however they did
propose approving the OPA to allow
the school to proceed with their
timeline, while deferring the zoning
change to a later date. In a recorded
vote, Reeve Vincent, Deputy Reeve
Scott, Councillor Campbell,
Councillor Alma Conn, Councillor
McGowan, and Coucillor David
Riach were for the change,
while Councillor Brock Vodden
opposed it.
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He was the beloved husband, for
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will be in Blyth Union Cemetery.
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By Denny ScottThe CitizenNorth Huron takes first step in school approval
North Huron Council is opposed
to the five per cent increase levied by
the Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority.
At the Feb. 16 meeting, council-
lors directed MVCA committee
member Councillor James Campbell
to reject the increase, as it's the
second hike in as many years.
“We’re going to have a difficult
budget year,” said Councillor Archie
MacGowan. “These are difficult
economic times in all municipalities
across the province. We’re all trying
to spend the same dollar three times.”
The increase would amount to
almost $2,000.
Campbell said the money would
be put towards flood forecasting,
which would help North Huron
considerably, and also towards wage
parity, as MVCA staff's pay scale
has been behind other conservation
authorities.
“It’s not that the amount of money
is staggering over the course of the
year, but the optics of a five per cent
increase (is),” said MacGowan,
adding that last year saw a nine per
cent increase.
NH objects to MVCA levy
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