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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-09-21, Page 21Ask Ministry to be logical Word war between GBr Stephen ie war of words between Village council received a be situated off of Gill Road, might not be a bad idea toThe war of words between Stephen township and the village of Grand Bend continues with the latest development being Stephen’s lack of apparent enthusiasm for the provision of services to a proposed subdivision in the township just outside of Grand Bend. letter from the ministry of housing Monday night asked lor comments with regards to the proposed Green Forest subdivision that’s being put together by Philip Walden. The main problem with the development according to Reeve Bob Sharen that is to Trust Company Certificates HIGHEST RATES AVAILABLE Interest Paid Annually 9% % Interest paid semi-annually or monthly on a 5 year term. Rate subject to change. • Ellen Bean 344 Andrew St., S. 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Sharen said that when the ministry of housing gave approval to the subdivision it was contingent upon Stephen immediately approaching the village for water and sewer lines to the 35 lot undertaking. Another bone of contention with Sharen is that Stephen would be getting the benefit of a subdivision agreement while Grand Bend would not. According to clerk­ treasurer Louise Clipperton, among the benefits of a subdivision agreement would be the imposition of an impost fee upon the sub­ division which would facilitate the collecting of funds for servicing, After some debate about what would happen if the village chose not to provide services for the develop­ ment, it was the consensus that the village would end up providing the services no matter what happened. This prompted councillor Keith Crawford to remark “Why doesn’t the govern­ ment run Grand Bend?” On the urging of Sharen, council agreed to send a letter to the ministry of housing asking that they be “logical” in providing protection to the providers of the services in addition to the benefactors of the servicing. Council’s decision at its last meeting to look into some form of angle parking on the main street received a set back with Crawford informing council that the ministry of transportation and communications would not approve such a move. He said the ministry didn’t think there was enough space for angle parking. Councillor Harold Green asked what control the ministry had over village roads with Crawford saying that the ministry subsidizes the maintenance on the main street to the tune of 50 per­ cent. Nevertheless, there were still rumblings from council that they should conduct their own tests to determine if there wss enough room for angle parking on at least one side of the street. Reeve Sharen had mixed success with two matters he raised before council, equalized assessment for the county of Lambton and a switch to a different method of land aquisition by com­ munities. Sharen said the county of Lambton could appeal to the minister of revenue for equalized assessment to be imposed in the county. Sharen said such a move would help eliminate some of the inequities which presently exist between the county’s municipalities and would also help to alleviate the assessment differences that exist within the village. Councillor Bill Baird said he couldn’t see how Lambton could do the assessment fairly if the province did not want to conduct it on a province-wide basis. Sharen said “We have to start somewhere” and added that it had proven successful in the municipalities where it had been tried. The reeve said Grand Bend’s endorsation of the move would carry more weight at the county level than just an individual en­ dorsation of the change. Council took no action on Sharen’s request. Sharen did receive en­ dorsation of a brief from the “Brantford Conference” which called annexation a costly and cumbersome system of boundary ad­ justment. While council gave their approval, Crawford had some reservations about the alternatives to annexation. The village officially gained another 50 to 60 parking places Monday as council gave their blessing to bylaws authorizing the borrowing of $45,000 to pay for the new lot and for the establishment of a parking authority. The new lot will be located behind the town hall and will also contain a parkette. The purchase of the property is subject to Ontario Municpal Board approval. There’s a possibility that council could be “going to the dogs” Sunday, as an invitation was received from the village’s dog-napper Donna Aitken, to attend the open house of the village's pound located in Bosanquet township. After giving a quick fun down of where the pound is located it was suggested it might not be a bad idea to put a map of where the pound is on the back of the dog infraction tickets. In other business, council: Learned that the swim­ ming and sailing programs operated by the village proved to be successful. Learned that the parking lot receipts were up frac­ tionally, but that dock and bathhouse receipts were down. Received a complaint about excessive noise from Malcom York of London about a property on Warwick street thathad been rented to a group known as the “Gumsuckers.” Received a request from Douglas Scott of Bosanquet township asking that the village provide him with water. Will request the Ausable- B ay field Conservation Authority to do preliminary engineering work on a portion of the river bank east of Highway 21 to determine the feasibility of erosion control work. Instructed the works superintendent to examine a roadway on the property of Jean Bonk that she says is eroding away due to water runoff coming from village property. Learned that garbage collection will revert to once a week on Monday beginning October 15. FREE ART WORK — One of the many activities at the Grand Bend nursery school is free art. As teacher Cathy Smith helps out, Stacey Thurman, Fiona Walker and Nicole Gill proceed with their work. Staff photo Numbers up at GB school While most schools in Lambton County are decry­ ing decreasing enrollments and empty classrooms, Grand Bend Public School is already well over last year’s figures, principal Howard Hartle said this week. Kindergarten enrollments have come in on target, 12 children this year, and grades six, seven and eight may well be at or above the stipulated 28.4 students per teacher ratio suggested by the board of education. “We have each year a number of fishermen and •their families move in from the Wheatley area because of the poorer fishing prospects in that area,” he said. “We also tend to keep any new families that move into the area because their reasons for moving are usually quite specific and mobility is low.” The Bank of Montreal manager, David Nelder, has been recently transferred. However, his successor’s children have not only filled the two Nelder vacancies but enrolled their third child as well in public school. A family from Rhodesia has also moved into Grand Bend with two children. “These may not sound like much in the way of in­ creases but with classes that are already nearly loaded to capacity they make a walloping difference,” he said. “We have already one class with 38 students.” Education Chairman Nor- val Cheeseman announced to the board Monday that the Lambton system is present­ ly 9 teachers overstaffed ac­ cording to pupil-student ratios. All are working in classrooms but it is adding approximately $230,000 to the budget, he said. “It isn’t always that simple,” said Mr/ Hartle. “In smaller schools par­ ticularly, looking at figures only isn’t realistic because cutting back a teacher may mean lumping three grades into one.” “The board traditionally has been opposed to this practice and for a while may have to live with small teacher surpluses until enrollment either stabilizes or a predictable pattern is established,” he said. 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