The Brussels Post, 1975-05-07, Page 1A LITTLE OUT OF SEASON
away and it wasn't long ago
month Brussels was .digging
To cost $2.7 million
— Sure it is, but a fellow has to put his Winter toys
that Neil Pipe was using his sleigh. This time last
out of the worst snow storm of the year.
(Photo by Langlois)
Most like sewers
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Council postpones
setting mill rate
Short Shots
,the Ministry of the Environment. • that must be paid. The connec-
Reeve McCutcheon said the ,F ;tion charge is about $50 annually
clerk and the other councillors all (Continued on Page 3)
have reports and are willing to
explain how the increased costs
will affect the homeowner per-
sonnally.
A survey of the needs for
Brussels with regard to sewage
disposal was finished in. May 1974
and this spring a report on the
rates and charges were pre-
sented.
Reeve McCutcheon said council
didn't plan to approve the sewage
treatment system last- week but
since the environment officials
answered all its questions, it
decided to go ahead.
The sewage plant capacity is
for a population of 1,600 and its
conipletion date subject to the
approval of the Ontario Municipal
Board is February 1978. Before
construction begins, about Feb-
ruary, 19.77 project must get the
OMB's approval which will take
about 8 months, a final design
must be accepted and tenders
called for.
There are three major charges
There is a possibility that
trusseli council may lose all
control of development in the
village if the Conservation Act is
passed by the province.
tan Deslauriers, representative
of Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority said this act would give
the MVCA 'authority to control
development anywhere oh the
flood plain:—
Although Mr, Deslauriers
didn't know the number of homes
or the number of acres of village
land on the plain, a map showed a
large portion of the downtown on
the plain.
The area from William Street to
King St. along Turnberry Street, itS
in the flood plain as well as
agricultural land north and south
of the village.
This map, done in 1974,
showed the likely effect of a
hurricart Hazel-level Storm. Mt.
Deslauriers said the area had
much higher levels of storms but
a Hazel-level is "a, reasonable
level to work with,
A hurrican level stotth iS
defined as Si,g inches of rain on
saturated soil over a Certain size
WiterShed.
Upstedain froin the existing'
bridge, watet Would be as high as
t8 feet deep. He said the village
is lucky because if doesn't have
many blockages where the water
would be restricted iii the case of
a' tided:
by Evelyn
A number of Brussels Senior
itizens were invited guests of
.K.N.X., Wingharn, at the
onday night broadcast of
`Circle 8 Ranch". They were to
e in attendance at the
resetitation of this popular
rogram which they thoroughly
njoyed.
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The knowledge that the Village
f Brussels is to have 'a' sewage
tsposal plant has been received
Y the residents with mixed
actions. There are those that'
e it as something that was
evitable that had been too long
layed. There are othetW
pecially those with low or fixed ,
conies, who ate upste aboutt the
st of the system, and strongly
Pelted, There ate at least some
ho have already declared their
tentiett to sell theft property
re and move elsewhere'
cape the payments that Will be
ottrted over the next forty years
or4ip*o.ii
Ir s that time of year again!
e time to watch out for
ungstets bitycles, A number
Mein are tiding on the
Kennedi, ,
sidewalks, forgetting that to do so
is against the law. It is a
dangerous practice for
themselves and for pedestrians. If
they' are unfortunate enough to
hit and injure someone their
parents are responsible. It is so
easy for a person to step out of a
doorway into the path of an
unexpected bicycle. Some
children on bikes give car drivers
anxious moments when they
suddenly cross the street in front
of a car or are riding two or three
abreast with their bikes wobbling
from side to side. Children should
be warned to observe the rules of
the road, ride Single file on the
confect side of the street.
Motorists should be alert and
exercise eittenie caution when
biCycle riders are in their vicinity.
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La dieSt If you have been
cleaning out the attic, clothes
closetS and ciipboardSi• and found
you have a numb er of things that
you Want to get rid of, -de-Cot
thtOW them away. Save them for
the Optimist Secondhand Auction
to be held June 21st. Anything
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Brussels council meeting last
night coald best be described as
having had "Great
Expectations".
Unfortunately plans to set the
mill rate were postponed until
Thursday night at 8:30 p.m, while
several hours were spent going
through correspondence and
A meeting with Gary Davidson,
HuronCounty planner, to discuss
a model. zoning by-law for the
village, was put off until another
night because of the amount of
work that had to be covered.
Council decided to contact post
offict officials to either get the
post office to stay open until 9
p.m. or to have it open for 24
hours as was done before
vandalism occurred.
John Pennington, the caretaker
at the post office said later. that
before the vandalism occurred,
drunks spent the night in the
building and cigarette butts were
found all over the floor.
He said 'it would be very
inconvenient for him to return
every night at 9 p.m. to close up.
Council decided to continue to
request the post office stay open tu ntil 9 p.m. '
Reeve Jack McCutcheon said:
"It's a convenience, I don't think
we go out of husiness juk
because these things happen."
Councillor George Jutzi added
a touch of humor when he said he
didn't think the closing time was
ssels
Such blockages stop the natural
flow of the water and cause
higher water levels in the area.
As a general rule no
development is allowed on the
flood plain, but since some
municipalities like Chatham are
entirely in the flood plain there
has to be compromise.
No building is allowed on
undeveloped land and permission
would have to be obtained from
the Conservation Authority to
rebuild if for example a building
was destroyed by fire. .
Mr. Deslauriers said there are
two solutions for areas like the
commerce section. The Authority
could perhaps allow rebuilding if
flood proofing techniques were
used.
An example of this would be, to
put a• building on posts to raise it
above the flood level. He said
village planners and architects
Would perhaps suggests many
different Ways to meet its
standards,
The other way to rebuild in the
commerce area would be to yy to
get a special policy designation. A
study would have to be done to
show all the possible ways to
reduce' the flood plain. .
The village could get grants up
to 20 per cent for the study. The
study *mild determine the' eog of
engineering works such as
building a darn and the benefits to
the village.
very important with the type of
postal service the country has
been getting.
Council decided to wait to find
out if the county was, going to act
on the home renewal program,
before it applied for a grant.
Clerk William King said many
people are a little doubtful
because the administration costs
are so high.
To, go ahead with the project,
the council , would have to
establish minimum by-law
standards regarding .the
acceptable quality of housing.
A group of local citizens
approached council, to improve
drainage problem in the south-
western section of the town.
Council decided to contact
B.M.Ross of Goderich to have
them financially up-date the
statement of costs outlined in the
Skelton report of 1967 for that
area. •
It also wants it to determine a
staging program for the
implementation of the project.
The survey showed the costs of
draining the whole hill area rather
than just the lower section and
estimated the cost of the project
in 1967 at $68,000.
This project would have been
funded by the residents through a
local improvement tax, but the
contributors felt the cost was "out
of line," said Reeve McCutcheon.
Melva Fraser, the part-time
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BRUSSELS
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If the work would be too costly,
the study might suggest that
nothing be done and then the
Conservation Authority would
grant special policy designation to
allow the area to be rebuilt.
f residents are close to the
flood plain they may be in a
special area called the fill-line.
The Conservation authority would
want to see all development plans
in this area, to consider if it's in
the flood plain for its effect on the
plain.
The flood plain can be reduced
but perhaps at 'an uneconomical
cost. Also the line of the flood
plain can be changed if an equal
amount of water storage space
can be found in other areas.
"We're not out to destroy any
development" but "we want safe
developtrient", Mr. Deslauriers
said.
"Sure looks like you are",
Peeve Jack McCutcheon said,
Several citizen delegations
attended the Meeting One
resident asked how many times
Main Street had been flooded in
the laSt two hundred years,
Mr. Deslauriers said he didn't
believe it has ever been flooded
but if he aSked the same questiOn
iii Exeter in 1967 he would have
been laughed off the street, but in'
1968 the people Weren't laughing.
Just becanSe We've had a hood
In biblical titnes, the resident
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By Nancy Andrews
Many Brussels residents are
of quite sure how the $2.7
illion sewage treatment system
ill benefit their cornmunity,..but
ost associate it with progress.
The sewage treatment plant
as approved last week, at a
pecial meeting between council
nd environment ministry offi-
ials
Reeve Jack McCutcheon said a
ew system has been talked'about
nce at least 1959. •
William King, the clerk of
russets said there were rumours
hen he started here in 1959, that
ere were threats to throw the
eve in jail and' fine the town
100 a day until it. stopped
Polluting the Maitland River.
tie said he didn't know if these
ere true but at least it was being
iscussed way back then, He
enied that raw sewage is flowing
ectly into the Maitland but said
rtainly the town is contaminat-•
g it.
Reeve McCutcheon said there
as been pressure to not pollute
e river, but it came mainly from
104th YEAR - Issue No. 20
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7,.:..1976
ain St. on flood
lain, council hears