HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-07-22, Page 3THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1987. PAGE 3.
Council wants tour busses
in off-street parking lots
This is all that can be seen of Charlie Bromley’s pickup truck after a
tree fell across it during Sunday evening’s fierce windstorm which
swept across the county in a narrow band from Auburn to Walton.
Although the vehicle, on Blyth’s Drummond Street, had not been
extricated at press time, it appears to have suffered major damage to
both truck and cap.
Council briefs
Sound of noon bell
would be music
to councillor's ear
The problem of tour buses
attending the Blyth Festival park
ing on the streets will be brought to
the attention of the tour co-ordina
tor at the Festival, Blyth Village
Council decided July 14 at its
monthly meeting.
A complaint had been received
from Blyth fire fighters about
buses parked on the sides of
Dinsley Street East, hampering
them getting to an emergency.
Councillor Bill Howson said he had
seen the buses that particular day
in question and didn’t feel they
obstructed things too much but
councillors did agree that it would
be better if the buses could be
encouraged to use the off-street
parking lot south of Dinsley Street
or perhaps even go to the fair
grounds while the show was on,
returning to pick up theatre
patrons after the performance. It
was notedthatthe situation has
improved over the years and it
mightbe difficult, with so many
buses visiting Blyth, to get the
message to all bus drivers but it
was hoped the Festival staff might
be able to do something about the
situation.
Large “No Parking’’ signs will
be painted on the rear wall of
Memorial Hall because people
continue to park in the narrow
alleyway behind the theatre, en
dangering afire zone and blocking
the driveway of a neighbour.
Council also worried about the
appearance of the main street
because of litter. Reeve Wasson
said that because of a busy
schedule providing services to new
houses the town crew had not been
able to get street sweeping done as
often as usual. Council also agreed
to approach the Festival to see if
staff could help by picking up some
of the litter that seems to accum
ulate at the west corner of Dinsley
and Queen.
To help solve the problem
council voted to purchase two new
tops for garbage can sat a cost of
$100-$125 each.
Council received a request from
the Festival to share the cost
overrun on installing a fire escape
on the south side of Memorial Hall.
The theatre had agreed to install
the fire escape and had budgeted
for the original estimate by the
architect but the final cost on the
tenders had been about $8,000
over the estimate. Government
grants will reduce this amount so
that the Festival and the village will
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splitatabofabout$6,000. Total
cost of the project reached $24,000.
“It’s unfortunate that the esti
mate wasn’t more accurate’’,
Reeve Wasson said. “What hap
pens is that engineers don’t stay on
top of what the market is doing.’’
The high demand for construction
crews has driven many tenders
higher recently.
Despite the increase, Councillor
Howson said the theatre’s offer
seemed resonable since it was
paying the major portion of an
improvement to the village-owned
building. Council agreed.
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If Blyth’s newest village council
lor gets her way, an old tradition,
discontinued several years ago,
would be returned to the village.
Bev Elliott asked other council
ors at the July 14 meeting, if it
would be possible to have the bell
in Memorial Hall run at 12 noon
every day as was the custom until
several years ago. The bell is still
used to summon playgoers to the
opening of Blyth Festival plays and
to mark the end of intermission but
the practice of ringing the bell at
noon, which used to be undertaken
by village employees, is no longer
done.
Councillors discussed the possi
bility of having some kind of
automatic bell-ringer manufactur
ed to ring the bell using a timer.
The situation of having town staff
stop work to rush to the Hall to ring
the bell at noon each day did not
seem practical to the councillors.
Councillor Elliott said the town
bell was one of the things that made
Blyth unique and would be one
more thing that would make the
village stand out in the minds of
visitors.
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Construction to accommodate
the lift for the handicapped at the
Blyth and District Community
Centre will begin soon. Councillor
Bill Howson said in reporting on
the recreation committee. Only
one tender was submitted for the
project and it was higher than
expected so the project will go
ahead on a “time and materials’’
basis which is expected to save
money, he said. So far $30,000 has
been raised for the project.
Moves were made to thank the
Bluewater Kennel Club for choos
ing Blyth as a location for their
annual dog show. The show held
recently drew more than 500
entries and saw a mini village of
motor homes and trailers at the
fairgrounds.
Councillor Elliott suggested that
perhaps for next year the council
might consider a banner welcom
ing the group. “They leave a lot of
money in Blyth,’’ she said.
Councillor Howson said that
despite what might be expected
that’s about all they leave. “They
doasuperbjob ofcleaning up,’’ he
said. He said the club seems to like
Blyth because of the facilities
offered at the fair grounds.
Council will send a letter of
appreciation to the ground.
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