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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-12-05, Page 2• Incknow Sentinel,, Wednesday, December- $0984,—page Appoint Elston Hydro meets with concerned interest groups • • • • ° This time around Ontario Hydro is putting _the horse before the cart - At least that's its intention in -setting up a transmission corridor route stage study which will affect the area.from Bruce Nuclear Power Development (BND?) to London and an .area around Brantford, Hydro officials and representatives of interest groups farmers, Ontario Cham-. ber of Conunerce and consumers - gathered in London November 24' for the first of four anticipated meetings. Thepurpose of the meetings says Hydro is to get detailed information from these interest groups on the study area before justice critic Murray Elston has been appointed Liberal Justice Critic by Opposition Leader David Peterson and was elected Chairman of the Ontario Legislature's Public Ac- counts Committee • Elston, MPP for Huron -Bruce, succeeds • Patrick Reid who .resigned his Rainy River seat to enter private industry. "I can't think of anyone better able to assume these very important tasks," .Peterson said. Turn to Page, 20 , Ashfield rejects go hearings. ing before environmental assessment Hydro's intention is to go into an assessment hearing by. May museum proposalof 1985 with environmeM transmission line routes in the study area defined. Ashfield Township has joined several, other Huron County muncipalitiesin decid- ing to reject any -of the plans put forward in the feasibility study for the Huron County Museum. Ashfield joins Goderich and Hay • Townships and the town of Clinton in a stand against the cost of $21 million to renovate the dilapidated museum. The Ashfield motion states that the township opposes the recommendation of Huron County Council regarding the rest- oration of the Huron County Museum, which would increase the tax 'burden.of. Ashfield •Township ratepayers of a proposed amount of $14,936 a year for five years. The total cost to the township would be approximately474,685 over a five year period. - The Goderich township motion, which • states, "That the township does not • consider it feasible to inerease the tax burden by the amounts proposed to be spent over the next five years on the Huron • County Museum" was passed because the •municipality would have to contribute $15,759 a year for five years as its share of the financial burden. "We'd likethemto revfew their plans," said Reeve Grant Stirling. He said that • council supported the idea of a museum in the county but could not agree to the cost established by the museum .study. * "Council didn't think the township could • afford the $79,000 or $80,000," said the reeve. • Stirling cited the economy and difficul- ties some people are undergoing to meet their responsibilities as other reasons for the rejection. • Huron County Council turned the issue • of themuseum cost back to the municipal- ities after a committee of the whole session • at a previous -council meeting. The county set a December 15 deadline for municipal- • ities to discuss the , matter and report to county council. This route stage study, ongoing since August, follows a route stage study Hospital fund The total collected in the public fund raising campaign for the new hospital wing is gradually edging upward, board mem- • bers of the VVingham and District Hospital were told at their November meeting• . In a brief report 'on the campaign,' finance chairman Alex Graham told the board the total collected to date was $199,243.91 of wthich,$36,712.50 was in the form of pledges. ' This is still only about half of the $400,000 target for the -campaign, hoWever it does not include any funds from the car • lottery through which the fund raising committee hopes to raise an additional $80,000 for the hospital. In response to a question froin board member Robert Middleton- whether the total includes money donated to the • hospital before 'the campaign officially started, treasurer Gordon Baxter confirm- conducted last year on an area trom BNPL to Barrie and an area from Nanticoke near Hamilton to London. . That route stage study was done because a Consolidated Hearings Board, which met in Stratford in 1982, approved that area out of six possible areas for further study. However, in June of thisyear, the Divisional Court of Ontario invalidated the results of those hearings. Tony McQuail -of R. R. 1, Lucknow, representing the Foodland-Hydro commit- tee, said the court turned over the decision based on the notification process, not the actual decision. . . Rick Campbell of Ontario -Hydro said the court decision was "quite a setback" and the second time around will find Hydro with as much data as possible which in turn is made public. The information gathered, in the other route stage study will also be represented at the hearings next year. After presenting the history of the hydro transmission studies, which goes back to the porter Commission in the 1970s, Hydro's overall schedule was reviewed. - Hydro's_ plan.calls for transmission lines out of BNPD in-service by 1989 with a • second facility in-service bY the end of 1990. Again, Hydro stresses the reason for the lines is to get bottled up power out of BNCPhDristian -Fanners UniOn official Elbert Van Donkersgoed cautioned Hydro that at the meeting he felt as though he was only reviewing information rather than particip- ating in any decision. He said if the meetings don't turn out to be more participatory for the interest groups, there could be problems at future hearings. Ken McGregor of the Ontario Cattle- men's Association wanted -guarantees that efforts put out by him and others involve in the process wouldn't be overturned b Tian to page raising campaign edges up ed that it includes any donations made to the hospital since April 1. of this year. It does not,however, include the $50,000 contribution from the hospital foundation, which was not part of the public fund, - raising, .he .• • • Asked about •the expenses incurred • during the campaign, 'Baxter , estimated' that about $10,000 had been spent, mostly on advertising, which represents about five • per cent of the total. In response to a request from board Member Marian Zinn for a clarification of. • the policy on thank you notes to donors, board chairman Mary Vair said it is a board • policy to recognize such donations. She said a letter of thanks goes out to anyone giving $50 or' more and, if _the donation is $100 or more, the letter is accompanied by a life membership certificate. She also said the total cost of th recognition amounts to about $2.50 for $100 donation. Zinn read a section from the minutes • the fund raising 'committee, noting it ha, agreed on a policy of not sending �u • individual thank you- notes to 'donor because of concern over postage costs. Administrator Norman Hayes said mos persons making a donation 'expect som • kind of recognition, not just a receipt. s • Mary Lou Thompson, chairman of th board's public relations committee, wa • not at the meeting, but said' later that sh has received :a large number of telephon calls from persons who are upset by th letters they have received, which stat • exactly how much they have contributed and she plans to bting the matter to th ' board's attention. •• • Offer three alternatives for Ashfield dump Phillip and John Earl from the container and hauled to the other site on a available' by the Province for Municipa Ministry of the Environment addressed regular basis . • Board Subsidy as expressed in their brie Ashfield Township Council regarding their (3) closing the site , to the Ontario Cabinet,. instructions to close the waste dispqsal site , The following resolution was passed, . A letter was read from the County o on part of lot 3, concession 13 W.D. "That Maitland Engineering Services, Huron for comments on the propose They offered three alternatives: VVingham, Ontario be retained to investi- restoration of the County Museum. Th (1) proceed with the preparation of an gate which of the three alternatives should following motion was passed, "That th application to the Ministry for the. approval - be pursued." 1 , • Township of Ashfield opposes the reco of the site . Council supported a resolution from the mendation of the County of Huron regard (2) establish, as a transfer site where Ontario Good Roads Association respect- ing the restoration of the Huron Coun garbage would be, deposited in a , large ing the 'inadequacy of the • funds made . 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