HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2002-05-01, Page 11NOTICE OF PUBLIC
MEETING
CONCERNING A PROPOSED
ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT
AFFECTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF
MORRIS-TURNBERRY (WARD M)
TAKE NOTICE that Council of the Corporation of the Municipality
of Morris-Turnberry will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, May
29, 2002 at 8:00 p.m. in the Bluevale Community Hall, located at 32
Clyde Street, Bluevale, Ontario, to consider a proposed zoning
by-law under Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, as
amended.
This by-law amends zoning by-law 22-1989 of the former
Township of Morris, now a Ward of the Corporation of the
Municipality of Morris-Turnberry. This zoning by-law amendment
is regarding requirements recommended to be incorporated at the
time of considering a new model Nutrient Management By-law.
1. Manure storage facilities are included in the definition of
structure.
2. The current minimum distance separation formula for barn
expansions allows for a reduced distance factor. The new
provision would not allow this reduced distance factor where
barns have been built or expanded within a three year period.
3. Reference is made in the AG1 zone to municipal and provincial
manure management requirements.
4. Reference is made in the AG2 zone to municipal and provincial
manure management requirements.
5. As a general amendment to the Morris Township Zoning By-
law this amendment applies to all lands within Ward M (former
Township of Morris), Municipality of Morris-Turnberry.
ANY PERSON may attend the public meeting and/or make written
or verbal representation,'either in support of or in opposition to
the proposed zoning by-law amendment.
IF A PERSON OR PUBLIC BODY that files for an appeal of a
decision of the Corporation of the Municipality of Morris-
Turnberry in respect of the proposed Zoning By-law does not
make oral submissions at the public meeting or make written
submissions to the Corporation of the Municipality of Morris-
Turnberry before the proposed zoning by-law is adopted, the
Ontario Municipal Board may dismiss all or part of the appeal.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION relating to the proposed zoning by-
law is available for inspection during regular office hours at the
Morris-Turnberry Municipal office.
DATED AT THE MUNICIPALITY OF MORRIS-TURNBERRY THIS
1ST DAY OF MAY, 2002.
Nancy Michie
Clerk-Treasurer
Municipality of Morris-Turnberry
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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2002. PAGE 11.
Symposium looks at tech ed, job entry skills
By David Blaney
Citizen staff
Spring Interaction, a symposium
on skills training and skilled trade'
issues was held at the North Huron
Wescast Community Complex in
Wingham on Monday.
The guest speaker was Daryl
Hemingway a Central Huron
Secondary School graduate,
currently working in the aerospace
industry in the United States.
Following his presentation Glenn
McGregor of the Avon Maitland
District School Board spoke on what
he called the Forgotten 60 Per
Cent.
Both of the presentations were
then used to spark a series of round
table discussions. These centered on
technical education, job entry skills,
apprenticeship training and youth
out migration.
Both the presentation and the
subsequent discussions revealed
that parental and societal attitudes
presented a significant barrier to
careers in the skilled trades.
A national survey by Dr. John
Walsh revealed that nearly 85 per
cent of parents expected their
children to go on to post-secondary
education. The reality is that 55 per
cent of high school students will
either leave prior to graduation or
enter the workforce directly after
leaving secondary school.
Hemingway commented that he
had some hopes the situation might
be changing. He suggested the
importance of computers has
By Stew Slater
Special to The Citizen
Water will no longer be supplied
to two recreational facilities, and a
positive test for colliform bacteria
led to the provision of bottled water
to St. Columban elementary school,
as the Huron-Perth Catholic District
School Board continues to work
towards compliance with Ontario's
strengthened drinking water
regulations.
At a regular board meeting
Monday, April 22, Business
Superintendent Gerry Thuss
provided details of weekly bacteria
testing at the five Huron-Perth
elementary schools which are
supplied by well water. Thuss
recently completed training in water
management as required by the
legislation, which went through
considerable changes in the wake of
the May, 2000 E. coli tragedy in
Walkerton.
The most significant trouble spot
in the testing came on April 2, when
St. Columban's water registered a
positive colliform reading. Thuss
says the school immediately began
using bottled water, and two
subsequent tests showed the water
had returned to a zero reading. At the
time of the meeting, results from a
third and final subsequent test had
not been received.
Since the beginning of March,
there had been no positive readings
for either colliform or E. coil at any
of the other four Huron-Perth
Schools served by wells — St.
Joseph's in Kingsbridge, St.
Patrick's in Dublin, St. Patrick's in
Kinkora, and St. Mary's in Hesson.
Thuss explained there have been
positive counts at some sites for
another bacterial parameter called
HPC (Heterotrophic Plate Count),
but-noted the standards allow for a
increased both the importance and
prestige of technical training in at
least one area.
McGregor pointed out that the
current emphasis on computer skill
has a down-side. "Soft technology
has taken away from hard
technology," was how he phrased the
equation.
McGregor's point through his
whole piesentation was that hard
technology, the skilled trades, lack
sufficient entrants to fill the jobs
available. He quoted the Canadian
addition of Time Magazine from
May 7, 2001 to back up his
contention.
"One out of every 20 jobs remains
unfilled because of the inability to
find suitable skilled labour. This
represents about 250,000 to 300,000
vacant jobs."
A recent report on manufacturing
in Huron County suggested there
were over 300 jobs unfilled in the
county because of a lack of skilled
tradespeople. It also reported that 23
per cent of the' manufacturers who
responded to the survey felt that a
lack of skill labour meant they could
not take advantage of business
opportunities and 16 per cent had
found it necessary to curtail
operations for the same reason.
McGregor pointed out that the
workforce was changing. The
percentage of skilled workers had
increased from 20 per cent, 30 years
ago, to its current 60 per cent.
He suggested that some of the
problem may come down to
communications. "There is not
certain level in that regard. "What
the HPC is determining is are the
conditions right for the
contamination of the water. It's not
that there's actually contamination."
He said the board is still working
on a plan of how to react to elevated
HPC tests, to prevent more serious
problems from developing.
But that's not the only problem
faced by the board in its efforts to
comply with the regulations at all
sites by September. Trustees were
also shown copies of letters sent to
the Municipality of West Perth and
to the St. Columban Soccer
Association, explaining why the
board can no longer provide water to
two separate recreational facilities
during the summer months.
Soccer fields in St. Columban are
currently served with water from the
adjacent school, while a pipe
extends from St. Patrick's in Dublin
to the municipality's Dublin
Pavilion. According to the letters, to
avoid facing stricter controls, the
wells at each school must now be
out of use for a portion of the year.
"If (the present arrangement) were
to continue .. the school would not
be considered a seasonal facility,"
states each letter. "The board would
then have to become a registered
Water Works Owner, hire a Class 1
Water Operator to oversee the water
works, upgrade equipment, and test
water on a more stringent basis."
Management chair Ron Marcy
expressed sympathy for the
operators of each recreational
facility but added there's little the
board can do. "It just doesn't seem
logical that we would have to hire a
full-time employee just because we
want to supply someone with
water," he said.
Through the summer, says Thuss,
the board will likely prevent access
to the water systems in the schools
enough communication to get the
requirements for trade education into
the schools because we (educators)
don't know the requirements."
Hemingway also commented that a
major problem related to educators
and community leaders not
"communicating the importance of
people who work with technology."
McGregor did see some light in
the tunnel although he admitted,
"The situation did not occur
overnight and is not subject to a
quick fix."
He pointed to Ash(ey Taylor, a
student from Blyth, attending
Central Huron Secondary School, as
an example of a new approach to
trade education. Taylor entered the
Ontario Youth Apprenticeship
Program after a day "job shadowing'
an electrician for the Avon Maitland
board.
The program has allowed Taylor to
start her apprenticeship as an
industrial electrician, while still in
schoolas a co-op student.
McGregor also suggested that co-
op placements were attractive in that
they allowed students to actually
experience the workplace. He said,
"You want to have a student make
their decisions with a full awareness
of what a job entails."
McGregor recommends a unified
approach as the solution to the
situation. He feels it is a problem
that involves the whole community
— business, government schools,
students and parents. "Every sector
of the community must tackle the
problem," McGregor says.
and erect signs saying there's no
guarantee the water is safe to drink.
Those will remain in place even if
the school is used during the
summer months, something which is
quite likely during the period
leading up to a huge Catholic-
centered international event planned
for July 18-28 in Toronto. Thuss
says a considerable number of
participants in the event will gather
at the board's schools in preparation
for being taken to stay with
members of the community for
cross-cultural learning experiences.
According to Director of
Education Gaetan Blanchette, it's
the cost of measures such as this
which weren't necessarily
considered by the provincial
government when it promised early
this year to help school boards
comply with the drinking water
'regulations.
"The Ministry of Education
recognized the capital expenditures
'that boards would face in complying
with these regulations, but they
didn't consider the ongoing
operational costs," Blanchette said.
"The more we're getting into what's
needed . . . we're finding that those
operational costs will be adding up.
"Hopefully, the government will
recognize that as well."
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