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Site plans approved fmassive new
Sifto building
property. This is really about creating superintendent Martin Quinn. requires composters be enclosed
Goderich Town Council gave more jobs... producing more A letter of concern from resi- on all sides, but not on top.
first, second and third reading to salt," said Howe. "It's a big proj- dents called the avenue an unfin- Pulham said this attracts un -
the site plan approval by-law at ect with tight timelines." ished mess, asking the town to wanted wild animals such as
their April 6 meeting. Howe congratulated town plant mature trees in the place of raccoons and skunks, and cre-
The by-law was given a rush council and staff for forging the cut ones. ates dangerous situations for
priority to help hasten the de- ahead with the site plans, add- Quinn said the crabapple trees neighbours.
tailed construction process. ing with new storage capability, will be replaced with ornamen- "It would go a long way to
the mine could increase its out- tal pear trees; which will offer eliminate the problem," he said.
put from seven to nine -million the same esthetic benefits as "And limit the amount of wild
tonnes next year. the crabapples. The ornamental animals."
He also added this year, the pears, he said, also blossom in He said he was currently get -
mine is looking at an additional the spring and have strong red ting rabies shots after trapping
30 job's. colour in the fall as well. an animal threatning his neigh -
Part of the agreement between "They will be planted within bours pets.
the town and the mine is the re- the next ten days," he said. Pulham said with the new
locaiton of North Harbour
Road Fieldinga number of tree- clear -bag garbage policy, resi-
off of Sifto property. related calls, council reviewed dents are more apt to throw their
Planner Joyce Wilson said their tree -cutting policy and de- food waste into the yard. With -
there is still a portion of the road cided to maintain the status quo. out lids on their composters, he
running through mine property Public Works will conduct in- said, wild animals will continue
however, public utilities and the spections of problematic trees to be problematic.
stone monument at the harbour and will have the final say as to "It's happening already," he
will be moved. whether or not it needs to come said.
*** down. Goderich administration staff
A bleak landscape is currently *** member Lynda Rotteau said
facing residents.along Elgin Av- Doug Pulham wants to put a education could be key to elimi-
enue. lid on compost in town. nating the problem. She said
"Irreversible damages," caused The Goderich resident was be- Bluewater Recycling did inten-
by road upgrades resulted in the fore council Apr. 6 to ask council sive public education campaign
,, felling of a number of crabapple to change their by-law regarding 10-15 years ago but not much
trees along the boulevards of El- composters. has been done since.
gin Avenue, according to Parks As it stands, the current bylaw
signal -star staff
"It will change the look at the
back of the harbour," is how Sif-
to Salt Mine manager Rowland
Howe described the immensity
of a new 70,000 square -foot
building . to be erected on Sifto
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by the amount of public debate sparked by
the suggestion of closing off The Square
to vehicles during major sumemr events,
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"It's nice to see people have the passion
for their community and downtown," said
John Grace. "But we may have gotten off
on the wrong foot... created more anxiety
than waht was needed."
Initially, he said people thought The
Square would be closed on all Saturdays,
sparking concerns about the effects this
would have on businesses around Goder-
ich's famous octagon.
"That's not it at all," he explained.
Instead, he said council would look at
disallowing vehicles on The Square for
one or two days this summer in order to
see the effects and to reinstate downtown
as a hub of pedestrian activity.
"It's all about building capacity," he
said. "As a destination for events and for a
walkable community."
Food vendors, buskers, sidewalk sales
and more could add to the allure of The
Square and make more use of the entire
downtown, complementing local busi-
nesses rather than competing with them.
"This was never meant to be a threat to
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