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Home My WebLink AboutGoderich Signal Star, 2011-09-21, Page 34Wednesday, September 21, 2011 • Signal Star 33 AMDSB schools to undergo Mac's donates trees to Goderich Barbecue raises funds funds ilities review if of schools are 46 rs or older, costly to intain all All schools in the Avon Malt- riet School Board (AMDSB) go a Formal Facilities Review i year. sh, superintendent of educa- ol operations, told trustees at 13 board meeting that schools est Huron will be reviewed tit review determines what rk a school needs, as well as irs should be made and pro- Is. tv review was already con- n Colborne Central Public Iter mould, humidity and ties were discovered in the 201E Other schools in the t. such as Holmesville Public rookside Public School and ementary, will also be so that board trustees can figures as they decide the fate Tie Central and Holmesville public schools through an accommodation review. Ash said Stratford schools will be the next group to be reviewed. Four Stratford schools, Bedford, Romeo, Shakespeare and Hamlet public schools, are also under an accommodation review, but the AMDSB does not anticipate closing down any buildings in Stratford. All other AMDSB schools will follow, with results anticipated by theend of the school year. The review consists of a visual inspectionconducted by an architect, mechanical and electrical engineers and a facilities team which includes special education representation. Suggested repairs for a building are prioritized in four categories: no action needed, immediate action needed,. replace/repair .in five years, or replace/repair in ten years. The last Formal Facilities mittee to look at park relocation cation, location, ation. eces Ignal Star 1 do about Goderich's War - dog park? -rs and neighbourhood resi- e out to a Sept. 12 public t Goderich Town Council, to r views and find some com- nd on what has become a public amenity. iving close by the park feel uld be some concessions regards to location, includ- g the park further south of t location behind the Pollux trot Plant. Gary �� and mney of Warren Street both e was an issue, as are off- s exiting and entering the ►,ublergate, they. said, would extra measure to have own- ontrol of their animals com- ing. g the gate on the park's east d also provide a buffer, as Review was performed in the fall and winter of the 2007-2008 school year, at which point the AMDSB decided to conduct the review every five years. The preliminary accom- modation analysis report presented to trustees in lune 2011 noted that "fully 50% of our buildings are now:46 years and older, and signifi- cantly more costly to maintain." The AMDSB considers information gathered through the Formal Facilities Review and the Ministry of Education's ReCAPP data- base, as well as enrolment and loading percentage numbers, when proposing accommodation reviews. At the Sept. 13 meeting, board staff told trustees that the next preliminary accom- modation analysis report will not be brought forward until the 2012-2013 school year, and then probably late in the school year. there is more open land to that end. The town's industrial park was also given as a possibility for relocation. Lynette Gerber has been using the park since it first opened. She said an alternate location is fine, but dog own- ers need to know where those loca- dons would be. 1lowever, both dog owners and resi- dents do have some common ground. "I have some of the same concerns," Gerber said. Parking, maintenance and a double door were all needed improvements, she added. Councilors Kevin Morrison and Michele Hansen and Parks Superin- tendent Martin Quinn will form the backbone of a committee to look at locations for the park, and interested residents were invited to sign up at the council meeting. Animal Control officer Bob Trick said he was surprised at the comments made at council. "I've had no noise complaints, but a lot of positive comments," he said. "It does need a double gate. Hopefully thatwill make everyone happy." The committee is expected to get going in the next two or three weeks. for Laberge family, town A Mac's Charity Barbecue on Septem- ber 14th at the Mac's on 87 Victoria St in Goderich served over 400 hotdogs to residents along with drinks, chips, cook- ies, snacks and cup cakes. Not only did staff serve people that pulled up but delivered hotdogs, drinks and chips to local businesses, banks, construction workers, police, and businesses in Goderich. Donations from the barbecue will go to the family of Normand Laberge who died on the job at the Sifto salt mine in the Aug. 21 tornado and the Goderich Disaster Relief Fund Martin Quinn head of the Parks department and Michelle Hansen coun- cilor, were presented with four trees donated by Sipkens Garden Centre, DeGroots Nurseries, and Mac's Sarnia. Wallis Nissan Sarnia provided the vehi- cle to transport the trees. Big thanks go out to the Sarnia Mac's crew and suppliers who donated items. Martin Quin and Michelle Hansen accepted the donation from the Mac's barbecue last week. HOjerr y GOOERICH ONTARIO 5111-524-21155 $00-265-5177 www h+olerr"y8., �> Paper. Sanitation i Food Service Products We are Open For Business at 7114.4 how to titcioCwaitti (_43 70,0144o Rcti4 Poeta tot&o,ts. 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