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Donate and be part
of the positive solution
0 ver the past several
weeks, the pages of
the Signal -Star have
chronicled the generous
donations of groups, services
clubs, organizations, sports
associations, businesses and•
municipalities to the
Goderich and Area Disaster
Relief Fund.
The support for the town
and its residents has been
nothing short ofoverwhelm-
Ing and amazing.
It is heart warming to know
that people have such genu-
ine affection for this commu-
nity and its residents who
have endured such life -alter-
ing circumstances in the wake
of the Aug. 21 tornado.
The progress, at times,
seems painstakingly slow and
arduous but the reality of the
situation is that it will take
months and years before
things are restored to some
semblance of normalcy, or, at
least, a new order.
Over the weekend, the Fes-
tival of lights celebration
kicked off as usual, restoring a
spirit and sense of the holiday
• season on The Square. The
• Santa Claus Parade, which fol-
lowed the lighting ceremony
in Courthouse Park, featured
a record number of entries as
over 80 floats, vehicles, bands
and groups marched in front
of Santa.
The community is to be
• commended for its Heart
Light and spirit of community.
But as the calendar,Inches
toward the month of Decem.-
• ber, a few key deadlines loom.
Applications for funding
through the Goderich and
Area Disaster Relief Commit-
tee must be submitted by Fri-
day, November 25 at 4 p.m.
The deadline was extended in
response to concerns from
residents and businesses
about their inability to com-
plete the required information
on the application form to
receive financial assistance.
• It is so important that peo-
ple file an application to assist
with their recover over and
above costs that their insur-
ance would not cover. Those
without insurance coverage
or content insurance will be
duly assisted through the
program.
It is so important for people
who suffered any loss to file
an application this week.
This program will be funded
by the generous donations to
the relief fund that will be
matched on a two-for-one
basis by the provincial
government.
The deadline for donations
is Thursday, Dec. 1 and every-
one in town and the immedi-
ate vicinity will have received
an envelope outlining the
donation procedure while
encouraging neighbours to
help neighbours.
That's what the fundraising
is all about; helping each
other and helping our com-
munity through a difficult
time.
•• People can find every rea-
• son they need to be negative
about the rebuilding and
funding process if they want.
Each of you can also find
every reason possible to be a
positive part of the rebuilding
and funding process that
helps your community and
neighbours and friends.
• It's time to he part of the
solution and do what's right
for the greater good of the
community. Indulging in self-
ish motives or negativity will
• only undermine the process.
Be a part of the community
and its future.
Invest in it generously, for
your sake, the sake of all those
who suffered losses and need
a hand and for the future of
Goderich.
Be generous DS
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Developers swimming against
the current in pond debate
• or decades, the Town of
•Goderich has been
waiting for someone
else to do some
thing about storm
water management
in the industrial
park.
• For decades,
nobody did any-
thing except
• complain.
Now, there is a
new owner for
three large parcels of land
along Huckins Street who will
pay the all costs associated
with a stormwater manage-
ment (SWM) pond on die Sig-
nal Star property, but they want
their construction costs back in
return. Engineers on both sides
presented their cases to council
last week, with the end result
being another stalemate.
The chicken In this situation
is the upstream industrial park.
Most of which was built before
stormwater management was
even in the engineering lexi-
con. The egg is apparent lathe
constantly flooded loading
dock at the Deirborn building. •
Recalling the words of public
claims adjuster Steve Sobel
from his October seminar in
• Goderich - if you get two engi-
neers in the same room at the
same time, you're guaranteed
to get two different opinions.
liowever, the differing opin-
ions at council were not on
• what work needs to be done,
but who benefits from it, and
thus, who pays. The town made
• an offer of $1 to
assume ownership
• of the portd after it
is built, but has
shown little interest
in taldng on any
associated costs of
building. Before
• you think this is
• shameless low -ball-
• ing, I should explain
the figure of $1 is used in pri-
vate/public land deals in order
to have some transaction
• amount on paper for what is
essentially a tradeoff.
•But what kind of a trade is it?
The Rona development will
certainly benefit most from the
stormwater pond, no doubt
about it..But if the town is will-
ing to assume ownership of the
pond once it's built, should
they also assume some of the
cost of building? History says
they won't.
Two years ago, the town
made perfectly dear it had no
obligations when Martha Street
residents were being flooded
by Mary Street development
The developers should not
expect anything different here.
But, it may be worth asking
yourself as a taxpayer in
Goderich - Is this something
worth paying for?
Col
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