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Students' town designs
result of community input
Gerard Creces
QMI Agency
Anyone looking to see what young minds can aspire to
should drop into Goderich Town Hall this week.
Undergraduate students from the University. of Guelph's
Rural Planning Development and Urban Design programs
unveiled a new Goderich at Town Hall Monday, November 28.
The students have been working closely with Town Planned
Denise VanAmersfoort and residents of Goderich, collecting
input on redesigning the town post -tornado.
The designs feature a number of new ideas for bringing life
into Goderich's downtown core, including making it more
pedestrian and business friendly with new crosswalks, better
use of parking and sidewalk space and more.
Following the tornado, a community visioning session was
held September 24 at t GDCI, and comtnunity members showed
up .in droves to offer their input as to how their town was put
back together. The University of Guelph students worked as
scribes, taking down the ideas put forth by residents for
rebuilding specific areas - public spaces, Courthouse and
Harbour Park, and the waterfront.
Student David Duhan called the design work an "idea bank"
hoping it can provide some perspective for the long work
ahead. The designs are on display at Goderich Town Hall and
will be forwarded to the consultant hired to the downtown
rebuild.
Deputy Mayor John Grace led a successful motion to pass
the designs on to the planning committee, adding the town's
appreciation for the students' work
"If you're going to have a plan for the people, you haveto
involve the people, said Mayor Deb Shewfelt. As the rebuild
effort moves forward, Shewfelt added there will be many more
opportunities for public input.
Students also provided council with recommendations for
involving the community in the planning process the result of
interviews with residents of disaster -stricken communities
Slave Lake and Greensburg, Kansas.
HPCDSB boundary change requires
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It's a small change in school bound-
aries, but the Huron-Pertt Catholic
District School Board (HPCDSB) still
must launch an Accommodation
Review to do i.t:
At the HPCDSB Nov. 28 meeting, a
motion was brought forward to bring
Sacred Heart Catholic School in Wing -
ham, St. Patrick's and St. Columban
'Catholic schools in Dublin and St.
Mary's Catholic School in Listowel
under review.
Trustees were anxious to emphasize,
however, that the review is only a
requirement so that the HPCDSB can
change boundaries, and therefore
student busing, around St. Mary's in
Listowel.
"It'sectually got nothing to do with
school closures at all," said HPCDSB
chain Ron Marcy.
The boundary issue does arise out of
a school closing, just one that took
place in 2005.
At that time St. Mary's Catholic
School in Hesson was closed. The new
St. Marys school opened farther west
in Listowel that same year, but at the
time the school boundaries weren't
changed.
The Listowel location is closer for
some students who officially reside in
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the catchment areas for Sacred Heart,
St: Patrick's and St. Columban, and in
fact, most of these students are already
crossing the official boundaries and
being bused to St. Marys, superintend-
ent of business Gerry Thuss told the
board.
Thuss described the proposed
boundary change as Na Ifttle quadrant
that sits on the west side' of St. Mary's
current catchment area. While the
change will affect a handful of families
in the St. Patrick's and St. Columban
areas, there are currently no students
In the Wingham area who will be
affected, stated the report.
To make a boundary change official
for September 2012, Thuss explained,
the board must undertake an Accom
modation Review and establish an
Accommodation Review Committee
(ARC).
The Nov. 28 report to the board
marks the beginning of the process. On
Jan. 29, 2012, the ARC process can
begin. During the process, public
consultations will be held and relevant -
information will be posted for the
public to view, either on the board's
website or on request.
On April 29, 2012 the review process
will end with a report to the HPCDSB.
The board will able to make their final
decision on June 30, 2012.
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