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Home My WebLink AboutLakeshore Advance, 2011-06-08, Page 3Wednesday, June 8, 2011 • Lakeshore Advance 3 Moving the sand on Main Beach Many beach goers are curious as to why the trucks are on the leach. The Grand Bend Beach is a dynamic beach that is subject to the influence of Inds, currents, wave action and fluctuat- .i ig lake levels. Over time these factors take their toll on the beach, sweeping the sand in a north easterly direction and leaving the Main Beach nearest the pier with a gravel type of consistancy, as a result much of the sand on the the Main Beach moves towards the North Beach. Every 10 to 15 years or so Lambton Shores need to move the sand that has moved from the Main Beach to the North Beach, back. This creates a more usable and functional Main Beach. One of the things we are hoping to accomplish with the experimental Dune Regeneration areas is retaining sand on the Main Beach. 'These Dune Regenera- tion areas are only in their formative stages but as the Dune grasses grow and develop we hope they will lessen the need tt1make these major relocation of sand. Grand Bend resident Bob Sharen sent the municipality his concerns regarding this equipment. In an e-mailed note to (:AO John Byrne and also to the Lake- shore Advance he asked, in 2010 a dump trick floating a high hoe down Main Street wasn't allowed. In 2011 another dump truck was allowed to float a high hoe down Main Street and off load the high hoe on the beach parking lot and then traverse the access to the beach proper. 'the trucks and the high hoes are alxlut the same size. Would you explain the difference to ire, please" Byrne said, "The municipality didn't prohibit the dump truck and high hoe float from coining down Mail St. and Government Road to the Art Blumas prop- erty in 2010, it simply asked Mr. Bluunas to provide a traffic plan for the excavation work he was proposing to undertake, so that traffic along this route and the leach parking lots wouldn't he impeded as the work was proix)seci to undertaken dur- ing the peak leach season. It also asked for assurances that the equipollent he intended to transport to the site would not damage the newly paved road and adja- cent parking lot area. Mr. Blumas opted not to provide this information and can- celled his plans.ln 2011, arrangements were made with the contractor the munic- ipality engaged to address beach sand The work being done on the beach in Grand Bend Local girl to represent Canada in Spain CONTINUED FROM < PAGE 2 inc along the way! I lowever, it sometimes becomes difficult at tournaments for me. 'Ilhe line between moon and coach some- times get's distorted and I need to take a step back and support her as a mother and leave the coaching to others. it will be a wonderful moment this fall when we both twelve our black belts." Going to Spain Cathy explains that Emily gets to repre- sent Canada in Spain at the end of Octo- ber. The competition will take place in Cadiz, Spain between October 31st and November 5th. They are hoping to do some fund-raising to help get her there. ilnlike many other sports, the federal gov- ernment does not provide funding to the sport of karate. There are so many costs involved in competing at this level -'Learn Canada uniforms, transportation costs, pccomnlodations, competition fees, meals Must to name a few. "We hope to get started with fund-rais- ing early - some of our ideas are the same as last year - car wash, bottle drive, and selling pizza cards - all of which proved very successful last year. We are so fortu- nate to live in such a great, supportive community as Grand Bend and are look- ing forward to fund-raising once again. It also helps to build excitement around the event! We, as parents, and Emily as an ath- lete, feel extremely privileged to be able to represent Canada at the WKC World Karate Championship" Cathy also says they are open to other fund raising ideas if people want to contact her at 519-2311-689; We're June Rolling ln Cus tom Pan( C J,f:a s. gave ' $i oil Ilot tub di �r dres01"s 404 Erie St., Stratford 519-273-0976 1 800 419 7419 f alum. • 74 Person • F1y deed by j ►Mw win $11,999 • UM, MAAx Spot I w Mw $41,999 • 141P3 Norio naMawdde • Simkins SW fid. waroMrtaw ft. 0,993 "610 Alive • 19 u) ttotw. sloe rh I L -1 .413.3m,420004•(�d1 • a Purnp 10 Smt tS tut Me tie OM Isle Mame U i " NN. disposition issues to ensure that no outrage to the roads or parking lot would take place, and the work proceeded." Sharon then asked, "Our records show that the devel- oper, (Mr. Blumas), agreed to the tinges of use of the road system and the tinges. The developer did not agree to the planner's demand for an engi- neer's report to satisfy the planner's concern that the street he of sufficient strength to bear the weight of heavy equipment. The developer would not hire an engineer to confirm that the municipality had properly reconstructed the Main Street and Govern- ment Road. Please explain why the different approach to two different situations involving heavy equipment and Main Street. Byrne concluded by telling Sharen that, "'There is i10 differ- ence in approach, in both instances the Municiixdity took measures to ensure that there would be no damage to our roads. Your statement that the suggests that the municipality requested to hire an engineer to confirm the municipality had property reconstructed the Main Street and Government Road is incorrect. The Munici- pality simply requested that the engineer c onfinn that thea would be no damage to the roads from their proposed site work and heavy equipollent being used. suult9 ta- cafe ' bakehouse Dear Grand Bend and Area Residents, We would like to express our gratitude to the people of Grand Bend for their patience and overwhelming support during our construction project at 29 Main St W. We could never have anticipated the positivity and ex- citement that is greeting Sun Baked ('at't and Bakehouse and we are just as excited to open our doors! This project could not have been completed without the tireless efforts of many incredible local trades -people and businesses. We would like to give our deepest thanks to the hard-working staff at Oke Woxxisnhith,'pl►rnbulls Plumbing and Electric, Brennan Fire Equipment, Mobile Dire Safety, Stig Jeppesen Construction Ltd, West Metals Fabricators, Callidus Engineers, Tom's Maintenance. Dana Edwards at DAE Concrete, Marshall Decorating, The Painting Company, The Carpet Department, Frans - sen Brothers Masonry, O'Brien Designs, Strik Baldinelli and Associates Ltd, Grand River Insulation, D & l) Glass, Unified Home, Pete Brooders and staff and Craig Overholt and staff. We would also like to give a special thanks to Brad and Andy Oke and Tommy Maguire for keeping everything on track and on time (mostly!). We were continually impressed by the talent and incredible work ethic of these local people and are beyond grateful for their work. We would not hesitate to recommend any one of these businesses. We would also like to thank the United Church ;id its congregation, our downstairs neighbours at Endless Surf and all of our neighbours on Warwick St. for your patience and tolerance during the construction. We are so excited to become part of the Grand Bend business community and can't wait for you to stop by and say hello. Now bring on summer! Sincerely, Sant and Jenn Brunelle Owners of Sun Baked Cafe and Bakehouse, Grand Bend