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Home My WebLink AboutLakeshore Advance, 2012-11-14, Page 142 Lakeshore Advance • Wednesday, December 7, 2011 South Huron not in for full buil CONTINUED FROM > PAGE 1 The proposed facility will go at the location of the current Mollard Line lagoons, (a Grand Bend Stephen partnership) which were built in 1979. Discussion: At lasat week's meeting Dowson said it had been a pretty hard decision to come up with the agreement, "Four straight days, four law- yers, three CAOs, three mayors. Now is that a good agreement or a bad agreement. If it is a good agreement we (Bluewater) is in for the full build- if it is a bad agreement we are back to square one' He asked if the group was in for a full build or a partial build and Lambton Shores mayor said, "I don't believe the agreement talks about the par- tial build' Dowson said he did not care what South Huron is doing. He said "part build wiggled its way into the mix." South Huron's Tbm lbmes said it didn't wiggle itself in - they were asked if they preferred a single train or a full build. Bluewater deputy mayor Klopp said all three councils agreed to look at the numbers for the partial build and to this point he has not heard if they would still get the $14.9 million if they changed the plans. He said he was sticking to his vote of no for the full build. (Bluewater voted at a special meeting last week in an 8-2 vote with Klopp and Hay West councilor John Gillespie voting no). The "partial build" option was introduced for two reasons; one was to address concerns that anticipated growth might not occur till much later down the road, and it might make sense to build a single treatment train to handle immediate needs and add the second train as growth came. The second reason "partial build" option was in response to concerns that costs for the project might be dramatically higher than the estimated $26 million", having a second option at a lower cost might still allow part of the project to proceed. Weber saki, when the numbers dkt tare in- they were on track and not higher than their initial calculations. Bluewater councilor George Irvin saki he wanted to know the rationale to build partial. " When the contract was signed partial was not on the table," he said. South I burn councilor '11)111 'lbws said they, as a booed put it on tine tal)le. "It was not us who brought it up," he sand, (It was at the February 18 meeting when Klopp asked 1)r. Loiuse lhsfi what the feasibility was for a partial build and the numbers for partial came to the March 18 meeting in Fxcter).'ibnes said the par- tial build suited their customers and they have taken one subdivision out of they plans and "partial is what the people can afford' Ile said this was a touchy issue -using the Centralia -Crediton situa- tion (where the ratepayers %Vere on the hook for the costs) as his example, "'There k only so much money out there Rowson said it took a long time to get to where they are today and at this point it would be a huge mistake to not have a decision for the pxublic. "Why would Lambton Shores and South 1 turn even get together to build a treatment plant if it was not the right thing for the area? he asked, i le said they spent a lot of time coming to this agreement and the lawyers and government person made serve they all understood what they were signir . "it is the benefit of the future that we go thnulgh with this treatment plant. l wait to make sure every- one knows how powerful that agreement is- it is not to be taken lightly. " Ile saki this is "the right thing to do for our area to gmw and 1 think we need to get on with le "There are oodles of people saying we ate neody for the treatment plant- we are not ready for the lines- so lets move forward, "Lowson saki. Weber concurred with Rowson stating 1 aunbton Shores also feels the plant is necessary for the future and the collection system can be worked out when there is funding, "down the rad' I le said all three agreed to the frill build and the grant is then for the hill build. Ile then made a motion for the three councils to make a decision as to whether they want to go ahead with full build, !antigen Shores councilor Doug Bonesteel asked if they were voting by block or individually voting. Robertson said everyone was representing their council. "If you are here representing your- self -you should not be here." Ile then went on to explain why South I lumn was not on board for a full build stating capacity is the issue and as far as this munit-ip ality is concerned there is more than enough capacity for now. I le said there are two ells not !ming used. '"the numbers don't add up" he said adding they don't need a full build and they can wait until December 31 or January 31 -their decision will not change. 'iii that Dowson again stated their council agreed to go to frill build. "(rapacity should have leen dealt with a long time ago. We (Bluewater) are caught in this. If you say today we don't need it because we have lots of capacity- we will gladly go home.'ihat's not a problems. You decided this- you decided to bring us in to this- you are putting us in this hind' lionestt el said, "It has been four years and $1.8 million and we are still asking if we need this. We need our heads exwnined-1 don't get it -we either need this or we don't but a month before we make the dtecision- and we am here- 1 just don't get it' Dietrich said, "No one is saying we don't need it- we are just saying we don't need that size." That is why South 1 luron is saying partial build. We are not saying we don't need it- we have never said that" "When did South Huron decide they don't need that (full build) capacity?" asked Dowson. " When diti South 1 iuunn make that official deci- sion they do not need that much capacity. There has been no discussion all this time about that?" The lagoon operation: Lambton mbton Shores CA( ) John Byrne told the Lakeshore Advance, in res to the current lagoon operations all four cre Is apre used: Cell 1 would be full and sitting treating itself naturally for discharge. Cell 2 would be just filled and flows switched to cell 3. Cell 3 would now be filling. Cell 4 would be empty. "We can discharge in the spring and fall so when we hit that time cell 1 would be discharged cell 2 would be treating itself for the next dis- charge period, cell 3 would now be hull and cell 4 would now be filling. We are currently using 3 cells as we were directed to leave cell 4 empty for the plant constriction. This has caused us to treat the cells with alum for discharge each period %%rith a cost of approximately $17000-$18000 per cell." The vote: Before voting Hardy reminded the group, quoting the agreement that, .the parties' representatives on the joint service board shall act in the best interests of the entire system and not only in the best interests in the party that appointed them; " The motion, in a recorded vote was that this board recommend a full build per the Ontario Municipal Boani agreement. 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