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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-09-21, Page 21 (2)Ask Ministry to be logical Word war between GB, Stephen The war of words -between Stephen township iutd the village of Grand Bend continues • with the latest development . being' Stephen's lack 'IA apparent enthusiasm for the pr vision of services to a o sed subdivision in the town hip just outside of Grand Bend. Village council received a letter from the ministry of housing Monday night asked tor comments with regards 10 the proposed Green Forest subdivision that's being put together by Philip Walden. The main problem with the development according to Reeve Bob Sharen that is to Trust Company Certificates HIGHEST RATES AVAILABLE . 9 7/8% Interest Paid Annually 91/2% Interest -paid semi-onnually_or monthly on a 5 year term. Rate subject to change. Ellen Bean 344 Andrew St., S. 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Sharer said that when the ministry of housing gave approval to the subdivision it was contingent upon Stephen immediately approaching the village for water and sewer_ lines to the 35' lot undertaking. •- -Another bone -of contention with Sharen js that Stephen would be getting the benefit of a subdivision agreement while Grand Bend wo Id not. According to Jerk- treasurer Louise Cli erton, among the beneft of a subdivision a ement would be theim itionof an impost fee upon the sub- division which Arould facilitate the collecting of S{nds for servicing. \"After some debate about hat would happen -if the village chose not to provide services, for the develop- ment, it was the consensus that the village would end' up providing the services no matter what happened. This pro pted councillor - K i h C wford to remark "L doesn't the govern- ment run Grand Bend?" On the urging of Sharen, council agreed to send a letter to the ministry of housing asking that they be "logical" in providing protection to the providers of the Services in addition to the •benefactors of the servicing. Council's 'decision at its last meeting to look into some form of angle parking on the main street received a set back' with Crawford informing council that the ministry of transportation and communications would not approve such a move. He said the ministry didn't think there was enough space for angle parking. . Councillor Harold Green asked what control the ministry had over village roads with Crawford saying that the ministry subsidizes the maintenance on the main street to the tune of 50 per- cent. Nevertheless. there were still rumblings from council that they should conduct their own tests to determine if there wss enough room for angle parking on at least one side of the street. Reeve Sharen had mixed success with two matters he raised before council, equalized assessment for the county of Lambton and a switch to a different method of land aquisition by com- munities. ommunities. Sharen said -the county of Lambton could appeal to the minister of revenue for equalized assessment to be imposed in tle-county. Sharen said 'such a mov9 would help eliminate some of the , inequities' which presently exist between. the county's municipalitiesand would also help to alleviate the a§sessment differences that exist within the village. Councillor Bill Baird said . he Couldn't see how Lambton could do the assessment fairly if the province did not want to conduct it on a province -wide basis. Sharen said "We have to .start somewhere" and added that it had proven successful in the municipalities where it had been tried. The reeve said Grand Bend's endorsation of the move would carry more weight at the county level than just an individual en- dorsation of the change. Council took no action on Sharen's request. Sharen did receive en- dorsation of a brief from the "Brantford Conference" which called annexation a costly and cumbersome system of boundary ad- justment. While council gave their approval, Crawford had some reservations about the alternatives to annexation. The village officially gained another 50 to 60 parking places Monday .as council gave their blessing to bylaws authorizing the borrowing of $45;000 to pay for the new lot and for the establishment of a parking authority. •The new lot will be located behind the town hall and will also contain a parkette. - The purchase of the property is subject to Ontario Municpal Board approval. . There's a 1.1psst •-council coul •, 01 the dogs" Sunday. as an invitation was received from the village's dog -napper Donna Aitken, to attend the open house of the village's _ .pound located _in_Bosanquet township. After giving a quick run down of where the pound is located it was suggested, it might not be a bad idea to put a map of where the pound is on the back Of the dog infraction tickets. In other business, council: Learned that the swim- ming and sailing programs operated 13y the village -proved to be successful. Learned that the parking lot receipts were up frac- tionally, but that dock and bathhouse receipts were down. Received a complaint about excessive noise front Malcom York of London about a property on Warwick street that had been rented to a group known as the "Gumsuckers." Received a request from 'Douglas Scott of Bosanquet township asking that the village provide him with water: Will request the Ausable- B a y f i e l d Conservation Authority to do preliminary engineering work on a portion of the river bank east of Highway 21 to determine the . feasibility of erosion control work. Instructed the works superintendent to examine a. 'roadway on the property of Jean Bonk that she says is eroding away due to water runoff .coming froth village property. Learned that garbage. collection will revert to once a week on Monday beginning October 15. Times -Advocate, September 21, 1978 Page 21 Guaranteed Investment Certificates •• fly 040 - a., FREE ART WORK — One of the many activities at the Grand Bend nursery school is free art As teacher Cathy Smith helps out, Stacey Thurman, Fiona Walker and Nicole Gill proceed with their work. - , Staff photo Numbers up at GB school While most schools in Lambton County are decry- ing decreasing enrollments and empty classrooms. Grand Bend Public School is already well over last year's figures. principal Howard Hartle said this week. Kindergarten enrollments have come in on target. 12 children this year. and grades six. seven and eight may well be at or above the: stipulated 28.4 students per teacher ratio suggested by the board of education. "We have. each year a number of fishermen and their familids move in from the Wheatley area because of th-e poorer fishing prospects in that area." he said. "We also tend to, keep any new families that`move into the area because their reasons for moving are usually quite specific and mobility is low." The' Bank of Montreal manager: David Nelder. has been recently transferred. However. his successor children have not only filled the two fielder vacancies but enrolled their third child as well in public school A family from Rhodesia has also moved into Grand .Bend with two children. "These may not sound like - much in the way of in- creases but -with classes that are already nearly loaded to capacity they make a walloping difference." he -- said. "We have already one class with 38 students." Education Chairman Nor- val Cheeseman announced • to the board Monday that the Lambton system is present- ly 9. teachet's overstaffed ac- cording to pupil -student ratios. 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