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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-06-19, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, June 19, 1985 CorIing St. solution outlined by engin�er pay for the new street. After considerable discussion and a defeated motion that called for re- tendering for the sale of the lot beside the Scout hall, council agreed to table the matter until the next meeting in an effort to resolve the financing situation for the new sewer line on John St. W. Residents on Carling St. between Sanders and Anne may soon see the end to their perennial problem of flooded basements from sewer backups. Town engineer B.M. Ross was pre- sent at Exeter council meeting, Mon- day, along with a delegation of five home owners from the area, and the former outlined his firm's solution to the problem. Ross said that after considerable in- vestigation, he was recommending that a new sanitary sewer be placed on John St. W. from Carling to the pumping station at the end of that street. The new line would serve the homes north of Anne S. and would remove them from the surcharge of sewage that now flows in the Anne St. drain during heavy rains. Ross said he was "quite convinced" that the new line would end the pro- blems for the residents. 1f necessary, Ross added, plugs could be put in the Carling St. dram at the Anne St. drain to prevent any back-up of flow. However, he said he didn't think the plugs would be necessary. The town engineer responded in the affirmative when resident Marshall Dearing asked if the main problem at present is that the heavy flow along Anne St. prevents the Carling st. sewage from getting into the Anne St. drain. "It's wonderful that you're dojpg something," responded Dearing's wife, Marion. However, Mayor Bruce Shaw cau- tioned that while the engineer had come up with a suggested remedy for the problem, council had not yet ap- .a,a."n + I., la Nn I lAI Ree ta,r -At C1Rt lN, ,,,4,.wry is Ar♦ Mat,' I. 11'x'',: , . '..r If M P41241, t t.t• c,- 4 ,14,...44131 . .. • t1 ,A ., ..,, 1tlu:'u Anti .•A/ ATI? t: ,i{r',; Alt i >rtA MK.n,ltl Sl ••:•Ya s:LrE K51, :n0. C1 .K1o.r>,,nItaY Da IPA RE -DEDICATION OF ST. PATRICK'S A re -dedication of the addition and renovations at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church was held Sunday morning. Shown with the historic plaque which was unveiled are Bishop of London Most Reverend John Sherlock, Theresa Van Den Boomen and Charles O'Shea of the Advisory Committee and St. Patrick's parish priest Father Joseph Finn. Biddulph gives work to independent planner At `their last meeting, Biddulph dulph, made his May report. all materials related to the new zon- council considered the application of The Clerk -Treasurer reported to ing by-law for Biddulph, and assign Clifford Acheson to rezone his proper- Council that the reference plan the contract as of June 1. ty to permit a harness and tack shop. necessary to purchase the 35 -foot Council decide to accept Halwa's Mr. and Mrs. J. Theunissen were in strip of land in Granton from the Can- services, as a change at this time attendance to express their concerns. dian National Railways has been would be very disruptive. They were advised that the property deposited and registered by the Council considered the request of would remain agricultural, not com- surveyor and the Clerk has directed the Lucan Towne Crier to participate mercial as they had feared, and that the solicitor to proceed with the in a proposed booklet called"A Guide any other use than a harness and tack acquisition; to North Middlesex County". It was shop would required a further zone Council discussed a letter from Ted decided to participate, if a proposed amendment. They were also assured L. Halwa, township planner, wherein format is provided for council's that no addition to the building that he states it is his intention to go into consideration. will be used as a harness and tack private practice.Halwa states his pre- The proposed agreementbetween shop will be permitted. This satisfied sent employer, MacLaren Plansearch the _Village of Lucan and Biddulph them and the zoning change was Inc., have acknowledged his inten- Township regarding the fire area was passed. tions and the firm has agreed to turn discussed. There is to- be a joint Hugh Davis, road superintendent over all documents. files, maps and meeting of Lucan and Biddulph on and drainage supervisor for gid- related material pertaining to June 17 to discuss this further. Biddulph. Several building permits were Halwa says he hopes council will granted. engage his services. Ile adds that A petition for drainage works was MacLaren's is prepared to turn over carried, regarding the Dietrich drain. Rec board ped to deal with the questions they have been receiving than they are. An inspection recently by the Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company showed no problems at this time. It was recommended that the Brooklyn$ulletin board be installed in the arena. The committee also thinks that ads on the ice surface area would be a good idea. On thecontroversial:subject of bar mix, it was decided to let groups get their own mix and glasses if they wanted to, and to let them use the ice in the ice machine for a $10 fee. The grill now in the concession area is to be sold, and the money used to buy a new and smaller grill. The smaller grill will give more space to run the booth more efficiently. The large grill will be advertised in the T- A, and written sealed tenders will be called for. by a given date, with the highest of any offer not necessarily accepted. There will be a reserve bid. The task of developing a policy to deal with selling such things was turn- ed over to the personnel and policy committee. There was a great deal of discus- sion about two groups who want to rent the Centre facilities for camping weekends. One group, the Nomads. wants to rent the facilities for four days, and will be parking over 400 trailers on the grounds. it was even- tually decided to charge them $750 for the Centre, taking into consideration that they won't be using the indoor facilities much. won't require much clean-up and won't have a bar. The other group, the Caravan Club. will be having 65 to 100 trailers parked for three days. They will be charged $500. Both these groups will likely be coming in 1986, although both rentals are not definite yet. Board member Brian Ilardeman opposed letting the Caravan Club have the Centre for $500. Ile wanted each group to pay $750. "How can you rent the whole thing for $500. when ELECT SLATE — The Young Progressive Conservatives held their federal election for the riding of Huron - other groups ( the Lions) paid $1,000°" Bruce on June 5. New members of the executive are front left; Deanna Such, secretory; Jan Divot( he said. president; Steven Sparling, vice-president; Back row: Tom Kneale, social director; Darryl Fox, NewsTories Carolyn Merner expressed con- editor; Jim Veri, police chairperson; Dave Elliott, membership chairman. (Anne Narejko photo) cerns about possible damage to the thought these groups grounds from trailers if the ground was wet. Cam Stroups n said he Hid eOnfi ell of interest?would be responsible about such things. mercial enterprises and industryalso endorse the resolution and his motion A letter will be sent to the Exeter A revolutionary suggestion that P Lioness thanking them for the new education taxes cease to be paid when pay their fair share. "and these taxes to that effect was supported by be collected weekly at source." Mickle, hut it was defeated in in a 4-2 park benches. people retire was filed by Exeter A motion was passed forSteward-7 council this week. That action was op -it was stated that the present vote with two members abstaining. son to start keeping records of man posed by Reeve Bill Mickle and ('oun method is unfair and actually You should have declared a con hours involved in cleaning up after cillor Morley Hall penalizes those citizens who improve- Councillor each group. to help determine rental The suggestion was in a resolution their home in appearance and value. G ylani Josephson of nterest,rtey.gly chuffed in rates. being circulated by the Town of "for when they do this, their educe At the conclusion of the meeting. Valley East for changes in the method tion portion of their property taxes reference to that fact Hall would Tom Tomes told the board that in which education taxes are assess -increases.' benefit from the Vallee East recom The suggestion for excusing retired mendation to drop education taxes for because of the negotiations between ed and collected. Stephen council and the board, he will The resolution calls on the minister citizens from paying educators tax retired people. . not be sitting at meetings in the of education to implement a system was on the basis that "this is at a time Mickle responsed that other future, until the matter of Stephen's where the dollars required would be in life when they can least afford it members of council would soon ap- preciatefunding of the Centre is settled. The assessed to all working citizens of On - ". n and after substantial contributions the suggestion for aiding other board members thanked him tario on an equal basis with formulas over their working life those who have retired from the work for all his past contributions. to ensure part-time workers. com- Hall said he thought the town should force. Fair book is coming The 1985 edition of the Exeter Fall Fair prize list will be a supplement to the Exeter Times Advocate in the next issue June 26. Be sure to keep your copy for future reference. Extra copies will be available at Times Ad- vocate and Ellison Travel. More than 4500 copies are printed and sent to T -A subscribers in the sur- rounding area and some will be sent to other communities in South Western Ontario. Special thanks to all who bought advertisements in this years prize list. Focus on Fowl will be the theme for this year with many special classes, contests and 'attractions featuring roosters, wildfowl. feathers and eggs. There will also be emphasis on The international Year of the Youth in- volving many youth organizations of our community. This year's fair will be held September 20, 21 and 22. proved the plan. "We're looking at ' it right now," added Councillor Tom Humphreys. "Don't look too long," replied resi- dent Phil Hern. Estimated cost of the new sewer line along John St. from Carling has been estimated at between $14,000 to $20,000. Whether the work is undertaken this year or left until next may depend on council's decision regarding the sale of a town -owned lot east of the Scout hall on John St. W. No funds have been set aside in the 1985 budget for the new sewer line and council had loped that proceeds from the sale of the lot would cover the sewer line costs so the work could be undertaken this year. However, the Exeter Lions have asked the town to sell them the lot for possible expansion of the Scout hall at some time in the future. The Lions have offered $1.00 for the lot, whereas council had hoped to sell it for the current market price of lots in the $15,000 to $25,000 range. Mayor Bruce Shaw said that the cost of the John St. sewer could be taken out of working capital, but Reeve Bill Mickle noted the working capital could be further jeopardized by the town's expenditures towards the cost of opening up John St. E. for the new nursing home. The town plans to sell two Tots in that area and Mickle noted that the sale of those tots also had 10 "fall in- to place" this year or the town would be faced with borrowing money or dipping into working capital to help Price bid on lots not considered lots Failing to get bids that reached the reserve they had set for three town - owned residential lots, Exeter coun- cil this week agreed to re -tender for two of those lots. Disposition of the third.lot is still up in the air, and while the offer on it was also below the reserve set by council, they may end up selling it for $1.00. The two lots that will be re -tendered in the hope of attracting higher bids are on John St. E. and Sanders St. E. and were created when the town clos- ed Wellington St. in that area. "They're good lots," commented Deputy -Reeve Lossy Fuller in urging that they be re -tendered. "We have to try and get what we're after." The third Jot that was offered for sale through tender was one directly east of the Scout hall on John St. W. Tenders on it didn't reach the reserve either, but on Monday after- noon a delegation of Exeter Lions met with councils executive committee and urged that they be sold the lot for their offer of $1.00. The delegation said the land should be retained for recreational use at the Scout hall or for any addition which may take place in the future. Council had offered the lot for sale to realize funds to pay for proposed correction of flooded basements in the Carling St. area near the Scout hall. Councillor Ben Hoogenboom said he thought the Lions offer should be accepted, and while agreeing that would not help pay for the proposed new sewer line on John St. W.. noted the Lions have done a lot for the town. in response to a question from Councillor Don Winter. Mayor Bruce Shaw said the Lions didn't envision any expansion at the Scout hall for the next five to ten years and had no other immediate plans for the property. Councillor Tom Humphreys pointed out the Lions already have ample room in the Scout hall area for recrea- tion and expansion use and he presented a motion that the John St. W. lot also be re -tendered for sale That motion was seconded b. Winter and was backed by Reeve Bill Mickle and Councillor Morley Hall. However, those votes were equall- ed by the four from Deputy -Reeve Fuller and Councillors Josephson. Hoogenboom and Chapman; and in view of the tie vote, Mayor Bruce Shaw declared the motion defeated. The matter will be tabled until the next meeting when its disposition will be deliberated, along with the ques- tion of financing the John St. W. sanitary sewer line to end basement flooding for residents along Carling St. 1 2 Later in the meeting, Councillor Chapman urged her fellow members to consider carefully the disposition of the'John St. W. lot beside the Scout hall. "They're not making any more [ land) folks." she explained and said council would have to he pretty careful and sure of themselves before taking any steps to sell the property beside the Scout hall. "It could be very important some day to the Lions Club," Hoogenboom added. BEST RATES . , 1 11 MORGAN INSURANCE BROKERS taEitk 111* JOHN MORlaAN 2J5-2544 Agent to. AK ANNUIIIIS LTD GODGI3C. rI;talo Concerned About Your Drinking Water? Chemcial pollutants in your water con cause serious illnesses. 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