Times Advocate, 1989-09-20, Page 19Ratepayer wantshis trees
GRAND BEND - Joe Nader
drove from Detroit to head the list
of delegations at -the September 18
meeting of Grand Bend council. He
was back to complain about trees
that 'were mistakenly cut down ori
his property on the river bank east
of the bridge in 1987. He said he
lost two apple trees, plus more
than 20 others with trunks ranging
in ,diameter from seven inches
down to saplings.
Other complaints were an illegal
drain on his property that he claims
discharges "five times the allowa-
ble pollution", and the village's ref-
usal to lease or sell him adjacent
land so he can extend his dock 30
feet.
Councillor Bruce Woodley said
the municipality had replaced some
of the trees, but agreed the replace-
ments had all died. He said the
drains, which were on the property
when Nader bought it, are not
ours, and we won't move them".
He added that if the village replaced
the trees, they would not lease the
abutUpg property to Nader.
W6odley explained that the prob-
lems between Nader and Grand
Bend had been going on for a long
time. Woodley had expected that
after a meeting attended by Reeve
Bob Sharen, Councillor John
McDowell, himself and Nader on
June 23, Nader would have his
lawyer draw up an interlocking
agreement outlining the problems
and acceptable solutions.
"We don't want a hassle every few
months," Woodley commented.
The situation ended without any
resolution. Nader said he would
take legal action to have the drains
removed, and his property restored
to its former beauty. He also
would further pursue his attempt to.
get land to extend his dock. He said
he had consulted a lawyer; and been
advised the village could not refuse
to lease or sell to him, when they
let others put in docks on munici-
pal property.
Nadersatthrough the three-hour
council meeting, then raised the is-
sue again. He was ruled out of or-
der by Sharen.
Bylaw amendment
A bylaw to close, stop up and
sell part of Heaman Crescent was
amended to expunge all references
to selling the unopened road allow-
ance to adjoining owners. The road
closure was to facilitate develop-
ment of the property by the Devlon
Group. Sharen said the change was
made because of a situation that had
arisen.
Jim Heavey from the Devlon
Group and Don Southcott both at-
tended the meeting.. Southcott said
he would not withdraw his letter of
objection.
A letter was read from E.D.
Kingsbury, Toronto, expressing his
concerns about the effects of the
road closure. He said it would elim-
inate any possible exit to Lake
Road unless at least part of the
street was made a two-way thor-
oughfare. He is also worried about
the overall traffic problem which he
predicted would only get worse if
some 150 housing units are added.
He suggested a traffic light will
eventually have to be installed at
the Lake Road entry.
Sharen noted that this letter rais-
es some logistics problems. Hea-
vey replied that "a private entrance
does not preclude public use".
Heavy wanted assurance that if the
matter proceeds, there will be no
difficulty passing over the deed for
the block of land. Sharen said that
once the situation is clarified, the
municipality will act on advice of
counsel.
Woodley asked what would hap-
pen if development does not go
ahead, and Sharen replied that the
bylaw would be rescinded.
Engineer- justifies fees
ZURICH - Don Pletch from Hu-
ron Middlesex Engineering attended
the regular September meeting of
Zurich council to justify the engi-
neering fees paid to his company
for work on the Zurich drain. He
prefaced his remarks by saying he
was disappointed to read in the pa-
per of questions arising from in-
voices rather than first being given
an opportunity to talk with coun-
cillors:
The original estimate for engi-
neering fees when the company
was hired in 1986 was $37,750.
By June 30, 1989, the village had
paid the firm $41,473.96.
Pletch explained that the costs
ran above the estimate due to a
number of additional and unfore-
Varna
by Joan Beierling
VARNA - The 4-H Project
"Good Foods Fast" will be starting
on Monday, September 25. Anyone
11 years of age as of January- 1,
1989 or -older who would like to
take this project please contact Gail
Turner at 263-2382 or Cheryl Tal-
bot at 263-5896.
Anniversary service
Sunday, September 17 at 11 am.
the Varna church joined with Gosh-
en for a joing anniversary worshop
service.
Rev: Sam Parker welcomed eve-
ryone. Julie Rempel played the vio-
lin, Stephanie Zentingh the viola
and Barbara Ann Parker the flute
for two musical numbers 'How
Great Thou Art", and "Great Is Thy
Faithfulness".
After the children's sharing and
prayer time, children eight and un-
der went downstairs for a special
program led by Marion Doucette.
During the giving of the Offer-
ing, Stephanie played the piano and
Julie the Violin. Barbara Ann Park-
er then sang "That's Where The Joy
Comes From".
The special guest speaker Rev.
Ralph Garbe from Byron United
Church, London preached on "You
Have a Future".
Rev. Parker closed with the com-
missioning and the blessing. Or-
ganist Shirley Hill and Julie and
stephania then provided music.
Rev. Sam Parker thanked Rev.
Ralph Garbe, Julie Rompel, Steph-
anie Zentinggh, Marion Doucette
and Barbara Ann Parker for sharing
their gifts and talents on this spe-
cial Anniversary Sunday.
Sunday, September 24 there will
be regular services in both church-
es.
Wednesday, September 20, Varna
Youth Group, will meet at the
Church at 7:30. Due to the cold and
wet carat er tact i itttrv.iovrho rein
was cancelled to Bannockburn.
They all enjoyed a couple of games
of bowling in Goderich and a social
time at the manse.
Thursday, September 21 Goshen
U.C.W. meets at the church a 8
p.m. Barb Bosman is speaking and
Varna U.C.W. are invited.
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seen occurrences. He listed the
preparation of documents for the
drainage tribunal (approximately
$6,000), revisions to the drain after
the plans were drawn up, restaking
because the stakes were pulled out
(over $1,200) and calling in anoth-
er company to prepare a soils re-
port.
Pletch noted that engineering fees
are based on the time spent, adding
that the charge to the village was
8.1 percent below the minimum
recommended by the Professional
Association of Engineers. He said.
the. municipality should be asking
"Was the level of service appropri-
ate?" He wondered if he should
have been at the site more, but
pointed out that would have added
to the cost. He bills $64 per hour
forhisservices, Bob Turow charg-
es $48, and the bill for a student is.
$22.
Reeve Bob Fisher said he did not
recall asking for an additional in-
spection when he and Councillor
Dave Gelinas arranged to walk the
drain with the engineer, and hadn't'
expected the charges for phone
calls, as in his business that was
all part of the job. He told Pletch
the extra $11,000 to $12,000 was a
shock to councii, and the money
would have to come from the tax-
payers. He had talked to a lawyer,
and wondered if in future situa-
tions courlcil'would get an agree-
ment with whoever, so we will
know where we stand".
One more bill in the $3,000 to
$4,000 range is expected for the
period from June 30 to the final in-
spection on August 31, plus a last
charge to have the engineer go over
the assessment schedules and grant
applications prepared by Zurich's
clerk, Maureen Simmons, to make
sure all are done correctly.
Councillor Dave Gelinas spoke
up to say that he had been im-
pressed
with how well the job on
the drain was done, when he in-
spected.the drain.
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