The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1989-10-18, Page 31• Grand Bend penalizing non -affordable housing GRAND BEND - In an effort to help get affordable housing in Grand Bend, village council passed a motion at their regular meeting Monday night that would penalize developers by increasing impost fees on new lots that do not fall in line with provincial guidleines re- garding affordable housing. - The extra money charged to the developers for the increase would go to creating affordable housing in the village. According to the provincial guidelines, 25 percent of a munici- pality should include affordable housing and council feels Grand Bend is lagging far behind in that category. * * * * * Mel Douglas attended the meet- ing in an effort to amend the bylaw that restricts the heights of residen- tial fences to five feet. Douglas has a 13 -foot fence along his property adjacent to Sanders on the Beach Restaurant and has had some complaints in the past from Sanders: owner Gerry Sanders. Douglas said he had the fence constructed because his property overlooks the garbage left behind from the commercial establishment which he said -is right outside his front door. He felt the present by- law was "just a little unfair". "I think it is unfortunate I live next door to a commercial estab- lishment but somebody has to," said Douglas. Sanders was not at the meeting but through a letter read by clerk Wayne Tingle, said he would agree to the minor variance to allow Douglas to keep his fence as long as it was extended all the way around his property and if Douglas agrees to another minor variance that would allow Sanders to put in a freezer room. Council told Douglas the fence could stay up if he could work out an agreement with Sanders, other- wise it would have to be leveled to five feet to comply with the bylaw. * * • * * In an effort to keep up to date with sewer expansion in the vil- lage, council heard a proposal from Cart Celestin of Archibald, Gray and McKay to have all the village as built topographic maps changed to digital. This change would help locate sewers and drains and things of that nature much easier than with the current -maps. Council was told it was very important to update the maps constantly. Council told Celestin to put his proposal into a brief form and come back to a future meeting when council has a chance to think about it further. * Council' passed a motion that al- lows by law enforcement officer-- Keith fficerKeith Crawford to charge the own- ers of Clinchers on Main Street for not complying with the proper by law for their sign. The owners were told by council previously the sign did not comply with the by law and was illegal and were asked to attend a council meeting. They never acted on it. Council felt it was time for the action.vil- lage to take * *** * Council passed another motion declaring November 20-26 as Recy- cling Week in the village as re- quested in a letter frpm Bluewater Recycling Association. * * * In his report, Public Works fore- man Bud Markham asked council about the possibility of constructing a community bulletin board near or at the post office to inform the p� lic of upcoming events. said it would not interfere or com- pete with the Chamber of Com- merce sign on Ontario Street but would enhance it. Tingle informed council he has had two proposals to do a pay equi- ty plan for all village employees. The village must have a pay equity program in place by year's end but council didn't take any action. They asked Tingle to investigate both companies - one is from Sarnia and the other from London - to see which one is the .cheapest. Tingle will report back at the November 6 meeting. * * * * * Reeve Bob Sharen said in his re- port it might be wise to restart the program of putting snow fences in a staggered fashion along the beach to help stop the sand from blowing . onto the streets as has been happen- ing increasingly the last few weeks, especially since snow fence are put in at the beach in November any- way. * * * * * In his report, deputy reeve Bruce Woodley said the harbor committee have been having trouble retrieving the buoys in the lake that marked the swimming area off the main beach -Fishing boats have tried but they are anchored too deeply and other boats cant be launched be- cause of storms in the last couple of weeks creating low water and dan- gerous boat launching conditions. They will try again soon if the weather co-operates. * Craft sale draws 7,200 Country Treasures Julie Weber, Deb Riddell and Ginger Weber are shown at the Country Treasures booth at the weekend craft sale at the Lambton Heritage Museum. Attendance for the two days was 7,200. Ship ka by Annie Morenz SHIPKA - All the family were home last Sunday for Thanksgiving dinner with Ferman and Leota Snyder. This included Suzanne and Otto Plein, Christopher and Melis- sa, of Elmira, Jim and Judy Snyder, Nicholas and Lisa, of this area, Es- ther and Ric Storey, Scott and Ste- ven, of London, Keith and Nancy Snyder, Greenway, Ed and Gail Snyder, Corey and. Colin of Strath- roy. Gerald and Mary Ellen Zielman,- Justin, Emily and Gerard, were guests with Mary Ellen's sister Dar- lene and Rodney Friesen, of New- market, near Toronto. With Hugh and I were my sister and husband Shirley and Cliff Dell and daughter Cynthia of Belleville and Tanya Dell of Toronto. Other guest with us were my brother Bill Coleman and our niece, Carol Cole- man, both of Kippen and our son Bill, of London. fr'r.:i. .,+27. -her^ fer the. weekend, from Friday night till Monday afternoon. With Annie Zielman, were Susie and Wayne Robson, Colin, Sheina and Breagh, of Essex, Angie, of Leamington, Ruth and Mandy Zehr and Debbie and Roger Ward and A.40 .. _!, Church anniversary • Several from this are attended the anniversary services, held last Sunday at Greenway United Church. Special music in the morn- ing were the Cornerstones from Brigden, who sang solos, duets and a trio to taped music, and also pia- no accompaniment. Evening service music featured the Grand Cove Estates Choir. A full choir made up of Greenway and Grand Bend United members sang two numbers, "How Great Thou Art," and "Thank you Jesus'. Rev. Colin Stover conducted the morning service with a sermon titled, "We are the light of the world", with scripture from Timo- thy and Luke. Evening service speaker was Rev. Kevin Rutledge of Exeter. The church was beauti- fully decorated with autumn flowers fruits and vegetables. Lunch refresh- ments were served at close of each service. 4H news Grand Bend II 4H club got togeth- er to complete another meeting that was held at Elizabeth Russell's on October 2, at 6:30 p.m. The members began the meeting by answering roll call, "Name one strategy for preparing meals or snacks quickly. Following roll call, we first dis- cussed meal planning and how to properly organize the preparations so it was ready at the set time. The group members each partici- pated in the making of the snack, which was, "Pizza style Frittato". The members and leaders would like to thank Anne Russell for the use of her home for this meeting. -The .Grand Tien/ 1T 4.1-H club hag... finally decided on a group name, "The Healthy Snack Attackers". The group met at the IGA in Grand Bend on Thursday October 12 at 6:30. The members were tak- en on a tour of the store by Kam .Haist. We went through the storage - area, the meat cooler, the produce area, and the baking department where we were shown how the ov- ens were used and an automatic bread slicer. In the Deli department we were shown how the meat was are • d and made. packaged and how pizzas Following the tour the members went to Karen McKay's where we made chocolate and butterscotch sundaes. We also enjoyed a punch made by the group. The members of Grand Bend II 4H would like to thank the IGA for welcoming us to their store and especially to thank Kam Haist for the detailed explanations of the dif- ferent departments. Lucan seniors LUCAN - The regular meeting of Lucan Seniors and Busy Buddies opened with 0 Canada with Betty , Sutherland and the piano. Two visitors were welcomed. Plans were discussed for our Hal- lowe'en Party to be held October 26. We were entertained by two skits by Hamilton Hodgins, Audrey Hodgins and Jean Hodgins. They were very amusing and much en- joyed by all. Card winners were Ladies High Marion Noels, Ladies Lone Hands Boyle Jordan, Ladies Low Annie Loyens, Mens High Chris Hessels, Mens Lone Hands Joe Carter Mens Low Geo. Cunningham. Trnes-Advocate, October 18,1989 Page 31 the apple was back again this year as the familiar landmark o the rand s e • armer's-market, held on 'Bend's _lain Street all weekend. NOW IN PROGRESS FURNITURE LIQUIDATON 900•49 STEPHENS FURNITURE 63 MAIN ST., EXETER NOW! THRU SATURDAY ONLY &enhen5�E�urniture ..c. =4 63 MAIN ST. 235-1794 For the Month of October (519) 235-1964