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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1994-05-04, Page 9Tunes -Advocate, May 4„1994 Page 9 Heritage group cleans up wrong land GRAND BEND - Whoops! That's how both Barbara Wheel - don and Grand Bend council felt Monday night after they realized they had cleaned up private proper- ty. Wheeldon is heading up a group which plans on celebrating a Heri- tage Day in early July to celebrate the cut in the river. That group re- cently thought they were on the vil- lage's property when clearing an area for a place to set up a com- memorative plaque. "We have cleared some private property. Are we going to be able to put on our Heritage Days there?," asked Wheeldon. The property that was cleared is on Lake Road and is owned by the Devlon Group. "I can understand your frustra- tion. It's out of our hands we don't own the property," said councillor Cam Ivey. Although council did suggest al- ternative sites, Wheeldon was obvi- ously upset at the turn of events. "We've been working on this for a year -and -a -half. I can't understand why we weren't notified," she said of the mix up in communication on who owns the land. Council wants better definition of waterfront GRAND BEND - What's next for Grand Bend? It's that time of the year when several entrepreneurs approach the village wanting to try something new. Parasailing is put on hold and the latest venture, jet boats pulling in- flatable tubes, has brought forth considerable debate. "What's in it for the village. Is it an asset or a liability?," asked coun- cillor Ed Fluter. Grand Bend's harbour committee has recommended that if this type of activity does take place. it been done so off the north beach near Oakwood. The group wanting to start it up, asked that they do so near the harbour mouth where there arc already jet skis operating com- mercially. "It's unfortunate our whole water- front is closed off to boating," said councillor Cam Ivey. "Is there not a way we can use part of the beach?." He said the activity would not take up a lot of space and wanted to know if there could be a designated arca set aside. "The history of Grand Bend...there was taxi boats off the beach. How do we find a happy hal- ance that •works for everyone?," asked mayor Tom Lawson. While there were a lot of ques- tions asked, the only answer for the time being is to have the interested group bring in some more details. Usborne barn destroyed by lightning won't be rebuilt Application accepted tentatively Apply for more housing development in Lucan KIRKTON - Lightning won't strike twice at the Usborne Town- ship farm of Steve and Linda Johns. A barn hit by lightning last week won't be rebuilt after being de- stroyed by fire. Last Monday, at about 1:30 a.m., the barn caught fire, most likely from the electrical storm passing through the area, investigators con- cluded. "1t was fully engulfed when we arrived," said John Morgan who ar- rived on the scene with the Exeter Fire Department. He said the firefighters directed most of their efforts to protecting nearby buildings from the flames. Some 400-450 pigs lost their lives in the fire. They were the property of Miller Farms. Although every- thing was insured, Linda Johns con- firmed Monday "we're not going to rebuild it" as crews were beginning to clear away the debris. LUCAN - Buoyed by the drop- ping of the freeze on water and sewer usage, housing development in the village of Lucan continues to increase. A delegation from North Mid- dlesex Holdings attended the April 19 council meeting and proposed a plan to establish a development of 32 single family dwellings on a five acre parcel of land in the north-east portion of the village. The development will be north of Kent street and west of Beech street. Council accepted the appli- cation on a tentative basis and is asking the development company to submit an application for rezon- ing and a draft plan of subdivision. A previous plan of subdivision submitted in 1976 for the same property lapsed in 1981 according to provincial sources and North Middlesex Holdings were told the issue is closed and dead and plans must again start at the beginning. North Middlesex spokesman Ger- ry Van Bussel said, "Kent is an awkward street, but we are pre- pared to put curbs on the north side of the street and one layer of pave- ment. Otherwise it would not be very feasible. This would be at no cost to the village." When councillor Reg Crawford asked how soon the project could be expected to get underway, he was told by Gary Van Boxmeer, "We would hope the village could put some pressure on the Ministry of Housing to speed it up. Four months could be a realistic time frame." Further on the subject of devel- opment, RMR Construction is withdrawing its request to have Clarence street closed and instead will be making application for a modified severance application for further development on Wellington street. Council approved a memo from clerk Ron Reymer which suggested Lucan's Ontario Base Mapping be made available to developers. In his report Reymer said, "De- velopers have shown interest in oh- taining copies of the mapping com- pleted through the Ministry of Natural Resources. The cost to the village in obtaining the mapping, net of a 95 percent grant was about $1,900. Huron -Middlesex engineer Don Pletch has suggested we look at selling these maps to developers to recover our costs." Pletch said developers would save thousands of dollars in sur - ‘eying costs if they would be able to purchase this mapping on com- puter disk. Keymer's memo concluded, " 1 think council should be trying to help get subdivisions started in Lu - can and should not try to make this a revenue generating item. There - tore, I would recommend that coun- cil authorize the sale of the disk version of Lucan's Ontario Base Mapping at a price of $50 to recov- er any administrative costs in- volved." Council members agreed and a resolution was passed authorizing the sale of the mapping disks. Council has updated its policy statement on blue boxes. In the fu- ture residents who have a damaged blue box must bring the broken one into the village office during nor- mal business hours for a free re- placement. Also a resident who has had a blue box lost or stolen may have it replaced free of charge. To clean up village Councillor Bryan Smith reported that the annual Pitch -In program to beautify the village would be held on Saturday, May 7 and the follow- ing week from Monday, May 11 to Thursday, May 14 will be the time for the annual spring cleanup by collecting items too large for the regular garbage pickup. Council accepted the monthly March report from North Middles- ex Building System official Barry Mills. It showed two single family dwelling permits for a total value of $185,000, one sign permit for $6,000 and renovations in the amount of $7,000. NCARE NURSERY & LANDSCAPING Is now Open In Exeter • Spreading evergreens • Broadleaf evergreens • Flowering shrubs • Upright evergreens Dave Dalrymple Landscape Designer 215 Pickard Rd., Exeter, Ont. NOM 1S3 NURSERL' '.DESIGNING • LANDSCAPING • Shade trees • Perennials & annuals 51 ' 2 5-4062 l�/.111JJ.J•ll1J.l../.1.r1.l✓.1.ll.!.l1..!✓1✓.lJ.11JlJJ../..rJ Greencare Nur •ry Pickard Rd. 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