Times Advocate, 1998-07-15, Page 21•
Council supports Ausable
River drainage application
EXETER —.Council agreed at its July 13 mating to supporta
drainage app,!ication to clean ow the Ausable River, removing•ob-
structions such as trees which are blocking the flow of water. '
Exeter administrator Rick Hundey told council the effort is ."a
rather mammoth project"; saying it affects 80,000.acres and could
cost half a million dollars at $6/acre for landowners and 51,200 for
the town, but council was still unsure if that total was final.
Hundey. told council the project will be neither a benefit nor a det-
riment to the landfill site. which had been a concern. He said chang-
ing the water table could possible affect•the site, but the intention of
the project is to not affect the watertable.
Hundey said benefits resulting from the cleanup could include an
improvement of area agriculture land. • •
As good neighbors,. Hundey said, there is no reason for Exeter to
pot support the motion. Hundey explained the project may have a negative impact* on
some of the wetlands surrounding the Ausable River, but explained
'the issue was whether to preserve the,wetlands or improve the ag-
ricultural land. _ _
Coun. Robert Drummond said the wetlands .should take a back
seat to agriculture and said he agrees the area should be 'cleaned up,
although he did express concerns only a.few landowners will benefit
from the cleanup even though many people will have to pay for the
project.
Bylaw to amend parking
defeated by council
HENSALL— -Council voted
down amending a bylaw 'Monday
night that would have -restricted
,parking on Albert Si. between
Queen and King Sts. .
The propo'sad bylaw would have
stopped parking on the west and
,east sides of the road: A nine=metre
loading zone. was planned for the
east side 10 accommodate traffic at
the Hensall United Church. '
Council initially • •proposed
amending the parking bylaw for 41
portion of Albert St, after receiving
a letter from village. resident 'Dayle
Waring at last month's council
meeting. ,
Waring complained the road was.
becoming unsafe. , . •
"The: road is not wide enough to
accommodate parking on both sides
' of the street plus two way traffic,"
said Waring's letter.
At Monday's meeting before the
bylaw was voted on,- Hensall busi-
ness owner Bill Gibson voiced his
concern about the parking changes.`
"The church was there long be-
. fore Ms. Waring came .to town,"
said Gibson. 'There is no need for
parking signs at all." •
He told council that if. they were
going to' amend the parking by4aw -
then it should' it 'include all of AI-
• bert St.
Council also received two letters
thai,disapproved of.council's plan"-
•
to change parking on a portion of
Albert St.
Hensall resident Hilda Payne was
concerned that it could affect ac-
cess to the church.
"This will cause come people
who are faithful to the" United"
Church to haye to stay at home as
they are unable to walk the distance'
from the parking lot to the west en-
trance to the church, where an el-
evator is accessible to.,servicesin
the church." said Payne's letter. "It
is unthinkable that the _ boulevard;
which was freshly gravelled only a
year ago. -.should be prevented
from its purpose. which .is. to..park
cars for people attending church ac-
' tivities. .
The other correspondence was
from Hensall United Church prop-
eriy committee member Chuck
Mallcttc. •
Mallete stated the committee did
not object to the no parking. des-
ignation on . the west side of the
street hut 'did oppose. any parking
restrictions for the east side. -
-"We strongly feel that any -re-
strictions of any. kind- regarding,
parking on the :east side of Albert
Street anywhere near the church
would restrict access to the church
property anti create hardship and
difficulty for. people who need to
park there,"' Mallete's letter said.
A "Yabba Dabba
D000" of a Deal.
Our Paramount Canada's Wonderland Package is your
ticket, featuring accpmodation,for two adults and three
children, two all -day adult passes to the park,
plus•two continental breakfast:
Enjoy our skylit pool, sauna, fitnesscentre
and childrens creative arca.
Delta's Kids Concierge Program allows kids to
check-in at their very own front desk.
Kids 6'and under eat FREE, 12 - 6 eat 1/2 price.
Paramount
Canada's Wonderland
PACKAGE
159
CDN
$118
US.
�1Della .
Toronto Airport Hotel
1-800-668-1444 (Canada & U.S.)
'titins & Conditions:
• Rates valid May 4th to Oddber 12th. 1998 • Second night available
for 190.110 .115.00 per additional adult, per Loom, per night
(room only) • Additional Paramount Canada's wonderland
tickets available at the front desk • Rates are based on double
occupancy • Maximum 4 adults per room • Rates are wbfect to
availability • Rates are subject to applicable ta><es
COMM1JN1TY
Times -Advocate, July 15, 1998
Pnge 21
All steam ahead for'Wulberforce storm headers
13y Craig Bradford
'I A Reporter
LUCAN - Hopefully no one will
slip. fall and hurt themselves in LAP'
can's Wilberforce subdivision this
winter.
Council decided, to aim for.. Ibis
goal by moving •ahead with the'
about 530,000 storm header project
at last week's council meeting after
it got favorable reSponAe for the
project ata public: meeting held the
night before...
Eight homeowners signed onto
hooking up to tbe.storin•header line
with administrator icon Reymer re-
ceiving two more verbal okays and
many more are expected to sign on.
Homeowners • who want to stop
water from their basement sump
pumps pooling on their lawns or
winding up on sidewalks in the late-
fall/early
atefall/early spring freeze/thaw sea-
sons are asked to dig a trench to the
storm header so the hose from their.
basements can be buried.
Quotes to install the storm head-
ers for the ,east side of Kleinfeldt
Ave..the south side•of Harold Ct.
"and the north side of Nicoline'Ave.
will be solicited by local contrac-
tors after. public works super-
intendent' Doug, Johnston draws up
-the specifications with -tenders clos-
ing by the Aug. 4 council meeting.
Johnston hopes the work can he
completed in September. .
Reymer will send letters to those
homeowners affected. by the storm.
headers to see if they Will hook up.
The move to stop water. from
pooling on sidewalks in thc.!Wil-
berforce subdivision was prompted
by concerns over the village's- It
ability .if someone slips- and hurts
themselves there.
• The water come;' from sump
_pumps installed in •Wilberforce
homes as part of the village's in-
filtration grant program to dis=
connect basement foundation
drains from the sewer system to cut
• down on flows at the sewage plant.
Other notes from the meeting:
Water bills coming down
.Council approved the new struc-
ture for water and sewer rates at the
• meeting. The new average water/
'sewer monthly bill based 'upon a
househollj'using 22 cubic metres of
:water is $44.51 compared with the
prior average bill of 549.98. - ••
Reeve Robert Benner carne up
• with the new water/sewer rates so
billing would. be fairer for people
who uss water that doesn't end up.
• in *the sewer system (for • example.
homeowners with pools, garden
watering and car.. washing). The
'• overall lower rate is also more in.
line with *what .surrounding mu-
nicipalities charge.
The flat "monthly water rate is
now $ 10.66, up from 56.30, and the
new flat sewer rate. is• $1.6.25 com-
pared with'the.prior $1 r.34...
The usage rates are 39g per cubic
metre of .water used and 410 for
each cubic metre of water that -ends
up in the sewer system.
The new rites will begin Aug. 1.•
Deputy Reeve Harry Wraith vot-
ed for the new rate structure even
though he was not_ in favor of the
changes. '
He voted against his better judge-
ment due to the fact the resolution
would've passed if vacationing:.
Benner and councillor Glenn Silver
were in attendance.
Silver had to excuse himself from
the meeting not long after it started
because; he was called. into work. ,
Wraith's conceni was Lucan res-
idents 'will he more apt tti-waste
water with the new lower rates.
He added the inflated rate was
part. of the reason the village has
been able to make improvements to
the water system."
"1n my mind; -we_ weren't robbing
anyone," he said. -
•Councillor Perry Caskanette, who
has been a vocal proponent for tow-
ering the sewer rate, said atatc. us-
age should be monitored now to see
if people begin to-waste.water. •
Public works . superintendent
Doug Johnston said there will be:
"very little difference" in water us-
age. . -
Bugged by 2000 bug
Reymer said the village office is
in good Shape when it comes to the
Year 2000 -Bug, especially since the
...village's tax 'computer uses a four
digit year. -
, He- added Biddulph Township
jtas done much to deal with the is-
sue which Lodes•' well with the pro-
posed Merger between the two mu-
nicipalities _: tt •is • • exi5ected
Biddulph's offices will be -the hone
base for the new entity. - •
- Reymer said` the Lucan Com-
' mutiny Memorial Centre, the Lu-
r.can-Biddulph Area .Fire • Dept., the
water booster station and the water
tower all may 'have some work to
do to 'get their electronic equipment
Year:2000 compliant and the. sew;
'age -plant is working on the matter.
• "This could. be an expensive
proposition or it may not.bc," ijc
said. •
You deal with it
Couneil passed A motion that
paves the way. for London to rt:. -
finance -Ontario Clean -Water Agen-
cy's (OCWA) debt,on the Lake Hti:
ron. water pipeline. Reymer said
"London expects to save a sub-
stantial amount of cash by renego-
tiating the debt, '
Lucan • and other municipalities
on the. pipeline, including •Exeter,
pay their share 'of the debt through
• the water rate. ' -
Cabin block -
Lucan Area Heritage's plans to
transport the historic , log cabin -to
Lucas they bought froth a lumber
business in Port Elgin, hit a road-_
block.with' building ipspector Barry
Mills said a lease agreement needs
to.be in. place and a building permit
•
must be signed beton• the cabin ar-
rives. '
Benner was taking care of the le-
gal side (lie's a lawyer) af'the lease
but, as noted earlier, is on vacation.
• Heritage's Austin lfiodgins said
other"concerns include whether or
not Heritage 'has 1o" pay" ,about
57,000 in development fees to do
the work needed once the cabin -ar-
rives and several passages in the
lease that are either unnecessary or
redundant.
Council directed Hodgins •and
Reymer to hammer out a ftnal•dtaft
least agreement.
Reymer said he wasn't sure but
was confident municipal property is
exempt from development charge
payment.
Heritage .hopes- to have the 'cabin
in operation at the fdrmer ,water
tower site in time. for Lucan .•Her-
itage Days on -Aug. 15-16.
• _. Up fox renewal '
Since ., Lucan's development
charges bylaw ,:expires Aug. 31,
1-999. Reymer reconimended a. con-
sultant he hired to come 'up with .a
new bylaw.
The . Municipal Act forces mu-
nicipalities to- renew development
-charge bylaws every five' years 'to
reflect changes to or. new ;legisla-
tion passed by•the proyince,
• The total cost of developing a
new bylaw will be in :the $25,000:
$30,(100 range:-:
Rcyrnet,said 95 per cent of that
cost will come out of the develop-
meni charge reserve account and
through future development charg-
es levied -to developers and home -
builders. The last five per cent the
village must raise itself. .
The village will .invite the only
two or three Ontario firms 'that do
development -.charge bylaw- coni
'.saltation' to make, -presentations at
the Aug: 18 council meeting.:
Reymer `said holding. a public
-meeting is also part of the process. r -
FINANCING UP TO 48 MONTHS
$
ACROSS CANADA WE'RE MAKING IT EASIER
FOR CANADIANS TO GET OUT ON THE ROAD.
CHEVROLET CAVALIER SEDAN
,, morons 51 530 down payment $
$645 ire+pnf v
NO SECURITY DEPOSIT
111E CAR NONE CANADIANS NAVE, DEPENDED 01 FOR 111E LAST EIDE TEARS. WS N0 WOOER
114H ME HOMES: 2.2 titre engine, automatic transmission, air conditioning.
4 -wheel ABS. Next Generation dual front air bags. child -security rear"door
locks. tinted glass, AM/FM stereo. reaY seat -heat ducts. bodyside mouldings.
5645 (feign?
88
$
CHEVROLET MALIBU
36 monthsjl 830 down payment
5.'20 trergh'
NO SECURITY DEPOSIT
AN AIMAID•WINNIN6 CHEVROLET THAT WILL DELIVER MORE THAN EXPECTED VALVE,
99f
*1111 THESE FEATIIES: 2.4 litre Twrn Cam engine. automatic transmrssrdn. 4-, heel
ABS, Next Generation dual' front air bags. alt steering. child -*otomy rear dooi
locks. PASSLock' theft -deterrent syslern AM/FM stereo with cassette. air
conditronrng,, power trunk ieleast.•
OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE
$
e
36 months/S., 650 down piymenl
5810 f,eeg55
NO SECURITY DEPOSIT
5870 9,,
99
t
SOPHISTICATED DEMON, MIKE HANDLING, SPIRITED PERFORMANCE 111 A MID-SIZE PACKAGE.
WI1M NESE FEAIIMES: 195 HP 3800 Serres 11 V6 engine. Enhanced Traction
System, -lour-wheel independent tourrng suspension, Magnasleer" variable -effort
steering, 16' cast -aluminum Wheels, *wheel ABS, remote keyless entry,
air conditioning. -
$
1
CHEVY ASTRO VAN
24 months %53:580 down payment
5870 l'erghl '
NO SECURITY DEPOSIT
STANDARD SEATING FOR EIGHT ADULTS, CARGO ROOM F1111' R l'' (11181F P1810/11 ANA
101E 80 TOWING CAPACITY, THAN MOST MIN1IAMS. WITN-ITIEIE FEA11MES: Vortec 4300 tr6
engine, automatic transmission with overdrive, 4 -wheel ABS. dual front air bags.
' . air conditioning. 8•passenger seating. AM/FM stereo. deluxe chrome grrhe
•
difenoLET VENTURE
•
$
36 months S3 900 down parmenf
5865 five,
NO SECURITY DEPOSIT
TIE CRITICS AT CINSIMERS NEST MALE IT A101111 AWARD. DRIVE ONE ASO 1141(110
f�
BUY
111E SAME. *ITN T1101 FUTONS: 3400 V6 engine, automatic transmission with
overdrive. 4 -wheel ABS, air yonditiontng with pollen filter. power door locks, tit
steering, AM/FM stereo with cassette. deep tinted glass.
CHEVY 1500 SERIES EXTENDED CAB
Ai
1+�
5 ,awn pa.mear ' $
5920 freipnt V
24 months 11.9
N0'SECURITY DEPOSIT
111RNLI 10111110 A IIE►EMAILI. LONG•LASTINO MACK 1111111111.11 MIME NIIN.
1MIN.1u3ERAMS: 230 HP Votee 5000 V8 engine. automatic transmission with
overdrive, 4•wheelABS, Next Generation dual front an bags. air conditioning.
AM/FM stereo with cassette. hit/cruise, cloth seals. chrome plated wheels, deluxe
chrome grille, deep'tinted glass.
88t
5920 night
HUE SELECTION. UMtIED TINE ONLY. AT YOUR C$WVROLET•OLDSMIOBILE DEALERS.
a>_
You *look bow chi 'Based on • 36 month Nue for Cevak a Soden 158Moebu 1 gw 1SANenture ISA and a 24 month Nass 10f Cnsvy 1/34(0 ISA
Chevy Extended Cab 158. A down paymmi a trade d 91,53031,6X42,060$3,9009.3. 6601 1.925 required No security oepost required Annual (ameba *IV
20.000 41.50 12 per mess kilometre. Annual yAon*se Pend *7Intrigue excess24,000 km, 50.10 per exloonies Other lease options available 'Ortega as rocket-
144/"Ca. nsuranai as dtr
moo•1C•• w tuns p •soand nOtodudOd. NW*, may *OW Neu is ass truanting on approved GMAC cruel awe Example
510.000 e1 1.9% APR. th• more* payment ie 5216 51 1a 48 months. Cost cif baroektp N 5392.48 Total obligation rs 510.39246 Down payment. trade ander
eeaxay depose may be (equate Mon*wy payment and ;vet d ba wa v dap•ndnp on emoure borrowed and down peymen ctrade 't$Ofl•rs.apply to 1998
now or demonstrator model agepped u emoted and *pumpio 'quaCus arwre n Sousrw0Nrn Ontario only 1 9'. fwncing ave able oSIy on Select
1996 mos* &Mad time awlw*s•ot may no( be combined with ol*s. Sas your dears) la Coedbons and d•Iaes www gm cansda com es a trademark of
Genie* Motors Corporation OR•gsand Tads mark of General Motors Caporawn• TO Bank bamboo ww d Man
•
(AI '171e GM Gard'
CHEVROLET
OUiemobie