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Fiowers-and prose
Children at the;Exeter Library story hour on Friday took a break from reading to admire a Queen of the
Night cactus in flower at the library. The cactus rarely blooms and the flower may last only hours. From
left, Kole Eisenschenk, Dylan O'Brien, Brianne Skinner, Sara McEwan, Rachel Hall and Emily Hartman.
Parking woes on River Rd. for council
IGtherine Harding
"At the end of the day zens."
MKS ADVOCATE STAFF we have a mess," he said. Green, who also attend -
Durrell said he simply ed the committee of the
GRAND /BEND - Council wants his liquor licence whole of council meeting
is in a real pickle over application which has to on April 26,. wanted to
parking on River Rd. be filed by the . May 14 address issues brought up
Bob. Durrell who oper- deadline. at the meeting about the
ates Crystal Bay Aqua "I just want to get this parking question sur -
Sports on River Rd. has damn thing finalized," • rounding Crystal Bay
approached council for .Durrell told council on Aqua Sports.
"The statement that just
because it is only for three
months doesn't mean we
should ignore, it," he said.
"Parking should be paid
for by business people
because residents rcertain-
ly aren't making any
money from it:"
Other council notes:
Budget adopted
Council adopted the vil-
lage's 1999 budget. There
/approval of., a liquor
licence application.
This, application con-
cerns-council
on=cerns-council because it
would change the use of
the ;building, .(which was
origihaIlyzoned as .a marbt.
na} and undoubtedly draw
more traffic to; the already
congested area.
Because the business
was initially established as
a marina, council did not
request Durrell to supply
more parking dr pay cash
in lieu of parking for his
business.
To complicate the issue,
Crystal Bay Aqua Sports is
located in a environmental
protection, zone which
allows for commercial use.
"The controversy is that
after getting that interpre-
tation (marina zoning)
from council he now wish-
es to change . the use of the
building," said Mayor Cam
Ivey. "He still conforms to
zoning but he is intensify-
ing..the use .of_the _proper-
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ty."
Monday.
Durrell didn't say he
would never pay for park-
ing but he did comment he
would consider donating
$11000 to charity "as. long
;ash doesti WM
coffers, ! '_: : k
A meeting was sched-
uled between council and
Durrell for May 5 to
resolve the issue.
"We hear what you're
saying but we found out
from the committee of the
whole meeting that there
is some concern on behalf
of the public about the
requirement of parking,"
said Ivey.
"We need to' sit down
and work this thing out
together and come to .a
public arrangement," said
Ivey.
Public reaction
"There is not way that
the people' of Grand Bend
should pay for parking,"
said Grand Bend resident
Harold - Green to _ council.
"It is a rip off to the Citi=
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Mark H.Imrlch
Sails Manager
will be zero change in
Municipal taxation needs
from last year's budget
Colin. Bob Mann called
that a "remarkable feat."
Despite changes regarding
allocation within the bud-
get, including a decrease
in policing costs, the vil-
lage has managed to
maintain their budget
needs.
New parldng bylaw
Council unanimously
passed a new bylaw to
clarify the operation of
Gurrently there is one
parking lot operating as a
business.
The bylaw addresses
parking lot licensing
requirements and regula-
' tions for operation.
TOWN OF EXETER LIBRARY
NOTICE OF PUBLIC. MEETING
May 12, 1999 at . 7:30 p.m.
EXETER COUNCIL CHAMBERS
322 Main St. South, Exeter, Ontario
PURPOSE:_ To discuss plan'to
develop a new public library at the
northeast corner of Main and
ars, and to obtain public input
in that regard.
We are pleased to announce the sale of
our Lucan business,
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to our son, Steven Coates, who has
worked for us for 2 years. We want to
thank everyone for their encouragement,
support and patronage during the last 4
.%2 years.
As valued customers you can be assured
of the same friendly service in the future.
Mark and Dorothy Coolman
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