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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1984-11-14, Page 3DISTRICT FAIRS MEET — The annual meeting of District 8 of the Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies was held ip Exeter Tuesday night. Shown from the left are Exeter Fair president Gordon Jones and three new district officials secretory Gwen Coward, director Elvy Broadhagen and associate director Roy Pepper and guest speaker Mike O'Shea, who is also president of the Kirkton Agricultural Society. T -A photo Business group make proposal The Exeter Business Im- provement Area (BIA) have Remembrance Continued from front page three veterans. They were J.K. Cornish, Joe White and Norm Norry. Others unable to attend mostly because of health reasons were Sylvanus Cann, Andy Easton, Vic Hogarth, Reg. Knight and Earl Guenther. During the evening cer- tificates of merit were presented to Harvey Pfaff, Doug Wedlake and Percy Noels. Receiving life member- ships in the Exeter branch were Reg. McDonald, Bert Borland and Herb Broom. Cliff McDonald received an award for outstanding com- munity contributions in the Legion. forwarded suggestions to council regarding the unfair competition being provided by some transient traders. Council, which has deliberated on the topic several times in the past, urg- ed the merchants to make such a presentation. Chairman John Wuerth said in his letter that the ob- jective of the BIA proposal is to distinguish between tran- sients and potential full-time businesses in levying a higher, more restrictive fee. "There is no intention on our part to restrict free trade in the town, but to help ensure that trade is practised on an equitable basis"he wrote. Main concern of council and local retailers has been with transients who set up shop for a day or week and then leave town with their profits and very little left behind in the Brenda Triebner Representative �Colour xpreddiond in Colour • colour consulting & draping for men and women • wardrobe planning • make up • skin core Suite 120, 431 Baler Rd., London. Ont. N6K 2K8 (519) 235-2364 (519) 471-9986 way of community economic or social betterment. The proposal from the BIA is to set a license fee of $500 to be applied to transient traders, except in the case where a legal and binding lease for a term' of not less than one year is offered as proof of permanency, in which case the fee would be $100. The $500 permit would ex- pire at the end of 60 days, unless a legal and binding lease can be offered as proof of permanency. Council gave no reaction to the proposal at their meeting last week and turned it over to the general government committee for study and recommendation. Fact finder Continued from front page and increment. Other monetary recom- mendations include: - Removing the cost of living allowance. The teachers want to keep it and the board wants it removed. - Increasing the summer and night school teachers' salaries by five per cent. The teachers want the salary at one-sixth of their grid salary while the board wants it to re- main at the present hourly rate. -Increasing the professional development fund by five per cent. The teachers want the funds increased from $65,000 to $73,370 while the board wants to reduce it to $20,000. The other main issue in dispute is staff allocation and teacher workload. The teachers are asking for a staff increase of about 24 teachers in the 1985-86 school year. This figure is only an in- itial position. The teachers are asking for the increase for a number of reasons which include in- creased staffing outside the classroom. This includes librarians, principals and vice -principals. The board states the teachers cannot have small class sizes and have the board increase staffing outside the classroom. The fact finder recom- mends careful study of the pupil -teacher ratio. Mrs. Weary said a meeting between the teachers and the board will probably be held in the near future. 1RCDRISTMAS SASE THAT STRETCHES YOUR CHRISTMAS DOLLAR Brigitte's Fashions of Exeter presents their first ever Christmas Shopping Party Thursday, Friday, Saturday )11111111I\\III110100II11+IIIII►Il/////% VERYTHING In Our store REDUCED FREE • Draw on a $50 Gift Certificate • Christmas Corsage with every purchase • Coffee & Cookies • Gift wrapping Bring • 20% • 20% • 20% • 20% • 20% • 20% coats 0 Off Our Reg. Prices in this ad and get an extra 5% off off suits off dresses off slacks off jackets off sweaters off winter Mt/ ,,iI//lllllllll, lll� • 20% off jeans • 20% off sleep- wear • 20% off blouses & Tops • 20% off accessories 1onlong )'dung and Sfyhsh" 360 Main St., Exeter 235-1442 Hay, Exeter seek compromise Continued from front page development pre the town's botradaries. Reeve Bill Mickle, who ad- vised that he knew of two local industries that would move into the Hay subdivision as soon as it is opened, said he was concerned that the coun- ty plan doesn't address Ex- eter's needs it terms of its neighbors. "The county has to address global planning," he said, ad- ding that Exeter is an agriculture related communi- ty and could lose part of that base through developments in the townships taking place on Exeter's boundaries. At the urging of Deputy- Rkeve Lossy Fuller, council agreed not to make any deci- sion on the matter at Mon- day's session. She said in the past council had acted too quickly on such important matters and had agreed not to act hastily. "If we come to a decision tonight, we're wrong," she com- mented in her successful bid to have the matter set over to this Mondlay's regular ses- sion of council Municipal law specialist Paul Ross, the lawyer who has been hired by Hay to represent them in the matter, opened Monday's joint ses- sion by noting it was impor- tant for neighboring municipalities to meet and look at the problems which occasionally arise and need to be resolved. He said it was not Hay's in- tention to get into "townly" entrepreneurial endeavours and said he looked at the pro- blem by trying to put himself in Exeter's place. In doing that, the Seaforth lawyer en- visioned the problem as a con- cern over the uncertainty of the proposal and whether it could be the thin edge of the wedge that would lead to something bigger on the town's outskirts. Ms. Monteith said the con- cern was not a minor one for Exeter, but was a major con- cern particularly the defini- tion of what constituted an agriculturally -based industry. She explained that Exeter currently attracts agri- related industries and there are many industrial sites in Exeter both waiting and desireable from that aspect. The independent planner hired by Exetenalso cited the generalities in the Hay secon- dary plan that could lead to several types of industries be- ing accommodated in the township that could be equal- ly located in Exeter. A debate over the types of uses permitted -in the Hay subdivision thee arose bet - ,ween Ms. Monteith and Davidson, with the latter sug- gesting that the bylaw tries to specify that they would be in- dustries related to the "tillage of soil" to set a distinction bet- ween industries servicing a farm business and those ser- vicing a farmer's household needs. Ross then suggested that a further exploration should be considered by officials of the two municipalities to deter- mine those industries which Exeter sees as a potential threat "and explicitly exclude them from the list of permit- ted uses". When it was generally agreed that the list of uses could be worked on, Ms. Monteith went on to note her concern over the future development of adjacent lands, both in Hay and the other neighboring townships. Ross responded by noting that the good planning prin- ciples in Ontario would act as a safeguard for Exeter. However, Ms. Monteith noted that once any agriculture -type manufactur- ing is allowed in the township, a change to a different type of manufacturing could be ap- proved by Hay through the minor variance system without Exeter having any input. Davidson said Exeter could request to have notification given on all variances. Hay Reeve Lionel Wilder told the meeting that Hay has shown in the past a respon- sibility to live with the terms of its bylaws and had turned down applications from in- dustries wanting to locate through severances. He indicated a willingness to restrict the uses in the pro- posed industrial park. After noting Exeter has several ag-industries, Wilder said it was not the intention of Hay to take those away from the town, but rather to com- plement them. When Ms. Monteith ex- pressed concern over ser- vices, Wilder said those would be the responsibility of the subdivider. He said that water would be supplied from individual wells on the lots. "What happens if your development runs short ; of water?" Hoogenboom asked, noting the recent water pro- blem experienced by a Stephen township resident. "That's his (subdivider's) problem," Ross responded. He added that Exeter has the gun in its hand and could make it known right now that no water service would be ex- tended to the proposed development. Mayor Bruce Shaw explain- ed that Exeter had to look after its own interests from all possible angles and that it was important that any agreement is mutually beneficial to both municipalities. He said there was a concern that cheaper industrial lands could be provided in the township and there was a need to protect Exeter's in- vestment in services. "We're not going to oppose for the sake of opposing," he promised. When Ross indicated he was still uncertain as to Ex- eter's real concerns, Shaw said it was regarding the specific uses as well as the general philosophy of the Hay plan. Ms. Monteith said some of the concerns were based on the questions of how much more development would be allowed in Hay oracross the street in Usborne. "Where does it stop?" she asked. When Mickle asked David- son if a similar development could be considered across the street in Usborne, the lat- ter responded, "Yes, it could". In concluding the meeting, Ross again cited the need for cooperation between the two municipalities to meet in- evitable changes. He said the Hay proposal is not a wild concept and "may very well be successful" before the OMB if the matter gets there. "If we're not successful, it doesn't say Usborne won't be successful," he advised in urging the town and township to come to some sort of ar- rangement of mutual satisfaction. He said Hay's major objec- tive is to locate industries in which Exeter would not be interested. Reeve Lionel Wilder, in his final remark, noted that there had to be some concern for the sudivider and the latter too would have to be con- sulted to get his agreement on the limitation of uses conceiv- ed in the compromise. 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