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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1981-06-11, Page 1,,....ver 41-.-. -,`.. ^1...11•••••••••••••- 4„,••• .....1,•rw-+• MUSICIANS `— Entertaining at the Bluewater Rest Home annual picnic supper were Alf Denomme on the piano and Hank Greene and Joseph Boland on violins. C of C plansfor summer program Subject to government grants, the Zurich Chamber of Commerce will be run- ning a playgound program this summer. Joe Risi, who is in charge of the program, said a letter from the Ministry of Culture and Recreation in April said the Zurich project had been recommended under the ministry's Experience '81 program. While he believes the money is coming, Risi 'said the chamber hasn't gotten any real confirmation. According to the plans, two people will be hired to run the playground program. It will start July 6, with a week to prepare and plan .........ersetotowwitaiwo;;;;;;ktv;ifftwoOlvis;= 7,7 events, including a two day seminar for the leaders. The program will begin July 13 and run for six weeks. Under the Experience '81 program a supervisor, and a youth helper (under 17) will be hired. The chamber hopes for about 40 children, and a $8 registration fee, to defeat costs the grants will not cover. Risi said he thought the Lions club may be donating money to the pro- ject also. Risi, who is superinten- dent of the Bluewater Rest Home, said chamber members would be donating time to administer the operation. Risi said he would be looking after the books and worker's paychecks. FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS • ME IIYED — Bayview Bomber's pitcher Joe Kendo caught a pie -in -the -face, as the team played slo-pitch against CJBK radio personnel Tuesday. While opinions on the final score differed (18 to 15 for Bayview; 27 to 18, CJBK) about$225 was raised for area crippled children. Price per Copy 25 Cents OMB told few changes for Hay residents Hensall annex decision reserved Only two of four property owners who had filed objec- tions over Hensall's propos- ed annexation of 200 acres of Hay Township aired their views at the Ontario Municipal Board hearing staged in the cramped con- fines of the town office on Monday afternoon and Tues- day morning. Vernon M. Singer, Q.C., was the OMB member hear- ing the application from Hensall, which seeks to annex 100 acres to the north of the village and another 100 acres to the south. Both properties are on the west side of Highway 4. His deci- sion was reserved, to be forwarded later in writing. The objectors included four property owners in the south section in the proposed annexation area, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Freeth Grace and Campbell Eyre, Harold Elliott and Bev Simpson. Goderich lawyer Dan Murphy presented the evidence for Hensall and called on a number of witnesses who indicated there would be little change experienced by the property owners through annexation. County planning depart- ment member Roman Dzus testified that Hensall had virtually no land remaining for residential or industrial expansion and has outgrown its existing boundaries. He also noted that Hay had agreed to the annexation bid. Dzus said that the proper - Drain clean-out requested Stanley council accepted a requisition for a clean-out of the Beane Municipal Drain at their June meeting. The work was requested by Lawrence Falkner, lot 25, concession 1, and others along the drain which runs through the township in con- cessions 1, 2 and 3, between lots 22 and 25. Stanley Township clerk Mel Graham said the work had been done about 19 years ago, and this was beyond the expected 7 to 12 year clean- out cycle. The engineering firm of Haskett and Hodgins, of Lucan will be in- volved in the clean-out work. Council was also given ap- proval from the province to set up a debenture for up to 50 percent of last year's tile drainage allocation. This amounts to about $50,000. Graham said he did not think this amount was enough as the township has applications for about $150,- 000 in loan requests already. At the June meeting a further two applications for tile drainage monies were accepted. They totaled $8,- 400. The council has set a limit of $6,000 per 100 acres, or 75 percent of t,,he cost of the work done for tile drainage loans, to help spread out the allocation when received. In othe business: A grant was 'made to the Huron County Town and Country Homemakers, $250, to assist in thepurchaseof a house as headquarters. The township will be join- ing the Lake Huron Zone of Municipal Recreation, an area recreation organiza- tion. The council also plans to enter a Stanley float in the Zurich 125th anniversary parade. ty under question at the south of the village is owned by C.E. Reid & Sons, who are considering a 50 -acre residential subdivision and the balance would be used for industrial expansion and a woodlot on the property would be retained as a natural environment area. The land to -the north in the annexation application is to be used primarily for highway commercial and in- dustrial uses. Dzus commented that 95% of the existing land in Hen- sall is already developed and the annexation was proposed to overcome the shortage. of land available for develop- ment in the village. He said there was a concern that without development, the downtown business area would suffer and also that the public school could be in danger of being closed due to declining enrolment. He said the planning study he conducted determined there would be no change in school, fire, police or health services for residents of the area to be annexed. The loss of tax re('enue for Hay (and the gain for Hensall) was set at $1,600 based on 1978 figures. Dzus also indicated hydro costs would go down for the residents of the annexed area and added that the village has the capacity to provide water, sanitary and storm sewer services for the enlarged area. George Penfold, another member of the county plan- ning department, said the areas to be annexed were class 1 and 2 agricultural land, but noted that most of the lands available for development in South Huron were in the same class. He said it was better to have development concen- trated in urban areas, even if prime agricultural land was used, as it would relieve pressure from scattered development on other agricultural lands in rural areas. Hensall postmaster Ceil Kipfer told the hearing that mail service to the annexed areas would not be affected. Anyone on existing routes beyond a quarter of a mile of the post office would con- tinue to get delivery. Director of education for the Huron Board of educa- tion, John Cochrane, said the board had established a policy that bus service would continue to annexed areas where pupils have been transported in the past and where it would be dangerous for them to walk along ma- jor highways to school. He said the busing would be provided until safe walking conditions were established through building of k sidewalks or interior roadways. Asked by Freeth if that was temporary or perma- nent, Cochrane said it was a policy that would remain in effect until it was rescinded, the same as any other board policy. Consulting engineer B. M. Ross told the OMB hear- ing that the village had am- ple water supply to meet the needs of 1150 people. The current population is 962. He said that when the max- imum is reached, it would be necessary to provide a storage capacity for 55,000 gallons and he estimated this cost at $66,000. Commenting on the sanitary sewers, he said the capacity of the lagoon was for 1200 people. He said he could see no reason why the minstry of the environment would order the annexed residents to hook up to Hensall ser- vices, but added this would be required if their wells became polluted. Ross suggested that any installation of sewer facilities to service any of the annexed areas would or- dinarily be paid by the developer. C. A. Godkin, manager of the London office of the ministry of intergovernmen- tal affairs, said he did a Please turn to page 5 4 .`,i••.1•* • t • w ,r. COAD CLOSED M1 ioc FIC I. • HENSALL CONSTRUCTION — New storm drains are being installed along Richmond Street South in Hensall this week. laying the pipe are workers from Vandenburg excavating of St. Thomas.