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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1994-10-12, Page 3TTHr S Times -Advocate, October 12, 1994 Page 3 County will take the province's $25,000 They've changed their mind on accepting money to fight smoking GODERICH - The county has changed its mind - it will accept the $25,000 anti-smoking grant being offered by the province. But they have put a stipulation on the gift which is to help people kick the habit. Huron's health committee said that they will take the money but won't use it to hire inspectors. It has been recommended that the $25,000 offered to the county's Health Unit be used to develop ed- ucational materials and to enable staff to plan and jmplement the strategies of the Ministryof Health. "I am hoping the committee takes the S25,000 and start up a pro- gram," said Hay Township's Lionel Wilder who has been very out- spoken about the Tobacco Control Act. The Health Unit will be taking the money to provide educational services to help people, primarily young people to quit smoking. Of the S25,(XX), approximately S8,(XX) will be used for supplies, display boards and graphics development; S8,(XX) for support staff and S9,(X)0 for pan -time graphic artists to present information. What the county doesn't want is 'smoking cops' who would keep a watchful eye on retailers and make sure they arc not selling tobacco products to anyone under 19. Wilder has even suggested that the money be used to go into the schools and, "show them some gruesome details". Search continues for county landfill site Test drilling will soon begin on seven candidate sites GODERICH - Huron County continues to look for a solution to its mounting garbage problem and the only way they can do that is to create a county -wide landfill site. For a couple of years now, the county's Waste Management Co-ordinator has been looking into candidate sites for the new landfill which will be over 60 acres. "We started out with 11 sites, four have been eliminated. Next week we'll meet with the own- ers," said Huron's director of planning Gary Davidson. From the planning and de- velopment committee of Sep- tember 12, the following ques- tion was raised at a May 9th meeting with one of the owners of,a candidate site. What is the county prepared to do between now and December 1995 for those legitimate cases where there are deaths or emer- gencies and the property owners have to dispose of the property? The county has decided to put in what they are calling a Huron County Property Value Pro- tection Plan. As part of that the fair market value of the property will be agreed upon. Davidson said that the county will begin test drilling on the candidate sites in the very near future. 'Very little crop damage will be done so there will be very lit- tle compensation," said David- son. Anti -racism policy being adopted in Huron schools EXETER - The Huron County Board of Education is in the pro- cess of updating its multicultural policy which was adopted in 1989. The new policy, dubbed an anti - racism and ethnocultural equity plan, is being studied at this time. The board is looking to the com- munity for input and is asking peo- ple to fill out surveys. The forms are available at all schools part of the Huron County Board of Educa- tion. Completed surveys should be dropped off back at the schools by October 14. Hay zoning bylaw draws few concerns A public hearing drew little interest for what the reeve admitted were mostly `cosmetic changes' ZURICH - A public meeting Thursday evening in Zurich revealed few complaints or concerns about a new zoning bylaw for Hay Township. Planning consultants from Huron County emphasized that the new bylaw did not actually rezone any new properties, and only rezoned "mistakes" on existing land uses not properly recognized. New definitions were added to the bylaw to clarify land uses. One example now defines a bed and breakfast as a business with no more than four guest rooms with meals provided only to guests, not the general public. "As you'll see, most of the changes are cosmetic," said reeve Li- onel Wilder, who noted that names of subdivisions have been added to zoning maps, the hydro corridor has been marked in, and the "top of bank" markings have been updated. When one person in the II -member gallery asked about the top of hank markings, Patrick Donnelly from the Ausable Bayfield Con- servation Authority explained that remapping of the Huron shoreline allowed for an update on the top of hank lines previously marked on a 1950s assessment mapping survey. "In some areas that top of hank has moved considerably," said Donnelly. Structures must be constructed 30 metres from the top of bank line. Exeter councillor Ben Hoogcnboom asked why the minimum lot size had been reduced from 1000 square metres to 900 square me- tres. Planner Wayne Caldwell said that was to allow for construc- tion on some older lots, given that the Huron County Health Unit minimum requirements for septic systems is 900 square metres of lot space. "Certainly if you were to create a new lot today, you're not going to get it approved at 900 square metres," said Caldwell. With few questions raised at the meeting, Wilder said council had expected more debate. "Believe me, 1 expected a lot more questions than that," said Wild- er. "But then I guess we haven't made that many changes." Wilder said the new zoning bylaw had been two years in the mak- ing, and by the time it is approved by the provincial Ministry of Mu- nicipal Affairs, another five-year review will probably be in order. Hay council will make some final revisions to the bylaw and for- ward it to the Ontario Municipal Board. • Hay office appeal a `delay tactic'? The anonymous complaint puts new township hall on hold ZURICH - An appeal to the Ontario Mu- nicipal Board may be nothing more than a tac- tic to delay construction of the new Hay Township Municipal Office, some council members say. The appeal, filed anonymously through a lawyer last week, objects to a minor variance approved by the Village of Zurich to allow the office similar setbacks from the street as neighbouring buildings. The appeal could have been made by any- one, not just adjacent property owners, and was filed by London lawyer David Bangarth, who attended a September hearing on the var- iance before Zurich council, but made no pres- entation. Township reeve Lionel Wilder said council wants a ruling from the OMB to find out whether or not the appeal is "frivolous", or based on a genuine property objection. Oth- erwise, the wait for an OMB hearing to decide the matter could take up to a year or more, preventing construction. "There's a remote possibility we could lose our funding," said Wilder. Hay Township had planned to start building the $290,000 office this fall, using the two- thirds grant funding from the Canada/Ontario infrastructure program. The infrastructure program stipulates work must be carried out in 1994 or 1995. "I think it's very unfair," said Wilder, point- ing out that council cannot discuss, negotiate, or even contact the anonymous person who filed the appeal. "How can we settle a matter if we don't know who the individual is," said Wilder. The reeve acknowledged the decision to construct the new municipal office in Zurich beside the present building had met with some opposition from township residents who would have preferred to see lite office located outside the village. Some had argued the building would have cost less in the township. Wilder said he stood by council's decision to keep the township's office in Zurich. He said it is close to the geographical centre of the township, is close to the post office, bank, and can be fully serviced. Council, he said, pur- chased the property beside the present office nearly a decade ago with the intent to build there. The fact that no formal objection to the var- iance had been made, raises the possibility the appeal is only an attempt to delay the project, agreed Wilder. "If this is a delay tactic, I hope the judge will rule it frivolous," said Wilder. 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Harm me not. - unknown armlyWelcome to attend a TION SERVICE 1:16, 1994 at 2 p.m. 'o1►§ervation Area {east of Exeter) .w. • 9� AUSABLE BAYFIELD FA CONSERVATION 16-',4 FOUNDATION By planting a tree In the Ausable Bayfield Commemorative Woods Program you can celebrate the life of a loved one or mark a special occasion such as an anniversary or birthday. Six sites are available In the Ausable and Bayfield watersheds for commemorative plantings. Donation arrangements may be made with the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation. In Loving Memory of a Elva Brand by Barb Bushby a Thomas & Isabelle Westlake and Fred J. & Laura Haberer by Mr. and Mrs. Keith Westlake a Marg Triebner by Smith -Peat Roofing a Henry Green by Shirley Bonnema a Penny Smith by Students & Staff at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School • s Eileen Cutting by Canadian Union of Postal Workers .s Charles E. (Ted) Snider by John & Wendi Schwindt a David Mclnroy by Jean Mclnroy •o Joel Evans by Whitney Courthouse Staff .0 Earle T. 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The name of the deceased will be engraved on our Commemorative Woods Plaque located at Our Funeral Chapel. Tree planting will be supervised by the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority Donated by Dinney Funeral Home In Loving Memory Of . o Kenneth Breakey .0 Cora La Chance . Charles E. (Ted) Snider . 0 Julien Verlinde .0 Zina Martin .0 Dorothy Patrick a Edna Penhale .0 John Gunness .s Marie Chappel •s Wilbert Chappel . 0 Viola Slavin . s Dorothy Insley Dinney I'UNERAI, II()NII; INC. -471 moil Si.. Ixrtrr- 235-3 0() -n1Hl:rrt)I(S-- 11'ilUum. Dinnev • Robert 1)iiuiry t • 1