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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-05-25, Page 24GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, TRURSPAT'; MAX25, 191,2 r N4411$011 report of fAliC 0. a ienty Continued. from Page 3B �utalc f esponse wou1d • be directed to Chapter VII "Potential Centresb of Opportunity'. and Chapter VIII "Goals, Needs and Priorities"' which contain the tau major ,em,) es and themes key areas of nc eion c c presented in the Government report: 1) regional needs 1101 priorities for development. and 2 potential urban growth centres �.. The first theme 'elates to conditions ant problem c issues r)t varying degrees of concern in t1it region that require some forte o1 remedial action. the second relates to u rba n communities 1ti,tt could be utilized as focal malts for economic development in h plan of regional. economy unnnly expansion thatis based upon the "urban growth centre." concept Both ark-) fundamental elements - in the pt•epat'atnon and implementation of a resion.t1 developmentplan for Midwestern Ontario: the one1 rovides the grounds for the " emphasis and s_di-r'.eoti.on sof--ttte...1a1I1:.. they .t)thor. P provides structural' components nt s and the concept for, the .tt at . and approach of the -plan. In mnany'r'espects,,this review` � of'thra'PHASE L AtiAL.ISI, has become a case stint, of commentary on citizen particip, ation in r egiona1 development planning.. ',-vs such., it is a .vindication of the value 'and - worth andworth of the ••partner'ship ot people with . Government'. approach to developing Ontario that- has been taken by the Province. REVIEWOFSTUDY MATERIALS . The study materials used in this review of conditions, and needs in the Midwestern Ontario regitin. consisted "(it 'tire Government's r'epoI't. 1)e:si ri ter - Development.. 4 Midwestern Ontario Region Phase I Analysis, and tw,(T) supplernentat'y reports, 1 the Development Council's study an : nissien t( the Proving'of,196.' ;,: stern Ontario Development Area Recommended Program for Development 19'69-197:3: and Comparative Rtiview - Phase 1 the views, -opinions and concerns' of informed residents of the region as to the area's development _ needs and 'their relative s.levels of urgency for remedial action. It was. one of the more important source studies used. by the Government in the, preparation of the Phase. 1 - Analysis The official presentation of the report to the Midwestern OIltario Regional Development Council and to the people of t reg ion vias made to; the 1-Loru)ut:it)le°"Charles S MacNaughton. at a meeting in Llstow el. Julv 2 7. 19.70 t)rr that occasion the Minister requested that a thorough review evaluation )otthe report It t and valtlatl cn e 1 imide by the people 01 Midwestern ()titario. with the particular ohlect1ve of elhtaining from public meetings and citizen I),trticipatiiln 'a broadly-based`y a,ssesstnent of opinion from the entire area Those studying the report were encouraged,,sto' provide, , the• 1>rovint ia1 govettinient with a Tcandid-awl- crlticalappraisalof the Phase 1: Analysis and the tindltl s contained therein: • The•Minister stressed that the 'Province was requesting` the: Development Council to serve as the coordinator of the review and -the-- itttn•unte•tltaen--- -Link or information channel between the Midwestern region and the Province in this appraisal of the` Phase 1: Analysis.) The Development Council was to assume responsibility for taking the report to different. - parts of the region. to.r • encouraging. 1)0)110 discussion. for' eliciting views. and opinions irons a range of securers. for assembling and examining the Ilk sponses, and for preparing a 11)rI114I stll)nllssion to the 'Minister. , NI1•. Mactiau0htnn then suggested that the submission from the'' Development Council should be completed ,and -forwarded to the Department of Treasury and Economics by October' 31, 1970' . I•:xtensive use was macre eine mass media in the region ; T.V.. . af `concern for Ntorec,de, ve picture of the region's structure and basic functional eharac•ter•istics it appears to constitute an interesting and useful source book ot lntormatlun on Midwestern Ontario . It was not until after several public meetings •and 1111(1rmal discussion Sessions " Were completed that an sidoquates. assessment of the report could he made .ancf some of the earlier misgivings ot the 1)eveloprt.lent C ottnc'il contllined The coheel'11 wa that tthe Development CounriI asl t t1 l would iand itself attotnptllr0 P engage the public in rev 10N 1110 and reSpokiding to a ,study loc`ns111g 011 needs, pr'ior'ities and "V-rowtli potentials. which to its content: structure. length and l,ill,Euage was basically unsuited tor that purpc)se As the fundan1ental de!icleticleS.of the report becalm' Mor'eevldellt. It .Sc'e111ed to those conducting the !'ev'1eWl that it has teen rushed to completion and that a great Mass of gellel'ally related 1711 0 1' 111 .1 t 1 0 11 and Staitistl('a1 -iaf:i had been -hastily .assembled. without suite:lent ccinsldc r ahan. for the report's pclrt's put:prs e`. bask concept. format. content and appropriateness as a document either for educating and" intor'nlin the general public. or for that t Salt public in do .t x<11Ii-1-n.i.t1on nL 1.!a development issues. different parts of the report were contradictory. • The discussion of goals, needs and priorities in the 'following chapter contained a number of serious deficiencies. Participants continually experienced difficulty in dealing ,with both th the content an -d structure of this part of ,the PHASE 1: ANALYSIS, . The use of a standardized system of` tables, and need categories that was designed tabe. applicable to all regions of the province made it very difficult to relate the needs identified in .this centres, the. response seemingly Frequently the participants were reflects the inadequacy of the unablet0 determine exactly what Pr'ovince's presentation and was to be considered,as part of a, 1)l eparatgry meetings. given need. They often appeared ". The goals statements that to be either' too broad or too, precede each of the tables were narrow to'apply to conditions in a very likely intended . by the particular county, In the Regional authors of the report as nothing Development Branch's tabular a Inure than very genetsally stated arrangement, many needs had objectives for the future , been simplified to•the point where development of the province and they ,inhibited,' rather than the region. Perhaps..the purpese assisted, public understanding and significance of these goals, )and°participation. ' . statements were not sufficiently In the case of the PHASE I: . for the. _ ANALYSIS,the meanings. ..or y olltlpled in• the report', X tended to generate a negative, definitions for many of the reaction in the various meetings briefly-statedneeds ,in the tables mann*. to local conditions. In held in the region, .., were buried in the descriptive practice. the need categories 'Participants remarked that text of earlier background simply did not relate clearly oi* they were e x c e 8 s i v e 1 y chapters: the process broke `down dire(tly enough to the ways in generalized and amounted to at this poipt, •for people simply which the participants tended,to meaningless. ,, 'mot,herhood could not relate ite the detailed think of their counties and the, statements that furnished no background treatment -of various needs they observed therein. , ' guidance or specific direction issues in the earlier sections of The, use of •high (H.), medium r•elative to the report= 'F'urther, . the report to the needs in the h '.11 . and low; 1. ? categories for the- they considered these goals to be tableS. Priorities, was not only very' symptomatic of a study that One unforeseen difficulty confusing, bilt inappropriate .fails to come to grips with encountered in trying to identify • singe such broad designations issues in a way that they can needs and to establish,priorities, defy precise definition and render readily be understood": one that in the public meetings stemmed the rf n ii o n—a 1 m.o s t is -filled•• with high sou'nrlin- r from -the inability orm'aitty pen1i1e' g ltli»arlingless. wards and phrases". to distinguish between existing the cfext -. statements in Generally speaking, the `these,needs and other needs, that they pat'ticipantsdemonstrated a high of Chapter VIII -which was -the felt could be expected to develop • degree of coacern for the future section of the report that was at some future date physicaldevelopment• andstudied most thoroughly by the Both current and projected economic structure of the -region ' Pc'cll)le involved -served - to needs' were considered by and exhibited a genuine desire. for reinforce the impression that the participants to be important, but SANALYSIS had',been lx a sugarsiriaval_varissoi-.sinstlre.s PHASE I: .,._,,._bath col,lrl not_beK.a.cctxxnrnada.#ed -- Government's .program for Somehow the report mah. 0e,5 to fashioni•rg a development plan for a p p e a r t O. 0 e• s 1 111 p 1 e din d Midwestern Ontario. During most straightforward, and at the same .of the sessions. the • level 'of time poorly organized. cot"nplex particitIation.was unusually high and 'difficult to inteOrate, and , for such meetings, with 85-90 understand: one participant aptly per cent of those in' attendance described it as -unnecessarily entering into the discussion and complex simplicity" • , debate.. _ Among the earliest criticisms , Those taking part represented levelled at. ,the report by the .l'quite broad cross-section of general public c•oncer-nt^d ,,the ." backgrounds aud, nterests in the information on which much of the ` region: a m o n g' t h e m' w e r e description and analysis was '. farmers, b it s i n e s s m e n, based. They were quick t)) point to 'tradesmen. workers. educators. iinportan-t sections ,ot the report students, housewives, elected "vvhere out-of-date statistics` had officials, civic employees. heen used otter elated by five or. planners and 'others. ' ' • . ten year's to, instances where In spite of the peetential stated trends and changes had . significance of the report. the been reversed in' subsequent representation from the larger years. to the frequent absence 01 urban centres of Waterloo County ,information, , to the use of was surprisingly" low: most of radio and newspapers - to bring subjective assessments . and those attending came from the public 's attention to tlae:se.ries Ana-lv.�.i.s.-sr.r1.d-.�1iaii �ts.r r1:..�:�.I:�.1 the ,p Recommended Program. ani, i of meetings scheduled for cine of Z1� "discussion paper" which more' evenings ' i nw the th communities of • Arthur. Avr. an ti,m,a�tes of both Conclitiotls and smaller communities and rural tiifsst11at were s`iO1v h�aSod ober area -S.7- Ittipiigh there Was e authors: value judgements• adniitt 'dry a,predisposition to not (1 to instances where data in partictipa.te on the part of some combines, in comparative fashion, excerpts irotrl the Phase 1: Analysis and the Midwestern Area Recommended. Program_ reports above. r� The Midwestern Ontario DeyelopmentAreaa Recornnlonded Program for Development 1969- 1973 was preliarod by the Development Council, ' 1011111; 1968. It p.r,ovides both an assessment of conditions and needs in •the four' -county region and a proposed five-year` program of development activity to he undertaken by the Council, various levels of government. and a number of associations and organizations in the region. The • Midwestern; -.Area Receminended Program .Was prepared by tie Development Council •f'ollowir ' a series of public meetings and' intensive Goderich. , Guelph. , Milverton. New Hamburg and St. Marys. Large numbers of the three study documents were sent •hv the Development Counc-'ii to individuals. organi•zati,ons,� ancf municipalities across the region. Copies also were distributed at each 1)f the public meetings. N • EVALUATION OF STUbY MATERIALS .. On the positive'side, the report presents a reasonably • good `overview of general conditions and needs that either have existed or presently do exist in each of the four counties. For the most part. it appears to he a descriptive rather than an analvtical treatment: of the Midwestern region. Emphasis has been placed upon presenting li.n a variety of discussion sessions held ways), substantial 'amounts of throughout the.; folic count, background information for each �- of, -he .four counties s-tu4ied., 4n -,- region. H represents a. concerted attempting to provide an overall effort to •indicate. to the Provinne • Announces pooirly conceived and constructed It the g P ' Regional 1 Development . Brand). . Some of the participants could see no justification for including needs s ch as those shown under Public Safety, feeling that they „concerned .matters that were related in only.a general sense, and were not of sufficient relevance tp be included as part of a regional development plan and by the arrangement of tables and needs in -the t e P hase 1: Analysis. Some participants. expressed the'view that without a reasonably realistic .understanding of the monies to be made available by the Province for .future expenditure in the region. . and a general grasp of the relative cost of meeting particular needs, the general public cannot be expected to designate priorities that have therefore aspar•t of -the PHASE I: any real measure of validity or ANALYSIS. To -the outside •util,ity,SThey felt that the present Hthser'ver, the emphasis seemed to have been placed .on quantity rather than -on quality. 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