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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-08-16, Page 1.uncillor lists coons behind snge support lox o e ysometimes suitably thorough study of the tseting pf Goderich situation. Cohn 1 las Thursday "2) The shopping centre Cotrn"t`tllor Elsa would create an estimated g'presented a prepared $75,000 to $100,000`: tax in- �nt to council and the come, yearly, for the Town - I of spectators in the money lost' to. Goderich if a chambers regarding the similar shopping centre. would shopping centre south open elsewhere in the vicinity. "3) A well organized petition by a proportionately very large Haydon told . the number of peop)e who as a that council, the plan- third party, the shoppers, ate :ard, the developers, the convincingly in favour of up - men and the' citizens' dated local shopping facilities. tee had been going in "4) Bearing this particular circles. ,She recom- location in mind, in my.opinion action on the part of the re -zoning to allow a shop- .io get the proposal ping plaza would not be he public so that further detrimental to the a neigh- 'uld be taken. bourhood character. It would e voting in Payor of also supply .. the much needed the necessary changes parking facilities at no cost to official plan and the thy taxpayer. d area bylaw to permit )5) I do not accept the view struction of a shopping - that the "shopping plaza matter :'proposed -by Suncoast is a case of developers vs. local ,Mrs. Haydon listed her businessmen, as the developers for her decision as are also local businessmen, with -their interests, right here briefs we have studied among us. ection with the proposed "6) In voting for the shopping g plaza have given us plaza I feel strongly „that I am ration, views and not voting against the local s; in addition, of course, businessmen, not in my own mind. I am voting for a variety iuncillor's individual ap- of more updated facilities for to a situation deter his or her vote. In all of us, based on the g my own decision I challenge of imaginative and •ed, productive competition. The among other things, e considerations: results I visualize are positive ' anningyBoard recom- and beneficial to the growth ion. Having . attended anti expan ling of the whole meetings and again town." The only other councillor to ng their minutes in I am satisfied that they give any indication.- of the their decision and reasons behind his decision was mendation after a Deputy -reeve Stan Profit who told the meeting he was in- terested in the. continued • growth and , development of yc a r n i va Goderich. He, said like.. Mrs. Haydon he had __.."agonized" todayover hisg assured council he would not • knowingly do . anything to 001 site rr '`jeopardize the future of this town. Profit pointed out that ▪ while Gooderham Summer he has in the past been called a utids are holding a "foreigher", he has pledged his carnival to day August mil-auppof't to "this town,. this udith Gooderham Park. province, this country." • will be prizes, games, s and a refreshment . Among the refresh-. ake illbcokes'andhome uron goods. •v is the last day of • ed playgrounds. To aid vi t ti m fou n 'vel attendance, the pool closed for public swim - :round co-ordinator iunsbury is very hopeful Inspectors of the .Criminal ccessful turnout at the Investigation Division of the I' — Ontario Provincial Police and the findings of an autopsy released by Huron County Coroner Dr. N.C. Jackson have ruled out any possibility of foul - play"in the death of a 24 -Year -4 - old Sarnia man whose- decom- posing body was found floating about one mile off Goderich South Storm Sewer Harbor on Friday evening. om Todgham and Case Garry Richard Reece ap- d at last week's council parently died ' by drowning when' 'he fell from a sailboat g, council' voted about seven miles off the ously to proceed with it. American coast of Lake Huron t'� Shewfelt abstained north of Sarnia June 14 while ting in this instance. sailing with two friends. "imperative to get an said Councillor �,eroy The drowning was in- n. vestigated in June by State 4y of the report will be . Police in, Michigan but they failed to recover the body. The Earl Cherniak solicitor for in Goderich. They're .willing to ' all persons whose only mystery still surrounding Suncoast Estates, was on hand • bet a lot of money." will be set for a public are mentioned in it and Friday's discovery by Goderich last Thursday evening to Cherniak also stated it was boater Don Baxter is the.- present his clients' views on the his hope and the hope of his to review the entire amazingly .Preserved state of proposed shopping plaza to clients that the downtown mer - the body and the distance it Town Council. - chants do begin a program of had drifted.... nearly 100 miles: Cherniak got right down to re -development. SSing The body, fully clothed in cases by stating that in his "That would tend to keep shirt, jeans, windbreaker and Goderich a centre of commerce po inion, and in the opinion of one shoe, was identified by a '`)'his clients, the plan to build a and trade," said Cherniak. , wallet found in the jacket shopping mall in Goderich was , It has been estimated that if pocket. A"economically feasible." the small is built, between 60 Dr. Jackson said the body . and 80 men would be employed could have been preserved if it He referred to the mall as for about one year. ca had been in a cold layer or "much needed" and added that. Cherniak also said the of dynamite and current of water. ' "far from injuring the Town of necessary services are already ins from the Donfitarthe l Sifto•Salt Division Reece was reported missing Goderich orilits benefit till by at the lot site and that the r off a 26 -foot sailboat owned proposal , mall, when in operation,' .wouId e recovered )ust Soufrh ._-....A.,....�...... ......_..�_. _ _..._.. �_._,. ills, on and sailed by Gordon Shaw of "TieepTng-businessin Goderich." generate about $75,000 per an - noon Sunday. 1713 Rutherglen St., Sarnia. Cherniak denied the charges num in municipal taxes. smite was missed after Reece and Shaw were accom- of George Plaxton, solicitor for During the Suncoast presen- en29enter at the mine panied on the fateful outing by the local businessmen, that the talion, it was pointed out that Peter Wilkins of 1723 Kenwick Multi -Malls rumors were ,a , "this town does perform too Iplostvea were leaking deliberate red=het'i tit cruse of their exposure St., Bright's Grove. fabricated to stem eel council well",when stacked up against weather. p The dead man was a recent p other towns of similar size. `ea They Fere graduate from Michigan State into an early decision. Statistics show that Goderich w ho Bert Kaufman of University in Mechanical "It is just riot the case," said businesses are getting about 31 was walking in the Engineering and was employed Cherniak. "It is a matter of percent of the shopping dollars the by the Dow Chemical Company concern. There are other people spent by the people residing in Ontario Provincial Ltd. Reece was a Canadian wanting to put, up malls. the community. St. Thomas, cordoned off the area, citizen. 'ughlan ' The London lawyer said that. which is close to London and It Mine manager of Shaw ' and Wilkins reported " if re -development is to take' close to three plazas, gets 43" to'` D1vtston vasa to' State Police that they had place in the'tlowntown area of percent; Ingersoll gets 59 per - the the scene and thrown all available life jackets Goderich, it would be expensive cent;,Tillsonburg 50 percent. roadway to a and cudshiona into the lake for and "the citizens of Goderich Cherniak argued that , the "hout Where it was Reece to grab, but he had" are 'going to pay." businessmen of Goderich had stat an problems. disappeared by the time they "There is no evidence that the opportunity to present • no that AR made a second pass to rescue the downtown merchants are alternate figures if that. were in rnvest� �8 to to the him. He fell overboard at about going to put up a dime," said dispute. He said the "failure of g tone are con - at Goderich h Storm er report IIS back 1 orbe robtrtcij SIGNAL - 6,YEAR -3 3 1, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1973 SINGLE COPY 20c unci lan c By a unanimous vote at last Thursday evening's meeting of Goderich Town Council, mem- bers approved the preparation of a bylaw which will permit the changes in the Official Plan and the Restricted Area Bylaw to facilitate the construction of a $2,000,000 shopping mall as Council won't buy property proposed by Suncoast Estates for a 16 acre site on the easterly side of Highway 21 south. • Town Council approved the recommendation from the Goderich Area Planning Board to amend the Official Plan to designate the property in question from Industrial to Commerical to correspond with the request from Suncoast Estates for the proposed shop- ping mall, hand to amend the applicable zoning bylaw. All costs of the amendments are to be paid by the developers, Sun - coast Estates. The decision was not easily reached. Prior to. the vote of council, three briefs were presented by three different lawyers including Paul Rivers "What are you trying to do to of Goderich for the citizens' me?" That was the question ---Build --'the -Midi— Committee; posed for Goderich Town George Plaxton of London for Council last Thursday evening the local Businessmen's by Walter Stokes, a local Association; and Earl Cherniak ratepayer who has charged he also of London for Suncoast is being "discriminated Estates. against". The project is far from off the Stokes .owns' the former ground, however. Once Council Richardson property at the has finalized the changes to the beach. He had intended to Official Plan, the amendments renovate' the exisiting building must be approved by the On - into living quarters for his tario Municipal Board. family but the necessary I.t is believed that before the building permit was denied OMB gives approval'' to the because the area is zoned. in- amendments to the Goderich dustrial. plan, it will be in contact with Stokes then informed council Huron County Planning Board he wished to lease the property regarding its commahts on the to a pre -cast cement company. .effect the changes- will have on This matter had been before the county official plan. planning board and council for Already, the Town of sometime, with no action being Wingham has expressed its taken. disfavor with the shopping mall In the meantime, Goderich proposal for.,_Goderich, . alcor- ''I own Council submitted an of- ding to County Planning Direc- fer to purchase the property tor, Gary Davidson. owned by Stokes at &price of The officialo plan of Huron $7;500. At last week's meeting, designates the shopping mall it was learned Stokes was site for urban industrial use unable to accept the offer of and not.for a regional shopping council. The owner did say he centre. would sell theproperty for As part of his presentation, $12,000 but this. price was im- George Plaxton on behalf of the mediately turned down by • Goderich Businessmen's council. , Association cited the portion of Stokes was present at the the Huron official plan which meeting and expressed his reads: "This category includes views that council and plan- those concentrations of com- ping board were dragging their mercial development which feet in this matter. function as commercial centres Later in the evening, a for the urban community. Per - motion was approved to permit mitted uses within this category Stokes to lease his property for are those uses which are a commercial use. predominantly retail or • Say Goderich does not perform well namite overed 10:45 p,m. Cherniak. "My clients are the businessmen'" to supply Reece was unmarried. willing to het there is a future figures" had surprised him. e wholesale sale of products and services. Other existing and . proposed concentrations of commercial development may develop or expand provided they do not constitute a significant threat to the viability of the designated com- mercial areas as described in .the Land Use Plan..." "We submit that the proposed shopping centre which by the admission of the con- sultants for the dtielopers• has regional implications, con- stitutes a significant threat to the viability of the designated commercial areas within the core area, all within the meaning .of the foregoing • provisions contained in the Of- ficial Plan for the County of Huron," said Plaxton. Plaxtonetold council that he 'will make application on behalf of the Goderich Businessmen's Association at the Ontario Municipal Board Hearing related to the shopping mall matter "for an order for ° payment of costs to be fixed on a party and party,basis and be reference to -the Supreme Court scale". He cited the Welland. situation where the municipality was ordered to pay on behalf of the Welland Downtown Business Association the costs 'involved in fighting a move- for a shop- ping centre in that city. Plaxton • also recommended that the step be taken as suggested by Dave Barber, Goderich's planning con- sultant, to "place a freeze order against the development of shopping centres* on non- commercial lands lying within the Townships of Goderich and/or Colborne" if there was a deep concern about the poten- tial .for a regional shopping cen- tre to 'develop in a neighboring municipality. "He (Barber) •further recom- mended that the official plan of the Town of ,.Goderich should be reviewed for possible amen, -1 dment," said Plaxton. "We areo Negotiations 13%! ween the unaware of any decision on the �,ifto-Salt Mine here and 180part of "the planning board to ,striking underj,*round workers implement any of the foregoing members of Local (;R2 of the In - suggestions and indeed under- ternational Chemical Workers stand that- the only decision taken by the planning board Union resumed last Monday in with respect to this matter was London. its recommendation to your. The meetings were convened council that the application be by the Ontario Ministry of ;approved and that -an amend- Labor: after no progress was ment to the official plats he 1 made on the local„ le‘c•I to end allowed. , the 1() week old strike. "Inasmuch as it is the prac- The last contract offer an- tice of the planning board of nounced was late in May. That Goderich to make all its offer of $1.05 an -hour increase decisions in camera," charged aver a (gree -year agreement Plaxton, "we` were excluded was rejected by the uhion Who from the meeting prior to any is holding out fora $1.65 boost decision being taken with also over three years. respect to this matter and are t Other contract issues involve accordingly- unaware of any hours of work, insurance other decisions that might have premiums, medical benefits and been taken. vacation policy. "In addition," stated Plax- "erbe talks in London were ton, "we have not received broken off Tuesday on the ad- vice of governmfwnt mediators reasons related to the recom- because there was , slot~• Plaxton placed little faith in mendation of the board." 'progress being made," stated - thanoer William Coughlan spokesman e reports that th development company, Multi- (Sift() in a telephone inter - Malls of Toronto, was in- vi w Wednesday. teres gotiations are scheduled to in land in the area. He s. had ' br 2c�cc'nyenc• next Tuesday August tracedaidback to Greportsoderich law er een 1 in Toronto. -----the-cyte-a4-the-•rntrfr----fangs.valueci•at about $100 from- IIain"_ T%f�urp�hy--ago-cT�ose�y associated with Suncoast ' ,previous,,, to the strike was Bricker's Jewellry Store on the Estates. about $4.40 per hour. Square. .. •• The Businessmen's solicitor The salt workers' contract The girls stole the rings when expired on March :31 and they they had been left on top of a A long time gardener, PercyBarker of 188 Palmerston Street, Goderich, outdid himself this .year by growing a "Red Emperor Lily of Japan" which now graces his garden with more than 30 vivid blooms. Mr. Barker, proudly examines his plant and with just cause. Few lilies ever grow to such proportions in,North America. -Hot weather is beginning to take its toll, however, and: Mr. Barker- feels the flower mayhave already y passed its peak. --stet} photo ifto talks broken 'f by mediators the company. Local 682 is also asking for implementation of a driigr plan and changes in the company's vacation and hours of work policy. Members of Local 682 em- oyed at ., the Donitar Evaporator plant have also lost several days work due t*() the strike. Employees at the evaporator plant are employed under a separate contract although they are members of the same local. The,. striking local members' cut the evaporator operation off with a picket Zine for a total of 19 days. The day the strike began all employees at the evaporator plant were out when they . refused- to cross picket lines set up by the strikers..In •protest of a truck crossing their line at the mine, strikers again began picketing the evaporator plant on June 26 and continued to man' the line until they were stopped by a court injunction on July 13. During that period of time workers crossed the line to work- but shipments of salt could not leave the plant and the operation soon ground to a halt forcing layoffs. Report shoplifting at Bricker's store Police this week investigated a major shoplifting incident in which two girls, estimated to be about 13 years of age, stole termed the move a tactic t ° left their .jobs at midnight Sun - "stampede the Town Council of day,May 27 demanding higher Goderich into a decision it wages. and improved fringe might after more careful study benefits. have never made . "If the shopping centre is Local 682 president Harold:, Leddy said at the time that the permitted to proceed withoutshould union had agreed tsign a adequate advance study and three year contract withtoDom- tar the views of the tar although they had MacNaughton Planning Con- originally asked to negotiate in militants be correct, irreparable terms of a two year agreement. harm will have. been occasioned Town of Goderich," said Plax- The local is demanding an to the commercial heart of the increase to bring wages paid at undo the harm." ton, "and itwill be too late to Earl Cherniak, Suncoast` solicitor, denied the Multi -Mall an increase of 810,000 on the (continued on page 11) life insurance policy paid for by the local mine on a par with those paid by Canadian Rock se Salt at its Windsor complex. The union is also demanding counter and the lone clerk was occupied with a customel in another part of the store. Two rings are missing, one valued at $60 and'the other at $40. Chief Pat King urged local shop keepers who staff their stores with one person to take particular care. "Often shoplifters make a team effort- with one person distracting the clerk while the other (or others) complete the theft," he said. Chief King said he was not ruling out such a 'possibility in the case of the Bricker's in- cident. • The girls As yet have not been apprehended. The rings are described as having a yellow -green stone set in a gold bhnd. . Ch ef""'Ir'ing report:.4 "till week that officers of his force investigated nearly 25 per cent more criminal matters over the last, seven days than had been handled the previous week. Chief King said criminal oc- currences during the week were "up markedly". • In all, officers of the force in- vestigated 105 occurrences, 25 critninal matters. Nine charges were laid under the Criminal Code of Canada, five under the Highway Traffic Act and another two under the Liquor Control Act. Chief King reports that more flags were stolen during the past week, the Maitland Golf and Country Club being one of the `flag-nappers targets. "Apparently we are looking (Continual on pogo 12