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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-09-20, Page 1Monday, $eptember 24 to "consider the South Report" will not be an opportunity for ratepayers isir assessment In connection with the drain. was cissrly established this week by Town Ad- ilarohA Wells who noted that notices of the meeting MmsowWs involved In the drain have been mailed 00 of Revision will follow within a month to hear any in conAection with the Individual assessments In Nitth the drain: ',Improper time for taxpayers invoked in the drain to row be heard, said Walls. iisoadrlsed that only those persons who are required solo out of their own pets hive received copies of south Storm Sewer Report. Istnlor said than tiince to send t them to eports are'bulky to homeowners was reached esilament is $25 or less ,since these costs will be paid ss WWI levy. Fears proposed condominium would create similar problems During discussion at Plan- ning Board last week on proposals for a row housing complex on Suncoast Drive, board member Gus Chisholm told the meeting he felt the project might look like the low cost housing on South Street which, to Mr. Chisholm's view, "is ,a damn slum." Three "requests for rezoning the row housing concept was were before Goderich and Area being used was to keep the cost Planning Board . at their of the homes low through lower meeting September 12. cost construction,, - An application from Sun- "You mean if we approve coast Estates for rezoning from :-"'this we'll be helping Mr. Kroh - `1:)'' 'tf o "143'.', to permit con- mer to ring his cash register," struction of an apartment . Mr. Chisholm retorted. building, and an application from 'Don Sager asking for rezoning from "D" to "High- way Qommercial", to permit construction of a restaurant - motel complex, both met with p171 years of teaching In Goderich represented in India pictured here. From the left are Miss Aderman, now of Dundas, who taught at GDCI for ; Miss Mabel Powell, retired. to her hometown of who spent 30 years on staff at QDCI; and Miss 4M1, Goderich, a kindergarten teacher at Victoria INN years. During the past week, there was a "parsxcellencs" with Miss Ackerman a guest at. the olkr, and Mrs. Clayton Edward and Miss Powell 'a tllilu Hume. Both visitors savtrnany changes In the town. Miss Powell recalled that when she came to Goderich 50 years ago and stayed at the Bedford Hotel, an orchestra played In the balcony every evening during dinner. She remembered that In 1923, the Collegiate staff numbered fewer than 10. Another former GDCI teacher for 12 years, the former Kay Park and now Mrs. W.T. Butler of Toronto spent some time in Goderich as a guest with Mr: and Mrs. Edward. Mrs. Butler and her husband brought Miss Ackerman and Miss Powell to Goderich but had to return to their home before this photo was taken. (staff photo) "I would like to see an illustration of what the com- pleted homes will look like," Mr. Chisholm said, "and we should really think about this." Planning Board secretary Ed positive resppse/from the 'Giesbrecht pointed out that Board but the application from Planning Board could make a Eric Krohmer to permit con- decision only on the matter of struction of row housing on rezoning.- Suncoast Drive did not meet "Appearance of the building with similar reaction. will be up to Town Council,"' Planning -Board rn kwr us!s he .sssiei = z s ii e-' gnat is to cut their . lawns but could do little else. "Regulat'•, w°n't �,wdi.I all," he sal "Education is part of it." Mr. Aitken also said that the local Housing Authority has a regular program of exterior maintenance which will see the Unless a car is a derelict the owner can not be forced to move it sq. long„ as it is parked in accordance'with the parking laws. The Housing Authority spokesman also explained that the tenant is responsible for cutting his or her own grass. "If it is not cut," Mr. Aitken •said, "it will be cut by the Authority and the bill sent to the tenant." "We have' also had the weed inspector down there," Mr. Aitken said as he explained that the Authority was doing its best to keep the property clean and tidy. He said that of- ten the Authorit . had to keep Chisholm Wes one man atta against the proposal arguing that such housing could result in a slum -type area. "Would we have the same result as the housing opposite the high school on Soutli Street?" he asked Building In- spector Roy Breckenridge who was presenting the proposal on behalf of Mr. Krohmer. Mr. Chisholm teamed the South Street homes, which are owned by the Ontario Housing Corporation, "damn slums" and said the property was un - 'tidy, the grass never cut and if the Krohmer, proposal "is going to look like that I'm against it". Mr. Chisholm also told the Planning Board meeting that for several days a car had been. left parked across the sidewalk .in front of one of the South Street homes. Mr. Breckenridge. told . the meeting 'that the row houses proposed would be for sale and that purchase of the properties should ensure better care would be taken of the property. He also explained the reason r. Chisholm also voiced complaints at the board meeting that there was a noise factor associated with the low income housing on South Street as well. He said the police have had to several times put a stop to unreasonable noise in the Housing Authority block. Speaking on behalf of the Goderich Housing Authority Howard Aitken did not deny Mr. Chisholm's charge outright but stressed that the Authority was'doing its best to maintain proper order in the low rental units. "Letters have been sent to the tenants,':" he explained, "and in cases where the police had to be called to investigate noise complaints they were registered ' letters, reminding them of their responsibilities to use the properties for the quiet enjoyment of . themselves and their families." - tly`, opposite the Goderich Mr. Aitken also explained Collegiate. Institute. that in the case of cars parked On the application from Don illegally it was responsibility of the local police to enforce the parking bylaws. -' "A car must be unlicenced before it can be considered a derelict but all the cars at the South Street homes have 1973 plates on them," he explained. Building Inspector Roy Breckenridge explained to the meeting', thatno construction would begin this year ''but the r matter wtib brought up to gain a policy decision from Planning Board so the developer would know if this type of construc- tion would be permitted in the area before going to the ex- pense of preparing final plans on the project. The zoning change would,in- volve rezoning from "D" (development). to "C3" (high- way commercial). Planning Board agreed, in a motion, to grant the necessary zoning _change subject to Town Coun- ci1'a approva _of.the plans-and,- design._....n. outside of these units repainted and repairs or replacement of the privacy fences carried out during the upcoming year. The units will also be in-' di-vidually fenced as was done with similar housing on Cameron and Gibbons Streets. The spokesman also observed that "Everyone wants public housing someplace else it seems." "Those houses are for sale too," he added, "but there have been no inquiries. We.don't''get any response from 'the tenants about purchase." The" lines are located direc- Sager for the rezoning of a piece of property on the east side of Highway 21 south of Goderich,. opposite the Can- dlelight Inn, to open the way for construction of a motel- -restaurant complex discussion was less heated. This Sunday morning, the people of Goderich and area will have a special treat in store for them as CBC Radio (740 CBL) presents a full hour on Goderich and its people. This show to be aired bet- ween 10 and 11 a.m. was prepared by free lance writers and broadcasters Beverley and Jim Reed, Toronto, who have a summer home in Dungannon. During the summer' months, the Reeds interviewed about 50 people. including -Mrs. Albert Taylor, Percy' Barker, W.E: Elliott, Martha Rathburn and Brig. - is MacLeod Ross. Mr. Reed did the interviews while his wife edited them for the program. "It was a fun show to put together," said Mrs. Reed Tuesday. "I know the people of Goderich will be interested in' Works Committee send to Goderich this evening that of authority be in this to Deputy -reeve t chairman of the ffic and Safety of Council, the Authority committee ist of three people to be elected to cosi n- on council. These "Id be appointed for mss, It would be through the htywithout the aid of r'a'nts eprovision in the Act **business district a b finance it," said l!tiged out that while Authority would able powers, their Id be controlled by ith a local bylaw 1d have to be written establishment. This event the Parking Authorily from bringing about unnecessary and unwise debt in the community, he said. "The final decisions will still rest with council," stated 'Profit. The deputy -reeve said that in his opinion, the Town of Goderich has "respon- sibility"to set up a Parking. "-Authority. He said that since council has unanimously put its support behind tate shopping mall proposed by Suncoast Estates, its members would be "foresaking the businessmen" if it ,did not now sttl,tly the possibility of the parking proposal for Goderich's down- town area. "If we want both the down- town area and the !mall' to flourish, we must look into the possibility of a Parking Authority," said Profit. "If we ignore it, the downtown area could go `under for lack of parking". Councillor Frank Walkom suggested that if the proposed mall was approved by the On- tario Municipal Board and finally built, its establishment could eliminate the need for additional parking downtown. "If you think that you shouldn't have voted for the plaza, if you don't mind my saying so," interjected Deputy - reeve Profit. "If you think it will kill the downtown area." "Oh I don't think it will kill it," explained Walkom, "but the additional parking may no longer be necessary." Reeve Deb Shewfelt said he felt the town has 'a "moral obligation" .to create more parking downtown. He spoke jt bout an. , agreement with the county to provide parking spaces for the county personnel on business at the court house. "There As a need . for a Proud o Signal- annu publish which of Bride's Is included this week's red t Production is bridwith the ol711 couple in contains 01:7 Information tient kip° weddinfi and business op a home. study," agreed Profit. "The of- ficial plan stipulates that." Reeve Shewfelt said that off- street parking sites should be sought and mentioned the Signal -Star property on Lighthouse Street as being "ideal". Councillor Bill Cid- 'ford . felt court house park would not be destroyed if a sec- tion of it was devoted to parking for county employees, but Reeve Shewfelt said he would, prefer to see other arrangements made if at all possible.. Councillor Walkom said that when the. town entered into an agreement with -Knox Presbyterian Church to use that parking lot for shoppers and ,businessmen as well as county ' personnel, the com- plaint had been that it was "too far to walk". "Why have the businessmen waited until the threat of a shopping plaza to do anything about parking?" asked Coun- cillor Leroy Harrison. "They've complained for years but they haven't done anything about it." Profit answered that looking now at past mistakes was not helping the immediate situation. Councillor Clifford said council should "feel out" the businessmen of the community for their opinions as to who should be appointed to a Parking Authority if its establishment is approved by council. "The businessmen may want their members to comprise the whole Parking Authority," said Profit, "but I don't know if it's fair." The Huron County Branch of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario held its first meeting of the new season at St. George's 'Anglican Church hall on Tuesday evening. About 30 members were present to hear guest speaker Leonard Knot of the Guelph - Wellington County Branch of the Conser- vancy. Mr. Knot told the gathering that the principal function of the Conservancy, during the 1973-74 term, would be to help the ' branch groups get organized and rolling. "Our real strength is in the branches," he told the meeting. "We have learned that the Conservancy cannot Jun tion .on a province -wide ase and instead we must work at the regiohal or local level." A-, The guest speaker also suggested that the Conservancy should put an extra effort into recruiting young members. "For too long the Conser- vancy was made up of old people who happend to be in love with old 4hings and tended to alienate young people," he said. "We need young enthusiasm and energy," Mr. Knot said, "and we must provide activities gimp as a which are rewarding in themselves." The Architectural Conser- vancy has no teeth, he remin- ded the Huron County mem- bers, so members can only -work through education and per- suasion. "We do not believe that every old building , should be saved, or that all new buildings are bad because they -are new," he reminded , the meeting. "Any old building if it is to be saved, must be -.put to a new use. We can't go around turning every old building we save into a museum." "At one time," Mr. Knot suggested, "commercial use fbr an old building • would have horrified the Conservancy...but no more. "We have found it is better to have that building turned into a good restaurant than -to have it torn down." In closing his remarks to Tuesday's meeting Mr. Knot left the Huron County Branch of the Conservancy with a num- ber of questions to both resolve and act on. "Does your town council care about protecting the architec- ture of your Square?" he asked, "And does the town council redlly care anything about the architecture of Goderich as a whole?" "Discuss these matters reasonably with your council," Mr. Knot urged. "You must make it clear that you are not opposed to well planned and controlled growth." Mr. Knot also told the meeting that the Architectural Chservancv was sponsoring a continued on page 8 Charley Barker, 126 Angle/sea Street, Goderfoh, has grown some Delicious tomatoes. That's Delicious with a capital D bacillus' that's what the strain ofJomatoes ars known as and they are, In fact, delicious in terms of taste as well. Not,only are they delicious though, they are also huge. The largest of thee* three illicitness** weighs In at two and threes -quarter .pouhda' and the secret of growing such huge produce Is almost unbelievable. Mr. Marker ex- plains that his plants were not doing well et all so hs added some IBM over nitrogen which was turning to liquid. "I thought rd killed them" he explains. "The leaves all curled up and dried out so I pulled them off but with the first rain those plants grew six inohses. Theme's another trick as well. To gat that deNolous flavor Mr. Barker adds a handful of Epsom Salts around .ach of his plants.