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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-03-13, Page 32A five year road program designed by the works and engineering committee and the town engineer calls for a total expenditure on road im- provement and sewer work in Goderich totaling $1.5 million, The costs do not include the Highway 21 widening projegt. The costs projected -by, . the town engineer B.M. Ross do not include the extension of Sun - coast Drive from Bayfield Road to Huron jtoad although ear road program lists top priority work in municipality the road is anticipated to be required within the five year limit. It also does+ not include construction of storm sewers or road improvements in Industrial Park. The budgetjet aside for the 1975 section of the program totals $269,000 and includes three storm sewers, road preparation for paving and the curbing, gutter and paving work on several streets. None of the work has been yet ap- proved by council. The works and engineering committee detailed the work to be completed this year if council approves the expense. Eldon Street from Britannia to Sunset will receive curb, gutter and paving work. St. Vincent Street from North Street to Waterloo Street will be paved. with an asphalt gutter McDonald from Raglan to Blake and Blake from McDonald to Eldon will be (continued from page 1 to council in the first place were upsetting to her as " parks chairman. "I don't think everyone is as happy as we " are led to believe," she said. MORE MOORING SPACE k• In other business harbor committee chairman Jim Peters told council of a scheme to double the mooring space in Snug Harbor this season. The plan . arose as a result of a number of complaints from users of the municipally owned harbor. Facilities iti the harbor are ' grossly. inadequate according to Councillor" Peters and The boaters are pressuring his committee to relieve the situation. The scheme calls. for " mooring poles to be driven•into the harbor bottom to facilitate side by side mooring rather than the 'present -parallell, system. The poles will be installed at a cost of $150"eattr bringing the total figure, of the project to $5;250. Dr. Peters told couricrl that the revenue for mooring charges would be increased by $3,500 per year as a result of the added space. He urged council to see the project through before the marina opens thil year, to remove the pressure created by the boaters. Deputy -reeve Bill Clifford said that as past chairman of the harbor committee he was aware of the tremendous need and demand for the additional space. He added that if the changes "met the requiren nts (continued from page 1 that the students could make use of it as part of a- regularly scheduled class if it were built on Bennett Street. Councillor Frank Walkom reminded council of • the problem senior citizens could have getting transportation to the centre planned for them in the project. He said there are 1300 people in Goderich over the- Age- of 65 and' that the. southern location is out of bounds as far as he is con- cerned. Councillor Haydon replied that it would be much easier to organize a transportation service than to find a site convenient for the elderly. The proposed complex will not suffer as a result of the recent construction of a similar building in Vanastra. The committee reported that_ severalresidents-of Goderich had inquired about the programs in Vanastra on its opening day and this indicated a need for a similar site here: of the harbor use, he felt it was money well spent. • WOULD SEPARATE SEWERS Pollution control plant' manager Gerry Fisher told ' council that .the recent report indicating that the Goderich plant was inadequate was not entirely accurate. • Mr. Fisher advised council that if the storm sewers and sanitary sewers in town can be separated, his plant can handle • the sewage. He said that the. Goderich plant is designed to handle one million gallons of sewage a day, the equivalent of 10,000 people. The obvious solution " to the problem according - to the manager is to expand the plant by doubling its size. He claimed, ,however, that by separating the sewer systems HPSSBee:e•,,ee „, (continued fror-page..L,- - to increase that figure to 18 cents was defeated. Now the-lmileage-to bepaid-to trustees wilt be 16 cents per mile travelled on board business whether or not they are. travelling ' in their own vehicle. QA vote to delete the clause, whether or not they are travell}ng in their ownsvehicle, was tied and chairman director J. Vintar voted to leave the clause as it stood. `_ Members argued that the clause be deleted claiming that a tfustee who did not, for example, drive to a meeting to be paid mileage expenses. However Mr. Vintar pointed out to the board that in essence, a board member was entitled to the mileage- expense regardless .of how he or she got to the meeting. In other board business members voted for an ap- pointment of a hiring agent. The motion presented will appoint the chief executive' officer as the Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board's hiring agent. Also before any personnel are hired by the director, a letter of recommendation must b presented from their recent pastor._ Two trustees will serve as a hiring, committee for teachers and other educational personnel. Members argued that the board should be responsible for the hiring of all educational personnel. The discussion was sparked by an ad for a part- time teacher for a Goderich school- in which the applicant was to reply to the principal. The trustees were assured that the board has final ap- proval but often act on the advice of a principal. It did not mean that the board did not have control over the hiring of educational personnel. The shock load encountered during storms would not be a problem and the bypass that dumps untreated water into the lake would not have -to be used. Most plants, according to Mr. Fisher, have no provision to handle the shock loads. He said that once they reach their capacity tbe machinery is automatically bypassed and the staff can do nothing about it. He added that 90 percent of the. bypassed water 'is surface water and contains very little, organic matter. - Under the present system 60 percent of the town's storm sewers runjough the pollution plant. By reducing this number the problem of overloading is also reduced. The work undertaken by the town in the past few years is evident at the plant according to Mr. Fisher. He said that in the past it would not be unusual for three or four million gallons to accumulate in one half an .baur and.,take the entire day.to` dissipate. He added that now the 'gallonage is down by half, as is' theme taken . for the water to run away. curbed, guttered and paved. Blake Street from McDonald to South will have a storm sewer installed as will Newgate Street from Hamilton to Victoria. Eldon Street from Sunset to Suncoast will be paved, curbed and guttered and a trunk storm sewer will be installed on Waterloo and Nelson Street • from Gloucester to Victoria. These streets are felt to be priorities in the five year program and will 'be taken to the council table by the works and engineering chairman Dave Gower. The projections made by the town engineer are subject to; discussion by both the works committee and council. The paving of Suncoast Drive has been delayed a year by the committee due to the work yet to be 'done underground. The committee suggested that a subdivision plan be submitted by the developer showing lots needing servicing and marking driveway entrances. If this was done the water and sewer lines could be installed and ' the trench settled before the paving is done. Driveway marking is necessary prior to the curbing - of the street. Chairman Gower -suggested the agreement between the town and Suncoast be reviewed and if there is any leeway the - developer should be asked to pay a portion of the cost as it pertains t6 the area yet to,,be developed on the south side of the street Tenatively approved by the com nittee for completion this year is the golf course storm sewer from its t ter- minus to the -stilling work would cost an addit3eruiC $8,008 added to the 1875 budget. THIS WEEK'S FEATURE SELF SEALING 'HONER BUILDING CENTRE SHINOLE.S (cgntinuecI from page 1 cooperate with the media and rhe would , discuss the matter. further.. -,with lhe media per- sonnel involve In other police commission business Chief King made a„ request for additional man- • power td the Goderich police force. Chief King stated that the nine -man force could use more than one addition but for immediate needs one constable would suffice. 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