The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-04-10, Page 11o.f
Safety -main concern
in new park plan
ODER'I. SIGNAL.$TAR,,;TIURS.. Az'
µ the hairdresser should have
The Goderich Parks Com- discuss . the play equipment thought of her arkirig needse
mitt'ee held a public meeting planned for the park. She said P
recently to discuss what should that Mr. Dymond had been in before she opened her business.
he included in the proposed favor of innovative play Mayor Deb Shewfelt agreed
Cambridge Street park' and equipment , rather than with Councillor Gower
although only a handful of traditional - swings and teeter claiming that once the park is
residents showed up at the town totters and that the creative developed there is no way the
hall, 61 aired their views on the idea` could 'become a public alley can be used publicly from
matter. They outlined their project involving the town and a safety angle concerning
opinions on the project and -the citizens. One such idea was' 'children playing in the park
signed a petition that was tires embedded in the ground and in the back yards of the,.
delivered by Ruth Erb, also a for children to climb on' and houses bordering the lane. He
resident of the area. through.added that it is one of the
A fenced in. play area, new Mrs. Pat Wheeler told the matters that must be looked
group that a similar idea she into at a later date.
play equipment, washrooms, a g P Mrs. Erb asked the com-'
drinking fountain and a picnic had seen in British, Columbia mutes if they
were the priorities had been very successful. A hed given any' L.:
listed by the neighborhood. native of that province, she said consideration to including a
on Victoria Island was small wading pool in the park in.-
Mrs. Eri told the committee a parkthe neXt couple, of y ears. She
that the overriding concern the the site of a tugboat, realistic in P
people had was protection for size and 'construction, pointed out that, the children
surrounded by a log boom and Jnave quite a hike to the two
their children from the many public pools in town and that a
trucks that pass through the that the children spent hours mall Supervised in wadingarea
area. She said Guenther playing on the boat. She added would be ideal in the Tuckey, DRMCo and town. thatood many adults had to borhood.
neigh -
trucks travel through , the resist tl 4e urge to go and play on Dave Gower said that all the
Walnut, Cambridge Street area it as well.
continuously and are a constant Public' works foreman Stan features of the park had not.
.threat to the "children playing Meriam told the gathering that been finalized but that the town
near and on the streets. he felt that both the ,park and had set aside $5,000 for the new
Mrs. Erb added that 46 the town garage property park. He added" s' that .the
children 12 and under lived in would hav6 to be fenced off if committee hoped to gain the
the park were constructed. He support of the town's service .
the area (bounded .by Maple, project Regent, Huron, Cambridge and said • that the children in the and that
when clubs bs they are ,on the pro rojetalkictg about the
Walnut Streets). She said these area have had occasion to play ark ",the sk s thekimit".
youngsters would make at the garage, climbing on park
"the
the park was the last
greatest use of the new park. equipment, and have broken. Naming
The residents, Mrs. Erb felt, windows and gotten into item on Mrs. Erb's petition. She
would also like some assurance barrels of tar stored for later told the committee that the
that the park would include a application on the roads. neighborhood residents had
Mrs. Erb' said the town `expressed an interest in giving
baseball diarttond and a soccerthe park a special name rather
pitch. She pointed out that by foreman was. not "the only one
doing this the tots could play in concerned • with. fencing the . that. just calling it the Cam
one end of the playground while park. She said that quite a few bridge Street Park. She added
.that~,one suggestion from.:Mrs.
the --other -children - used—the- -- ..of_th&residents_were concerned l ;u Legghad been to° ca11' it 'The' other. ' ,., with losing a rear access to
Parks chairwoman Elsa their property on Huron Road. Grove' as past generations had
t ri=owned always referred to the area by•
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Haydori said she was in favor of, The access is a ow that name. Mrs. Erb 'suggested
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• that possibly -the children in the
neighborhood could be involved
with a name -the -park contest
sponsored by the town:.
Tom and Terry Melady,
residents of Huron Road, said
they were in favor of the new
park but would like to know if ..
anythingt was planned for the
river "rats or the area in the
southwest end of town behind
Huron Road.
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Mr. -Melady said he had
gotten the impression from the
media that the town and the
Maitland . Valley Conservation,
Authority were not seeing eye .1
to eye land ,that he hated to see..
the friction between the two. He
felt that they should be cq-
Operating and should be con-
• cerned with developing the
river flats into parkland.
Mrs. Melady agreed, adding.
that the move would insure
proper use of the areas. She
said that nice secluded areas
like that are 'used very little
until someone. comes along and
develops them.into just another
park making them lose their
charm. 'She said that it. is a
shame to develop all the
parkland the same.
Dave Gower said he was in
favor of co-operation between
the two but added that each
year the town .pays the
authority $13,000 to $14,000 and
that he only wanted to get the
most mileage from the money
in Goderich.
Leroy Harrison • said the -
situation paralleled that of the
squeaking wheel getting the
grease. He said he Would like to
see some money spent in
Goderich and that the more you
hollered the more you got.
the impression that the 400'by set aside for service trucks to
132 foot area was not big have access:to power and,water
enough to accommodate the lines that run through the block
three features. in case they require, servicing.
Councillor Dave Gower said Mrs. Erb said that one woman,
the matter would have to be a hairdresser, was concerned -
looked into since he was sure with
customersoling the
alleusy because
it afor
that the park would be big
enough for the size of the parking when they frequent her
children using it. ,shop.
Mrs. • Haydon expressed 'Dave Gower said that the
disappointment that recreation property could not be fenced
director Mike Dymond. could but it also shouldn't be used
not make the meeting to publicly. He pointed > out that
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