The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-04-24, Page 28• PAQH16—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, APRII 29, 1975
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Town approves rec
complex in principle Would move race track
Goderich town council construction were to start in a
committed itself last,,,Thursday year then I think it is too,soon to
night to investigate the upset the use of it. "If the board
possibility of relocating offered the use of their land
Goderich Raceway and..„,,,,,then we should take it."
building a recreation complex Mayor Shewfelt agreed with
at Agriculture Park. Gower claiming that the track
Council made the motion in a. was. the town's biggest at -
special meeting to hear the traction with regard.to regular
recommendations _ of the weekly tourist attractions. He
complex committee concerning said that Agriculture Park was
the site of the centre, the "bursting. at the seams" now
facilities it will ce,.tain and the and that there seems to be a
estimate 'of costs for 'the fight after fight over Who uses
project. • the facilities -when.
AS well as agreeing in Councillor Elsa Haydon
principle to the complex, scolded council fon their at-
' council officially recognized titude towards the project. She
'the complex committee, to date said. she felt there, was a real
just an ' organization of in,. need for the centre and that if it
terested citizens, making them was bu,ilt, it would be widely
a committee of council with an. used. She added that a location
operating budget of $3,000. for the complex, should be
The major stumbling ,block agreed on before any
for the, $1.5 million project is ,discussion of financing was
not financing it but locating it. done.
The committee's recom- "We are saying 'can we do
mendation to council regarding it?' which indicates we feel we
the site raised the same are defeated befOre we start."
-questions in council as it did said Mrs. Haydon. "We should
when . the subject was first just say 'we can do it' if we feel
raised in the planning stage.. it is necessary and then go and
The sites considered were do it."
Industrial Park, Agriculture Reeve Stan Profit told the
Park and the Huron COunty meeting that he felt it was time
board of education property at he went on record with his
the corner of Bennett and Eldon opinion of the complex. He said
Streets. - he did not approve of the
Industrial Park, it was felt, complex proposal. because he
was too far removed from the felt it would be . a financial
centre of, town. Users of the
. complex would not be able to
conveniently w41k. to the site
and the indoor pool, would be
• out of range of schools for use
during school hours.
,The board of education
property was ideal for the
construction of the building and
• closeness to the schools but did
• not have adequate parking
space for cars. '
The remaining 'site,
Agriculture Park, fit the bill
perfectly except for one
problem, the track.
The general feeling of council
was -that Agriculture Park is
too widely used to upset the
facilities there: The members
agreed that the race track, if it
was to continue in operation,
would need to be re -iodated but
couldn't decide where it could
built or who would pay to
have it moved.
"It's got to be relocated,"
said Mayor Deb Shewfelt.
"But we can't turn our back
on them, we have to help them
out the same' as we help anyone
out," he added referring to the
trotting association.
Councillor Leroy Harrison
said he agreed that the track entertainment, and there is
• needed a new site but ex-
pressed concern over •who
should pay , for it. He, told
council that he considered it
'economic folly' for the town to
attempt to move the track. He
felt that a private enterprise
could' do it but that the
municipality could not afford it.
The wide use the town
makes of Agriculture Park was
the main concern of Councillor
Dave Gower. He said that if the
project was to be undertaken in
three years he was in favor of
Using the park for the complex
but he said he could only
consider the bard of education
property as suitable if con-
struction was only a year,awfy.
"If we are going to phase the
construction and financing of
the project over a long period of
time then we could consider the
park," saidGower. "But if
Deputy -reeve Bill Clifford they were to spend the tax
suggested tha: council go to the - dollar for it, there should be a
public with the proposal. He felt
a plebescite was in order,
claiming he would not like to
see council incur a' debt that
.would hang over councils for
the next ten years.
Mr. Clifford added ,that if all Goderich would not have an
the council was expected to do arena now.
was maintain the building he "We were elected to make
was in favor of the project but if decisions just like this," he ,
public vote.
. Councillor Harrison opposed
the suggestion of a plebescite
saying it was a 'cop, out'. He
said that if the arena project
had gone to the public in 1949
Hydro
to cost more
The., Goderich PUC an-
'nounced this week that hydro
rates for the town will be ping
up 15 percent in August. The
increase is required by the
utility to compensate for higher
rates they have encountered
from'Ontario Hydro. -
PUC manager Dave Ralston
said the utility has to,charge
more to stay out of the red in
1976. He said this year the.
public comparfy* will have a
$19,000 surplus but if the ratA
remain the same that OfIrb`e
reduced to a $194,579 deficit. By
1977 that deficit would be in-
creased to $485,569.
The surplus enjoyed by the
PUC this year is far below the
mark recommended by Ontario
Hydro. Five percent of the total
revenue of the utility should be
burden. ' •
net 'income according to Hydro
"Weare getting to the stage
and if Goderich had kept that
where- we are- reaching for a
margin their. surplus would
bottle of --cha MI5 -ape- when:. all- ---.
j
1 ve Eeen$45,000.
we have money for is a bottle or a
The extra money each year is
beer," said Profit. •usually needed for purchase of
materials, tools or equipment,
,acCording to Mr. Ralston.
The average homeowner in
Goderich will be paying $4.63
more , for •his power every two
months. Figures compiled by.
,the PUC show that on an
average :2,000 hours of hydro'
are used • by Goderich
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encouraged to make the most of
her potential.
Of course, one meets also
Archie Bunkers and builders of
little empires_ of all kinds, but
are they not displaying strictly
their own limitations? They are
frustrating at times,_but they
can put our work down only if
we let them.
To Mr. Thompson I would
like to say please come, and,
join .„us at our Arbor Day
celebrations this Friday; the
picnic will be at the Harbour
Park from 11:30 forenoon, with
t'
room for all of us. I have to go
now and put a "'woman's
touch" on the preparations.
•.Yours sincerely,
Elsa Haydon
Chairman, Parks
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charged $68,143 for power used
and that figure jompe to
$84,473 a • year later. on-
sideringextra power needed
because of new industry and
housing -in the year the hike
represents a 15 percent in-
crease Co costs.
The costs ' for hydro will.
probably .be going, up for the
next five years at least, said
Mr. Ralston. He said the utility
is in a very bad 'financial state
and warnings from Hydro
indicate their rates will be
increasing annually.
Chairman for the provincial
-power, Jjrm- Robert B. Taylor •
claimed -thaf oStS-- —the'
utilities may go up as much as
20 percent next'year.
One concession ,Mr. Ralston
had for power users in
GoderiCh was a comparison to
other utilities. He said that
•rates from other municipalities
in southwestern Ontario were
all higher than Goderich and
that they -were also applying to
Hydro for permission to raise
householders. The Jigures, them.
claimed. "We should decide if
we want to do it, and if we do
then begin iminediately to raise
funds with the hope of turning
the .first sod in about two
years."
May& Shewfelt commended
the 'citizen group for their
ground work °tithe project. He
said the .hdecision made by
council would have to be made
with the future in mind, adding
that he liked the approach the
complex committee had taken.
"The 'recreation facilities in
Goderich Will have •tO be
doubled in the near future,"
said the mayor. "The foresight
we Must have now is for our
-children's children."
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