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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-10-07, Page 30AGE 20—GOD.ERICH SiaG,,N AL -STAR, THURSDA•,Y, OCTOBER 7, 1976 Two teac The Huron County Board of Education agreed to nominate two of its teachers as candidates for .teaching positions with the • Depart- ment , of National Defence' Dependants Schools Overseas at its meeting on Monday afternoon, - Applications from Blaire Fisher, a teacher at Howick Central ,' Public School ,.and 'John Ball, ofSeaforth D-istrict High School, were endorsed by the board. Such a tour of duty over; seas is of .two year duration.. . During .this erne such' a ' teacher, to all intents and ' purposes, remains. an em- ployee of the local Board of Education; salary continues to be paid by the Board by deposit to the teacher's bank account,. it Canada. The Board in •turn. bilis the Department of National Defence on a monthly basis ' for reim- bursement of salary' and employee benefits paid in g;astc''ordance with current •"Boardsalary schedule •or agreements. Planning Id. wants to clean up The Goderich Planning Board "Want to clean up some unfinished : business in the eastern extreme of :the town, and is taking steps now to properly zone several parcel's. of land in the area. A proposal made by the Huron County Planning department in March of 1976 to zone land along Huron Jo .• and 'on.; .the eastern boundary of the townjust south of the main access route fell• by the wayside and planning board want to pick it up again. The proposal concerned'" five parcels of land two of which are on Huron 'Road between Maple and Oxford Streets. One piece is between Maple and Walnut Streets on the north side of Huron .Road and. the other is .between Walnut and Oxford on the south `side of Huron.Road. The suggestions for both parcels was t ,,a4Aesignate. them as highway corm-erc•ia1 and. zone them develop- mental. A third parcel of land. has been "embroiled in con- troversy" according to Huron County planner Roman Dzus who said that a lot of engineering problems have to be overcome on the proPerty before a recommendation for rezoning can be made.' - The land has been named. as the site for an apartment complex proposed by Huron Management Inc. The firm presented their case to the planning board and .applied for re -zoning and the board asked that clearer specifications on the project • be obtained concerning water Borg-Warner • (continued from page 1 company before they knew just what the plant would. ,be producing and until it was determined what the costs: of bringing Borg-Warner. to Goderich Might be , to the Town. , p'INANCE STUDY -In . an inte'rvieW un ues F inane 'Committee Chairman Bill Cliffordexplained that' the Town Engineer had been asked to -prepare a total cost assessment for • drainage,: sewers and roads in -the Indiistria'1_ Park and southern area of the town. "This °must be considered • as a whole;" Mr. Clifford explained. "There is a' drainage problem all the way down to the. south boundary of the municipality:I don't think it' would• be fair to assess the cost , against this' one in- 'dutry " a ;:: • The costs, he said, to do the complete job• would be too much to handle on a year to - supply; fire protection; drainage, storm and sanitary sewers- and that'. the in- formation be accompanied by an engineer's report. . Since .then • Huron Management has not made ,any contact with the planning. -board ; and Mr. .Dzus, suggested that the board write them a letter asking them • to state their intentions. The planneradded that some legal controversy has held up proposals due .to the location °ofthe Goderich Abbatoir. The" Public Health 'Act requires a 600 foot buffer-- zone uffet-zone to be maintainW1 around the abbatoir and planning board is checking with their legal advisor to see if that buffer zone means a con- fiscation of some develop mental. rights on surrounding property which may' make it a case for compensationto owners, .._ The area, Mr. Ozus said, is "in limbo". The fourth area of concern is the land between the proposed extension of Sun- coast Drive and the woodlot that borders Industrial Park. The land has been recom- mended for a combination of industrial use and park .area and may house the proposed Borg-Warner'plant. . The fifth area is oite that is "most controversial of all" - according to the planner who said that the:land is forcing a competition between residential , and industrial - usage. He said the future of the land is not all clear but added that it may be very year basis, "so we may have to go the debenture route." He explained thatsuch a question "must be examined' closely" and indicated that when the engineer had completed his '.work the finance committee would bring in a report. Mr: Clifford did reveal preliiminary'. inquiries had been made to the Ontario Municipal Board . about the possibility- 'of. a : debenture_.. issue. :