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Awarded annually to one of„the-four "houses” at the school with the most ac-
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ed up by HurOn's student leaders _Pot! to right Costello, Don "Take That"
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al Award was given to fain Lambert (left), the first time the trophy has been
ilnea 1975. The school's highest award, the GDCI Leadership Trophy, went to
her. Salter is president of the 1976-77 student council at GDCI. Lambert is vice -
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THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1977
SECOND SECTION
The Goderich housing
action committee met with
Ontario Housing Corporation
architect Miro Nestor, . last
Thursday evening to -discuss
seven feasibility studies of
three sites for the town's
senior citizen housing
development— '
The committee picked a 48 -
unit, two-storey design on,
West and -Waterloo streets
from the feasibility studies as
the cheapest project to build
within their core' area
preference.
Nestor told the committee
that this design would result
• in a standard L shaped
• project Which would provide
adequate parking space. He
said he was "quite positive"
°that it would not interfere
with any by-laws.
He also said that the two-
storey designs were the
easiest and ,most economical
approves L7 plan for
apartments
to build since they do not
require elevators.
While a multi-storey
project would resemble
apartment buildings, Nestor
said, a two-storey project
would look more residential',
"like a row df town hoines."
"If itlooked more like their
previous homes, it would not
be such a drastic change for
senior Citizens • to move
there," he said.
"Architecturally," said
Nestor, "all these studies are
acceptable to OHC and will
definitely pass CMHC
standards."
He said it was not a
question of design but rather
economics. OHC has been
pushing for a site on Bennett
Street for the development
because of its lower cost
advantages.
"OHC is not interested in
how, you use land but rather
the unit cost," said Nestor.
•
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Roman Dzus, chairman of
the housing action com-
mittee, has estimated that the
project could cost as much as
$200,000. The committee is
hoping OHC will pay $144,000
of that cost. That would work
out to $3,000 per unit. At the
last housing action com-
mittee meeting, OHC
representative Sidney Kaye
said OHC would not likely
consider paying more than
$1,500 per unit. ,
On Thursday evening,
Nestor told the committee
that $1,700 to $1,800 per unit
would be a safe estimate for
the Goderich area to expect
from OHC,
Dzus stressed the fact that
the committee was not only
considering dollar cost but
also social benefits.
"Our primary objective is
to meet the needs of senior
citizens,",he said.
The committee agreed that
it was worth having a core
area site knowing, it v:•ould
cost more.
- Committee member, Gerry
Ginn, said; "It's something
we'll only build once. As far
• as I'm concerned it's worth a
lot more in the right place
than in the wrong place."
LETTER TO REVIEW
NEEDS
The committee passed a
motion to submit a letter to
OHC stating that they must,
receive the maximum
assistance of $3,000 per unit
and their reaonS why.
"The -next major hurdle we
have to surmount is coming to
an agreement on the cost-
sharing of land price," said
Dzus. "Once we come to a
cost-sharing agreement with
OHC we can get started."
Nestor warned that if
delayed another month,
construction could not start
before winter.
•
"The more we. delay, the
more costly it will be to build
due to a one per cent infh.. on
in construction,- he said,
The committee, which has
been, working on the senior
citizen housing project for
over two years now_ had
hoped to break ground by
June I.
Committee member,
repreSenting the town of
Goderich and the townships
of Goderich and Colborne
decided that a downtown site
for the project was important
enough to pay any extra costs
not picked .up by OHC on a
cost-sharing agreement.
The committee passed a
motion to have the cost-
sharing agreement • among
the three areas based on
resident population. These
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