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Committee chairmen Max- Cutt and of the town of Goderich. Tiger Dunlop founded
pbell opened the sesquicentennial Goderich with John Galt on June 29, 1827, (staff
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Wiiiiam 'Tiger' D lizidp'the founder
port future
er study
e development at Sky,l`iarbor airport
don an engineering study carried out
eral Government. The study, which
up to six months to complete, will
h the feasibility of purchasing land
ling of land for a proposed new 5,000
ay. When the study is complete, the
airport committee will decide if it is
°expand facilities at the airport.
port committee meeting on Tuesday
uron County planner Roman Dzus told
ittee members that they had no
power to regulate zoning around the
e only individual who can enact
islation around an airport, Dzus said,
eral Minister of Transport and he will
until the engineering study is com-
e
ort'development committee had made
tion to Transport Canada for financial
for the new runway. A benefit -cost
as/carried out and ,the airport was
ed as local industrial. This
tion allows Transport Canada to
ontribution of up to 80 per cent of the
e runway project with a maximum
n of $250,000. However, Transport
ormed the airport committee by letter
terial approval was unlikely for this
1978.79.
ho attended a meeting with Transport
icials said a great deal of information
ed yet before the airport committee
a decision about airport expansion.
this information will come from the
g study paid for by the Federal
nt.
rt Canada, Dzus said, would want the
wners (the Corporation of the Town of
Goderich), to show their willingness to pay 20 per,
cent of the costs incurred by runway expansion
and their willingness to pay any compensation
costs to surrounding land owners for up to two
years if necessary.
Transport Canada also demands that the
rectangular land area embracing the new air
strip be owned by the Corporation of the Town of
Goderich.
Dzus said Transport Canada recommended
that a precision approach runway be built rather
than an instumentation runway. He also ex-
plained that for every 50 feet of runway built
forward, one foot could be built in height. Zoning '
requirements and height restrictions he said,
would be basically the same for bothtypes of
runways.
In order to negotiate with Transport Canada,
the airport committee passed a motion to write a
letter to the Department of Transport requesting
that the engineering study be undertaken as soon
as possible.
TOTAL PLAN NEEDED
After the engineering study provides more
information regarding airport expansion and its
costs, committee member Dave Gower said the
committee should "come to grips with the total
plan for the airport.” Gower questioned .the
projected future growth of the airport and the
town's ability to pay for it.
"Is it viable for the town to have the airport?'
We must come to grips with' this before we
operate an airport exceeding our capabilities,"
he said.
Committee member Don Wheeler agreed with
Gower. "We have to say once and for all that we
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C still favor core area
The Goderich area housing action committee
wants to stick with a two'storey'48 unit design
within ,a core area site for a senior citizen
housing project.
At a comm-ittee meeting on Tuesday, a motion
was passed to recommend to town council that
they renegotiate with the West Street site's
landowners for additional .property, Pronto
Development Limited of London is the land
owner involved. The firm owns the former A&P
site, the former BP station site beside the old
A&P lot and four surrounding house properties.
Committee chairman Roman Dzus says if
renegotiations with Pronto fail, other sites can
andwill be considered.
A site on Bennett Street which the Ontario
Housing Corporation had favored because of its
lower cost advantages was rejected by the
committee as being too far•from the core area
and because of its high volume of traffic. It was
also later learned that the Bennett Street
property ownerhad entered into an agreement
with the town to build,ten semi-detached houses
on the site.
At Tuesday's meeting, the committee mem-
bers stressed the importance of a core area site
once again to two representatives who were
present from the community development wing
of the Ministry of Housing. The ministry is
standing steadfast on its cost sharing agreement
of $1500 per unit. The committee is hoping that
the ministry can come up with two-thirds of the
project's cost which would require $3,000 per
unit.
The committee is also hoping to receive a
Municipal Incentive Grant (MIG) provided by
Queen's greetings
The Town of Goderich has received
congratulations from Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II on the occasion of Jubilee Three.
The Rev. G L. Royal received the following
communication from the Queen's private
secretary this week :
"The Queen, sincerely thanks the Town of
Goderich, Ontario, for theirkind message of
loyal greetings on the occasion of her Silver
Jubilee. Her Majesty sends her best wishes and
congratulations to the Town of Goderich for its
150th birthday."
o top county administrat
nCliunty council accepted the
of two of the county's top 'ad-
rs at Friday's council session and
Clerk Bill Hanly to advertise for their
eht• County engineer' Jim Britnell
his departure' frorn cotaltY work and
dical officer of health Dr. Frank Mills
Sudbury to head the health unit there.
Made his resignation effective August
Air See ke on the poet of manager. of
Services in Goderich Milia made
tion known to co
uncll.nher tii�epecial
the
filth c`omiinittee during'dirndl'sis day long sessip.
tY engineer happerf> i µbe he
bin t
ombers . when ;hie iliritittiter► was
announced and was asked by Warden Doug
McNeil to explain his reasons for leaving. Mills
was not present when council learned of his
decision.
• The departure of the two top administrators
didn't seem to upset council collectively. The
respective committees asked council for ap-
proval to advertise the positions and replace the
men as soon as possible. The resignations mark
the second and third department heads to leave .
the county in the past six months. BruceKHeath,
former head of the Children's Aid, bid council
farewell at May session.
Britnell said his decision was not made in a
hasty fashion. He said he had considered the
Situation for some time and pointed c• after•
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20 years in the same job some of the challenge
had worn off. He said it was.a "long time doing
the same type bf thing" and that when he looked
16 years down the soad to his retirement he felt it
was time to get out.
The engineer said that his decision was also
based on his job requirements #e said that when
he faces the p'ape'rwork no ssoclated with his
e environmental
many.procedures
'.easy it was. He.
an old dog new
accept the new
true in other
used to' and
*oh elmii
job and has to deal with14Nh
aspects of his work and they
necessary he, remembers b
said he felt you "couldn't,'
tricks" and that he.didn't,�
' ways ,He; 'said ,,the sarne`sr;
flelds'but he wouldn t kno
wouldn't:be aware of then
the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
to assist in servicing the land. In order to be
eligible for this grant, the housing project must
be low cost and of medium density. This is one of
the reasons why the committee wants to keep the
project at a two storey, 48 unit medium density
design.
The ,other reason for maintaining the two
storey, 48 unit design_ is to fit in with the existing
scale and character•of the neighborhood. Dzus
said a higher building would probably result in
opposition which could in turn result in an
Ontario 'Municipal Board hearing and more
delay.
He also said by building the project in a core
location, two provincial government goals would
be realized, that of downtown revitalization and
the provision of senior citizen housing.
The committee agreed that the social benefits
of a core location were important because of the
amenities provided for senior citizens with
limited mobility.
Goderich Township Reeve Gerry Ginn said he
knew that 'the township's senior citizens would
not likely move into a building in town away,
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rs resign posts
"A new engineerwon't know how it used to be
and won't mind the work as much as I do," he
told council. "It's time for me to move on and
give the county the benefit of a new man and a
fresh outlook on things here."
Britnell did not leave on a sour note and told
council that after 20 years his decision was a
"gut wrenching" one. He said it was almost like
giving up one's child for adoption but added that
working as county engineer in this part of the
province was a -lonely job since the work load did
not permit an assistant and the only other people
he could turn to for advice were his counterparts
in neighboring counties.
Mills said he had nothing but platitudes for the
county when he ended his six year tenure as
ae.
medical officer. He said he has lived in Huron for
many years and likes the county a great deal but
pointed out personal reasons had a lot to do with
his decision. He said he had a fishing camp in the
north he operates in the 'summer and that his
new job will permit him to be closer to that.
Mills took over as medical officer in 1971 and
prior to that had practiced medicine in Goderich
since 1956. He said he felt it was time the county
got the benefit of change in his office and that he
was a believer in people reaching a certain level
of efficiency and then moving on.
Britnell touched on the same angle when he
told council he felt he owed it to the county -to
Yelign. He said the challenge had worn thin and
thathis motivation was at a low.
"rot' 'my good and yours it's time for me to
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