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erek Little of Municipal
nning Consultants in
don and Mary Ellen
ren of The Proctor d
fern Group, Kitchener,
eared bo°re town outl necounciltheir
nday r
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�osals for the lwo o fore
ertaken by planners
Neighborhood
rovement Program
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area in the north-east
ion of town has been
cted as the neighborhood
IP funds to be spent. The
step, is to carry out a
es of public meetings and
eys to determine the
ngs of the people in the
area regarding
ssary improvements, as
as to draw up extensive
for the work to' be
ed out including a cost
sis.
is stage is normally done
the assistance of plan -
To date, three firms
made presentations to
cil: Municipal Planning
sultants have estimated
job would cost $15,000;
for and Redfern, $10,500;
Jean Monteith of
icoke, $15,000 to $18,000.
sMonteith has stated she
act as project co-
ator while both
icipal Planning Con-
s and Proctor and
ern have suggested that
ical NIP co-ordinator
Id be engaged, possibly
ome extra cost to the
was pointed out during
y evening's discussion
the NIP co-ordinator can
volunteer, a member of
resent municipal staff or
son especially appointed
the temporary position.
cost could range from nil
'substantial amount, it
Id
dicated.
uncil will make a
ion about which plan -
firm to hire at the first
ng in January which is '
y, January 9.
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w officer Dick Eisler
ed before town council
ay evening and said that
the first heavy and,
e season, the annual
em of dumping snow
lyisagain prevalent.
rding to Eisler, the
has a bylaw which
is a homeowner from
ting snow on the road
on someone else's
y. He argued that
residents are not aware
bylaw and the bylaw
t
officer suggested that an
advertisement be placed in
the local paper as a special
effort to make people
knowledgeable about the
bylaw,
Councillor Dave Gower
said that copies of Bylaw 38,
1960, had been circulated to
all people in the business of
removing,snow.
If the bylaw is published in
the newspaper, Councillor
Elsa Haydon suggested that it
be written in layman's terms
rather than the usual legal
jargon.
Mayor Deb Shewfelt
suggested the bylaw was
"difficult to enforce" and
reminded Eisler of the need
to consider every case
separately.
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Town council learned
Monday evening that a
contest to rename the arena
is going on at the present
time.
Residents are invited to
submit their suggestions for
names for the newly
renovated premise with the
contest to close at�he end of
the year when the name will
be chosen.
Roy Breckenridge made his
"swan song" to town council
Monday evening and was
thanked by Mayor Deb
Shewfelt for the year he had
spent working on behalf ofithe
municipality. Breckenridge
leaves the town's employ
today (Dec. 15).
In his final report to
council, Breckenridge noted
that building and renovation
in Goderich is down close to
$1,000,000 from last year.
lanning
oing ahead
Site plans for two - possibly
three - new parks in Goderich
will be prepared by Moote
Associates at a cost of $1,000.
The funds for the plans will
come from a portion of the
accumulated interest on the
parks special reserve fund.
Council gave its approval
for the preparation of the
plans Monday evening. It was
clearly understood, however,
that the town is not com-
mitted to complete the work
in building the new parks.
Parks Chairman Elsa.
Haydon said if the costs are
too high or if council rejects
the proposals for the new
parks, they will not be built.
"These are site plans
only," said Mrs. Haydon.
"Surely planning is
necessary for parks as we do'
planning in any other
department with great
success."
Councillor Don Wheeler
asked Councillor Haydon
whether her committee had
considered the Outreach
program offered by the Royal
Botanical Gardens. Accor-
ding to Wheeler this service is
free and he could not see how
the municipality could be
getting . a better deal from
Moote Associates who ac-
cording to Haydon, were
doing the site plans at a
greatly reduced price as a
kind of personal favor.
In a telephone interview
Wednesday morning, Haydon
explained that the Royal
Botanical Gardens service is
not available to
municipalities for the
preparation of site plans. She
said private firms feel such a
service would be using tax
dollars in direct competition
with their livelihood and for
this reason, the services of
the Royal Botanical Gardens
are limited in their scope.
Haydon also said a
program through Fanshawe
College in London had also
been investigated, but it was
found with all things con-
sidered, the price of Moote
Associates was the most
reasonable.
Shepromised, however, she
will make another complete
study of all avenues before
finalizing the matter with
Moote.
Site plans will be prepared
for Dawnrose Park, the new
park in 'the Delbar sub-
division, and another possible
park at a site beside the
sewage plant with the
suggested name Lakevie*,
Park. As well, Moote
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Only 26 new dwelling units
were created in 1977 as op-
posed to 32 in 1976.
Total permits for 1977
amounted to $1,952,194. In
1976, total permits amounted
to $2,750,493.
Council approved the ap-
pointment of Andy Boutilier
as the Interim Chief Building
official for the town. He will
be in the office Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
He will commence duties
December 18 at a rate of $6
per hour.
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A large number of spec-
tators were in, the council
chambers Monday evening,
mostly members of the
Goderich Ratepayers'
Association.
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During the question period,
several questions were asked
by the taxpayers about
various municipal concerns
including the NIP program
and the cost for snow removal
at the airport.
One ratepayer Wanted to
know where the town would
get the money for the NIP
program.
"More taxes again?" he
asked.
He learned that the town
was not yet -committed to any
of the NIP program, but that
it was considered wise to
make use of money that was
available to the community
from such government
programs.
"Council is aiming to stay
within the present tax
structure," Mayor Deb
Shewfelt said,'
About the costs of snow
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Councillor Dave Gower said „I
no figures are available on
this at the present time. He
said the municipality is
responsible for snow removal
at the airport 24 hours every w
day.
Councillor Dave Gower
warned council members the 1
town is running "over
budget" on winter control V
throughout the entire com-
munity.
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The matter of county -wide V
residency for all senior f
citizen housing in Huron
County was to have been'
decided Monday evening.
However, it was agreed to
refer the matter to the V
Housing Action Committee
for recommendation.
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