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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-08-17, Page 16PAGE 16A—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR. THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1078 Square beautification finally ap BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER The vete was 5-3 at Goderich town council meeting Monday evening in favor of new decorative street lighting and new brick sidewalks on The Square. Deputy -reeve Eileen Palmer and Councillors Stan Profit and. Don *heeler remained opposed to the project despite the fact it had the unanimous approval of the Business Improvement Areas board of management, PUC manager Al Lawson, Police Chief Pat King and Dorothy Wallace who represented the groups in Goderich with historical interests.. Plans are to phase the project over several years with the cost to be shared by the town and the BIA. The first phase will begin this year and will see the beautification of one-half The Square, probably the north half. The proposal calls for 40 new Colony -styled lights on the outer perimeter of The Square as well as 24 similar new lights 9n the inner perimeter; 17 globe lights in Court House Park; and brick sidewalks featuring a bulbed effect at the eight intersections to The Square. Globe maple trees will be planted between the lights on the outer circle, but it is expected this portion of the work will wait until the entire Square is finished, thereby ensuring that all the trees are of the same age and maturity on The Square. COST SHARED The total project will cost roughly $180,000 according to Councillor Dave Gower. The town's share will be $110,000, he said, and the BIA's share will be $70,000. The original cost sharing agreement between the BIA and the town was for the BIA to pay for the lights and their installation on the outside of The Square, while the town would finance the lights and their installation on the inside of The Square and in Court House Park. The brick sidewalks would-be financed jointly by the BIA and the town, with the BIA paying any costs, over the price of replacing the • present sidewalks with concrete. Councillor Gower admitted the town would need to do some "juggling''' of finances to pay its share of the costs in 1978 but he did say"that when one takes into consideration the benefit to other planned projects - the 12 lights removed from one-half the inner circle will be installed on Highway 21 south when reconstruction takes place - as well as the benefit to the town by way of improvements downtown, it could really be shown as -a- net --gain.. ta..-the taxpayers : of Goderich. . "It could not be done unless we had the co- operation of the BIA," Gower told council. BENEFIT TO GODERICH John Schaefer, chairman of the BIA board of management, said Tuesday he believes the project will indeed benefit the town, and that Town gets proposal BY JOANNE WALTERS The town has received a letter from Schiedel Construction Company of Cambridge offering a counter proposal to the estimated $60,000 worth of repairs to the partially -built grandstand. Town Clerk 'Larry McCabe said the counter proposal, which will involve less money than $60,000, hasn't really been looked over closely yet. Someone has to pick up the repair bill or it must be shared on some basis, he said. Indications from Schiedel are that they are not responsible, he continued. The repairs are needed to accommodate a full view of the racetrack from all seats in the grandstand As the structure sits now,.. only a_.. small portion of the track can be seen from the rear seats in the grandstand. Construction on the $230,000 project was halted several weeks ago until a solution to the problem could be reached. The grandstand e. would have to be lowered 21/2 feet in front and raised in the back to permit a full view of the racetrack from every part of the grandstand. Original sketches of the grandstand indicated a height of 10 feet at the front and that was changed to 12 feet six inches when the grand: stand was putmup. The Goderich Sports Committee has asked the contractor to rectify the problem at his own expense. Committee chairman Bob Gibbons explained that the problem was in no way the committee's fault and that they were not going to pay any, money to rectify the -Problem. Get grant Grants totalling $559,685 under the Ontario Home Renewal Program (OHRP) have been allocated to 15 municipalities, among them Goderich which received $40,000, Housing Minister Claude Bennett announced recently. OHRP provides per capita grants to Ontario municipalities to ad- minister directly as loans to homeowner occupants to repair their houses to "an acceptable municipal minimum standard. The prime objective of "the program is the correction of faulty structural and sanitary conditions and. the upgrading of plumbing, heating, insulation and electrical systems of the owner occupant's home. "OHRP is directly oriented to low and moderate ,income homeowners' with a Maximum annual income of $12,500," Bennet said. benefit will show up in years to come. He said Goderich's downtown district is running behind the downtown areas in other small towns in the province, and pointed out that in most areas where„ downtown improvements have been undertaken, the town has paid the whole hill. Councillor Stan Profit asked Councillor Dave Gower to explain where the town will get the money'for'the project this year. Gower said the town has $9,000 left in its sidewalk budget, $15,000 earmarked for The Square in 1978; plus funds that could be construed.as savings in the Delbar Subdivision and in the Goderich Economic pevelopment Committee. "Certainly we'll have to juggle the figures around to justify and pay for the project in 1978," said Gower. Deputy -reeve Eileen ,Palmer and Councillor 'Stan Profit made an attempt to have the matter tabled until September, after a public meeting had been held to inform the businessmen and the taxpayers about the„proposal; However, the tabling motion got no support from other members of council. Palmer tried again to convince the 1977-78 council it was committing next year's council to an indebtedness which is against Section 12 of The Municipal Act. Councillor Gower said, though, by phasing in the project, the ex- Penditure for the 1978 portion doesn't exceed the -1978 -budget. LESS MONEY TO OPERATE One of the objections to the project initially had been the fact that the lights first proposed for the downtown would be more costly to operate than the present lights. The new lights, John Schaefer told council; will result in annual savings 0/about $800 in electricity. "The proposal, which is part of anmongoing prggram of improvement to the business centre of the town, is a result of careful consideration of the e.esttl'etic and functional aspects of the area, and especially long term durability and energy conservation,” the formal presentation prepared by Hill and Borgal said. - The deputy -reeve was concerned about the interlocking brick sidewalks, and said she feared it would present problems for han- dicapped people in wheelchairs and with balancing difficulties. BRICK SAFE Schaefer listed several communities - Lon- don, Peterborough, Cambridge, Zurich and Wingham - where interlocking brick sidewalks are installed and presenting no problems whatever. In fact, he said, bricks are found to surpass cement because there is less cracking and heaving of sidewalks. Repairs to services' beneath the sidewalks cause no problems and leave no blemishes in_ the sidewalks since the bricks can easily be lifted by workmen and replaced when repairs are complete. Snow removal presents no difficulty either, said Schaefer and ice does not form as easily on the brick. thief -Pat I ing-sairl in-a-letter-•tocouncil• the.. - "bulged sidewalks at the intersections will make it safer for pedestrians and motorists alike". "The redesigning of each end of the sidewalks is strongly endorsed as this is something I have brought up in the past," said roved Chief King. "Cars entering The Square from the radiating streets will have to stop nearer the actual intersection than they do now. Tine will lessen the need for those jack rabbit entries onto The Square caused by persons trying to beat oncoming traffic approaching around The Square." The .chief also said that cars entering The Square will have to swing out more to round the "bulge" and the drivers will have a better chance to see tars reversing from the angle parking places on The Square. He also said cars leaving The Square will have to proceed more cautiously and the pedestrians should have greater protection. Pedestrians, too, will have a shorter distance to walk on the travelled portion of the road. Chief King felt the new lighting would provide adequate illumination for pedestrians and traffic on The Square, and was enthusiastic about the lighting in Court House Park which he felt would "afford protection for users of the park". w' SOME OBSERVATIONS ° John Schaefer said this week the BIA will have to begin shortly to make plans for the eight radiating streets. He admitted he didn't know exactly how these streets would be beautified - or how the work would bephased in_,___ ut t e ra iatmg streets will, definitely be improved under the BIA funding agreement with the town. There are roughly 125 businessmen in the core area bounded by Nelson Street, Victoria Street, Elgin Avenue and Waterloo Street. All businesses within the area are members of the BM and all are reagatimi to pay ae Fotkprml tiler based on as a sxnent to the :elite„ cower and above business and property taxes 'This tax ranges from .. ,.o D tto S11 OO ger axnuten for husinessmen„ Schaefer enid,, a -easing' =AM each year for use by The BM_ Currently rtbe IBM board oi' manageimern has seven members„ but in the .comdg yearn Schaefer would flee to see this - ■n t■,� ia- creased to 17_ "1 would like to see• more people iinwm6weil„ more from the radiating „"" sari Schaefer. At the ,a +1t time, 11_C.. t`.:• ytter its the Only of tThe-Square buSinessiman coil the board of management Others include Albert Shore„ Gard= Hem- derson, Bill Wardley and Mayor Deb Shewrdri1t and +Councillor Dave Gower NO TAX BURDEN Schaefer ,rand he has concerns for lane tax bills which he feels are at their gYeak....e Awes not think the downtown project should increase the tax burden to ialdiwithie ls, however Schaefer pointed +out that each year dawit- town businessmen pay ,over col a reser cot ra million dollars in takes to the town of Gelder -kit That is over and above the spacial BIA dewy amid --has no�u�__io,. d•q _wvitln•,ith� tCa�nes tlfhce..g'.,Jp�.� con their personal residences. ---._._ He said that "no appreciafble ,amsynntr" toff money ih.a•s ever been spent on The Mme which is nniigne and should be preserved antra beautified. "I1 is the •only ,one of its kind urn n cif a "" IDorothy"Wall.aoe bold council Monday evening. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••0000•••+•+•00•••••••'•••••►•• • • • • • • • • • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • • _ • • Goderich -•• • Township • • • man w• • • dies apt 66 • Julius F.E. Bauer of Goderich To"„vnsh•ip died after a lengthy illness on Wednesday, August 9 in Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, Goderich at the age of 69•. He was born on December 31, 1908 in Monkton, Ontario to Kate (Mogk) and August Bauer. He lived in Mit- chell and district until moving to Goderich Township in 1955. He worked as a farmer and a welder. He was an adherent of North Street United Church in Goderich, On ,.September 12, 1935 he married Merle Waghorn in Toronto. She survives, Also surviving are six children, Kenneth of Goderich Township, Donald of Port Albert, Ray of Edmonton, Mrs. Al (Doreen) Kalinowski of Ilderton, Terry of Goderich Township and Wayne of Dungannon; two sisters, Mrs. Henry (Clare) Leasa of Rostock and Hulda Mogk of Brunner; six - brothers; Herman of Glencoe, Martin of Guelph, Reinhardt of Brussels, Rudolph • of Logan Township; and 18 grandchildren. A funeral service was held at Stiles Funeral Home on Friday, August 11 at 2 p.m. The Reverend Ralph King officiated. Interment was in the Maitland. Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ted Dunn, Doug Zoethout, Jack Watson, Clayton _Louie, Wallace ... Selves and Louis Feltz. 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