HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-04-05, Page 6PAGE 6 —GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 5 ,,1979
75 YEARS AGO
Bicycling for 1904
commenced on Monday
last, the first wheelman
being C.C. Lee. •
The Harmony Club had
an excellent Easter
dance in Oddfellow's Hall
on Tuesday with a large
attendance.
J.A. Ellis, brother of
Ellis Brothers of town,
has been promoted to
head passenger and
ticket agent at a railway
in Des Moines, Iowa.
Workers are now
finishing putting on the
roof at the Public Library
and the interior is ready
for plastering.
The Goderich Planing
Mill Company has
commenced moving into
its new factory on Nelson
Street.
While working on a new
boat in the ship yards
yesterday forenoon,
LOOKING BACK
Robert Isbister was
struck on the head with a
heavy piece of oak
receiving a wound which
rquired several stitches
to close.
Lighthouse Street has a
very large amount of
traffic every season and
the gravelling of it will
prove a decided im-
provement.
25 YEARS AGO
All roads will lead .to,
the Goderich Memorial
Arena 'during Easter
Week with the biggest
Young Canada Week Pee
Wee Hockey Tournament
on record slated to be
staged. Last year 32
teams participated. This
year there Will be 47.
Assurance that town
council will not- sell land
across from the Sunset
Hotel without giving the
hotel owners a chance to
EEurchase it, was given at
a Friday's council
eeting. Mayor J.E.
Huckins gave the
assurance to Ernest M.
Lee, president of Sunset
Resorts Limited.
In a change of plans,
town council now hopes to
see the street sign
erection project in
Goderich completed this
year.
The basements for the
new elevators being built
at the harbor are
presently being com-
pleted by about 60 con-
struction workers.
Ken Pennington, a past
president of the Kinsmen'
Club of G derich, was
chosen District Deputy
Governor -elect of District
One by acclamation- on
Sunday.
5 YEARS AGO
Captain Roy Mundy
brought the first
freighter, The Goderich,
into the harbor Sunday
night. Mayor Harry
Worsell presented the
captain with the
traditional top hat and
the chain of office upon
the occassion.
After 28 years of ser-
vice. as a nurse at
Alexandra Marine and
General Hospital, Lyla
Youngblutt has retired.
The Goderich Kinsmen
Club is planning to build a
two storey addition to
their "playground" on
South Street to provide a
workshop for the men-
tally retarded adults who
now use the site.
A proposal for luxury
accommodation row
housing on Bennett Street
just off Bayfield Road by
Conklin Lumber was
presented to Goderich
Planning Board on
Tuesday night by G.
Stansbury, a private
developer from Toronto.
Judith Gooderham Pool
will open on schedule,
June 1, despite problems
with the change rooms
and washrooms. A •new
building containing
change rooms and
washrooms will be
constructed this fall after
the pool closes for the
year. Work crews will be
busy cleaning up before
this year's June 1
opening.
It will cost Huron
County taxpayers more
in 1974. That was the
news at last Friday's
session of Huron County
Council at which Warden
Bill Elston announced the
county budget was "up
just a shade over
$400,000" ' and would
represent what amounts
to an increase of about
51/z mils.
Look for planning advice
. okays
Goderich area planning
board approved an ap-
plication by M&W Motors
Tuesday night to build a
new car lot at the in-
tersection of Huron Road
and Mill Road.
The board hinged its
approval on a developer's
agreement to be worked
out between the firm and
the town to clear up
storm sewage deficincies
the project has. The
board was told the 'ap-
plication by M&W met
with all requirements in
the town's official plan
but that storm sewers in
the area could not handle
runoff the project would
create.
Nick Hill, a planner
with Hill and Borgal, told
the board the town
engineer and com-
missioner of works were
concerned about the
storm sewer deficiency
but felt it could be rec-
tified. Hill said the
problem of storm sewers
was not insurmountable
and could be handled in a
developer's agreement.
Planning board wants time
BY JEFFSEDDON
Goderich area planning
board is going shopping
for planning advice
because some members
of the board are not
convinced Goderich is
getting its money's worth
from the Huron County
planning department.
Planning board has
several high priority
projects, it wants handled
professionally during
1979 but was hesitant to
ask county planners to do
the work. The members
were not critical . of the
quality of work done by
the county planners but
were concerned with the
amount of time the
county department felt it
needed to do the work.
One of the major jobs
the town board wants
done is an updating of
Goderich's official plan
and zoning,bylaw. Reeve
Eileen Palmer told board
members the updating of -
the official plan was top,
priority pointing out that
on several occasions
recently the board has
encountered problems
administering the official
plan because it is out-
dated.
The reeve Said it had
become obvious in the
past few months that
zoning regulations in the
town plan were
uneconomic and
restrictive for developers
and needed changing. She
said the outdated -plan
had caused ,lengthy
delays for some
developers which cost
dearly.
Deputy -reeve Bob
Allen echoed some of
Palmer's feelings
pointing out to the -board
that one obvious change
needed"in .the plan was
-parking regulations. He
said -a committee had
looked at Goderich's
parking requirements on
funcoo
new commercial projects
in the downtown and had
discovered that the town
was excessive in its
demands. He said
Goderich required more
parking space per square
' foot of building than cities
like London, O-weh Sound -
and Stratford. Allen said
he felt this was an ideal
time 'to update the plan
adding the board should
not let the updating drag'
on. "
Reeve Palmer told the
board the updating of the
official plan may ex-
perience lengthy delays
because of the workload
and work priorities
established by th'e county
planning department.
Palmer was critical of
the county department
claiming the town of
Goderich' pays $22,000
annually for advice and
work from county
planners and doesn't
always get $22,000 worth
of planning: '
The reeve was critical
of the planning depart-
ment claiming it billed
the town of Goderich for
time spent on work not
commissioned by the
town. She said planning
board is told by the
county that work cannot
be done for Goderich
because • the workload
created by. the town and
the 22 other
municipalities in Huron is
too great for the staff
available.
Palmer said the county
planners quite often
handle work concerning
projects in Goderich but
not' all of • that work is
asked'for by the board.
She pointed out that if a
developer went _into the
county planners for
advice on a project in
Goderich the time spent
on that request would be
billed to Goderich.
She claimed that
practice was unfair to the
town' planning board.
County planner Roman
Dzus told the board that
the day to day work
handling the type of thing
the reeve was talking
about was phenomenal.
He said very few people
realize the amount of
time and manpower
taken up by requests
from developers and
individuals with projects
on the books for
Goderich.
Dzus said Goderich was
by far the most active
communtiy in the county
and that time spent on the
town projects took up
about 24 percent of the
planning department's
time. ,
Board chairman Tom
Jasper defended the
county planners pointing
out that their efforts
giving advice to
developers ` quite often
does a lot to streamline
planning procedures in
the town. He said the
county planners provide
developers with sound,
complete and correct
advice and that shows up
when presentations are
made to the board.
Jasper said he has
witnessed' planning board
taking five months to
make planning decisions
where members "hum
and haw because they
didn't have proper in-
formation".
Palmer said she had no
objections with the
county planners
providing that type of
service to developers or
individuals but she did
object to the town of
Goderich getting billed
for the time. She said the
time may be well spent
but while it streamlines
board business it delays
important projects -like
the updating of the of-
ficial plan.
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"Who should the time
he billed\ to?" asked
Dzus.
That's your
problem," quipped the
reeve.
Ken McGee -suggested
that the board ask county
planners how much time
,would take them to
handle the work for the
town and how much that
would cost. He said that
information could be
compared to what it
would cost for the board
to get the work done
through a private firm
and the board could pick
one.
McGee said it appeared
as though it didn't matter
whether the county ,diid
the work or a private firm
what mattered was. how
much time it would take.
Palmer said that might
not he fair to the county
since a , private firm
would 'be prepared to
devote all its energy to
the work. She said the
county has work from
other municipalities to
handle where a .private
firm could concentrate on
the Goderich work.
"At prohibitive costs,"
said McGee.
Bob Allen suggested
that the board send a
letter to county planners
outlining the work needed
and the priorities the
town would like set. He
said planners would be
able to tell the board how
it' 'could handle the
workload and what kind
of time the work was
expected to take.
The deputy reeve said
he would prefer county
planners to do the town's
.work because the staff
was familiar with the
town and it was cheaper.
But he added that the
town has no control over
the workload of the
county staff and would
have to accept what was
offered by the county or
go elsewhere.
"If we knew the block
of time required for each
project then we could
better advise council' on
how the work should he
done," said Allen..
Dear Editor..
• from page 5
WISER then, will know
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VOTE WISELY!
Jack Macdonald
Goderich
Good lection
„Dear Editor,
Bravo!, Thanks so
much for the very in-
teresting and informative
newsletter on smoking
and cancer in last week's
Signal -Star,
I quit the filthy habit
one year ago and am
proud of it. I decided that
I and my whole family
had suffered enough.from
my half -a -pack-a-day
habit.
I was tired of robbing
the kids' piggy bank for
money to buy cigarettes
and worrying about
having enough smokes to
last at a party.
My clothes smelled like
stale ciga ette butt's and
• en
my children smelled like
walking ashtrays.
No longer do I have the
fear of my toddler finding
my lighter and setting
fire to herself or eating a
filter and poisoning
herself.
How proud I am of how
my house smells: of
bacon frying or spaghetti
sauce cooking instead of
my cigarette slowly
burning in the ashtray on
the counter.
Actually, I quit mainly
for my children. They
inhaled just as much
smoke as I did and it
seemed like I was holding
my cigarette more than
my children.
Now instead of
reaching for another
"puff" I reach for my •
beautiful kids and give
them hugs because I
know that I have a 100
percent better chance of
being around to see them
grow up and hopefully•be
non-smokers.
I ,could go on and on
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In other business the
board set up a public
meeting in May to allow
objections to a proposal
by Whelan Holdings` to
convert the Bethel
Pentecostal Tabernacle
on Waterloo Street into
offices. The board was
told by Wayne Lyons,
spokesman for the in-
surance agency, that the
firm wanted to purchase
the church and use it for
offices. Lyons said the
firm included five in-
surance agents and may
be expanded in the near
future to include two
more..
He .fold the hoard the
Waterloo Street site
would be used for offices
and storage. He said the
basement of the church
would be used for storage
of files, a lunch room and
a conference area. He
added that the upstairs
would house office space
for insurance salesmen
and secretaries.
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If you think fishermen
are the biggest liars, ask
a jogger how far he runs
every morning.
projects
Planning ' board
chairman Torn Jasper
told Lyons the firm
should apply for a zoning
change for the church to
permit the new use. He
said the cl urch is now
zoned residential and
docs not permit com-
mercial use. He said the
--re-zoning would require a
publiq meeting to
determine if anyone in
the neighborhood of the
building objected to the
proposed use.
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