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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-06-28, Page 5The Goderich Airport Committee has approved a motion to recommend to Goderich Town Council that Joe Morrissey's application for the purchase of a strip of land on the. west edge of the airport be turned down due to thero osed x - p p e -:u airper-t- with respect to runways, industrial development, etc. Morrisey appeared before the committee when it met June, 20 to discuss the purchase of the property, measuring approximately 1,072 feet uest by 67 feet. He explained and gotten approval of to the committee that the land purchase on access to his property is April 4, 1977. He ex - only 30 feet wide and that plained that he could not he requires a 66 foot road get proper access to his allowance in order -to lots (south half of lots 14, sever his property to 16 and 17) because he create 14 building lots. could not get 66 feet The strip°nand which _across lot 18 which is o woad b R Rd LaFon- MorrisSe re ueste -purchase is shown °ansa r Part 1 of an unregistered It was pointed out that plan prepared by C.R. Colborne Township, at Kiar and dated October their council meeting 10, 1975. June 19, 1979,,, approved Morrissey told the the severances requested airport committee -by Morrisey, subject to members that he had the town granting the 66 applied to town council foot right-of-way. purch a Airport committee secretary, Ken Hunter was instructed by the committee to check into the legality of the severances. Morrissey told the airport committee members that he could understand their con- cerns but indicated3,tha he was a supporter of the airport and suggested that mention of the air- port could be registered on title of the lots. Airport committee member Chuck Reid said he felt the committee had a moral obligation to Huron builders are advised to tighten clients' contracts Contractors in \Huron County can avoid many warranty problems on homes they build if they tighten up contracts with their customers. Bob .. Hart, deputy - registrar of the HUDAC warranty program, told the fledgling Huron County Home Builders Association, that many of the problems home warranties create for builders can be avoided with better management. He explained that the types of problems builders run into with home owners are for work not done by the builder. He said unless the contractor stipulates in a contract what he is or is not responsible for HUDAC will hold •him responsible for the entire home. He said that if the owner wants to save money by doing some of the work on his own that should be worded into the contract. Otherwise if that work , done by the ,owner needs repairs under HUDAC terms the builder will have`to come good for it. He told the builders that HUDAC has handled over $2 million in claims since its formation two years ago and has another $2.5 million to be processed. He added that some of those claims arose from contracts that "absolutely amaze" him. "Some contracts are written on cigarette packages or a piece of two by four," he said adding that the" loose legal arrangements are "detrimental to both the builder and the home owner". He told the builders HUDAC was the result of efforts by builders to clean up their trade. He said HUDAC protects homeowners from buying homes not meeting standards of the Ontario Building Code but it also protects builders by weeding out shoddy contractors. He said the. program can be beneficial to both parties if itis properly used. • "It can protect you and the homeowners," he said. He added that in some cases complaints are made by honfeowners and HUDAC finds those complaints unfounded' clearing the builder of any liabilities. He told builders efforts were being made'to make municipal officials aware - of their responsibilities under HUDAC. He said building officials are required, by law, to grant building permits to private individuals or to builders licensed under HUDAC. But he said poor administration in some municipalities tends to create problems either by holding up legitimate builders or giving per- mits to non-HUDAC firms. He pointed out that many of those problems are created by the systems building officials have to work under. He said that official can't be entirely blamed for the problems. "On Monday he's the dog catcher, on Tuesday and Wednesday he works the farm, on Thursday he takes his wife shopping and on Friday, if he thinks of it, he remem- bers there's a basement on the foprth concession he has to inspect." The officials don't know what's expected of them and HUDAC is in the process of getting all the proper information to those officials according to Ha -rt. Hart told the builders HUDAC takes respon- sibility for up to $20,000 in repairs to new homes for the five years the warranty is good for. He said that $20,000 will be spent on major structural deficiencies resulting from builders not meeting the Ontario Building Code stressing that the money is a guarantee. But he added that if the deficiency is caused from neglect by the owner the warranty is nullified thus protecting the builder. • Hart said some sound advice for owners making complaints to. builders was to record the complaint in writing. He said phone calls were meaningless-' because there is no record of them once they are made. If after several letters the builder has taken no action HUDAC can act knowing that the builder was made aware. He said that if a builder fails to respond to a complaint and won't do the repair work HUDAC tenders- the work, makes the repairs and bills the firm. If that bill is not paid• the firm's 'HUDAC approval is pulled which effectively puts them out of business. He added that when HUDAC revokes a builder's registration the firm or individual can appeal. He said the ap- peal process makes it fair for both the owner and the builder. The owner gets the work done and the builder gets his day in court. Morrissey and supported his proposal. Airport committee member Bill Bogie stated that he was opposed to any residential development at all in the neighbour -hood of the airport. Ei leen_ Palmer pSined out that the rnunidInt�ift liable for motions of past councils as no agreement between Morrissey and the 1977 council had been signed regarding the land purchase. She then went on to move that it be recommended to town council that Morrissey's request for land not be granted. The motion was seconded by Bill Bogie and passed by the committee. AIR SHOW Airport committee member Dick Wright and Dick Speers presented a proposal to the- com- mittee for an air show to be held at the Goderich Municipal Airport on or around July 1, 1980. They informed the committee that Champion Road Machinery Company has agreed to underwrite any loss incurred by the air show and has further agreed to match, dollar for dollar, any profit from the air show provided that the money irused for runway expansidn. The committee passed a motion to recommend to town council that they approve the proposal o€ Wright and Speers for the Limning of an air show at the Cioderich Municipal ,Airport to .°be ,:-held in conjunction with Founders Day in 1980. GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1979—PAGE 5 TERMINAL The airport committee passed a motion to take no action on the proposed airport terminal to be built until the proposal from Western Foundaries Limited d is received by tq erse s made by the sub- committee back to the airport committee. 'BLYTH CENTRE FOR THE ARTS 1st Annual Juried ART EXHIBITION to be held July 30- Aug. 31, 1979 at the "ART GALLERY" BLYTH Jury to be. held July 14th, 1979 For entry forms please write to:. "Art Exhibition" Blyth Centre for the Arts P.O. Box 291 Blyth, Ont. 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