HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-03-14, Page 1411
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t 4 4 in Town Council has
.cept in principle most
4 - 'lion master plan for
area.
Li, that action has also
h the disapproval of the
committee responsible -for the
plan% creation.-
At
Its regular March meeting;
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1*7.' 000 Was officially asked to ac—
cept the plan by members of the
master plan committee who said
the document represents the voice
. of the people in the study area.
Committee spokesman Cary
Lisle told council the',, le.of
44/Ingham -and ra are e
Jp for the plari.;.? a c nsulting
firm, but tple have said they
want th" id.
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He awe* «,,unal to consider the
whole plan An making its decision
and to AO focus on the feasibility
study."Remember, it was the mas-
ter plan that generated the master
study and not ereverse?'
Council,ever‘ Sine .t e com
pleted 5.
Mali/ fast int*
area municipal representatives, has
expressed concern over the feasibil-
itystudy's principle recoritinenda-
tion,the construction of a $2 mil-
lion aquatics centre housing a
leisure. pool" that would be three°
feet in depth. •
Sections of the plan which deal
with personnel hiring and a Stiff
organizational structure, and a pro-
posed sehedule for implementing
the plan also concerned members of
council.
As a result, council approved an
amendment submitted 6y Council- mittee that if ‘411d1
for Bill McGrath whi•ch accepts the amended motion,, the
plan in principle while deleting.the then get under `
controversial sections., 4V. putting the whole thlng
Mr. McGrath explained that 10-. Dputy ReeveBill
thoughcouricil agrees withlite'
titan, fears are that if ."we pais it all. hiiiIIAlt
in one motion, we, are "sa.yin an aquatics centre is
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is 'daon on the departnientie.*Ihi. At the board ineeting,0.itoiv
o$MetheerifjMion IS an Mr. Beecroft toidTbe Alive
Wasi4Y.:00*Itie s valid -Rs longas search he 41freesWith Mr. Mc
• the' inyinent meets standards es- Grath itni:::ti**Rnembeis'
the tablished under the File Marshal's OunaL." ' •
a Act, less otage4.
an it:
three nioritlis ago.
At : its March meeting,',,,
heart Of what the vehicle will cost
to purchase; and what that means
in the terms of ratepayers' pocket-
books.
At last weeks ineeting, Wmgham
representative McGrath again
repeated his council's' stand on. the
Proposed purchase, +144 Wlngham
would rather defer thefi*Chrige for
the present in onkel to establish
serves over the next three years East Wawanosh Council has ae-
He also told the board that coun- cepted the newly -released Wingham
cil had spent considerable time dis- and Area Recreation Master Plan
cussing the importance of ULC val- - and Feasibility StudYin principle.
who
fookrate,
chairman, reported
that because tbe 1965 pumper Can-
not get ULC recertification, the
board hasw no choice but to go ahead
andorderanewfruc1cthlsyear.
"Over the: Fie*: ieW Years/ 1#161!
request �f the:cidef. and firefighteis,
this board has attempted to supply
equipment, vehicles), hailing Ond
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Niel Edgar, township represen-
tative on the master plan corn-
Mittee, attended •the Marth meeting
of council to discuss the plan with
member. -
The main thrust of the 'master
4011, released late last-mutant:a
special meeting, is a In'
nillj�n-
aquatics centre. The feasibility
study outlineshow the facility would
be funded and even suggests
Suitableietations.
Wiligham• Town Council, skits
March meeting, chose to acce in
principle, the majority of recolii-
inendations contained in the master
plan. However, the plan was ac-
cepted without the aquatics centre
and subsequent feasibility study.
East Wawanosh Council members
accepted the master plan because it
contains specific sections on
recreation. in Winghaen and area,
including Belgrave.
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