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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1995-05-03, Page 316, Y 1OQY3.1$$5 THE VOIliWICIASAtIBVACETINES am one step closer to hall; ights gain zoning amendment �Advance-Times By CAMQRON;J. WOOD The Wingham is one step closer to getting a desparately needed com- munity hall, On Monday night, council voted in favour of a zoning change that would allow the Knights of Colum- bus to build a 500 -seat cammunity hall in the southeast section of Town. The Zoning change essentialy gives the KofC the direction to proceed with engineering and site plans. However, before the zoning amendment was passed, some dis- cussion ensued between the knights, the neighbors and. council. Drainage is the biggest concern with the development of the hall -on property at the 'end of Cronyn Street. Neighbors want'the Knights to guarantee water drainage off the parking lot will not have any ad- verse affects on their own proper- ties. The Knights have proposed a retention pond at the southeast cor- ner of the proposed site for that wa- ter runoff. A site plan control by: -law al- ° ready exists in the property which will address just what kind of de- velopment is allowed on the loca- tion. The by-law also covers mat- ters such as adequate b'tiering between the neighbors L id the community hall, sewage demands and PUC servicing. Proposed site.••one step closer to becoming the Knights ,of Columbus hall. Bill McGrath, speaking on be- half of • the Knights; said they had talked with the PUC•and felt there wouldn't be any problems with their proposal. He also presented a site plan to council. The building they propose will sit 40 feet from the northern corner of the property and 64 feet to the west. By locating it thus, the building will sit close to 500 feet from the neighbors. to the south, some 150 'further than previously discussed. The, parking lot on the site will remain gravel for at least five years, McGrath said. Two letters of support for the project were ai•o presented to council. Sacred Separate School and Wescast Indus 'es both acknowledged the need for such a facility in Wingham and said the Knights plan was a welcome one. McGrath pointed out to council that the community has been dis- cussing the need for such a facility for over 25 years. The Knights pro- posal will come at no cost to the taxpayer; nor will there be any up- keep or future 'charges levied against the town. "The zoning requirements have been met," he said. Jim Beattie, who lives in the de- velopment area urged council to seek further input from the neigh- bors via another public meeting. Apart from drainage, he is also con- cerned with the level of traffic flow in the area following weekend events.. .Final funding for bridge received by East Wawanosh Final funding for the Potter Bridge project was received re- cently "received by the Township of Fast Wawanosh under the Can- ada/Ontario Infrastructure Works program, Huron -Bruce MP Paul Steckle, Huron MPP • Paul Klopp and Reeve Donald Schultz last month. ")wielding: of '$217000 was used. to replace the Potter Bridge with a new wider, no-load limit bridge,.to accommodate farm machinery, milk trucks and ',school buses, which were previously unable to cross the• bridge. Concrete from the existing bridge was re -used as erosion protection. The project created 112 person= weeks of employment. The"project was completed last year. "Construction of this new bridge translates into better servic- es and jobs for the citizens of East Wawanosh. I am glad to see such needed projects served by the in- frastructure program," said MP Steckle. "The intent of the infrastructure program is to get the economy moving and provide jobs for peo- nr '1ple right now," said MPP Klopp. "A bridge project such as this one in East Wawanosh makes the local road system more efficient, gives the local economy a boost and creates the basis for potential fu- ture development." "We are pleased that this bridge project has been completed under the infrastructure program.' It im- proves the transportation network in the township, allows school busses to pick up children -in this area without having to turn around, and creates greater effi- ciency for milk trucks that use- this road network every day," said Reeve Schultz. ' Canada/Ontario Infrastructure Works is a $2.1 billion shared -cost program designed top create jobs through local priority projects which will improve the province's infrastructure and therefore its competitive position. Canada, On=' tario and local partners are each contributing on -e -third of the pro- gram funding. - The program, which is expected to .create up to 37,000 direct and indirect jobs, is,a positive example of the federal, provincial, and lo- cal levels of government working co-operatively to foster economic development and growth. Violence policy -now in place for Bruce County CHE§LEY — A policy on violence free schools took two and a half years to develop, but is finally in place for Bruce County schools. The Bruce hoard began working. on its violencepolicy more than a year before the province declared that 'zero tolerance' of violence would be mandatory in all schools. 'Drafting the violence policy meant consultation with parents, students, police and the communi- ty. "We don't see this as something we can do without the involvement of the community," said Bev McNeil, supervisor of student ser-; vices. at the hoard's April 1 I th sesL sion. McNeil said the hoard has put a "major qualifier" on the term zero tolerance. "Nothing implies that zero toler- ance means mandatory suspension or police involvement, but it will mean intervention," McNeil said. McNeil said the focus of the vio- lence policy is prevention. That means keeping what he called the warm andinviting atmosphere of county schools while giving stu- dents options to violence by teach- ing them new skills. "I really believe we're going to have the greatest success when we start teaching junior kigdergarten and Grade 1 the language and op- tions available, and have them all the way through," said Joan White of the board's student services de- partment. White described the Peaceworks program. which teaches conflict resolution skills to kindergarten students, as one of the many pro- grams available to help teachers in the task. • White said that through the new policy. the board will also have ac- cess to special courses, such as an- ger management, provided by oth- er agencies. There will also be parent involvement in supervising the policy through the safe schools committees at each school. Serious problems such as assault will he dealt With through the crim- inal code, said McNeil. • "These (policy rules) are not new rules but criminal code offens- es and our reaction to the law," he said. Port Elgin -Southampton police officer Dave Preston said the new policy means expanding the part- nership between the police and the schools. "The policy does dictate that the police shall be called in certain cir- cumstances," Preston said,. 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