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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1976-07-14, Page 13FIRST FLOOR—Only brick and steel girders are in evidence now but by mid-November the apartment complex in Hensall will be ready for occupancy. As of now only the super structure of the first floor of the building is completed, but workmen were preparing the floor of the second floor for pouring concrete.. A second building similar to this one will be erected near the site. These two buildings, adjacent to the Bendex plant will be three stories high with a total capacity of 72 rental units. Photo by T. Stover Ahead of schedule Hensall sewers finished soon Hensall's sewers are going to be finished several months ahead of schedule and insted of being happy at this information, many Hensall residents may find it a problem. When the sewers were started the Ministry of the Environment estimated the completion date would be June 1977. The con- struction company who received the job revised this completion date to November 1976. It now appears the sewers may be ready for hook-ups as early as Septem- ber of this year. The means home -owners may have to pay frontage and hook-up charges this year instead of next year as had originally been planned. As tax bills for this year have already been sent out, the sewage charges will be sent in the form of invoices. Frontage charges are 30* a foot over 40 years and the connection charge is $32.20 a year for 40 years. However, if this seems like a lot of money, there is a way to get around it. Once these charges are placed on your taxes, they are there for forty years and there i - nothing you can do about it. As the taxes for this year have already been sent out, these charges will not be entered officially on the taxes until next year, giving home -owners -a chance to prepay this year and save money. It works this way. The average lot frontage in Hensall, according to clerk Bob Heil, is 66 feet. Now at 30* a foot frontage for 40 years and $32.20 a year hook- up for 40 years, the total cost is $2,080. For this year only, resid- ents may prepay at a rate of $3.07 per foot frontage and $330 hook-up for a total of $532.62. This means that a home -owner can actually save close to $1,400 by prepaying the full amount. Reasons for the swift com- pletion of the project are many. The grading of the tile proved to be fairly easy as there is a natural 28 foot fall from east to west through the town and this is the direction the sewers run. Also the construction company has gone full speed wi'h four or five crews at a time working on the project. DO!T MISS THE BIGGEST PET SALE THIS AREA HAS EVER SEEN Citizens News, July 14, 1976 - Page 13 Progress slow on seniors' apartments Things are moving very slowly in regards to the construction of a senior citizens apartment building for Hensall according to Ministry of Housing representa- tive Dave Cowan. In order to become eligible for such housing, Hensall must first distribute questionnaires to all residents 60 years of age or over in the village of Hensall. These are returned to the London OHC office where they are analysed according to interest and need. The ministry then attempts to get in touch with as many senior citizens as possible who seemed interested and/or needy on their questionnaires to verify the inter- est is really there. Mr. Cowan says it is pre- sently uneconomical for the government to construct build- ings of less than 15 units, so if less than 15 very interested or needy people return the question- naires then it is very unlikely there will be such a project built in. Hensall. Clerk Bob Heil was having difficulty getting the question- naires distributed as he has to do all the work himself in addition to his other duties as Hensall clerk. However, Mr. Heil has sent out all the questionnaires— 610 of them and hopes the senior citizens will fill them in as soon as possible and send them on to London. So far Mr. Cowan's office is London has not received any responses to the questionnaires whatsoever. Although there is no deadline, the sooner the questionnaires are filled in and mailed, the better chance Hensall has of getting its senior citizen apartments. To prevent tcars when cutting or grating an onion, keep it in the refrigerator for one or two days before using. Kawasaki Sales & Service Complete Line of Parts & Accessories Factory Trained Licensed Mechanic BULL ULL`j SPORTS & RECREATION LIMITED Varna Ontario NOM 2R0 Dial 519-262=5809 This sale is so big that we had to rent the South Huron District High School Gymnasium to hold it. People in this area know that when Dinney Furniture has a sale ... IT'S REALLY A SALE. If you are thinking about buying carpeting you can't afford to miss this tremendous savings opportunity. BUY NOW We'll donate $5® to the South Huron Recreation Centre with every purchase over '20® during this sale EXCELLENT SELECTION TO CHOOSE FROM 467 Main St. 235-0173 1