The Times Advocate, 2004-12-29, Page 33
Exeter Times -Advocate
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY 4
• Residents of Snider Crescent are overwhelmingly
against a proposed subdivision in the area.
A full gallery attended South Huron council's meet-
ing, during which council was asked to consider a
plan of subdivision for the project and two zoning
bylaw amendments. After hearing objections from
neighbouring residents, council deferred the deci-
sion and will discuss the proposal again within the
next two weeks.
• Lucan Biddulph council heard from Middlesex
County economic development officer Jay Brown on
the direction that could be taken in the municipality
to promote business development at a council meet-
ing Monday night.
Brown said his position is to assist community
members throughout the county in their economic
direction.
FEBRUARY 11
• It cost taxpayers about $105,000 to pay for
South Huron's council and police services board
members in 2003.
Remuneration for members of council and the
police services board was included in the agenda for
South Huron council's Monday night meeting.
Councillors are paid by a combination of a flat
annual payment and payments per meeting.
• A group consisting of Heather Redick, Steve
Haberer, Bill Wagner and John Consitt has been
formed to ensure on-going financial services for
Zurich and area.
The group is working with two specific institutions
with the hope that either one will fill the void that
will be created when the Bank of Montreal pulls out
of town.
FEBRUARY 18
• The municipality's 2004 insurance costs are
going up a hefty 27 per cent.
Chief administrative officer Larry Brown presented
the numbers to council Monday night, noting compa-
ny Jardine Lloyd Thompson's quote for this year is
$163,399, up from last year's $128,202. Deductibles
also increased to $7,500 on liability and property
and to $2,500 on automobile.
• Despite much opposition from neighbouring
property owners, South Huron council has given its
blessing to a proposed subdivision between Snider
Crescent and Mary Street.
A special meeting was held Feb. 11.
The issue was deferred from a previous council
meeting during which a full public gallery consisting
of Snider Crescent residents voiced their opposition
to the project. The project plans 20 units on six
townhouse lots and one single family residence. The
development is geared towards seniors.
FEBRUARY 25
• Dennis Valenta has been knocking on doors in
Exeter and Wingham with the purpose of attracting
new members to Fathers Are Capable Too (FACT).
In the past six months Valenta has logged approxi-
mately 20 hours a week going door-to-door letting
people know about FACT, a group that proposes to
change legal and social attitudes and promote
shared parenting and formal equality between
mothers and fathers.
• The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority
(ABCA) board of directors elected its first female
chairperson at its 58th annual meeting Feb. 19.
Teresa Ondrejicka, representative for Lucan
Biddulph, was elected unanimously after Bob Norris,
representative for West Perth, stepped down from
the position after two years.
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AUSABLE BAYFIELD —
The Ausable Bayfield
Conservation Authority
(ABCA) board of directors
decided to be lenient with
a permit holder after a
residential expansion was
constructed approximate-
ly three inches lower than
the permit allowed.
The decision was made
after Barbara Evans
appeared before the
board Dec. 16.
The permit was issued
after the board upheld a
staff decision at a hearing
in September.
At that meeting Planner
Kelly Vader told the
board staff denied the
application to build an
addition to a bungalow at
the same level as the cur-
rent structure. Since the
residence is in the
Thedford-Klondike flood
plain area the addition
has to be elevated 0.8
metres above the rest of
the house according to
provincial regulations .
The permit was then
issued on the condition
that it would meet these
standards.
At the December board
meeting Regulations Co-
ordinator Andy Bicknell
told the board a site
inspection took place and
staff discovered the addi-
tion was approximately
three inches lower than it
was supposed to be.
The board decided not
to take action against the
permit holder since the
members did not feel the
error was made inten-
tionally.
The board also dis-
cussed how to avoid this
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sort of thing from hap-
pening in the future. Staff
was asked to bring a
report to the board at a
future meeting.
Source protection
General Manager Tom
Prout updated the board
on the conservation
authority's role in source
protection planning
He said the provincial
regulations and legisla-
tion are expected to be
adopted in June.
A source protection
committee will have to be
established, but Prout
said the process has been
stalled by the Maitland
Valley Conservation
Authority (MVCA), which
has decided it wants to
form its own committee.
For the purposes of
source protection plan-
ning, the ABCA has been
grouped with the MVCA
and any funding the
regional group receives
will have to cover both
committees if the MVCA
forms its own rather than
joining with the ABCA.
The management com-
mittee, which consists of
the chairpersons, vice -
chairpersons and the gen-
eral managers of the
ABCA and the MVCA con-
trols the distribution of
funds and Prout said he
will keep the board up to
date on the situation.
He said the manage-
ment committee has hired
a project manager who
will start at the end of
January on a three-year
contract.
Conservation
education
Conservation Education
Specialist Erin Dolmage
updated the board on the
conservation authorities
educational programs in
2004.
She said 5,616 people
have participated in spe-
cial events, school and
community programs
offered by the education
department, an increase
of 1,100 people over last
year.
She said the largest
increase has been in the
school programs, which
went up 180 per cent this
year.
Dolmage said she had to
ask other staff members
to help in the education
department due to this
increase and recommend-
ed the board adjust its
standard fee of $60 to
cover increased costs.
The proposed fees for
2005 will include an indi-
vidual fee of $4 per stu-
dent and a minimum fee
of $60 for a half-day pro-
gram at a conservation
area. A full-day program
will cost $7 per student
with a minimum fee of
$120.
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