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Wednesday,June 15, 2005
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Blood Donor Clinic
Canadian Blood Services held a blood donor clinic June 8 at South Huron Rec Centre, during which Tom
Prout, right, donated blood for the 70th time.Assisting Prout is registered practical nurse Yvette Ferreira.
Canadian Blood Services recruitment co-ordinator Erin Brydon said 140 blood units were collected at the
clinic. She added each unit of blood saves three lives. Brydon encourages donors to attend the next clinic in
Exeter, also held at South Huron Rec Centre Aug. 10 from 12:30 to 8:30 p.m. (photo/Scott Nixon)
Oakwood subdivision
closer to construction
By Scott Nixon
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
SOUTH HURON —
Neighbours of a 28 -unit
condominium subdivi-
sion planned beside the
Oakwood Inn golf
course were updated
on the project's
progress Monday night.
At an information
meeting at St. John's
Anglican Church north
of Grand Bend, planner
Claire Dodds and John
Mathews of Spruce
Crossings Development
of London outlined the
project and invited
questions and input
from the public. About
20 people attended the
meeting.
The subdivision,
dubbed Oakwood Links,
calls for 28 one -storey
luxury condominiums
on a 4.4 acre site just
north of the 17th hole
of the Oakwood golf
course on the west side
of Highway 21.
Mathews said 12 of the
units have been sold
already. Units are
1,465 square feet with
nine foot ceilings and
double garages.
Putting a snag in the
project is a right of way
issue, which is being
negotiated now. Part of
the subdivision sits on
Philip Street, an
unopened, unpaved
road allowance that
runs north of the 17th
hole of the golf course.
The right of way was
used by Oakwood Park
residents for road
access to Highway 21
as late as the 1950s,
but hasn't been used
for vehicles since then.
If the right of way
issue isn't settled and
can't be built on, the
project will still go for-
ward, but will only
include 23 con-
dos.
Oakwood
Links also
needs site plan
approval from
South Huron,
which will look
at things such
as access,
water and sew-
ers, storm
water manage-
ment and zon-
ing. The
A u s a b l e
Bayfield
Conservation
Authority and
the Ministry of
Transportation
will also be
involved.
Huron County
is the approv-
ing body for
the plan of
condominium.
Approvals
can't be grant-
ed until the right of
way issue is settled one
way or another.
The project has been
a lengthy one, with
South Huron council
passing an official plan
amendment and a
rezoning bylaw in 2003
to change the land use
designation of the
property from recre-
ational commercial to
village residential,
medium density and
open space.
In 2004, there were
severance changes to
accommodate storm
water from the site.
There was also an
appeal to the Ontario
Municipal Board that
was eventually settled.
"We're at the stage
now where we're ready
to go," Mathews said
Monday
night,
adding
that he
wants to
start con-
struction
as soon as
possible.
On the
right of
way issue,
he said he
hopes
there's a
settle -
m e n t
soon. If
not, he
will go
ahead
with the
23 unit
plan.
"We're
not going
to wait
too long
for it," he
said.
One of the issues that
has come up in the past
was also reiterated
Monday night. There is
concern from Oakwood
Park residents who
don't want residents of
the new subdivision
crossing their private
property to get to the
beach. Mathews and
Dodds assured resi-
dents there is no pro-
posal for access to the
beach in the new subdi-
vision.
Mathews, who has
been building homes
since 1985, said
Oakwood Links is his
sixth development of
this kind. He said exte-
rior walls of the units
One of the issues
that has come up in
the past was also
reiterated Monday
night.There is
concern from
Oakwood Park
residents who
don't want
residents of the
new subdivision
crossing their
private property to
get to the beach.
Mathews and
Dodds assured
residents there is
no proposal for
access to the beach
in the new
subdivision.
are assembled off-site,
while the company
allows the customers to
design the interior.
"We're pretty flexible
that way," he says,
adding soundproofing
and fireproofing are
added between units.
Dodds said Monday
night's meeting was
probably the last
opportunity for public
input and it's likely the
project will proceed.
She said there is no
appeal process for the
site plan, but there is
for the plan of condo-
minium, although by
the time that happens,
the condos will be built.
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