The Citizen, 2016-09-29, Page 20PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2016.
That time of the year
It was that time of year again and everyone was in the Brussels Fall Fair spirit last week. The
festivities began Tuesday night with the opening ceremonies, dog show and watermelon
squeeze and then Wednesday was full of action, beginning with the main street parade which
featured floats and vehicles of all kinds. (Dennyscottphoto)
Construction begins
on Morton project
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being allowed in the downstairs
farmers' market.
Councillor Ray Chartrand asked
about the fact that construction had
seemingly already begun, asking if it
was customary for construction to
begin without a building permit or
approval of site plan control.
Knight said that while it's not
common, it had been explained to
Morton that he assumed some risk
by beginning ahead of those
approvals and that council could
turn them down.
Councillor David Blaney,
however, defended Morton, saying
that while work had begun, it wasn't
necessarily construction on the
building.
One thing needed for the
construction to go ahead, he said, is
that a water line must be moved.
That's all that's happened to date.
The worst case scenario, he said, is
that Huron East has moved a water
line.
He also added that Huron East's
Public Works Department has been
on-site helping with the work, so it's
being done under the watchful eye
of the municipality.
Council approved the site plan
control bylaw, but Knight added that
a number of steps still need to take
place.
Once the property is properly
transferred to Morton, he said,
the issue will return to Huron
East and an encroachment
agreement for the barn property
onto the municipality's Brussels
Library property will have to be
considered.
Little Ambassador
James Speer, the first Little Ambassador in Brussels Fall
Fair history, spoke at the fair last week as part of the event's
opening ceremonies. (Vicky Bremner photo)
Knott wants brakes
on Auburn dog park
North Huron support for a dog
park in Auburn will have to wait for
a similar project in Blyth to be
evaluated if Councillor Bill Knott
has his way.
The park, which has been pitched
to Auburn's other municipalities,
Central Huron and Ashfield-
Colborne-Wawanosh, was to be
reported on during North Huron
Council's Sept. 19 meeting, however
Jacqui Laporte, who is spearheading
the project, was absent from the
meeting.
Knott moved to file the
presentation, a motion which was
seconded by Deputy -Reeve James
Campbell, however Councillor
Trevor Seip wondered why staff
shouldn't start pursuing information
about the project immediately,
despite Laporte's absence.
"There is potentially another dog
park suggested in the municipality,"
Knott said. "Because of that, I want
to wait for them to come and talk to
us before we take action. I don't
want to set a precedence" Seip,
however, felt the issue was simple
and would set no expectation of
support for a potential dog park in
Blyth if council was only ordering
staff to examine the proposal and
bring a report back on what impact it
would have on North Huron.
"I would rather see us wait and do
a staff report on both parks at the
same time," Knott said.
Seip said this was the first time he
had heard of another dog park and
he felt that making those responsible
for the Auburn park wait until
another group came forward wasn't
wise as the Blyth project may never
come to fruition.
Knott said that if Laporte wasn't
prepared to show up, he didn't see
why the township "should waste
time on a report [staff] could end up
duplicating" if the second dog park
planning comes forward.
Seip said he understood the
concern of duplication of services,
but said council didn't know why
Laporte wasn't in attendance, stating
it could be an emergency.
"We've got their request," he said.
"If it can come back later I'm okay
with that"
While Laporte's presentation was
filed by council, Deputy -Reeve
James Campbell said the
information was already out of date
as he understands an Auburn -area
business has pledged materials to the
park if it goes through.
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