Huron Expositor, 2001-07-25, Page 15News
THE HURON EXPOSITOR. August 1, 2001-3
Future of road allowance and development of properties, unkown
sy Scott Hllg.ndorff
Expositor Editor
The fate of a Church Street
road allowance in
Egmondville remains
unknown as council seeks
more answers before it will
decide whether or not to sell
part of the road allowance to
re§ident, Marlene Smith.
Before Peter Jansen would
consider council's possible
compromise to sell half the
road allowance to him and
half to Smith, Jansen
questioned whether or not it
would matter if there were
drains on that property.
Smith would like to
develop two lots on her
property and her lawyer,
Frank Cameron, explained to
council at its July 24
committee meeting, that
owning half the road
allowance would give better
room for proper septic
systems on the lands.
Cameron said the Huron
County Health Unit
recommended having the
extra 33 feet of land would
be a benefit to constructing
the systems.
Jansen was concerned
Smith's plans would end up
landlocking a parcel of his
land and preventing him
from considering any kind of
future use for the property.
While he has no immediate
plans for the land, Jansen
told council if it became
land -locked, it would be
worthless to him.
Cameron suggested
dividing the road allowance
Adamson
appointed
Bonnie Adamson, chief
executive officer of the
Huron Perth Hospitals
Partnership has joined the
Canadian College of Health
Service Executives (CCHSE)
Board of Directors.
In a recent election,
Adamson was named
director for the province of
Ontario. Her three-year term
of office (June 2001 -June
2004) began on June 3 at the
college annual general
meeting.
In her present position,
Adamson provides system-
wide leadership to a complex
and challenging integrated
network of the eight
hospitals in Huron and Perth
Counties.
• Adamson is the first CEO
of this multi -site partnership
hospital.
Previously, she held the
positions of Vice -President,
Patient Networks and
Alliances at the London
Health Sciences Centre,
Vice -President, Patient
Centred Care for Victoria
Campus; and Vice -President,
Patient Services at the
Victoria Hospital
Corporation, London.
Her educational
background includes a
MScN (Admin.) from The
University of Western
Ontario, a BScN from
University of Toronto and a
nursing diploma from Public
General Hospital in
Chatham. Adamson holds
the designation of Fellow
from the Canadian College
of Health Service Executives
(FCCHSE) and is a
Diplomate of the American
College of Health Care
Executives.
Adamson currently
assumes an adjunct professor
role with the University of
Western Ontario, Faculty of
Nursing. In addition, she has
co-authored articles related
to strategic hospital alliances
between regional and urban
centres, community focus
groups, and professional
practice. Her research focus
has been exploration of
hospitalization from a
consumer's perspective.
The Canadian College of
Health Service Executives,
founded in 1970, is a
national professional
association that serves
approximately 3000
members and 80 corporate
members. The vision of the
College is to "lead and
promote the profession of
health services
management."
in half, if council was willing
to sell it, would allow Jansen
room to have a laneway that
could reach that parcel of
land.
"She simply wants to
develop as sensibly as
possible, two Tots to the
west," said Cameron.
However, Jansen was not
happy about the idea of
having to purchase the land
in order to keep his property
accessible.
Jansen also pointed out the
drain issue.
"That's not just 33 feet of
nice dry land," he said of
what would be his half of the
road allowance.
"We can't make a decision
until we know," said Mayor
Lin Sterner of the concern
about whether or not there
were drains under the road
allowance and what function
they served.
McKillop Coun. Sharon
McClure asked if Smith
could go ahead without the
extra land and still be able to
put in a weeping system.
Cameron said the health
unit recommended the extra
land would be ideal but when
pushed by McClure, said the
unit did not say it had to be
there.
Council decided to wait
until they could get more
information about the
possible drains on the road
allowance before making a
decision about what to do
with the remainder of the
Church Street extension.
The road allowance runs
from the end of Church
Street to the Bayfield River.
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