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The idea was pitched, but the follow-
up is as pending as it is positive.
Central Huron Mayor Jim Ginn,
Coun. Alison Lobb and Brian Hamlin as
well as CAO Peggy VanMlerlo-West
were at the Association of Municipali-
ties of Ontario conference in Ottawa
during the week of August 19-22. The
conference gave Central Huron a
chance to speak to provincial ministers
rst-hand about two issues before the
icipality - the idea of using Central
ron as a testing ground for a golf -cart
friendly community and the county's
Healthy Lake Huron initiative.
Barnim has been council's strongest
supporter of the golf cart initiative,
which he has said would help promote
people in the downtown cure, as well as
assist people with mobility problems.
Ile requested at the Sept.:1 meeting
Of council that they pursue a follow-up.
"Did yott get a positive vibe or a nega-
tive vibe," asked Coun. Alex Westerhout
of the ministers' meeting. "Or were they
Just going through the motions?"
Ginn led the delegation for l lealthy
Lake 1 luron, along with Warden George
Robertson and Morris= Iltrnherry Mayor
Paul Gowing. The project aims to help
manage stormwater and improve water
quality in Lake Huron In Lambton,
iluron and Bruce Counties.'Ihrce of the
five subject watersheds are in iluron.
The North Bayfield watershed, Hay-
field River and Garvey Glenn In Ash-
field-Colborne-Wawanosh are being
culled sentinel watersheds, meaning
the research being done there will help
set the bur for watershed remediation
and water quality across the region. The
project Involves cooperation from land-
owners, municipalities and - if the min-
isters' meeting went well - continued
provincial and federal funding.
Ginn noted the county slid get a pre-
vious grant to install flow -measuring
device's as part of the stormwater man-
agement initiative.
'Ihe delegation was requesting $18.5
million over three years to develop the
hproject, looking for half provincial and
alf federal funds.
"It's all about keeping water in the
great lakes cleaner," Ginn said. "Both
governments have... money budgeted
for these things already. We're trying to
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— Central Huron Mayor lin: Ginn
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Ginn noted that at the provincial level, the 1 lealthy Great
Lakes project would fit in with policies already in place for
cleaning up Ontario's Great Lakes.
At I luron County Council September 4, Ginn received the
go-ahead to talk to I luron-Bruce MP Henn Lobb to open the
door to federal support.
While the provincial environment minister was receptive
to the idea, ultimately it has to pass through finance, Ginn
added.
Meanwhile, Central Huron representatives also traveled
outside the city to look at the goings on of the International
Hockey School - an elite school that brings athletes from
across the continent to excel at hockey and academics. The
idea fits in nicely with Central Huron's focus on sports
tourism.
"We have a lot of pretty good facilities in Limon County and
especially Central Huron, Ginn said. With tuition for the
school between $28-40,000, he noted there are few families
that could afford such a school, but that it does turn out a
high number of Ontario Scholars.
The idea will be discussed further at Committee of the
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