Times Advocate, 1994-12-14, Page 3IN THE NEWS i
Grand Bend will review
development charges
Two developers who can't
get along means a traffic
road study will be done
By Fred Groves
T -A staff
GRAND BEND - A squabble between neigh-
bouring developers in Grand Bend has prompted
that village's council to review both its development
charges by-law and begin to conduct a traffic road
study.
At the recent council meeting, Roger Howard of
the Rice Capital Group brought concerns about fu-
ture developments and more specif-
ically, concerns over a possible by-pass
road between Highways 21 and 81.
Both the Rice Group and the Patter-
son developers are looking to build on
land which are beside each other on
Highway 81.
In a letter to council, Howard and the
Rice Group indicated that the moving
of a road allowance would be beneficial
to the Patterson's project called Home -
Quest.
"We wanted to make sure our inter-
ests were being looked after," said Howard at the
meeting. "We were anxious to get our plan into the
ministry and started next year."
The letter also indicates that prior to the adoption
of a zoning by-law on, the Home Quest property,
that the preferred alignment of the proposed by-pass
road be settled.
Also stated in the letter, was that the Rice Group
said that Home Quest has indicated that a road al-
lowance located partially within or • en to their
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proposed development, would detract from the mar-
ketability or livability of their project.
"The idea was to have the two developers come to
an agreement. To my knowledge that isn't hap-
pening," said Grand Bend mayor Cam Ivey.
"We hoped you'd come to an agreement. Now we
put it into someone else's hands and that's un-
fortunate," added Ivey.
Lambton County planner Anne Marie Howard
was at the meeting and. said, "by-pass is a little bit
of a misleading term to use. 1 think we need to look
at the overall 'roads needs for the annexed areas."
She was referring to lands which have been taken
over by Grand Bend since last year's annexation
with Bosanquet and Stephen Townships.
Grand Bend administrator Paul
Turnbull agreed that a traffic road
study was necessary and that it
should be done in the entire village.
He added that it would be very im-
portant as far as future concerns go.
"To move forward with the in-
formation we have now would lock
us out of some of the options we
have," said Turnbull.
Anne Marie Howard said that the
review of the development charges
by-law would involve a public pro-
cess and the traffic road study could take as long as
six months.
"It depends on the scope of the work you're under-
taking," she said.
Turnbull said he hoped the study would take less
than six months, but however long it takes, it is nec-
essary.
"The rest of the village, the road pattern is pretty
well developed, you're not going to change it," said
councillor Bob Mann.
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A white
Toronto
squirrel?
TORONTO - Is one of Ex-
eter's white squirrels miss-
ing?
When a white squirrel
turned up on the front fawn of
the Queen Street Mental
Health Centre, it attracted the
attention of Toronto Sun col-
umnist Linda Barnard, tried
to find out more about the
white wonders, and called
Exeter.
In her column published in
last Sunday's Sun, "Dreamin'
of a White Squirrel" Barnard
relates her experiences talk-
ing with unofficial white
squirrel ambassador Andy
DeBocr, Times -Advocate ed-
itor Adrian Harte, and Mar-
ion Darling.
However, she points out
that Marionvillc, Missouri
makes a much bigger deal of
its white squirrel population
with aggressive tourist pro-
motions, as docs Olney. Il-
linois.
"Listen up, Exeter. Don't
hide your squirrel under a
bushel. How about an annual
white squirrel fest?" sug-
gested Barnard. "And I
promise I'll he there to toss
out the first nut."
The photo accompanying
the article wasn't of one of
Exeter's squirrels, though.
After all, Toronto now has
.;one of its own.
More history
on Hibbert
schools
sought
STAFFA - The Hibbert History
Committee, in compiling its re-
search into the township's history,
has concluded that more needs to be
told about the Hihbert's schools in
the upcoming history book.
The group is asking anyone with
information about the school they
attended in Hibbert Township to
contact them before December 31.
The Committee also reports that
several donations have been re-
ceived as memorial gifts to help
with the history hook project. They
are also selling gift certificates and
allowing pre -payment of books at
the Hibbert Township Office on De-
cember 15, 20, and 22 from 1-3
p.m.
On January 8, there will be a Hib-
bert Township Levee at the Dublin
Community Centre. The theme is
Century Farms and Businesses.
New computers
•
The Hensel! Driftwood Oldtimers hockey team has do-
nated the proceeds from a November tournament to help
provide new computers at Hensall Public School. Here,
Driftwood team member Jamie Caldwell watches as prin-
cipal Marg Allen demonstrates the new computers.
Come in and we will help
you select the gift or
fragrance for that special
person in your life...
And gift wrap it for free
Coffee & Cookies while1�ou shop/
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