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additions to infra structure,
was generally under
municip"al control', per-
mitting ---the growth rate to be
related to the financial
strength of the
municipalities, and
generated ,only limited
'inter -generation debt which
could be readily serviced.
The municipalities now face.
a serious adverse impact in
which the growth rate is
,beyond their control -because
it , is generated by massive
public investment, in which
there is no compensating
indus tr is 1 -co mem erc ial
•asse`sstnent growth to
balance the . greatly in-
creased residential impact,
and in which they must
drastically and irnmediately
increase their infra -structure
without any prepatatory
period, simply to catch up
with the 'growthpressures
already occurring."
PEARSON FIGURES
"Using the Pearson
figures and using . Ontario
Hydro's estimated- work
force of 7,500 workers, the
following facilities will be
needed:
"Education: 2791 ad-
ditional schoK'places — 1472
in Primary Schools; 1190 in
High Schools; 129 in
Universities; 60 new
Primary School rooms; 46
new high school _rooms;` 124 d<`The need for a co -
additional teachers. ��„„„�
ordinated approach to. land
_Public Land"' 9 acres£ use planttin and—the---•
primary, school land• 26 vision of •� unit .m--
acres of high school land 46 services on a County Wide
basis has beer: emphasized
by the presenee of the
BN.PD. ,(Restructured.
government.)
• "The total new financial
impact , of BNPD-induced
.Population growth (i.e. after
deducting Ontario Hydro
grants and other revenue
generated . by BNPD induced
population) • was . about
$150,000 • between 1970 and
1972.
"The greatest impact was
felt 'by. the.' towns of Port
Elgin and . Kincardine. In
19734977 and the.,1978 to 1984
periods the imp,a.et t M ill
reach $940,000 • attic x.25
million` respectively,' without
considering Ontario :Hydro
grants. The maximum
will pay for less than half ; impact° will be` ',felt in Port
what is needed by such Elgin followed by the town of
houses. (Unquote). _ Kincardine, Kincardine
"Even 'after the houses Are - township and the' Town of
built, the balance of ' the Southampton
already. committed costs -(Note: No indication is
must necessarily fall either given in the study how a
on those ,presently` paying
population that has by then
property tax or on borrowed . decreased. by 5,500 working
money or grants from senior people will deal with the $11/4
million impactj.
governments. I" ” `Many of the individual
"The cost of the changes municipalities will have to
on South. Bruce .from 1960 1974 is cculatedby borrow considerable sums of
until` . 'capital •works: In
Professor Pe -an to be , finance, such municipalities as Bruce
$22,507,360. This is for a P
workforce of 4,600. The final Township and the Towns. of
Kincardine and Walkerton,
cost, when the workforce the outstanding long term
reaches the predicted 7,500 debt in 1973 was high
level will of course be much
' relative to the • provincial
higher. equalized taxable
"Pearson estimates, the
per capita Cost up to 1974 "to assessment:
be from $1,055 to 1,125. I.n his "Even to us, as. laymen in
projections for the years municipal affairs, it is ob-
1944999 the total cost will vious that the cost of. a
be $47,26090., with a per Power ' 'Development '7,in
capita cost of $1,963. In Huron County• is out of
urban areas thisis more propt rtion to any„benefits, if
likely to be between $2,315 any, arising.tifrom it. And all
and $2,385: ' of the court'ty will have to.
"Fifty percent might be share some of the cost even
^recoveted' . via local - in the north part, as , the
municipal -educational cotdnty mill rate will have to
taxation, giving a per capita be adjusted upwards.
• „deficit of -between $1,160 and ;'That the mill rate, .will
$1,190 (cost ' of•°''inflation, rise should come ' as no
'interest and carrying surprise, as industrialisation
charges excluded). • # always, increases the cost' to
"-The total tax'aablethe residential taxpayer. One,
assessment of the study area has only to ask one's cousins
is only about $60,900,00 of in the industrialized cities in
which a deficit of $24,500,000 other .parts of the ;'rovince
is some 40 percent. how much they are ying in
property taxes to be 'con-
DILLON FINDINGS vinced.
"The pressure to regional
"The synopsisof the Dillon government, as evidenced in
Report, commissioned by the Dillon Report, even if not
Hydro gives some of the nientioried as such, is
following reports: another cost factor and
''Local government, • removes local government
representatives feel, that the further from the taxpayer.
plant has caused •a shortage
of labor, has driven up
-housing costs, and has
resulted in a demand for
incrdased services and hence'
increase 'in work for
municipal employees.
"Hydro project the
manpower. 7,400 by 1978, and
decline to 2,000 by 1984.
Local industries have founts
that hydro wage scales have
made it difficult to keep or
contract skilled labour
although other factors also
contributed to those dif-
ficulties'. (Other factors
mentioned are: retirement,
inflatiori,• material shortages.
Agricultural industry •hard
hit by increased competion
for labour.) .
"Bruce ,Nuclear
-Development' -population
pressures have resulted in
an increasing demand for
new housing, and to some
extent, in increased prices
and.rents.
RESTRUCTURING?
•
WHITE BEANS
THREATENED
""So far we have not
mentioned the cost in food.
production, We -will limit this
at this time to the White
Bean crop. Pollution caused
by a fossil fuelled plant and -
or. by the greatly increased'
automobile traffic co-
incidental with the con-
struction and rnaintenance of
Power Plants will almost
certain eliminate_ white bean
production in the country.
"A modest' increase in air-
pollution will decrease the
bean crop by,60 percent, as a
study done by G..M. Weaver
and H. O. Jackson (Harrow
Research Station),. This, of
course makes this crop
completely uneconomical. ;l'n
1973 this crop brought Huron
•County farmers an income of
$16,562,900. The effect of air
pollution on other crops is
still under study and no
results are known at this
point in time.
"One more detrimental
effect of a large Power
Generating Plant will be the
additional land required ,for
transmission lines. A fully
operating. Plant of the
magnitude envisioned by'
Ontario I-Iydro will need
Power Corridors of 900 feet
width.
"While farmers have been
getting grants for the -
removal of fence rows and
stone piles, because
government recognizedthat
this would increase the ef-
ficiency of field farming,
transmission lines with their
huge towers will nullify
these efforts. '
"Our- recommendation is
that the Development
Committee of Huron County
cdhtinue to" support our ef-
forts to have Ontario Hydro
Power Developments
establish in more „remote
parts of the Province in
order to induce industry to
locate in these parts, thereby
helping to• develop new
growth in thus far un-
developed lands;
"That the Development
Cdrnmittee of Huron County
direct the Planning
Department to farther thi's
aim;
"That
the. Developinent
Committee of'Hur,en County
recommend to Hurtiii County
Council to adopt a similar
policy.:
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"Public servants, 22 ad-
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