The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-04-17, Page 18PAGE 10A—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1475
Residents concerned
about recreational sprawl
. -Residents of C6lhorne
Township expressed a concern
-ov'er their obligations to
provide public recreation areas
and the private acquisition of
recreational and natural en-
vironment lands by non -
township re idents.
The sixtir workshop
towards the adoption of a
secondary, planfor Colborne
sparked some discussiqn over
the township's obligations to
the preservation of natural
environment and development
of recreational areas. Also
there was a general concern
over non-residents purchasing
natural environment and
..recreational lands.
Since, the area is primarily
agriculture 'and •contains some
of the best farming land in the
province, township residents
. were wary of this land being
developed for recreational
purposes.. Naturally their first
concern is to restrict too much
development Which naws away
at the farming land.
The major natural en-
vironment and• recreation
areas in, Colborne include
almost seven` miles of
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Discuss Colborne's obligations
to recreation,- environment,
lakeshore, Sharps Creek, Point
Farms Conservation area, 4
Falls Deserve and other small
woodiuts and lakes that dot the
township.
Huron County planner Gary
Davidson pointed out that areas
designated recreational on a
plan cover a wide range of uses
from intensive development to
land simply used for hiking
paths. It was suggested that•
small cottage groupings and lot
holdings in natural en-
vironment areas could be zoned
to restrict building.
The residents did however
agree that the preservation of
natural environment ° lands
such as- swamps and wooded
areas was important for the
prevention of erosion and the
r 1aintainance of water table
levels.
Colborne Township coun-
cillor Russell Kernighan then
raised the point that there
should be no need for 'no
trespassing', signs in the
township and people should be
free to' roam on 'the beautiful
natural surroundings. He, ex-
plained that the number of
cottages has increased and
Sky Harbor airstrip location
change toqualify for grant
The Sky Harbor airport
committee learned at their last
meeting that no government.
funds will . be available to
upgradA the main existing
paved runway at the airstrip
unless some major changes r.re
undertaken.
The strip is too close to the
buildings at the airport and
either the strip or the buildings
will have to be moved. •
The Ministry of Transport
told the committee develop -
the town investigate the
possibility of constructing a
5;000 foot runway .at Sky
Harbor', They pointed out that
runway 15-33, -a grass strip
running SE -NW, could be
considered for extension and
paving under the grant
structure.
The total amount available
for such a project is $100,000. a.s
the airport exists now. The
present ceiling is available to
menti chairman --Dick Wright airports -with 'facilities such as
th:atfor-the government to issue Sky Harbor has now, servicing,
a -grant for runway con- fuel and flight . training. The
struction or improvement the ceiling would be raised to ,
runway must be at least 750 feet $175,000 if a• charter service
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11-13uiidings:-Mr-Wrrghl<:-mere-ailable
was in Toronto last week with
Mayor Deb Shewfelt ' to ,meet
with ministry officials. .
The main runway at Sky
Harbor (10-28) is within the
minimum 750 foot requirement "
and is not available for a grant.
Mr. Wright told the committee
that te, meet the ministry'
standards the runway would
have to be moved north or the
buildings on the southern ex-
treme of the airport 'property
moved closer to the road.
The ministry officials...
.suggested ,to Mr. Wright that
Charter service is normally
associated with airports having
runways at least 5,000 feet long.
The feature is not a 'necessity
for a charter •license but is
preferred by the ministry.
"With any kind of jets or
Sky Harbor are available for
grants if they are used solely
for airport 'use. 'The govern-
ment will pick up half the cost
of construction under these
conditions but if any individual
or company wishes to rent or
own part of the terminal, that .
part" will have to be paid for by
the town or the user.
The extension of a runway to
5,000 feet also rules out the
main runway existing. The
strip is3,800 feet in total
paved -
len-g'thbu-t prrape rtytitrees
d-
trees at the westend of it make '
it impossible to lengthen. Of the
3,800 feet of pavement only.
about 2,700 or 2,800 feet of it is
usable because of the a - L
and using a bigger section- of
floor for machinery.
"We don't wait to expand the
business and then be told we
have to get out," said Mr,
Scruton.
The businessmen explained
that they feared eviction since
the airport was -beginning to be
developed.. They said that when
they moved out there no one
seemed interested in any major
changes and the future seemed
br rght •mn their buildiig
t bough# the - building
thinking everything was going
to remain as it had for years
and then all of a sudden
everything being done,"
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said J erry ox.
The committee explained
that they -had no certain plans
for the future of the airport but
would be . certain to work
closely with all business
located at Sky Harbor to
prevent them from suffering as
a result of being moved. '
farmers were having difficulty last two years.
with the cottagers, - Mr. Davidson told residents
County planner Nick Hill that trailers and mobile homes
added that cottages were;.,. cannot simply be ignored since
destroying , the beauty of thg escalating prices in the housing
river valley area • and they indu§try have made- them a
should be clustered. in definite viable alternative. However 'he
areas and urban development added that the residents should
of these areas should be not rule out establishing some
discouraged. Mr. Kernighan restrictive criteria on the
stated that in several cases parks.
whole farms have been pur- Colborne Township Reeve
'chased by outsiders in order to Doug McNeil said that the local
obtain river frontage and in this people do not use the
case, the township is losing recreational areas as much as
. valuable farmland. outsiders and that further
• A delegate of the Ministry of recreation sites should not +be
Natural Resources explained developed in a haphazard
the Ministry's long range plans manner;
in 'the township. The 20 year Residents also expressed
plan calls for � ,the .possible their displeasure at the shot -
acquisition .of lands in such tage of beach " area for the
areas as Sharps Creek, the township people and that there
Maitland River Flood Plain and were simply not enough access
lands for hiking trails. areas to the beach. But it was
The Ministry has studied indicated that access to most
various proposals for hiking areas of the lakeshore` was
trails down the Maitland Valley almost impossible accept for a
and around the Falls Reserve
and last year finished a study
on a 28 mile trail but abandoned
it bec, use of lack, of local in-
terest and demand. There have
also been problems 'with con-
structing a trail in the township
since uncooperative lan-
downers refuse access to their
property because of a fear of
abuse and damage.
Whenthe discussion turned to
trailer parks it was suggested
that _they, be very„ tighter con-
trelIed by the planand -not be
allowed to spring up in every
farmers field. The idea behind
this is to restrict recreation to
Was ening one, areas where the agricultural
land is not so productive.
Mr. Davidson then pointed
out that during the past year
there were four million visitors
to the area and there must be a
place to accommodate them.
Also the number of cottages in
the township has increased by
almost 100 percent during the
p
proaches.
• The committee intends to ask
council to have the town
engineer do a survey on the site
to update theirs and the
ministry's file of Sky Harbor.
In other business the airport
committee instructed town
turbo props using the airport clerk Harold Walls to apply for
we 'w'ould need a 5;000 foot re -licensing of Sky Harbor, as. a
runway but for smaller craft municipally dwr ed airport, By
we would not have to have one law, the license must be applied
to ' get a license," said for within two weeks after a
development chairman '.Dick change of ownership or it
Wright. • becomes invalid.
Any terminals constructed- at: -.:t . Sac>Cuton Jit and 4erry Cox.p<,
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WNAT'S NEW AT HURQNV:IE1
The Over 90 Club met on
*Wednesday afternoon's with 20
members present. William
Govier was 'welcomed to the
club and following games of
euchre and crokinole, -lunch
was served by the Walkerburn
Club volunteers from Auburn.
The Family Night program
was provided by Albert Craig of
Bayfield assisted by Mrs.
Henderson and Norman Speir
- - of the Home. Albert sang
several country and western
favorites and..led a sing -a -long
of requests:" Mrs. Buchanan
thanked the entertainers on
behalf ofthe residents.
By the way, the Home staff
has been attempting to find a
more suitable night in the week
for Family Night program and
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BRIDGE :CLUB NEWS
Jean Cooke and Cathy
r1*Donald took top honors .in
the April 8 meeting of the
Goderich Bridge , Club
amassing a total of 77 points.
There were six tables in play.
Verna Worthy and Kay
Duncan were a close Second
with a total of 76,'points while
Mary Lapaine and Jean
Papernick. 'settled for third •
place with 751/2` points. Fourth
place went to Joe Martin and
Aelian Weerasooriya with 721/2
points.'
inquire about the future of their
businfss at the airport. The
partners operatecrating
business in one of 'the airport
buildings and wish to expand
their shop to permit „more
business.
The expansion Would not
has decided beginning May 1st require any change in the
to change to the Tuesday structure of the building, only
evening., increasing. the hydro capacity
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