The Goderich Signal Star, 1976-03-04, Page 10PAGE 2-^^ODE-RICU SIGNAL-STAR:.THURSDAY. MARCH 4. 1976
OrrteTow0ship..Counc+!
:11):ns.
At the regular February 3
meeting of Colborne Town-
ship Councilat which all
members. of. Council, were
. presept, : accounts totalling
• $26;425.89 were approved:fa'r.
payment.
Four delegations ;ap-
proachedCouncil,,
MA•-. Elmer Squires vice-
presiden't •"of, the. Dominion •
• Road'Machinery Lits.
Goderich di'scuss'ed;a;Council'
resolution Iii approval for an
amendment.toybthe :restricted
area • (Zoning) order of,
November 29, 1973 for a'
hanger building at the
Goderich Sky Harbour Air-
port., This was approved on a
motion. of 'Deputy -Reeve -
Durst and Councillor
MacPh.ee subject .to. •a
satisfactory_ lease •
arrangement and the Huron
County Health Unit.
Wayne Sheardown of .the
Menesef Mobile . Park, RR 5
Goderich appeared Con-
cerning •the 1976 tax notices
on the trailer homes' at the
park.• Mr. Sheardown was.
informed that the tax notices
for the trailer homesonly
would. be sent to ' each
assessed trailer owner and
Keith Homan, the owner of
the parkwould get •a 1976 tax
list as he would be res_pon-
.sible for any tax arrears.
Mrs: Etzler, RR 4 Goderich
asked about: the
Srrowp'lougtringrarrd"s
of the Township roads as
compared . to• the County.
roads. Mrs. Etzler was in-
formed . that the • Township
Road Budget depended: on the
Ministry of 'T•ran-
sportation and - Com
munications • approved road
subsidy and • any extra
spending is paid for entirely
by the,... township__ r:atepa-y,-,ers..
The' • Township Road
Superintendent, Mel. Good
mated tPtat the .coni ton o
the Township`roads was due -
to°the heavy snowfall and the .
breakdown of they' Township
Township "at the Maitland
Valley • Conservation
: meeting -of
February 18 regarding • the
enlarging of the jurisdiction'.
• Of the, M .V,C .A.
The-' hearing •re:'John •
Hazlit.t',s Miini•cipal•Drainage
l eport, wlas set'for February
''3' at;lp a..ms at the:Township
Hall: Colborne Township By-°.
Lew` No 5-76 was read"and
discussed. by Council.
November' 1, 1976 was setas
the final date , for existing
liquid manure storage .
facilities to meet Colborne
Township By -Law No 5-76-..
requirements and Clause No:
5. of the By -Law No. 5 - 76,
$500. was set as the penalty
imposed. On ..a. motion of
Councillors Bogie and
• Mac1 hee By -Law No. 5,-76
was approved on being read a
first and a second tinse.
The Clerk was instructed to
contact Henry Brindley
regarding being Dog Tag.
Issuer and. Warble Fly,ColborneInspector for Colborn
Township in 1976.
Mrs. • Stan Whiteman's.
application for a business,
license .for 1976 was approved
on a` motion of Councillors
Kernighan and Bogie, subject
to the size of the existing
building.
•Letters 'from . the Ontario
Ministry of the Environment
re: Saltford Village Water-
an•dn works 'and ,f-rom-G-ar-ns:liy aid-
Mannerow Ltd.; Guelph . re:.
• the H. Feagan andthe Jewell
Municipal Drainage Works'
were read to Council. •
Reeve 'McNeil reported to
Councif on'the Huron County”
Land. Severence meeting he
had attended concerning the
DUrnin and the .Sager ap-
plications for land
severences.
RAILWAY CROSSINGS
• Colborne Township Council t
met -in Committee on
Tuesday, February 17 at the
Sharp's Pit C.P.R. railway
'crossing •between ••Lots 5 and 6
Con 5 ED, Colborne Town-
truck shimplough. -
Mrr. and Mrs. •Heinz.
Hoernig, Benmiller
questioned why "their
Township road' -: not being
ploughed, Mr. Good said that
it would be ploughed, the
following morning.
Items of business included
insurance for a --damaged
storm door at the Township
Hall; a bank loan note; -a
resolution .appointing Reeve
Douglas McNeil ' voting
representative for Colborne.
•
•
property. Pr`btection lights
were considered ,to which the
railway officials. stated that
such would. cost 'the railway.
80 percent and: the Township,
20' percent. Maintenance
would: be, •esti+nnted:'.at' S ! Q.
'per year shared the same as
the ` installation. .costs. .The:
officials stated . that they
would discuss , this. matter
with higher officials . of the
railway. ° •
Other crossings inspected
Were the pne at Sowerby's
Farm and the.one at Con.1
and 2 WD..At the latter, the
officials recommended the.
raising •of the railway
crossing sign.: and;,.some. tree
t'rimmin'g.:
::Representatives of
Colborne inquired about the
purchase of .gravel from the
.C.P.R. property. They were
informed whom to. contact in
this regard..
In the evening of February
17 the • regular• Council
meeting was held in the
Township Hall,. Carlow, with
all members present.
Lengthy discussion took place
about the property known as.
. Lots . 4 Con 1 WD.
Colborne across from the
Township Cemetery.
The Township' Solicitors,
Donnelly, and Murphy . of
Goderich indicated that they
could find no claim Colborne
Township had on one acre
-portion of the•Larr'yDa•vidsori-
property as. 1884 was the last
registration to a Helen Burton
and the one acre was ,now
being. assessed to .Larry
Davidson.
A delegation concerning
Marjorie .Reid's application
-for land severence on -' the
Maitland Con -cession. ap-
proached Council. Douglas
Scott and.Don• Ross, London.
lawye.r!s Gary Davidson,
Huron .County Planner;. Ian'
Mgt M.V:C.A.; Hugo
Maaskant and John Hazlitt,
Colborne Township farmers
discussed this proposed land
severence with Council.The lawyers stated that the
severence was required to
provide -a right -of -way: -from -a
lot to a public road. Gary
Davidson stressed the. desires
and 'demands of a con-
centrated cottage -develop-
ment in a farming area and
recommended deferring a.
decisionuntil Colborne
Township Secondary Plan is
approved.
Ian Deslauriers considered
the -property to be in the
Maitland River, flood plain
and he indicated that the
M.V.C.A. was ° interested in.
purchasing flood plain
property. After discussion by
council; it wa' moved by
Councillor ...:-Kernighan and
seconded by Councillor Bogie
that the Township Clerk
notify"the Huron County -Land
Division. Committee in
writing that there would be no
change in council's decisi'1?n
of denying approval of.the.
-everence. ' " '
Gary Davidson stated.that
he would have a rough draft
copy of the Colborne -Town-
ship Secondary, Plan for the
March 2 council meeting. rn
reply - to Join ,Ha.zlitt's -
enquiry about ,neighbours
being '.• riotified regarding
agriculture land severence~.
council explained the •
procedure to hi•m.
Two rand severences in
volving;prdperties in the Lake .
Huron cottage area Were;
approved:
DEED PROPERTY
1Y
Councillors MacPhee and Mr,, .Fiddles explained the
Bogie. reason for the 6" tile and
catch basinpiping the north
drainage :water across the
rr•rcek and an open ditch' to a
point •east andsouth of‘hs
pond. ' •
John Haz.litt e.x,P Dined his'
pond, his .land beingflooded
and protection' for his
The Clerk was instructed to
write the Livestock Branch of .
the Ontario Ministry of"
Agriculture and Food for'
information ,on liv.estocl;
valuation."' .
It was meved and seconded
by .Councillors MacPhee and
• "Kernighan that $1100. be
granted to the G¢derich Area
Housing Action Co'rnmittee,
Minutes of three farm
. safety meetings and the •
airport committee meeting of
February 11 were read to.
council, • '
DRAIN MEETING
The property owned' by the
Morning Star Lodge No. 309
at Carlow had never been
Officially registered On a
Motion ' which carried,
-„Colborne Township Council
approved deeding the
property on which Morning
Star Lodge is situated to the
Morning Star Lodge No. 309:
• A letter from B.G. Hanly,
Huron County Cleric -
Treasurer 'regarding
Municipal tax instalment
payment dates as of June 30
and December 15, 1976 was.
• approved by Council. ,
It was decided that because
the residents of Colborne
_ Township made very little
use of the Auburn Memorial
Hall and the fact that Council
was not able to solicit a
Township` : •resident to
-represent the Township of the
Me in Urta-1_.___.Ha1.1_—` 3-0-2 `d;.
Colborne Township would
witlydraw'from participation.,,
Mel 'Good, Township Road '•
Superintendent reported 'an
accident involving' a car and'
the Township road grader.
Several Litems were still
unfinished at the new Public
Works Garage. Mr. Good also
reported that - the . grader
clutch had to.be replaced. --
The new road. budget -
prepared by Mel •Good for,
1976, with -a thifds,cur. in
gravel,,. • calcium, weed
cutting and. no road eon-
structidi in 1976,. .: th
ship;- _-with officials of : the.-
C.P.R..., Mr. J.H. Reeder; .
District Engineer, Railway.
Transport. Commission,
Toronto, :and Mx.. R.P
Meiers, Assistant Engineer,
London,: to examine safety
protection to :the sideroad
rai.lwaycrossing there.:
It was found that little could •
be done outside of tree
thinning or removal of a
hedge on the railway.
e
Lord Simcoe
Hotel inToronto
. Take advantage'of the' 1075price: The.Lord
Simcoe is maintaining the price on fh'e-2 rote special
in the face of rising costs.
for iwo Includes.
• modern guest room for 2 night's
• dinner rine evening at the famous Captain's fable •
including a welcoming refreshment
• breakfasteach morr-+ntj.. .
▪ .free•oyttsnitht parl�inrl (f.rom 6.00 p.m. to 8 30 a.m:.
,only each day)
subject to advance registration
0 and you can stay an extra night'
jar pnly1 06 double •
See your• travel agent or reserve direct.
The Lord Simcoe Rotel, 150 King St. West, Toronto
Tel: (4,01 '
.1
drainage ,outlets. 'Mr. Fiddes
said that 'the a' Hazlitt pond
overflowing, increased the
amount of water for the 6".
tile also the ditch onCon 4 ED
was: overflowing causing the
water to. gonorth into the
fields'. -
Co.uncillor Ke`rntghan
requested information ona
s
two party . registered.
drainage agreement which
was 'explained by ".Engineer
Shifflett. Both Mr. Fiddes and
Mr. 'Hazlitt stated that they
would, • " consider an
agreement. The stones,',raUs
and logs in thecreek l?elpw •
Con 3.' and 4 were discussed
for -Better flow in the creek.
•Colborne Township Council
!net- in •Comin•ittee February
23 . about the John Hazlitt
petition for a'Municipal Drain
at the Township .Hall. Those
present were Deputy -Reeve
Durst, Councillors Bogie, .-
Kernighan and-- MacPhee;
Engineer .Wm. Shifflett, P•.
Eng., of �Gamsby and Man-
nerow Ltd. Guelph; Township.
Clerk Wilmer Hardy; road
Superintendent Mel Good;
Shirley andJphn Hazlitt;'G.I.
Fiddes; Warren K. ,Knight,
Ontario Ministry of Natural
Resources; Samuel Brad-
shaw, Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food,
Clinton; George Penfold,.
Huron County Planning
e_ar_t.i17e.n.t;... _r._ ..I .an
Deslauriers, Maitland Valley
Conservation ' Authority. .In.
the absence of Reeve:McNeil,
Deputy -Reeve Durst chaired
the meeting:
Engineer Shifflett read his
report and gave his opinion
for improving the drainage of
Lot 3 Con 4 ED. Recom-
rnendationswere noti to
disturb the Sharp's Creek bed
and to prevent i rl *fiald-drain
from entering the constructed
-ponds an W 1/2.. Lot .3 and E 1/2 .•
Lot 3. The present catch basin "
south of the westpond with a:
• 6" tile was not large enough.
• Mr. Bradshaw stated that
when the 6" plastic tile was
installed . he 'estimated only
five acres,needed a ti_le outlet:_._.
Mr. Shifflett estimated 30-60
provincial road subsidy
allotment was $8,000 short.
Additional money fbr this
would have- to 'come --from a
raised Militate.'
On a motion of Deputy-
Reeve Durst and Councillors
Bogie permission for Fordyce
Clark, Township Drainage
Commissioner to attend the
Ontario Ministry' of
Agriculture and Food
sponsored • Drainage Com-
,miss'ioner•'s Course at Guelph
Apri15-9, 1976 was approved. •
After discussing the Sign.al.-
Star's request, for par-
ticipating in.theSignal-Star's
Civic Corner and" the
publishing of reports of
Colborne Township's Council
meetings, it was moved by
Councillor Kernighan and
seconded by Councillor Bogie
that Colborne Township
Council be 'agreeable •to'.
partitipate. •
A resolution from the
Ches.ley Council regarding
the closing of • area hospitals
was approved on a motion of
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