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September 29
rich Arena engg o5formaased a
t Tuesday even
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to deal with the Review of the"
Report) and to arrange a
ct (Conray
ing to discuss the Act.
the committee include councillor
as chairman, Deputy Reeve Eileen
co-chairman, Reeve Bill Clifford,
oard chairman Tom Jasper, County
,y Davidson, planner Roaman Dzus,
hris Kiar, chairman of the Goderich
Development Committee Gord
Doug Fisher representing the
ssociation and Fred Salter on behalf
ittee of Adjustment.
mittee then met last Thursday
decided to hold a public meeting on
September 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the
building. County Planner Gary
as agreed to be the main resource
the meeting. He will ReportBive some ex -
and then the
f the Comay p
II, be thrown open to the public for
nd comments.
nt to the public meeting, the com-
s-to dr-a.w_ up,.a brief with .se_veral_.
ations abolat the Comay Report
eir own findings as well as the public
his brief will be sent to the Planning
then to Town Council and then on to
rk. From this brief and briefs sent
towns, a White Paper will be drawn
ssion in the legislature.
ay Report is a lengthy report in -
recommendations dealing with
and problems of planning throughout
e recommendations made in the
adopted,, will greatly alter many
the planning field. Many of the
ations, says Tom Jasper, are not at
e in smaller municipalities like
r Haydon says if the new recom-
are adopted, council would have the
away with planning board. Under the
she says, people won't have any .
d thexe4411 be more:delay;...and
arming than ever before:
g a public meeting, the committee
ucate people about the Com ay Report
will affect their lives. The committee
ine the report and the public input
and Zayoff
hampion
Road Machinery Limited of
announced Monday that because of
soft market conditions it will' be
s hourly work force by a further 68
On August 26 the company reduced
ce by 42 employees.
ff will take effect in two stages. On
ember 23 the fjrst lay-off will affect
ees and the remaining 15 will be
n Friday September 30.
and come up with recommendations to write a
brief and have it sent to Toronto by October 15.
Mayor Deb Shewfelt said "The people really
affected are the people right around this
(Planning Board) table. The guy on the street
will still have to go through many of the same
procedures as he does now."
Reeve Bill Clifford said, "It's the public
meeting which worries me, People won't react to
something until it directly affects them. I don't
think you'd get 15 people out."
Councillor Elsa Haydon said, "The people
know next to nothing (about the report). We
must think of the people we ,are representing. I
want to stress the importance of a public
meeting. It shouldn't be so hard. People cannot
respond until someone goes and tells them."
Clifford agreed that someone would have to
"take the bull by the horns."
Mrs. Haydon said, "I hope we can create
enough interest to get people to come (to the
public meeting). We must look at it (the Conray
Report) now when there is still time and we must
react now."
Copies of the 62 recommendations made in the
Camay- Report have -been -distributed tothoseon
the committee and are also obtainable at Town
Hall. Mrs. Haydon says the public can also ob-
tain a Ministry of Housing publication called
Housing Ontario which reviewed the Comay
Report in a recent issue.
In other business at the Planning Board
meeting held last Tursday evening, the board
heard deputations from Nick Hill and Chris Kiar.
Hill attended the meeting on behalf of Joe Essex
regarding the re -zoning of Meyer property on
Bayfield Road (formerly the trailer park).
Essex has asked that the property be re -zoned
from developmental to C31 or M2 in order to
permit him to build a.body and repairs shop.
The Planning Board has asked for a sketch of
the building and property to be sent out in time
for the next meeting at which time it may be able
to make a deci$ion,
Kiar attended the meeting on behalf of
Duchar ne _Homes which require • re-koning of
portions of Registered Plan 47. Planning Board
did not make a decision at this time.
The Board agreed to pay $8,091 to Municipal
Planning Consultants for a technical planning
report which provides background information
for updating the Official Plan.
New application forms have been drawn up for
people to fill out prior to appearing before
Planning Board. The application forms, it is
hoped, will help relieve unnecessary delay by
providing a detailed guideline for people to
follow.
Use of the application form will be a test to,see
how it works. There was some concern over the
necessity of having a survey before coming to
Planning Board.
Shewfelt said a survey would cost too much for
the man on the street or the small businessman.
"Can he afford to pay $700 to come to the board
and perhaps get turned down?" . asked the
mayor.
The Board agreed that they might be able to
set down guideliries making it possible to waive
certain conditions on the'form such as survey
costs.
The next Planning Board meeting is October 4.
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A kick in time
Getting off on the right foot. The spirit committee of GDCI officially
welcomed the grade 9 contingent to the school last Friday, initiation day.
During theday the grade 9 students were requested to wear their shoes on
the wrong feet and their shirts and sweaters backwards. Putting their best
feet forward are Becky Vanstone, Karen Fisher, Del Mitchelmore, Astrid
Plasschaert and Debbie Austin. (staff photo)
130 YEAR -38
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1977
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A letter from the Maitland Valley Con-
servation Authority on Monday evening's council
agenda drew attention to a "substantial amount
of dumping" that has been occurring along the
hank of the Maitland River at the end of
Anglesea St. E.
Ian Deslauriers, resources manager for
MVCA, said he had carried out a site inspection
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bt :anniversary. Ten mayors r-
stood itt..regulation, bathtubs and romped
or SHew.felt's wife Barb acted as, "slave girl
ie> ht tjand' b drain clear of pullp,so bite
storthe mlllrr>ran. The cans of juice were.later
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of the area and found the garbage dumped there
consisted of materials such as paper, shingles,
lumber, ,of
pipe and wire. (Picture on Page
4.)
"Due to the steepness of the slopes and the
presence of the storm sewer outlet. allowing.
dumping to continue on this site will create
unstable conditions and consequently could lead
to a 4erious erosion problem in the future,"
wrote Deslauriers.
"The situation has been rectified", announced
'I' Mayor Deb Shewfelt. "Signs and barricades
have been erected."
Councillor Elsa Haydon suggested" that signs
'' and barricades didn't seem like sufficient action
to take in this matter. She. said she had brought
. the matter to the attention of the Works and
Engineering chairman, Dave Gower, in writing
July 4. She said she had hoped the location would
he cleaned up with the persons responsible for
the dumping charged a portion of the costs.
Haydon said a citizen in the area of Anglesea
St. had been keeping an eye on the situation.
"Does that person know who is clumping the
materials?" asked the mayor. "Is the citizen
ready to charge someone under the bylaw?"
The mayor said council had not received
written complaint from the citizen.
"It should he in writing..lt should he official,"
said the mayor. "It has never rnnie to this
table."
C'ou.ncillor Haydon explained the citizen had
-complained to her, and that she had put the
complaint in writing. She said she had expected
the matter would he handled in the proper way
following her written notification of the problem.
Councillor Dave Gower, chairman of Works
and Engineering, said the dumping was on
private property and that it should not he up to
the town, to clean away the refuse. He said the
area is owned by the Canadian National
Railroads.
"I ani very gratified that Councillor Gower has
now mentioned this is railway property," an-
swered Councillor Haydon. "This is the first time
I've heard this from him. 1 was under the im-
pression it was town property. That puts a
slightly different light on it,''
Decision was made by council to send a copy of
Bylaw 13, 1971 to prohibit illegal dumping to the
Canadian National Railway. The matter was
tabled until word is received hack from CNR.
In related business, Councillor Don Wheeler of
the Housing Action Committee, said the
Minimum Maintenance Bylaw was coming up at
the next 'meeting. This bylaw would give town
council the right to move onto private property to
clean up such things., as garbage and weeds at
the expense of the owners.
Allen questions land
fill apportionments
Councillor Bob Allen was particularly peeved
at 'Monday evening's council meeting because
the town's representative on the land fill site
committee was absent from the meeting at
which it was decided to permit the Village of
Lutknow to dump at the Holmesville location,
With the participation of Lucknow in the land fill
site costs, Allen felt Goderich had come out "on
the short end of the stick" when the new formula
for payment was drawn up.
According to Councillor Allen, by simple arith-
metic Goderich's assessment should he reduced
by three percent with the entry of Lucknow into
the association which now includes Goderich,
C,Iinto11, Goderich Township, Colborne Township,
Bayfield and Lucknow.
Instead, Alden pointed out, Goderich received
only a two percent reduction . while all other
member municipalities dropped a full per-
centage point. As it stands now, Goderich pays 48
percent; Clinton 26 percent; Colborne 10 per-
cent; Goderich Township six percent; Bayfield
five percent; and Lucknpw six percent. Total
cost of operation of the land fill-rsite this year will
be about $56,000, Owner of the site is George
I.avis, Clinton.
it was explained that from the time the con-
tract was first negotiated, Goderich has been in a
poor bargaining position because of the large
population in the municipality as well as the
number of industries dumping waste at the
}iolmesvillc site. Dave Gower, Goderich Town
Council's representative on the committee, said
industrial waste takes much .more management
than does householder garbage. He admitted he
hadn't been at the meeting September 13, hut
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