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Town council has approved Albert Shore said the BIA be done the first year and the
'the proposals of the down- had received favorable radial streets the next year.
town Business Improvement comment from the citizens Of She said The Square was done
Area as well as the cost Goderich for the project "for but the radial streets had
sharing agreement suggested the first time in 1.5 years". never been touched with
by the group. Deputy reeve Deputy -reeve Palmer said paint. She suggested this may
Eileen Palmer and Councillor' she didn't know what citizens be part of the problem the
Stan Profit remained opposed Shore had heard from. but 131A faces in getting the
to the idea throughout. a said she'd had numerous calls support of its own members
recorded vote which resulted from citizens who were for this downtown
in a 6 - �. split. Councillor Don concerned about the cost of beautificaion project, and
h to' , and the necessity wondered "if the same thing
Wheeler was absent from the
meeting.
The proposal calls for the,
replacement of the sidewalks
in the core area bounded by
Victoria Street on the east:
Nelson Street on the north..
Waterloo Street on the west:
and Flgin AVenUe on the
south. The town will pay the
cost based on replacement of
concrete sidewalks and the
BIA wall pay the difference
between concrete` and `in-
terlocking hacks if that
method is selected for the
Square sidewalks.
There • has keen a strong
suggestion that the members
- t is o be
of the AIB coaside t h t
the most attractive finish for
sidewalks on `1'hc Square. but
Albert Shore of the AI13 v, ho
was at Monday's meeting,
said the decision for brick had
not been made final.,
The sidewalk project, of
course. will not all be com-
p,jeted in one year. The
proposal is for The'Square
area to .be completed in 197S
with the radial streets done in
the next few years. as many
as can he done at one time.
The BIA raises. about
:5,tu)0 per annum each year
from the merchants in the
core area., e sclusive of the
town's municipal taxes, and it
is with these funds the
businessmen would finance
their' portion of the expenses.:
The pri,posal also called for
the 1i1:'l u pay for the entire
i est, of the decorative poles
and lights. to he,,installed on
the outside of The Square. as
described in the plan
presented to council several
weeks ago. These are large
t ound globes on short poles.
Council is to supply and in-
stall matching poles and 'T T T
lights in Court House Park
and the present poles and
lights around„ the inside of
The Square are to be rernoved
and installed elsewhere, like to see the word objective
possibly along Highway :.1 The Huron County Board.of taken out of the resolutionobj
when reconstruction takes Education supportd a and have the Huron. board
place there. resolution Mondayto
The BIA will pay the entire research the elimination of show support fora study of
cost of landscaping on the Grade 13 from Huron County the matter,
outside of The Square - trees, schooling but refused to Cochrane said he felt the
planters, benches etc, support any move to resolution was five years,too
The proposals for The eliminate a year of formal late, pointing out that five
Squar area will be im- education in county schools years ago the board was
plemented over the next three without thoroughly resear- trying to solve overcrowding
years, According to the BIA , ching the implications. problems using portable
this is within its budget and Acting on a resolution sent classrooms. Now, he said, the
would phase the cost out over to the board by the Peter- hoard is trying to find ways to
a longer period of time for the borough County Board of fill schools due to declining
municipality. Education the Huron board enrolment.
the board wouldn't
Before the completion of agreed to study the P
this project, the BIA will elimination of Grade 13" support the resolution. without
present proposals to improve but refused to support such a researching it and having a
and beautify the streets move without researching the look at the social implications
subject. of shipping youngsters.,off. to
radiating fromoThe Square. } universityat 16 and 17 years
Albert Shore called it a The Peterborough
"continuous program" over resolution stated that "with of age, ' he said.trustee John
the next 10 or 15 years. the objective of reducing the
Dave Gower, chairman of number of years of formal Henderson didn't agree with
works and engineering, said education at the elementary the director, pointing out that.
the sidewalks for The Square and secondary level, be it students in Grades 1': and 13
are in the town's budget for resolved that the Peter- waste a lot of time in school
19'. That budget has yet to borough hoard of education and that their timetables
be approved. however. He ask the Ontario Public School almost make them half time
warned that the lighting Trustees' Association and the students. He said the students
project may not he so easily Ontario School Trustees' go to Grade 13 and don't need
financed and said it Council to co-operate with the many credits for university
represented a "great amount Government of Ontario to entrance and the hoard is just
of expenditure' on the inner research the educational prolonging the agony for a
circle". , merits, problems and impact student who is anxious to go
Councillor Bob Allen said of telescoping courses of on to post secondary
he'd personally checked out study to 1 grades above education.
the lighting proposed by the kindergarten instead of 13, Goderich District
BIA for The Square and said the costs savings involved in Collegiate Institute Principal
he was convinced that if the the above and the social John Stringer, a guest at the
impact of such a move". hoard meeting, said he
new lightingrwas installed. it Director of Education John believed Grade 1:. and 13
would result in reduced
operating expenses over the Cochrane told the hoard that
period of seven to eight years. he' would recommend that the
He also said the installation of matter be researched but was
the lights in • Court House leary of the objective outlined
Park could he phased over a in the Peterborough
period of years. resolution. He said he would
t ep'1
for it. She advised she would would happen, here
not support the proposal of "I'd like to see it done
the B I A , under local improvement,"
'.It i5 pretty hard for people sie said, adding that she
with no sidewalks and no really questioned the legality
street lights to support this of the motion before council,
project to almost `100,000,.' Councillor Gower told the
said Palmer deputy reeve there is no way
She charged the kidding on local improvement levies
the lights had not been '"very could be applied to the
competitive" and that sup- business area of a
pliers had called wondering municipality. He said the
why they weren't asked for a money for the sidewalks
requested by the BIA is.
price.
Palmer also renminded "something we have to spend
Shore and Gordon Henderson, anyway"
also present from the BIA, Shore explained to Palmer
that when the painting that the painting project
project was approved for the hadn't been completed in the
core area, The Square was to core area because the
government "cut off 'the
funds". He said the proposal
before council now would be a,
different type of project. He
also said the lights proposed
by the 131A were eeselected
lectedlfor
or
quality, not p even
Stan Profit was opposed
though he said he was a
member of thee BIA. He
t aboust
particularly
the lighting proposed for
Court House Pack and
nad
there had been a suggestion
by one of the speakers earlier
that the improved lighting in
the park would prevent some
of the undesirable goes it at
in
the park which gon
present.
"Will somebody tell me,"
shouted Profit, pounding on
the counncil table, "what is
going on in the park that we
have to illuminate to
eliminate? Are couples
necking? Is there for-
nication? I want to hear".
There were no answers.
Councillor Elsa Haydon,
just back from the small town
downtown symposium held in
Toronto said it -was
of that assembly
downtown in any community
is not just the businessmen'is,`
it is the community's.
"It is our downtown, not the
businessmen's downtown,"
she said.
Haydon went on to say that
the court house in the centre
of the downtown district gives
The Square "added public
character". She said the
whole design of The Square
makes it unique and
something quite unlike the
"strip downtowns" in most
small towns.
Co.unci1.1or Haydon
promised she was "ready to
fight" for the beautification
of the downtown. She said the
sidewalks would be
legitimate expenses in next
year's municipal budget and
felt the lights would be
financed in "a year or two
years time".
"The whole town is our
town," interjected Palmer.
'^Nobody can spend a nickel
until the 196 budget is ap-
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timetables were more than .
half time adding that Grade
13 was a very heavy year for
a student. He said he had to
agree with the director that
this was not a good time to
support elimination of Grade
13, adding that he hoped the
board's decision was based on
valid educational reasons
rather than politics.
Clinton trustee Dorothy
Williams said that by
abolishing Grade 13 the board
may be adding to the
provincial unemployment.
problem. She said that there
was already an unem-
ployment problem and if the
board turned out students
after Grade 1:.. those that
didn't want to go on to
university would add to the
number of people that can't
find jobs.
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claimed that most other
provinces in Canada and
most jurisdictions in the
world have proven they can
prepare students for post
secondary education in less
than 13 years, The resolution
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showing greater concern for
education costs and in
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students 15 years of formal
education at public expense,
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and junior kindergarten.
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Grade 13 requirement holds
back students with a post
secondary education goal. He
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not involved with sports and
other activities can make it
through secondary school in
four years :and save the board
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money,
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