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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-08-10, Page 16• 4 PAGE 16—THE GQDERICH SIGNALrSTAR, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1978 Airportcommitteer Goderich Airport Co-ordinator Terry !Meriam has been recommended for a hill $1,000 salary boost, pending the approval of town council. If granted, the increase would bring Meriam's yearly rate of pay to $13,000. "I have no hesitatiolti in making this recommendation," Councillor Dave Gower told the airport committee at its meeting last Wednesday night. He added t iat,the increase in responsibilities given the co-ordinator"inothe past year justifies the salary raise. Committee chairman Dick Wright also proposed that council consider paying Meriam a vehicle expense allowance to cover the cost of using his own car on errands from the airport into Goderich. The pay -raise recommendation was objected to by Councillor Don Wheeler who felt that it would lead to similar salary increase requests from other town employees. Councillor Wheeler registered the ' only dissenting voice in the vote on the motion which followed. • AIRPORT PROBLEMS DISCUSSED Chairman Dick Wright gave a report to the airport committee on a general ,meeting of airport managers which he attended a the Buttonville Airport near Toronto in July. He explained that all airports represented at the meeting seem to be suffering from the common problem of the lack of public accdptance of the airport in their communities. _According to Wright, some airports are getting involved in promotional campaigns to try to improve their public image. The Buttonville meeting also dealt with the problem of vehicle traffic on runways, the liability problems arising out of accidents which occur at an tWattended airport, and the leasing of land on airport propert . Works Commissioner Ken Hunter was elected to attend future meetings\f the Airport Managers' Association along with - another member of the airport committeeto. be named at a later date. NEED MASTER PLAN The development sub -committee was in- structed ti) proceed with the updating of a "master plan" of the Goderich airport so that future expansion and improvements can be more easily worked into the overall' operation. The proposal for the new plan arose out,of a discussion of the possibility of working with the pilots at the airport on a project to build some new hangers. Dr. Dick Speers had visited airports in St. Thomas and Brantford and reported back, to the committee on some of the new hangar designs that are available and their. costs. Another use for such a plan was raised by Councillor Gower who suggested that a designated helicopter pad might be required at some time in the future and that a plan could help prepare for that. FUEL EATING ASPHALT The problem of the asphalt around the fuel pumps being eaten away by spilled fuel, was discussed at length by the committee, and a decision was made to look into the costs of covering the surface iJr the pumps area with concrete instead of asphalt. Hunter explained the costs of a special treatment procedure to protect the existing ashpalt, but. the committee felt the costs of that process were too high. Senior Citizens' complex one step closer to reality The Goderich and area Planning Board - --._...-in-itiated-steps•.to-rezone -property at -the. -.corner___ of Waterloo and West Streets to accommodate a new four -storey senior citizens complex. Tentative approval was given to the new four - storey plan as presented by architect Nick Hill at a public meeting last Thursday. Approximately 50 people attended the meeting in the Assessment Office board room. Originally the Ministry of Housing wanted a five storey unit on the site, but last week of- ficials gave tentative approval to a four storey, 53 -unit plan presented by Hill. Hill said that ministry officials were convinced that a four storey, 36 foot building would blend' in better with the residential neighbourhood on West Street. Hill's design, as presented to the ministry and the planning board, calls for a 36 foot high staggered building containing 53 senior citizens units. The building will contain 51 one bedroom units and two handicapped units on the ground floor, as well as a caretakers apartment and service and mechanical rooms. Grandstand repairs to cost X60,000 - -._..- The-...Goilerich sports- comlinittee passed ,a motion at a special meeting last week calling for Schiedel Construction Company of Cam- bridge .to pay for repairs to the partially -built grandstand. The repairs, which would cost approximately $60,000 are needed to accommodate a full view of the racetrack . from. all (seats. in. the .grand- ' stand. As the structure sits now , -only a small portion of the track can be seen from the rear seats in the grandstand. Construction on the $230,000 grandstand was halted about two weeks ago until a practical solution to the problem could be reached. Last Wednesday the sports committee, members of council and a representative. from Schiedel Construction met in a closed session. Committee chairman Bob Gibbons said that it would cost approximately $60,000 to lower the steel at'the,front of the grandstand and raise it at the back. He said the grandstand would have to be lowered 21%2 feet in the front and raised in the back to perm 'a full view of the, racetrack from every part of the grandstand. Gibbons explained that the problem was in no way the' committee's fault and that they were not going to pay any money to rectify the problem. Original sketches :of the -grandstand indicated a height of 10 feet at the front and that 'was changed to 12' 6" when the grandstand was put up. Schiedel pointed out to committee members that the work to correct "'.the sight problem would cost $60,000 but the cominittee has asked the contractor to rectify the problem at his own expense. , Mayor Deb Shewfelt said Tuesday that Schiedel had not replied to the committee's stand but he expected a counter proposal of some sort by Wednesday or Thursday. pr 11 G. K. REALTY INC. Farm Property For Sole Lucknow area, highway e6. 150 acre dairy farm. 10 room house, garage. drhVe shed, Targe barns, pipe line milker, pool one milk quota 1000 pounds, M -S -Q, 190.000 pounds, 46 milk cows, 15 heifers, full line of equip- ment: Auburn area. 200 acre beef and crop farm. 9 room house, large barns, silo with unloador. 10 roam stone house on 5 acre, barn, drive "shed, workshop. C. Ruruma R.R. 2 CLINTON 482.3267 Salesman for G. K. Realty Inc., Clinton 4$247411 There will be balconies for the units at the front of the building and ground floor units will have rear patios. Because of space restrictions parking has been provided for 20 vehicles at the rear of the building but County housing authority official John Lyndon indicated that 90 percent of the applicants have cars. Planning board chairman, Tom Jasper, said that although the Ministry wanted a five -storey structure they were willing to pursue a four storey building that blended with the neigh- borhood. "I think this is a building in design with the community." he said. "The Ministry is willing to go with four storey design and I think it is a good design." The planning board has already made an ammendment to the official plan and now must school show a real hit at Blyth festival By James E. Fitzgerald It is a difficult subject to handle even at the best of times, but to present the teachers' strike in Huron County as a one- man show would appear at first glance to "be impossible. But Ted Johns pulled all his tricks out of• his bag and "The School Show," which opened at the Blyth Sommer Festival last week destined to be one .of the big audience pleasers of this year's five -show offering. John's, a Mitchell native:whose--par-ents-sti-ll live in the Clinton area, displayed his exceptional talents Tuesday night at the opening of the one- man show before a packed house, andhad the audience, which was liberally sprinkled with teachers and school board trustees, rollicking in their seats. ' In fact, Johns handled the material so.well, that he had sporadic applause throughout the two-hour show, and_,received a .. standing ovation at the end. Johns , has obviously, done his homework on a very complex _ subject, and he certainly pulls no punches in his various portrayals of a host of people, including a retired teacher, a dedicated teacher, `" a disenchanted Housewife, a town eccentric, who turns out to be as sage as anyone, and a farmer disappointed in his teacher son's greed. theatre performed at "The School Show" is Stratford or in Toronto, by far just as good as any and proves again that the RADIO SYSTEM DISCUSSED Transport Canada recently flew into the Goderich Airport Unannounced to conduct a security and safety check: Concern was ex- pressed in their report, about vehicles on the runway when incoming planes are attempting - to land. The report suggested that each vehicle used on the runway be equipped with flashing lights and a radio system that would allow airport personnel to be alerted by incoming craft. Meriam demonstrated a portable unit tg the committee, but the $1,500 price tag was con- sidered to be too high. It was finally decided to do some market research into the costs of less- sophisticated radio units for use by Meriam. pass a zoning bylaw to accommodate the housing project. The board has already recommended that council proceed with the re zoning. Huron County planner, Roman Dzus, estimated that work on the project would not begin until spring of 1979. He said the target date for drawings for tender is October 2 with a tender periodlof about two months. Blyth Festival organizers reasonable ticket prices proud of this kind of have nothing to be and their rural location. theatre right in their own ashamed of, despite their . 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