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The Ripley Market Square development will get a small reduction in the development charges fee but not as much as requested. At
the June general committee meeting, planner Ron Davidson made a written
request for a reduction in the development charges for dedicated
seniors care facilities - currently, that reduction is 70 per cent. David
Brown is proposing 31 apartments under the Canada Mortgage and Housing
Corporation (CMHC) affordable housing program. With reductions in
sanitary sewage, water service, fire protection, and administration
fees, the total reduction would be about $30,000. Staff
states that development charges are imposed to off-set increased
capital costs required because of an increased need for service due to
development. The recommendation was for a reduction for the
administration component only, amounting to a 15-per-cent reduction. The committee agreed with that proposal. Final approval comes before council at its regular meeting tomorrow night (June 21). In other news ... - Council
has okayed the extended use of a Garden Suite by Jacqueline and Ewald
Rothmaier who live in the former Kinloss Township. The temporary use
was originally granted for five years which would expire on June 27
this year. The Rothmaiers have requested an extension of three years,
with the Garden Suite being used for its original purpose.
- The
grand opening of the new Lucknow Fire Hall is slated for Saturday, July
3, at 10:30 a.m. One oversight that had to be rectified was putting up
a flag pole. It is being installed with a Canadian flag to be raised on
it.
- A Bruce County Household Hazardous Waste Day is scheduled
for Saturday, July 10, 1-3 p.m., at the Bruce County Works shed in
Lucknow, and west of Walkerton at 94 County Road 2, from 8-11 a.m.
Another similar event will be held at the Kincardine Landfill site on
Valentine Avenue (Ward 1) on Saturday, Aug. 7, from 8 a.m. to 12:30
p.m., and in Mildmay at 169 Bruce County Road 3 on Aug. 21, 1-3 p.m.
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- The Huron Road reconstruction project is on schedule. The section from
Lighthouse Road, south to Attawandaron Road, should be completed soon
so it can be used as a detour route from Lake Range Drive to the Point
Clark Lighthouse while the remainder of Huron Road is under
construction.
- Council has granted the public works director an
exemption from the township tender policy so he can negotiate directly with Lavis Contracting Co. Ltd. for the supply and
application of asphalt. Priority paving locations include four
kilometres on Concession 12, Shadywood Crescent, Whitechurch Street
from Grey Ox Avenue northerly to the municipal limits, Clyde Street,
Tanglewood Drive/Ridgewood Road patching, and a section of South
Kinloss Avenue east of Havelock Street North.
- The
Lucknow Carnegie Building (Lucknow Library and Town Hall) is 100 years
old and the 100th anniversary celebration committee will receive $8,600
toward the event from Celebrations Canada. The committee will scale
back its plans to a one-day event on Saturday, Sept. 11.
- Huron-Kinloss
will host the next tripartite meeting amongst the township, the
Municipality of Kincardine and the Friends of the Kincardine Hospital.
The meeting will be held Thursday, June 24, at 7 p.m. in the township
council chamber. The Friends' Schroeder report will be discussed at
this meeting.
- Council has agreed to pay $2,700 to
Bruce County Manufacturing (Abner Martin) to put up a decent railing on
the Ripley Walking Trail Bridge. Parks and recreation director Mike
Fair said the township could do it cheaper, but it may as well do it
right.
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