HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-09-22 ReportReport No. 2
Mayor Rickard and Members of Council:
The following is a report of a meeting of the Committee of the Whole
held in the Bowmanville Committee Room on Monday, September 22nd, 1975 at
9:00 a.m.:-
Bowmanville Chamber of Commerce Delegation
Mr. John Pogue, President of the Bowmanville Chamber of Commerce was spokesman for
a delegation of businessmen.
The businessmen were concerned about the following matters: -
(a) Taxis parking at meters on King Street.
(b) Whether the Zoning By-law permits taxi businesses without their own
parking accommodations.
(c) Quality of taxis.
(d) Asphalt sidewalks on downtown streets rather than concrete ones.
1. Taxi Parking
It was recommended that taxi owners be requested not to park taxis on King
Street.
2. Control of the Operation of Taxis
It was recommended that the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole and the
Planning Department examine the By-laws as far as they control the operation
of taxis.
3. Sidewalks
It was recommended that the matter of repairing cuts on roads and sidewalks,
made by Gas Company, Telephone Company, etc., be referred to the Public Works
Committee with a request that they report back after checking agreements, etc.
4. Site Plan Industrial Buildina
It was recommended that the site plan as presented be approved, subject to
conformity with existing By-laws.
5. Letter from Ted & Maureen Remmington - Rice Development
It was recommended that the letter from Ted and Maureen Remmington addressed to
the Mayor with regard to the Rice Development be answered by the Town Clerk
after consulting with the people mentioned in the letter. That is Mayor Rickard,
Councillor Cowman and Mr. Rice.
6. John Jacobson Construction re Laneway in Burketon
It was recommended that the laneway as described above be closed up and sold
to John Jacobson Construction Ltd. at the highest price allowed by law.
Continued.......
Committee of the Whole
7. George & Helen Lavender re Agreement
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It was recommended that the Planners recommendation to enter into the Standard
Agreement with George and Helen Lavender relative to their land severance,
Part of Lot 33 and 34, Part 1, Plan IOR 505 (Darlington), be concurred with.
8. T.C. Stephenson - Severance
It was recommended that the Ontario Municipal Board should be advised that the
remaining portion abuts a public road which has been assumed for use as a public
highway and that the subject land abuts a road which is a public road by virtue
of Section 57(1) of the Surveys Act, but which has not been assumed by the
Municipality for use as a public highway.
9. Hiring of Fireman
It was recommended that no action be taken with regard to the referred back of
Item 4 of the Committee of the Whole Report to Council Meeting of September 15th,
1975 and that the Personnel Committee be requested to recommend someone for the
appointment.
10. Ontario Building Officials Conference
It was recommended that the request of the Chief Building Inspector and Deputy
Building Inspector to attend the conference of the Ontario Building Officials
Conference at Sarnia October 20th to 24th, 1975, be approved.
11. Land - Van Hoof and Smith
It was recommended that the industrial land sold to van Hoof and Smith in June,
1974 be repossessed by the Town as provided in the deed of sale as no building
has been constructed on the land and that Mr. A. Alan H. Strike be instructed to
act for the Town accordingly.
12. Deeth Limited and Windcrest Farms
It was recommended to Council that Mr. A. Alan H. Strike be instructed to carry
through the repossession of industrial lands from Deeth Limited and Windcrest
Farms in accordance with his 'letter of September 15th, 1975 and Coath, Livingston
and Johnston's letter of September 9th, 1975.
13. Newcastle Fire Hall
It was recommended that Totten, Sims & Hubickils report of September 15th, 1975
be concurred with at a cost of $134,000 plus the cost of a larger water line to
be connected when connecting the sanitary sewer and that debentures be applied
for in the amount of $140,000.
14. Darlington Sports Centre
It was recommended that recommendations 1, 2 and 3 of Jackson Ypes Report dated
September 15th, 1975 be concurred with together with the installation of a
circulating pump for cooling water.
Continued......
Committee of the Whole
15. Bowmanville Jaycettes
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It was recommended that the request of the Bowmanville Jaycettes for the use of
Court Room No. 2 on the second and third Mondays of the month be approved as
and when the room is available.
Respectfully Submitted,
Renneth E. Lyall
Chairman