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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/04/1963 . . . I II III '~. . . COUNCIL MINUTES The regular meeting of Bowmanville Town Council convened at S:OO p. m. on Monday March 4, 1963 with His Worship Mayor I. M. Hobbs in the Chair. All members present except Con. Shackelton. LORD'S PRAYER: ADOPTION OF MINUTES: r NIltVedby Con. Hooper and Hughes: That the minutes of the meeting held on Monday February lS, 1963 be received and adopted. Carried. COMMUNICATIONS: 1. Bowmanville Planning Board:- "After reviewing with the Planning Board our Town's solicitors advice, regarding our Planning Board charging fees to applicants who wished rezones, changes to Official Plans etc. I was in- structed to write the Council ~Qereby recommending to the~, that the clerk write to The Department of Municipal Affairs and to Th~ Municipal Convention, urging them to have legislature enact a tlause in The Planning Act to make it legal for planning boards to charge for such services as mentioned above. We believe that separate lot conveyances and mortgages should also have a service fee charged." Moved by Con. Hooper and Fice: That the letter received from the Bowmanville Planning Board dated February 23, 1963 respecting the Planning Board Charges be received and adopted. Carried. 2, Bo~anville Planning Board:- rltri reply to your verbal request that the planning board consider the matter of allowing car garages to be constructed closer to the side yard limits than our by-law now permitted, by adding of a supplementary paragraph to "General Regulations in all Zones section F". In discussing this matter at our last meeting, it was pointed out that this request only referred to lots were dwel- lings had been erected on the lots without any thought of a fut- ure car garage being built on the adjacent side yards, since our by-laws were passed. All members felt that should a clause be added to take care of situations such as this, that nothing b~ arguments and disagreements could be anticipated for the future. Neighbouring residence owners would first have to be consulted. This actually is a must in the committee of adjustments rules and regulations. Our by-laws were established in an endeavour to prevent such indiscriminating building. I was instructed to advise Council that it appeared to the Planning Board that cases such as this mentioned above should be taken care of in the reg- ular way by the Committee of Adjustments." Moved by Con. Hughes and Hooper: That Council give consideration to amending zoning by-law to permit the construction of accessory buildings within 2 feet of the lot line provided other accessory buildings have been built within 2 feet prior to the passing of the zonin~ by-law and also, provided this has taken place within a specific munic- ipal Block. Carried. . ~ , . . . . . IV . -2- 3. Native Sons of Canada:- A letter received from the Native Sons of Canada requesting Council to declare by formal resolution requesting Federal Members of Parliament to permit a Maple Leaf Canadian Flag. Moved by Con. Fice and Hooper: That the letter received from the Native Sons of Canada dated February 15, 1963 be received and Filed. Carried. 4. Department of Landa and Forests:- A letter was received from the Ontario Department of Lands and Forest outlin~ng steps to be taken to effect flood control and outlining service availaTle in this respect by the conservation authority Branch of the Department. Moved by Dep-Reeve Stevens and Reeve Little: That the letter received from the Ontario Department of Lands and Forest be received and filed in fu~ure reference if required. Carried. 4. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company:- "We expect that the incinerator that we plan to tie in to our stack will be completed some where around the end of March. We feel that this should he~. the problem of smoke nuisance a great deal, although it will not completely eliminate it. In our type of business there is always a certain amount of smoke and soot generated and I do not think that we will ever be completely free from this problem. We feel with this move that we will have done everything that is economically feasible in combating this pro- blem. We do not want to be rega~ded as a nuisance by the people of the Town and we are in sympathy with their views." Moved by Con. Hooper and Oke: That the letter received from Mr. G; McNeil of Goodyear Tire and Rubber dated February 28, 1963 be received and filed, and that copies of letter be sent to Mr. H. Cornell and ~~. R. Kenriett. Carried. REPORTS: E. M. O. Con. G. Hughes, chairman of the E. M. O. Committee requested Council's authority for the Welfare Administrator, Mr. R. J. Welsh become a member of the Counties E. M.O. Planning Committee. It was moved by Con. Hughes and Oke.: That Mr. R. J. Welsh, Welfare Administrator be authorized to sit on the County E. M.O. Planning Committee. Carried. Moved by Con. Oke and Hooper:: That the report of Welfare dated February 1963 be received and adopted. Carried. Moved by Con. Nichols and Oke: That the Building Inspectors Report dated February 1963 be received and adopted.. Carried. '. -)- . Moved by Con. Nichols and Oke: That the Roads & Streets report dated January 1963 be received and adopted. Carried. Moved by Con. Fice and Hooper: That the ~ report dated January 1963 be received and adopted. Carried. Moved by Reeve Little and Dep-Reeve Stevens: That the Northumberland-Durham Health Unit Report for January 1963 be received and adopted. Carried. . Moved by Con. Hughes and Oke: That the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authorit report for February 12, 19 3 be received and adopted. Carried. REPORTS OF CO~~ITTEES: Board of Works:-- Moved by Reeve Little and Dep-Reeve Stevens: That the minutes of Board of Works meeting held Tuesday February 26, 1963 be received and adopted. Carried. VII ACCOUNTS: Moved by Dep-Reeve Stevens and Reeve Little: That the accounts of the Paid Prio~ in the total amount of $1091494.82 be and are hereby passed for payment. Carried. . Moved by Dep-Reeve Stevens and Reeve Little: That the accounts of the Finance Dept. in the total amount of $905.13 be and are hereby passed for payment. Carried. Moved by Con. Fice and Hooper: That the accounts of the Dog Control in the total amount of $43.27 be and are hereby passed for payment. Carried. Moved by Con. Fice and Hooper: That the accounts of the Fire Dept. in the total amount of $10.00 be and are hereby passed for payment. Carried. . Moved by Con. Hughes and Hooper: That the accounts of the Industrial Commission in the total amount of $168.96 be and. are hereby passed for payment. Carried. Moved by Con. Hooper and Fice: That the accounts of the Police Dept. in the total amount ~ of $379.00 be and are hereby passed for payment. Carried. -4- . Moved by Reeve Little and Dep-Reeve Stevens: That the accounts of the Public Property in the total amount of $213.3c'be and are hereby passed for payment. Carried. Moved by Con. Oke and Hooper: That the accounts of the Welfare Dept. in the total amount of $1,205.00 be and are hereby passed for payment. , Carri edl Moved by Con. Nichols and Dep-Reeve Stevens: -----.--.- That the accounts of the Roads and Streets Dept. in the total amount of $1,707.71 be and are hereby passed for payment. --.-- Carried. VII BY-LAWS: . Moved by Con. Hughes and Oke: That leave be granted to bring in the following by-laws: A by-law authorizing the obtaining of temporary advances to meet the cost of certain works undertaken aS,a local improvement pending the completion thereof. Carried. Moved by Con. Oke and Hughes: That the by-law be read a first time referred to Council in Co~mittee of the Whole, read a second time Mayor in the Chffir. Carried. Moved by Dep-Reeve Stevens and Nichols: That we rise and report successful reading of the by-laws in Committee of the Whole. Carried. , . Moved by Con. flooper ahd Fice: That the report of Council in Committee of the Whole on the by-law be received and adopted same be now read a third time engrossed signed by the Mayor and Clerk Sealed and numbered as follows: A by-law authorizing the obtaining of temporary advances to meet the cost of certain,works undertaken as a local improvement pending the completion thereof.&..........J..........a/L lS69., VIII NEW & UNFINISHED BUSI~ffiSS: 1.' Liberty Street Storm Sewer:~ This matter is pending receipt of draft by-law from the Town Solicitor. . 2.' Liberty Street Sidewalk:- This matter is pending an Engineers report from !vIr. T., W. Dempsey., 3.' Frank Street Road Allowance:- Nothing further to report in this respect. 4.' Tree Removal:~ This matter is progressing satitCactory. , -5- . 5. SCUgOg Road:- This matter is pending report from the Counties Road Committee, 6. Foam Bank:- Con. Fice, chairmand of the Fire Committee advised that the Committee does not wish to take any action in this regard, 7. p. u~ C. Charges:- This matter is pending the subject of a draft by-law currently being prepared by the solicitor, P. U. C. Manager, and Town Clerk. S. Board of Works Building and P.U.C. Pump House:- The following letter was received from Mr. A. Strike:- "Further to the writer's conversation with you today we enclose here with copy of deed from the Trustee Board of Trinity United Church to the Town, which was registered September 13th, 1934 as No. 1049;. The writer also confirms the offer being made by the Vnited Church Trustee Board to release their claims in the property for $6,000.00 or 60% of the sale price, provided the sale is completed before June 30th of this year. If no immediate sale is made, the Trustee Board would like to discuss with the Town the taking over by the Town of the property comple- tely wherein the Town would buy the Church's interest over a ~~ iod of time. The writer would be p)~ased to attend a meeting with Council member's to disl111SS this matter further." . The Clerk was instructed to determine whether the prospective purchaser is still interested and if so, he is to invite the Town Solicitor to attend the next Board of Works Meeting for further consideration. --:. 9. Police Car Tenders: The following was presented to Council by Con. K. Hooper, chair- man of the Police Committee I "At a special meeting of the Police Committee held on Saturday morning, March 2, 1963. Tenders Were received from the following for one only 8 cylinder vehicle- Manual ShiftJ Four door, Heavy dutYI front seatl springs, shockSj bl'akes, clutch ahd battery. Robson Motors Palmer Motor Sales McQueen Motor Sales Ray Gibbs, Sunoco Service 1,250.00 1,21S~00 1,200.00 1,010.45 I' Following the examination and consideration it was: Moved by Reeve Little and Con. Fice: That we accept the tender from Robson Motors as quote.d. Carried. . Moved by Con. Hooper and Fice: That the report of the Police Committee dated March 2, 1963 be received and adopteu. Carried~ -6- . 10. Industrial Area: The following is a letter from Ar. Ian Butler: . "We wish to inform you concerning a situation that has arisen at the site of the bridge on the Base Line. wbile excavating for the clean out chamber on the inverted diphon, it was deter- mined that the elevation of rock differed greatly from that indicated by the bore holes which were only a short distance from the. clean out chamber. During the excavating operation, a ledge of rock was also encountered. Because of this situation we were quite concerned about the footing of the westerly bridge abutment. This is to be set directly on the rock but we are not completely satisfied from the original bore holes taken that the footing will be on solid rock and not merely on a shallow ledge. Accordingly, we have authorized E. M. Peto Associates Limited to return to the site to take additional soil borings. This was done before obtaining your consent because of the urgency of the situation, and we trust that you will agree with our actions in this regard. The estimated charges for this additional service are in the order of $450 to $550, on which we expect you will get your usual subsidy from the D. H. 0.." Moved by Con. Nichols and Reeve Little: That subject to approval by the Department of Highways we concur in the action of Proctor & Redfern in ordering E. M. Peto Associates to effect further soil tests in the Industrial Area. Carried. . "As requested we have given consideration to a temporary pumping station to serve the proposed sewer on Simpson Avenue and on the Base Line between Simpson Avenue and the Soper Creek. Such a faci- lity might be required until the permanent pumping station can be constructed. It is understood that sanitary pewer service might be needed by industries contemplating the construction of plants on Simpson Avenue at Highway 401 before approval can be obtained on the permanent pumping station. It would be possible to use the manhole nearest the Creek as a wet well and to install a vertical close coupled sewage pump in a timber chamber on the property on which the permanent station will be constructed. The pump that would be purchased initially would be suitable for installation in the permanent station with certain minor modifications. It ~ll be necessary to add a length of shaft between the p~mp and the motor, which will be at different levels in the main station. We estimate the cost of the temporary installation for usa during the warm weather, including the pump, necessary controls, valves, pip- ing, and temporary chamber, to be $2,300. Of this amount, we est- imate that the cost of equipment that will be re-used in the per- manent station will be approxiamtely $1,100. We have discltssed this project with a representative of the Ontario Water Resources Commission, and they have indicated that they would prefer not to approve of the temporary installation until the need for it act- ually arises. A sewer connection should not be made to a build- ing until it is substantially complete and certainly not before the roof is on. It is possible that the permanent pumping station will have been approved by that time. We therefore suggest that steps be taken to obtain approval on the permanent installation. A short time before the proposed industrial plants actually re- quire service, arrangements can then be made to construct the tem- porary pumping station if the permanent installation will not be ready. The temporary station could be erected in about two or three weeks, with the exception of the procurement of the pump. We have che~ked with a pump supplier who advises that the unit required could be delivered within approximately eight weeks. Possibly the Town could order one pump at this time and have it on hand in case it is needed." . Moved by Reeve Little and Con. Fice: . . IX . . -.7- That Mr. Ian Butler be again asked to submit prices on a 75 Gal. per minute and 100 Gal. per minute pumps for installation as a temporary facility to serve the industrial area and that this price be submitted immediately. Carried. 11. Bowmanville Hotel: This matter is pending completion of the necessary consideration and presentation of the necessary documents by the Town Solicitor. 12: Bud,get 1963: Moved by Dep-Reeve Stevens and Lon. Hughes: That the Public School Board and High School Board be re- quested to make representation at the Finance meeting Thursday March 7th, at which time the Committee will be considering school requisition. NOTICE OF MOTION: Moved by Con. Fice: That we resciend the resolution passed by this Council ~ E. II. e. respecting the appointment of Town official to the Counties Emergencies Measures Organization Planning Committee. DEBEN'I'URES: Moved by Dep-Reeve Stevens and Con. Oke: That subject to approval by the Town Solicitor we authorize the Town Clerk to purchase 10,000 of the Town Debenture issues with Museum . Carried. AD JOURNr.lENT : Moved by Reeve Little and Con. Oke: That we do now adjourn, 9:50 (/ ,/""- . A~ . .,.- ,