Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutFebruary 26, 1962 HUN I C I PAL - . B U I L DIN G B R 0 UGH A M A meeting of Pickering Township Council was held on MONDAY, the TWENTY-SIXTH day of FEBRUARY, 1962, at EIGHT o'clock p. m. PRESENT: J. Sherman Scott Mrs. Jean McPherson Harvey Spang Milton Mowbray W. J. Greening Ross Deakin Hubert Wank L. T. Johnston. Clerk The following CORRESPONDENCE w~s considered: 1. 2. @ 3. (j) 4. Q The /.-----. 1. \ i> f I ¡ I ¡ A. W. Cane asks permission to attend the Welfare Officers' Convent~on in Timmins June 10. 11, 12 & 13. and Ontario Municipal Association at Niagara Falls on August 26. 27, 28, and 29. See Resolution No. 43/62. Toronto Metro Home Builders Association asks Council to proclaim the week of September 15 to 23 "National Home Week". No Action. Dr. F. B. Wishart, Medical Officer of Health. advises that his Department. O. W. R. C.. and Department of Health, have, on many occasions since June, 1959, requested that sewers be installed in West Rouge, and he sees no reason to change his thinking now. Ontario Munic~pal Board, final approval for $577,500.00, less S26.5ðo.00, sewage plan for West Rouge. 5. A petition signed by 91 owners, or 92.6% of a given area con- tacted ~n West Rouge, that "We, the undersigned. being property owners of Plan 284. Lots 1 to 95. and Lots 117 to 185; Plan 284, Block B¡ Plan 276, Lots 1 to 12; Plan 320, Lots 118 to 123, which are lots on Rouge Hills Drive f~m Island Road to C. N. R., and lots on West Point Crescent and on Taylor Road, hereby request the Pickering Township Council to exclude the install- ation of sanitary sewers from the above areas,~ certified by the Clerk. was presented to Council. following PERSONS, on MOTION, were heard: MOVED by Mr. Deakin, seconded by Mr. Wank, that Mr. Fred Le Blanc be heard. CARRIED Mr. Fred Le Blanc demanded that Council proceed with the sewer proje~t for West Rouge because he believed that there was definitely a health hazard present because of unworkable septic tanks. He objected to sump pumps pumping water into the road ditches, which froze culverts and caused a health problem; also, he claimed the Rouge River was polluted because of raw sewage from septic tanks. Mr. A. E. Bentley spoke for Mr. Allan Wattman for a group of seven who presented the petition against Banitary sewers on Rouge Hills Drive. Mr. Bentley stated that there had never been a complaint to the Health Department in this area so sewers were not necessary. and their cost would be heavy. ...,: !~~. Mr. A. Dand objected to sewers being laid across his gOlf course when h~s golfing season was opened about March 20th. Mr. Jefferson stated that if the By-Law were passed tonight, work would be commenced in a week and that the start would be on the golf grounds, so as to interfere as little as possible with Mr.. Dand's business. He said that all work should be completed in 26 weeks, and that Mr. Dand's drainage problem over the past four years would be rectifi~d by such sewers. .. :Jo .,'." :,,. .! , . , .' - 2 - ~ ~\/Mr. Oscar Bergenstein, of Taylor Road, stated tha~ most houses on TayÍor Road and West Point Crescent had been built in the last four years under strict septic tank regulations, that 100% in the area ¡had signed petition against sewers. and that this area at least j should be exempted from sewers. I Mr. Gaynor felt that ratepayers had not been informed about cost J and Health Department demands, and that more publicity was needed. (/ Reeve Scott summed it up by stating that $40,000.00 had been spent on eng~neering. all arrangements made to proceed; Department of Health, Ontario Water Resources Commission, and local Health Unit had all said that for health reasons, sewers must be installed; all persons were interested in the local school, which badly needed ~ sewers; and that financially the whole area was needed. Mr. Scott "also stated that all homes would be required to instal sewer ~Qnnections within 3 years, but in the interim such house owners wòuld be required to pay only the frontage charge. RESOLUTION NUMBER 41/62 MOVED by Mr. Deakin, seconded by Mr. Wank, that a dinner be held by the Township of Pickering in appreciation of the work and assistance the various boards and committees have given the Township during the year. CARRIED YEA: Messrs. Mowbray, Scott, Deakin, Greening, Wank and Mrs. McPherson. NAY: Mr. Spang. Q RESOLUTION NUMBER 42/62 MUVED by Mrs. McPherson, seconded by Mr. Deakin, that the Township make application to the Department of Highways for the balance of grant due the Township on the 1961 road expenditure of $287,033.44. CARRIED (j) RESOLUTION NUMBER 43/62 MOVED by Mr. Mowbray, seconded by Mr. Wank. that this Council declares it to be its policy to permit leave of absence to heads of Township departments, and to pay the reasonable expenses of heads of Township departmen~and other responsible employees, up to a maximum of $125.00, for the purpose of attending one convention in any calendar year, and that such department baads and employees be required to submit written reports respecting conventions attended and detailed accounts of the expenses respecting which payment is sought; AND THAT the Clerk be and is hereby instructed to prepare a by-law setting forth. this policy. CARRIED RESOLUTION NUMBER 44/62 MOVED by Mr. Deak~n, seconded by Mr. Mowbray, that our solicitor, Mr. Elliott, present the Fire Area By-Law to the Ontario Municipal Board at hearing in Township Hall on March 6th at 10 A. M. CARRIED (2) BY-LAW NUMBER 2671 Mr. Wank, seconded by Mr. ,Mowbray, moves for leave to introduce a By-Law of the Township of Pickering to enter into an agreement with the Ontprio Water Resources Commission for the construction Ðf sewers in the West Rouge, and that same now be read a first time. Mr. Wank, seconded by Mrs. McPherson, moves that By-Law Number 2671 to enter into an agreement with the Ontario Water Resources Commission for the constructlon of sewers in the West Rouge, be now read a second time, and that Council go into Committee of the Whole thereon. The Committee of the Whole arises and reports the By-Law as read. - 3 - ~ By-Law Number 2671 (Continued) Mr. Wank, seconded by Mr. R. Deakin, Committee of the Whole on By-Law No. said By-Law be now read a Third time Clerk sign the same, and the Seal of thereto. moves that the report of the 2671 be adopted, and that the and PASSED; that the Reeve and the Corporation be affixed CARRIED YEA: Messrs. Mowbray, Spang, Scott, Deakin, Greening, Wank, and Mrs. McPherson. NAY: None. BY~LAW NUMBER 2669 (Third Reading) The Committee of the Whole on By-Law No. 2669 to authorize certain fees to be charged for hunting licences, arises and reports the By-Law as read. Mr. Spang, seconded by Mrs. McPherson, moves that the report of the Committee of the Whole on By-Law No. 2669 be adopted, and that the said By-Law be now read a Third time and PASSED; that the Reeve and Clerk sign the same, and the Seal of the Corporation be affixed thereto. CARRIED BY-LAW NUMBER 2672 Mr. Wank, seconqed by Mr. Mowbray, moves for leave to introduce a By-Law of the Township of Pickering to appoint members to the Bay Ridges Community Centre for the year 1962, and that same now be read a first time. Members: Edward Jaen Leslie Taylor Ernest Burnie Paul Lyons William Eagleson W. J. Greening R. W. Deakin Mr. Wank, seconded by Mr. Spang, moves that By-Law No. 2672 to appoint members to the Bay Ridges Community Centre for the year 1962, be now read a second time, and that Council go into Committee of the Whole thereon. The Committee of the Whole arises and reports the By-Law as read. Mr. Wank, seconded by Mrs. McPherson, moves that the report of the Committee of the Whole on By-Law No. 2672 be adopted, and that the said By-Law be now read a Third time and PASSED; that the Reeve and Clerk sign the same, and the Seal of the Corporation be affixed thereto. CARRIED ® BY-LAW NUMBER 2673 (Two Readings) Mrs. McPherson, seconded by Mr. Deakin, moves for leave to introduce a By-Law of the Township of Pickering to change the name of Wharf Street in Fairport to Avis Avenue, and that same now be read a first time. Mrs. McPherson, seconded by Mr. Greening, moves that By-Law No. 2673 to change the name of Wharf Street in Fairport to Avis Avenue, be 'now read'a s~Gond tim~, and that Council go into Committee of the Whole thereon. It was AGREED that' tha' Publici~y Commit~ee of Messrs. Greening, Wank and Mowbray should arrange the Civic Dinner. AGREED Finance meeting Thursday, March 8, and By-Law Committee keet~ng, Friday, March 9. On MOTION of Mr. Deakin, the meeting APPROVED~ ~~. 1962 Clerk Reeve