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MINUTES - Council - 19610808,;,.~ r~ "-·- i ' ' ··~ /,--:-.. ., MINUTES OF THE 15TH REGULAR MEETING OF COUNCIL HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON TUESDAY AUGUST 8th. 1961 AT 8.00 P.M. PRESENT: MAYOR: REEVE,: DEPUTY REEVE: COUNCILLORS: DAVIS: JONES: CORRESPONDENCE ------------------------------- KEITH NISBET (IN THE CHAIR) C.F. DAVIS W .H. STODDART . . . . . . . . , .. CHILD, CORBETT, DAVIDSON, HAMMOND, JONES, MOFFAT. "That the minutes of July 3rd, 5th, 17th arut 24th, 1961 be adopted as printed and circulated." Carried. A letter from Headmount Holdings Limited regarding Regency Acres Subdivision and listing the £allowing items in answer to a letter concerning a meeting between the Town Council and themselves was read; Item # 1 Item # 2 Item # 3 i~~ Item # 4 Item # 5 Inspections -We have on hand the report of the Township Engineer, and where this applies to bhe terms. of the agreement, all items will be acted upon accordingly. The su'!Jdivision agreeme-nt spells out clearly the responsibility of the developer and the Town in this regard, and it .is our feeling that time should not be taken at a meeting between Council and ~urselves to re-hash this matter •. With regard ~o re-paving of Richardson Drive- As you are well aware, this is a matter in which the bonding company is involved, and therefore at present is be'ing held in alreyance. Until a complete report is received £rom them or their engineer, no action can 'be taken. Separate School Service Connections -Permission has been granted to the Town to permit the Separate School. to hook into the abutting services in accord- ance With the terms of our previous letter to the Town Engin~. . Accounts ... These matters were discussed at a previous Council meeting and all that is required is for the so1i~itors to agree on an understanding of the matter and finalization. Regency Brive Industrial Subdivision -We a position to finalize this at this time. Subdivision agreement provides for no end choose to leave this pending at present. are not in Our date. We 15TH REGULAR -2-AUGUST 8, 1961 Councillor Child remarked that it is imparative that a road be constructed inplace of the side road that is now closed and that the Town Solicitor check the Subdivsion Agreement regarding the wording of this matter. CHILD: DAVIS: "That this complete letter be referred to the Town Solicitor and suggest that a date when the two solicitors must finalize this matter concerning the accounts be set and that the Town Clerk follow this matter up." Carried. A letter from Headmount Holdings Limited regarding Regency Acres Subdivision and making a formal claim for an amount of $689.20 concerning a t round replacement and concreting etc. on ... the westerly drainage ditch in 1960, and stating that the problem with this work was caused by the type of materials supplied by the Town and that in their consultants view this ~ould cause future problems was read. DAVIS: CORBETT: "That this letter be referred to the Town Solicitor for finalization with the other accounts Jll'esently in his hands." Carried. A letter from the Collis Leather Company Limited Aurora advising that recently they had occasion to use a fairly large quantity of Town water,; but because of a ~onsiderable amount of sediment therein it was necessary to vigorously flush out the water mains all one afternnon before getting water in any kind of acceptable condition for use and that a sample taken during this time was forwarded to the Town for examination. The letter further 'li~~- stated that since they are charged on the basis of the amount of water which passes through ·m:tr meter they felt it only fair that an adjustment be made to take into consideration the quantity that was unfit for use and· they referred to approximately 300,000 gallons of water_that had to be £lushed away. The letter further stated that it is their feeling ~t would be imperative that appropriate steps should be taken to ;sma.intain the supply lines to their plant relatively free ofsadiment. Mayor Nisbet stated that ~) I upon receipt-of. this letter he had been in touch with Mr. s. c. Walker of Collis Leather Co. Limited and understand they filled their reservoir and left the water running and in so doing reduced our elevated tank town to a 12 foot level. Town Superindent Mr. Browning then produced meter readings outlining the amount of water used by Collis Leather this year. ~ I l ---· -15TH REGULAR -3-AUGUST 8, 1961 JONES: HAMMOND: "~hat this letter be referred to the Finance Comm:L.ttee for study and report." Carried. A letter from G.K. Bodemer, Bradford, Ontario informing Council that a convention by Ontario Circuit No. 14 of Jehovah's Witnesses is to take place in the Town of.Aurora on August 11th, 12th and 13th and is to be held at the Aurora Arena and further that since approximately 1,000 persons are expected to attend it is anticipated. that upwards of 250 cars would require parking facilities. This letter requested permission·for the Town Council to use the space available behind the Water Works and Remington Rand Buildings for overflow parking from the Arena and further requesting permission to erect signs approximately 4 feet by 6 feet at the edges of Aurora for advertising this convention was read. DAVIS: DAVIDSON: "That approval in connection with this letter be approved.'! Carried. A letter from Mr. Emmerson So~, 101 Catherine Ave, Aurora inquiring as to the procedure to fu11ow to connect up to the Town sewers was read. HAMMOND: CHILD: "That they be notified that since this is a non sewer area pumps would be required to effect a sewer and that they would be required to pay the cost of this pumping. " Carried. A letter from Harold w. Graham, 72 Cousins Drive Aurora advising Council that in his opinion the· ll! right decision has been reached to avoid discension in that the Town employees wishes were granted to • change their group medical insurance from Great West Life to another carrier and thereby omit the group life and weekly indemnity comp:fletely and further that Mr. Graham stated I would like to take this opportunity to thank Council for your past business and If h~ could be of service to you as a group or individli.ally in the future he. would appreciate the privelege was read. CHILD: "That this letter be accepted and filed." CORBETT: Carried. 15TH REGULAR -4-AUGUST 8, 1961 A letter from the Planning Board, Town of Aurora requesting that a joint meeting of Council and Planning Board be held to discuss a draft zoning by-law and a draft zoning map.on Thursday August 17th, 1961 if this date is convenient to Council was read. DAVIS: CORBETT: "That this meeting on August 17th. 1961 be approved by Council and the appropriate notices be forearded." Carried. A letter from R.E. Winter &.Associates of Toronto regarding the sewer rental scheme Choice Cut-Up Chicken and in answer to a copy of a letter from Choice Cut -Up Chicken forwarded to them on July 7th. and summing up that it is difficult to assess the amount of final fluent that has entered your system since January and further that they felt Mr. Lysecki could be correct in assuaming that·less ~hen one half has been handled during t~at time was read. CORBETT: MOFFAT: "That this letter be referred to the Finance Committee f~ study and report." Carried. A letter from the General Municipal. Counsel, Department of Municipal Affairs in answer to a letter from the Town of Aurora concerning general taxation exemption of the Aurora Royal Canadian Legion and stating that in their opinion the correct interpretat'ion of section 277, subsection 70, of the Municipal Act is that the exemption fromtaxation period may not exceed ten years was read. CORBETT: JONES: "That the Royal Canadian Legion Aurora be so notified and 1;hat this letter be filed." ·Carried. Mayor Nisbet brought forward the matter of a by-law to appoint three fence viewers for the Town of Aurora. and stated that in kXB that dpinion of the Department of the Department of M~icipal affairs such a by-law HRK was ulta-virasas it concerns. a Town but that the line fences Act R.s.o. 1960 Chapter 216 referred to Townships _only. The Town Solicitor stated he would check into. this matter and repat back at a further date. [ ~ ~. 15TH REGULAR -5-AUGUST 8, 1961 DELEGATIONS Mr. Don Glass appeared on behalf of the Aurora Board of Trade to-gether with MD. Montgomery and Mr. Ruthenbury and read to Council a letter from the Aurora Board of. Trade which is reprinted as fol1lows; We the undersigned, would like to go on record as being opposed to the proposed ban on parking on the West side of Yonge Street in the town of Aurora. It is our understanding that this proposal has been put forward with idea in mind of improving traffic flow on Yonge Street especially in the area Southof Wellington Street. It is our opinion that such a ban would result in even a worse condition than currently exists, due to the fact that Yonge Street narrows South of Tyler Street and narrows even further south of Church Street, and therefore can see . no practical advantage in implementing ~ch a proposal. We believe that you can forsee that if the west lane of Yonge Street was available for another lane of traffic flow, that once this lane of automobiles reached the Tyler Street area , it would be then fighting for re-entry a to the only lane available south of Church Street, which would result in short tempers and possible increase in traffic accidents. Based on the ab<>v~ logic we think that this ban is not in the interest of safety. M:e. Glass stated the delegations reseaon to be present this evening W$$ to further explain some ideas they have in mind and suggested that t4eirs were personal and business nature. Mr. Glass stated they would :~u.ggest that there are now. great parking areas in sites auch as Richmond Hill to the south and in the near future on Davis Drive to the north and, further that the Department of Highways have realued that these situations exist in Towns like ours and· are building by-passes. Mr. Glass read an editorial concerning this matter that appeared in a local news- paper and summed up by saying that a careful and thorough study should be given this JDix matter by Council prior to any definite action to ban parking on Yonge Street. Mayor Nisbet ~1thanked Mr. Glass for his presentation this evening and-advised him that the by-law concerning parking had not been enacted as of this time. Councillor Child remarked that the by-law proposed was only applicable to Sundays and Holidays and felt that traffic could s·till be proceeded along Yonge Street with 2 lines down and 1 line north U the parking were banned on one side and mentioned that on Sunday night13 traffic is backed up 8ome distance north. Mayor Nisbet felt that if the police would co-operate more they could keep traffic moving. Mr. Montgomery stated that there is extra traffic on Y0 nge Street since Wellington Street· East had been closed and felt that police operating both lights in Town might solve some of this provlem. Reeve Davis stated he had taken exception to report previously pas.sed at Council and would like to see automobiles stopped oftener anddid not want to see any business ceas• to exfst. Reeve Davis stated this problem has been preval.ent for some years but we seem to get the traffic through ak:ay. /r· 15TH REGULAR ·-6-AUGUST 8, ~96~ Council~or Davidson thought that the stO"p ~ights may be operated manual~y and the time they are operating co~d be adjusted according~y. Counci~lor Child stated that.he would argue a point that when you become bogged down in a ~ine up of traffic in a Town then you feel ~ike by-passing that Town. Council~or Hammond inquired of Mr. Glass if he was still a member of the :Soard of trade and Mr. Glass rep~ied ye~s • Councillor Hammond then inquired if any renewed hope of. the retail section of the :Soard of Trade accomplishing anyth±ng ~th regards to the west side of __ ,..,,_, J the parking lot and Mr. Glass stated he agreed with Council~ or Hammonds sediments in this matter re renewing the ~ife concerning this parking ~ot but l!lll for some time past the matter has remained dormant. Reeve Davis felt it wo~d be nice to see a lane through to the west side parking ~ot from Yonge Street. Mayor Nisbet inquired if any member of Council were interested in re-opening this issu~ now and that it wo~d have to originate from a Council member who voted for the report previous~y. MOFFAT: CORBETT: "That the Po~ice Committee reconsider this matter in v±ewof the fact that the South end of Yonge Street has now been widened and possibly traffic situation now has been altered." Carried. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES Councillor Corbett reported on inquirey he had received for a Mr. McGrath 132 G~ass Drive in Regency Acres and stated that his ~ot borders on a walkway and peop~e are using his property to cross over. Council~or Corbett ·stated that Mr. McGrath said if the Town would supply the fence material he wo~d erect same. Councillor Moffat stated she co~d not see how we could provide a fence since '!;here are many other similar situations in the Town. Councillor Child stated that Council previous~y turned down another gentlemen for -the same purpose. Councillor Jones stated that it is a line between twp properties and the owner may force the Town to pay for half the cost of a fence and we would be obliged to put up half the fence if he so desires. · DAVIS: CHILD: "That the Works Committee undertake an investigation regarding the tJtPe of fence :f\equired, its cost etc." Carried. Councillor Jones presented a report and outlined to Council several prices received from the three dealers in Town regarding a new town truck that is required urgently. Counc:i.J.lor Jones presented these figures to Council and after discussion the following motion was passed. DAVIS: CORBETT: That the Finance Committe and the Works Committee be authorized to ~Kl!l purchase a Vo~kswagon Truck from McDonald Motors or a chevrolet truck from Mcpherson Motors as per tenders and the seal of the C6rp:oration be a:ta attached hereto. ,-·. Net prices of vehicles are Volkswagon$ 1 , 7 38.00 Chevrolet $ 1,887.00~ Carried. I '·-.......:.- L 15TH REGULAR -7-AUGUST 8, 19&1 Councillor Jones reported to Council and submitted tenders for Asphalt sidewalks in certain locations of the Town, Councillor found on opening these tenders that the submission of prices were in various manners and that ~t would be unable to decideK on any ontll tender this eve:tning until an investigation of the tenders had been made, 6HILD: RORBETT: "That this matter be referred to the Works Committee to asc~rtain final prices as submitted this evening," Carried, Councillor Hammond present a report of the Property Committee concerning the Remington Rand Building Roof repairs in which the Committee respectfully submit the following: HAM!VIOND: DAVIDSON: "That the quotatj;;m of the Accurate Roofing Co Limited re repairs to Remington Rand Building, to include replacement of necessary eavestrough, repairs and replacement of downspouts and rel$ingl:J,.ng of dormors at a price of $363,00 and the same Company be authorized to carry out main roof repairs after submitting cost and the seal of the Corporation be attached hereto," "That the report of' the Property Committee regarding repairs to ·Remington Rand Roof by Accura.Jdie Company be acceptedand th~ Seal of the Corporation be attached hereto," Carried, Councillor Davidson presented a report of the Police Committee in which the Committee respectfully submit the following: DAVIDSON: JONES: "That the application of George Menard for taxi driver'll license be granted," "That the report of the Police Committee re ·Cab Drivers License of George lVIenard be accepted," Carried, 15TH REGULAR -8-AUGUST 8, 1961. Councillor Davidson reported to Council that he had received a viet from the Town of Aurora JOg catcher inquiring if the Town would obtain for him a 300 Dollar tranquilizer and further that the ToWn.ship of King in this instance were willing to pay half the cost of same. After general discussion the followingEotio~ was passed. CORBETT: CHILD: "Resolve that if the Dog Catcher obtains a tranquilizer that he not be allowed to use it in the Town of Aurora and that he be so notified." Carried. Councillor Moffat advised Council that she had received a you note from Mrs. Nisbet. ' thank ~ Mayor Nisbet reported that subsequent to the meeting with Dr. Berry he had been advised this day that Dr. Berry had been ill and was unable to have the report promised for this evening prepared for a further 14 days. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Reeve Davis stated that he had looked at the situation of the sewer at Bercy Streetand found that after a heavy rain sellars are flooded in this area and.felt that Council should recognize the need for another sewer in this area and would like to see this work undertaken as a Winter Works programm. · D.AJJIS: STODDART: "That the Town Engineer be instructed ·to make a survey regarding this sewer location and recommend to Council his findings and then institue contract under Winter Works programme. 11 Carried. Councillor Jones brought to Councils attention that sanitary sewers on Centre and Spruce Streets are causing trouble backing up in certain instances. Councillor Jones suggested that the 2 liB% sewers be connected and this would mean a distance of some 100 feet. Councillor Jones stated he would like to see some relief :for the residmts affected: JONES: DAVIS: "That the Works Committee investigate and ascertain if feasible to connect the sewers and report back." Carried. [ . - . l -~·· 15TH REGULAR STODDART: DAVIS: -9-AUGUST 8, 1961 "That the Account of Alpine Construction Company , re instal.ling 12" Sanitary Sewers and 12" Watermain on Edward Street, in the amount of $12,332.63 be paid and the Seal. of the Corporation be attached hereto." Carried. Councillor Jones stated he had visited the Edward St. project and found the present drainage ditch unsatisfactory during heavy rains and felt the ditch might be tiled for approximately $700.00. Councillor Jones suggested the owners concerned ±Rxik~ be contacted arui find out their feelings in this matter since the original contract called for the present type of ditch. JONES: HAMMOND: "That the Finance Committee be authorized to contact the owners and ascertain their desires concerning this mattR ditch." Carried. Councillor Jones enquired if there were any Town by-laws regarding tall hedges at oorners that obstruct views of drivers and Council decided this would be a civil matter. Councillor Jones advised that lVlr. G. Locke owned a right-of-way some 21 feet by 100 feet on Kennedy St. West and offered to sell same to ·the Town for $250.00 • DAVIS: CHILD: ··"That the Works Commmi ttee Chairman discuss thi.s matter with the Town Solicitor." Carried. Councillor Hammond enquired of the Works Department might remove a small pipe jutting out of the ground on Wellington Streetwest just around the corner from the Tobacco Store and it was decided that the Town Superintendent would look after this. Councillor Corbett stated he had been thinking of the many miles of · travelling in his private automobile that Councillor Jones does ~arrying out the responsibilities of Chairman of the Works Committee and felt that some renumeration for this mileage should be received by Councillor Jones. The Clerk was instructed to ascertain % if this renumeration might be legally allotted. , Councillor Moffat brought to Councils attention the fact that some 22 complaints had been received from residents concerning the loud noises at night at the Swimming Ppol. Councillor Moffat stated the noise .mainly emanated from loud speakers at private parties • 15TH REGULAR -lo-AUGUST 8, 1961 Mayor Nisbet advised that the Swimming Pool had been rented out to private parties and the noise had been exceptionally lo~d. Councillor Davidson stated the Police Youth Organization rented the pool for a night and organized a swim and danc.e for teen agers. The Recreation Director advised that after complaints the music had been turned down. Councillor Davidson said it was well conducted and that these youth clubs help to keep t~enagers off the streets. Mayor Nisbet stated he was not critizing that it was not properly conducted, only that the noise had been loud and disturbed residents in the area. The matter of supplying wings for the ball diamond at the Town J:>a.J::k was brought forward and Councillor Hammmond said the wings are an alternative in order that people sitting on the benches would not be hit by baseballs. Councillor Moffat * to look into this matter. HAMMOND: "That the meeting adjourn." CORBETT: Cariied. The meeting then adjourned.