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“Livingston extension needs to die” By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Niagara Region officials came to Grimsby council Monday with the same old Livingston Extension song and dance. Council was having none of it. Much of the presentation from Niagara Region planning officials came in the form of a lengthy, recorded video which cited an indepth history and host of details about the extension, which could connect Livingston Avenue to Oakes Road.
The extension, and possible need for it, have been part of an intensive community debate for years as it would go through part of what has come to be known as the Irish woodlot on Hunter Road. The woodlot is the last remaining stand of old growth Carolinian forest below the Niagara Escarpment. The matter came to council Monday due to Grimsby’s request at Niagara Region to have Reginal Official Plan Amendment No. 13 - which includes the
extension - removed. To provide background for council, the video dealt with every detail of the proposal right back to the amalgamation of the Region in 1971. At a glance, one might ascertain the details given as solid justification for the Region’s position, but by slightly scratching the surface on some key points made, much of the justification quickly unravelled. Coun. Dorothy Bothwell, chair of Grimsby’s Planning Committee,
dismantled much of the presentation’s key points where it was noted that the extension was approved by Grimsby council in a 1995 transit study. Citing the report” - of which she said, “there are only two printed copies, one in my hand and the other in Town Hall”, she noted the problem with that assumption. “The statement (of approval) is a selected piece of language (from the report),” noted Bothwell. Quoting the report
she noted the extension discussed was part of a much bigger picture assessed in the transportation study back 25 years ago. “There were several things that were supposed to happen to lead to the approval of the extension,” added Bothwell, noting Main Street Grimsby was to be cleared of all parking spots and it would be made a four-lane road in both directions. After other components of the report were executed, “then we’re recommending
Livingston be extended,” added Bothwell. “You are using old information from a transportation needs assessment. This (presentation) tonight is taking one piece out.” Bothwell suggested a wait and see approach be taken on the extension, since an expansion of the South Service Road is to be part of the growth plan around the proposed new GO station in Grimsby. “We need Region to be behind us on this... loud and clear,” said See PLAN, Page 3
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GBF readies launch of new, free mental health series Grimsby Benevolent Fund is about to embark on a new, innovative mental health awareness program in October. Tom Beach, a member of GBF’s board of directors and chair of mental health of GBF, took some time to provide NewsNow with some insight into the program. Question: Grimsby Benevolent Fund is about to embark on a new, innovative mental health awareness program. Can you provide an outline of what that will entail? Tom Beach: We are quite blessed to be in a position to invest into the well being of our community, and in particular, Mental Health. As we all know, mental health has taken centre stage in the lives of so many, so GBF felt that this was a perfect avenue to show our strength
and continued commitment to the well being of the residents of Grimsby. We have four pillars that make up our mission; food, housing, health and youth. In studying our work with health and the impact we wish to have; it was an easy and unanimous decision to invest into this very important issue. Question: Can you share any specifics with us with regards to the action GBF is taking with mental health? Tom Beach: Absolutely. Our action involved the task of finding a partner who we could invest in. GBF is not a mental health clinic, nor do we want to give anyone the impression that we are one. We set out to find ourselves a mental health partner that could quickly employ our capital investment, and make an impact in
our community. We are fortunate to have found this partnership with Hamilton Health Sciences and the Mental Health unit of Grimsby. Together we have launched the WILLOW program which is an evidence-based tool to help clinicians working with our youth; 8 to 25 years old. This investment, which is north of $100,000, enabled the West Niagara Health Group to educate and support over 25 clinicians in our community. We continue to work with the management of West Niagara Mental Health in studying the statistics stemming from this significant investment. It is our intent to keep a keen eye on the program to ensure that our dollars are making a difference and impacting the community
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in a positive manner. I should mention that we also were a player in working with Pathstones Mental Health in setting up a walk-in clinic here in Grimsby. We are proud that this new walk in clinic will be making its home in our own Public Library. It is a place where kids can drop in and talk about their feelings or perhaps their battle with some mental health irregularities. Question: I understand that you are putting together a special project in the Fall. Can you tell us about it? Tom Beach: We are very excited to be offering our members of the community a speakers’ series on mental health. We are currently working with the professionals at the West Niagara Mental Health unit, Pathstones, and
the Canadian Mental Health Association. Our project will involve a good number of professionals who will speak to the audiences on a number of topics, including: mental health and our kid;, mental health issues with our emerging and transitioning youth; loneliness and isolation; mindfulness and changing how we think; JUST GET HELP, and; mental health awareness for parents. Our plan is to make sure we touch a large number of topics for a widespread audience, 5 years old to 95 years old. We all deserve to be happy and that is from the beginning of life to the later part of life. We are hoping to have a diversified audience so that the Q & A component is rich in content and rewarding to all.
Question: How can people learn more about this special speaker series you are assembling? Tom Beach: The best place to learn more is our GBF website. www. gbfgrimsby.com We also plan to place a number of posters and flyers around town and perhaps some mailers. We are also hoping that our exposure via this interview with you will motivate folks to go to our website and get the details; dates/ times/locations. We will be weekly and biweekly starting in early October. I should also mention that we are looking for businesses in the community to come forward and sponsor one of the evenings with light refreshments and snacks. The speakers’ series will be run at no charge to our audiences.
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From Page 1 Bothwell. What confounded council was the repetition of the discussion around the Livingston Extension debate. Council uniformly panned the presentation and the fact regional planning officials were back pitching the extension in much the same fashion they had done before calling the effort “patronizing”. “I am not a supporter of the extension and the vast majority of residents in the community do not support it. I am all for supporting the heritage of our Main Street but I’d also like to protect the oxygen we breathe,” said Coun. Randy Vaine. “I would like to see the Livingston Extension die.” Coun. Dave Sharpe questioned the presenters directly.
“You’re here again, with the same information. Why aren’t you listening? asked Sharpe. “It’s all excuses.” Coun. Lianne Vardy agreed. “Thanks for the history lesson, but I am not sure why you did all that. I found it offensive,” noted Vardy. “Grimsby residents have spoken. Grimsby doesn’t want it, but you show up, you talk, and you go away. Vardy added, “why don’t you do something helpful” like focus on the Mountain Road traffic problems and the Bartlett extension. There was no defence of position offered by any of the regional staff on hand. Another irregularity cited by Bothwell dealt with the discrepancy between what was a proposed amendment to Amendment No. 13 in the audio portion of
the presentation and what was printed in the report provided to council. “The wording in the video presentation is different. Can you show me where the proper wording is?” asked Bothwell of Ken Giles, Niagara Region’s Director of Community and Long-Range Planning. “The sound clip is different.” While Giles noted the printed version was what council should go by, they were not interested in hearing any more and Coun. Reg Freake said it seemed regional officials were in the same boat. “I feel, after hearing this presentation, you have already decided this (extention) will happen. Carolyn Ryall, Niagara Region’s director of transportation services, said no decision has been made.
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Jordan Lions All-You-CanEat Wing Night. Sept.20 - Adults $18 or 2/$35. Children 6-12 $8. Served 5 - 8pm. Proceeds of event will benefit Cave Springs Camp. Jordan Sports Park, 2767 4th Ave, Jordan. This is our last Wing Night for 2019. Thanks for your support. Fish and Chips at the Beamsville Legion Sept. 20th from 4:30 to 7pm. In celebration of Legion Week, free meal for our veterans. Entertainment: Flamboro Guns. Nonveterans: $10.00 - 1 pc. c/w Chips, Coleslaw & Bun $13.00 for 2 pc. St. Helen Bingo - Progressive Jackpot Sept. 19 at 11 a.m. at the Beamsville Legion: $600. Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. at St. Helen Church: $900. Also, thousands of dollars in cash prizes every week. Admission is free. Hot food is available. Info: 905-562-7427 Grimsby Legion Branch 127 Friday – Catch the Ace lottery, Sales 6-8pm,
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Notice of Public Meeting An application has been received by the Town of Grimsby for a Zoning By-law Amendment for lands with the legal description Part of Lot 434, Registered Plan No. 4 (associated with lands known as 27 John Street). The purpose and effect of the proposed zoning by-law amendment is to modify the existing site specific zoning to include parking as the sole permitted use on the subject lands. The subject lands were part of a previous zoning by-law amendment application, approved by Council on October 1, 2018 (File Number 26Z-16-1707), to permit a proposed townhouse development on lands known as 27 John Street. There are no changes to the number of required parking spaces, or the number of residential units in this approved development through the proposed zoning by-law amendment that is the subject of this notice. A public meeting for this application is scheduled as follows: Date: September 24, 2019 Time: 6:00 p.m. Location: Town Hall, 160 Livingston Avenue
Beamsville’s Andy Daniels took over as owner the Grimsby Giant Tiger Aug. 1.
things would work out in Grimsby when Garry Brown retired,” said Daniels. “It will be great to give back to a community I am part of. Garry left things in great shape, with an awesome staff, and I am looking forward to it.” Within days of the change, customers were stopping in and asking to meet the new man on the scene, something for which Daniels always has time. “I have always wanted to be in a communty where you know your neighbour and you go to Hildreth Farms, for example, to pick things up because you know them from hockey,” said Daniels. Daniels is already planning his first event, GBF’s Angel Tree promotion which will start Nov. 25.
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Notice of Public Meeting Applications have been received by the Town of Grimsby for a Zoning By-law Amendment and Draft Plan of Subdivision for the lands known as 308 and 314 Main Street East. The proposed development consists of 54 singledetached dwellings on newly created and extended municipal roads. The purpose and effect of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to change the zoning on the subject lands from the existing Neighbourhood Development ND Zone to a Residential Development RD4 & RD5 Zone with modified performance standards to permit the proposed development. The purpose and effect of the proposed draft plan of subdivision is to create 54 lots, a 7.5 metre wide Natural Heritage System Buffer Block to the rear of Lots 16-27, and new municipal roads having right of way widths of 20 metres. A public meeting for these applications is scheduled as follows:
Date: September 24, 2019 Time: 6:30 p.m. Location: Town Hall, 160 Livingston Avenue
Additional information regarding this application, including information about appeal rights, is available on the Town’s website at: www.grimsby.ca/currentplanningapplications, at Town Hall during normal business hours (8:30 to 4:30), or you may contact:
Additional information regarding these applications, including information about appeal rights, is available on the Town’s website at www.grimsby.ca/currentplanningapplications, at Town Hall during normal business hours (8:30 to 4:30), or you may contact:
Town of Grimsby, Planning Department, P.O. Box 159, 160 Livingston Avenue, Grimsby, Ontario. L3M 4G3. Telephone: (905) 945-9634, Fax: (905) 945-5010 Email: planning@grimsby.ca
Town of Grimsby, Planning Department, P.O. Box 159, 160 Livingston Avenue, Grimsby, Ontario. L3M 4G3. Telephone: (905) 945-9634, Fax: (905) 945-5010, Email: planning@grimsby.ca
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The improvements to the facility could include: • walking track • single or double gym • multi-purpose rooms • improved common areas for gatherings, events, passive use and concessions • improved accessibility • improvements to original dressing rooms/change rooms • improved space to accommodate improve rec department needs and service delivery Sweeney also noted the need to address parking demands with any renovation as well. The projected cost after initial discussions with consul-
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Museum ready for Fall events With summer already fading into history, the Grimsby Museum is ready to unfold their Fall calendar of events. The museum will host a free, outdoor family movie night Friday, Sept. 27 starting at 7:30 p.m. They will be showing ‘Night at the Museum’. Bring chairs and blankets. Food available for purchase courtesy of You Had Me at Pizza. Spirits with Spirits is on Tuesday Oct. 1, featuring psychic mediums, delicious food, alcohol tastings, and eerie stories told by the Peninsula Players Theatre Group. Tickets are $50 and include a meal from Smoke and Moonshine as well as one alcoholic drink. Additional drinks may be purchased separately. Open to ages 19 and up. Pre-registration is required. The Grimsby Museums’s 27th Annual Fundraising Dinner & Auction is on Nov. 2 at the Casabalanca Winery Inn. The event will include a full Marché-style dinner featuring: chef’s carving table, pasta cookery, salads and sweets as well as a full cash bar with a variety of drink options. Award-winning magician Nick Wallace will provide the evening’s entertainment.
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The Beamsville Lions will be collecting donations for their 29th annual Beamsville and District Food Drive to benefiting Community Care of West Niagara (CCWN) this Saturday, Sept. 22. “Residents can leave their non-perishable food donation by their front door, where it is visible, by 8 a.m.,” said Lions president Lloyd Clarke. The Lions have put out the call for 150plus volunteers to help them pull off the largest food drive in the
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Lincoln rolls out Transportation Master Plan By Tristan Marks NewsNow After two years, the Town of Lincoln has unveiled its long awaited draft Transport Master Plan (TMP) document. The proposed plan will see Lincoln invest more than $24 million into road and active transport improvements across the municipality, including $10 million on road improvements within the next five years. Planning consultant Brett Sears was on hand at the Community Services & Planning Committee’s Sept. 11 meeting to present an overview of the TMP. Sears said the plan was designed for a “data-driven” and “evidence-based” approach to infrastructure and policy. This was to ensure that Lincoln can prepare its roadways for upcoming trends over the next several decades. “We want to make sure that the town is future-ready,” he said. The various improvements proposed in the TMP are organized by time range: short-term proposals are to be completed in the next five years, mediumterm between six years to 2031 and long-term represents a range from 2031-2041 or onwards. “The TMP is designed to be a dynamic document,” Sears said, explaining that, because of the document’s decades-long purview, it was written to provide the flexibility to be updated as needed. He added the plan’s timeframes were purposefully designed according to their need, with the highest priority plans falling into the short-term category. This short-term category suggests a number of road improvements such as implementing
the EA for the King/ Nineteenth/Main Streets intersection in Jordan Station and geometric improvements to make right turns at the King St./Mountain St. Intersection in Beamsville easier. Sears admitted that many of the planned improvements would require cooperation with the Region due to jurisdiction. Another major part of the short term plan was the creation of a transport truck route network that bypasses the Beamsville core. This will then allow the municipality to start restricting truck through traffic on Ontario St. and King St. through the Beamsville core. The medium and long-term plans present a number of hypothetical scenarios for road network development and upgrades. These were extrapolated from current data trends with the town and emerging technology, such as traffic density or e-vehicle ownership. “We want to make sure that the town is future ready,” said Sears. The TMP also suggests building 147.4 km of ‘active transportation’ routes. This includes multi-use trails, bike lanes and other such improvements. “Active transportation refers to anything where we’re getting around without motorization,” said Sears. After listening to the presentation, Coun. Mike Mikolic commented on data collected in regards to what kind of active transport Lincoln residents prefer. He asked why there seemed to be a “greater appetite” for walking over cycling recorded in the TMP surveys. Sears suggested that there may be more walkers than actual cyclists
in the town, although he admitted that they “didn’t do a statistically valid survey” on that specific issue. Mikolic said he’d prefer to see more funds put towards safe cycling. The plan also addresses how to develop municipal policy to help support all the development. The TMP identifies three main policy areas: traffic calming, on-street parking and transportation demand management. Traffic calming refers to methods that can prevent speeding. Sears said that many residential neighbourhoods throughout Lincoln have complained about cars speeding on their streets. The plan suggests a “transparent” method for gathering data before making decisions on how to answer these complaints be it through the instal-
lation of speed bumps, signage or even increased speed enforcement. “We want a datadriven approach,” Sears said. The TMP also considers policy approaches to answer demand for on street parking in urban areas such as Beamsville or Vineland. According to the document, there is a shortage of on-street parking for visitors, since the actual residents of Lincoln take up those spaces themselves. “We found that the town is already following best practices for the number of parking spaces,” Sears said. “We need to look at alternative strategies.” These strategies include recommendations such as placing three hour limits on parking time streets with high parking demand, des-
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ignating special parking lots for carpooling or biking to promote those over regular driving, and even a “clear your garage” campaign to push residents into actually using their garages for their vehicles. The last area of policy, transportation demand management, refers to different methods to get people to consider other methods of transport other than single-occupant vehicles. Doing so, according to the TMP document, would reduce carbon emissions and decrease health-related problems from a lack of physical activity. However, the result of transportation demand management which appealed most to councillors was its claim to alleviate traffic congestion. Sears pointed out, based purely on the data and comparisons
to similar municipalities, Lincoln does not actually have anything more than average congestion. Coun. JD Pachereva questioned how this could be the case. “Sometimes the ramp for Ontario St. is backed up all the way to the QEW,” he said. Sears agreed that there would be a need for policy to balance personal perception with the actual evidence, but he said that the studies determined that traffic congestion “is not a huge problem” for the town. Commenting to Sears on his presentation, Mayor Sandra Easton said she was impressed with the TMP. “Every conceivable scenario is addressed,” she said, adding that the document underlines the need for a “shift in thinking.”
Several concerns with Niagara Region’s updating of the traffic lights at Christie and Main Streets have arisen after new sidewalk corners were poured last week. A re-aligned southside sidewalk creates a blind spot for motorists northbound on Mountain Street pulling up to the intersection as the crosswalk was shifted from its long-standing linear connection along Main to just around the corner. As well, one spot in the middle has a full curb as opposed to the graduated slope other areas have. Mayor Jeff Jordan also noted the “no left turn” sign was not reinstalled for westbound motorists on Main Street West. The sign was re-installed Monday. Reg. Coun. Wayne Fertich said he will address the other issues with regional public works.
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been its customers most of whom are local to Niagara. “It’s a very small and tight industry,” said Dave. “We have dealt with the same people and families for generations.” Not only is most of the company’s business local, but so are its employees. Zwart Systems has been hiring mainly from West Niagara for all 50 years. Most of its employee growth has come in the last 10 years. In 2000, the company had about 20 employees. Now there are 80. This rapid growth prompted the business to move from its longtime home in Grimsby to a building twice the size in Beamsville. “We were in the right industry at the right time,” said Peter Jr. “Our customers want to grow and we grow with them.”
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Updating great, but.... It is often a complaint of outlying communities in Niagara Region - “we don’t get our fair share”. Meaning a lot of tax dollars get sent off to Niagara Region HQ and little comes back in return. That really is not the case, but it can be easy, when regional investment is not visible, for local residents to feel that way. So seeing things like the recent updating of traffic lights at Christie and Main is a good thing. The problem is a significant and seemingly permanent problem has been built as part of the renovation. The cement of the new sidewalk corners was not even dry before the problems on the south side were evident. A full curb right in the middle of where the crosswalk has been for countless decades is the most obvious. People walking their normal direction with arm full of goodies bought at downtown shops won’t see that lip. The rest of the corner to the right and left has a sloped, smooth access. Also, motorists will have to idle into the crosswalk to see around the corner. It’s not good. Any resident would have noticed these problems immediately. Too bad. M.W.
Bothwell to the rescue I have teased the Grimsby council from time to time about their antics and inability to tighten focus on their tasks at hand, but except for a couple of wayward comments on Monday night, the group likely put in their best effort to date. Several major issues and many delegations made for a lengthy agenda. Key on the agenda was what turned out to be a rehash of an old foe - the Livingston extension. If you have been following NewsNow at all in the last couple of years, you will know the extension has come up many times. It was nearly removed from regional documentation in the last term of council and then Ald. Dave Wilson even voted that way at a regional meeting. The extension would connect the west end of Livingston Avenue to Oakes Road. Somehow it got resurrected and came back to council for review. The consensus among alderman was leave it off of regional plans. The mayor of the day, Bob Bentley, did not agree and said it made no difference if it was in the plans or not, the region would do as they pleased and he insisted it be left. It was left in. Monday night, regional officials used that against current council citing it as one of the reasons they understood the Town of Grimsby to be behind the extension being put through. In possibly the bestworded, most concise and integral dissection of the far-too-lengthy recorded presentation which regional reps played for council, Coun. Dorothy Bothwell
MIKE WILLISCRAFT was on her game and truly crushed the methodology by which the extension has been justified for many years. Way back in the old days, 1995 era and just after, Niagara Region officials had this great idea to do away with ALL of Grimsby’s on-street parking in the core and make the thoroughfare four lanes, both directions. Can you imagine that scene in a small downtown? I was just starting my first stint on the Grimsby Downtown Improvement Area board of management. I recall those discussions when it was mentioned. There would have been a war if parking spot removal had been pushed. Would never have happened. That is very important to note because, as Bothwell noted to all who were listening on Monday night - where regional officials claimed the Town has given its approval in the past based on comments in an official report - the “approval” was a distant step of a multi-task program of transportation changes considered for the town. Holding up a copy - one of two in existence - Bothwell noted the extension of
Livingston was only “approved” when the many other changes - including the four-lane overhaul of downtown traffic - were put in place. It was one part of a multi-pronged plan which never happened. As such, to extract the extension proposal and say it was approved would be like a baseball play earning a walk but declaring it a homerun because he wants the end result without going by any of the bases. It has never happened in a council chamber, but I really just wanted to give her a hug. It is moments like that, and there will be more, when Grimsby residents can know for certain they did the right thing last October when they tossed out nearly all of the old regime and put in some fresh blood. Yes, they still have warts, but they will work through them. I can absolutely guarantee you, nobody on the previous council would have had the tenacity to dig that information out of a 25-year-old report and deliver it in a fair, but calculatingly decisive manner. Nobody on that council had the ability or the interest. Simply a great job on behalf of the community, Dorothy! Still we get silly comments like the one made about Lincoln competing for the GO station...Beamsville’s station is already in the works as a Phase II, so really nothing to compete for there. Still, I got an email from a Lincoln contact asking what was going on at Grimsby council? Yes, there is still some headscratching, but they’ll get there, people, and the Town will be better off for it in the long run.
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