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Welcome to the website of Erika Neher,
your Councillor in Ward 3.
To download my brochure, please click on the two links below:
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BE SAFE WITH OUTDOOR/OPEN AIR BURNING.
RULE # 1: FIRE DEPARTMENT MUST BE MADE AWARE OF ANY START AND FINISH OF OUTDOOR BURNING. DURING BUSINESS HOURS CALL RAMARA MUNICIPAL OFFICE 705-484-5374 EXT 253. AFTER HOURS OR WEEKENDS, CALL ORILLIA FIRE DISPATCH AT 705-325-5201.
If notification is not received, you have not been granted permission to burn, you are subject to a $100.00 investigation fee or,
If the Fire Department is called to extinguish the fire, a $350.00 per truck per hr. charge will be applied.
ABSOLUTELY NO BURNING DURING A FIRE BAN
I am available to discuss any concerns you have
in my office at 781 Atherley Road,
Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
I can be reached after hours at 325-6371 or 325-6654.
anytime by email: erika@erikaneher.com or onekind@rogers.com
PLANNING MEETING ON JUNE 21 HAS BEEN CANCELLED
NEXT MEETING
Monday, Aug. 23, 2010
Planning MEETING
7 p.m.
Council Chambers, Brechin
ALL MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.
You are welcome to bring in a deputation or concern to any council meeting by sending the request in to the township by Wednesday morning 9 a.m. prior to the meeting.
Verbal questions are allowed at General Committee and Council Meetings.
Planning meetings are excempt as they are only to present planning propects to council or to discuss planning projects and concerns. You may still attend and listen, but not make comment.
FOR ANY INFORMATION, YOU CAN ALWAYS CHECK THE MINUTES
ON THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE. www.ramara.ca
CONGRATULATIONS
1ST RAMARA BEAVERS
You have lived up to
"Help Take Care of the Wold"
YOUR PANCAKE SUPPER RAISED
$441.21
TO BE MATCHED BY THE GOVERNMENT
$882. 42 WILL BE SENT TO HAITI
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GIVE YOURSELVES A HAND
STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND ASSISTANTS
AT UPTERGROVE SCHOOL
WELL DONE!!!! AMAZING!!!
205,372 FOOD ITEMS
MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2010
Jan. 4 ...............NO MEETING
Jan. 11 ............. GENERAL COMMITTEE - Brechin\, Chambers
Jan. 18 ............. PLANNING COMMITTEE - Udney
Jan. 25 ............. COUNCIL - Brechin, Chambers
Feb. 1 ............... GENERAL COMMITTEE- Brechin, Chambers
Feb. 3 ............... BUDGET - Gen Exp. 9 a.m. Brechin, Chambers
Feb. 4 ............... BUDGET - Des. Rate 9 a.m. Brechin, Chambers
Feb. 8 ............... PANNING COMMITTEE - Udney (changed to Council Chambers, Brechin
Feb. 15 ............ FAMILY DAY No meeting
Feb. 22 ............. OGRA/ROMA No meeting
Mar. 1 .............. COUNCIL, Brechin, Chambers
Mar. 8 ............... GENERAL COMMITTEE, Brechin
Mar. 15 ............. PLANNING, Udney Hall
Mar. 22 ............. COUNCIL, Brechin, Chambers
Mar. 29 ............. GENERAL COMMITTEE, Brechin
Apr. 5 ................. EASTER ....No Meeting
Apr. 12 ............... PLANNING, Udney Hall
Apr. 19 .............. COUNCIL, Brechin, Chambers
Apr. 26 .............. GENERAL COMMITTEE, Brechin
May 3 ................ PANNING COMMITTEE, Udney
May 10 ............... COUNCIL, Brechin, Chambers
May 17 ............... GENERAL COMMITTEE, Brechin, Chambers
May 25 ............... VICTORIA DAY ....No meeting
May 31 ............... PLANNING COMMITTEE, Udney Hall
June 7 ................ COUNCIL, Brechin, Chambers
June 14 ............... GENERAL COMMITTEE, Brechin, Chambers
June 21 ............... PLANNING COMMITTEE, Udney
June 28 ............... COUNCIL, Brechin, Chambers
July 5 .................. GENERAL COMMITTEE, Brechin, Chambers
July 12 ................ PLANNING COMMITTEE, Udney
July 19 ................ COUNCIL , Brechin, Chambers
July 26 ................ GENERAL COMMITTEE, Brechin, Chambers
Aug. 2 ................ CIVIC HOLIDAY, No Meeting
Aug. 9 ................ Council Holidays No Meeting
Aug. 16 ............... AMO No Meeting
Aug. 23 ............... PANNING COMMITTEE, Udney Hall
Aug. 30 ............... COUNCIL, Brechin, Chambers
Sept. 6 ................ LABOUR DAY ..........No Meeting
Spet. 13 ............... GENERAL COMMITTEE, Brechin, Chambers
Sept. 20 ............... PLANNING COMMITTEE, Udney Hall
Sept. 27 ............... COUNCIL, Brechin, Chambers
Oct. 4 ................... GENERAL COMMITTEE, Brechin, Chambers
Oct. 11................... THANKSGIVING . No meeting
Oct. 18 .................. NO MEETING
Oct. 25 .................. ELECTION
Nov. 1 .................... PLANNING COMMITTEE, Udney Hall
Nov. 8 .................... COUNCIL, Brechin, Chambers
Nov. 15 ................. GENERAL COMMITTEE, Brechin, Chambers
Nov. 22 ................... PLANNING COMMITTEE, Udney Hall
Nov. 29 ................... COUNCIL, Brechin, Chambers
Dec. 6 ..................... WEEK OF INAUGURAL
Dec. 13 .................... Striking Committee
Dec. 20 .................... COUNCIL, Brechin, Chambers
Dec. 27 .................... CHRISTMAS ...... No Meeting
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With a new year come new year's resolutions and I have no new ones.
From the time I was inaugurated to be your councillor, I have had certain goals and achievements in mind to come to productivity in the next four years.
These goals entail....Internet throughout the Townsihp
A float chart in the building department to inform you up front what is required from you
A better communication from councillor to ratepayers ( I am pushing for a Township wide newsletter from our staff)
Since I have been on council and put in the chair for roads, I have found that the material on the roads are our big problem and although better material may cost more, I would like better products used, one road at a time if necessary.
So far my contribution on Ramara's council on your behalf has been:
Supporting rotating locations for meetings of council throughout the township
Requesting an addition to the Council Agenda called "Long Term Initiatives.
Under this would be subheadings
Addressing your problems as they arise
- - - Quarterly Newsletters
- - - A solution to equalize water debt rate
- - -"Accessible Council Chamber"
- - - "Encourage growth in the Rama Road/Hwy. 12 Corridor for small commercial
- - - tourist oriented businesses." (Held up by provincial legislation for Official
Growth Plans. intertwined with official plans.
Added to that now is also:
- - - Casino Funding - draft motion awaiting Clerk of Legislative Assembly
- - - New Council Chamber
- - - Municipal Owned quarry on Concession Road D -E (staff take no action)
- - - Long term plan for Municipal Buildings space need study in 2008
(space need study arranged through Robert Young, architect.
- - - Energy conservation
- - - Litter Control
- - - Brush Spray Program (program commenced in 2008
- - - Beach maintenance
- - - Quarry Haul Routes (policies are contained in Official Plan)
- - - Public Transit
I will bring this up at the next council meeting to be reduced. Take off what has been taken care of, because the amount of long term initiatives cloud the over all expectancy of success, and add Internet throughout the Township as a long term goal.
I have request several times, that a full converage newsletter be sent out Township wide by the Township to inform you of township business such as Events like Rabies Clinics, Tax Bill dates, public meetings etc. Whether I will be successful at this remains to be seen. So far the information in your tax bill is all there is. PAY ATTENTION TO IT. KEEP IT HANDY. It is all you have to refer to right now,beside Township Webpage, my webpage and my newsletters.
A NEW MAGAZINE...
The Ramara Chronicle is being introduced in the township. Best wishes for a successful long-term edition. The first edition will show us what will be covered. Maybe I can stay with my website only...for council information and save a few trees.
My office is available to you Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 781 Atherley Road in Atherley. I can be reached after hours at 325-6371.
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Glenn Gould The Other Shore |
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 Uptergrove: The Other Shore
During the Fifties and Sixties it was noted that whenever Glenn Gould was asked where he was from he would almost inevitably reply, 'Uptergrove,' often spelling out the name for those who understandably thought he must be saying, 'Uppergrove.' If, as sometimes occurred, Glenn was reminded that it was a generally accepted fact that he came from Toronto, he rarely contradicted. After all, he had been born in Toronto, like it or not, and Glenn, always courteous, disliked punctilious disagreement about what he considered to be minor matters. What was definitely not minor, what was of major, even of essential concern to Glenn, was his sense of being secluded, free to make his own choices and decisions and, above all, completely at ease at Uptergrove itself.
It was part of Glenn Gould's artistic awareness to consciously promote and regenerate his emotional and mental energies. In his early twenties, he evidently recognized not only the need to do so, but also the means at his disposal. Possessing none of that tendency to fragment even unwillingly into other existences which has plagued so many with sensitive temperaments, Glenn was able to concentrate all his considerable powers on his work, allowing the quiet ebb and flow of rural life at Uptergrove to nourish his questing spirit.
Uptergrove was, and still for the most part remains, a small community north of Toronto, not so very north, a hundred miles or so, offering wooded walks, swimming, boating and fishing among its simple pleasures. Glenn liked to boast that his greatest achievement was to persuade his father to give up fishing. A serious boast. For Glenn Gould, like Albert Schweitzer before him, possessed a reverence for life that extended to bothersome insects, cold-blooded fish and even to reptiles, those most difficult of God's creatures to love. The people who belonged at Uptergrove tended to be plain-spoken, hard working, abstemious and caring. They were catered to by a country store of the vanishing kind which provided everything from postage stamps to gumboots thus tiding inhabitants over those periods of time when they felt disinclined to make the five mile journey into the nearest town of substance, Orillia. With its healing, undemanding ambience, Uptergrove at the head of Lake Simcoe, offered sanctuary and sanity. There, strained nerves could be soothed and temporarily clouded spirits revived. Indeed, as a child, Uptergrove provided Glenn with his first, and with the notable exceptions of the radio and the recording studios, his most valuable experience of that removed, cocoon-like state of being that was absolutely necessary to him and which he later tried to adapt in varying circumstances into a life that had become fraught with public demands and professional conditions.
Toronto, of course, was a required base for Glenn. He needed to meet the challenge of the growing city, to test his skills at its musical market places. Yet Toronto, while it stimulated, could grant nothing comparable to the restorative powers of Uptergrove. In fact Glenn regarded the city of his birth with an ambivalent mixture of awe and irritation which he could never successfully reconcile. He did, however, produce a sort of wry descriptive jargon which he mastered and transmitted with ironic brilliance in articles and public addresses for the benefit of fellow Torontonians and others. Admiring Toronto, but failing as he said, 'to grasp it', in the end he did just that, projecting from the television screen a myriad of images suggesting a nearly great city taking itself a little too seriously.
In Glenn's earliest years the Gould family used the cottage at Uptergrove for leisurely summer occupations and for sequestered weekend escapes. Glenn liked particularly the winter weekends when, rescued from a school schedule which he could 'never quite control' (always an intolerable situation for him), he would burrow into the warmth of the cottage and play his favoured Chickering piano for as long as he liked. Donning boots, mittens, scarves and appropriate hat, he could emerge when he felt like it and saunter into the troughs of snow, stick in hand, a loved dog by his side. If he needed company of a different kind, there were the thoughts that were never out of his head. During the two hour drive back to Toronto on Sunday afternoons, it was the family's habit to listen to the Philharmonic on the radio. Glenn watched the white fields radiate from his moving line of vision and commented later, 'Beethoven never sounded so good!'
In the summer of 1945, Father Joseph H. O'Neill was posted as an assistant to the Church of Guardian Angels in Orillia. Glenn was twelve years old, nearly thirteen. During his stay there, Father O'Neill arranged for a group of teen-aged altar boys from Toronto to have camping privileges on a vacant lot next to the Gould property. Father O'Neill recalled Glenn as 'a rather reserved kind of person', but nevertheless he persevered with his notion of having a wiener roast with suitable musical accompaniment and Glenn agreed to perform on the rather unforgiving instrument provided by the church. The music Glenn insisted upon playing did little to promote jolly or even friendly feelings and Father O'Neill somewhat laconically notes, 'it was a tough job keeping restless young people quiet during a recital of this kind,' adding that the campers did not really have a very high opinion of Glenn.'
It is difficult not to suspect some understatement in Father O'Neill's assessment of the situation. That a boy of twelve, however brilliant, should be allowed to dictate what sort of music might be appropriate at an occasion of revelry (the weiner roast being the natural parent to the ubiquitous barbecue of today), must seem presumptuous, even arrogant, and as a childhood incident taken out of context, Glenn's behaviour indicates not only an unsociable spirit, but also a disinclination to be identified with his peers.
Yet observed through Glenn's eyes, in the context of the Uptergrove world, a predictable pattern emerges. Neighbours of the Gould family have affirmed that Glenn was a 'solitary child with strong opinions'. The strong opinions would certainly explain his unorthodox choice of music (i.e. Bach for a weiner roast), and the subsequent restlessness of his audience. No doubt Glenn regarded the occasion first as a performance and only secondarily as a party. Already he understood a great deal about the former, almost nothing of the latter.
Of greater consequence perhaps was the realization that Glenn's private retreat, indeed his personal privacy itself was being invaded. A continuing threat in Glenn's life, this pressing need for privacy came to demand the sometimes drastic measures taken in order to keep it intact. From his early childhood it is then quite possible to trace the development of two of the dominant leitmotifs in the life and thought of Glenn Gould. The first step towards monasticism. The first tentative Idea of North.
Solitude
The implications of the word are legion. It falls on the ear with a peculiar hushed finality not unlike a gentle yet persuasive thud. It has shape and weight but not colour. It conveys images of vastness, emptiness, silence, power and withdrawal. For some, unfortunately, it is synonymous with loneliness.
For Glenn Gould, solitude was a necessity. Insisting that one must be solitary in order to create, he was, nevertheless, quick to point out that being solitary was not to be confused with being lonely. If Uptergrove provided Glenn with solitude, it also gave him opportunities to be with people he liked and respected. The fact that most of these were neither professionals nor artists made them more approachable, attractive even, to Glenn. Certain musicians have occasionally complained about the impossibility of having a give and take conversation with Glenn. One suspects that the particular conversations recalled were in reality discussions of a serious and precisely musical sort, guaranteed to bring out the dogmatic in Glenn's nature. At Uptergrove, however, Glenn could and did converse genially and at length about natural phenomena, world affairs, books and current movies. Colleen Milligan, who grew up in the house next to the Gould cottage, remembers going for long rambles with Glenn when she was a child. To Colleen, Glenn seemed the ideal companion. He had an enormous knowledge of the scientific life of the woods and without being patronizing, he was able to lead her to make her own fascinating discoveries. He was, she muses, often silent, but it was a natural silence, without strain or artifice and therefore comforting for a child living in a world made noisy by adults.
Dogs always accompanied them, sticks and balls were thrown to be fetched back and thrown again, and Glenn, in his thirties, would sometimes stop to play a childhood game such as statues with the little girl. Without doubt, casual, undemanding, spontaneous relationships of this sort were renewal experiences for Glenn. Indeed spontaneity itself gradually became a necessary antidote to the steadily mounting pressures in Glenn's life. Before he was twenty he was able to identify and locate this desirable and very human quality within himself, most obviously and accessibly in his great natural rapport with children and animals. Based upon an immediate and recognizable trust, this rapport never deserted him and was frequently abetted by Glenn's strong inclination to tinker with mechanical apparatus, a genial pastime inherited from his genial father. Few things offered the young than the working out of a home-made recording system with all its perplexing tangle of wires and speakers, or the setting up of an unsophisticated camera for the purpose of taking unusual and imaginative prints.
Whenever Doris Milligan was unable to locate her three children, instinct urged her directly to Glenn's cottage where as often as not they could be found amidst clutter and chaos, faces rapt with fascination as Glenn first recorded each individual voice, then dramatized a playback with satisfying, sometimes exciting predictions about their possible future activities and occupations.
Equally provocative were the recordings which included three, sometimes four separate voices which Glenn predictably arranged in the contrapuntal mode. When the children asked to hear their mother's voice on the machine, Glenn obliged, enlightening and even astonishing the family by declaring that Doris would have made an outstanding radio commentator. How proud were the Milligan children to possess a mother of such talent! Throughout his life Glenn was able to enter a child's world as easily as walking from one room to another. There existed apparent but no significant age barriers and for a time he could himself feel ageless. The children delighted in his inventiveness and his sense of fun and as adults, almost without exception, they thought of Glenn first as a friend and only in conscious remembering, as a great man and a famous musician.
Another and quite different aspect of Glenn's character manifested itself during these years. At eighteen, perhaps earlier, he began to suffer severely from bouts of sleeplessness. Later he became an incurable insomniac, a fact that greatly altered his way of life. At Uptergrove the sound of Glenn's Chickering could often be heard late into the summer night. Doris Milligan recalls with pleasure the sensation of drifting off to sleep, her bedroom window which faced the Gould cottage, opened wide to gather in the comforting sounds of variations on familiar hymn tunes. These tunes, deeply satisfying in themselves, remained always for Glenn a rich source of spiritual and moral consolation.
Uptergrove could not of course provide Glenn with total protection from the realities of his life nor could it completely fulfill the needs of his almost explosive genius. On the contrary, it was a necessary condition of Glenn's genius that it be tried, criticized, sometimes convicted, often almost hysterically applauded on the concert stages of Europe and North America. Controversies arose. They were not, could not be settled at Uptergrove. It became increasingly clear that they could not be settled in any particular place. Only in Glenn's own work and thought could they ever hope to be resolved. Yet, after each concert tour, after every recording session, Glenn returned to Uptergrove. The family, with generosity and perspicacity gave Glenn his seclusion and his opportunity to regenerate his energies by giving him the cottage.
I had met Glenn in 1948, but it was not until 1953 that I was invited to Uptergrove. The day of the visit was pleasantly lazy and autumnal and I think I offered to pack a picnic lunch. Whether I did or not, Glenn certainly declared that there were, as he put it, 'supplies' at the cottage and we might do as we pleased when we got there. On this optimistic note, full of somewhat carefree assumptions we went off and as Glenn was driving very fast and with typical insouciance, we arrived well before noon. After a quick look at the almost incredible disarray in the living room which, while obviously clean and comfortable, was littered with objects apparently abandoned wherever they had been put down, we agreed upon a temporary retreat and took a walk before lunch. The sun warmed us and I recall being both touched and amused as Glenn pointed out favoured places with a somewhat proprietary air. Returning to the cottage, Glenn waved me with great confidence in the general direction of the kitchen and immediately lost himself at the Chickering, oblivious of time, food, mess and all the other practicalities that confronted me with a mounting sense of discomfort. The shy, sweet notes of Schubert pursued me into the kitchen where I searched in vain for some primitive necessities - cheese, bread, milk - almost anything would do for our improvised picnic. There was tea, an abundance of tea. Anything more substantial eluded me. Glenn was now playing Chopin, a sop, for me, as he disliked the composer's work at that time, and I walked back into the living room where I sat listening emotionally until he finished. Even then I thought that I must have failed to find those particular cupboards where 'supplies' were kept and that all would be well as soon as Glenn showed me where they were. I don't know which of us was more devastated by the certain knowledge that there simply were no 'supplies' to be had, but I remember the tone of surprise and undirected accusation in Glenn's voice as he said: 'but I'm starved!' Too stunned to retort I started for the car with the sensible intention of driving to Orillia to get some food. Glenn pelted after me looking hopelessly distraught. With his pre-eminent sensitivity he mistakenly concluded that I had taken umbrage and was about to storm back to Toronto, leaving him a prey to the severe hunger pangs which Uptergrove could not, in its present impoverished state, alleviate. When he realized that he had mistaken my motive, he began typically to laugh. He seemed to regard the whole episode as an enormous joke, a joke I was beyond sharing, and I was finally roused to something close to real anger. Yet one could never remain angry with Glenn for long, for at twenty-one he was not only completely genuine, but utterly disarming as well, without any realization of what powerful weapons these could be, nor the slightest notion that he himself possessed them to a fine degree. When we did return to Uptergrove it was to a sumptuous picnic of a high tea kind. Nothing was wanting. Glenn, having fastened his eyes on a small delicatessen shop in Orillia bought almost its entire stock without thought to how much it cost him or how much we could eat. We stayed at Uptergrove until after it became dark, content and replete. Glenn played the piano and drank too much tea and I recall how reluctant we were to leave.
Uptergrove then was the place where Glenn could be most privately and most simply, himself. There he became as uninhibited as it was possible for him to be. Nowhere else was he absolutely certain of being respected and accepted, not for what he did, not for the public persona, but for what he was. He was complex and many faceted - that was accepted. He was different, some might say eccentric - that was accepted. His musical genius which necessarily set him apart was, if not fully understood, accepted and even appreciated.
In 1959 Glenn made a documentary film for CBC in which he describes a recurring dream, a nightmare that disturbed him frequently and profoundly as a boy and a young man. In this dream he wakes up on an autumn morning to find Uptergrove and all its inhabitants vanished. There is not a sign of life anywhere, only naked rocks and dead leaves blowing. He feels mortally stricken and is unable for some time to shake off the effects of the dream. Perhaps because the dream only rarely visited him as an adult, Glenn, who enjoyed discussing it with friends, tended to interpret its meaning quite simply. It meant he once told me, the end of his summer hiatus at Uptergrove and a return to the hated regimen of school life and imposed musical study. It occurs to me now, that Glenn's understanding of this pattern in imagery, valid as far as it goes, leaves out the sense of total desolation that the loss of Uptergrove with all its inhabitants, all its innate security, might well have had upon him. Moreover, it seems likely that the death of every animate thing, the blight of the entire dream landscape might signify the possible loss of creativity, of imagination even, i.e., the death of the artist himself.
For Glenn, the Uptergrove world was separated from the great world outside. Metaphorically it represented The Other Shore and in a very real and special sense it became a personal touchstone to which he could return again and again, certain in his belief that he was immeasurably enriched by its existence.
Reprinted with the author's permission from the Bulletin of The Glenn Gould Society, 10, Volume 5, Number 2, October 1988.
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Year of Glenn Gould 2007-2008 |
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The Year of Glenn Gould
September 2007 to September 2008
had been declared the
Year of Glenn Gould
by the Glenn Gould Foundation.
Many activities occurred place around the world to
celebrate this famous legendary musician.
In Canada this celebration took place in Toronto and Ottawa.
Notable Year of Glenn Gould events included:
- An evening with Glenn Gould at Luminato, Toronto's Festival of Arts (Jun 6 - Jun 10 2007
- Glenn Gould Concert and Lecture Series at Stratford July 25 - Aug 19
- Official "Glenn Gould" day in Toronto September 25
- Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau - Ottawa - Exhibition: Glenn Gould:
Sounds of Genius Exhibition (September 28, 2007 - Aug. 10, 2008
- Canada Post Commemorative Envelope (September 2007
- Toronto Symphony Children's Concert: Happy 75th Birthday, Glenn Gould (Dec. 8, 2007)
- National Arts Centre Orchestra, Boris Brott, Conductor:
J. S. Bach Meets the Great Glenn Gould (Feb. 9, 2008)
- Announcement of the GLenn Gould Prize Winner (Feb. 2008)
The Year of Glenn Gould culminated with the presentation of
the 8th Glenn Gould Prize and the Glenn Gould
International Protege Prize in Music in September 2008.
IF YOU MISSED OTHER NATIONAL CELEBRATIONS:
The exhibition in Ottawa/Gatineau GLenn Gould: Sounds of
Genius Exhibition is still on until May 17, 2009
Be sure to check out the Glenn Gould Foundation for more information
and monthly newsletter. www.glenngould.ca
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10 Year Capital Forecast on Road Paving |
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The following is a list of roads and the year
they are slated for upgrade and paving.
2009
Simcoe Road from 1.3 km west of Ramara Rd 47 to west end. ....
Sylvan Glen Drive from Mara-Carden Boundary to west end (left over from last year
Sideroad 25 from Highway 12 to Concession 11
Concession 11 from Highway 12 to Sideroad 25 (left over from last year)
Concession Rd. 9 Completion of subexcavation work
Concession Rd. 8 from .3 km west of Siderd 20 to Muley Pt. Road
Oak Point Road from Ramara/Severn Boundary to South end
West River Road from County Rd. 169 to north end
Southwood Beach Boulevard from County Road 44 to east end
Airport Road fromFish Sideroad to Bluebird Street (paid for by govt. grant)
Bluebird Street from Airport road to east end (paid for by govt grant)
Also added to this list by resolution
Lakeshore Drive from Concession Rd 3 to Simcoe Road
Amilia Drive road construction in the amount of $90,000 coming from reserve.
2010
Muley Point Rd from Concession Rd 8 to Concession Rd 9
Ramara Rd. 47 from Talbot River Bridge to Stonegate Road
Anderson Ave from Sideroad 30 to Anderson Ave
2011
Ramara Rd 47 from Talbot River Bridge to Stonegate Road
2012
Plum Point Road from South End to Concession Road 10
Glencoe Beach Road from McRae Park Road to North End
Fawn Bay Road from Mara-Rama Townline Road to South End
North Shore Drive from Bayview Avenue to West End
2013
Glen Cedar Drive from McRae Park Road to North Shore Drive
Concession Road 7 from Sideroad 15 to Louis Lane
Glenrest Drive from Amilia Drive to John Street
2014
Concession Road B from Sideroad 15 to Ramara Road 47
Sideroad 15 from Concession Road B to Concession Road A
Dock Road from County Road 44 to Beach Drive
Bayview Drive from Sideroad 15 to West End
2015
Anderson Avenue from Anderson to East end
Lone Birch Trail from Simcoe Road to Maple Trail
Bonnie Beach Road from Side Road 25 to .6 km west
Concession Road B from Sideroad 15 to West End
Glenrest Drive from John Street to Sideroad 20
2016
Beach Drive from Dock Road to .5 km north
Woodland Drive from McRae Park to south end
Peter Street from Glenrest Drive to Concession Rd 7
Glen Ellen Drive from .5 km north of Dock Road to County Rd 44
Furniss Drive from Concession Road B to south end
2017
Florida Avenue from Concession Road B to north end
John Street from Glenrest Drive to Cconcession Rd 7
Beach (Village) Drive from Dock road to South End
Bayshore Dr. (Village) from Sideroad 20 to 1.1 km west
Bayshore Drive from Bayshore Drive to Lantern Court
2018
ConcessionRd 9 ..........paving
Laguna Parkay from Poplar Crescent to Paradise Boulevard
Paradise Boulevard from Laguna Parkway to west end
Turtle Path from .3 km south of Poplar to Poplar Crescent
Turtle Path from Poplar Crscent to .3 km south
Old Indian Trail from Pine Tree Court to east end
Old IndianTrail from Pine Tree Court to west end |
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PUBLIC NOTICE
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT CONSTRUCTION WORK WILL
BEGIN ON SIDEROAD 15 FROM CONCESSION ROAD A TO FURNISS CRESCENT AND ON CONCESSION ROAD B FROM RAMARA ROAD 47 TO SPYGLASS POINT ROADCOMMENCING
WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2010.
WORK TO BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 15, 2010.
LANE CLOSURES WILL OCCUR BUT EVERY EFFORT WILL
BE MADE TO HAVE BOTH LANES OPEN EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS. EMERGENCY SERVICES HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.
TREES, ROCKS, ETC., WITHIN THE ROAD ALLOWANCE MAY REQUIRE REMOVAL, INCLUDING DRIVEWAY HEAD WALLS,
AND WILL NOT BE REPLACED. EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE NOT TO DISTURB MATURE TREES.
WE REALIZE THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF ANY ROAD IMPROVEMENT IS INCONVENIENT AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND CO-OPERATION. IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS PLEASE CONTACT THE WORKS OFFICE.
Kathy Sipos, Manager
Township of Ramara Municipal Works
(705) 484-5374 Ext. 232
RAILWAY REPAIR WORK TO BE DONE
CN will be conducting railway crossing repairs within Ramara Township during the month of June 2010.
During the repairs, the railway crossings will be closed for approximately 6 hours between the hours of 8:00 am and 8:00 pm. A date range is given for each crossing.
CN cannot be more precise with timing due to national train schedules.
Advance signage has been posted by CN.
DATES & CROSSING
JUNE 6 – JUNE 7
Concession Rd. 9
JUNE 7 – JUNE 8 Concession Rd. 10
Ramara Rd. 46
Concession Rd. 12
Monck Rd. (County Road 45)
JUNE 8 – JUNE 9 Concession Rd. 13
Sideroad 15
Concession Rd. 2 (Rama 2nd Line)
Dates for the crossings at Concession Rd. 3 (Rama 3rd Line) and Switch Road have yet to be confirmed.
If you have any questions please contact our office or Josh Blanchet, CN Track Supervisor, Washago office at (705) 689-8199
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 Several attempts at getting some terms of reference for council to be involved in Human Resouorces were finally turned down.
The motion for a Human Resources Committee had been carried and the proponents of this
committee have been working on the terms of reference. They were
presented to council at the General Meeting Feb. 11, 2008 when the CAO and the other members of council were to review them and add any policies they feel have been left out
It would then come back to the following General Committee on March 17, 2008 for a vote and presented to Council on March 31, 2008 for final adoption.
THE FOLLOWING WERE THE TERMS OF REFERENCE PROPOSED FOR THE HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE
INTRODUCTION:
The Human Resources Committee is intended to bring staff and council closer together. An understanding of who does what, and how many do what will give us more insight into the time and staff available to process our requests. A knowledge of what qualifications our staff have will give us a better understanding of what we can expect from staff and what our limits are in enhancing our services. It should also give us an informed insight into the need of support staff.
The Human Resources Committee should be welcomed by managerial staff as it this sector of staff from any accusations of favouritism or discrimination and possibly the ratepayers from costly litigation by being another means of mediation in case of disagreeable results through any human relations processes.
Where normal procedures have failed, it is essential that employees of the township, alone or together, and without fear of recrimination or reprisal, be able to truthfully approach the Human Resources Committee in total confidence and in writing. A verbal approach may only be presented to the chair, who shall put the issue in writing and have the personell sign to confirm the report to be presented to the Human Resources Committee. Again confidentiality shall be respected.
MANDATE:
The Human Resources Committee shall be an extension to policies now in place.
The Human Resources Committee shall be given written copies of all labour related policies and pertinent information now in place, with the exception of Conduct of Conduct which is a separate issue and has already been presented and voted on by council.
Human Resources Committee is to work with the CAO/Clerk to develop policies dealing with personnel related matters; to assure that all personnel are dealt with fairly and consistently; and all personnel issues result in the best possible solutions; and to promote a fair and competitive process is used to hire, promote or discipline.
An important responsibility of the Human Resources Committee will be to attempt early resolutions and/or redress of workplace problems, disputes, dismissal actions, and discrimination and harassment allegations. The Human Resource Committee will make every reasonable effort to shield the public, the township and its employees from the grief, stress and expense associated with unresolved complaints.
The Human Resources Committee shall report to council and council shall make final decisions.
The Human Resources Committee shall be comprised of 2 councillors, the mayor and the CAO/Clerk. All but the chair will have a vote unless there is a tie, in which case the chair shall vote to break the tie.
The CAO/Clerk shall keep minutes of the meeting, receive agenda items from council, Human Resources Committee members, staff and elsewhere as appropriate and provide a sealed copy to each committee member prior to the meeting. The CAO/Clerk will sequence the agenda.
Three committee members shall represent a quorum.
The Human Resources Committee shall appoint a chair at their first meeting.
The attendance of the township solicitor for advice and opinion may be necessary from time to time. In this case, the matter will be reported to council and a confidential meeting of council shall take place.
Failing resolution through the established chain of command through the supervisor to the CAO, in case of a dispute issue with an employee, the employee and department head involved may state their cases to the Human Resources Committee who will make recommendation on the issue to council.
All matters coming before the Human Resources Committee shall be CONFIDENTIAL. Reports and recommendations shall be prepared by the CAO/Clerk and presented to council as agenda items. Normal procedures regarding confidentiality shall apply in all cases.
The Human Resources Committee shall be informed of any and all personnel matters that may result in loss of pay or benefits, whether through termination or suspension prior to the loss or change have been affected.
The Human Resources Committee shall be made aware, prior to, of any personnel changes such as retiring, appointing, promotions and hiring to assure transparency of the proper competitive process.
Staff shall present the Human Resources Committee with a business case for, and prior to, hiring personnel, even at the entrance level, as it impacts budget.
Meetings of the Human Resources Committee shall fall under Section 9…(Meetings of Special Committees) of the Procedure Bylaw now referred to as Report No. CD04-08.
The Human Resources Committee shall encourage professional development and career path opportunities for staff.
The Human Resources Committee shall ensure due diligence in respect of senior staff appointments and related outside search.
These terms of references shall be open to receive revisions as deemed necessary from time to time. The Terms herein may only be amended by motion of council.
UNFORTUNATELY.....
The Human resources committee was voted in and then defeated when Councillor White became ill andmissed several meetings.
The terms of reference fell to the same fate. Between the CAO and Mayor Bill Duffy
decided that each councillor could present a policy to answer to any request they may have.
That is as good as it will get. ,....for now.....I guess I shall have to work on policies to
fill in for the terms of reference and hope that the majority of council does not think
that staff should dictate to us.
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RECOGNITION OF GLENN GOULD, CANADA'S MUSICAL ICON
IN UPTERGROVE
REQUIRES A COMMITTEE:
Please call me at 325-6371
if you are interested in serving on this exciting project.
WE NEED TO THINK OF A COMMITTEE NAME:
Glenn Gould spent many summers at this cottage in Uptergrove.
The CBC did interviews of him at his cottage. Check out cbc.ca under archives.
It is only fitting that we have some recognition
in our small community to honour this genious.
IT WOULD ALSO CREATE TOURISM. AS IT IS,
I HAVE AN AVERAGE OF 15 REQUESTS A MONTH
FROM FOREIGN FANS ABOUT GLENN GOULD.
To recognize this, I would like to set up a concert night between
September 23 and October 6 annually. Tentatively the
Uptergrove Knox Presbyterian Church has been the chosen venue.
LOCAL ANECDOTES
I would like to collect some local anecdotes about Glenn.
Some anecdotes that will come out of this gathering
will be shown in the Kiosk, located at 781 Atherley Rd
that dedicated to the memory of this legendary
musician that walked and conducted in thin air among us.
A committee is needed to organize all this and
request recognition signs from the Provincial
Heritage Trust
ORIGINAL COTTAGE LOST
At one point I wrote all residents of the little
lane that the Gould cottage was located on to see if
we could name it the Glenn Gould Lane, or
something more clever, but the owner of the
property where the original cottage once stood,
does not want publicity directing to his property,
but we can still honour the name on the plaque that says something like:
UPTERGROVE
THE SUMMER HOME OF
GLENN GOULD
the wording will be controlled by the Ontario Heritage Trust.
and set it up on Hwy. 12 at Plum Pt. Rd
or somewhere down Plum Pt. Rd.
This will also be controlled by the Heritage Committee
if we get permission.
YEARLY EVENT
If there is enough interest, this could turn into
a yearly event, that would encompass all
the moments Glenn Gould shared with us.
FUND RAISER FOR RAMARA CANINE CONTROL?
Perhaps this could also be a fund raiser
for Ramara Canine Control food or blanket donations
as one of Glenn's favourite charity was the SPCA.
WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE INTERESTED
this would be such a fun project, I would love to hear from anyone
interested in being involved in this...Call me at 325-6371
or email me ....erika@erikaneher.com
IF YOU MISSED OTHER NATIONAL CELEBRATIONS:
The exhibition in Ottawa/Gatineau GLenn Gould: Sounds of
Genius Exhibition is still on
until May 17, 2009
A new film will be introduced at the TIFF, Toronto International Film festival
by White Pine Pictures...Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
on September 13, 2009. Public Screening will take place, Sunday Sept. 13, 5:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 14, 6:15 p.m. and
Saturday, Sept. 19 at 10:30 a.m.
at the AMC Theatre on Yonge and Dundas St.
10 Dundas St., East, Toronto, ON M5B 2G9
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TO ACCESS YOUR AGENDA, CLICK ON WEB LINK at the left TO GET INTO THE TOWNSHIP PAGE THEN CLICK COUNCIL.
THE AGENDA IS PLACED ON THE TOWNSHP WEBPAGE MONDAYS FOR THAT EVENING'S MEETING. Minutes of previous meetings can be accessed at this same location.
While on the township page, check out any new information under NOTICES
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 To all those looking for Hi Speed Internet Connections:
Look for my flyer later in April...I am planning an Open House to which all Hi Speed servers will be invited to display their services. The public looking for hi speed internet can then ask them all and find if there is a solution for hi speed for them.
A grant for Hi Speed Internet has been reeceived in conjunction with Georgina island.
The service will be in Brechin, Bayshore and Lagoon City.
In other pockets of the township, we are being promised the County will provide internet.
When? I don't know yet.
Bell Mobility is now looking at providing internet service in areas where you can get a minimum of one bar on your cell phone. More to come on this later.
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NOISE BYLAW
A request was made by myself and Councillor White for a noise bylaw. We both received complaints from residents in our ward in regard to noise. Staff is looking at a chance to implement a bylaw and what complications can arise from this. It will take some time.
However, after speaking to an OPP officer, I was told that if your quiet enjoyment of your home is interrupted by someone disturbing the peace, you should call
1-888-310-1122
and advise them that the noise is disturbing the peace of the neighbourhood and preventing you from enjoying the use of your residence. They will visit the resident/s in question, and if they have to visit twice they will lay charges. We have to allow leaway on weekends, as OPP may be busy and delay looking into your complaint. It is important to use commen sense and not abuse this service. A legitimate complaint will receive attention. This is the best solution we have right now.
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 OPEN AIR BURNING
If you intend to burn you must notify the Orillia Fire Dispatch at the start and finish of any burning at 705-325-5201 and during business hours a call should be made to the Ramara municipal office at 705-484-5374 ext. 253.
If notification is not received, you have not been granted permission to burn and you are subject to a $100.00 investigation fee or, if the Fire Department is called to extinguish the fire, a $350.00 per truck per hr. charge will be applied.The property owner is responsible for damage to property or interference to any person's health caused by the burning or its effects.
To be granted permission to burn in Ramara Township the Chief Fire Official requires that the following requirements be maintained during all burning.
You must also follow these additional requirements:
Absolutely no burning is permitted during a fire ban (check township website for Fire Ban Flash)
The fire is 1 m x 1 m x 1 m or smaller
The fire is controlled to prevent fire spread, (non combustible material gives a barrier from other combustibles)
The fire is an adequate distance from a dwelling, building or other structure, trees, shrubs, hedge, fence, overhead wires, flammable materials and property line
The fire is supervised at all times
Smoke direction is considerate of others
Climatic conditions are favourable, (burning shall not be permitted during rainy or foggy weather, at times when a smog alert or air quality advisory have been issued or when wind speed will have an adverse effect on burning)
The burning of materials does not interfere with transportation
Only organic materials are to be burned, i.e. clean dry wood, leaves, paper and grass.
The ability to burn in Ramara Township is by approval of the Chief Fire Official as per O. Reg. 388/97 (1997 Ontario Fire Code), Article 2.6.3.4 In order to be granted permission to burn in Ramara township, the Chief Fire official requires that the above requirements be maintained during all burning:
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