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Despite a last ditch attempt by Lucille Frith, President of the Huntsville Train Station Society, to derail the sale of the CN Rail station to a private group for two dollars, the municipality will move forward with the divestiture.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis train station site needs to remain in public hands and needs help from the community to do just that. Our heritage is not surplus,\u201d insisted Frith at council\u2019s July 24 meeting.<\/p>\n

She reminded councillors of the hard work and thousands of dollars members of the community have put into maintaining the station as a public asset.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMany groups and individuals have reached out to the Town on numerous occasions offering to help obtain numerous grants and tap funding sources to preserve the station, this on top of the thousands of dollars and volunteer hours put into the space by the Train Station Society but to no avail. I can speak to the fact there are many people and groups still willing to work with the Town to protect this asset,\u201d said Frith. \u201cThe preservation of our history comes not from government but from the grassroots organizations who wish to build upon what makes us great.\u201d<\/p>\n

The municipality, which would be faced with upward of $150,000 in repair costs alone for the station, issued an RFP for the historical site which closed on May 19. Two proposals were submitted, one by the Huntsville and Area Historical Society and one by a private partnership made up of local community members John Pantaleo, Adam Caswell and Scott Richardson.<\/p>\n

According to Town staff, the partnership, which won the bid, has indicated its commitment to maintaining the historical values of the site by working with the Huntsville Train Station Society to maintain and promote the station\u2019s historical value, which is bound by its heritage designation. It has also indicated that it would take over the lease agreement between the Town and the Suzuki School of Music. Its intent is to establish a community hub for events and business incubator activities. It plans on installing a commercial grade kitchen to be used for teaching, catering as well as a rental for private events. The three partners also indicated that they will remediate issues with mould and asbestos and install a new HVAC system, according to a report submitted to the Town\u2019s General Committee by staff on June 28.<\/p>\n

Huntsville Councillor Nancy Alcock reminded those present at Monday\u2019s council meeting that those with the winning bid are bound by the obligations that go with a heritage designation. \u201cThey can\u2019t just go in and do whatever they want to that building\u2026 As I understand it, that isn\u2019t a possibility,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Councillor Bob Stone said he is pleased to hear the station will retain its exterior historical look. \u201cI think that we have done kind of a crappy job running it, making it vibrant and I think entrepreneurs will do a hell of a lot better job than we\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Councillor Brian Thompson reminded those present that the Town has only owned the station for about 15 years, through the efforts of former Huntsville Mayor Hugh Mackenzie, who managed to secure the station for one dollar. Thompson said the fact that the building has a heritage designation means it is protected. He also said he is comforted by the individuals who are taking it over. \u201cI respect the proponents that are looking to take over this building and I\u2019m feeling very confident that they will live up to the spirit of the law and the spirit of the heritage aspect of the building and so on and so forth. That was as much a deciding factor for me as anything else, quite frankly. I\u2019m not too concerned about the change of the ownership,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Councillor Dan Armour, who has been wary about handing the station over to private interests, turned to the proponents who were sitting in the audience, along with members of the Huntsville Train Station Society and the Huntsville and Area Heritage Foundation, and said they need to work with them.<\/p>\n

The expertise in the heritage aspect of it [the building] comes from these people in the audience tonight who know it inside and out and can really work with you to preserve and save this train station and keep it as a heritage building.
\nCouncillor Dan Armour<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Councillor Det Schumacher commended all of those who sent emails concerned about the future of the train station for their passion and investment into the station. \u201cI spent almost 40 years in public service and one of the toughest [decisions] always has been Heritage Place. There\u2019s a silent majority out there that you hear from time to time when you go for coffee. [They say] \u2018Why are you putting money in there. Why are you putting my tax dollars into that place.\u2019 They are out there and they\u2019re footing a bill and they don\u2019t see the value in what\u2019s being done. And there\u2019s that side that is passionate and sees the value and wants to be part of something,\u201d he said. He said in looking at the proposal again, it is being emphasized that what people are passionate about will not be lost. He too said he\u2019d like to see the proponents involve those who have been working to maintain the station in the public domain. Schumacher spoke about arriving in that station as a nine-year-old boy. \u201cFor a lot of people there is history and passion, but going forward there\u2019s one area where maybe that silent majority will think, ‘Oh goodness, thank goodness we\u2019re not footing the bill on this one’. My thoughts,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Huntsville Mayor Scott Aitchison noted the disappointment council\u2019s decision has caused and said that hopefully in time people will come to realize it is a good decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Province has told us that we have to fully fund our capital assets and that\u2019s an expensive thing to do and those assets range from the chair I\u2019m sitting on to the microphone I\u2019m talking into, the bridge over Centre street.\u201d He said if the Town were to fully fund its capital asset management plan it would have to raise taxes by 100 per cent, which is not sustainable.<\/p>\n

At the end of the day we\u2019ve started to learn that our fundamental goal here is to provide good quality services to the people of this community and we don\u2019t necessarily need to own the real estate to do that. If there are ways that we can partner with the private sector to protect our heritage and to use buildings in a way that doesn\u2019t come out of the taxpayer\u2019s pocket, but still protects that building, then we\u2019re interested in that.
\nMayor Scott Aitchison<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Mayor said he takes exception to those who would argue that the municipality is not thinking outside the box on ways to maintain sites such as the train station. “We are being creative all of the time looking for ways to keep our heritage, looking for ways to improve this community and make it more vibrant, grow this community and also at the end of the day maybe be in a position, which I think we may be coming to, where we can actually support the hospital to make sure it stays open,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Councillor Jason FitzGerald left the room for the discussions, declaring a possible conflict of interest because as a contractor he\u2019s done work for the proponents and noted, in follow-up conversation with Doppler, that he may be asked to do work on the station as well.<\/p>\n

See related train station story at this link<\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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