Grey County Committee of the Whole Meeting Transcript — August 14, 2025

00:06:26 Speaker 01: would like to now call to

00:06:28 Speaker 01: order this meeting of August Fourteenth,

00:06:29 Speaker 01: twenty twenty-five. At this point in

00:06:32 Speaker 01: time, as you are able, please

00:06:33 Speaker 01: join us in the standing and

00:06:34 Speaker 01: singing of O Canada. our home

00:06:36 Speaker 01: and native land, true patriot love

00:06:52 Speaker 02: in all of us command. With

00:06:59 Speaker 02: glowing hearts, we see thee rise,

00:07:04 Speaker 03: the. rise, the true North, strong

00:07:08 Speaker 03: and free, from far and wide,

00:07:12 Speaker 03: O Canada, we stand on guard

00:07:17 Speaker 03: for thee. God keep our land,

00:07:22 Speaker 03: glorious and free, O Canada, we

00:07:29 Speaker 03: stand on guard for. thee, O

00:07:36 Speaker 03: Canada! We stand on guard for

00:07:43 Speaker 03: thee. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Would

00:07:57 Speaker 03: you please conduct the roll call?

00:07:59 Speaker 03: Councillor Mackie. Councillor. McKay, Councillor Carleton,

00:08:05 Speaker 03: Councillor Pringle, Councillor McQueen, Councillor

00:08:08 Speaker 03: Nielsen, Councillor Patterson, Councillor Dickert,

00:08:11 Speaker 03: Councillor Kentner, Councillor Kevany, Councillor

00:08:15 Speaker 03: Body, I believe is joining

00:08:19 Speaker 03: us later this morning. Councillor Gregg,

00:08:20 Speaker 04: Councillor Milne, Councillor Dobrine, Gordon Matrasovs,

00:08:23 Speaker 04: Councillor Bourignon, Present, Councillor Eccles,

00:08:27 Speaker 04: Councillor Hutchinson, We. have all

00:08:31 Speaker 04: members in attendance with the exception

00:08:35 Speaker 04: of Councillor Body. Thank you very

00:08:36 Speaker 04: much, Madam Clerk, and that we

00:08:40 Speaker 04: will proceed to the land acknowledgement.

00:08:42 Speaker 04: Let us begin by respectfully acknowledging

00:08:46 Speaker 05: that we are gathering on the

00:08:49 Speaker 05: traditional territory of the Anishinaabek Nation,

00:08:50 Speaker 05: the three the people of the

00:08:53 Speaker 05: three fires known as the Ojibwe,

00:08:55 Speaker 05: Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations, and further

00:08:57 Speaker 05: we give thanks to the Chippewas

00:09:00 Speaker 05: of Saugeen and the Chippewas. Of

00:09:01 Speaker 05: Sogean and the Chippewas of Nawash,

00:09:03 Speaker 05: known collectively as the Sogean Ojibwe

00:09:06 Speaker 05: Nation, the traditional keepers of these

00:09:08 Speaker 05: lands and waters since time immemorial.

00:09:12 Speaker 05: In our south of the county

00:09:13 Speaker 05: lies the traditional territories of the

00:09:15 Speaker 05: six nations of the Grand River

00:09:17 Speaker 05: Haudenosaunee. We are dedicated to honouring

00:09:21 Speaker 05: Indigenous history and culture, and committed

00:09:23 Speaker 05: to moving forward in a spirit

00:09:25 Speaker 05: of truth, reconciliation, and friendship with

00:09:28 Speaker 05: all First Nations, Métis, and Inuit

00:09:31 Speaker 05: people. At this point in time,

00:09:34 Speaker 05: I would like to put out

00:09:35 Speaker 05: a call. If there are any

00:09:36 Speaker 05: declarations of interest, seeing and hearing

00:09:41 Speaker 05: none, we'll move on. It is

00:09:43 Speaker 05: recommended, item six. It's recommended that

00:09:46 Speaker 05: the minutes of the county council

00:09:47 Speaker 05: meeting and the committee, the whole

00:09:49 Speaker 05: meeting, dated July twenty fourth, twenty

00:09:51 Speaker 05: twenty five, and the resolutions contained

00:09:53 Speaker 05: therein be adopted as presented. May

00:09:55 Speaker 05: I ask for a mover? Moved

00:09:56 Speaker 05: by Councillor Greg, seconded by Councillor

00:09:58 Speaker 05: Dobrine. Any discussion? All those in

00:10:03 Speaker 05: favour, and that motion is carried.

00:10:05 Speaker 05: We do not have any closed

00:10:07 Speaker 05: session matters here on this agenda,

00:10:10 Speaker 05: nor reports, so we can move

00:10:11 Speaker 05: to the bylaws. It is recommended

00:10:14 Speaker 05: that bylaws 524625 and 524725 be

00:10:20 Speaker 05: introduced and be taken as read

00:10:21 Speaker 05: a first, second, and third time.

00:10:24 Speaker 05: Finally, passed, signed by the warden

00:10:26 Speaker 05: and the clerk, sealed with the

00:10:27 Speaker 05: seal of the corporation. and engrossed

00:10:29 Speaker 05: in the bylaw book, number one

00:10:31 Speaker 05: fifty two forty six twenty five

00:10:33 Speaker 05: is a bylaw to adopt amendment

00:10:35 Speaker 05: number twenty one of the Grey

00:10:37 Speaker 05: County of Grey Official Plan affecting

00:10:39 Speaker 05: lands described as part of Lot

00:10:41 Speaker 05: seventy five Concession B being Part

00:10:43 Speaker 05: One Reference Plan seventeen R five

00:10:46 Speaker 05: three one Geographic Township of Normanby

00:10:50 Speaker 05: and now in the Municipality of

00:10:51 Speaker 05: West Grey and number two is

00:10:53 Speaker 05: fifty two forty seven twenty five

00:10:55 Speaker 05: a bylaw to confirm all. the

00:10:57 Speaker 05: actions and proceedings of council. May

00:10:59 Speaker 05: I ask for mover? Moved by

00:11:00 Speaker 05: Councillor Dickert, seconded by Councillor Pringle.

00:11:03 Speaker 05: Any discussion? All those in favour?

00:11:06 Speaker 05: And that motion is carried. On

00:11:09 Speaker 05: to news and celebrations. The first

00:11:11 Speaker 05: one that we will highlight will

00:11:13 Speaker 05: be about the 75th anniversary of

00:11:15 Speaker 05: the Soggy Valley Conservation Authority. I

00:11:18 Speaker 05: would like to make a brief

00:11:19 Speaker 05: introduction and then pass the floor

00:11:21 Speaker 05: to Councillor Hutchinson to speak on

00:11:24 Speaker 05: behalf of the MV. On behalf

00:11:28 Speaker 05: of the MVCA, the Soging, sorry,

00:11:32 Speaker 05: the SVCA, too many acronyms in

00:11:36 Speaker 05: in this territory, Soging Valley Conservation

00:11:39 Speaker 05: Authority held a special celebration on

00:11:41 Speaker 05: Tuesday, July twenty ninth, to

00:11:44 Speaker 05: mark its seventy fifth anniversary. There

00:11:46 Speaker 05: were approximately a hundred guests in

00:11:47 Speaker 05: attendance who heard greetings and remarks

00:11:50 Speaker 05: from MP Lobb and MP P

00:11:52 Speaker 05: Thompson, and Mayor Mark Goetz and

00:11:55 Speaker 05: Mayor Milne and Conservation Ontario was

00:11:59 Speaker 05: also there with SVCA and GCA

00:12:02 Speaker 05: and Grey Sauble Conservation Authority. As

00:12:04 Speaker 05: part of the celebrations, there was

00:12:05 Speaker 05: a ribbon cutting and a grand

00:12:08 Speaker 05: opening of the new Formosa Conservation

00:12:13 Speaker 05: Area located beside the SVCA's administration

00:12:16 Speaker 05: office. The area is a 24-acre

00:12:18 Speaker 05: parcel where visitors can hike, snowshoe,

00:12:20 Speaker 05: and walk all year round, and

00:12:21 Speaker 05: will serve as a great

00:12:23 Speaker 05: addition to the conservation. authority. So,

00:12:27 Speaker 05: Councillor Hutchinson, that sounds very, very

00:12:28 Speaker 05: exciting indeed. And would you like

00:12:32 Speaker 05: to provide any further comments? Well,

00:12:34 Speaker 05: thank you very much, and good

00:12:36 Speaker 05: morning, Ward. I think you kind

00:12:37 Speaker 05: of took everything I was going

00:12:40 Speaker 05: to speak to. I'm going through

00:12:41 Speaker 05: and check, check, check. But, anyways,

00:12:44 Speaker 05: we do want to thank you

00:12:45 Speaker 06: for attending. A couple of people

00:12:49 Speaker 06: did have, I will say, representation

00:12:50 Speaker 06: from across the board, all the

00:12:53 Speaker 06: municipalities that are in the. All

00:12:56 Speaker 06: the ministers' deputies that are in

00:12:59 Speaker 06: the watershed. In addition to that,

00:13:01 Speaker 06: we did have MPP. We had

00:13:05 Speaker 06: MPP Lott there, yes, and MPP

00:13:08 Speaker 06: Lisa Thompson was there. We had

00:13:10 Speaker 06: some Vickers was not there, sir.

00:13:10 Speaker 06: No, no, sir. We had you

00:13:12 Speaker 06: know some past chairs were there,

00:13:14 Speaker 06: and it was a lot of

00:13:15 Speaker 06: good speeches. Again, a hundred guests.

00:13:18 Speaker 06: We did do that ribbon cut,

00:13:20 Speaker 06: which was nice to see. It

00:13:21 Speaker 06: just another another ribbon cut for

00:13:23 Speaker 06: another extended. Ribbon cut for another

00:13:24 Speaker 06: extension of conservation. I don't know

00:13:25 Speaker 06: what is that—a kilometre in there,

00:13:27 Speaker 06: the trail in there. Do you

00:13:30 Speaker 06: remember about about a kilometre of

00:13:31 Speaker 06: new trails opened up as well?

00:13:32 Speaker 06: I didn't walk them because it

00:13:34 Speaker 06: was subject to a little bit

00:13:36 Speaker 06: of an injury, so I don't

00:13:39 Speaker 06: know anybody else to took it

00:13:41 Speaker 06: on. But it was—it's pretty good

00:13:42 Speaker 06: to see that open as well.

00:13:45 Speaker 06: Other than that, yes. Dog walk.

00:13:46 Speaker 06: I think you covered everything though,

00:13:47 Speaker 06: and we do want to—we do

00:13:49 Speaker 06: appreciate you and your attendance. Thank

00:13:53 Speaker 06: you. I don't have anything else

00:13:54 Speaker 06: to say. I guess they're looking

00:13:56 Speaker 06: forward to a. To say, I

00:13:57 Speaker 06: guess they're looking forward to the

00:13:59 Speaker 01: next 75 years. Believe it or

00:14:09 Speaker 07: not. Thanks. Okay, thank you very

00:14:11 Speaker 07: much. And with that, we'll move

00:14:13 Speaker 07: on to a funding announcement. I'd

00:14:15 Speaker 07: like to call up Director Nab

00:14:16 Speaker 07: to come speak to that. Good

00:14:18 Speaker 08: morning, Warden and County Council. I'm

00:14:24 Speaker 08: pleased to report our community paramedic

00:14:26 Speaker 08: programme is now fully funded through

00:14:27 Speaker 08: the Ministry of Health and Ministry

00:14:29 Speaker 08: of Long Term. Care. The Ministry

00:14:31 Speaker 08: of Health funding has been old.

00:14:33 Speaker 08: The Ministry of Health funding has

00:14:35 Speaker 08: already been considered permanent, and we're

00:14:36 Speaker 08: pleased to share that the Ministry

00:14:37 Speaker 08: of Long Term Care has now

00:14:40 Speaker 08: confirmed its funding is permanent as

00:14:42 Speaker 08: well. In addition, annual funding

00:14:44 Speaker 08: from the Ministry of Long Term

00:14:46 Speaker 08: Care is increased from one million

00:14:48 Speaker 08: to one point five million. This

00:14:50 Speaker 08: combined support ensures the Grey County

00:14:52 Speaker 08: Community Paramedic Programme is one hundred

00:14:54 Speaker 08: percent provincially funded. allowing us to

00:14:55 Speaker 08: continue to deliver high quality care

00:14:56 Speaker 08: to older adults and the most

00:14:59 Speaker 08: vulnerable members of our community. Also,

00:15:01 Speaker 08: want to say say a special

00:15:02 Speaker 08: thank you from all of us

00:15:04 Speaker 08: to County Council for their strong

00:15:05 Speaker 08: support over the last ten years.

00:15:09 Speaker 08: Your commitment ensured that any shortfalls

00:15:11 Speaker 08: recovered, allowing the programme to continue

00:15:12 Speaker 08: and grow. So, thank you. And

00:15:14 Speaker 08: it's been a really great day

00:15:16 Speaker 08: to say that now it's one

00:15:17 Speaker 08: hundred percent funded.

00:15:26 Speaker 08: Excellent.

00:15:29 Speaker 08: Thank you

00:15:36 Speaker 08: very much for that. Great way

00:15:39 Speaker 08: to start the day. and with

00:15:41 Speaker 08: that, I would like to call

00:15:43 Speaker 08: up Director Shaw to come and

00:15:45 Speaker 08: make an announcement about early on.

00:15:47 Speaker 08: There we go. Good morning, Council.

00:15:50 Speaker 08: I just wanted to let everyone

00:15:52 Speaker 09: know that there are some new.

00:15:56 Speaker 09: childcare spaces and a new early

00:15:58 Speaker 09: on centre in Markdale. The Markdale

00:16:01 Speaker 09: Kids and Us operates the new

00:16:04 Speaker 09: Beavercrest Community School and now includes

00:16:06 Speaker 09: a four-hour after-school programme. The early

00:16:08 Speaker 09: on Markdale site is also located

00:16:10 Speaker 09: at this at this location too,

00:16:11 Speaker 09: so more convenience. The childcare centre

00:16:13 Speaker 09: provides inclusive programmemes for children aged

00:16:21 Speaker 09: 13 months to school age in

00:16:23 Speaker 09: a new inviting space. And there

00:16:24 Speaker 09: was a grand opening. that was

00:16:25 Speaker 09: held on August sixth. And thank

00:16:26 Speaker 09: you for those of you that

00:16:28 Speaker 09: attended. Very exciting for the Markdale

00:16:30 Speaker 09: community and beyond as well. It

00:16:31 Speaker 09: was wonderful to be there, and

00:16:34 Speaker 09: I must say it was wonderful

00:16:35 Speaker 09: to bring my granddaughter along too,

00:16:37 Speaker 09: just to test it out and

00:16:38 Speaker 09: sample it. Everything looks great. You're

00:16:42 Speaker 10: really going to enjoy that extra

00:16:45 Speaker 10: facility. And with that, I'll open

00:16:47 Speaker 10: it to the county floor. If

00:16:48 Speaker 10: there are other announcements, we'll begin

00:16:50 Speaker 10: with Councillor Nielsen. I'm going to

00:16:51 Speaker 10: take a step here from Deputy

00:16:53 Speaker 10: Ward Milne. Stand up. Many of

00:16:56 Speaker 10: you may know that a couple

00:16:57 Speaker 10: weeks ago we did have a

00:16:59 Speaker 10: minor fire at the Markdale Arena,

00:17:01 Speaker 10: so it has caused some disruptions.

00:17:03 Speaker 10: But we all know the Agricultural

00:17:04 Speaker 10: Society will never be put down

00:17:06 Speaker 10: by a fire, so the Markdale

00:17:08 Speaker 10: Fall Fair will continue to happen

00:17:10 Speaker 10: at the King Edward Park grounds.

00:17:11 Speaker 10: Everything will be held outside. We're

00:17:14 Speaker 10: going to be setting up tents,

00:17:16 Speaker 10: utilising the library space that's there.

00:17:17 Speaker 10: So Saturday, August twenty third, Friday

00:17:18 Speaker 10: night is the ambassador programme on

00:17:20 Speaker 10: the twenty second. Please, anybody can

00:17:23 Speaker 10: come out, celebrate with us because

00:17:27 Speaker 10: even though a fire happened, we're

00:17:30 Speaker 10: going to keep on going with

00:17:33 Speaker 10: the fall fair, the one hundred

00:17:36 Speaker 10: and sixty seventh Markdale Agricultural Fall

00:17:37 Speaker 10: Fair. Thanks very much. Excellent. Good

00:17:39 Speaker 11: to hear that. And we'll go

00:17:42 Speaker 11: to Deputy Warden Mill next. Thank

00:17:44 Speaker 11: you, Warden. In spite of that.

00:17:48 Speaker 11: event going on, there'll be some

00:17:51 Speaker 11: high flying in Holtville on the

00:17:54 Speaker 11: same weekend, August twenty third, twenty

00:17:55 Speaker 11: fourth, the Saturday and Sunday. The

00:17:56 Speaker 11: Holtville Kite Festival will be in

00:17:59 Speaker 11: in production. I'm not sure exactly,

00:18:02 Speaker 11: but it's in Holtville somewhere. If

00:18:03 Speaker 11: you get to Holtville, you'll see

00:18:05 Speaker 11: it. Just look on the horizon,

00:18:07 Speaker 11: you'll see the. South. Okay, south

00:18:11 Speaker 11: of Holtville. So anyway, you're all

00:18:12 Speaker 11: welcome to attend, and it's a

00:18:13 Speaker 11: really cool event. Ten and it's

00:18:16 Speaker 11: a really cool event. It's not

00:18:17 Speaker 11: just you know the traditional old

00:18:22 Speaker 11: triangle. They got huge, big kites.

00:18:27 Speaker 11: I don't know how they get

00:18:30 Speaker 11: them up in the air, but

00:18:31 Speaker 11: it's it's good. It's a really

00:18:34 Speaker 11: cool event. So you're all invited.

00:18:36 Speaker 11: Come on down. Okay, thank you,

00:18:37 Speaker 11: Councillor Body. Thank you very much.

00:18:39 Speaker 11: As everyone knows, Canada has two

00:18:41 Speaker 11: official sports. Its summer official sport

00:18:42 Speaker 12: is lacrosse and. hockey, and in

00:18:47 Speaker 12: the winter, we are so blessed

00:18:49 Speaker 12: to have a really long history

00:18:51 Speaker 12: of both sports in Owen Sound.

00:18:54 Speaker 12: But this year, the lacrosse teams

00:18:55 Speaker 12: got pushed out of the arena

00:18:58 Speaker 12: because of very successful so far

00:18:59 Speaker 12: remaking of the ice and replacing

00:19:02 Speaker 12: of the floor, which is going

00:19:05 Speaker 12: extremely well at the arena. So

00:19:07 Speaker 12: we want to thank West Grey

00:19:09 Speaker 12: for hosting our junior lacrosse team

00:19:12 Speaker 12: this summer. They played down in

00:19:14 Speaker 12: the arena in Durham. they made

00:19:16 Speaker 12: the playoffs, and thank Meaford for

00:19:19 Speaker 12: hosting our senior and major teams,

00:19:21 Speaker 12: both of which made the playoffs.

00:19:23 Speaker 12: Major is the best lacrosse in

00:19:26 Speaker 12: the world. It's like it's like

00:19:27 Speaker 12: summertime for NHL. The guys that

00:19:30 Speaker 12: are playing pro in the states

00:19:32 Speaker 12: in the winter are playing major

00:19:34 Speaker 12: lacrosse in the summer to win

00:19:37 Speaker 12: the Man Cup. On Sound had

00:19:38 Speaker 12: a very young major team that

00:19:41 Speaker 12: did extremely well, made the playoffs.

00:19:44 Speaker 12: and weren't expected to, and then

00:19:46 Speaker 12: competed very well with Six Nations,

00:19:47 Speaker 12: which is built and financed to

00:19:50 Speaker 12: win the Memorial Cup every year.

00:19:54 Speaker 12: Not Memorial, sorry, not Minto Man

00:19:57 Speaker 12: Cup. Thank you, Minto's Junior A.

00:19:59 Speaker 12: So, thanks to both West Grey

00:20:01 Speaker 12: and Beechford for hosting our teams

00:20:02 Speaker 12: and providing them a home in

00:20:05 Speaker 12: in Grey County. Thanks. Thank you,

00:20:06 Speaker 12: and we'll go to Councillor Kieveny.

00:20:10 Speaker 12: Good morning, Madam. Warden and County

00:20:12 Speaker 12: Council, and thank you, Councillor Body.

00:20:13 Speaker 12: It was our pleasure to host

00:20:15 Speaker 12: the eucross teams, but I just

00:20:16 Speaker 12: wanted to share that we're one

00:20:18 Speaker 12: up on Markdale. It's our 168th

00:20:20 Speaker 12: fall fair coming up on August

00:20:22 Speaker 12: the 30th. Can't believe that we're

00:20:24 Speaker 12: reaching the end of summer. The

00:20:25 Speaker 12: heart of the fair, of course,

00:20:27 Speaker 12: is the livestock shows, beef and

00:20:31 Speaker 12: dairy, and the sheep show is

00:20:33 Speaker 12: always a special one. Saddle horse

00:20:34 Speaker 12: shows and the junior calf

00:20:36 Speaker 12: club is always a big hit,

00:20:38 Speaker 12: and there's. the curling club will

00:20:40 Speaker 12: be full of home crafts and

00:20:42 Speaker 12: gardening, all the big carrots and

00:20:43 Speaker 12: zucchini and all that sort of

00:20:47 Speaker 12: thing. There'll be family-friendly activities and

00:20:49 Speaker 12: children's events, and antique cars will

00:20:54 Speaker 12: be on display. So that's all

00:20:55 Speaker 13: taking place at our curling club

00:20:58 Speaker 13: on August the 30th with a

00:21:01 Speaker 13: 9 a.m. start. Thank you. Okay.

00:21:04 Speaker 13: Thank you very much, and we'll

00:21:07 Speaker 13: go to Councillor Carleton. Thank you,

00:21:09 Speaker 13: Warden Matrisselson. Good morning. Thank you,

00:21:12 Speaker 13: Lord Mayor Trussell, and Good Morning,

00:21:16 Speaker 13: County Council. I was privileged to

00:21:18 Speaker 13: attend yesterday a Women's Institute rally

00:21:20 Speaker 13: hosted by the Campbell Women's Institute,

00:21:24 Speaker 13: with four different Women's Institutes in

00:21:28 Speaker 13: being there for the day. MP

00:21:29 Speaker 13: Alex Rep was there as well,

00:21:32 Speaker 13: and Campbell Women's Institute celebrates 128

00:21:33 Speaker 13: years this year. They are the

00:21:34 Speaker 13: longest surviving Women's Institute, so it

00:21:37 Speaker 13: was a pleasure to be there.

00:21:40 Speaker 13: Excellent, and we'll go to Councillor

00:21:43 Speaker 13: McQueen. Thank you, Madam Warden, and

00:21:46 Speaker 13: County Council. Maybe back to me

00:21:48 Speaker 13: for maybe they didn't count the

00:21:49 Speaker 13: first year for the bear, so

00:21:51 Speaker 14: maybe it'll equal. Moving on, and

00:21:54 Speaker 14: I just wanted to say that

00:21:56 Speaker 14: we, as Grey Highlands Ram Rodeo,

00:21:57 Speaker 14: has completed five years of the

00:22:00 Speaker 14: the event. In total, amount that

00:22:01 Speaker 14: was raised was one hundred ninety

00:22:03 Speaker 14: six thousand eight hundred dollars, and

00:22:04 Speaker 14: has gone into the Mark Dill

00:22:06 Speaker 14: Hospital Foundation, which is more so

00:22:08 Speaker 14: more than what we committed to

00:22:10 Speaker 14: was 180. So I want to

00:22:12 Speaker 14: thank the sponsors. I want to

00:22:15 Speaker 14: thank the volunteers. I want to

00:22:16 Speaker 14: thank even the people that you

00:22:21 Speaker 15: know who came out and our

00:22:28 Speaker 15: staff who made it an event

00:22:30 Speaker 16: that was successful. So again, a

00:22:35 Speaker 16: big thank you for that, and

00:22:37 Speaker 16: it helps support. And council also

00:22:40 Speaker 16: is committed to have it host

00:22:46 Speaker 16: a grand rodeo again for next

00:22:48 Speaker 16: year. Thank you, and to Councillor

00:22:52 Speaker 16: Dobrin. Thank you, Warden. Good morning,

00:22:56 Speaker 16: County Council guests. I wanted to

00:22:58 Speaker 16: just thank the Warden for coming

00:23:00 Speaker 16: to the Soggy Valley Children's Safety

00:23:02 Speaker 16: Village last weekend for its barn-raising

00:23:05 Speaker 16: ribbon-cutting. The Gray Federation and Bruce

00:23:08 Speaker 16: Federation of Agriculture. has been fundraising

00:23:10 Speaker 16: to expand the agricultural education and

00:23:12 Speaker 16: safety section of the Children's Safety

00:23:14 Speaker 16: Village. If you haven't been to

00:23:17 Speaker 16: the village, it really is a

00:23:20 Speaker 16: remarkable place for young and and

00:23:24 Speaker 16: the young at heart. Although we

00:23:27 Speaker 16: can't get into the little carts,

00:23:29 Speaker 16: so I I did want to

00:23:32 Speaker 16: mention a big thank you that

00:23:35 Speaker 16: was extended by the village, the

00:23:37 Speaker 16: the Children's Safety Village, to Gray

00:23:40 Speaker 16: County for. its continued support of

00:23:43 Speaker 16: a multi-year sponsorship. So it is

00:23:45 Speaker 16: every time I go to this

00:23:48 Speaker 16: village, it change. It is there's

00:23:53 Speaker 17: something new and something exciting. It's

00:23:56 Speaker 18: a great learning opportunity for our

00:24:02 Speaker 18: youth. It is free for youth

00:24:03 Speaker 18: to attend. The schools need only

00:24:06 Speaker 18: support it through transportation, and they

00:24:08 Speaker 18: often get sponsorship. So thank you,

00:24:09 Speaker 18: County. Council, for its continued support

00:24:11 Speaker 18: of the village. Okay, thank you.

00:24:12 Speaker 18: And looking around the horseshoe, we'll

00:24:14 Speaker 18: go to Councillor Hutchinson. Yeah, thank

00:24:15 Speaker 19: you, and good morning again. I

00:24:19 Speaker 19: just want to follow up with

00:24:22 Speaker 19: Councillor Mill regarding the kite fest.

00:24:25 Speaker 19: You can go to the South

00:24:28 Speaker 19: Bay Chamber of Commerce website to

00:24:30 Speaker 19: get the all the mapping and

00:24:33 Speaker 19: details are on there. Also, I'm

00:24:35 Speaker 19: There. Also, I want to announce

00:24:36 Speaker 19: that Saturday, September 27th, the Durham

00:24:37 Speaker 19: Hospital Foundation, in we're chasing a

00:24:38 Speaker 19: 1.2 million dollar asset enhancement to

00:24:40 Speaker 19: the Durham Hospital. It's a new

00:24:41 Speaker 19: X-ray suite. We're holding a ACDC

00:24:46 Speaker 19: tribute band called Thunderstruck. So tickets

00:24:49 Speaker 20: are available in your public yard.

00:24:52 Speaker 20: Where you go to the Durham

00:24:55 Speaker 20: Hospital Foundation and get a hold

00:24:56 Speaker 20: of me. But we have tickets

00:24:58 Speaker 20: for sale for that. Then all

00:25:00 Speaker 20: proceeds are for the the new

00:25:02 Speaker 20: X-ray suite in the hospital. Thank

00:25:04 Speaker 20: you. Okay, thank you, and I

00:25:07 Speaker 20: think. Okay, well, I will just

00:25:09 Speaker 20: conclude with the youngest fair, which

00:25:11 Speaker 20: is only 153 years. So we

00:25:13 Speaker 20: have a lot of catching up

00:25:14 Speaker 20: to do with you. But the

00:25:15 Speaker 20: Beaver Valley Fall Fair will come

00:25:18 Speaker 20: on September 5th and 6th. Let

00:25:19 Speaker 20: me see the the Friday and

00:25:21 Speaker 20: and Saturday of that weekend, September

00:25:23 Speaker 20: 5th and 6th, I believe it

00:25:25 Speaker 20: is. And so hopefully that doesn't

00:25:27 Speaker 20: conflict. Everybody can attend all of

00:25:29 Speaker 20: them if they like, and we

00:25:31 Speaker 20: will be having that at our

00:25:32 Speaker 20: Beaver Valley Community Centre in in

00:25:37 Speaker 20: Thornbury, and of course with the

00:25:40 Speaker 20: Morro Park right next door. It's

00:25:42 Speaker 21: a great indoor/outdoor, rain or shine

00:25:45 Speaker 21: activity. We'll have lots going there,

00:25:47 Speaker 21: and expect lots of good entries

00:25:50 Speaker 21: coming into all the creative categories.

00:25:52 Speaker 21: Okay, so with that, then oh,

00:25:54 Speaker 21: well, there is one more. Then

00:25:55 Speaker 21: Councillor Eccles, I just couldn't let

00:25:57 Speaker 21: it pass the Durham Fall Fair.

00:25:58 Speaker 21: is on August twenty ninth to

00:26:00 Speaker 21: thirty first. In doing a lot

00:26:03 Speaker 21: of research, we have found that

00:26:06 Speaker 21: at least the first five years

00:26:08 Speaker 21: of the Durham Fall Fair were

00:26:11 Speaker 21: not recorded. So this is the

00:26:12 Speaker 21: one hundred and sixty fifth that's

00:26:17 Speaker 21: recorded. So we're usually about one

00:26:20 Speaker 21: hundred and seventy. So yes, we're

00:26:23 Speaker 21: taking the gold medal. We are

00:26:25 Speaker 21: the number one. Durham Fall Fair

00:26:31 Speaker 21: is on the August long weekend

00:26:33 Speaker 21: or September first long weekend. Thank

00:26:37 Speaker 21: you very. much. Very similar to

00:26:39 Speaker 21: a lot of other with the

00:26:44 Speaker 22: horse show in-house activities and whatnot,

00:26:47 Speaker 22: but the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

00:26:49 Speaker 22: activities there. So come to what

00:26:53 Speaker 22: we understand to be the longest-running

00:26:55 Speaker 22: fall fair in Gray County. Oh,

00:26:58 Speaker 22: okay. And now I see the

00:27:02 Speaker 22: deputy warden has raised his hand.

00:27:06 Speaker 22: Thank you, Madam Warden. I think

00:27:08 Speaker 22: it's fair to say that Dundalk

00:27:09 Speaker 23: is 168 years, but the first

00:27:13 Speaker 23: 10 years of that fair were

00:27:15 Speaker 23: not recorded. So, the weekend after

00:27:16 Speaker 23: Labour Day, come on down to

00:27:19 Speaker 23: Dundalk and enjoy the fair. It's

00:27:20 Speaker 23: been there a long time—a fairly

00:27:22 Speaker 23: long time. Thank you very much,

00:27:24 Speaker 23: and I suppose if we were

00:27:26 Speaker 23: able to speak to Clark the

00:27:28 Speaker 23: pig from Clarksville, he he might

00:27:29 Speaker 23: challenge how early things were starting

00:27:30 Speaker 23: ahead of the Beaver Valley Fall

00:27:34 Speaker 23: Fair over in what was Collingwood

00:27:36 Speaker 23: Township at the time. So what

00:27:37 Speaker 23: I can say is, wow, look

00:27:39 Speaker 23: at the impact that agriculture has

00:27:41 Speaker 23: had on the tradition and the

00:27:44 Speaker 23: years and the decades and hundreds

00:27:46 Speaker 23: of years that makes up the

00:27:47 Speaker 23: very fabric of who we are

00:27:49 Speaker 24: in Gray County. So with that.

00:28:02 Speaker 24: I will call a motion to

00:28:03 Speaker 24: adjourn. May I have a mover?

00:28:05 Speaker 25: Thank you, Councillor Debrine. Seconded by

00:28:07 Speaker 25: Councillor Kevany. Any discussion? All those

00:28:08 Speaker 25: in favour? And that motion is

00:28:10 Speaker 25: carried. We will now carry on.

00:28:13 Speaker 25: Give a few moments to switch

00:28:15 Speaker 25: over the technology before our committee

00:28:19 Speaker 25: of the whole. Okay. Thank you

00:28:22 Speaker 25: very much. I'd now like to

00:28:24 Speaker 25: call to order this committee. The

00:28:26 Speaker 25: whole meeting of August Fourteenth, Twenty

00:28:27 Speaker 25: Twenty Five. At this point in

00:28:29 Speaker 25: time, I'll ask if there are

00:28:30 Speaker 25: any declarations of interest. Seeing none,

00:28:33 Speaker 25: we will move through business arising

00:28:36 Speaker 25: from the minutes. Seeing nothing, we

00:28:38 Speaker 25: will go. Then we have we

00:28:40 Speaker 26: have three different delegations under Section

00:28:52 Speaker 26: Four, so we're going to each

00:28:53 Speaker 26: one will be shared virtually. So

00:28:56 Speaker 26: we will go to the screen.

00:28:59 Speaker 26: To first of all, we'll call

00:29:01 Speaker 26: upon Ms. Cassidy. Call upon Miss

00:29:02 Speaker 26: Cassidy, who will be presenting with

00:29:04 Speaker 25: regards to BECOM, and I believe

00:29:06 Speaker 25: the clerks will bring her online

00:29:08 Speaker 25: so we can all have a

00:29:08 Speaker 25: look on our screens. Sorry. Good

00:29:10 Speaker 25: morning. I'm just going to get

00:29:12 Speaker 25: my video up here. Good morning,

00:29:14 Speaker 25: Miss Cassidy. Good morning, everyone. can

00:29:17 Speaker 25: hear and see me. Yes, we

00:29:18 Speaker 25: can. And as you know, you

00:29:19 Speaker 25: have ten minutes to make your

00:29:22 Speaker 25: deputation. At that point, at your

00:29:24 Speaker 25: conclusion, I'll look around the room

00:29:25 Speaker 25: and see if we have any

00:29:30 Speaker 25: questions for you. So you have

00:29:32 Speaker 25: the floor. Okay. Thank you. Good

00:29:33 Speaker 25: morning. Good morning, Madam Warden, and

00:29:35 Speaker 25: respected members of Council. Thank you

00:29:37 Speaker 25: for taking the time to read

00:29:39 Speaker 25: and consider all the feedback from

00:29:40 Speaker 25: surrounding neighbours. Those who will have

00:29:43 Speaker 27: to live with this development, if

00:29:46 Speaker 27: allowed to proceed, and those who

00:29:47 Speaker 27: clearly oppose. I'm here speaking not

00:29:49 Speaker 27: only on my behalf and my

00:29:51 Speaker 27: family's behalf, but on theirs as

00:29:54 Speaker 27: well. I hope you have all

00:29:56 Speaker 27: had a chance to read and

00:29:57 Speaker 27: review the many letters submitted that

00:29:59 Speaker 27: were not included in the staff

00:30:01 Speaker 27: report. You have read many concerns

00:30:04 Speaker 27: about noise, traffic, environment, and concerns

00:30:07 Speaker 27: of who will be able to

00:30:09 Speaker 27: police these events and ensure they

00:30:13 Speaker 27: are operating as stated, especially late

00:30:15 Speaker 27: into the evening. What this comes

00:30:18 Speaker 27: down to, with respect to this

00:30:21 Speaker 27: meeting. is whether it is appropriate

00:30:23 Speaker 27: place for this type of growth

00:30:28 Speaker 27: and development under the Planning Act.

00:30:29 Speaker 27: Based on everything you have

00:30:31 Speaker 27: heard and read, having a 365

00:30:34 Speaker 27: day event venue, essentially mainly for

00:30:36 Speaker 27: weddings, and amplified music, and extended

00:30:38 Speaker 27: noise times right next door to

00:30:40 Speaker 27: residential houses makes this area entirely

00:30:42 Speaker 27: not the right place. The municipality

00:30:45 Speaker 27: of Grey Highlands just voted against

00:30:46 Speaker 27: this on June 18th. To summarise,

00:30:48 Speaker 27: this site is not surrounded by

00:30:52 Speaker 27: farmland. It's surrounded by residential properties.

00:30:55 Speaker 27: People live here and conduct their

00:30:57 Speaker 27: lives here. A simple Google search

00:30:59 Speaker 27: turns up eight homes within a

00:31:01 Speaker 27: few hundred metres of this proposed

00:31:03 Speaker 27: site, and many more within a

00:31:05 Speaker 27: kilometre. Please consider if any of

00:31:07 Speaker 27: you would be okay with having

00:31:10 Speaker 27: this right beside your home, and

00:31:12 Speaker 27: please vote accordingly. Noise studies. Noise

00:31:14 Speaker 27: studies are incomplete. The tests completed

00:31:16 Speaker 27: are simulated and not an actual

00:31:18 Speaker 27: representation of how noise will travel.

00:31:20 Speaker 27: To do this, the company that

00:31:24 Speaker 27: did the study would have had

00:31:26 Speaker 27: to have set up smart sorry

00:31:28 Speaker 27: smart microphones to monitor the sound

00:31:32 Speaker 27: on neighbouring properties. To my knowledge,

00:31:34 Speaker 27: this was not done. I can

00:31:36 Speaker 27: say this with confidence because my

00:31:40 Speaker 27: husband is has a sound engineering

00:31:43 Speaker 27: degree, and we own an audio

00:31:46 Speaker 27: production company and often have to

00:31:48 Speaker 27: monitor sound levels at events. A

00:31:50 Speaker 27: blanket change to the noise bylaw

00:31:51 Speaker 27: extended to these times is ridiculous

00:31:56 Speaker 27: and unfair to surrounding residents, and

00:32:00 Speaker 27: seems to be a contradiction to

00:32:02 Speaker 27: the eco-friendly venue that is being

00:32:05 Speaker 27: proposed. The current bylaw states that

00:32:06 Speaker 27: the loud operation of vehicle, home

00:32:09 Speaker 27: radio, stereo, or alike, at a

00:32:12 Speaker 27: level to disturb others, and can

00:32:13 Speaker 27: be heard at a loud level

00:32:15 Speaker 27: more. than fifty feet from the

00:32:16 Speaker 27: source is prohibited. There would be

00:32:19 Speaker 27: very limited employment opportunities for local

00:32:22 Speaker 27: businesses, as companies hired for events

00:32:25 Speaker 27: can be from anywhere, and will

00:32:28 Speaker 27: likely be someone that the event

00:32:30 Speaker 27: host knows and trusts. Tourism will

00:32:33 Speaker 27: not be bolstered as attendees will

00:32:37 Speaker 27: come to site, make noise and

00:32:39 Speaker 27: pollution, and leave to go to

00:32:42 Speaker 27: their homes outside of the area.

00:32:43 Speaker 27: Increased tourism. should not be considered

00:32:46 Speaker 27: in major residential areas. It should

00:32:48 Speaker 27: be directed towards city centres. There

00:32:51 Speaker 27: are two destination wedding venues within

00:32:53 Speaker 27: the immediate area, and additional ten

00:32:56 Speaker 27: within a twenty-kilometre drive of those

00:32:58 Speaker 27: seeking a natural-inspired event venue. There

00:33:00 Speaker 27: are also many Airbnb's as well

00:33:04 Speaker 27: as the Gandhi glamping across the

00:33:05 Speaker 27: street for those who are looking

00:33:08 Speaker 27: for a quiet retreat. Limiting size

00:33:12 Speaker 27: and scale is. smoke and

00:33:15 Speaker 27: mirrors. Fifty people can make just

00:33:17 Speaker 27: as much noise as ninety-five, and

00:33:19 Speaker 27: twelve occasions per year with ninety-five

00:33:21 Speaker 27: people is every weekend in the

00:33:25 Speaker 27: summer, when this would be most

00:33:27 Speaker 27: desirable. The additional trails that guests

00:33:29 Speaker 27: would be permitted to access is

00:33:31 Speaker 27: very concerning, as there's high potential

00:33:34 Speaker 27: for ecological damage under little supervision.

00:33:36 Speaker 27: Trespassing to neighbour properties, despite signage,

00:33:41 Speaker 27: will be inevitable. noting there is

00:33:45 Speaker 27: hunting in this area, and guests

00:33:48 Speaker 27: would likely be unaware of those

00:33:50 Speaker 27: rules and regulations. On-site porta potties,

00:33:53 Speaker 27: being considered for three years, should

00:33:56 Speaker 27: not be an option, and it

00:33:59 Speaker 27: is a red flag given the

00:34:02 Speaker 27: owner's history of non-compliance and unwillingness

00:34:05 Speaker 27: to consider the temporary use bylaw.

00:34:08 Speaker 27: As noted, the subject application falls

00:34:11 Speaker 27: outside of OPA twenty-three. Paul. Twenty-three

00:34:14 Speaker 27: policy. Sorry, the OPA twenty-three policy,

00:34:20 Speaker 27: and should not be considered on

00:34:22 Speaker 27: that basis. Given the amplified noise

00:34:25 Speaker 27: to be endured for extended hours,

00:34:29 Speaker 27: exceeding the maximum area, even when

00:34:32 Speaker 27: including trails, the number of guests

00:34:35 Speaker 27: allowed all year all year long,

00:34:38 Speaker 27: in a very residential area, the

00:34:42 Speaker 27: subject application is not small or

00:34:44 Speaker 27: recreational, and is no comparison. to

00:34:48 Speaker 27: OPA 23. Regarding OPA 22, the

00:34:50 Speaker 27: application states there will be 95

00:34:52 Speaker 27: people per event on a 40.76

00:34:57 Speaker 27: hectare property. This is misleading, as

00:35:00 Speaker 27: only 1.05 hectares are actually proposed

00:35:03 Speaker 27: for use. The remainder consists of

00:35:06 Speaker 27: significant woodland and wetland that will

00:35:09 Speaker 27: remain largely unused. This results in

00:35:12 Speaker 27: the actual density of over nine

00:35:15 Speaker 27: thousand and forty people per kilometre

00:35:17 Speaker 27: squared, which far exceeds the rural

00:35:19 Speaker 27: density standard of four hundred people

00:35:22 Speaker 27: per kilometre squared. Such density contradicts

00:35:24 Speaker 27: the definition of resource-based recreational use,

00:35:25 Speaker 27: and effectively reclassifies this operation as

00:35:28 Speaker 27: a commercial property. Finally, I'd like

00:35:29 Speaker 27: to reiterate: this is a rural

00:35:32 Speaker 27: residential area with many. surrounding residents

00:35:34 Speaker 27: that consists of young families, retired

00:35:37 Speaker 27: couples, and vacation homes. It is

00:35:38 Speaker 27: not the appropriate place for a

00:35:42 Speaker 27: commercial venue of this size. I'd

00:35:45 Speaker 27: like to take just another moment

00:35:46 Speaker 27: of your time to show you

00:35:50 Speaker 27: how close in proximity this proposed

00:35:54 Speaker 27: development is to my home as

00:35:56 Speaker 27: well as my neighbours. I'm currently

00:35:58 Speaker 27: standing on my neighbour's property and

00:36:00 Speaker 27: have been given permission from the

00:36:02 Speaker 27: vanrees, and I'm with well within

00:36:13 Speaker 27: their. property line, just behind this

00:36:18 Speaker 27: fence, just behind this fence behind

00:36:21 Speaker 27: me, is one of the proposed

00:36:22 Speaker 27: parking lots, cabin, tent, and cabin

00:36:24 Speaker 27: and tent camping areas. It is

00:36:26 Speaker 27: in very close proximity to my

00:36:30 Speaker 27: neighbour's front door, into our house,

00:36:35 Speaker 27: and our bedroom window, which is

00:36:41 Speaker 27: within 200 feet to the west

00:36:44 Speaker 27: behind the Van Rie residence. So

00:36:47 Speaker 27: this site currently has some yurts

00:36:49 Speaker 27: and a bathhouse that are already

00:36:51 Speaker 27: constructed. I'd like to just mention

00:36:54 Speaker 27: once more that I am within

00:36:55 Speaker 27: the property line, and I am

00:36:58 Speaker 27: not trespassing. There is a yurt

00:37:00 Speaker 27: just right here, another bathhouse here,

00:37:04 Speaker 27: and a yurt. platform just here.

00:37:06 Speaker 27: This is my neighbour's front door,

00:37:07 Speaker 27: and just beyond that, as I

00:37:09 Speaker 27: mentioned, to the west is my

00:37:12 Speaker 27: home, my husband's home, and my

00:37:14 Speaker 27: two-year-old son's home. Our bedroom window

00:37:20 Speaker 27: also faces to the east towards

00:37:22 Speaker 27: the proposed development, which is quite

00:37:24 Speaker 27: concerning to us in regards to

00:37:25 Speaker 27: the noise bylaw extension that's being

00:37:26 Speaker 28: requested. I'd like to thank you

00:37:31 Speaker 28: all for taking the time to

00:37:32 Speaker 28: listen to the concerns of this

00:37:33 Speaker 28: quiet rural residential neighbourhood, and I

00:37:36 Speaker 28: ask you to vote against this

00:37:38 Speaker 28: proposed development. Okay, thank you very

00:37:39 Speaker 28: much, Miss Cassidy. I'll just give

00:37:43 Speaker 28: you a moment to find your

00:37:48 Speaker 28: spot, and I'll look around the

00:37:50 Speaker 28: room to see if there are

00:37:53 Speaker 28: any questions. And I am not

00:37:55 Speaker 28: seeing any online or here in

00:37:56 Speaker 28: the chamber. So, thank you again

00:37:57 Speaker 28: for presenting your material for us

00:37:59 Speaker 28: this morning for our consideration. Thank

00:38:01 Speaker 28: you. Thank you so much for

00:38:04 Speaker 28: listening. Have a great day. Okay.

00:38:06 Speaker 28: Thank you. And we will now.

00:38:08 Speaker 28: Okay. So next up, we we

00:38:10 Speaker 28: do have Ms. Yanson Grieve, but

00:38:11 Speaker 28: we don't see her yet logged

00:38:12 Speaker 28: on. So what we can do

00:38:13 Speaker 28: is we can move on to

00:38:14 Speaker 28: Ms. Loft, who is presenting on

00:38:15 Speaker 28: behalf of Bcom Incorporated, and we'll.

00:38:17 Speaker 28: keep an eye out for participation

00:38:19 Speaker 28: from our third deputation. So, good

00:38:20 Speaker 28: morning, Ms. Loft. We have everybody

00:38:22 Speaker 28: here in the chamber and virtual.

00:38:25 Speaker 28: So, again, if you you will

00:38:28 Speaker 24: have ten minutes, and then at

00:38:39 Speaker 24: the end of that, I will

00:38:42 Speaker 24: take a moment to look around

00:38:44 Speaker 24: the room to see if there

00:38:46 Speaker 24: are any questions for you. You

00:38:47 Speaker 24: have the floor. Good morning. Thank

00:38:50 Speaker 24: you. So, I do have a

00:38:52 Speaker 24: PowerPoint, and I understand from staff

00:38:55 Speaker 24: that I am to present. So,

00:38:57 Speaker 24: I'll just share my screen if

00:38:59 Speaker 24: that's okay. Yes, please do. Thank

00:38:59 Speaker 24: you. Good morning to Warden Matrosovs,

00:39:01 Speaker 24: to County Council, as well as

00:39:02 Speaker 24: staff. My name is Christine Loft

00:39:06 Speaker 24: of Loft Planning Inc., and I

00:39:08 Speaker 24: am representing the landowner, Beacom Inc.

00:39:10 Speaker 24: The owners are online as well

00:39:11 Speaker 24: as in the audience today, and

00:39:13 Speaker 24: this delegation is related to official

00:39:15 Speaker 24: plan amendment twenty. Two. I am

00:39:17 Speaker 24: going to run through the slides

00:39:19 Speaker 24: fairly quickly, just because I have

00:39:21 Speaker 24: quite a few slides in ten

00:39:24 Speaker 24: minutes. So we are delegating today

00:39:27 Speaker 24: in order to provide County Council

00:39:30 Speaker 24: an overview of the proposal and

00:39:33 Speaker 24: to provide the updates that have

00:39:35 Speaker 24: been made from the original proposal

00:39:38 Speaker 24: in response to the comments received

00:39:40 Speaker 29: at the statutory public meeting, and

00:39:43 Speaker 29: ultimately to request that County Council

00:39:44 Speaker 29: approve the official plan amendment and

00:39:46 Speaker 29: and allow the daily details of

00:39:49 Speaker 29: the operations to be dealt with.

00:39:51 Speaker 29: through the implementing zoning bylaw amendment

00:39:52 Speaker 29: before the municipality of Grey Highlands.

00:39:54 Speaker 29: The property is known as four

00:39:56 Speaker 29: six six six one five twelfth

00:39:59 Speaker 29: concession B within the municipality of

00:40:01 Speaker 29: Grey Highlands. The lands are rectangularly

00:40:04 Speaker 29: shaped and located on the north

00:40:07 Speaker 29: side of the twelfth concession B.

00:40:10 Speaker 29: The lands are forty point seven

00:40:12 Speaker 29: six hectares, seven six hectares in

00:40:15 Speaker 29: lot area, with a lot frontage

00:40:17 Speaker 29: of three hundred and forty three

00:40:20 Speaker 29: metres. There are existing structures on.

00:40:22 Speaker 29: the property, including a dwelling, accessory

00:40:25 Speaker 29: and accessory structures. The lands are

00:40:26 Speaker 29: surrounded to the north by woodlands

00:40:28 Speaker 29: and agricultural lands. To the east,

00:40:30 Speaker 29: with woodlands, rural lands, and rural

00:40:36 Speaker 29: residents, rural residences. To the south

00:40:37 Speaker 29: are the are residences associated with

00:40:39 Speaker 29: Lake Eugenia, as well as extensive

00:40:42 Speaker 29: woodlands. And to the west are

00:40:45 Speaker 29: woodlands, rural lands, and a number

00:40:48 Speaker 29: of rural residences. The lands are

00:40:51 Speaker 29: reg. The lands are regulated by

00:40:54 Speaker 29: the Great Southern Conservation Authority, and

00:40:56 Speaker 29: specifically, the area at the front

00:40:57 Speaker 29: of the property, which we're proposing

00:40:59 Speaker 29: to redesignate, are regulated. With respect

00:41:01 Speaker 29: to the proposed venue use and

00:41:03 Speaker 29: accommodation use, there would be a

00:41:05 Speaker 29: proposed maximum of ninety-five guests permitted

00:41:07 Speaker 29: on site at any event. The

00:41:10 Speaker 29: proposed zoned and designated area is

00:41:13 Speaker 29: limited in area, and the proposed

00:41:15 Speaker 29: zoning would build upon. existing zoning

00:41:17 Speaker 29: by way of Exception Zero Four

00:41:19 Speaker 29: Three, which I'll speak about, and

00:41:21 Speaker 29: I know staff spoke about in

00:41:23 Speaker 29: their staff report as well. And

00:41:26 Speaker 29: so there are existing permissions on

00:41:27 Speaker 29: site for a health spa and

00:41:30 Speaker 29: for four trailer campsites as well

00:41:31 Speaker 29: as the dwelling. The lands are

00:41:34 Speaker 29: designated rural, wetland, and hazard. And

00:41:36 Speaker 29: the purpose of the official plan

00:41:38 Speaker 29: amendment is to amend Schedule A

00:41:43 Speaker 29: and to change the designation of

00:41:45 Speaker 29: the subject lands from. on a

00:41:47 Speaker 29: portion of the property from

00:41:50 Speaker 29: rural to the rural site specific

00:41:52 Speaker 29: designation, and as you will hear

00:41:54 Speaker 29: within the county staff report, the

00:41:58 Speaker 29: specific policy area will be limited

00:42:02 Speaker 29: to one point zero five hectares,

00:42:03 Speaker 29: and the site specific policy will

00:42:06 Speaker 29: permit an additional permitted

00:42:08 Speaker 29: use being an event venue. The

00:42:12 Speaker 29: county official plan provides that the

00:42:13 Speaker 29: rural areas will permit will permit

00:42:15 Speaker 29: the consideration of resource based recreational.

00:42:17 Speaker 29: Resource-based recreational uses and other appropriate

00:42:19 Speaker 29: rural land uses, so long as

00:42:21 Speaker 29: they do not impact agriculture, forestry,

00:42:23 Speaker 29: aggregate extraction, or the natural environment.

00:42:25 Speaker 29: And the official plan also provides

00:42:27 Speaker 29: that the rural land use type

00:42:30 Speaker 29: offers flexibility for law creation, economic

00:42:33 Speaker 29: development, tourism, residential, and recreation. And

00:42:36 Speaker 29: it also provides that while there

00:42:39 Speaker 29: is greater flexibility in the rural

00:42:42 Speaker 29: land use type, farming and resource

00:42:44 Speaker 29: uses are still to. be given

00:42:47 Speaker 29: priority for protection, and I would

00:42:49 Speaker 29: just provide that I've provided a

00:42:50 Speaker 29: planning report as well as an

00:42:51 Speaker 29: addendum, and certainly all of the

00:42:54 Speaker 29: policies within the rural designation have

00:42:55 Speaker 29: been provided in those reports and

00:42:57 Speaker 29: provide opinions with respect to the

00:42:58 Speaker 29: site plan. So this is a

00:43:00 Speaker 29: conceptual conceptual overview, and I've zoomed

00:43:01 Speaker 29: in just on the area that,

00:43:03 Speaker 29: in part, is proposed to be

00:43:07 Speaker 29: redesigned. Is proposed to be redesignated.

00:43:08 Speaker 29: So starting at the front lot

00:43:10 Speaker 29: line, and I guess because I'm

00:43:12 Speaker 29: presenting, I can sort of point.

00:43:13 Speaker 29: But the end at the at

00:43:15 Speaker 29: the front of the lot, of

00:43:17 Speaker 29: course, is the main entrance. And

00:43:20 Speaker 29: from the main entrance in is

00:43:22 Speaker 29: the existing residence, which is in

00:43:23 Speaker 29: on the left hand side and

00:43:27 Speaker 29: is in red. Moving down is

00:43:30 Speaker 29: a small parking area in yellow

00:43:32 Speaker 29: and labelled as parking. There is

00:43:34 Speaker 29: the hall, which is the proposed

00:43:38 Speaker 29: area as the event venue, and

00:43:41 Speaker 29: I'll show you photos in a

00:43:44 Speaker 29: minute. There is an existing pool

00:43:45 Speaker 29: on site. This purple area is

00:43:47 Speaker 29: the proposed septic system, and while

00:43:49 Speaker 29: this is conceptual, we have had

00:43:52 Speaker 29: Capes Engineering size it, so we

00:43:58 Speaker 29: expect that that shape and size

00:43:59 Speaker 29: is accurate. And then a parking

00:44:02 Speaker 29: area. There is the cabin tent

00:44:06 Speaker 29: area, and we've sort of shown

00:44:07 Speaker 29: in green the proposed tent sites,

00:44:10 Speaker 29: and as well as some additional

00:44:12 Speaker 29: parking to. Towards a little closer

00:44:14 Speaker 29: to the back of the property

00:44:15 Speaker 29: and a back of this designated

00:44:18 Speaker 29: area, and I would just note

00:44:21 Speaker 29: that this dark blue hashed line

00:44:24 Speaker 29: is actually the thirty-metre setback from

00:44:25 Speaker 29: the wetland and the hazard lands

00:44:28 Speaker 29: as identified within the environmental impact

00:44:32 Speaker 29: study. I have a few quick

00:44:34 Speaker 29: slides to show. So this is

00:44:37 Speaker 29: just a photo from the entrance,

00:44:39 Speaker 29: looking into the site and. you

00:44:41 Speaker 29: can see the existing house on

00:44:44 Speaker 29: the left. You can see the

00:44:47 Speaker 29: hall in the foreground, and then

00:44:49 Speaker 29: the pool is actually just beside

00:44:52 Speaker 29: the hall area. Two photos of,

00:44:53 Speaker 29: and you just saw them on

00:44:57 Speaker 29: the previous delegation. But there are

00:44:58 Speaker 29: existing platforms and yurts on site

00:45:01 Speaker 29: as part of the existing approvals

00:45:02 Speaker 29: of the site. This is actually

00:45:05 Speaker 29: a photo of the hall on

00:45:06 Speaker 29: the. left, a visual, and then

00:45:09 Speaker 29: an interior shot on the right-hand

00:45:11 Speaker 29: side. And then on the left,

00:45:15 Speaker 29: just a small area showing where

00:45:17 Speaker 29: wedding vows would be held, and

00:45:19 Speaker 29: on the right, just a photo

00:45:22 Speaker 29: of the pond area. This is

00:45:24 Speaker 29: the existing dwelling, and there are

00:45:26 Speaker 29: existing permissions in the zoning for

00:45:27 Speaker 29: a health spa as well as

00:45:29 Speaker 29: accommodation within that existing dwelling, and

00:45:32 Speaker 29: then a fire pit which exists

00:45:34 Speaker 29: today and just located. just in

00:45:37 Speaker 29: close proximity to the existing house.

00:45:41 Speaker 29: What is before County Council today

00:45:43 Speaker 29: is the official plan amendment. However,

00:45:45 Speaker 29: we are asking Council to approve

00:45:47 Speaker 29: the official plan amendment based on

00:45:48 Speaker 29: the details being provided within

00:45:51 Speaker 29: the implementing zoning bylaw. So, I

00:45:54 Speaker 29: just wanted to provide an overview

00:45:58 Speaker 29: of those details. So, the zoning

00:46:01 Speaker 29: bylaw does include a specific special

00:46:02 Speaker 29: events definition. Pardon me, as the

00:46:06 Speaker 29: zoning bylaw currently does not include.

00:46:08 Speaker 29: a definition. So the definition before

00:46:10 Speaker 29: before municipal council will be special

00:46:12 Speaker 29: events shall include the holding of

00:46:14 Speaker 29: an assembly of assembly of persons

00:46:17 Speaker 29: for the purpose of health and

00:46:19 Speaker 29: wellness retreats, educational events, corporate or

00:46:22 Speaker 29: business retreats, weddings, and other similar

00:46:24 Speaker 29: gatherings. And in terms of general

00:46:28 Speaker 29: provisions, total maximum number of guests

00:46:30 Speaker 29: on site at any given time:

00:46:32 Speaker 29: ninety-five persons per event. for twelve

00:46:34 Speaker 29: events a year, and a total

00:46:36 Speaker 29: maximum number of guests on site

00:46:37 Speaker 29: at any given time being for

00:46:40 Speaker 29: fifty persons, which would be unlimited

00:46:42 Speaker 29: number of events per year. Um,

00:46:46 Speaker 29: events could be held then January

00:46:50 Speaker 29: one through December thirty first, so

00:46:52 Speaker 29: all year annually, and then operations,

00:46:54 Speaker 29: um, Friday to Sunday events ending

00:46:56 Speaker 29: at eleven thirty p.m. and weekday

00:46:59 Speaker 29: hours of operations Monday through Thursday

00:47:01 Speaker 29: ending at eleven p.m. Ending at

00:47:02 Speaker 29: 11 p.m. So I have highlighted

00:47:05 Speaker 29: these in red because these have

00:47:08 Speaker 29: been changes that have been made

00:47:11 Speaker 29: since the initial submission in response

00:47:14 Speaker 29: to comments received at the public

00:47:16 Speaker 29: meeting. And with respect to on-site

00:47:18 Speaker 29: accommodation, there's a maximum of five

00:47:21 Speaker 29: guest cabins and a maximum of

00:47:24 Speaker 29: seven guest tents proposed, which just

00:47:27 Speaker 29: in terms of persons would be

00:47:28 Speaker 29: 34 guests. And then guest accommodation

00:47:30 Speaker 29: is 16 guests, and that is

00:47:32 Speaker 29: within the existing. house, and there

00:47:34 Speaker 29: are existing approvals for guests within

00:47:37 Speaker 29: that existing house. A number of

00:47:39 Speaker 29: technical reports have been completed, planning

00:47:41 Speaker 29: report as well as the draft

00:47:42 Speaker 29: amendments provided, and we provided addendum

00:47:45 Speaker 29: reports, a servicing report, an environmental

00:47:47 Speaker 29: impact study, a noise assessment has

00:47:49 Speaker 29: also been completed and has been

00:47:53 Speaker 29: peer reviewed. And while I won't

00:47:57 Speaker 29: go through the details of the

00:47:59 Speaker 29: technical studies, I did. just want

00:48:02 Speaker 29: to provide that again. The lands

00:48:04 Speaker 29: are regulated by the Conservation Authority.

00:48:05 Speaker 29: The Conservation Authority did review the

00:48:08 Speaker 29: environmental impact study and did provide

00:48:10 Speaker 29: comments on May twenty one, two

00:48:12 Speaker 29: thousand and twenty four. That the

00:48:15 Speaker 29: Conservation Authority has no objections to

00:48:17 Speaker 29: the proposal for the described zoning

00:48:20 Speaker 29: bylaw amendment application or the associated

00:48:23 Speaker 29: development. A noise assessment was completed,

00:48:26 Speaker 29: and the county actually had the

00:48:29 Speaker 29: noise assessment. peer reviewed on and

00:48:31 Speaker 29: on October twenty second two thousand

00:48:34 Speaker 29: and twenty four the peer review

00:48:36 Speaker 29: was completed and concluded that the

00:48:38 Speaker 29: proposed venue can be compatible. They

00:48:40 Speaker 29: did provide recommendations and we would

00:48:43 Speaker 29: agree that these recommendations are included

00:48:45 Speaker 29: within a site plan agreement, which

00:48:48 Speaker 29: of course would be typical. And

00:48:51 Speaker 29: it is proposed that and and

00:48:54 Speaker 29: the noise assessment did include this

00:48:57 Speaker 29: that an administration policy and management

00:49:00 Speaker 29: plan be. implemented by the land

00:49:04 Speaker 29: owner, and we actually have provided

00:49:06 Speaker 29: staff with a draft of what

00:49:08 Speaker 29: that policy would look like. A

00:49:10 Speaker 29: number of other considerations, of course,

00:49:13 Speaker 29: were made: traffic and traffic movements.

00:49:16 Speaker 29: There, a traffic impact study was

00:49:18 Speaker 29: not required as an as the

00:49:22 Speaker 29: anticipated traffic volumes are reasonable and

00:49:25 Speaker 29: serviceable by the existing road network.

00:49:26 Speaker 29: Refuse will be stored appropriately, covered

00:49:28 Speaker 29: on site. and within designated areas,

00:49:30 Speaker 29: an operational agreement would be provided

00:49:32 Speaker 29: to each organiser of events and

00:49:34 Speaker 29: would be mutually signed so they're

00:49:37 Speaker 29: aware of the rules and the

00:49:39 Speaker 29: limitations on site. And there will

00:49:42 Speaker 29: be on-site staffing at all times

00:49:44 Speaker 29: during event, representing the landowner and

00:49:46 Speaker 29: ensuring that the rules and regulations

00:49:48 Speaker 29: are met. Those are those are

00:49:51 Speaker 29: my those are my points. Those

00:49:54 Speaker 29: are my those are my comments,

00:49:57 Speaker 29: and on behalf of the owners

00:49:59 Speaker 29: of B Com Inc., we would

00:50:01 Speaker 29: ask the County Council approve the

00:50:02 Speaker 29: proposed official plan amendment before you.

00:50:05 Speaker 29: B Com wishes to establish and

00:50:08 Speaker 29: operate a successful and meaningful business

00:50:10 Speaker 29: that benefits both the municipality and

00:50:13 Speaker 29: the county. We have appreciated all

00:50:17 Speaker 29: of the work that municipal staff

00:50:19 Speaker 29: and county staff have put into

00:50:21 Speaker 29: this, and a lot of hours

00:50:26 Speaker 29: and time have been spent listening

00:50:28 Speaker 29: to the consideration. that we did

00:50:31 Speaker 30: here at the public meeting and

00:50:36 Speaker 30: following the public meeting, additional ratepayer

00:50:38 Speaker 30: comments. So we do feel that

00:50:40 Speaker 30: we we have listened to the

00:50:41 Speaker 30: comments. We've made significant changes to

00:50:43 Speaker 30: the proposal and feel that all

00:50:46 Speaker 30: of the recommendations provided within the

00:50:47 Speaker 30: technical reports can certainly be implemented

00:50:49 Speaker 10: through the zoning bylaw amendment through

00:50:51 Speaker 10: a site plan agreement. We are

00:50:53 Speaker 10: proposing a holding provision on the

00:50:54 Speaker 10: zoning. before municipal council, with regard

00:50:55 Speaker 10: to entering into a site plan

00:50:58 Speaker 10: agreement, and those are my comments.

00:51:06 Speaker 29: Okay, thank you very much, Miss

00:51:10 Speaker 29: Lovd. At this point in time,

00:51:12 Speaker 29: I will look around the chamber

00:51:14 Speaker 29: to see if there are any

00:51:16 Speaker 29: questions from council members. I'm going

00:51:19 Speaker 29: to go to Councillor Nielsen. Thank

00:51:23 Speaker 29: you very much, Warden. Just one

00:51:25 Speaker 29: question for clarity regarding the number

00:51:26 Speaker 29: of people's on site. Of persons

00:51:30 Speaker 29: on site, the 95 is the

00:51:33 Speaker 29: guests, and I'm just assuming that

00:51:35 Speaker 29: that does not include the number

00:51:37 Speaker 29: of staff that will require the

00:51:39 Speaker 29: band itself, event coordinators, and organisations.

00:51:40 Speaker 29: Thank you through you through you

00:51:41 Speaker 29: to the counselors. So the 95

00:51:44 Speaker 29: persons it includes guests, so that

00:51:45 Speaker 29: would include anyone staying anyone at

00:51:47 Speaker 29: the event and anyone staying overnight.

00:51:50 Speaker 29: It's it's a it's a total

00:51:57 Speaker 29: number of persons on site as

00:52:01 Speaker 31: part of the event. You are

00:52:03 Speaker 31: correct; it obviously does not include

00:52:04 Speaker 31: a person that's there overseeing the

00:52:09 Speaker 31: event or band members, which I

00:52:13 Speaker 31: would expect to be fairly minimal.

00:52:15 Speaker 31: But I think it's a good

00:52:17 Speaker 29: question, and it was—I know it

00:52:20 Speaker 29: was raised at municipal council, and

00:52:24 Speaker 29: I didn't have a chance to

00:52:26 Speaker 29: answer that day. But it is

00:52:28 Speaker 29: the total number of people that

00:52:32 Speaker 29: would be on site at the

00:52:35 Speaker 29: event. including those staying overnight. Thank

00:52:38 Speaker 29: you. Okay, it will go over

00:52:40 Speaker 29: to Councillor McKay. Yes, thank you.

00:52:42 Speaker 29: Through you, Warden. Sounds to me

00:52:44 Speaker 29: like was there a business there

00:52:47 Speaker 29: at one time. That's my only

00:52:49 Speaker 29: question. Ms. Loft, thank you. Through

00:52:54 Speaker 29: you to the councillor. So there

00:52:56 Speaker 32: are there are. existing zoning permissions

00:53:01 Speaker 32: on site that include a wellness

00:53:03 Speaker 32: facility within the existing house. It

00:53:06 Speaker 32: also did allow for overnight accommodation

00:53:08 Speaker 21: within the house, and it also

00:53:12 Speaker 21: included limited tent and trailer permissions

00:53:13 Speaker 21: on site. I'm not actually sure

00:53:14 Speaker 21: the extent of those operations, but

00:53:19 Speaker 21: certainly those are the permissions that

00:53:22 Speaker 21: are on site. I have been

00:53:23 Speaker 21: on site, and certainly those. portions

00:53:27 Speaker 21: exist, and and the house internally

00:53:31 Speaker 21: was certainly set up for a

00:53:33 Speaker 21: wellness centre. Thank you. Okay, I'll

00:53:34 Speaker 21: look around the room, and I'll

00:53:39 Speaker 21: go to Councillor Eccles. Thank you,

00:53:41 Speaker 29: and thank you for the presentation,

00:53:44 Speaker 29: Miss Loff. A couple of questions.

00:53:46 Speaker 29: One of them is on the

00:53:47 Speaker 29: 30 metre wetland setback. I can't

00:53:50 Speaker 29: tell you what page that's on.

00:53:53 Speaker 29: but it had the parking, the

00:53:54 Speaker 29: hall, the pool, the coloured one,

00:53:56 Speaker 29: and it's the blue line. It's

00:53:58 Speaker 29: a 30-metre setback, but it goes

00:53:59 Speaker 29: right through the pond area.

00:54:02 Speaker 29: I'm, I'm slightly confused on. We've

00:54:06 Speaker 29: got a setback from the, but

00:54:14 Speaker 29: it's right in the middle of

00:54:15 Speaker 29: the pond. Any explanation on that?

00:54:16 Speaker 29: Ms. Loft. Thank you. Thank you.

00:54:20 Speaker 29: Through the. chair to County Councillor

00:54:23 Speaker 29: Eccles. So the third, so first

00:54:24 Speaker 29: of all, we are meeting all

00:54:29 Speaker 33: of the setbacks to the wetland

00:54:32 Speaker 33: designation, and so if the

00:54:36 Speaker 33: wetland designate the wetland designation, I'd

00:54:39 Speaker 33: have to pull up the mapping,

00:54:41 Speaker 33: but it doesn't necessarily include the

00:54:46 Speaker 33: pond area. The pond area is

00:54:47 Speaker 33: likely within the conservation authority designate

00:54:50 Speaker 33: zones considered hazard. So we are

00:54:52 Speaker 33: meeting the requirements of the wetland

00:54:56 Speaker 33: designation. Okay, and I'll look around

00:54:58 Speaker 33: to see if there are any

00:55:02 Speaker 29: other questions. Oh, the follow-up from

00:55:05 Speaker 29: Councillor Eccles. Thank you. Yeah, I

00:55:08 Speaker 29: guess maybe the pond is not

00:55:12 Speaker 29: considered the wetland; it's just considered

00:55:14 Speaker 29: wet. My second question was somewhat

00:55:17 Speaker 29: similar to Councillor Nielsen's: ninety-five people

00:55:20 Speaker 29: or ninety-five guests on site for.

00:55:22 Speaker 29: twelve times a year, fifty people

00:55:26 Speaker 29: on site at any time, three

00:55:28 Speaker 29: hundred and sixty-five. I guess we

00:55:29 Speaker 29: could have that. So those twelve

00:55:32 Speaker 29: times of the year are those

00:55:33 Speaker 29: ninety-five in addition to the fifty,

00:55:35 Speaker 29: making it one forty-five for twelve

00:55:36 Speaker 29: times a year. Miss Lott, thank

00:55:38 Speaker 29: you, thank you. Through the chair

00:55:39 Speaker 29: to Councillor Eccles. So we. are

00:55:42 Speaker 29: proposing. So originally, the proposal was

00:55:45 Speaker 29: for 95 persons per event. But

00:55:46 Speaker 29: in listening to the comments received,

00:55:51 Speaker 29: it was decided by the landowners

00:55:54 Speaker 29: that really 12 events per year

00:55:56 Speaker 29: at the 95 persons was was

00:55:58 Speaker 29: reasonable in terms of the operations.

00:56:00 Speaker 29: They they certainly do not expect

00:56:01 Speaker 29: to have multiple events of that

00:56:04 Speaker 29: size a week, and that if

00:56:05 Speaker 29: you were holding an event of

00:56:08 Speaker 29: that size, then people. would want

00:56:11 Speaker 29: to be there the day before

00:56:14 Speaker 29: to set up and the day

00:56:19 Speaker 29: after to tear down, and and

00:56:22 Speaker 29: so it's certainly reasonable that there

00:56:25 Speaker 29: only be twelve events a year

00:56:28 Speaker 29: at the ninety-five persons, and with

00:56:30 Speaker 29: respect to the fifty persons, that

00:56:32 Speaker 29: would so it it the intent

00:56:35 Speaker 29: would be that those fifty persons

00:56:36 Speaker 29: would be it's obviously a much

00:56:38 Speaker 29: smaller event that it would be

00:56:42 Speaker 29: held in the hall, and that

00:56:45 Speaker 29: those may be through. Those may

00:56:47 Speaker 29: be throughout the year, so they

00:56:49 Speaker 29: could be within inclement weather, because

00:56:54 Speaker 29: the the event would be held

00:56:55 Speaker 34: within the hall only and limited

00:56:58 Speaker 34: to fifty persons per event. So,

00:56:59 Speaker 34: if like basically only twelve events

00:57:01 Speaker 34: a year can be at the

00:57:03 Speaker 34: ninety-five persons on site at any

00:57:06 Speaker 22: given time, should the owner wish

00:57:09 Speaker 22: to have within the same week

00:57:11 Speaker 22: a fifty event, a fifty persons

00:57:14 Speaker 22: event. They could do that, say

00:57:16 Speaker 29: on a Tuesday or Wednesday, a

00:57:19 Speaker 29: corporate retreat, a birthday party, a

00:57:26 Speaker 29: wedding shower. So, so there could

00:57:28 Speaker 28: be multiple events a year. However,

00:57:31 Speaker 28: the ninety-five persons per event would

00:57:34 Speaker 28: be limited to twelve. Okay, thank

00:57:37 Speaker 28: you. I have a question from

00:57:39 Speaker 28: the deputy warden. Thank you, Madam

00:57:43 Speaker 28: Warden, and thank you, Miss Law,

00:57:44 Speaker 28: for the presentation. How did you,

00:57:45 Speaker 28: or how did the proponent, come

00:57:46 Speaker 28: to the number of ninety-five? Like,

00:57:48 Speaker 28: not ninety-four, not ninety-six, ninety-five. How

00:57:51 Speaker 28: did you come to that one?

00:57:52 Speaker 28: Please. Thank you, Miss Lott. Thank

00:57:55 Speaker 28: you. Through the chair

00:57:57 Speaker 28: to the county councillor. It is

00:57:59 Speaker 28: the occupancy of the hall. Okay.

00:58:01 Speaker 28: Thank you. I'll look around for

00:58:03 Speaker 28: any further questions. Not seeing any

00:58:05 Speaker 28: here. We'll go to that's Madam

00:58:12 Speaker 28: Clerk. That's not Councillor Bourdonal's hand,

00:58:18 Speaker 12: right? That's just the cursor. Yeah.

00:58:21 Speaker 12: Okay. All right. Okay. So it

00:58:22 Speaker 24: looks like we've come to the

00:58:38 Speaker 35: conclusion of the questions for you,

00:58:44 Speaker 35: Ms. Loff. Thank you very much

00:58:46 Speaker 35: for presenting and for sharing your

00:58:47 Speaker 35: materials. Thank you for your time.

00:58:50 Speaker 35: Okay. Thank you. So with that,

00:58:51 Speaker 35: then we will move on to

00:58:52 Speaker 35: items to determine requiring separate discussion,

01:05:20 Speaker 35: listed in section. six. We have

01:05:22 Speaker 35: five different items. Are there any

01:05:24 Speaker 35: items there that any county council

01:08:16 Speaker 35: members wish to pull? We'll go

01:08:17 Speaker 35: to councillor body. I'd like to

01:08:20 Speaker 35: discuss six D and E separately.

01:08:22 Speaker 35: We'll be passing and supporting, but

01:08:23 Speaker 35: just think they need to be

01:08:26 Speaker 35: highlighted. Thanks. Sorry, I'm just

01:08:28 Speaker 35: getting some messages there. Sorry, could

01:08:32 Speaker 35: we just take a five-minute break,

01:08:34 Speaker 35: please? We just need a chance

01:08:35 Speaker 35: to coordinate some some process questions

01:08:37 Speaker 35: that are coming across the table

01:08:39 Speaker 35: here. So we'll just take a

01:08:41 Speaker 35: brief five-minute break, please. If I

01:08:43 Speaker 35: can invite all the county members,

01:08:45 Speaker 35: county committee, the whole members back

01:08:46 Speaker 35: to their table, thank you. Okay,

01:08:48 Speaker 35: thank you very much, Committee. The

01:08:51 Speaker 35: whole members, we sorted our our

01:08:53 Speaker 35: questions here at the table out,

01:08:54 Speaker 35: and I'd like to be be

01:08:57 Speaker 35: able to begin again then with.

01:08:59 Speaker 35: item number five, determination of items

01:09:01 Speaker 35: requiring separate discussions. So, Councillor Body.

01:09:02 Speaker 35: Yeah, the questions that I had

01:09:04 Speaker 35: actually are pretty simple, and I

01:09:06 Speaker 35: got they got answered just in

01:09:09 Speaker 35: the break there. So I don't

01:09:11 Speaker 35: need to have those pulled from

01:09:12 Speaker 35: the consent. Thank you. Okay, thank

01:09:13 Speaker 35: you. Are there any other items

01:09:15 Speaker 35: through A through E that wish

01:09:18 Speaker 35: to be pulled that the committee,

01:09:21 Speaker 35: the whole members wish to pull?

01:09:25 Speaker 35: Okay, so seeing none then, and

01:09:27 Speaker 35: then I will then put out.

01:09:30 Speaker 35: the recommendation is that the following

01:09:35 Speaker 35: consent agenda consent agenda items be

01:09:37 Speaker 35: received, and that staff be authorised

01:09:38 Speaker 35: to take actions necessary to give

01:09:40 Speaker 35: effect to the recommendations in the

01:09:41 Speaker 35: staff reports, and that course that

01:09:43 Speaker 35: the correspondence be supported or received

01:09:44 Speaker 35: for information as recommended in the

01:09:47 Speaker 35: consent agenda. So with that, I'll

01:09:50 Speaker 35: look for a mover and a

01:09:51 Speaker 35: seconder, moved by Councillor Carleton, seconded

01:09:54 Speaker 35: by Councillor Dobrin. Any discussion? All

01:09:56 Speaker 35: those in favour? And that motion

01:10:01 Speaker 35: is carried. Thank you. Okay, so

01:10:04 Speaker 35: that allows us to move on

01:10:07 Speaker 35: to items for separate discussion, and

01:10:09 Speaker 35: we have we have six seven.

01:10:12 Speaker 35: We have a number of different

01:10:16 Speaker 35: items here, so we are going

01:10:20 Speaker 35: to begin with item seven A,

01:10:22 Speaker 35: just to get it onto the

01:10:24 Speaker 35: floor. Then I will look for

01:10:26 Speaker 35: if there's a mover and a

01:10:28 Speaker 35: seconder for the recommended motion that

01:10:30 Speaker 35: report PDRCW fifty two twenty five

01:10:35 Speaker 35: regarding OPA twenty two B. OPA

01:10:38 Speaker 35: 22 Bcom Inc Highland Estate be

01:10:39 Speaker 35: received, and that the official plan

01:10:40 Speaker 35: amendment 4208180 OPA 22 OPA 22