Grey County Committee Meeting Transcript — July 17, 2025

00:01:07 Speaker 01: call the meeting to order. Good

00:01:10 Speaker 02: afternoon, everyone. I hope your summer

00:01:12 Speaker 02: is going well, despite some of

00:01:14 Speaker 02: the weather. But anyway, we'll get

00:01:18 Speaker 02: through it. Anyway, the the next

00:01:21 Speaker 02: the first item on the agenda

00:01:23 Speaker 02: is declaration of interest. So, does

00:01:26 Speaker 02: anyone have a declaration of interest?

00:01:32 Speaker 02: No. Anyone? Okay. And there are

00:01:37 Speaker 02: no delegations today, so we'll move

00:01:40 Speaker 02: on to the next item on

00:01:42 Speaker 02: the agenda, and that is report

00:01:49 Speaker 02: CCR dash JAAC dash zero seven

00:01:54 Speaker 02: dash twenty five. accessible customer service

00:01:58 Speaker 02: policy update, and I'm going to

00:02:01 Speaker 02: the. Sorry, I'm going to state

00:02:03 Speaker 02: the motion is is as follows:

00:02:07 Speaker 02: that report CCR dash JAA C

00:02:10 Speaker 02: dash zero seven dash twenty five,

00:02:13 Speaker 02: regarding the updated accessible customer service

00:02:16 Speaker 02: policy, be received, and that policy

00:02:19 Speaker 02: five dash one, the accessible customer

00:02:22 Speaker 02: service policy, be amended as outlined

00:02:25 Speaker 02: in this report by amending the

00:02:28 Speaker 02: policy statement, including gray transit

00:02:30 Speaker 02: route considerations, incorporating assisted

00:02:34 Speaker 02: devices, and noting expanded training requirements.

00:02:39 Speaker 02: And can I have somebody from

00:02:40 Speaker 02: the committee move the motion, please?

00:02:44 Speaker 02: I can do it, Mr. Okay.

00:02:46 Speaker 02: Thanks, Brooke. And can I have

00:02:48 Speaker 01: a seconder? I see Christina's hand

00:02:58 Speaker 01: up. Okay. Yes. Thank you, Christina.

00:03:00 Speaker 01: Okay. All right, and I am

00:03:04 Speaker 01: going to hand this over to

00:03:05 Speaker 01: Kathy Nuno. Thank you, Chair, and

00:03:09 Speaker 03: hello, everybody on the committee and

00:03:12 Speaker 03: municipal members. This policy is up

00:03:14 Speaker 03: for renewal. We endeavor to renew.

00:03:19 Speaker 03: our policies every five years here

00:03:22 Speaker 03: at the county to make sure

00:03:23 Speaker 03: that they're current. By and large,

00:03:25 Speaker 03: this policy is still effective the

00:03:32 Speaker 03: way it was written, but we

00:03:34 Speaker 03: do have a few updates to

00:03:36 Speaker 03: bring it up to current state.

00:03:39 Speaker 03: One of the things was we

00:03:43 Speaker 03: updated the policy statement to. Make

00:03:45 Speaker 03: sure that it aligns with what

00:03:50 Speaker 03: we have posted in the multi-year

00:03:51 Speaker 03: accessibility plan, and following the plan

00:03:55 Speaker 03: also on the website. So we

00:03:59 Speaker 03: have the commitment statement, and we

00:04:02 Speaker 03: have our mottos: "Nothing about us

00:04:05 Speaker 03: without us," and "Inclusive programme, services,

00:04:08 Speaker 03: and spaces for all." We added

00:04:11 Speaker 03: in. 3.4. Grey County requires that

00:04:18 Speaker 03: anyone providing goods, services, or facilities

00:04:22 Speaker 03: on behalf of the county has

00:04:25 Speaker 03: received training on the accessible customer

00:04:27 Speaker 03: service standard and the Ontario Human

00:04:30 Speaker 03: Rights Code. This requirement is included

00:04:32 Speaker 03: in the county's purchasing policy. The

00:04:35 Speaker 03: reason why this is important is

00:04:38 Speaker 03: because the legislation says that it's

00:04:41 Speaker 03: a requirement that this happens. and

00:04:45 Speaker 03: what we put in the purchasing

00:04:49 Speaker 03: policy is that anybody providing services

00:04:52 Speaker 03: or goods or facilities on behalf

00:04:56 Speaker 03: of the county, those those providers

00:04:58 Speaker 03: would make sure that they train

00:05:02 Speaker 03: their people who are providing, so

00:05:05 Speaker 03: that Gray County doesn't have to

00:05:07 Speaker 03: sign up to provide training to

00:05:09 Speaker 03: Joe's snow snowplowing service. Snow plowing

00:05:13 Speaker 03: service. That that they will look

00:05:17 Speaker 03: after that. And if if that

00:05:20 Speaker 03: wasn't in the purchasing policy, then

00:05:23 Speaker 03: Gray County would be responsible for

00:05:25 Speaker 03: providing that training, which just isn't

00:05:29 Speaker 03: feasible. We also added in four

00:05:32 Speaker 03: point four about the live streaming,

00:05:36 Speaker 03: and that following the meetings, the

00:05:38 Speaker 03: meetings are closed captioned and available

00:05:40 Speaker 03: on the Gray County website and

00:05:42 Speaker 03: on the Gray County. YouTube channel,

00:05:46 Speaker 03: we also added in under assistive

00:05:51 Speaker 03: devices wording that just formalized what

00:05:53 Speaker 03: we were already doing, but that

00:05:55 Speaker 03: people may use their personal assistive

00:05:58 Speaker 03: devices when they're accessing Gray County's

00:06:00 Speaker 03: goods, services, or facilities. And in

00:06:04 Speaker 03: the case where an assistive device

00:06:06 Speaker 03: presents a significant and unavoidable health

00:06:09 Speaker 03: or safety concern, that other measures

00:06:11 Speaker 03: would. be taken to make sure

00:06:13 Speaker 03: that the person with a disability

00:06:15 Speaker 03: can access the county's good services

00:06:18 Speaker 03: or facilities. Also added in that

00:06:22 Speaker 03: Gray County provides use of complimentary

00:06:24 Speaker 03: assistive devices where possible, and at

00:06:28 Speaker 03: Gray Roots, it's very nice that

00:06:33 Speaker 03: New Horizons for Seniors and Parker

00:06:37 Speaker 03: Home Healthcare provide us with three

00:06:40 Speaker 03: scooters. for use for the by

00:06:42 Speaker 03: the public at Gray Roots. When

00:06:47 Speaker 03: this policy was last reviewed, we

00:06:50 Speaker 03: didn't have conventional transit, and then

00:06:52 Speaker 03: we rolled that out in 2020.

00:06:55 Speaker 03: So a number of policies were

00:06:58 Speaker 03: adopted then, and so we've added

00:07:02 Speaker 03: Section 14 to the policy to

00:07:04 Speaker 03: talk about conventional transit and the

00:07:08 Speaker 03: accessibility. that is aligned through that.

00:07:16 Speaker 03: We added a little bit more

00:07:20 Speaker 03: to make availability of alternate formats

00:07:23 Speaker 03: more clear in Section 16, and

00:07:31 Speaker 03: talk about where on the on

00:07:33 Speaker 03: the county websites you can find.

00:07:38 Speaker 03: How to request for alternate format

00:07:40 Speaker 03: if you need one. I think

00:07:43 Speaker 03: that's about it, unless there's any

00:07:51 Speaker 03: questions. Does anyone have any questions

00:07:52 Speaker 03: for for Kathy? No. I just

00:07:58 Speaker 03: want to say a great job,

00:08:00 Speaker 03: Kathy. Thank you very much. Thank

00:08:02 Speaker 03: you, Chair. And can I have

00:08:06 Speaker 02: approval? for the motion. All in

00:08:08 Speaker 02: favour? Yes. Yes. And I did

00:08:16 Speaker 02: not see Scott. You're good. And

00:08:22 Speaker 02: Andrew. Okay. Perfect. I sorry. I

00:08:25 Speaker 02: have. I might be on a

00:08:26 Speaker 02: little screen. I'm on my cell

00:08:28 Speaker 02: phone. There you are. Okay. Okay.

00:08:31 Speaker 02: Thanks, Ari. Thank you. Okay, the

00:08:35 Speaker 02: motion is approved. So the next

00:08:39 Speaker 02: item on the agenda is new

00:08:43 Speaker 02: playground designs at Comeret Park and

00:08:47 Speaker 02: Owen Heights Park, and I will

00:08:50 Speaker 02: present the motion that, in consideration

00:08:53 Speaker 02: of staff report CS-25-078, respecting

00:09:01 Speaker 02: playground replacement at Owen Heights and

00:09:04 Speaker 02: Comeret. Park, the Gray County Joint

00:09:06 Speaker 02: Accessibility Advisory Committee review the

00:09:09 Speaker 02: proposed playground replacements and provide advice

00:09:12 Speaker 02: to the City of Owensound in

00:09:14 Speaker 02: respect to accessibility of the proposed

00:09:17 Speaker 02: layout and design of the two

00:09:21 Speaker 02: new playgrounds. Can I get someone

00:09:23 Speaker 04: to move the motion? Scott, perfect.

00:09:32 Speaker 04: And a seconder, please. Yes. Okay.

00:09:37 Speaker 04: Thank you. All right, and I

00:09:40 Speaker 05: will hand this over to Eckard

00:09:43 Speaker 05: Pastrik, Manager Parks and Open Space,

00:09:46 Speaker 05: and Christina McLean, Committee and

00:09:48 Speaker 05: Executive Support Coordinator for the City

00:09:50 Speaker 05: of Owen Sound. Welcome. Thank you

00:09:55 Speaker 05: very much. Hello, everyone. My name

00:09:57 Speaker 05: is Eckard Pastrik. I'm the Manager

00:09:59 Speaker 05: of Parks and Open Space. at

00:10:00 Speaker 05: the City of Owen Sound, so

00:10:02 Speaker 05: I'm here today to get committee

00:10:04 Speaker 06: input on the proposed playground upgrades

00:10:07 Speaker 06: in Owen Sound, in two neighbourhood

00:10:11 Speaker 06: parks, one at Owen Heights Park

00:10:13 Speaker 06: and one at Comeret Park. Now

00:10:15 Speaker 06: the city has been working towards

00:10:17 Speaker 06: establishing a standard neighbourhood

00:10:20 Speaker 06: playground configuration that consists of a

00:10:22 Speaker 06: play structure and swings that cater

00:10:25 Speaker 06: to both junior and senior age

00:10:28 Speaker 06: groups. The new playgrounds will be

00:10:30 Speaker 06: compliant with CSA standards set out

00:10:35 Speaker 06: in Z61420, the Children's Playground

00:10:37 Speaker 06: Equipment and Surfacing Standard, as well

00:10:41 Speaker 06: as Annex H of this standard,

00:10:43 Speaker 06: which lays out the minimum requirements

00:10:45 Speaker 06: for accessibility for persons with disabilities

00:10:48 Speaker 06: in public use playgrounds. The playgrounds

00:10:51 Speaker 06: will also address the regulatory requirements

00:10:54 Speaker 06: of the Design of Public Spaces

00:10:56 Speaker 06: Standards. of the AODA. Now we

00:10:59 Speaker 06: developed two playground configuration options that

00:11:02 Speaker 06: were generated, and they were brought

00:11:05 Speaker 06: forward to the neighbourhood for their

00:11:07 Speaker 06: feedback. The first option it was

00:11:09 Speaker 06: a consolidated playground where we combined

00:11:12 Speaker 06: both the junior and the senior

00:11:13 Speaker 06: play components and integrated them into

00:11:16 Speaker 06: one composite structure. The second option

00:11:20 Speaker 06: involved a junior and senior play

00:11:22 Speaker 06: structure that were separated. Now in

00:11:25 Speaker 06: both configuration options, a bay of

00:11:28 Speaker 06: swings was included that involved a

00:11:30 Speaker 06: pair of junior bucket swings and

00:11:32 Speaker 06: a pair of senior swings. Now,

00:11:36 Speaker 06: in each option, there are a

00:11:38 Speaker 06: number of common design components that

00:11:41 Speaker 06: have been included that address

00:11:43 Speaker 06: accessibility standards, minimize the maintenance

00:11:47 Speaker 06: requirements, and extend the life of

00:11:49 Speaker 06: the of the playground. So, these

00:11:51 Speaker 06: components included a two. A two-metre-wide

00:11:55 Speaker 06: asphalt access pathway that brings park

00:11:59 Speaker 06: visitors to the playground from the

00:12:00 Speaker 06: edge of the park. This will

00:12:02 Speaker 06: also include a curb cut and

00:12:04 Speaker 06: a ramped concrete pad with tactile

00:12:07 Speaker 06: plates at the road interface. The

00:12:12 Speaker 06: options also included a 25-square-metre concrete

00:12:15 Speaker 06: pad that serves as a gathering

00:12:18 Speaker 06: area that links directly to the

00:12:20 Speaker 06: access pathway and the playground. This

00:12:22 Speaker 06: area will serve as a circulation

00:12:25 Speaker 06: hub, provide direct access and smooth

00:12:28 Speaker 06: transition to the playground ramp leading

00:12:30 Speaker 06: into the playground pit. An accessible

00:12:33 Speaker 06: picnic table will be situated on

00:12:35 Speaker 06: the gathering area pad. A curb

00:12:39 Speaker 06: playground edge around the perimetre of

00:12:41 Speaker 06: the playground has also been incorporated.

00:12:43 Speaker 06: This hard edge is critical in

00:12:45 Speaker 06: maintaining a defined separation of the

00:12:48 Speaker 06: engineered wood fiber protective surface from

00:12:51 Speaker 06: the adjacent. grassed area. We've also

00:12:54 Speaker 06: included a drainage pipe to drain

00:12:56 Speaker 06: the playground pit, again to protect

00:12:59 Speaker 06: the integrity of the engineered wood

00:13:01 Speaker 06: fiber. And lastly, we have also

00:13:02 Speaker 06: included a seating area involving a

00:13:05 Speaker 06: concrete pad with a bench, to

00:13:07 Speaker 06: support opportunities for seating and social

00:13:11 Speaker 06: interaction. Now, these two concepts were

00:13:15 Speaker 06: put together in a presentation material,

00:13:17 Speaker 06: and we held two open house,

00:13:19 Speaker 06: one at. each park to solicit

00:13:21 Speaker 06: feedback from the neighbourhood residents on

00:13:23 Speaker 06: these two options. And based on

00:13:25 Speaker 06: that feedback, specific playground layout

00:13:28 Speaker 06: concepts were established for each park,

00:13:30 Speaker 06: which are outlined in the attach

00:13:32 Speaker 06: in attachment one of the report

00:13:34 Speaker 06: that I submitted. Can I just

00:13:36 Speaker 06: make a note about that item

00:13:39 Speaker 06: there? The attachment was not included

00:13:41 Speaker 06: in the original agenda package by

00:13:43 Speaker 06: my fault, but it is in

00:13:45 Speaker 06: the agenda package now. If you

00:13:46 Speaker 06: look on the gray dot ca.

00:13:48 Speaker 06: website, it is there now for

00:13:49 Speaker 06: everyone to view. Would you be?

00:13:55 Speaker 06: I'll give you a few minutes,

00:13:57 Speaker 06: Brittany, as as Eckert speaks. Then

00:14:00 Speaker 06: I will. If thank you. So

00:14:07 Speaker 06: the the last piece that I'm

00:14:08 Speaker 06: going to talk to are these

00:14:11 Speaker 06: are these drawings that are in

00:14:13 Speaker 06: that attachment. So there are there's

00:14:15 Speaker 06: a for each playground I have

00:14:17 Speaker 06: included. a layout plan that illustrates

00:14:19 Speaker 06: all of these components that I've

00:14:21 Speaker 06: mentioned, and then there's some illustrations

00:14:23 Speaker 06: to give you a sense of

00:14:28 Speaker 06: of the materiality, colours, configuration of

00:14:30 Speaker 06: the components of the playground. Okay,

00:14:34 Speaker 06: so this first one is the

00:14:39 Speaker 06: layout for Comaret Park. You will

00:14:41 Speaker 06: see in Comaret we have the

00:14:45 Speaker 06: two separated junior and senior place

00:14:49 Speaker 06: structures. You will see from Second

00:14:52 Speaker 06: Second Street A West. You will

00:14:54 Speaker 06: see an access ramp. So there's

00:14:56 Speaker 06: a curb cut access ramp with

00:14:58 Speaker 06: tactile plates that provides access to

00:15:00 Speaker 06: a two metre wide asphalt walkway.

00:15:03 Speaker 06: You will see the gathering area

00:15:05 Speaker 06: with the picnic tables situated on

00:15:07 Speaker 06: it, and then the pathway extends

00:15:09 Speaker 06: to connect to the two bench

00:15:13 Speaker 06: pads and. an access ramp that

00:15:15 Speaker 06: takes you down into the play

00:15:17 Speaker 06: pit. So these are the primary

00:15:20 Speaker 06: components. From an orientation perspective, we

00:15:23 Speaker 06: didn't alter the orientation. It is

00:15:25 Speaker 06: still in a north-south direction. What

00:15:28 Speaker 06: we did is we moved it

00:15:30 Speaker 06: further west, just again to improve

00:15:32 Speaker 06: visibility from the street. So it's

00:15:35 Speaker 06: more in a direct line of

00:15:36 Speaker 06: sight as you're coming towards the

00:15:38 Speaker 06: park. The next few drawings. Yeah,

00:15:40 Speaker 06: the next drawing in that particular.

00:15:43 Speaker 06: set, would be it's again just

00:15:44 Speaker 06: the same plan, just a little

00:15:47 Speaker 06: prettier with the with the colours

00:15:51 Speaker 06: for the playgrounds that we're proposing

00:15:53 Speaker 06: and the general layout. And then

00:15:55 Speaker 06: there's a bunch of axonometric drawings

00:15:58 Speaker 06: just to illustrate what the key

00:16:01 Speaker 06: components are with the with the

00:16:03 Speaker 06: swings, the junior and the senior

00:16:05 Speaker 06: play structure, and one of the

00:16:07 Speaker 06: sensory boards. I think there are

00:16:08 Speaker 06: two more drawings. after that. So

00:16:10 Speaker 06: there's your primary axonometric of the

00:16:12 Speaker 06: entire playground. You'll see the ramp

00:16:15 Speaker 06: that's going leads down into the

00:16:17 Speaker 06: play pit from the walkway, the

00:16:20 Speaker 06: junior senior play structures, and the

00:16:23 Speaker 06: swings on the far right. Just

00:16:25 Speaker 06: another detail illustrating the components from

00:16:31 Speaker 06: the other side, so you get

00:16:32 Speaker 06: a sense of full scope of

00:16:34 Speaker 06: the work that we're proposing for

00:16:35 Speaker 06: the playgrounds. And I think there's

00:16:39 Speaker 06: just one more. Yeah, just another

00:16:42 Speaker 06: angle looking at the same thing.

00:16:43 Speaker 06: Okay, this is the layout plan

00:16:47 Speaker 06: for Owen Heights. So the the

00:16:51 Speaker 06: the community expressed a stronger interest

00:16:55 Speaker 06: for one composite structure where the

00:16:58 Speaker 06: junior and senior components were placed

00:17:01 Speaker 06: together. There is a spinning element

00:17:04 Speaker 06: in this playground. but again, moving

00:17:08 Speaker 06: from from Fifth Ave Street East

00:17:12 Speaker 06: at the intersection of Eighth Ave

00:17:14 Speaker 06: A East, you will see that

00:17:16 Speaker 06: we're making a pedestrian connection to

00:17:18 Speaker 06: the existing sidewalk on Eighth Ave

00:17:20 Speaker 06: A East. We will have a

00:17:21 Speaker 06: pedestrian crossing, and then you have

00:17:24 Speaker 06: you've got the components that I've

00:17:25 Speaker 06: referenced as our standard elements, which

00:17:28 Speaker 06: would be the concrete ramp and

00:17:30 Speaker 06: the curb cut leading into the

00:17:31 Speaker 06: park, a two-metre-wide asphalt pathway that

00:17:34 Speaker 06: brings you again to the playground.

00:17:35 Speaker 06: directly to the gathering area with

00:17:40 Speaker 06: the picnic table, and then the

00:17:41 Speaker 06: two locations where you have a

00:17:43 Speaker 06: bench and a seating pad, and

00:17:46 Speaker 06: then with direct access to the

00:17:48 Speaker 06: ramp that leads into the playground

00:17:50 Speaker 06: pit. And then there's some drawings

00:17:53 Speaker 06: again to give you a sense

00:17:54 Speaker 06: of materiality. Again, a pretty illustration

00:17:58 Speaker 06: of what it looks like from

00:17:59 Speaker 06: the air with some rendering. And

00:18:01 Speaker 06: the next few slides, there's an

00:18:03 Speaker 06: axon. Slides. There's an axonometric that

00:18:05 Speaker 06: gives you a profile of the

00:18:06 Speaker 06: entire playground, one composite play structure.

00:18:09 Speaker 06: The junior on the left, the

00:18:11 Speaker 06: senior on the right, looking at

00:18:13 Speaker 06: it from the other direction, and

00:18:17 Speaker 06: then just some some details. The

00:18:21 Speaker 06: object in the foreground is the

00:18:23 Speaker 06: spinner, and I think that's it.

00:18:30 Speaker 06: So, as a next step, is

00:18:32 Speaker 06: to finalize. the the concepts that

00:18:35 Speaker 06: I've presented here, and move into

00:18:37 Speaker 06: the detailed design stage, with the

00:18:41 Speaker 06: aim of constructing the playgrounds in

00:18:43 Speaker 06: the fall of this year. So,

00:18:46 Speaker 06: with that, I will open it

00:18:48 Speaker 01: up to questions. Yes, Christina. Okay,

00:19:00 Speaker 01: so I guess I just have

00:19:02 Speaker 01: one. one question might lead to

00:19:04 Speaker 01: another. Is there a so these

00:19:06 Speaker 01: are the two new parks that

00:19:07 Speaker 01: you're building in Owen Sound? Is

00:19:13 Speaker 01: there a accessible swing in Owen

00:19:19 Speaker 01: Sound anywhere? Yes, there are. I

00:19:21 Speaker 01: don't give. I don't have the

00:19:22 Speaker 01: exact numbers, but there are several.

00:19:24 Speaker 06: I know that there's one at

00:19:28 Speaker 06: Harrison Park. I know there's one

00:19:30 Speaker 06: down. I believe, at the Bayshore,

00:19:33 Speaker 06: and I believe there's one more

00:19:36 Speaker 06: that we just had issues with.

00:19:38 Speaker 06: Sorry, Pam, say that again. It's

00:19:40 Speaker 06: at Saint Julian. Yeah, Saint Julian.

00:19:42 Speaker 06: Yes. So we just had some

00:19:43 Speaker 06: issues with that. Yeah, I'm not

00:19:46 Speaker 06: very familiar with Owen Sound, Brittany.

00:19:47 Speaker 06: I don't know if you just

00:19:48 Speaker 06: saw it. I sent you a

00:19:51 Speaker 06: picture. So my daughter is in

00:19:53 Speaker 07: a wheelchair. She's 25, and we

00:19:56 Speaker 07: just went down to the city,

00:19:57 Speaker 07: and I left her with her.

00:20:00 Speaker 07: The city and I left her

00:20:02 Speaker 07: with a friend, and they put

00:20:05 Speaker 07: her in an accessible swing at

00:20:06 Speaker 07: twenty-five years old. So I don't

00:20:08 Speaker 07: know if when Brittany comes back

00:20:11 Speaker 07: on, if she wants to share

00:20:12 Speaker 07: that picture. But it it doesn't

00:20:14 Speaker 07: seem. I think Owen Sound because

00:20:16 Speaker 07: I'm in Hanover, so I think

00:20:18 Speaker 07: that Owen Sound would actually be

00:20:21 Speaker 07: our closest location at this point

00:20:23 Speaker 07: that I know of. And I

00:20:25 Speaker 07: know I've said this to this

00:20:27 Speaker 07: group before: is that it's hard

00:20:29 Speaker 07: to. know where to find these

00:20:30 Speaker 07: things, and I know that every

00:20:32 Speaker 07: once in a while, like as

00:20:34 Speaker 07: a town or as a great

00:20:35 Speaker 07: county, we put out a map

00:20:39 Speaker 07: every once in a while. Sometimes

00:20:40 Speaker 07: maybe those features—how do we feature

00:20:44 Speaker 07: those things, or how do you

00:20:46 Speaker 07: find those? How do if I

00:20:47 Speaker 07: got on and I was like

00:20:48 Speaker 07: wheelchair accessible swing in my area?

00:20:52 Speaker 07: How would I find that? Right,

00:20:54 Speaker 07: or accessible park, or because I

00:20:55 Speaker 07: know that's what towns are doing

00:20:56 Speaker 07: right. now. Hanover is one of

00:20:58 Speaker 07: them. They're like, "Oh, look at

00:20:59 Speaker 07: we're getting a splash pad! Everybody,

00:21:00 Speaker 07: come to a splash pad!" So,

00:21:04 Speaker 07: how do you, how do you,

00:21:09 Speaker 07: how do you, look at? Just

00:21:10 Speaker 07: having the time of her life

00:21:12 Speaker 07: at 25. I don't know. Knock

00:21:14 Speaker 07: it off the bucket list. We

00:21:16 Speaker 07: didn't have these things when she

00:21:18 Speaker 07: was younger, right? So, for the

00:21:20 Speaker 07: families that are like us, 25

00:21:23 Speaker 07: years ago, how do you? If

00:21:25 Speaker 07: I was to type this in.

00:21:26 Speaker 07: like 25 years ago, I wouldn't

00:21:28 Speaker 07: have found it. But how do

00:21:33 Speaker 07: you locate this now? Yeah, I

00:21:36 Speaker 06: think that moving forward, it would

00:21:38 Speaker 06: be great to have an online

00:21:40 Speaker 06: presence for these playgrounds with an

00:21:43 Speaker 06: illustration of the key components and,

00:21:47 Speaker 06: in particular, the accessible components. I

00:21:49 Speaker 06: know that we're working on a

00:21:51 Speaker 06: a much larger project, so these

00:21:55 Speaker 06: two playgrounds are geared to neighbourhood.

00:21:57 Speaker 06: parks, very localized. You know, two

00:21:59 Speaker 06: thousand, two thousand people. We're also

00:22:02 Speaker 06: working on a more comprehensive rebuilding

00:22:05 Speaker 06: of the playground at Kelsey Beach

00:22:06 Speaker 06: at Nawash Park, which will be

00:22:08 Speaker 06: much more extensive and will definitely

00:22:13 Speaker 06: be sort of a have some

00:22:14 Speaker 06: significant accessible components, similar to the

00:22:15 Speaker 06: one that you potentially similar to

00:22:17 Speaker 06: the one that you referenced there.

00:22:19 Speaker 06: But yes, I think moving forward,

00:22:21 Speaker 06: we should probably have a an

00:22:23 Speaker 06: online presence. where we indicate, you

00:22:25 Speaker 06: know, how many accessible components, so

00:22:26 Speaker 06: that folks can have a look

00:22:27 Speaker 08: and and make make a decision

00:22:34 Speaker 08: on where they want to go.

00:22:37 Speaker 08: Thank you, Akard and Pam. Thank

00:22:39 Speaker 08: you. Thank you. And just to

00:22:41 Speaker 08: answer a question with a question,

00:22:42 Speaker 08: I'm hoping Kathy might be able

00:22:44 Speaker 08: to steer us in the right

00:22:46 Speaker 08: direction. I I know that from

00:22:48 Speaker 09: time to time we've provided the

00:22:52 Speaker 09: county with information, maybe for the

00:22:53 Speaker 09: GIS. layer around some accessibility features,

00:22:54 Speaker 09: and I wondered if you might

00:22:57 Speaker 09: just be able to comment on

00:23:00 Speaker 09: that. But I'm just thinking, in

00:23:02 Speaker 09: terms of Christina's question, that through

00:23:05 Speaker 09: GIS we might, as Eckert says,

00:23:07 Speaker 09: as we, you know, look at

00:23:08 Speaker 09: these playgrounds and parks, maybe be

00:23:10 Speaker 09: able to identify them. But I

00:23:12 Speaker 09: wonder if Kathy might be able

00:23:16 Speaker 09: to to comment on that through

00:23:18 Speaker 03: the chair. Thank you, Pam and

00:23:22 Speaker 03: Christina. And yes. through the chair,

00:23:25 Speaker 03: I I would like to thank

00:23:27 Speaker 03: you for bringing that up. We

00:23:31 Speaker 03: do have the map; it isn't

00:23:34 Speaker 03: current. I I I need to

00:23:37 Speaker 03: reach out again to our municipal,

00:23:40 Speaker 03: local municipal contacts, so I can

00:23:42 Speaker 03: get somebody who will sign up

00:23:45 Speaker 03: to make sure that they review

00:23:49 Speaker 03: their accessible. This isn't. I mean,

00:23:51 Speaker 03: it's a pretty global. thing that

00:23:54 Speaker 03: staff staff changes over, and then

00:23:55 Speaker 03: not everybody gets the what they

00:23:57 Speaker 03: need to be doing. And I

00:23:59 Speaker 03: feel like that this is what

00:24:01 Speaker 03: happened. I did reach out. Can't

00:24:03 Speaker 03: remember if it was last fall,

00:24:04 Speaker 03: but I feel like it was

00:24:06 Speaker 03: last fall, and I got a

00:24:07 Speaker 03: couple of people, but not many

00:24:09 Speaker 03: people. But I do need to

00:24:11 Speaker 03: bring this back up to the

00:24:13 Speaker 03: priority list because you're absolutely right,

00:24:15 Speaker 03: Christina. People need to know where

00:24:18 Speaker 03: to go to find the things

00:24:19 Speaker 10: to. make their life better, and

00:24:31 Speaker 10: I need to help with that.

00:24:33 Speaker 10: So thank you. Thanks, Kathy, and

00:24:35 Speaker 10: Pam. Pam, did you have another

00:24:39 Speaker 02: question? Sorry, I don't. I'll lower

00:24:42 Speaker 02: my hand. Sorry. Thank you. Okay.

00:24:44 Speaker 02: Nope. Okay. Great. Thanks, Kathy, for

00:24:50 Speaker 02: that response. Does anyone have any

00:24:51 Speaker 02: other questions for the? Yes, Scott.

00:24:53 Speaker 02: Thanks. I'll just leave this with

00:24:54 Speaker 02: staff, but just a very cursory

00:24:56 Speaker 02: search, and it populated

00:24:57 Speaker 02: right at the top of

00:25:02 Speaker 02: the search engine. But there's a

00:25:04 Speaker 02: website called accessibleplaygroundsontario.ca, and I wonder

00:25:06 Speaker 02: if municipal staff can just note

00:25:09 Speaker 02: that. And it looks like a

00:25:11 Speaker 02: lot of community size or scaled

00:25:19 Speaker 02: parks are there, and there's a

00:25:22 Speaker 02: number of tiles. which indicate various

00:25:24 Speaker 02: pieces of interest or structures of

00:25:25 Speaker 02: interest or features that the park

00:25:26 Speaker 02: might have that people might be

00:25:28 Speaker 02: looking for. And it looks like

00:25:33 Speaker 02: it's really well done. It comes

00:25:34 Speaker 02: with some photos and descriptors once

00:25:36 Speaker 02: it's once the tile is selected.

00:25:38 Speaker 02: So that might just be something

00:25:41 Speaker 02: for staff to piggyback off of

00:25:44 Speaker 02: what looks to be a very

00:25:47 Speaker 02: current. website already there. So, no

00:25:49 Speaker 02: no further questions. Thanks, Catherine. Yeah,

00:25:52 Speaker 02: thanks, Scott, for that information. That's

00:25:55 Speaker 02: awesome. Does anyone else have any

00:25:59 Speaker 02: questions for Eckert? Okay, so I'm

00:26:01 Speaker 03: going to ask. Oh, Kathy, yes.

00:26:06 Speaker 03: Hi, I just want to check

00:26:10 Speaker 03: in about the the product to

00:26:14 Speaker 03: use on the ground. Because I

00:26:15 Speaker 03: know that we've had questions before

00:26:17 Speaker 03: about product that's been recommended for

00:26:19 Speaker 03: this, but it actually isn't that

00:26:23 Speaker 06: great for maneuverability for wheelchairs. So

00:26:27 Speaker 06: I just wanted to ask about

00:26:29 Speaker 06: that. So the the through you,

00:26:32 Speaker 06: the chair. Yes, the product that

00:26:35 Speaker 06: we are proposing to use is

00:26:38 Speaker 06: engineered wood fiber. It is according

00:26:41 Speaker 06: to the CSA standard is an

00:26:43 Speaker 06: acceptable and accessible. material, to for

00:26:46 Speaker 06: the playground. Our challenge is is

00:26:48 Speaker 06: the minute you deviate from sort

00:26:50 Speaker 06: of the the standard practice these

00:26:58 Speaker 06: days is is the cost. I

00:27:01 Speaker 06: I do not have the cost

00:27:02 Speaker 06: to incorporate other materials that are

00:27:04 Speaker 06: more accessible than this this product,

00:27:08 Speaker 06: and that's my challenge. Right, I'm

00:27:09 Speaker 06: trying to work within a budget

00:27:12 Speaker 06: envelope and provide as much play

00:27:18 Speaker 11: play value as possible. and right

00:27:21 Speaker 11: now the most cost-effective way to

00:27:28 Speaker 11: provide accessibility to the playground is

00:27:30 Speaker 11: using the engineered wood fiber. Great,

00:27:33 Speaker 11: thanks, Eckard. Does anyone else have

00:27:35 Speaker 11: any questions for Eckard? No. Okay,

00:27:41 Speaker 11: thank you, Eckard. We appreciate your

00:27:51 Speaker 11: presentation, and I would like to

00:27:54 Speaker 11: ask. for approval of the motion.

00:27:55 Speaker 11: All in favour. Yes. Great. Okay.

00:27:57 Speaker 02: Got everybody. Okay. All right. The

00:28:01 Speaker 02: motion is approved, and we will

00:28:02 Speaker 02: move on to the next item

00:28:04 Speaker 02: on the agenda, which is the

00:28:08 Speaker 02: Flusherton connecting link. And I will

00:28:10 Speaker 02: move the motion, or I will.

00:28:13 Speaker 02: present the motion that the report,

00:28:16 Speaker 02: Flescherton Connecting Link, be presented to

00:28:19 Speaker 02: the Gray County Joint Accessibility Advisory

00:28:22 Speaker 02: Committee for review and comment, and

00:28:27 Speaker 02: provide input on the need for

00:28:29 Speaker 02: and design and placement of rest

00:28:33 Speaker 02: areas. Can I get someone to

00:28:37 Speaker 02: move the motion? I can do

00:28:39 Speaker 02: it, Brooke. Okay, thanks, Brooke. And

00:28:42 Speaker 02: a seconder, please. Scott. Okay, and

00:28:59 Speaker 02: I will hand this over to

00:29:03 Speaker 02: Jackie Groves, HR Manager, and Mason

00:29:07 Speaker 02: Bellamy, Manager of Transportation Infrastructure at

00:29:11 Speaker 02: Gray Highlands. Sorry, Jackie, you're on

00:29:14 Speaker 02: mute. Sorry, Jackie, you're unmute. Of

00:29:18 Speaker 02: course, I am. That's probably better.

00:29:20 Speaker 12: So we have a report on

00:29:23 Speaker 12: the on reconstruction project that took

00:29:29 Speaker 12: place through Flesherton Connecting Links, which

00:29:31 Speaker 12: is Highway Ten. We had to

00:29:33 Speaker 12: address some critical improvement needs in

00:29:38 Speaker 12: 2023 and 2024. We did run

00:29:41 Speaker 12: into some. constraints with the design

00:29:47 Speaker 12: along there, and had to meet

00:29:50 Speaker 12: the needs of the of MTO

00:29:53 Speaker 12: for truck truck turning radius there.

00:29:57 Speaker 12: So we were not able to

00:29:59 Speaker 12: put in the rest areas based

00:30:03 Speaker 12: on the proximity of buildings that

00:30:05 Speaker 12: are located there, as well as

00:30:07 Speaker 12: entrances, grades, and on street accessible

00:30:10 Speaker 12: parking was also. something that we

00:30:13 Speaker 12: were not able to accommodate, based

00:30:18 Speaker 12: again on width. And I am

00:30:20 Speaker 12: going to let Mason speak to

00:30:24 Speaker 12: the technical side of things, but

00:30:26 Speaker 12: we are looking for some input

00:30:28 Speaker 12: and some comments on our request

00:30:29 Speaker 13: for an exemption. Mason, can you

00:30:32 Speaker 13: speak to the technical aspects of

00:30:34 Speaker 13: the project? Certainly. So, Flushington being.

00:30:38 Speaker 13: an older community, we had you

00:30:41 Speaker 13: know a limited right of way.

00:30:44 Speaker 13: The downtown core of Flushington, the

00:30:47 Speaker 13: buildings are right on the street

00:30:49 Speaker 13: front, so we are definitely constrained

00:30:51 Speaker 13: on how we can reconstruct that

00:30:53 Speaker 13: section of road. Being with the

00:30:54 Speaker 13: limited width, the MTO requires a

00:30:58 Speaker 13: minimum lane width of three point

00:30:59 Speaker 13: two five metres, and then with

00:31:01 Speaker 13: turning traffic, we're getting that three

00:31:02 Speaker 13: point five metre mark, and then

00:31:04 Speaker 13: to main And then to maintain

00:31:07 Speaker 13: parking, once that was included at

00:31:11 Speaker 13: the you know the standard parking

00:31:12 Speaker 13: width, all the space we had

00:31:15 Speaker 13: was used up, and there wasn't

00:31:19 Speaker 13: any additional. So for out of

00:31:20 Speaker 13: a safety concern, we were not

00:31:22 Speaker 01: able to provide what our professionals

00:31:36 Speaker 01: at Burnside would thought would be

00:31:38 Speaker 03: an safe and accessible parking width.

00:31:44 Speaker 03: So we had those constraints, and

00:31:48 Speaker 03: we were unable to provide those

00:31:50 Speaker 03: features in those projects. I'm available.

00:31:54 Speaker 03: Project. I'm available for any other

00:31:57 Speaker 03: questions. Copy. Thanks through you,

00:32:00 Speaker 03: Chair. I just want to respond

00:32:05 Speaker 03: with the legislation. 80.31 talks about

00:32:11 Speaker 03: exceptions for exterior paths of travel

00:32:14 Speaker 03: and rest areas, and it says

00:32:18 Speaker 03: that. an exception would be because

00:32:19 Speaker 14: existing physical or site constraints prohibit

00:32:22 Speaker 14: modification or addition of elements. So

00:32:26 Speaker 14: your exception is certainly within the

00:32:27 Speaker 14: legislation. Perfect. Thank you. Thanks, Kathy.

00:32:30 Speaker 14: Yes. Thank you, Kathy. And this,

00:32:32 Speaker 14: you know, what comes to mind

00:32:33 Speaker 14: for me. is the similarities of

00:32:35 Speaker 14: this with the town of Steiner.

00:32:39 Speaker 14: I'm not sure if you're familiar

00:32:41 Speaker 14: with that or not, Mason, but

00:32:43 Speaker 14: you know it's the same sort

00:32:46 Speaker 14: of situation that they have. Yeah,

00:32:51 Speaker 14: they have those street front buildings

00:32:56 Speaker 14: which really limit on future reconstruction.

00:33:00 Speaker 14: Yeah, older communities. Yes, not uncommon

00:33:05 Speaker 14: to have that, and as Kathy

00:33:07 Speaker 14: said, there's that exemption that exists

00:33:09 Speaker 14: in the legislation. So, yeah. yeah,

00:33:11 Speaker 14: still challenging. Yes, very.

00:33:15 Speaker 14: Yeah. Does anyone have any questions

00:33:17 Speaker 14: for for Mason or Jackie with

00:33:22 Speaker 13: regards to this? Yes, Scott. Thank

00:33:25 Speaker 13: you. Just a question: Given the

00:33:31 Speaker 13: the unique nature of the intersection,

00:33:32 Speaker 13: were you still able to accommodate

00:33:34 Speaker 13: proper audible crossing infrastructure to? ensure

00:33:36 Speaker 01: the safety of pedestrians. Yes, at

00:33:46 Speaker 01: the intersection there is new and

00:33:47 Speaker 09: up to date crossing infrastructure. So

00:33:51 Speaker 09: that is has been included in

00:33:54 Speaker 09: the project. So yeah, new lights,

00:33:56 Speaker 09: new crossing signals, and there is

00:33:57 Speaker 09: an audible function. Yes. Yes, Pam.

00:33:59 Speaker 09: Yeah, and thanks. And through the

00:34:02 Speaker 09: chair, and I appreciate, and certainly

00:34:06 Speaker 09: agree. And sometimes the built environment

00:34:08 Speaker 09: is tricky, and creates challenges for

00:34:10 Speaker 09: us. And I would just offer

00:34:13 Speaker 09: this as a suggestion. But if

00:34:16 Speaker 09: you can't have any accessible parking

00:34:18 Speaker 09: on street, if there are any

00:34:20 Speaker 09: municipal spaces in the nearby area,

00:34:25 Speaker 11: you might just consider having a

00:34:29 Speaker 11: sign that would point a traveller

00:34:33 Speaker 11: to those accessible. spaces, but certainly

00:34:36 Speaker 11: not not a requirement. But just

00:34:41 Speaker 11: just throw it out there as

00:34:42 Speaker 11: an idea. Thanks, Pam. That's great

00:34:50 Speaker 11: input. Thank you, Pam. Does anyone

00:34:52 Speaker 11: else have any questions or additional

00:34:54 Speaker 11: comments for for Mason and Jackie?

00:34:56 Speaker 11: No. Okay. So can I get

00:34:59 Speaker 11: a can I have everybody all

00:35:01 Speaker 11: in favour? of the motion that

00:35:04 Speaker 11: was presented? Yes. Okay. Scott. Okay.

00:35:06 Speaker 11: All right. Thank you. Motion

00:35:09 Speaker 11: approved. And the next item is

00:35:12 Speaker 11: also with Jackie and Mason, and

00:35:14 Speaker 11: that is the Lawrence Street sidewalk

00:35:16 Speaker 11: addition. So the motion is that

00:35:19 Speaker 11: the report Lawrence Street sidewalk addition

00:35:26 Speaker 11: be received, and that the Gray

00:35:34 Speaker 11: County Joint Accessibility Advisory Committee provides

00:35:36 Speaker 11: input on the. need for and

00:35:39 Speaker 11: design and placement of rest areas

00:35:41 Speaker 11: for the installation of the new

00:35:43 Speaker 11: concrete sidewalk. Can I have someone

00:35:45 Speaker 11: move the motion, please? Christina, thank

00:35:47 Speaker 11: you, and a seconder, please. Thanks,

00:35:50 Speaker 11: Scott. Oh, Scott beat you to

00:35:53 Speaker 12: it, Brooke. Thanks, Scott. All right,

00:35:57 Speaker 12: and I will hand this over

00:35:59 Speaker 12: to Jackie and Mason again. Thank

00:36:03 Speaker 12: you so much. So the next

00:36:06 Speaker 12: report is for a new section

00:36:09 Speaker 12: of sidewalk that we're proposing in

00:36:11 Speaker 12: Markdale on Lorne Street from Wellington

00:36:14 Speaker 12: Avenue North to McDuff Street on

00:36:21 Speaker 12: the southeast side, and that is

00:36:24 Speaker 12: to complete an entire sidewalk network

00:36:35 Speaker 12: that's currently lacking, as well as

00:36:38 Speaker 12: bring up some minor deficiencies that

00:36:41 Speaker 12: were documented, and complete some repairs.

00:36:42 Speaker 12: So we are looking at some

00:36:45 Speaker 12: input for tactile installation along that

00:36:47 Speaker 12: section of of sidewalk, or any

00:36:50 Speaker 12: other suggestions. Mason, do you have

00:36:52 Speaker 13: anything that you want to add

00:36:54 Speaker 13: to that? So our current design,

00:36:57 Speaker 13: we're working here with. We have

00:36:59 Speaker 13: our Jay Burnside doing the engineering

00:37:01 Speaker 13: for us, and our our current

00:37:03 Speaker 13: concept is to have curb face

00:37:05 Speaker 13: sidewalk with tactile plates at each

00:37:06 Speaker 13: end that meet the appropriate width.

00:37:08 Speaker 13: We have some grading constraints in

00:37:10 Speaker 13: this section. It's probably why it

00:37:11 Speaker 15: was left out initially when Mark

00:37:17 Speaker 15: Dale got sidewalk earlier on, but

00:37:22 Speaker 15: based on the need. for connectivity

00:37:25 Speaker 15: on the street, it needs to

00:37:27 Speaker 15: be included. So we're just looking

00:37:29 Speaker 03: for that input so we can

00:37:32 Speaker 03: add that as we move forward

00:37:33 Speaker 03: on the design process. Okay. Anybody

00:37:36 Speaker 03: have any comments or questions for

00:37:40 Speaker 03: Mason or Jackie? Kathy. Okay, I'm

00:37:43 Speaker 03: just going to ask a couple

00:37:45 Speaker 03: of questions through you, Chair, just

00:37:47 Speaker 03: to guide the committee because the

00:37:50 Speaker 03: legislation says when you're going to

00:37:54 Speaker 03: make a change to a sidewalk

00:38:00 Speaker 03: that the accessibility advisory committee provide

00:38:04 Speaker 03: input on whether or not they

00:38:06 Speaker 03: need rest areas and what they

00:38:08 Speaker 03: should look like and so forth.

00:38:10 Speaker 03: And so, I just want to

00:38:12 Speaker 03: ask: How long is this stretch?

00:38:14 Speaker 03: And is it is there anything

00:38:16 Speaker 13: along there that that people would

00:38:21 Speaker 13: be going to as a destination,

00:38:24 Speaker 13: or is it just more or

00:38:27 Speaker 13: less? Like, can you just describe

00:38:28 Speaker 13: the area? Maybe, maybe that's what

00:38:29 Speaker 13: I'm asking. Sorry, that wasn't very

00:38:31 Speaker 13: well asked. So this section

00:38:35 Speaker 13: is about 160 metres long, on

00:38:39 Speaker 13: a residential street. The sidewalk

00:38:43 Speaker 13: would abut about five properties on

00:38:46 Speaker 13: the south side, which is where

00:38:48 Speaker 13: we're looking to connect to, and

00:38:51 Speaker 13: then I think across the street.

00:38:52 Speaker 13: there is six or seven additional

00:38:54 Speaker 13: residential properties. The street itself really

00:38:55 Speaker 13: doesn't go anywhere other than connectivity.

00:38:58 Speaker 13: Other than Chapman's manufacturing plant is

00:38:59 Speaker 13: in the area, and they do

00:39:01 Speaker 16: have some staff that use, you

00:39:12 Speaker 16: know, that walk to work. Use

00:39:17 Speaker 16: those streets in that area, so

00:39:19 Speaker 16: there will be some benefit having

00:39:21 Speaker 03: you know their their staff be

00:39:23 Speaker 03: able to be safely. Yeah, safely

00:39:24 Speaker 03: walk down the sidewalk rather than

00:39:27 Speaker 03: the road, which they may currently

00:39:30 Speaker 03: do now. Did you have any

00:39:32 Speaker 03: other questions, Kathy? No, I don't

00:39:37 Speaker 03: have any other questions. It might

00:39:40 Speaker 15: be one of those scenarios where

00:39:47 Speaker 15: there really doesn't seem to be

00:39:52 Speaker 15: a need for a rest area.

00:39:54 Speaker 15: So, if committee members are Committee

00:39:59 Speaker 15: members aren't expressing that they feel

00:40:06 Speaker 15: one is necessary. There, I think

00:40:08 Speaker 15: we could take from that that

00:40:11 Speaker 15: one likely isn't. Yeah, I agree.

00:40:16 Speaker 15: Does anyone else have any questions

00:40:17 Speaker 15: or concerns? No, committee members. No.

00:40:19 Speaker 15: Okay, I think we're in a

00:40:22 Speaker 15: position we can pass the motion.

00:40:25 Speaker 15: Passed the motion. All in favour.

00:40:29 Speaker 15: Brooke. Yes. Okay. All right. Motion

00:40:30 Speaker 15: is passed. And I just

00:40:35 Speaker 15: want to thank Jackie and Mason

00:40:37 Speaker 15: today for presenting. Thank you. Thank

00:40:40 Speaker 15: you. All right, and we'll move

00:40:42 Speaker 15: on to the next item, which

00:40:46 Speaker 15: is the multi-year accessibility plan for

00:40:48 Speaker 15: twenty twenty-five to twenty twenty-nine. To

00:40:57 Speaker 15: 2029, and I will present the

00:40:59 Speaker 15: motion that the Town of the

00:41:01 Speaker 15: Blue Mountains Multi-Year Accessibility Plan 2025-2026

00:41:03 Speaker 15: be presented to the Gray County

00:41:04 Speaker 15: Joint Accessibility Advisory Committee for review

00:41:09 Speaker 15: and comment. And can I have

00:41:11 Speaker 15: someone move that motion? I can

00:41:13 Speaker 15: do this, Brooke. Okay. Thanks, Brooke.

00:41:16 Speaker 15: And a second,er please. Thanks, Scott.

00:41:19 Speaker 15: Okay, and I will hand this

00:41:21 Speaker 15: over to Jennifer Patton, who is

00:41:23 Speaker 17: the Health and Safety and HR

00:41:26 Speaker 17: advisor for the Town of the

00:41:29 Speaker 17: Blue Mountains. Thank you. So, good

00:41:31 Speaker 17: afternoon, committee. Thank you so much

00:41:34 Speaker 17: for taking the time to review

00:41:36 Speaker 17: the town's accessibility plan. We've had

00:41:37 Speaker 17: the report reviewed by our accessibility

00:41:45 Speaker 17: committee, and we've also had the

00:41:47 Speaker 15: report reviewed by our new committee,

00:41:51 Speaker 15: which is Idea Inclusion Diversity Equity

00:41:54 Speaker 15: and Accessibility Committee. And now I'm

00:41:57 Speaker 15: really just looking to gather any

00:42:01 Speaker 15: feedback for enhancements or improvements to

00:42:03 Speaker 15: the plan. And the next steps

00:42:22 Speaker 15: for us will be taking the

00:42:28 Speaker 15: plan to our council for approval.

00:42:29 Speaker 15: Okay. Hopefully, everyone has looked at

00:42:32 Speaker 15: the document. I certainly have. I

00:42:38 Speaker 15: don't have any questions or concerns,

00:42:43 Speaker 15: Jennifer. But I will put out

00:42:46 Speaker 15: there to our committee members. So,

00:42:51 Speaker 15: does anyone have any questions or

00:42:55 Speaker 15: concerns for Jennifer, committee members? No.

00:42:56 Speaker 15: Okay. Well, great job, Jennifer. Thank

00:43:02 Speaker 15: you. It's not easy putting these

00:43:05 Speaker 15: accessibility plans together. I know that

00:43:07 Speaker 15: Kathy does too. Anyway, okay. So

00:43:10 Speaker 15: I will, you know, will ask.

00:43:13 Speaker 15: I'll ask for a vote on

00:43:15 Speaker 15: the. motion. All in favour. Yes.

00:43:17 Speaker 15: Okay. Yes. Okay. Great. All righty.

00:43:22 Speaker 15: Thank you. The motion is passed.

00:43:24 Speaker 15: Thanks, Jennifer. You. Oh, thank you.

00:43:27 Speaker 03: You're welcome. Okay. And the next

00:43:30 Speaker 03: item on the agenda is correspondence,

00:43:31 Speaker 03: and this is with regards to

00:43:36 Speaker 03: the EASE grant funding announcement. And

00:43:39 Speaker 03: I'll hand it over to Kathy.

00:43:41 Speaker 03: Kathy Nuno. I know I just

00:43:42 Speaker 03: saw this announcement as well yesterday.

00:43:46 Speaker 03: Yeah, so I'll hand it over

00:43:49 Speaker 03: to you, Kathy. Thank you, Chair.

00:43:53 Speaker 03: Yeah, so this funding

00:43:58 Speaker 03: I just prior to this meeting

00:44:06 Speaker 03: was on a webinar with the

00:44:10 Speaker 03: province about how to apply for

00:44:12 Speaker 03: this. One thing that's very important

00:44:15 Speaker 03: to note is that there can

00:44:18 Speaker 03: only be one. application per organisation,

00:44:22 Speaker 03: so make sure if you have

00:44:24 Speaker 03: multiple departments that you coordinate that.

00:44:27 Speaker 03: This grant is for municipalities, nonprofits,

00:44:28 Speaker 03: and indigenous governing bodies. The deadline

00:44:36 Speaker 03: for applying is August fourteenth. The

00:44:37 Speaker 03: province suggests to start right away.

00:44:39 Speaker 03: You do have to create a

00:44:43 Speaker 03: TPOn account if you don't already

00:44:45 Speaker 03: have one, and there will be

00:44:49 Speaker 03: a what was the word that

00:44:53 Speaker 03: they used? There, basically, there's somebody

00:44:55 Speaker 03: to guide you through it if

00:44:58 Speaker 03: you connect with them. There are

00:45:05 Speaker 03: the the grants that are available

00:45:08 Speaker 03: are up to sixty thousand dollars,

00:45:11 Speaker 03: and it does look like. there

00:45:13 Speaker 03: should be quite a lot of

00:45:15 Speaker 03: opportunity there for folks to to

00:45:17 Speaker 03: jump on to that. So I

00:45:18 Speaker 03: would encourage municipal members to share

00:45:21 Speaker 03: this with your staff and try

00:45:23 Speaker 03: to put together an application because

00:45:26 Speaker 03: it's it's it's there and it's

00:45:32 Speaker 03: available now. I guess that's about

00:45:38 Speaker 03: it. Kathy, just a quick question:

00:45:39 Speaker 03: Did they did they indicate how

00:45:40 Speaker 05: much in the total budget that

00:45:44 Speaker 05: they had for this? Yeah, I

00:45:46 Speaker 05: think it was like two million

00:45:52 Speaker 05: dollars. Oh, you know what? Two

00:45:54 Speaker 05: point two. I just saw it.

00:45:58 Speaker 05: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Yeah. Yeah.

00:46:01 Speaker 05: That's great. Okay, thank you for

00:46:04 Speaker 05: that. Yeah, my pleasure. Okay. and

00:46:09 Speaker 05: we will move on then to

00:46:10 Speaker 01: the next item on the agenda,

00:46:19 Speaker 01: which is site plan approval of

00:46:24 Speaker 01: twenty twenty two sixty one Ninth

00:46:25 Speaker 05: Avenue East, and I will present

00:46:27 Speaker 05: the motion that the City of

00:46:29 Speaker 05: Owingsound staff report DA dash twenty

00:46:36 Speaker 03: five dash zero zero five be

00:46:39 Speaker 03: received for information. Can I have

00:46:42 Speaker 03: someone move the motion, please? Thanks,

00:46:45 Speaker 15: Scott. And can I have a

00:46:51 Speaker 15: seconder? Can I have a seconder?

00:46:53 Speaker 15: Yep, Christina. Okay, thanks, Christina. And

00:46:57 Speaker 15: I will hand this over to

00:46:59 Speaker 15: Christina McLean, Committee and Executive Support

00:47:03 Speaker 15: Coordinator for the City of Owen

00:47:06 Speaker 15: Sound. Chair Schultz, if I may

00:47:09 Speaker 15: interject, we don't actually need discussion

00:47:12 Speaker 15: on this one. Okay, okay. So

00:47:17 Speaker 15: it's just the motion that's required.

00:47:19 Speaker 15: I apologize for that, and I

00:47:22 Speaker 15: will ask for a vote on

00:47:26 Speaker 15: the motion. All in favour? Yes.

00:47:28 Speaker 15: Okay. Yes. All right. So the

00:47:30 Speaker 15: motion is is passed. Thank you.

00:47:33 Speaker 15: And the next item on the

00:47:37 Speaker 15: agenda, which is basically under other

00:47:40 Speaker 15: business, is just to inform the

00:47:45 Speaker 15: committee that Jacob Morris Wheeler has

00:47:46 Speaker 15: submitted a letter of resignation effective

00:47:48 Speaker 15: June 18, 2025, to the committee.

00:47:51 Speaker 15: And Jacob has expressed fulfilment in

00:47:56 Speaker 15: being a member of the committee,

00:47:58 Speaker 15: and his resignation is a result

00:48:03 Speaker 15: of a very full. workload and

00:48:05 Speaker 15: volunteer schedule, so we wish Jacob

00:48:08 Speaker 15: well, and sorry to see him

00:48:13 Speaker 15: go from the committee. Okay, and I guess the next item will be the next meeting date, which will be Thursday, September the eighteenth, at two p.m. Okay, does anyone have any anything else to say before we adjourn? committee members, or just have a great balance of your summer, and we'll see you in September. Take care, everyone. Thanks, everybody. Take care. Bye bye.

00:48:13 Speaker 15: go from the committee. Okay, and I guess the next item will be the next meeting date, which will be Thursday, September the eighteenth, at two p.m. Okay, does anyone have any anything else to say before we adjourn? committee members, or just have a great balance of your summer, and we'll see you in September. Take care, everyone. Thanks, everybody. Take care. Bye bye.