We are live. I would now like to call to order the July 23rd, 2026 committee of
the whole meeting. Madame clerk, for the record of this meeting, please show
councelor Ley is absent with notice. Item B, uh, are there any declarations
of interest from members of council? >> Not seeing,
» right, >> go ahead, please.
» Uh, thanks, Madam Mayor. It relates to um item H3 on the designation of the
heritage property. So, I own a company which owns uh one of the properties
being named in one of the heritage designation process groups. And so, to
that end, I'm stepping back from H3. Thanks, Madam Mayor.
» Thank you very much. Not seeing any others, I will move to
item C, the land acknowledgement statement. The town of Equilbury
recognizes and acknowledges the lands originally used and occupied by the
first peoples of the Williams Treaty First Nation and other indigenous
peoples and on behalf of council I thank them for sharing this land. We also
acknowledge the Chipoa of Georgina Island First Nation as East
Quillinberry's closest First Nation community and recognize the unique
relationship the Chippoas have with the lands and the waters of this territory.
They are the water protectors and environmental stewards of these lands
and we join them in these responsibilities.
We're at item D in the community announcements. Are there any community
announcements from council?
I'm not seeing any at this point. I will move to item E and that's deputations.
There are no deputations uh at this time. Item F, presentations. None at
this time as well. Finance with councelor John's in the chair.
» Yeah, thanks Madame Mayor. There is just the uh the one item on the um uh the
agenda for today and it is um finance report 2026-08.
Uh it's in regard to a um letter of support for a council resolution for
support to the province and uh if I could ask Mr. Marshall to lead the
discussion on this. >> Thank you through Mr. Chair. So the
province has been providing a a grant to municipal to uh
uh small rural and northern municipalities for their infrastructure
renewal needs since 2015. In 2021, the province doubled the amount that they
were providing to municipalities, which was very helpful to all
municipalities having issues uh u meeting their infrastru infrastructure
renewal needs. So the last year of this commitment was 2026 and so the municipal
finance officers who represent uh the the fin well as the name says they
represent the finance officers in all the municipalities
um suggested that uh councils reach out to the province and ask for this uh
doubling of the funding to become permanent and uh through a resolution of
council. So, this report is looking for committee and council's endorsement of a
resolution to request that funding being doubled.
» Thank you, Mr. Marshall. Are there any uh questions, comments from uh committee
members?
I'm seeing none. Uh the resolution is on the screen. I'll just pause for five
more seconds in case there's any questions.
Seeing none, can I get a mover? Uh, councelor Roy de Clemente. Thank you
very much. Uh, all those in favor? Motion carries. Wonderful. Mr. Marshall,
do you have anything else for committee today?
» Through you, Mr. Chair. Nothing at this time.
» And members of committee for Mr. Marshall.
Wonderful. Thank you, uh, Madame Mayor. Back to you.
» Thank you very much. We are at item H, development services with councelor Roy
G. Kanti and the chairman. >> Uh, thank you, Madame Mayor. Uh we have
a couple of items on our agenda today. Uh the first being uh development
services planning branch report DS2026-27
which is a zoning bylaw amendment application for 19350 Woodbine Avenue.
Uh and we've got a resolution that we receive the report and that we approve
it um with sight spec specific permissions and that we uh ratify this
at our meeting later today. May I have a mover please?
moved by councelor John's. Mr. Kubnik, would you like to present this or is
Miss Fumbakas with us? Oh, I see her on screen.
» Thank you very much, Madame Chair. Um, just very, uh, briefly, uh, this
application, as the chair indicated, is on Woodbine Avenue and it's located on
the west side of Woodbine, south of Don Road and north of Mount Albert, uh,
Road. We're recommending approval of it um from rural to employment, general and
environmental protection in order to permit three industrial buildings with
accessory office uh uses. The proposal conforms with both the 2010 existing
official plan and with council's 2026 proposed official plan which designates
the the subject lands as employment and natural heritage. In addition, the lands
are also within the Highway 404 employment corridor secondary plan,
which also designates these lands for employment purposes. And just as a a bit
of a reminder, employment uses permits a broad range of uses, which includes
assembling, manufacturing, research and development, uh warehousing,
distribution, utilities, and outside storage.
In in large part, this corridor is evolving and it's changing from its
rural context into what council envisioned and I I do believe this is
occurring is a high quality employment area. Uh with respect to this
application um the secondary plan does set a height
limit of four stories and to be very specific staff are recommending uh
resoning in order to permit a maximum of four stories and a maximum height of
15.25 and the reason for that is floor heights
can vary and so we want to be very clear as to what the maximum height would be.
Um the application was actually before committee not too long ago. In fact, it
was in in front of committee back in um March of of this year and it's been
significantly revised. At that time, the applicant was proposing both ashold and
concrete matching and that created concerns both from staff, the
surrounding residents and from council. The application's been revised to remove
all those uses very quickly and uh now we're dealing with with a standard
employment um use. The application has no cons that's been
circulated. There's no concerns from any of uh the commenting department or
agencies. One of the reasons we're asking for same day ratification and I
do believe uh Mr. Mendes or a representative from the race group may
be present is that there is a timing issue with respect to a potential um
tenant in the property. And so that is one of the reasons we are seeking same
day ratification. Anyways, thank you madam chair. I'm happy to answer any
questions of members of council. >> Uh thank you Miss Mvakus. Members of
committee any questions?
Uh, councelor Foster, go ahead, please. >> Thanks, Madam Chair. Not a question, but
just a comment. I think it's refreshing for us to go through the process of a
public meeting and hear some concerns from different people um, and have
uh, the developers hear those questions loud and clear and and make the changes
that people were looking for. So, I'm I'm happy to support this moving
forward. I'll leave it at that. Thank you. Thank you, councelor. Anyone else?
Go ahead, councelor Cone. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. Um,
I [clears throat] I just want to verify uh I understand that the the the truck
traffic for this particular development is going to be substantially less than
uh our u other other locations down uh south on
Woodbine. Uh I I have I think in my notes 37 trucks per day. Uh can someone
on staff or perhaps the applicant could confirm that today?
» Um I'm happy to confirm uh councelor Cone through through the chair that my
understanding is that there's 15 trucks anticipated in the AM peak and 22 trucks
anticipated in the PM peak. And when the traffic impact study was undertaken, it
not only looked at this site, but it looked at the broader area to ensure
that the truck traffic was within acceptable ranges.
» Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you, Miss Vakus. Um, my only
concern with this one is making sure that we um that the neighbors are
treated with respect and that there's some well and foundation monitoring for
the neighboring properties. Is that something that is going to happen as a
matter of course or is that something we should be building into our resolution
today? >> Thank you, Madam Chair. Uh we will start
doing there will be baseline well assessments will be conducted prior to
any on-site construction. Uh a hydro geologist is also going to complete
assessments and will be doing monitoring for any properties within a 500 meter
radius of the proposed development. And there will be also well and foundation
monitoring and that will be conducted throughout the construction period for
these properties. >> Happy to hear that. Thank you very much.
So uh seeing no further uh uh questions or concerns, I have a motion as
presented uh moved by councelor John's. All those in favor?
Opposed? And that motion carries. Thank you.
Uh the next item on our agenda is uh development services planning branch uh
report uh DS26-28 which is a zoning bylaw amendment
application for 20366 Lesley Street uh a private club which is the Sharon Masonic
Temple Association. Um,
we have a motion uh that we receive the report that we approve the matter in
principle and that the zoning bylaw be brought forward to a future council
meeting after the owner has obtained site plan approval and entered into a
site plan agreement with the town. May I have a mover, please? Moved by councelor
Chrome. Thank you very much. Miss Bumakus, would you like to present your
report to us, please? >> Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
This is a slightly unusual recommendation for committee and council
to be considering because usually we bring forward a full recommendation uh
whether it be to refuse or approve. In this instance, we're trying to help
facilitate moving the application along but we're still require additional
information which we have not received. And so uh I will give one example. The
proposal requires a reduction in parking and the applicant has had discussions
with the Holland Landing United Church who has indicated that they will allow
parking on their property. However, that's an informal arrangement and staff
are recommending in order to protect the municipal interest that that be
formalized through a a formal agreement with Holland Landing and that be form
part of the site plan agreement. We want to ensure that there is sufficient
parking for the site available when members are are attending the club
meetings. In addition, uh our understanding is that there could be up
to 50 attendees, although our understanding is at any given time there
may be only 25 members present. And at this point in time, in the absence of uh
information with respect to the septics system, we're unable to confirm that the
existing septic could handle the load. So again, we're recommending that it be
approved in principle, but subject to a site plan being submitted and these
matters being addressed. So happy to answer any questions that
anybody may have of me. >> Thank you. Members of committee, any
questions?
Council Johns, go ahead, please. >> Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. When I was um
when I was reading the the way that the resolution was um
drafted, I I thought to myself, well, that's pragmatic. And then and then when
I was reading it and I was thinking about the reason why it's in principle
and not for uh to move forward, but I was looking at the fact that it it has
to do with site plan. But the thing is is that we as a a body can't inform site
plan. Um previously uh council could comment and inform on site plan. Uh but
the province has changed that. So I guess really kind of what I'm thinking
is is that if we are improving in principle could we not like given that
uh this meeting is we're sitting here in July and then we have one more meeting
in September but uh likelihood of this hitting a September uh agenda I don't
know that it would be realistic. Is there a way that um that we can approve
in principle with the authority going to uh our staff to to finalize once the
conditions have been met because we as a body don't we can't comment on site plan
anyway and so uh just taking a pragmatic approach if if I don't know if there's
any comments towards that if um our our staff wanted to comment on that.
» I I think that's what we're trying to do. Councelor John's, but uh I'll ask
Miss Mubakus to to confirm for us. >> Thank you through the chair. Councelor
John's, excellent question. Um what we're trying to do is ensure that
council has looked at this and considered it and you think it is an
acceptable use subject to the site plan agreement. And I I appreciate that you
cannot um comment on it, but at the staff level, we can. And the
recommendation is saying you can improve this in principle but we won't bring
forward the bylaw until these matters have been done. So there's two possible
routes for this. One is that the applicant submits a site plan. This is
not a complicated site plan. Uh from the perspective that it is an existing one
and a halfstory building. There are no changes to the exterior except to the
driveway and the parking. There'll be changes in the interior, but that's not
subject to site plan control. But from a building code perspective, we need to
ensure that there's servicing capacity, and we haven't received a site plan from
the applicant. So, this enables you to approve it. And there's two scenarios
that I see happening here. If the applicant submits something quickly and
and submits the uh assessment, the septic assessment that we're looking
for, we could potentially put a bylaw on the September meeting. In the event that
they don't and they need more time, then this matter wouldn't need to be
reconsidered. We would just put the bylaw forward to the uh December meeting
of council. So in in many respects, we're trying to give them the indication
that you're supportive of it, but they need to do work.
» Thank you, Miss Mvakus. I I I know I don't think that time is as of a huge
essence here because we've been dealing with this file for a number of years, if
I'm not mistaken. So, uh, if we get this right, then it's just the next step in
this process. Councelor Cone, this is your motion. I'm wondering whether it
might be appropriate for us to add in that into that second clause that uh
council approve in principle subject to an approved site plan application and
associated agreement as well as a formal shared parking agreement included as
appendix 4 to reszone the land so that we put it right into the resolution.
» I'm I'm happy to support anything that will move this thing along. I I think
it's been we've been at it for a few years now and I think we need to get her
done. So what whatever it takes I'm I'm happy to support.
» Does that help address your question? Councelor John's go ahead.
» Thanks Madam Chair and I think that that is that is good insight. So just to
clarify for my ignorance. So your wording uh within the resolution
wouldn't mean that the applicant would need to come back. uh it would be
approved based on uh the um uh I'm getting a nod anyway. So, we're good.
» So, so the the point is that we're saying we're okay with reszoning this to
a sightsp specific zoning to allow this particular land use and staff are going
to go back and work with the applicant to get the the parking agreement and the
site plan and the parking and all of that sorted out. And once that's been
sorted out, the zoning bylaw will be brought to us for adoption to this chair
to this body for adoption. And whether that's later or or sooner, that's up to
the applicant and staff. >> And then in in followup to that, uh
given that time is of the essence, is there and we are at the meeting, do we
need any type of resolution that would need to be ratified tonight?
Miss Mbachus, what do you think? >> Ratification.
» I would suggest you do that and that way the applicant has the assurance that
that council is approving it in principle and it certainly sends a
message saying please submit your site plan because staff will work with them
very quickly to try and resolve this matter. I certainly don't want council
having approved something in principle and it's dragging on for two years. My
goal would be that the applicant responds quickly and certainly staff
will will address these matters. >> Okay. So, it looks like uh councelor
Cone would like to add a clause for same day ratification into this into this
resolution. Madame clerk, I've sent you the um proposed wording for clause two.
And then I'm just I guess we'll just pause while you work your magic on
screen. >> Sorry, one more followup question while
we're doing that. Um, Madam Chair, you made the comment uh about uh time being
of the essence and and and may or may not be required. I'm
wondering if I I do see the applicant sitting in the audience. Is there could
I get clarity uh through you, Madam Chair, just on the the timing of this of
versus getting this done for September versus December?
I I don't know if we're in a position to staff. Do you I think it what it comes
down to is it's up to the applicant to provide staff with this information that
they've asked for. >> It just if I may add uh uh you are quite
correct uh councilor Roy de Clemente, we don't have a site plan application. We
need one so that we can take the next steps. So, so really the it's up to the
applicant to make to take the next step so that we can advance this.
If they don't submit a site plan, in [clears throat] essence, what's what
will happen is we will never bring forward a resoning application or
resoning uh bill in order for council to enact
We're just waiting for madame clerk to three. Madam chair, we are going to
share those changes on the screen momentarily. Just wanted to make sure
that there are no changes to the u third clause. Uh and we're keeping it as is.
Yes.
Members of committee, you've seen uh the motion on the screen. You've understand
the intent of the motion. It's moved by councelor Cone. Any further discussion?
Seeing none, all those in favor? And that motion carries. Thank you. Thank
you, staff. And uh the last item on our agenda is development services planning
branch report DS26-29, notice of intention to designate
properties located within the Lesley Street corridor and rural areas. I feel
like of a bit of a case of deja vu since we dealt with two similar matters um
earlier this week. I'm just going to pause and see if Miss Muvakus, would you
care to present your um report to us today? Sorry, we just got a bit of
disruption as people are deciding that they don't want to hear the riveting
rest of our meeting. Maybe they're just going to their car to
go watch it on their phones.
Go ahead, Miss Mubakis. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. Uh, I I will be
very brief in my remarks because I know my commentary from the other day, I'm
sure, is fresh in everyone's mind. This is a report that's recommending that
council indicate its notice of intention to designate properties within the
Leslie Street corridor and rural areas. Um the report recommends four properties
along Leslie Street and six properties within the rural areas receive notices
of intention to designate. Um similar I will I will highlight because I'm
anticipating a question that we did receive two letters of objection. We
received a letter of objection from the owner of 19463 Leslie Street and 21689
Kennedy Road. So, one within Leslie Street, one within the rural areas, both
uh indicating they objected to any action by council to take the next steps
of issuing the notice of intention to designate. So, I'm now in the hands of
council as to what direction you would like to take.
» Uh, thank you, Miss Mvakus. Um, councelor Foster, I'm assuming since
you've made the other two res the other two motions that you would like to move
this as well. >> Absolutely.
» Okay. Yes. All right. So, this has been moved by uh councelor Foster. Any
discussion on the motion? >> Go ahead. Uh, councelor Kurthers. Oh,
before you speak, I just want to make sure that we note for the record that
councelor John's has declared an interest in this and has vacated his
seat at the dis. Thank you. Go ahead, councelor Kathers.
» Thank you. [clears throat] Um on June 2nd when the first batch of
uh potential designations came before us at committee committee um
approved a motion to fac that staff would facilitate consultation with the
impact of property owners and I wanted to get an idea of what that entailed and
uh how that came how that unfolded. >> Okay. Um Miss Vakas go ahead. Yep. Thank
you very much through the chair. We sent out letters to all of the property
owners in all of the groups explaining what the notice of intention to
designate meant. It explained the process and it also offered the
opportunity for any property owner to speak to staff.
With respect to that, we did have AC I'm I'm not speaking with specifically with
this grouping, but across the board, we did have a number of individuals who
reached out who had their questions responded to. Some of those individuals
did not uh submit any letters in support or opposition.
um they've just remained silent and I suspect that in that instance some of
the individuals are waiting for the process as it normally would unfold for
council to issue notices of intention to designate. I do want to highlight that
we were concerned about making sure that individuals did receive the letters. So
we sent all the correspondents by registered mail. I can tell you that in
some instances those letters were not picked up. In others, we've just not
heard from the individuals. And as I said, in some instances, people objected
and in others they just uh followed up with staff and had their queries
answered. >> Thank you very much for that. Um, of the
registered letters, how many were not picked up?
» Um, I'm going to ask Mr. Krebnuk to answer that but I think the I think it
was approximately five Mr. Krebin am I correct on that?
uh through you madam chair uh that is the number the total I have as well five
» was there any followup on that uh the the letters that that weren't picked up
was there any followup because the the motion was very clear that um staff were
to facilitate consultation so when when the letter isn't even received um what
what's the next step in facilitating consultation
» through you madam ch through you madam chair that's very difficult to respond
to registered letters. One would hope that the individuals pick them up. We
cannot um we're not about to go doortodoor. We do not have the staff
capacity to do that. Um my intention is should council and in in terms of your
decision making the other night, we will again send registered letters out to the
individuals. We are also proposing to offer a meeting not with individuals. We
don't have the capacity but between now and September and our hope is to do this
in the next uh 3 to four weeks is to engage uh with members uh recipients of
the letters to have their questions answered. So we're trying to target that
for the third week in August. I know that's not ideal, but at this sta stage,
there's no ideal date between now and the September meeting of council.
» Th Thank you very much. Um I would hope that as we get into this next stage, the
people who have not responded and not picked up the registered letter that if
there's only five of them, I would think we have the capacity to go and knock on
their door. I think this is very significant for these people. And when I
hear back from residents that say, "I never got a letter." It it worries me
greatly because I was under [clears throat] the impression that that
more of an effort would be made to facilitate uh the consultation with them
after we passed that motion back uh six or seven weeks ago. Uh so I'm
disappointed to hear from residents that that they haven't been contacted. I just
want to ensure that simply sending a registered letter is not enough that
that we're going to need to make sure ensure that everyone understands as we
move forward into this next um step of the process. everyone whose house is on
this list understands what what's happening. Thank you.
» Thank you, councelor Kthers. I can also share with you personally that uh while
we did get one I saw an email come through uh my town email that said I
didn't get a letter and I know that I personally handd delivered a letter to
that address. So, uh I didn't get a letter doesn't necessarily mean they
didn't get a letter. It's just that they didn't engage with the process or didn't
read it. So that's that's another challenge too.
» Yeah, I I appreciate that and that's why I think we need to make sure that we do
that next step. I don't want someone coming back later and saying I didn't
receive the letter. So if we can say the letter was handd delivered, then that
would be great. Thank you. and sent by registered mail.
» And and if I could just add, we did have that
» um through you, Madam Chair, we did post it on the website and we did post
information with respect to to the notices of intention to designate on um
EG connects. So we we've done quite a bit uh obviously not to the satisfaction
of all, but we certainly have reached out and this is the start of the
process. It's usually engagement happens after council issues the intention to
designate. >> Thank you. Any other questions?
Councelor Cone, go ahead, please. >> Thank you, Madam Chair, and through you
to staff. Uh I want to thank you for taking the steps of uh employing
registered male. I think I think I had hinted that doing that. So I thank you
for hearing me. Uh and it is I will say it's a challenge. I even know from my
private sector days when we sent out uh registered mail, not everyone answered
them. Uh but it's sat it satisfied a statutory condition that we needed. So
um just you know it's a challenge all marketers have just when you think
you've communicated enough you have to communicate more. So, uh in keeping with
uh my uh my trend from yesterday or from Tuesday, uh the the two
uh uh property owners that uh objected to their uh designation
uh D and H, that's at 19463 Lesley Street and 21689 Kennedy Road. I would
recommend that we uh we strike them from the list and uh and leave the others
as well. Could staff confirm I had a a property owner for 18611
Lesley Street. Wanted to make sure that their name wasn't on the list, but I
don't see it on the list. So, I just want to make sure there's no been no
omission there. >> Mr. Mr. Kubnick or Miss Miss
» Makis through you, Madam Chair. I do not see that address um on the list here as
well for Leslie. 186
» 611 >> 18611.
» So, all right. >> I do not see that. Thank you.
» They can rest. They can rest easy. >> They may be part of the Heritage
Conservation District. They would be in the HCD and not necessarily on the list
for designations. Got >> through you, Madam Mayor. That could be
a possibility. >> That makes sense. Okay. Thank you. All
right. That's it for me. Uh, Madam Chair.
» Councelor Foster. >> Thanks, Madam Chair. I I had uh quite a
bit to say about this on Tuesday, and I'm I'm not going to um repeat
everything that that I went through on Tuesday, but I think council needs to be
cautioned about taking um properties off these lists without going through the
proper appeal process. we are circumventing the Ontario Heritage Act
um by doing what we're doing. I I don't think that's the best thing to do and I
and I I can use 1982 Young Street and Holland Landing as a good example of
that. That was the site of the upper landing that dates back hundreds of
years. um without going through the proper
appeal process. We have no idea if the owner of that property simply sent a
letter in saying, "I don't want to be on the list." We have no idea that they
know what they're actually sitting on. Um have they had the opportunity to read
through the consultant's report? You've got a report here where that particular
property meets five of the nine criteria. There's history to galore
about that property. Um, and I if if there's a if there's a shining example
of one that needs to go through the process, it's that one. And and I dare
say that, you know, this council and and the town and and our management uh and
staff have been drugged through the mud about another piece of property that we
simply did not know about. This piece of property we do know about
and by what we did on Tuesday, we've turned our back on giving that piece of
property any heritage protection at all depending on how the the uh the whole
process works out. So, I think that needs to be looked at. Uh I I may want
to speak to this uh in tonight's meeting. Um and and just to end off, one
of our heritage committee members sent me an email
and and mentioned that, you know, maybe council's not looking at the big
picture. And her words were, uh, yes, we look back at a century or two,
but we also have to look ahead. The houses that are being built today uh are
not built to last, and they won't. These houses stood the test of time for
a reason, and our built heritage will be gone altogether if residential
properties are not preserved, as well as landscape and institutional buildings.
I thought that kind of summed everything up very well and it was worth saying.
So, uh, I'll I'll leave it at that. If we strike, uh, the two off this list, I
will still vote to work on on the remainder. Uh, so I I don't want it
looking like I'm going both ways here, but uh, I I just want to make sure that
a couple of those things were said and and maybe we talk about it later
tonight. Thank you. >> Thank you, Councelor Foster. I do note
that Ms. Crosby is also on the line and she's uh she's done quite a bit of work
for us on these files. Um I had heard it from somewhere and it may have been Miss
Mumvakus who said this to me, but I heard somewhere that it was unusual for
a property to to meet uh I think it was two or three. Anything more than three
of those nine criteria meant that it was a pretty exceptional property. Can can
you uh if you wouldn't mind, Miss Crosby commenting a little bit more on those
nine criteria and and how often properties meet those criteria?
» Yes, absolutely. Um, as most you have heard in preamles in various meetings
that we've had, uh, the her Ontario Heritage Act has um, nine
criteria that any individual property has to meet uh, to make a designation.
So, it's not just a listing. We all know that uh, a lot a lot we have a lot of
buildings uh, and properties on listing. It's easy to get on a list. Uh, not so
easy to get considered for designation. and you have to prove that you meet uh
at least two of the nine criteria and the way the criteria is set up is uh the
first three are directly related to um the architecture. So how rare is the
building? How unique is the building? Does it have design value? Uh does it
have high craftsmanship for example? Um and then does it demonstrate a high
degree of technical or scientific achievement? Uh not all properties would
get that. The second section is a historical section. It has three uh
criteria. Uh the first one is it has direct associations with a theme, event,
belief, person, activity or organization that is significant to the community. Uh
the fifth one is the property does it have historical value or his associative
value because it yields or has the potential to yield information that
contributes to an understanding of a community or culture. And the sixth one
is the property has historical value or associative value because it
demonstrates or reflects the work or ideas of an architect, a builder, an
artist, a designer or theorist who is significant to the community. And the
last three speak to contextual value of a property. So it could talk about
number seven would be it the property is important in defining or maintaining or
supporting a character of the area. It could be that uh it has contextual value
because it is physically functioning functionally visually or historically
linked to its surroundings. And the last one is is the property um does it have
contextual value because it's a landmark. Um,
I would say once you have checked, in my experience, three and up, um, you're
starting to get into a region of a property being, um, uh, pretty
important. Uh, if we go back to the counselor's property that he talked
about at 1982 Young Street, for example, the one at um, the upper landing, that
checked five of the criteria. And to look at that property uh at first glance
you think well it's not much but it did check the architectural style because it
is an early example we suspect that it's a log building underneath that so it's
very early it's 1817 and that um in you know in this part of uh this part of the
province is early very early um it was heavily significant in terms of the
historical section I'm going I'm going to interrupt you
because I I'm concerned that we are diverting from a matter that's not on
our agenda. Um and and I I I just was hoping to get an understanding from you
about how unusual it was. Uh you basically to paraphrase in order to be
designated you need two you need to have two criteria and meeting
three or more means it's an it's in your opinion an exceptional property.
Yes, I would agree with that. >> Thank you very much. I uh I will reserve
um our conversation. It sounds like we're going to be having some
conversation about uh 1982 Young Street later today and that's and
that's fine, but I want to make sure that I keep us to what's on our agenda
and the list of properties before us. So, at this point, I have a motion um as
presented from uh Councelor Foster. Any other discussion on the motion?
Councelor Cone, go ahead. >> Madam Chair, you were uh I had
recommended the deletion of two. >> You had recommended it, but didn't move
an amendment. >> Oh, we're going to be like that. Uh I
would like to make an amendment that we delete those two.
» Councelor, I I have a reputation for being a stickler for the rules.
[laughter] All right. We have a motion to amend the
uh the resolution in front of us. Any discussion on the motion to remove uh 1
19463 Lesley Street and 21689 Kennedy Street from the list, Kennedy Road. Any
discussion?
So that's I'm going to call the vote. All those in favor?
Opposed?
That motion fails. Madame Mary, you did not vote. Did you how in I'm sorry. Can
you please clarify? I did not see which way you voted. Did you vote to amend the
resolution to remove the the properties or did you wish to keep those two
properties? >> Keep those two. Please
» keep them on the list. Okay. So to amend fails. So we're back to our original
amendment. So we're back to the original
resolution. So the list is intact. All those in favor?
Opposed. And that motion carries. Thank you.
That brings us to the end of our prepared agenda. Miss uh Miss Vumvakus,
do you have anything further to add at this time?
» No. Thank you very much, chair, for asking.
» Thank you. And I want to thank Miss Crosby as well uh for being with us
today and for for her support in the the meeting as well. Uh members of
committee, anything further to raise under this area?
Seeing none, I'll turn the chair back to you, Madame Mayor. Uh and I'll just
pause so that uh councelor Johns can return to his seat on the deis. Thank
you. Thank you very much. Just
just having a look at our agenda at this point. Uh L engineering and public works
with councelor Roy D. Clemente in the chair in the absence of councelor Ley.
» Uh thank you madame mayor. I'm happy to chair this portion of our CWC agenda. We
have uh three uh items on our prepared agenda. Um mostly just here for receipt.
Yes, they are. Uh so the first item is engineering and public works memorandum
regarding a drinking water quality improvement partnership update. Uh
that's quite a mouthful. Um I see that Mr. Megot is here uh in lie of Mr.
Molineri. Did you want to present this? But before I ask you to do that, may I
have a mover to receive please? moved by councelor Foster. Mr. Megot, would you
like to present this, please? >> Thank you through uh you, Madam Chair. I
want to reiterate to council and the public that the town's drinking water is
safe. It's robustly monitored and tested. Staff continue to be active and
engaged participants in the multi-year cooperative study with the region, our
consultants, and leading industry experts to assess a aesthetic water
issues. And the results of the study are targeted for completion in 2028. One of
the outcomes of this source totap approach will be a cost sharing analysis
for ongoing required flushing performed by the town to maintain acceptable water
quality following municipal best practices. I would also like to add that
we're very pleased that most recently we were recognized by the MECP and obtained
a 100% audit score for a water quality management system. And I welcome any
questions. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Meet. Um, any questions
from members of committee? Madame Mayor, I see your microphone is on. Would you
» I was agreeing with our Thank you very much. It was good to
hear. Thank you. >> Okay. Any other questions on this
matter? >> Mr. Megan, I did want to reiterate I I
know staff have been working really hard. I would be remiss whenever
drinking water doesn't comes in it comes up in the chamber that I bring up the
issue of iron and manganesees uh in the regional wells and and while uh it is
100% safe it is an aesthetic issue that our residents comment on regularly we've
got we've got some significant the more houses we build the more complaints we
get and so I just wanted to reiterate I know that you and and have been working
with the region on on advancing uh the need for addition additional filtration
at the regional wells and I just wanted to ask if you've made any progress
» through you madam chair. Yes we have. The region has uh acknowledged that uh
they'd like to come to council to make a presentation on how they're going to
enhance the removal of manganesees and iron and that's going to happen in the
new year. >> Great. Thank you. Thank you for that
update. Uh seeing no further questions, I've got a motion moved by councelor
Foster that we receive the update from engineering and public works. All those
in favor? And that motion carries. Thank you. Uh the next item is engineering and
public works memorandum regarding the LED street light conversion strategy.
May I have a mover to receive this? Moved by councelor Chrome. Thank you
very much. Mr. Meet, would you like to present this one to us, please?
» Thank you, Madam Chair. There's I'm sure there's a joke here about how long it
takes to change light bulb, but I'm not going to go into that.
» You can absolutely go there. [laughter] >> Although this initiative has been
lengthy, a number of milestones have been recently achieved and are
highlighted within the context of the report. It's worth noting that of the
town's 4,000 street lights, 40% or 1500 are LED currently and they're focused in
new development areas as they meet the current design standards. The remaining
2500 legacy street lights are to be updated as part of this LED enhancement
program, including the rehabilitation of 800 poles that we've performed this
year. So, we've we've been busy. Um, our approach is to extend the life of our
legacy street light assets at minimal costs and be shovel ready for
cost-effective opportunities to advance LED conversion such as grants or
alignment with other capital programs. I would welcome any questions. Thank you.
» Thank you. Any questions for Mr. Megot?
» Well done. All those in favor?
That motion carries. Thank you. Um, the last item on our prepared agenda is
another memorandum regarding the 2025 annual Phil site alteration program
update. May I have a mover, please? Councelor Cone. Thank you.
Go ahead. >> Thank you, if I may. Thank you, Madam
Chair. This annual memo is provided for council's awareness of ongoing site
alterations uh for monitoring and operations within the town. Currently,
the only large-scale operation for Phil is the Mount Albert Pit, which is
current which the current owner has indicated will be closing, and it's
expected that final grading will be completed in 2027. They're almost at
capacity right now. Staff remain diligent in responding to all site oper
alteration concerns and in 25 investigated a total of 28 sites, 11 in
conjunction with the LSRCA. We also want to thank the cooperation of bylaw
services and YRP for their continued support and ongoing assistance for this
uh ongoing concern. Uh thank you and I welcome any questions.
» Thank you Mr. Megot. Any questions for him on commercial phil? Go ahead
councelor Chrome. >> Thank you Madam Chair and through you
too Mr. Megot. Um, I'm looking at a page three of your uh your report and um
specifically the the uh the row uh listed under sites investigated for
non-compliance by town staff. So last year we had 28 sites. Now, just help for
clarity, are those sites um are those 28 individual sites or could that be maybe
a repetition of certain sites and that's in that goes into the 28 number?
» Mr. Megot. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, those could
be continuation of sites that were carried over from from the previous
year, but they are 28 unique sites throughout the town. But yes, it could
be a repeat from the previous year. >> Okay, that Yeah, I appreciate that
through your >> Sorry, it was a bit confusing.
Are they the same at There's 28 sites. Those 28 sites are unique addresses. So,
we might be visiting them three and four times, but they're still only 28 sites.
» That is correct. >> Appreciate the clarification.
» Thank you. >> Um,
that's a When you when you look at we have last
year we had one active permit and then we have 28
sites going on where it's being illegal. That tells you how how important
enforcement is. There's a there there's a message in
here for everyone. So, uh I appreciate you sharing this information. Um, I
think it's good uh good reading and uh we have to do everything we can to make
sure we can I think you know recent updates to our our bylaws certainly help
with enforcement. So I hope we can see this number go down in the future. Thank
you, Madam Chair. That's it for me. >> Thank you. It it also doesn't include
the work that the LSRCA is doing on enforcement on on files that involve uh
the wetland lands as well. And so it actually the scope of the problem is
actually pun intended a lot deeper. Um so uh thank you for your comments
councelor Cone and it and it's an it's an important reminder for everyone um
that there there's a reason why we need to have those rules to be followed. So I
have a motion that we receive the update. Any further comments or
questions? Seeing none. All those in favor? That motion carries. Thank you
very much. That's the end of the prepared agenda. Mr. Mega, did you have
anything further to add? >> I know nothing at this time. Thank you,
members of committee. Anything further? Seeing none, I'll turn the chair back to
you, Madame Mayor.
» Thank you very much. Um I'm looking at um item J, Parks, Recreation, and
Culture with Councelor Cron in the chair.
» Thank you, Madam Mayor. We have one item on the agenda today, and it's the parks,
recreation, and culture memo, parks, capital, and new development project
update. And uh we have uh Mr. Misada uh sitting in for us today. Uh Mr. Misada,
would you like to uh take us through this please?
» Great. Thank you. Through you uh Mr. Chair. Uh the memorandum in front of
council provides updates on six park and 12 facility projects that are either
currently underway, scheduled to commence or anticipated to be completed
in 2026. These projects represent the town's ongoing investment in enhancing
parks, recreational amenities, and municipal facilities to meet needs of
the community and support council's strategic priorities.
I'd like to note since this memorandum was prepared, I am pleased to share that
the first project on the list, the Health and Active Living Park,
officially opened to the public two weeks ago. I had the opportunity to be
at the park uh for the soft opening and it was inspiring to see it full of life.
Seeing the park being used exactly as it was envisioned is a reminder of the
value these investments bring to our community. I welcome any questions or
comments. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Bada. Uh before we go
into questions, can I have a mover for this, please? Moved by councelor
Kurthers. All right. Any questions or comments
from committee? Councelor Kthers,
» thank you. Um, and it goes without saying, great work on on all of these uh
projects. Um, I'm very excited about Soldiers Bay uh boardwalk. It'll be the
I think the first time that we have uh public space that allows residents to
access uh the water. So, uh it's it'll be unique and I'm looking forward to the
opening. When do we think that we'll have a ribbon cutting on that one?
» Mr. Mazado. >> Through you, Mr. chair. Uh we are
anticipating late in the year uh the project will be done. Uh so following
that we'd have to establish if we can do a ribbon cutting uh most likely in
colder weather. Um I would suggest that uh it might happen uh in the spring when
the weather is a little bit warmer. >> So it'll be open though for residents to
use later in the fall. >> Correct.
» Wonderful. Thank you. >> Thank you. Councelor Foster, you have a
question. >> Thank you. Um
to go a little further on the Soldiers Bay uh uh project there. Being a person
that spent a lot of time on the river uh and on that bay in the wintertime on a
snowmobile, I I'm hoping that we're going to make
sure that there's lots of lighting there. There's reflectors on that
lookout pier uh so we don't have snowmobiles coming down there and and
having an issue. I know that in the past um it's very easy if you're not sure
where you're going to end up on the bay rather than follow the river to the
south. So we want to make sure where those people are. This report is great
news. Everything that we've looked at here is great news. The the other
question I had was I have heard from some residents and I think councelor
Kthers has too um about the pickle ball courts in Anchor Park and the slight
disruption to the BMX bike track that was there. I think we lost a couple of
uh of stations, I guess you could call them there. Are we doing anything about
restoring that or are we going to change or is there do we have any idea how
often that is actually used? >> Mr. Mazado
» through you, Mr. Chair. Uh we have seen a decrease in use related to the BMX
park. Uh two of the events that were in line with the uh BMX track or the I
guess the the circuit uh they were removed. uh they are being looked at in
terms of reestablishing them within the open space uh and uh there is room to do
it. So it was uh it was a decision to that was made to facilitate the pickle
ball courts uh and we will look into ensuring that they are replaced.
» Okay. Any other questions? Well, councelor Kthers,
» and do you have a uh sort of some timing on when that might be um those those
extra stations put back? >> Uh yep. Uh through you, Mr. Chair. We
are looking at by the pickle ball courts are actually almost completed. Uh we're
looking by the end of the year as well as looking at reestablishing those
features. >> Thank you.
» Okay, last call for questions.
Okay. All those in favor and that is carried. Uh Mr. Mazada, do
you have anything for committee? >> None at this time. Thank you.
» Uh does committee have anything they
anything else they'd like to ask Mr. Mazado?
See none. I will pass the chair back to you, Madam Mayor.
» Thank you very much. There are no items listed on the prepared agenda under K
through zero. Are there any updates uh to share from members of council?
Seeing none, we will move to P item P adjournment.
And if I could have a mover and a second. Thank you. Seconder.
All those in favor. And that's carried. Thank you very much.