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21st, 2026 east or Tavistock Council meeting please note this

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meeting is being live streamed and recorded. By entering council

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chambers, you are consenting to be recorded. I will call

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the meeting to order. And are there any opening remarks

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this evening? Council is there? I just want to offer

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my gratitude for the opportunity to attend Roma this past

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week. And just highlighting a couple of things, sessions that

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I took in. One session was on the strategies for

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managing rural land, which was quite interesting and had a

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number of different examples. Of areas that we're kind of

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working at, that one that kind of stands out is

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Essex and how they're working to try. To contain farmland

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and make sure that farmland continues to exist. Kind of

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working with farmers as well on how to deal with

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small roads and big equipment and all of these dynamics.

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So I felt they were doing some really interesting stuff.

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Another piece that was pretty cool with them is they

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have a tourist piece dynamic to it, and that included

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what they call their wine road, which was another kind.

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Of highlight for them. Two other items kind of connect

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a little bit. One has to do with the long

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term care. In and throughout. The province of Ontario, the

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need for many, many beds. One thing I think that

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was concerning for me as having aging grandparents and parents

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is that many homes in Toronto. I think there was

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actually six homes that have shut down, some that are

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not. Managing well. But those homes, those residents are being

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then moved out of the city of Toronto and then.

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Taking meds further out. And the complication that that poses

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is that it then bumps residents. That are from their

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home communities. And that kind of leads to. Those folks

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not having their social supports and things like that. So

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I think that was a concern. One positive kind of

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on top of that was one of the last speakers

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that we heard was an organization called Genwell. And Genwell.

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Is recognized the need of, or the concern of loneliness,

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which obviously can happen. In this setting with seniors, but

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it can also happen with young people as well. And

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Genwell has been working hard at trying to provide tools.

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And education on how to better equip our residents, our

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people. To respond to that loneliness. And that piece. So,

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again, very grateful for the opportunity and. Lots to take

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in and chew on, so thank you. Thank you, councilors

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there. Any other opening comments? Councilor Smith. Thank you. Mary

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Schaefer, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United nations.

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Has officially launched the international year of the woman farmer.

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It's a global campaign aimed at recognizing women's indispensable yet

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often overlooked contribution to. Global agri food systems and to

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galvanize efforts to close persistent gender gaps. The international year

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aims to spotlight the realities faced by women farmers and

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drive policy reforms and investment. To advance gender equality, empower

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women, and build a more resilient sector. Everywhere women make

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up a significant share of the world's agricultural workforce and.

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Are indispensable across all value chains, from production to processing

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to distribution, to trade and playing, of course, a central

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role in household food security and nutrition. It can be

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said women's. Contributions remain undervalued and women continue to face

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systemic bar. Barriers, including limited access to land, finance, technologies,

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education, and participation in decision making at all levels. Strong

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women. Impactful women. Unsung hero women have been contributing to

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agricultural success in our municipality for generations. So a tip

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of the hat to the international year of the woman

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farmer here at home. And abroad. This year also marks

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100 years of the Royal Canadian Legion as it continues

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to pursue its mission. Of supporting veterans and their families,

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promoting remembrance. And serving communities right across the country through

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its 1400 branches. The organization sites a robust membership of

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over a quarter million. As one component that has contributed

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to this milestone. Perhaps you count yourself among them during

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its centenary. The legion is offering free membership and throughout

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the year. There will be ongoing events and projects announced

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on a national level, provincially and at a local level

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as well. The legion will market's anniversary officially this summer

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on Friday, July 17, and. I couldn't make mention of

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the legion without a mention for Tavistock Branch 518. Marked

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75 years in 2025. Our local legion was constituted in

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the spring of 1950. Thank you. Massey. Miguette. Thank you,

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Councilor Smith. Any other opening comments this evening? I have

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an announcement to make. I've been asked to share an

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announcement from Chief Alexander. To the council members of Easar

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Tavistock. It is with mixed emotions that I wish to

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advise counsel and the staff at the township of Esore

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Tavistock that 2026 would be my final year as fire

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chief for the township. I'm grateful for the opportunity that

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I have been fortunate to be part of, but careful.

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Reflection over the last few months, I feel that almost

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20 years. It is time for fresh perspective for the

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administration of the department and someone to look ten years

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into the future rather than 20 years to the past.

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I feel that announcing my retirement for the end of

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2026 permits ample time to recruit for the position and

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allow us for a smooth transition over time to new

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management. I wish to thank council for this wonderful opportunity.

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And all of the firefighters, past and present, that I've

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had the privilege to serve with. And most of all,

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I wish and need to thank my family, my wife

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Heather and our sons. Nick, Mac, Dean and Jay for

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all of the sacrifices they have made during my tenure

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here at the township, respectively. Scott alexander. Well, Chief Alexander.

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I want to thank you for your service. And wish

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you the best. In your future plan. All right. We'll

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move on. First item on the agenda. Item number two

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is approval of tonight's agenda. Resolution on your screen. Moved

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by Councilor Smith, seconded by councilor Rudy. That council approved

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the agenda for the January 21, 2026 meeting as printed

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and circulated. Is there any discussion regarding tonight's agenda? Not

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seeing any. We'll call the vote.

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That is carried. We are on to item three, disclosure

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of pecuniary interest or general nature thereof, at any disclosures.

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Deputy Mayor Smith? Yes. I'll declare a peculiar interest on

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items. Eight. A, b and c, please. And have you

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given that in writing to the clerk? Okay. Thank you.

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And counselor, is there. I'm going to declare an interest

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in. Report a Tavistock 1997 drain request for minor improvement.

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And I have turned in the paperwork as well. Thank

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you, council. Is there? No other. Conflict declares. Okay, move

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on to next item. Minutes. Minutes of the December 17,

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2025 council meeting. You have a resolution on your screen

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momentarily. Moved by Deputy Amir Smith, seconded by councilor Zair.

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That council can affirm the minutes of the December 17,

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2025 council meeting as printed and circulated. Is there any

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discussion regarding those minutes? Not seeing any. We'll call the

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vote. That is carried.

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Next item. Item five. Public meetings. We have an application

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for a zone change tonight. Number z and 225. Five.

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Townsend Farms Incorporated. You will have a resolution on your

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screen to move. Into public meeting. Move by councilor Gillespie.

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Seconded by councilor Rudy. The council does now adjourn. To

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a public meeting in accordance with the provisions of the

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Planning act at 700 and 09:00 p.m. so any discussion?

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Okay, we'll call a vote. That is carried. We are

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now in public meeting and community planner Adam Jinyak. Will

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be providing his report tonight. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Good

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evening, members of council and those in attendance here today.

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So these zone change application here today to be discussed,

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was submitted in conjunction with a severance application. That being

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severance application B 25. 54, two which recently went to

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the December 4, 2025, Land Division committee meeting. This own

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change and this consent application was to sever an approximately

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98.8 acre or 40 hectare lot of agricultural land with

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a lot frontage of approximately 561 meters. The lot to

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be retained would be a one acre or 0.4 hectare

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in size. Lots to be used for rural residential. Purposes

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with a 53 meters frontage. The retained lot would contain

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an existing detached dwelling with a private well and septic

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system. Currently, the subject lands are zoned a two, the

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general agricultural zone. With two single detached dwellings and a

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farm building. On the large farm parcel. The proposal is

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to rezone the lot to be retained from the a

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two zoning to rural residential or rr zoning, while also

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facilitating the establishment of a special provision on the lot

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to be severed, which is the farm parcel to no

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longer permit two single detached dwellings, but rather only allow

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one dwelling moving forward. Staff would just like to note

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that the zone change application heard before you today is

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a condition. Of severance approval. This application was circulated to

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a number of internal departments and external agencies, and as

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a result of this circulation. There weren't any comments specific

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to the zone change application that were received and no

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comments were received from members of the public as of

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the writing of the report. In terms of the planner's

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analysis of this application. We reviewed this zone change application

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in conjunction with the severance application. We have the opinion

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that the proposal as presented does meet and reflect the

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intent and purpose of both the provincial planning statement and

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the county's official plan. Knowing no objections were received and

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given an analysis of the relevant planning policy. In this

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case, we are recommending that the application be approved in

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principle tonight, with the amending bylaw coming. Back at a

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future council meeting following the submission of a survey. With

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that in mind, I'm happy to take any questions there

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might be. Thank you, Adam. Any questions for our planner

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this evening? I just have a quick question. So there's

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two dwellings on this property now, is that. Correct. Through

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you, Mr. Mayor. That's correct. Okay, so this is to

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sever off one of them. Correct. The one dwelling is

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being rendered surplus. To sever off to a separate rural

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residential parcel. So there'll still be one residence. On this

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entire farm property. That's correct. The retained or severed lot.

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The farm parcel will retain one of the two dwellings.

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Thank you. Any other questions for the planner this evening?

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Thank you, adam. Is the applicant or agent here like

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to speak tonight? Hello. Welcome. From MTE acting as agent

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just here. If there's any questions for anybody that I

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can clarify. Okay. Is there any questions anyone needs to

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clarify? Deputy mayor Smith I'm not sure whether this question

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should go to you or whether I should have proposed

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it to our planner. Is there any restrictions? Like I

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know that they can't build another house. On the retained

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parcel of the farmland, correct? But. Can they tear down

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an existing home and then in future years, build a

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home back up on that and still have. One. Resident,

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one dwelling. I think I'll defer that question. Okay. Through

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you, Mr. Meredith. Councilor. Smith there is that possibility, but

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the intent with this application was to retain the existing

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home on the property. Okay, but there's nothing. Stopping the

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owner of the farm to replace that house. Through Mr.

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Maryland? Not to my knowledge. I would have to check

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with the official plan. Policies are on that. Okay, thank

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you. Any other questions? For the applicants agent. Not seeing

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any. Thank you. Thank you. Is there any member of

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the public, either online or in person tonight that wishes

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address council on this application. Not seeing anything there. Okay.

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We will now move out of public meeting. There'll be

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a resolution on your screen. Move by councilor Zaire, seconded

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by councilor Smith, that the public meeting does now. Adjourn

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and council reconvenes at 07:15 p.m. Is there any discussion?

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We'll call the vote. That is carried.

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We are now out of the public meeting. We do

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have a recommendation to approve the application in principle that

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will be on your screen momentarily. Moved by Councilor Glaspy,

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seconded by Councilor Vanwick, that the council of the township

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of Esau Tavistock. A proven principle of the zone change

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application submitted by towns and farms, Inc. Whereby a portion

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of the lands described as part lots 18 to 19,

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concession nine as in 420897 in the township of East.

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Eastor Tavistock. The lot be retained through the consent. B

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25 54. Two to be rezoned from general agricultural zone

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a two to rural residential rr and to rezone the

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lot. To be severed. Resulting from consent. Application B 25

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54. Two from the general agricultural zone, a two. To

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Special General agricultural z. Zone a two SP to prohibit

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future residential development. Is there any discussion regarding that motion?

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Not seeing any. We will call the vote for that.

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Motion is carried. We're onto item six. Delegations and appointments.

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The first one this evening is Oxford county. Speed management

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and road safety presentation. We've had Frank Gross from the

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county tonight. Hello.

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Welcome. Thank you for having us this evening. I'm Frank

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Gross, the manager of transportation and waste. Management with Oxford

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county. And I'm joined by Sean Bonacker, supervisor of transportation.

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We're here tonight to present the findings of post monitoring

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review that was completed for traffic. Calming measures that we

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previously implemented in inner kip as well in Tavistock. And

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we're sharing our recommendations with this council tonight, and then

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we'll be bringing those forward to county council in February.

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February 25. For adoption and then implementation. So I'll pass

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it over to Sean and he'll walk us through. The

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findings of our studies. Great. Mayor Schaefer, members of council,

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thanks for the opportunity here. We want to present on

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our recent speed management and road safety review. Completed within

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touch of a visa or tavistock. So we had two

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study areas in the township, the first one being Oxford

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Road four and Oxford. Road 33, the community of Interkip.

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The second location was Oxford Road 24 and Oxford Road.

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59 in the community of Tavistock. Both study locations were

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post monitoring follow up studies. Completed to measure previously the

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effectiveness of previously implemented speed management and traffic coming measures

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in those communities. This slide. The next couple of slides

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I'll skip through rather quickly, but basically this slide. Talks

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about the key principles that county adopted for countywide traffic.

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Calming approach. So the plan that would be utilized to

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measure speed and traffic calming in various communities. The speed

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and road safety work plan. So this was the work

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plan that was utilized at the time when the initial

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studies were completed in both interchipp and Tavistock. Establishing posted

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speeds. Just some information there from Transportation association of Canada.

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Talks about what features are taken into consideration. When developing.

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Relatable posted speeds based on the driving environment. In each

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community. The appropriate speeds, posted speeds and speed variation

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differential. Just some more information about how posted speeds are

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adopted. Why it's important to select appropriate posted speeds. And

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the negative implications that could come as a result of

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not selecting appropriate posted speeds. The community safety warrant process.

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That the county council had approved in September of 2021.

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It's a two warrant process, so. These are the measures

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that are utilized in order to establish community safety zones.

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And so on to more of the study information. So

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in Interkip, we have our study location area here, which

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is shown in the red delineated area throughout the village

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there on Oxford Road 44 or Oxford Road four and

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Oxford Road 33. As you can see on the plan,

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This slide here identifies the 2019 findings that came about

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as a result of the study that was completed the

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initial speed management and traffic calming study that was completed.

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At the time, excessive speeds were observed at the village

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entrances. Basically, the approaches to the village. Speeds within the

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village were not deemed to be excessive at the time.

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We reviewed the intersection of Oxford Road four and Oxford

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Road 33 to see if a always stop was warranted.

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It wasn't. We reviewed adequate site lines for school crossings

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and there were no speed collision speed related collision trends

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at the time. Since that 2019. Findings or recommendations was

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completed. Since that time, the following measures have been implemented

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in interchep. In July of 2019, speed feedback signs were

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installed at key entry points to the community. 50 kilometer

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hour zone limits were adjusted to align better with the

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built up limits of the community. The 60 kilometer hour

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transition zone at the south end was adjusted accordingly. That

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was it in July of 2019. So in February of

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2021. Two pedestrian crossovers were installed, one on Oxford Road

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four and another one on Oxford Road 33. And then,

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in November of 2023, community safety zone designations were installed

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on Oxford Road four and again on Oxford Road 33

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at the time. This slide here is rather busy. It

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shows the data that's been collected throughout the years. Going

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back as far as 2018. When the initial countywide and

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speed management and traffic calming approach was adopted by council

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data was collected that went to that report. At that

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time. This slide shows speed data collected on Oxford Road

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33. Both at data collection points. And

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the speed feedback signs, which are also capable of collecting

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data. And then this next slide talks about the post

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monitoring study. So the post monitoring speed data collection happened

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in 2000 and 22,025. The key findings showed that speeds

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were reduced by up to 10 approach. Marginal speed increases

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were observed within the built up area. Higher 85th percentile

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speeds within the built up area on Oxford Road 33.

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And it was noted that the speed feedback signs are

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effective in reducing the approaching speeds of vehicles. The recommendations

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coming out of the postmodernitoring follow up study include the

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installation of flexible center line delineators on Oxford Road four

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and Oxford Road 33 within the village. The relocation of

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the north and west speed feedback signs to align with

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the 50 kilometer hour speed. Zone limit. And future road

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urbanization on OR 33 east. I think there's a proposed

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subdivision there on the corner. Be the south, the east

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corner of 19th line in Oxford Road 33. And as

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part of that, I think future road urbanization is a

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recommendation that should come out of that. This next slide

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shows it's an immediate measures maps. Shows approximate locations of

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where flexible delineators would be installed. It shows the relocation

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of the north and the west feedback signs to alive

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with the 50 kilometer hour zone where it begins. And

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also. Although not showing on the plan, there is intent

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to put flexible delineators on Oxford Road. 33 as well.

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So the next community was Tavistock. This slide shows the

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study limits outlined again in red both Woodstock street and

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Hope Street. The 2021 findings from the Tavistock initial Speed

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Management and traffic calming study. Found that speeds were marginally

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excessive on Oxford Road 59 south of Wilton street and

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on or 24 eastbound. 60 kilometer hour transition zones were

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found to be ineffective in reducing the approach speeds of

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vehicles to the community. The 50 kilometer hours owned south

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of Wilton street didn't match the built up area of

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the community. Rendering it somewhat ineffective. There were no significant

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speed related collision trends observed at the time. And truck

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activity remained consistent with typical volumes on comparable county roads.

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The traffic calming measures that were implemented after that initial

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study include, in January of 2022. There was an upload

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of Maplewood side Road. From or 59 to Oxford Road

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five. From the township to the county. Premises that. The

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uploading that to the county may offer opportunities for trucks

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to be able to bypass for the road to be

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able to one day be designed to a higher standard.

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So that then we could maybe support less trucks having

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to go through the village itself. In June of 2022.

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The 60 kilometer hour transition zones on County Road 24

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east and 59 south. Were adjusted. Sorry. They were removed

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in the 50 kilometer hour zone was adjusted to match

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the built up limit so the community. Speed. Feedback signs

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were installed at the east and south legs of the

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village in February 2023. There was a PXO installed on

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Woodstock Street north, near Jacob Street. And in November 2023

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and May 2025, respectively. There were community safety zone designations

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installed on or 24. Or 59. So this next slide

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shows the speed summary map. Again with data going back

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as far as 2019. Collected in 20 23, 20, 24,

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20, 25. And the speed data that was collected on

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Oxford Road 59 over the various years where data was

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collected. And so the post monitoring.

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Findings as a result of our most recent study here.

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The key findings included incoming speeds at the south end

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were reduced by 14 km an hour. Incoming speeds at

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the east end increased and also at the west end

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by approximately 10 km an hour each. The south speed

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feedback sign. Data was compared against our data point, and

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I believe we have a discrepancy with our data point.

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So there is a plan to collect future data. There

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the espe. Espeed feedback sign versus the 2025 data point.

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Again, at that data point, I think. We had a

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discrepancy as well. And it was noted that the speed

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feedback signs are effective in reducing incoming vehicle speeds. So

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the recommendations. From the Tavistock study include the installation of

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speed feedback signs at east and west approaches on Hope

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street. The installation of. Center line flexible delineators at the

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east end of Hope street and Road urbanization on the

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south end is planned in 2027 for the extension of

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curbs and sidewalks. I'm sure all of you are aware

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of the proposed development there on the west side. Of

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Woodstock street south. I believe the county has accepted a

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monetary contribution from the developer for that road urbanization project.

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Which is at this point scheduled for 2027. Further data

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collection is needed at the south and east ends as

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a result of. Those discrepancy. With the data that was

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collected there and the future intersection studies on Oxford Road

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24 at Perthline. 29 and Perthline 33 have been identified.

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As part of the strategy, maybe to try and have

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trucks utilize more roads going around the village. Rather than

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through. The next slide is an immediate measures map. You

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can. See the addition of the speed feedback signs at

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the west and east ends of the village as well

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as a flexible delineator plan there for. The east end

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of the village as well. So, next steps, while we

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are meeting with you here today, doing the delegation, It

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is January 2026. The public consultation. We plan to send

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out notices to all residents running. On the affected roadways.

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So those notices will go up by mail and we'll

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also be posted on speak up. Oxford. Our plan is

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to send the findings or recommendations in a report to

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council on February. 25th. For their review and approval. The

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plan is to implement. The final approved immediate measures in

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q two or q three of 2026. Postmodernitoring and continued

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post monitoring and data sharing with. Police is an ongoing.

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Key finding of the countywide strategy. And the Oxford County

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Road Safety strategy. So that's a recent initiative that was

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approved by county council to come up with a countywide

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road safety strategy with the input of the area municipalities

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through the creation of an ad hoc committee and to.

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Develop. Countywide strategy that could be applied across the area,

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municipalities as well. And then last but not least the

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road safety improvement fund. Is the fund that was announced

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shortly after the government canceled the automated speed enforcement program.

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It's my understanding that. The funding for the road safety

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Improvement Fund was offered first to those municipalities that were

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already involved. In automated speed enforcement, but that perhaps any

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remaining monies will be offered to municipalities who would be

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left to qualify through some kind of application process. So

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with that, we have some future study areas planned for

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2026. They include Oxford Road 28, near 14th Line. And

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Oxford Road. Two between or 30 and the 10th line.

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The second one there. Oxford Road two is actually a

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post monitoring follow up study. We already did. An initial

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study there several years back, so that would be the

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follow up. So I guess with that, I'd like to

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thank you for allowing us the opportunity to. Present here.

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And if anyone has questions. Or they're willing to try

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and answer those. Thank you, Sean and Frank. Any questions

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for these gentlemen from my council, Deputy Mayor Smith. Do

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we share these findings with oPp? Yes, we do. So

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through the mayor to the councilor, previous to this meeting

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here we met. With township of Esore to have stock

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staff. Police. And. Wasn't at the meeting, but assuming there

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was a council member here. At that meeting, correct? So,

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yeah, we did. That information, this presentation. Was shared with

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them at the time. When we collect speed data. The

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speed data is also shared with them in its raw

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form. And they then take that and they have their

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traffic analyst review it and. They're looking for not only

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areas of high speed, but what time of day is

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that? Happening, right? Because obviously they have limited resources. They

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won't want to be able to target. Or set up

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targeted enforcement of known locations where they figure they'll maybe

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get the best. Bang for their bach. My concern is.

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The. Highway, their county road 33 going in. Aircap the

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speeds coming in and out of there. And that's very

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close to the school. Seems to be excessive, and I'm

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just hoping that the OPP or through some of these

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common measures, we can get that speed in check because.

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It's just nothing but gone up. All the way along,

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and it just seems to. We're just looking for a

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place to. Have an accident there. Thank you. Councilor Glespie.

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I was just wondering if you have any data on

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where center line delineators have been. Used at their effectiveness.

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Through the mayor to the councilor. Yeah. So we did

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a pilot study in Embro initially. And in that study,

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what we determined was that maybe embroil was not a

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good location. With the curbs. Through there, and it was

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somewhat narrow. And we were also using a delineator that

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wasn't very robust. It didn't stand up very well. We

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experienced a lot of damage. We were out repairing a

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lot. There was a lot of staff resources tied up

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and having to reinstall or repair. Units that were hit.

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But through the pilot study. It was found that they

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were effective at reducing speeds, especially on the outgoing speeds,

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as vehicles are leaving the community. But like anything, they

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need to be used appropriately. Right? So. We currently have

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locations in verse oil in Beachville, where the flexible delineators

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have been installed. Obviously they're taken down during the winter

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months. They're not easy to plow. Around, but in those

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communities too. Bershoil, I know we have data back from

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that community and it was found that they are effective.

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00:39:58,547 --> 00:40:02,587
Especially, again, in reducing outgoing speeds of vehicles. So, yeah,

474
00:40:02,587 --> 00:40:08,389
that data does exist. I was just wondering. There's no

475
00:40:08,389 --> 00:40:12,389
delineator shown for Oxford Road 33, which has the most

476
00:40:12,389 --> 00:40:17,781
excessive speeds. And a concern with Blanford street being fairly

477
00:40:17,781 --> 00:40:21,221
narrow and a lot of on road parking. Because of

478
00:40:21,221 --> 00:40:23,741
an event center in the middle of the village that

479
00:40:23,741 --> 00:40:25,981
ends up making the road very narrow when there's parking.

480
00:40:25,981 --> 00:40:29,574
I know. Cars lose mirrors. Parked along the side of

481
00:40:29,574 --> 00:40:32,614
the road as it is, that adding those delineators would

482
00:40:32,614 --> 00:40:37,009
just make it a little too bottlenecked in areas. Through

483
00:40:37,009 --> 00:40:40,289
the mayor to the councilor. So we'll need to be

484
00:40:40,289 --> 00:40:43,449
strategic in the application. Of them. The fact that there

485
00:40:43,449 --> 00:40:45,409
are not any shown on the map is an oversight.

486
00:40:49,198 --> 00:40:51,558
In the slide previous that we did identify that there

487
00:40:51,558 --> 00:40:56,494
is plans. To install flexible delineators on Oxford Road 33

488
00:40:56,494 --> 00:41:00,587
as well. My apologies for that. The goal is to

489
00:41:00,587 --> 00:41:04,707
try and narrow the appearance of the lanes to get

490
00:41:04,707 --> 00:41:05,987
people to slow down. Right.

491
00:41:16,244 --> 00:41:18,764
We have to try something. And this is something, right?

492
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:22,320
And I appreciate that. Vehicles may be parked on the

493
00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:26,000
side of the road, but that shouldn't. Hinder most people's

494
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:30,694
driving, right? To me. What will be maybe more critical

495
00:41:30,694 --> 00:41:32,614
is farm vehicles that are trying to go through there.

496
00:41:34,414 --> 00:41:37,844
And for what it's worth, Those delineators that we're using

497
00:41:37,844 --> 00:41:40,084
now, they're much more robust than the ones that we

498
00:41:40,084 --> 00:41:43,164
were using in Embro. They stand up much better to

499
00:41:43,164 --> 00:41:47,804
direct hits. Farm vehicle. Vehicles can essentially drive right over

500
00:41:47,804 --> 00:41:51,513
them and they pop right back up again. Like anything.

501
00:41:51,513 --> 00:41:53,513
Eventually, in time, they will wear and tear to a

502
00:41:53,513 --> 00:41:59,303
point where they need replacement or repair. But. They're certainly

503
00:41:59,303 --> 00:42:02,060
much more robust than what we used initially. Any other

504
00:42:02,060 --> 00:42:09,415
questions? I just have a couple of quick ones. I

505
00:42:09,415 --> 00:42:11,575
noticed there's going to be delineators. On the east end

506
00:42:11,575 --> 00:42:16,405
of Hope street, I believe. But none on the west

507
00:42:16,405 --> 00:42:19,285
end. Do they read that correctly? And they both have

508
00:42:19,285 --> 00:42:26,032
similar. Excessive speeds over the limit. Yeah. So through you,

509
00:42:26,032 --> 00:42:29,312
Mr. Mayor. I think the reasoning behind that is that.

510
00:42:30,599 --> 00:42:33,852
As I mentioned. They're effective at reducing the outgoing speeds.

511
00:42:33,852 --> 00:42:36,572
And, I mean, the speedback signs are certainly effective at

512
00:42:36,572 --> 00:42:41,573
reducing the incoming speed. So I think the identifying factor

513
00:42:41,573 --> 00:42:44,733
there was that outgoing speeds at the east end were

514
00:42:44,733 --> 00:42:47,933
problematic, right? And the addition of a speed feedback sign

515
00:42:47,933 --> 00:42:51,253
will obviously assist with the incoming, but maybe not be

516
00:42:51,253 --> 00:42:54,253
as effective at reducing outgoing speed. So that is the

517
00:42:54,253 --> 00:43:01,576
reason for. That east location. Flexible, delineated recommendation. Just one

518
00:43:01,576 --> 00:43:04,856
other quick question. A big concern, obviously, in Tavistock is

519
00:43:04,856 --> 00:43:06,816
the amount of trucks that come through town and I

520
00:43:06,816 --> 00:43:10,256
know Connie Road 28 can take some of that. And

521
00:43:10,256 --> 00:43:15,204
Perth line 29. Is, I think, becoming more of a

522
00:43:15,204 --> 00:43:18,321
truck route as well. But what are your findings on

523
00:43:18,321 --> 00:43:20,681
the truck traffic? I think you said it shows just

524
00:43:20,681 --> 00:43:25,895
like an average county road. But coming through an intersection

525
00:43:25,895 --> 00:43:28,735
like that, even an average amount of truck traffic can

526
00:43:28,735 --> 00:43:32,382
be problematic. What are your thoughts on what could possibly

527
00:43:32,382 --> 00:43:37,787
be done to allay some of that issue? Well, I

528
00:43:37,787 --> 00:43:44,581
think through you, Mr. Mayor. I think uploading Maplewood side

529
00:43:44,581 --> 00:43:48,587
Road is a good first step. The County Road network,

530
00:43:48,587 --> 00:43:51,507
obviously is an arterial road network. It's designed to move

531
00:43:51,507 --> 00:43:58,664
people, goods. Emergency services, right? So Maplewood side Road is

532
00:43:58,664 --> 00:44:02,315
in a very good state now. But there is opportunities

533
00:44:02,315 --> 00:44:06,814
there for improvement of it too. And. I think even

534
00:44:06,814 --> 00:44:10,617
since we've taken it over. We've seen an increase in

535
00:44:10,617 --> 00:44:14,393
traffic on it. And I think that will continue. Right.

536
00:44:14,393 --> 00:44:18,233
As more and more trucks maybe realize that if they

537
00:44:18,233 --> 00:44:21,545
don't have a need to go through Tavistock, then. There

538
00:44:21,545 --> 00:44:25,191
is a decent way to get around it. Yeah. I

539
00:44:25,191 --> 00:44:28,511
don't know if there's an appetite to develop a truck

540
00:44:28,511 --> 00:44:33,760
detour. Around the community. That's obviously something that's quite political.

541
00:44:35,650 --> 00:44:41,974
And within your purview to try and initiate. Or get

542
00:44:41,974 --> 00:44:48,896
the county thinking about it, obviously. Short of that. Providing

543
00:44:48,896 --> 00:44:53,187
opportunities for vehicles to get around on their own. And

544
00:44:53,187 --> 00:44:56,227
allowing them to make that choice on their own is

545
00:44:56,227 --> 00:44:59,907
maybe the first option, the second option. Is to maybe

546
00:44:59,907 --> 00:45:06,988
force them around it. Thank you. Any other questions? Not

547
00:45:06,988 --> 00:45:09,148
seeing any. Thank you for coming out tonight. Thank you

548
00:45:09,148 --> 00:45:14,342
for the report. Great. Thank you. We have a resolution

549
00:45:14,342 --> 00:45:19,043
on your screen for council. Moved by deputy mayor Smith,

550
00:45:19,043 --> 00:45:21,883
seconded by councilor Rudy. That council received a presentation from

551
00:45:21,883 --> 00:45:25,163
Oxford. County regarding speed management and road safety as information.

552
00:45:31,565 --> 00:45:34,205
Is there any discussion regarding that motion and the report?

553
00:45:35,903 --> 00:45:37,183
Not seeing any. We will call the vote.

554
00:45:51,775 --> 00:45:55,761
That is carried. Okay, we're on to item six B.

555
00:45:55,761 --> 00:45:59,081
Oxford county safe and well Oxford Community safety plan. Update.

556
00:46:08,310 --> 00:46:12,190
We have Sarah Hamelecki, manager of strategic initiatives and intergovernmental

557
00:46:12,190 --> 00:46:15,950
relations, and Marcus Ryan, chair of safe and well, Oxford.

558
00:46:15,950 --> 00:46:20,551
Welcome. Look forward to your report. Thank you. Good evening,

559
00:46:20,551 --> 00:46:22,951
mayor and councilors. We are very pleased to be here

560
00:46:22,951 --> 00:46:24,951
this evening, to be able to present to you the

561
00:46:24,951 --> 00:46:29,071
updated final draft version of the community safety and well

562
00:46:29,071 --> 00:46:31,631
being plan for Oxford county, which we call safe and

563
00:46:31,631 --> 00:46:37,074
well, Oxford. So we will presume that you have read

564
00:46:37,074 --> 00:46:41,326
the information in the report. And the actual plan itself.

565
00:46:41,326 --> 00:46:43,486
But there are a few things that we are here

566
00:46:43,486 --> 00:46:45,566
today to kind of highlight and provide a little bit

567
00:46:45,566 --> 00:46:50,219
further context. And then obviously, we are available to ask

568
00:46:50,219 --> 00:46:53,484
any questions, should you have any. So I'm hoping that

569
00:46:53,484 --> 00:46:59,952
by now you're all. At least very high level. Familiar

570
00:46:59,952 --> 00:47:04,813
have high level familiarity with community safety wellbeing plans. Little

571
00:47:04,813 --> 00:47:06,773
bit of a recap or a couple of really key

572
00:47:06,773 --> 00:47:10,752
things. These are legislated. Plans. So they are legislated through

573
00:47:10,752 --> 00:47:16,876
the Community Safety and Policing Act. From 2019 locally here

574
00:47:16,876 --> 00:47:22,081
back in 2021. All of the eight area municipalities passed

575
00:47:22,081 --> 00:47:27,840
resolutions. To not only endorse the existing plan, but also.

576
00:47:29,185 --> 00:47:31,585
To have Oxford county lead the plan on their behalf.

577
00:47:33,521 --> 00:47:36,521
Prior to the update and review process, which we are

578
00:47:36,521 --> 00:47:42,536
legislated to do every four years. I felt honestly fairly

579
00:47:42,536 --> 00:47:46,457
knowledgeable about community safety, well being, plans. But I can

580
00:47:46,457 --> 00:47:49,537
also mention that I have learned a great deal over

581
00:47:49,537 --> 00:47:52,817
the past year. Eight months. That we have been working

582
00:47:52,817 --> 00:47:56,817
on this update process. I suspect that the warden will

583
00:47:56,817 --> 00:48:00,405
also share some of. His learnings. But we are both

584
00:48:00,405 --> 00:48:02,445
very much in agreement that one of the key things

585
00:48:02,445 --> 00:48:06,165
that we realized throughout this process is what the true

586
00:48:06,165 --> 00:48:09,285
purpose is of the community, safety, well being, plans and

587
00:48:09,285 --> 00:48:12,487
sort of what they can do within our communities. So

588
00:48:12,487 --> 00:48:14,927
interestingly, I guess you could say, is that, yes, they

589
00:48:14,927 --> 00:48:18,767
are legislated, but they don't necessarily hold a lot of

590
00:48:18,767 --> 00:48:23,422
power, so to speak. So the plans themselves. Aren't necessarily

591
00:48:23,422 --> 00:48:27,594
what's driving the actual work happening in our communities. It's

592
00:48:27,594 --> 00:48:30,354
these service providers, the frontline staff, the people that are

593
00:48:30,354 --> 00:48:33,554
doing the actual work. Connected to the priority areas and.

594
00:48:35,456 --> 00:48:38,804
That has been. Really insightful for us. And I think

595
00:48:38,804 --> 00:48:42,329
is going to. Prove to be really beneficial for us

596
00:48:42,329 --> 00:48:45,169
as we move forward and actually implement the plan that

597
00:48:45,169 --> 00:48:49,148
we are presenting to you today. So if you remember.

598
00:48:52,606 --> 00:48:55,985
The plan to update. The process to update the plan

599
00:48:55,985 --> 00:48:59,865
started earlier in 2025, and the county steering committee and

600
00:48:59,865 --> 00:49:02,385
county staff decided to go to strategy core as an

601
00:49:02,385 --> 00:49:06,720
outside. Consultant because they had familiarity with Oxford county from

602
00:49:06,720 --> 00:49:09,200
developing the county strategic plan. The term they had familiarity

603
00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:11,920
with other community safety well being plans around the province,

604
00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:15,280
and we thought they could give us advice as to

605
00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:17,800
what was working in ours, what was working in others,

606
00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:20,960
and obviously what was not. Working in places. So there

607
00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:23,880
was extensive data review done. Part of that was data

608
00:49:23,880 --> 00:49:26,717
in. Oxford. Part of it was in Canadian x well

609
00:49:26,717 --> 00:49:29,237
being survey, which then is comparable to other communities around

610
00:49:29,237 --> 00:49:32,157
the province so you can have some context to the

611
00:49:32,157 --> 00:49:36,128
data that you collect. And extensive surveys within Oxford county

612
00:49:36,128 --> 00:49:39,088
of residents of organizations that either do or could contribute

613
00:49:39,088 --> 00:49:42,488
and participate in safe law auction plan area councils and

614
00:49:42,488 --> 00:49:46,240
staff. And each of you individually. And then strategy core

615
00:49:46,240 --> 00:49:49,960
compiled all that, made a recommendation of a draft. A

616
00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:56,497
draft. Updated plan. And manager Hamalecki reviewed that with them,

617
00:49:56,497 --> 00:49:58,217
made her changes that she wanted to see to. It,

618
00:49:58,217 --> 00:50:02,024
and that was then put out to the community. At

619
00:50:02,024 --> 00:50:06,420
the summit in October. For more review. Strategy core took

620
00:50:06,420 --> 00:50:10,045
then that input from that. Came back with another draft

621
00:50:10,045 --> 00:50:12,685
manager, Hamalecki, who then said, now I'm going to change

622
00:50:12,685 --> 00:50:14,285
it again. And that's what's in front of you today.

623
00:50:14,285 --> 00:50:16,165
So we're. Pretty confident that the plan that's in front

624
00:50:16,165 --> 00:50:19,974
of you today reflects. What we learned from the first

625
00:50:19,974 --> 00:50:23,774
plan, what we learned from Canaanics of well being. Survey

626
00:50:23,774 --> 00:50:25,454
what we learned from the surveys about this plan, the

627
00:50:25,454 --> 00:50:29,014
iterations of drafts through municipal staff and councils and residents

628
00:50:29,014 --> 00:50:32,334
and organizations that participate. So really what we're looking for

629
00:50:32,334 --> 00:50:34,814
today is sort of this is what our communities told

630
00:50:34,814 --> 00:50:36,614
us. This is what our councils have told us. This

631
00:50:36,614 --> 00:50:40,375
is what the organizations who will. Be asked to participate

632
00:50:40,375 --> 00:50:42,295
and deliver on this have told us, and so we

633
00:50:42,295 --> 00:50:44,255
think this is a plan that is ready to go.

634
00:50:45,817 --> 00:50:47,817
So shifting gears a little bit to the actual plan

635
00:50:47,817 --> 00:50:54,206
itself. The very first one that we had included four

636
00:50:54,206 --> 00:50:58,086
priority areas. We added the fifth being gender based. Violence

637
00:50:58,086 --> 00:51:00,286
sort of partway through, it would have been right around

638
00:51:00,286 --> 00:51:04,486
2023. 2024. So during this term of council, and then

639
00:51:04,486 --> 00:51:08,606
this new version has an additional six priority area so

640
00:51:08,606 --> 00:51:12,814
you can see affordability and economic stability. And maybe to

641
00:51:12,814 --> 00:51:15,774
alleviate any questions about that. You're still welcome to ask

642
00:51:15,774 --> 00:51:19,414
it, but I do recognize. We are quite aware that

643
00:51:19,414 --> 00:51:25,125
that is a huge topic. And. It is a bit

644
00:51:25,125 --> 00:51:29,748
daunting, to be honest, but I think. That is exactly

645
00:51:29,748 --> 00:51:33,148
where the purpose of community safety well being plans come

646
00:51:33,148 --> 00:51:36,308
into play, in that we will hopefully be able to

647
00:51:36,308 --> 00:51:38,908
connect with the people that are already doing the work

648
00:51:38,908 --> 00:51:44,862
within our communities. We know that. There are. Organizations that

649
00:51:44,862 --> 00:51:50,399
are addressing food security. Some poverty, things like that. So

650
00:51:50,399 --> 00:51:52,959
we will be able to, with this plan, be able

651
00:51:52,959 --> 00:51:55,559
to make some of those connections, help to foster relationships.

652
00:51:57,297 --> 00:52:01,675
And provide any support that we can. The other change,

653
00:52:01,675 --> 00:52:05,555
I would say for the priority areas is mostly just

654
00:52:05,555 --> 00:52:09,195
the title of the people. And belonging priority area. So

655
00:52:09,195 --> 00:52:13,035
it was somewhat formerly known as Dei, but I think

656
00:52:13,035 --> 00:52:15,675
that it has not only obviously changed the title, but

657
00:52:15,675 --> 00:52:18,395
has also evolved a little bit more to, in my

658
00:52:18,395 --> 00:52:21,349
opinion, be a little bit more reflective. Of the broader

659
00:52:21,349 --> 00:52:23,869
needs within our community, and I think that is a

660
00:52:23,869 --> 00:52:26,149
really positive change for us. Because at the end of

661
00:52:26,149 --> 00:52:29,269
the day, I hope that we would all agree that

662
00:52:29,269 --> 00:52:31,669
really what we want is our residents and our community

663
00:52:31,669 --> 00:52:33,869
members to feel like they belong here in Oxford County.

664
00:52:35,780 --> 00:52:42,466
So. Another really big change, one that I personally am

665
00:52:42,466 --> 00:52:45,306
really excited about, is the addition of a full time

666
00:52:45,306 --> 00:52:47,906
coordinator position that will be able to lead this work.

667
00:52:49,436 --> 00:52:53,916
It was improved. Approved. Sorry, through the county council 2026

668
00:52:53,916 --> 00:52:59,408
budget. And the role will be providing some administrative support

669
00:52:59,408 --> 00:53:02,048
to the situation. Table and the femicide prevention table, which

670
00:53:02,048 --> 00:53:05,048
are two existing tables in our communities that are in

671
00:53:05,048 --> 00:53:08,288
need of some support and the work that they do

672
00:53:08,288 --> 00:53:11,208
is very closely connected to the work that's happening with

673
00:53:11,208 --> 00:53:13,768
the community safety well being plan. So we've kind of

674
00:53:13,768 --> 00:53:15,048
pulled in and made a little bit more of a.

675
00:53:15,801 --> 00:53:19,128
Formal connection to the plan. And then also, obviously, providing

676
00:53:19,128 --> 00:53:22,968
that support. They will provide support to the action coalitions

677
00:53:22,968 --> 00:53:29,762
as well. It is only one position, so. It is

678
00:53:29,762 --> 00:53:32,082
somewhat drop in the bucket as far as what some

679
00:53:32,082 --> 00:53:36,402
of our service providers needs in terms of additional resources.

680
00:53:37,923 --> 00:53:41,124
But. I am at least, like I said, optimistic that

681
00:53:41,124 --> 00:53:44,724
they will be able to alleviate some of the extra

682
00:53:44,724 --> 00:53:49,244
work and possibly help to make connections, maybe share resources,

683
00:53:49,244 --> 00:53:52,124
and to try to maximize the resources. That they do

684
00:53:52,124 --> 00:53:57,730
have. So another change is the steering committee. So it

685
00:53:57,730 --> 00:54:01,703
has been renamed to be the advisory committee. And I

686
00:54:01,703 --> 00:54:07,514
think other than maintaining the legislated roles, For. That body.

687
00:54:07,514 --> 00:54:10,674
We are also going to be adding one representative from

688
00:54:10,674 --> 00:54:13,274
each of the area municipalities. I do see that as

689
00:54:13,274 --> 00:54:18,244
an important change to help maintain that connection. The information

690
00:54:18,244 --> 00:54:24,831
sharing and communication between the county. The advisory committee and

691
00:54:24,831 --> 00:54:29,185
back to our area municipalities. I want to highlight the

692
00:54:29,185 --> 00:54:32,305
foundational values as well, so you will see them in

693
00:54:32,305 --> 00:54:37,260
the graphic. That is included in your information. These are

694
00:54:37,260 --> 00:54:40,460
something that I actually felt a little bit more personally

695
00:54:40,460 --> 00:54:46,460
connected with and felt. Quite. It was really important to

696
00:54:46,460 --> 00:54:48,700
me that they be included, and a big reason for

697
00:54:48,700 --> 00:54:51,820
that is some of the feedback that I heard firsthand

698
00:54:51,820 --> 00:54:55,340
while at the summit. So we included youth, which I

699
00:54:55,340 --> 00:54:58,660
think is hopefully fairly obvious as far as prioritizing our

700
00:54:58,660 --> 00:55:01,780
youth community safety well being plans. Are meant to be

701
00:55:01,780 --> 00:55:04,820
proactive and preventative in nature, and I think it's important

702
00:55:04,820 --> 00:55:09,522
that. Therefore, we make sure that we are being inclusive

703
00:55:09,522 --> 00:55:13,002
of youth and coming up with solutions and things. For

704
00:55:13,002 --> 00:55:18,429
our youth. Local voices is another important part. And a

705
00:55:18,429 --> 00:55:22,509
foundational value that we have added with the idea that

706
00:55:22,509 --> 00:55:26,069
not only do we include sort of the people with

707
00:55:26,069 --> 00:55:28,669
lived experiences, which is a term that you often hear.

708
00:55:30,148 --> 00:55:32,948
I not only want to include that aspect, but I

709
00:55:32,948 --> 00:55:37,508
really want to see the voices of our residents included

710
00:55:37,508 --> 00:55:40,308
on a more ongoing basis, and that does include within

711
00:55:40,308 --> 00:55:44,108
our rural municipalities. And this ties in nicely to the

712
00:55:44,108 --> 00:55:47,868
next foundational value, which is urban and rural lens, which

713
00:55:47,868 --> 00:55:51,817
again was very very apparent. At the summit. As far

714
00:55:51,817 --> 00:55:56,759
as. Understanding and appreciating the fact that. As I say,

715
00:55:56,759 --> 00:55:58,839
one of the things that I love about Oxford county

716
00:55:58,839 --> 00:56:01,479
is the fact that we have urban and we have

717
00:56:01,479 --> 00:56:06,478
these rural areas. But they present different needs. And these

718
00:56:06,478 --> 00:56:10,318
priority areas also present themselves differently within urban and rural

719
00:56:10,318 --> 00:56:14,969
areas. So. I hope that by adding this as a

720
00:56:14,969 --> 00:56:19,769
foundational value along with the others, that these things will

721
00:56:19,769 --> 00:56:22,569
become sort of ingrained in the work that we do

722
00:56:22,569 --> 00:56:26,355
with our community safety, well being. Plan. And lastly, just

723
00:56:26,355 --> 00:56:30,959
to kind of highlight. Admittedly, I'll be honest, data and

724
00:56:30,959 --> 00:56:34,039
metrics isn't something that we did. Overly well in this

725
00:56:34,039 --> 00:56:36,959
last iteration. Part of that, to be honest, is because

726
00:56:36,959 --> 00:56:40,481
it just is an incredibly difficult thing to measure. It's

727
00:56:40,481 --> 00:56:43,125
very hard to be able to come up with. A

728
00:56:43,125 --> 00:56:46,725
handful of metrics and pieces of data that are a

729
00:56:46,725 --> 00:56:53,157
true reflection of progress being made. So I'm striving to

730
00:56:53,157 --> 00:56:56,251
a do that. In a better way. But not only

731
00:56:56,251 --> 00:56:59,771
that, I would really, really love to see better sharing

732
00:56:59,771 --> 00:57:02,931
of data and metrics within our community partners, and I

733
00:57:02,931 --> 00:57:07,709
do see that as an opportunity. To share resources. Things

734
00:57:07,709 --> 00:57:11,789
like not over surveying people, knowing that if an organization

735
00:57:11,789 --> 00:57:14,789
is doing a survey here that another one can capitalize

736
00:57:14,789 --> 00:57:17,149
on that information. And maybe just by adding a couple

737
00:57:17,149 --> 00:57:20,309
of questions. They both have a survey that meets their

738
00:57:20,309 --> 00:57:27,572
needs. Lastly. Action coalitions with the support of the new

739
00:57:27,572 --> 00:57:30,652
full time position. We will be asking each of the

740
00:57:30,652 --> 00:57:33,692
action coalitions, which some of them did do this before.

741
00:57:34,854 --> 00:57:37,134
But we will be making it a more formal part

742
00:57:37,134 --> 00:57:39,854
that they have a work plan and that we know

743
00:57:39,854 --> 00:57:41,454
the types of things that they are working on so

744
00:57:41,454 --> 00:57:43,454
that we can ensure that we are in fact working

745
00:57:43,454 --> 00:57:47,476
towards those shared goals within the plan itself. So this

746
00:57:47,476 --> 00:57:52,676
slide is the governance model. And Sarah was not wrong

747
00:57:52,676 --> 00:57:54,356
when she suggested I was going to point this out

748
00:57:54,356 --> 00:57:56,596
because this is one of the things that I personally

749
00:57:56,596 --> 00:57:59,516
struggled with over the last three years of chairing the

750
00:57:59,516 --> 00:58:01,236
committee and also through this new plan, but it is,

751
00:58:01,236 --> 00:58:04,436
in fact, a reality of community safety. Well, being plans,

752
00:58:04,436 --> 00:58:08,558
and that is that unlike. Policies that most council set

753
00:58:08,558 --> 00:58:10,438
where you're actually setting a service level and then you're

754
00:58:10,438 --> 00:58:12,838
allocating resources to that, and you set a measurable that

755
00:58:12,838 --> 00:58:15,278
determines whether those resources are sufficient to deliver on that

756
00:58:15,278 --> 00:58:17,998
service level. In this case, what we're really doing is

757
00:58:17,998 --> 00:58:22,118
we're setting the priority areas, and we're inviting other groups

758
00:58:22,118 --> 00:58:25,638
to come and help us. To achieve progress in those

759
00:58:25,638 --> 00:58:29,470
priority areas. So. Other than the FTE, we're not really

760
00:58:29,470 --> 00:58:34,823
allocating resources to this. Those action coalitions will set their

761
00:58:34,823 --> 00:58:38,863
own metrics. The FTE will help them through their meetings,

762
00:58:38,863 --> 00:58:42,103
try to work towards and measure progress towards those metrics,

763
00:58:42,103 --> 00:58:44,863
but we're not unlike sort of hard top maintenance or

764
00:58:44,863 --> 00:58:48,023
loose top maintenance or number of soccer fields they're going.

765
00:58:48,023 --> 00:58:49,783
To say that we've just said with the priority areas

766
00:58:49,783 --> 00:58:51,823
are so, for instance, when it comes to the area.

767
00:58:52,838 --> 00:58:57,053
That Sarah pointed out of affordability and economic stability. You

768
00:58:57,053 --> 00:59:00,413
have seven counselors here. You can imagine how much you

769
00:59:00,413 --> 00:59:02,253
might all disagree on that. And then you get all

770
00:59:02,253 --> 00:59:04,173
the different groups that are going to contribute to this.

771
00:59:04,173 --> 00:59:05,613
So that's going to be part of the work of

772
00:59:05,613 --> 00:59:07,373
the plan is going to be figuring out what do

773
00:59:07,373 --> 00:59:09,693
we mean by that? How do we measure it? What's

774
00:59:09,693 --> 00:59:14,213
achievable? So this graphic shows the contributing factors to that

775
00:59:14,213 --> 00:59:15,973
small g governance of how that's going to happen. So

776
00:59:15,973 --> 00:59:19,000
you have the. Youth, local voices, data and metrics, and

777
00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:22,280
rural and urban lenses around the outside. The action coalition's

778
00:59:22,280 --> 00:59:25,400
advisory committee and the situation at femicide prevention tables. Again,

779
00:59:25,400 --> 00:59:28,920
the situation and femicide venture. Tables are not, strictly speaking,

780
00:59:28,920 --> 00:59:31,953
part of the plan. But that safe and wellx report

781
00:59:31,953 --> 00:59:34,433
near will be working with them. It's a lot. Of

782
00:59:34,433 --> 00:59:37,673
the same people, a lot of the same organizations working

783
00:59:37,673 --> 00:59:40,153
on those prevention tables that we are. Hoping will bring

784
00:59:40,153 --> 00:59:43,793
that reactive knowledge to the safe and well plan in

785
00:59:43,793 --> 00:59:46,193
a proactive way across the bottom, you can see the

786
00:59:46,193 --> 00:59:48,908
priority areas. In the lower right of the circle, there

787
00:59:48,908 --> 00:59:51,028
is the heart hub and wellness center, which is, again,

788
00:59:51,028 --> 00:59:53,668
strictly speaking, not part of the safe and well plan,

789
00:59:53,668 --> 00:59:55,988
but obviously, again, a lot of the same. Players, and

790
00:59:55,988 --> 00:59:58,508
obviously when it comes to mental health and addictions issues,

791
00:59:58,508 --> 01:00:02,148
is our primary reactive. More than proactive, as the safe

792
01:00:02,148 --> 01:00:04,148
and well plan is meant to be. But there's learnings

793
01:00:04,148 --> 01:00:08,256
there similar people. There should be a level of coordination,

794
01:00:08,256 --> 01:00:11,016
even though it's not actually integrated into the plan. And

795
01:00:11,016 --> 01:00:13,736
then off to the right are those shared commitments that

796
01:00:13,736 --> 01:00:16,736
Sarah mentioned earlier in the slide and the success enablers,

797
01:00:16,736 --> 01:00:21,056
which are how will we facilitate getting success in this

798
01:00:21,056 --> 01:00:23,096
plan? And they're all there for you to see, but

799
01:00:23,096 --> 01:00:26,096
these will be sort of the high level governing principles.

800
01:00:26,096 --> 01:00:28,429
That the intention. Would be that the coordinator and the

801
01:00:28,429 --> 01:00:32,269
advisory committee would use to determine how do the action

802
01:00:32,269 --> 01:00:35,429
coalition set their metrics, what their goals are. And then

803
01:00:35,429 --> 01:00:37,789
how do we measure that they're actually moving towards those

804
01:00:37,789 --> 01:00:40,309
things in the right directions and consistent with what the

805
01:00:40,309 --> 01:00:42,669
community told us at the earlier stages of the development

806
01:00:42,669 --> 01:00:46,883
of the plan. All right, that's it. But we are

807
01:00:46,883 --> 01:00:49,723
open to any questions if you have any. Thank you.

808
01:00:49,723 --> 01:00:55,296
Thank you. Any questions for our presenters tonight? I just

809
01:00:55,296 --> 01:00:58,696
have a quick one. Your expectation for the advisory committee

810
01:00:58,696 --> 01:01:01,736
member from each area municipality do you see that as

811
01:01:01,736 --> 01:01:09,008
an elected member or a community member. Or just your

812
01:01:09,008 --> 01:01:14,426
thoughts on that? Through the mayor to the mayor. I'm

813
01:01:14,426 --> 01:01:17,832
not sure right now, personally, and. I don't really actually

814
01:01:17,832 --> 01:01:19,952
feel that that is a decision for me to make

815
01:01:19,952 --> 01:01:22,752
on my own as well, too. What I anticipate that

816
01:01:22,752 --> 01:01:26,289
we will do is go back to. Our existing searing

817
01:01:26,289 --> 01:01:29,209
committee have a conversation about that once the plan is

818
01:01:29,209 --> 01:01:32,089
endorsed. I also do anticipate that there will be some

819
01:01:32,089 --> 01:01:35,689
dialogue with the CIOs and the clerks about what we

820
01:01:35,689 --> 01:01:39,899
feel is most appropriate. But yes, there has already been

821
01:01:39,899 --> 01:01:43,419
some very high level conversations about will that include elected

822
01:01:43,419 --> 01:01:45,899
officials. Would it be a CAO? Would it be a

823
01:01:45,899 --> 01:01:49,422
clerk? Could it be somebody else from the organization? That's

824
01:01:49,422 --> 01:01:51,982
a better suited role. So we will be having those

825
01:01:51,982 --> 01:01:56,807
conversations and sorting that out. I will share, perhaps unsurprisingly,

826
01:01:56,807 --> 01:01:58,087
to you that I do have an opinion on. It.

827
01:01:59,943 --> 01:02:05,377
More of a bias in that. I would very much

828
01:02:05,377 --> 01:02:07,152
like to see. The execution of the plan and the

829
01:02:07,152 --> 01:02:12,045
delivery plan move from being political to more staff. I

830
01:02:12,045 --> 01:02:13,605
think if this has been done right and without it,

831
01:02:13,605 --> 01:02:15,325
I'm confident this plan is better than the one that

832
01:02:15,325 --> 01:02:17,205
we had before. We used the initial one to really

833
01:02:17,205 --> 01:02:20,873
build this. That I think we should be moving towards

834
01:02:20,873 --> 01:02:23,153
you and I, not getting in the plow and. Not

835
01:02:23,153 --> 01:02:25,433
getting in the fire truck, but saying, this is where

836
01:02:25,433 --> 01:02:27,033
we want to go. This is how we want you

837
01:02:27,033 --> 01:02:29,553
to function and hand it over to staff to do

838
01:02:29,553 --> 01:02:33,169
that. I frankly think if we've done this right. We're

839
01:02:33,169 --> 01:02:34,249
all going to get in the way and make it

840
01:02:34,249 --> 01:02:38,050
less functional. Than. If our staff took this as a

841
01:02:38,050 --> 01:02:39,810
document and said, this is where our councils have told

842
01:02:39,810 --> 01:02:42,010
us. They want us to go, and we will work

843
01:02:42,010 --> 01:02:45,833
with community partners to go there. Deputy mayor Smith, what

844
01:02:45,833 --> 01:02:49,473
is the timeline on having a community partner to join

845
01:02:49,473 --> 01:02:55,785
you from east or tavista. Through the mayor to the

846
01:02:55,785 --> 01:02:58,985
councilor. Just if I could clarify, as part of the

847
01:02:58,985 --> 01:03:05,083
advisory committee. Really good question. So as part of the

848
01:03:05,083 --> 01:03:10,329
budget, the position, like the new full time position. Is

849
01:03:10,329 --> 01:03:14,111
tentatively. I don't want to say scheduled, but planned to

850
01:03:14,111 --> 01:03:17,959
start around April the first. We actually do have a

851
01:03:17,959 --> 01:03:23,869
steering committee meeting next Monday. And I was planning on

852
01:03:23,869 --> 01:03:26,069
adding that to the agenda as far as starting some

853
01:03:26,069 --> 01:03:29,629
preliminary conversations about presuming that it's endorsed by all the

854
01:03:29,629 --> 01:03:31,589
air municipalities. What are we going to do next? And

855
01:03:31,589 --> 01:03:35,381
how are we going to go about doing this? So

856
01:03:35,381 --> 01:03:40,342
I also think that. It would probably be reasonable to

857
01:03:40,342 --> 01:03:43,302
have the FTE in place in order to be able

858
01:03:43,302 --> 01:03:45,662
to be a part of some of those conversations, considering

859
01:03:45,662 --> 01:03:49,102
they will have such an important role with that committee

860
01:03:49,102 --> 01:03:52,142
as well, too. And maybe they have ideas. And better

861
01:03:52,142 --> 01:03:55,994
ideas than I do, to be honest. So. I'm going

862
01:03:55,994 --> 01:03:58,977
to guess that shortly after they would start. We would

863
01:03:58,977 --> 01:04:02,337
be getting a lot more actively involved in the actual

864
01:04:02,337 --> 01:04:07,355
implementation. So, with that in mind, long story short. I'm

865
01:04:07,355 --> 01:04:10,635
going to guess maybe sort of like June or July

866
01:04:10,635 --> 01:04:14,323
as a very rough timeline. Just to follow up to

867
01:04:14,323 --> 01:04:20,083
that. I tend to agree. With our warden and that

868
01:04:20,083 --> 01:04:24,740
as far as. Keeping it away from the political side

869
01:04:24,740 --> 01:04:27,540
of it. One reason is if we can get a

870
01:04:27,540 --> 01:04:31,955
good working group for safe and well. Oxford. You don't

871
01:04:31,955 --> 01:04:35,275
put a timeline in place as far as election year.

872
01:04:37,024 --> 01:04:40,965
So. You put somebody or you appoint somebody or someone

873
01:04:40,965 --> 01:04:45,368
volunteers to sit on this committee. And then they either

874
01:04:45,368 --> 01:04:50,057
decide not to run next time or. They get defeated

875
01:04:50,057 --> 01:04:55,849
in an election. And then you're starting again. So that

876
01:04:55,849 --> 01:04:59,953
should be part of the consideration. Great point. Thank you.

877
01:04:59,953 --> 01:05:05,051
I appreciate that. Any other questions? Thank you very much.

878
01:05:07,213 --> 01:05:11,387
Thank you. So, council, we have a resolution. Which will

879
01:05:11,387 --> 01:05:17,153
be on your screen momentarily. To accept the report. Approved

880
01:05:17,153 --> 01:05:20,593
the report and also to endorse Oxford county with the

881
01:05:20,593 --> 01:05:25,182
implementation. Of the plan on our behalf, so that will

882
01:05:25,182 --> 01:05:29,115
be on your screen momentarily. Moved by Councilor Smith, seconded

883
01:05:29,115 --> 01:05:32,195
by councilor Zair. That council received the report entitled safe

884
01:05:32,195 --> 01:05:35,795
and well Oxford plan update as information and that council

885
01:05:35,795 --> 01:05:38,275
approved the updated safe and well Oxford plan as attached

886
01:05:38,275 --> 01:05:41,595
to this report as attachment one. And further, that council

887
01:05:41,595 --> 01:05:44,875
continue to endorse. Oxford county to lead the implementation of

888
01:05:44,875 --> 01:05:46,955
the safe and will Oxford plan on their behalf with

889
01:05:46,955 --> 01:05:49,583
the add. Addition of one full time equivalent position as

890
01:05:49,583 --> 01:05:53,575
added to the county budget for 2026. Is there any

891
01:05:53,575 --> 01:06:02,482
discussion? I certainly am in support of proving this. I

892
01:06:02,482 --> 01:06:03,962
think it's good for us to know, too, that other

893
01:06:03,962 --> 01:06:07,362
municipalities have taken note of our progress in this regard.

894
01:06:08,662 --> 01:06:12,502
Manager Hamalecki was asked to speak at the Roma conference

895
01:06:12,502 --> 01:06:17,223
this week. And for those of Oxford county people that

896
01:06:17,223 --> 01:06:19,223
were there, it was a real source of pride and

897
01:06:19,223 --> 01:06:22,216
I think she did a great job. So I certainly

898
01:06:22,216 --> 01:06:28,072
am in support of this resolution. Deputy mayor smith. To

899
01:06:28,072 --> 01:06:32,072
you as our county representative of this new employee that

900
01:06:32,072 --> 01:06:36,871
they're looking at putting on. For the county. Was there

901
01:06:36,871 --> 01:06:42,490
a restriction or a time limit or. Is it? Like

902
01:06:42,490 --> 01:06:45,250
you said, it's in the 2026 budget. So he's at.

903
01:06:45,250 --> 01:06:49,013
2026 and beyond. Does it continue beyond or what is

904
01:06:49,013 --> 01:06:52,453
the timeline we're looking at? Yeah. Thank you, deputy. Mayor

905
01:06:52,453 --> 01:06:55,293
yeah. It was approved in the 2026 budget, and I

906
01:06:55,293 --> 01:06:58,640
think start date is they're looking at April. And it

907
01:06:58,640 --> 01:07:02,376
is a permanent fte. There's no time limit on it,

908
01:07:02,376 --> 01:07:09,153
basically. All right. With that, we'll call the vote.

909
01:07:16,287 --> 01:07:24,913
Motion is carried. Okay, we are moving on to item

910
01:07:24,913 --> 01:07:27,873
six C. Alex Cook and Ryan Husk are speaking to.

911
01:07:27,873 --> 01:07:36,359
Us tonight regarding the intercut ballpark lights. Alex. Welcome. Didn't

912
01:07:36,359 --> 01:07:38,359
make it tonight, so I'm here, Doug. Alice is also

913
01:07:38,359 --> 01:07:41,279
with me, but. He'll stay back there. My name is

914
01:07:41,279 --> 01:07:43,799
Alex Cook. I'm the vice president or. Kim Minor Ball.

915
01:07:47,718 --> 01:07:54,200
The township along with our group. Maintain, operate. For enclosed

916
01:07:54,200 --> 01:07:57,040
baseball diamonds and intercip these beautiful ones back here in

917
01:07:57,040 --> 01:08:02,892
the picture. Here today to talk about. The lighting on

918
01:08:02,892 --> 01:08:04,532
two of our four diamonds. So right now we have

919
01:08:04,532 --> 01:08:07,852
four diamonds, the front two. Have lighting so we can

920
01:08:07,852 --> 01:08:09,572
play in the evening. The back to the other two

921
01:08:09,572 --> 01:08:16,191
do not. And our request or. Our discussion today is

922
01:08:16,191 --> 01:08:20,356
about the front to replacing them. Our agreement with the

923
01:08:20,356 --> 01:08:24,836
township currently talks about repairs and maintenance only, and this

924
01:08:24,836 --> 01:08:29,716
is a much larger undertaking an expensive project, so we

925
01:08:29,716 --> 01:08:34,153
wanted to put that on the table. Today. We run

926
01:08:34,153 --> 01:08:37,953
four diamonds. We have 300 local registrants that we run

927
01:08:37,953 --> 01:08:41,113
through a minor ball. Program. We run over a dozen

928
01:08:41,113 --> 01:08:43,913
tournaments every single year. They use these facilities, bring people

929
01:08:43,913 --> 01:08:48,442
to the community. There's a men's league team that runs

930
01:08:48,442 --> 01:08:51,162
in the evening. There's slow pitch teams and entire coed

931
01:08:51,162 --> 01:08:55,278
slow pitch. League that runs our FacilitY. NEEDleSS to say,

932
01:08:55,278 --> 01:08:58,598
these four diamonds are well used during the month. Of

933
01:08:58,598 --> 01:09:02,584
May to September. We do our best to keep. It

934
01:09:02,584 --> 01:09:07,369
as busy as possible. A lot of our maintenance requests

935
01:09:07,369 --> 01:09:11,009
happen through Matt. They're taken care of. Everything's great. However,

936
01:09:11,009 --> 01:09:15,158
this one in particular is a lot larger. I think

937
01:09:15,158 --> 01:09:17,518
the best way to describe our lighting. I think Ryan

938
01:09:17,518 --> 01:09:20,398
did a good job. He calls it functional but fragile.

939
01:09:20,398 --> 01:09:24,758
We don't have any specific concerns for this upcoming season,

940
01:09:24,758 --> 01:09:28,478
however. As standards go down, we're finding it very difficult

941
01:09:28,478 --> 01:09:33,754
to find replacement parts that are easily. Accessible or cost

942
01:09:33,754 --> 01:09:38,139
effective. These are very old lights, old infrastructure, and new

943
01:09:38,139 --> 01:09:41,819
LED technology is coming out that makes energy efficiency much

944
01:09:41,819 --> 01:09:48,906
better. Our proposal was. To replace both diamonds. However, I

945
01:09:48,906 --> 01:09:52,475
think the main point. Is. To come up with a

946
01:09:52,475 --> 01:09:54,635
plan. Work with the township, come up with a plan

947
01:09:54,635 --> 01:09:58,543
for future. Not an immediate reaction to it, but know

948
01:09:58,543 --> 01:10:02,623
that there's something in place over the coming years. We

949
01:10:02,623 --> 01:10:05,143
have worked with Matt. We did get an initial quote

950
01:10:05,143 --> 01:10:09,739
just so we had some numbers. It is $320,000, a

951
01:10:09,739 --> 01:10:13,219
very high number. There are grants available, which we don't.

952
01:10:13,219 --> 01:10:16,579
Know if we have access to those until we do

953
01:10:16,579 --> 01:10:20,653
the application. And also intercip minor ball has been raising

954
01:10:20,653 --> 01:10:23,973
funds for a decade or more. We have these funds

955
01:10:23,973 --> 01:10:27,173
available if they need to come, if we need to

956
01:10:27,173 --> 01:10:32,366
assist. In this project. And I think Ryan laid out

957
01:10:32,366 --> 01:10:35,206
a lot more information that was passed around everybody. So

958
01:10:35,206 --> 01:10:37,246
you guys can read through that, but I think today

959
01:10:37,246 --> 01:10:39,206
all we wanted to do was bring that to the

960
01:10:39,206 --> 01:10:42,806
townships attention and see if we can start a plan.

961
01:10:46,801 --> 01:10:52,547
To remedy this issue. Thank you, Alex. Any questions for

962
01:10:52,547 --> 01:10:56,902
Alex tonight? Deputy mayor Smith do we have a timeline

963
01:10:56,902 --> 01:11:03,677
on when those lights were last replaced? I do not,

964
01:11:03,677 --> 01:11:07,525
actually. We just met maybe two summers ago. We had

965
01:11:07,525 --> 01:11:11,445
to find some parts for them. Diamond ones. Lights. Are

966
01:11:11,445 --> 01:11:14,805
still on wood poles. Very old. Diamond twos. Lights are

967
01:11:14,805 --> 01:11:19,804
on. Steel poles, I believe, and much newer. Okay, but

968
01:11:19,804 --> 01:11:25,049
I've been with intercomider ball. For. 1415 years and nothing

969
01:11:25,049 --> 01:11:28,077
major has happened to either those lighting. Do we have

970
01:11:28,077 --> 01:11:32,949
anyone on staff have an answer to that? Yeah. Good

971
01:11:32,949 --> 01:11:37,029
evening, everyone. I can did some research today and wasn't

972
01:11:37,029 --> 01:11:40,029
able to find diamond. Wens lights when they went in.

973
01:11:40,029 --> 01:11:44,149
Diamond two it as long as I'm cutting right. The

974
01:11:44,149 --> 01:11:46,469
ones with the steel poles. I think it's called diamond

975
01:11:46,469 --> 01:11:49,821
two. It looks like it was done as part of

976
01:11:49,821 --> 01:11:54,981
a Trillium fund back in 2009 to 2011 it was

977
01:11:54,981 --> 01:11:57,785
completed. So looks like from what I could find, the

978
01:11:57,785 --> 01:12:02,493
lights are put in in 2010. At that time, couldn't

979
01:12:02,493 --> 01:12:04,893
find a final price on the lights. It looks like

980
01:12:04,893 --> 01:12:08,493
there was a $75,000 grant from Trillium foundation to go

981
01:12:08,493 --> 01:12:13,365
towards that program. But nowhere else. Details other than lighting

982
01:12:13,365 --> 01:12:17,565
and basketball was repaved and done again in the park

983
01:12:17,565 --> 01:12:20,205
as well as part of that project. So some of

984
01:12:20,205 --> 01:12:22,925
the lights, I would guess there's. Pictures in the file

985
01:12:22,925 --> 01:12:26,607
that went to the trillium grant. As completed pictures, and

986
01:12:26,607 --> 01:12:30,098
they show that. It's the diamond. Two lights are in

987
01:12:30,098 --> 01:12:34,130
those pictures and the basketball, so I'm guessing. That was

988
01:12:34,130 --> 01:12:39,382
that. Question for you, Tom. Are these incandescent lights, then,

989
01:12:39,382 --> 01:12:45,677
or are they allergens? I would have to check Matt

990
01:12:45,677 --> 01:12:49,358
on that one to see, I believe. They're probably a

991
01:12:49,358 --> 01:12:58,775
halogen light. Okay. Deputy mayor smith. I'd like.

992
01:13:01,198 --> 01:13:04,358
A little more, maybe, and I don't expect it overnight.

993
01:13:04,358 --> 01:13:07,868
I think we need a little. More in depth. Look

994
01:13:07,868 --> 01:13:12,474
at this. I seem to remember. That in around the

995
01:13:12,474 --> 01:13:19,929
2010 that. Money came from the federal government. There was.

996
01:13:21,599 --> 01:13:26,466
A large infrastructure. After the 2008 recession, there was. A

997
01:13:26,466 --> 01:13:30,552
large infrastructure grant came out through the federal government. And

998
01:13:30,552 --> 01:13:34,313
if I'm not mistaken, and. I am quite prepared to

999
01:13:34,313 --> 01:13:38,193
be corrected. But Hickson got new lights at that time

1000
01:13:38,193 --> 01:13:43,399
as it dan interkept because my understanding is that. The

1001
01:13:43,399 --> 01:13:45,079
guy that put the lights up here in Hickson did

1002
01:13:45,079 --> 01:13:48,199
him the same day in interchip. And so those lights

1003
01:13:48,199 --> 01:13:53,429
would be about 2010. I think that. 's where the

1004
01:13:53,429 --> 01:13:58,384
lights came from. So the one comment that I saw

1005
01:13:58,384 --> 01:14:05,433
here was the safety concerns with dark spots. Has anyone

1006
01:14:05,433 --> 01:14:08,877
considered doing. A lighting check like this is not going

1007
01:14:08,877 --> 01:14:11,237
to happen in the next little bit. To do a

1008
01:14:11,237 --> 01:14:15,359
lighting check to make sure that. Can we help? Part

1009
01:14:15,359 --> 01:14:20,453
of this. By changing the angles. And like, doing a

1010
01:14:20,453 --> 01:14:23,693
light meter check to get us by until we can

1011
01:14:23,693 --> 01:14:28,868
make a replacement and. That would be strictly staff. Is

1012
01:14:28,868 --> 01:14:32,408
what I'm getting at. Council will recall that they endorsed

1013
01:14:32,408 --> 01:14:36,608
a facility audit in the 2025 budget. The ball diamonds

1014
01:14:36,608 --> 01:14:40,640
will be us part of that. So I agree with

1015
01:14:40,640 --> 01:14:45,343
what you said, partially. It's premature to consider. Any kind

1016
01:14:45,343 --> 01:14:47,783
of project until the facility audit is complete, and then

1017
01:14:47,783 --> 01:14:49,743
we would have to go back. Through the agreements that

1018
01:14:49,743 --> 01:14:52,343
we have with all of the ball clubs because there

1019
01:14:52,343 --> 01:14:55,863
is reference to capital. Replacements being the responsibility of the

1020
01:14:55,863 --> 01:15:04,296
ball clubs. When will that audit be completed? We are

1021
01:15:04,296 --> 01:15:06,896
currently in the process of meeting with the consultant for

1022
01:15:06,896 --> 01:15:08,856
that project right now, so I actually have a meeting

1023
01:15:08,856 --> 01:15:12,056
with them next Tuesday to start finalizing things to get

1024
01:15:12,056 --> 01:15:19,612
that going. Thank you. And to piggyback on Ms. Vader's

1025
01:15:19,612 --> 01:15:23,052
comments, anything that might be coming out. Of that facility

1026
01:15:23,052 --> 01:15:27,172
audit, you will not see in the 2026 to 2031

1027
01:15:27,172 --> 01:15:31,816
capital forecast until we get feedback on it. Any other

1028
01:15:31,816 --> 01:15:38,732
questions for right now, councilor Zair? I guess my question

1029
01:15:38,732 --> 01:15:43,328
would be. Is in the meantime, and it sounds like

1030
01:15:43,328 --> 01:15:45,208
you're kind of wanting to get the ball. Rolling on

1031
01:15:45,208 --> 01:15:49,952
the conversation, which we appreciate. Just the question of safety.

1032
01:15:49,952 --> 01:15:52,552
And deputy mayor alluded to it. I don't know what

1033
01:15:52,552 --> 01:15:55,832
it takes to make sure that those dark spots are

1034
01:15:55,832 --> 01:15:59,992
eliminated. But for liability's sake and such. We want to

1035
01:15:59,992 --> 01:16:02,752
be careful that it is safe out there as well.

1036
01:16:04,593 --> 01:16:08,273
Again. Presumably, the facility audit will identify health and safety

1037
01:16:08,273 --> 01:16:11,153
concerns as well as energy efficiency and everything. Else out

1038
01:16:11,153 --> 01:16:17,480
of that. So. We are crossing that bridge with the

1039
01:16:17,480 --> 01:16:21,480
facility audit for all of our facilities, not just baldamans.

1040
01:16:21,480 --> 01:16:24,640
It'll be community halls, it will be fire stations, and

1041
01:16:24,640 --> 01:16:27,040
everything is all being taken. Care of in the facility

1042
01:16:27,040 --> 01:16:34,951
audit. Through his worship to the Cao, obviously. We would

1043
01:16:34,951 --> 01:16:40,628
have reserves. For park improvements, do we? Know what sort

1044
01:16:40,628 --> 01:16:46,074
of reserve is in the. There aren't separate reserves for

1045
01:16:46,074 --> 01:16:49,674
different parks and ball diamonds are not considered to be

1046
01:16:49,674 --> 01:16:57,706
part of the parks because. Strictly. We do the operations

1047
01:16:57,706 --> 01:17:01,266
on the maintenance. As Alex mentioned, we're responsible for changing

1048
01:17:01,266 --> 01:17:07,102
bulbs. For making sure the fence is. Properly secured, but

1049
01:17:07,102 --> 01:17:13,639
as far as. Large upgrades. We're not collecting revenue from

1050
01:17:13,639 --> 01:17:17,438
the bald diamonds at all across the township. So it

1051
01:17:17,438 --> 01:17:20,318
would have to be a tax supported contribution to a

1052
01:17:20,318 --> 01:17:23,918
parks reserve for a project of this magnitude. So that's

1053
01:17:23,918 --> 01:17:27,358
another reason why we will have to. I appreciate what

1054
01:17:27,358 --> 01:17:30,718
councilor. Zair said. And what Alex has mentioned too. We'll

1055
01:17:30,718 --> 01:17:33,998
have to start having a dialogue. But I know when

1056
01:17:33,998 --> 01:17:37,621
the agreements were drafted with the ball organizations. It was

1057
01:17:37,621 --> 01:17:39,101
under the understanding that they would have for use of

1058
01:17:39,101 --> 01:17:43,130
the facilities to generate their own. Revenues. And part of

1059
01:17:43,130 --> 01:17:44,970
that would be that we will take care of the

1060
01:17:44,970 --> 01:17:47,570
hydro bills and everything else. Related to the operations of

1061
01:17:47,570 --> 01:17:50,908
the diamonds. But when it comes to capital, That's generally

1062
01:17:50,908 --> 01:17:57,150
what they're saving their revenues for. So intricate minor balls

1063
01:17:57,150 --> 01:18:04,410
interpretation of that clause in the agreement. Is incorrect.

1064
01:18:07,260 --> 01:18:12,700
They're referencing the wrong clause. Clause 7.4 says IMB shall

1065
01:18:12,700 --> 01:18:15,620
be responsible for all expenses related to capital improvements or

1066
01:18:15,620 --> 01:18:21,143
alterations they desire to make to the facilities. The section

1067
01:18:21,143 --> 01:18:24,103
five relates to the operations and the maintenance and repairs

1068
01:18:24,103 --> 01:18:28,234
of the lights. So as I said. If we have

1069
01:18:28,234 --> 01:18:31,034
a bald go out, we would be responsible for finding

1070
01:18:31,034 --> 01:18:33,314
someone to do a bulb. Replacement. But as far as

1071
01:18:33,314 --> 01:18:36,994
a capital improvement, which is what's covered off in 74

1072
01:18:36,994 --> 01:18:39,914
of all of the fall agreements, not just interchet. Minor

1073
01:18:39,914 --> 01:18:42,234
ball. It's the same with Tabasock. And Hickson as well.

1074
01:18:44,206 --> 01:18:52,663
Thank you. Councilor Glespie. Intercip minor ball able to apply

1075
01:18:52,663 --> 01:18:59,544
for these federal grants. Or. Are they half to be

1076
01:18:59,544 --> 01:19:04,792
done. At the municipal level. I believe trillium is something

1077
01:19:04,792 --> 01:19:10,136
that we would apply for. Again, bearing in mind that

1078
01:19:10,136 --> 01:19:12,816
if council refers back to the capital forecast from last

1079
01:19:12,816 --> 01:19:15,896
year, inner kip is on the docket to get a

1080
01:19:15,896 --> 01:19:18,056
spray pad, potentially, which will be applying for a trillion

1081
01:19:18,056 --> 01:19:23,618
grit for likely. In that particular year again. I think

1082
01:19:23,618 --> 01:19:26,892
Alex addressed it best at the very beginning. I think

1083
01:19:26,892 --> 01:19:29,852
the intention of the delegation tonight was just to put

1084
01:19:29,852 --> 01:19:31,892
the idea on the table, so. That we can talk

1085
01:19:31,892 --> 01:19:35,412
about it. He actually said in his opening comments that

1086
01:19:35,412 --> 01:19:37,252
he wasn't. Expecting it to be done this year in

1087
01:19:37,252 --> 01:19:41,667
2026. So I think there's lots of things to be

1088
01:19:41,667 --> 01:19:45,595
talked about directly between. Inner kit, minor ball, potentially the

1089
01:19:45,595 --> 01:19:48,955
other ball groups as well, because I'm sure that if

1090
01:19:48,955 --> 01:19:52,315
we change light standards that are the same age in

1091
01:19:52,315 --> 01:19:54,675
inner kip, we might be changing them. Elsewhere as well,

1092
01:19:54,675 --> 01:19:59,201
so we need to be cognizant of. What council's intention

1093
01:19:59,201 --> 01:20:03,321
is for those reserves and whether we're forecasting those reserves.

1094
01:20:03,321 --> 01:20:05,721
Properly, because if there is going to be asks for

1095
01:20:05,721 --> 01:20:10,201
capital improvements on the ball diamonds as a nonrevenue generator

1096
01:20:10,201 --> 01:20:12,961
to the township. Those are going to be tax supported

1097
01:20:12,961 --> 01:20:20,201
capital improvements going forward. Any other questions for Alex? Not

1098
01:20:20,201 --> 01:20:27,709
seeing any. Thank you, Alex. Sorry. Just a comment. Obviously.

1099
01:20:28,991 --> 01:20:34,477
As we move on. To budget discussion. We can continue

1100
01:20:34,477 --> 01:20:40,557
the conversation, not necessarily about intercap only, but all our

1101
01:20:40,557 --> 01:20:45,372
parks. And the key to something like this is to

1102
01:20:45,372 --> 01:20:49,652
continue creative conversations to get to the outcome that everybody

1103
01:20:49,652 --> 01:20:54,021
wants. Yeah, I agree fully, and I think the facility

1104
01:20:54,021 --> 01:20:58,546
audit will be a big help. In helping to guide

1105
01:20:58,546 --> 01:21:06,345
us. Deputy Mersman. Just an aside on the triumph Grant.

1106
01:21:06,345 --> 01:21:08,345
I think the last time when we applied for the

1107
01:21:08,345 --> 01:21:13,821
triumph, Grant floor the spray pad and table stock. It

1108
01:21:13,821 --> 01:21:16,541
was taken under the geisse of the township staff and

1109
01:21:16,541 --> 01:21:19,683
they did a great job. And got the money, I

1110
01:21:19,683 --> 01:21:23,414
think. I know what a challenge it is. I was

1111
01:21:23,414 --> 01:21:25,934
involved with the trillion grant when we got it. For

1112
01:21:25,934 --> 01:21:32,479
doing the ballpark over here in Hickson. And. It's an

1113
01:21:32,479 --> 01:21:37,279
onerous task to come up with everything that trillium requires.

1114
01:21:38,889 --> 01:21:41,409
So I think that if we are going to make

1115
01:21:41,409 --> 01:21:45,209
an application to try them for funds for whether it

1116
01:21:45,209 --> 01:21:49,276
be these lights or whether it be. A spray pad

1117
01:21:49,276 --> 01:21:52,956
for interchep. I still think it needs to come from

1118
01:21:52,956 --> 01:21:56,076
staff. They just have the ability to come up with

1119
01:21:56,076 --> 01:22:00,467
the proper numbers. A lot easier than it is for

1120
01:22:00,467 --> 01:22:04,067
someone like intercut minor ball to make like I'm not

1121
01:22:04,067 --> 01:22:06,307
saying. If you want to apply, go ahead and apply.

1122
01:22:08,043 --> 01:22:10,003
But I just think that it's going to be easier

1123
01:22:10,003 --> 01:22:13,083
if staff does it, because I know what it was

1124
01:22:13,083 --> 01:22:16,443
like to try to do it with the Lions club

1125
01:22:16,443 --> 01:22:22,816
a few years ago. Any more questions for Alex? Thank

1126
01:22:22,816 --> 01:22:25,296
you. Alex, if you don't mind, before I go. So

1127
01:22:25,296 --> 01:22:29,336
create creative conversation is something. That Jeremy said. I guess

1128
01:22:29,336 --> 01:22:32,576
my question is, how do I proceed with that creative

1129
01:22:32,576 --> 01:22:36,260
conversation? And we've been having it, by the way. I

1130
01:22:36,260 --> 01:22:38,220
just wanted to make sure that it was like, there's

1131
01:22:38,220 --> 01:22:40,940
more attention to this. It's a big expense, something we

1132
01:22:40,940 --> 01:22:44,420
obviously can't handle ourselves. Right. So what's the path forward

1133
01:22:44,420 --> 01:22:46,940
for intercape minor ball? And that creative conversation is that

1134
01:22:46,940 --> 01:22:53,992
through Matt still? Yeah, go on. Our resolution, actually is

1135
01:22:53,992 --> 01:23:00,280
to move this to the 26. To 2030 capital plan.

1136
01:23:01,580 --> 01:23:04,752
And that will be discussed. At our upcoming budget deliberation.

1137
01:23:06,392 --> 01:23:10,968
It's on our radar, and certainly on that radar. Do

1138
01:23:10,968 --> 01:23:15,593
you want to add to that? No. I know Ms.

1139
01:23:15,593 --> 01:23:19,073
Vader has a resolution prepared, and it's probably on the

1140
01:23:19,073 --> 01:23:24,284
screen now. To refer this to the. 26 2030 capital

1141
01:23:24,284 --> 01:23:28,406
budget forecast. All right. Thank you. Thank you, Alex. Thank

1142
01:23:28,406 --> 01:23:36,258
you. The resolution will be on your screen momentarily. Moved

1143
01:23:36,258 --> 01:23:39,018
by Councilor Smith. Seconded by councilor Zair. The council received

1144
01:23:39,018 --> 01:23:41,538
the delegation from Alex Cook and Ryan Husk regarding the

1145
01:23:41,538 --> 01:23:44,978
Interkit park ball lights as information and that council consider.

1146
01:23:49,941 --> 01:23:52,341
The request as part of the 2026 to 2030 capital

1147
01:23:52,341 --> 01:23:57,782
budget. Is there any discussion regarding that motion? Not seeing

1148
01:23:57,782 --> 01:23:58,542
any. We will call the vote.

1149
01:24:11,572 --> 01:24:15,753
That is carried. We are on to item seven, correspondence

1150
01:24:15,753 --> 01:24:19,313
for information. We have the impact 2025 municipal partnerships report.

1151
01:24:21,304 --> 01:24:26,588
Is there any questions on that? Report. That anyone has.

1152
01:24:28,253 --> 01:24:30,293
Not seen any. So we have a resolution on your

1153
01:24:30,293 --> 01:24:37,176
screen to accept it as information. Moved by councilor Van

1154
01:24:37,176 --> 01:24:40,576
Wick. Seconded by councilor Gillespie. That correspondence for information item.

1155
01:24:40,576 --> 01:24:46,235
Seven a be received his information. Is there any discussion

1156
01:24:46,235 --> 01:24:49,237
regarding that motion? We'll call the vote.

1157
01:25:12,987 --> 01:25:22,261
That's carried. Okay, we're on to item eight, correspondence for

1158
01:25:22,261 --> 01:25:31,363
action. We have four items under this. And we are

1159
01:25:31,363 --> 01:25:36,543
going to deal with. Eight b and eight c. As

1160
01:25:36,543 --> 01:25:40,383
one and then move on to 8d. So under the

1161
01:25:40,383 --> 01:25:47,338
first three. Items. Is there any discussion regarding those correspondence

1162
01:25:47,338 --> 01:25:56,225
items? Not seeing any. We have a

1163
01:25:56,225 --> 01:26:01,265
resolution, which will be on your screen momentarily, to take

1164
01:26:01,265 --> 01:26:05,985
these items and bring them. To the 2026 user fee

1165
01:26:05,985 --> 01:26:10,385
schedule conversation, which we will be having shortly. So we'll

1166
01:26:10,385 --> 01:26:13,890
get that resolution on the screen. Move by Councilor Zair.

1167
01:26:13,890 --> 01:26:16,970
Seconded by councilor Glaspie that correspondence for action. Item seven

1168
01:26:16,970 --> 01:26:19,250
a, seven b and seven c be received his information.

1169
01:26:22,055 --> 01:26:23,535
And that council direct staff to prepare a report on

1170
01:26:23,535 --> 01:26:26,015
the cost implications of the request to be brought back

1171
01:26:26,015 --> 01:26:30,082
with a 2026 user fee schedule. Is there any discussion

1172
01:26:30,082 --> 01:26:37,221
regarding that resolution? Just a quick question, Councilor Smith. I

1173
01:26:37,221 --> 01:26:44,787
request that in conjunction with that. Get some data or

1174
01:26:44,787 --> 01:26:51,347
metrics. On. The usage at the halls.

1175
01:26:55,109 --> 01:26:58,429
What sort of trends are we seeing with regard to

1176
01:26:58,429 --> 01:27:07,397
rentals? CEO depressed. So that was our intention.

1177
01:27:08,801 --> 01:27:13,587
We will pull the rental numbers. For who's using the

1178
01:27:13,587 --> 01:27:17,468
haul, what times of day they're being used. What the

1179
01:27:17,468 --> 01:27:22,570
cost implications of doing this would be, and then. We'll

1180
01:27:22,570 --> 01:27:25,530
also probably provide counsel with some feedback about what other

1181
01:27:25,530 --> 01:27:30,691
groups might. Want to fall under this umbrella if. We

1182
01:27:30,691 --> 01:27:35,893
were to cast the umbrella. Thank you. Just a quick

1183
01:27:35,893 --> 01:27:38,133
question for Cao to press the win, was that succumbing

1184
01:27:38,133 --> 01:27:44,031
to council? Then the user free schedule. Staff's hope is

1185
01:27:44,031 --> 01:27:46,791
to bring the user fee schedule discussion to the February

1186
01:27:46,791 --> 01:27:52,133
18 meeting of council so that we can have. Some

1187
01:27:52,133 --> 01:27:57,392
numbers going forward. For inclusion in the budget. Potentially. The

1188
01:27:57,392 --> 01:28:01,852
budget will come forward in March. And that would be

1189
01:28:01,852 --> 01:28:04,412
inclusive. Now, any rate, changes that might come to the

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01:28:04,412 --> 01:28:07,292
user fee schedule as I've mentioned previously will not come

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01:28:07,292 --> 01:28:10,109
into effect till the middle of the year. July the

1192
01:28:10,109 --> 01:28:11,749
first is kind of the target date we're looking at

1193
01:28:11,749 --> 01:28:15,029
as far as any transitions to rates are concerned. However,

1194
01:28:15,029 --> 01:28:19,683
we want to. Include those half year considerations in the

1195
01:28:19,683 --> 01:28:22,744
budget document as well before. It's actually up for council's

1196
01:28:22,744 --> 01:28:29,899
consideration. Any other discussion. We'll bring the resolution forward.

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01:29:03,580 --> 01:29:12,542
Item 7D, recommendation for programming from the rack committee. Is

1198
01:29:12,542 --> 01:29:15,302
there any questions, discussion regarding that request from the committee?

1199
01:29:17,659 --> 01:29:25,843
Councilor Zair. My only comment would be, I'm in support

1200
01:29:25,843 --> 01:29:31,483
of this. Hearing some of the conversation at Roma, again,

1201
01:29:31,483 --> 01:29:34,763
just on people being able to fit in and belong

1202
01:29:34,763 --> 01:29:38,083
and feel welcome. I think this is a great step,

1203
01:29:38,083 --> 01:29:41,732
obviously. The REC advisory committee feels this is important in

1204
01:29:41,732 --> 01:29:44,532
getting some programming going, so I'm in. Support of that.

1205
01:29:45,989 --> 01:29:52,701
Thank you. Any other questions? Comments regarding this request? We

1206
01:29:52,701 --> 01:29:58,146
have a resolution on your screen. To accept it and

1207
01:29:58,146 --> 01:30:02,866
include the request as part of the 2026 budget deliberations.

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01:30:02,866 --> 01:30:07,178
Moved by councilor Gillespie. Seconded by Councilor Smith. That council

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01:30:07,178 --> 01:30:10,298
direct staff to include the recreational advisory committee's request of

1210
01:30:10,298 --> 01:30:13,458
$5,000. For programming startup costs to be included as part

1211
01:30:13,458 --> 01:30:16,858
of the 2026 budget development for further consideration by council.

1212
01:30:18,418 --> 01:30:23,334
Is there any discussion regarding that motion? Not seeing any.

1213
01:30:23,334 --> 01:30:33,084
We'll call a vote. As

1214
01:30:33,084 --> 01:30:41,003
carried. Eight e the Ontario Good Roads Association 2026 conference.

1215
01:30:46,114 --> 01:30:48,954
Looking for any interested members seeking to go to that

1216
01:30:48,954 --> 01:30:54,866
conference. Put their name forward. Are there any staff that

1217
01:30:54,866 --> 01:31:01,076
would be going to that. Looks like Tom.

1218
01:31:06,009 --> 01:31:15,946
And rodney ransom. Okay, so

1219
01:31:15,946 --> 01:31:18,066
the clerk's going to put that resolution on the screen

1220
01:31:18,066 --> 01:31:27,791
momentarily. Moved by

1221
01:31:27,791 --> 01:31:30,471
Councilor Smith. Seconded by councilor Zaire. That council approve the

1222
01:31:30,471 --> 01:31:33,071
following members. Of council and staff to attend the 2026

1223
01:31:33,071 --> 01:31:36,791
OGrE conference. Tom Lightfoot and Rodney Ramsayer is there any

1224
01:31:36,791 --> 01:31:41,034
discussion regarding that? We'll call the vote.

1225
01:31:53,759 --> 01:32:01,559
That is carried. We're on to item nine a. Thanks.

1226
01:32:01,559 --> 01:32:08,761
Good evening. We received a section 78 report under the

1227
01:32:08,761 --> 01:32:12,401
Drainage act. For minor improvement to 47 Hope street east.

1228
01:32:12,401 --> 01:32:17,002
And Tavistock. This was required as it will be an

1229
01:32:17,002 --> 01:32:21,402
intensification development. And the drain currently runs right. Through the

1230
01:32:21,402 --> 01:32:27,633
middle. Of the property. As in keeping with previous improvements.

1231
01:32:29,241 --> 01:32:34,704
And intensification. Projects. The developer will be paying for the

1232
01:32:34,704 --> 01:32:37,984
full cost of the drain being moved and the drain

1233
01:32:37,984 --> 01:32:42,353
of course will be upsized to current standards. Thank you,

1234
01:32:42,353 --> 01:32:48,314
John. Any questions for staff on the report? Deputy mayor

1235
01:32:48,314 --> 01:32:51,274
Smith can you tell me? I should have looked at

1236
01:32:51,274 --> 01:32:53,434
this myself, but can you tell me where this property

1237
01:32:53,434 --> 01:33:01,903
is. Yeah, it's just down from the vet in Tavistock

1238
01:33:01,903 --> 01:33:07,782
on the main street beside the. Old car garage. Yeah,

1239
01:33:07,782 --> 01:33:09,702
the old car garage. In there, there was an old,

1240
01:33:09,702 --> 01:33:13,342
partially dilapidated house which has since been removed and it's

1241
01:33:13,342 --> 01:33:22,390
blocked off right now. We have nothing firm yet. It

1242
01:33:22,390 --> 01:33:26,150
might be row housing. It's going to be a condo

1243
01:33:26,150 --> 01:33:29,110
development. It's going to be either row housing. Or maybe

1244
01:33:29,110 --> 01:33:33,529
a small apartment building or something to that nature. I'm

1245
01:33:33,529 --> 01:33:37,452
not exactly sure what final design he's landed on. It's

1246
01:33:37,452 --> 01:33:41,252
quite a large property. The frontage isn't overly large, but

1247
01:33:41,252 --> 01:33:44,212
it goes. Way back. There's a very large portion of

1248
01:33:44,212 --> 01:33:48,154
the back. So we'll be able to take on a

1249
01:33:48,154 --> 01:33:56,499
very large development. Any other questions? We'll have the resolution

1250
01:33:56,499 --> 01:34:01,700
on your screen. Move by Councilor Gillespie. Seconded by deputy

1251
01:34:01,700 --> 01:34:06,540
mayor Smith. That report ot 2026. One he received his

1252
01:34:06,540 --> 01:34:09,740
information and that council accepts the sign. Request for minor

1253
01:34:09,740 --> 01:34:13,340
improvements to the Tavistock, 1979. Drain under section 78 of

1254
01:34:13,340 --> 01:34:20,518
the Drainage act and further. That council instructs the clerk

1255
01:34:20,518 --> 01:34:23,118
to notify the Upper Thames River Conservation authority of the

1256
01:34:23,118 --> 01:34:26,438
township's intention to appoint an engineer under section 78 of

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01:34:26,438 --> 01:34:29,078
the Drainage act to prepare a report on the minor

1258
01:34:29,078 --> 01:34:33,078
improvement of the Tavistock 1979 drain and further the council

1259
01:34:33,078 --> 01:34:35,958
appoint Casemart and Associates Limited as the engineer to prepare

1260
01:34:35,958 --> 01:34:38,438
a report under section 78 of the drainage act for

1261
01:34:38,438 --> 01:34:42,111
the minor improvements of. A municipal drain. Is there any

1262
01:34:42,111 --> 01:34:45,799
discussion regarding that resolution? Not seeing any. We'll call the

1263
01:34:45,799 --> 01:34:53,832
vote. That is carried.

1264
01:35:13,235 --> 01:35:15,995
All right, we're moving on to item ten, notice of

1265
01:35:15,995 --> 01:35:18,835
motion and new business is there. Any notice of motions

1266
01:35:18,835 --> 01:35:24,259
this evening or new business being brought forward. I'd see

1267
01:35:24,259 --> 01:35:29,275
any round to eleven. Unfinished business. We have five items

1268
01:35:29,275 --> 01:35:34,441
there. Is there any update, any questions any council has

1269
01:35:34,441 --> 01:35:44,304
on any of those items? I can advise that. You

1270
01:35:44,304 --> 01:35:47,984
will or have received an invite to the secondary plan

1271
01:35:47,984 --> 01:35:51,854
open house next week. It's not mandatory that you attend,

1272
01:35:51,854 --> 01:35:54,014
but we are going to make a point of making

1273
01:35:54,014 --> 01:35:58,574
sure that council gets invited to all open houses and

1274
01:35:58,574 --> 01:36:03,868
public events involving. Members of the public. Not as that

1275
01:36:03,868 --> 01:36:06,308
you're required to attend, but rather, if you wanted. To

1276
01:36:06,308 --> 01:36:08,428
attend just to hear the discussion that goes on here.

1277
01:36:08,428 --> 01:36:11,068
So I mentioned that under the secondary plan, because I

1278
01:36:11,068 --> 01:36:14,599
know next week is the open house. Thank you, Councilor

1279
01:36:14,599 --> 01:36:20,399
Smith. Just with conferences and seminars in mind, Councilor Zair.

1280
01:36:22,558 --> 01:36:28,280
Mentioned Roma 26. In the opening remarks, wanted to thank

1281
01:36:28,280 --> 01:36:32,800
council for the opportunity to be part of our contingent

1282
01:36:32,800 --> 01:36:37,000
at Roma this year. And, of course, staff for covering

1283
01:36:37,000 --> 01:36:40,000
off some of the logistics to get me there. Conference

1284
01:36:40,000 --> 01:36:45,040
always represents a great learning opportunity. Long list of subjects.

1285
01:36:46,073 --> 01:36:50,310
Touched on. Councilor Zayer mentioned a few. And, of course,

1286
01:36:51,798 --> 01:36:56,809
Through the rural lands, which is the focus. Staff pensions

1287
01:36:56,809 --> 01:37:03,129
through Omars, automated speed enforcement, conservation authorities, strong mayor powers,

1288
01:37:03,129 --> 01:37:10,009
special economic zones, school boards municipal zoning orders Infrastructure Homelessness

1289
01:37:10,009 --> 01:37:19,401
health care affordability waste management municipal services. Corporations. Community safety,

1290
01:37:19,401 --> 01:37:24,721
the coming code of conduct, doctor shortage, mental health, policing,

1291
01:37:24,721 --> 01:37:30,586
hospitals, higher education. Belonging and even. Dare I say it?

1292
01:37:31,930 --> 01:37:37,103
Chinese spy vehicles. Good job to Roma on a great

1293
01:37:37,103 --> 01:37:42,581
conference, and thanks again for the opportunity. Thank you, Councilor

1294
01:37:42,581 --> 01:37:47,980
Smith. I can echo your comments. Anything else under unfinished

1295
01:37:47,980 --> 01:37:56,688
business. Not seeing anything. Scotty. Sorry. I maybe should have

1296
01:37:56,688 --> 01:37:59,368
mentioned this in a different location, but I just wanted

1297
01:37:59,368 --> 01:38:02,728
to offer my gratitude. To Chief Alexander as one of

1298
01:38:02,728 --> 01:38:07,248
his firefighters for almost 15 years now, I appreciate his

1299
01:38:07,248 --> 01:38:11,288
care and his compassion for us as firefighters and also

1300
01:38:11,288 --> 01:38:14,008
for our department, all the long hours and work that

1301
01:38:14,008 --> 01:38:17,388
he puts in. I'm thankful that he mentioned his. Family

1302
01:38:17,388 --> 01:38:20,655
because. I'm sure they've had to be woken up by

1303
01:38:20,655 --> 01:38:24,255
that radio going off way. Too often and by him

1304
01:38:24,255 --> 01:38:26,935
being gone. So thanks, Chief Alexander, for all that you

1305
01:38:26,935 --> 01:38:35,606
have done for our community. Thank you. Counseling there.

1306
01:38:38,336 --> 01:38:41,376
Okay. We have no closed session this evening, I believe.

1307
01:38:43,726 --> 01:38:50,044
No bylaws to pass. Item 15. Confirming an adjournment resolution

1308
01:38:50,044 --> 01:38:59,327
on your screen. Move by Councilor Smith. Seconded by councilor

1309
01:38:59,327 --> 01:39:03,287
Rudy. That bylaw 2026, year one. Being a viola. To

1310
01:39:03,287 --> 01:39:07,007
confirm the proceedings of council held January 21, 2026, be

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01:39:07,007 --> 01:39:09,567
read a first second and third time this 21st day

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01:39:09,567 --> 01:39:12,327
of January, 2026, and that the mayor and clerk are.

1313
01:39:17,627 --> 01:39:19,227
Here bar authorized to sign the same and affix the

1314
01:39:19,227 --> 01:39:21,787
corporate seal there too. And further that the meeting does

1315
01:39:21,787 --> 01:39:26,930
now adjourn at 08:36 p.m. any discussion. Call the vote.

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01:39:34,423 --> 01:39:35,143
We are adjourned.