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Okay, thank you. Alright,
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welcome everybody to the
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Community of the Hall Meeting
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for Wednesday, February the
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twenty-third, 20twentytwo. I,
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the mayor is not able to be
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here for this meeting, so I
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will chair it. Um, however, I'm
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told that he will arrive for
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the special meeting. I'll call
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this meeting to order. I have a
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motion. Moved by Councilor
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Noble, sorry. It's written
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wrong. By Councillor Noble,
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seconded by Councillor Massey,
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that the Committee of Members,
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oh no, that's the agenda.
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Okay. Do I, I don't have a
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motion for opening the meeting?
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You're reading it. Okay, I'm
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not reading these then. Okay.
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Good. Councilor Noble, go
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ahead. from Councillor Matthew,
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the community member The agenda
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of the Committee of the Whole
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on Wednesday, February
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twenty-third, 2022. Thank you,
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Councilor Noble. All in favor
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of the motion. Carried, thank
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you.
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additions. Yes. Sorry. Um I
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just last night's weather
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reminded me that I don't
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believe we discussed or passed
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a resolution where we can watch
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on Zoom from home and our vote
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would count. I don't know how
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we had to discuss that if we
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had to pass anything because
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obviously the federal
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government's doing it right
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now. So, I'm not sure what the
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what we have. Okay, so this is
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so in addition to other
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business. Okay, and what what
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would you like to call it? A
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Zoom Zoom weather bylaw? Yeah,
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sure. Zoom vote. Okay, we'll
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discuss that under seven Other
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business. Is there anything,
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any other changes to the
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agenda? Saying none. All in
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favor. Carrie, thank you.
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Alright, that click. Okay,
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we're doing this backwards. Any
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declaration of pecuniary
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interest and nature thereof?
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Okay. We're good to go. Uh
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under item number five, staff
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reports, we'll start with the
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community services department.
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Go ahead, Anne. Thank you,
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madam chair. So, I'm pleased to
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bring you our report for
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February and I'll start with
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the administration side of
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things. Um further to council's
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approval, we have just received
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the contract to enter into the
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registration and recreation
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software with booking. So, once
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we get that finalized, we're
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going to be implementing the
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new booking software and as we
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mentioned, I will be done
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alongside with our existing
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software to make sure that it
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is up and running and well
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established prior to switching
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we have scheduled the business
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and community awards gala.
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There's an error in the report
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I indicated September 10th.
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It's actually on Thursday
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September 8th. We'll be sending
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out an invitation to council in
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that respect. We also have been
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speaking with the Eastern
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Ontario Health Unit about
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reopening the community
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kitchens program. As you know
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because of COVID the health
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unit has redirected all of
[3:36]
their efforts towards
[3:37]
vaccination clinics. But now
[3:39]
that things are moving into a
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new chapter we're hoping to be
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to reopen the community
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kitchens. We know that there's
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a dire need from small
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producers to be able to access
[3:47]
those spaces. The health unit
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is also continuing with the
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vaccination clinics until the
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end of February possibly into
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the first week of March. But
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they've indicated that their
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train of thought is leading
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them to move to the health unit
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spaces that they have on a Nix
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Street. And that they will most
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likely be doing their
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vaccination clinics from there.
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So I think what they've noticed
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is that the have been dropping
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over the last while and that space would probably
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accommodate them better. We are
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in our last year for our geese
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mitigation program. As you know
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we had a three year permit for
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that process. We are going to
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be reapplying again for another
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three year permit hopefully
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from 2023 to 2025. As you know
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that's always contingent upon
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ah a review by the Ministry of
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Natural Resources. So we are
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very hopeful with the way that
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we've been managing things. And
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we often say this. This is a
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management program. Not an
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extension or extinction or an
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extermination program. There
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will always geese here. It's
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just a matter of making sure
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that it's appropriate for our population here. So that
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report is always reviewed by
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the Ministry of Natural
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Resources and they do so prior
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to issuing the permits. In
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regards to grant applications,
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Council was advised that we
[5:03]
were successful in obtaining
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$490, 000 for the Hvac system
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for Maxville. Uh we also
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applied for the Celebrate
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Canada Fund for Canada Day.
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We're hoping to hear back from
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them in March. That's typically
[5:17]
time frame that we get a
[5:18]
response from them. We applied
[5:20]
to the community revitalization
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grant for the skate park. And
[5:23]
again we are hopeful to be
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hearing back from them
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positively in that respect. And
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ah we are looking at possibly
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applying to the seniors
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community grant. This year with
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South Glengarry doing something
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jointly as a Glengarry instead
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of going it alone. We have our
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health and safety meetings that
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ah we attend monthly for all of
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our facilities. Our next one is
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scheduled for tomorrow. The ice
[5:49]
schedule, as you know, due to
[5:50]
being closed in January, due to
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COVID. We have had to
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reschedule a lot of minor
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hockey and junior B Glens and
[6:02]
Mustangs games. So, we've had
[6:04]
to contact different
[6:05]
organizations and shuffle
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things around. We've been very, proactive. Whenever we
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know that a team doesn't have
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the regular spot, we've been
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contacting them by email to
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remind them that week, that
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you're not on on Wednesday as
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per usual, because games were
[6:20]
reshuffled. So, staff, I have
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to thank them very much for
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keeping on top of that because
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that is quite complex when
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you're trying to reschedule you
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know some seven or eight games
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that were lost during those
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periods in the two week period.
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So I know that I was speaking
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with the Glengarry girls and in
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one weekend one team had four
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games. So and that's extremely
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unusual. We also performed an inventory of all of our
[6:45]
equipment. We did that
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following the capital budget
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being passed. And we wanted to
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ensure that all that
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information was available for
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the asset management plan. We
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are going to be proceeding with
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the removal of noxious aquatic
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vegetation from Mill Pond. I
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actually had a conversation
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with Mister Colby Nolan from
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the Department of Fisheries and
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Oceans about this project. And
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he has given me the verbal okay
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I'm still waiting for the
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letter of intent from them.
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Giving us all the fine details.
[7:11]
But he told us that he's really
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pleased with the way the
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township has been been managing
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that program. And he also
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indicated that if we wanted to
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extend that program further to
[7:21]
are July 15th date that we
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should apply for a wider permit
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and usually those are just it's
[7:27]
basically a stamp of approval.
[7:29]
It's just to let them know that
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we're proceeding with these
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this removal once we are out of
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spawning season with the fish.
[7:36]
We also had a conversation
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regarding the pilot project for
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Loch Gary. And I was in contact
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with Mister Brendan Jacobs from
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the RCA who kindly supplied
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some information regarding Lock
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Dairy. So they wanted to know
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kinds of species that could
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possibly be at risk in that
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body of water. As you know we
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are dammed so there are some
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species that don't make their
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way down. And Mister Jacobs
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kindly provided all of that
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information to DFO. And again
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they said that they seem to be
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very favourable to that
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project. But we are waiting for
[8:08]
the LOI for that project. Also
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we'll bring that information
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forward to council. We have
[8:15]
been working on the tree
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distribution program Um
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Councillor Massey, myself and
[8:21]
Peter Bach had a call yesterday
[8:23]
on this project trying to
[8:25]
determine how best to do some
[8:28]
reforestation in North
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Glengarry. What was decided was
[8:30]
that we're going to be able to
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capture some information from
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other parties that have done
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the same thing. So, we've
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enlisted the help of mister Ben
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DeHon from the counties as well
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as mister Pat Pitts from South
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Nation Conservation Authority
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going to be meeting here at
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Island Park on March 8th along
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with Mister Bach and possibly a
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few more volunteers to discuss
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one area in the township that
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could be really benefit from
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reforestation and how we could
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canvass some volunteers to do
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that day. So we have that
[8:59]
scheduled again for March 8th
[9:00]
at one o'clock. I'll leave the
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committee activities to our
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Committee Chairs. Regards to
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our events and activities. We
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have our Boys and Girls Club
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that started again once the
[9:14]
COVID restrictions were lifted.
[9:16]
We've already scheduled some
[9:17]
ball hockey activities for
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Maxville and that will be
[9:20]
starting in May. We expect that
[9:22]
the ice will be in until at
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least the 17th of April. We've
[9:25]
just booked the tournament for
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two weekends and that's a
[9:28]
wonderful tournament that's
[9:29]
area wide. We also have the
[9:33]
fishing derby as you know that
[9:34]
happened this Saturday and even
[9:36]
though it was blizzard-like
[9:38]
conditions, there were 900
[9:40]
registrants to this activity.
[9:41]
Usually Um they have about two
[9:44]
thousand registrants. But we
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were limited to the amount of
[9:48]
individuals. We worked out a
[9:49]
safety plan with the health
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unit. And we had committed to
[9:53]
not having more than 1, 000
[9:54]
registrants to the activity.
[9:56]
And what happened with that is
[9:58]
due to a question of logistics
[10:00]
the registration date had to be
[10:02]
moved up. So there had to be a
[10:04]
firm registration date where
[10:06]
usually a lot of individuals
[10:07]
were able to access the Fishing
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Derby here on location.
[10:10]
Register that morning. So but
[10:13]
still we consider it a success
[10:15]
having 900 individuals. It's
[10:16]
one of the first large events
[10:18]
that we've been able to host in
[10:19]
the township since the
[10:20]
beginning of COVID. The
[10:22]
Glengary Soccer League has
[10:24]
resumed its activities also
[10:26]
indoors at the dome so we're
[10:27]
pleased to have that going on.
[10:28]
As well as other activities
[10:30]
like karate, the home version
[10:32]
of the kilt skate. We are also
[10:34]
pleased to be offering 2 days
[10:36]
at camp for March break at the
[10:38]
Tim Hortons Dome. Registration
[10:40]
opened today So, the spaces are
[10:43]
limited. We still want to
[10:44]
respect the fact that we have
[10:45]
COVID and ensure that we don't
[10:47]
end up with larger groups and
[10:48]
we can manage safely. So, we
[10:50]
encourage anyone who wants to
[10:52]
have their children attend
[10:53]
these camps to contact the Tim
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Horton Stone and complete a
[10:56]
registration form. Sportsball
[10:58]
again has been very popular.
[11:00]
It's being held on Saturday
[11:01]
mornings and we had young Young
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ones. So, starting at three
[11:05]
years old that are registered
[11:06]
in that program and I'm sure
[11:08]
it's going to be a repeat again
[11:10]
for the fall. have our summer
[11:12]
camp starting in Alexandria.
[11:14]
We've already been in contact
[11:16]
with the Boys and Girls Club.
[11:17]
So the organisation of that
[11:19]
activity is ongoing. And we
[11:21]
have contacted Youth Unlimited
[11:22]
about using the facilities in
[11:25]
Maxville for their summer camp
[11:26]
again for the twenty twenty-two
[11:28]
season. The ladies volleyball
[11:30]
is a great success. We have 10
[11:33]
teams registered and that
[11:35]
happens on Wednesdays. And yoga
[11:36]
programming will be ongoing
[11:37]
with another spring session
[11:38]
starting in late March. In
[11:41]
respect to our facilities, we
[11:43]
are working with a local
[11:44]
contractor to build the stand
[11:46]
for the condenser. So, we're in
[11:48]
the preliminary stages of that.
[11:50]
We've actually contacted
[11:52]
McIntosh Perry for some
[11:54]
stamping of some plans,
[11:56]
engineering plans. We were able
[11:58]
to mimic some plans that had
[12:00]
been used by another facility
[12:01]
but they still have to be peer
[12:02]
reviewed by McIntosh Perry and
[12:04]
we're the in the process of
[12:05]
doing that right now. At Island
[12:07]
Park, we've ordered the new
[12:08]
place structure as Council
[12:10]
approved that as part of the
[12:12]
capital budget. So we're
[12:13]
expecting delivery in spring
[12:14]
for that. In Maxville we did
[12:17]
have an issue with some sewage
[12:18]
drains freezing up. And we
[12:21]
really appreciate the fact that
[12:22]
Dean came over to see the
[12:24]
situation with us in Maxville.
[12:26]
And we realized that this is
[12:27]
something that we're going to
[12:28]
have to address in the spring.
[12:29]
Uh there's either a slope issue
[12:30]
that makes that the water is
[12:32]
staying in this drain. And
[12:34]
really freezing up. We had
[12:36]
Capital Steam come over and
[12:37]
they were not able to fix the
[12:39]
and so what we've done is we've
[12:41]
installed a sump pump but that
[12:42]
is very very much a temporary
[12:44]
measure and something that's
[12:45]
going to have to be addressed
[12:47]
in the spring. And the
[12:49]
engineers are now working on
[12:50]
the Hvac design system for
[12:52]
Maxville. So in respect to the
[12:55]
Tim Horton stone we had family
[12:57]
day happen there on Monday and
[12:59]
we put out toys that were easy
[13:01]
to disinfect. We know that that
[13:04]
activity or that event or
[13:06]
availability of activities at
[13:08]
the Tim Horton Stone was again
[13:10]
very successful. Same as in
[13:11]
Maxville. We had an inordinate
[13:13]
amount of skaters come out on
[13:14]
Monday for that activity. So,
[13:16]
I'm thinking it was greatly
[13:19]
appreciated by the public And
[13:20]
we are also following up at the
[13:22]
Tim Hortons Dome with the
[13:23]
Farley Group. As you know we've
[13:24]
noticed some deterioration of
[13:26]
the membrane and we've been
[13:27]
trying to get them to come out
[13:28]
to piggyback on another repair
[13:31]
that they have to do at a dome
[13:32]
either in Ottawa because we
[13:34]
don't want to pay for them to
[13:35]
come out to look for the dome.
[13:36]
That would be an inordinate
[13:39]
inordinately expensive charge
[13:40]
for them to come out. So we're
[13:42]
hoping to be able to have that
[13:43]
looked at hopefully tested
[13:47]
before the spring. In respect
[13:49]
to other activities you'll see
[13:51]
that the economic development
[13:53]
department has been extremely
[13:55]
busy. We were able to piggyback
[13:58]
on some video that was being
[14:00]
done with the the storm at
[14:02]
Dundas and Glengary Counties.
[14:03]
They came out on Monday and
[14:05]
Tuesday of last week. And we
[14:07]
took some footage and some B
[14:10]
roll in Maxville with some of
[14:11]
our businesses and some of our
[14:13]
facilities. And this is of our
[14:16]
residential marketing and
[14:17]
attraction that we are doing
[14:19]
under the development and
[14:20]
marketing strategy. So, this is
[14:22]
a component that's moving
[14:24]
forward very well. We also have
[14:26]
the commercial gap analysis
[14:27]
that's being performed and the
[14:29]
firm is coming to our next
[14:31]
Community Development Committee
[14:32]
to present their findings and
[14:34]
these are preliminary findings
[14:36]
that are going to be reviewed
[14:37]
by the Committee and will be
[14:38]
coming to Council at a further
[14:40]
date. The My Main Street
[14:42]
program has started with Daryl
[14:43]
Assuming the of ambassador for
[14:46]
that. And as usual we keep
[14:48]
forwarding any information that
[14:50]
comes from government sources
[14:52]
to our chambers, to our
[14:54]
businesses And the other
[14:56]
important thing that I have to
[14:58]
mention is that Natalie's been
[15:00]
doing a fantastic job when it
[15:01]
comes to communications. You've
[15:03]
seen her do some live shots. Um
[15:06]
and posting them to Facebook
[15:07]
and we're garnering really
[15:08]
great attraction through this.
[15:10]
And we've been having a lot of
[15:12]
people following the township
[15:14]
page. So I know that they look
[15:16]
sometimes like you know little
[15:18]
fluffy if you wish but what's
[15:21]
important for us is that
[15:22]
anybody who follows a township
[15:23]
when they see pieces like this
[15:25]
they also get information
[15:27]
concerning garbage and
[15:29]
recycling distribution. And you know road conditions or
[15:32]
activities have that have to be
[15:34]
postponed. So we're able to
[15:35]
reach larger audiences. So we
[15:37]
have to thank her for the work
[15:39]
that she's doing right now. So
[15:41]
thank you madam chair. That's
[15:43]
my report. Thank you very much
[15:45]
Anne. Uh Jacques can you please
[15:47]
put the motion on the table and
[15:50]
then I'll ask for questions and
[15:53]
comments afterwards. I never
[15:55]
thought I'd I'd say this but
[15:56]
then we kind of miss Jamie in
[15:57]
these times.
[16:01]
Just kidding, girl. Uh moving
[16:04]
myself seconded by Councillor
[16:05]
Noble that the Committee of the
[16:06]
whole receives report CS 2022
[16:09]
dash zero one, the Departmental
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Workmat Work Plan Update,
[16:13]
February 2022 from the
[16:15]
Community Services Department
[16:17]
for Information Purposes Only.
[16:19]
Thank you, Councillor. Uh are
[16:22]
there any questions from
[16:24]
Councillors or comments for
[16:26]
Anne? Yes, good. I just couple
[16:29]
comments and just regarding ice
[16:33]
fishing tournament. I was there
[16:35]
so it was it was a nice it was
[16:37]
a it was a day like we had a I
[16:40]
took a video of it while the
[16:42]
squall was coming down so but
[16:45]
just to add on that like there
[16:46]
was at least like it's a great
[16:48]
event for Northern Gary and
[16:50]
I've seen whatever could figure
[16:51]
out is about 50% of outside
[16:54]
outsiders. Mm hmm. Uh so that's
[16:57]
a great we should jump on that
[16:58]
train to promoted a little bit
[17:01]
better. I think because they
[17:03]
didn't really do a I know you
[17:04]
said they were a bit late with
[17:05]
the COVID stuff. But a lot of
[17:08]
people didn't even know it it
[17:10]
was happening that day. So so
[17:12]
we if we couldn't next year
[17:14]
maybe get in contact with them
[17:15]
and I'm I'm pretty sure they
[17:16]
would like us to promote it a
[17:19]
little bit that helped them
[17:20]
promote it because it's a great grow up for Alexandria
[17:22]
and Glengarry. And also the
[17:25]
three committee. Thank you very
[17:27]
much Anne for taking that over.
[17:28]
Uh taking see with really a
[17:32]
good meeting yesterday. We did
[17:33]
a Zoom with and they're
[17:36]
going to Pete's going to talk
[17:37]
to his group, the neighbors, I
[17:40]
think, the friends of the
[17:41]
Glengarry. Uh so they're
[17:43]
going to enlist maybe a couple
[17:45]
more committee members and
[17:47]
invitation is out there for
[17:48]
anyone, you know, discount sold
[17:49]
if they want to join in too.
[17:51]
Like, maybe one or two more.
[17:53]
It's just that they would get
[17:54]
more transparency to the the
[17:56]
thing and also I don't know if
[17:58]
you mentioned that. Tim maybe
[18:00]
like on public horse when we if
[18:03]
we adopt a green road to
[18:05]
reinforest like on the sides
[18:06]
and everything, we'd like the
[18:08]
participation or just the
[18:08]
guidance of public works, the
[18:10]
road department just to tell us
[18:12]
if there's any ditches there or
[18:15]
you know, lines of so we might
[18:19]
be knocking on your door just
[18:20]
to give us a little headwood
[18:22]
because we're the next meeting
[18:23]
will be the process to start I
[18:26]
think adopting one project for
[18:29]
this year and then we're
[18:30]
going to try to reline a green
[18:31]
road that has been cleaned up
[18:34]
completely to the to the gravel
[18:36]
there so that's the plan so we
[18:38]
might ask you for advice or
[18:41]
something on that and that's
[18:43]
it. Thank you. And if I may
[18:46]
Council Massey will be doing a
[18:48]
call out to volunteers. So
[18:49]
anybody who feels like coming
[18:51]
out to plant some trees. We'll
[18:52]
let you know the date and time
[18:54]
and location. Thank you
[18:56]
Councillor Massey. I I'm really
[18:58]
glad to hear that you're
[18:59]
involving the the public in
[19:02]
this in this initiative.
[19:03]
Because it'll it people want to
[19:06]
get involved in this kind of
[19:08]
thing because it's it's good
[19:09]
news. It's helping the
[19:10]
environment and you know it it
[19:13]
gives a really good message. Uh
[19:14]
and and I think it would also
[19:16]
be a good idea when you have a
[19:17]
date for the tree pickup. If
[19:20]
you could please let council
[19:21]
know so that maybe we can be
[19:24]
out there you know giving the
[19:25]
trees away to the the public. I
[19:27]
think it's be nice to see
[19:29]
Council involved in that.
[19:31]
Anyone who's available? Um I
[19:33]
just have a two one other
[19:36]
question with regards to Lough
[19:38]
Gary and you said that there's
[19:40]
a pilot Um for going on a pilot
[19:44]
project with regards to
[19:47]
clearing weeds there. So you
[19:48]
through you madam chair, yes,
[19:50]
actually that had been brought
[19:51]
to council previously. Uh we
[19:53]
had had a request to see if it
[19:55]
was possible to make some
[19:56]
improvements to lock Gary. It
[19:58]
is a very small project. We're
[19:59]
looking at doing about the
[20:01]
equivalent of what we do here.
[20:02]
So it may not look like much
[20:04]
but it is so much more than
[20:05]
just that. It really a pilot to
[20:07]
show the DFO that we might be
[20:10]
able to impact a certain area
[20:11]
and possibly extend further in
[20:13]
the future. And when we did
[20:14]
discuss this with public works
[20:16]
we had to be very conscious of
[20:17]
the fact that we can't go and
[20:19]
stretch out our resources
[20:20]
beyond what we have. So if
[20:22]
we're able to do this
[20:24]
successfully and if it's
[20:26]
council's desire to extend the
[20:28]
area that needs to be cleaned
[20:30]
up will have to put together a
[20:32]
plan for that including you
[20:34]
know staff costs staff time,
[20:37]
possibly equipment because that
[20:38]
means moving the harvester in
[20:40]
and out of the pond. So, it's much larger than just
[20:44]
saying, okay, we're going ahead
[20:45]
and cleaning out an area. So,
[20:47]
there's a lot of thought being
[20:48]
given to this. Okay, good.
[20:50]
That's precisely why I asked
[20:51]
the question because I could
[20:52]
see this you know, all of a
[20:54]
sudden, there's an you need two
[20:57]
harvesters and I mean, it's
[20:58]
desirable to clean up Loch Gary
[21:00]
if it all possible but you
[21:02]
know, within we need, yeah, we
[21:04]
need we need a plan for sure
[21:05]
and I think it's important
[21:07]
until until we do have a plan
[21:10]
you know to keep people's
[21:12]
expectations in in check so
[21:15]
that we don't they don't think
[21:16]
it's going to be sort of
[21:18]
crystal blue water tomorrow or
[21:21]
something. Okay, that that was
[21:24]
just what I had in mind there.
[21:26]
Any other questions or comments
[21:28]
from Anne? So, through you
[21:30]
madam chair if I may. Um there
[21:31]
is going to be a communications
[21:33]
component that's going to be
[21:34]
accompanying the pilot project
[21:36]
as well as the tree project.
[21:37]
So, we realize that and we
[21:40]
discussed that yesterday during
[21:41]
our meeting with Mister Bach
[21:42]
that if the Green Road
[21:45]
Allowance is along a farm or an
[21:47]
area like that that we're going
[21:49]
to get that farmers involvement
[21:50]
and we're going to be putting
[21:51]
up signage there and we're
[21:53]
going to be working with
[21:54]
Natalie again to put out some
[21:55]
press releases and to do, you
[21:57]
know, some some photography and
[21:58]
so on and so forth. Really a
[22:00]
good sense of sensibilization
[22:02]
campaign for that. And the
[22:04]
thing the same thing is going
[22:05]
to be done with Lough Gary.
[22:06]
Just so the community does
[22:08]
understand that this is very
[22:09]
much a pilot project. So and
[22:12]
you know when we know what the
[22:14]
area is here at Mill Pond and
[22:17]
it looks huge because it's what
[22:18]
we see here. But in Lough area
[22:19]
if you put it in reference it's
[22:21]
a very very very small portion
[22:23]
of Lock Erie. And it's to see
[22:25]
what kind of an impact we can
[22:26]
have. And if it's fees letter
[22:28]
end. Very good. That that
[22:30]
sounds like a good plan. If
[22:31]
you're going to check to see if
[22:32]
there are any weevils left.
[22:34]
Didn't hear that. Okay, thank
[22:38]
you very much Anne. Thank you.
[22:44]
Okay. Next is the Treasury
[22:49]
Department. Uh Brenda, can you
[22:50]
put the motion on the table,
[22:52]
please?
[22:59]
TR 2022 dash seven, the
[23:01]
Departmental Work Plan Update,
[23:02]
February 2022. From the
[23:05]
treasury department for
[23:06]
information purposes only.
[23:07]
Thank you. Go ahead, Kim.
[23:10]
Welcome. Um building
[23:12]
assessments are now complete
[23:14]
and the information is being
[23:15]
formatted to upload into the
[23:16]
city wide software. Along with
[23:18]
this, the bridge culvert and
[23:20]
roads meet studies will also be
[23:22]
put into that asset management
[23:24]
software and not only that,
[23:27]
we're going to upload the
[23:28]
entire studies. There is a way
[23:31]
to do it. I don't know yet how.
[23:33]
but that way we have a central
[23:34]
storage for all our asset
[23:35]
information. This will also
[23:38]
assist with capital budgeting
[23:39]
hopefully for 2023. We have a
[23:41]
county representative who's
[23:43]
coming down for a day in March.
[23:44]
And she's going to assist
[23:46]
myself, the director of public
[23:47]
works, and the public works
[23:49]
assistant. That's your title.
[23:52]
Anyways, with getting some of
[23:53]
this information into the
[23:54]
software. Uh tax collection
[23:57]
remains very good. Uh your
[23:59]
report says there's nine
[24:00]
properties still in the process
[24:01]
for tendering. This is now down
[24:03]
to six. We had three of those
[24:05]
customers pay this week and we
[24:07]
had another one pay last Friday
[24:09]
and the four of them totaled
[24:11]
7-eight thousand dollars. So,
[24:13]
it's coming along. We also have
[24:15]
three tenders that are planned
[24:17]
to be opened on March 17th for
[24:19]
three properties. Uh and on a
[24:22]
date eight additional
[24:23]
properties will be starting the
[24:25]
process soon. It takes about a
[24:26]
year for it to go through but
[24:28]
we're starting on eight more.
[24:30]
Uh the municipal audit is
[24:31]
taking place from February 28th
[24:33]
to March 11th. So, the treasury
[24:35]
department and other
[24:36]
departments that are involved
[24:37]
in the audit have been getting
[24:38]
all the documentation ready for
[24:39]
the auditors. Um This is so we
[24:42]
have our year end earlier than
[24:43]
we have in the past couple of
[24:45]
years. I know there was one
[24:46]
year when we got our financial
[24:47]
statements in October and it
[24:48]
made it difficult to manage
[24:50]
because the financials were not
[24:51]
rolled into the next year. So
[24:53]
it will be earlier this year.
[24:56]
Uh the Department's planning
[24:57]
for two new policies for 2022.
[24:59]
We'll see how that goes. And
[25:00]
the remainder of the items on
[25:03]
this report are basically
[25:04]
normal operations for the
[25:06]
Treasury Department. So my
[25:07]
report looks very small
[25:08]
compared to Anne's. I'm I'm not going to ask the
[25:14]
question. And and he thank you
[25:17]
Kim. You're welcome. Thank you.
[25:18]
We know you work hard. Don't
[25:19]
worry. It's okay. No. I know
[25:20]
you work. Just like. Okay I got
[25:22]
two paragraphs.
[25:27]
Uh questions or comments from
[25:29]
council? Look at, you answered
[25:34]
all the, all the questions in
[25:35]
those paragraphs as well. Thank
[25:37]
you, Council. Thank you very
[25:38]
much. Alright, you've all heard
[25:40]
the motion. Uh, all in favor of
[25:43]
the motion? Carried, thank you.
[25:47]
Alright, we're onto sea
[25:50]
building, planning, and bylaw
[25:51]
departments. Councillor
[25:55]
Manally, please put the motion
[25:57]
on the table. Thank you, Deputy
[25:58]
Mayor. Moving myself, seconded
[25:59]
by Councilor Madden that the
[26:01]
committee of the poll receives
[26:02]
report BP 2022 dash zero six.
[26:05]
The Department of Work Plan
[26:07]
Update, February 2022 and the
[26:10]
building by law and planning
[26:12]
department for information
[26:14]
purposes only. Thank you. 'em.
[26:16]
Thank you, mister PD Mayor. So,
[26:20]
what's new? So, the first one,
[26:22]
hiring of the administrative
[26:23]
assistant. As you know, there's
[26:26]
been a bit of a staffing change
[26:27]
in the department. So, we've
[26:30]
come to an agreement with the
[26:30]
counties to get Peter Young to
[26:33]
work with us to do the biggest,
[26:35]
I guess the the big planning
[26:38]
files and we're in the process
[26:39]
of hiring a new admin assistant
[26:41]
for so Chantal moved. She she
[26:44]
took the the planning aspect of
[26:45]
the of the department. So,
[26:47]
we're hiring a new admin
[26:48]
assistant to help building and
[26:50]
bylaw. We've had some very good
[26:52]
applicants so this will be
[26:55]
continued in the next in the
[26:56]
next week I guess. Uh Maxville
[26:59]
Projects who as you know we've
[27:01]
been working alongside with
[27:03]
Waterworks and a lot with the
[27:06]
plumbers in Maxville to know
[27:07]
when the when the remainder of
[27:09]
the properties are being
[27:10]
connected so we can go and do
[27:13]
the inspection right away. Uh
[27:14]
so there's no backlog in there.
[27:16]
We're pretty much up to date.
[27:17]
It's just a question of getting
[27:18]
everybody connected. Uh
[27:20]
building permits. So a little
[27:21]
update for for the of the year.
[27:24]
Uh so in 2021, we have issued
[27:27]
250 building permits. And the
[27:30]
value of construction of these
[27:31]
permits. So that's not the
[27:34]
actual money we're we're we're taking in for the permit.
[27:37]
Sadly it's the actual value of
[27:38]
the building. Uh so 22 million
[27:41]
455 Uh just to compare to last
[27:43]
year in 2020. So yeah there was
[27:46]
the pandemic and everything but
[27:48]
as I mentioned there was not a
[27:50]
real real big hit in the
[27:52]
construction. Uh department
[27:54]
last year we've issued two
[27:56]
twenty-six permits for 12
[27:58]
pretty much 13 million dollars.
[28:00]
So there's a big increase
[28:02]
there. We've been we've been
[28:04]
busy. We see it. Uh most of
[28:05]
these large sums come from some
[28:10]
industrial development in the
[28:12]
humans. So, I don't know what
[28:13]
you saw. There's there's a lot
[28:14]
of new buildings there. Dome
[28:16]
buildings, stuff like that. Uh
[28:18]
the vet clinic of course, large
[28:20]
agricultural projects and a lot
[28:22]
of residential permits. So,
[28:24]
there's been especially late
[28:26]
Last year and coming into this
[28:28]
year, there's a lot of single
[28:29]
family dwelling applications.
[28:32]
So, that's going well. Uh just
[28:34]
a little update on a large
[28:37]
projects. Uh so, the site plan
[28:39]
for the animal hospital as you
[28:41]
probably saw it. It's going
[28:42]
really well. Uh the structure
[28:44]
is all up. Uh we did, we just
[28:46]
did the plumbing inspection in
[28:48]
there. So, insulation and then
[28:50]
they're going to board and they
[28:52]
got in touch with me to know
[28:53]
exactly what they needed for
[28:55]
their occupancy. So, they're
[28:57]
looking at when they can open
[28:58]
and stuff like that. So, I I
[28:59]
believe they're aiming like
[29:01]
April around that. So it's it's
[29:03]
going really well over there.
[29:05]
Um the fourplex on Saint
[29:07]
George. So, Ron Theorez
[29:08]
property, this is going to
[29:09]
start in March. We just issued
[29:11]
this building permit. Um
[29:14]
apartment complex in Knoxville.
[29:15]
So, the old school. This is
[29:16]
also going really well. I just
[29:18]
did the plumbing inspection
[29:20]
over there and he's starting
[29:21]
the drywall. Um so, IHA. I'll
[29:24]
just talk about it later but
[29:26]
basically there they're well
[29:28]
into their sightline control
[29:29]
development also. Uh and
[29:30]
there's a Trucking Depot that's
[29:33]
going to go this year. Uh just
[29:35]
south of town here. Uh yeah so
[29:38]
a lot of building permit
[29:39]
application, large projects,
[29:41]
and a lot of single family
[29:42]
dwellings for coming in for
[29:43]
next year. Um so by law
[29:46]
enforcement there's not a whole
[29:48]
lot new going on in the bylaw
[29:50]
enforcement. It's really just
[29:52]
complaints coming in. Uh COVID
[29:54]
restrictions are starting to be
[29:56]
very hard to enforce as you
[29:58]
know. So we're just trying to
[29:59]
keep up. Todd is working really
[30:01]
well with the OPP so it's it's
[30:03]
going good for that. Uh fines.
[30:05]
Again, we didn't do it yet but
[30:07]
we want to get some set fines
[30:10]
for most of our bylaws. Uh the
[30:13]
planning department, so for
[30:15]
subdivisions, I mentioned, I
[30:16]
think at the last meeting that
[30:17]
the township was looking into
[30:19]
doing some kind of a standards
[30:21]
or guideline for subdivisions.
[30:22]
So, we just had a meeting this
[30:24]
morning actually with the
[30:25]
counties and Peter wants to do
[30:29]
something more similar across
[30:31]
the county. So what he's
[30:33]
proposing is he's going to to
[30:36]
use some guidelines that
[30:38]
existing some existing
[30:40]
guidelines from other
[30:41]
townships. And try to to to do
[30:45]
a guideline that would that
[30:45]
could be used across the
[30:47]
county. So most of the planners
[30:49]
seem to be on board. Um they're
[30:52]
pretty much using the same one
[30:53]
as of now also wouldn't change
[30:55]
anything for them. So that
[30:57]
would be useful. So we're kind
[30:57]
of on the hold for that but
[30:59]
this would be a good idea of
[31:00]
that. For subdivision and
[31:03]
foresight plans actually. So,
[31:04]
the application would be the
[31:05]
same across the county. So,
[31:07]
it's with Peter Young over
[31:08]
there. It's going really well
[31:09]
for planning Uh severances, we
[31:12]
have a lot of severances coming
[31:13]
in but that again, with our new
[31:16]
arrangements with the counties,
[31:18]
this will be a lot easier for
[31:19]
us as we pretty much just flip
[31:21]
them to the counties at as they
[31:23]
are the approval authority and
[31:24]
what's going to happen is that
[31:26]
they are going to put in the
[31:28]
conditions on our part. They're
[31:29]
going to send it back to us and
[31:30]
we're just going to say yes,
[31:30]
we're okay with or change this,
[31:32]
whatever. So, this should be
[31:34]
good. Uh the IHA project, so we
[31:37]
have the presentation coming,
[31:39]
Uh basically, they're they're
[31:41]
well into their site plan
[31:43]
agreement. So, they're going to
[31:43]
present what they have now. Uh
[31:45]
and the LPAT appeal. So, as of
[31:49]
February 15, the appeal was
[31:51]
finally approved. So, it only
[31:53]
took four years, not bad.
[31:55]
They're due for their next
[31:57]
review coming in next year but
[31:59]
whatever, that's okay. Uh they
[32:00]
have to do their their schedule
[32:04]
advert like tell everybody's
[32:06]
like whose properties is
[32:08]
switching. They have to let
[32:09]
them know. And from there it's
[32:10]
going to be official that the
[32:11]
new OP is going to be in
[32:13]
effect. And from there so
[32:16]
that's that was one of the big
[32:17]
steps we were waiting for to
[32:19]
update our zoning bylock as the
[32:21]
Rzoning has to match DOP. So
[32:22]
now we're going to be able to
[32:24]
update our zoning bylaw to
[32:25]
match with the OP has changed
[32:27]
with this with this appeal now.
[32:29]
And that's it. Thank you Mister
[32:32]
Excellent. Thank you, Jacob.
[32:35]
Questions, comments for Jacob.
[32:39]
Gee, you answered everybody's
[32:41]
questions too. Just just, I
[32:43]
have one. Come on. Go ahead. Uh
[32:48]
just with regards to the the
[32:50]
hookups for water in Maxville.
[32:52]
Yep. Approximately how many are
[32:54]
not hooked up. And and are
[32:57]
they? Ten. forty-7 now? And and
[33:02]
are they simply not going to
[33:05]
hook up? Yeah. Are they just
[33:06]
going to at this point? We're trying to get a hold of
[33:09]
him. Some of the people we
[33:10]
can't even talk to because they
[33:12]
don't answer but
[33:22]
I see. Why there's there's a
[33:24]
lot of them it's like it's it's
[33:28]
with the plumbers like right
[33:28]
now also it's winter so a lot
[33:31]
of them I know pretty much all
[33:32]
of what's the street north of
[33:35]
Maxville there the roundabout
[33:36]
there? Campbell Campbell.
[33:38]
They're pretty much all waiting
[33:39]
on on the plumbers to do it.
[33:40]
They're all ready to go. So
[33:43]
that is the situation for some
[33:44]
of them. So it's it's not
[33:45]
always the land owner.
[33:46]
Sometimes it's the plumber.
[33:48]
Sometimes it's just bad timing.
[33:49]
So. Okay. But that's it there's not a lot of complaints
[33:55]
going on with regards to that.
[33:56]
It's pretty smooth No, I think.
[34:01]
Okay. Alright, I thought it had
[34:04]
started. Okay. Um and then just
[34:06]
with regards to those
[34:08]
subdivision guidelines you were
[34:09]
talking about. Yeah. Is there
[34:13]
what are the advantages and the
[34:14]
disadvantages of of having sort
[34:18]
of a uniform sort of across the
[34:22]
entire of SD and G. It's it's a
[34:26]
as far as I'm concerned it's a
[34:28]
very good idea because it's easier for like it's
[34:31]
because you always get the same
[34:32]
people if I can take for
[34:34]
example like EVB and all I
[34:37]
think. So they work for like
[34:38]
pretty much four four
[34:40]
townships. So if they would
[34:41]
have the same guideline to to
[34:43]
use for mind you the guy
[34:45]
working for AVB used to do
[34:47]
these guidelines for two of the
[34:49]
townships. So, it's like they
[34:50]
know it by heart and right now,
[34:52]
there's just little things
[34:54]
different from one to another.
[34:55]
So, having it like the same
[34:58]
actual document for across the
[34:59]
counties would be good. It's
[35:00]
and also it's just the thing we would not have to do with
[35:04]
basically like it would just
[35:05]
come to us all ready to go it's
[35:07]
the it's usually the same like
[35:10]
before it's being approved Tim
[35:11]
would go through it, and if he
[35:13]
sees, like what Peter was
[35:15]
saying is, if one township
[35:16]
wants to have something in
[35:19]
particular in there, he would
[35:20]
just add it for everybody. So,
[35:22]
if this township wants to use
[35:23]
that clause or whatever, or
[35:25]
that particular cross section
[35:27]
for a road or for, blah, blah, They could use that
[35:29]
detail in particular. So it
[35:31]
would be more, like, total
[35:33]
document where you can use the
[35:34]
LA five instead of A four and
[35:36]
blah, blah, blah. So that's, it
[35:37]
sounded like a very good idea.
[35:39]
Okay, yeah, sounds, sounds
[35:40]
good. And right now we nothing.
[35:42]
So that's the hard thing where
[35:44]
people ask us questions and.
[35:45]
Yeah. We don't even know what to give them. So, that's
[35:48]
great. Thank you. Alright.
[35:50]
Thank you very much for your
[35:52]
report. Okay, you heard the
[35:54]
motion earlier. All all in
[35:56]
favor. Carrie, thank you.
[35:59]
Alright. Now, we're onto public
[36:02]
works. Um oh, sorry. Who has
[36:05]
got Councilor Madden? If you
[36:07]
could please put Move by
[36:10]
myself, second and by Council
[36:11]
Winsing, the Committee of the
[36:12]
Whole received report PW 2022
[36:16]
dash zero four. The Department
[36:18]
of Work Plan Update. February
[36:19]
2022 from the Public Works
[36:21]
Department for information
[36:23]
purposes only. Thank you
[36:24]
Councillor Madden. Go ahead
[36:25]
Tim. Welcome. Thank you
[36:28]
Council. Um so, we started off
[36:32]
in 2022 with a rocky start with
[36:35]
Omicron. Um luckily with the
[36:38]
fire department we're able to
[36:41]
procure some rapid testing
[36:44]
tests. So we rolled that out to
[36:46]
each of the work sites. And we
[36:49]
built stations there that
[36:51]
automatically recorded as
[36:53]
people did tests. Uh this was
[36:56]
very successful and we actually
[36:58]
caught a lot of false sorry,
[37:01]
we, we caught a lot of cases
[37:04]
that were asymptomatic. So,
[37:06]
people who had no symptoms
[37:08]
whatsoever, and if they didn't
[37:09]
test, they would have just gone
[37:10]
to work and spread it to the
[37:12]
next person. So, very
[37:13]
successful and we thank the
[37:15]
fire department for helping us
[37:17]
out to get those tests and we
[37:19]
had really good uptake as well.
[37:21]
It was a voluntary program and
[37:25]
we had a good participation
[37:27]
through all of the all of the
[37:29]
departments and I thank all of
[37:32]
them for for doing the right
[37:35]
thing and testing to keep their co-workers safe. Um you
[37:40]
can see the graph there, the
[37:42]
uptake, and it's dropped off
[37:43]
now. Um the we haven't had any
[37:46]
positives for quite a few
[37:49]
weeks. Um and we expect that to drop off.
[37:57]
People are less worried about
[37:58]
it now. We've also the people
[38:00]
who have been positive aren't
[38:03]
going to be positive again. Uh
[38:05]
so it's it's going in the right
[38:08]
direction and we're really glad
[38:09]
that we got this out at the
[38:11]
very start. Um onto the road.
[38:14]
So the roads department the
[38:17]
blade installs that were done
[38:19]
in twenty twenty1 were very
[38:21]
successful. So it's saving us a
[38:23]
lot on salt, sand and grit. Um
[38:24]
on the gravel roads especially
[38:28]
and as you've probably noticed
[38:30]
with our recent weather, it
[38:31]
gives us a good amount of
[38:33]
traction when you're on those
[38:35]
gravel roads.
[38:40]
we've had this isn't in the
[38:41]
report because it's been very recent but our the recent
[38:45]
weather we've had starting on
[38:47]
Friday all of the workers have
[38:50]
been doing fairly regular 12
[38:53]
hour shifts with 3 AM starts
[38:54]
snow removal they did a really
[38:58]
good job just before Christmas
[38:59]
making sure that all the
[39:01]
streets were clear for for
[39:03]
Christmas so everyone can have
[39:05]
those those get togethers when
[39:06]
they you know around
[39:09]
restrictions. Um so the team's
[39:11]
been doing really really well.
[39:12]
And we really appreciate their
[39:14]
work. so we also have we're
[39:19]
moving on to fleet. We have the
[39:22]
main problem that we've had is
[39:23]
with the Maxville sidewalk
[39:26]
tractor. Uh so luckily we held
[39:28]
onto the old sidewalk tractor
[39:30]
and that had been doing duty
[39:32]
for us. Uh that tractor's now
[39:34]
back in service. Uh and that
[39:36]
mechanical issue seemed to be
[39:38]
resolved. I think it was
[39:40]
electronic actually. So that's
[39:43]
all resolved now. Uh we have
[39:45]
had minor issues with the
[39:48]
tandems that is indicative of
[39:50]
just our aging fleet. Um so now
[39:52]
that we've approved to get the
[39:54]
extra new tandems that should
[39:56]
go quite away to alleviating
[39:59]
that issue.
[40:03]
than in actually moving on to
[40:05]
water and sewer. So in
[40:06]
Alexandria we had two breaks
[40:10]
two water breaks, both on
[40:11]
Dominion Street that we brought
[40:13]
in we had to bring in some
[40:16]
contractors to help help us fix
[40:17]
that as well to operate the
[40:18]
backhoes and excavate. Um both
[40:22]
breaks were at valve stems. So,
[40:26]
it's on there on their
[40:27]
connection side. Um and both
[40:30]
the teams responded. We didn't
[40:32]
have any boil water advisories
[40:34]
or anything like that. No no
[40:35]
issues with but the guys did
[40:39]
well to respond to those issues
[40:42]
we are fine tuning the water
[40:44]
dosing, sorry, the chemical
[40:45]
dosing in the Alexandria water
[40:47]
treatment plant and bringing in
[40:49]
a consultant to try and get a
[40:53]
an outside view of what we're
[40:54]
doing and make sure that we can
[40:56]
really optimize those dosing of
[41:00]
the of the water as it comes
[41:01]
in. We have a
[41:06]
low chlorine them. Angela will
[41:09]
go more into detail later. I'll
[41:11]
let her explain it so I don't
[41:13]
bungle it but but basically
[41:15]
we're we're fine tuning the
[41:17]
chemical dosing in the
[41:17]
Alexandria water plant. On the
[41:20]
sewage side the team has been
[41:22]
doing a really good job of
[41:24]
identifying Dean specifically,
[41:27]
identifying and plugging leaks
[41:29]
in the sewage system. So we're
[41:31]
getting a lot of water
[41:32]
infiltration with roots going
[41:33]
into pipes and just the
[41:39]
expansion contraction getting
[41:41]
breaks in the pipes here and
[41:42]
there. So, we CCTV those in the
[41:45]
spring of twenty twenty and in
[41:48]
the autumn and over the winter
[41:51]
as well have been having
[41:53]
contractors basically plugged
[41:55]
the holes in those pipes and
[41:57]
what that means is that with
[41:58]
less water infiltration into
[42:00]
the sewage system that eases
[42:02]
the load on our On our back
[42:05]
end, on our lagoons. Uh so
[42:08]
that's been really good. Uh we
[42:09]
did a 90 meter section. Um that
[42:12]
was relined in the hole. And we
[42:16]
plan to do more in twenty
[42:18]
twenty-two. Uh we had a power
[42:20]
outage on December 11th. Uh I
[42:21]
believe we also had a power
[42:24]
outage. I can't remember the
[42:25]
date. Um that was very brief.
[42:28]
Uh but the teams hooked up the
[42:31]
generators and pumps that were
[42:32]
needed to make sure that we
[42:33]
don't get any backups anywhere.
[42:35]
Um so it was really and a good
[42:38]
test about emergency, emergency
[42:40]
response. In Maxville, as Jacob
[42:44]
mentioned, we still have 49
[42:47]
residents who haven't hooked up
[42:50]
for whatever reason, various
[42:52]
reasons as we went over before.
[42:54]
Um and the bit, they have been
[42:56]
sent a letter that they will be
[42:58]
starting to be billed in early
[43:00]
twenty twenty-two. So, what's
[43:04]
that? Um so, at the landfill.
[43:07]
We had to modify the way that
[43:10]
the the waste was the waste was
[43:14]
sitting so we could manage it
[43:16]
better in the future. Um not
[43:19]
manage it better but just deal
[43:20]
with the amount that we've got.
[43:21]
Basically as the piles get
[43:24]
higher it all needed to be not
[43:25]
all of it but a portion needed
[43:27]
to be moved and consolidated in
[43:30]
one area. Um so that was
[43:32]
completed early this year.
[43:35]
moving on to drainage. Uh we
[43:39]
did 53 kilometres of of drain
[43:43]
in the twenty twenty-one 2022
[43:46]
season. Uh sorry by the end of
[43:48]
the season that is. Um oh
[43:50]
sorry, fifty-three, yeah,
[43:53]
5-three kilometres of grain
[43:54]
that would be maintained. Um
[43:58]
thanks to Zoe's been managing
[44:01]
all that and doing really well.
[44:02]
Uh with the new bylaw that was
[44:06]
introduced for the the policy
[44:08]
of only accepting only
[44:11]
accepting requests to maintain
[44:13]
a drain before a certain date
[44:15]
of the year is really going to
[44:17]
help that. So we're going to
[44:19]
have a much smoother year in
[44:20]
the twenty twenty-two, 20
[44:22]
twenty-three season, which is
[44:25]
good. We look forward to that.
[44:26]
Um And then onto rare. So rare
[44:30]
has been doing well. Uh selling
[44:31]
commodities as per the CIF
[44:33]
pricing which included there
[44:34]
for your reference. Um we've
[44:37]
signed hazardous waste
[44:38]
agreements in
[44:43]
Sorry,
[44:43]
we've signed some
[44:43]
hazardous waste agreements so
[44:44]
we can get subsidized for
[44:46]
taking the hazardous waste. We
[44:48]
provide that service to the
[44:50]
community Um the next date will
[44:53]
be in early April. Um the blue
[44:56]
box regulation. Uh there's
[45:00]
ongoing webinars and there's
[45:01]
actually even another one today
[45:03]
trying to figure out how
[45:04]
exactly this transition's going
[45:06]
to work. Um that will basically
[45:09]
move full responsibility for
[45:11]
recycling to the producers Um
[45:15]
and there's certain thresholds
[45:17]
that figure out what
[45:18]
requirements there are for
[45:20]
producers depending on how much
[45:21]
that they actually how much
[45:23]
they actually make. Um so we
[45:28]
our next milestone for that is
[45:29]
we have to register as a
[45:32]
processor in late April.
[45:33]
Basically what that means is
[45:35]
that we're putting out we're
[45:37]
going on a a database that
[45:40]
tells these processes who are
[45:41]
going to be responsible that we
[45:43]
have a a waste sorting facility
[45:46]
here and they may approach us
[45:49]
to see how that can fit into
[45:52]
their responsibility in the
[45:53]
future. Uh we don't transition
[45:55]
until twenty twenty-five So
[45:57]
there's quite a way until that
[46:00]
responsibility actually moves
[46:01]
to them. We also have to repair
[46:05]
some items for insurance.
[46:07]
There's two exterior walls that
[46:09]
still need to be done. That
[46:12]
we're going to do this year. Uh
[46:14]
we did get one successful
[46:15]
quote. Um but it we if that
[46:20]
quote is too high. We may
[46:24]
actually do this in house. It
[46:26]
is fairly simple work. We might
[46:28]
have some of the public works
[46:30]
guys join forces with rare
[46:32]
there and and get this work
[46:34]
done. that's pretty much it?
[46:38]
Anybody have any questions?
[46:40]
Okay, go ahead to Council
[46:42]
Wensing, then Councillor
[46:44]
Massey.
[46:58]
Wow. Nice. PSA Mira Tim is
[47:02]
really easy to read, easy to
[47:05]
focus on. I suggest like that
[47:07]
I'm looking at these exterior
[47:08]
walls and I know where they are
[47:10]
but maybe putting like a a
[47:13]
blocker because I know I think
[47:14]
people are stashing stuff on
[47:17]
that wall and that white
[47:18]
deteriorated like that. So if
[47:20]
you put a stopper or a barrier
[47:22]
before that ball, I think it.
[47:22]
Ballards or something.
[47:28]
Yeah, go ahead. And a few years
[47:30]
ago, four, five years ago, I
[47:32]
had the previous public works
[47:34]
guide to look into buying a a
[47:37]
screen to put on that fence.
[47:39]
You know, just to block off
[47:39]
because sometimes it gets
[47:42]
disorganized a little bit in
[47:44]
that yard. You would just block
[47:45]
that view from resident walking
[47:47]
by or something. You just some
[47:49]
days look worse than other.
[47:51]
It's just like a screen that
[47:52]
you would put up on the fence
[47:53]
and just, you know, you know
[47:55]
what I mean? Like, yes, yeah.
[47:56]
Okay. Yeah. Yeah, we can plant
[47:58]
trees there.
[48:02]
Go ahead, Councillor Madden.
[48:04]
Thank you, Deputy Mayor. Um
[48:05]
Tim, just a quick question
[48:07]
about calendars. Waste
[48:09]
calendars, information for the
[48:11]
community. We have any dates or
[48:12]
any info on when that's coming
[48:13]
out? I thought that they were
[48:16]
already out but I could check
[48:17]
on that. Yeah. Yeah. Oh yeah,
[48:21]
they went a month ago. Really?
[48:23]
Not a lot actually made it. We
[48:25]
need to talk about
[48:25]
communications to my house.
[48:28]
Yeah. Just thank you.
[48:33]
I I didn't get one either.
[48:35]
Yeah, it's on the mail. What?
[48:40]
No. They opened the website.
[48:43]
Yeah. There you go. They were mailed? Yeah.
[48:50]
Okay so but how, what, what
[48:54]
happens if your tax bill is is
[48:58]
paid by your financial
[48:59]
institution.
[49:13]
Does that come from you Kim? Is
[49:17]
that, does that come from you?
[49:22]
The final tax bill like once
[49:26]
it, if it's No, so, so, how do
[49:31]
we, how do we make sure we
[49:33]
don't miss people? I guess is
[49:33]
what I'm, is what I'm, because
[49:37]
if we, if two of us were
[49:38]
missed, in this small group,
[49:40]
and you didn't get one either,
[49:41]
then that means probably a lot
[49:43]
of people were missed.
[49:52]
all of your survival sorting
[49:55]
and
[50:17]
I'm also concerned about the
[50:19]
fact that
[50:28]
Even though he nailed it, he
[50:29]
needs to go We're monitoring
[50:33]
that and I I repeated it again.
[50:35]
I
[50:39]
Yes, go ahead, Councillor.
[50:56]
Something. Yeah.
[51:01]
not in not in urban areas.
[51:03]
Can I can I make a suggestion?
[51:05]
Sarah you can address this at your SMT, your senior
[51:08]
management team and I mean
[51:11]
maybe for these kinds of things
[51:13]
we like a direct mail. You have
[51:15]
everyone's address. A direct
[51:16]
mail is the way to go. It's not that expensive. Go
[51:22]
ahead.
[51:37]
And they
[51:43]
That's a reward they have. You
[51:45]
have to have your where you
[51:46]
work and your home.
[51:50]
ah Just go ahead. Kim? What
[51:53]
we've tried to do is for the
[51:56]
letters that have come back to
[51:57]
us without a peel blocks.
[51:59]
Whatever email, whatever phone
[52:01]
number we have on the table,
[52:02]
we've tried to contact people
[52:03]
but really it's the bonus
[52:04]
responsibility to ensure that
[52:06]
those efforts we have tried.
[52:10]
and above and beyond. Yep.
[52:14]
Okay. I I can confirm as well
[52:16]
that those calendars were sent
[52:17]
out in December with Canada
[52:20]
Post. Jessica must be watching.
[52:28]
Okay. Sorry. Who wanted?
[52:31]
Another thing that I've been
[52:33]
asking a few years ago, it's
[52:35]
just that to maybe replenish
[52:36]
their some of the people's blue
[52:39]
boxes. Cuz some of them are
[52:40]
pretty damaged. And I I know
[52:42]
there's money in the budget for
[52:43]
rare or like or something. Like
[52:46]
I don't say replenish everybody
[52:48]
but if you replenish 50 a year
[52:50]
or something that denied it
[52:51]
down a road. Cuz if you go take
[52:52]
a road tour today and you look
[52:55]
at the boxes. Some of them are
[52:56]
like dirt tape. Like they're
[52:59]
barely holding on. So that
[53:01]
people would appreciate getting
[53:02]
in with us again because we
[53:03]
stopped it.
[53:06]
Okay, any
[53:07]
other comments? Go
[53:08]
ahead. Yep, go ahead. Yeah, no,
[53:09]
I was just going to bring up if
[53:10]
we could, if we could do
[53:12]
something, I don't know what,
[53:16]
to help with Canada Post,
[53:17]
because I have been to
[53:18]
Hawkesbury. I have spoken to
[53:20]
Ottawa. I have diggity as much
[53:22]
as I can because in our part of
[53:25]
the world, we no longer put
[53:27]
mail in the box. And when I
[53:28]
went to Hawkesbury, they said,
[53:29]
oh no, we stopped picking up
[53:30]
mail three years ago. Nobody
[53:33]
mentioned that to us. Uh, they
[53:34]
don't have to put a flag don't
[53:35]
have to do anything anymore. Um
[53:37]
neighbors have had to build
[53:39]
second mailboxes because we
[53:40]
don't stop there anymore even
[53:41]
though we stopped there for 20
[53:43]
years. So I'm just wondering
[53:44]
since you're actually, I mean,
[53:46]
it's one thing if we get mailed
[53:47]
because he doesn't feel like
[53:48]
coming down our roads and we
[53:50]
only get mailed out twice a
[53:51]
week now. That we can live with
[53:53]
but if you actually have people
[53:55]
who are physically telling you
[53:56]
and I'm I know my parents have
[53:58]
gone through it which is why I
[53:59]
now drop em off in person. I
[54:02]
mailed it to you and I mean, to
[54:03]
get to anywhere in this
[54:04]
community it doesn't take three
[54:06]
weeks. And yes, they do go to
[54:08]
Ottawa and even Bank La Kilmail
[54:10]
no longer get sorted in Banklik
[54:11]
Hill. So, is there something
[54:12]
that we can do as our little
[54:14]
part of the world to even get
[54:16]
SD and G on board and say,
[54:17]
listen, we have to address
[54:18]
this. who are you asking?
[54:23]
Anybody. Anybody. Connection.
[54:26]
Well, maybe Councillor Manley
[54:27]
can answer that. Council dealt
[54:29]
with a Canada Post issue before
[54:32]
at Lough Kerry. Um and we we
[54:36]
used our MP Francis Dua. And it
[54:41]
was quite helpful. Yeah. He's
[54:43]
got a connection. He's got a
[54:44]
connection there. Okay. That might be the that might be
[54:48]
the route to go because it is a etcetera. So he was
[54:52]
very helpful with with sorting
[54:53]
out that problem. Well, I'm
[54:55]
having a conversation with him
[54:57]
tomorrow so maybe. I'll ask.
[54:58]
Okay. Very good. Councilor
[55:00]
Madden. Thank you. Uh just
[55:02]
following Councillor Massey's
[55:05]
suggestion about the blue
[55:05]
boxes. Uh we might be able to
[55:07]
manage a trade-in program
[55:08]
pretty easily if they bring it
[55:10]
in and give them a new one and
[55:11]
that way we can actually get
[55:12]
them disposed of and set of
[55:13]
them trying to get them picked
[55:15]
up forever. Yes. Uh actually,
[55:18]
Jessica is pretty amazing if
[55:21]
anybody brings their blue box
[55:22]
too rare she keeps a list of
[55:27]
people who have taken a a blue
[55:29]
box and if you if you haven't
[55:32]
been abusing the privilege and
[55:33]
it seems that it's just been
[55:35]
damaged through you know
[55:39]
incidentals then We just swap.
[55:41]
Yeah, we just swap it. Yeah. If
[55:44]
there's anything that's just
[55:45]
incidental damage, we just swap
[55:46]
the blue box out. Um it's a
[55:48]
different matter if you want an
[55:50]
extra one or something like
[55:52]
that but if you give us a
[55:53]
broken one, we give you back
[55:54]
the
[56:08]
Yep. the mallet calendar. good
[56:13]
idea. You could be sure that
[56:14]
people don't know about that.
[56:18]
Okay, I just have one question
[56:21]
about we've been talking about
[56:24]
having a a conversation about
[56:26]
the rare plant in general, terms. Um because
[56:31]
twenty twenty-five is still
[56:32]
three years off. Is is that
[56:34]
coming? Yes. Uh it's it was a
[56:39]
little bit more complicated
[56:40]
than I thought. So, it's
[56:41]
going to be on Monday instead
[56:42]
of today. Sure, I think. That's
[56:44]
great. I just wanted to know if
[56:45]
it was the conversation was
[56:46]
coming. Okay thank you very
[56:49]
much for your report. It was
[56:50]
very enlightening. If if nobody
[56:52]
has anything else. thank you.
[56:58]
Um okay, so the, you've heard
[57:00]
the motion all in favor of the
[57:05]
motion. Carrie, thank you. Uh
[57:08]
well, you I guess you might as
[57:09]
well stay up here because I
[57:10]
think, oh no, you're doing the
[57:14]
Okay,
[57:14]
thank you, Angela. Um
[57:17]
Joanne. myself, seconded by
[57:20]
Councilor Noble, that the
[57:21]
committee, the whole received
[57:23]
staff report, number PW two
[57:25]
thousand and twenty-two dash
[57:26]
zero eight, the 2021 Alexandria
[57:29]
Drinking Water System, annual
[57:31]
and summary report for
[57:32]
information purposes. Thank
[57:34]
you, Councilor. Welcome. Thank
[57:37]
you, deputy mayor. Um I do just
[57:39]
want to say that there is a
[57:40]
small typo on here. Um I'm not
[57:42]
just presenting the Alexandria
[57:44]
drinking water system. I'm
[57:45]
actually presenting both
[57:47]
Alexandria and Von Robertson.
[57:48]
You should have also received
[57:50]
reports for both Alexandria
[57:52]
Anglin Robertson separately. Um
[57:53]
what I'll be presenting is just
[57:55]
a brief overview and I highly
[57:56]
recommend that you read the
[57:57]
full annual summary reports. So
[58:00]
starting in Alexandria, I'll be
[58:04]
going over a quick system
[58:06]
description, operational
[58:08]
performances, critical control
[58:09]
points, regulatory
[58:11]
non-compliances or
[58:13]
non-conformances, water
[58:14]
monitoring and testing,
[58:16]
auditing, inspections, and then
[58:18]
impacting changes. So in the
[58:22]
Alexandria system, it is a
[58:24]
class 3 water treatment, class
[58:26]
two distribution. We utilize
[58:28]
raw surface water from the mill
[58:30]
pond and we have a rated
[58:32]
capacity of five thousand 616
[58:34]
cubic meters per day. We are
[58:36]
able to produce eight thousand
[58:39]
fourteen cubic meters per day
[58:41]
and the system is made up of
[58:43]
the water treatment plant, two
[58:44]
elevated storage tanks, two
[58:46]
separate distribution systems,
[58:48]
connected via transmission
[58:48]
main, and four standby
[58:50]
generators at all of our
[58:51]
facilities to ensure that we've
[58:52]
got operations throughout.
[58:55]
there's also the distribution
[58:57]
system which is comprised of
[58:58]
58. 8 kilometres of piping of
[59:00]
various sizes and types.
[59:02]
Isolation valves, pressure
[59:04]
reducing valves, service
[59:05]
connections, and fire hydrants.
[59:07]
The chart below just gives you
[59:08]
basic summary of how it's split
[59:10]
up throughout Alexandria,
[59:11]
Maxwell, and along the
[59:13]
transmission, Maine. So for
[59:16]
operational performances, in
[59:18]
the raw water, we're only
[59:20]
consuming about 30. percent of
[59:22]
our raw intake capacity. We
[59:24]
have an average daily flow of
[59:26]
one thousand 707 cubic meters
[59:29]
per day. That's a maximum of
[59:31]
two thousand five hundred and
[59:33]
sixty-six cubic meters. We've
[59:34]
noted some issues on the intake
[59:38]
where we we're getting
[59:38]
sedimentation build up around
[59:40]
our intake which has limited
[59:42]
some of our intakes. Whenever
[59:43]
we're pull water. We've had the
[59:46]
area cleaned a few times over
[59:49]
the last few years and we are
[59:51]
looking at remediation plan but
[59:52]
obviously, it's not as easy as
[59:55]
going in and dredging. Um we
[59:57]
have to contact different
[59:59]
levels of ministry and
[1:00:01]
government to be able to do the
[1:00:03]
work in the mill pond. We've
[1:00:06]
noted some increased algae in
[1:00:08]
the summer months between May
[1:00:10]
and October. As such, we're
[1:00:11]
part of the ministry sampling
[1:00:13]
program. Our highest notes
[1:00:15]
noted residuals occur in July
[1:00:18]
and September. Now, although we
[1:00:20]
have it occurring in our raw
[1:00:21]
water, we're not seeing any
[1:00:23]
issue in our treated water
[1:00:24]
which means our treatment
[1:00:25]
system is working as designed.
[1:00:28]
We have noted less processed
[1:00:30]
water throughout the treatment
[1:00:31]
process since our upgrades.
[1:00:33]
There have been no major
[1:00:34]
incidences. There have been
[1:00:36]
some minor issues with process
[1:00:37]
optimization and some minor
[1:00:39]
issues with small equipment
[1:00:42]
replacement. And there's been
[1:00:43]
no major quality issues noted.
[1:00:47]
The chart on the left is just
[1:00:49]
or on the right side is just a
[1:00:51]
summary of our flows that we
[1:00:52]
pull into the water treatment
[1:00:54]
plants. Um on a monthly basis
[1:00:55]
throughout the year of 2021.
[1:01:00]
on our
[1:01:01]
treated waterside. We
[1:01:02]
are currently at about 19.
[1:01:05]
percent of our rated capacity.
[1:01:07]
Our average flow is about one
[1:01:08]
thousand 548 cubic metres per
[1:01:10]
day. Once again, we haven't
[1:01:11]
seen any major incidents
[1:01:14]
throughout 2021. we had some
[1:01:16]
minor issues with equipment
[1:01:18]
failures but for the most part,
[1:01:19]
we had backups or spare parts
[1:01:22]
available on site for repair
[1:01:23]
and remediation. We've had some
[1:01:26]
issues with communication
[1:01:27]
failures. Once again, by some
[1:01:30]
small part issues. Um but there
[1:01:32]
was no process function that
[1:01:33]
was actually lost and it all it
[1:01:36]
triggered was manual operations
[1:01:37]
of different facilities in
[1:01:37]
different parts and pumps.
[1:01:40]
There's been no noted major
[1:01:42]
quality changes And there were
[1:01:45]
no adverse water quality
[1:01:45]
reports during this time. So in
[1:01:49]
the distribution for a metered
[1:01:52]
water, Alexandria accounts for
[1:01:55]
about 89% of our consumption
[1:01:56]
worth Maxwell accounts for
[1:01:57]
about eleven percent. We have a
[1:02:00]
total annual metered just over
[1:02:02]
three hundred and fifteen
[1:02:03]
thousand cubic meters per year.
[1:02:07]
construction summary, we did
[1:02:10]
contract out all of our work,
[1:02:11]
which was a COVID precaution.
[1:02:14]
We had three water main breaks
[1:02:15]
and two service repairs in
[1:02:17]
2021, which is down from what
[1:02:18]
we would normally see. We do
[1:02:21]
residual monitoring, which is
[1:02:22]
mainly flushing. This is to
[1:02:24]
ensure that we have quality and
[1:02:26]
chlorine residuals out in the
[1:02:27]
distribution as required.
[1:02:29]
You'll see that in Alexandria,
[1:02:30]
we've flushed just over 13, 000
[1:02:32]
cubic meters per this in 2021.
[1:02:34]
And Maxwell, we flu about
[1:02:37]
2-six. Just over 26, 000 cubic
[1:02:38]
metres. Maxwell was a little
[1:02:41]
bit higher. Obviously as a knee
[1:02:43]
jerk reaction to the bow water
[1:02:45]
advisory we had in 2020. We
[1:02:46]
want to make sure that
[1:02:47]
everything is operating and
[1:02:50]
because we didn't have the full
[1:02:51]
system online yet we wanted to
[1:02:53]
make sure that our quality and
[1:02:54]
our water usage was upheld. Um
[1:02:57]
the different programs that we
[1:02:58]
run throughout the year. We
[1:03:00]
have corrosion control, spring
[1:03:02]
flushing, valve testing, fire
[1:03:03]
hydrant maintenance, and
[1:03:05]
infrastructure renewal.
[1:03:09]
Let's skip to the next batch.
[1:03:13]
as part of our system, we do,
[1:03:15]
as part of our quality
[1:03:16]
management system, we look at
[1:03:18]
different critical control
[1:03:19]
points. So, this is a basic
[1:03:21]
quick summary on critical
[1:03:23]
control where we, excuse me,
[1:03:26]
these are points in the system
[1:03:29]
where we know we can have
[1:03:30]
issues that would impact the
[1:03:32]
treatment quality and it's
[1:03:34]
areas we can actually supply
[1:03:35]
control. So, in our
[1:03:38]
sedimentation, we use our
[1:03:39]
coagulant polymer dosing to
[1:03:40]
ensure that we remove
[1:03:41]
sedimentation. We only had one
[1:03:44]
of dosing problems which was
[1:03:46]
caused by maintenance. It was
[1:03:48]
caught mid process and
[1:03:49]
corrected. So, there's no
[1:03:50]
issues in quality going out to
[1:03:52]
the distribution. Disinfection,
[1:03:54]
we apply chlorine gas, dosing
[1:03:57]
adjustments are basically due
[1:03:59]
to visual observations or
[1:04:01]
process observations. There's
[1:04:03]
some noted instabilities
[1:04:03]
throughout the years at
[1:04:05]
different times due to seasonal
[1:04:07]
fluctuations. There's no
[1:04:09]
process failures and most
[1:04:11]
issues were resolved.
[1:04:15]
descending
[1:04:15]
out to the
[1:04:15]
distribution.
[1:04:19]
The next would be secondary
[1:04:20]
residual boosting. Hey Angela.
[1:04:23]
Yeah. Councilor Master Wilt
[1:04:25]
says. Mhm.
[1:04:28]
just before we get too far. On
[1:04:30]
the previous graph you showed
[1:04:32]
us, like I'm looking at the
[1:04:34]
2021 water loss. The water
[1:04:36]
loss. No the the previous like
[1:04:39]
yeah. So that that's some some
[1:04:42]
instances it's about 25% of our
[1:04:44]
total water produced. Yep. So
[1:04:49]
it's something we should be. I
[1:04:51]
know we've been working hard at
[1:04:52]
it but that's a lot of water
[1:04:54]
loss. So the water loss right
[1:04:57]
now is based on our metering
[1:05:01]
what we know that we use. There
[1:05:03]
are some areas we can kind of
[1:05:05]
build up on. Um there are some
[1:05:07]
issues. We do have older
[1:05:08]
infrastructure in Alexandria.
[1:05:10]
Okay. So there are losses. We
[1:05:12]
have started annual leak
[1:05:13]
detection. Okay. Um there's
[1:05:15]
always going to be a little bit
[1:05:17]
of loss somewhere. We are we
[1:05:19]
have brought it down from where
[1:05:20]
we were. Um obviously we target
[1:05:22]
to be under 15% but we're still
[1:05:24]
just above that. Is that like
[1:05:27]
I'm sure it's normal situation
[1:05:29]
for older infrastructure like
[1:05:31]
Yeah. Our neighbors. Yeah.
[1:05:34]
Perfect
[1:05:38]
Go ahead. So where was my
[1:05:42]
rambling? Oops. Uh so oh yeah
[1:05:50]
so other critical control
[1:05:53]
points. So the Maxwell Booster
[1:05:56]
Um this is where we
[1:05:57]
reclorminate the water before
[1:05:59]
it goes to the Maxwell Water
[1:06:00]
Tower and then distributed to
[1:06:01]
the system. Um you'll notice
[1:06:03]
there's a small change in the
[1:06:05]
trending on the charts after
[1:06:07]
June 17th. This was a change to
[1:06:09]
our trending and not a change
[1:06:11]
to our process. It was just the
[1:06:13]
way we were capturing the the
[1:06:15]
numbers. Um Right now, there's
[1:06:18]
no connection currently
[1:06:19]
available on our transmission
[1:06:20]
main, mainly because we only
[1:06:24]
run the plant for about three
[1:06:26]
hours being the booster
[1:06:27]
station. So, it only runs for
[1:06:29]
about three hours a day and we
[1:06:31]
need the pipe for blending and
[1:06:34]
chlorine residuals. So, right
[1:06:37]
now, we basically have some
[1:06:40]
chlorine degradation as it's
[1:06:42]
coming into the booster and
[1:06:43]
then we boost it higher than
[1:06:45]
allowable in order to ensure
[1:06:45]
that we proper chlorine
[1:06:48]
residuals up into Maxville to
[1:06:49]
be able to distribute.
[1:06:55]
There's no real process
[1:06:57]
failures. and then chlorine
[1:07:00]
monitoring residuals. The
[1:07:02]
charts so the second and third
[1:07:04]
chart on the right hand side
[1:07:05]
are are residuals at the water
[1:07:07]
tower. So you can see that for
[1:07:09]
the most part they were well
[1:07:12]
above one which is where we
[1:07:14]
would hope they would be. Um
[1:07:16]
there's a few points where they
[1:07:17]
may have come a little bit
[1:07:19]
lower than desired but they
[1:07:19]
were still all over our
[1:07:21]
compliant. Like they were
[1:07:21]
higher than our compliance
[1:07:22]
levels. So there's no issues
[1:07:23]
that way.
[1:07:30]
Next slide. This is just a
[1:07:31]
basic summary of our sampling
[1:07:33]
results just to show you the
[1:07:35]
amount of sampling that we do annually. Um there was no
[1:07:40]
adverses apart from the sodium
[1:07:42]
which occurred in I believe the
[1:07:45]
first sample was in no late no
[1:07:46]
mid November and the second
[1:07:48]
sample was mid December. That
[1:07:50]
has been since corrected as of
[1:07:52]
January. Our sodium results
[1:07:53]
were back to normal. Uh we're
[1:07:55]
still not 100% sure what caused
[1:07:57]
the increase in sodium. Right
[1:07:58]
now it appears to the raw water
[1:08:01]
source but we can't
[1:08:02]
conclusively say this is what
[1:08:03]
caused it. Um there was nothing
[1:08:06]
that changed in the system
[1:08:08]
process which is why we're
[1:08:10]
looking more. The raw water.
[1:08:12]
It's hard to go back and prove
[1:08:14]
that it's raw water. It's
[1:08:14]
something that happened two
[1:08:15]
months ago.
[1:08:21]
auditing an inspection. Um so
[1:08:22]
we are part of a DWQMS system
[1:08:28]
So the system maintenance is
[1:08:29]
currently ongoing. Uh we are a
[1:08:31]
little lax on some of our
[1:08:32]
requirements that we are trying
[1:08:34]
to bring up to date. Uh our
[1:08:35]
main issues were internal
[1:08:37]
auditing and the management
[1:08:40]
review. So since this
[1:08:43]
PowerPoint was made, our
[1:08:44]
management review took place
[1:08:45]
yesterday so we are good there
[1:08:47]
and I'm in the process of
[1:08:48]
preparing the internal audit.
[1:08:50]
So we should be back up to
[1:08:51]
Snuff. By hopefully the end of
[1:08:53]
this month. Beginning of March.
[1:08:55]
Um for compliance, we had our
[1:08:57]
compliance inspection. So this
[1:08:58]
is our ministry inspection. It
[1:08:59]
was in November sixth. Oh,
[1:09:03]
sorry, November 16th, 2021. We
[1:09:06]
had a 92% risk rating which is
[1:09:08]
down from previous years. Most
[1:09:10]
of our compliance issues were
[1:09:12]
either from missed sampling
[1:09:14]
which were taken after the
[1:09:16]
prescribed date or it was an
[1:09:18]
issue with trending in
[1:09:20]
calibration. There was no
[1:09:23]
orders imposed and there's a
[1:09:25]
few best management practices
[1:09:26]
that were given.
[1:09:31]
So going forward our impacting
[1:09:33]
changes. Um so, we did have new
[1:09:37]
permits that were issued to us
[1:09:39]
in 2021 in March. So, all
[1:09:41]
components have been rolled out
[1:09:43]
into the processes and any
[1:09:44]
change in the licensing
[1:09:45]
requirements have been rolled
[1:09:46]
out. There is a few new
[1:09:50]
legislative acts coming in. So,
[1:09:52]
there's the emergency
[1:09:53]
management and civil protection
[1:09:54]
act and this is more in regards
[1:09:56]
to allowing and giving water
[1:09:58]
works the force get people
[1:10:01]
boots on the ground in order
[1:10:04]
like in the event of long term
[1:10:07]
outages. Um from COVID. There
[1:10:11]
was the virtual training which
[1:10:12]
is now in place for operators.
[1:10:18]
There were some minor changes
[1:10:20]
to the skater reporting and
[1:10:21]
then director notification.
[1:10:22]
That's to the ministry in
[1:10:23]
regards to our licensing.
[1:10:25]
There's a new water main
[1:10:26]
disinfection which we're we're
[1:10:27]
in the process of implementing
[1:10:29]
all the new changes. They are
[1:10:31]
looking at producing a new code
[1:10:33]
of ethics for drinking water
[1:10:34]
operators. PTTW which is what
[1:10:38]
allows us to pull water from
[1:10:39]
the mill ponds. That will be
[1:10:41]
renewed in 2022. We're
[1:10:42]
currently in the process of
[1:10:44]
doing that application. And we
[1:10:48]
obviously have an increase in
[1:10:49]
costs and lag time for supplies
[1:10:52]
due to COVID and manufacturing
[1:10:54]
delays. And we luckily have a
[1:10:56]
municipal election in October.
[1:10:58]
Which could impact obviously.
[1:11:00]
Our direction as a township of
[1:11:02]
a whole. That's Alexandria.
[1:11:05]
Questions, comments. Any
[1:11:09]
questions? Go ahead, Councillor
[1:11:13]
Mayor. Thank you, Angela. Uh
[1:11:15]
just to go back to the sodium
[1:11:17]
incident, is there anything
[1:11:21]
that we can do to backtrack
[1:11:23]
this? To figure out what went
[1:11:26]
on. I've got a couple ideas we
[1:11:28]
can talk about later but I'm
[1:11:29]
just curious if there's
[1:11:31]
anything that you guys have
[1:11:33]
thought of that we can actually
[1:11:34]
do to figure out and make sure
[1:11:35]
it doesn't happen again. So
[1:11:38]
right now I would say that it
[1:11:43]
would be hard to go back and
[1:11:44]
prove. Because we don't have
[1:11:46]
the sampling data to kind of
[1:11:47]
back it up. Historically we're
[1:11:50]
around like 10 to 15 milligrams
[1:11:51]
per liter. Yeah. Um there's
[1:11:53]
only been one other spike which
[1:11:55]
was in two thousand fifteen. So
[1:11:58]
I'm not really sure what's
[1:11:59]
causing the spikes. it wasn't
[1:12:03]
the same time of year. It was I
[1:12:05]
want to say June. But I could
[1:12:08]
be wrong.
[1:12:14]
Okay, thank you for that
[1:12:15]
report. We'll we'll vote on
[1:12:17]
that on the motion that was
[1:12:18]
read earlier for the Alexandria
[1:12:21]
Water Drinking System all in
[1:12:23]
favor of the motion. Carried.
[1:12:25]
Thank you. So, Councilor Noble,
[1:12:29]
if you can put the next motion
[1:12:31]
on the table, please. by
[1:12:34]
myself, seconded by Councilor
[1:12:36]
Massey, that the Committee of
[1:12:37]
the Whole received staff
[1:12:38]
report. Number PW 20 22 dash
[1:12:41]
zero nine, annual wastewater
[1:12:43]
reports for Alexandria and
[1:12:44]
Maxville for information
[1:12:45]
purposes. Oh, okay. We're not
[1:12:47]
there yet. Yeah, sure. Sorry,
[1:12:49]
I'm sorry. Sorry. I thought
[1:12:50]
we're Sorry, yeah, there was a type 2 in a minute.
[1:12:53]
Okay. It shouldn't just be
[1:12:54]
Alexandria. It should actually
[1:12:56]
be the drinking water system
[1:12:57]
and that might have been my
[1:12:58]
problem, my fault. No, no, no,
[1:12:59]
that's fine. That's just fine.
[1:13:01]
Carry on and. so Glenn
[1:13:06]
Robertson. So basically, this
[1:13:08]
is going to be kind of the same
[1:13:09]
format. Being kind of fast
[1:13:11]
tracked through some of the
[1:13:12]
items that would be the same as
[1:13:14]
Alexandria. So, Glenn Robertson
[1:13:19]
Once again. Sorry, Brenda. The
[1:13:21]
same format where we've got the
[1:13:22]
system description. We'll go
[1:13:23]
over the operational
[1:13:24]
performance, critical critical
[1:13:28]
control points, regulatory,
[1:13:30]
non-conformance. Um an adverse
[1:13:32]
testing, the auditing and
[1:13:34]
impacting changes are the same
[1:13:36]
as Alexandria. So, Glenn
[1:13:39]
Robertson is a small municipal
[1:13:41]
residential assistant with a
[1:13:42]
class1 distribution and supply
[1:13:44]
designation. We use groundwater
[1:13:46]
source water and we have the
[1:13:49]
ability to to take 224 cubic
[1:13:51]
meters per day. This system is
[1:13:54]
designated as goody which means
[1:13:56]
groundwater under the direct
[1:13:57]
influence of surface water. The
[1:13:59]
system is made up of the Glenn
[1:14:01]
Robertson pumphouse treatment
[1:14:02]
facility. Um there's no
[1:14:05]
distribution storage. And
[1:14:08]
there's one standby generator
[1:14:09]
at the pumphouse. We do have
[1:14:12]
monitoring about at the
[1:14:13]
midpoint at the church. So the
[1:14:16]
distribution is composed of. 8
[1:14:18]
kilometres of water pipes
[1:14:19]
bearing sizes, isolation
[1:14:21]
valves, pressure nope, not
[1:14:23]
press reducing valves. And
[1:14:26]
there's I do apologize. There's
[1:14:27]
typos in here. There's no fire
[1:14:29]
hydrants. and then the chart
[1:14:32]
below summarizes it. So we do
[1:14:36]
have three flushing ports,
[1:14:38]
three isolation valves, and
[1:14:39]
only about 50 service
[1:14:40]
connections. So the operational
[1:14:44]
performance So, for the treated
[1:14:47]
water, we're only at at about
[1:14:49]
11% of the raw intake capacity.
[1:14:51]
We have an average flow of 24.
[1:14:52]
9 cubic meters per day. We have
[1:14:55]
some minor sedimentation issues
[1:14:58]
which is more seasonal. Uh we
[1:15:00]
have one major incidents where
[1:15:02]
we had the well pump
[1:15:04]
malfunction. It was actually
[1:15:06]
parts in the well pump panel.
[1:15:07]
It was replaced. There was a
[1:15:09]
boil water issued. Um and then
[1:15:11]
resolved I believe within two
[1:15:14]
days of the initial response.
[1:15:17]
Although the well pump is up,
[1:15:18]
the boil water took about two
[1:15:19]
days to resolve once we got our
[1:15:22]
sampling results and everything
[1:15:23]
back. We had minor incidences
[1:15:26]
of equipment failure and part
[1:15:27]
replacements. Um most issues
[1:15:29]
were resolved with backup
[1:15:31]
equipment until the parts could
[1:15:34]
be either obtained or replaced.
[1:15:37]
There's no major quality
[1:15:39]
issues. In Glenn Robertson
[1:15:44]
in the distribution. So, this
[1:15:47]
year, 2021, rather, we've
[1:15:50]
metred about six thousand eight
[1:15:51]
hundred and seventy-three cubic
[1:15:54]
metres. We only had one service
[1:15:56]
repair and once again, all work
[1:15:58]
was subcontracted out. Our
[1:16:01]
residual monitoring and
[1:16:02]
flushing, we used about 21. 6
[1:16:03]
cubic meters which was mostly
[1:16:06]
due to low residual alarms and
[1:16:08]
preventative flushing at the
[1:16:10]
actual pump house itself. So,
[1:16:11]
our critical control points.
[1:16:14]
Someone Robertson Oops, let me
[1:16:17]
skip. So that once again is
[1:16:20]
that summary the critical
[1:16:23]
control points are are
[1:16:25]
disinfection which is UV
[1:16:26]
treatment and sodium
[1:16:28]
hypochlorite dosing. We didn't
[1:16:30]
have any operational issues. We
[1:16:32]
had one instance of delayed
[1:16:34]
startup but the unit was in
[1:16:36]
standby until it was ready to
[1:16:37]
be put in service. Sodium hypo.
[1:16:41]
Once again, the dosing is based
[1:16:43]
on observed process and we do
[1:16:46]
have some minor issues with
[1:16:48]
equipment failure and pump
[1:16:50]
failure which we are working
[1:16:52]
with the manufacturer to try
[1:16:53]
and resolve. We do have backup
[1:16:56]
so there is no issue of if the
[1:16:59]
pump fails, what happens then,
[1:16:59]
we always have a backup system
[1:17:01]
to ensure that we don't lose
[1:17:02]
our treatment possibility. In
[1:17:05]
the distribution, we do have
[1:17:09]
monitoring at the midpoint.
[1:17:10]
There's no issues noted or no
[1:17:14]
degradation noted in the
[1:17:15]
distribution. Once again, this
[1:17:17]
is the sampling results. So,
[1:17:20]
similar to Alexandria, we do
[1:17:22]
have a fair amount of testing
[1:17:23]
like it's done annually. Um
[1:17:25]
there were no adverse tests
[1:17:28]
Even after the well pump
[1:17:30]
failure and our sampling,
[1:17:31]
everything came back good.
[1:17:35]
So this is the summary for
[1:17:38]
audit. So, the QMS is basically
[1:17:41]
in the same shape because
[1:17:42]
Alexandria and Glen Robertson
[1:17:44]
share the same QMS. Although,
[1:17:46]
the MACP compliance inspection
[1:17:48]
is slightly different. So, we
[1:17:50]
had our last inspection,
[1:17:51]
September 28th. We had a 96%
[1:17:54]
risk rating. Um once again,
[1:17:56]
most of the issues were in
[1:17:59]
regards to some minor issues.
[1:18:02]
Um one is the UV monitoring.
[1:18:04]
So, we don't have that trended
[1:18:06]
on an ongoing basis as
[1:18:07]
prescribed. We were to bring
[1:18:10]
Skada in which would have
[1:18:11]
resolved this. This is still an
[1:18:13]
ongoing matter. It's just been
[1:18:13]
delayed due to COVID. Um
[1:18:15]
director notification is just a
[1:18:18]
minor clerical issue that has
[1:18:21]
been resolved since. And then
[1:18:23]
we have monitoring laws on the
[1:18:25]
site where we had to replace
[1:18:26]
the covers to prevent
[1:18:28]
infiltration or other issues
[1:18:29]
that could enter into the well.
[1:18:31]
We had no orders and the best
[1:18:33]
management practices that were
[1:18:35]
issued was system pressure
[1:18:37]
monitoring and treatment bypass
[1:18:39]
measures.
[1:18:42]
impacting changes is the same
[1:18:45]
and that is it for the water
[1:18:48]
summaries. So that's Um Madam
[1:18:54]
Clerk, do we have to adjust the motion? Cuz it didn't it
[1:18:59]
didn't include Glenn Robertson
[1:19:00]
or is it fine as is? Uh through
[1:19:04]
mister deputy mayor. Yes, you
[1:19:05]
should change the motion,
[1:19:07]
please. Okay. Okay. So,
[1:19:13]
Councillor I think it was you,
[1:19:16]
Joanne that if you could please
[1:19:18]
add to your motion, Glenn
[1:19:22]
Robertson.
[1:19:26]
Reread it please. And we'll
[1:19:28]
vote on it.
[1:19:33]
Move by myself, seconded by
[1:19:34]
Councilor Noble, that the
[1:19:35]
committee, the whole, receives
[1:19:37]
staff report, number PW 2022
[1:19:39]
dash zero eight, the two
[1:19:41]
thousand 21 Alexandria and
[1:19:43]
Glenn Robertson drinking water
[1:19:45]
system, annual and summary
[1:19:47]
reports for information
[1:19:48]
purposes. Okay, thank you. Uh
[1:19:52]
all in favor of the motion?
[1:19:54]
Carried.
[1:19:58]
So please go ehm we've already
[1:20:00]
had the so the annual
[1:20:01]
wastewater report for
[1:20:03]
Alexandria Maxwell as fine as
[1:20:05]
it is then. It's already been
[1:20:07]
read. So go ahead with your
[1:20:08]
report. We'll vote on it
[1:20:09]
afterwards. So there is no
[1:20:11]
presentation for this one. It's
[1:20:12]
just we we're just providing
[1:20:15]
you with the annual reports
[1:20:17]
which you should have received
[1:20:18]
a copy for both Alexandria and
[1:20:19]
Maxwell. Okay. And it's just as
[1:20:23]
proof of delivery. Rookie. Okay
[1:20:27]
So do do counselors have any
[1:20:31]
questions for Angela? the
[1:20:35]
report. Go ahead Councilman. I
[1:20:38]
thought we were going to have
[1:20:39]
the old presentation presented.
[1:20:43]
But that's okay I can read it
[1:20:45]
tonight. But I thought you
[1:20:48]
already read it. I said reread
[1:20:52]
it. Reread it. I have one
[1:20:55]
question. Uh the capacity
[1:21:00]
at at the lagoons What numbers
[1:21:03]
are we at for Alexandria
[1:21:05]
Maxwell, please? Off the top of
[1:21:07]
my head, I can't remember. I
[1:21:08]
believe it's around 79%. It's
[1:21:11]
in the report. It's actually,
[1:21:14]
well, it's further down but
[1:21:16]
it's also further up. Uh up. I
[1:21:19]
believe, no, up. Sorry, the
[1:21:22]
other way. Should be.
[1:21:27]
Seventy-six.
[1:21:33]
Yep, no, seventy-six is
[1:21:34]
ordinances.
[1:21:50]
Yep, no, you, it was the 76
[1:21:52]
that you, that you showed
[1:21:53]
earlier. Uh, yeah, so Maxwell
[1:21:56]
would be in the Maxwell one. So
[1:21:59]
seventy-six for Alexandria?
[1:22:02]
and
[1:22:03]
then you're 72 for Maxwell.
[1:22:06]
Okay, very good. That's
[1:22:07]
helpful. Thank you. Okay,
[1:22:09]
other, yes, go ahead,
[1:22:10]
Councilman. Angela, just the
[1:22:13]
quick question about the sledge
[1:22:15]
in the lagoons in Alexandria.
[1:22:16]
Mhm. Uh, anything significant
[1:22:19]
or special that needs to be
[1:22:20]
done there. We're just going to
[1:22:21]
keep going with sort of
[1:22:22]
geotubes until I believe the
[1:22:25]
plan is to continue with the
[1:22:27]
geotebeams to try to get the
[1:22:28]
sludge and Selby down Um and
[1:22:31]
then once we get obviously the
[1:22:34]
capital works going, we'll have
[1:22:35]
to kind of reevaluate when we
[1:22:37]
get there at that point because
[1:22:38]
it's part of the pro like part
[1:22:39]
of the issues that has to be
[1:22:41]
resolved prior to construction.
[1:22:45]
Any other questions?
[1:22:50]
We've already voted on the
[1:22:51]
motion. Thank you, Angela for
[1:22:52]
your report.
[1:22:57]
Sorry. I was thinking of the
[1:22:59]
other one. All in favor of the
[1:23:01]
motion. Thank you. Alright. And
[1:23:06]
number four engineering
[1:23:07]
investigation work plan and low
[1:23:10]
cost bitumus roads. Uh
[1:23:12]
Councillor Massey please put
[1:23:14]
the motion on the table. And
[1:23:17]
welcome Tim. Move my myself
[1:23:19]
seconded by Councillor Noble
[1:23:21]
that the Committee of the Old
[1:23:22]
Recommends to Council that the
[1:23:24]
2022 road work as presented in
[1:23:26]
table A B approved. Thank you.
[1:23:29]
Go ahead. Thank you Madam
[1:23:32]
Deputy Mayor. Um so this report
[1:23:36]
is about modifying our work
[1:23:38]
plan from what was outlined in
[1:23:40]
the road's needs study. Uh to a
[1:23:44]
more a more specific work plan
[1:23:48]
especially based on a few
[1:23:51]
concerns that I have with the
[1:23:52]
performance, the historical
[1:23:54]
performance of some of the
[1:23:55]
roads. So I When I started
[1:24:00]
here, I started interviewing
[1:24:02]
the workers at the different
[1:24:06]
garages and trying to get,
[1:24:08]
actually, that was a
[1:24:09]
recommendation from the roads
[1:24:10]
need study was that we should
[1:24:13]
try and interview these guys
[1:24:14]
and get a little bit more
[1:24:15]
information. So, we did that
[1:24:17]
and what became apparent very
[1:24:19]
quickly was that a certain type
[1:24:22]
of road was not standing up to
[1:24:27]
the performance that it should.
[1:24:29]
It wasn't living out of life
[1:24:30]
cycle. So, if you go through
[1:24:32]
the report I outline the
[1:24:35]
difference between bitumen and
[1:24:37]
asphalt and LCB and HCB roads.
[1:24:41]
So LCB stands for low class
[1:24:44]
bitumenus and HCB stands for
[1:24:47]
high class indigenous. So to
[1:24:48]
give a bit of a summary bitumen
[1:24:51]
is the material which binds
[1:24:56]
asphalt together. Um so if you
[1:24:58]
think of concrete the
[1:25:00]
difference between cement and
[1:25:02]
concrete is cement is like a a
[1:25:06]
it's almost like grouted what
[1:25:08]
binds that the concrete
[1:25:09]
together and when you combine
[1:25:11]
the cement with the aggregate
[1:25:14]
and when you combine the
[1:25:15]
bitumen with the aggregate that
[1:25:16]
actually becomes ah asphalt
[1:25:19]
concrete or concrete in the
[1:25:21]
case of concrete. Um so a I
[1:25:26]
thought it was really important
[1:25:27]
to point that out. Just because
[1:25:29]
there is so much confusion with
[1:25:33]
the naming conventions across
[1:25:36]
the world and across Canada and
[1:25:39]
within municipalities and
[1:25:41]
within engineering departments.
[1:25:43]
People can refer to it as
[1:25:43]
different things. Um one term
[1:25:47]
that everybody uses and if
[1:25:49]
you're talking to people in the
[1:25:51]
asphalt industry they recommend
[1:25:53]
that you use is asphalt
[1:25:55]
concrete. Um that engineering
[1:25:58]
term and everybody uses that
[1:26:00]
the same And if could scroll
[1:26:04]
down a little bit on that
[1:26:05]
report Pauline. Thank you sir.
[1:26:08]
That there is asphalt concrete.
[1:26:10]
So it's it's prepared in a
[1:26:14]
bitumen plant or an asphalt
[1:26:15]
plant and shipped to site. Uh
[1:26:18]
that that truck up the front is
[1:26:20]
then pouring it into the into
[1:26:22]
the paver and then they lay
[1:26:23]
that down as a a composite
[1:26:26]
material that has a structural
[1:26:28]
component to it. Uh and that's
[1:26:31]
the real really the main
[1:26:32]
difference that you're going to
[1:26:34]
see between the asphalt
[1:26:35]
concrete and low class
[1:26:38]
bitumenous roads. Um which a
[1:26:41]
variety of names including Chip
[1:26:43]
Seal is that those don't have
[1:26:44]
any structural integrity to
[1:26:46]
them. Everything that they have
[1:26:48]
structural about them is
[1:26:49]
provided by the base and the
[1:26:51]
sub base. Uh so my main
[1:26:55]
concerns is that those low
[1:26:57]
class vitaminist rogues and
[1:26:59]
we've got there's two types.
[1:27:02]
Low class bituminous roads and
[1:27:03]
high class bituminous roads.
[1:27:06]
LCB and HCB. The those are the
[1:27:08]
common terms used in the the
[1:27:13]
like the ST and G. Um and
[1:27:16]
basically a HCB road is built
[1:27:19]
with some sort of asphalt
[1:27:21]
concrete. Uh so you can have
[1:27:24]
different types. You can have
[1:27:26]
coal in place. You can have
[1:27:27]
different recipes that do
[1:27:29]
different things depending on
[1:27:30]
your geotechnical conditions.
[1:27:32]
Depending on what purpose the
[1:27:35]
road serves. Um and I just
[1:27:38]
thought it was important to to
[1:27:40]
spell those out so that
[1:27:41]
everybody understands that I,
[1:27:42]
you know, one's using the same
[1:27:46]
terminology. Um so the problem
[1:27:50]
I've detected is that the
[1:27:51]
rogues specifically can you
[1:27:55]
concessionate Donnie McCormick,
[1:27:57]
Marcou, Kenning Concession One,
[1:28:01]
Kenyan Concession fifteen,
[1:28:03]
Indian Lambs, and Kenyan
[1:28:04]
Concession 16 Indianlands. Uh
[1:28:06]
hope we met and I'm sorry if
[1:28:10]
I'm mangling any of these
[1:28:12]
names. Um I'll get it. I
[1:28:14]
promise. But all these roads
[1:28:17]
seem to have failed before
[1:28:19]
their service life ends. So
[1:28:21]
within five years, they have
[1:28:24]
fractured, cracked, and failed
[1:28:28]
and it's expensive to go and redo these. So, a lot of
[1:28:36]
these roads were set I think
[1:28:39]
it's down at the sorry, at the
[1:28:42]
bottom of that report. I don't
[1:28:43]
have it in front of me but in
[1:28:44]
the in the roads need study, a
[1:28:47]
lot of these roads were set to
[1:28:49]
be LCB'd again. So, we were
[1:28:52]
going to pulverize and double
[1:28:54]
surface treat them, treatment
[1:28:55]
them. So, and again,
[1:28:58]
terminology, we were basically
[1:29:00]
going to take that CB Road and
[1:29:04]
turn it again into an LCB road.
[1:29:06]
So renew it. Um and pulverise
[1:29:10]
and double surface treatment is
[1:29:12]
pretty much the the highest
[1:29:15]
it's basically redoing the
[1:29:16]
entire road. You don't need to
[1:29:18]
do a little bit of base. But
[1:29:20]
the cost is pretty big compared
[1:29:22]
to doing if if you had a green
[1:29:25]
road and you were going to
[1:29:26]
upgrade it to a an LCB road.
[1:29:29]
You go and place the base and
[1:29:31]
then you do a double surface
[1:29:32]
treatment. And this is pul
[1:29:34]
rising the existing double
[1:29:36]
surface treatment and putting
[1:29:37]
it back down and doing some
[1:29:39]
spot treatment for the base
[1:29:40]
there as well. So, it's very
[1:29:42]
expensive and what I want to
[1:29:45]
do, what I think the way
[1:29:47]
forward is, is to really go and
[1:29:48]
do some geotechnical
[1:29:49]
investigation. It's it's too
[1:29:52]
early for me to say exactly why
[1:29:54]
those roads failed and believe
[1:29:58]
me, I have my theories but I
[1:30:01]
really think that we need to do
[1:30:03]
the proper investigations and
[1:30:05]
this is also what is ended in
[1:30:08]
the in the roads need study as
[1:30:10]
well. But the roads need steady
[1:30:12]
scope was just to say this is
[1:30:15]
what we've got and this is our
[1:30:16]
maintenance schedule if we're
[1:30:18]
going to maintain what we've
[1:30:19]
got. So it was really to to
[1:30:22]
sort of head off the question
[1:30:23]
of why didn't the roads need
[1:30:25]
study? Why is the roads need
[1:30:26]
study saying that we should
[1:30:28]
redo these roads? Uh when I
[1:30:31]
think there should be more
[1:30:32]
investigation. It's just
[1:30:33]
because it was beyond their
[1:30:35]
scope. Um so you can see a a
[1:30:36]
photo there of a borehole. Um I
[1:30:41]
think that one in particular
[1:30:42]
was actually from TransCanadian
[1:30:46]
Highway. Um when when they were
[1:30:47]
having issues with sinkholes
[1:30:50]
And basically there are about a
[1:30:52]
metre and a half in depth and
[1:30:54]
it should give us an idea of
[1:30:55]
what the sub base is there. Um
[1:30:58]
because if we have if we have a
[1:31:00]
bad sub base and it'll also
[1:31:02]
give us a consistency of our
[1:31:04]
road. Uh then it doesn't really
[1:31:07]
matter what we do on top of it.
[1:31:09]
We need to we need to perform
[1:31:11]
some dig outs and repair that
[1:31:13]
sub base before we keep on
[1:31:14]
going.
[1:31:17]
Yeah, so unfortunately, I don't
[1:31:20]
have really any big answers
[1:31:21]
here. This is a significant
[1:31:25]
problem, that's, that's
[1:31:28]
throughout our road network, so
[1:31:29]
there is quite a bit of gravity
[1:31:31]
to this, but really the way
[1:31:33]
forward is to go and
[1:31:34]
investigate, see what we're
[1:31:35]
really dealing with, and then
[1:31:38]
hopefully we can make some good
[1:31:40]
decisions on, how to work on
[1:31:42]
these roads in the future. What
[1:31:44]
you will notice is that, when
[1:31:46]
we these roads out of the
[1:31:49]
equation to go and do
[1:31:52]
engineering instead. How I've
[1:31:54]
allocated it is those roads
[1:31:55]
that were LCB and were going to
[1:31:58]
be done this year. What I'm
[1:31:59]
saying is that instead of that
[1:32:01]
we'll go and do investigations,
[1:32:03]
engineering investigations on
[1:32:05]
those roads and the ones that
[1:32:06]
were going to be done next
[1:32:07]
year. Uh so they're done ahead
[1:32:10]
of time. And then with the rest
[1:32:12]
of the funds I've just taken
[1:32:14]
the next HCB roads on the on
[1:32:18]
the roads need study and bump
[1:32:20]
them up. So we had those if you
[1:32:22]
remember we had the the green
[1:32:24]
and the blue sections. The ones
[1:32:25]
that were were optional and
[1:32:26]
they very very much strongly
[1:32:28]
recommended that we did them.
[1:32:29]
We just took the next Rogues in
[1:32:31]
line as per the study and
[1:32:33]
bumped them up there. Uh so
[1:32:35]
they are West Boundary Road,
[1:32:37]
Bishop Street, Annex Street,
[1:32:39]
Nixon Boundary Road, Hugh
[1:32:41]
Monroe Street, Kennedy Avenue,
[1:32:44]
we did some further
[1:32:44]
investigation and found that
[1:32:46]
Sandfield Avenue is actually
[1:32:48]
okay how it is but does need a
[1:32:50]
good crack ceiling. Um they
[1:32:53]
recommended a pulverizing pave
[1:32:55]
Uh we did another investigation
[1:32:57]
with the county's guys and
[1:32:59]
talked to the engineer there as
[1:33:03]
well. Um we had a a phone call
[1:33:04]
with him just to double check
[1:33:06]
and he said, yeah, this would
[1:33:07]
be fine. You could extend that
[1:33:09]
life by cracked ceiling instead
[1:33:11]
which gives us some more funds
[1:33:12]
to play with. Um and
[1:33:15]
unfortunately, Power Dam Road
[1:33:16]
as well. Um now, that was a LCB
[1:33:19]
road that was upgraded to HCB
[1:33:23]
and unfortunately, those
[1:33:24]
treatments that were picked
[1:33:28]
were not the best for that
[1:33:29]
situation in again, it is an
[1:33:32]
LCB road and we tried to
[1:33:34]
upgrade it to HCV but we didn't
[1:33:37]
do geotechnical investigations
[1:33:39]
beforehand. So, we should just
[1:33:43]
go and crack, seal that road.
[1:33:45]
Luckily, that now because we've
[1:33:47]
done it, asphalt is the most
[1:33:49]
recycled material in the world.
[1:33:51]
Uh now that that material is
[1:33:53]
down there, it's still an asset
[1:33:55]
and we should just crack seal
[1:33:56]
it. Unfortunately, it's not the
[1:33:58]
prettiest with the crack in it
[1:33:59]
but when it comes time to
[1:34:01]
pulverize and pave it again,
[1:34:03]
there's good material there
[1:34:04]
now. So, we can we can keep on
[1:34:06]
going.
[1:34:09]
that is pretty much it. thank
[1:34:12]
you. Yeah, go ahead. Just Tim
[1:34:15]
on Sandfield Street. Can you
[1:34:16]
just make sure I know that
[1:34:18]
we're going to do cracked
[1:34:18]
ceiling but Yup. As you're, as
[1:34:21]
you're coming down from the old
[1:34:23]
Alexandria Moulding and
[1:34:24]
Severance, there is a dip that
[1:34:26]
you've gotten lots of
[1:34:28]
complaints about. So, if you
[1:34:29]
can check that and just make
[1:34:31]
sure it's while we're doing it.
[1:34:35]
Councilor Manley? Yeah. Thank
[1:34:38]
you Deputy Mayor. Um Tim I
[1:34:40]
think I think this this plan
[1:34:42]
going forward is is what we
[1:34:44]
need to do. I mean this this
[1:34:45]
makes sense. I mean we look at
[1:34:46]
what we did last year on Power
[1:34:49]
Dam Road. And there were huge
[1:34:51]
cracks going down that road.
[1:34:53]
That's after one year at one.
[1:34:55]
Less than a year. Not even a
[1:34:56]
year. It was July that we did
[1:34:58]
that. So I mean we we've gotta
[1:35:00]
know what we're putting you
[1:35:01]
know what what's underneath
[1:35:02]
there so that we we do this
[1:35:03]
right. So congratulations on on
[1:35:06]
doing that because I think this
[1:35:07]
is this is this is the way
[1:35:09]
forward for us. Um definitely
[1:35:09]
do quick question about Nick,
[1:35:13]
is it Nixon? Yeah. It's right
[1:35:14]
on our boundary. Is that, is it
[1:35:16]
a boundary road or is it I, I
[1:35:19]
don't know if it's a boundary
[1:35:21]
road or not, but the reason why
[1:35:22]
that one's in there, is that
[1:35:24]
it's in a, in a place that is
[1:35:27]
near the 417, and the drainage
[1:35:30]
there will not work unless that
[1:35:33]
road is in good condition. It's
[1:35:34]
a very small section. Yeah. Um.
[1:35:35]
But a, does it go into a green
[1:35:37]
road? Uh. Change into a gray. I
[1:35:41]
was looking at that. Yeah.
[1:35:44]
Okay, so we're we're just
[1:35:46]
looking at that little section
[1:35:47]
and then it's just a small
[1:35:50]
section there, if we, we need
[1:35:51]
to repair that, because it's,
[1:35:54]
and that's why it was picked on
[1:35:55]
the roads need study. Yeah. Uh,
[1:35:56]
because if we don't, we can't, say return that one to
[1:36:00]
gravel, or, or anything like
[1:36:02]
that. We need a, if that's not
[1:36:04]
a hard surface, it won't work
[1:36:06]
very well with our drainage.
[1:36:08]
Okay. Yeah, so. Make sense.
[1:36:09]
Okay, thank you. Okay, other
[1:36:11]
questions. Yes have cancer.
[1:36:14]
Just a quick comment. Again,
[1:36:17]
with the pictures like Joanne
[1:36:19]
said, it just makes sense. So,
[1:36:21]
I appreciate breaking it down
[1:36:23]
because we're just like, oh
[1:36:24]
yeah, we know what surface
[1:36:25]
treatment is and we know it all
[1:36:27]
does. Yeah, I will but now we
[1:36:29]
have an exact like just
[1:36:31]
description like and using all
[1:36:33]
the different terms because
[1:36:33]
yeah, everybody uses something
[1:36:35]
different. So, thank you.
[1:36:37]
sorry. Go ahead and patriot. Um
[1:36:40]
yeah, I, this is, a lot of
[1:36:44]
engineers have this problem,
[1:36:45]
that they assume a lot of
[1:36:47]
people in the room know what
[1:36:48]
they're talking about, but
[1:36:49]
often other engineers in the
[1:36:51]
same room won't know what
[1:36:52]
they're talking about, because
[1:36:53]
they're using a different set
[1:36:54]
of acronyms, so thank you,
[1:36:57]
sorry. Okay, anybody with any
[1:37:00]
other comments or questions? I, have a, a quick one, just
[1:37:04]
with regards to the, some of
[1:37:05]
the, like, I could use the
[1:37:07]
fourth concession as an
[1:37:08]
example. Uh, which has is as
[1:37:11]
you pointed out falling apart.
[1:37:14]
Previous to that, when it was
[1:37:15]
first surface treated, from
[1:37:17]
gravel, because this is the
[1:37:19]
second time, that road lasted a
[1:37:22]
long time. A long, long time.
[1:37:25]
And so, so it doesn't make
[1:37:28]
sense. Why some of these roads
[1:37:30]
that were initially done year,
[1:37:32]
like, I'm, I'm, I'm thinking
[1:37:34]
like, 15 years ago. Or, or, or
[1:37:37]
even longer, because it was,
[1:37:39]
yeah, long ago than that. And the road really lasted. And
[1:37:44]
it was a double surface
[1:37:45]
treatment. So it may not just
[1:37:48]
be what's under the ground that
[1:37:50]
the problem. You know it could easily be the the
[1:37:54]
product. Or or the the way it's
[1:37:56]
being applied. Like we may be
[1:37:58]
getting an inferior product
[1:38:00]
that's applied badly. And and
[1:38:03]
so I'm not sure we should be
[1:38:06]
too quick to abandon the double
[1:38:08]
surface treatment. If we can
[1:38:09]
get a product to get it
[1:38:11]
properly laid on a on a proper
[1:38:14]
surface. It it it has been very
[1:38:18]
economical and effective in the
[1:38:20]
past. It's just recently that
[1:38:22]
it hasn't been. through you,
[1:38:26]
madam deputy mayor? Yes. So,
[1:38:29]
you are absolutely correct. So,
[1:38:32]
LCB has absolutely has its
[1:38:34]
place inside a road network. Um
[1:38:37]
and you can get different
[1:38:40]
formulas that are flexible. So,
[1:38:42]
it won't provide any structural
[1:38:45]
stability but as the traffic
[1:38:47]
moves along it, it will flex
[1:38:50]
underneath it but it really, it
[1:38:52]
really comes back to importance
[1:38:55]
of engineering and and knowing
[1:38:56]
what you're doing. Uh having
[1:38:59]
the the previous work done by
[1:39:02]
Sarah and Michelle and Tara and
[1:39:06]
the previous public works
[1:39:07]
directors has I wouldn't have
[1:39:09]
been able to come to this
[1:39:12]
report if I hadn't had that
[1:39:14]
previous information going and finding these guys and and
[1:39:20]
getting
[1:39:26]
When we put down LCB roads that
[1:39:35]
proved for for 2022 are really
[1:39:38]
going to help. Cuz we need to
[1:39:39]
know where the traffic is. Uh
[1:39:42]
what the conditions are
[1:39:42]
underneath the road. What sort
[1:39:44]
of and the recipes that you can
[1:39:47]
use to put down an LCD road are
[1:39:51]
enormous. There's there's a
[1:39:52]
huge range. Um and sometimes
[1:39:55]
they can be sometimes it's not
[1:39:57]
even a matter of quality
[1:39:58]
control. It's almost
[1:40:00]
terminology. He said I want a
[1:40:02]
chip seal road and he said I
[1:40:04]
want a surface treatment road.
[1:40:06]
And that meant two different
[1:40:08]
things to two different people.
[1:40:09]
Uh so yet. You're absolutely
[1:40:11]
right And I I have my theories
[1:40:15]
of why some of these roads have
[1:40:17]
failed but until we do the
[1:40:20]
engineering, I can't really.
[1:40:22]
Thank you very much. That's
[1:40:24]
much appreciated and like
[1:40:26]
everyone said, an excellent
[1:40:27]
report. Okay, last comment to
[1:40:28]
them. We've gotta move on.
[1:40:30]
We've gotta get to our next.
[1:40:32]
No, no, no, no. Thank you very
[1:40:35]
much for your report. Thank
[1:40:36]
you. Um okay so you've heard
[1:40:39]
the motion. Um did you put the
[1:40:41]
motion on the table? Okay. All
[1:40:43]
in favor of the motion.
[1:40:44]
Carried. Thank you. Um we have
[1:40:47]
next the fire department,
[1:40:50]
departmental work plan update.
[1:40:52]
Councillor Massey.
[1:40:57]
Okay? Councilor Noble. Thank
[1:41:00]
you, Deputy Mayor. Seconded in
[1:41:03]
by Councilor Manley, that the
[1:41:04]
Committee of the Whole receives
[1:41:06]
report of
[1:41:11]
Twenty-2 from the Fire
[1:41:12]
Department for information
[1:41:14]
purposes only. Great. Let's go
[1:41:16]
ahead, Matthew. Thank you,
[1:41:18]
Deputy Mayor. Uh just some
[1:41:18]
quick updates on a few items.
[1:41:20]
So, our communication system is
[1:41:22]
still ongoing with some delays
[1:41:24]
and some equipment due to the
[1:41:26]
due to COVID. However, we did
[1:41:29]
receive some new portable
[1:41:31]
radios for the roads
[1:41:32]
department. So, each one of
[1:41:33]
their members can have a
[1:41:34]
portable radio that's going to
[1:41:36]
be linked into our
[1:41:38]
communication system across
[1:41:40]
township. So, they'll have
[1:41:41]
access to Township wide
[1:41:43]
communication for internally
[1:41:45]
and should there be any
[1:41:47]
emergency situation. We'll be
[1:41:49]
able to all communicate
[1:41:50]
effectively. So this will also
[1:41:52]
include the emergency operation
[1:41:53]
centre here. Uh so we'll have
[1:41:56]
proper radio communications
[1:41:57]
throughout all the departments
[1:41:59]
throughout our township. In
[1:42:01]
terms of fire permits. Uh
[1:42:03]
currently agriculture permits.
[1:42:05]
Um we've issued 15 so far but
[1:42:07]
currently there's zero
[1:42:09]
currently approved right now.
[1:42:11]
Brush permits we have 79 and
[1:42:13]
recreational learning. So, we
[1:42:16]
typically see an increase as
[1:42:17]
the year goes on and or
[1:42:18]
whenever residents require
[1:42:21]
them. In terms of our training,
[1:42:23]
we've resumed our training as
[1:42:24]
of February 7th after
[1:42:27]
suspending due to COVID to
[1:42:28]
ensure that we can remain
[1:42:30]
operationalism and due to some
[1:42:33]
of the restrictions. Uh regular
[1:42:36]
training meetings, just an
[1:42:38]
outline of some of the training
[1:42:41]
that we're going to be focusing
[1:42:42]
on. Uh medical response and
[1:42:43]
fire behavior as well as our
[1:42:45]
yearly first aid CP that's
[1:42:49]
going to be going on. We've
[1:42:51]
recently enrolled some of our
[1:42:52]
members in some Ontario Fire
[1:42:55]
College courses which include
[1:42:57]
fire inspection, incident,
[1:42:59]
safety officer as well as
[1:43:01]
hazardous material awareness.
[1:43:04]
Recently, just an update from
[1:43:06]
the province in terms of
[1:43:08]
firefighter certification. Uh
[1:43:10]
the opposite of fire marshal
[1:43:11]
recently provided an update
[1:43:12]
regarding firefighter
[1:43:14]
certification. Currently, there
[1:43:17]
is no standard firefighter
[1:43:19]
certification under the fire
[1:43:21]
prevention and protection act
[1:43:22]
in Ontario. So OFM has
[1:43:25]
developed a proposed regulation
[1:43:27]
just currently under the F PPA
[1:43:30]
which would introduce a
[1:43:32]
mandatory minimum requirement.
[1:43:34]
The proposed approach is based
[1:43:36]
is going to be based on
[1:43:37]
specific job requirements. Um
[1:43:40]
and competencies through the National Fire
[1:43:45]
Protection and Association
[1:43:47]
Standards. So the regulation is
[1:43:50]
in consultation draft and is
[1:43:53]
posted for comment up until
[1:43:54]
February twenty-8th. currently
[1:43:58]
OFEM has held meetings with
[1:44:02]
stakeholders including fire
[1:44:03]
chiefs across the province
[1:44:04]
where they've had town halls
[1:44:07]
and Q&A sessions. The new
[1:44:10]
proposed regulations will have
[1:44:12]
some impacts on our department.
[1:44:14]
Impact in our current and new
[1:44:17]
recruits. Our department
[1:44:19]
remains in a good standing
[1:44:21]
order in terms of being able to
[1:44:23]
meet these requirements. Um
[1:44:24]
however, you know, with basis
[1:44:28]
with our new we'll be able to
[1:44:29]
really move forward and
[1:44:30]
continue to move forward
[1:44:32]
ensuring that however the
[1:44:34]
proposed regulation goes
[1:44:35]
whether there's any changes
[1:44:37]
once it comes into effect. We
[1:44:41]
anticipate a final draft in
[1:44:43]
July twenty twenty-two which
[1:44:45]
will see a a transition period
[1:44:48]
of of four years to get fully
[1:44:50]
certified. And six years for
[1:44:53]
certain certifications. Um I'll
[1:44:55]
be providing a report for and
[1:44:56]
in most likely in March to
[1:45:00]
outline where we're going to be
[1:45:02]
going in terms of even just to
[1:45:03]
give an outline of all the
[1:45:05]
certification that's required
[1:45:06]
for us as a fire department. In
[1:45:10]
terms of recruitment we've just
[1:45:13]
announced a recruitment drive
[1:45:16]
for 2022. And we'll be
[1:45:19]
forecasting hopefully 10 to 12
[1:45:21]
new recruits. And hopefully
[1:45:23]
we'll be of course loading them
[1:45:25]
in the month of May or June.
[1:45:29]
Fire prevention, we continue to
[1:45:31]
conduct inspections. Um as
[1:45:33]
outlined in our ENR. as well as
[1:45:37]
we'll be conducting a
[1:45:39]
door-to-door smoke detector
[1:45:40]
campaign that's going to be
[1:45:42]
announced through social media
[1:45:43]
and so forth which will align
[1:45:46]
with our recruitment drive.
[1:45:50]
We've also we'll be adding some
[1:45:52]
fire inspectors to our fire
[1:45:55]
prevention division. This will
[1:45:56]
be within each station to
[1:45:58]
assist the senior fire
[1:45:59]
prevention officer. Uh conduct
[1:46:01]
inspections throughout the the
[1:46:03]
township. In terms of our
[1:46:06]
fleet, we recently implemented
[1:46:08]
a new vehicle and equipment
[1:46:09]
inspection system called Check
[1:46:12]
It for Apparatus. This is an
[1:46:14]
online system that's
[1:46:16]
implemented for provides
[1:46:18]
inspection required
[1:46:21]
inspections, weekly
[1:46:22]
inspections, as well as
[1:46:23]
inventories. All are are
[1:46:25]
assets. Uh tracking
[1:46:28]
maintenance, as well as any
[1:46:30]
fuel. So, we'll be able to to
[1:46:32]
visualize and see it and
[1:46:34]
year-end report providing where
[1:46:36]
the required sleet and how much
[1:46:38]
increase in vehicles and so
[1:46:40]
forth and which fleet we need
[1:46:41]
to address specific items. So,
[1:46:43]
it'll be a great tool of moving
[1:46:44]
forward. Uh that pretty much
[1:46:47]
concludes my report. Thank you.
[1:46:48]
for your report. Any
[1:46:50]
questions? comments from
[1:46:52]
anybody? Okay, you've heard the
[1:46:55]
motion, all in favor of the
[1:46:56]
motion. Carried. Thank you,
[1:46:58]
Matthew. Um we have another
[1:47:01]
business, we Councilor Noble
[1:47:03]
has requested to address to
[1:47:06]
talk about the a Zoom vote.
[1:47:10]
Thank you for reminding me. I
[1:47:12]
just wondered what we have to
[1:47:15]
do, what we have to do
[1:47:16]
officially to allow us to vote
[1:47:20]
while we're attending the
[1:47:22]
meetings because like if it was
[1:47:23]
last night, I wouldn't have
[1:47:24]
come. Um so, obviously, watch
[1:47:26]
and I guess I could just text
[1:47:28]
in a vote but like what do we
[1:47:30]
have to do to make those things
[1:47:31]
legal? Yes, please go ahead.
[1:47:35]
So, through mister Stephanie
[1:47:37]
Mayer. Um so, Councilor Noble,
[1:47:39]
we have to change the procedure
[1:47:40]
of bylaw to allow electronic
[1:47:42]
voting. So, what you're
[1:47:43]
suggesting is that, you know,
[1:47:44]
if you hadn't been able to
[1:47:45]
attend that we would put you
[1:47:47]
somehow up on the screen and
[1:47:48]
that you'd be able to vote here
[1:47:49]
at the council table. So,
[1:47:51]
there's two different options.
[1:47:52]
There's one where you can have
[1:47:53]
a procedural bylaw change where
[1:47:55]
the counselor can view from
[1:47:57]
home but not have voting rights
[1:47:58]
and then the second option is
[1:48:00]
to allow them to be able to
[1:48:01]
vote from afar. We haven't
[1:48:04]
brought that change to council
[1:48:05]
because we haven't been
[1:48:07]
requested as staff to do so.
[1:48:08]
that's why I wanted you to
[1:48:09]
bring it up today for Council
[1:48:11]
to sort of discuss and then, we
[1:48:12]
can certainly bring back a
[1:48:14]
change for the procedure. By
[1:48:15]
the way, I have some other
[1:48:16]
administrative things I'd like
[1:48:16]
to change as well that I can
[1:48:19]
bring at the same time. It's
[1:48:20]
just, you don't like to bring
[1:48:21]
your procedural bylaw too
[1:48:22]
often. Usually a couple of
[1:48:24]
times during the term so. Yeah,
[1:48:26]
just so we, you can vote, you
[1:48:28]
can count, and your attendance
[1:48:30]
counted, you were there. Mm
[1:48:31]
hmm. Whether your sunny south
[1:48:32]
or at home. Thank you.
[1:48:40]
to at a council meeting because
[1:48:42]
I'm I'm utterly opposed to it.
[1:48:45]
I think you need to be at a
[1:48:46]
meeting and I think it'll be
[1:48:49]
just become an excuse on a
[1:48:50]
night where maybe the roads are
[1:48:52]
bad, maybe they aren't, that
[1:48:53]
you're not going to be here. I
[1:48:54]
think if we're having in-person
[1:48:56]
meetings, we have in-person
[1:48:57]
meetings. If we have a night
[1:48:58]
like last night, we would have
[1:48:59]
cancelled the meeting,
[1:49:00]
obviously. So, I I don't I don't like that idea. I
[1:49:04]
don't think it's you know, I'm
[1:49:06]
sitting in Mexico and I'm come
[1:49:11]
on and you know, I just don't
[1:49:13]
think it's proper. I think that
[1:49:14]
you should be here at the
[1:49:16]
meeting and but again, that's
[1:49:18]
just my opinion. Uh all members
[1:49:20]
of council want a different
[1:49:21]
way. I just look at we've done
[1:49:24]
this now for since amalgamation
[1:49:26]
since 98 and we haven't had
[1:49:27]
those kind of issues. I know
[1:49:29]
we're moving forward in a
[1:49:30]
different kind of world but I I
[1:49:32]
just don't see it. Councilor
[1:49:34]
Wendy? Right? Ray, I agree with
[1:49:37]
a lot of what you're saying.
[1:49:38]
However, their circumstances
[1:49:40]
where maybe you can't leave
[1:49:41]
your home because you might be
[1:49:42]
a caregiver. There might be
[1:49:43]
extenuating circumstances that
[1:49:46]
the flexibility to allow
[1:49:48]
someone to attend from home
[1:49:49]
through Zoom and be able to
[1:49:50]
vote I think is is a good
[1:49:52]
option and maybe there's just
[1:49:54]
parameters around how we allow
[1:49:56]
that to happen. Um can I can I
[1:49:59]
make a suggestion? Um that I
[1:50:01]
think the our mayor's
[1:50:04]
suggestion of bringing it to
[1:50:05]
council with a report so that
[1:50:08]
we can formally you know debate
[1:50:10]
the issue because I I I know
[1:50:12]
that at Counties council
[1:50:15]
Councillor Jaworski wasn't
[1:50:17]
able. She she wasn't able to be
[1:50:19]
at the meeting because she had
[1:50:20]
other business. She had to take
[1:50:21]
care of so she needed to be in
[1:50:23]
front of her screen and go back
[1:50:24]
and forth. Um at home. And so
[1:50:26]
she was to attend the meeting.
[1:50:29]
That was, it's not written in
[1:50:31]
into the procedural bylaw
[1:50:33]
there, but she did request, it
[1:50:35]
was a formal request to, to
[1:50:37]
have that happen. Otherwise,
[1:50:38]
she wouldn't have been able to
[1:50:39]
participate. So, I think there
[1:50:41]
are pluses and minuses, and, so, if, go ahead. Yeah, no,
[1:50:46]
I think, like I have no issue
[1:50:48]
making it like twice a year or
[1:50:50]
something, just, you know, so
[1:50:51]
you don't just every Saturday
[1:50:52]
or every Mondays, yeah, I
[1:50:54]
don't, I don't feel like going,
[1:50:55]
just, I seriously can't get
[1:50:56]
there, I seriously, you know,
[1:50:58]
because obviously, we have
[1:51:00]
snowstorms that don't happen
[1:51:01]
here. Um two roads apart there.
[1:51:04]
So, there are certain certain
[1:51:05]
things that I think, yeah, if
[1:51:07]
you make it just, it has to be
[1:51:09]
a really good reason or it has
[1:51:10]
to be only twice a year or I
[1:51:11]
mean, does our attendance even
[1:51:14]
count? You know what I mean?
[1:51:16]
Like, if you miss forty
[1:51:17]
meetings, obviously the problem
[1:51:17]
but if you may miss two or
[1:51:20]
three. More than two in a row.
[1:51:21]
Uh The third one you can you
[1:51:25]
can be removed from counsel.
[1:51:27]
Right. Right. So, I think there
[1:51:29]
has to be a backup for that.
[1:51:30]
Just to that point, I mean, I
[1:51:31]
know we can keep talking about
[1:51:32]
this but let's get a report
[1:51:33]
from and have a full a full
[1:51:36]
debate at council. Sure. That's
[1:51:37]
what we should be. Okay, thank
[1:51:40]
you. Uh if everyone's okay, we
[1:51:42]
will we will skip matters
[1:51:44]
arising from Standing Committee
[1:51:46]
s due to time constraints we
[1:51:48]
need to get on with the other
[1:51:49]
meeting. Um so, if that's
[1:51:52]
alright with everybody, then,
[1:51:53]
do we don't have any notice of
[1:51:55]
motion? Um Councilor Manly if
[1:51:58]
you would please adjourn the
[1:52:00]
meeting. Deputy mayor move on
[1:52:02]
myself second by Councilor
[1:52:04]
Madden to be known for the
[1:52:05]
business discuss. The meeting
[1:52:05]
was adjourned at 453 PM. Okay
[1:52:09]
and once heard the motion all
[1:52:11]
in favor. Okay Carrie. So thank
[1:52:13]
you. I'll pass the chair back
[1:52:15]
over to the mayor and we'll
[1:52:17]
move into the the special
[1:52:20]
meeting.
[1:52:43]
We're not we're not using our
[1:52:46]
microphones enough. And also
[1:52:48]
for all of staff it makes no
[1:52:51]
sense for if we're going to if
[1:52:53]
it's all about transparency
[1:52:54]
please get up and go to the
[1:52:55]
microphone until you know it's
[1:52:57]
such time that we move to the
[1:52:58]
new place and everybody has a
[1:52:59]
microphone. Uh just because we
[1:53:01]
can't hear anything you're
[1:53:02]
saying unless you're at a
[1:53:04]
microphone. So it's just very
[1:53:07]
confusing listening to it on
[1:53:08]
the way here and you you don't
[1:53:10]
really know what the the flow
[1:53:11]
of the meeting that's happening
[1:53:13]
just for people at the just for
[1:53:15]
those people that you know that
[1:53:16]
want to have meetings at home.
[1:53:18]
So just kidding. Okay, I'll
[1:53:21]
call the meeting to order. Are
[1:53:22]
there any decorations of
[1:53:23]
interest or the general nature
[1:53:25]
thereof? Seeing none. I have a
[1:53:27]
motion moved by Deputy Mayor
[1:53:29]
Williams. Seconded by Councilor
[1:53:31]
Massey that the Council of
[1:53:33]
Township in North Glengarry
[1:53:34]
accepts the agenda of the
[1:53:35]
Special Medium Council. On
[1:53:36]
Wednesday February 23rd 2022.
[1:53:41]
any discussion. Seeing none,
[1:53:43]
all those in favor of the
[1:53:44]
motion. Motion is carried. Uh
[1:53:47]
and we will move right on to
[1:53:49]
delegations, IHA, Canada,
[1:53:51]
presented by Will Ball and
[1:53:52]
Steve Griefson. Welcome Will.
[1:53:57]
Thank you everybody. Uh first
[1:53:59]
off, I'm going to have to
[1:54:02]
apologize for Steve. It's funny
[1:54:03]
that we brought up the weather.
[1:54:05]
Uh Steve got stuck in at his
[1:54:09]
house with the ice storm and he
[1:54:10]
wasn't able to make it today.
[1:54:11]
He is on the call on the
[1:54:13]
council virtually. So, come the
[1:54:15]
question period. I think we're
[1:54:18]
going to be able to bring
[1:54:19]
Steven to answer questions as
[1:54:21]
well. So, okay. So, I guess
[1:54:25]
this is the same. Okay, well,
[1:54:27]
as as the mayor said, my name
[1:54:30]
is Will Vall. I'm the CEO of
[1:54:32]
IHA Canada and I've been one of
[1:54:34]
the founders from the early
[1:54:37]
stages of this project. Uh I
[1:54:39]
appreciate the opportunity to
[1:54:40]
present everybody. I think I've
[1:54:42]
had a chance to meet most of
[1:54:44]
you in the past but I I do see
[1:54:46]
a couple of new faces. How you
[1:54:47]
doing? Um this has been quite a
[1:54:51]
journey you know I was
[1:54:55]
reflecting on this as I was
[1:54:56]
putting together this
[1:54:58]
presentation and you know,
[1:55:00]
personally, I started working
[1:55:01]
on this project more than three
[1:55:03]
years ago when it was an idea
[1:55:07]
and I was pretty thankful that
[1:55:10]
North Glengarry took us up on
[1:55:12]
exploring that idea in a lot
[1:55:15]
more detail now at this point.
[1:55:16]
So, I also want to thank a
[1:55:20]
couple of folks in this room
[1:55:21]
specifically Jacob and Sarah
[1:55:23]
who have been really helpful
[1:55:27]
and masterful part of bringing
[1:55:29]
this to a point of actually
[1:55:31]
being able to present this to
[1:55:33]
council. So so thanks to them
[1:55:35]
as well. And I'll get right
[1:55:37]
into it. Um this is our mission
[1:55:40]
statement. So I'll read it out
[1:55:41]
for most of the folks that
[1:55:43]
haven't seen it. Uh at IHA
[1:55:44]
Canada we provide innovative,
[1:55:46]
independent, and progressive
[1:55:47]
care lifestyle living with a
[1:55:49]
fully integrated campus of care
[1:55:51]
support and services for
[1:55:53]
seniors. Uh we do this by
[1:55:56]
providing affordable rental
[1:55:57]
accommodations with a safe and
[1:55:59]
sustainable village setting
[1:56:00]
supported by optional high
[1:56:02]
quality and fully integrated
[1:56:05]
senior center health senior
[1:56:06]
centered health care, home
[1:56:07]
care, and wellness related
[1:56:09]
support services and
[1:56:11]
activities. That's a bit of a
[1:56:13]
mouthful. But essentially the
[1:56:17]
theme of it is providing
[1:56:19]
affordable accommodations for
[1:56:22]
folks with a variety of needs
[1:56:25]
that allow them to adapt the
[1:56:29]
care that they receive within
[1:56:30]
the dwelling that they live in
[1:56:32]
without having to move. So,
[1:56:34]
that's really what our goal was
[1:56:35]
from the start and and what I
[1:56:37]
think we've we've accomplished
[1:56:39]
with with what I'm about to
[1:56:40]
present. So, if you look at
[1:56:44]
this slide here, this is an
[1:56:46]
excerpt from the architectural
[1:56:48]
site plan. I don't know how
[1:56:50]
well you can actually see that
[1:56:51]
on the screen. Um but it's on
[1:56:55]
the vacant land directly north
[1:56:58]
of the hospital. And if you
[1:57:00]
notice here phase like
[1:57:08]
along the eastern border of the
[1:57:11]
site. Specifically, right as
[1:57:14]
Touchette Street turns into
[1:57:16]
industrial, that is the initial
[1:57:20]
connection into into the local
[1:57:22]
streets. I'll zoom in on the
[1:57:24]
next slide to see it a little
[1:57:26]
bit better. So, this is an
[1:57:29]
image of phase one. Uh it's
[1:57:31]
just a zoomed up version of the
[1:57:33]
last slide we were looking at.
[1:57:35]
Uh you'll see we've taken a bit
[1:57:37]
of a different approach to
[1:57:39]
housing development and just
[1:57:42]
setting up housing in general.
[1:57:44]
What we've really focused on
[1:57:46]
was
[1:57:49]
deemphasizin
[1:57:49]
g the the vehicle
[1:57:52]
in a traditional housing space
[1:57:54]
by creating parking lots as you
[1:57:57]
see here and really taking the dwelling, the house, and
[1:58:03]
making that the central focus
[1:58:04]
of the living space. So,
[1:58:06]
there's a couple of positives
[1:58:08]
that come out of that. Number
[1:58:08]
one, by removing the need to
[1:58:11]
have a vehicle directly
[1:58:12]
adjacent to every dwelling. Uh
[1:58:15]
we are able to create smaller
[1:58:18]
tighter spaces that encourage a
[1:58:21]
sense of strong sense of
[1:58:22]
community between adjacent
[1:58:23]
neighbors because the roadways
[1:58:24]
don't need to be as big and
[1:58:26]
what we really wanted to foster
[1:58:29]
was a the concept of what we
[1:58:32]
call pocket neighbourhoods. And
[1:58:34]
I know I've I've preached this
[1:58:35]
to this council before. Um but
[1:58:38]
what it really means is by
[1:58:40]
getting rid of that vehicle and
[1:58:42]
putting it off to the side you
[1:58:44]
end up having small parquettes
[1:58:47]
and more green space within
[1:58:51]
your actual living vicinity and
[1:58:55]
putting the the vehicle not
[1:58:56]
far. I mean, in our case, I
[1:58:58]
think the furthest vehicle is
[1:59:00]
about 50 meters away from the
[1:59:02]
furthest line. So, it's not far
[1:59:03]
but it just gets it a little
[1:59:05]
bit far enough away that you
[1:59:07]
really focus on garden space,
[1:59:09]
green space, and trees within
[1:59:11]
the immediate vicinity of your
[1:59:13]
living space. Um within phase
[1:59:15]
one and phase two, we have a
[1:59:18]
mixture of units ranging from
[1:59:21]
single detached houses, semi
[1:59:24]
detached, as well as deluxe and
[1:59:26]
standard row units. The the
[1:59:29]
rationale for that is again
[1:59:32]
trying to really serve a
[1:59:35]
variety of individuals and
[1:59:37]
people at different
[1:59:38]
socioeconomic levels from
[1:59:40]
people that want that larger
[1:59:42]
space or maybe there are
[1:59:44]
couples so they need a larger
[1:59:45]
space. Um right down to
[1:59:47]
somebody who is much more
[1:59:49]
budget conscious. Maybe they're
[1:59:51]
an individual so they don't
[1:59:51]
need as much space or they have
[1:59:53]
mobility issues that having a
[1:59:54]
larger to clean, become
[1:59:57]
encumbersome. So, that is why
[2:00:00]
we did this range of housing
[2:00:04]
units, but what we also wanted
[2:00:06]
to avoid was having areas where
[2:00:11]
All the singles are in one
[2:00:12]
location. And then all the row
[2:00:14]
housing is in another location.
[2:00:16]
Cuz now you create a scenario
[2:00:18]
where you have areas where
[2:00:20]
maybe you have the haves and
[2:00:21]
you have areas where there's
[2:00:22]
the have nots. So the people
[2:00:25]
that aren't as fortunate. So in
[2:00:26]
the site planning process we
[2:00:28]
really and I'll give our
[2:00:31]
architects a lot of credit
[2:00:32]
because they they didn't like
[2:00:33]
me much during this process.
[2:00:34]
But we really pushed hard to
[2:00:38]
create mixtures every area of
[2:00:42]
this development both phase 1
[2:00:43]
and two of, you know, you might
[2:00:46]
have a standard rowhouse right
[2:00:47]
next to a single and we think
[2:00:49]
that makes for a much more
[2:00:50]
vibrant community within within
[2:00:52]
our development. Yeah, please.
[2:00:58]
Uh I'd just like to go back to
[2:01:00]
parking for a second. Yep. Uh I
[2:01:02]
completely understand you know
[2:01:04]
the idea behind creating a
[2:01:05]
walkable community focused on a
[2:01:09]
natural environment and and and
[2:01:12]
a you know bringing people
[2:01:14]
together. Uh But it's a seniors
[2:01:19]
development. You know designed
[2:01:21]
for people who are aging. And
[2:01:24]
in some cases, as you pointed
[2:01:25]
out, we'll have mobility
[2:01:26]
issues. Um I don't know but
[2:01:31]
walking from some of those
[2:01:32]
units to the parking area for
[2:01:34]
somebody with mobility issues.
[2:01:36]
It 50 meters is a long way for
[2:01:39]
sure. So, first off, I'll
[2:01:42]
address that by insight
[2:01:44]
planning. We actually consulted
[2:01:45]
with some of our healthcare
[2:01:47]
partners to set those
[2:01:50]
parameters on what is because
[2:01:51]
the question we essentially
[2:01:52]
asked ourselves is exactly what
[2:01:54]
you brought up. Hey, we want to
[2:01:56]
decentralize the car and and
[2:01:59]
but how far is too far, I
[2:02:00]
guess, is ultimately the
[2:02:01]
question we were trying to
[2:02:02]
answer and that number seemed
[2:02:05]
to keep creeping up. Now, with
[2:02:07]
that said, we've also
[2:02:10]
strategized and I'll talk about
[2:02:12]
barrier free units in a moment.
[2:02:14]
Um but the way we're
[2:02:16]
structuring this is the barrier
[2:02:17]
for units, IE typically for
[2:02:21]
somebody with more mobility
[2:02:22]
issues are the ones that are
[2:02:24]
actually going to be closer to
[2:02:25]
the parking lots. So, the the
[2:02:28]
way we've strategized the
[2:02:29]
actual and we're going to sort
[2:02:30]
this out in in detail during
[2:02:32]
the building permitting but the
[2:02:34]
units closest to the parking
[2:02:36]
lot are going to be the ones
[2:02:37]
that are designed as barrier
[2:02:38]
free. So, to address exactly
[2:02:40]
the point you brought up, that
[2:02:42]
strategically, those ones will
[2:02:45]
be earmarked for individuals
[2:02:46]
with with higher mobility it's
[2:02:50]
not perfect. You know,
[2:02:51]
obviously, some, you know, the
[2:02:53]
one, the, you know, right next
[2:02:55]
to the parking lot is going to
[2:02:56]
be a little bit better than the
[2:02:58]
one two units down but as a
[2:03:00]
general strategy, we've
[2:03:02]
earmarked the closest units to
[2:03:04]
be the ones to serve people
[2:03:05]
with the highest needs.
[2:03:10]
Okay, so, phase two, you'll
[2:03:14]
look here is, is located. Go
[2:03:16]
ahead, just hold on. Sorry,
[2:03:16]
just while while you're talking
[2:03:18]
about that, I'm looking and I'm
[2:03:20]
zooming in as much as I can.
[2:03:23]
Um, so say for the houses that
[2:03:26]
are up top, I see the parking
[2:03:27]
lot here in this parking lot
[2:03:28]
there. If I'm delivering a
[2:03:31]
chair or something, is the car
[2:03:33]
able to pull up to any of those
[2:03:34]
houses? No. If there's, if
[2:03:37]
there's a chair being done,
[2:03:38]
they're they're going to have
[2:03:39]
to be walked in the same way
[2:03:40]
that you'd have to do if you
[2:03:41]
live in an apartment building
[2:03:43]
or something like that. You get
[2:03:44]
it as as close as possible, and
[2:03:46]
then, and then it'll have to be
[2:03:47]
Shepherd in. Okay. No, I'm just
[2:03:48]
like a big grocery day or all
[2:03:50]
that kind of stuff. You're
[2:03:51]
never going to be able to pull
[2:03:52]
up your car. No. Again, because
[2:03:56]
there's also a factor that if
[2:03:57]
you're able to pull up your
[2:03:58]
car, then, people will, right?
[2:04:00]
So, in order to keep those
[2:04:03]
pathways walkable, we want to
[2:04:06]
make sure people don't take
[2:04:07]
their cars right up and they're
[2:04:09]
not really designed for regular
[2:04:11]
traffic use. Now, again, with
[2:04:13]
that said, we are working on a
[2:04:17]
couple of programs that we are
[2:04:20]
looking to integrate into our
[2:04:21]
service delivery that will
[2:04:23]
address things like like
[2:04:26]
carrying groceries from your
[2:04:27]
car for somebody that isn't
[2:04:29]
able to do that. But I that
[2:04:30]
hasn't been considered in the, site planning process.
[2:04:33]
Okay and I'm also thinking like
[2:04:34]
ambulance and all that kind of
[2:04:36]
stuff. So the ambulance meets
[2:04:37]
all the requirements for
[2:04:39]
Ontario Building Code as far as
[2:04:40]
getting close enough that
[2:04:42]
paramedics can can walk can
[2:04:43]
bring the a stretcher. For
[2:04:45]
instance in into the unit.
[2:04:48]
Right not the 50 meters though.
[2:04:49]
Like they could pull up someway
[2:04:52]
to they can get fairly close. I
[2:04:54]
know some of our guys are
[2:04:55]
creative but. yeah. Now, the pathways are have actually
[2:05:00]
geotechnically been designed
[2:05:02]
that they can be driven on. So,
[2:05:04]
in in an emergency. Okay. Yes.
[2:05:07]
So, you you would be able to
[2:05:08]
drive on them but as a general
[2:05:10]
rule, we don't want people, driving on the walking
[2:05:12]
paths.
[2:05:21]
Okay, so you're looking at
[2:05:22]
phase two here. It's it's quite
[2:05:22]
a similar type of layout to
[2:05:23]
phase one. Um there's a a few
[2:05:26]
more singles and if you'll
[2:05:27]
notice, along the eastern or or
[2:05:31]
left side of the of the drawing
[2:05:33]
here, those are all the single
[2:05:35]
units and they will actually be
[2:05:36]
the ones that will have
[2:05:38]
driveways with covered parking.
[2:05:40]
So, there are some on like ones
[2:05:41]
that front onto the street and
[2:05:43]
specifically the singles but
[2:05:44]
I'll show you an image of it
[2:05:45]
later in this presentation that
[2:05:45]
I'll I'll make that clear.
[2:05:55]
So, some key stats for our
[2:05:55]
project. Um what we're
[2:05:56]
proposing as part of this
[2:05:57]
current site plan application
[2:05:58]
is the first two of a ten-phase
[2:06:01]
development.
[2:06:05]
The reason we're doing it in
[2:06:06]
phases is, well, a variety of
[2:06:08]
reasons. It's prudent
[2:06:11]
financially to not try to build
[2:06:13]
700 houses in one shot and we
[2:06:17]
want but but additionally, we
[2:06:19]
want to be able to evaluate
[2:06:23]
whether the assumptions that we
[2:06:25]
made for housing type and
[2:06:27]
housing mix are accurate. You
[2:06:29]
know, we we've done some
[2:06:30]
demographic research. We have a
[2:06:31]
pretty good sense that we've
[2:06:32]
got it right. Uh we're really
[2:06:34]
going to know until folks start
[2:06:38]
moving in and start telling us
[2:06:39]
all the things we did wrong and really reevaluate what
[2:06:45]
we're going to do for
[2:06:45]
subsequent phases. So, from a
[2:06:48]
company strategy standpoint, it
[2:06:50]
actually made a lot more sense
[2:06:52]
to start with two, prove that
[2:06:54]
we can do it, and that, you
[2:06:56]
know, really walk before we can
[2:06:58]
run and then, we'll have a lot
[2:07:00]
more data to be able to pull on
[2:07:01]
from subsequent phases to be
[2:07:03]
able to design phase 3 and
[2:07:05]
beyond. Uh phase one consists
[2:07:08]
of 57 units. Uh five singles,
[2:07:11]
16 semis, eighteen deluxe row
[2:07:14]
homes, and 18 standard row
[2:07:15]
homes. Uh phase two, fifty-two
[2:07:19]
units that are eight singles,
[2:07:21]
14 semis, twenty-four deluxe
[2:07:23]
rows, and 16 standard rows. So,
[2:07:26]
as you can see, like I was
[2:07:27]
saying before, we really did
[2:07:29]
focus on trying to put together
[2:07:31]
quite a even distribution of
[2:07:34]
unit types to be able to of all demographic types. Um
[2:07:42]
Building timing. Uh we're
[2:07:44]
anticipating building
[2:07:46]
permitting to take
[2:07:47]
approximately four to five
[2:07:48]
months on the completion after
[2:07:51]
the completion of the site plan
[2:07:52]
approval. Uh which gets us
[2:07:55]
beginning construction in the
[2:07:57]
third quarter of this year.
[2:07:59]
Give or take. Um Jacob's
[2:08:01]
kicking me under the table over
[2:08:02]
here. But but that's that's the
[2:08:05]
timing we're looking at. So we plan on building this
[2:08:08]
summer. Uh we have all our
[2:08:10]
financing in place to be able
[2:08:12]
to do it. Um but the last stage
[2:08:15]
once once we do achieve site
[2:08:17]
plan approval is to go through
[2:08:20]
building permitting and then ultimately begin
[2:08:22]
servicing midway through the
[2:08:24]
summer. So, some key parts of
[2:08:29]
this project. There's a lot of
[2:08:31]
them. Sorry for all the text.
[2:08:34]
Um so, our main building
[2:08:37]
partner or our building partner
[2:08:38]
is Oakwood Homes out of Ottawa,
[2:08:40]
Ontario. Um I'm not sure if
[2:08:43]
anybody's is or isn't familiar
[2:08:45]
with them but they're one of
[2:08:46]
the one of the premium home
[2:08:49]
builders in Ottawa. Uh mostly a
[2:08:52]
custom home builder but they
[2:08:53]
are getting into the the larger
[2:08:56]
scale and we're really excited
[2:08:58]
because they actually bring a
[2:09:02]
bit of a different approach to
[2:09:03]
home building. They have a a
[2:09:05]
very strong tech backing. Um a
[2:09:07]
lot of their their systems that
[2:09:09]
are in place are are really
[2:09:11]
very unique in the home
[2:09:13]
building space. So we're
[2:09:13]
excited to have them as a
[2:09:15]
partner. Um all the all the
[2:09:19]
houses are being designed to a
[2:09:20]
standard called zero net carbon
[2:09:22]
housing. And that a new concept
[2:09:24]
for me too but I learned all
[2:09:26]
about it. So, what it means is
[2:09:28]
a combination of very
[2:09:31]
high-efficiency homes, energy
[2:09:34]
usages being a fraction of what
[2:09:36]
a code designed house would
[2:09:38]
have. Uh as well as low-carbon
[2:09:42]
source material for building
[2:09:44]
materials, everything from, you
[2:09:46]
know, what, you know, obviously
[2:09:47]
the wood but also, you know,
[2:09:50]
materials for your kitchen,
[2:09:50]
your bathroom, all that. It all
[2:09:52]
goes into a calculation of
[2:09:54]
minimizing the carbon footprint
[2:09:56]
the house. And ultimately there
[2:09:58]
is offsetting that is involved
[2:10:00]
in it as well. But basically
[2:10:01]
it's a it's a standard to try
[2:10:03]
to get that house to have as a
[2:10:06]
net zero carbon input impact on
[2:10:10]
the planet obviously to support
[2:10:11]
the fight against climate
[2:10:12]
change. Uh additionally we are
[2:10:17]
planning to build these homes
[2:10:19]
partially in support of what I
[2:10:20]
just said but also really to a
[2:10:23]
very very high quality of high
[2:10:25]
quality standard. Um we Don't
[2:10:27]
want these homes to feel cheap.
[2:10:30]
That is the number one reason
[2:10:33]
we're doing that. We want folks
[2:10:36]
that are living here to feel
[2:10:38]
proud of their houses, to feel
[2:10:41]
that they have something to
[2:10:43]
really show off. and
[2:10:45]
ultimately, you know, from a
[2:10:48]
selfish standpoint, higher
[2:10:50]
quality means we don't have as
[2:10:51]
much upkeep because if we use
[2:10:53]
better materials, if we use
[2:10:55]
better construction process,
[2:10:56]
the houses will last longer,
[2:10:58]
they'll look nicer for
[2:11:00]
significantly longer, and
[2:11:02]
ultimately, that high
[2:11:03]
efficiency that we're trying to
[2:11:04]
achieve, will remain in place
[2:11:07]
for longer. So, quality really
[2:11:08]
has a has a overall benefit to
[2:11:10]
everybody beyond just looking
[2:11:13]
nice. Additionally from a site
[2:11:16]
planning perspective, we
[2:11:18]
designed the stormwater system
[2:11:21]
under principles known as
[2:11:23]
low-impact development and I'm
[2:11:25]
not sure it's relatively new if so I'm not sure if
[2:11:29]
everybody's heard of it, but
[2:11:30]
basically what it is, it's, a principle of trying to
[2:11:34]
minimize runoff, and encourage
[2:11:38]
as much groundwater
[2:11:40]
reinfiltration as possible.
[2:11:42]
It's a big push in the city of
[2:11:44]
Ottawa right now, but it will
[2:11:46]
be rolling out across the
[2:11:48]
province, likely in a few
[2:11:49]
years, and it's
[2:11:56]
Point. It means that roadside
[2:11:59]
ditches don't don't have as
[2:12:01]
much runoff coming from them
[2:12:03]
and natural systems, natural
[2:12:05]
groundwater systems get far
[2:12:06]
more recharged than they would
[2:12:08]
have got under a conventional
[2:12:11]
stone water pipe. Uh now, we've
[2:12:13]
designed this to be
[2:12:15]
conservative in the sense that
[2:12:18]
the pipes have been designed
[2:12:20]
such that they don't need
[2:12:23]
infiltration. So, there's there
[2:12:24]
are large their size large
[2:12:25]
enough that they can handle the
[2:12:27]
full capacity but we know that
[2:12:29]
there will be infiltration and
[2:12:30]
a perforated pipe So it's a double check imbalance.
[2:12:34]
We did the LEDs but we also in
[2:12:36]
size the systems large enough
[2:12:37]
that if for whatever reason it
[2:12:40]
doesn't work, it's still large
[2:12:42]
enough and there's no issues
[2:12:43]
with with flooding downstream
[2:12:44]
or within the development.
[2:12:47]
We've made a big focus on
[2:12:50]
native tree species and native
[2:12:52]
vegetation. Uh this was my
[2:12:55]
second opportunity to work with
[2:12:57]
a landscape architect And very
[2:12:59]
fascinating people and when we
[2:13:03]
came to this, when we brought
[2:13:04]
them to the site, they were
[2:13:07]
pretty blown away with the
[2:13:09]
amount of opportunity there was
[2:13:12]
on the site to salvage trees,
[2:13:16]
to relocate trees, and really
[2:13:19]
try to conserve as much of the
[2:13:20]
salvageable vegetation as we
[2:13:22]
can. Um through a variety of of
[2:13:25]
means. Uh number one, planning
[2:13:28]
the site planning
[2:13:30]
appropriately. Now,
[2:13:31]
unfortunately, there's not in
[2:13:33]
within phase one and two,
[2:13:35]
there's actually not that much
[2:13:36]
of vegetation. So, this is
[2:13:36]
really more for for latter
[2:13:39]
phases Um but where we can,
[2:13:41]
we're going to be transplanting
[2:13:43]
trees and relocating them into
[2:13:44]
a nursery that we are going to
[2:13:47]
be putting in place on parts of
[2:13:50]
the site that we haven't
[2:13:51]
developed yet. And again, this
[2:13:53]
is not just because we want to
[2:13:55]
pat ourselves on the back from
[2:13:57]
an environmental standpoint.
[2:13:59]
Yes, we we we do find it
[2:14:01]
valuable and we want to
[2:14:01]
encourage tree growth but the
[2:14:03]
way we also see it is is it's
[2:14:05]
an opportunity to make use of
[2:14:07]
lands that we have aren't quite
[2:14:09]
ready to develop By growing
[2:14:12]
native species to ewes on our
[2:14:15]
site. So it's an opportunity to
[2:14:17]
foster tree growth and also
[2:14:20]
conserve trees that are already
[2:14:21]
there while also allowing them
[2:14:25]
to grow in the you know five
[2:14:27]
years that it takes that before
[2:14:28]
we actually need them. So we're quite proud of that. And right now that's being year
[2:14:32]
marked for the western portion
[2:14:35]
of the site. Um for this for
[2:14:38]
this interim nursery.
[2:14:42]
Additionally, through a
[2:14:44]
partnership with a company out
[2:14:46]
of Europe, we are planning
[2:14:48]
what's called the district
[2:14:49]
heating and cooling system for houses within the village.
[2:14:54]
What does that mean? Most
[2:14:56]
people are fairly familiar with
[2:14:58]
ground source heat pumps.
[2:15:00]
They're they're starting to
[2:15:01]
come into into fashion and you
[2:15:03]
know, I'll probably have a
[2:15:05]
friend who has one of those in
[2:15:06]
their houses. similar principle
[2:15:10]
except rather than being done
[2:15:12]
for an individual unit. It's
[2:15:14]
being done for a block of
[2:15:16]
units. Approximately 25 to 30
[2:15:18]
units will be run off a larger
[2:15:20]
heat pump that circulates hot
[2:15:22]
and cold. Uh it's a grind. Um
[2:15:26]
within a circulatory system
[2:15:27]
that is used to heat the
[2:15:29]
houses. There's couple reasons
[2:15:31]
we're doing that. Number one,
[2:15:34]
it's very efficient. Most
[2:15:36]
efficient way to heat and cool
[2:15:37]
a home is through ground source
[2:15:39]
heat pumps. That's why people
[2:15:40]
do them in their houses. Number
[2:15:42]
two, by looking at a district
[2:15:44]
system as opposed to individual
[2:15:47]
units. Uh number one, our
[2:15:49]
there's a lot less
[2:15:50]
infrastructure. Uh within a a
[2:15:52]
fairly dense neighborhood.
[2:15:54]
Well, we also get economies of
[2:15:56]
scale. You know, by buying
[2:15:58]
larger heat pump systems and
[2:16:00]
servicing a larger number of
[2:16:02]
units with that system, The
[2:16:05]
cost per unit dramatically
[2:16:08]
drops. So, in support of lower
[2:16:11]
the overall opera development
[2:16:14]
and operating cost of our
[2:16:16]
units. We spread that out over
[2:16:18]
a larger number of units and we
[2:16:20]
can actually translate that
[2:16:22]
into lower cost. To our
[2:16:24]
individual to to our residents.
[2:16:26]
So I'm we're quite proud of it
[2:16:27]
and that from what I can tell
[2:16:31]
might be a first in Canada.
[2:16:32]
Because I looked and I I
[2:16:34]
haven't seen any other examples
[2:16:36]
of this being done. But we have
[2:16:38]
the technical backing systems
[2:16:40]
basically already and and
[2:16:43]
that's how we intend to to do
[2:16:45]
this. I'm I'm quite proud of
[2:16:47]
it. Phase one and two are going
[2:16:49]
to be conventionally built By
[2:16:52]
that, I mean, framers on site,
[2:16:54]
tradespeople coming in, and
[2:16:56]
building a house as the way
[2:16:57]
most people would know how to
[2:16:59]
build a house. Base three and
[2:17:02]
beyond are going to be a little
[2:17:03]
bit different. Uh face, latter
[2:17:07]
phases through our partnership
[2:17:08]
with Oakwood Homes are going to
[2:17:11]
be primarily built offsite.
[2:17:14]
They are in the process of
[2:17:15]
finishing construction on a
[2:17:18]
state-of-the-art manufacturing
[2:17:19]
facility that will essentially
[2:17:23]
use robotic technology to put
[2:17:24]
together 80 to 90% of a house
[2:17:27]
offsite and then it's shipped
[2:17:29]
in and stitched together with a
[2:17:30]
they call it a stitch crew on
[2:17:32]
the site that has a couple of benefits. Number one,
[2:17:38]
quality control within a
[2:17:40]
manufacturing process is
[2:17:41]
significantly better than, you
[2:17:43]
know, when you're out in the
[2:17:44]
field and trades are coming and
[2:17:46]
going and so your your QAQC is significantly better. Cost
[2:17:51]
production actually goes quite a bit lower like it would
[2:17:55]
with any other large
[2:17:57]
manufacturing process. So, we
[2:17:59]
can actually build the homes
[2:18:01]
for cheaper than somebody else
[2:18:04]
would be able to do
[2:18:05]
conventionally building it
[2:18:06]
while still maintaining the
[2:18:07]
same spec. Again, this is all
[2:18:10]
in the theme of trying to lower
[2:18:11]
our cost to build, to be able
[2:18:14]
to drive that affordability, to
[2:18:16]
our residents. So, that's
[2:18:19]
really, really exciting.
[2:18:21]
They're slotted to finish their
[2:18:23]
plant in Q 4 2023. So that's
[2:18:26]
why I'm saying it it will
[2:18:28]
likely be phase three before we
[2:18:30]
actually start using these offside house I already
[2:18:36]
addressed barrier-free
[2:18:37]
accommodations but just to
[2:18:40]
reiterate it, we are providing
[2:18:44]
accommodations and I'll and
[2:18:44]
I'll show in some of the floor plans a little bit later.
[2:18:47]
Uh barrier-free access for
[2:18:49]
people within in wheelchairs
[2:18:51]
and with with other mobility
[2:18:53]
issues. Additionally, hold on
[2:18:56]
now, Will. Oh, yeah. Oh, sorry.
[2:18:57]
Go ahead. Just so, just so that
[2:19:00]
I don't forget because
[2:19:01]
otherwise, if I leave it, I'll
[2:19:03]
the with I noticed the plans
[2:19:06]
that many of these units have
[2:19:10]
in between one and six steps to
[2:19:13]
get into the unit. Um it's
[2:19:18]
which I I'm not sure why that
[2:19:19]
is. I'm assuming maybe it's the
[2:19:21]
grade of the the land or what
[2:19:23]
but it that you know people who
[2:19:27]
have mobility issues use canes,
[2:19:29]
walkers. Yeah we're going to be
[2:19:31]
utilizing ramps in a lot in a
[2:19:33]
lot of the barrier free cases.
[2:19:35]
Yeah so part of our
[2:19:37]
architecture group is in those
[2:19:39]
barrier free units. Obviously
[2:19:40]
something with a six step.
[2:19:41]
Probably won't be one of the
[2:19:43]
barrier for units. Right? But
[2:19:44]
on the the lower step up ones
[2:19:47]
we're going to solve that issue
[2:19:48]
by by ramping. Which has been a
[2:19:50]
honestly, it's been a a
[2:19:52]
trade-off challenge in in this
[2:19:54]
design 'cuz you're balancing
[2:19:57]
you know, I, it would be, I
[2:20:00]
great if everything was flat.
[2:20:01]
You're balancing that with
[2:20:04]
particularly stormwater
[2:20:04]
management issues of trying to
[2:20:06]
bring up the areas in to make
[2:20:09]
sure that nobody's house
[2:20:10]
floods. So, in the locations
[2:20:13]
that we can, ramping will be
[2:20:17]
used to, to be able to provide
[2:20:18]
that barrier-free access to a
[2:20:21]
resident in a wheelchair. Okay,
[2:20:24]
it's just, you know, given that
[2:20:26]
it is a seniors you know, built
[2:20:29]
for seniors. I'm not a senior.
[2:20:31]
I have four steps to go into my
[2:20:33]
house and it's four steps too
[2:20:35]
many. Already. So so you know
[2:20:39]
I'm not the only one who'd be
[2:20:40]
thinking that. Totally. Yeah. I
[2:20:43]
got so much to say. Just let it
[2:20:46]
go. Let it go. Go ahead. Thank
[2:20:47]
you. No. Yeah. No. It's it's a
[2:20:51]
unique it's a unique challenge.
[2:20:52]
Trust me. And that's why
[2:20:55]
sometimes I think especially in
[2:20:57]
the engineering side when we
[2:20:59]
come back to our architects and
[2:21:00]
say we gotta raise it and they
[2:21:01]
go what do you mean? You gotta
[2:21:04]
It's it. But Joanne, you have a
[2:21:06]
question? appreciate it.
[2:21:12]
So it's
[2:21:13]
I know we're talking
[2:21:13]
about seniors but we also want
[2:21:15]
to believe that there are a lot
[2:21:17]
of seniors who age in a healthy
[2:21:19]
way. And you know exactly who
[2:21:20]
I'm referring to. What I'm
[2:21:22]
saying. It's my mother's
[2:21:23]
ninety-five living in her own
[2:21:24]
home with eight steps. So I'm
[2:21:26]
glad to see you have a variety
[2:21:29]
of accommodations so that you
[2:21:30]
can meet the needs of the
[2:21:32]
seniors that choose to live in
[2:21:33]
that particular unit. It looks
[2:21:34]
like you're addressing the
[2:21:36]
different levels of you know
[2:21:37]
and it's interesting you say
[2:21:38]
that. Um and you know we're go
[2:21:39]
back to us. It's been a bit of
[2:21:43]
a journey. You know, when I
[2:21:44]
first was working on this, that
[2:21:47]
was a, that was a key question,
[2:21:48]
you know, and it was in my head
[2:21:50]
and maybe this is the ignorance
[2:21:52]
of youth, but I was like, okay,
[2:21:55]
well, they should all be my
[2:21:56]
barrier free. And when we
[2:21:58]
started talking to folks and
[2:22:01]
you know, I, I don't know, if
[2:22:03]
anybody in this room attended
[2:22:04]
some of the focus groups, but
[2:22:06]
what, the point you just made
[2:22:08]
was exactly the feedback we
[2:22:09]
got, is, I, you know, people
[2:22:12]
would say, I don't want to feel
[2:22:13]
like I'm living in a exactly,
[2:22:17]
and, you know, when I'm ready
[2:22:19]
to be there, okay, but today,
[2:22:22]
no, thank you. You know, and
[2:22:24]
there's even, you know, there's
[2:22:25]
even other details within the
[2:22:26]
units, particularly when you
[2:22:27]
get into the bathroom. Um, a
[2:22:29]
fully barrier-free bathroom, is
[2:22:32]
sometimes not a, all that
[2:22:34]
appealing to somebody who
[2:22:35]
doesn't need it, right? So,
[2:22:37]
that's why really, providing a
[2:22:39]
variety of auctions really was the right answer. Some more
[2:22:45]
challenging answer, but that
[2:22:48]
was the way we ended up going.
[2:22:49]
Now, with that said, you
[2:22:51]
allowed me to segway really
[2:22:52]
nicely into my my points here.
[2:22:55]
Um, within the units
[2:22:57]
themselves, we're actually
[2:22:59]
putting in additional
[2:23:01]
infrastructure to be able to
[2:23:03]
allow people to age in place.
[2:23:05]
So, this has been a big theme
[2:23:06]
of this, of this project really
[2:23:07]
from the start. You know, I
[2:23:09]
would consider it a win. If
[2:23:10]
somebody in the same unit for
[2:23:14]
15 years and that unit can be
[2:23:16]
changed altered, with a
[2:23:19]
relatively minimal amount of
[2:23:21]
work. Um as that person ages.
[2:23:23]
So, just as an example, grab
[2:23:26]
bars in the in the tub. You
[2:23:29]
know, some people need them,
[2:23:30]
some people don't. Uh well,
[2:23:32]
what we're planning on doing is
[2:23:34]
within the bathroom setting,
[2:23:35]
we're actually putting in the
[2:23:37]
blocking and the backing behind
[2:23:38]
that bathroom wall. Whether or
[2:23:40]
not somebody needs a grab bar
[2:23:44]
or not. So, the idea is that
[2:23:45]
when if and when somebody needs
[2:23:48]
that grabbar, you don't no
[2:23:49]
longer need to remove that
[2:23:51]
bathroom wall to put in the
[2:23:52]
appropriate infrastructure back
[2:23:53]
there to be able to install it.
[2:23:55]
It's already there. roofs above
[2:23:58]
the bed. Not everybody needs
[2:24:01]
bed lifts but some people do.
[2:24:03]
So, for the sake of putting in
[2:24:04]
a little bit of extra
[2:24:06]
reinforcement on that ceiling,
[2:24:07]
on day one, when somebody needs
[2:24:11]
that that bed lift or if and
[2:24:12]
when somebody needs that bed
[2:24:14]
lift, you don't have to do a
[2:24:15]
full retrofit on that roof. You
[2:24:16]
just screw it in and it's
[2:24:17]
already waiting. So, there's a
[2:24:19]
lot of little tricks and again,
[2:24:21]
I'll give a lot of credit to
[2:24:23]
our our architectural team that
[2:24:25]
we're working on to really
[2:24:28]
foster that sense that some
[2:24:30]
that this is somebody's home
[2:24:31]
and it will be some home for
[2:24:33]
the long haul as their needs
[2:24:36]
change. And we talked a lot
[2:24:39]
earlier in this process about
[2:24:42]
healthcare monitoring
[2:24:42]
technology and that's that
[2:24:44]
hasn't gone anywhere. It's just
[2:24:45]
as you can see we we added a
[2:24:48]
lot to the table.
[2:24:53]
That will be, that will be
[2:24:54]
installed in every unit,
[2:24:56]
however, we fully understand
[2:24:57]
and appreciate that not
[2:24:58]
everybody is going to need that
[2:24:59]
or want that. So, optional
[2:25:02]
healthcare monitoring and
[2:25:05]
customized to every person's
[2:25:06]
individual needs will be
[2:25:08]
available within the units and
[2:25:10]
again, this is really to try to
[2:25:11]
leverage technology to allow
[2:25:15]
people to remain independent
[2:25:18]
and I guess independent's the
[2:25:21]
right word. For as long as
[2:25:24]
possible while still being able
[2:25:26]
to primarily provide comfort to
[2:25:28]
their loved ones that they are
[2:25:30]
capable of doing that, you
[2:25:32]
know, as as needs change.
[2:25:34]
There's a lot of technology out
[2:25:36]
there for for aging individuals
[2:25:38]
as you can probably imagine.
[2:25:40]
Um, I'm quite, I feel quite
[2:25:43]
fortunate in the sense that one
[2:25:44]
of our partner companies works
[2:25:46]
directly in this space and the
[2:25:48]
suite that we're putting
[2:25:50]
forward, not that everybody's
[2:25:51]
going to use every aspect of
[2:25:52]
it, is going to be is quite
[2:25:54]
impressive. Councillor Madden
[2:25:57]
you had a question? Will, just
[2:26:00]
before we get off this slide,
[2:26:01]
go back to your heating and
[2:26:02]
cooling. Um the centralized
[2:26:05]
idea of it, this is, this is
[2:26:06]
coming to us as a site plan,
[2:26:08]
those architectural drawings,
[2:26:09]
those, that's what's going to
[2:26:10]
become the site plan. I'm just
[2:26:12]
curious where the buildings are
[2:26:13]
for phase one and two because
[2:26:14]
they're not on there that I
[2:26:15]
saw. The buildings, the their
[2:26:16]
little house, they're little
[2:26:18]
huts and that we're we're
[2:26:19]
planning on on including that
[2:26:21]
prior to the building like
[2:26:23]
within the building permit
[2:26:24]
application as a as a building
[2:26:27]
system. So, prior to we will be
[2:26:30]
including it but the they're
[2:26:31]
not very big. Okay. And the the huts themselves are only
[2:26:35]
about ten by ten. So they don't
[2:26:36]
take up a ton of room. We
[2:26:37]
didn't include them in the site
[2:26:38]
planning because they have no
[2:26:40]
servicing. Um and we haven't
[2:26:41]
finalized the exact location on
[2:26:43]
them yet. Okay. But it will be
[2:26:44]
included as part of the as part
[2:26:46]
of the building program. Okay
[2:26:47]
so like the other at some of
[2:26:49]
the the ends of some of the
[2:26:50]
parking roads you've got
[2:26:51]
electrical, mechanical, little
[2:26:53]
structures. Would it be similar
[2:26:54]
to that? Exactly. Okay. And.
[2:26:57]
Sorry. Sorry I was to follow on
[2:27:00]
that sort of lines presumably
[2:27:01]
because I noticed in your
[2:27:02]
legend you had HC heating
[2:27:04]
cooling lines but there weren't
[2:27:05]
any on the drying. So
[2:27:06]
presumably those would be.
[2:27:07]
on there as
[2:27:08]
well. Yeah. Okay. Thank you.
[2:27:10]
Councilor Manley. And just on
[2:27:12]
while we're on the the ground
[2:27:13]
source heating and cooling. Is
[2:27:15]
it a closed loop system then? A
[2:27:18]
horizontal closed loop? Is that
[2:27:19]
what it is? Loop system. Yeah.
[2:27:20]
Very.
[2:27:24]
There's, you know, anyway,
[2:27:25]
maybe I'll give you the full
[2:27:26]
rundown of the presentation but
[2:27:28]
yeah, there's a combination of
[2:27:29]
a of a horizontal loop and and
[2:27:31]
a deep deep well as well but
[2:27:33]
anyway, I'll I'll I'll say it's
[2:27:36]
a long conversation.
[2:27:41]
Too far now. Okay, so we're
[2:27:43]
looking at an aerial image of
[2:27:46]
Phase one and two looking from
[2:27:49]
the south. Now, before
[2:27:52]
everybody asks me why are all
[2:27:53]
the units black and grey? Um
[2:27:57]
they won't be. Uh this is just
[2:27:58]
a a blocking color that's
[2:28:01]
standard from the architects.
[2:28:02]
The actual units themselves
[2:28:05]
will be will be quite a bit
[2:28:06]
more colorful than this. But I
[2:28:08]
wanted to include this because
[2:28:10]
I think it gives a really good
[2:28:12]
idea and probably better than
[2:28:15]
looking at a site plan of what
[2:28:17]
we're what we're looking at
[2:28:18]
here with respect to the
[2:28:19]
parquettes and and the angle
[2:28:21]
and the sort of the interact
[2:28:23]
between the two houses or the like roads of houses
[2:28:30]
This picture is an image
[2:28:32]
looking from the north side of
[2:28:35]
the development looking south
[2:28:37]
and again, I I wanted to
[2:28:39]
include it because I think it
[2:28:40]
gives a good sense of scale as
[2:28:41]
far as, you know, distance
[2:28:43]
between the units, you know,
[2:28:44]
where the paths are located
[2:28:46]
within the individual like
[2:28:48]
blocks of homes and really how
[2:28:51]
this, how this all fits
[2:28:52]
together. Additionally, you
[2:28:54]
also see and this will be clear
[2:28:57]
on on a later slide-off show
[2:28:59]
but you you notice the the the
[2:29:00]
pathway that runs from the
[2:29:02]
bottom of that image and sort
[2:29:03]
of heads off into the distance.
[2:29:04]
So, we've designed this as a
[2:29:08]
looped road system within it
[2:29:11]
and you and you'll see that in
[2:29:11]
the poolside plan in a moment
[2:29:14]
but wrapping around the outside
[2:29:16]
of that is this network of
[2:29:18]
pathways that you can see the
[2:29:21]
startup here that is intended
[2:29:23]
to allow people to be able to
[2:29:25]
effectively walk the entire
[2:29:27]
perimeter of the development on
[2:29:29]
a walking path, separate from
[2:29:31]
the roadway. Now, there is
[2:29:32]
going to be a walkway. I get
[2:29:33]
adjacent to the road as well.
[2:29:34]
Um but myself and I would
[2:29:38]
imagine most people would agree
[2:29:40]
with me. Being able to walk
[2:29:43]
going on a walk, not adjacent
[2:29:45]
to a road, I think is, is
[2:29:46]
really, really nice and so,
[2:29:48]
this image that we're looking
[2:29:51]
at demonstrates the first
[2:29:53]
little leg of that loop that's
[2:29:54]
going to go around the the
[2:29:56]
perimeter of the site. Go
[2:29:59]
ahead. Thank you Anne. I'm on
[2:30:04]
your previous slide
[2:30:08]
The units that are the the row
[2:30:11]
houses that are sort of on the
[2:30:14]
bottom right hand side. Mm hmm.
[2:30:17]
The the ones very far right
[2:30:19]
look quite close together. I'm
[2:30:21]
just curious as to what the
[2:30:24]
space, what is the distance
[2:30:25]
between one rowhouse and the
[2:30:28]
other at it at its closest. Uh
[2:30:31]
I'd have to look that number up
[2:30:32]
off the top of my head or I
[2:30:34]
can't I don't know what off the
[2:30:35]
top of my head but there's
[2:30:36]
minimum building separations
[2:30:37]
that are specified in the
[2:30:39]
Ontario building code and they meet all those codes as
[2:30:42]
far as an actual number on it.
[2:30:43]
It's the the I don't want to
[2:30:46]
guess a number. I don't. Okay.
[2:30:53]
one unit. Yeah, so there's the
[2:30:55]
so that, that, that's where
[2:30:56]
the, the discussion on the
[2:30:57]
building code actually comes in
[2:30:58]
and it's primary, well,
[2:31:00]
there's, there's two reasons.
[2:31:00]
One is fire and, and the other
[2:31:02]
is, is privacy, and it meets
[2:31:06]
that, and, and we actually went
[2:31:07]
through this process in
[2:31:08]
developing the, the zoning,
[2:31:10]
specific to this, to this
[2:31:12]
project. Um, additionally,
[2:31:15]
we're using, we're using a lot
[2:31:16]
of strategically placed
[2:31:18]
landscaping features that are
[2:31:19]
going to provide additional
[2:31:21]
privacy in those areas that are
[2:31:23]
tight. So there's a few
[2:31:27]
different strategies on dealing
[2:31:28]
with that and and that was,
[2:31:29]
again, that was part of a lot
[2:31:31]
of the crafting of the zoning bylaws to to set and
[2:31:36]
deal with privacy and and and
[2:31:37]
fire issues.
[2:31:45]
Okay, so this is, again,
[2:31:47]
similar type of, type of
[2:31:49]
images, the one we just looked
[2:31:50]
at, but instead of, we're now
[2:31:53]
at the southern portion of the
[2:31:55]
development looking north. Um,
[2:31:57]
and again, you see, there's
[2:32:02]
Despite the fact that there
[2:32:03]
there's quite a number of
[2:32:03]
dwellings there, we've actually
[2:32:05]
managed to get quite a bit of
[2:32:06]
green space in here and the
[2:32:07]
idea is that anybody has a
[2:32:11]
parquette that's very, very
[2:32:12]
close by to them that they that
[2:32:14]
they can make use of and I
[2:32:15]
think this image demonstrates
[2:32:16]
that.
[2:32:20]
floor plans So, we're looking
[2:32:23]
at the floor plan for the
[2:32:26]
single detached unit Um as you
[2:32:30]
can see, it consists of two
[2:32:31]
bedrooms, a covered parking
[2:32:33]
space, large living room, an
[2:32:36]
outdoor patio at the back,
[2:32:38]
which will be the top of the
[2:32:40]
drawing here. Um and the reason
[2:32:43]
I'm showing two here is is it
[2:32:44]
shows one is is a barrier free
[2:32:46]
and the other one isn't. Um not
[2:32:48]
a huge difference between the
[2:32:51]
barrier free and non-barrier
[2:32:53]
free other than there's some
[2:32:54]
slight modifications in the
[2:32:56]
kitchen and and the bathroom is a different configuration.
[2:33:00]
Uh this is our largest unit and
[2:33:02]
it comes in as far as living
[2:33:04]
space, a little bit under 1,
[2:33:05]
100 square feet. Um and you
[2:33:08]
know, obviously, you know,
[2:33:09]
anybody can rent it but in our
[2:33:11]
mind, we had this this type of
[2:33:13]
unit. It was ideally suited for
[2:33:15]
a couple. It's it has extra
[2:33:17]
space. It has additional
[2:33:18]
storage. You'll see within the
[2:33:19]
garage, there's actually
[2:33:20]
storage built in there as well.
[2:33:25]
Uh this unit is our
[2:33:26]
semi-detached. Uh it it's a
[2:33:29]
little bit smaller but it also
[2:33:31]
consists of two bedrooms, a
[2:33:33]
large living area, same thing,
[2:33:34]
outdoor patio. Um the storage
[2:33:38]
is now with the if you look at
[2:33:41]
the two rectangles at the the
[2:33:43]
bottoms of the units there. Uh
[2:33:45]
those are outdoor storage
[2:33:46]
units. Obviously because we
[2:33:48]
don't have a garage in these
[2:33:50]
ones. Um they are we needed to
[2:33:52]
provide some sort of space for
[2:33:55]
gardening equipment and that
[2:33:56]
type of thing. So, all the
[2:33:57]
units that aren't the singles
[2:33:59]
have these external storage
[2:34:01]
spaces in it for for yard work
[2:34:03]
and so that's those at the back
[2:34:05]
and they actually I thought
[2:34:07]
this was quite creative of the
[2:34:09]
architects. They use that as a
[2:34:11]
means of creating a bit of
[2:34:14]
privacy and like a a barrier
[2:34:17]
basically between the two units
[2:34:18]
so that each unit has their own
[2:34:21]
bit of private in the back
[2:34:24]
there that they can sit without
[2:34:25]
having to, you know, stare at
[2:34:27]
their their neighbors at the
[2:34:28]
right aside
[2:34:31]
This one here is, we're calling
[2:34:34]
it the deluxe row unit. So,
[2:34:37]
this is the larger of the two.
[2:34:38]
It is a one bedroom. So, now,
[2:34:41]
we're into into one-bedroom
[2:34:42]
units as opposed to two. Um
[2:34:45]
living space, it's actually
[2:34:47]
pretty close. Let me save the
[2:34:49]
one last bedroom. It's fairly
[2:34:51]
close to the the same living
[2:34:53]
space area as the as a
[2:34:54]
semi-detached but obviously the
[2:34:56]
main difference being there's
[2:34:57]
only the one bedroom.
[2:35:03]
All I guess I should specify
[2:35:04]
all the units are intended to
[2:35:05]
have washer and dryer. Um so
[2:35:08]
there's no need for laundromats
[2:35:10]
or anything like that. Um and
[2:35:12]
again these ones also have the storage units on the
[2:35:15]
outside. and finally, we have
[2:35:20]
our standard row unit which is certainly more of a a modest
[2:35:25]
size. Um In my head I I would
[2:35:29]
think this would be most
[2:35:29]
appropriate for for an
[2:35:31]
individual. I think for a
[2:35:32]
couple it'd be it'd be pretty
[2:35:33]
tight in there. Not that we
[2:35:34]
would limit anybody but it this
[2:35:38]
one was really designed to
[2:35:40]
provide all those needs of
[2:35:42]
living space while keeping the
[2:35:46]
cost as minimal as possible to allow for people that aren't
[2:35:53]
double income or or have you
[2:35:54]
know a very fixed income to be
[2:35:56]
able to still live and still
[2:35:57]
participate in the village. And
[2:35:58]
as I said Earlier, Even these
[2:36:02]
units are peppered amongst all
[2:36:05]
the other units to really not
[2:36:07]
stigmatize somebody who's
[2:36:09]
living in the smaller units to
[2:36:11]
make them feel just as part of
[2:36:12]
the community as as anybody
[2:36:14]
else.
[2:36:17]
Okay, so now we're looking at
[2:36:18]
some architectural renderings,
[2:36:21]
nice pictures. Um this is
[2:36:23]
obviously the one from the the
[2:36:24]
start of the presentation. But
[2:36:26]
what we're looking at here is
[2:36:28]
one of the connecting pathways
[2:36:30]
into into the the core of of I
[2:36:33]
believe this one is phase two.
[2:36:35]
Um you can see the the covered
[2:36:38]
parking and the single family
[2:36:39]
home there. And some of the
[2:36:42]
benching that we expect with
[2:36:43]
our landscape architect as well
[2:36:45]
as some of the vegetation that that we that we're looking
[2:36:48]
to include. Um I like this one
[2:36:51]
because I think it gives a good
[2:36:52]
sense of of scale and
[2:36:55]
separation between the units
[2:36:56]
and and gives a much better
[2:36:57]
sense from a human perspective
[2:36:59]
of what this is actually
[2:37:01]
going to look like when you're standing on the
[2:37:03]
ground. So, this one is
[2:37:07]
actually just around the corner
[2:37:09]
from where we were just
[2:37:11]
looking. Uh I had mentioned
[2:37:13]
that that sort of network of
[2:37:16]
pathways that's going to go go
[2:37:19]
around the circumference of the
[2:37:20]
site. Uh this is looking north
[2:37:23]
along that pathway. So, as you
[2:37:24]
can see, again, it gives you a
[2:37:26]
good sense of scale of what
[2:37:27]
type of separation distances we
[2:37:29]
have between adjacent row homes
[2:37:31]
and you even see some of the little details of
[2:37:35]
the of the little picket fences
[2:37:36]
that I I say I quite like and I
[2:37:37]
think add a lot of charm to to
[2:37:42]
that walk that people are
[2:37:43]
going to be going to be going
[2:37:44]
on. and finally, we're looking
[2:37:49]
at standing in one of the front
[2:37:52]
porches of our our row units
[2:37:53]
looking out across the
[2:37:55]
gentlemen across the way. Uh
[2:37:57]
again, the the reason I put
[2:37:59]
these in is I wanted to give
[2:38:00]
everybody a sense of scale of
[2:38:02]
what what this is actually
[2:38:04]
going to look like and you
[2:38:06]
know, when I was when I got
[2:38:08]
these images and I I debated
[2:38:11]
the architects about how this
[2:38:12]
was going to feel and they
[2:38:13]
swore up and down. It wouldn't
[2:38:15]
feel tight and I think this
[2:38:18]
image really gives a really
[2:38:19]
good idea of it feels intimate
[2:38:23]
but not overly crowded. So, so
[2:38:26]
that's why that's why I
[2:38:27]
included in here and I can
[2:38:28]
really see this this type of
[2:38:31]
setup Fostering a good
[2:38:34]
community feel, you know, like
[2:38:36]
I I'm just, I'm standing here
[2:38:38]
and having a conversation with
[2:38:39]
this gentleman really is not a
[2:38:41]
burden. You know, it's close
[2:38:42]
enough that you can talk and
[2:38:43]
he's going to be able to hear
[2:38:44]
you, right? So, that again is back to this theme of trying
[2:38:47]
to drive community as much as
[2:38:49]
possible.
[2:38:53]
Okay. Going forward. So we
[2:38:54]
talked a lot about phase one
[2:38:56]
and phase two. And I know
[2:38:58]
everybody on this council wants
[2:38:59]
to know where is this going?
[2:39:00]
That's a fair question. so, we
[2:39:05]
haven't filled in all the sites
[2:39:07]
yet because as you can probably
[2:39:09]
imagine, putting together that
[2:39:11]
drawing so that it actually
[2:39:12]
meets all the setback code and
[2:39:13]
then all that's a lot of work
[2:39:15]
but just to to kind of paint a
[2:39:16]
picture of where this is going.
[2:39:18]
If you notice right down the
[2:39:22]
center, sort of running in the
[2:39:23]
north, south direction is sort
[2:39:24]
of is this meandering path of
[2:39:29]
trees and pathways and and we
[2:39:31]
our our design team has dubbed
[2:39:33]
this to be the the green ribbon
[2:39:35]
and it's exactly what it sounds
[2:39:39]
like. It's a strip of greenery
[2:39:42]
that really drives everybody.
[2:39:45]
The intention is to drive
[2:39:46]
people towards the center of
[2:39:48]
development to foster, you
[2:39:50]
know, exercise and and and and
[2:39:54]
getting together with friends
[2:39:55]
and really creating a beautiful
[2:39:59]
pedestrian throughway right
[2:40:01]
down the center of this. Now,
[2:40:02]
if you notice, we actually tied
[2:40:05]
it in to that little extra bit
[2:40:10]
of of land that connects into
[2:40:11]
43 along the southeast portion
[2:40:14]
of the site there. Uh that's
[2:40:16]
where we ultimately see the the
[2:40:18]
connection with the hospital
[2:40:19]
being done on the other side of
[2:40:21]
the road. Now, I know there's a network of trails. Uh south
[2:40:27]
of 43. And part of our site
[2:40:30]
development plan for the
[2:40:31]
hospital lands is going to be
[2:40:34]
figuring out a way to connect
[2:40:35]
that crossing with the of
[2:40:39]
trails on the other side of the
[2:40:40]
street. Um seem like we want
[2:40:44]
people to be able to get to
[2:40:45]
Mill Pond but we can't have
[2:40:48]
people standing on the side of
[2:40:49]
43 trying to run across dodging
[2:40:51]
cars, right? So, creating a
[2:40:54]
proper crossing and an
[2:40:56]
appropriate way of of funneling
[2:41:00]
people to the other side is is
[2:41:02]
how we're going to do it and
[2:41:03]
we're going to do that through
[2:41:04]
the Green Ribbon. Um you'll
[2:41:07]
notice that we've drawn
[2:41:09]
blocking of larger units that
[2:41:10]
are sort of enveloping the
[2:41:15]
green ribbon I guess. Uh the
[2:41:17]
rationale for that for these
[2:41:19]
higher density units. Now again
[2:41:21]
we're we're limited at at three
[2:41:23]
storeys which I think is
[2:41:24]
appropriate for the this this
[2:41:26]
property. Um but those higher
[2:41:28]
density units are going to be
[2:41:30]
closer to the the main walkways
[2:41:32]
and thoroughfares. Because we
[2:41:34]
expect that folks that are
[2:41:36]
going to be want to be living
[2:41:37]
in those higher density units
[2:41:38]
are probably going to be people
[2:41:39]
with with higher needs from a
[2:41:41]
medical standpoint. So putting
[2:41:42]
them closer to the action, so
[2:41:46]
to speak, but also potentially
[2:41:49]
being on the second floor,
[2:41:50]
giving a little bit more
[2:41:52]
privacy, I think, just makes an
[2:41:54]
awful lot of sense. Finally,
[2:41:57]
it's not shown in this drawing,
[2:41:59]
but we had talked about
[2:42:00]
commercial entities being part
[2:42:02]
of this development in our, in
[2:42:03]
our zoning is crafted that way.
[2:42:05]
Um, while there will be some
[2:42:09]
smaller commercial entities
[2:42:12]
within the, within the area
[2:42:14]
around the green room and the
[2:42:16]
bulk of the larger units are
[2:42:17]
larger commercial spaces are
[2:42:19]
intended to be towards the
[2:42:21]
southeast of the development.
[2:42:23]
Um Really, that's make sense.
[2:42:26]
It's right next to County Road
[2:42:27]
43 in order to support those
[2:42:30]
businesses and you know, bring
[2:42:31]
in individuals, customers from
[2:42:33]
that don't live in the village.
[2:42:35]
We wanted to make sure that
[2:42:38]
those business entities were
[2:42:39]
close to the close to the
[2:42:40]
county road so that so that
[2:42:42]
they can take advantage of
[2:42:44]
both. And I think it's just
[2:42:46]
generally good planning to have
[2:42:47]
your have your commercial
[2:42:48]
spaces closer to closer to the
[2:42:50]
world. from a servicing
[2:42:53]
perspective, we're going to
[2:42:55]
look at this drawing here The
[2:43:00]
site kind of has a a natural
[2:43:02]
crown that runs east west and
[2:43:05]
splits it north and south, you
[2:43:08]
know, right about where that
[2:43:09]
red line is right in the middle
[2:43:10]
of the site. So, as part of the
[2:43:13]
build out, we we intend to
[2:43:14]
actually make use of the the
[2:43:15]
natural topography to service
[2:43:18]
the site primarily from a
[2:43:20]
stormwater perspective. That's
[2:43:21]
typically what dictates a lot
[2:43:22]
of a lot of your development
[2:43:23]
design planning. Um so, with
[2:43:26]
that said, the grain that you
[2:43:28]
see in in the in the drawing
[2:43:30]
here is where we're proposing
[2:43:33]
sending our our major flow
[2:43:35]
routes from a stormwater
[2:43:37]
perspective Um and you'll
[2:43:39]
notice that we actually have a
[2:43:41]
root earmarked right down the
[2:43:43]
center of the green ribbon. The
[2:43:44]
rationale for that is
[2:43:47]
topographically it actually
[2:43:48]
makes a lot of sense. Um that
[2:43:51]
it's it's a lower lying area.
[2:43:54]
Life of a fire chief.
[2:43:58]
But also we we feel that
[2:44:00]
there's a a huge benefit in
[2:44:02]
creating some water features
[2:44:04]
within that green space right
[2:44:06]
in the center and sort of
[2:44:08]
double, you know, making use of
[2:44:11]
stormwater systems that we have
[2:44:12]
to do anyway just seem to make
[2:44:14]
an awful lot of sense within
[2:44:15]
that green space in a minute.
[2:44:17]
So, that's why we're earmarking
[2:44:18]
some, not all because it's
[2:44:20]
would be too much water to send
[2:44:22]
it all there but some of the
[2:44:24]
stormwater systems are going to
[2:44:26]
be flowing through that green
[2:44:27]
ribbon to create natural water
[2:44:28]
features again to foster that
[2:44:30]
connection with nature.
[2:44:34]
So, the slide we're looking at
[2:44:36]
here is a little blurb on. Just
[2:44:40]
hold on one more question.
[2:44:41]
Yeah, please. Good. I can go
[2:44:42]
back just one. Yup. I'm just, I
[2:44:44]
thought this maybe is a good
[2:44:46]
time to. Yup. Ask this question
[2:44:47]
or whatever. Do you have
[2:44:49]
timelines on on those those
[2:44:50]
other phases? We're intending
[2:44:52]
to do one about one every year.
[2:44:55]
I mean, obviously, if the
[2:44:57]
market supports it, then, we'll
[2:45:00]
we could accelerate that but
[2:45:01]
as, you know, as a general
[2:45:03]
project planning, we're we're
[2:45:04]
looking about one, one every
[2:45:07]
year. And would you, would you
[2:45:10]
continue west, west from the
[2:45:13]
existing two? Yeah, the the the
[2:45:16]
working plan right now, I mean,
[2:45:17]
subject to more detailed design
[2:45:19]
and and investigation is to is
[2:45:21]
to expand southwest, I guess it
[2:45:24]
would be. Um, and, and then
[2:45:27]
ultimately work our way back
[2:45:28]
north along the eastern side as
[2:45:31]
we go. Yeah. Um, again, I, I
[2:45:34]
don't hold me to that. Because
[2:45:36]
we have curious what what
[2:45:38]
that's that's the intention.
[2:45:39]
Yeah. You know, ultimately, we
[2:45:40]
want to be able to bring
[2:45:42]
commercial spaces in sooner
[2:45:44]
rather than later. So, getting
[2:45:48]
to that southwest portion. Yup.
[2:45:51]
Within a reasonable time frame
[2:45:52]
makes makes a lot of sense to
[2:45:54]
me but again, we're I don't
[2:45:56]
want to get too ahead of myself
[2:45:57]
like we're rice is kind of
[2:45:58]
subject to change but that's that's the moving on to
[2:46:02]
other questions. Uh Deputy
[2:46:04]
Mayor Quinn, please. On the
[2:46:06]
same lines, just a a concern
[2:46:09]
about the the lengthy period to
[2:46:11]
get all of the homes built.
[2:46:14]
That that can be accommodated
[2:46:16]
there. I mean we're in a like
[2:46:20]
globally I don't know whether
[2:46:21]
it's globally. Certainly in
[2:46:22]
Ontario. I I a housing crisis.
[2:46:24]
And we really need to get
[2:46:26]
houses built. Mhm. As quickly
[2:46:28]
as possible. Um
[2:46:32]
I'm just saying that because
[2:46:32]
it's a concern. Mm hmm. Uh ten
[2:46:34]
years down the road who knows?
[2:46:37]
Maybe, you know, those houses
[2:46:40]
won't be needed but the crisis
[2:46:42]
is now. For sure. Yeah. And and
[2:46:44]
this is why support from the
[2:46:48]
community makes a a big
[2:46:50]
difference here, right? Um we
[2:46:54]
are looking at the financial
[2:46:56]
markets right now to invest a
[2:46:57]
significant amount of money in North Glengarry
[2:47:03]
We are taking phase one and two
[2:47:06]
to basically prove that the
[2:47:08]
market is there. Now, if
[2:47:11]
through this development
[2:47:12]
process, these things, I know
[2:47:16]
we're not selling them but you
[2:47:17]
know, these things go quick. Um
[2:47:19]
then, that gives us further
[2:47:21]
justification to to potentially
[2:47:24]
amalgamate phases going
[2:47:25]
forward. Do larger chunks, and
[2:47:27]
what I think is a is kind of
[2:47:30]
our big ace in the hole is is
[2:47:32]
that manufacturing facility
[2:47:33]
with Oakwood that we're, that
[2:47:35]
we're going to be working off
[2:47:36]
of 'cuz going to be able to
[2:47:38]
crank houses out. I think the limiting factor more than
[2:47:44]
anything to your point is we
[2:47:46]
need housing. But the limiting
[2:47:47]
factor really is going to be
[2:47:49]
how quick the uptake is on on
[2:47:51]
these units. And if if it goes
[2:47:55]
away I'm hoping and the way I
[2:47:56]
think we all think it's
[2:47:58]
going to go. Then then those
[2:47:59]
timelines certainly will be
[2:48:01]
accelerated. I I have no if if
[2:48:03]
we can cut that down to five
[2:48:05]
years for the full build out
[2:48:07]
even better. Right? So that's
[2:48:10]
ehm yet to be determined, but
[2:48:12]
I, I try, I don't want to say
[2:48:13]
five years and then, you know,
[2:48:15]
it ends up being ten and I'd
[2:48:17]
rather under promise and over
[2:48:19]
deliver, I guess. No problem.
[2:48:27]
So, we're looking at here is
[2:48:31]
sort of the the the five
[2:48:33]
principles of our integrated
[2:48:34]
service and technology
[2:48:36]
delivery. So, this has nothing
[2:48:37]
to do with housing but this is
[2:48:40]
the other aspects of of the
[2:48:42]
service delivery that we're
[2:48:43]
looking to bring to this
[2:48:44]
community. Um and I won't spend
[2:48:46]
too much time on this because I
[2:48:48]
know everybody's getting tired
[2:48:49]
but but specifically, personal
[2:48:51]
health and support care
[2:48:53]
services. Um that goes back to
[2:48:55]
what we were talking about,
[2:48:56]
customized health care plans
[2:48:58]
for people that need it. Uh
[2:48:59]
wellness social engagement.
[2:49:02]
That's a recreation planning,
[2:49:04]
and partnerships with some of
[2:49:06]
the local local groups that are
[2:49:08]
already doing this, this type
[2:49:09]
of work. Site management and
[2:49:12]
operations, we have a one of
[2:49:14]
our shareholders is a property
[2:49:16]
management company, Dory
[2:49:19]
Property Management, who is
[2:49:20]
going to be overseeing all the maintenance and you
[2:49:25]
know the all the things that go
[2:49:26]
into running a running a
[2:49:28]
community. Um very established
[2:49:31]
track record of property
[2:49:32]
management. We're we're
[2:49:33]
confident he's going to be able
[2:49:35]
to do it. Uh information,
[2:49:37]
technology, entertainment, and
[2:49:38]
communications that's the tech
[2:49:40]
side of things. Not just
[2:49:41]
related to healthcare but with
[2:49:44]
respect to the internet and
[2:49:46]
then telephone services and all
[2:49:47]
that. Similar to what you'd see
[2:49:49]
in other apartment buildings.
[2:49:50]
Um we want to make that as
[2:49:52]
seamless as possible. Um and
[2:49:58]
looking at different systems
[2:50:00]
rather than, you know, for
[2:50:01]
instance, conventional phone
[2:50:02]
systems because we're looking
[2:50:04]
to integrate telehealth and, some of these other more
[2:50:06]
advanced ways of
[2:50:07]
communications, a big push on, connectivity is, is some, is
[2:50:12]
a big principle of ours. And I
[2:50:15]
already touched on this, but
[2:50:16]
commercial and, and
[2:50:18]
miscellaneous, senior specific
[2:50:19]
services, that would be the, commercial entities, pet
[2:50:24]
grooming, and salons, and that
[2:50:26]
type of thing. So, so really
[2:50:27]
the the goal is to provide a a
[2:50:31]
space that covers as many of
[2:50:34]
people's needs as possible and
[2:50:35]
as they choose to participate
[2:50:36]
in 'cuz choice is a big, big
[2:50:39]
part too. So, that people can
[2:50:41]
do as much or as little within the villages as they
[2:50:45]
choose. So, finally, I I added
[2:50:49]
this slide because I think it,
[2:50:51]
you know, it's funny I have to
[2:50:54]
get so tied up and and trying
[2:50:56]
to get these these things done
[2:50:57]
and and the work done. You sort
[2:50:59]
of forget about why we started
[2:51:01]
this. So, it's it's nice for me
[2:51:03]
to reiterate this. Every person
[2:51:07]
involved in this project and
[2:51:08]
involved in IHA in general.
[2:51:12]
Shares these values. And
[2:51:14]
sometimes it's not always easy.
[2:51:15]
Um to try convince folks to
[2:51:19]
take a longer term approach to
[2:51:24]
Financial returns, if I'm being
[2:51:26]
honest, isn't always the
[2:51:29]
easiest sell. But, everybody
[2:51:33]
involved in our organization
[2:51:35]
approaches this with care and
[2:51:36]
compassion. I'm not going to
[2:51:38]
read them all off to you, but
[2:51:40]
you can read it there. And we
[2:51:42]
have put our team together
[2:51:57]
are really where it all starts
[2:52:00]
and been working on this for
[2:52:01]
four years. So, I wanted to
[2:52:05]
communicate this to you that
[2:52:06]
this still is the core of
[2:52:07]
everything that we're trying to
[2:52:09]
do here and we haven't
[2:52:12]
forgotten that. So, that is
[2:52:16]
about it for my presentation.
[2:52:19]
Um I realized that probably
[2:52:21]
went a bit longer than I
[2:52:22]
intended to but but I
[2:52:24]
appreciate everybody's time and I'd be happy to field
[2:52:28]
questions. Okay, thank you
[2:52:30]
Will. Are there any questions
[2:52:31]
from Councilor Mada Thank you,
[2:52:34]
mister mayor. Well, I just
[2:52:36]
want to go back to parking.
[2:52:37]
Sure. Um visitor spots? Yes.
[2:52:41]
They'll be designated
[2:52:42]
presumably? Yes. Weave year?
[2:52:45]
Yeah, excuse me. We've
[2:52:46]
earmarked one spot for every
[2:52:47]
unit and we've I guess I should
[2:52:50]
go back. I should just see it.
[2:52:51]
Basically, there is it's a good
[2:52:57]
one. So, you see the along the
[2:52:59]
road there. There are there's a
[2:53:02]
cutouts. Yeah. So, all those
[2:53:03]
are are street parking for
[2:53:05]
visitor visitor parking and
[2:53:07]
there's actually, there's a
[2:53:08]
couple of additional spaces
[2:53:09]
within the within the parking
[2:53:11]
units themselves for for
[2:53:11]
visitors. So, we've got here
[2:53:12]
marked quite bit of quite a bit
[2:53:15]
of visitor parking space. Good
[2:53:16]
stuff. What about plugins for
[2:53:19]
EVs? Plug-ins for EVs are
[2:53:23]
something that we'd like to do.
[2:53:24]
Now when we first put this out
[2:53:27]
there it was kind of made clear
[2:53:28]
to us that not too many people
[2:53:29]
happy bees around here. Um with
[2:53:32]
that said is our intention to
[2:53:34]
put in the electrical
[2:53:37]
infrastructure to be able to
[2:53:38]
install them. When people are
[2:53:42]
asking for them. You know we
[2:53:43]
looked at the pedestals to be
[2:53:44]
able to to have them there.
[2:53:46]
Okay. Um and the feedback we
[2:53:48]
got was honestly not very good
[2:53:51]
on EVs but we want to be able
[2:53:54]
to pivot if and when we're ready to put in. People
[2:53:58]
say that there's a need. Jacob,
[2:54:00]
you have a comment?
[2:54:07]
No.
[2:54:11]
They were and I know they took
[2:54:12]
it out and it was something I
[2:54:13]
wanted to ask you about but you
[2:54:14]
haven't had time. But with that
[2:54:15]
said but just to address that
[2:54:18]
specifically. EVs are the way
[2:54:19]
of the future. This is it. And building in that similar to
[2:54:23]
what what's within the units.
[2:54:25]
Building in that backing
[2:54:26]
infrastructure and making sure
[2:54:27]
for instance our electrical
[2:54:28]
distribution lines are capable
[2:54:30]
of delivering charge to EVs.
[2:54:32]
Yep. Is something that we've
[2:54:34]
insisted with Hydro One and
[2:54:35]
with our with our our
[2:54:38]
mechanical electrical
[2:54:38]
designers. I was wondering if
[2:54:39]
it was if there was thought of
[2:54:41]
you you have a lot of things
[2:54:43]
earmarked as future carport.
[2:54:47]
And that was I think on
[2:54:49]
previous drawings that we had
[2:54:49]
seen there was a lot of
[2:54:50]
carport. Yeah. Build in. So, I
[2:54:52]
mean, it would kind of make
[2:54:53]
sense. And really, the only
[2:54:54]
reason I'm thinking is this, we
[2:54:55]
know there are vehicle
[2:54:57]
manufacturers that are going
[2:54:58]
solely electric within the next
[2:55:00]
five to six years. So, yes,
[2:55:01]
there's not a massive uptake in
[2:55:03]
this area, but eventually
[2:55:04]
people are not going to have
[2:55:05]
much in the way of choice. So
[2:55:07]
that's. Sure. Yeah. Did you
[2:55:08]
know? Yeah. Yeah. We built in
[2:55:10]
plans to expand that in the
[2:55:11]
future. Um, again, this is
[2:55:13]
always a balancing act of cost
[2:55:15]
control, right? Um, and, in
[2:55:19]
order to make sure that the
[2:55:21]
project was viable and similar
[2:55:22]
to the covered parking. Um we
[2:55:25]
really, it was unfortunately
[2:55:27]
something that we had to punt
[2:55:29]
the ball a little bit on that
[2:55:30]
one to make sure that we we hit
[2:55:32]
those affordability targets
[2:55:33]
because I think, you know, it
[2:55:35]
was kind of a trade off of
[2:55:36]
putting in for instance,
[2:55:38]
electrical charging stations.
[2:55:41]
Now, would cause a bump that
[2:55:44]
would make things slightly less
[2:55:45]
affordable. Totally, right?
[2:55:47]
Fair enough. One more question
[2:55:48]
on the parking in design of
[2:55:51]
this in in discussion with your architects. Uh what about
[2:55:56]
snow storage or snow removal?
[2:55:58]
Snow snow is going to be pushed
[2:56:00]
into for now into the vacant
[2:56:04]
lands adjacent to the site. But
[2:56:05]
as part of subsequent phases
[2:56:08]
obviously we're not going to be
[2:56:09]
able to do that. So we're
[2:56:10]
going to be building in snow
[2:56:12]
storage. Probably not snow
[2:56:14]
removal. I just I don't think
[2:56:15]
that's really practical. Uh but
[2:56:17]
building in storage locations
[2:56:19]
that would likely be park space
[2:56:21]
in the summertime. Yep. Um for
[2:56:22]
a snow storage. Okay. Good
[2:56:24]
enough. Thank you very much.
[2:56:26]
Thank you. Councilman. Um Will,
[2:56:28]
do you have any idea at this
[2:56:30]
point Um what these units are
[2:56:32]
going to rent for? Cost wise.
[2:56:35]
We we'd seen some numbers
[2:56:37]
before I think. Yeah, I like
[2:56:38]
it. I I I don't want to give
[2:56:39]
specific rents because that's
[2:56:41]
not. No, no. Hasn't been but
[2:56:42]
yeah, generally, we're coming
[2:56:43]
in at around the, you know, 15
[2:56:46]
hundred on the low end to to
[2:56:48]
2500 on the high end. Okay. But
[2:56:50]
that's that's still subject to
[2:56:52]
change. So. Yeah. Um again,
[2:56:54]
like my comment before, don't quote me out. Yeah, for
[2:56:56]
sure. And are there, are there, going to be lease
[2:56:58]
options? Is it month to month?
[2:57:00]
Is it lease option a year or is
[2:57:01]
it? Yeah, so we'll be asking
[2:57:02]
people to sign leases, typical
[2:57:04]
for, yeah, any any apartment,
[2:57:06]
right, would, that would be out
[2:57:07]
there. The specific terms of
[2:57:10]
those leases, whether they're
[2:57:12]
one or two, that's going to be
[2:57:13]
developed through a property
[2:57:14]
management company. We, we may
[2:57:16]
potentially incentivize people
[2:57:18]
to, to, to sign up for longer,
[2:57:21]
through a variety of weans,
[2:57:22]
but, but it's going to be
[2:57:23]
fairly conventional leases. And
[2:57:25]
age restrictions? No, and that
[2:57:26]
was, that was something that we
[2:57:30]
found out as we started dealing
[2:57:30]
with CMHC. Um, We're not
[2:57:34]
technically allowed to to give
[2:57:36]
age restrictions. Okay. And you
[2:57:37]
know, even from a you know, a
[2:57:40]
human standpoint, I guess, you
[2:57:42]
know, I started out with
[2:57:44]
seniors. That's where we where
[2:57:45]
we started this whole process
[2:57:46]
and then, in doing focus groups
[2:57:49]
and talking to frankly, anybody
[2:57:51]
who would listen to me about
[2:57:53]
it. Um it became clear that
[2:57:56]
there are a lot of folks that
[2:57:58]
aren't seniors that would
[2:58:01]
benefit from a community like
[2:58:02]
this whether that's an adult
[2:58:04]
with physical or mental
[2:58:05]
abilities, you know, that's
[2:58:09]
probably the the main one. but
[2:58:12]
people that aren't sixty plus
[2:58:15]
that could benefit from from a
[2:58:17]
community living such as this.
[2:58:19]
So, so short answer, no. Now,
[2:58:21]
obviously, it's structured such
[2:58:23]
yet. I don't think it would
[2:58:24]
make a lot of sense for a
[2:58:26]
family of four to come live
[2:58:27]
here. Yeah. Um so, you know, in
[2:58:30]
we're not saying no but it
[2:58:32]
doesn't make a whole lot of
[2:58:33]
sense for that family to move
[2:58:34]
here. Um but if it makes sense
[2:58:37]
for an individual to be able to
[2:58:39]
live here, then, then, I don't
[2:58:42]
we won't say no. That's what
[2:58:43]
family. Thank you. Go ahead. Um
[2:58:47]
we'll just some information in
[2:58:50]
going through the reports and I
[2:58:52]
suspect it's due to some of the
[2:58:53]
older reports. Um but so that
[2:58:57]
people know because we're
[2:58:58]
getting a lot of questions
[2:59:00]
about this. Sure. Yeah. Uh I've
[2:59:01]
got something that says 507
[2:59:04]
senior residential units 40,
[2:59:05]
000 square feet of commercial.
[2:59:07]
3, 000 square feet of office
[2:59:09]
space. And something else that
[2:59:11]
says seven to 800 units. What's
[2:59:13]
the current? Uh seven to 800
[2:59:15]
units. I'm not sure where that first one came. It's been
[2:59:17]
a much older. And still the
[2:59:19]
commercial and office mix?
[2:59:20]
Yeah. Commercial. Probably no I
[2:59:21]
mean, other than maybe a like a
[2:59:23]
medical clinic or something
[2:59:25]
like that but. Great. You know,
[2:59:27]
in discussion with the hospital
[2:59:28]
who are also our our partners,
[2:59:31]
they also have clinic space
[2:59:33]
within their facilities. So,
[2:59:34]
obviously, we don't want to
[2:59:36]
double dip on something that's
[2:59:37]
across the street. So, but when
[2:59:40]
we set offices, I'm in my head,
[2:59:41]
I thought, you know, maybe a
[2:59:42]
dentist or a massage therapy or
[2:59:45]
something like that. Okay, fair
[2:59:48]
enough. Um there's some traffic
[2:59:51]
and street stuff. I don't think
[2:59:52]
we really need to go into that
[2:59:54]
right now. Anybody else? Well,
[2:59:56]
I see if I have anything else.
[2:59:58]
Any further questions from
[2:59:59]
anyone? Go ahead. Council
[3:00:01]
Wenson. Guess about the cost? I
[3:00:04]
think there's still a group
[3:00:05]
that we're going to have a a
[3:00:08]
group whose needs we won't be
[3:00:11]
able to meet based upon the
[3:00:13]
rent that you're offering. The
[3:00:14]
facility, the multi-story
[3:00:16]
facility that you're building
[3:00:17]
for seniors with Greater Care
[3:00:19]
needs. Will the cost likely be
[3:00:22]
lower than these individual
[3:00:23]
units? Potentially, it's
[3:00:25]
probably a little too early to
[3:00:27]
say on that and I I would I
[3:00:28]
would probably defer you to to
[3:00:30]
Steve as part of that that sort
[3:00:31]
of grander conversation about
[3:00:33]
people with with much higher
[3:00:35]
financial needs than that. I
[3:00:37]
know he had had some
[3:00:39]
discussions with some community
[3:00:40]
housing groups around here of earmarking some units. But
[3:00:44]
I'd be I'd be hesitant to to
[3:00:47]
comment specifically on that
[3:00:47]
today. But do we want to
[3:00:49]
address that Yes. How we do it
[3:00:55]
remains to be seen at this
[3:00:56]
point. Councilor Noble. I was
[3:00:59]
just going to make a comment.
[3:01:01]
Thank you. Um while we're
[3:01:02]
waiting for Mike as a 16 year
[3:01:06]
old that moved into a house
[3:01:07]
that had been built with
[3:01:08]
someone previously who'd been a
[3:01:10]
senior. I absolutely love the
[3:01:12]
crab bar in the shower.
[3:01:14]
Awesome. At every hotel I go to
[3:01:16]
I use it for some reason.
[3:01:17]
Fantastic. Uh so I highly
[3:01:19]
recommend you put them in for
[3:01:21]
because everybody. Whether
[3:01:22]
you're shaving your legs,
[3:01:23]
you're cleaning everybody.
[3:01:24]
can that grab bar. I
[3:01:26]
don't know about the one. Try
[3:01:27]
it next time I shave my legs. I
[3:01:31]
really wish those that was one
[3:01:32]
of those times where you didn't
[3:01:33]
turn on your microphone.
[3:01:38]
Okay, you're done? You're good?
[3:01:41]
Okay, any further questions or
[3:01:42]
comments? See none. Uh thank
[3:01:46]
you Will. Uh is there any
[3:01:48]
process at this point Sarah?
[3:01:49]
That was just for information.
[3:01:50]
Uh through Mister Mayor. Yes.
[3:01:52]
So this is just information and
[3:01:53]
then Jacob will be bringing
[3:01:56]
back the site plan for council
[3:01:57]
approval at a future meeting.
[3:01:59]
That's awesome. Okay, great.
[3:02:00]
Well, thank you Will. Uh very
[3:02:01]
much. Appreciate it. It's it's
[3:02:03]
a big project and we're excited
[3:02:04]
about it. So, we can't as you
[3:02:07]
said, it's been quite a few
[3:02:08]
years. So, we're very glad it's
[3:02:10]
coming to fruition. So, thank
[3:02:11]
you for your presentation. No
[3:02:12]
problem. Thanks for having me.
[3:02:14]
Great. Take care, everybody.
[3:02:16]
Okay? We will move to
[3:02:18]
adjournment. I have a motion
[3:02:19]
moved by Councilor Massey.
[3:02:21]
Seconded by Councilor Noble.
[3:02:22]
There being no further business
[3:02:23]
to discuss. The meeting was
[3:02:24]
adjourned at 603 PM. All those
[3:02:29]
in favor? Motion is carried.
[3:02:31]
Thank you everyone. I thought I
[3:02:33]
was I was getting to read it.