[0:08] Okay. Uh I call the meeting to order.
Okay.
[0:11] » Good afternoon.
>> Thank you.
[0:14] » Namaste.
[0:34] Good afternoon. In the absence of the
mayor and deputy mayor, uh the clerk,
[0:38] myself, Amber Wannamaker, will call the
meeting to order for June 2nd, 2026 per
[0:45] section 9.3 of bylaw number 77-2023.
[0:51] Appointment of chair. A chairperson
shall be chosen from the members present
[0:55] who shall preside over the meeting.
Draft resolution reads, "Be it resolved
[1:00] that the Council of the Corporation of
the Town of Bancroft does hereby appoint
[1:04] blank to chair the June 2nd, 2026
regular meeting of Council in absence of
[1:11] the mayor and deputy mayor." We'll have
a mover and seconder to put it on the
[1:15] floor.
Councillor Miles.
[1:18] Councillor Lawrence.
[1:24] And we'll go around the table to appoint
who we are appointing as chair, starting
[1:28] with Councillor Miles.
Councillor Shannon.
[1:32] Councillor Eastman.
>> Councillor Eastman.
[1:40] Myself, yes. Thank you.
>> Okay, so the resolution reads, "The
[1:43] Council of the Corporation of the Town
of Bancroft does hereby appoint
[1:46] Councillor George Eastman to chair the
June 2nd, 2026 regular meeting of
[1:51] Council in the absence of the mayor and
deputy mayor." All in favor?
[1:55] Passed.
[1:58] » Thank you, everyone.
Um
[2:02] Devices. Uh please ensure that all your
devices are turned off or in silent
[2:06] mode. Thank you.
Land acknowledgement.
[2:10] We acknowledge that we are gathered on
the traditional territory of the
[2:13] indigenous peoples
who have been stewards of the land since
[2:17] time immemorial, and as such, we treat
the lands, its plants, animals, stories,
[2:22] and people with honor and respect.
Can I call for a moment of silence,
[2:27] please?
[2:44] Thank you.
[2:47] Adoption of the open session agenda.
Be it resolved that the council of the
[2:52] corporation town of Bancroft was served
by approval of the open session agenda
[2:57] dated June 2nd, 2026, represented by the
mover and the seconder.
[3:02] Councilor McGibbon.
Councilor Ames.
[3:07] Any questions?
All in favor?
[3:12] Carried. Thank you.
Declaration of pecuniary interest and
[3:16] nature thereof, are there any?
I don't see any.
[3:22] Uh
[3:25] The public meeting has
pertaining to the Planning Act.
[3:30] As required by the Planning Act, the
purpose of the public meeting is to
[3:33] inform the public and hear
representation in respect of a proposed
[3:37] bylaw for the purpose of rezoning lands
within the municipality.
[3:42] Those persons or public bodies who
provide verbal submissions in respect of
[3:47] the proposed
bylaw will be requested to provide their
[3:52] name and address to the recording in a
minute.
[3:55] Verbal submissions may be recorded in
the minutes and will assist council in
[3:59] making decision on the proposed bylaw.
[4:04] Be it resolved that the council of the
corporation of town of Bancroft does
[4:07] hereby move into public meeting pursuant
to the planning act for the purpose of
[4:12] hearing support and or objections for
rezoning applications within the
[4:16] municipality. Can I have a mover,
please?
[4:22] Councilor McMurray and uh Councillor
McMurray,
[4:25] can you move it, please? Thank you.
All in favor?
[4:30] Carried.
And we'll be with you in a moment.
[4:39] » Zoning bylaw amendment application
number D-14-04-2026.
[4:44] File description, owner applicant Kyle
Edwards, agent William Hodges.
[4:51] Civic address, 136 Shamash Road. Legal
description, lot 75 RCP-2194,
[5:00] town of Bancroft, county of Hastings.
Purpose and effect, to amend the town
[5:05] comprehensive zoning bylaw 27-2006
as amended to satisfy conditions number
[5:11] 10 nine and 10 of provisional consent
for Hastings County land division
[5:17] committee file number B1/2025
as follows.
[5:25] The proposed retained lands be rezoned
from the residential type one R1 zone to
[5:32] the residential type one exception 21
R1-21
[5:36] to recognize existing deficiencies in
the minimum front yard and rear yard
[5:41] yard setback. Further, the proposed
severed lands be rezoned from
[5:46] residential type one zone to residential
type one holding R1H zone. The county
[5:52] planner will present a staff report to
provide further details regarding the
[5:56] purpose and effect of the proposed
zoning bylaw amendment.
[6:03] Catherine? Oh, sorry.
>> Uh good afternoon, chairperson and
[6:08] members of council. Um I'm here today to
present application D14042026
[6:15] » Catherine, we cannot hear you.
>> Oh.
[6:24] Can you hear me now?
[6:34] » Well, I would assume they have technical
difficulties here.
[6:37] Bear with us.
[6:40] » Try again, Catherine.
>> Hello?
[6:47] Can you hear me now?
Oh.
[6:50] » Sorry, cannot hear. Just one moment.
[7:20] I'm going to try again.
>> Can you hear me now?
[7:24] » We can. Thank you.
>> Okay.
[7:27] All right, I'll I'll start again here.
Um good afternoon, chair and members of
[7:32] council. Uh I'm here today to present
application D14042026
[7:39] for the property municipally known as
136 Shamash Road submitted by William
[7:44] Mitches on behalf of Kyle Edwards.
The subject property is an irregular
[7:48] shaped parcel of land comprising an area
of approximately 0.34 acres in size with
[7:55] 76 m of frontage on Shamash Road.
The southern portion of the subject
[8:01] property, which is the proposed severed
lands, are currently developed with a
[8:05] single detached dwelling with an
existing deficient front yard of 2.5 m
[8:10] and rear yard of 6.5 m with the northern
extent of the property containing a
[8:15] board fence that appears to be an
encroachment from the northern adjacent
[8:19] property.
The subject property is currently
[8:21] designated urban residential in part B
of the Hastings County official plan
[8:26] urban community secondary plan
and zoned residential type one in the
[8:30] town of Bancroft zoning bylaw.
The purpose of the amendment application
[8:35] is to fulfill conditions nine and 10 of
consent application B125
[8:41] given provisional approval on June 17th,
2025.
[8:45] Condition number nine requires that the
southern portion being the proposed
[8:49] retained lands be rezoned from the
residential type one zone to the
[8:54] residential type one exception 21 to
recognize the existing front and rear
[8:59] yard deficiencies of the existing
structure that is there on the property
[9:03] now.
Further, condition 10 requires that the
[9:06] northern portion being the severed lands
be rezoned from the residential type one
[9:11] zone to the residential type one holding
zone.
[9:14] A condition of the removal of the
holding is that a lot grading and
[9:18] drainage plan is to be prepared by a
qualified professional to the
[9:22] satisfaction of the town.
Notice of this application was
[9:26] circulated to neighboring landowners and
commenting agencies in accordance with
[9:30] the statutory requirements of the
planning act on May 14th, 2026 and sign
[9:36] a sign notice was posted on the
property.
[9:40] As of the date of publishing the
planning report, one comment was
[9:43] received with respect to concerns
regarding sight lines for the proposed
[9:47] site entrance for the northern vacant
proposed severed lot.
[9:51] The manager of infrastructure and
capital projects provided a second
[9:55] review of the proposed location of the
entrance
[9:59] and he noted that it was completed and
there were no sight line issues. He
[10:03] further noted that the road is a km/h
zone and there's 480 ft or 147 m of
[10:11] sight line from the location.
He concluded that he had no concerns
[10:17] with respect to the placement of a
entrance to the northern portion of the
[10:21] subject property.
Further an objection from a neighboring
[10:26] property owner was also received on May
28th. The noted objection and respective
[10:31] correspondence was shared earlier today.
The objection listed several items of
[10:36] concern inclusive of the size and scale
of potential future development,
[10:41] increased traffic and future road
widening, slope and erosion concerns,
[10:46] encroachment, a disputed property line,
and environmental impacts.
[10:51] Clarification regarding the coexisting
deficiencies was requested.
[10:56] It was noted to the
objection that the existing deficiencies
[11:01] recognize the existing legal
non-complying dwelling which has a front
[11:06] yard again 2.5 m and a rear yard of 6.5
m where 7.5 m is otherwise required in
[11:13] the bylaw.
Through the consent approval process,
[11:16] the county and the town have required
the existing conditions to be formally
[11:20] recognized through a site specific
zoning bylaw amendment which is before
[11:24] you today.
The objector stated that they believe
[11:27] the zoning bylaw amendment would grant
future development rights to the subject
[11:31] property.
Uh
[11:33] it was provided that section 3221 the
town of Bancroft zoning bylaw does
[11:39] state, "Quote, where a building has been
lawfully erected prior to the date of
[11:43] the passing of this bylaw on a lot
having less than a minimum frontage and
[11:48] or area or having less than the minimum
front yard, side yard, rear yard, or
[11:53] usable open space required by this
bylaw, the said building may be
[11:56] enlarged, reconstructed, repaired, or
renovated provided said enlargement,
[12:01] reconstruction, repair, or renovation
does not serve to further reduce a
[12:06] required yard or required usable open
space and provided all of the provisions
[12:11] of the bylaw are complied with."
Further, section 3.23
[12:15] of the zoning bylaw recognizes existing
non-conforming uses and allows
[12:20] restoration to a site safe condition.
This zoning bylaw amendment does not
[12:25] grant new development rights to the
property, rather it formally recognizes
[12:29] the existing deficient setbacks. The
maximum building height in the R1 zone
[12:34] is 11 m. Should any proposed future
development want to go beyond the
[12:39] existing 11 m, further planning
approvals would be required.
[12:44] Um and again, it is important to note
and reiterate that redevelopment of the
[12:48] property is not contemplated through the
zoning bylaw amendment, rather it is
[12:52] recognizing the current condition of the
property.
[12:56] The objection noted concerns about
traffic and the potential impact of this
[13:00] development on future road widening. Uh
it was again noted that the town's
[13:04] manager of infrastructure and capital
projects projects was circulated on the
[13:08] application and they and he noted no
concerns.
[13:13] The objection further noted concern with
respect to impacts on the adjacent
[13:17] Hastings Heritage Trail. Uh it was
reiterated that the zoning bylaw
[13:20] amendment again is recognizing the
existing condition and that capturing
[13:25] and that the zoning bylaw amendment is
capturing the existing deficient rear
[13:29] yard setback, which is a uh
uh
[13:33] uh deficient uh by 1 m
uh and not prefer permitting any further
[13:38] development closer to the trail.
The objection noted concern regarding
[13:43] the accuracy of the survey uh in
relation to the slope of the property.
[13:48] And as noted in section 4.4.2.2 of the
Hastings County official plan,
[13:54] um an accepted angle of slope for
stability is approximately 3:1
[13:59] or approximately 18°.
Um with respect to the 3:1 slope based
[14:03] on the available data being the MRF
contour mapping, the subject property
[14:09] has a approximately a 5:1 slope and is
not considered a steep slope as
[14:14] prescribed by the Hastings County
official plan.
[14:17] Uh regardless, again, a lot grading and
drainage plan provided by a qualified
[14:21] professional has been required as a
condition of the removal of hold for the
[14:25] northern portion of that property. Um
again, in order to provide and to ensure
[14:32] proper grading grading and drainage of
any future development in that area.
[14:38] Uh the objection also noted on an
ongoing property line dispute. Uh it was
[14:43] clarified that as previously
communicated uh
[14:46] as a condition of consent, a reference
plan prepared by an Ontario land
[14:50] surveyor uh will be provided to the
county and town which would identify the
[14:54] accurate location of the property lines.
And further, with respect to addressing
[14:58] any disputed property lines, uh it is a
civil matter and is not addressed
[15:02] through the land use planning process.
The objection noted concerns with
[15:07] respect to potential environmental
impacts associated with a future
[15:11] development of the subject property. And
it was confirmed that the subject
[15:14] property has not been identified as
containing any environmental protection
[15:18] features. Further, the Town of Bancroft
does not currently have a tree
[15:22] preservation or site alteration bylaw
that prohibits property owners from
[15:26] clearing existing vegetation from their
properties.
[15:30] And lastly, uh the objection noted
concerns with respect to the slope again
[15:34] of the property and the risk of erosion
to adjacent properties that may result
[15:38] from the future development of the
subject property.
[15:41] It was clarified that again, the
northern severed lot is being rezoned to
[15:45] include a holding, which will prevent
development of those lands until the
[15:49] removal of hold, which is contingent
upon the completion of a lot grading and
[15:53] drainage plan prepared by a qualified
professional to the satisfaction of the
[15:57] town is completed.
Uh no other comments have been received
[16:02] from members of the public or agencies.
And the staff report included in today's
[16:07] agenda includes the planning analysis
for this application, which concludes
[16:11] that the application appears to be
consistent with the planning act, the
[16:14] provincial planning statement, the
County of Hastings official plan, and
[16:18] represents good planning with the
recommendation of approval.
[16:22] And should council have any questions,
I'd be happy to answer them.
[16:27] » Any questions of council members?
[16:32] Seeing none.
[16:34] We resolve the Council Corporation
Council
[16:39] » Call for public info.
>> Oh, I'm sorry. Excuse me.
[16:41] Call for public info.
Council's decision to refuse or pass an
[16:46] application to amend the zoning bylaw is
to include a brief explanation of the
[16:51] effect, if any, that the written verbal
submission relating to the application
[16:56] had on the decision. However, only the
applicant, the minister, or specified
[17:01] person, or public body that has an
interest in the matter may, within 20
[17:06] days of the making of the decision, may
appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal.
[17:12] Opposition.
Are there any written
[17:16] submissions in opposition of the
proposed amendment?
[17:23] » Just the ones
>> Seeing none.
[17:26] Are there any verbal submissions in
opposition of the proposed amendment?
[17:32] Seeing none.
[17:35] I I'm going to call this the support.
Are there any written submissions in
[17:40] support of the proposed amendment?
[17:46] Seeing none.
Are there any verbal submissions in
[17:49] support of the proposed amendment?
[17:54] Hearing none.
[17:58] We'll now adjourn the public meeting.
If we resolve that the council of the
[18:03] corporation of the town of Bancroft has
hereby adjourned from public meeting and
[18:07] reconvened the regular council
meeting.
[18:12] Mover?
Councilor Given?
[18:17] » I can do.
>> All
[18:19] » Thank you.
>> All in favor?
[18:22] Thank you.
[18:27] Planning decision to follow in the
public meeting.
[18:31] Zoning bylaw amendment application
number D 14-04-026.
[18:39] Be it resolved that the council of
corporation of town of Bancroft does
[18:42] hereby approve zoning bylaw amendment
application
[18:47] number D 14-04-2026
[18:53] to rezone the lands legally described as
lot 75
[18:58] RC B 2194
town of Bancroft, county of Hastings
[19:03] municipality known as 136 Monck Road
from the residential type one R1 zone to
[19:10] the residential type one R1
dash exception two one R1-21
[19:19] zone and from the residential type one
R1 zone to the residential type one
[19:24] holding R1-8 zone.
[19:28] » And moving to second, please. Councillor
Given, Councillor Lawrence.
[19:32] Any discussion on this?
[19:35] Yes.
>> Uh thank you. Um Councillor, if I may.
[19:40] So, just first a little bit of clarity
for myself to really um
[19:45] uh I understand that
the property that when the severance lot
[19:50] is available, if anybody's going to
build on it, it can mostly be only a
[19:52] single family residence. It can't be
multi-res. Is that correct?
[19:56] » Uh through the chair, that is correct.
It's within the the R1 zoning. If it was
[20:01] multiple residential, it would require a
rezoning application.
[20:04] » And there's a responsibility to the
owner for drainage and the municipal
[20:07] thing and all that sort of stuff needs
to be uh properly put together, so there
[20:13] is no impact on on the neighbors.
>> Uh through the chair, so the the hold
[20:19] which is being applied to the northern
undeveloped portion will require a lot
[20:23] grading and drainage plan to be
submitted um in support of the removal
[20:27] of holding application, which will
ensure erosion and and um you know, the
[20:33] different features of the of the site
development. So, a lot grading and
[20:36] drainage plan will be required in order
for development to occur on the northern
[20:40] portion of the the property.
>> Thank you. And then one further question
[20:43] regarding the fence. If uh I'm assuming
a new survey will need to be done for
[20:47] the proposed lot.
>> Uh through the chair, yes. So, as a
[20:51] condition of consent, um the the survey
is being completed and that will
[20:56] decipher the the the um
the um actual property lines. Um
[21:02] so, where the fence lies, that again
will be a civil matter that um the
[21:06] property owners will have to to
amend between themselves.
[21:12] » If the survey shows that there's like 12
ft less on the lot size, would it impact
[21:16] the severance?
[21:19] » Uh through the chair, I I'm not sure I
understand the the question.
[21:24] » Well, if we're doing the survey because
we're or do we already have a survey
[21:27] that sort of is being If let's say I
believe I have a lot that's 10 by 10 and
[21:32] now as a
piece of consent I get a survey done and
[21:36] now the lot is 10 by 8, would the 10 by
8 lot still be in a position to be
[21:41] severed?
[21:44] » Uh if it's less than the required
amount, uh through the chair, sorry. Uh
[21:48] if it's less than the required amount,
then um
[21:53] and the the property would have to be
reevaluated. However, the sketch that's
[21:57] provided with the severance application
and with the rezoning is done by a
[22:02] surveying company.
Um
[22:04] so, the accuracy of that is is um
quite accurate, however, it is not the
[22:10] actual registered plan that will be
required um for the actual severance.
[22:20] » Councilor McGarry.
>> So, my my question is regarding the H um
[22:26] so, the holding symbol
um the very end of page one, um a lot
[22:32] grading and drainage plan prepared by a
qualified professional has been
[22:35] completed to the satisfaction of the
town. So, that's when the holding can be
[22:39] removed from it, but is there a time
frame with that or can that sit there
[22:43] until the person sells the property,
which then they would
[22:48] go ahead and do all the work that's
required to remove the holding symbol
[22:51] off of it?
>> Through the chair, uh there is no time
[22:55] limit um with the the holding provision,
so it can in essence sit there um and
[23:00] until such time as somebody wants to
develop it that hold um, flags the chief
[23:06] building official to know, okay, there
is something here that needs to be done
[23:09] in order for before development can
occur on that property.
[23:19] » Any other questions?
Seeing none.
[23:22] All in favor?
Carried. Thank you.
[23:28] Moving on to delegations.
Uh, the
[23:31] community safety concerns.
Be resolved that the council of the
[23:36] corporation town of Bancroft is hereby
receive the community safety concerns
[23:40] within the town of Bancroft presented
a presentation presented by Tom Robinson
[23:46] for information information purposes
only.
[23:49] Um, would you take the
the mic?
[23:52] » Yes.
>> Go ahead and talk.
[23:54] Tom.
[24:09] Uh, Tom, when you're ready to speak,
press the press the bar down there and
[24:12] your your mic will be live.
Thank you very much. Welcome, Tom.
[24:17] » Thank you.
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and
[24:20] councilors.
Uh, the reason I'm here is to see about
[24:25] lowering the speed limit on the school
zone within the community
[24:29] safety zone.
I assume you've all received my
[24:35] information, but I will quickly go
through it.
[24:39] Uh, one of the reasons that I have taken
an interest in this is, uh, years ago
[24:45] when my grandchildren started to attend
the high school starting in grade seven,
[24:51] uh,
I observed, uh, at the crossing school
[24:55] crossing, things that kind bothered me
and I
[25:00] said to myself, sooner or later
somebody's going to get hit.
[25:05] And as some of you already know,
somebody did get hit.
[25:09] Uh
I want to recognize the work
[25:13] to create the safety community zone,
which I know took a lot of work.
[25:19] And I am also recognizing that I
received an email from the town
[25:25] with regards to my concerns and some of
the answers
[25:29] that I received and I will address them
shortly thereafter.
[25:34] Uh I have sent you in my information a
photo of the speed limit sign and solar
[25:40] flashing speed sign in the community
safety zone of Bancroft Senior
[25:44] Elementary.
Uh Bancroft Public School has a student
[25:49] population of approximately 110
students. North Hastings High School and
[25:55] North Hastings Secondary School
have a current combined student
[25:58] population of approximately 900
students.
[26:03] York River Public School has a student
population of 190.
[26:08] There are no flashing amber or digital
speed lights at either school location
[26:14] in Bancroft.
Reduced speeds and flashing amber lights
[26:19] are common in Ontario school zones.
I recognize that one diamond shaped sign
[26:26] small LED lights was recently installed
as an experiment.
[26:32] I did hear about this
weeks before it was installed because I
[26:36] was making inquiries that I made.
And uh
[26:40] to be quite honest,
I was looking for a flashing amber sign
[26:45] or a speed sign, which there was none.
And when I first came into town, my wife
[26:50] said, "Oh, look at the
flashing sign." I did not see it.
[26:56] So, in order to make sure that I did see
it, I drove around the block.
[27:02] And I thought, "Yeah, that's an
improvement, but not what I was
[27:07] expecting."
But when I went down to get the mail,
[27:11] came back up the hill on Station Street,
I saw a new flashing amber sign
[27:17] saying, "Don't slow down and make a
right-hand turn to stop the hill." That
[27:22] caught my eye immediately.
So, anyway, uh the general manager's
[27:28] email
with regards to Highway 28, it is an
[27:33] interconnecting highway under the
Highway Traffic Act,
[27:37] all connecting link highways have a
minimum speed of 50 km or higher,
[27:43] which is quite true, and I have heard
this argument years ago about reducing
[27:48] the speed.
But since
[27:52] it uh
got me taking a closer look, I found
[27:57] that there is an amendment to the
Highway Traffic Act, which is the Safe
[28:02] for School Zone
uh Act, which was passed originally in
[28:07] 2017,
Bill 65, which allows for towns to lower
[28:13] the speed limits below 50 km
an hour, sorry,
[28:17] to 30 to 40 km an hour per hour in
school zones within 200 safety zones,
[28:25] which includes interconnecting or
linking highways.
[28:29] The specific section is
number 128.
[28:35] I have also learned, in contact with the
town of Shelburne, Ontario, that they
[28:40] successfully reduced the speed limit on
its connecting link to 40 km per hour.
[28:47] They also reduced their speed limit in
their town to 40 km an hour in their
[28:53] town.
This was accomplished with an
[28:56] endorsement of the MTO in 2024
uh by the council's approval and I don't
[29:04] remember if you got a copy of that or
not.
[29:09] » I believe it was in there
in the page.
[29:12] » Okay, and I'm also looking at the
possibility of changing the status of
[29:17] the school pedestrian crossing on Monk
Street and Bridge Streets.
[29:22] Uh
I think it should become
[29:26] more than what it is as a courtesy
crossing
[29:29] because in my opinion
in my opinion only
[29:35] courtesy is
there for some others
[29:40] there's not much courtesy.
Uh this crossing is not only used by
[29:47] pedestrians and school children
but it's also
[29:53] used for people going to the Family
Health Clinic, the North Hastings Manor,
[29:58] the Bancroft Hospital, and Vance Motors.
The traffic lights
[30:04] are
basically a fair way to wait at Shell
[30:08] Station and the other direction there's
a courtesy crosswalk at post office
[30:14] and the traffic lights at Vance Motors.
The school crossing at Bridge Street is
[30:21] mid-block.
Under the guideline for a PXO from the
[30:26] Ontario Traffic Manual, which I received
also
[30:30] uh
[30:33] data from the
Bancroft manager
[30:38] that uh
it's couldn't be done as it didn't meet
[30:42] the
specifications.
[30:45] But I have also found there's a minimum
pedestrian volume of 65 pedestrians
[30:51] over a 4-hour period or 100 pedestrians
over an 8-hour period.
[30:56] I do not know whether this applies to 1
day, 1 week, several days,
[31:02] or the course of a month.
But children under the age of 12 and
[31:07] seniors and people with disabilities are
counted as two.
[31:12] And I believe this threshold could be
met at the school crossing on Monk
[31:17] Street and Bridge Street for North
Hastings High School and OLV.
[31:23] This school crossing is used by both
residents and students within that area.
[31:29] And for example,
if OLV takes two classes down to go
[31:36] downtown, and we see them every fall or
we see them in spring, or go down for
[31:40] whatever reason,
and we'll say they are 30 students
[31:45] and two assistants,
two teachers,
[31:49] take 30 crossing the road once, crossing
the road back, they're 60. Add the four
[31:56] adults, they're 68. There's the
crossing.
[32:01] Which meets the current whichever it is
in the
[32:05] Ontario Traffic Manual.
Uh
[32:09] Further to this, uh
I started this
[32:13] way back, I think in September.
And I have been in touch with Mr.
[32:19] Freeze's office.
And Mr. Freeze has asked me to send the
[32:24] information that I received from the
town in the
[32:28] uh
email
[32:30] along with what I have wrote.
And
[32:34] they have reviewed it.
And they understood that I was going to
[32:39] a presentation in May to the safety
council of uh
[32:44] our uh
group,
[32:46] which unfortunately was canceled.
And
[32:50] what I got back from him, and I point
this out to you, and I'm going to read
[32:55] it,
uh
[32:57] because he did review the information.
The first step to speed reduction in the
[33:02] school zone would be for the
municipality to apply to the ministry
[33:07] staff for the reduction.
Once the application is made,
[33:12] town and Bancroft staff would then reach
out to our office to support the speed
[33:18] reduction proposal.
I would say from that that
[33:23] if the town proceeded to do something,
that they have
[33:29] the back of Mr. Brezay supporting it.
And with that, I'll leave it to you.
[33:36] Have any questions while I'm here.
>> Does anybody have any questions for Mr.
[33:41] Robinson?
Councilor Orange?
[33:47] » Not exactly a question, but uh I'm all
in favor of reducing the speed limit
[33:52] within
town limits from 50 to 40.
[33:56] Um extensive studies have shown that
even a
[34:00] 10 km/h
change in
[34:04] dramatically reduces fatalities.
[34:08] » And if you would like to add anything on
that, I have
[34:13] Uh I did I wasn't going to use this, but
I will uh
[34:17] just say in the town of Shelburne,
uh
[34:21] fatalities, this is uh
prior to the reduction,
[34:25] fatalities and personal injury
collisions in 2021, there were five.
[34:31] 2022, there were three, which is an
improvement. 2023,
[34:35] there were eight and one fatality. This
is before they they reduced their
[34:41] speed to
40 km/h.
[34:46] » I have one further comment. My my father
was actually hit by a car
[34:51] in 1947 and he stayed up for
pretty much three or four months while
[34:57] he was recovering.
And uh that was right at the same time
[35:00] that
my father was recovering.
[35:02] » Yes. And in our own town, we have
the doctor's kid in BC.
[35:09] And
actually ended up
[35:12] causing her to retire.
And
[35:15] I mean the other person stayed in town.
But she was hit in Toronto and
[35:24] I see her in physical therapy.
[35:29] weekly
>> They are okay.
[35:32] » And
some of you are probably wondering what
[35:34] this is. And one of the reasons that I
finally got off my butt
[35:38] and did something about this was
it was my granddaughter was hit. Now,
[35:44] my granddaughter was 16 and
basically what happened was
[35:49] that she
was home doing uh
[35:55] an online course and heading back
to school
[36:00] and of course it is a courtesy crossing.
Nobody had to stop.
[36:05] The gentleman coming out of town in the
truck did stop.
[36:09] He waved her that it was okay, which she
shouldn't have done.
[36:13] And she stepped off the curb thinking
the lady, excuse me, I don't shouldn't
[36:18] say lady, the person was
coming and she thought that she would
[36:24] stop.
And she realized the last second
[36:29] that she wasn't going to stop. So, she
turned and she got hit on the hip.
[36:34] Fortunately,
she wasn't injured. She was Well, I
[36:37] don't want to say she wasn't injured.
She was sore for a couple of days.
[36:42] Uh
if that had been
[36:45] a student from Old Ottawa East,
we'll say under the age of 12,
[36:50] and I you I do observe
I'm in town every day going up and down.
[36:55] I said I I see how they bolt.
If he'd been signaled by that person,
[37:00] they might have
a
[37:02] 10-year-old or an 8-year-old, for
whatever reason they would have been
[37:06] down there. If they had bolted out in
front, they would have probably
[37:10] been badly injured or killed.
And there's one other gentleman that
[37:15] uses that crosswalk. He has a little
I call it a scooter.
[37:20] Uh he comes down there and he crosses
there. If he had
[37:24] by the same token like that and then put
that scooter up,
[37:28] he would have been badly injured.
I think it's time that
[37:34] we lower the speed limit.
And
[37:37] personally, uh if we
look at the speed limit and the and the
[37:42] speeds that are taking place, people are
driving too fast and following too
[37:46] close.
I personally was rear-ended at the post
[37:52] office because I stopped at the
crosswalk to let somebody cross.
[37:57] And the guy that hit me was, "Oh, I
thought I was going to stop."
[38:00] People don't realize that you're
traveling
[38:03] 90 km/h
and somebody's tailgating you and you
[38:08] have to put on the brakes,
the
[38:12] probability of an accident is pretty
great.
[38:16] And 10 km
reduction down from 50 to 40 would be
[38:22] wonderful.
And traveling through town
[38:26] on most days,
you might be lucky that you do 20 km an
[38:30] hour, especially through a tourist city.
Uh tourist season starts now,
[38:37] May,
not
[38:41] July.
And that is when students
[38:45] are in school.
And it ends in
[38:49] Oh, say Thanksgiving. So, there's
probably a month and a half there
[38:53] for students, and traffic is heavy,
very heavy.
[38:58] And
I have observed, you know,
[39:02] I'm doing 50 coming into that zone, and
somebody's pulling away from me, they're
[39:07] doing 60 or 70, and I know that I also
have statistics
[39:12] from Shelburne on the number of
violations of people
[39:17] uh over 40 km an hour.
74 km, 96 km an hour.
[39:24] That's pretty severe.
And I see it
[39:27] down there.
I personally
[39:30] would not want to stand out in front of
them with a ping pong paddle with a stop
[39:34] sign. I'm sorry, I could I That's the
reference that I used.
[39:39] Uh
there are occasions where you can
[39:42] actually use a red light, believe it or
not. I don't know if that was red light
[39:46] is still used.
And from personal experience, and I'm
[39:50] talking when I was young,
in the 1950s,
[39:55] I was a school patroller.
[40:00] Some of you may have been old enough to
remember what a school patroller was. We
[40:03] had a little white thing on a stick.
[40:07] The road that we had to cross
to go to school
[40:12] was an interconnected highway, of
course, the Trans-Canada Highway,
[40:17] which was in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
And what we had as school patrollers, we
[40:23] had a red light on that side of the road
and a red light on this side of the
[40:28] road. And we pushed a button and we
stopped the traffic.
[40:33] Two years that I was patroller,
only one person ever went through that
[40:39] light.
And it happened to be the day that the
[40:43] police were stopped
down the road and they had them with a
[40:46] hand cuff line.
So,
[40:51] that was much safer way of doing things
and stand I wouldn't want to stand out
[40:55] there. I
I would bend down there and watch.
[40:59] That's all right. And sometimes
you just wonder if they're going to
[41:04] stop.
Anyway,
[41:06] thank you. I leave it in your capable
hands and I hope that you will do
[41:09] something to
ensure the safety of the children.
[41:15] » All right. Any
questions or comments? Okay, Councillor
[41:18] Gibbons.
>> First of all, Tom, thank you for putting
[41:20] all that together. Um I am I was in a
school zone once not paying attention. I
[41:25] was worried about getting to my son's
track and field meet and I was driving
[41:31] over the 10 10 km over the school safety
zone um
[41:35] when it's designated. And um I got
pulled over and I remember thinking
[41:38] afterwards, you know something, he asked
me where I was headed and I said I'm
[41:42] headed to watch my son play um
or track and field and I was like I'm
[41:46] afraid I'm going to miss it. He said,
"Well, you know what? You're going to
[41:48] miss it now cuz he said he pulled over
you were speeding." And I got thinking
[41:52] afterwards, you know what? If that had
been a child, yes, it could have very
[41:55] well hit them.
Um so anyways, thank you for that and I
[41:58] do I think of off-season. So, when
you're bumper-to-bumper in Bancroft and
[42:03] it's it's a full-on tourist
season, things move a little slower, but
[42:08] off-season when there isn't the volume
of traffic, that's when people are
[42:11] moving a little quicker. That's when,
you know, you run the risk of hitting
[42:15] somebody's child, for sure.
>> Yes and no. I don't
[42:17] » Oh, yes and no, for sure.
>> Yes. Okay, I'm going to give you an
[42:20] example.
Uh
[42:24] I I timed it from the uh
school crossing
[42:28] to the
corner at Station Street.
[42:33] The gain time is 10 to 12 seconds.
Now, when you get to turn left to go
[42:42] down Station Street, you start losing
time.
[42:46] And when you head down the hill, you
start to gain time.
[42:50] In conclusion, what I found was by the
time you're getting in between
[42:56] Bangs Motors and
No Frills,
[43:02] uh you've lost a whole minute. So, you
haven't gained any time by traveling 50
[43:07] 60 km/h.
And
[43:10] some of those
staff coming out of the school at times,
[43:14] I've seen people go by and they take off
from the corner coming up and they feel
[43:18] like
they're on their way out of town.
[43:22] And they're they are over the speed
limit. It's not hard to tell.
[43:27] » For sure. No, and I'm and I'm fully in
support of of lowering it to 40 km/h,
[43:31] for sure.
>> Thank you.
[43:33] Got something else?
>> Uh thank you. I'm really appreciate your
[43:37] report. Lots of information. It's great
news. It certainly makes everybody who
[43:40] lives there feel better of safety to our
constituents and certainly the kids of
[43:43] our community. Um
I was It's too bad you weren't in front
[43:47] of the community and the safety and the
health and whatever safety
[43:51] health and safety committee. I would
have actually thought the process would
[43:55] have rolled through that way.
>> Uh well
[43:57] » Does that have to happen uh for council
to have this brought forward?
[44:01] Like should we be making a
recommendation that this report goes to
[44:05] our community
as our well-being and safety group, and
[44:09] then they bring forward to council a
recommendation.
[44:12] » It should, yes. Um
Yeah, so the the committee did not meet
[44:17] in May, and they do not meet again until
August. So, for
[44:21] uh the purpose of hearing uh Mr.
Robinson's delegation, we brought it
[44:25] forward to today's meeting.
>> So, that's awesome. I'm glad we did get
[44:28] to hear it, but with is sort of that the
you know, the
[44:33] you know, the grinding wheels of staff
have to happen, or can uh council sort
[44:38] of uh ask staff to look at making staff
>> Council can make a recommendation today
[44:44] that staff will look into to this
without going to the community safety
[44:48] committee.
>> So, moved.
[44:52] » I actually just need to present
something on the table.
[44:54] » Yeah, we have we have we need to deal
with
[44:56] » Thank you, very very much.
>> Thank you for the very interesting and
[45:00] uh
[45:04] presentation, Mr. Robinson.
[45:07] » So, we just need
[45:14] Just for information.
[45:20] » I have a I have a mover, please.
Uh for the
[45:24] receive this
presentation from Mr. Robinson.
[45:28] Councilor McGivern, Councilor Lawrence.
All in favor?
[45:33] Carried.
[45:37] » Carried.
>> Councilor Miles.
[45:40] » Thank you, Council Chairman. I'd like to
uh
[45:42] I would put it something on the floor
that ask staff to
[45:46] uh look into recommendation from Mr.
Robinson's report regarding the speed
[45:50] limit
and crosswalk safety.
[45:55] That worded enough?
Thank you.
[45:58] » We have a second on that? Councilor
McGivern.
[46:01] Any questions on that?
Seems pretty well straightforward, I
[46:04] think. All in favor?
Carried. Thank you.
[46:08] And moving on, um
we have a Mr. David Baron
[46:13] here today
to talk on
[46:16] a walk for peace.
Welcome, Mr. Baron.
[46:20] » Thank you.
[46:24] » Um
Mr. Baron, yeah, that's that's fine.
[46:27] Yeah.
[46:30] » I want to thank you all for letting the
invite to come before you today to talk
[46:35] about the County Peace. I want to thank
you,
[46:38] Mr. Chairman, and council members. And I
would I do want to thank the staff for
[46:44] all the efforts made on this this uh
What I want to What I'm bringing forward
[46:49] today is an event that we would like to
propose
[46:54] in in cooperation with a separate entity
from the Peace Museum. That being an
[47:01] event and activity which at the
Millennium Park,
[47:06] uh a walk from the park to the Peace
Museum.
[47:10] But first I'm going to I want to
say that
[47:14] I I've lived a
charmed life myself.
[47:19] I've been away from Brantford quite a
few years and happen to be back.
[47:24] While I was away,
I spent a lot of time at the UN.
[47:28] Respected throughout my life by this
organization through school and my
[47:33] family. Spent a lot of time there. Spent
time with the World Federalist Movement.
[47:39] Was able to go and and study the masters
in Rwanda and also
[47:46] truth and reconciliation
in Brazil. Plus there's South Carolina
[47:52] and too
to
[47:54] talk with the Christian
and the members of the community church
[48:00] of which Dylan roof
carried it the mass within the church
[48:05] itself.
I've seen a lot of ugly in my lifetime.
[48:09] I've been brought up
to stand up to ugly in my lifetime. My
[48:14] my family
my social justice and understanding of
[48:18] good and and bad within society goes
back to Vimy Ridge my family there and
[48:25] different nations.
Uh bringing up being brought up in
[48:30] in a good family five farm families all
in a row southern Ontario, but I did
[48:36] witness a lot of ugly
non-peaceful events within households.
[48:42] Uh
I was in
[48:45] in Arkansas in 1965.
My grandfather took myself my brother to
[48:50] witness the Martin Luther King
march that was for
[48:55] voters' rights.
So I've seen a lot of ugly
[49:00] within and
and this is part of my rationale
[49:04] personally and all of us. This is why I
give so much effort
[49:08] almost daily to the Peace Museum. I know
what the absence of peace looks like
[49:14] what
within households and within society. So
[49:18] this event is is to to bring together
individuals
[49:24] uh groups of within the community those
that are working hard every day to work
[49:31] to build better society and better
community and which offers peace within
[49:37] households and within communities.
The event itself
[49:42] the logistics of the event
officially starts at 2:00
[49:47] in Millennium Park and that being
prior to community groups and or
[49:55] individuals
going to set up tables offering
[49:59] information.
There's going to be activity for the
[50:03] children and families including arts and
crafts and clowning and face painting
[50:09] and different games offered within the
park. At 2:00 the activities start.
[50:16] John Foreman and friends are are going
to be since I sit right.
[50:22] I consider that planning park is safe. I
like stopping and watching John as he's
[50:29] building it. So anyway, John Foreman and
friends are going to be offering
[50:35] activity till 4:00 and there are two key
two presenters. The first presenter is
[50:42] going to be Greg Zola
from
[50:45] Manute. Greg was on the 1986
walk across America. He's been a
[50:53] uh community member of Manute for about
11 years I guess now. He's also a member
[50:59] of Veterans US Veterans at Peace. So he
was he's going to be opening the
[51:05] ceremonies there
lots of music and then we're going to
[51:09] have Shawn Sellers who recent graduate
thesis on building better communities.
[51:17] She's also going to be a presenter.
Then at 4:00 we're going to have the
[51:23] walk
along the sidewalk and
[51:28] not all the way downtown but on Station
Street here and across and then on down
[51:34] to the Peace Museum. Our Lake Snowbird
parade marshals and several people to
[51:39] ensure that there is security that you
know the kids don't run into traffic.
[51:45] Primary concern is security for us. At
the museum, there's going to be a
[51:51] uh uh
additional presentations of community
[51:55] groups uh uh tables set up, etc. Uh lots
of fun and activities there, plus
[52:03] uh open mic and music on into the
evening. The presenters at the uh Peace
[52:10] Museum will be uh
uh Chris Houston, who's the director of
[52:14] the museum, and then other individuals,
Lindsay Callus, who's 80s, and who is
[52:20] now moving to the area at the end of the
school year, and currently she does uh
[52:26] peace studies and seminars with the
Catholic School School Board. So, she's
[52:31] going to relocate here and work closely
with us, and she's the newest member of
[52:35] the board, also.
Uh so, that's an overview of the active
[52:40] the day of of activities, and uh
and then if anyone has any questions, uh
[52:47] » Question, Jeff.
>> Councillor Mayhew.
[52:49] » Thank you. I'm fully supportive of this.
Um as you know, the
[52:53] council and town is supportive of the
Peace Museum.
[52:56] Uh I'm kind of ticked off I'm busy
already that day and what's on day. I'm
[53:00] hoping the media is full of all kinds of
headlines and information about how
[53:03] successful this is going to be, and
couldn't you all be a little piece of
[53:07] the nation's world. Uh great job, Dave.
Thank you. I wish you both lots of
[53:11] success. Thank you.
>> All right.
[53:15] Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um again, the Walk
for Peace is June 20th, 2026, starting
[53:20] at 12:00
at Millennium Park
[53:24] and to 5:00.
Walk will take place along the sidewalks
[53:28] in the park, along Station Street,
again,
[53:31] uh as Mr. Mayor explained, along
Valleyview Drive.
[53:35] Uh draft resolution that the Council of
the Corporation of the Town of Bancroft
[53:39] has hereby received a request for use of
Millennium Park and the bandshell on
[53:44] June 20th, 2026 for Walk for Peace,
which will entail a walk to Peace Museum
[53:51] and host music in the park as presented.
Mover and seconder, please.
[53:55] » So moved.
>> Councilor Miles, Councilor McGibbon.
[53:58] Any questions?
All in favor?
[54:01] Passed.
They also
[54:05] also be resolved the Council Corporation
Town of Bancroft
[54:09] does hereby approve the request for use
of Millennium Park and the bandshell on
[54:13] June 20th, 2026 for Walk for Peace and
host music in the park as presented.
[54:21] Mover and seconder? Councilor Lawrence.
Councilor Miles. All in favor?
[54:27] Carried. Thank you.
[54:31] Moving along, minutes of previous
session.
[54:34] Be it resolved the Council Corporation
Town of Bancroft does hereby approve the
[54:37] minutes of the meeting of Council held
on May the 12th, 2026 and May 26th, 2026
[54:44] as presented.
Councilor Lawrence, Councilor McGibbon.
[54:49] Any questions on those minutes?
All in favor?
[54:52] Carried.
Minutes of standing committees and local
[54:56] boards.
[54:58] First one's Eastern Ontario Trails
Alliance, EOTA.
[55:03] Be it resolved that not the Council
Corporation Town of Bancroft does hereby
[55:07] receive the minutes of Eastern Ontario
Trails Association meeting held on April
[55:12] the 9th, 2026 as presented.
Uh
[55:16] I'd like to move that if I could.
Can I do that?
[55:19] » You can't. Yeah, you can't.
You can't move them.
[55:23] » Okay. I'll move them for you, George.
>> Thank you very much.
[55:25] » Councilor Miles, seconder.
Councilor McGibbon.
[55:31] I can speak to that, though, counselor.
Okay. I've been on the been on that
[55:34] committee. Uh
Prior to
[55:38] As you know, the the minutes, the the
trail system
[55:43] of Haliburton here. I mean, ridership
went up up up up up snowmobiles,
[55:49] um
four-wheelers, etc., etc. Not only in
[55:52] the north here, down south.
Uh cuz there wasn't much snow down
[55:56] there.
Um
[55:58] the
Since that, they've they've entered an
[56:00] agreement with uh
with the motor snowmobile association
[56:06] uh to the west of us here, bringing more
more trails on board.
[56:10] Um since April, they've been begging and
pleading.
[56:13] In fact, I got a couple of calls on the
weekend with the north
[56:16] section of the trail from about Coe Hill
up. It's like a wash to her. Uh I looked
[56:22] into it and uh I'm happy to report that
uh grading will start tomorrow.
[56:27] Uh the reason why it hadn't started
prior to that is they had an agreement
[56:31] with a a grading firm up north here,
just north of Bancroft here. And that
[56:35] fell through. So, we had to
do a double take and and uh restart it
[56:39] again with with uh
getting a a grader to do that.
[56:43] Uh car discussion grader doesn't matter.
I think graders is no good. So, they
[56:47] the smaller one.
All right. Anyway,
[56:50] I know there are no other questions. All
in favor? Do you want to vote?
[56:53] » Sorry, I have a question.
>> I'm sorry. Yes, Councillor Arnott.
[56:56] » Um notice
around town
[56:58] uh
the
[57:00] the trail is very sandy, very loose.
I tried to trip some of it off.
[57:06] » Mhm.
>> Uh
[57:08] will the grading take care of that?
>> Uh not at all. No. Uh some gravel may or
[57:14] may not be uh put in. Um
but that probably there will be sections
[57:19] that will need new gravel. If If they
just can't shove it all into the center
[57:23] again, from my from what I understand.
Um
[57:26] um
They are looking into it. Again, it's
[57:29] part of the maintenance plan. Um I know
the
[57:33] the executive director is looking into
that.
[57:36] Again, they have the trails off to the
the basic fire beside.
[57:41] So, hopefully I can answer your
question. Yes, it will be done.
[57:47] Councilor Miles.
>> Councilor Miles, does the
[57:51] trail alliance ever talk about sort of
So, Council Miles brings that up about
[57:56] maybe within town the way some of the
trails aren't so great. You know how we
[58:01] have sort of the connect link between
the province and also with the highways.
[58:05] We have the same kind of agreement with
the trails system?
[58:09] » I'm not aware of it.
>> And and is there any kind of
[58:13] conversation that surrounds around
something like that so that community
[58:16] and at least boundaries can come to the
table with the group?
[58:18] » Unfortunately, I'm not aware of that
either.
[58:20] » Thank you.
>> But I can look into that for you.
[58:24] The meeting that's meeting is next week
on Thursday, 6:30. Thank you.
[58:28] » Just curiosity after Mr. Miles.
>> It's unfortunate the timing of the
[58:32] meetings is what we seem to be a month
behind.
[58:34] And then getting the minutes almost 2
months behind, so. Anyway, it is what it
[58:38] is, so.
All in favor, please. Oh, sorry. You
[58:42] have a question?
>> I'm not sure if this sort of answers
[58:44] your question but I know that in the
past there were times where there was a
[58:48] piece of the trail that was in
desperate shape, I guess you could say.
[58:53] That's when the trail alliance had
reached out to the municipalities and
[58:57] sometimes they would work together on
fixing the piece that's within
[59:01] their area.
[59:05] » I can
All in favor?
[59:07] Carried.
Rotation is public library.
[59:11] Be it resolved that council of the
corporation of town of Bancroft does
[59:14] hereby receive the minutes of the North
Hastings Public Library meeting held on
[59:19] April 28th, 2026 as presented. I have a
mover, Reese,
[59:24] Councilor Miles, Councilor Lawrence.
Uh Councilor Miles you like to speak on
[59:28] this?
>> Yes, I would. Thank you.
[59:31] Um,
the minutes that we spoke forward, we
[59:35] are just you know, keep moving towards
uh the the move and um you know, having
[59:40] new space.
Uh, with the biggest I think I know in
[59:43] the meeting here was sort of um
uh shifting of some funds. Uh, we had
[59:48] some reserve that was
uh named weirdly, so we moved that into
[59:53] a space that was easier to
uh invest in the new library and we
[59:58] talked about what uh because we've done
our own statements recently, what the
[1:00:02] audit reserve showed for us and that was
also moved into the space to allow us to
[1:00:06] continue moving forward with the
library. Um, that was really the the big
[1:00:10] thing I think within the meeting was
dealing with some funds regarding the
[1:00:13] library with the reserve stuff.
Everything else is pretty
[1:00:16] straightforward.
>> Thank you.
[1:00:18] Any other questions?
All in favor?
[1:00:21] Carried, thank you.
Municipal Dog Pound.
[1:00:25] Be it resolved that Council of the
Corporation of the Town of Bancroft does
[1:00:28] hereby receive the minutes of the
Municipal Dog Pound Board Meeting
[1:00:32] meetings held on May 22nd, 2025,
June 12th, 2025,
[1:00:39] July 9th, 2025,
August 13th, 2025,
[1:00:44] September 25th, 2025,
and November 27th, 2025 as presented.
[1:00:52] I'm going back quite a ways, but are
there any questions?
[1:00:55] » Um, no there aren't.
I think we're ready to move on.
[1:00:58] » Pardon?
>> I think we're ready to move on to the
[1:01:00] resolution.
>> Mover and seconder.
[1:01:03] » Pardon?
>> Mover and seconder.
[1:01:04] » Oh, I'm sorry.
>> That's good.
[1:01:06] » Council Lawrence and Council McGibbon.
[1:01:10] Any questions?
[1:01:14] All in favor?
Carried, thank you.
[1:01:17] The Bancroft Deep Deep Catchment Board.
Be it resolved that the Council of the
[1:01:22] Corporation town of Bancroft is hereby
received the minutes of the Bancroft OPP
[1:01:27] detachment board meetings held on
February 24th, 2025,
[1:01:33] March 24th, 2025,
May 26th, 2025, September 29th, 2025,
[1:01:41] and January 26th, 2026 are presented. Do
I have a mover and a reader? Councillor
[1:01:46] Miles,
Councillor Given.
[1:01:51] Any questions on those?
All in favor? Uh yes, Councillor Miles.
[1:01:58] » Has anybody read these minutes?
>> I have.
[1:02:00] » Has anybody read these minutes?
>> Mhm.
[1:02:04] » Anything significant in there?
>> Nothing significant to me.
[1:02:10] That doesn't mean nothing, but what you
suddenly significant is that beautiful.
[1:02:16] » I believe that Councillor Mullett was
keeping us up to date in on these
[1:02:21] matters
all along and and again,
[1:02:26] this this board and the previous board
like the municipal way back when we've
[1:02:30] had updates from
from
[1:02:32] various counties on the matters, so.
>> So,
[1:02:36] Councillor Mullett is actually at the
conference for the OPP detachment board
[1:02:42] right now. So, I'm sure at one of our
next meetings he will probably have an
[1:02:47] update about that conference.
[1:02:51] » Yes, as you know, we
taking over new
[1:02:54] a new area too and up north, so
Whitney area
[1:02:58] Whitney area, so I'm going to again
see how that plays out as far as my
[1:03:03] budget goes.
[1:03:06] All in favor?
Carried. Thank you.
[1:03:09] Unfinished business.
Rec- recreation and data project and
[1:03:15] release survey launch.
Be resolved that the council the
[1:03:20] Corporation of the Town of Bancroft for
information only received the Recreation
[1:03:23] and Data Project Community Survey Launch
Report for information purposes only.
[1:03:29] » Good morning, everyone.
So, I'm here today to provide you guys
[1:03:33] an update.
>> We'll get a mover and seconder first. Do
[1:03:36] I have a mover or seconder?
Councillor Given, Councillor Miles.
[1:03:40] Go ahead, please.
>> I'll start again.
[1:03:43] I'm here to provide you with an update.
Um I believe that was back in April. Um
[1:03:47] it was a staff report brought that we
were going to start our parks, tracks,
[1:03:50] facilities data collection project. Um
so, here we are now a couple months in
[1:03:55] and we are now at the stage we are now
having engaged in the community process
[1:03:59] of surveying our community broad and
wide um for the following next two weeks
[1:04:03] around kind of a plan. Um the project
was initiated to understand how
[1:04:08] municipally owned parks, recreation, and
cultural spaces are used and to support
[1:04:13] future planning and investment decisions
with that. As part of the work, survey a
[1:04:17] community survey has been launched to
capture input from residents, seasonal
[1:04:21] residents, visitors, and basically
anyone that might happen to see my QR
[1:04:25] code somewhere in this town or at a park
or rec facility or on Facebook.
[1:04:29] Um the survey focused focused on usage
patterns, participation, barriers, and
[1:04:35] priorities across all of our municipal
spaces and services to gather collection
[1:04:39] tool um and not to vote on specific
projects. Questions um also that have
[1:04:45] been included and this was in
consultation with the rest of the staff
[1:04:47] team
is why are you living here? What brings
[1:04:50] you to Bancroft? Um what kind of things
do you participate in? What So, why are
[1:04:54] you here? Um use of the trails and
natural areas and its timing and
[1:04:58] seasonality
um and the types of use especially in
[1:05:01] our non-motorized and motorized kind of
leads back to the trail conversation. Um
[1:05:05] we do have a vast trail system here in
our communities.
[1:05:09] So, this approach kind of followed up
with the some stakeholder of surveys as
[1:05:13] well that we had done. Um and I think
after both local and destination based
[1:05:18] use. We're also launched at kind of at
the beginning of the you know, shoulder
[1:05:22] season, summer season. We're not sure
when our seasons change around here. Um
[1:05:27] so it's a coordinated promotion
approach. Um
[1:05:30] digital at our beach. Some of you may
have already seen it on social media. I
[1:05:33] hope and shared. I hope everyone's done
it, and shared it, and got all your
[1:05:36] friends to do it. Um it has also been
put up at all of our locations and
[1:05:40] facilities. Our parks and facilities
team have put it up at all of our
[1:05:43] locations. So Eagles Nest, so we're
hoping, you know, when people are there
[1:05:46] on the weekend they'll tell us why
they're there, where they come from,
[1:05:49] that we can have this really
valuable data. Um it's also very
[1:05:53] specific on especially our neighboring
communities who may
[1:05:57] be out in our community. Um you know,
from our seven townships around. We're
[1:06:00] asking very specifically.
Um so we're also going to be, you know,
[1:06:05] this weekend at RiverFest we'll be, you
know, having the QR codes and you know,
[1:06:08] those types of things. Any kind of place
in the next couple of weeks where we can
[1:06:11] pop up and get the information.
So hopefully that will close up June
[1:06:15] 15th.
Um and then we'll I'll be back to
[1:06:18] present findings and those types of
things and then we'll keep moving
[1:06:21] forward on this project.
Any questions from anyone?
[1:06:26] » Thank you, Sharon. I have
a question, I guess.
[1:06:29] Um
is the survey age
[1:06:33] » So we
>> applicable?
[1:06:35] » What do you mean age
>> well, does does it break down what
[1:06:38] » Yes.
>> So I have also a survey
[1:06:40] » Yes.
>> Do you want to say certain things?
[1:06:41] » So yes, I've broken down the
demographics. I've broken it down
[1:06:44] family, single, seniors, accessibility,
mobility, cultural, all those kind of
[1:06:49] demographic patterns that align with our
stats Canada and all the other data
[1:06:52] that's collected. What's going to be
really exciting is we're going to be
[1:06:55] able to analyze, you know, what does a
family
[1:06:58] um with children under the age of five
look like in our town versus what does a
[1:07:01] senior. We are also asking are you
caring for elderly, caring for someone
[1:07:05] else within your home. I would capture
all those things within the demographics
[1:07:09] and hopefully this information is going
to be, you know, very data-rich for us.
[1:07:13] Um so, that's why the more data we can
get the better.
[1:07:16] Um and also in comparing it to how
others within the
[1:07:19] other 404 municipalities have done their
plans as well. So, we will have a vast
[1:07:23] amount of data to utilize.
Um and hopefully we want all this
[1:07:27] information that can help us with the
decisions that we must make.
[1:07:31] » Great. Thank you. Any other questions?
[1:07:34] Thank you, Sarah. I'm looking forward to
that report because I think that it will
[1:07:37] be a
>> Do the survey.
[1:07:38] » The Department of Recreation, you know.
>> Thank you, Sarah.
[1:07:41] » We need to know what we're going to be
doing in the next year.
[1:07:43] Thank you.
Moving on.
[1:07:47] Business arising from notices of motion.
>> Oh, sorry. We need an All in favor. Need
[1:07:52] an All in favor.
>> That's okay. All in favor.
[1:07:56] Carried.
Business arising from notices of motion.
[1:08:00] For the procedure bylaw 77-
>> Um so, there's none for Section 13, but
[1:08:07] then 14.
>> Sorry. So, none for business arising
[1:08:11] from notices of motion, but there is a
notice of motion and I'll read that out
[1:08:14] now.
For the procedure bylaw 77-2023
[1:08:20] uh S.155.1,
[1:08:23] a notice of motion may be introduced at
a public meeting of council, but shall
[1:08:27] not be debated. It shall be reported on
the following regular meeting of council
[1:08:32] within the motion
second reading.
[1:08:36] And at the second reading, it may be
debated, moved, and seconded.
[1:08:41] All draft resolutions as presented are
for discussion purposes only and should
[1:08:45] not be considered as
the opinion or direction of council.
[1:08:56] » Where is
>> So, we have we have a notice
[1:09:00] » Yep. So, Councillor Tracy McGibbon will
read her her notice of motion.
[1:09:05] » First reading?
I'm counselor McGibbon.
[1:09:11] » In accordance with section 15.1 of bylaw
77-2023,
[1:09:17] being a bylaw to govern and regulate
proceedings of the corporation of the
[1:09:21] town of Bancroft, I Tracy McGibbon file
a notice of motion to be included in the
[1:09:25] agenda of the next regular meeting of
council scheduled for May 26, 2026.
[1:09:33] Subject: Landfill. Notice of motion.
Whereas the council of the corporation
[1:09:40] Oh, yeah, that was from before. So, I
don't need to read that.
[1:09:44] Sorry, that was from before. So, I Tracy
McGibbon
[1:09:49] file a notice of motion. Subject:
Landfill. Notice of motion. Whereas the
[1:09:53] council of the corporation of the town
of Bancroft currently permits a
[1:09:57] neighboring municipality to utilize our
municipal landfill site. And whereas
[1:10:02] upon renewal, the current service
agreement or MOU needs to be adjusted to
[1:10:07] accurately reflect the rising
operational costs, long-term
[1:10:11] environmental liability, site
maintenance, and cell closing costs
[1:10:15] capital reserve requirements. And
whereas it is the financial
[1:10:19] responsibility of this council to ensure
that our taxpayers are not subsidizing
[1:10:25] the waste management and disposal costs
of a neighboring municipality to utilize
[1:10:29] our landfill. And whereas on a per
dwelling basis, our taxpayers are
[1:10:34] currently paying a substantial amount
more to have access to our landfill
[1:10:39] than our neighboring municipality paying
to access.
[1:10:43] Now, therefore, be it resolved that
staff be directed to draft and bring
[1:10:48] forward a more financially sound cost
recovery model, an agreement or MOU for
[1:10:53] our neighboring municipality to utilize
our municipal landfill, which shall
[1:10:57] include updating tipping fees, bin usage
fees, administrative fees,
[1:11:01] transportation costs, labor costs,
closing cost contributions, and capital
[1:11:06] reserve contributions. This needs to be
finalized in a timely fashion as
[1:11:10] municipalities are potentially
approaching the laying that period and
[1:11:14] the renewal period follows closely
after.
[1:11:19] » Here's a second vote.
>> No. Okay. No, just reading.
[1:11:24] » Thank you.
Moving on.
[1:11:27] The set agenda.
We resolve that the items listed on the
[1:11:32] set agenda, items 15B to 15
L
[1:11:39] be received by the corporation of the
town of Bancroft for information. Are
[1:11:43] there any questions on any of those
there?
[1:11:47] Here they are. Also support on the
opposition, AMO, Asian charitable
[1:11:51] donors, caucus, Hastings County,
Northeastern Community Migration
[1:11:55] Association having newsletter,
municipality resolution for support, and
[1:12:00] municipality resolution for information.
Are there any questions on those?
[1:12:04] Got a mover, please?
Councillor Miles. Councillor Miles.
[1:12:11] All in favor?
Uh sorry. Councillor Miles. You have any
[1:12:15] You vote I'm voting. Thank you.
Carried.
[1:12:20] Community announcements and events. Are
there any community announcements and
[1:12:23] events that a councilor would like to
discuss
[1:12:26] or bring forward?
[1:12:30] Seeing none.
Bylaws, first, second, and third
[1:12:34] reading.
We resolve that the following bylaws be
[1:12:38] introduced and read a first, second, and
third time, and be finally passed, and
[1:12:43] that the mayor and clerk do sign and
seal the same, any rule of this council
[1:12:48] to the contrary notwithstanding.
Bylaw number 40-206,
[1:12:54] being a bylaw to repeal bylaw number
75-2024
[1:12:59] being a bylaw to establish North
Hastings Community Centre Ad Hoc
[1:13:03] Committee and appoint members to the
North Hastings Community Centre Ad Hoc
[1:13:07] Committee of the Town of Bancroft.
Bylaw number 41-2026
[1:13:14] A as a bylaw to amend comprehensive
zoning bylaw number 27-2006
[1:13:20] as amended.
[1:13:23] Can I have a mover or seconder, please?
Councillor Miles, Councillor Bedore.
[1:13:28] Any questions?
All in favor?
[1:13:32] Carried.
[1:13:36] Bylaw number 40-2026
being a bylaw to repeal
[1:13:41] » No.
Um those are just placeholders. If you
[1:13:44] go to the next page, it's coming for a
minute.
[1:13:47] » What?
>> I'm going to jump to here.
[1:13:49] » Okay.
All right. So, we confirm we confirm our
[1:13:52] bylaws
for the first, second, and third
[1:13:55] readings.
A draft resolution, be resolved that
[1:13:58] bylaw to confirm the proceedings of the
meeting Council of June 22nd, 2006 be
[1:14:04] hereby given the first, second, and
third reading and be finally passed,
[1:14:08] sealed
So, I pass, sign, seal, and number bylaw
[1:14:12] 42-2026.
[1:14:15] Can I have a mover or seconder, please?
Councillor Miles.
[1:14:19] Councillor Miles.
Any questions?
[1:14:22] All in favor?
Carried.
[1:14:28] Next meeting date. The next meeting of
regular Council is scheduled for August
[1:14:32] 11th, 2026 at 3:00.
Uh
[1:14:36] that there'll be a special meeting of
the Council on June 23rd, 2026 at 3:00.
[1:14:45] And I call for a motion for adjournment.
[1:14:50] Councilman Wise.
Okay, we can
[1:14:52] all in favor?
Everything.