[4:15] [music]
[4:21] Oh,
[music]
[4:26] our home [singing] and ned
>> [music]
[4:31] » True
love [singing]
[4:36] in all of us [music]
[4:41] with [singing] glory hearts [music]
we see
[4:46] the children [singing]
and free
[4:52] from [music]
[4:55] Canada [music]
we and unorder. [singing]
[5:03] [music and singing]
[5:09] Glorious
and [music] free. [singing]
[5:14] Oh,
[music]
[5:18] we stand on [singing] God [music]
for thee.
[5:25] Oh [music and singing]
Canada,
[5:29] we stand on God [singing and music]
for
[5:35] the
[5:43] » We have regrets today from councelor
Utton who's not feeling well. Any
[5:48] declaration of pecunary interest?
Seeing none, item 4.1, which is
[5:54] confirmation of minutes.
Moved by councelor Reed, second by
[5:58] councelor Martin, that the minutes of
the township of Mapleton council meeting
[6:01] held on May 12th, 2026 be confirmed as
circulated in the agenda. Any comments,
[6:06] questions?
All in favor? It's carried.
[6:15] Matters arising from the minutes. Mr.
Clerk.
[6:19] » Thank you, sir. Just a note, quick note
of apology to those people who struggled
[6:23] with their downloading their agenda. We
are with I Compass good company and
[6:29] we're lucky to be with them. But uh in
this place it was the worst kind of
[6:32] problem which is random. So we checked
around um mostly it was working. I
[6:38] checked here, I checked at home and it
was working. But uh and Carl checked for
[6:42] me too. It wasn't internal and the
answer was just to republish the agenda.
[6:46] So those who struggled, just let me know
as quick as you can and we'll get it
[6:49] fixed up. Thanks.
>> Thank you, Mr. Clerk. We don't have any
[6:55] matters rising
under the planning act delegations and
[7:00] uh we have here we have Konosoga Crest
Seniors living and with us today we have
[7:06] chairperson Keith Macintosh. Um Keith,
we are here to talk about your project.
[7:11] You want to give just a little bit of an
overview? Your pictures are up on the
[7:14] board.
>> Okay. Thanks very much.
[7:16] » Just hit the button there, Keith.
[7:22] » The lights on. It's on. Thank you.
Thanks, Mayor uh Davidson, and thanks so
[7:26] much for uh for welcoming us here today.
I've got uh my fellow uh board of
[7:31] directors and uh David McCauley and and
Grace Slott with me who are all part of
[7:36] this project. We've been in uh we've
been providing seniors care in one form
[7:40] or another in uh in Mapleton or Drayton.
Drayton initially, but then Mapleton
[7:45] since 1983.
Uh we're a proven operator. We've got 32
[7:49] units uh uh now which are in very very
high demand. In fact, uh we can't meet
[7:54] the demand and so often uh people uh
don't leave their name on the waiting
[7:59] list because it's too much of a demand.
But uh we're looking at building a new
[8:03] 40 unit on three-story facility here. As
you can see in the uh in the rendering,
[8:08] uh a combination of uh two-bedroom,
onebedroom, and uh and studio suites. We
[8:14] think it'll be a great uh addition to
the uh it'll be a great addition to the
[8:18] community. Uh we uh as as far as seniors
care goes, uh I think it allows uh
[8:25] within Mapleton to age in place, which
is what our vision was when we first uh
[8:30] first came up with the idea. Certainly
thanks to uh Mapleton Council and and
[8:34] and Wellington County, none of this
would have been available. Uh Mayor
[8:38] Davidson, you and I have spoken for some
time about this and and certainly the
[8:43] monies that have now been made available
are going to be made available are are
[8:47] are an enabler to make this happen. Uh,
I can't tell uh the group uh how happy
[8:53] we are with the leadership and support
we got from yourself, council uh CEO uh
[8:59] um Manny Baron and uh uh uh chief of uh
director of finance Patrick Kelly. It
[9:06] was just an absolute pleasure to move
through to where we are today. Uh we uh
[9:11] we are presently working on uh with
architects and engineering firms etc. to
[9:17] get all of the upfront work done. We're
getting very close to that. We're
[9:20] getting very close to selecting an
architect. Uh done select. We've
[9:25] selected an architect. So, uh so it's uh
it's an exciting project. Uh certainly
[9:31] we're going to continue to need the
support of uh the uh of our federal
[9:36] government, the Canadian government, and
our provincial government to realize uh
[9:39] this project. Uh the monies we're
getting from uh Mapleton are are
[9:44] certainly instrumental. the monies that
we're going to raise ourselves with the
[9:48] support of the local community are key,
but certainly we're looking to uh to
[9:52] Build Canada, which is a federal program
to help us with a large share of the
[9:57] monies that we're going to need. So
again, on behalf of uh a Konosto Crest
[10:02] board of directors, I'd like to thank
Mapleton Township and uh and Wellington
[10:06] County for your support. we've got an
opportunity to really do something in
[10:11] this in these communities that's going
to serve it for the next 50 to 75 years
[10:16] and I think that's exciting. Thanks very
much. Thank you Keith. And as you
[10:20] alluded to, Welton County Council
approved the community housing
[10:23] development fund policy back in May of
2025 based on the funds previously
[10:27] raised for the continuum of care
project. And the goal is to develop uh
[10:32] development of housing to address
availability gap between low and market
[10:36] housing and subsidized housing. Speak a
little bit more about that. We have
[10:39] warden of the county Chris White. Chris,
[10:49] » thanks. Thanks, Craig. Yeah, I guess I
I'm sure you're all well aware of the
[10:53] housing scenario we've got in the county
and throughout. And so we ended up with
[10:57] $7 million out of the continuum of care.
We weren't sure what to do with it. We
[11:00] could have just returned it to social
services for regular housing, but we
[11:04] thought with each of the townships
trying to struggle and come up with some
[11:06] innovative ways to come up with some
housing, we just thought give everybody
[11:10] a million bucks. It's seed money. I
mean, what's a million bucks? Get you a
[11:13] set of stairs. But I mean, so we're
doing that locally. We're doing um some
[11:18] seniors and there's a big big demand for
that. And each of the townships are
[11:21] coming up with little innovative ways.
We're trying to be as flexible as
[11:24] possible to make sure that this money
can get out the door and and bring some
[11:27] housing in. So great project you guys
have brought forward. The thing looks
[11:30] fantastic. Greg, you've been working
hard on this and so we're really pleased
[11:34] to have this money find a home. Um
because there are tight deadlines and um
[11:38] so if you can get the money and get
housing built then I think we're we're
[11:41] ahead of the curve. So I just want to
thank your council for supporting it and
[11:45] for someone showing up with an idea.
That's what we're looking for.
[11:48] » Great. Thanks Warden. Council, I do have
the resolution moved by councelor
[11:53] Martin, second by councelor Reid, the
township of Mapleton Council receive for
[11:56] information the delegation of Knosoga
Crest Seniors Living uh Chairperson
[12:01] Keith Mintosh regarding the recognition
and presentation of the Township of
[12:04] Mapleton's contribution of $1 million
with the first installment being
[12:08] $500,000. Any questions from council
members or comments from council members
[12:13] on this project?
All in favor? Now I invite Thank you.
[12:18] That's carried. I invite uh members of
um of Konosoga Crest as well as the
[12:24] warden and and we have here Earl
Campbell who was our county counselor
[12:28] come to the front and we take a photo
big check
[12:45] where they
[12:58] We're going to squeeze in a little bit
here.
[13:07] » Right side up. Everyone Everyone else
got to squeeze in.
[13:14] » Squeeze in.
>> Squeeze in.
[13:16] » Got to get closer.
[13:31] Thank you very much.
[13:46] Thank you.
>> Thanks very much.
[14:12] All right. It's great to see that that
project and wow,
[14:20] there's a lot of work goes behind the
scenes to get these projects off the
[14:25] ground. And I know the council of Crest
and their board of directors have done a
[14:29] lot of work behind the scenes to get it
to a point where they had this concept
[14:34] drawing. And I can remember um Keith
asking me to come and and have a chat
[14:39] with him about what they would like to
do. And that was a couple years back.
[14:43] And when this opportunity came around
for the million dollars,
[14:47] um we kicked the can around here about
who it was going to go to. And and um
[14:53] then I I contacted Manny. I said,
"Manny, what about this project?" And uh
[14:58] he goes, "Hey, that will really work out
well." So, we contacted Keith and had a
[15:02] great conversation with Keith and what
started out to be 20 units is now 40
[15:06] units more, which is fantastic for the
community. And it's all because of this
[15:10] $1 million uh from the county of
Wellington's program that was provided
[15:14] to the township so that we could
actually do something in our community
[15:19] for seniors. So, I think this is
fantastic. Thank you everyone.
[15:26] Moving along,
[15:32] we now have uh Mapleton Historical
Society here. I got Karen Smart here.
[15:40] So Karen, just come up to the podium and
uh whoever's here with you, come up to
[15:44] the podium.
>> Thank you.
[15:46] » Yeah, I would just like to introduce you
to Abby Cooper here who will be speaking
[15:50] first.
[15:54] Good evening, Mayor Davidson and council
members. Thank you for the opportunity
[15:58] to speak with you today. My name is Abby
Cooper. I'm the executive director of
[16:02] Hearts Open for Everyone Hope. Uh, and
I'm here to alongside our committee
[16:07] members Karen Smart, who you already
know uh, from the Mapleton Historical
[16:12] Society, and Denise Dickisen, who's also
part of Hope, to share a project that is
[16:17] putting our region on the map, and that
is the Queens Bush Settlement Mural
[16:22] Project. [clears throat]
This is a story of endurance,
[16:26] collaboration, and a history that's
literally under our feet here in the
[16:30] Township of Mapleton.
Karen's up next.
[16:38] » So, um, a lot of this I hope will be old
hat to you, but, uh, in case not, we're
[16:43] going to fill you in on some background
here. Um, to understand this project, we
[16:50] have to look back to the late 1830s. At
that time, this area was known as the
[16:54] Queen's Bush. Was a vast un unorganized
territory. Yet a thriving community of
[17:01] 2,000 black pioneers, many seeking
freedom and a p and a place to belong,
[17:06] carved out a life in the wilderness
here. They weren't just passing through.
[17:11] They were people of deep conviction,
grit, and service. And many arrived
[17:15] having served during the McKenzie
Rebellion and the 1838 border
[17:19] incursions, looking to establish
permanent multigenerational roots. While
[17:24] the settlement eventually spanned modern
m municipal boundaries, Mapleton and
[17:30] specifically historic Peele ca became
the most significant part of this with
[17:35] clearings, homesteads, and resilient
families. The photograph shown here on
[17:41] the presentation slide, this is an
incredibly popular photograph because
[17:46] there are so few of the Queens Bush
people. This one was taken in 18 in 1920
[17:52] in this township. shows Edward Hissen,
his wife Mabel Lawson with their four
[17:57] daughters, Elsie, Annabelle, Ada, and
that's baby Alice in her grandmother
[18:02] Maryanne Lawson's arms. Mabel and Edward
built this family home along Sailing
[18:08] Club Road, which of course at that time
did not exist in 1912. Edward passed
[18:14] away in 1949, but the house remained
Mabel's home for 62 years until her
[18:20] death in 1974.
Edward Maple and Mabel and their sons
[18:25] are buried right here in Glenn Allen
Cemetery.
[18:29] So why Mapleton?
[18:34] Because this is our distinct history. If
you speak with elders of the community
[18:39] today and ask what they recall of the
historic black presence here, the very
[18:44] first name that you're going to hear is
Normmy Hen.
[18:48] Norman was Babel and Edward's son. His
great-grandfather, Dangerfield Lawson,
[18:53] came to Queens Bush with his four
children in May of 1844 and settled on
[18:58] the seventh concession. When Norman Hiss
left Glenn Allen
[19:04] 143 years later, it marked the departure
of the very last local direct descendant
[19:10] of Mapleton's Queens Bush Hope pioneers.
For many years, the profound history
[19:16] that's been kept alive by dedicated
local groups from Mapleton Historical
[19:20] Society. However, it hasn't yet been
woven into a shared, highly visible
[19:26] regional legacy. When we look at the
origins of Mapleton's farms, we see a
[19:31] story of incredible physical
determination. Black pioneers cleared
[19:35] the dense forest and built the first
homesteads. and later black and white
[19:40] settlers worked together as neighbors to
build the literal foundations of
[19:44] Mapleton today. Black excellence has
been a functional part of this township
[19:50] identity for nearly two centuries.
Through this mural, we're hoping that we
[19:56] can finally honor a story that's been
right here the entire time.
[20:01] Our
vision is a large-scale professionally
[20:05] curated mural at Earthscape Play in
Wallenstein, located on one of the
[20:11] prominent street facing buildings on
line 86. Our advisory committee brings
[20:17] [clears throat] together an incredible
wealth of experience that includes
[20:22] representation from, of course, Mapleton
Historical Society, as well as Tracy
[20:26] Lee, who's a fifth generation descendant
of the original Queensbush pioneers.
[20:32] Working alongside our other black menite
and indigenous com committee members,
[20:37] they ensure that every single detail of
this project is deeply accurate,
[20:41] collaborative, and rooted in historic
truth. We've already secured
[20:46] internationally recognized artist Cal
Calcan to lead the design and he has
[20:52] already delivered the second of three
collaborative drafts. However, this
[20:57] remains a project created by the
community, not just for it. neighbors,
[21:02] residents, and descendants have been
coming together at our workshops to
[21:05] share the specific stories, family
names, and local symbols that they want
[21:11] to see immortalized in in that wall.
We're doing the work to ensure this
[21:16] mural is a permanent, accurate landmark
that our entire region can be proud of
[21:21] when we officially reveal it this summer
on August the 15th. I'll pass you on to
[21:27] Abby now.
That's okay. We changed things out.
[21:33] This project is a major driver of
regional tourism. We've already secured
[21:38] the support of R04, Explore Waterl
Region, Wellington County, and G tour
[21:43] Tourism because they recognize the high
value of historical tourism. To give you
[21:48] an idea of the scale and the emotional
pull of this project, we already have
[21:51] descendants from across the United
States planning their travel to our
[21:55] region for the reveal event in August.
This represents a direct economic
[22:00] benefit to Mapleton's hospitality
sector, creating measurable tourism
[22:04] traffic for our independent retailers
and local agricultural businesses. To
[22:09] give you a sense of the opportunity, the
neighboring Kissing Bridge Trail
[22:13] welcomed 193,000 visitors in 2025,
primarily cycle tourists from GE and
[22:20] Toronto seeking local culture,
landscape, and history. [clears throat]
[22:24] By placing this mural along line 86, we
position Mapleton to capture even a
[22:29] small share of that steady visitor flow,
converting pass through traffic into
[22:33] meaningful engagement with your
community and giving those travelers a
[22:37] compelling reason to stop, reflect, and
spend time in Mapleton.
[22:43] Earthscape has proactively set up the
space specifically for visitors,
[22:48] including dedicated parking spaces and a
thinking bench for reflection. There
[22:53] will there will be a large interpretive
sign with a QR code linking visitors to
[22:57] an interactive map on our website
complete with multilingual translation
[23:01] tools and fully accessible fonts.
This digital experience will also guide
[23:08] tourists to other sites of interest,
local agra businesses and historical
[23:13] landmarks throughout Mapleton and the
surrounding area.
[23:24] We're fin we're incredibly proud of the
public private partnership driving this
[23:28] vision. Our partner, Earthscape Play, is
dedicating $30,000 toward the artist and
[23:36] site infrastructure.
And uh the remaining $36,000 of our
[23:41] $66,000 goal covers the critical work
managed by hope and the advisory
[23:47] committee, which includes deep dive
historical research, extensive community
[23:52] outreach, and a landmark reveal event.
This portion also enables us to invest
[23:58] in durable, sustainable engagement tools
from a digital driving map to QR linked
[24:04] content and interactive materials that
ensure the project continues to educate
[24:09] and inspire long after the mural is
unveiled. We've already secured $6,000
[24:15] from our regional tourism partners,
including the collaborative funds from
[24:19] Wellington County, and Hope is currently
backstopping the remaining costs um with
[24:25] our own internal funds to ensure we stay
on schedule for the August reveal. We're
[24:30] seeking support from every local
municipality connecting to this history.
[24:35] Mapleton's own municipal cultural plan
explicitly identifies artistic and
[24:41] cultural diversity and cultural mapping
as foundational pillars for defining our
[24:47] your community's identity and advancing
economic development and building civic
[24:52] pride. Our project does exactly that.
tangible mapping out of Mapleton's own
[24:59] black pioneer heritage like the Hissen
family lineage and transforming it into
[25:04] a shared cultural resource that supports
cultural learning, deepens community
[25:11] identity, and strengthens long-term
civic capacity for residents and
[25:16] visitors alike. Your cultural plan also
states that Mapleton's long-term
[25:21] sustainability relies on regional
collaboration. Um because of this
[25:25] project, uh Bridges, Mapleton, Welssley,
Willich, and Wellington County
[25:30] supporting us is a direct actionable
investment in that mandate. We ask
[25:35] council to consider the local
significance of this project when
[25:39] determining discretionary fund
allocations for the year. Beyond
[25:43] financial support, in kind contributions
such as assistance with local promotion,
[25:47] staff coordination, or historical
archiving in partnership with the
[25:51] Mapleton Historical Society would make a
tangible difference. To have the
[25:56] Township of Mapleton as an official
partner ensures that the stories of your
[26:00] pioneers are told with it with the
dignity, reach, and economic impact that
[26:06] it truly deserves. Thank you, and we
welcome any questions that you might
[26:11] have.
Well, thank you for the presentation.
[26:14] That's uh that's an amazing project
coming to this area and uh we know
[26:20] Earthscape is a fantastic organization
to work with and uh obviously you guys
[26:25] are very passionate about your project
that you're having here and and I think
[26:29] it's great and well we had the plaque
stolen,
[26:34] right? So this is this is actually
something really really good to to put
[26:38] in place that on a big scale
[clears throat] can't be taken away by
[26:44] somebody. So
>> congratulations. Fantastic questions,
[26:48] comments.
[cough]
[26:54] Just making sure you're okay over there.
>> Uh thank you for the uh for the
[26:59] presentation today. I love it when folks
come in here and quote our own
[27:02] documents, uh, like our CIP and all that
stuff. So, I think that's wonderful. Um,
[27:08] for next steps as far as what Mapleton's
contribution, uh, could look like, uh, I
[27:13] know you talk about permitting,
promotion, coordination, that type of
[27:17] stuff. Uh, I'm assuming that's something
that, uh, that would come through the
[27:20] CEO's office to see what it is we can
do. Um and then we could anticipate
[27:27] maybe a report back with something that
we could actually look at rather than
[27:30] trying to concoct that all on the spot
today. Um but yeah, just thank you. Um
[27:35] like the mayor said, Earthscape has been
a wonderful partner on a bunch of
[27:40] different projects locally here in
Mapleton and uh you know, we've
[27:44] certainly got nothing but great things
to say about them. So the fact that you
[27:48] guys are partnering with them is
wonderful, too. So um it looks like an
[27:51] amazing project.
>> Thank you. Thank you.
[27:55] » Thank you. Any further?
>> That's great. Thank you very much.
[27:59] » Thank you.
>> We'll be in touch.
[28:03] » Resolution I have here is moved by
councelor Martin, second by councelor
[28:06] Reid that council receive information
and delegation of Mapleton Historical
[28:09] Society Representative Karen Smart and
from Hope Denise Dickinson. And we have
[28:16] Abby Cooper
regarding the strategic partnership
[28:20] Queens Bush Settlement Mural Project and
Mapleton Cultural Plan regarding the
[28:24] opportunity for the township of Mapleton
to officially join the partnership and
[28:27] provide formal support for this regional
landmark partnership. Anything further?
[28:36] » Go ahead.
>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Can we include or
[28:38] amend that uh for a request for a report
back?
[28:42] » Correct. Second for the council Woodm.
Thank you. All in favor to the
[28:47] amendment. It's carried.
So tag on the line there and the CEO or
[28:55] staff will report back on how we can
support this project.
[29:01] Anything further?
All in favor? It's carried.
[29:10] » Thank you everyone.
>> Thank you.
[29:13] Next we have up 7.3 we have Dorothy
Keller. Dorothy, welcome.
[29:24] » We're not in a rush. Take your time.
>> I forgot my cane.
[29:32] Sorry.
As you know, Greg, I've
[29:38] had my house up for sale.
I lost the sale due to my neighbors.
[29:45] Now,
I understood that this was going to get
[29:50] cleaned up
and
[29:54] the rooster was going to have to go, but
it's just the same as it was. I took
[30:01] pictures today that it's the very same.
I had the rat guy come into my home
[30:09] again today
[30:13] and there's still rats in there. Now, in
all the years I have lived out there, I
[30:19] have never ever had a rat
until these people put their chickens
[30:26] and their goats and left their manure
there.
[30:31] And even the rat guy says that's where
they're coming from.
[30:38] I was offered,
somebody else offered me some money for
[30:42] the house. 10 acres of 10.1 acres of
land, three bedroomedroom house, and a
[30:48] big workshop garage.
$540,000
[30:55] because of the rats.
[31:01] Like, we got to do something. I can't
stand another winter out there, Greg.
[31:07] That's why I wanted to get it cleaned up
and get my place sold. And I've had a
[31:14] lot of interest, but as soon as they
find out about rats,
[31:19] nope. Or they give me a ridiculous low
offer. So, I'm asking you, please,
[31:26] can we not clean up this mess? That's
going to stink to high heaven come
[31:32] summer.
[31:36] » Thank you, Dorothy.
>> Thank you,
[31:46] » Michelle.
[31:59] Michelle, do you have comments for this?
[32:06] » Thank you. Uh, through you, Merrick.
The, um, Officer Clemens has sent out
[32:11] notification with a deadline and has
followed up on the situation. The
[32:17] deadline is not up yet, but I know that
uh Officer Clemens did attend earlier
[32:22] this week, which obviously means
yesterday because it's only Tuesday
[32:26] today. And the applicant or the person
in question did ask why were we there so
[32:32] much sooner and it was to at least be
able to give an update to council that
[32:36] things have progressed. They're not
complete. That is absolutely correct,
[32:41] but it is in progress.
>> Thank you.
[33:01] So,
[33:04] » so Mrs. McCabe has has answered the
question saying that there there is a
[33:07] deadline that was put on by the bile
officer. That deadline has not been met
[33:11] yet. So when that that deadline comes
up?
[33:15] » Well,
do we know when that deadline is? I do
[33:19] not know. We we could actually we can
get we can get that information. We can
[33:23] get that information to Dorothy.
>> Okay. Well,
[33:28] » sorry, mayor. We we do not divulge
>> case information. I mean, I can
[33:34] certainly provide a deadline, but we
don't do do followup other than we have
[33:40] been out. It has been documented,
letters have been been sent and we just
[33:45] have to give them their their time. And
like I said, we did go out so that we
[33:48] could give an update here to council as
well as to to for Dorothy for you to now
[33:55] relay that to her.
>> No, no, you can absolutely absolutely
[33:59] tell her.
>> Oh, and I would absolutely tell you
[34:03] that. I just don't have it in I just
mean but we don't we just don't give out
[34:07] details this.
[34:15] No, I absolutely can follow up with you
tomorrow.
[34:19] » Any questions from members of council?
[34:24] » Okay. Thank you.
>> Have the resolutions here. 7.3 moved by
[34:31] councelor Reed second by councelor
Martin Township Mapleton Council receive
[34:34] for information delegation of Dorothy
Keller of 7858 side 21 Arthur regarding
[34:40] the repercussions of her neighbors
livestock.
[34:43] Anything further from council? All in
favor? Carried.
[34:56] Moving on to uh item number nine. So we
have close to home the good neighbor
[35:01] project. Sounds like a great project.
Can't wait to hear all about it. Helen
[35:15] » through you mayor uh Davidson. Um yes, I
just am here to give um a progress
[35:21] report on a project that we're starting
here in the township of Mapleton called
[35:26] the Good Neighbor Project. Um in my
report, I had mentioned a bit of the
[35:32] background um regarding this project. Um
in September of 25, we had a seniors
[35:39] advisory group meeting and part of our
strategic plan. Um some of the members
[35:46] uh thought that it would be a great
opportunity to meet some unme unmet
[35:51] needs of seniors in our community and
this was the way um we decided that we
[35:58] would try and and launch the program.
Um, I would like to say that when we
[36:04] came to the township to meet with Manny
and Michelle and Amy, um, we really
[36:08] appreciated their enthusiasm for the
program. And in fact, we were surprised
[36:13] to leave with our very first volunteer,
Mary Manny Baron himself. So, I mean, it
[36:19] really says something when you'll put
your time behind a project. So, just
[36:23] bringing this um to council for
information. um just letting you know um
[36:29] what we were thinking in terms of how
the project would look. So, next slide
[36:34] please. And we can just and that is the
link to the Google um site that we set
[36:41] up while we were um making sort of a
draft to have a look to see how the
[36:45] program might work. And so that is a
live link in the presentation so people
[36:50] can check that out if they would like
to. Next slide please.
[36:55] Um, so we know that Mapleton has good
strong community and good roots and
[37:02] that's why we want to start here because
we feel like we have a good chance of
[37:06] getting some volunteers to come out and
help us with with the program. So the
[37:12] idea is to meet seniors unmet needs with
community members that can meet that
[37:18] need. So it s sounds kind of simple but
there are many things that don't take a
[37:23] lot of time that seniors find
challenging. So I was noticing with our
[37:28] last person um when they were making
their presentation how hard it is for
[37:33] them to get around. So imagine a senior
with mobility issues just trying to put
[37:39] out their blue box in the wintertime.
Now that's something that takes us
[37:45] 15 seconds maybe 30 seconds. we get to
our car and forget that we were supposed
[37:50] to put it out. But for someone who has
mobility issues, um it can be really
[37:55] challenging to get that blue box to the
curb. And it's something that a good
[38:00] neighbor could do in 20 seconds. So,
we're not necessarily asking people, we
[38:06] know how busy everyone is, to dedicate
hours and hours of their time, but to
[38:11] put out what they're able to do and then
um match the seniors will be matched
[38:16] with the volunteer.
So, next slide, please.
[38:21] So, we wanted to find an easy way to
make this work. So, we created and I say
[38:26] we um this was all the work of uh
Johanna Brown. If it was the work of we
[38:32] um as in myself, it would be two little
squares. This is totally beyond me. Um
[38:38] so we uh Johanna created these two forms
and basically I need help or I can help.
[38:45] So the I need help can be filled out by
a senior themselves or a family member
[38:51] and it clicks to a form where they can
indicate what the need is. And I can
[38:57] help is the same for the volunteer. So,
they are able to indicate what kind of
[39:02] things they're able to offer, whether
it's picking up someone's groceries,
[39:07] whether it's taking out someone's
garbage, whether it's doing a fall leaf
[39:12] um cleanup, those kinds of tasks. And
so, um those two forms will take you to
[39:19] an application. So, it's pretty easy, um
to move through the the application
[39:24] itself. Um next slide, please. So yeah,
and this is just draft because we need
[39:31] the help of um Amy and Michaela to get
this so that it's incorporated actually
[39:37] in the Mapleton website. This is um a
Google um website which is not
[39:42] compatible, but we wanted to get our
ideas together in a draft form and
[39:46] thought that was the easiest way. So and
next slide please.
[39:52] And um so here's the volunteer
application. Um and when it's in Google
[39:58] then it would populate a spreadsheet
that we would be able to go to so we
[40:03] would be um aware of when someone had
filled out the sheet.
[40:07] Um next slide.
So, um this is just like around B uh
[40:13] bridging the generations and we do think
that the older adults in um Mapleton
[40:20] bring so much to the community and you
don't have to look around very far to
[40:25] see where seniors are keeping things
going in our community. If you look at
[40:30] any of the historical societies or the
church groups or um service clubs, many
[40:36] many seniors dedicating their time to
keeping this community strong. Next
[40:41] slide, please. And so we also um made
some draft um social media posts to
[40:49] indicate what we're looking for. Um so
we have two of those. And next slide,
[40:55] please.
And so um this sort of indicates what we
[41:00] were thinking um and with the help of
Amy and Michaela and your guidance would
[41:07] like to bring um to the township. So, um
I would say that um we always uh we know
[41:17] from our interactions with seniors what
what a lot of the needs are, but these
[41:22] forms allow specific needs that the
senior has identified.
[41:27] And we um we always try to get this
message across that asking for help
[41:35] isn't a sign of weakness. So, um, we we
often have people who don't recognize
[41:43] when they need help and then that's when
they have a fall or something happens to
[41:48] their health. But if you um if you do
reach out when you do need help, um it's
[41:54] actually a sign of strength and insight
into where you are in your journey. And
[42:00] so um we feel that Mapleton is the
absolute right place to start this
[42:07] initiative.
So thank you and I am happy to take any
[42:12] questions.
>> Great. Thank you Helen. Resolution moved
[42:16] by council read second by councelor
Martin that council receive report cth
[42:20] 20226-02 for information questions to
Helen. Councelor Wood.
[42:26] » Thank you through you mayor Davidson.
Just more a comment. I just wanted to
[42:30] say thank you so much um for all the
work that the seniors for excellence
[42:34] does. I know in my former position of
working with the uh Marville Township
[42:39] Housing Corporation,
it was difficult for some of the seniors
[42:44] just even to shovel off their patio once
in a while, right? So, this is a great
[42:49] opportunity. I'm not sure. I'm kind of
on the fence. I will volunteer, but
[42:53] pretty soon I'll be a senior, too. So,
[laughter] but no, I don't need help
[42:57] yet. But but definitely I think it's a
fabulous opportunity and I think you
[43:04] will be surprised how many volunteers
you will have to to assist our seniors
[43:09] in Mapleton. Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[43:12] » Other comments or questions
Martin?
[43:16] » Uh thank you, Mr. Mayor. You don't often
get questions, so
[43:20] » I was like I was like two. [laughter]
>> Uh so I would echo councelor Woodham's
[43:27] comments. seems like a really great
program and a platform. Um the question
[43:31] I have is
um how it gets operationalized. So I
[43:36] love the fact that you're doing VSC's
and all that stuff, right? Like
[43:38] protecting
uh you know our vulnerable population is
[43:42] a it's a must, right? Um but how does it
work in the background? um if you've got
[43:50] people. So, how does Manny know what to
volunteer for if he's not sure what the
[43:55] actual needs are and how like is that
something that somebody on the
[43:58] background facilitates and and joins up?
I know for myself
[44:03] um
um if you you know you can offer
[44:07] something maybe your capabilities are
multiplatform and cut grass do a whole
[44:13] bunch of things but if there's another
need out there that's not identified uh
[44:17] by somebody how do you how do you bridge
that gap
[44:22] » we were kind of struggling with what do
we get first do we get the volunteers
[44:28] um and then have them sort of let us
know what what they're interested in or
[44:35] do we get the seniors but if we have the
seniors first and we don't have anyone
[44:40] to match them with it's very
disappointing right because seniors hear
[44:44] that a lot you know oh I'm sorry there's
a wait list for that or so what we were
[44:50] hoping to do to get the program started
was when we have our volunteers sign up
[44:58] when we get those needs in would be to
say um like to contact the volunteers
[45:04] and say this is what this is the need
that we have because we don't know the
[45:09] specific needs. So people could be
telling us all kinds of things and then
[45:13] someone gets in touch with us and says I
need this and we're like oh. So so that
[45:18] was how we were um hoping to get the
first few connections going and I think
[45:25] as we get requests we'll be able to
finesse the application form too so that
[45:31] we can take off some of the things that
we never are asked for and add things
[45:36] that come up on a regular basis. So it
will sort of be an evolving type um
[45:42] thing. Um so we hope to have the the
information on the Mapleton website for
[45:48] July 1st to go live. Um and then we will
um like we we will hopefully be getting
[45:56] lots of volunteers.
And I honestly think even if we had to
[46:01] start like a halfozen good volunteers,
we would find that we had um we would be
[46:09] able to help a lot of people with that
because a lot of these tasks aren't
[46:14] major tasks like the garbage is an
example. Um that does not take anyone
[46:20] any length of time to do. Um, and also
like I kind of envision a bit of a
[46:27] education program. I don't want to say
like education people just kind of roll
[46:31] their eyes, right? But just sort of um
having some success stories and maybe um
[46:37] Tony down the road doesn't ever um
volunteer for us, but he hears about how
[46:43] somebody had help with getting their
grocer.
[46:47] And then he's like, "Oh, Mabel down the
street. I could lend a hand to Mabel."
[46:52] and it's never through this official
program. So, it's sort of like we want
[46:57] to have two we want it to spread with
our own volunteers, but we also want
[47:01] people to kind of open up their eyes and
look around and see how they can help
[47:07] their community. That was a very long
answer. So, no wonder no one ever asked
[47:12] me a question. [laughter]
>> Actually, I take your answer as you know
[47:17] as long, but usually councelor Martin's
questions are quite long as well.
[47:20] [laughter]
it works out.
[47:23] Anything further, Kather Reed?
>> Uh, thank you through your mayor. Um, I
[47:28] I know that this is very much directed
to adults helping adults. Has there been
[47:32] any thought to like our younger adult
community or teens mowing lawns and
[47:37] doing things or is that not something in
this scope yet? Like if I have a son
[47:41] who's 12 and who would he'd help the
world if he could, but like putting
[47:46] garbage out and stuff, is that something
that we could foresee happening? like if
[47:50] there's easier tasks for local
neighbors.
[47:54] » I see that. Yes, I do. I think that's
great. And the one thing that's great
[48:00] about intergenerational
um relationships is that it um fosters
[48:06] different conversations and different
relationships because when we're with
[48:10] our peers and I'm a like I'm older
myself, right? And when I sit around
[48:14] with a bunch of my friends, like we all
kind of talk about, well gosh, is this
[48:18] happening to you or is that happening?
But if I'm sitting with a group of
[48:22] younger people, the conversation
changes, right? And I think there's a
[48:26] great benefit to both groups for that.
So I could see how that could happen.
[48:31] It's just I we would need to put some
thought into how to engage those younger
[48:36] people because um the younger people if
they're engaged right from the get-go
[48:42] then they grow up to be fantastic
volunteers and fantastic community
[48:46] members. So it needs some thought for
sure, but it's a great one.
[48:50] » Council Martin got a followup. Okay,
call a question. All in favor? It's
[48:57] carried. Thank you. Thank you, Helen.
>> Thank you.
[49:02] Moving on to 9.2. Aman,
your report. Thank you.
[49:08] » Okay.
>> Thank you everyone. Um, this report is
[49:12] for information regarding the awards of
contracts RFP 202517
[49:18] hotmix paving and RF 20264
bridge MB2 replacement.
[49:25] The detailed breakdown of both projects
is included uh within the report for
[49:30] council's review. Uh the 2026 hotmix
paving program was tendered in December
[49:36] of last year 2025 which was
significantly earlier than we have done
[49:41] in previous years and prior to many
municipalities finalizing their budgets.
[49:47] So by going to the market early, the
township was able to take advantage of
[49:51] more favorable conditions. As we all
know, contractors had greater
[49:56] availability at the time, which allowed
them to better plan their crews and uh
[50:01] avoid increases in fuel cost, labor, and
material costs, which ultimately led to
[50:06] more competitive bid pricing. Um also
clarification to the report I want to
[50:11] say is like the awarded amount of
$965,527
[50:17] and 555 cents reflects only the paving
tender itself. The total cost of the
[50:23] praing program will be higher as it also
includes the additional components such
[50:28] as pulverizing the existing ash vault
placement of granular a shoulder gravel
[50:33] line painting as well as our internal
staff cost for labor and equipment.
[50:38] These items were not included in the
tender amount but will be tracked as a
[50:42] part of the overall project. Uh while we
do not anticipate while we do anticipate
[50:48] that there will be a lot of costs saving
the exact amount is not yet known. Uh
[50:53] and yeah and everything else has been
included for the MB00002 project. It was
[50:57] well within the budget and we're here to
answer any questions if council has.
[51:02] Thank you.
>> Thank you. Resolution 921 moved by
[51:07] councelor Martin, second by council
Reed, that council receive report FYIN
[51:10] 2026 task 22 regarding the award of
contracts for the 2026 hot mix paving
[51:16] program and the replacement of bridge
MB002 for information. Questions for
[51:21] Aman
[51:25] Woodm.
>> Thank you through you, Mayor Davidson. A
[51:29] question to Aman then. So thank you for
clarifying that because I was trying to
[51:35] do the math. So we're thinking that it
could be up to 1.3 million for the
[51:41] pulverizing existing ashvault supply and
delivery of the road granu a then
[51:46] because that's the difference or we feel
that it would be less than that.
[51:54] » Uh through you Mr. Mayor. Uh we I would
anticipate that the total cost would be
[52:00] less than $1.3 million.
Uh like we have already tendered out the
[52:06] gravel and the pulverizing and I while I
do have those numbers other numbers are
[52:12] yet to be determined like our internal
costs and equipment. Uh we have also
[52:18] never really gone out for tender that
far like in advance like we went out
[52:24] like people like 2025 I did two paving
tenders for 2025 and 2026 so there will
[52:31] be cost savings not 1.3 because we still
have to like uh account for all th those
[52:38] costs but I think after Patrick would be
able to answer speak to that a little
[52:44] bit. Sure. Thanks, Aman. And through
you, mayor. Yeah, I think we we did kind
[52:51] of predict not to this extent of savings
um of what can happen when we get this
[52:56] budget approved in a timely manner um
and tenders out on the street quickly.
[53:01] Obviously, having Aman um on our team to
have these tenders ready to go with
[53:07] support from from Jim and the rest of
the folks um on their side is huge. um
[53:13] the fact that that council approved a
budget late in in 2025 and we can get
[53:18] teners on the street. This shows the
true benefit to that. At the same time,
[53:23] um we do build budgets based on what our
general market prices at the time.
[53:27] Ashvalt price index pieces can can
inflate the cost substantially the
[53:33] longer that you wait. So, um, while we
did have savings on this project in this
[53:37] year, there'll be other projects that
didn't get out as early where we'll see
[53:41] some cost overruns or closer to the
budget, um, I'd say the township does a
[53:46] really good job of of estimating um, our
need. Uh, last year, you'll recall we
[53:51] did get um, external funding for Side
Road 15. And when that external funding
[53:56] showed up, we brought forward a report
that said, "Hey, now that we have excess
[53:59] funding, maybe we considered another
project." The challenge with that this
[54:03] year, because maybe I'm just inferring
what council might be thinking, but the
[54:07] challenge with that this year, if we
were to try and say, "We've saved on
[54:09] this one. Let's jam in another project."
We don't have projects that are ready to
[54:13] go um for those funds. So essentially,
whatever savings we we realize at the
[54:18] end of the year, at the end of this
project, when all costs are incurred,
[54:20] they don't go anywhere. They go directly
into the infrastructure reserve fund and
[54:24] get used for future capital. So, hope
that adds a little more context.
[54:29] » Thank you. Further questions?
Aman, can you advise council and the
[54:35] huge audience we have online?
Um, how many kilometers are we doing
[54:40] this year of paving?
>> Uh, we're doing 9.36 kilometers of
[54:45] paving this year.
>> That's amazing.
[54:49] » Thank you so much. If there's nothing
further, all in favor, it's carried.
[55:02] Moving on to uh public works which is
preliminary acceptance of block 90 Glen
[55:08] Avalid subdivision.
[55:15] So I have the resolution here moved by
councelor Wood second by council read
[55:19] that council receive report PW2026-06
regarding block 90 Glen Avalid
[55:25] subdivision for information and further
council accept the recommendation from
[55:29] RJ Burnside and Associates Limited and
grant preliminary acceptance of block 90
[55:34] of the Glen Avalid subdivision. Any
questions from council on this report?
[55:41] All in favor? It's carried.
[55:50] Next, we have a report on the
Murfield and Drayton concession booths.
[55:58] Jim.
[56:03] » Okay, Patrick.
Thanks, uh, Mayor Davidson. Um, and, uh,
[56:09] Amy Gross is unavailable for the meeting
tonight, so I said I'd cover for her on
[56:12] this one. So essentially, uh, council
did, um, direct staff to explore the
[56:18] potential to open up concession booths
at both Ball Diamonds, um, in Murfield
[56:22] and in Drayton. So, what this report
simply does is is asks for council's
[56:28] approval to issue an RFP, which would go
out, a pretty simple RFP, which again,
[56:32] we got Aman's expertise to help out with
that, would go out on the street to seek
[56:37] anybody that might be interested in
running the concession booth or
[56:40] concession booths. um it would be
evaluated in our regular process for
[56:44] evaluating them and then brought back to
council to determine whether um we want
[56:48] to move forward with that option. So,
it's a fairly simplistic report but more
[56:53] outlines that we don't have the
resources internally on staff to run
[56:57] open up and run a concession booth and
we weren't interested in hiring staff
[57:01] and managing those concession booths.
But if somebody from the public is
[57:04] interested in it wants to put in a
proposal, it'll be available and we'll
[57:07] we'll advertise it in the public for
that.
[57:09] » Thank you, Mr. Kelly. Resolution I have
moved by councelor Reed second by
[57:12] councelor Woodham that council receive
report RECC 2026-03 regarding the
[57:18] Morfield and Drayton concession boosts
and further council approve the issuance
[57:22] of an RFP for the operation of outdoor
seasonal concessions within municipal
[57:26] parks questions
[57:31] Martin.
>> Uh thank you Mr. Mayor. I just want to
[57:34] say thank you for the report. Uh I'm
assuming
[57:38] Patrick kind of what you inferred that
there would be the ability for somebody
[57:42] to uh do one or both. Correct. Um
>> that's correct. Okay.
[57:49] » All seasons uh underway. Uh lights are
on an awful lot. There's certainly a lot
[57:54] of noise happening down there. So, uh it
sounds like the timeline's pretty
[57:57] aggressive, too. So, I think that should
be excellent.
[57:59] » Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[58:02] » Anything further? All in favor? It's
carried.
[58:11] On to item 10, which is approval of
bylaws.
[58:15] 10.1 moved by councelor Woodham, second
by councelor Reid. That bylaw number
[58:20] 2026 to 029 being a bylaw to dedicate
certain lands within the township of
[58:25] Mapleton as part of a public highway. We
hereby ready first, second, and third
[58:29] time. finally pass this 26th day of May
2026.
[58:34] Questions on any of these?
All in favor? Carried.
[58:43] Nothing on item 11. We have item 12.
There
[58:48] a number of items from Push.
[58:54] Anybody wish to speak to any of these 17
items?
[59:04] Not seeing any, we'll move to item 13.
Any notice of motion?
[59:10] Item 15. Other business.
[59:15] All right. Moved. Item 16 moved by
councelor Reed, second by councelor
[59:19] Woodham. The town shall be able to
council move into a close session to
[59:22] consider the following subject matters.
the security of the property of the
[59:26] municipality and personal matters about
identifiable individual including
[59:30] municipal employees. All in favor?
Right. It's carried. 10-minute recess