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and welcome to the Township of
Whitewater Region's regular council

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meeting for Wednesday, January 14th, and
it is 3:03 p.m. And I just uh anybody

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watching, I just want to thank you for
your patience. It's been a very very

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full day with a budget committee meeting
to lead up to this council meeting and

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therefore the the two-hour delay. And
with that, we're going to we're going to

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jump right into it.
The first on our agenda is our national

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anthem. So, if you could stand, please,
and face the flea.

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[music]

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Oh Canada, [singing]
[music]

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our home and native land.
[music]

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True
love [singing]

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in all
command [music and singing]

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with all hearts we [music] see the rise
the truth [singing]

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of sorrow and free [music]
from [singing] wide oh Canada [music] we

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stand on guard for thee

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[singing]
people

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glorious [music]
and free. [singing]

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Oh, can we [singing] stand on [music]
God for thee?

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[music]

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We stand
for [music]

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thee.

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And next is our land acknowledgement.
Councelor White, please.

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» As we gather, we would like to
acknowledge on behalf of the township of

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Whitewater region and our community that
we are meeting on the traditional

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territory of the Algangquin people. We
thank the Algangquin people and express

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our respect and support for their rich
history and we are extremely grateful

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for their many and continued displays of
friendship. We also thank all the

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generations of indigenous people who
have taken care of this land for

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thousands of years.
>> Thanks, Councelor White. And the next

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item is the adoption of the agenda. The
recommendation is the council of

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Township Way Region approved the January
14th, 2026 agenda. Can I get a mover in

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a second, please? Deputy mayor and
councelor Moore.

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Uh just before I open it up to council
for any changes or amendments, I'm just

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going to recognize that it is
as written is going to be a little bit

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out of order. Item 6.1 I'll just
highlight 6.1 is our public meeting

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specific to two zoning amendments. And
that public meeting will begin at 4:45

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p.m. So, wherever we are at, we will
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interrupt where we're at and go to that
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see in the report section 9.1 and 9.2,
these are the actual resolutions. Is

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that right, clerk? Resolutions. These
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specific to that public meeting. We
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after the public meeting. We've had the
opportunity to receive public input. So

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9.1 and 9.2 will follow
the public meeting at 4:45 p.m. So you

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can see the agenda may get we may be
going back and forth, but uh that's the

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intent is just to make sure again it
really comes back to we want to make

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sure that the public has as much
opportunity to attend. Therefore, public

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meetings are 445
and the resolutions as a result will

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have to follow afterwards. Good. With
all that being said, clerk, was there

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anything else I missed?
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» good. Any changes or uh amendments of
the council would like to make to the

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agenda as presented?
>> Good. I see none. We'll call for the

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vote. All those in favor?
Unanimous. Thank you, folks. The next is

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the adoption of the minutes. We have a
number of minutes here. Minutes. uh from

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uh December 3rd, December 8th, and
December 11th. Uh two special council

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meetings and a regular council meeting.
The recommendation is that the council

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of township whitewater region approve
the regular minutes of December 3rd,

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2025. The special regular minutes of
December 8th, 2025 and the special close

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session of December 11th, 2025,
understanding that they remain

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confidential.
The close this the close session

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minutes. A mover and a seconder, please.
Moved by the deputy mayor, seconded by

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councelor Bell.
Any errors, omissions? Again, if it's

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anything to do with the closed portion,
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hear those.

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Good. I see none. I call for the vote.
All those in favor? Unanimous. Thank

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you.
Uh I note that there are uh

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a number of committees and boards
minutes that are attached to the agenda

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for your information and for the
public's information. The first two are

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budget committee meetings from December
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The second is uh the Muskrat wershed
council minutes from November 2025. And

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I'll turn to the council lead for
Muskrat wershed. Is there anything you

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want to add or highlight?
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let people know um if you want to attend
one of our Muskart watershed council

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meetings uh the next one is January 15th
but none of them all of our meetings are

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now online due to weather. We can never
tell if it's going to be good weather or

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bad. So and we come from a large area so
we have opted to go through online um

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meetings only. So, you can contact me or
if you know a member of the uh Muskart

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wershed council, you can contact them
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meeting is Thursday, January 15th at
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» Excellent. Thank you so much.
Uh, next item on our agenda is

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disclosures of interest. Is there any
disclosures that any member of council

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has to make as a result of any of the
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Good. I see none.
So that would lead us into six, which is

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the presentations. As I mentioned
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come back to it at 4:45.
So that leads me into the mayor's

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address, which is item number seven, and
I emailed it to myself again.

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I've received a lot of emails uh since
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Okay, that's going to be interesting
later.

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Okay, so welcome back to the council
chambers even though you've already been

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here for 3 hours and 10 minutes. Uh I
hope everyone enjoyed their holiday

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season and a happy new year to all. Uh
it's been five weeks since our last

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regular council meeting um uh and
regular scheduled council meeting. And

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while we've had a couple special
meetings and budget committee meetings

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during the time, this is really the
first formal mayor's address that I've

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been able to provide for a while. Uh
first item I wanted to talk about was

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just upcoming conference and the
delegations. This weekend from Sunday to

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Tuesday, four members of council will be
attending the rural Ontario Municipal

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Conference and Councelor White, myself,
Councelor Olmstead, and councelor Trim.

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Um, and we have several important
delegations that have been scheduled by

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our CEO. The first one is with the
solicitor general. Here we'll discuss

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the affordability of the rising OP
policing costs and their impact on

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municipal budgets. Even with the 11%
annual increase cap that the solicitor

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general has placed on the OP budget, the
pressure will remain significant to

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Whitewater region. And this meeting is
going to include seven mayors that are

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served by the Renfruit OP detachment. So
you can imagine this is going to be a

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very fun meeting
with with seven very

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uh speakative people. uh but we're going
to have at it with the solicitor general

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to make sure that he understands the
impact that the OP budget is having on

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rural communities. The second one is the
Minister of Economic Development, job

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creation and trade. And here we're
advocating to support the market support

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for marketing the former Taminko mine,
the mine site and the lands that we're

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proposing for class 3 uh industrial
park. The third one is with Ministry of

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Health and here uh we were very
fortunate to be able to receive an

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opportunity to request increased support
for connectwell. ConnectWell is our

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primary care provider uh here within our
township to improve access to primary

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care in Whitewater region and this is
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infrastructure.
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Infrastructure. I mentioned it in the
committee meeting. I think this is our

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seventh uh delegation this term and here
we're continuing to push for funding for

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rural water and wastewater systems and
asset management in general.

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The last one is Ministry of
Transportation. Here we'll be addressing

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safety concerns on Highway 17 from
Cobden all the way through to CNL. will

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be joined with Pemrook and Pedawa mayors
uh to emphasize the urgency uh and just

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as an example traffic through Cobden now
exceeds 12,000 vehicles a day

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and with projected increases that is
only going to continue to rise. So those

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are the uh upcoming uh delegations that
we have booked at Roma. I'd also want to

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recognize some community recognition
that we will be receiving. Um, I'm

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pleased to share that the ministry,
Minister of Seniors and Accessibility,

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Minister Cho, uh, will officially
recognize Whitewater Region as an age

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Ontario age friendly community on
January 18th. So, I believe that's

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Sunday evening as part of the
conference. Uh, and it this is a

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tremendous achievement uh, that will be
recognized amongst a small group of

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other municipalities across the
province. And I just want to make sure

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that we publicly acknowledge at this
point the dedication of our volunteers,

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our staff who have been
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and council. Um, and we look forward to
being able to celebrate this milestone

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upon our return.
I'm looking at councelor Trimble with

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that one. So, we'll come back to him.
Uh, the next one is uh the budget and

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financial planning. So, today we've been
reviewing the 2026 budget. While

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progress has been made on the 5-year
capital forecast, a number of challenges

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remain. We simply uh cannot raise taxes
to cover the cost of maintaining all of

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our existing assets. The continued uh we
will continue budget committee work um

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as an essential uh task to prioritize
projects and develop a sustainable

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capital plan. And in the weeks ahead,
council will be reviewing service levels

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for our asset management plan. We also
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transportation master plan which is
going to be an interesting document. I

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received the one from county. It is
literally 4 in thick with the

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appendixes. It is an incredible
document. We'll see how good it is. Um

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they are these two the asset management
plan the transportation master plan are

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critical projects that are going to
shape our future and it's going to be a

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busy winter and spring. So, I look
forward to working through these

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priorities together. And that ends my
mayor's report. Any comments or

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questions from members of council.
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And I don't know if our ceremony is
going to be on Facebook.

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Maybe we'll have to Facebook live it
when we're there.

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» We could attempt that. Yes, [laughter]
absolutely. Yeah, we'll uh we'll

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organize some at least some pictures for
sure. Thanks.

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» Excellent. Good. Good. Next is public
comments. And I'll just ask the clerk,

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did we receive any public comments about
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» No.
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» Excellent. Good. Next is the reports.
And as I mentioned earlier, 9.1 and 9.2

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are related to the public meeting. So,
we're going to skip those two for now,

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and we'll jump into 9.3, which is the
library board appointments update. The

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recommendation to council is that the
council of the township whitewater

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region enact a bylaw to update the
members of the Whitewater region public

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library board. A mover and a seconder,
please. Moved by councelor White,

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seconded by councelor Moore. This is
going to CEO or manager community

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services.
>> Uh no, I'll go ahead and speak to it. In

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the absence of our clerk, I'll have to
present a few of the reports tonight. Um

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the uh the this is a pretty
straightforward report for members of

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council. The library board appointment
is a is a is a report you've seen

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numerous times in the last number of
years. Essentially the intent of this of

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this report is to remove uh a member a
long a no longer serving member Jamal is

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the gentleman's name. Um so we'll be
removing him from the bylaw as the

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appointment bylaw. So who will stand is
Monica Lrada Angela Butterworth Jim

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Butterworth Sarah Low and Mary Clark and
then councelor Connie White serves as

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our council member board. Mistake in the
report Tabert but White will get

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corrected. Uh, so that's essentially all
it is is a revised bylaw to remove that

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appointee. That's it. Thanks so much.
>> Excellent. Thank you, CEO. I'll go to my

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mover first. Councelor White.
>> I have nothing to add. Thank you,

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» councelor Moore.
>> Yeah, just one question. So, the way I

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read this, they're only going to update
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on council
um elections or I didn't see anything in

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this time where they were bringing
somebody on board. So they're going to

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work with what they have until the next
election and then try and bring more

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members on.
>> Yeah. So they they actually had an

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exceedence of of min they were greater
than the minimum number. So right now

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the threshold of minimum number of of
members they're meeting that

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requirement. So they're not going to uh
pursue the recruitment of a another

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member at this point in time. The term
of the library board uh aligns with the

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term of council. Uh so it continues
beyond the election. But um until we

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could you know re re recruit new members
of the same members. Uh so let that no

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additional recruitment between now and
the election and then we'll look at that

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as part following the election.
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» Thank you.
>> Any other questions from members of

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council? Seeing none, we'll call for the
vote. All those in favor? It's carried

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unanimous. Thank you.

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Next is 9.4. This is the emergency
management annual program review. The

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recommendation is the council of the
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this report for information purposes as
it pertains to the annual emergency

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management review 2025 and approve
amendments to the emergency response

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plan and amend and attachments. Move her
please councelor white seconded by

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councelor trim.
Back to our CEO.

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» Yeah, thank you. Thank you mayor. Um, so
the the CEMC, the community emergency

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management coordinator being our clerk.
She also serves as the CMC for the

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township. Uh, their their their role and
responsibility is to facilitate and

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implement a wide variety of initiatives
and ongoing activities to strengthen our

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emergency management program and
preparedness. Uh, one of those

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initiatives includes our emergency
management plan. And that emergency

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management plan is a legislated document
that we need to prepare and review

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annually and send it back up to the
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um and to the office of the fire
marshall. We do that annually as they do

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audits on all municipal emergency
management programs in Ontario. So they

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audit these things. So these are
requirements from the province. We

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establish CMC the programs the plans and
we send it back up as annual audits. And

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I guess we spoke about weather, how it's
impacting our roads. I mean weather,

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climate, I would say the weather uh is
having effects on our ability to to

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manage different different uh incidents.
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the I will note the annual statement of
compliance is must be submitted by the

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CMC declaring that the municipality has
met all of our annual requirements and

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that has already occurred. Um and the
intent of and purpose of this report is

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to um to receive for information
purposes together with approving

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amendments to our emergency management
plan. That long document attached to the

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report um is the uh emergency management
plan and it's together with the bylaw at

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the end of the at the in the bylaw
section of the agenda. Uh so just

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highlighting a few more things. Uh so
when we talk about emergency management

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for a municipality there's sort of two
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group and they are responsible for the
direction and control

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um of emergency response during an
incident the MECG that's one group

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incident happens we activate the MECG
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incident and and uh the response to the
emergency and then we also have the uh

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municipal
emergency program committee and that

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committee is different than the MECG
MEPC. Uh they guide and oversee the

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development implementation of the
township's emergency management program.

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So uh the committee has reviewed the
changes to the emergency management plan

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together with the additional uh cyber
incident emergency plan and the HIRA.

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The oh hyra what does that mean again?
In any case, the Hyra, it reviews uh

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critical infrastructure,
an evaluation of different uh

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emergencies that may happen. Um in any
case, so the committee together with uh

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the control group have reviewed these
documents and they're essentially

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accepting the changes and sort of
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the last thing to note here is that
annually as part of this requirement

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from the province, we have to hold a um
a tabletop exercise to make sure that

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all of our uh positions are ready to
respond to emergencies. So that was held

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on October 23rd and it was done uh in in
in collaboration with the county of

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Renfruit. It was a countywide
communication out outage was a tabletop

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exercise. So we responded quite well to
that. uh there was a a debrief after and

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uh and and we're working uh with the
county and everybody on that. So, uh

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we've met our compliance requirements
and we're just proposing some some

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additional uh appendices to the
emergency response plan. Uh and that's

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for members of council to consider.
Hyra means exactly what, Merrick? I seen

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you typing

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» hazard identification and risk
assessment.

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Good. Thank you, CEO. That is a a very
uh long attachment. Um Councelor White

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is our council lead and chairs the and
I've lost the name already because I

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flipped over municipal emergency program
committee. So, she has taken the lead in

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um as part of this with the staff to
propose these uh amendments uh to our

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policies. So, with that, I'm going to go
to her as our mover first. Is there any

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comments or anything you want to add to
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» Um, if anyone wants to read the document
and uh provide any updates, sure, go

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ahead. We appreciate it. But, uh, um,
Carmen, who does who's in who's our

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» clerk?
>> The clerk, but she's

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» CMC.
>> CMC.

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» Sure. Anyway, she's a CMC and she's very
good at at what she does and she's uh I

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would never have thought of updating the
cyber incident, but it's happened and so

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now we've got that. So, but uh yeah, go
read the document and give us a hand.

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» Second is councelor Trim. Perfect. Good.
I won't claim to have read all 180

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pages, but I did skim through it and uh
I noticed just some anomalies on page 36

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and 37 uh where it says
error bookmark not

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uh defined. I don't know if that's just
a program thing or what, but anyway,

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it's just a note. Um
I don't know what it means.

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» Perfect. They're clerical.
>> Absolutely.

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» Mhm.
>> Clerical uh issues. We'll get them

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corrected.
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» Yep.
>> Good. Any other questions or feedback on

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this?
>> I'll just stress from uh

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um
I have somebody invading the CEO's

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office right now. I can hear them in
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Um
the importance of these policies are the

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» Yeah, you step out. Good. These policies
are important. If there is an emergency

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and I get hit by a bus, the other staff
are hit by the bus and the next person,

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the deputy mayor in this situation would
have to step in. The policy is what

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guides you. You flip it open. You You
don't go to page 34. You go to page one.

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And it'll tell you these are the
decisions you need to start to make. And

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it's supposed to be able to the policy
is supposed to give us that guiding so

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that you don't have to worry about it
and know everything.

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Carmen and uh and councelor White do all
the work up front to make sure that

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that's produced. We approve it, but
that's why the policy exists. Good. No

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other comments from council.
Okay, with that, we'll call for a vote.

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All those in favor? It's carried
unanimously. Good. You shouldn't have

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let the manager of public works off the
the hook here. Okay. Should have asked

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him a whole bunch of questions.
Um, good. The next item is 9.5, the

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procedural bylaw amendments.
Uh, and just to note, this is the one

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that has been carried forward since our
discussion in November. uh that council

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the recommendation is that council of
the township of whitewater region pass a

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bylaw to amend the procedural bylaw to
reflect changes including definitions

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orders of business and regular meeting
times. Uh mover and a seconder please.

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Deputy mayor a seconder is going to be
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back to the CEO.
>> Yeah thanks so much. So as the mayor has

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noted that this is the procedural bylaw
that um that has been presented to

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council I think about four times. This
will be the fourth time perhaps. uh the

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delegation of authority bylaw together
with the procurement policy bylaw uh

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were both adopted I think it was in
December the early meeting in December.

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What was the outstanding item was this
procedural bylaw and ultimately the

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reason why it was taken back to staff
and and now returned back to council is

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there was some housekeeping uh changes
that needed to be reflected. So, I think

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there was like a couple provisions that
for some reason were got pulled out, but

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now they've the version that's before
you is the clean final version. I

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believe the highlighted changes are in
the one that's attached to your your

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report and then the bylaw has the non-
highlighted one. Maybe it is still

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highlighted. I'm not sure, but this is
the final version um for for your

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consideration. Thanks so much.
>> Excellent. Thanks, CEO. And I'll go to

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uh Deputy Mayor first.
>> Thank you. Yeah, I've I've perused this

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so many times. Um I I I'm in favor of
ready to move forward with this. Thank

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you.
>> Thank you, Councelor White.

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» No, nothing to add.
>> Excellent. You were the one who caught

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the mistakes before, so I'm glad to see
that they have been corrected to your

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satisfaction. Good. Any other feedback
from members of council? Uh oh. Council

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Mort,
>> someone refreshed my memory. This will

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take effect um at the signing of this if
we agree to it tonight,

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meaning the next meeting will be at 1
p.m. instead of 4:45.

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» CO.
>> Yeah, that's correct. So, the uh the the

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the proposed changes to the procedural
bylaw before council right now has all

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of the meetings commencing at 1 p.m. Um
yes. I mean, the next meeting is a is a

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first meeting of the month, which would
have been at 1 PM anyway, but they'll

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all be starting at 1 p.m., correct?
>> Okay. So, could that be discussed then

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on the agenda at the next meeting so
that people watching know that the the

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second meeting of the month isn't at
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» Good. Yeah, we'll put a reminder in it.
>> Yeah, I think we have a current going

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out as well, so the current can also uh
identify that change yet.

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» Great. Thank you.
>> Good. Thank you, councelor Moore. Any

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other comments?
>> Good. We'll call for a vote. All those

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in favor? Unanimous. Thank you.
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Next is 9.6. A sale of land for an
unopened road allowance on Colunge Lake.

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Uh recommendation the council of
township whitewater region one declare

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the property legally described as road
allowance between concession north front

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D and concession one colunge lakefront
westme part three of plan 49R210007

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surplus to the township's needs and
authorize its sale to Paul Jerva for the

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purposes of lot addition and two enact a
bylaw for the purposes of stopping up

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and close
stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop

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stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop
stop stop stop stop stop stopping up and

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closing the road allowance pursuant to
The Municipal Act 2001 SO201C25

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moved by councelor Trim, seconded by
councelor Moore,

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manager public works or CEO. Manager
public works.

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I I'll go ahead and present it. It's
fine. [laughter] Thanks. Um if uh while

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I I'll go through a bit of the text
part, but if I'll ask the the uh acting

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clerk if you could move to slide two or
page 263 of your document or Yeah. or

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click on the agenda package. Yeah,
that'd be great. Uh so essentially what

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this is is that uh it's another portion
of the unopen road allowance uh that we

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sold to a Mr. McBride a few months ago.
He had purchased this unopened road

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allowance that is near La Kul Kulange
Lake Trail. Um when we did the surveying

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we knew there was interest from an
adjacent land owner, Mr. Jerv Paul Jerv.

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Uh so we also surveyed that same road
allowance at the waterfront portion of

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his property. Uh so we we connected back
with Mr. Jerv and he continues to show

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interest and he he's requested that we
proceed to council for approval. Um, so

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the uh uh the same terms apply to Mr.
Dur that applied to the neighbor. Uh,

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that being that they're prepared to pray
pay a sales price of uh of f in this

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case it's $5,514.50.
It's it's a little bit larger than Mr.

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McBride's property and we use M Mr.
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value per square meter or or acre. Uh so
just just over $5,500. Uh Mr. D will be

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responsible for a proportional share of
the costing so of the surveying rather

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and he'll pay for his own legal. So um
the uh the actual money generated uh

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will be $5,500 plus a bit plus a portion
of surveying and he'll pay for his own

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legal. So uh staff are fully supportive
of this and uh and we're prepared to

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move forward

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and we're almost there. Third page.
Thanks. I can There you go. Uh, so here

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we have it. Part three is the one in
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Uh, part two is like a strip of land
that we will retain because there's this

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block 23 that is owned by a corporation
and and Mr. McBride's trying to purchase

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it. And if he purchases that block 23,
that little strip, then he might

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approach us to buy part two to add to
his land. And in part one is the

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property that we have already sold to
Mr. McBride. In fact, the transfers

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occurred. we've received payment for it.
So part one's been sold to Mr. McBride.

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Part two is pending uh some some some
matter on block 23 that strip and then

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block three is the portion to Mr. Jerv.
Um if this is approved it it probably in

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the next two or three weeks it'll be
finalized.

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The only thing I would add is that we
don't uh we we have in the budget under

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revenue sale of land and we we collect
that money and we put it in that budget

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line. Uh I'm not it goes against the
operating costs I think. Yeah, against

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operating. So that's kind of where the
money will end up. Thanks.

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» Good. Thank you. CEO mover was uh
councelor Trim. Yes. [clears throat] Um

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this uh we have also uh a policy that we
do not sell uh roads leading to water.

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Now this is a very big exception. Uh if
you can see in your mind's eye, this uh

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is would be Nikolai Road. So it runs uh
north from the Gore line to the Ottawa

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River, but before it gets right into the
Ottawa River, it goes in and out of the

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water. And that's what's happening here.
And so it's it's not useful. It's it's

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not like other road allowances going to
water. This one goes in and out. And so

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it is a good it it it's a good sale.
It's not it would never be useful to to

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uh the council uh to the township. And
so as the CEO has said, part one has

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been sold and and uh it ends up in the
water and part three is going to be sold

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after we approve and it ends up in the
water. Now, part two, I think uh and the

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planner or uh CEO could correct me. I
think it's it's been put there as access

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to the lots above in this map that you
don't see that don't have access to the

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water. And so, I don't know if Mr.
McBride is able to buy uh block 23.

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That'd be fine. However, I think if we
are going if he wants to buy part two

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from us, we should offer half of part
two to Mr. Jerva.

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» Uh, in fairness,
>> he may not want it, but I think that

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that should be offered. Um, but anyway,
that's all I have to uh uh offer on

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that. I think it's a a very good I'd be
I moved it and I'm going to be happy to

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uh vote in favor of this motion. Thank
you. All right.

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And our secondary is councelor Moore.
>> Uh [clears throat] the last time we

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discussed this and there was a different
map up. I understood the parameters of

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of the said property and I have no
problems with the sale.

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» Perfect. Any other comments from members
of council? Councelor White.

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» Just a question here. When I look at
this, I see part two and then there's a

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block 24. How does that person get to
block 24 if part two is sold?

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I could provide some some clarifications
if you want. Yes, please. So, is it

409
00:34:32,639 --> 00:34:37,359
block 24 or block 23?
>> 23.

410
00:34:35,919 --> 00:34:40,320
» 23. Okay.
>> No.

411
00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:45,520
» Oh, block 24 there.
>> Yeah. Yeah. So, block 24.

412
00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:49,040
» It's the bigger part close to the Ottawa
River there.

413
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:50,720
» Bottom left corner. If you look up on
your screen, councelor Trim, you'll be

414
00:34:50,399 --> 00:34:54,079
able
>> essentially it's shoreline.

415
00:34:54,059 --> 00:34:59,040
[snorts]
>> Yeah. So block block 23 as it stands

416
00:34:57,119 --> 00:35:05,200
presently is held by this corporation
who also owns block 24. It's like the

417
00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:09,599
past owners. It's like an estate of the
subdivision that exist that was

418
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:14,640
developed numbers of years ago. Uh so 23
right now is a point of access to block

419
00:35:11,839 --> 00:35:20,240
24 and to the water.
But there's also another strip of land

420
00:35:18,240 --> 00:35:25,440
in the subdivision that also accesses
block 24 and the beach and the water

421
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:29,920
that residents are currently using. So I
mean for the purposes of the discussion

422
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:36,400
today when we come back with part the
reference to part two and block 23 and

423
00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:42,480
block like we'll clarify that a bit
more. Um, but your question is why would

424
00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:46,320
he buy buy part three if he has to go
over block 24 to get to the water? Is

425
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:52,560
that the question?
>> No. How is Okay, so block 24 is owned by

426
00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:57,359
somebody. Part two is going to be owned
by somebody. And how does the person in

427
00:35:55,599 --> 00:36:01,440
block 24 get to their property?
>> There's another point of access in the

428
00:35:59,119 --> 00:36:05,200
subdivision further down Lac Kulange.
There's another strip of land somewhere

429
00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:08,240
else to get to block 24. There's two
accesses and I think there's a

430
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:09,440
willingness to sell one of the two
access.

431
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:12,800
» Thank you.
>> Thanks.

432
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:17,680
» Good. And we would just note that uh
when this comes back to council for

433
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:21,280
discussion on 23 block 23, we'll just
need a bigger map that kind of gives us

434
00:36:19,359 --> 00:36:25,119
a bigger picture. [clears throat]
That'll be sufficient. But just to

435
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:30,640
remind we're we're focusing on part
three uh for our decision today.

436
00:36:28,240 --> 00:36:34,160
» Yeah. Good.
Any other questions from members of

437
00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:38,320
council?
Okay, I see none. So, I'm going to call

438
00:36:35,839 --> 00:36:43,760
for a vote. All those in favor? It's
carried unanimously. Thank you. Next

439
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:50,320
item is 9.7. So, this is the 2026
operating capital and user fee budget.

440
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:54,000
The schedules to be added once
finalized.

441
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:57,440
Okay. We'll have to cover that point
when we first Yeah, bring it up now.

442
00:36:55,839 --> 00:37:00,880
» Yeah. The schedules have been attached
to the revised agenda and they're

443
00:36:59,359 --> 00:37:05,599
attached they were attached to the
original agenda as the bylaw. So it's

444
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:08,880
all been updated on the website and uh
and if you could access it through your

445
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:11,839
iPad, it's there. Thanks.
>> Perfect. Okay, good. So the

446
00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:14,800
recommendation is that the council
township of whitewater region support

447
00:37:13,359 --> 00:37:19,599
the recommendations from the budget
committee as presented. Receive the

448
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:24,880
mayor's 2026 operating capital and user
fee budgets as finalized by the budget

449
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:30,400
committee. And three, enact the bylaws
to adopt the mayor's 2026 budget as

450
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:33,920
presented. A mover. No. Yeah, I need a
mover and a second here, please. Moved

451
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:39,440
by the deputy mayor, seconded by
councelor bill.

452
00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:44,320
Good. And just be when uh who's going to
speak to this? Treasurers just if you

453
00:37:41,359 --> 00:37:48,400
could lead with um the language is being
supported through the strong mayor's

454
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:53,359
legisl we're meeting the legislative
requirements through this language.

455
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:57,599
» Sure. Um so yeah, so this report just is
to actually bring the budget uh into

456
00:37:55,599 --> 00:38:03,359
council. So the through the strong
mayor's powers, the mayor's budget is to

457
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:07,040
be created. Uh a little bit of a change
here, the fact that we have a committee

458
00:38:05,359 --> 00:38:11,599
uh to do it. So council's already seen
it, but this is the formal introduction

459
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:18,560
to council. Um council then has a period
of 30 days to amend that bylaw or that

460
00:38:16,240 --> 00:38:23,680
uh that proposed budget. Uh bring
amendments forward and then get try to

461
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:28,720
pass those. and then the mayor has a
period to in order to veto those those

462
00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:32,160
said changes and we can go back and
forth until it's finally approved and

463
00:38:30,240 --> 00:38:37,280
passed and when the budget is settled
out. Um, so the the mayor has already

464
00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:41,760
through his uh direction or mayoral
direction shortened his veto period down

465
00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:45,839
to 10 days. Uh, off the top of my head I
do not Oh, zero days. That's right. From

466
00:38:43,359 --> 00:38:50,160
10 days. Thank you. Um, so he's not
going to veto. So now there if there's

467
00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:55,280
any changes to be made by council, the
period starts today. The proposed piece

468
00:38:52,640 --> 00:39:01,760
today is that we've brought forward the
uh full uh agenda or the full package uh

469
00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:07,599
with a bylaw. So in being deemed adopted
today by adopting the bylaw or approving

470
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:12,160
the bylaw um it is then deemed approved
by the mayor and adopted by council. So

471
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:15,760
the 30 days is gone. There's no more
room for amendments all that. It is it

472
00:39:14,079 --> 00:39:20,320
is finalized. The is the end of the
process. Um the main part of the budget

473
00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:24,000
has not changed from the the core
elements of the municipal act which is

474
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:28,320
where the funds need to be generated and
created uh to fund the the operations of

475
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:32,640
the township. So we still meet all those
guidelines. Uh it's just that new piece

476
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:36,240
that was implemented in for the 2026
year with the strong mayor powers that

477
00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:40,240
created this change of how the process
of the budget actually goes through. Um

478
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:43,040
so the start of my report just talks
about the same thing we've talked about

479
00:39:41,359 --> 00:39:49,920
before which is a synopsis of the the
mayor's directions uh the 4.2% overall

480
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:56,960
for uh for capital overall upset limit
of 7% for the entire budget 3.4%. Uh so

481
00:39:53,680 --> 00:40:01,839
we've settled it set at 5.8% 8% as
current uh as put by the committees. Uh

482
00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:05,599
the committee we met met uh three times
to deliberate the budget then had a

483
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:13,119
public meeting with the f fourth fourth
meeting being today um uh prior to this

484
00:40:09,599 --> 00:40:18,560
meeting. So you'll see uh the following
recommendations were developed uh so

485
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:22,160
that the mayor uh 2026 budget uh for
capital operating and user fees be

486
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:28,079
presented and finalized by the budget
committee amend uh and adopt or and

487
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:31,520
review the uh following policies which
was the reserve policy debenture policy

488
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:35,680
tangible capital asset policy investment
policy and surplus equipment disposal

489
00:40:33,839 --> 00:40:39,440
policy and then continue the development
of the 10-year capital plan based on

490
00:40:37,359 --> 00:40:45,359
funding for the 2026 asset management
plan. Uh I'm just bringing those back

491
00:40:42,079 --> 00:40:51,119
into um this report as this is the
formal uh part where council can support

492
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:54,800
those those recommendations.
Um so the engagement was through uh the

493
00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:58,560
senior management team and senior
leadership team which compiled the data

494
00:40:57,280 --> 00:41:03,040
and then presented to the budget
committee. Uh the details came from such

495
00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:07,440
things as the strategic plan, the
strategic direction, our water

496
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:10,160
wastewater study for 2025, uh the 2022
asset management plan, and then all of

497
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:15,119
the building condition assessments that
have been completed by the township. Uh

498
00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:19,359
so the final uh number that the the
committee has u had approved and

499
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:25,359
recommended to council is 5.8% total
levy increase, 1.6% for operating net

500
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:30,560
growth, 4.2% 2% for the general capital
levy,

501
00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:36,240
5% for water and 4% for sanitary
wastewater. And then you'll note that

502
00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:39,520
the uh attached to the report is the
schedules uh but you've already been

503
00:41:37,839 --> 00:41:42,960
provided them as paper form attached to
the bylaws. Uh the schedule A is your

504
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:48,640
operating capital budget which is the
consolidated one. Um then schedule B is

505
00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:52,079
water, schedule C is wastewater, and
then schedule D is the actual capital

506
00:41:50,079 --> 00:41:57,359
project listing as well as where they're
funded from. um like their funding

507
00:41:54,400 --> 00:42:03,880
allocations uh and the indicating if
it's debentures or unfunded or alike.

508
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:03,880
Any questions?

509
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:13,040
» Thank you, treasurer. And I'll just I
just want to thank staff for all the

510
00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:16,960
work that went into not just the budget
part. We already talked about the budget

511
00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:20,560
committee, but just, you know, taking
the new legislation with the strong

512
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:25,680
mayor powers and ensuring that we could
exercise the most democratic process we

513
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:32,720
could think of, still abide by the
legislation, but achieve as much um

514
00:42:30,319 --> 00:42:37,119
interoperability amongst uh council
members to come up with the best budget.

515
00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:41,359
So, thank you for that.
With that, I'll go to the deputy mayor

516
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:45,359
first. Any comments on the proposed
budget?

517
00:42:43,119 --> 00:42:50,560
No, I think everything is has been well
covered, but I do want to add uh to you

518
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:56,640
uh mayor that uh you also have made a
huge uh a lot of work and effort went

519
00:42:54,560 --> 00:43:01,839
into this as well. So, I do just want to
publicly say that you have done an

520
00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:08,589
amazing job as well and uh appreciate
everything that you have done and in

521
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:11,200
favor of your mayor powers. Thank you.
[laughter]

522
00:43:09,119 --> 00:43:16,449
» Thank you.
Uh seconder

523
00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:19,359
councelor Bell. He is happy.
[laughter]

524
00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:22,560
Success.
Good. Is there any other comments or

525
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:28,079
questions from any other members of
council?

526
00:43:25,359 --> 00:43:34,560
Okay. 3 hours and 10 minutes in a
committee budget meeting. We obviously

527
00:43:29,839 --> 00:43:38,319
were successful. So, uh good. Anything
any final comments from staff? With

528
00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:43,119
that, I will call for the vote. All
those in favor? And it's carried. Thank

529
00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:49,680
you. Unanimous.
>> Chuch-ching. Chuch-ching. Good. Next

530
00:43:45,839 --> 00:43:54,560
item is uh notices of motion. And we
have one notice on the agenda. Uh

531
00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:57,760
unfortunately, our councelor Olmstead,
it is motion that's been proposed by

532
00:43:56,400 --> 00:44:01,920
councelor Mstead. He's not available
today to do some other commitment that

533
00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:07,599
has just came up unforcasted. So the
clerk has advised me that we can just

534
00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:14,960
postpone that to the next agenda. No, no
resolution or or vote required. Good.

535
00:44:12,319 --> 00:44:18,800
Excellent.
Next item, uh correspondence number 11,

536
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:25,440
requiring direction. We have
noninformation items. We have four and

537
00:44:21,359 --> 00:44:28,960
we'll just highlight uh
we have a couple things that we want to

538
00:44:26,720 --> 00:44:34,000
talk about. First one is the Eastern
Ontario Wardens Caucus

539
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:39,280
uh newsletter.
If there's any questions,

540
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:45,520
it's good. This is different than the
Eastern Ontario Wardens Caucus advocacy

541
00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:51,119
note that I sent you. So, the advocacy
note that they are um advocating for at

542
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:55,520
Roma. Um but this is just their December
newsletter. The second one is the real

543
00:44:53,200 --> 00:45:00,560
estate market activity. Again, for your
information, just to get an idea of days

544
00:44:57,680 --> 00:45:04,720
on the market, um average sale prices,
etc.

545
00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:09,520
C, which is the 2025
uh county council year in review. This

546
00:45:07,119 --> 00:45:13,520
is a new initiative that uh the CEO
Craig Kelly has done up. Think of it uh

547
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:18,960
think of what our CEO does in a
quarterly his quarterly reports back to

548
00:45:15,119 --> 00:45:24,160
council. Same idea except the county did
it as a whole year. So in there, very

549
00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:28,400
informative. If you have a chance or an
interest level, get through it. Uh, the

550
00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:34,400
one that I will bring up to you that I'm
I I'm proud of and will hopefully see

551
00:45:32,560 --> 00:45:39,119
ground cut next year is the new
Whitewater paramedic base that'll be

552
00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:42,319
coming in. So, the property has been
transferred. So, the new paramedic base

553
00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:45,440
will you should start to see
construction as soon as the frost is out

554
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:51,119
of the ground and of course the building
permits are authorized by staff.

555
00:45:49,359 --> 00:45:53,760
U, but if there's any questions or any
issues that you have going through that,

556
00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:58,240
please don't hesitate to bring them up
to me. It is a lengthy document. I'm not

557
00:45:55,839 --> 00:46:03,440
going to go through it in detail. The
last one is the Eorn update, the Eastern

558
00:46:00,319 --> 00:46:09,880
Ontario Regional Network update. Uh, now
I do have uh something I want to add and

559
00:46:06,160 --> 00:46:09,880
I just asked

560
00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:18,960
for it to be put on the screen. So,
>> he's got No, he put it up. Yeah. Uh, can

561
00:46:16,079 --> 00:46:22,160
you blow it up?
>> Enlarge.

562
00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:27,359
» Yeah, enlarge. Yeah. Then the next one
down. Yeah.

563
00:46:25,119 --> 00:46:31,440
Okay. So, Eorn, which is the Eastern
Ontario Regional Network, their mission

564
00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:36,720
uh in life for the last number of years
has been to install cell towers to

565
00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:42,400
increase connectivity, cellular
connectivity across eastern Ontario. So,

566
00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:47,440
they provided this map to us of exactly
where the cell towers are in Whitewater

567
00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:55,839
region. And you can see there are two,
four, six, eight towers. The orange ones

568
00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:59,599
are new. The two green ones were
existing prior to the project. So all

569
00:46:57,760 --> 00:47:05,760
they did with the green ones is they
updated those towers. They put updated

570
00:47:02,720 --> 00:47:10,079
hardware on the existing towers. The
orange ones are all new builds. And at

571
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:14,720
the time that they provided this update
to me, there was five live.

572
00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:19,599
Those are the ones with the black around
the orange star. And the last one to go

573
00:47:17,119 --> 00:47:26,400
live was the one I want to say curline
and intersection of curr and magnesium.

574
00:47:24,240 --> 00:47:34,160
Uh and over the Christmas holidays curr
and magnesium went live. So as of 2026

575
00:47:31,200 --> 00:47:37,839
all eight of our towers are now live and
operating.

576
00:47:36,240 --> 00:47:41,119
And someone says to me, someone has said
they've looked at the map and said, "Oh,

577
00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:45,119
what about the guys on the other side?"
There are towers in every municipality.

578
00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:48,880
I just they didn't include them in this
map.

579
00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:52,720
The unique thing and what you will get
phone calls about and I just want to

580
00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:56,960
reiterate it again for the public uh
because even councelor White and I had a

581
00:47:54,480 --> 00:48:02,800
conversation already. These are Rogers
towers with Rogers systems on it. They

582
00:48:00,720 --> 00:48:08,640
installed these with a $300 million
grant. 150 of it $300 million was the

583
00:48:07,040 --> 00:48:14,040
cost to put all of the towers in across
Eastern Ontario. 150 came from Rogers,

584
00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:22,559
140 Yeah. 140 came from the provincial
and federal governments and then 10 came

585
00:48:19,760 --> 00:48:28,319
from the counties.
So they are Rogers assets, which means

586
00:48:25,839 --> 00:48:32,880
they have Rogers
systems on them. So if you've got a Bell

587
00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:37,119
or Telus system,
you're not going to get they're like

588
00:48:35,119 --> 00:48:41,920
these towers are like they don't exist
except for one purpose and that's 911

589
00:48:40,240 --> 00:48:49,119
access.
Any tower of any system will take a 911

590
00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:53,440
call. So in terms of emergency access in
Whitewater, 100% there. You can dial 911

591
00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:58,319
from wherever and you're going to hit
one of these cell towers.

592
00:48:55,520 --> 00:49:03,599
But if you're not Rogers or one of
Rogers subsidiaries, I can't remember.

593
00:49:00,559 --> 00:49:09,280
Photo and Chatter I think are the two,
you can't use it for cell data.

594
00:49:07,520 --> 00:49:13,119
So residents will have the choice. They
can either advocate to their own company

595
00:49:11,119 --> 00:49:17,040
and say, "Hey, you got to put a tower in
my community. You got to put a system on

596
00:49:14,720 --> 00:49:21,520
the Rogers tower or I'm switching
providers." Or they switch providers.

597
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:26,800
That's how this is going to happen going
forward. the agreements that were it's

598
00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:31,839
part of the Eorn construction of these
towers is one they will accept other

599
00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:37,440
businesses to put systems on their
towers at a cost and two we also have

600
00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:43,920
the ability to put other assets on these
towers. So county road network radio

601
00:49:40,720 --> 00:49:49,200
system, fire radio system, ambulance
radio systems, they can all manage off

602
00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:54,640
of these towers. So, it is a plus and
it's incredible to see this $300 million

603
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:57,119
project finally come to fruition. I live
at the very point

604
00:49:56,400 --> 00:50:02,720
» where there's nothing
>> where there was nothing before. So, I'm

605
00:49:59,760 --> 00:50:06,880
very very happy as as I expect most of
my neighbors are. So, good. Does anybody

606
00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:10,160
have any questions on that? Because you
will get as you know people drive by the

607
00:50:08,720 --> 00:50:14,344
tower and get no bars, you're going to
get a phone call. Councelor Trim,

608
00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:18,720
» I I don't have a question really
[clears throat] because I think this was

609
00:50:15,839 --> 00:50:25,200
all you did a good job of explaining to
us over time and so yes, there are uh

610
00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:31,839
questions in the community, but people
are understanding what's happening now.

611
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:36,960
But I have just an interesting thought
and that is I'm wondering if these

612
00:50:34,240 --> 00:50:43,119
towers that we finally have gotten over
many years in some ways may be obsolete

613
00:50:40,640 --> 00:50:48,480
because Rogers and I know Bell is
working on it too. Satellite system for

614
00:50:45,599 --> 00:50:52,880
cell phones uh where you don't need
towers. So it it's just interesting. I

615
00:50:51,040 --> 00:50:58,880
think that satellite system for cell
phones would be more expensive

616
00:50:54,720 --> 00:51:05,200
initially. Uh but um uh recently Rogers
want invited you to try it for a month

617
00:51:00,720 --> 00:51:10,160
for free using any phone just uh just
use it. So I mean that's an interesting

618
00:51:07,839 --> 00:51:16,160
development I think but it's just a
comment Mr. Mayor.

619
00:51:11,440 --> 00:51:20,880
» Yeah good councelor Moore
>> I am on a sister company pho therefore I

620
00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:25,119
receive a service. So I was quite
excited to get three bars instead of

621
00:51:22,640 --> 00:51:29,520
none. And then as soon as I got three
bars, I started getting the phone calls

622
00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:33,599
for me to upgrade. So, but I haven't.
I'm quite happy with the service I have,

623
00:51:31,520 --> 00:51:38,640
but um it just seems kind of funny that
now, okay, the push has gone to

624
00:51:35,040 --> 00:51:43,040
something different. Thank you.
Good. Any other comments? I I will

625
00:51:41,200 --> 00:51:48,400
highlight there is actually a ninth
tower in Whitewater region. There is a

626
00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:52,480
bell tower and if you drive out past
Homesteads here, you'll see it.

627
00:51:50,319 --> 00:51:58,400
» That is a bell tower. So Bell owns it
and has other hardware on it supporting

628
00:51:54,640 --> 00:52:03,119
other systems. So uh we are well
supported in in this area for Bell as

629
00:52:01,359 --> 00:52:08,720
well.
Good. Thank you so much for putting that

630
00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:13,480
up on the screen, Sean. Uh excellent. Uh
next we'll get into announcements.

631
00:52:10,160 --> 00:52:13,480
Deputy Mayor.

632
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:19,280
» Uh no I have nothing at this time. Thank
you.

633
00:52:16,240 --> 00:52:23,280
» Good. Councelor Bell. Nothing for me.
Councelor White. Any announcements?

634
00:52:22,726 --> 00:52:26,800
[laughter]
>> We were just discussing who's going to

635
00:52:24,640 --> 00:52:31,839
talk about what. Um, yes, the Foresters
Falls Winter Carnival is on the 24th of

636
00:52:29,440 --> 00:52:38,559
January. Uh, so don't forget about that.
Mark your calendars.

637
00:52:33,920 --> 00:52:44,800
And the third annual chili contest is
being hosted by the Beach Lions Club on

638
00:52:41,119 --> 00:52:53,160
Saturday the 31st from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.
And uh, it's at the Beach Hall, not the

639
00:52:47,359 --> 00:52:53,160
Beachber Lions Club. That's all I have.

640
00:52:53,359 --> 00:53:01,426
» Perfect. I'm going back and forth here.
Council Moore.

641
00:52:57,680 --> 00:53:01,426
» Nothing. She took my thunder. [laughter]

642
00:53:02,079 --> 00:53:11,520
» Okay. Councilor Trim.
>> Uh pub night in West M. Uh check uh the

643
00:53:06,640 --> 00:53:14,640
municipal calendar uh this Friday. Uh
I think it is Friday.

644
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:23,040
» Yeah. 16th.
>> Yeah. Um pub night. um uh with uh more

645
00:53:20,160 --> 00:53:34,079
than snacks. Uh it's going to be real
pub food. And so um uh and uh darts and

646
00:53:29,119 --> 00:53:38,559
cards and uh whatever comes with a pub
night.

647
00:53:35,599 --> 00:53:42,480
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
>> Good. And this is where I would ask our

648
00:53:40,800 --> 00:53:47,277
clerk if they had anything to add, but
uh you don't have any announcements?

649
00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:47,277
» No, I don't. [laughter]

650
00:53:47,359 --> 00:53:53,200
Excellent. Okay. So, uh clerk, your
advice. Should I pause here and then

651
00:53:51,119 --> 00:53:55,200
come back and do bylaws after we do 9.1
and 9.2?

652
00:53:54,640 --> 00:53:59,760
» I will.
>> Yes.

653
00:53:56,480 --> 00:54:06,079
» Okay. With that, uh we are going to we
are going to uh take a pause. It's 3:54.

654
00:54:03,520 --> 00:54:12,079
The public meeting will start we'll
probably go live at 3:40 so that we're

655
00:54:09,520 --> 00:54:18,000
ready to go at 3:45 and can start the
public portion of the meeting.

656
00:54:14,319 --> 00:54:22,200
» Sorry. 4:45. So, less than an hour away.
Thank you for that correction, folks.

657
01:43:46,639 --> 01:43:53,679
and welcome back to the Township of
Whitewater Region's regular council

658
01:43:50,320 --> 01:43:57,440
meeting for Wednesday, January 14th. It
uh is now 4:44

659
01:43:56,320 --> 01:44:02,159
p.m. and we're going to just call
ourselves back into order. We had a a

660
01:43:59,440 --> 01:44:08,960
recess. Uh today is a bit of a
convoluted um agenda just because we

661
01:44:05,280 --> 01:44:12,639
have included a public meeting and uh
what we had done before when we started

662
01:44:10,880 --> 01:44:17,600
the meeting at 3 p.m. is that we went
through all the all the possible agenda

663
01:44:14,719 --> 01:44:22,880
items that could be addressed before uh
4:45 which is our scheduled commencement

664
01:44:20,159 --> 01:44:29,840
of our public meeting and we're going to
come back to that now. So, um,

665
01:44:27,280 --> 01:44:34,080
this point we're going to do item 6.1 in
the agenda, which is a public meeting.

666
01:44:32,320 --> 01:44:38,800
And to remind those folks that might be
watching, a public meeting is a

667
01:44:36,880 --> 01:44:43,440
requirement under the planning act. We
insert it as as its own meeting within

668
01:44:41,440 --> 01:44:50,480
our regular council meeting. Uh
therefore, we'll be calling the public

669
01:44:45,280 --> 01:44:56,000
meeting to order here at 4:45 p.m.
And it's to hear comments

670
01:44:53,840 --> 01:45:01,920
and receive information from the public
regarding two proposed applications

671
01:45:00,239 --> 01:45:07,520
to amend the township of whitewater
region zoning bylaw in accordance with

672
01:45:03,840 --> 01:45:11,920
the planning act. The motions respect
with respect to these two applications

673
01:45:09,440 --> 01:45:15,679
are posted in the report section at 9.1
and 9.2. 2, but they will not be

674
01:45:13,840 --> 01:45:20,880
discussed until after the public meeting
is has been completed and we received

675
01:45:18,800 --> 01:45:24,800
any and all feedback from the public on
these two applications.

676
01:45:22,880 --> 01:45:30,639
At this point in time, I will hand the
public meeting over to our planner, Mr.

677
01:45:28,000 --> 01:45:35,360
Baird.
Um, so as per the planning act, if any

678
01:45:32,960 --> 01:45:38,480
person or public body body does not make
an oral submission at the public meeting

679
01:45:36,960 --> 01:45:42,480
or make written submissions to the
township of whitewater region before the

680
01:45:40,639 --> 01:45:46,159
bylaw is passed, the person or public
body is not entitled to appeal the

681
01:45:44,400 --> 01:45:50,880
decision of council of the township of
Whitewater Region to the Ontario Land

682
01:45:48,239 --> 01:45:54,960
Tribunal. The person or public body may
not be added as a party to the hearing

683
01:45:52,639 --> 01:45:59,600
of an appeal before the tribunal unless
in the opinion of the tribunal there are

684
01:45:57,199 --> 01:46:04,159
reasonable grounds to do so. Under
section 34 subsection 11 of the planning

685
01:46:02,080 --> 01:46:08,880
act, if council decides to refuse an
application or refuses or

686
01:46:07,440 --> 01:46:12,800
neglects to make a decision on an
application within 120 days of the

687
01:46:11,280 --> 01:46:16,880
municipal clerk receiving the
application, the applicant or the

688
01:46:14,719 --> 01:46:20,320
minister of municipal affairs and
housing may appeal to the tribunal by

689
01:46:18,800 --> 01:46:24,400
filing an appeal with the clerk of the
municipality.

690
01:46:22,080 --> 01:46:28,480
Section 34 subsection 19 of the planning
act states that not later than 20 days

691
01:46:26,239 --> 01:46:32,080
after giving not giving of notice of
passing of the bylaw, the applicant, any

692
01:46:30,480 --> 01:46:35,520
person or public body who made oral
submissions at the public meeting or

693
01:46:34,000 --> 01:46:38,880
made a written submission to council
before the bylaw was passed or the

694
01:46:37,360 --> 01:46:42,719
minister of municipal affairs and
housing may appeal to the Ontario Land

695
01:46:40,719 --> 01:46:46,280
Tribunal by filing an appeal with the
clerk of the municipality.

696
01:46:46,639 --> 01:46:53,679
» Excellent. Thank you for the fine print
planner. uh an important aspects and if

697
01:46:52,239 --> 01:46:57,440
there are questions about that the
public we please encourage you to speak

698
01:46:55,199 --> 01:47:01,440
with the planner he and and another
members of the staff can give you the

699
01:46:59,600 --> 01:47:06,239
detail on on what that might mean in
your specific circumstance. So with that

700
01:47:04,080 --> 01:47:10,159
we are going to move on to the the first
of our two zoning amendment

701
01:47:08,320 --> 01:47:15,119
applications. The first one is zoning
amendment D14

702
01:47:12,159 --> 01:47:21,119
218 and the address in question is
622stead Jeffrey Lake Road. and I'll ask

703
01:47:18,560 --> 01:47:25,600
the planner to give us an overview of
the proposal.

704
01:47:23,760 --> 01:47:30,159
» Um,
so the present application has been

705
01:47:27,600 --> 01:47:35,199
submitted by JP2G Consultants on behalf
of Donald Parsons for the property known

706
01:47:31,920 --> 01:47:38,880
as 622 West Me Road. The purpose of the
application is to seek a zoning bylaw

707
01:47:37,119 --> 01:47:44,880
amendment to reszone portions of the
lands from rural to three sight spec

708
01:47:42,560 --> 01:47:52,159
specific zones being a rural exemption
79, rural exemption 70, rural exemption

709
01:47:48,000 --> 01:47:57,440
80, and rural exemption 81 zoning. At
the October 16th, 2025 committee of

710
01:47:54,560 --> 01:48:01,520
adjustment meeting, consents D10245
and D10246

711
01:47:59,280 --> 01:48:06,080
were approved for two not two new lot
creations on the property. Uh condition

712
01:48:04,239 --> 01:48:09,920
of the approved consent was that the
property owner undergo a zoning bylaw

713
01:48:08,080 --> 01:48:15,280
amendment in order to establish rear
yard setbacks to protect nearby natural

714
01:48:12,719 --> 01:48:19,119
heritage features as was recommended in
the environmental impact study prepared

715
01:48:17,280 --> 01:48:22,880
for the property. Uh the zone the
present application is to fulfill those

716
01:48:21,040 --> 01:48:27,679
conditions. [sighs]
Uh the proposed zoning bylaw amendment

717
01:48:26,000 --> 01:48:33,600
is consistent with the provincial
planning statement 2024. uh section 4.1

718
01:48:31,040 --> 01:48:39,679
subsection 8 of the PPS prohibits
development or site alteration on lands

719
01:48:36,560 --> 01:48:43,360
adjacent to natural heritage features
including in this case proincially

720
01:48:41,360 --> 01:48:47,280
significant wetlands unless it has been
demonstrated that there will be no

721
01:48:44,719 --> 01:48:51,760
negative impacts on the wetland andor
the ecological functions of the wetland.

722
01:48:49,600 --> 01:48:57,360
The applicant underwent an environmental
impact study as noted before that found

723
01:48:55,600 --> 01:49:01,199
within the development constraints being
opposed by the zoning bylaw amendment

724
01:48:59,199 --> 01:49:04,320
and the identified building area, there
would be no negative impacts.

725
01:49:03,679 --> 01:49:08,480
The official
>> Sorry, planner, just to interrupt before

726
01:49:05,679 --> 01:49:12,159
you mark your spot there. Don't lose it.
Which um we just want to make sure we

727
01:49:10,320 --> 01:49:14,880
get the map up while you're talking.
>> It's the Mstead Jeffrey map, right? Or

728
01:49:14,320 --> 01:49:18,639
this
>> uh this is the correct map.

729
01:49:16,800 --> 01:49:22,320
» Perfect. Okay. You said,
>> "Yeah, I thought I'd said N uh

730
01:49:21,520 --> 01:49:26,239
» was
>> Yeah, the

731
01:49:24,560 --> 01:49:30,080
» the uh the script has it
>> the agenda order was

732
01:49:28,080 --> 01:49:34,960
» was mixed up.
>> Okay. So, just to clarify then,

733
01:49:32,480 --> 01:49:40,080
» sorry, thank you for Let's stop that. is
the uh the zoning amendment that we're

734
01:49:37,280 --> 01:49:43,080
talking about is D14 217
>> 216

735
01:49:47,199 --> 01:49:56,880
» 216 so we are talking about D14 216 at
622 West me road

736
01:49:54,880 --> 01:50:02,239
» okay good
we've corrected that please continue

737
01:50:00,000 --> 01:50:06,560
uh under the county of Renfruit official
plan the lands are designated rural

738
01:50:04,320 --> 01:50:13,040
which encourages lowdensity residential
development. Uh the lot size meets the

739
01:50:10,480 --> 01:50:19,199
encouraged 4,000 square meter minimum
lot size recommended in that section. Uh

740
01:50:16,400 --> 01:50:24,239
the official plan section 8.3 subsection
5B uh requires development adjacent to a

741
01:50:22,239 --> 01:50:30,080
proincially significant wetland undergo
an environmental impact study um to

742
01:50:27,360 --> 01:50:33,920
demonstrate no negative impacts on the
natural features or ecological functions

743
01:50:31,840 --> 01:50:39,679
of the land. As noted, the applicant has
undertaken the study and within the

744
01:50:36,880 --> 01:50:44,159
recommended building area, um, as will
be marked by the zoning bylaw amendment,

745
01:50:42,320 --> 01:50:47,440
there are no anticipated negative
impacts. Uh, there were other

746
01:50:46,159 --> 01:50:52,239
recommendations made in the
environmental impact study to ensure

747
01:50:49,360 --> 01:50:55,760
that no negative impacts um will occur
and those will be enforced through a

748
01:50:54,159 --> 01:50:58,800
development agreement. That was another
required condition of the approved

749
01:50:57,199 --> 01:51:04,400
consent.
Uh the town zoning bylaw um the property

750
01:51:02,800 --> 01:51:10,480
is zoned rural and environmental
protection. The rural zoning allows for

751
01:51:07,360 --> 01:51:15,440
residential uses. Uh the location of the
proposed lots or of the proposed

752
01:51:13,440 --> 01:51:18,800
building envelope is entirely within the
rural designation. The environmental

753
01:51:17,119 --> 01:51:24,800
protection is not anticipated to be
impacted. Um the required rear yard

754
01:51:22,000 --> 01:51:30,320
setback in the rural zone is typically
7.5 m. However, in order to minimize

755
01:51:27,840 --> 01:51:34,960
those negative impacts um and ensure
ecological functions remain intact, the

756
01:51:32,960 --> 01:51:41,040
zoning bylaw amendment is produ
proposing a significantly reduced rear

757
01:51:38,080 --> 01:51:46,000
yard setback on the lots. Um for the
committee of adjustment meeting, that

758
01:51:43,040 --> 01:51:52,560
point was to be set 100 m from the front
lot line on the property as demonstrated

759
01:51:48,159 --> 01:51:56,800
on the map. Um so the purple line on the
two lots denotes where the rear yard

760
01:51:54,320 --> 01:52:01,679
setback would be located and on the
third lot it would be the yellow line.

761
01:51:59,040 --> 01:52:08,560
In this case one of the lots um being
zoned to the rural exemption 79 zoning

762
01:52:05,520 --> 01:52:14,639
would maintain that 100 meter setback.
The second lot uh which is the rural

763
01:52:10,960 --> 01:52:20,960
exemption 80 uh would be an 80 meter
line and the third lot which is the

764
01:52:17,840 --> 01:52:26,560
rural exemption 81 would be an 80 m
setback and a 30 m setback from the

765
01:52:23,840 --> 01:52:30,480
water course on the property. Um all
these in order to maintain those

766
01:52:28,000 --> 01:52:34,159
ecological functions. Uh while these
aren't exactly what was proposed at the

767
01:52:32,560 --> 01:52:38,000
committee of adjustment the proposed
differences are more restrictive than

768
01:52:36,239 --> 01:52:42,239
what was initially proposed. So the
township is still supportive of these

769
01:52:40,080 --> 01:52:47,280
setbacks.
Um

770
01:52:45,199 --> 01:52:50,159
so the application complies with it
meets all the requirements of the

771
01:52:48,480 --> 01:52:54,080
provincial planning statement county of
Renfruit official plan and meets the

772
01:52:52,480 --> 01:52:57,520
intent of the township of whitewater
region zoning bylaw. Thus it is

773
01:52:55,840 --> 01:53:04,199
planning's recommendation that the
application be approved.

774
01:52:59,920 --> 01:53:04,199
And I'm happy to answer any questions.

775
01:53:06,000 --> 01:53:14,800
» Excellent. Thank you. Thank you so much,
planner. So, uh, first off, we want to,

776
01:53:12,320 --> 01:53:18,639
uh, confirm if the applicant would like
to speak on the behalf of their

777
01:53:16,480 --> 01:53:24,080
application. We understand that the
applicant has JP2G,

778
01:53:21,199 --> 01:53:27,679
um, hired to act on in their position
and we have them present today. So, I'll

779
01:53:26,320 --> 01:53:34,239
just confirm. Would you like to speak on
behalf of the applicant?

780
01:53:29,679 --> 01:53:38,880
None. Okay. Excellent. Next item is uh,
any comments from the public? And I'll

781
01:53:36,880 --> 01:53:43,440
look over to the clerk and to Sean.
Anybody logged [clears throat] in to

782
01:53:40,159 --> 01:53:47,280
speak on behalf of this.
>> No comments.

783
01:53:44,239 --> 01:53:51,840
» No comments received.
>> Perfect. And the last question goes to

784
01:53:49,920 --> 01:53:55,520
back to our planner. Do we receive any
comments or questions from members of

785
01:53:53,360 --> 01:53:58,000
the public in writing to you before the
meeting?

786
01:53:56,159 --> 01:54:02,400
» We have not received any correspondence
from the public.

787
01:53:59,360 --> 01:54:06,560
» Excellent. And final is just council
acknowledging that we will still have

788
01:54:04,080 --> 01:54:09,119
this as a resolution later on after the
public meeting. But at this point in

789
01:54:07,840 --> 01:54:13,480
time, is there any questions you'd like
to ask the planner with respect to the

790
01:54:10,480 --> 01:54:13,480
file?

791
01:54:13,920 --> 01:54:23,440
Good. I see none. So we will have deemed
uh all public uh comments received in

792
01:54:20,639 --> 01:54:30,480
accordance with uh a zoning amendment
application D14216 at 622 West Meow.

793
01:54:27,760 --> 01:54:36,639
And with that, I'll ask the planner to
carry on to the next zoning amendment

794
01:54:33,040 --> 01:54:44,400
proposal, D14-217,
Ross concession 4N, part 21, RP 49R

795
01:54:42,480 --> 01:54:51,599
20880,
part one, Homemstead Jeffrey Lake Road.

796
01:54:48,719 --> 01:54:56,239
» Uh, thank you through your worship. Um,
so the present zoning bylaw amend

797
01:54:54,159 --> 01:55:00,159
amendment application was submitted by
R. Bruce Leech on behalf of Wade

798
01:54:58,320 --> 01:55:04,000
Patterson
uh for the property. Uh the purpose of

799
01:55:02,400 --> 01:55:08,239
the application is to seek a zoning
bylaw amendment to reszone portions of

800
01:55:05,840 --> 01:55:14,400
the land from the rural RU zoning to a
sightsp specific rural exemption 82

801
01:55:10,480 --> 01:55:18,159
zone. Uh at the August 15, 2024
committee of adjustment meeting, consent

802
01:55:16,239 --> 01:55:22,639
D-10-238
was approved for one new lot creation on

803
01:55:20,400 --> 01:55:26,480
this property. A condition of the
approved consent was that the owner

804
01:55:24,400 --> 01:55:30,159
undergo a zoning bylaw amendment in
order to reduce the required setback

805
01:55:28,159 --> 01:55:37,040
from an extractive industrial reserve
sand and gravel um EMR-SG

806
01:55:33,520 --> 01:55:42,159
zone from 300 m to 0 m. Uh the zoning
bylaw amendment is to fulfill that

807
01:55:38,800 --> 01:55:46,080
condition. Uh so the provincial planning
statement outlines that mineral

808
01:55:44,239 --> 01:55:50,880
aggregate resources shall be protected
for long-term use. However, development

809
01:55:48,320 --> 01:55:57,199
on known deposits on aggregate of
aggregate resources and adjacent lands

810
01:55:54,960 --> 01:56:01,040
uh which would preclude or hinder the
establishment of new operations or

811
01:55:58,719 --> 01:56:06,320
access to resources may be permitted if
the resource use is not feasible.

812
01:56:04,320 --> 01:56:10,560
Under the county official plan, the
property is designated as rural which

813
01:56:07,920 --> 01:56:14,719
supports low density residential use.
The current property

814
01:56:13,040 --> 01:56:19,599
uh both the severed and retained lands
are adjacent to lands designated mineral

815
01:56:17,520 --> 01:56:24,239
aggrait in the official plan and
implementing the PL provincial planning

816
01:56:21,920 --> 01:56:29,360
statement policy. The OP requires that
proposed development in or within 300

817
01:56:27,199 --> 01:56:34,000
meters of an area designated for future
extraction must be supported by a

818
01:56:31,280 --> 01:56:37,599
favorable mineral aggregate impact study
that confirms development will not

819
01:56:35,440 --> 01:56:40,880
preclude or hinder future aggregate
extraction.

820
01:56:39,199 --> 01:56:47,280
uh in support of this requirement with
the consent application uh a land use

821
01:56:44,080 --> 01:56:50,960
compatibility and aggreate impact study
were prepared for the consent

822
01:56:48,960 --> 01:56:56,000
application. The report concluded that
the adjacent lands have limited to no

823
01:56:53,840 --> 01:57:00,560
potential of being developed for future
aggregate extraction primarily due to

824
01:56:58,080 --> 01:57:04,239
the proximity of the lake and the
existing residential uses along said

825
01:57:02,719 --> 01:57:07,920
lake.
Uh in other words, the proposed

826
01:57:05,920 --> 01:57:12,719
severance is not anticipated to have an
impact on future sand and gravel

827
01:57:09,599 --> 01:57:17,119
extraction as this is the potential has
already been reduced by long-standing

828
01:57:14,480 --> 01:57:23,760
existing development. So the consent uh
would not impact the ability to extract.

829
01:57:21,119 --> 01:57:28,080
Uh in the township of Whitewater region
zoning bylaw, the severed and retained

830
01:57:25,520 --> 01:57:32,159
parcels are both zoned rural. The rural
zone permits a single detached dwelling

831
01:57:30,000 --> 01:57:37,599
with a minimum lot area of 4,000 square
meters and a minimum frontage of 45 m.

832
01:57:35,280 --> 01:57:43,639
Uh the proposed lot uh meets the
provisions of the royal zoning. Uh

833
01:57:40,159 --> 01:57:43,639
section 3.32B

834
01:57:44,719 --> 01:57:51,840
of the zoning bylaw requires a 300 meter
separation distance between landzoned uh

835
01:57:49,840 --> 01:57:57,520
EMR-G
and new residential development. As the

836
01:57:54,880 --> 01:58:00,719
severed lands are j the severed lands
are adjacent to the property with the

837
01:57:59,040 --> 01:58:07,440
EMR
sorry um as the severed lands are within

838
01:58:04,719 --> 01:58:11,440
300 mters of the EMRSG zone. However,
the study has found that there is

839
01:58:09,119 --> 01:58:18,560
limited potential for those lands to be
extracted. Um the

840
01:58:16,320 --> 01:58:23,119
the condition of consent was that the
severed lands be placed in a rural

841
01:58:21,199 --> 01:58:26,400
exemption zone to reduce the separation
distant requirements and thus bring the

842
01:58:24,880 --> 01:58:31,840
law into compliance with the zoning
bylaw. Um the application complies with

843
01:58:30,239 --> 01:58:37,119
and meets all the requirements of the
PPS the county of Renfruit official plan

844
01:58:35,199 --> 01:58:40,560
and meets the intent of the township of
Whitewater region zoning bylaw and thus

845
01:58:39,199 --> 01:58:45,840
it is planning's opinion that this
application be approved.

846
01:58:44,000 --> 01:58:52,960
» Excellent. Thank you planner. Uh and
with that we will confirm if the

847
01:58:49,199 --> 01:58:57,199
applicant is uh present I'm assuming
virtual if they would like to speak on

848
01:58:55,119 --> 01:59:02,400
behalf of their application. I'm getting
confirmation that no, the applicant is

849
01:58:59,280 --> 01:59:08,400
not present. Uh, and with that, I'll ask
the clerk and Sean, is there anybody

850
01:59:05,440 --> 01:59:12,800
that would like to make public comment
>> virtually? Good. So, no comments from

851
01:59:11,520 --> 01:59:16,960
the public and the last one back out to
the planner. Did you receive any

852
01:59:14,639 --> 01:59:20,400
comments in uh prior to the meeting in
writing or verbally?

853
01:59:18,480 --> 01:59:23,920
» Uh, to the best of my knowledge, we've
received no written correspondence on

854
01:59:21,920 --> 01:59:27,040
the application.
>> Excellent. And with that, I'll ask

855
01:59:25,199 --> 01:59:31,440
council. Is there any points that you
wish to bring up feedback from other

856
01:59:29,199 --> 01:59:34,719
community members?
None. I have one question for the

857
01:59:34,159 --> 01:59:36,239
planner.
>> Yes.

858
01:59:34,960 --> 01:59:41,840
» And when I was [snorts] going through
the map and you were talking about the

859
01:59:38,000 --> 01:59:47,360
extraction zone, it made me think of the
land set aside for the future twinning

860
01:59:45,040 --> 01:59:55,280
of the 417.
And could you place this property uh

861
01:59:52,719 --> 02:00:04,239
in relation to those lands which are
designated for uh that future 20?

862
02:00:00,400 --> 02:00:05,599
» I can I would just need to bring up the
official plan.

863
02:00:04,880 --> 02:00:09,000
» Take a few minutes.
>> Just one moment.

864
02:00:12,560 --> 02:00:18,199
» The this was part of the survey plans
from

865
02:00:18,719 --> 02:00:22,920
50 50 years ago.

866
02:00:23,040 --> 02:00:26,520
» 70 years ago.

867
02:00:45,693 --> 02:00:52,800
» [clears throat and cough]
>> So further down man magnesium

868
02:00:50,080 --> 02:00:56,560
between there and the mine site.
>> Yeah, I think the [clears throat]

869
02:00:55,119 --> 02:01:03,599
was there reference to it there?
>> Yes. Uh sorry. In the previous consent

870
02:00:59,840 --> 02:01:09,199
report, the MTO was uh circulated on the
application and they had um no formal

871
02:01:07,199 --> 02:01:15,280
comments on the time and no concerns at
the time. Uh and then they have not

872
02:01:13,199 --> 02:01:19,760
provided any comments since and they
were recirculated. Uh them and the

873
02:01:17,920 --> 02:01:22,639
Ministry of Energy and Mines were both
recirculated on this zoning and we did

874
02:01:21,280 --> 02:01:27,440
not receive comment.
>> Perfect. And for the in response to the

875
02:01:25,360 --> 02:01:33,520
question of where it will be located,
it's the proposed realignment of Highway

876
02:01:30,320 --> 02:01:38,239
17 is directly between this
uh magnesium road like right in the

877
02:01:36,480 --> 02:01:42,080
middle of it's going to come up right
through the middle of this green line

878
02:01:39,599 --> 02:01:47,360
and black line on your screen and then
just follows the back side of Homestead

879
02:01:44,400 --> 02:01:52,480
Jeffrey Lake.
Does that help?

880
02:01:50,000 --> 02:01:56,800
It would be over the subject lands but
not over the proposed consent.

881
02:01:54,480 --> 02:02:01,520
» Yeah. Perfect.
Okay. And and it's just interesting. Uh

882
02:01:59,199 --> 02:02:04,719
I I wanted to make sure that I I could
appreciate why there wasn't further

883
02:02:03,040 --> 02:02:09,679
expansion of other properties in that
area and it makes sense now. Yeah. Okay.

884
02:02:07,840 --> 02:02:13,280
Good. Thank you for taking the time to
just confirm that. I appreciate it. Any

885
02:02:11,440 --> 02:02:17,840
other comments from council or
questions?

886
02:02:15,119 --> 02:02:22,080
Good. Uh, and any final comments from
planner on um either of these two

887
02:02:20,560 --> 02:02:25,360
proposed applications?
>> I have no further comments. Thank you.

888
02:02:23,760 --> 02:02:33,280
» Excellent. And with that, we will
adjourn the public meeting at 5:03 p.m.

889
02:02:29,840 --> 02:02:38,239
Having received all the public comment
relating to these two applications and

890
02:02:35,280 --> 02:02:46,080
duly considered it. We will now go to
item 9.1 in our report which is the

891
02:02:41,760 --> 02:02:50,400
actual zoning bylaw amendment D14216
at 622 Westme Road. The recommendation

892
02:02:48,320 --> 02:02:54,159
is that the council of the township of
Whitewater region approve an amendment

893
02:02:52,159 --> 02:02:58,800
to the comprehensive zoning bylaw number
24-01-1655

894
02:02:57,040 --> 02:03:04,719
for portions of the property known as
622 Westme Road from the rural zoning to

895
02:03:02,719 --> 02:03:12,080
three sight specific zonings. Those
being the rural exception 79, rural

896
02:03:08,320 --> 02:03:16,880
exception 80, and rural exception 81
zoning. A mover and a seconder, please.

897
02:03:15,119 --> 02:03:20,199
Moved by councelor Trim, seconded by
councelor Bell.

898
02:03:20,320 --> 02:03:25,440
We have just heard the presentation from
the planner as part of the public

899
02:03:23,520 --> 02:03:29,760
meeting. So, I will not ask the planner
to repeat

900
02:03:27,360 --> 02:03:34,080
his presentation of this file unless
there is a member of council who would

901
02:03:31,840 --> 02:03:39,599
really like the planner to repeat what
he just said. None.

902
02:03:37,360 --> 02:03:43,040
Good. Is there any Sorry, I'll go just
to confirm formally. Councelor Trim is

903
02:03:41,599 --> 02:03:47,599
the mover. Any points or questions you
want to raise? Good. And the second is

904
02:03:45,280 --> 02:03:51,119
councelor Bell. Good. Anything else from
other members of council? With that, we

905
02:03:49,679 --> 02:03:58,719
will call for a vote. All those in
favor? Unanimous. carried

906
02:03:56,080 --> 02:04:04,840
one for one planner.
Next item is 9.2 which is a zoning bylaw

907
02:04:01,440 --> 02:04:04,840
amendment D14-27.

908
02:04:06,000 --> 02:04:11,599
Applicant is Patterson formstead Jeffrey
Lake Road. The recommendation is that

909
02:04:10,239 --> 02:04:14,639
the council of the town of Whitewater
region approve an amendment to the

910
02:04:13,119 --> 02:04:17,639
comprehensive zoning bylaw number
24-01-1655

911
02:04:17,679 --> 02:04:25,599
for portions of the property known as
Ross Concession for

912
02:04:22,880 --> 02:04:33,679
North Pot
21 RP 49R 20880 part onestead Jeffrey

913
02:04:31,199 --> 02:04:39,280
Lake Road from the rural zoning to a
sightspecific rural exception 82 zoning.

914
02:04:36,960 --> 02:04:44,400
A mover in a seconder, please. Mover,
councelor Trim, seconded by deputy

915
02:04:41,040 --> 02:04:49,040
mayor. And again, I will not ask the
planner to repeat his presentation. And

916
02:04:46,960 --> 02:04:54,000
I'll simply go to the mover, which is
councelor trim. Any additional comments

917
02:04:50,960 --> 02:04:58,880
or points? None. And the second deputy
mayor. None. Any from anything else from

918
02:04:56,000 --> 02:05:04,960
council? I see none. We call for the
vote. All those in favor? Carried

919
02:05:01,520 --> 02:05:09,840
unanimously. Thank you so much. Good.
And with that, we are going to skip the

920
02:05:07,440 --> 02:05:14,239
items that we have previously discussed
discussed

921
02:05:11,760 --> 02:05:20,239
and made decisions on at council. And we
are going to item number 13 on the

922
02:05:16,800 --> 02:05:25,280
agenda, which is our bylaws.
We have a number of bylaws listed on

923
02:05:22,159 --> 02:05:35,679
this agenda, January 14th agenda. I am
counting one, two, three,

924
02:05:29,520 --> 02:05:41,199
four, five, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. 10 bylaws
plus the confirmatory bylaw.

925
02:05:38,880 --> 02:05:46,000
The recommendation be it resolved that
the bylaws listed on the January 14th

926
02:05:43,440 --> 02:05:49,040
agenda be taken as read and passed. I
need a mover, please. Moved by the

927
02:05:47,520 --> 02:05:55,679
deputy mayor, seconded by councelor
White. This is the final opportunity for

928
02:05:52,080 --> 02:06:02,480
council to make comment or question the
proposed bylaws listed on this agenda.

929
02:05:58,639 --> 02:06:06,719
Is there anything not from our mover?
No, not from our seconder and not from

930
02:06:04,719 --> 02:06:12,000
anyone else.
With that, we will call for a vote. All

931
02:06:08,320 --> 02:06:16,800
those in favor? Unanimous. Thank you.
And I can confirm there is no close

932
02:06:14,080 --> 02:06:19,280
session
>> unless the clerk.

933
02:06:18,880 --> 02:06:24,159
No.
>> No. Clerk said no.

934
02:06:21,920 --> 02:06:30,199
Uh
item 15 on the agenda is uh

935
02:06:30,480 --> 02:06:36,320
I'm going to take as a misprint. Can I
do that, clerk? Because that can't take

936
02:06:34,320 --> 02:06:43,040
a place until the confirmatory until
that procedural bylaw is amended. Okay.

937
02:06:39,199 --> 02:06:47,040
So 15 is a is voided
which takes us to item number 16 which

938
02:06:45,280 --> 02:06:53,000
is the adjournment and we are adjourned
at 5:07 p.m. Thank you so much for all

939
02:06:49,520 --> 02:06:53,000
your time today.