[2:32] and welcome to the Township of
Whitewater Region's regular council
[2:35] meeting for Wednesday, January 14th, and
it is 3:03 p.m. And I just uh anybody
[2:42] watching, I just want to thank you for
your patience. It's been a very very
[2:46] full day with a budget committee meeting
to lead up to this council meeting and
[2:50] therefore the the two-hour delay. And
with that, we're going to we're going to
[2:54] jump right into it.
The first on our agenda is our national
[2:59] anthem. So, if you could stand, please,
and face the flea.
[3:06] [music]
[3:08] Oh Canada, [singing]
[music]
[3:12] our home and native land.
[music]
[3:17] True
love [singing]
[3:21] in all
command [music and singing]
[3:26] with all hearts we [music] see the rise
the truth [singing]
[3:31] of sorrow and free [music]
from [singing] wide oh Canada [music] we
[3:39] stand on guard for thee
[3:45] [singing]
people
[3:49] glorious [music]
and free. [singing]
[3:53] Oh, can we [singing] stand on [music]
God for thee?
[4:03] [music]
[4:05] We stand
for [music]
[4:10] thee.
[4:20] And next is our land acknowledgement.
Councelor White, please.
[4:26] » As we gather, we would like to
acknowledge on behalf of the township of
[4:29] Whitewater region and our community that
we are meeting on the traditional
[4:33] territory of the Algangquin people. We
thank the Algangquin people and express
[4:38] our respect and support for their rich
history and we are extremely grateful
[4:42] for their many and continued displays of
friendship. We also thank all the
[4:47] generations of indigenous people who
have taken care of this land for
[4:50] thousands of years.
>> Thanks, Councelor White. And the next
[4:55] item is the adoption of the agenda. The
recommendation is the council of
[4:59] Township Way Region approved the January
14th, 2026 agenda. Can I get a mover in
[5:03] a second, please? Deputy mayor and
councelor Moore.
[5:08] Uh just before I open it up to council
for any changes or amendments, I'm just
[5:13] going to recognize that it is
as written is going to be a little bit
[5:19] out of order. Item 6.1 I'll just
highlight 6.1 is our public meeting
[5:25] specific to two zoning amendments. And
that public meeting will begin at 4:45
[5:30] p.m. So, wherever we are at, we will
either come back to that 6.1 or we'll
[5:36] interrupt where we're at and go to that
6.1 at 4:45 p.m. And then, uh, you will
[5:43] see in the report section 9.1 and 9.2,
these are the actual resolutions. Is
[5:51] that right, clerk? Resolutions. These
are the two resolutions that are
[5:55] specific to that public meeting. We
can't hear those recommendations until
[6:00] after the public meeting. We've had the
opportunity to receive public input. So
[6:03] 9.1 and 9.2 will follow
the public meeting at 4:45 p.m. So you
[6:10] can see the agenda may get we may be
going back and forth, but uh that's the
[6:16] intent is just to make sure again it
really comes back to we want to make
[6:19] sure that the public has as much
opportunity to attend. Therefore, public
[6:24] meetings are 445
and the resolutions as a result will
[6:28] have to follow afterwards. Good. With
all that being said, clerk, was there
[6:32] anything else I missed?
>> No. No. So,
[6:34] » good. Any changes or uh amendments of
the council would like to make to the
[6:39] agenda as presented?
>> Good. I see none. We'll call for the
[6:44] vote. All those in favor?
Unanimous. Thank you, folks. The next is
[6:49] the adoption of the minutes. We have a
number of minutes here. Minutes. uh from
[6:53] uh December 3rd, December 8th, and
December 11th. Uh two special council
[6:59] meetings and a regular council meeting.
The recommendation is that the council
[7:02] of township whitewater region approve
the regular minutes of December 3rd,
[7:06] 2025. The special regular minutes of
December 8th, 2025 and the special close
[7:11] session of December 11th, 2025,
understanding that they remain
[7:14] confidential.
The close this the close session
[7:18] minutes. A mover and a seconder, please.
Moved by the deputy mayor, seconded by
[7:23] councelor Bell.
Any errors, omissions? Again, if it's
[7:29] anything to do with the closed portion,
we'll have to go into closed in order to
[7:32] hear those.
[7:35] Good. I see none. I call for the vote.
All those in favor? Unanimous. Thank
[7:40] you.
Uh I note that there are uh
[7:45] a number of committees and boards
minutes that are attached to the agenda
[7:49] for your information and for the
public's information. The first two are
[7:52] budget committee meetings from December
8th and 11th.
[7:57] The second is uh the Muskrat wershed
council minutes from November 2025. And
[8:02] I'll turn to the council lead for
Muskrat wershed. Is there anything you
[8:06] want to add or highlight?
>> Uh nothing to highlight. I just want to
[8:09] let people know um if you want to attend
one of our Muskart watershed council
[8:13] meetings uh the next one is January 15th
but none of them all of our meetings are
[8:19] now online due to weather. We can never
tell if it's going to be good weather or
[8:24] bad. So and we come from a large area so
we have opted to go through online um
[8:31] meetings only. So, you can contact me or
if you know a member of the uh Muskart
[8:36] wershed council, you can contact them
for the information. But the next
[8:39] meeting is Thursday, January 15th at
6:30 p.m.
[8:45] » Excellent. Thank you so much.
Uh, next item on our agenda is
[8:49] disclosures of interest. Is there any
disclosures that any member of council
[8:52] has to make as a result of any of the
items on the agenda?
[8:58] Good. I see none.
So that would lead us into six, which is
[9:02] the presentations. As I mentioned
earlier, we are going to jump 6.1 and
[9:06] come back to it at 4:45.
So that leads me into the mayor's
[9:11] address, which is item number seven, and
I emailed it to myself again.
[9:23] I've received a lot of emails uh since
uh this morning.
[9:29] Okay, that's going to be interesting
later.
[9:33] [clears throat]
[9:39] Okay, so welcome back to the council
chambers even though you've already been
[9:42] here for 3 hours and 10 minutes. Uh I
hope everyone enjoyed their holiday
[9:46] season and a happy new year to all. Uh
it's been five weeks since our last
[9:51] regular council meeting um uh and
regular scheduled council meeting. And
[9:57] while we've had a couple special
meetings and budget committee meetings
[10:00] during the time, this is really the
first formal mayor's address that I've
[10:04] been able to provide for a while. Uh
first item I wanted to talk about was
[10:09] just upcoming conference and the
delegations. This weekend from Sunday to
[10:13] Tuesday, four members of council will be
attending the rural Ontario Municipal
[10:17] Conference and Councelor White, myself,
Councelor Olmstead, and councelor Trim.
[10:22] Um, and we have several important
delegations that have been scheduled by
[10:26] our CEO. The first one is with the
solicitor general. Here we'll discuss
[10:30] the affordability of the rising OP
policing costs and their impact on
[10:35] municipal budgets. Even with the 11%
annual increase cap that the solicitor
[10:42] general has placed on the OP budget, the
pressure will remain significant to
[10:47] Whitewater region. And this meeting is
going to include seven mayors that are
[10:52] served by the Renfruit OP detachment. So
you can imagine this is going to be a
[10:55] very fun meeting
with with seven very
[11:00] uh speakative people. uh but we're going
to have at it with the solicitor general
[11:06] to make sure that he understands the
impact that the OP budget is having on
[11:11] rural communities. The second one is the
Minister of Economic Development, job
[11:15] creation and trade. And here we're
advocating to support the market support
[11:21] for marketing the former Taminko mine,
the mine site and the lands that we're
[11:26] proposing for class 3 uh industrial
park. The third one is with Ministry of
[11:32] Health and here uh we were very
fortunate to be able to receive an
[11:36] opportunity to request increased support
for connectwell. ConnectWell is our
[11:40] primary care provider uh here within our
township to improve access to primary
[11:46] care in Whitewater region and this is
specifically with respect to
[11:49] infrastructure.
The next one is Ministry of
[11:52] Infrastructure. I mentioned it in the
committee meeting. I think this is our
[11:55] seventh uh delegation this term and here
we're continuing to push for funding for
[12:00] rural water and wastewater systems and
asset management in general.
[12:06] The last one is Ministry of
Transportation. Here we'll be addressing
[12:10] safety concerns on Highway 17 from
Cobden all the way through to CNL. will
[12:16] be joined with Pemrook and Pedawa mayors
uh to emphasize the urgency uh and just
[12:22] as an example traffic through Cobden now
exceeds 12,000 vehicles a day
[12:28] and with projected increases that is
only going to continue to rise. So those
[12:34] are the uh upcoming uh delegations that
we have booked at Roma. I'd also want to
[12:39] recognize some community recognition
that we will be receiving. Um, I'm
[12:43] pleased to share that the ministry,
Minister of Seniors and Accessibility,
[12:48] Minister Cho, uh, will officially
recognize Whitewater Region as an age
[12:53] Ontario age friendly community on
January 18th. So, I believe that's
[12:57] Sunday evening as part of the
conference. Uh, and it this is a
[13:01] tremendous achievement uh, that will be
recognized amongst a small group of
[13:07] other municipalities across the
province. And I just want to make sure
[13:10] that we publicly acknowledge at this
point the dedication of our volunteers,
[13:15] our staff who have been
managing this on the sides of their desk
[13:21] and council. Um, and we look forward to
being able to celebrate this milestone
[13:25] upon our return.
I'm looking at councelor Trimble with
[13:29] that one. So, we'll come back to him.
Uh, the next one is uh the budget and
[13:34] financial planning. So, today we've been
reviewing the 2026 budget. While
[13:38] progress has been made on the 5-year
capital forecast, a number of challenges
[13:42] remain. We simply uh cannot raise taxes
to cover the cost of maintaining all of
[13:49] our existing assets. The continued uh we
will continue budget committee work um
[13:55] as an essential uh task to prioritize
projects and develop a sustainable
[14:00] capital plan. And in the weeks ahead,
council will be reviewing service levels
[14:05] for our asset management plan. We also
are expected to receive the
[14:09] transportation master plan which is
going to be an interesting document. I
[14:14] received the one from county. It is
literally 4 in thick with the
[14:20] appendixes. It is an incredible
document. We'll see how good it is. Um
[14:26] they are these two the asset management
plan the transportation master plan are
[14:30] critical projects that are going to
shape our future and it's going to be a
[14:32] busy winter and spring. So, I look
forward to working through these
[14:35] priorities together. And that ends my
mayor's report. Any comments or
[14:41] questions from members of council.
Good.
[14:46] And I don't know if our ceremony is
going to be on Facebook.
[14:51] Maybe we'll have to Facebook live it
when we're there.
[14:54] » We could attempt that. Yes, [laughter]
absolutely. Yeah, we'll uh we'll
[14:57] organize some at least some pictures for
sure. Thanks.
[15:00] » Excellent. Good. Good. Next is public
comments. And I'll just ask the clerk,
[15:04] did we receive any public comments about
anything on the agenda?
[15:08] » No.
>> No.
[15:09] » Excellent. Good. Next is the reports.
And as I mentioned earlier, 9.1 and 9.2
[15:15] are related to the public meeting. So,
we're going to skip those two for now,
[15:18] and we'll jump into 9.3, which is the
library board appointments update. The
[15:23] recommendation to council is that the
council of the township whitewater
[15:26] region enact a bylaw to update the
members of the Whitewater region public
[15:29] library board. A mover and a seconder,
please. Moved by councelor White,
[15:33] seconded by councelor Moore. This is
going to CEO or manager community
[15:38] services.
>> Uh no, I'll go ahead and speak to it. In
[15:40] the absence of our clerk, I'll have to
present a few of the reports tonight. Um
[15:45] the uh the this is a pretty
straightforward report for members of
[15:49] council. The library board appointment
is a is a is a report you've seen
[15:52] numerous times in the last number of
years. Essentially the intent of this of
[15:56] this report is to remove uh a member a
long a no longer serving member Jamal is
[16:02] the gentleman's name. Um so we'll be
removing him from the bylaw as the
[16:07] appointment bylaw. So who will stand is
Monica Lrada Angela Butterworth Jim
[16:12] Butterworth Sarah Low and Mary Clark and
then councelor Connie White serves as
[16:17] our council member board. Mistake in the
report Tabert but White will get
[16:21] corrected. Uh, so that's essentially all
it is is a revised bylaw to remove that
[16:25] appointee. That's it. Thanks so much.
>> Excellent. Thank you, CEO. I'll go to my
[16:29] mover first. Councelor White.
>> I have nothing to add. Thank you,
[16:33] » councelor Moore.
>> Yeah, just one question. So, the way I
[16:38] read this, they're only going to update
their membership
[16:42] on council
um elections or I didn't see anything in
[16:48] this time where they were bringing
somebody on board. So they're going to
[16:50] work with what they have until the next
election and then try and bring more
[16:55] members on.
>> Yeah. So they they actually had an
[16:57] exceedence of of min they were greater
than the minimum number. So right now
[17:01] the threshold of minimum number of of
members they're meeting that
[17:05] requirement. So they're not going to uh
pursue the recruitment of a another
[17:09] member at this point in time. The term
of the library board uh aligns with the
[17:14] term of council. Uh so it continues
beyond the election. But um until we
[17:20] could you know re re recruit new members
of the same members. Uh so let that no
[17:26] additional recruitment between now and
the election and then we'll look at that
[17:30] as part following the election.
>> Thank you.
[17:33] » Thank you.
>> Any other questions from members of
[17:35] council? Seeing none, we'll call for the
vote. All those in favor? It's carried
[17:40] unanimous. Thank you.
[17:44] Next is 9.4. This is the emergency
management annual program review. The
[17:49] recommendation is the council of the
township whitewater re region receive
[17:52] this report for information purposes as
it pertains to the annual emergency
[17:56] management review 2025 and approve
amendments to the emergency response
[18:01] plan and amend and attachments. Move her
please councelor white seconded by
[18:07] councelor trim.
Back to our CEO.
[18:10] » Yeah, thank you. Thank you mayor. Um, so
the the CEMC, the community emergency
[18:16] management coordinator being our clerk.
She also serves as the CMC for the
[18:20] township. Uh, their their their role and
responsibility is to facilitate and
[18:23] implement a wide variety of initiatives
and ongoing activities to strengthen our
[18:28] emergency management program and
preparedness. Uh, one of those
[18:31] initiatives includes our emergency
management plan. And that emergency
[18:34] management plan is a legislated document
that we need to prepare and review
[18:38] annually and send it back up to the
province
[18:42] um and to the office of the fire
marshall. We do that annually as they do
[18:45] audits on all municipal emergency
management programs in Ontario. So they
[18:48] audit these things. So these are
requirements from the province. We
[18:51] establish CMC the programs the plans and
we send it back up as annual audits. And
[18:56] I guess we spoke about weather, how it's
impacting our roads. I mean weather,
[18:59] climate, I would say the weather uh is
having effects on our ability to to
[19:05] manage different different uh incidents.
Um
[19:11] the I will note the annual statement of
compliance is must be submitted by the
[19:15] CMC declaring that the municipality has
met all of our annual requirements and
[19:19] that has already occurred. Um and the
intent of and purpose of this report is
[19:24] to um to receive for information
purposes together with approving
[19:29] amendments to our emergency management
plan. That long document attached to the
[19:33] report um is the uh emergency management
plan and it's together with the bylaw at
[19:39] the end of the at the in the bylaw
section of the agenda. Uh so just
[19:44] highlighting a few more things. Uh so
when we talk about emergency management
[19:48] for a municipality there's sort of two
groups our municipal emergency control
[19:53] group and they are responsible for the
direction and control
[19:58] um of emergency response during an
incident the MECG that's one group
[20:04] incident happens we activate the MECG
and then they sort of manage the
[20:09] incident and and uh the response to the
emergency and then we also have the uh
[20:14] municipal
emergency program committee and that
[20:18] committee is different than the MECG
MEPC. Uh they guide and oversee the
[20:25] development implementation of the
township's emergency management program.
[20:29] So uh the committee has reviewed the
changes to the emergency management plan
[20:33] together with the additional uh cyber
incident emergency plan and the HIRA.
[20:38] The oh hyra what does that mean again?
In any case, the Hyra, it reviews uh
[20:44] critical infrastructure,
an evaluation of different uh
[20:49] emergencies that may happen. Um in any
case, so the committee together with uh
[20:55] the control group have reviewed these
documents and they're essentially
[20:58] accepting the changes and sort of
recommending to council the approval. Um
[21:03] the last thing to note here is that
annually as part of this requirement
[21:08] from the province, we have to hold a um
a tabletop exercise to make sure that
[21:13] all of our uh positions are ready to
respond to emergencies. So that was held
[21:18] on October 23rd and it was done uh in in
in collaboration with the county of
[21:23] Renfruit. It was a countywide
communication out outage was a tabletop
[21:27] exercise. So we responded quite well to
that. uh there was a a debrief after and
[21:33] uh and and we're working uh with the
county and everybody on that. So, uh
[21:37] we've met our compliance requirements
and we're just proposing some some
[21:40] additional uh appendices to the
emergency response plan. Uh and that's
[21:46] for members of council to consider.
Hyra means exactly what, Merrick? I seen
[21:51] you typing
[21:55] » hazard identification and risk
assessment.
[22:01] Good. Thank you, CEO. That is a a very
uh long attachment. Um Councelor White
[22:07] is our council lead and chairs the and
I've lost the name already because I
[22:13] flipped over municipal emergency program
committee. So, she has taken the lead in
[22:20] um as part of this with the staff to
propose these uh amendments uh to our
[22:26] policies. So, with that, I'm going to go
to her as our mover first. Is there any
[22:29] comments or anything you want to add to
the discussion?
[22:32] » Um, if anyone wants to read the document
and uh provide any updates, sure, go
[22:36] ahead. We appreciate it. But, uh, um,
Carmen, who does who's in who's our
[22:42] » clerk?
>> The clerk, but she's
[22:44] » CMC.
>> CMC.
[22:46] » Sure. Anyway, she's a CMC and she's very
good at at what she does and she's uh I
[22:51] would never have thought of updating the
cyber incident, but it's happened and so
[22:55] now we've got that. So, but uh yeah, go
read the document and give us a hand.
[23:03] » Second is councelor Trim. Perfect. Good.
I won't claim to have read all 180
[23:12] pages, but I did skim through it and uh
I noticed just some anomalies on page 36
[23:18] and 37 uh where it says
error bookmark not
[23:25] uh defined. I don't know if that's just
a program thing or what, but anyway,
[23:32] it's just a note. Um
I don't know what it means.
[23:37] » Perfect. They're clerical.
>> Absolutely.
[23:40] » Mhm.
>> Clerical uh issues. We'll get them
[23:43] corrected.
>> Okay.
[23:44] » Yep.
>> Good. Any other questions or feedback on
[23:48] this?
>> I'll just stress from uh
[23:54] um
I have somebody invading the CEO's
[23:57] office right now. I can hear them in
there. [laughter]
[24:02] Um
the importance of these policies are the
[24:08] [laughter]
[24:12] » Yeah, you step out. Good. These policies
are important. If there is an emergency
[24:19] and I get hit by a bus, the other staff
are hit by the bus and the next person,
[24:26] the deputy mayor in this situation would
have to step in. The policy is what
[24:30] guides you. You flip it open. You You
don't go to page 34. You go to page one.
[24:37] And it'll tell you these are the
decisions you need to start to make. And
[24:41] it's supposed to be able to the policy
is supposed to give us that guiding so
[24:44] that you don't have to worry about it
and know everything.
[24:48] Carmen and uh and councelor White do all
the work up front to make sure that
[24:52] that's produced. We approve it, but
that's why the policy exists. Good. No
[24:58] other comments from council.
Okay, with that, we'll call for a vote.
[25:02] All those in favor? It's carried
unanimously. Good. You shouldn't have
[25:07] let the manager of public works off the
the hook here. Okay. Should have asked
[25:12] him a whole bunch of questions.
Um, good. The next item is 9.5, the
[25:17] procedural bylaw amendments.
Uh, and just to note, this is the one
[25:22] that has been carried forward since our
discussion in November. uh that council
[25:27] the recommendation is that council of
the township of whitewater region pass a
[25:30] bylaw to amend the procedural bylaw to
reflect changes including definitions
[25:34] orders of business and regular meeting
times. Uh mover and a seconder please.
[25:38] Deputy mayor a seconder is going to be
councelor white
[25:42] back to the CEO.
>> Yeah thanks so much. So as the mayor has
[25:46] noted that this is the procedural bylaw
that um that has been presented to
[25:51] council I think about four times. This
will be the fourth time perhaps. uh the
[25:54] delegation of authority bylaw together
with the procurement policy bylaw uh
[25:59] were both adopted I think it was in
December the early meeting in December.
[26:03] What was the outstanding item was this
procedural bylaw and ultimately the
[26:07] reason why it was taken back to staff
and and now returned back to council is
[26:11] there was some housekeeping uh changes
that needed to be reflected. So, I think
[26:15] there was like a couple provisions that
for some reason were got pulled out, but
[26:20] now they've the version that's before
you is the clean final version. I
[26:26] believe the highlighted changes are in
the one that's attached to your your
[26:29] report and then the bylaw has the non-
highlighted one. Maybe it is still
[26:32] highlighted. I'm not sure, but this is
the final version um for for your
[26:36] consideration. Thanks so much.
>> Excellent. Thanks, CEO. And I'll go to
[26:40] uh Deputy Mayor first.
>> Thank you. Yeah, I've I've perused this
[26:45] so many times. Um I I I'm in favor of
ready to move forward with this. Thank
[26:50] you.
>> Thank you, Councelor White.
[26:54] » No, nothing to add.
>> Excellent. You were the one who caught
[26:58] the mistakes before, so I'm glad to see
that they have been corrected to your
[27:01] satisfaction. Good. Any other feedback
from members of council? Uh oh. Council
[27:06] Mort,
>> someone refreshed my memory. This will
[27:11] take effect um at the signing of this if
we agree to it tonight,
[27:16] meaning the next meeting will be at 1
p.m. instead of 4:45.
[27:22] » CO.
>> Yeah, that's correct. So, the uh the the
[27:25] the proposed changes to the procedural
bylaw before council right now has all
[27:29] of the meetings commencing at 1 p.m. Um
yes. I mean, the next meeting is a is a
[27:36] first meeting of the month, which would
have been at 1 PM anyway, but they'll
[27:38] all be starting at 1 p.m., correct?
>> Okay. So, could that be discussed then
[27:43] on the agenda at the next meeting so
that people watching know that the the
[27:47] second meeting of the month isn't at
4:45?
[27:50] » Good. Yeah, we'll put a reminder in it.
>> Yeah, I think we have a current going
[27:52] out as well, so the current can also uh
identify that change yet.
[27:56] » Great. Thank you.
>> Good. Thank you, councelor Moore. Any
[27:59] other comments?
>> Good. We'll call for a vote. All those
[28:04] in favor? Unanimous. Thank you.
[sighs]
[28:09] Next is 9.6. A sale of land for an
unopened road allowance on Colunge Lake.
[28:14] Uh recommendation the council of
township whitewater region one declare
[28:18] the property legally described as road
allowance between concession north front
[28:22] D and concession one colunge lakefront
westme part three of plan 49R210007
[28:29] surplus to the township's needs and
authorize its sale to Paul Jerva for the
[28:34] purposes of lot addition and two enact a
bylaw for the purposes of stopping up
[28:38] and close
stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop
[28:41] stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop
stop stop stop stop stop stopping up and
[28:42] closing the road allowance pursuant to
The Municipal Act 2001 SO201C25
[28:51] moved by councelor Trim, seconded by
councelor Moore,
[28:57] manager public works or CEO. Manager
public works.
[29:02] I I'll go ahead and present it. It's
fine. [laughter] Thanks. Um if uh while
[29:08] I I'll go through a bit of the text
part, but if I'll ask the the uh acting
[29:11] clerk if you could move to slide two or
page 263 of your document or Yeah. or
[29:17] click on the agenda package. Yeah,
that'd be great. Uh so essentially what
[29:21] this is is that uh it's another portion
of the unopen road allowance uh that we
[29:26] sold to a Mr. McBride a few months ago.
He had purchased this unopened road
[29:31] allowance that is near La Kul Kulange
Lake Trail. Um when we did the surveying
[29:39] we knew there was interest from an
adjacent land owner, Mr. Jerv Paul Jerv.
[29:43] Uh so we also surveyed that same road
allowance at the waterfront portion of
[29:48] his property. Uh so we we connected back
with Mr. Jerv and he continues to show
[29:53] interest and he he's requested that we
proceed to council for approval. Um, so
[29:58] the uh uh the same terms apply to Mr.
Dur that applied to the neighbor. Uh,
[30:05] that being that they're prepared to pray
pay a sales price of uh of f in this
[30:12] case it's $5,514.50.
It's it's a little bit larger than Mr.
[30:17] McBride's property and we use M Mr.
McBride's property as the basis of the
[30:21] value per square meter or or acre. Uh so
just just over $5,500. Uh Mr. D will be
[30:27] responsible for a proportional share of
the costing so of the surveying rather
[30:31] and he'll pay for his own legal. So um
the uh the actual money generated uh
[30:38] will be $5,500 plus a bit plus a portion
of surveying and he'll pay for his own
[30:42] legal. So uh staff are fully supportive
of this and uh and we're prepared to
[30:46] move forward
[30:51] and we're almost there. Third page.
Thanks. I can There you go. Uh, so here
[30:56] we have it. Part three is the one in
question.
[31:00] Uh, part two is like a strip of land
that we will retain because there's this
[31:04] block 23 that is owned by a corporation
and and Mr. McBride's trying to purchase
[31:10] it. And if he purchases that block 23,
that little strip, then he might
[31:14] approach us to buy part two to add to
his land. And in part one is the
[31:19] property that we have already sold to
Mr. McBride. In fact, the transfers
[31:22] occurred. we've received payment for it.
So part one's been sold to Mr. McBride.
[31:26] Part two is pending uh some some some
matter on block 23 that strip and then
[31:31] block three is the portion to Mr. Jerv.
Um if this is approved it it probably in
[31:36] the next two or three weeks it'll be
finalized.
[31:40] The only thing I would add is that we
don't uh we we have in the budget under
[31:45] revenue sale of land and we we collect
that money and we put it in that budget
[31:49] line. Uh I'm not it goes against the
operating costs I think. Yeah, against
[31:53] operating. So that's kind of where the
money will end up. Thanks.
[31:58] » Good. Thank you. CEO mover was uh
councelor Trim. Yes. [clears throat] Um
[32:05] this uh we have also uh a policy that we
do not sell uh roads leading to water.
[32:14] Now this is a very big exception. Uh if
you can see in your mind's eye, this uh
[32:20] is would be Nikolai Road. So it runs uh
north from the Gore line to the Ottawa
[32:29] River, but before it gets right into the
Ottawa River, it goes in and out of the
[32:34] water. And that's what's happening here.
And so it's it's not useful. It's it's
[32:40] not like other road allowances going to
water. This one goes in and out. And so
[32:46] it is a good it it it's a good sale.
It's not it would never be useful to to
[32:52] uh the council uh to the township. And
so as the CEO has said, part one has
[32:58] been sold and and uh it ends up in the
water and part three is going to be sold
[33:06] after we approve and it ends up in the
water. Now, part two, I think uh and the
[33:12] planner or uh CEO could correct me. I
think it's it's been put there as access
[33:19] to the lots above in this map that you
don't see that don't have access to the
[33:25] water. And so, I don't know if Mr.
McBride is able to buy uh block 23.
[33:31] That'd be fine. However, I think if we
are going if he wants to buy part two
[33:36] from us, we should offer half of part
two to Mr. Jerva.
[33:41] » Uh, in fairness,
>> he may not want it, but I think that
[33:45] that should be offered. Um, but anyway,
that's all I have to uh uh offer on
[33:53] that. I think it's a a very good I'd be
I moved it and I'm going to be happy to
[33:58] uh vote in favor of this motion. Thank
you. All right.
[34:02] And our secondary is councelor Moore.
>> Uh [clears throat] the last time we
[34:07] discussed this and there was a different
map up. I understood the parameters of
[34:10] of the said property and I have no
problems with the sale.
[34:15] » Perfect. Any other comments from members
of council? Councelor White.
[34:19] » Just a question here. When I look at
this, I see part two and then there's a
[34:23] block 24. How does that person get to
block 24 if part two is sold?
[34:29] I could provide some some clarifications
if you want. Yes, please. So, is it
[34:32] block 24 or block 23?
>> 23.
[34:35] » 23. Okay.
>> No.
[34:38] » Oh, block 24 there.
>> Yeah. Yeah. So, block 24.
[34:43] » It's the bigger part close to the Ottawa
River there.
[34:47] » Bottom left corner. If you look up on
your screen, councelor Trim, you'll be
[34:50] able
>> essentially it's shoreline.
[34:54] [snorts]
>> Yeah. So block block 23 as it stands
[34:57] presently is held by this corporation
who also owns block 24. It's like the
[35:02] past owners. It's like an estate of the
subdivision that exist that was
[35:06] developed numbers of years ago. Uh so 23
right now is a point of access to block
[35:11] 24 and to the water.
But there's also another strip of land
[35:18] in the subdivision that also accesses
block 24 and the beach and the water
[35:22] that residents are currently using. So I
mean for the purposes of the discussion
[35:27] today when we come back with part the
reference to part two and block 23 and
[35:34] block like we'll clarify that a bit
more. Um, but your question is why would
[35:40] he buy buy part three if he has to go
over block 24 to get to the water? Is
[35:44] that the question?
>> No. How is Okay, so block 24 is owned by
[35:49] somebody. Part two is going to be owned
by somebody. And how does the person in
[35:55] block 24 get to their property?
>> There's another point of access in the
[35:59] subdivision further down Lac Kulange.
There's another strip of land somewhere
[36:03] else to get to block 24. There's two
accesses and I think there's a
[36:06] willingness to sell one of the two
access.
[36:08] » Thank you.
>> Thanks.
[36:10] » Good. And we would just note that uh
when this comes back to council for
[36:14] discussion on 23 block 23, we'll just
need a bigger map that kind of gives us
[36:19] a bigger picture. [clears throat]
That'll be sufficient. But just to
[36:23] remind we're we're focusing on part
three uh for our decision today.
[36:28] » Yeah. Good.
Any other questions from members of
[36:32] council?
Okay, I see none. So, I'm going to call
[36:35] for a vote. All those in favor? It's
carried unanimously. Thank you. Next
[36:41] item is 9.7. So, this is the 2026
operating capital and user fee budget.
[36:47] The schedules to be added once
finalized.
[36:52] Okay. We'll have to cover that point
when we first Yeah, bring it up now.
[36:55] » Yeah. The schedules have been attached
to the revised agenda and they're
[36:59] attached they were attached to the
original agenda as the bylaw. So it's
[37:03] all been updated on the website and uh
and if you could access it through your
[37:07] iPad, it's there. Thanks.
>> Perfect. Okay, good. So the
[37:10] recommendation is that the council
township of whitewater region support
[37:13] the recommendations from the budget
committee as presented. Receive the
[37:16] mayor's 2026 operating capital and user
fee budgets as finalized by the budget
[37:22] committee. And three, enact the bylaws
to adopt the mayor's 2026 budget as
[37:27] presented. A mover. No. Yeah, I need a
mover and a second here, please. Moved
[37:31] by the deputy mayor, seconded by
councelor bill.
[37:36] Good. And just be when uh who's going to
speak to this? Treasurers just if you
[37:41] could lead with um the language is being
supported through the strong mayor's
[37:46] legisl we're meeting the legislative
requirements through this language.
[37:50] » Sure. Um so yeah, so this report just is
to actually bring the budget uh into
[37:55] council. So the through the strong
mayor's powers, the mayor's budget is to
[38:00] be created. Uh a little bit of a change
here, the fact that we have a committee
[38:05] uh to do it. So council's already seen
it, but this is the formal introduction
[38:09] to council. Um council then has a period
of 30 days to amend that bylaw or that
[38:16] uh that proposed budget. Uh bring
amendments forward and then get try to
[38:21] pass those. and then the mayor has a
period to in order to veto those those
[38:26] said changes and we can go back and
forth until it's finally approved and
[38:30] passed and when the budget is settled
out. Um, so the the mayor has already
[38:34] through his uh direction or mayoral
direction shortened his veto period down
[38:39] to 10 days. Uh, off the top of my head I
do not Oh, zero days. That's right. From
[38:43] 10 days. Thank you. Um, so he's not
going to veto. So now there if there's
[38:47] any changes to be made by council, the
period starts today. The proposed piece
[38:52] today is that we've brought forward the
uh full uh agenda or the full package uh
[38:58] with a bylaw. So in being deemed adopted
today by adopting the bylaw or approving
[39:03] the bylaw um it is then deemed approved
by the mayor and adopted by council. So
[39:10] the 30 days is gone. There's no more
room for amendments all that. It is it
[39:14] is finalized. The is the end of the
process. Um the main part of the budget
[39:18] has not changed from the the core
elements of the municipal act which is
[39:22] where the funds need to be generated and
created uh to fund the the operations of
[39:26] the township. So we still meet all those
guidelines. Uh it's just that new piece
[39:30] that was implemented in for the 2026
year with the strong mayor powers that
[39:34] created this change of how the process
of the budget actually goes through. Um
[39:38] so the start of my report just talks
about the same thing we've talked about
[39:41] before which is a synopsis of the the
mayor's directions uh the 4.2% overall
[39:46] for uh for capital overall upset limit
of 7% for the entire budget 3.4%. Uh so
[39:53] we've settled it set at 5.8% 8% as
current uh as put by the committees. Uh
[39:59] the committee we met met uh three times
to deliberate the budget then had a
[40:03] public meeting with the f fourth fourth
meeting being today um uh prior to this
[40:09] meeting. So you'll see uh the following
recommendations were developed uh so
[40:15] that the mayor uh 2026 budget uh for
capital operating and user fees be
[40:20] presented and finalized by the budget
committee amend uh and adopt or and
[40:26] review the uh following policies which
was the reserve policy debenture policy
[40:29] tangible capital asset policy investment
policy and surplus equipment disposal
[40:33] policy and then continue the development
of the 10-year capital plan based on
[40:37] funding for the 2026 asset management
plan. Uh I'm just bringing those back
[40:42] into um this report as this is the
formal uh part where council can support
[40:48] those those recommendations.
Um so the engagement was through uh the
[40:53] senior management team and senior
leadership team which compiled the data
[40:57] and then presented to the budget
committee. Uh the details came from such
[41:01] things as the strategic plan, the
strategic direction, our water
[41:04] wastewater study for 2025, uh the 2022
asset management plan, and then all of
[41:08] the building condition assessments that
have been completed by the township. Uh
[41:12] so the final uh number that the the
committee has u had approved and
[41:17] recommended to council is 5.8% total
levy increase, 1.6% for operating net
[41:23] growth, 4.2% 2% for the general capital
levy,
[41:26] 5% for water and 4% for sanitary
wastewater. And then you'll note that
[41:32] the uh attached to the report is the
schedules uh but you've already been
[41:37] provided them as paper form attached to
the bylaws. Uh the schedule A is your
[41:41] operating capital budget which is the
consolidated one. Um then schedule B is
[41:46] water, schedule C is wastewater, and
then schedule D is the actual capital
[41:50] project listing as well as where they're
funded from. um like their funding
[41:54] allocations uh and the indicating if
it's debentures or unfunded or alike.
[42:00] Any questions?
[42:06] » Thank you, treasurer. And I'll just I
just want to thank staff for all the
[42:10] work that went into not just the budget
part. We already talked about the budget
[42:14] committee, but just, you know, taking
the new legislation with the strong
[42:18] mayor powers and ensuring that we could
exercise the most democratic process we
[42:23] could think of, still abide by the
legislation, but achieve as much um
[42:30] interoperability amongst uh council
members to come up with the best budget.
[42:34] So, thank you for that.
With that, I'll go to the deputy mayor
[42:38] first. Any comments on the proposed
budget?
[42:43] No, I think everything is has been well
covered, but I do want to add uh to you
[42:48] uh mayor that uh you also have made a
huge uh a lot of work and effort went
[42:54] into this as well. So, I do just want to
publicly say that you have done an
[42:59] amazing job as well and uh appreciate
everything that you have done and in
[43:04] favor of your mayor powers. Thank you.
[laughter]
[43:09] » Thank you.
Uh seconder
[43:13] councelor Bell. He is happy.
[laughter]
[43:17] Success.
Good. Is there any other comments or
[43:21] questions from any other members of
council?
[43:25] Okay. 3 hours and 10 minutes in a
committee budget meeting. We obviously
[43:29] were successful. So, uh good. Anything
any final comments from staff? With
[43:36] that, I will call for the vote. All
those in favor? And it's carried. Thank
[43:40] you. Unanimous.
>> Chuch-ching. Chuch-ching. Good. Next
[43:45] item is uh notices of motion. And we
have one notice on the agenda. Uh
[43:52] unfortunately, our councelor Olmstead,
it is motion that's been proposed by
[43:56] councelor Mstead. He's not available
today to do some other commitment that
[43:59] has just came up unforcasted. So the
clerk has advised me that we can just
[44:03] postpone that to the next agenda. No, no
resolution or or vote required. Good.
[44:12] Excellent.
Next item, uh correspondence number 11,
[44:17] requiring direction. We have
noninformation items. We have four and
[44:21] we'll just highlight uh
we have a couple things that we want to
[44:26] talk about. First one is the Eastern
Ontario Wardens Caucus
[44:31] uh newsletter.
If there's any questions,
[44:36] it's good. This is different than the
Eastern Ontario Wardens Caucus advocacy
[44:42] note that I sent you. So, the advocacy
note that they are um advocating for at
[44:48] Roma. Um but this is just their December
newsletter. The second one is the real
[44:53] estate market activity. Again, for your
information, just to get an idea of days
[44:57] on the market, um average sale prices,
etc.
[45:02] C, which is the 2025
uh county council year in review. This
[45:07] is a new initiative that uh the CEO
Craig Kelly has done up. Think of it uh
[45:12] think of what our CEO does in a
quarterly his quarterly reports back to
[45:15] council. Same idea except the county did
it as a whole year. So in there, very
[45:22] informative. If you have a chance or an
interest level, get through it. Uh, the
[45:26] one that I will bring up to you that I'm
I I'm proud of and will hopefully see
[45:32] ground cut next year is the new
Whitewater paramedic base that'll be
[45:36] coming in. So, the property has been
transferred. So, the new paramedic base
[45:41] will you should start to see
construction as soon as the frost is out
[45:43] of the ground and of course the building
permits are authorized by staff.
[45:49] U, but if there's any questions or any
issues that you have going through that,
[45:52] please don't hesitate to bring them up
to me. It is a lengthy document. I'm not
[45:55] going to go through it in detail. The
last one is the Eorn update, the Eastern
[46:00] Ontario Regional Network update. Uh, now
I do have uh something I want to add and
[46:06] I just asked
[46:09] for it to be put on the screen. So,
>> he's got No, he put it up. Yeah. Uh, can
[46:16] you blow it up?
>> Enlarge.
[46:19] » Yeah, enlarge. Yeah. Then the next one
down. Yeah.
[46:25] Okay. So, Eorn, which is the Eastern
Ontario Regional Network, their mission
[46:29] uh in life for the last number of years
has been to install cell towers to
[46:34] increase connectivity, cellular
connectivity across eastern Ontario. So,
[46:39] they provided this map to us of exactly
where the cell towers are in Whitewater
[46:45] region. And you can see there are two,
four, six, eight towers. The orange ones
[46:53] are new. The two green ones were
existing prior to the project. So all
[46:57] they did with the green ones is they
updated those towers. They put updated
[47:02] hardware on the existing towers. The
orange ones are all new builds. And at
[47:08] the time that they provided this update
to me, there was five live.
[47:13] Those are the ones with the black around
the orange star. And the last one to go
[47:17] live was the one I want to say curline
and intersection of curr and magnesium.
[47:24] Uh and over the Christmas holidays curr
and magnesium went live. So as of 2026
[47:31] all eight of our towers are now live and
operating.
[47:36] And someone says to me, someone has said
they've looked at the map and said, "Oh,
[47:39] what about the guys on the other side?"
There are towers in every municipality.
[47:43] I just they didn't include them in this
map.
[47:46] The unique thing and what you will get
phone calls about and I just want to
[47:50] reiterate it again for the public uh
because even councelor White and I had a
[47:54] conversation already. These are Rogers
towers with Rogers systems on it. They
[48:00] installed these with a $300 million
grant. 150 of it $300 million was the
[48:07] cost to put all of the towers in across
Eastern Ontario. 150 came from Rogers,
[48:14] 140 Yeah. 140 came from the provincial
and federal governments and then 10 came
[48:19] from the counties.
So they are Rogers assets, which means
[48:25] they have Rogers
systems on them. So if you've got a Bell
[48:30] or Telus system,
you're not going to get they're like
[48:35] these towers are like they don't exist
except for one purpose and that's 911
[48:40] access.
Any tower of any system will take a 911
[48:44] call. So in terms of emergency access in
Whitewater, 100% there. You can dial 911
[48:52] from wherever and you're going to hit
one of these cell towers.
[48:55] But if you're not Rogers or one of
Rogers subsidiaries, I can't remember.
[49:00] Photo and Chatter I think are the two,
you can't use it for cell data.
[49:07] So residents will have the choice. They
can either advocate to their own company
[49:11] and say, "Hey, you got to put a tower in
my community. You got to put a system on
[49:14] the Rogers tower or I'm switching
providers." Or they switch providers.
[49:20] That's how this is going to happen going
forward. the agreements that were it's
[49:24] part of the Eorn construction of these
towers is one they will accept other
[49:29] businesses to put systems on their
towers at a cost and two we also have
[49:35] the ability to put other assets on these
towers. So county road network radio
[49:40] system, fire radio system, ambulance
radio systems, they can all manage off
[49:46] of these towers. So, it is a plus and
it's incredible to see this $300 million
[49:52] project finally come to fruition. I live
at the very point
[49:56] » where there's nothing
>> where there was nothing before. So, I'm
[49:59] very very happy as as I expect most of
my neighbors are. So, good. Does anybody
[50:05] have any questions on that? Because you
will get as you know people drive by the
[50:08] tower and get no bars, you're going to
get a phone call. Councelor Trim,
[50:12] » I I don't have a question really
[clears throat] because I think this was
[50:15] all you did a good job of explaining to
us over time and so yes, there are uh
[50:22] questions in the community, but people
are understanding what's happening now.
[50:28] But I have just an interesting thought
and that is I'm wondering if these
[50:34] towers that we finally have gotten over
many years in some ways may be obsolete
[50:40] because Rogers and I know Bell is
working on it too. Satellite system for
[50:45] cell phones uh where you don't need
towers. So it it's just interesting. I
[50:51] think that satellite system for cell
phones would be more expensive
[50:54] initially. Uh but um uh recently Rogers
want invited you to try it for a month
[51:00] for free using any phone just uh just
use it. So I mean that's an interesting
[51:07] development I think but it's just a
comment Mr. Mayor.
[51:11] » Yeah good councelor Moore
>> I am on a sister company pho therefore I
[51:19] receive a service. So I was quite
excited to get three bars instead of
[51:22] none. And then as soon as I got three
bars, I started getting the phone calls
[51:26] for me to upgrade. So, but I haven't.
I'm quite happy with the service I have,
[51:31] but um it just seems kind of funny that
now, okay, the push has gone to
[51:35] something different. Thank you.
Good. Any other comments? I I will
[51:41] highlight there is actually a ninth
tower in Whitewater region. There is a
[51:45] bell tower and if you drive out past
Homesteads here, you'll see it.
[51:50] » That is a bell tower. So Bell owns it
and has other hardware on it supporting
[51:54] other systems. So uh we are well
supported in in this area for Bell as
[52:01] well.
Good. Thank you so much for putting that
[52:05] up on the screen, Sean. Uh excellent. Uh
next we'll get into announcements.
[52:10] Deputy Mayor.
[52:13] » Uh no I have nothing at this time. Thank
you.
[52:16] » Good. Councelor Bell. Nothing for me.
Councelor White. Any announcements?
[52:22] [laughter]
>> We were just discussing who's going to
[52:24] talk about what. Um, yes, the Foresters
Falls Winter Carnival is on the 24th of
[52:29] January. Uh, so don't forget about that.
Mark your calendars.
[52:33] And the third annual chili contest is
being hosted by the Beach Lions Club on
[52:41] Saturday the 31st from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.
And uh, it's at the Beach Hall, not the
[52:47] Beachber Lions Club. That's all I have.
[52:53] » Perfect. I'm going back and forth here.
Council Moore.
[52:57] » Nothing. She took my thunder. [laughter]
[53:02] » Okay. Councilor Trim.
>> Uh pub night in West M. Uh check uh the
[53:06] municipal calendar uh this Friday. Uh
I think it is Friday.
[53:12] » Yeah. 16th.
>> Yeah. Um pub night. um uh with uh more
[53:20] than snacks. Uh it's going to be real
pub food. And so um uh and uh darts and
[53:29] cards and uh whatever comes with a pub
night.
[53:35] Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
>> Good. And this is where I would ask our
[53:40] clerk if they had anything to add, but
uh you don't have any announcements?
[53:43] » No, I don't. [laughter]
[53:47] Excellent. Okay. So, uh clerk, your
advice. Should I pause here and then
[53:51] come back and do bylaws after we do 9.1
and 9.2?
[53:54] » I will.
>> Yes.
[53:56] » Okay. With that, uh we are going to we
are going to uh take a pause. It's 3:54.
[54:03] The public meeting will start we'll
probably go live at 3:40 so that we're
[54:09] ready to go at 3:45 and can start the
public portion of the meeting.
[54:14] » Sorry. 4:45. So, less than an hour away.
Thank you for that correction, folks.
[1:43:46] and welcome back to the Township of
Whitewater Region's regular council
[1:43:50] meeting for Wednesday, January 14th. It
uh is now 4:44
[1:43:56] p.m. and we're going to just call
ourselves back into order. We had a a
[1:43:59] recess. Uh today is a bit of a
convoluted um agenda just because we
[1:44:05] have included a public meeting and uh
what we had done before when we started
[1:44:10] the meeting at 3 p.m. is that we went
through all the all the possible agenda
[1:44:14] items that could be addressed before uh
4:45 which is our scheduled commencement
[1:44:20] of our public meeting and we're going to
come back to that now. So, um,
[1:44:27] this point we're going to do item 6.1 in
the agenda, which is a public meeting.
[1:44:32] And to remind those folks that might be
watching, a public meeting is a
[1:44:36] requirement under the planning act. We
insert it as as its own meeting within
[1:44:41] our regular council meeting. Uh
therefore, we'll be calling the public
[1:44:45] meeting to order here at 4:45 p.m.
And it's to hear comments
[1:44:53] and receive information from the public
regarding two proposed applications
[1:45:00] to amend the township of whitewater
region zoning bylaw in accordance with
[1:45:03] the planning act. The motions respect
with respect to these two applications
[1:45:09] are posted in the report section at 9.1
and 9.2. 2, but they will not be
[1:45:13] discussed until after the public meeting
is has been completed and we received
[1:45:18] any and all feedback from the public on
these two applications.
[1:45:22] At this point in time, I will hand the
public meeting over to our planner, Mr.
[1:45:28] Baird.
Um, so as per the planning act, if any
[1:45:32] person or public body body does not make
an oral submission at the public meeting
[1:45:36] or make written submissions to the
township of whitewater region before the
[1:45:40] bylaw is passed, the person or public
body is not entitled to appeal the
[1:45:44] decision of council of the township of
Whitewater Region to the Ontario Land
[1:45:48] Tribunal. The person or public body may
not be added as a party to the hearing
[1:45:52] of an appeal before the tribunal unless
in the opinion of the tribunal there are
[1:45:57] reasonable grounds to do so. Under
section 34 subsection 11 of the planning
[1:46:02] act, if council decides to refuse an
application or refuses or
[1:46:07] neglects to make a decision on an
application within 120 days of the
[1:46:11] municipal clerk receiving the
application, the applicant or the
[1:46:14] minister of municipal affairs and
housing may appeal to the tribunal by
[1:46:18] filing an appeal with the clerk of the
municipality.
[1:46:22] Section 34 subsection 19 of the planning
act states that not later than 20 days
[1:46:26] after giving not giving of notice of
passing of the bylaw, the applicant, any
[1:46:30] person or public body who made oral
submissions at the public meeting or
[1:46:34] made a written submission to council
before the bylaw was passed or the
[1:46:37] minister of municipal affairs and
housing may appeal to the Ontario Land
[1:46:40] Tribunal by filing an appeal with the
clerk of the municipality.
[1:46:46] » Excellent. Thank you for the fine print
planner. uh an important aspects and if
[1:46:52] there are questions about that the
public we please encourage you to speak
[1:46:55] with the planner he and and another
members of the staff can give you the
[1:46:59] detail on on what that might mean in
your specific circumstance. So with that
[1:47:04] we are going to move on to the the first
of our two zoning amendment
[1:47:08] applications. The first one is zoning
amendment D14
[1:47:12] 218 and the address in question is
622stead Jeffrey Lake Road. and I'll ask
[1:47:18] the planner to give us an overview of
the proposal.
[1:47:23] » Um,
so the present application has been
[1:47:27] submitted by JP2G Consultants on behalf
of Donald Parsons for the property known
[1:47:31] as 622 West Me Road. The purpose of the
application is to seek a zoning bylaw
[1:47:37] amendment to reszone portions of the
lands from rural to three sight spec
[1:47:42] specific zones being a rural exemption
79, rural exemption 70, rural exemption
[1:47:48] 80, and rural exemption 81 zoning. At
the October 16th, 2025 committee of
[1:47:54] adjustment meeting, consents D10245
and D10246
[1:47:59] were approved for two not two new lot
creations on the property. Uh condition
[1:48:04] of the approved consent was that the
property owner undergo a zoning bylaw
[1:48:08] amendment in order to establish rear
yard setbacks to protect nearby natural
[1:48:12] heritage features as was recommended in
the environmental impact study prepared
[1:48:17] for the property. Uh the zone the
present application is to fulfill those
[1:48:21] conditions. [sighs]
Uh the proposed zoning bylaw amendment
[1:48:26] is consistent with the provincial
planning statement 2024. uh section 4.1
[1:48:31] subsection 8 of the PPS prohibits
development or site alteration on lands
[1:48:36] adjacent to natural heritage features
including in this case proincially
[1:48:41] significant wetlands unless it has been
demonstrated that there will be no
[1:48:44] negative impacts on the wetland andor
the ecological functions of the wetland.
[1:48:49] The applicant underwent an environmental
impact study as noted before that found
[1:48:55] within the development constraints being
opposed by the zoning bylaw amendment
[1:48:59] and the identified building area, there
would be no negative impacts.
[1:49:03] The official
>> Sorry, planner, just to interrupt before
[1:49:05] you mark your spot there. Don't lose it.
Which um we just want to make sure we
[1:49:10] get the map up while you're talking.
>> It's the Mstead Jeffrey map, right? Or
[1:49:14] this
>> uh this is the correct map.
[1:49:16] » Perfect. Okay. You said,
>> "Yeah, I thought I'd said N uh
[1:49:21] » was
>> Yeah, the
[1:49:24] » the uh the script has it
>> the agenda order was
[1:49:28] » was mixed up.
>> Okay. So, just to clarify then,
[1:49:32] » sorry, thank you for Let's stop that. is
the uh the zoning amendment that we're
[1:49:37] talking about is D14 217
>> 216
[1:49:47] » 216 so we are talking about D14 216 at
622 West me road
[1:49:54] » okay good
we've corrected that please continue
[1:50:00] uh under the county of Renfruit official
plan the lands are designated rural
[1:50:04] which encourages lowdensity residential
development. Uh the lot size meets the
[1:50:10] encouraged 4,000 square meter minimum
lot size recommended in that section. Uh
[1:50:16] the official plan section 8.3 subsection
5B uh requires development adjacent to a
[1:50:22] proincially significant wetland undergo
an environmental impact study um to
[1:50:27] demonstrate no negative impacts on the
natural features or ecological functions
[1:50:31] of the land. As noted, the applicant has
undertaken the study and within the
[1:50:36] recommended building area, um, as will
be marked by the zoning bylaw amendment,
[1:50:42] there are no anticipated negative
impacts. Uh, there were other
[1:50:46] recommendations made in the
environmental impact study to ensure
[1:50:49] that no negative impacts um will occur
and those will be enforced through a
[1:50:54] development agreement. That was another
required condition of the approved
[1:50:57] consent.
Uh the town zoning bylaw um the property
[1:51:02] is zoned rural and environmental
protection. The rural zoning allows for
[1:51:07] residential uses. Uh the location of the
proposed lots or of the proposed
[1:51:13] building envelope is entirely within the
rural designation. The environmental
[1:51:17] protection is not anticipated to be
impacted. Um the required rear yard
[1:51:22] setback in the rural zone is typically
7.5 m. However, in order to minimize
[1:51:27] those negative impacts um and ensure
ecological functions remain intact, the
[1:51:32] zoning bylaw amendment is produ
proposing a significantly reduced rear
[1:51:38] yard setback on the lots. Um for the
committee of adjustment meeting, that
[1:51:43] point was to be set 100 m from the front
lot line on the property as demonstrated
[1:51:48] on the map. Um so the purple line on the
two lots denotes where the rear yard
[1:51:54] setback would be located and on the
third lot it would be the yellow line.
[1:51:59] In this case one of the lots um being
zoned to the rural exemption 79 zoning
[1:52:05] would maintain that 100 meter setback.
The second lot uh which is the rural
[1:52:10] exemption 80 uh would be an 80 meter
line and the third lot which is the
[1:52:17] rural exemption 81 would be an 80 m
setback and a 30 m setback from the
[1:52:23] water course on the property. Um all
these in order to maintain those
[1:52:28] ecological functions. Uh while these
aren't exactly what was proposed at the
[1:52:32] committee of adjustment the proposed
differences are more restrictive than
[1:52:36] what was initially proposed. So the
township is still supportive of these
[1:52:40] setbacks.
Um
[1:52:45] so the application complies with it
meets all the requirements of the
[1:52:48] provincial planning statement county of
Renfruit official plan and meets the
[1:52:52] intent of the township of whitewater
region zoning bylaw. Thus it is
[1:52:55] planning's recommendation that the
application be approved.
[1:52:59] And I'm happy to answer any questions.
[1:53:06] » Excellent. Thank you. Thank you so much,
planner. So, uh, first off, we want to,
[1:53:12] uh, confirm if the applicant would like
to speak on the behalf of their
[1:53:16] application. We understand that the
applicant has JP2G,
[1:53:21] um, hired to act on in their position
and we have them present today. So, I'll
[1:53:26] just confirm. Would you like to speak on
behalf of the applicant?
[1:53:29] None. Okay. Excellent. Next item is uh,
any comments from the public? And I'll
[1:53:36] look over to the clerk and to Sean.
Anybody logged [clears throat] in to
[1:53:40] speak on behalf of this.
>> No comments.
[1:53:44] » No comments received.
>> Perfect. And the last question goes to
[1:53:49] back to our planner. Do we receive any
comments or questions from members of
[1:53:53] the public in writing to you before the
meeting?
[1:53:56] » We have not received any correspondence
from the public.
[1:53:59] » Excellent. And final is just council
acknowledging that we will still have
[1:54:04] this as a resolution later on after the
public meeting. But at this point in
[1:54:07] time, is there any questions you'd like
to ask the planner with respect to the
[1:54:10] file?
[1:54:13] Good. I see none. So we will have deemed
uh all public uh comments received in
[1:54:20] accordance with uh a zoning amendment
application D14216 at 622 West Meow.
[1:54:27] And with that, I'll ask the planner to
carry on to the next zoning amendment
[1:54:33] proposal, D14-217,
Ross concession 4N, part 21, RP 49R
[1:54:42] 20880,
part one, Homemstead Jeffrey Lake Road.
[1:54:48] » Uh, thank you through your worship. Um,
so the present zoning bylaw amend
[1:54:54] amendment application was submitted by
R. Bruce Leech on behalf of Wade
[1:54:58] Patterson
uh for the property. Uh the purpose of
[1:55:02] the application is to seek a zoning
bylaw amendment to reszone portions of
[1:55:05] the land from the rural RU zoning to a
sightsp specific rural exemption 82
[1:55:10] zone. Uh at the August 15, 2024
committee of adjustment meeting, consent
[1:55:16] D-10-238
was approved for one new lot creation on
[1:55:20] this property. A condition of the
approved consent was that the owner
[1:55:24] undergo a zoning bylaw amendment in
order to reduce the required setback
[1:55:28] from an extractive industrial reserve
sand and gravel um EMR-SG
[1:55:33] zone from 300 m to 0 m. Uh the zoning
bylaw amendment is to fulfill that
[1:55:38] condition. Uh so the provincial planning
statement outlines that mineral
[1:55:44] aggregate resources shall be protected
for long-term use. However, development
[1:55:48] on known deposits on aggregate of
aggregate resources and adjacent lands
[1:55:54] uh which would preclude or hinder the
establishment of new operations or
[1:55:58] access to resources may be permitted if
the resource use is not feasible.
[1:56:04] Under the county official plan, the
property is designated as rural which
[1:56:07] supports low density residential use.
The current property
[1:56:13] uh both the severed and retained lands
are adjacent to lands designated mineral
[1:56:17] aggrait in the official plan and
implementing the PL provincial planning
[1:56:21] statement policy. The OP requires that
proposed development in or within 300
[1:56:27] meters of an area designated for future
extraction must be supported by a
[1:56:31] favorable mineral aggregate impact study
that confirms development will not
[1:56:35] preclude or hinder future aggregate
extraction.
[1:56:39] uh in support of this requirement with
the consent application uh a land use
[1:56:44] compatibility and aggreate impact study
were prepared for the consent
[1:56:48] application. The report concluded that
the adjacent lands have limited to no
[1:56:53] potential of being developed for future
aggregate extraction primarily due to
[1:56:58] the proximity of the lake and the
existing residential uses along said
[1:57:02] lake.
Uh in other words, the proposed
[1:57:05] severance is not anticipated to have an
impact on future sand and gravel
[1:57:09] extraction as this is the potential has
already been reduced by long-standing
[1:57:14] existing development. So the consent uh
would not impact the ability to extract.
[1:57:21] Uh in the township of Whitewater region
zoning bylaw, the severed and retained
[1:57:25] parcels are both zoned rural. The rural
zone permits a single detached dwelling
[1:57:30] with a minimum lot area of 4,000 square
meters and a minimum frontage of 45 m.
[1:57:35] Uh the proposed lot uh meets the
provisions of the royal zoning. Uh
[1:57:40] section 3.32B
[1:57:44] of the zoning bylaw requires a 300 meter
separation distance between landzoned uh
[1:57:49] EMR-G
and new residential development. As the
[1:57:54] severed lands are j the severed lands
are adjacent to the property with the
[1:57:59] EMR
sorry um as the severed lands are within
[1:58:04] 300 mters of the EMRSG zone. However,
the study has found that there is
[1:58:09] limited potential for those lands to be
extracted. Um the
[1:58:16] the condition of consent was that the
severed lands be placed in a rural
[1:58:21] exemption zone to reduce the separation
distant requirements and thus bring the
[1:58:24] law into compliance with the zoning
bylaw. Um the application complies with
[1:58:30] and meets all the requirements of the
PPS the county of Renfruit official plan
[1:58:35] and meets the intent of the township of
Whitewater region zoning bylaw and thus
[1:58:39] it is planning's opinion that this
application be approved.
[1:58:44] » Excellent. Thank you planner. Uh and
with that we will confirm if the
[1:58:49] applicant is uh present I'm assuming
virtual if they would like to speak on
[1:58:55] behalf of their application. I'm getting
confirmation that no, the applicant is
[1:58:59] not present. Uh, and with that, I'll ask
the clerk and Sean, is there anybody
[1:59:05] that would like to make public comment
>> virtually? Good. So, no comments from
[1:59:11] the public and the last one back out to
the planner. Did you receive any
[1:59:14] comments in uh prior to the meeting in
writing or verbally?
[1:59:18] » Uh, to the best of my knowledge, we've
received no written correspondence on
[1:59:21] the application.
>> Excellent. And with that, I'll ask
[1:59:25] council. Is there any points that you
wish to bring up feedback from other
[1:59:29] community members?
None. I have one question for the
[1:59:34] planner.
>> Yes.
[1:59:34] » And when I was [snorts] going through
the map and you were talking about the
[1:59:38] extraction zone, it made me think of the
land set aside for the future twinning
[1:59:45] of the 417.
And could you place this property uh
[1:59:52] in relation to those lands which are
designated for uh that future 20?
[2:00:00] » I can I would just need to bring up the
official plan.
[2:00:04] » Take a few minutes.
>> Just one moment.
[2:00:12] » The this was part of the survey plans
from
[2:00:18] 50 50 years ago.
[2:00:23] » 70 years ago.
[2:00:45] » [clears throat and cough]
>> So further down man magnesium
[2:00:50] between there and the mine site.
>> Yeah, I think the [clears throat]
[2:00:55] was there reference to it there?
>> Yes. Uh sorry. In the previous consent
[2:00:59] report, the MTO was uh circulated on the
application and they had um no formal
[2:01:07] comments on the time and no concerns at
the time. Uh and then they have not
[2:01:13] provided any comments since and they
were recirculated. Uh them and the
[2:01:17] Ministry of Energy and Mines were both
recirculated on this zoning and we did
[2:01:21] not receive comment.
>> Perfect. And for the in response to the
[2:01:25] question of where it will be located,
it's the proposed realignment of Highway
[2:01:30] 17 is directly between this
uh magnesium road like right in the
[2:01:36] middle of it's going to come up right
through the middle of this green line
[2:01:39] and black line on your screen and then
just follows the back side of Homestead
[2:01:44] Jeffrey Lake.
Does that help?
[2:01:50] It would be over the subject lands but
not over the proposed consent.
[2:01:54] » Yeah. Perfect.
Okay. And and it's just interesting. Uh
[2:01:59] I I wanted to make sure that I I could
appreciate why there wasn't further
[2:02:03] expansion of other properties in that
area and it makes sense now. Yeah. Okay.
[2:02:07] Good. Thank you for taking the time to
just confirm that. I appreciate it. Any
[2:02:11] other comments from council or
questions?
[2:02:15] Good. Uh, and any final comments from
planner on um either of these two
[2:02:20] proposed applications?
>> I have no further comments. Thank you.
[2:02:23] » Excellent. And with that, we will
adjourn the public meeting at 5:03 p.m.
[2:02:29] Having received all the public comment
relating to these two applications and
[2:02:35] duly considered it. We will now go to
item 9.1 in our report which is the
[2:02:41] actual zoning bylaw amendment D14216
at 622 Westme Road. The recommendation
[2:02:48] is that the council of the township of
Whitewater region approve an amendment
[2:02:52] to the comprehensive zoning bylaw number
24-01-1655
[2:02:57] for portions of the property known as
622 Westme Road from the rural zoning to
[2:03:02] three sight specific zonings. Those
being the rural exception 79, rural
[2:03:08] exception 80, and rural exception 81
zoning. A mover and a seconder, please.
[2:03:15] Moved by councelor Trim, seconded by
councelor Bell.
[2:03:20] We have just heard the presentation from
the planner as part of the public
[2:03:23] meeting. So, I will not ask the planner
to repeat
[2:03:27] his presentation of this file unless
there is a member of council who would
[2:03:31] really like the planner to repeat what
he just said. None.
[2:03:37] Good. Is there any Sorry, I'll go just
to confirm formally. Councelor Trim is
[2:03:41] the mover. Any points or questions you
want to raise? Good. And the second is
[2:03:45] councelor Bell. Good. Anything else from
other members of council? With that, we
[2:03:49] will call for a vote. All those in
favor? Unanimous. carried
[2:03:56] one for one planner.
Next item is 9.2 which is a zoning bylaw
[2:04:01] amendment D14-27.
[2:04:06] Applicant is Patterson formstead Jeffrey
Lake Road. The recommendation is that
[2:04:10] the council of the town of Whitewater
region approve an amendment to the
[2:04:13] comprehensive zoning bylaw number
24-01-1655
[2:04:17] for portions of the property known as
Ross Concession for
[2:04:22] North Pot
21 RP 49R 20880 part onestead Jeffrey
[2:04:31] Lake Road from the rural zoning to a
sightspecific rural exception 82 zoning.
[2:04:36] A mover in a seconder, please. Mover,
councelor Trim, seconded by deputy
[2:04:41] mayor. And again, I will not ask the
planner to repeat his presentation. And
[2:04:46] I'll simply go to the mover, which is
councelor trim. Any additional comments
[2:04:50] or points? None. And the second deputy
mayor. None. Any from anything else from
[2:04:56] council? I see none. We call for the
vote. All those in favor? Carried
[2:05:01] unanimously. Thank you so much. Good.
And with that, we are going to skip the
[2:05:07] items that we have previously discussed
discussed
[2:05:11] and made decisions on at council. And we
are going to item number 13 on the
[2:05:16] agenda, which is our bylaws.
We have a number of bylaws listed on
[2:05:22] this agenda, January 14th agenda. I am
counting one, two, three,
[2:05:29] four, five, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. 10 bylaws
plus the confirmatory bylaw.
[2:05:38] The recommendation be it resolved that
the bylaws listed on the January 14th
[2:05:43] agenda be taken as read and passed. I
need a mover, please. Moved by the
[2:05:47] deputy mayor, seconded by councelor
White. This is the final opportunity for
[2:05:52] council to make comment or question the
proposed bylaws listed on this agenda.
[2:05:58] Is there anything not from our mover?
No, not from our seconder and not from
[2:06:04] anyone else.
With that, we will call for a vote. All
[2:06:08] those in favor? Unanimous. Thank you.
And I can confirm there is no close
[2:06:14] session
>> unless the clerk.
[2:06:18] No.
>> No. Clerk said no.
[2:06:21] Uh
item 15 on the agenda is uh
[2:06:30] I'm going to take as a misprint. Can I
do that, clerk? Because that can't take
[2:06:34] a place until the confirmatory until
that procedural bylaw is amended. Okay.
[2:06:39] So 15 is a is voided
which takes us to item number 16 which
[2:06:45] is the adjournment and we are adjourned
at 5:07 p.m. Thank you so much for all
[2:06:49] your time today.