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04 05 1988 Council Minutes THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ORO TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1988 @ 7:00 P.M. - COUNCIL CHAMBERS il met this evening pursuant to adjournment at 7:00 p.m. the following members present~ Reeve Robert E. Drury Deputy Reeve Thelma Halfacre Councillor David Burton Councillor David Caldwell Councillor Robert Swerdon o present were: Mr. Stephen Woodrow, Mr. Ron Watkin of Ainley & Associates, Chris Van Langenhoue, Maureen Douglas, Michael Douglas, Ron Howel Gordon Grant, Ted Bigelow, Marjorie Reisch, Paulette Morrison, Eileen Anderson, Karen Sanderson, Elaine Bigelow, Gerry Ritch, Jim Rit Derek Anderson, Ellis Crooks,Garry & Lillian Campbell, Bruce & Georgina Peacock, Judi Bolton, Sjack Breg, Ross Gray, David Levison, Joy Levison, Joyce Scott, Ray Scott, Jani te Nyenhuis, S. Koole, M. Miller, Carol Alderdice, Judy Alderdice, Alf Alderdice, George Morton, Frank Floyd, Bud Arbour and one member of the press. Robert E. Drury chaired the meeting. Robert E. Drury opened the meeting with a prayer. Disclosure and Declaration of Conflict of Interest None declared. Consent Agenda: Ministry of Municipal Affairs re: O.P. Amendment No. 28 Approval (Sugarbush) Barrie Gallery Project re: Official Ceremonies Ministry of Natural Resources re: Livestock Valuers attending Predator Control Workshop R.G. Robinson & Associates Ltd. re: Oro Hills Subdivision, Concrete Road Robert R. Lockie re: Objection to Official Plan Amendment Proposal of March 7, 1988 (Shanty Bay) f) County of Simcoe re: 1988 Levying By-laws g) Trans Canada Pipelines re: change in responsibility for TCPL Foreign Crossing Charles F. Ruttan, Solicitor, confidential correspondence to David S. White re: By-law No. 88-19 i) Ministry of Natural Resources re: this year's spring flood and what you can do j) Michael W. Shain, Solicitor re: confidential correspondence re: Oro Township vs BAFMA Inc. Ministry of Natural Resources re: construction on shorelines Deputations: 8:10 p.m. Mr. Jim Ritch representing a group of ratepayers from the Shanty Bay area - spoke to Council with regards to a proposed By-law which would amend the Township's Official Plan to allow for residential expansion to the Hamlet of Shanty Bay im Ritch: The two things we would like specifically relate to tonight are water run-off and water purity. We have had two previous developments in th~ Shanty Bay area and we are still having proolems with drainage. We are asking and relying upon Council do give us the information and the hope that this will not happen again. im Ritch: Ritch: Drury: Arbour: Levison: Watkin: Miller: Drury: Watkin: Miller: Drury: - 2 - We've had at least four people complain that their wells within the last two or three months, became contaminated. The County is concerned too as to why this is happening. This causes us more concern as to what will happen if it is because of some contamination of the general area. To put new homes in this area could cause some horrible results to the people who are living there now. We are not against progress and we are really not against the subdivision per say, we certainly respect the right of the Developer. But we also think there are rights of the present home owner and ratepayers and the people who have been here for a long time and they are concerned too. We want to be assured the quality of life we are use to, is going to remain. We h~ve two ideas that we would like you to think about before a decision is made. We are not looking for extremely large homes in this subdivision, but please watch the lot size. The second thing is to look at the quality of life for the homeowners who are already there. Can you tell us now how many houses are going to be built? Mr. Arbour is here this evening and may be he can tell us if he has any plans about the size of the lots, etc. because Council does not have any of this information at this stage. There has been no submission for a subdivision. Where did the rumours about the size of the development come from? The Planner seemed to ha.ve a lot of information about the number of lots at one time, why not now. What was presented at the public meeting a month ago was that if the land being designated on the Arbour property proceeds, then there could be up to 50 units on that property and that is based on the standards of the Municipality. The documents that are before Council are documents which only provide for the establishment of a designation which would then allow him to go ahead do the necessary studies to determine the appropriate lot size and put in place the proper protection for concerns such as yours. The designation would be established first saying that this could be residential and then the individual has to prove that it can be done on that property: that would include drainage, run off, etc. Assuming that the application is approved and the procedures carried out, what type of time frame are we looking at'before development will go through? If it was approved right now, you'd be looking at least a year providin] things went fairly smooth would we not Ron? Yes it would. Would ail environmental impact studies be made concerning water, septic, etc. be required before they went ahead? Yes. 3 - C. Van Langenhoue: I would like to see the growth rate of the hamlet of Shanty Bay proceed at an amortized rate and the development of a 50 home subdivision is very large for the size of Shanty Bay. Carol Alderdice: We are concerned that this development is going to proceed and these lots are going to be sold and built upon and then there will be a request for more land to be redesignated..We would like Council to deal with the drainage problem that exists now before proceeding with any further development. Past Council's track record has not been very good - this is an election year and who's to say that a new Council will not come in, be inexperienced in dealing with these things. We don't feel that people with an urban life style should be residing on agricultural land. Levison: What steps have you considered taking in order for the neighbouring farmers to farm their land. I know of injunctions placed on farmers to shut them down and serve large penalties on them. ' Drury: This Council has supported the move of the Right to Farm Legislation of the Province of Ontario. Levison: Would you consider inserting in the Subdivis Agreement a provision to this affect? Drury: We would obtain legal advise on that and if feasible, it could be inserted into a Subdivision Agreement. Levison: Could you get back to us on that issue? Drury: Yes we will. Ritch: At what point do you have to put in sewers and central water systems? Is the hamlet of Shanty Bay approaching that point? Drury: I would hope that with the proper planning we will never need sewers in the Township Oro like there is in Innisfil. That is why there is no more subdivisions allowed below the Ridge Road because of the land there won't allow for the proper drainage. As for the water, we can ask the Developer to put water in on~developments that are under 15,000 square feet per lot. illor Swerdon: You had mentioned earlier that there were a couple of contaminated wells. Were they dug wells, deeped drilled wells? Ritch: They were deeped drilled wells and that really causes a problem. We(don't know why or how much, it just happened last week. illor Swerdon: The comment about the traffic - Council was to have the County look into a. 3-way stop at the corner of the 2nd and Ridge Road. "?" There is to be group mail boxes at that corner and also the fact that the registered mail and parcel mail has to be picked up at the Milk Store is going to result in further congestion. Judy Alderdice: Councillor Swerdon: Ray Scott: "1" Reeve Drury: "?'I Reeve Drury: Carol Alderdice: Reeve Drury: Carol Alderdice: - 4 - What difference would it make whether the wells that are contaminated are deep or not? It it is a deep well, that really concerns me. We are one of the ones that had our well tested and the results were very poor. It is a drilled well about 25 feet deep. You mentioned that there would be no more development south of the Ridge Road because of poor soil conditions. What about the subdivisions above the Ridge Road? They are having problems there too. Getting back to the traffic at the corner, maybe the parking could be restricted to just one side of the road? That's out of our jurisdiction and would be at the County level. Many times there are cars parked on both sides of the road and sometimes you have to stop and wait until someone moves before you can pass through the village. There is no need for parking on both sides. Perhaps what the Township should be doing is talking to the Post Office people and negotiate where they will be putting their green boxes and maybe we can get them away from that corner. That might help to alleviate the traffic problems there. Several years ago the red brick store on the north side of the road had no parking signs'directly in front of it. They were up for a period of time until someone took them down. Those signs were probably put up by County Council and some motion would have to have been put on the books to have had them erected. That would probably be beneficial in having them erected again and seeing that they stayed up. You don't know what year that was? No, I don't. - 5 - 4. Reports of Municipal Officers (a) Fred Haughton, Road Supt. re: Grader, Loader/Backhoe Upgrading Course (b) Fred Haughotn, Road Supt. re: Sandy Cunningham attending a Teleconference for Secretaries (c) Henry Sander, Treasurer re: Memo regarding Britten Letter of Credit 5. Communications (a) Richard LaPlante, Oro District Lions Club re: Meeting Room for the Oro District Leo Club (b) George Burnham, P.Eng. re: Letter to David White re: Sugarbush Water Supply System (c) G.M. Sernas and Associates Ltd. re: Sugarbush Phase 3 parkland dedication (d) Mr. Raymond Dubeau re: request for an extension of land to be purchased by Mr. Dubeau, being Part of Lot 16, Concession 14 (e) Holly Spacek, Township Planner re: personnel matter 6. Other Business (a) Various members of Council advised the Administrator/Clerk about the following issues: (1) Two complaints from a resident on Sophia Street concerning dogs running at large; (2) The garbage contractor was observed by a resident who criticized the carelessness of the contractor's collectors in the way they handled garbage when bags of refuge were accidently dropped on a Township road and were not properly cleaned-up. (b) Council again directed the Administrator/Clerk to advise the Township Solicitor that we are still waiting for his reply to Council's request concerning Section 41, Sub (8)of the Planning Act. (c) Council also decided to defer to a future meeting, any action on a resolution concerning the purchase of vacant land. Motion No. 1 Moved by Burton, seconded by Swerdon Be it resolved that the minutes of the Regular Meeting held Monday, March 21, 1988 be adopted as printed and circulated. Carried. Motion No. 2 Moved by Halfacre, seconded by Caldwell Be it resolved that the accounts as presented for the period ending Tuesday, April 5, 1988 in the amount of $894,145.47 plus payroll for the period ending March 24, 1988 in the amount of $24,108.85 in accordance with the computer print-out presented to Council be approved for payment. Carried. Motion No. 3 Moved by Swerdon, seconded by Burton Be it resolved that the Road Expenditures for the period ending April ~, 1988 be accepted as presented and further, the Treasurer be authorized to issue cheques in the amount of $50,507.17. Carried. - 6 - Motion No. 4 Moved by Caldwell, seconded by Halfacre Be it resolved that the recommendations listed on the Consent Agenda, Item No.5, be approved. Carried. Motion No. 5 Moved by Burton, seconded by Swerdon Be it resolved that the Report from Road Superintendent Fred Haughton with regards to the Grader, Loader/Backhoe Upgrading Course be received and adopted. Carried. Motion No. 6 Moved by Halfacre, seconded by Caldwell Be it resolved that the Memo from Road Superintendent Fred Haughton concerning Sandy Cunningham attending a Teleconference for Secretaries to be held at Georgian College on April 27, 1988 be received and adopted. Carried. Motion No. 7 Moved by Caldwell, seconded by Halfacre Be it resolved that the Memo from Treasurer Henry Sander concerning the Britten Letter of Credit be received and adopted and further the Treasurer be instructed to release this Letter of Credit. Carried. Motion No. 8 Moved by Swerdon, seconded by Burton Be it resolved that the Administrator/Clerk advise the Oro District Leo Club that they may use either the Committee Room at the Oro Community Centre Arena or as an alternative, the Committee Room at the Municipal Building at a cost of $15.00 per evening and further, that a $50.00 damage deposit is required for the use of either of these facilities. Carried. Motion No. 9 Moved by Halfacre, seconded by Caldwell Be it resolved that the correspondence from George Burnham concerning the Sugarbush Water Supply System be reviewed at the Technical Advisory Committee Meeting and further the Township Engineer and Solicitor be present at a future Committee of the Whole Meeting to discuss the ramnifications of this Agreement. Carried. Motion No. 10 Moved by Burton, seconded by Swerdon Be it resolved that the correspondence from G. Mart~n Sernas concerning Parkland dedication for Sugarbush Phase 3 be referred to the appropriate staff for a report back to Council. Carried. Motion No. 11 Moved by Caldwell, seconded by Burton Be it resolved that the minutes of the Oro Planning Advisory Committee Meeting held on Thursday, March 24, 1988 be received and adoptfd with the deletion of Item #5 except for the first sentence. Carried. - 7 Motion No. 12 Moved by Caldwell, seconded by Be it resolved that Report No. the Whole Meeting held Monday, as printed and circulated. Halfacre 88-5 of the Committee of March 28, 1988 be adopted Carried. Motion No. 13 Moved by Burton, seconded by Swerdon Be it resolved that Report No. 88-6 of the Special Committee of the Whole Meeting held on Tuesday, March 29, 1988 be adopted as printed and circulated. Carried. Motion No. 14 Moved by Caldwell, seconded by Burotn Be it resolved that the Township of Oro set aside a reserve to carry out the renovations at the Oro Community Centre Arena, the amount to be determined during the 1988 Budget deliberations. Recorded vote requested by Councillor Swerdon: Reeve Drury Councillor Swerdon Deputy Reeve Halfacre Councillor Caldwell Councillor Burton yea yea yea yea yea Carried. Motion No. 15 Moved by Halfacre, seconded by Burotn Be it resolved that the Corporation of the Township of Oro put in place a completed application to debenture for the renovations of the Oro Community Centre, Arena if required. Recorded vote requested by Councillor Burton: Councillor Swerdon Deputy Reeve Halfacre Councillor Caldwell Councillor Burton Reeve Drury Motion No. 16 Moved by Halfacre, seconded by Caldwell nay nay yea yea yea Carried. Be it resolved that a By-law to Amend By-law No. 88-19 with respect to the sale of Lots 2, 3, 4 and 5, Plan 1145 be introduced and read a first and second time and numbered By-law No. 88-31. Carried. That By-law No. 88-31 be read a third time and finally passed, be engrossed by the Clerk, signed and sealed by the Reeve. Carried. Motion No: 17 Moved by Burton, seconded by Caldwell Be it resolved that a By-law to Provide for the renovations of the Oro Community Centre and Arena be introduced and read a first and second time and numbered By-law No. 88-32. Carried. That By-law No. 88-32 be read a third time and finally passed, be engrossed by the Clerk, signed and sealed by the Reeve. Recorded vote requested by Councillor Swerdon: - 8 - Councillor Swerdon Reeve Drury Councillor Caldwell Councillor Burton Deputy Reeve Halfacre Motion No. 18 nay yea yea yea nay Carried. Moved by Burton, seconded by Halfacre Be it resolved that the proposed Official Plan Amendment to allow for the future expansion of Shanty Bay be referred back to Township Staff for further study and review: specifically Council would like to see detailed plans of any proposals for development of this area. Councillor Burton requested a recorded vote: Councillor Burton Councillor Swerdon Councillor Caldwell Reeve Drury Deputy Reeve Halfacre yea yea yea yea yea Carried. Motion No. 19 Moved by Halfacre, seconded by Caldwell Be it resolved that Council approve of the granting of an extension on the Offer to Purchase submitted by Mr. Raymond Dubeau until the end of May, on property described as Part Lot 16, Concession 14 (5.1 acres). Carried. Motion No. 20 Moved by Burton, seconded by Swerdon Be it resolved that the resignation of Township Planner Holly Spacek dated AprilS, 1988 be accepted with regret. Carried. Motion No. 21 Moved by Halfacre, seconded by Caldwell Be it resolved that the Administrator/Clerk be authorized to advertise for a Township Planner in the Barrie and Orillia Newspapers, the Globe and Mail, and in MUnicipal World. Carried. Motion No. 22 Moved by Burton, seconded by Swerdon Be it resolved that a By-law to Confirm the Proceedings of Council be introduced and read a first and second time and numbered By-law No. 88-34. Carried. That By-law No. 88-34 be read a third time and finally passed, be engrossed by the Clerk, signed and sealed by the Reeve. Carried. Motion No. 23 Moved by Caldwell, seconded by Halfacre Be it resolved that Council now adjourn @ 9:07 p.m. Carried. Reev&rt{f1itr Clerk Robert W. Small