11 15 2007 OMEGA AgendaTOWNSHIP 4F t~RU-MEDt)NTE
C?RU-MEDONTE ENVIRCINMENTA~ GROUP ADVISC?RS (t'~MEGA} MEETING AGENDA
CCIUNCIL CHAMBERS
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1. Address Free Preservation By-lay Request referred from Council.
2. Gather additional detail for the Issues ~ Opportunities list.
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1. Define, Categorize and fort Issues and Opportunities.
~. Completion of Box #~ of the Process l=lov~t Chart ~ Recommending Initiatives to Council.
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1. Adhere to the time guidelines.
~. structure and Process are utilized per the To~nship's Procedural By-lar~v.
~lotes~ R"'"~"I" =Round The Table input, Time = Guideline only
~ ~ er~~a -~~r~ Pr~~c~~~ ~e~d' ~i~~
1 Ado Pion of A ends Motion -Refer Mel ~~
~ Minutes from October 1 ~, 20~~' Meeting -Receive Mel ~~
Motion
~ Tree Preservation By-lave Request ~fram -Receive ~ Mel a5
Council} include in Issues
& O ortunities
4 Revievu of Issues and Opportunities - Refer to lists dandy 1a
Identified at October ~ ~, ~oa7 Meetin -Comments?
5 Venerate complete list of detailed Issues All -use Post-Its All 1~
and Opportunities for Issues ~
O ortunities
~ Categorize the Issues and Opportunities Half the Group Mel ~ Half 5
approximately 1 a?~ arranges the
Post-Its
~' Identify Categories for Issues and Other half of the Bandy & Other ~ ~
Opportunities Croup names Half
the cafe ories
8 Establish Prioritization Criteria and -Confirm criteria Mel ~a
Prioritize the Cate ories -Prioritize
9 Identify the top 4 or 5 Issues and -Use dandy ~~
Opportunities forv~arking Croups Motion prioritization
to recommend to Council} criteria
-Prioritize
1 ~ Identify potential vilorking Groups -volunteer Mel 1 ~
composition. Motion to recommend to
Council
1 ~ Other Business - a ree hand a5
12 l~lext Meetin Date
14 Ad'ournment Motion
Total time ~ approximately ~ hours ~ minutes
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To1~CN~h ~ ~R~~~~D~NT'~
oRO-I~~Dt~N~"~ ~N~'~R~NI~~,N~`A~ ~R~~~ AD~1~~RY~ ~~f~~aA~
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~our~~i~ ~~~~~~r~
~e~~r~t: Dob Rarlo~
Jahn Sosor~~torth
Vera Cameron~van Arnelsvoort
l~ynette Cra~ord-l~lader
Steve Crorr~~ell
l~leryl Drake
David ~d~rards
Ruth fountain
Susan Grant
Don Hanney
Fargo Halt
Allan Johnson
David Kennedy
Reg~~ts: Andria ~eigh
Josephine ~iartensson-Hemsted
D~unoll~ta~~ Mayor H.S. Hughes
Present. Councillor I~el Coutanche
Doug Ir~nrin~ Clerk
Also Present: Jim Hudgins
Simon Kennedy
vllilt ~lcl~lechan
Jacinta II~cNairn
Andy ltcNiven
Gerry l~lurphy
Avery Parle
Jiro Burnell
Doug Shels~vell
ll~ike ~landergeest
Kim vlCand
Peter'igham
Jim vlloodtord
Reve rley ~ rn ith
Deputy Mayor Ralph Hough
Councillor Sandy Agnes
Councillor Coutanche tailed the meeting to order, and introduced Co-Chairpersons
Councillor Agne~r and Councillor Coutanche, and Doug Ir~vin~ Clerk.
1. R~1~I~~C' A~~NDA:
Councillor Coutanche provided an overvie~r o the Agenda.
~. 11~FL~o~F AND R~~AR~~:
ll~ayor H.S. Hughes Welcomed the I~ernbers o~ the Ciro-Medonte environmental
Croup ~~Jl1~~GA~ and provided an outline o the process v~hich Council undertook in
striking this 1"echnical Support Croup.
~. R~1~F~1' ~ANDAT"~ AND ~Y-~A1I'll':
Councillor Agne~r provided an overview o By-lair No. ~00~'-100, Reing a By-lam to
establish a Technical Support Group entitled fro-ll~edonte environmental Croup
Advisors ~~~~GA}, and of the It~andate o the Group.
~. P'~~~o~[AL I~T~o~~~To~~:
everyone present introduced thenselves, provided a brief background and identified
too to three issues. The follo~ing issues ~rere identified:
• Agriculture in forefront keep in perspective
• Air ~ noise pollution
• ATVs
• bass fake
• efficiencies through technology
• electronic recycling
garbage
o clean upon roads
~ ~raste collection public education
a reduction, composting
a dumping
• ~ rov~th
~ development pressures
o increase in ~imcoe Count
~ influx of people
o smart ~ ro~rth
• ~ead~aters -protection of
• diking trails
• Improve environment affordable, ~rorkable
• fake ~imcoe
o Lake ~imcoe ~ streams that feed it
o Lake ~imcoe :management
• Model for other cor~rnunities
• off icial Plan policies
• fro Moraine
a protect, enhance, conserve
o sane protection as oak Fridges Moraine
• Pits
• Preservation of heritage including environment
• Property standards
• Dural quality of life
• shoreline planting & trees
• sign pollution
• ~ustainability
a for farming community
o sustainable development
• Tree preservation
• visual environment
• ~'ater quality
0 of Lake ~irncoe
• vllatercourse habitat protection
• lliletlands
o preservation
o create or re•establish
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OMEGA Meeting _ October 1 ~, 207
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Councillor Coutanche provided an avervie~r of the proce~ for identification of
initiatives for C~Ii~F.CA.
~, ~~~LIII~I~IA~Y LI~ToF l~~lr~~ AID oFFO~TtJNITIE~:
Councillor Agnew provided e brief overview of the i~~ue~ and opportunities identified
during the per~onel introduction.
~'. t~~~~TI~N~ ANA A~~~~~;
The following were raised b~ o~~CA member:
Conrnent~:
• deed b~ example
• Croup could provide input to ~imcae County cornmittee~
• I~orlc r~ith neighbouring end other municipalities
~uetion~:
• 1EVill Council refer items to ~~I~CA?
• vlChen gill funding end alternative energies become an i~~ue?
l~o~r to determine if an initiative i being done by an exiting group?
~. I~I~.~T ~EFTI~IC:
The next meeting i~ scheduled for Thursday, l~avember ~1~, ~oo~ at 7:gg p.m. in the
Council Charnbers at the Township of oro•~lledonte Administration Centre.
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~ ~. ADJOU~~:
The meeting adjourned at S:~n p.m.
A digital recording of the meeting is available for review.
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Co-Chairperson, Councillor Couancl~e Co-Ch~airper~on, Councillor Agnew
Clem, J. Douglas Irvin
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Committee of Adjustment Members
coo Adam ~o~lowski
secretary-Treasury, Committee of Adjustment
Township of bra-Medonte
Re: Lynda A~~en, truce Chappell, llllichei~e Lynch, Garry Potter, Risk
iNe~ster, correspondence dated Gcto~er 8, ~~07, Tree Preservation
~y-Law Request
dear Committee of Adjustment Members;
Your correspondence, with respect to the above-noted matter, was formally
received by the Council of the Township of Ciro-Medonte at the regular Council
meeting of October ~4, boo? with the fallowing motion:
"Re it resolved that
1, The correspondence dated October 8, 247' from Lynda Aiken,
Bruce Chappell, Michelle lynch, Garry Potter and Rick Ilvebster,
re: Tree Preservation Ey-Law Request be received.
~. That the applicant's request be referred to the Qra-Medonte
Environrnental Group Advisors ~C~MEGA} #ar investigation.
3. That OMEGA report back to Council an this matter.
4. And Further That the applicants be advised of Council's
decision."
If you require further information, please contact the undersigned.
Yours #ruly,
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Clerk
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cc. Councillors Coutanche and Agnew, Co-chairs, t~MEGA
Members of Council
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~ members ~ the ~or~r~itted of ~dustr~r~tJ we are will fast our first sic r~or~ths of
servir~~. It is invita~l~; thoreforo, that we b~ir to ~ somo oor~n~on re~u~sts ire the
des of a~~li~ations for soverar~oesl minor variarroes ar~d boundary adustr~errts. A
rel~#rrli"!~ ~on'"1~~n~C~t in rT~an~r o~ these a~~lioations 15 the needless re"~'toval 4~ health~r,
mature trees.
~aoh a~~l~oatior that V11e hoar ~~ aaoon~~anied ~~ a report and reoor~n~endat~on by
the Planr~~n~ (~e~~lrtr~lerlt. ~~ uh, We al~r~owed+e the ~r~pvrtar~ao (~~ ~lar~r~~r~~ whey
~onsider~r~ our de~islor5 0l the va~ous ratters.
the ~r~-l~edonte ~~iaial flan was adopted as follows
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the foilowinc~ polioies apply to treed areas outside of the E~r~~rr`ror~renta~ ~roteot~on C~r~e,
~`r~~riror~rn~r~ta1 ~rofeotiar~ "wo and the fro ~oratr~e ~afu~af ~'orol~o~i~ar Area
designations:
a there are wooded areas within the Township that are not within the
~nviror~rnnfal ~'rnteat~o~ Cane and ~~r or the fro ~o~a~r~e natural
~ore~orridor Area designations, prir~aril~ because of thou small sire or their
looatior~ within the settlement areas. ~lowever, these areas also contribute to the
oharaoter of the oomrnunit~. It is the pQlioy of this ir'ian that such areas ~~
retained in their natural state, whenever praotioal and appropriate, a a
condition of development approval.
Can several oooas~ons we have wltr~essed k~ehav~our, depend~r~g on the deo~s~on of the
omr~ittee which has and~or will result the needless distruotior~ of healthy mature trees.
we find this to k~e in contravention of the ~ro~~edonte ~ffoial I'lar~ as presented
move.
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