11 20 2008 OMEGA AgendaTOWNSHIP OF ORO-MEDONTE
ORO-MEDONTE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP ADVISORS (OMEGA) MEETING AGEND
COUNCIL CHAMBERS I
DATE: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2008 TIME: 7:00 P.W
** The meeting will be digitally recorded **
1. OPENING OF MEETING Lead: Mel C. — 1 minute
2. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA (Motion) Lead: Mel C. — 1 minute
3. DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST AND THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF:
- "IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACT" — 1 minute
4. MINUTES Lead: Mel C. — 1 minute
a) Minutes of OMEGA Meeting held on September 18, 2008. (Motion)
5. PRESENTATIONS Lead: Sandy A. — 20 minutes
a) 7:05 p.m. Jennifer Brock, re: Zero Waste Group. (Motion)
b) 7:15 p.m. Bruce Keeling, re: Grant Request for the Huronia Woodland Owners
Association. (Motion)
6. ITEMS FROM PREVIOUS MEETING Lead: Mel C. — 3 minutes
a) Highlight key messages.
7. WORKING GROUPS UPDATES Lead: Sandy A. — 20 minutes
a) Oro Moraine
• Oro Moraine Report Card. (Motion)
b) Growth Issues
c) Habitat
• Draft Tree Preservation By-law. (Motion)
d) Water Quality / Lake Management
• Brochure distribution "Protecting Your Water & Shoreline Property.
e) Sustainable Agriculture
a) Update from Provincial Environmental Advisory Committee (Oshawa, October 4, 2008).
(Motion)
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b) Review of OMEGA'S first year.
10. NEXT MEETING DATE Lead: Mel C. — 3 minutes
11. ADJOURNMENT Lead: Mel C. — 1 minute (Motion)
Approximately 1 hour 16 minutes
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TOWNSHIP OF ORO-MEDONTE
EDONTE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP ADVISORS (OMEGA)
MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, September 18, 2008 @ 7:38 p.m.
Council Chambers
Present: John Bosomworth
Steve Cromwell
Meryl Drake
David Edwards
Ruth Fountain
Susan Grant
David Kennedy
Josephine Martensson-Hemsted
Regrets: Bob Barlow
Don Hanney
Allan Johnson
Jacinta McNairn
Andy McNiven
Council/Staff Mayor H.S. Hughes
Present: Councillor Sandy Agnew
Councillor Mel Coutanche
Wilf McMechan
Gerry Murphy
Jim Purnell
Doug Shelswell
Beverley Smith
Kim Wand
Avery Parle
Mike Vandergeest
Peter Wigham
Jim Woodford
Doug Irwin, Director of Corporate
Services/Clerk
Marie Brissette, Committee
Coordinator
Others Tim Crooks Barry Leigh
Present: Susan Leigh
1. Councillor Coutanche called the meeting to order.
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Moved by David Edwards, Seconded by Wilf McMechan
It is recommended that the agenda for the Oro-Medonte Environmental Group
Advisors (OMEGA) meeting of Thursday, September 18, 2008 be received and
adopted.
Carried.
3. DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST & THE GENERAL NATURE
THEREOF — IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACT:
None declared.
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4. MINUTES:
Moved by Josephine Martensson-Hemsted, Seconded by David Edwards
It is recommended that the minutes of the Oro-Medonte Environmental Group
Advisors (OMEGA) meeting held on April 17, 2008 be received and adopted.
Carried.
b) Record of OMEGA Meeting scheduled on June 19, 2008.
Moved by Kim Wand, Seconded by Susan Grant
It is recommended that the Record of OMEGA Meeting scheduled on June 19, 2008,
be received.
Carried.
5. PRESENTATIONS:
a) Susan Leigh, LB Landscaping and Greenhouse, re: Good Stewards of the
Earth.
Ms. Leigh distributed correspondence to the members of OMEGA.
Motion No. OMEGA-080918-4
Moved by John Bosomworth, Seconded by Ruth Fountain
It is recommended that the verbal information presented by Susan Leigh, LB
Landscaping and Greenhouse, re: Good Stewards of the Earth, be received.
It is recommended to Council that the Township endorses the principle of a program
for school children that will instill practices to encourage environmentally friendly
citizens for life.
Carried.
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6. ITEM FROM PREVIOUS MEETING:
a) Streamline the process for recommendations from OMEGA and the Working
Groups.
Moved by Susan Grant, Seconded by Gerry Murphy
It is recommended that the verbal information presented by Councillor Coutanche, re:
Streamline the process for recommendations from OMEGA and Working Groups be
received.
And That OMEGA agrees to the following guidelines for Working Group
recommendations proceeding to Council without first being heard at a meeting of
OMEGA:
1. Information will be e-mailed or faxed to OMEGA members for their consideration;
2. OMEGA members can provide their input via e-mail or fax;
3. OMEGA members will advise by e-mail or fax, to the Township Clerk, whether or
not they concur with the recommendations of the Working Group;
4. That in order for a Working Group item to proceed to Council for their
information, without first being heard at a regular OMEGA meeting, a total of one
half plus one of the total OMEGA membership must agree to the Working Group
recommendation by e-mail or fax.
Carried.
Councillor Agnew provided a verbal update on the following matters:
i. Highlight Key Items.
ii. Member Updates.
Councillor Agnew provided a verbal updates on items 8a), 8b), 8c), 8e) and 8f).
a) Oro Moraine.
i. Oro Moraine Information Day September 23, 2008.
ii. Oro Moraine Report Card.
b) Growth Issues.
c) Habitat.
i. Draft Tree By-law.
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d) Water Quality/Lake Management.
i. Minutes of Water Quality/Lake Management Working Group meeting held on
May 6, 2008.
Moved by Gerry Murphy, Seconded by Susan Grant
It is recommended that the minutes of the Water Quality/Lake Management Group-
OMEGA meeting of May 6, 2008 by received.
Carried.
Moved by David Edwards, Seconded by Susan Grant
It is recommended that Oro-Medonte Council be requested to discourage people
from driving on lakes within the Township by not facilitating parking (i.e. not plowing
the ice) in order to prevent automotive contaminants from finding their way into the
lake.
Carried.
Moved by Ruth Fountain, Seconded by Susan Grant
That the motion with respect the request of the Water Quality/Lake Management
Working Group re: up-to-date list of environmental by-laws be deferred back to the
Working Group for further information at the next regularly scheduled OMEGA
meeting.
Carried.
Moved by Ruth Fountain, Seconded by John Bosomworth
It is recommended that Oro-Medonte Council provide OMEGA with an up-to-date list
of environmental by-laws in the Township.
Deferred.
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ii. Draft Brochure — "Protecting Your Water & Shoreline Property".
Motion No. OMEGA-080918-10
Moved by Ruth Fountain, Seconded by John Bosomworth
It is recommended that the draft brochure "Protecting Your Water & Shoreline
Property", be approved, as amended.
It is recommended to Council that the Township proceed with the production and
distribution of the "Protecting Your Water & Shoreline Property" brochure.
Carried.
e) Bass Lake — Sub-Group of Water Quality/Lake Management.
f) Sustainable Agriculture.
9. COMMUNICATIONS:
a) AMO Blue Box Information.
Motion No. OMEGA-080918-11
Moved by Steve Cromwell, Seconded by Beverley Smith
It is recommended that the correspondence dated May 28, 2008 from the
Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), re: AMO Alert No. 08-023 - The
AMO/AMRC Discussion Paper on an Alternative Approach to Ontario's Blue Box
Funding Model be received.
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b) Morris Gervais, President, Simcoe County Farm Fresh, correspondence dated
June 3, 2008, re: Letter of Appreciation.
Motion No. OMEGA-080918-12
Moved by Steve Cromwell, Seconded by David Kennedy
It is recommended that correspondence dated June 3, 2008, from Morris Gervais,
President, Simcoe County Farm Fresh, re: Letter of Appreciation, be received.
Carried.
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c) 2008 Provincial Environmental Advisory Committee Symposium (Oshawa
October 3-4, 2008).
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It is recommended that the following Members of OMEGA attend the 2008 Provincial
Environmental Advisory Committee Symposium in Oshawa on October Tcl and 4th
2008:
• Jim Purnell
Carried.
9. OTHER BUSINESS/QUESTIONS
Discussion occurred on the following items.
a) Education.
b) Bayview Memorial Park Creek Restoration.
Motion No. OMEGA-080918-14
Moved by Doug Shelswell, Seconded by Meryl Drake
It is recommended that we do now adjourn at 9:55 p.m.
Carried.
A digital recording of the meeting is available for review.
Co-Chairperson, Councillor Coutanche Co-Chairperson, Councillor Agnew
Clerk, J. Douglas Irwin
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Moved by Agnew, Seconded by Evans
Be it resolved that the Township endorses the principle of a program for school
children that will instill practices to encourage environmentally friendly citizens for
life.
Carried.
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Moved by Coutanche, Seconded by Allison
Be it resolved that the following guidelines be approved for Working Group
recommendations proceeding to Council without first being heard at a meeting of
OMEGA:
1. Information will be e-mailed or faxed to OMEGA members for their
consideration;
2. OMEGA members can provide their input via e-mail or fax;
3. OMEGA members will advise by e-mail or fax, to the Township Clerk,
whether or not they concur with the recommendations of the Working Group;
4. That in order for a Working Group item to proceed to Council for their
information, without first being heard at a regular OMEGA meeting, a total of
one half plus one of the total OMEGA membership must agree to the
Working Group recommendation by e-mail or fax.
Carried.
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Moved by Agnew, Seconded by Crawford
Be it resolved that Oro-Medonte Council be requested to discourage people from
driving on lakes within the Township by not facilitating parking (i.e. not plowing the
ice) in order to prevent automotive contaminants from finding their way into the
lake.
Carried.
Motion No. 0080924-21
Moved by Allison, Seconded by Coutanche
Be it resolved that the Township proceed with the production and distribution of
the "Protecting Your Water & Shoreline Property" brochure.
Carried.
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Council Meeting Minutes— September 24, 2008
Notes from the Tree Preservation Bylaw meeting – Oct 30-08
Working Group: Staff: —Council:
Meryl Drake [}urvSkeldiog Me|Couianobe
Kimberly Wand
Alan Johnson
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Beverly Smith
Draft notes Nm the meeting:
|. Welcome & Introduction ofGucvSkcldhzg – Toxmybi Law Enforcement Officer
2. Purpose of the meeting was to got input on advice to Council on u/dhe7/ce Prcoenohnn
Bylaw. Council asked the Habitat Working Group of OMEGA {o investigate this – after the
Committee of Adjustment unanimously urged Council to "consider a Tree Preservation
Bylaw as means to ensure that the Official Plan is adhered to."
Key points from the discussions:
a. Need Nbc consistent with the Skucoc County Official Plan
b. There will be initial difficulties with enforcement – then it would evolve into acceptance
and more compliance
c. Any ^'c|eur-ou(` should bc offset with equivalent planting
d. \&e should "ourvcy'` our residents first, before wc embark nou new bylaw.
Npj�� The report handed out at the meeting has a sample survey which could be used.
c. The Bylaw would have to address the issue of existing lots and homes which have never
had a tree preservation bylaw / tree cutting restrictions.
[ All new developments should have Tree Preservation in the Site Plan Agreements and the
Plans ofSubdivision
g. Any tree removal should require u^`/cp|ucernent^ tree planting
h. The Bylaw would have "exceptions" such as: dead trees, unstable trees, trees used by
owner (firewood), road construction, Crown wants/needs, Site Plan Agreements, Wood
Lot Management, invasive species, official Building Permits, pit or quarry, surveying,
etc.
i Township should consider au EDUCATION step: (value of trees, species, tree
management principles, etc.
i The WG should evaluate the success / experience with [uledon`u7PB
k. The TPB (Tree Preservation Bylaw) should bepart of the new OP
l. The TPB should only apply to lots less than l hectare (2.5 acres) because the 8imooe
County OP covers lots above l hectare.