07 28 2009 Public MinutesAgenda Item # 8d) - Public Meeting Minutes, July 28, 2009 re: Proposed Developme...
THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ORO
PUBLIC MEETING MINUTES
(Proposed Development Charges B
July 28, 2009 @ 5:03 p.m.
Municipal Council Chambers
Present: Mayor H.S. Hughes
Deputy Mayor Ralph Hough
Councillor Mel Coutanche
Councillor Terry Allison
Councillor Sandy Agnew
Councillor John Crawford
Councillor Dwight Evans
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Staff Present: Paul Gravelle, Director of Finance/Treasurer/Deputy CAO; Jerry Ball, Director
of Transportation and Environmental Services; Andria Leigh, Director of
Development Services; Shawn Binns, Director of Recreation and Community
Services; Richard Playfair, Director of Fire and Emergency Services; Janette
Teeter, Deputy Clerk; Gary Scandlan, Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.
Also Present: Ivano Manias, Galem Lam, Steven Fielder, Shirley Fielder, Jerry Young, Susan
Faulkenham
Deputy Mayor Ralph Hough called the meeting to order and explained the Public Meeting has been
called under the authority of the Development Charges Act, 1997, S.O. 1997, c.27, as amended, to
obtain public comment with respect to a proposed updated Development Charges By-law that
would apply to all lands in the Township. The Act requires the Township to complete a Background
Study and recalculate Development Charges based on current programs and future capital needs.
Notice of the Public Meeting was posted in the Barrie Examiner and Orillia Packet & Times
newspapers-on July 6, 2009 and the Midland Free Press newspaper on July 8, 2009; and posted on
the Township's website and on the front and rear Township's bulletin boards on July 8, 2009. The
2009 Development Charge Background Study was posted on the Township's website by July 14,
2009.
The following correspondence was received at the meeting: None.
Gary Scandlan, Watson & Associates Economists Ltd., explained the purpose and effect of the
proposed by-law. A Power Point presentation was presented.
The following public persons offered verbal comments with respect to the proposed by-law: Galem
Lam.
Deputy Mayor Hough advised that Council is to consider the proposed development charges by-law
at a Special Council meeting on August 10, 2009.
A digital recording of the meeting is available for review at the Township Administration Centre, 148
Line 7 South.
There being no further comments or questions, the meeting adjourned at 5:46 p.m.
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