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11 23 1996 Sp Public Minutes T'1 , I J! ~ THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ORO-MEDONTE SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETING SATUIIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1996 @ 10:00 A.M. - COUNCIL CHAMBERS NINETY-FOURTH MEETING 1994-1997 COUNCIL The following members of Council were present: Mayor Ian Beard Deputy Mayor Murray Martin Councillor Walter Dickie Councillor Don Bell Councillor Neil Craig Councillor Larry Cotton Absent: Councillor Ron Sommers Staff Present: Andria Leigh, Development Co- ordinator, Jennifer Zieleniewski, CAO/Treasurer. ~so Present Were: Nick McDonald, Kris Menzies, Gary Cunnington, John Carl, W. Logan, Gordon Keith, Ernie Dryden, Hartley Woodside, Gordon Ball, Bill Moore, Bud Arbour, Neil Carpenter, Ray Kelso, W. Gray, R. Gray, T. de Groot, Mary Lou Kirby, Derek Anderson, Tim Crooks, Ron Watkin, Rex Meadley, David Bohme, David Edwards, Victor Wilson, Way & Betty Benneyworth, James & Katherine Heal, Norman & Marjorie Roe, Nelson Robertson, Earl Robertson, Tim Crawford, Margaret Clark, Matthew Clark, Colin McKim, Bob Drury, Michael Vaughan, Peter J. Smith, Robin R. Searle, Ria Searle, Oswald Piil, Mary Frances Brunt, Donald Simpson, Colin Taylor, Allan Baker, Robert Swerdon, Bill Pidlysny, Donald P. Hanney, Wilf McMechan, Philip Brunt, Ron Suwala. Barbara Cayley, Don Anderson, Bill Martin, Derek Anderson. Mayor Ian Beard chaired the meeting. Mayor Ian Beard opened the meeting and the Clerk explained to those present that the purpose of this Public Meeting was to obtain public comments on the proposed new Official Plan, under Section 17 of the Planning Act R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 13. At the present time, this Official Plan is a draft document, which means that it has not been adopted by Council. It is proposed that only after comments are received from the Public, requested agencies and Township staff, wi thin the appropriate time period, will Council make a decision on this proposed Official Plan. Notice of the Public Meeting was placed in the Barrie Examiner, the Orillia Packet and Times, and the Midland Free Press on November 1, 1996. Notice was also posted in the following locations: Oro-Medonte Administration Building, Hawkestone 'f' I I II ,1 2 General Store, Coulson General Store, Oro Station General Store, Carthew Bay General Store, Warminster Jug City, Granny's of Craighurst, Jarratt Hall, D. J. 's Country Store, Shanty Bay Milk Store. The Clerk then advised that the following correspondence was received and read same: On behalf of the Ceda~ont Beach Ratepayers Association. To the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Councillors - Oro-Medonte Township, re: Designation of Part of lots 19 and 20 Con. 2 - Piil Owner. Dear Sirs: I have been requested on behalf of the Cedarmont Beach Ratepayers Association which represents at least 60 property owners on the lakeshore side of Woodland Drive immediately adjacent to the Piil property, to write and thank the Council for redesignating the above property from Shoreline Residential to Restricted Rural in the third draft of your Official Plan which is the subj ect of a public meeting on November 23, 1996. We have also received the support and approval of the Maplewood Ratepayers Association immediately to the south and the Moon's Beach Ratepayers Association immediately to the north in opposing this application and in thanking the Council for its favourable consideration of this matter. Our concerns regarding the proposed sub-division of Mr. Piilon the above property have been set out in the numerous letters and submissions to you by area residents and can be summarized by repeating the first three pillars of the draft Official Plan, namely protect the natural environment, promote proper conservation and use of natural resources and protect the townships rural character. We are extremely thankful that we have a Council who appreciates our concerns and who acted so prudently in redesignating this area to Restricted Rural. Our faith and confidence in Municipal Government has been greatly strengthened by your action. Yours very sincerely, J. D. Bohme on behalf of the Cedarmont Beach Ratepayers Association. Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority, to Nick McDonald, BA, MCIP, RPP, The Planning Partnership, Date: November 22, 1996, From: Charles F. Burgess, Subject: Draft Official Plan, Township of Oro-Medonte, County of Simcoe, Your File Number 1188. Thank you for providing us with a revised copy of the Draft Official Plan for the Township of Oro-Medonte. Generally, the NVCA is satisfied with the environmental component of the Plan subject to a degree of "refinement" with regard to policy content, location and interpretation/implementation. Currently, we are in the process of formulating further comments which we intend to provide by early next week. We hope that this time frame is acceptable in light of the public meeting scheduled for tomorrow, as per the Planning Act. We look forward to our continued involvement in this important planning process, and please call should you have any further comments in the interim. Regards, Charles. Greg & Judy Thatcher, Township of Oro-Medonte, Attention Andrea Leigh. In response to the new Official Plan being adopted by Council it has come to our attention that our property (PL 15 Con. 9 is not being considered as part of the new plan for future development. It appears the westerly line of our property which fronts on Simcoe Rd. 19 in the hamlet of Moonstone and borders the existing subdivision by a measurement of 1008 ft. deep, abutting Toboggan hill, to the south is the dividing line. We would ask council to consider this property as part of the new plan for future development which consists ï ., I I ;, ' 3 of app 28.66 acres being a frontage of app 2600 ft on Simcoe Rd . 19. The subj ect property is currently at our planners. We would like to also mention to council an area of app 3 to 5 acres on this plan is being offered to the Parks and Recreation to assist their needs in construction of a baseball diamond and other community proj ects as suggested in their 5 year plan. The property in question abuts toboggan hill which would allow toboggan hill as an entry to this area with a road installed or easement from Simcoe Rd. 19 which ever would be more suitable. Confirmation of the offering of land could be attained from Mr. Rick Yule, Moonstone Parks Recreation, signed cordially, Greg and Judi Thatcher. PK Menzies Planning & Development Inc., Mayor and Members of Council, Township of Oro-Medonte, Oro Station, Ontario, LOL 2EO, Dear Mayor and Members of Council: Re: Official Plan Review Process, Development Application P17/90 (Mascioli). The undersigned represents Mr. and Mrs. Tony Mascioli who are owners of Part of Lot A, Concession 2 in the former Township of Oro. A portion of Mr. and Mrs. Mascioli's residential property is subject to an application for Commercial development wherein an existing residential garage is proposed to be redesignated to Commercial and rezoned Commercial. In review of the mapping associated the draft Official Plan for the new Township of Oro-Medonte, it is apparent that his proposed Commercial development is not recognized in the Official Plan. On behalf of the Mascioli's, this office hereby requests that Council give favourable consideration to the redesignation of this small portion of land in order to facilitate the Mascioli's Commercial Development Plans. It should be noted commercial developed adjacent motel. Both and are designated Official Plans. that the Mascioli's own the adjacent property (gas station) as well as the of these sites have access to Highway 11 Commercial in the existing and draft I thank Council for their consideration of this mater. truly, P. K. Menzies Planning and Development Inc. Yours James & Katherine Heal, R. R. #2, Shanty Bay, LOL 2LO to Andria Leigh, Development Co-ordinator, Oro-Medonte, Onto Re: West Half of Lot 18, Cone. 2 and Draft Official Plan. Dear Madam: We obj ect to the proposed change under the new Plan as it relates to the existing agricultural designation of the above lot. This lot has always been zoned agricultural at the north east corner and has been assessed as constituting one building lot for over twenty years. Accordingly, we as owners, have paid taxes for that period on the basis of that possible use. In these circumstances, we ask that Council change the new Draft Official Plan to continue the existing zoning relating to the above lot. In closing, we wish to thank you and Mr. McDonald for the time you have spent with us and for your most helpful comments relating to this matter. Yours truly, James & Katherine Heal. 1 ., I I 'I 4 Correspondence was received from James & Katherine Heal regarding Lot 17, Conca 2, and Draft new Official Plan, however it was not read in error. Robert and Charles Drury as follows: Andrea Leigh, Planning Administrator, Township of Oro-Medonte. Dear Ms. Leigh: Please consider this letter as a formal request from Charles Drury and Robert Drury to include in your new Official Plan, update and consolidation, a change in designation of what would be know as the back portion of our farms Lot 12 and 13 Con. 1, abutting the first line as outlined on the attached drawing. We will provide a more accurate detailed survey if requested by the Township of Oro-Medonte. The request is to change the designation from Agricultural to Rural. The lands described are not and will never be suitable for any form of crop land. The lands could best be described as class 5 or 6 because of the steep hilly terrain, boulders, and lack of topsoil in some areas. Some of the area is covered with wet holes, and on some of the area the land is such heavy clay that we cannot get spruce trees to grow. We have a Ducks Unlimited project covering about 20 acres which was drained down this year to try to accommodate growth which has not been successful so far. There is also a drainage ditch running the complete distance of the described area. This ditch drains all the farms to the Northwest of our farms and has no benefit to our agricultural land. The total acreage involved would be can see by the above description, accurate, the lands described would wi th Rural designation. We believe accomplished with a mapping change. about 125 - 130. As you which we believe to be be appropriate to conform that this change could be If you require any further information do not hesitate to contact Robert or Charles Drury. Sincerely, Robert Drury, Charles Drury. Rick Hunter, To Nick McDonald, The Planning Partnership, From: Rick Hunter, Date: September 26, 1996, Re: Oro-Medonte Official Plan, Hawkestone - Ochrym property. We will be completing our review of the proposed Official Plan policies for Hawkestone within the next few days and will provide further written comment to you early next week. We remain concerned that there is no provision for limited infill development on our client's property while we work toward the long term solution for development on this property and in the hamlet. We do not expect to attend the public meeting on November 23, 1996. Please ensure that we remain on the notice/circulation list for all public meetings and decisions regarding the Official Plan. Thank you for your ongoing assistance as we proceed through this process. Rick Hunter, copy to: George Ochrym. Rick Hunter, To Nick McDonald, The Planning Partnership, From: Rick Hunter, Date: September 26, 1996, Re: Oro-Medonte Official Plan, Guthrie Property. We do not expect to attend the public meeting on November 23, 1996. Our client's concerns are being addressed through our previous correspondence and we will provide further written comment directly to you following the public meeting. Please ensure that we remain on the notice/circulation list for all public meetings and decisions regarding the Official Plan. 1 1 . , \ 5 Thank you for your ongoing assistance as we proceed through this process. Rick Hunter, copy to: Don Guthrie. Rick Hunter, To Nick McDonald, The Planning Partnership, From: Rick Hunter, Date: September 26, 1996, Re: Oro-Medonte Official Plan, Hardwood Hills Property. We do not expect to attend the public meeting on November 23, 1996. Our clients concerns are being addressed through our previous correspondence and we will provide further written comment directly to you following the public meeting. Please ensure that we remain on the notice/circulation list for all public meetings and decisions regarding the Official Plan. Thank you for your ongoing assistance as we proceed through this process. Rick Hunter, copy to: Dave Viney. City of Barrie, The Planning Partnership, 113 Collier Street, Barrie, Ontario, L4M IH2, Attention: Nick McDonald, Senior Planner. Dear Mr. McDonald: Re: Draft Oro-Medonte Official Plan. Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the draft of the Oro-Medonte Official Plan. I have reviewed the appropriate sections of the Plan, in particular, Section D-ll Restricted Rural, Section D9 Rural Residential, Section B3 Rural (I assume this is intend to be D3) and DI0 Shoreline which will have the greatest impact on the City of Barrie. In general I have no comments or concerns to offer for the purposes of the public meeting to be held November 23, 1996 but reserve the right to provide additional comments prior to final approval of the Plan. The City will provide its final comments in the form of a Council Resolution following consideration of a staff report, prior to final approval of the Plan. I would however appreciate it if you could provide me with some examples of the types of uses which might be permitted in the "home industries" category and how this would differentiate from "home occupations". I would also appreciate some information on why a "Rural" land use designation was placed on the lands between Baycrest Crescent and the "Shoreline" designation on the southerly part of the Barrie/Oro-Medonte boundary rather than a continuation of the "Restricted Rural" designation. I look forward to hearing from you in the near future. If you wish to discuss this matter please do not hesitate to contact me at (705) 739-4220 ext. 4314. Yours truly, Merwan Ross Kalyaniwalla, Senior Policy Planner. Ron E. Suwala, Mr. Nick McDonald, The Planning Partnership, 113 Collier Street, Barrie, Ontario L4M IH2, Re: Oro-Medonte Official Plan Draft "Horseshoe Valley Road Special Policy Area" (Sched. A15). Dear Mr. McDonald: Further to our conversation of today, we request the following: That the boundary of the above mentioned Special Policy Area be adjusted slightly to exclude our entire property (East 1. 2, Lot 2, Conc. 5) from inclusion in the "Horseshoe Valley Road Special Policy Area." As we found no valid reason for its proposed inclusion and your acknowledgement that you would be comfortable with such a change to the proposed boundary; we submit this written request per your recommendation to us. Thank you for having reconsidered this matter upon having it brought to your attention. , , , I \ 6 We appreciate as well your courteous explanation inquiry. Sincerely, Mr. and Mrs. R. Suwala. to our Ron E. Suwala, Mr. Nick McDonald, The Planning Partnership, 113 Collier Street, Barrie, Ontario L4M IH2, Re: Oro-Medonte Official Plan Draft Transportation Policies Official Plan Vision: recognizes #4., "The needs of the present and future residents" Based on the above vision statement #4, and other factors; we request modification to the Transportation Policy G2.4.1 Non-winter maintained roads, to permit some flexibility and consideration for unique or special circumstances, logical inevitable growth requirements and to recognize the needs of present and future residents as stated in the Official Plan Vision Statement. The present policies that relate to Non-winter maintained roads, are severe and without room to move within their wordings and don't allow for special circumstances or the needs of present and future residents to ever be considered. We see that areas of the community change and evolve. once have been adequate may now or soon be deficient. What may As this new Official Plan will reflect obj ecti ves for many years, it is timely that citizens express their concerns. We trust we have presented this to you in an appropriate manner for your conveyance to Oro-Medonte at this time. If you feel otherwise by all means contact us immediately. Should a copy be required at the Town office, would you do so on our behalf to the correct person. Thank you Mr. McDonald. Yours truly, Mr. and Mrs. R. Suwala. City of Orillia, Township of Oro-Medonte, Box 100, Oro, Ontario LOL 2XO, Attention: Andrea Leigh, Planner, Dear Ms. Leigh: Re: Township of Oro-Medonte - Draft Official Plan. Having reviewed the Draft Official Plan which was circulated to us, we find that generally those areas which would concern the City of Orillia have been dealt with appropriately. The one area where we would like to make a suggestion relates to the Highway Commercial policies. These allow for retail uses but there is no provision for specific policies related to maj or commercial developments which could potentially have a significant detrimental impact on the City's downtown. Both Ramara and Severn Townships have Official Plan policies in place to address this question (see attached) and we would like to suggest that a similar policy be incorporated in your Plan. In general terms, I feel that the Township and its consultant should be commended on the quality of the document you have produced. Yours truly, Andrew R. Fyfe, Senior Planner. A. Douglas Bidmead, Andria Leigh, Oro-Medonte Township, P. O. Box 100, Oro, Ontario LOL 2XO, Dear Ms. Leigh: Re: Official Plan Review - Conca 10, SW 1/4 Lot 21. Cone. 10, SW 1/4 Lot 21 is currently designated "gravel" and has been operated as such for the past several years. I wish to advise the council that it is my intention to use this land as a gravel pit for only a few more years, possibly only five. At that time I would like the lot re-designated to rural, residential. , ì I , \ 7 I appreciation your including this consideration with your plans. Should you have questions, or require further information, I can be reached at the above address and telephone number. Yours truly, A. Douglas Bidmead. Paul Perri, Delivered by Hand, The Corporation of the Township of Oro-Medonte, Box 100, Oro, Ontario LOL 2XO, Attention: Mrs. Lynda Aiken, Clerk. Dear Mrs. Aiken: Re: Objection - Township of Oro-Medonte Updated Official Plan. Please accept this letter as a formal objection to the contemplated "Restricted Rural" designation of my property within the proposed Oro-Medonte Official Plan. I am the owner of a 12.88 acres (5.21Ha.) property located at the western edge of the Township, adjacent to the City of Barrie and is legally described as being Part of Lot 1, Concession 1, former Township of Oro. Penetanguishene Road abuts the property to the west, with the property's southern boundary abutting the existing Baycrest Residential Subdivision. I have constructed my residence on the subject property, and have over the years made overtures to the municipal for the development of a residential plan of subdivision. The reasons for my appeal are as follows: 1. My property is a natural extension of the rural residential Baycrest Subdivision to the south. The proposal for a "Restricted Rural" designation on my property is adversely prohibi ti ve. permi tting a rural residential, transitional zone of development appears appropriate. 2. The proposed designation as Restricted Rural is in direct conflict with the existing registered plan applicable to my property. I purchased the property in 1985. In December of 1988, the former Township of Oro undertook to deregister Registered Plan No.1. I was never advised as per the provisions of the deregistration process of the Township's action. Therefore it is deemed that Registered Plan No.1 is still legally registered, and therefore my property is subject to the provisions of By-law 1031 relating to the recognition of the registered plans of record existing prior to the enactment of By-law 1031 which would permit development of my property. The policy proposed as applicable to the Restricted Rural designation calls for the restriction of use to an agricultural and/or agriculturally related use. My property is utilized residentially as my principal residence, and is not and has not been utilized agriculturally for many years. I undertook the opportunity under date of Thursday, September 28 to appear as a deputation before Council to express my displeasure with the proposed Restricted Rural designation on my property. This letter serves to reiterate my opposition to the proposed redesignation of my property. Yours truly, Paul Perri. 3. Dan Williams, Ms. Andria Leigh, Township of Oro-Medonte, P. O. Box 100, Oro, Ontario LOL 2XO. Dear Ms. Leigh: I have studied the August 6, 1996 Draft Oro-Medonte Official Plan carefully and my detailed comments are enclosed. Included with my comments is a map, which my daughter drafter for me, showing Oro-Medonte in relation to the Greater Toronto Area; I refer to this map several times in my comments. t \ I " ' 8 I also refer in some places to a paper which I had published in 1983 about "Agroclimatic Resource Analysis". If anyone needs copies of that paper, or any other information regarding my comments on the Official Plan, please call me. I am a long-time resident of this area (1931-49 & 1980 to date), and I also have qualifications relevant to land use planning matters, including a Master's degree in geography specializing in rural land resources. I could provide a resume if requested. Sincerely, Dan Williams. (Attached 13 pages were not read at meeting because they were of a technical nature and Council had received copies). All those persons present will be afforded the opportunity of making comments on or asking questions about the proposed Official Plan. Each person will generally be permitted a maximum of 10 minutes to present their comments. Please state your name and address for the record prior to proceeding with your comments. It should be noted that, in accordance with Section 17(19) of the Planning Act, the Ontario Municipal Board has the power to dismiss as appeal to the Official Plan if the appellant has not provided Council with oral submissions at the public meeting or written submissions to Council before the Plan is adopted. The Clerk then turned the meeting over to the Township Planning Consultant, Nick McDonald, to explain the purpose and effect of the proposed Official Plan. Nick McDonald: Good morning everyone. My name is Nick McDonald and I am with the firm named The Planning Partnership who has been retained by the Township of Oro-Medonte to prepare the Official Plan that is the subject of the meeting today. This public meeting represents the culmination of a year-long planning process that involved members of Council and staff, numerous residents and all of the Provincial agencies. As most people are aware in this room, a new Official Plan was required for the Township because this Council inherited five different Official Plans after amalgamation occurred in 1994. These Official Plans cover lands wi thin the Township of Flos, wi thin the Township of Vespra, Township of Oro, Township of Medonte, Township of Orillia. Each of these plans had differing philosophies on where development should be directed and have different development policies which dictated under what circumstances development should be permitted. As a result of this situation, it was one of the mandates of this Council to prepare a new Official Plan to cover the entire municipali ty and contain a vision for the municipality during this term of Council. It was also one of the mandates of this Council to involve as many people of the Township as possible in the process leading up to the development of this plan. A public consultation process was therefore developed to ensure that the new Plan was based on a common vision for the future. This public consultation process involved: at the initiation of the process we held a series of workshops in various locations throughout the municipality during the summer of 1995 in which we asked people to provide us with any thoughts on a future vision for the municipality; we also prepared a series of newsletters by our firm which were distributed to many people in the Township, one of them was mailed to every household in the Township late in 1995; we also held a number of open houses , , , , , 9 at various points in the process to inform people of the work that was being completed and to receive comments on that work; and the forwarding of information on the progress of the Official Plan review in the municipal newsletters that are mailed to every household in the community and I believe that was done at least twice. In addition, I was always available either in the municipal office or in my office in Barrie to discuss the Official Plan at their convenience. In addition to consulting the public, we also met with or discussed the Official Plan with all of the Provincial agencies that have an interest in the future planning of the Township. We also liased with the County of Simcoe, as they are now in the process of preparing a County Official Plan at the present time. As part of this process we also had various sub-consultants retained by the Township to provide Council with information on a variety of issues that are to be dealt with in the new Official Plan. This information included the following: Ecoplans was asked to provide recommendations on the Natural Heritage System of the Township on how that Natural Heritage System should be protected; Terraprobe was asked to review the locations of groundwater recharge areas in the Township and provide recommendations on how these features should be protected; C.C.Tatham & Associates was asked to look at the servicing systems in all of the settlement areas in the Township and provide recommendations on whether these systems could be expanded; Jon Linton was asked to provide some thoughts on a economic development strategy to Council and to provide some recommendations on how that strategy could be implemented in the form of Official Plan policies; and Archaeological Research Associates was asked to identify the locations of archaeological resources and heritage resources in the Township and to provide recommendations to Council on how these resources could be protected. The public consultations previously discussed and the work of the various consultants in addition to our work led to the development of a vision of the future for this municipality which is contained or found in Section Al of the Official Plan. It is intended that this vision provide the basis for all of the land use policies that are applied to this municipality for the next 20 years. I will briefly describe some of the main components of this vision: The purpose of this Official Plan is to manage change and to protect the natural heritage system of Oro-Medonte, and to do so in a way that has the greatest positive impact on the quality of life in Oro-Medonte. The excellent quality of life is what consistently came up through our consultations with the public as being very, very important. That is why people live here, that is why people move to this area. It is the quality of life now enj oyed by this Township's residents. This quality of life is created, in large part, by the rural character of the community, the open countryside, farmland, extensive , \ , . . 10 wooded areas, Lake Simcoe, Bass Lake and a number of small settlement areas that are scattered throughout the municipality. Rather than being dominated by man-made structures and landscaped yards, the Township has an open, relatively natural and rural character. It is this character that this Plan is trying to maintain. These are the qualities that taken together, contribute to the identity of the community that is of the greatest importance to the residents. The Township also has a number of significant environmental and topographical features which also contribute to the" sense of place" felt by many of the Township's residents. These should be protected and this Official Plan strives to protect these features. The Oro Moraine is considered by many to be the heart of the natural heritage system of Oro-Medonte. It serves as a recharge area for a number of watersheds and it is also very beautiful. It is expected that there will continue to be pressure for development in this area in the future, and it will be the role of the Official Plan to ensure that the interests of people who want to develop and the interests of people who want to protect the moraine are balanced. The population of the Township in 1996 was about 16,000 people. The maj ori ty of this population was housed in small settlement areas, along the Horseshoe Valley Road and a number of roads, Horseshoe Valley Road resorts and Sugarbush and examples like that and also along the shoreline. This Plan does not anticipate that the existing pattern of development will changed in the future. The County of Simcoe has estimated that the Township's permanent population will increase by approximately 10,000 people over the next twenty years. Given that sufficient land already exists in the municipality to deal with this expected population increase. This Plan does not designate the additional lands for residential development, only exceptions are in cases where infilling is deemed to be desirable or in circumstances where we have identified a full service area and we needed to designate additional lands to make the development of those full services economical and cost efficient. The vast majority of the Township's residents now work and shop in neighbouring Barrie and Orillia. We don't think that is going to change too much. However, we would like to stimulate additional economic activity in this Township because that will increase the sense of community that is fel t by the Township residents. As a result additional economic development in the Township will be encouraged by the Official Plan provided there are no adverse impacts to the environment and on the rural character of the community. This Plan designates enough land for commercial, industrial and residential uses to last until the year at least 2016. As a result amendments to permit such development will not be considered by Council unless they are looked at on the basis of a comprehensive review of the Official Plan. That normally happens after a five year period has elapsed. t ~ I I I 11 On the basis of the vision described above, a series of pillars have been developed. These pillars are supported by a number of objectives that also are intended to form the basis of the Official Plan. These pillars are: Pillar #1 Pillar #2 - protect the natural environment - promote the proper conservation and use of natural resources. - protect the township's rural character - manage change to ensure that it occurs in an orderly and efficient manner - promote economic activity that takes advantage of the township's attributes. . Pillar #3 Pillar #4 Pillar #5 Flowing from these pillars are a series of objectives, about 30 of them, which I won't go into right now, which serve to implement those pillars. We have also as part of this Official Plan developed a settlement area and servicing strategy. The purpose of developing such a strategy is to identify where residential development will be directed and how it will be serviced. As part of that strategy we developed a hierarchy of settlement areas and I will briefly describe what those settlement areas are. Hawkestone and the Horseshoe Valley Resort have been identified as two settlement areas where development will occur on full sewer and water services. Hawkestone has been selected as one of the two settlement areas in the Township that is to develop on full sewer and water services because: it is located adj acent to a full interchange with Highway 11; it is located close to nearby employment centres; its development is not expected to have an impact on agricultural uses; it can easily be serviced by a municipal water system; the potential exists to infrastructure in the area; and the potential exists to attract uses to the Township that require full municipal services to be cost- effective. improve existing The Horseshoe Valley Resort is a multi-use facility combining resort, recreational and residential uses. It is expected that the role of the resort will evolve in the future as a greater range of services are provided to the travelling public and local residents. Warminster, Craighurst and Sugarbush are the three settlement areas where some growth on municipal water and private septic systems will occur. Lands within those three areas are already designated within the existing Official Plans and no new lands will be designated around either of those communities. As a result of concerns about the long range impacts of addi tional development on private septic systems in the communi ty, new development in Shanty Bay will be restricted to those lands that have already been approved for development by previous Councils. If any expansion to Shanty Bay is considered in the future there will need to be a comprehensive review of the impact of that expansion on the servicing. i. e. there will be a need to look at how the new development should be served. , , " , 12 Moonstone and Oro Station are the two settlement areas where only limited growth will occur on municipal water and private septic systems. Limited growth on private services will occur in Jarratt, East Oro, Rugby, Edgar and Guthrie and no additional development will occur unless it is on a private or unless it is on an existing lot of record in Forest Home or Prices Corners. In order to implement the vision, the pillars and the settlement area and servicing strategy, a number of land use designations have been developed. I will briefly description what those land use designations are: The Environment Protection One designation is intended to include the following significant features: - Provincially significant wetlands (Classes 1, 2, and 3); - Provincially significant Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest; - Significant portions of habitat of endangered or threatened species; - Critical wildlife habitat; and - Significant watercourses and valley corridors. Information on the location and expanse of the areas which are designated Environmental Protection One was provided to us by the Ministry of Natural Resources. Lands designated Agricultural following criteria: of the meet or more one a) they consist of lands which are Classes 1, 2 or 3 for potential agricultural capability according to the Canada Land Inventory; they consist of lands which, in spite of varying market conditions, are considered to be viable ongoing operations; they support intensive farming operations; and/or, they are surrounded by or contiguous to other agricultural operations. b) c) d) Generally speaking, lands which are proposed to be designated as part of this Official Plan are currently designated Agricultural in the existing Official Plans of the five Townships. Minor tinkering has occurred here and there but generally speaking, lands that are currently Agricultural will remain designated Agricultural in the new Official Plan. The Rural designation generally includes all of the rural areas in the Township that are not considered to be as sui table for agricultural purposes as lands wi thin the Agricul tural designation. As a result of that the permitted uses in this designation are generally more broad than in the Agricultural designation. The Rural Settlement Area following rural service communities: designation applies to the centres or residential Warminster, Moonstone, Craighurst, Forest Home, Guthrie, East Oro, Edgar, Jarratt, Oro Station, Corners and Shanty Bay. Rugby, Prices This designation provides for the types of uses that are normally found in a rural settlement area, residential, institutional, commercial and industrial. 1 , " I 13 The Mineral Aggregate Resources designation applies to existing pit operations and areas of high potential mineral aggregate resources as identified by the Ministry of Natural Resources. The majority of these areas are located on the Oro Moraine. The majority of the lands proposed to be designated are currently designated in the Oro Official Plan. However, additional lands in the vicinity of the 12th Line north of Rugby are proposed to be designated in this Official Plan. This is as a result of a request made by a land owner to designate their lands for aggregate extraction in the future. Lands designated Open Space are owned by the municipality, the County of Simcoe or the Province of Ontario. Lands included within this designation include all County of Simcoe forests, the Copeland Forest area, Bass Lake provincial Park and all major Township of Oro-Medonte parks. Uses of these areas are obviously limited to recreational uses, both active and passive. The Industrial designation applies to a number of properties in the vicinity of Highway 11. The majority of the lands designated Highway Commercial are located in the vacinity of Highway 11. Lands designated Rural Residential were previously designated for estate residential, country residential or chalet residential purposes in the existing Official Plan that apply to the Township. No new rural residential areas have been designated in this Township it is not anticipated that there will be any other designations or other lands identified for this purpose during the planning period. The Shoreline designation generally applies to those lands which have already been developed for permanent and seasonal residential uses in close proximity to Lake Simcoe or Bass Lake. The intent of this designation is to preserve the existing character of this area. The Restricted Rural designation applies to all undeveloped lands surrounding the City of Orillia that were located in the Township of Orillia. In addition, this designation applies to all undeveloped lands adjacent to the City of Barrie. Its intended that this designation provide or ensure that there is a clear separation between urban and rural uses in this municipality and prevent sprawl from spilling over from the City of Barrie or the City of Orillia into the rural areas of the Township of Oro-Medonte. The Airport designation recognizes the location of the Lake Simcoe Regional Airport and obviously permits airport related uses. The Oro Centre Industrial/Commercial designation, is a special designation that applies to lands at the intersection of the 7th Line and Highway 11, just to the North of this Municipal Office. It is intended that these lands serve as the focus for new airport-related, industrial and commercial development in the Township, it is the intend of this municipality to try to consolidate that type of development in one location along Highway 11 rather than trying to spread it out along the entire highway. The Mount St. Louis/Moonstone designation applies to the lands which are now the site of the Mount St. Louis/ I j " . 14 Moonstone ski resort. Policies in that designation provide for the existing ski resort operation but also provide for residential uses provided a secondary plan is done. The Hawkestone Special Policy Area applies to the Hawkestone area and its intended that lands within this special policy area be developed on the basis of full municipal water and sewer services. Again there is a requirement for there to be a detailed Secondary Plan and Master Servicing Plan done before anything occurs in Hawkestone. The Horseshoe Valley Road Special Policy Area applies to lands located on both sides of Horseshoe Valley Road between Craighurst and Prices Corners. There are special policies within this designation which deal with development along this road. Many of these policies were developed as a result of concerns expressed at an Ontario Municipal Board hearing that was held during the summer of 1994. We have also created two overlay designations, the first of these was the Environmental Protection Two overlay designation. This designation applies to lands which are not considered as significant as the Environmental Protection One lands that were previously discussed, however they are still considered to be sensitive to development. Potentially what this designation means is that when any development is proposed in it or near it there is a requirement to do an Environmental Impact Study to determine what impacts that development will have on the environmental feature. The other overlay designation is the Ground Water Recharge Area designation. This applies to an area that's been identifies primarily on top of the Oro Moraine as being a ground water recharge area. Its intended again that if development is proposed in this area that a Hydrogeological Assessment be completed which looks at the impact of whatever development is proposed on the Ground Water Recharge function of this area. Land use designations specific to the Horseshoe Valley Resort, the Sugarbush settlement area and a subdivision in Lots 2 and 3, Concession 9 or Oro are contained in this section of the Plan. That is a very quick wrap through of about 100 pages of text, and I would like to now finish my presentation, and turn it back to the Mayor, and then we could take the questions and I could clarify anything that I have discussed this morning or clarify any of the points that have been raised as part of the Official Plan and we can go from there. Thank You. Mayor Beard: Madame Clerk, do we have a list of deputations? Clerk: No Mr. Mayor, we don't have a list but the individuals who wish to make comments have selected a number, and we will go through those people one at a time. Nick McDonald: I guess on that basis number one is where we start. , 1 " I 15 Mayor Beard: As you come forward state your name as we are recording this. Gary Cunnington: Good morning Mr. Mayor and members of Council, my name is Gary Cunnington. I am here on behalf of Horseshoe Resort. I would like to begin this morning by congratulating Council and members of staff on the openness of the process you have gone through the preparation of this draft and for the many opportunities you have afforded us to come forward with our comments and concerns. We feel the plan is well prepared, well intentioned and will be a valuable document as the Municipality heads off into who knows what in the next century. However, and I am sure you hear this often, Horseshoe does have some concerns with respect to this particular document. I will limit today, very briefly what our concerns are. We have concerns with the issue of equity and everyone being on the same playing field with respect to development. We are looking for some clarification of certain sections as they relate to studies and servicing required of the resort lands. We are looking, or we have some concerns with respect to some of the wording of the specific definitions of designations, which have been applied to resort lands, and we also have some minor concerns with respect to the mapping of the nodes in that not all of the resort lands are within the map, and some lands that are shown within the map are privately owned. Some of these concerns have been expressed in previous presentations, and some are specific to this draft of your plan. As in the past we have put our comments in the form of a written presentation which I will leave with members of your staff on my way out. We would request that if Council requires any clarification or anything in question that we would make ourselves available for any further meetings, and we look forward to resolving these issues before you finalize and adopt your plan. Thank you Mr. Mayor. Mayor Beard: Okay, next we have number two. Nick McDonald: Number two. If there is no number two, then we will go to number three. If there is no number three, then we will go to number four. Number five. Mayor Beard: If anybody hasn't picked up a number, perhaps they had better grab one. Hartley Woodside: Mr. Mayor and Council, my name is Hartley Woodside. I live at R. R. #2 Oro Station and I am speaking on behalf of the coalition of ratepayers from the Horseshoe Valley Area. We include the Horseshoe Valley Ratepayers Association, Indian Park Ratepayers Association, Jarratt- Coulson Ratepayers Association and Rowanwood Conservers Society. This coalition came together after the series of Municipal Board hearings in the early 90's. Highlight of , . . 16 the frustration of many Township residents with the way this part of the Township was being changed. Little concern was being paid to significant environmental concerns including water and wetlands to the impact of development on infrastructure including the capacity and safety of the Horseshoe Valley Road and preserving the essentially rural nature of the area in which we live. We were concerned that the interests of the residents were being ignored in the rush to develop. Against this background of frustration we would like to express our appreciation of the open process pursued by this council in this Official Plan. We believe a significant effort has been made to listen to the people of Oro-Medonte who's lives will be affected by this plan and to reflect their concerns in the content of the plan. It is therefore in the spirit of co-operation that we, the coalition offer these concerns with respect to the draft plan of November 3, 1996. In the vision statement, the Oro Moraine is recognized as the heart of the natural heritage system of the Oro Moraine, sorry, Oro-Medonte, and to Councils great credit there is much in this document that seeks to protect the physical and functional integrity of this moraine. It's role in ground water purification and recharge through wetlands to streams and lakes has been underscored. The moraine however is also a repository of aggregate and good water and it has been and will continue to be under pressure for mining and export of these resources. Understanding that these are largely areas of Provincial control, we believe Council should none the less take the following steps: Make a commitment in the Official Plan to pursue the Province to declare this moraine as being Provincially significant. The cynics amongst us might say, "so what", we feel however that every available effort will be necessary to resist the future extraction demands and that right now the balance is tilted entirely towards resource extraction. Any protection that can be offered, should be offered. The protection of the Oro Moraine would be a worthy achievement for this Council, and an achievement worth remembering. To plan the Official Plan, Councils opposition to expanding the area zoned for aggregate extraction, particularly within the Oro Moraine. Hundreds of acres of Oro land are already committed to future quarries in addition to the many that already exist, enough is enough. Declared in the Official Plan, Councils opposition to the extraction for sale of the water from under Oro-Medonte. Work with other Townships who feel similarly about the sale of water to try and influence the Province on this matter. We have a number of smaller concerns, some of which I will quickly detail and all of which will appear on a letter to Council, to be submitted this week or next week. In addition Ernie Dryden will speak to several planning related concerns on behalf of the coalition. In Section E 2.4 under road improvements, this is in the Horseshoe Valley Special Policy Area, we applaud the effort of Council to tie development to road improvement and we believe that more orderly growth within the Township will be the product. It is increasingly clear that the Horseshoe Valley Node is likely to be subject to \ 1 I . 17 tremendous growth in the near future, and we believe there needs to be improved North/South provisions as well as improvements to the Horseshoe Valley Road itself. We would suggest therefore that one solution would be to pave and maintain the 4th Line, South of Horseshoe Highlands at least as far as the Bass Lake Sideroad as far as the 3rd. Or some similar device which would allow the movement of vehicles away from the Horseshoe Valley Resort and off the Horseshoe Valley Road. Sideroad, and the Bass Lake In E 2.7, we would like to see, this is the residential designation in the Horseshoe Valley Special Policy Area, we would like to see the addition of home occupation to the list of permitted uses. This was discussed with Nick McDonald and apparently doesn't represent a problem. In E 27.12 through E 27.14 we understand from Mr. McDonald that the language in all cases will reflect precisely the language of the Official Plan Amendment 39 of the previous Oro Official Plan, including in E 27.14 precise reference to Site Plan. Finally in E 9, we would like to see the methods of notification for an Official Plan Amendment, that is posting the property, mailing to neighbours, and notice in three area newspapers enshrined in the Official Plan itself. And that is the end of my presentation, Thank you. Nick McDonald: Number 6 Ernie Dryden: My name is Ernie Dryden, 67 Cathedral Pines in Horseshoe Valley. Mr. Mayor and members of Council, on behalf of the Horseshoe Valley Road Coalition, I would like to raise matters pertaining to the Horseshoe Valley Road Special Policy Area. The first is in reference, on page 58 and 59 E 2.3, we commend the Township for the work that has been done in developing this particular policy, we think it is novel and creative. It goes a long way to protect the Horseshoe Valley Road from strip development. Mr. McDonald, however, has advised us that it may be in everyone's best interest to add wording to the Official Plan to set the specific procedure that will be required if Council receives an application for either development in a buffer zone or an expansion of the boundaries of the development node. We understand that any new commercial, industrial or institutional uses will not be permitted in a buffer zone, unless there is an amendment to the Official Plan, as well as a comprehensive review of the need for additional development in the whole of the Horseshoe Valley Road Special Policy Area. We would appreciate Councils confirmation of our understanding of this procedural requirement, and also we would ask for wording in the Official Plan which would clarify this understanding. That is our first request. Secondly, on page 64 of your E 2.8.1.2, prior to the approval of the Horseshoe Valley Village, the Official Plan calls for a comprehensive development plan to be prepared which will apply to all the lands within the Village. Such development will have a significant impact on the community which we believe is beneficial if it is done properly. However, in the sense of good communications we believe there should be a public meeting , , . . 18 for Township residents to give their input to such a plan if they so desire, prior to its approval by Council. We would ask that such a meeting be confirmed in the Official Plan with public notification being in the same manner as for an Official Plan Amendment. Thirdly, on page 66 reference C 2.8.3, in the Horseshoe Valley low density residential designation the draft plan raises the number of units per gross hectare from 7 to 10. We are concerned this increase will have serious impact on the community, on its infrastructure and specifically on the traffic on Horseshoe Valley Road. We would ask council to consider this proposal very carefully, before any such drastic change is made we believe there must be an Official Plan Amendment and accordingly the units per gross hectare should remain the same as they are now, which we understand is seven. We would also like confirmation under the B 2.8.4, page 67, this is under the Horseshoe Valley Medium Density Residential, and our understanding is the existing zoning requires no more than 30 units and that is what is specified in the Official Plan, we would just like to make sure that it is the same number. Thank you. Nick McDonald: I would like to, if you don't mind Ernie, can I just respond to a couple of the comments that you made if you don't mind. Ernie Dryden: Will I sit down? Nick McDonald: No you can stand up if you like. It is just a question of clarification so that the Council and everyone here is aware of your position, and particularly with respect to the conditions under which an expansion of a node will be considered. Is it the Horseshoe Valley Ratepayers Coalition position that there should be something in the Official Plan that specifies exactly under what conditions expansions will be considered. The reason I am asking that is because we had our meeting on Monday and you expressed a desire for there not to be anything in the Official Plan that dealt with this issue, and I would like to have that clarified for Council. Ernie Dryden: Well, we of course would like to see no wording, if there is no wording then the buffer will remain the way it is, we are talking about the lands in between the development nodes, but again, Nick has indicated that there is some need to put words in if you do receive an application, so that it will require a very significant review before any change takes place. I guess we, our concern as lay people, is that if you say there will be no development, were talking residential or I'm sorry commercial, industrial and institutional, if you say there will be none and then you have another paragraph saying but if you do get a application, it looks like you are inviting people to come forward. Nick I think we have to depend on you and Council to give us the best advise to protect this concept which has been one of the great thorns in the side of everyone as a result of you know, the Council, the Oro Councils decision to really put the future growth of , 1 '. .I 19 residential development along the Horseshoe Valley Road. So I have to put it back to you people, I'm sure you will do it well. Nick McDonald: The only other comment I would like to make, if you don't mind, Mr. Mayor is with respect to the public process and the Comprehensive Development Plan that was specified in the Plan. The majority of the lands, or some of the lands within the Horseshoe Valley Village designation are not zoned right now for the types of uses that are provided for in the designation itself, and I can tell you that there will be a need for the resort to come into the Township with an application for rezoning for some of those land. There will be a requirement as part of that application process to hold a public meeting, and the way that this plan is set up in terms of going forward with the Village, there is a need for the Resort Corporation to come into the Municipality with the Comprehensive Development Plan before any public meetings are held. This work has to be done, Council has to be relatively satisfied with it, then there will be a public meeting requirement under the Zoning By-law. In addition, if there are any applications for Plan of Subdivision within this area, there may be, there will also be a requirement for a public meeting under that process, under the Planning Act. So there will be opportunities for public input before Horseshoe Valley Resort Corporation can proceed with development in their village. I just wanted to clarify that for members of Council and the public. Ernie Dryden: I'm going to respond. Nick I guess what we are looking at that this Comprehensive Review would encompass the whole of that Village. Nick McDonald: That is correct. Ernie Dryden: I think I hear you saying that it would be done maybe in pieces, I think it would be appropriate if there is an overall plan, you know, if there could be a public meeting and public input, so that everybody, in the sense of good communication understands what's happening. I know Horseshoe and I commend the idea and a major thought with respect to raising the road, and that will have a very large impact on this village and of course make the road a lot safer. So that's what we are looking for, good communication so we know what's going on, and that's all I have to say. Nick McDonald: Number six, or sorry that was number six, number seven. Ron Suwala: Good morning, my name is Suwala. We spoke with Mr. McDonald in connection with the Horseshoe Valley "Special Policy Area". The boundary lines, we query where one section of the line went, and that was involving our piece of property which is 100 acres. We ask for it to be relocated and Mr. McDonald indicated that he did not think there would be a problem, with his okaying that relocation . I '. , 20 line. We have sent in a request in writing which was submitted this morning and I am not familiar with the process. I am a lay person, and I would just like to know where do we go from here? The Town reviews it I imagine, if they accept Mr. McDonald's opinion as to relocate the line that's fine if you see through to whatever decision you have that you do not want to accept his endorsement of the proposed new boundary how it is addressed in Council. Do we have a chance to fight it or how does it go? That really applies, that question really applies not just to myself, but to anyone that's made an enquiry as to wanting it changed or something. Nick McDonald: I'll deal with the general first, it's the intent that any comments that are made today, or any written comments that are submitted up to and including December 6th will be considered by Council at a meeting sometime in December. And from that meeting will be, there may be changes to the Official Plan to reflect those concerns. Your role in the process is to ensure that you leave your name and address with someone here today so that you are formally notified of the adoption of the Official Plan, and once you are formally notified then it is your responsibility as a ratepayer to look at that Official Plan and determine whether your request has been considered in your favour or not. If it is not to your satisfaction then you have every opportunity to request that the Official Plan be referred to the Ontario Municipal Board, and at that point the Ministry of Municipal Affairs will consider your request and send it over to the Ontario Municipal Board for a hearing. That is a very long and lengthy process but there are opportunities for you to object to what Council decides as a relation to your property or as a relation to any other general issue that may come up today or with anybody else. With respect to your specific concern, the issue so that Council is aware, is Mr. Suwala's property is in Lot 2, Con. 5 and it is located just to the South of Oro Hills and Mr. Suwala's concern is that the special policy area includes his property, and what he is asking for is that the special policy area be scaled back so that it does not include his property. The intent of the special policy areas was potentially to ensure that expansion of the node does not occur and to ensure that uses are not established on Horseshoe Valley Road that would have an impact on the character. That is basically the issue that Mr. Suwala is raising. That's just for clarification, obviously we are not going to make a decision on the matter today, but I just wanted to make sure was aware of it. Thank you Ron Suwala: Could I continue? Nick McDonald: If you have something else. Ron Suwala: Okay, after saying that, could I count on you to revise the plan that you have issued now to adopt my proposal and then it really doesn't have to go forward to Council for any approvals because they are going to come back to you, I am assuming to adopt your recommendations, I believe though that probably your recommendations of why that line , I I . I 21 went through that particular area, I don't know and I guess only you know, so if you change that now, and then forward that through I wouldn't have to go to the OMB or anything else, and I know it is a costly and lengthy process. If Council decides, because they are going to go on your recommendation. Nick McDonald: Not always. This is a decision that Council has to make. I indicated that I understand where you are coming from and it is something I will bring up with Council. Ron Suwala: In other words you can't alter that prior to... Nick McDonald: No not today. No but its something that we will have to discuss and we will take your submission into consideration. Okay? Ron Suwala: Thank you. Mayor Beard: I think we have lots of (inaudible) Nick McDonald: Okay, next is number eight. James Heal: My name is James Heal, and I am here this morning to speak on behalf of myself and my wife Catherine Heal, who is co- owner of Lot 17, Con. 2 North. We want to speak in two capacities. Firstly, Catherine Heal and James Heal are the trustees and owners of the West half of Lot 18, Con. 2 and I wish to deal with that first to discharge my duty as trustee. We looked at the Official Plan draft and saw that the boundary for Environmental Protection One had encompassed the entire West half of Lot 18. This resulted in the changing of the property because in the north-west corner under the existing zoning, it is zoned agricultural. As I mentioned in a letter that we wrote jointly, we have discussed with the assessment department some years ago the basis of assessment relating to that lot, and we were informed that it was assessed on the basis that part of it was Environmental Protection and part of it was in effect a lot, and in that capacity they had arrived at an assessment figure. We have paid taxes through those many years as trustees to preserve that situation. With respect to Lot 18, West half, we are asking that the designation be reverted to the existing designation. This matter was raised with your Officials and the matter is being looked into by them, and they have been very helpful, and I thank them for their time and helpful suggestions. I want to speak now with respect to Lot 17, Con. 2 which is owned by myself and my wife jointly. With respect to this lot the Environmental Protection designation One has been extended to encroach again upon portions which under '. '. I 22 the existing Official Plan are designated agricultural. Again with respect to Lot 17, we are asking that the designation of Environmental Protection not be increased in the way that it has, but in reviewing this matter with others who are more knowledgeable than I, we have found that under the Official Plan draft, the new Official Plan, the provisions have been inserted which would prohibit development and that word as I understand it is interpreted broadly. To prohibit development within a hardened 20 meters of the boundary of the designation Environmental Protection One. This produces a very interesting situation in my terms because my house is right in the middle of what would be Environmental Protection One, even under the old system. In my view, its my submission, and we will have our experts assist us on this, that the Environmental Protection One, even under the old plan was not going in the correct place. This is a technical matter and I merely raise it so that Mr. Mayor and Council, you will have a feeling for the nature of the objection that we have both as trustees and in our own capacity as owners of Lot 17. Finally, I just want to mention that my son has brought to my attention that the bDundaries of Environmental Protection One and Protectio~ Two are recognized as being imprecise and subject to change in this new document and I take some comfort that the Township shall determine the extent of the environmental areas, in consultation with the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority. I am raising this matter orally with you to place our concerns on record. We have written two letters, one which was read this morning. The second one may have been mistaken as merely a copy of the first, but the second letter dealt with our own property, the first letter dealt with our responsibilities as trustees. Thank you. Nick McDonald: I could very quickly respond in that you are quite correct. There is a policy in the Official Plan that essentially states that the boundaries of the Environmental Protection designations are imprecise. The reason for that is because we based the mapping of these areas solely on information that's provided to us by the Ministry of Natural Resources. Some of this mapping may be out of date, and I have undertaken steps to contact the Ministry of Natural Resources to ensure that they are aware of your particular situation and the location of the appropriate line on your property and will see if we can resolve this. Thank you. Number nine. Tim Crooks: My name is Tim Crooks, and speaking on behalf of the North Simcoe Environmental Watch. We are very pleased with this process and we have given prior submissions and we are very pleased that you have taken them all into consideration. I just have a couple of questions about the latest draft. Section A 2.4.1 Principles. We refer to the last paragraph in this section. This is a new paragraph and we have three questions about this paragraph. The paragraph reads as follows: "Lands adjacent to the cities of Barrie and Orillia shall be protected from incompatible development to ensure that the expansion of the urban service areas in the future is cost effective and efficient." First question, You refer to the expansion, we don't understand what expansion you are . , , . 23 referring to. Second question, we don't understand your meaning of the term urban service area and we would like to know where this urban service area is located. Is it in Barrie or is it on the restricted rural part? The third question is, we don't understand the meaning of cost effective and efficient. What is the cost effective and efficient analysis going to be applied against? Who decides what is cost effective and efficient? Basically, it sounds as if there is some sort of project which is waiting in the wings to be evaluated. Could you clarify all this right now? Nick McDonald: Sure, I certainly can. Yes, you are correct that this policy was added to the Official Plan. We developed a . designation called a restricted rural designation. Just so that you know it's this yellow area outside of Barrie and also the yellow area outside of the City of Orillia. There is two reasons why we identify these lands as being within the restricted rural designation. The first is to ensure that there is a clear separation between the urban area and the rural area, so that you know you are going into Oro-Medonte and you know you are not going into something that looks like Bayfield Street. So I mean there has to be a clear line what is urban and what is rural. We have created this designation to ensure that only agricultural uses are permitted in this area. The second reason is because, in the future, we don't know when, there may be a need for the City of Barrie or the City of Orillia to expand. I don't know of any plan for this at this point, but generally speaking lands around a urban serviced area should be protected from development which may be incompatible with an expansion of the City in the future because if you allow for the parcelization or fragmentation of those lands it is much more costly and uneconomical for those lands to be utilized for urban purposes in the future. Now this is just a protective mechanism to ensure that that type of situation doesn't come out in the future. I can advise you that the City of Barrie has enough land to keep it happy for a considerable number of years. On the other hand, every other municipality around the City of Barrie has identified an area that is either between one kilometre or two kilometres wide from the City in which incompatible development is not to be permitted in case there is ever a need for the City of Barrie to expand in those areas. So that is why this paragraph was inserted. Does that clarify? Tim Crooks: It might be worthwhile maybe to clarify just to define what you mean by urban service area. Nick McDonald: Urban service area means something on full sewer and water services. Tim Crooks: My last questions are referring to section F, Environmental Protection Two. F 1.2 Location and Definition. We are pleased to see that you routed any valuated wetland to the Environmental Protection Two areas, but we would like to know why you removed the , . , . 24 fisheries and aquatic habitat areas, that was in the previous version of this Nick McDonald: The fisheries and aquatic habitat areas are to be considered within the Environmental Protection One designation. All, it is proposed that all valley corridors be placed within an Environmental Protection zone in the implementing Zoning By-law. So, that will take care of all the fisheries and aquatics. Tim Crooks: And the second one, F 1.4.2. On the previous draft you included the definition of adjacent lands to include all else within 30 metres from the top of any bank or stream. Nick McDonald: That is also to be included. Tim Crooks: Thank you Nick McDonald: Number Ten. Ron Watkin: My name is Ron Watkin and I am a Planning Consultant with Ainley & Associates and we represent Nova Continental Canada Development Corporation who are the owners of a parcel of land in the hamlet of Guthrie, described as the Westerly halves of Lot 21 and 22, Concession 5. These lands are the lands immediately adjacent and to the east of the Winful development properties in Guthrie and we noted on the proposed Draft Official Plan that the lands are presently shown and designated as agricultural. Our client has intentions to proceed with a, hopefully with a commercial development on these lands and we just are basically advising you and putting it on record today. I have a letter here which I will submit to the Clerk. We will be proceeding with a development application to the Township of Oro-Medonte and hopefully we will be requesting a delegation to appear before the Planning Advisory Committee. That is all I really have to say today, just simply to advise you that we are proceeding and to have it on the record today. Nick McDonald: Number Eleven, does anyone have number eleven? twelve..... Fifteen. Number Donald Hanney: Good morning Mayor Beard, Councillors, Ladies, Nick and staff. Ian, it is good to see you looking so dapper and I commend your barber. My name is Donald Patrick Hanney, owner of Burl's Creek Family Event Park and Barrie Speedway Park on the 8th Concession of Oro. I am here today as a concerned citizen and under no other capacity. I do believe that your Official Plan Draft has I ¡ '. 1 25 a lot of m~rit an~ should encourage controlled growth in ~ur"t?wnshlp. ThlS Plan can only succeed if the word no lS dropped from the vocabulary of the Council and s~af~ and replaced with a work together attitude towards flndlng a m~tual solution to any situations which will create a,P?lnt that we will all prosper. However sir, your Offlclal Plan draft leaves some grey areas and I know you w?uld feel that way. I figure you should addre~s prlor to ratifying this document, I have spoken to thls group before on the lack of guidance for service roads. Nick and I have an ongoing rapport on service roads along the number 11 and 400 corridors. History tells you of the fiascoes that the golden mile in Toronto, the Queen Elizabeth corridor and closer to home the Bayfield strip. Please, delineate on the maps future services roads on both sides of the highway. Make the road allowance a condition for rezoning. The number 11 highway in my live time will be a limited access thoroughfare. Let us not wait until this happens and then go into all the legalities to make it that. Secondly, please do not contaminate the open space around the airport in order to make it a profit centre. It will require major expansion for crash runways, taxi ways, larger open and closed parking areas for both planes and vehicles. Establish now a proper area around the airport flight paths, a mile or more would be a hell of a good start. In closing Mr. Mayor and Council, do not spend too much time and effort on trying to maintain a one mile buffer strip of agricultural land next to our city neighbours. It is a waste of your time and energy. Previous Councils of townships abutting large cities have failed. It is my firm belief that if and when the City of Barrie and our senior government decide to add a portion of Oro-Medonte to Barrie, it will be out to the 9th concession or beyond. It will be up to the number 22 road. We will not, they will not diddle around with a couple of miles. They will create a regiona~ a~ea of Barrie. They will create one for one for Orlllla and another one for Midland. Lord knows where to hell we will be by then. This restructuring as all of us can see, is inevitable. Things are too costly the way they are today. Thank you again for this opportunity to speak. Keep up the good work of the open doors. Thank you. Nick McDonald: Next, number sixteen. Does anyone have sixteen? Seventeen? Eighteen? Michael Vaughan: My name is Michael Vaughan and I was,the soli7itor awhile for the Township of Oro back In the 70 s,so a pleasure to be here again today. I am appearlng Mr Piil with respect to his land in Lots 19, 20, Co~cession 2, Orillia. I am speaking about the change of course that occurred in the November draf~ from the August draft plan and my request to you wlll be that ~ou restore the provision that was in the August draft. ,e have all heard a letter, the first l~tter read âU~tt~~s morning from Mr. Bean, one of the nelghbours an ,l Mr sort of the old story, he and others, want m~ cll~ntt . Piil to continue to provide his land for thelr prlva, e , park at his expense into the foreseeable future and ~t lS my submission to you that it would be wrong and ~nfalr to Mr. Piil and would represent the prudent and unw~se planning. I want to go into this if I could a Ilttle bit. for it is for , I . . , 26 The November 30th plan, the draft is only a draft but it does reverse a policy that has been in effect for some time and it has been in effect for the last 46 years and for the last 46 years it has been contemplated one way or another that Mr. Piil's land would be developed for residential purposes and in light of the change of the November draft, Mr. Piil has retained me as his legal counsel and he of course continues to retain his planners and others. When I say 46 years, let me explain. The subdivision to the south of Mr. Piil's land was developed, I understand in about the 1950's and that subdivision contains 7 of the normal 30 foot wide strips that go off and down and those 30 foot wide strip lots, the purpose of those is clear to everyone, clear to people who buy, everyone knows what they are for and what they are approved for. They are approved of course to provide access by the inland lands to the water and when the Ministry of Municipal Affairs approved the draft plan back in the 1950's it was in contemplation that the land behind, which is Mr. Piil's land, would in the bonus of time be developed and this was the strips, was set aside, as they are everywhere in contemplation of that. Now, any purchaser of the lands south of Mr. Piil's land would know that and either they would or they wouldn't, if they didn't, you wonder what they were thinking of when they bought there. I mean, the strips are fairly obvious. The Minister signed that plan of subdivision for the lands south of Mr. Piil's land way back on the 6th of September, 1950 and that was 46 years ago. So it has been clear since then that the Ministry has contemplated that the land be developed, Mr. Piil's land be developed and indeed Mr. Piil's wives family purchased in that subdivision and have lived there for 20 years, that is the Coles. Mr. Piil purchased his property in 1979 and with it came title to the seven strip lots. He also bought an additional lot. Now when he bought his land, there was an unregistered plan on the land for 100 lots, that is not a legal plan of subdivision, it is just there when he bought it but he bought it because it was clear that it was going to be developed and that it was contemplated that it be developed. Now, nothing much happened for some years but in 1989 the Township of Orillia began to prepare its new Official Plan and that Plan was adopted after all the appropriate processes in 1991 and it contained a Shoreline Residential designation on Mr. Piil's land. Now that approval was a commitment both by the Township and by the Province which approved it and that his land, which had been contemplated for development since the 50's was now ready for a specific development proposal. Now, back in the early 90's Mr. Piil was looking at about a 89 lot subdivision but when he did the technical analysis, the drainage and water and so on, it emerged that an appropriate number was a smaller number of lots and that would enable him to produce a higher quality of development and retain a greater extent the woodlands character of the lands. So, he reduced the number of lots to 62 residential lots and he made the subdivision and rezoning application back in March of 1995, 21 months ago and he and his wife have planted over 1,000 trees and bushes on the lands since they purchased. You can see those from the road. So what then happened was a sort of a little bit of confusion earlier this year and this Council, this Council adopted by vote of five to one an Official Plan Amendment, Official Plan Amendment Number 79 on June 19th of this year that removed what some people considered to be a technical impediment to the Shoreline Residential development, thus confirming this Council's position that the land should be developed for Shoreline Residential , , , . 27 purposes. Now, Mr. Beame and others have appealed that to the Board and we will see how that ends up. But after a substantial amount of planning work conducted on behalf of the Township, the Township's consultants produced the August Draft of the proposed Official Plan and that draft again continued the long standing Township and Provincial policy that Mr. Piil's land should be designated for Shoreline Residential purposes and then we came to the November Draft which removed that designation and replaced it with Restricted Rural. That came as a great s~rprise. The Shoreline Residential designation in the August Draft is based not only on many years of policy but also based on a harsh consideration of the relevant planning issues, including some of the following. The first instance, there is no substantial, physical constraint to developing the land, the second is that there is no fundamental policy constraints to develop any of the land either as set out in the proposed policies of the Official Plan or otherwise. The third is there is no substantial environmental constraints with respect to the proposed development. The fourth is that the environmental amenities, that is the woodland character of the site would be reinforced and protected by development, rather than destroyed. The proposed designation of Restricted Rural contemplates agricultural use of course. The next planning consideration is that the development is consistent with the pattern of development that extends west along the shore all the way down to Shanty Bay and it is consistent with the character of the area that evolved on that shore basically and there are lots on both sides of the road of the several roads. The sixth reason is that any other use of the land other than residential such as agriculture might lead to a destruction of its woodland character and destroy the vary environmental value and character of the site that some of the neighbours are concerned about. It is pretty hard to grow crops on lands at the same time as they are covered with trees. I think it is fair to say that the August Draft Plan that you had and that was prepared for you was based on planning considerations and based on planning merits and we would ask you to return to that and what is in our minds is that was it planning considerations that led to the proposed change in the November Draft. Was it planning considerations or considerations of perhaps not of a planning nature? Was the November Draft based on a planning analysis and a clear planning recommendation made to you from your consultant or did it emerge otherwise? Now, this Township is of course, not immune as is no government from the Not In My Back Yard Syndrome. There are always those, where ever you go, who do not want more development in their area and particularly perhaps in this location where Mr. Piil's land has been used by some of the neighbours, the seasonal or otherwise as a dog run or a ATV trail, parking boats, cars for guests, running garbage on and so, it has been used as their land, in a way, for many years. Some of them are opposing development on that land and I suppose that in the past if others had opposed development then they wouldn't be there and we have to find a place for the people of the future, for our children, and so on. It is not as if they are ignorant or stupid people, they knew or ought to have known when they bought there in the first place that the 30 foot strips were there for a reason, they were not there to provide narrow lots for people to build on, they were there for the clear and only reason of providing access to development on the other side of the road and as I have said, that policy has been in effect since the 50's, , , '. , 28 it was confirmed by the Orillia Plan in 1991 and that Plan, I gather there was some discussion that Orillia did not observe the laws of the Province in preparing that Plan, my information is that it was processed completely in accordance with the law with proper public notice, public meetings were held and if anyone kind of doubts that, it is open to them to go to Court and seek to set it aside. You can't kind of come and say I want another run at it outside the law. The difficulty with it of course, one of the difficulties with the provisions in the November Draft is that it contemplates one home on Mr. Piil's 63 acres, one home and sort of agricultural use and now, if you have been by the land or the land, you would know it is not suitable for agricultural purposes. It is cut off, the topography is unsuitable, it is just not good agricultural land, it is fragmented, it is largely wooded, to say that it should be agricultural land is to really say that it should be sterilized and not used at all and I think that is really what some of the neighbours want, they don't want it to be used, they want the trees to stay and be able to park their boats and take their dogs out. If that is their objective, that is a perfectly legitimate objective, but they should be coming to you and asking you to buy it or expropriate it. They should not be coming to you to ask you to force Mr. Piil to, or to freeze it and force Mr. Piil to maintain it and pay taxes on it and insurance on it into the foreseeable future. One of the things that is characteristic of the Township and of the shore is the pattern of development up and down the shore and this designation in the Official Plan just continues that character forward. I mean, there are lots on both sides of the roads and generally speaking, and that is typical and appropriate and it is suitable form of development and with the large lots proposed, the woodland character of area can be and should be preserved. Now, you know assuming you could use Mr. Piil's land for agriculture, you wonder what kind in light of the agricultural code of practice, I mean what types of agricultural uses could be permitted on that land having in mind that it is a narrow strip close to distant houses and I want to put this position to you and make it fairly clear that when Council is exercising a planning power, of course it must do so in the public interest, but it has to do it based on planning considerations and if one freezes a persons lands from any economic use whatsoever, that is a questionable use of the planning power and I hope we do not get into that. I think that to continue with the August Draft would represent a continuation of the long standing policy. It would be behaving in good faith to everybody. It would avoid the possibility of an abuse of process or avoid the possibility of being discriminatory or confiscatory towards one owner and would just continue things on the way they are. And now, there is another policy that I think I should refer to that is in the November Draft and that also has a difficulty and that is the requirement that all shoreline residential lots have actual frontage on the water. Now, that would mean that an awful lot of lots would become non-conforming when it comes to the Official Plan provisions. That is, there are hundreds of back lots, hundreds of lots that don't have frontage on the shore that are Shoreline Residential lots. They become second class lots and serious questions would arise as to whether any public works could be constructed. The Planning Act prohibits the construction of public works by any public authority that don't conform to the Official Plan, so things like roads and . , '. , 29 schools and hydro services and clear cuts, questions would arise about that and people would appeal their assessments in the long run policy of the Plan, as with all Plans is that non-conforming uses should cease to exist and the people with all these sort of back lots, you know they wouldn't be able to go to the Committee of Adjustment for minor variances because the Official Plan, that application wouldn't conform to the intent of the Official Plan, the intent of which would be that they would cease to exist and so their lots along with Mr. Piil's would be devalued and one wonders if they have been notified if that has been disclosed to them because they should be here talking to you if they knew about it. Now, Mr. Piil is in the position of having a development application in process. As I said, he made the application twenty-one months ago. He has spent over $60,000.00 with planning work, filing fees and so on and so forth. There are millions of dollars at stake for him and he has relied in good faith on the long standing commitment and policies relating to designation of this Plan. These are not the 80's anymore and land development is a serious and expensive business and there are rules and protocols and principles involved and I don't think he would want to kneecap somebody at this point in the process and their don't appear to be any technical problems on any front from any authority having jurisdiction with respect to the development apart from the fact, that some neighbours, as is always the case, would not welcome the change and this is not the case of some new developer coming along and wanting a change in the Official Plan or Zoning Bylaw. It is a case where developers owned the land for years, almost 20 years and is carrying out and implementing an existing, long standing plan of the municipality. An Official Plan approved by the Township of Orillia and by the Ministry and confirmed by this Council. A person is entitled to rely on and make business plans based on Official Plans that are in effect. I would hope that you would not yield to the request that you sort of arbitrarily, without sound and compelling planning reasons, change the rules mid-stream because the consequences would be to cause millions of dollars in damage to an individual and that would lead clearly to difficulties, difficulties not only for him but for others. The Rural designation, if it is continued, the Restricted Rural designation in the November draft, you have your planner and he is in a difficult position because he has put forth the August draft. He comes to the OMB in support of the August draft and then he is also the planner for the Township on the November draft which is exactly the opposite of the August draft and you know, one would relish that kind of cross-examination and, normally what a municipality has to do in those circumstances is retain an outside planning consultant to defend, you know, their position that is inconsistent with their own. This is expensive and messy and completely unnecessary. I know that Council's ears are open and minds are open and the November draft is just a draft and we are just urging that careful and full consideration be given to the issues that we have raised and that the designation in the August draft be continued and those who object to it, the neighbours that object to it they will have a full opportunity at the OMB in due course to voice their objections. Thank you for listening to me and it is a pleasure to be here. I have copies which are summaries of my remarks which I will leave with you. . . '.. , .. 30 Nick McDonald: I feel that I have to respond to some extent. I don't want to be cross-examined at this point in time but, I feel that I have to respond. There was planning basis for designating the land in the November 3rd draft. The August 6tn draft reflected a situation in which Council has enforced the passage of a technical amendment, that was the feeling of the day. Since that August draft was prepared, Council has given some additional thoughts to the appropriateness of the designation, and certainly they asked for my opinion. There are a number of objectives in the Official Plan that we are trying to uphold throughout the municipality and one of those objectives is to try to direct growth in settlement areas where ever possible. One of the other objectives is to ensure that problems are not created with respect to back lot development and the access to water considerations that evolve from that and there is also issues with respect to the character of the shoreline area. So Council thought about it very, very seriously. In terms of an approach, I think Council has looked at the entire shoreline and has certainly understood that there is a lot of development already there and exists, but in terms of where new development will occur, this Council has very strong feelings that new development along the shoreline should be of a single tier nature having direct frontage on the water. Any of those access concerns then fall by the wayside, given that there are very limited areas along the shoreline that are suitable for that purpose, only a minor impact on the character of the shoreline will occur as a result. The other thing that Council feel very strongly is the fact that there is already a huge supply of lots already in the Township in various stages of approval and quite frankly, we looked at the development being proposed on your clients land as we would any other property in the municipality and we adopted a consistent approach and the approach has been that given the supply, there is no need to designate land for these purposes at this time. So, I had to explain to you that yes there was a planning rational for coming out in the November draft and it wasn't something that just came out of the blue. Mayor Beard: (Inaudible) Michael Vaughan: I take it Mr. Mayor that you do not wish me to commence my cross-examination of Mr. McDonald. Mayor Beard: (Inaudible) Michael Vaughan: Thank you Mr. Mayor and members of Council I do appreciate the opportunity of presenting our case here and of doing so later in writing and it is the first time I have had an opportunity to speak on this issue and we look forward to a reasonable resolve. . . . I .. . . 31 Nick McDonald: Number nineteen? Matthew Clarke: Good morning, my name in Matthew Clarke and I live on the 4 th Concession of Medonte. (Inaudible) to change the zoning for Camp Hillsdale to accommodate the opening of a privatized camp for young offenders. If this is the case the neighbours of Camp Hillsdale do not want young offenders in our back yard and it has been reported or printed in the papers that Mr. McLean is in favour of opening of Camp Hillsdale... Tim Crawford: The notion was presented today that we would likely have about 10,000 additional citizens in Oro in the next ten years. That is a significant number. With those 10,000, of those 10,000, there would perhaps be 1,000 or 2,000 or more elementary school children and therefore, whether or not it would be in the Plan or a planning procedure, it would seem obvious that we need a mega-elementary school in the Hawkestone area and another mega-elementary school up in Horseshoe Valley area, perhaps that being a tourist priority. In order to achieve such a thing, we need at least 8 to 10 acres of land set aside in an appropriate place for such a school and just as an aside, if rumors are true, likely you will inherit in the next few years, all the schools in Oro-MedonteTownship and be responsible for building additional schools so it might be in our own best interest to start planning now as to where possible schools might go. Again, I am not so sure it is an Official Plan issue, it is a planning procedure, I just wanted to put it up front. Mayor Beard: Can we refuse the inheritance? Tim Crawford: I don't know. You might have to try to talk to the Premier of the Province and by the way you will also inherit our septic systems. Nick McDonald: The only comment that I can make is that the Public School Board and the Separate School Board are being consulted through this Official Plan process. They are aware, as we are, of the number of units and lots that are in the planning process and what is possible on land that are already designated. As a municipality we, to a large extent rely on them to advise us what their needs are in terms of land for schools. That is the way the system is set up at the current time. At this point, they have not come back to us and advised that there is a need for a school site to be identified in a formal way through this Official Plan or due process. Number 21 please. Number 22. Bill Moore: Yes, good morning Council, my name is Bill Moore and I have approached Council awhile ago regarding turn arounds " ", 'III . 32 on Highway 11. I am trying to get some clarification,as to the thoughts on it at this point and where everythlng stood and the zoning to the properties that were effected by a turnaround. Nick McDonald: Council have considered your request and basically agreed with the submission that the turnarounds will be designated industrial in the Official Plan. Number 23. Bob Drury: Mr. Mayor, if I could just speak from here, everyone can hear me. Through you to Nick, my name is Bob Drury, by the way. Nick I am curious to know why you chose the settlement area of Hawkestone and the justification of it. Nick McDonald: Justification for identifying as a full service area? Bob Drury: Yes. Nick McDonald: Hawkestone has been identified as a growth area since 1978 when the Hawkestone Secondary Plan was completed. There has been historically a considerable amount of pressure and core development within Hawkestone. That development has not occurred because of concerns over private septic systems and the ability of the soils to accommodate additional private septic systems in the area and because of its location adjacent to Highway 11, because of its density and because of existing problems with existing servicing systems. Tt was thought that this area would be an ideal candidate for a community on full servicing. We certainly made contact with a number of the land owners. Some owners are interested in the idea, some of them are not but I think that any development in Hawkestone would have to consider the long term impact of development in that location, on the water quality of Lake Simcoe and on the water quality of the peoples wells in the area. So it seems to be a prudent approach to take at this point. Bob Drury: What are the extent and the density of the proposed in the Hawkestone area? Nick McDonald: That will be determined as part of a secondary plan process that is required as part of the Official Plan that will also be supported by an environmental study and also a master servicing plan. Bob Drury: Are you aware that the peoples choice hasn't been asked in the Hawkestone area to have fewer lots, lower density and private services? ~ I ": 'It ~ 11 33 Nick McDonald: Yes I am, this is the appropriate process for people to express those concerns. Bob Drury: Thank you. Nick McDonald: Number 24. Bill Martin: Good morning my name is Bill Martin and I am speaking on behalf of getting proper Environmental Protection on my farm property which is the north west corner of the Old Barrie Road and the 2nd Concession up from Forest Home. Originally MNR asked me to registered about 10 acres of wet land, which I did and I subsequently added another 30 acres of woodland and some 5 acres of reforestation which brings it right back to near the far corner of the farm. On the Official Plan earlier this year, I noticed that there is no environmental protection on it at all and I checked with Mr. McDonald and drew his attention to the 40 acres that I had given an easement to Ontario Heritage Foundation and I see that the environmental protection is still only on the 10 acres of wetland. I would ask that the other 30 acres of the woodland and the reforestation be added. Nick McDonald: I misunderstood your request. I was certainly aware of the 10 acres you were requesting to designate it and I looked at the mapping that you provided to me and that land has been designated. I wasn't aware that you were looking to designate the rest of the 30 acres. Has the land considered to be part of the wetland identified by the Ministry of Natural Resources or is it just sort of land that is adjacent to the wetland? Bill Martin: It is all woodland and reforestation and the Ontario Heritage Foundation has an easement on it. Nick McDonald: Well, the best I can do is just tell you that I will look into it and perhaps I can give you a call and we can talk about it some more and about the actual extent. Bill Martin: I think I left the map with you from the Ontario Heritage Foundations extent. Nick McDonald: I will look at it again and get back to you. Number 25, 26, 27. Thank you. Andria Leigh: I think the next one will be 100. to go through all of them. I just didn't want you .. ,. . I -. I '" '" " . 34 Nick McDonald: Thank you Andria. Okay 100 then. Do we have 100? 101, 102, 103. Is there anyone here who may have had a number which wasn't called or who I called and they were not present or anybody else here who would like to say anything? Hartley Woodside: I am not sure this is appropriate but we will, the Rowanwood Conserver Society will be sending a letter this week. We just didn't get it prepared on time, but I am assuming from what I hear that it is still appropriate. Nick McDonald: Okay, anyone else that would like to say anything about this Official Plan? Peter Harvey: My name is Peter Harvey and I live up in Medonte. I was asked to come here by a neighbour of mine, Mrs. Clarke who is the present owner of the site Tianasty. We simply want to know what the Township plans to do with known archeological sites, particularly the Hurons? Nick McDonald: Generally speaking, all of the archeological sites are currently registered with the Ministry of Culture & Recreation and whatever they call themselves these days. They are intended to be protected from development, i.e. if there is development applications that infringes on those lands then the Ministry would be consulted and they would request that there be a study done to ensure or identify the exact extent of that archeological site and make sure that if development is to occur on it that it is mitigated, i.e. that the artifacture taken away before development occurs. However, given that it is in a rural agricultural area, development in those areas are not anticipated by this Official Plan because we are trying to direct development to the rural settlement areas as they now exist but there is a record of all the registered sites with the Ministry and they are circulated applications for development. Anyone else, last call? There being no further questions or comments, when being called for the third time, the Mayor in closing the meeting, thanked those in attendance for their participation and advised that Council would consider all matters before reaching a decision. Council will not be making a decision on this plan until after December 6, 1996. Anyone wishing to submit written comments were advised to do so before that date. It should be noted that in accordance with Section 17, subsection 19 of The Planning Act, The Ontario Municipal Board has the power to dismiss an appeal to the Official Plan if the appellant has not provided Council with oral submissions at the Public Meeting or written submissions to Council before the Plan is adopted. If anyone present wishes to be advised of the passing of the proposed Official Plan, they should leave their name and address with the Clerk. ~ ,t .J . . \ 35 Motion #1 Moved by Dickie, seconded by Bell Be it resolved that this Special Meeting of Council with regard to the new draft Official Plan, now be adjourned @ 12:15 p.m. Carried. ~IlL C LYNDA AIKEN