REPORT ON COUNCIL
Feb. 9, 2015
Committee of the Whole Meeting: 9:00 a.m –3:17 p.m.
Regular Meeting of Council: 5:00 p.m. – 5:38 p.m.
All members of Council present: Mayor George Cornell, Deputy Mayor Steffen Walma, Councillors Cindy Hastings, Richard Hinton and Gibb Wishart
COMPREHENSIVE PARKING STRATEGY:
R.J. Burnside & Associates’s report about the Comprehensive Parking Strategy was referred to the Strategic Planning Process for discussion. The Strategy covered all roads from County Road 6 to the western shore of Tiny, and assessed the width required for fire department vehicles to manoeuvre while fighting a fire under various road conditions – roads with one ditch, those with two ditches, those with regular parking and so on. It concluded that most roads in the area under consideration are too narrow to accommodate any parking. Councillor Hinton stated that roads that are obviously dangerous should be acted upon immediately. For a detailed discussion of the Burnside Report, see the fall 2014 Tiny Cottager, p. 5, available in Issue Archives on tinycottager.org.
HALLS CREEK EROSION:
Halls Creek rises in the Wymbolwood Nature Preserve and drains into the Bay at Concession Road 6 South. The creek meanders, and has been eroding its bank westward in the vicinity of 752 TBRS at a rate of 2 metres a year.
Tom Dorman and Brad Conacher (on behalf of Robert McBride) raised a series of concerns about the proposed realignment of Tiny Beaches Road South. Bill Pashby, addressed the same subject on behalf of the Wymbolwood Nature Preserve. Burnside and Associates presented four options for dealing with the erosion: A) stabilizing the slope by cribbing and slope erosion protection ($285,000), B) stabilizing the slope by sheet piling ($395,000), C) eliminating the oxbow that impinges on the road by straightening the creek ($200,000), and D) relocating the road to the west ($40,000). Burnside saw option D as the most “natural” since it respects the stream’s natural process and is the least expensive. Keith Sherman of the Severn Sound Environmental Association also thought the D option the best. There are problems with D: the need to remove existing trees and the proximity of the proposed stretch of new road to existing properties. Work has to be undertaken from July 1 to September 15 because of the Fishing Act. No decision was taken yet.
MUNICIPAL OFFICE BUILDING FEASIBILITY STUDY:
A presentation by Burnside and Associates and Ted Handy and Associates provided an overview of the Needs Assessment Report for the Township of Tiny Municipal Administration building. (See summary in the Report on Council in the fall 2014 issue of The Tiny Cottager, p. 14). The presentation said that renovating the current building would cost $4,882,525, while a new building would cost $5,489,000 ($250/square foot). Location options for a new building were the old school site in Perkinsfield, the Works Yard on Concession 9 E, the 100 acre lot beside the Works Yard, the Perkinsfield Park. The matter was referred to the Strategic Planning Process.
ORAL SUBMISSION/DELEGATION REQUEST PROCESS CHANGED:
Previously it took 4 – 6 weeks after Council agreed to hear a delegation before it was heard. Council decided to allow individuals or groups to make presentations during the next available Council meeting if the clerk’s office receives a completed delegation form by noon 3½ working days before the next meeting day (usually noon on Tuesday). Council also set aside the first 20 minutes of each Regular Committee of the Whole meeting for individuals to address Council on any item on the current agenda as well as previous Meeting Minutes included in the current agenda. The Clerk retains the right to refuse any delegation request.
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS TO DATE:
Accessibility Advisory Committee: Lisa Belcourt, Deborah Clyne. Deputy Mayor Steffen Walma.
Committee of Adjustment: Marilyn Desroches, Donald Morton, John Nychuk, Roger Robitaille. Councillor Cindy Hastings
Community Policing Committee: Andrew Chomentowski, Phil DeBruyne, Michel Gadoury, Kevin Leonard, Mary Merzbacher, Ray Millar, Chair. Councillor Richard Hinton, Vice-Chair
Community Recreation Advisory Committee: Steve Barber, George Begley, James MacMillan, Lynn Moon, Christine Patenaude, Barbara Willis. Councillor Cindy Hastings.
Heritage Advisory Committee: Annice Blake, Doug Caston, Luci Dilkus, Randy Hargrave, Delva Lacroix, Gillian Reynolds. Councillor Richard Hinton.
Property Standards Committee: Ron Cobbett, Chair; Robert McKinney, Vice Chair; Ken Nevar; Judith Eccles; Kelly Corbridge-Darnley.
Sewage Class EA Project Advisory Committee: Harold Phelps, Chris Tulley, Ian Williams. Councillor Gibb Wishart, Chair. Councillor Cindy Hastings, Alternate Chair.
