{"id":176,"date":"2009-12-14T03:58:07","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T07:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tinycottager.org\/creports-wordpress\/?p=176"},"modified":"2018-04-06T11:05:16","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T15:05:16","slug":"council-reports-december-14-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tinycottager.org\/site\/?p=176","title":{"rendered":"Council Reports: December 14, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
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REPORT ON COUNCIL<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 14, 2009<\/em><\/p>\n

Committee of the Whole Meeting: 9:00 a.m. to 11:50 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n

Regular Evening Meeting: 7:00 p.m. \u2013 7:12 p.m.<\/p>\n

All members of Council present
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Confidential \/ Closed Session:<\/strong> 11:50 a.m. \u2013 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Summerama, Balm Beach \u2013 a contrary opinion<\/strong>
\nIn its presentation on November 9, the organizers of Summerama stated that there were no reported negative incidents during that August 15th event. Waterfront owners south of Balm Beach felt otherwise. In their experience, the number of people using their private beaches doubled in number, and crowds used properties on either side of the 10-foot Township-owned right-of-way off Kitching Lane, one of the access points that lacks a Township sign showing the limits of public ownership.
\nThis group of waterfront owners felt it necessary to hire security personnel during Summerama to identify disturbances, breaches of the law, and, where requested by the property owner, to ask people to move off the private beach area. In a majority of instances, requests met with \u201cheated opposition, vulgarity, and threats of violence\u201d. The OPP supported the efforts of the security personnel.
\nThe owners and the security personnel observed significant and open consumption of alcohol. Owners experienced an increased level of littering. They felt that the signage defining the limits of the public beach at Balm was inadequate, especially given the assurances prior to the event. They also felt that many problems resulted from the location of the event and recommended that it be moved next year to CBO Park.<\/p>\n

Dogs at Woodland Beach<\/strong>
\nIn response to one letter asking for outright banning of dogs from Woodland Beach and several others asking for stricter enforcement of regulations regarding dogs, staff were of the opinion that \u201cthe combination of enforcement, education and signage are effective and an outright prohibition is not required at this time.\u201d Council accepted the staff report.<\/p>\n

New Warden of County of Simcoe<\/strong>
\nMayor Breckenridge reported that Cal Patterson, Mayor of Wasaga Beach, was acclaimed Warden at a Special Meeting of County Council.<\/p>\n

Simcoe Landfill Site 24 \u2013 By-law 09-079<\/strong>
\nAccording to Report PD-81-09, there is \u201can apparent plume of leachate\u201d emanating from a closed landfill in the vicinity of the North Simcoe Transfer Station on Golf Links Road. The plume \u201cis, or may be moving, in an easterly direction from the site\u201d. The MoE has required the County to obtain a \u201cContaminant Attenuation\u201d Zone along the access road to, and on the adjacent properties, to the northeast of the closed landfill area. [It is not clear how this \u201capparent plume\u201d was discovered.]
\nThe County of Simcoe will be monitoring the plume under lands owned by Tiny and Midland by \u201cdrilling test wells and sampling the water to analyze and to determine the potential location and type of leachate, if any, in the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

Building Permit Activity for November<\/strong>
\nWhile year over year activity through November is down from $31 million in 2008 to $23.8 million in 2009, the monthly activity in November increased from $2.2 million in 2008 to $3.8 million in 2009.<\/p>\n

Constraints on the proposed McMahan Woods Development<\/strong>
\nA letter from the Planning Department of the County of Simcoe says:<\/p>\n

On August 11, 2009, the County of Simcoe received an Ecology Peer Review Site Inspection Report from SAAR Environmental, the County\u2019s environmental peer review agent. The report concludes that all environmental matters have been dealt with to their satisfaction consistent with the Natural Heritage Policies under the Provincial Policy Statement and local and upper tier Official Plans, including in particular, the County of Simcoe Greenlands policies. Recommendations regarding the documentation and relocation of a couple of species of fern, bird habitat monitoring and tree preservation and planting plans are provided. Based on acceptable results of the EIS and subsequent site inspection, the County may permit a maximum of 20 residential lots as per the Greenlands Policy 3.7.6.<\/p>\n

However, constraints on population growth in Tiny Township, as identified in the growth targets in the Province\u2019s \u201cSimcoe Area: A Strategic Vision for Growth\u201d policy document still have to be worked through. The County concludes that at this stage, \u201cadvancement of this application through the planning stages is premature.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fence By-law Upheld<\/strong>
\nA private landowner whose fence stands at 2.2 metres, where Tiny\u2019s By-law 06-001 permits a maximum height of 1.9 metres, appealed the Township\u2019s insistence that its By-law be obeyed to the Ontario Municipal Board. The OMB supported the Township\u2019s view and dismissed the appeal.<\/p>\n

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