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REPORT ON COUNCIL<\/b>\u2028July 30, 2007\u2028Committee of the Whole Meeting: 9:00 am \u2013 3:07 p.m. \u2028Regular Evening Meeting: 7:01 p.m. \u2013 7:28 p.m.\u2028All Members of Council present.<\/i><\/p>\n

CONFIDENTIAL \/ CLOSED SESSION:<\/b> 11:45 a.m. – 12:27 p.m. and 2:24 p.m. \u2013 3:06 p.m.<\/p>\n

SITE 41 AGAIN:<\/b> On July 9, Council agreed that the Mayor and Deputy Mayor should call a meeting of the North Simcoe heads of Council to discuss future directions regarding waste management in North Simcoe now that County Council had agreed 16-15 (the vote was weighted, so the spread was actually greater than this appears) to fund the first stage of the dump site \u2013 i.e. the installation of berms, temporary roads and a test cell — at a cost of $659,000.
\nReporting on this meeting, Mayor Breckenridge said that Mayor Dubeau of Penetanguishene, who voted at County in support of Site 41, was persuaded to come when the agenda included growth management as well as future directions for waste management and the proposed hospital merger. Mayor Breckenridge told Council that she feels strongly that it is important to work together with our neighbouring municipalities on waste management in an attempt to mitigate as much as possible the impact of the decision by County Council to go ahead with the first stage of Site 41. Out of the meeting of North Simcoe Mayors and Deputy Mayors came the decision that a letter would be developed by Tiny and circulated for approval to the others, urging the County, in the light of the close vote, to look again at waste management and possible alternatives.
\nWith regard to the same meeting of North Simcoe Mayors & Deputy Mayors, Deputy Mayor Lawrence reported that he felt shocked by Mayor Breckenridge\u2019s statement at it that it was time to move on. He feels that the initial installation at Site 41 might not work out and that it is too soon to \u201cthrow in the towel.\u201d He urged Tiny\u2019s Council to pass a motion similar to the one that Midland\u2019s Council passed 9-0 asserting continuing opposition to Site 41, and asked that it, like Midland\u2019s motion, be sent to other municipalities in Simcoe County with a letter encouraging each of them to take a similar vote. That evening, on a recorded vote, all five members of Council voted in favour of the following motion:
\n\u201cThat notwithstanding the June 26, 2007 decision of the Council of the County of Simcoe to proceed with the initial site preparation work on Landfill Site 41, the Council of the Township of Tiny is opposed to this action and respectfully requests that the County of Simcoe invest in County recycling, investigate alternative energy and 21st Century waste management technologies and pursue the immediate development of a County wide Waste Management Strategic Plan;
\n\u201cAND FURTHER THAT this motion be forwarded to all County of Simcoe municipalities to encourage each municipality to consider passing a similar resolution.\u201d<\/p>\n

NORTH SIMCOE HOSPITAL ALLIANCE PRESENTATION:<\/b> Ron Crane, Acting Director of the Huronia District Hospital Board, came to explain to Council why his Board had recently recommended that HDH and Penetanguishene General Hospital be merged into a single Catholic corporation. He said that the long time \u201cworking relationship\u201d between the two hospitals needed to be made more cohesive if they were to have a stronger voice in the region. Huronia District Hospital is non-denominational, and its land, building and equipment is owned by its Corporation; the Penetanguishene General Hospital sits on land owned by the Grey Sisters, while its Corporation owns the building and equipment. The Penetang hospital board, which has a $3.5 million surplus, refused to amalgamate into a non-denominational joint hospital, while the HDH board saw a joint Catholic hospital as a way of eliminating part of its $5 million debt ($3.5 million of which is in a bank loan) and as achieving a joint entity.
\nIn response, the five members of Council asked a series of tough questions. Deputy Mayor George Lawrence asked why Council was not told that amalgamation was being discussed when, earlier this year, Council was asked for a donation of $2.50 per person in Tiny Township toward the hospitals\u2019 capital campaign (and was told that negotiations were confidential at that stage). Councillor George Cornell asked why the Chatham-Kent amalgamation, where one hospital remained non-sectarian and the other Catholic, had not been taken as a model (and learned that the board had taken a cursory look at that situation, but not an in depth look). When Councillor Andr\u00e9 Claire asked specifically about the withdrawal of reproductive services, he was told that the LHINs would make sure that basic services were covered. Councillor Nigel Warren, who had applied to serve on the Board of HDH and had been rejected after being asked his views on abortion, asked a series of questions about the independence of the current and proposed board from Catholic control and got answers that did not accord with his personal experience. Mayor Peggy Breckenridge asked about the consultative process with the broader community and about HDH\u2019s financial statements, observing that it was very difficiult to assess the hospital\u2019s business case without the latter. Crane\u2019s assertions about the actual level of HDH\u2019s debt ($3.5 or $5 million) were unconvincing.
\nCouncil learned that if the proposed amalgamation is defeated by the membership of HDH, then nothing would change.<\/p>\n

LEGAL SERVICES FOR TOWNSHIP:<\/b> Council decided to consider whether to change the Township\u2019s legal service providers. Staff was directed to ask for competitive proposals.
\nThis sort of review is a good idea. During the last Council\u2019s term of office, Burgar Rowe Professional Corporation of Barrie, which handles the Township\u2019s day-to-day legal work, was frequently slow with its responses to requests for advice. On the other hand, we recall that Ian Rowe acted vigorously and effectively for the Township with regard to the Renouf water system.<\/p>\n

ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARD:<\/b> Council approved the staff recommendation that an electronic message board be purchased for the front lobby of the township offices at a cost of roughly $2,000. It will be used to make residents aware of events and other useful information. There are plans for a larger electronic sign in front of the Township Offices, but not until the property is landscaped.<\/p>\n

PREPARATION BEGINS FOR THE TOWNSHIP\u2019S OFFICIAL PLAN REVIEW:<\/b> Shawn Persaud, of the Township\u2019s Planning Department, presented two preparatory reports. One drew to Council\u2019s attention recent provincial initiatives to which the Township\u2019s Official Plan must conform, namely the \u201cProvincial Policy Statement\u201d, \u201cPlaces to Grow: Growth Plan for the Great Golden Horseshoe\u201d, the \u201cClean Water Act (Bill 43)\u201d and the \u201cPlanning and Conservation Land Statute Law Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 51)\u201d. County Plans and Policy likewise govern local municipal Official Plans, notably, in the case of Tiny, the County of Simcoe\u2019s Official Plan and the County of Simcoe Waste Disposal Sites Study. Many of these documents require the Township to focus future development in its hamlets and to safeguard its natural resources \u2013 water, prime agricultural land and the like. Persaud also noted that thoughtful decisions must be made about the Township\u2019s growth \u2013 where, how much, and so on.
\nHis second report listed the amount of vacant land designated for development in Tiny\u2019s various land categories (while observing that there are constraints on development in some lots):
\nShoreline (below the Nipissing Ridge, near Georgian Bay and Farlain Lake) \u2013 695.62 hectares (1,732.49 acres)
\nSettlement Areas (Lafontaine, Toanche, Perkinsfield, Wyevale and Wyebridge) \u2013 112.3 hectares (278.9 acres)
\nCountry Residential (in the rural area) \u2013 38.1 hectares (94.76 acres)
\nEmployment Area (the industrial park near the public works yard and the Huronia Airport) \u2013 111.8 hectares (276.77 acres)<\/p>\n

POPULATION STATISTICS:<\/b> Statistics Canada reported that the Census of 2006 revealed that the permanent population of the Township grew from 9,035 to 10,784. In 2006, Tiny\u2019s permanent population occupied 4,337 dwellings (out of a total of 9,072). The median age of Tiny\u2019s population was 46.9 years, well above the provincial median of 39.0.<\/p>\n

SAFETY AT JACKSON PARK:<\/b> In response to a letter from the Rochelle Beach Association, Councillor Andr\u00e9 Claire asked that staff prepare a report about various safety issues related to the boat launch, among them the installation of buoys and cautionary signage in the Park.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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