Committee of the Whole Agenda

Immediately Following Council
Virtual Zoom Meeting

Immediately Following Council

Virtual meeting via Zoom


  • Suggested Motion:

    THAT the agenda be accepted as presented.

  • Suggested Motion:

    THAT the Committee of the Whole Minutes dated June 18th and 23rd, 2020 be accepted as presented.

Lennox Smith, Chief Building Official

  • Suggested Motion:

    THAT Sign By-law 65-2008 be amended to update the ground sign provisions in accordance with the Chief Building Official’s report dated August 11, 2020.

Lennox Smith, Chief Building Official

  • Suggested Motion:

    THAT Council deny the request from Brigil Construction to release the forfeited building deposits for the 48-unit townhome development at the corner of Lake and McNeely Avenues.

Robin Daigle, Engineering Manager

  • Suggested Motion:

    THAT Staff proceed with the preparation and issuance of a clearing Tender for approximately 3.39 ha of land as described in Figure 1 of the Engineering Manager’s report dated August 11, 2020; and

    THAT Staff enter into an agreement with Hydro One to receive a contribution in exchange for incorporating their required clearing limits into the Town’s scope of work.

Robin Daigle, Engineering Manager

  • Suggested Motion:

    THAT the name “McEachen Drive” be reserved for the purposes of naming the future Municipal Service Road planned to be extended from Captain Roy Brown Boulevard to the rear of properties fronting onto the south side of Highway 7.

Diane Smithson, CAO

  • Suggested Motion:

    THAT Council accept the CAO’s Delegated Authority Report dated August 11, 2020 as information.

Stacey Blair, Town Clerk

  • Suggested Motion:

    WHEREAS the province reaffirmed its commitment to “continue its cost share funding arrangement with municipalities to support high priority repairs to conservation authority infrastructure” in its March 2020 Ontario Flooding Strategy; and

    WHEREAS the province allocated $5 million annually for this purpose in 2003 and has not increased or indexed the funding envelop in 17 years; and

    WHEREAS demand for replacement and upgrade of water and erosion control assets is ever increasing due to aging infrastructure and the impacts of climate change;

    WHEREAS critical infrastructure within the Mississippi Valley watershed that serves this municipality did not receive funding this year and there are no guarantees that it will in the foreseeable future based upon current program demand; and

    WHEREAS should funding not be received from the province for these and other MVCA capital projects the burden of those costs will fall in part to this municipality;

    NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved that a letter be sent on behalf of Council for submission to the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, the Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks, and the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing supporting the letter from the MVCA and requesting that funding of the Water and Erosion Control Infrastructure (WECI) program be significantly increased and that program rules be adjusted to allow for reasonable construction periods and the carry‐over of funds between fiscal years.

  • Suggested Motion:

    THAT the information list for August 11th, 2020 be received.

THAT safety measures be implemented in the form of a sign or crosswalk at the following intersections on the trail (OVRT):

  1. Lake Ave East at the old train tracks (now the trail)
  2. Moore Street and  Munro Street (near Fisherman’s Palace)
  • Suggested Motion:

    THAT the meeting be adjourned at _______p.m.