Regular Meeting of Council

That the agenda for the Regular Meeting of Council of March 8, 2022 be approved as circulated.

That Council for the Municipality of Highlands East approve the Minutes of the Regular Council Meeting and Special Council Meeting of February 8, 2022.

That Council receive the presentation and the Commissioner's Report as provided by the Municipal Integrity Commissioner at the March 8, 2022 Council Meeting.

That the Council for the Municipality of Highlands East receives the delegation as presented by Korey McKay, Climate Change Coordinator for the County of Haliburton, with the draft Corporate Climate Change Adaptation Plan and; That the Council for the Municipality of Highlands East provide comments on the draft Corporate Climate Change Adaptation Plan with suggestions forwarded to County Council to be included in a final draft to be adopted by Haliburton County Council and the local municipalities.

That Council come out of the Regular Meeting of Council for the scheduled Public Planning Meeting and it be declared open to discuss the following bylaw amendments made under Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O 1990, cp 13 as amended pertaining to Applicants: Pinnell, Forsyth and Green

That Council adjourn the Public Planning Meeting at 10:57AM and; That Council reconvene to the Regular Meeting of Council.

That a bylaw to amend the Zoning Bylaw for application RZ-35-2021 (Pinnell), shall be brought forward for passage at this Meeting of Council; Further that bylaws to amend the Zoning Bylaw for applications RZ-33-2021 (Green) and RZ-36-2021 (Forsyth) be brought forward for consideration at a future meeting once staff have followed up with any concerns or comments raised in today's public meeting.

That Council receives the notice of complete application and public meeting from the County of Haliburton in reference to Application 46-T-22001 (Granite Shores – Centre Lake East), submitted by 9184384 Canada Inc. And that Council undertook a public consultation initiative with respect to the proposed disposition of the 200’ Crown Reserve on Centre Lake and as a result of that consultation advised the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry through Resolution 2021-291 that Council did not support the disposition of the 200’ Reserve to facilitate the creation of shoreline lots; And Therefore Council does not support lot creation on Centre Lake where such lots would not abut the shoreline of Centre Lake. Yes: Mayor Dave Burton, Councillor Cam McKenzie, Councillor Suzanne Partridge, and Councillor Ruth Strong No: Deputy Mayor Cecil Ryall

That Council receives this report as information; And further that Council directs staff to schedule a public meeting for file RZ-02-2022 (Sowsun/Schmidlechner - 1222 Malcom Road) in compliance with the Planning Act.

That Council receives this report as information; And further that Council directs staff to schedule a public meeting for file RZ-03-2022 (Crump - 1549 Buckskin Lake Road) in compliance with the Planning Act.

That Council receives this report as information; And further that Council directs staff to schedule a public meeting for file RZ-04-2022 (Ellis - 4657 Loop Road) in compliance with the Planning Act.

That Council receives the Planning Department Update - February 2022 as prepared by the Junior Planner as information.

That Council approves in principle an application to close and purchase the shoreline road allowance from Caitlin and Michael Gubbels and directs staff to forward the application to Bishop and Rogers for processing; That Council declares the portion of dry land shoreline road allowance in front of 1395 Ferguson Road surplus; Furthermore, that the final closure and conveyance of this portion of shoreline road allowance shall not be completed until the landowners have entered into a site plan agreement with the Municipality to institute a planting plan in the shore road allowance.

That Council receives this report and accepts the recommendation in this report to approve the by-law to Stop Up, Close and Convey the original shore road allowance at this meeting for; Applicant: Fisch, Helen Part of the Original Shore Road Allowance in front of Lot 23, Concession 17, Geographic Township of Cardiff, Deer Lake, 1308 Trinity Road, Roll # 46 01 102 000 64000

That Council receives this report and accepts the recommendation in this report to approve the by-law to Stop Up, Close and Convey the original shore road allowance at this meeting for; Applicant: Richard and Susan Harmer Part of the Original Shore Road Allowance in front of Lot 31, Concession 6, Geographic Township of Cardiff, Paudash Lake, 27165 Highway 28, Roll # 46 01 101 000 57700

That Council receives this report and accepts the recommendation in this report to approve the by-law to Stop Up, Close and Convey the original shore road allowance at this meeting for; Applicant: Donald Corrick and Lori Howard-Corrick Part of the Original Shore Road Allowance in front of Lot 11, Concession 5, Geographic Township of Glamorgan, Contau Lake, 1153 Enterprise Drive, Roll # 46 01 901 000 58500, as amended.

That Council receives this report and accepts the recommendation in this report to approve the by-law to Stop Up, Close and Convey the original shore road allowance at this meeting for; Applicant: Lichtfuss, Matthew and Kori. Part of the Original Shore Road Allowance in front of Lot 21, Concession 17, Geographic Township of Monmouth, Esson Lake, 1328 Hard Wood Lane, Roll # 46 01 602 000 47200.

That Council receives this report and accepts the recommendation in this report to approve the by-law to Stop Up, Close and Convey the original shore road allowance at this meeting for; Applicant: Goodwin, Rosemary. Part of the Original Shore Road Allowance in front of Lot 21, Concession 7, Geographic Township of Cardiff, Paudash Lake, 1428 Abrams Road, Roll # 46 01 101 000 73400.

That Council receives this report as information; And refers the attached draft deeming bylaw to the By-laws section of the agenda for passage together with the bylaw to stop up, close and convey the shore road allowance to Rosemary Goodwin.

That Council receives this report - "Acceptance of Land for Roadway Purposes - Airport Road - Consent Application H-010/21 (Murphy)" - as information; And that Council shall bring forward the draft by-law attached for approval at this meeting.

That Council receives this report - "Severance Proposal for Two Lots - Lands of Hrncie - 46 01 602 000 23800 (Highway 118)" - as information; And that Council concurs with the Junior Planner's recommended conditions of consent within this report and wishes to provide these conditions outlined to the applicant for inclusion in an application for consent to the County of Haliburton.

That Council receives this report - "Committee of Adjustment Appointments for the Remainder of 2022 Council Term" - as information; And that Council refers the attached appointment by-law to the by-laws section of the agenda for passage at today's meeting.

That Council receives the Building Department - Monthly Operations Report- as submitted by the Chief Building Official as information only.

That Council receives the monthly operations report for the By-law Department as submitted by the By-law Officer.

That Council receives the Monthly Operations Report as information only, as submitted by the Fire Chief.

That Council receives the Property and Facilities - Monthly Operations Report, as submitted by the Property Supervisor as information only.

That Council receive the Environmental Department Monthly Report as submitted by the Environmental Supervisor as information only.

That Council receive this report as submitted by the Environmental Supervisor as information only and; That Council approve the CAO to sign the Annual Reports, those being the Cardiff DWS & Dyno DWS to be true and correct on behalf of the Municipality.

That Council receive the Monthly Public Works Report as provided by the Operations Supervisor, as information.

That Council receive the report titled Inter-Municipal agreement for Household Hazardous Waste Days as prepared by the Operations Supervisor, as information and; That Council approve the by-law and agreement at this meeting.

That Council receive the Minutes of the Joint Advisory Committee Meeting of Jan. 19, 2022.

That Council approve the hiring of a graphic designer to create images for the Environment Committee's Composting Education campaign up to $1,000.

That the General Accounts for the month of February, 2022 in the amount of $267,034.92 be approved.

That Council receive the report “Restricted Acts of Council” as submitted by the Municipal Clerk as information and; Furthermore that Council approve delegating its powers under S. 275(3) of the Municipal Act, 2001, to the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)/Treasurer from August 19, 2022 till the swearing in of the new Council to; a)Be the financial signing authority for expenditures, outside the current budget, exceeding $50,000 and/or for the disposition of any real or personal property of the municipality which has a value exceeding $50,000at the time of disposal: b)Be the authority to hire or remove any officer from/to employment with the Municipality of Highlands East and; That Council directs that a delegation of authority by-law be brought forward at this meeting for approval and; That the bylaw shall come into force only in the event that less than three quarters (75%) percent of the current members of Council will be returning to sit on the new Council after Nomination Day of the 2022 Municipal Elections as determined by the Municipal Clerk.

That the Municipality of Highlands East supports the approved resolution from the County of Haliburton in their request for the Province of Ontario to re-consider its decision to postpone the province wide assessment update for the 2022 and 2023 years and; That the Council for the Municipality of Highlands East approves the following; Whereas the government of Ontario recently announced the continued postponement of the province-wide assessment update for the 2022 and 2023 taxation years and; That this means that property values will continue to be based on the January 1, 2016 valuation date until at least 2024 and; That the Municipality of Highlands East is aware of a significant increase in property values within the County caused by increased demand for housing in this community and; That an increased demand for housing is leading to an increased population which results in increased demand for municipal services and; That the continued postponement of property valuation translates into a significant loss of taxation revenues for municipalities and; Therefore the Municipality of Highlands East joins with the County of Haliburton in urging the government of Ontario to reconsider its decision and direct the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation to proceed with a province-wide assessment update in order for the County of Haliburton and it's local municipalities to be able to collect property taxes based upon actual property values to meet increased demands for municipal s

That Council receive the letter from the County of Haliburton regarding continuation with the Request for Approval for the undertaking of a Development Charges Background Study in 2022 and; Furthermore That the Council for the Municipality of Highlands East approves continuation of participation with the County of Haliburton with the execution of a Request for Approval in the completion of a Development Charges Background Study in 2022.

That Council receives and files the resolutions and letters from other municipalities/levels of government from the Regular Meeting of Council, March 8, 2022.

That the Municipality of Highlands East supports the Town of Bracebridge in their efforts regarding the Joint and Several Liability Reform for hospital capital funding and; That the Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of Highlands East calls for a provincial re-examination of the “local share” hospital capital calculation methodology, to better reflect the limited fiscal capacity of municipalities, and the contributions to health care services they already provide to a community; And That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Premier of Ontario, the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Health, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, the Local Member of Provincial Parliament.

That Council receives and files the correspondence of the March 8, 2022 Regular Meeting of Council.

That By-law # 2022-29, being a by-law for the purchase of Shoreline Road Allowance - Goodwin at the March 8, 2022 Regular Meeting of Council be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.

That By-law # 2022-30, being a by-law for to deem Lot 15, Registered Plan 365, in the Geographic Township of Cardiff now in the Municipality of highlands East, not to be a lot on a registered plan of subdivision for Goodwin at the March 8, 2022 meeting be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.

That By-law # 2022-31, being a by-law for the purchase of Shoreline Road Allowance - Fisch at the March 8, 2022 Regular Meeting of Council be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.

That By-law # 2022-32, being a by-law for the purchase of Shoreline Road Allowance - Harmer at the March 8, 2022 Regular Meeting of Council be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.

That By-law # 2022-33, being a by-law for the purchase of Shoreline Road Allowance - Corrick at the March 8, 2022 Regular Meeting of Council be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.

That By-law # 2022-34, being a by-law for the purchase of Shoreline Road Allowance - Lichtfuss at the March 8, 2022 Regular Meeting of Council be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.

That By-law # 2022-35, being a by-law to authorize the acceptance of land described as Part of Lot 29, Concession 16 in the Geographic Township of Cardiff, now in the Municipality of Highlands East and to deem such lands as part of the road system, at the March 8, 2022 Regular Meeting of Council be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.

That By-law # 2022-36, being a by-law for the composition and appointment of members to the Committee of Adjustment and; That Council approve the composition of the committee to be five (5) members of the public and; That Council appoints the following members of the public to the committee:  Craig Pettit  Dale Shannick  Carman Coumbs  Bob Snider and; That this by-law be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached at the March 8, 2022 Regular Meeting of Council.

That By-law # 2022-37, being a by-law for the Rezoning of lands for Pinnell, at the March 8, 2022 Regular Meeting of Council be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.

That By-law # 2022-38, being a by-law for to delegate authority to the Chief Administrative Officer during possible Lame Duck Period (s) during the 2022 Municipal Election at the March 8, 2022 meeting be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.

That By-law # 2022-39, being a by-law to enter into an Inter-Municipal Household Hazardous Waste Days Agreement between The Municipality of Highlands East, The Township of Algonquin Highlands, The Township of Minden Hills and The Municipality of Dysart et al be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached at the March 8, 2022 Regular Meeting of Council, as amended.

That Council approve By-law # 2022-40, being a by-law for the appointment of Abby Armstrong as the Public Works Manager for the Municipality of Highlands East at the March 8, 2022 Regular Meeting of Council be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached, as amended.

That By-law # 2022-41, being a by-law to confirm the proceedings of Council at its Meeting of March 8, 2022 be enacted, approved, and signed with the corporate seal attached.

That the Regular Meeting of Council for March 8, 2022 be adjourned at 12:39 PM.