The Highlands East Record

Regular Meeting of Council

June 14, 2022

Who was there

Present (3): Dave Burton, Cam McKenzie, Cecil Ryall

Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.

What was decided (52 motions)

52 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.

That the agenda for the Regular Meeting of Council of June 14, 2022 be approved as circulated.
Moved by Councillor Ruth Strong, seconded by Councillor Suzanne Partridge
Carried
That Council for the Municipality of Highlands East approves the Minutes of the Regular Council Meeting of May 10, 2022.
Moved by Councillor Cam McKenzie, seconded by Deputy Mayor Cecil Ryall
Carried
That Council receive the delegation as presented by Michael Sowsun at this June 14, 2022 meeting.
Moved by Councillor Cam McKenzie, seconded by Councillor Ruth Strong
Carried
That Council receives the Planning Department Update - May 2022 as prepared by the Junior Planner as information.
Moved by Deputy Mayor Cecil Ryall, seconded by Councillor Suzanne Partridge
Carried
That Council defers an application to close and purchase the shoreline road allowance from Kirk Demerling and Mary Ann Alberga and directs staff to have the property owners provide further information to Council regarding the future development of the lot and particularly, how the non-compliant cabin and deck will be dealt with.
Moved by Councillor Suzanne Partridge, seconded by Councillor Cam McKenzie
Carried
That Council approves in principle an application to close and purchase the shoreline road allowance from Peter Mahut 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 1041 Solitude Lane surplus; Furthermore, that the final closure and conveyance of this portion of shoreline road allowance shall not be completed until the landowners resolved any zoning or building compliance issues to the satisfaction of Planning and Building Department staff.
Moved by Councillor Ruth Strong, seconded by Deputy Mayor Cecil Ryall
Carried
That Council receives this report "Request for Direction - Shore Road Allowance Closure for Harold and Lynne Vance" as information; And further that Council agrees to waive the requirement for neighbour consent for the closure and conveyance of the shore road allowance for the Vance application.
Moved by Councillor Suzanne Partridge, seconded by Councillor Ruth Strong
Carried
That Council receives this report "Request for Direction - Shore Road Allowance Closure for Wellman and Amendola" as information; And further that Council agrees to waive the requirement for neighbour consent for the closure and conveyance of the shore road allowance for Wellman and Amendola.
Moved by Councillor Ruth Strong, seconded by Deputy Mayor Cecil Ryall
Carried
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: Vance, Chad Part of the Original Shore Road Allowance in front of Lot 16, Concession 5, Geographic Township of Glamorgan, Contau Lake, 1014 Edith Crescent, Roll # 46 01 901 000 62100
Moved by Deputy Mayor Cecil Ryall, seconded by Councillor Cam McKenzie
Carried
That Council receives this report as information; And further that Council directs staff to advise the applicant - Steinhoff that this application shall not be declared complete until a site evaluation and remediation plan has been submitted to the Municipality.
Moved by Councillor Suzanne Partridge, seconded by Councillor Ruth Strong
Carried
That Council receives this report as information; And further that Council directs staff to advise the applicant - Flager that an up-to-date plan of survey prepared by an Ontario Land Surveyor to confirm compliance with By-law 2020-52 as well as a shoreline evaluation report, the intent of which is to assess the impact of site alterations and removals and provide recommendations aimed at mitigating negative impacts of alterations or removals on Paudash Lake.
Moved by Councillor Suzanne Partridge, seconded by Councillor Ruth Strong
Carried
That Council receives this report as information; And further that Council directs staff to schedule a public meeting for file RZ-13-2022 (Le Neve - 1113 Footbridge Road) in compliance with the Planning Act.
Moved by Councillor Ruth Strong, seconded by Councillor Suzanne Partridge
Carried
That Council receives this report as information; And further that Council directs staff to schedule a public meeting for file RZ-14-2022 (Christensen - 1095 Schofield Road) in compliance with the Planning Act.
Moved by Councillor Suzanne Partridge, seconded by Councillor Ruth Strong
Carried
That Council direct staff to complete an encroachment agreement for Christensen.
Moved by Councillor Suzanne Partridge, seconded by Councillor Ruth Strong
Carried
That Council receive this report and refer the attached draft bylaw to the Bylaws section of the agenda for passage at today's meeting.
Moved by Councillor Ruth Strong, seconded by Councillor Cam McKenzie
Carried
That Council receive this report and refer the attached draft bylaw to the Bylaws section of the agenda for passage at today's meeting for Sowsun and Schmidlechner.
Moved by Councillor Ruth Strong, seconded by Councillor Cam McKenzie
Carried
That Council receives the report "Land Use Agreement - Klohk (IB&O Trail)" from the Junior Planner as information; And further that Council refers the attached draft bylaw to the Bylaws section for approval and authorizes the Mayor and Clerk to execute the agreement.
Moved by Councillor Cam McKenzie, seconded by Councillor Suzanne Partridge
Carried
That Council receives the report "Mandatory Pre-Consultation for Planning Applications" from the Junior Planner as information; And further, Council concurs with the recommendations outlined in the report and shall bring forward a mandatory pre-consultation bylaw to come into force on August 1, 2022 .
Moved by Councillor Suzanne Partridge, seconded by Councillor Cam McKenzie
Carried
That Council receives this report, "Update to Site Plan Control Bylaw - Delegate Authority to Staff" as information; And further that Council refers the attached draft Site Plan Control bylaw to the Bylaws Section of the agenda for passage at this meeting.
Moved by Councillor Suzanne Partridge, seconded by Councillor Cam McKenzie
Carried
That Council receives the Building Department - Monthly Operations Report- as submitted by the Deputy Chief Building Official as information only.
Moved by Councillor Cam McKenzie, seconded by Councillor Ruth Strong
Carried
That Council receives the monthly operations report for the By-law Department as submitted by the By-law Officer.
Moved by Councillor Cam McKenzie, seconded by Councillor Suzanne Partridge
Carried
That Council receive this Monthly Operations Report as information only as submitted by the Fire Chief.
Moved by Councillor Cam McKenzie, seconded by Deputy Mayor Cecil Ryall
Carried
That Council receive the Property and Facilities Monthly Operations Report, as submitted by the Property Supervisor as information only.
Moved by Deputy Mayor Cecil Ryall, seconded by Councillor Suzanne Partridge
Carried
That Council receive the Environmental Department Monthly Report as submitted by the Environmental Supervisor as information only.
Moved by Councillor Cam McKenzie, seconded by Councillor Suzanne Partridge
Carried
That Council receive the Cardiff Sewage Works Operational Review Report as submitted by the Environmental Supervisor as information only.
Moved by Councillor Cam McKenzie, seconded by Deputy Mayor Cecil Ryall
Carried
That Council receive the Monthly Public Works Report for information as prepared by the Public Works Manager.
Moved by Councillor Suzanne Partridge, seconded by Deputy Mayor Cecil Ryall
Carried
That Council receive the Minutes of the Joint Advisory Committee Meeting of April 20, 2022.
Moved by Councillor Cam McKenzie, seconded by Councillor Ruth Strong
Carried
That Council receive the May 2022 Economic Development Report as information only.
Moved by Councillor Suzanne Partridge, seconded by Councillor Cam McKenzie
Carried
That the General Accounts for the month of May, 2022 in the amount of $346,465.90 be approved.
Moved by Councillor Ruth Strong, seconded by Councillor Cam McKenzie
Carried
That Council receives the June 14, 2022 Administration Monthly Report as submitted by the CAO/Treasurer.
Moved by Councillor Cam McKenzie, seconded by Councillor Ruth Strong
Carried
That Council receive the report By-law and Agreement - Shannon Olynyk, Cardiff Post Office Contractor for information and; That Council approve the By-law and Agreement at this meeting.
Moved by Councillor Suzanne Partridge, seconded by Deputy Mayor Cecil Ryall
Carried
That Council does declare the following portion of Block "M", Registered Plan 376 in the Geographic Township of Cardiff (known locally as 2778 Monck Road) surplus to Municipal needs: The northerly limit of the land to be disposed shall be located 3.9 m south of the south-east corner of the Cardiff Municipal Office and shall generally follow the proposed northerly edge of pavement as shown on the Chmiel Architects Site Plan dated March 22, 2022 and attached hereto; The southerly limit of the land to be disposed shall be located 30 m north of the pumping station and shown on the site plan attached; The easterly and westerly limits of the land to be disposed are the current legal property limits of Block "M", Registered Plan 365 located between the proposed northerly and southerly limits. All boundaries are to be confirmed by an Ontario Land Surveyor and a reference plan of survey of the above-lands is to be prepared and reviewed by Council prior to any disposition; Further, that the above-noted lands are to be disposed of for housing purposes.
Moved by Deputy Mayor Cecil Ryall, seconded by Councillor Ruth Strong
Carried
That Council for the Municipality of Highlands East supports the District of Muskoka in their request for the exemption from the Annual Emergency Exercise, and; That Council for the Municipality of Highlands East approves the resolution as presented by the District of Muskoka stating the following: That the Province of Ontario to amend Ontario Regulation 380/04 under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act to provide an exemption to the annual exercise requirement for municipalities that have activated their Emergency Control Group and/or Emergency Response Plan in response to an actual emergency that year in recognition of the significant resources used to respond to the emergency and the effectiveness of such response in evaluating the municipality's emergency response plan and procedures and; That this resolution be provided to Premier Ford, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Steve Clark and MPP Laurie Scott.
Moved by Councillor Suzanne Partridge, seconded by Deputy Mayor Cecil Ryall
Carried
That the Council for the Municipality of Highlands East supports the City of Brantford with respect to the release of all Federal and Provincial documents related to the Former Mohawk Institute Residential School and; That the Council of the Municipality of Highlands East requests the following; The immediate release to the Survivors' Secretariat of all documents in the possession of the Government of Canada or the Government of Ontario and the Anglican Church related to the former Mohawk Institute Residential School now located on Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, within the geographic boundaries of the City of Brantford and; That this resolution be sent to Prime Minister Justine Trudeau, Premier Doug Ford, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Marc Miller, Minster of Indigenous Services, Patty Hajdu, Minster of Indigenous Affairs, Greg Rickford, MPP Laurie Scott and MP Jamie Schmale.
Moved by Councillor Suzanne Partridge, seconded by Deputy Mayor Cecil Ryall
Carried
That Council receives and files the resolutions from other municipalities/levels of government from the Regular Meeting of Council, June 14, 2022.
Moved by Councillor Cam McKenzie, seconded by Councillor Ruth Strong
Carried
That Council receives and files the correspondence of the June 14, 2022 Regular Meeting of Council.
Moved by Councillor Cam McKenzie, seconded by Councillor Suzanne Partridge
Carried
That Council moves out of the Regular Meeting into the Closed Meeting in order to discuss a matters pertaining to 239 (2): (b) personal matters about an identifiable individual, including municipal or local board employees; (d) labour relations or employee negotiations  Chief Building Official Position  2022 Salaries and Wages Grid (c) a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board;  Monck Road  Highland Grove Outreach Building  Burnt River Shoreline (f) advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose;  Salerno Lake Road-Easement  IB&O Rail Trail
Moved by Councillor Suzanne Partridge, seconded by Deputy Mayor Cecil Ryall
Carried
That Council rise from the Closed Meeting and direct staff and officials to act as directed and reconvene to the Regular Meeting of Council.
Moved by Councillor Ruth Strong, seconded by Councillor Cam McKenzie
Carried
That Council direct staff to provide the legal opinion to Mr. and Mrs. Kreppner from the Municipal Solicitor, John Ewart.
Moved by Councillor Ruth Strong, seconded by Councillor Cam McKenzie
Carried
That Council approve to have a discussion regarding Committees of Council.
Moved by Councillor Ruth Strong, seconded by Deputy Mayor Cecil Ryall
Carried
That Council approve a summer recess for Committees of Council and that Committees will reconvene in September.
Moved by Councillor Suzanne Partridge, seconded by Councillor Ruth Strong
Carried
That By-law # 2022-60, being a by-law for the purchase of Shoreline Road Allowance - Vance at the June 14, 2022 meeting be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.
Moved by Councillor Cam McKenzie, seconded by Councillor Ruth Strong
Carried
That By-law # 2022-69, being a by-law for the Zoning Amendment- Leach at the June 14, 2022 meeting be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.
Moved by Councillor Suzanne Partridge, seconded by Councillor Ruth Strong
Carried
That By-law # 2022-70, being a by-law for the Zoning Amendment- Richardson at the June 14, 2022 meeting be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.
Moved by Councillor Suzanne Partridge, seconded by Councillor Cam McKenzie
Carried
That By-law # 2022-71, being a by-law for the Zoning Amendment- Sowsun at the June 14, 2022 meeting be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.
Moved by Councillor Ruth Strong, seconded by Councillor Cam McKenzie
Carried
That By-law # 2022-72, being a by-law for the approval to perform Mandatory Pre-Consultation for Applications under the Planning Act at the June 14, 2022 meeting be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.
Moved by Deputy Mayor Cecil Ryall, seconded by Councillor Ruth Strong
Carried
That By-law # 2022-73, being a by-law for Site Plan Control at the June 14, 2022 meeting be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.
Moved by Councillor Suzanne Partridge, seconded by Councillor Cam McKenzie
Carried
That By-law # 2022-74, being a by-law for a Land Use Agreement between the Municipality of Highlands East and Klohk at the June 14, 2022 meeting be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.
Moved by Councillor Cam McKenzie, seconded by Councillor Ruth Strong
Carried
That By-law # 2022-75, being a by-law for a Lease Agreement between the Municipality of Highlands East and Shannon Olynyk, Cardiff Post Office Contractor at the June 14, 2022 meeting be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.
Moved by Councillor Cam McKenzie, seconded by Councillor Suzanne Partridge
Carried
That By-law # 2022-76, being a by-law for the approval of the 2022 Salaries and Wages Grid at the June 14, 2022 meeting be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.
Moved by Councillor Ruth Strong, seconded by Councillor Cam McKenzie
Carried
That By-law # 2022-77, being a by-law to confirm the proceedings of Council at its Meeting of June 14, 2022 be enacted, approved, and signed with the corporate seal attached.
Moved by Councillor Ruth Strong, seconded by Deputy Mayor Cecil Ryall
Carried
That the Regular Meeting of Council for June 14, 2022 be adjourned at 3:13 PM.
Moved by Councillor Suzanne Partridge, seconded by Councillor Cam McKenzie
Carried

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