Regular Meeting of Council

That the agenda for the Regular Meeting of Council of May 9, 2023 be approved as circulated.

That Council for the Municipality of Highlands East approves the Minutes of the Regular Council Meeting of April 11, 2023.

That Council receive the delegation regarding Reach- Riding Everywhere and Celebrating Highlands East as presented by Heather Sargent and Linda Robitaille.

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

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

That Council receive the Monthly Operations Report for the Fire Department 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 receives the Environmental Monthly Report- May, 2023 as submitted by the Deputy CAO/Treasurer.

That Council receives the Monthly Public Works Report- May 2023 as submitted by the Public Works Manager.

That Council receives the report, Pre-Approval for Tendering of (2), Tandem Trucks, as submitted by the Public Works Manager and further; That Council authorizes the Public Works Manager to start the tender process for (2) tandem trucks with snow plow equipment to form part of the 2025 and 2026 budgets.

That the General Accounts for the month of April, 2023 in the amount of $ 529,453.40 be approved.

That Council for the Municipality of Highlands East receives the request from the Gooderham Community Action Group, 2023 Music Festival and; That Council approve the donation in the amount of $1000.00 to the Gooderham Community Action Group for the Music Festival 2023.

That Council receive the request from the Royal Canadian Legion, Wilberforce Branch and; Furthermore That Council direct staff with regards to the request to waive waste site fees for spring clean up on the legion grounds, with one of the following options below: 1. That Council approve the waiving of waste site fees for the spring clean up happening at the Wilberforce Legion property.

That Council receive the Administration Monthly Report- April, 2023 as submitted by the Deputy CAO/Treasurer.

That the Municipality of Highlands East receive the request from the Trent Conservation Coalition Source Protection Committee and; Furthermore That the Municipality of Highlands East endorse the City of Kawartha Lakes Supervisor, Policy Planning Paul Pentikainen as the Kawartha-Haliburton municipal representative on the Trent Conservation Coalition Source Protection Committee.

That Council approves in principle an application to close and purchase the shoreline road allowance from Catherine Rull and directs staff to forward the application to Bishop and Rogers, Devry, Smith and Frank for processing; That Council renders the dryland portion of the shoreline road allowance in front of 1797 McGillivray surplus; Furthermore, that the final closure and conveyance of this portion of shoreline road allowance shall not be completed until the landowners have provided a survey from an Ontario Land surveyor and resolved any compliance concerns to the satisfaction of the Building and Planning Departments.

That Council approves in principle an application to close and purchase the shoreline road allowance from Rob and Corinne MacDonald and directs staff to forward the application to Bishop and Rogers, Devry, Smith and Frank for processing; That Council renders the dryland portion of the shoreline road allowance in front of 1035 Patchway Lane surplus; Furthermore, that the final closure and conveyance of this portion of shoreline road allowance shall not be completed until the landowners have completed any items to the satisfaction of the Building and Planning Departments.

That Council approves in principle an application to close and purchase the shoreline road allowance from John and Sylvie Guiler and directs staff to forward the application to Bishop and Rogers, Devry, Smith and Frank for processing; That Council renders the dryland portion of the shoreline road allowance in front of 1225 Turtle Rock Lane surplus; Furthermore, that the final closure and conveyance of this portion of shoreline road allowance shall not be completed until the landowners have completed any items to the satisfaction of the Building and Planning Departments.

That Council approves in principle an application to close and purchase the shoreline road allowance from Brian and Dana-Lynn Robitaille and directs staff to forward the application to Bishop and Rogers, Devry, Smith and Frank for processing; That Council renders the dryland portion of the shoreline road allowance in front of 1067 Explorer Trail surplus; Furthermore, that the final closure and conveyance of this portion of shoreline road allowance shall not be completed until the landowners have completed any items to the satisfaction of the Building and Planning Departments.

That Council receives this report and accepts the recommendation in this report to declare surplus and approve the by-law to Stop Up, Close and Convey the original shore road allowance at this meeting for; Applicant: Turnbull and Snell Part of the Original Shore Road Allowance along Paudash Lake in front of Lot 26, Concession 8, 19R5624, 1073 Finn Point Rd., Geographic Township of Cardiff . Roll # 's 4601 102 000 08900 And further directs that the approved bylaw and acknowledgement and direction be provided to Bishop and Rogers.

That Council receives this report and accepts the recommendation in this report to declare surplus and approve the by-law to Stop Up, Close and Convey the original shore road allowance at this meeting for; Applicant: MacPherson and Spence Part of the Original Shore Road Allowance along in front of Lot 9, Concession 4, 419, 1435 Trent Drive, Eels Lake, Geographic Township of Cardiff . Roll # 's 4601 101 000 22600 And further directs that the approved bylaw and acknowledgement and direction be provided to Bishop and Rogers.

That Council receives this report and accepts the recommendation in this report to declare surplus and approve the by-law to Stop Up, Close and Convey the original shore road allowance at this meeting for; Applicant: Gubbels Part of the Original Shore Road Allowance in front of Lot 13 & 14, Concession 2 & 3, 1395 Ferguson Rd. Little Glamour Lake , Geographic Township of Monmouth . Roll # 's 4601 602 000 00211 And further directs that the approved bylaw and acknowledgement and direction be provided to Bishop and Rogers.

That Council receives this report and accepts the recommendation in this report to declare surplus and approve the by-law to Stop Up, Close and Convey the original shore road allowance at this meeting for; Applicant: McNalley Part of the Original Shore Road Allowance in front of Lot 32, Concession 10, 1110 Burnt Point Trail, Glamor Lake , Geographic Township of Glamorgan . Roll # 's 4601 902 000 62400 And further directs that the approved bylaw and acknowledgement and direction be provided to Bishop and Rogers and once the applicant have brought their property into compliance with the Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw for the Municipality of Highlands East the shoreline will be registered.

That Council receives this report and accepts the recommendation in this report to declare surplus and approve the by-law to Stop Up, Close and Convey the original shore road allowance at this meeting for; Applicant: Maxwell Part of the Original Shore Road Allowance in front of Pt. Lot 12 & 13, Concession 15, 1083 Hutton Dr. Koshlong Lake, Geographic Township of Glamorgan . Roll # 's 4601 903 000 21100 And further directs that the approved bylaw and acknowledgement and direction be provided to Bishop and Rogers on hold until such time the applicant's property has been brought into compliance with the Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw for the Municipality of Highlands East.

That Council receives this report "Request for Direction - Shore Road Allowance Closure for Ambike - SRA-06-2022, Waive of Neighbour's Consent 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 Ambike.

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: Lewis, Legge, Christian and Morris

That Council adjourn the Public Planning Meeting at 11:11 AM and; That Council reconvene to the Regular Meeting of Council.

That Council receive the Municipal Planner's reports pertaining to the following rezoning applications: Legge, Christian, Lewis, and Morris be recieved and; Furthermore That Council approve the recommendations as put forth by the Municipal Planner, being the approval of rezoning by-law amendments for Christian and Morris.

That Council direct staff and the planner to prepare a zoning by-law amendment for Legge to permit the subject lands to be utilized for a well-drilling business and/or a residential dwelling and; That Council direct staff and the planner to prepare a site plan agreement subject to the resolution of MTO’s technical requirements.

That Council direct staff and the planner to prepare a zoning by-law amendment for Christian for Council’s consideration subsequent to the applicant entering into a site plan agreement with the municipality.

That the Council for the Municipality of Highlands East received communication from Northumberland County who supports AMO's Call to Action on Housing and Homelessness as amended and ratified as follows: That the Municipality of Highlands East supports Northumberland County in requesting the province to; 1. Acknowledge that homelessness in Ontario is a social, economic, and health crisis; 2. Commit to ending homelessness in Ontario; 3. Work with the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) and a broad range of community, health, Indigenous and economic partners to develop, resource, and implement an action plan to achieve this goal; and Furthermore That a copy of this resolution be sent to: the Honourable Doug Ford (Premier of Ontario), the Honourable Steve Clark (Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing), the Honourable Michael Parsa (Minister of Children, Community and Social Services), the Honourable David Piccini (Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks and MPP Laurie Scott and Northumberland County.

That the Council for the Municipality of Highlands East received communication from the City of Strafford as amended and ratified as follows: The Municipality of Highlands East supports the City of Strafford and requests the provincial government endorse the redirect of current ministry beds in abeyance funding towards the support of community care services.

That the Council for the Municipality of Highlands East received communication from Municipality of Dysart as amended and ratified as follows: That Municipality of Highlands East Council supports the resolution from the Municipality of Dysart in urging the reinstatement of previous legislation that permitted municipalities to apply for and retain surplus proceeds from tax sales in their jurisdictions; and Further directs that this resolution be circulated to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, MPP Laurie Scott and the Municipality of Dysart.

That Council receives and files the resolutions from other municipalities/levels of government from the Regular Meeting of Council, May 9, 2023.

That Council receives and files the correspondence of the May 9, 2023 Regular Meeting of Council.

That By-law # 2023-45, being a by-law for the purchase of shoreline road allowance for Turnbull at the May 9, 2023 meeting be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.

That By-law # 2023-46, being a deeming bylaw for MacPherson and Spence at the May 9, 2023 meeting be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.

That By-law # 2023-47, being a by-law for the purchase of shoreline road allowance for MacPherson and Spence at the May 9, 2023 meeting be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.

That By-law # 2023-48, being a by-law for the purchase of shoreline road allowance for Gubbels at the May 9, 2023 meeting be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.

That By-law # 2023-49, being a by-law for the purchase of shoreline road allowance for McNalley at the May 9, 2023 meeting be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.

That By-law # 2023-50, being a by-law for the purchase of shoreline road allowance for Maxwell at the May 9, 2023 meeting be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.

That By-law # 2023-51, being a by-law for the Rezoning Amendment for Morris at the May 9, 2023 meeting be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached

That By-law # 2023-52, being a by-law for the Rezoning Amendment for Lewis at the May 9, 2023 meeting be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.

That By-law # 2023-53, being a by-law to repeal Bylaw # 2022-92 the appointment of Claude Sevigny as CBO/Bylaw Enforcement Officer at the May 9, 2023 meeting be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.

That By-law # 2023-54, being a by-law to repeal Bylaw # 2023-11 and to re-appoint officials from RSM at the May 9, 2023 meeting be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.

That By-law # 2023-55, being a by-law to appoint Colin McKnight as Chief Building Official/Bylaw Enforcement Officer at the May 9, 2023 meeting be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.

That By-law # 2023-56, being a by-law for the Rezoning Amendment for McQuoid/Turcotte at the May 9, 2023 meeting be enacted, approved and signed with the corporate seal attached.

That By-law #2023-57, being a by-law to confirm the proceedings of Council at its Meeting of May 9, 2023 be enacted, approved, and signed with the corporate seal attached.

That Council adjourn the May 9, 2023 meeting at 11:56 AM and; to meet again on June 13, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. for the Regular Meeting of Council.