Regular Council

Councillor Ron Giardetti THAT this Regular Meeting of Council is hereby called to order at 4:04 p.m.

Councillor Duff Stewart THAT the agenda be accepted as presented.

Councillor Ron Giardetti Page 1 of 13 Regular Council August 8, 2017 THAT the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council held July 11, 2017 be adopted as circulated and that same be filed in the Clerk's Office.

Councillor Duff Stewart THAT the Minutes of the Public Meeting of Council held July 11, 2017 be adopted as circulated and that same be filed in the Clerk's Office.

Councillor Duff Stewart THAT the Minutes of the Special Meeting of Council held July 20th, 2017 be adopted as circulated and that same be filed in the Clerk's Office.

Councillor Ron Giardetti THAT Council hereby receives a copy of the By- law Enforcement report to July 31, 2017 and same be filed in the Clerk's Office.

Councillor Duff Stewart THAT Council hereby makes the changes to the draft by-law under zoning application No. Z 6/16 regarding driveway access as it applies to Lots 5, 6 and 7 Plan 759 and deems the changes to be minor in nature requiring no further notification as per Section 34 (9) of the Planning Act.

Councillor Ron Giardetti THAT Council hereby receives the request to deem Lots 29, 30 and 31 out of Registered Plan M80 AND FURTHER directs the Clerk to bring forward a deeming by-law for same.

Councillor Duff Stewart THAT Council hereby receives the report regarding the deeming of Lots 27 and 28 Plan 765 out of the plan of subdivision and the application to purchase the shoreline abutting same; AND FURTHER THAT Council hereby directs the Clerk to bring forward a deeming by-law and a by- law to purchase the shoreline road allowance as applied for.

Councillor Don Smith THAT Council receives the Administration Report regarding the request to purchase the shoreline road allowance in front of Lot 58, Plan 451; AND FURTHER By-Law be brought forward to authorize the sale of the said shoreline road allowance.

Councillor Ron Giardetti THAT Council hereby receives the comments, report and Draft By-law allowing for backyard chickens within certain areas of Shuniah AND FURTHER directs the Clerk to bring the By- law back to Council's next Regular Meeting for ratification.

Councillor Duff Stewart THAT Council hereby receives a copy of the Building Permit Summary Report for period ending July 2017.

Councillor Don Smith THAT Council hereby sets the following date to hold a Special Meeting to award tenders for a Tandem Axle Plow/Sander Truck , Coral Bay Road/Drive Rehabilitation and Asphalt Paving, Annual Bridge Inspections and Annual Gravel Resurfacing.

Councillor Duff Stewart THAT Council hereby receives a copy of the Fire Chief's Report dated July 28th 2017

Councillor Duff Stewart THAT Council hereby authorizes Cameron McWhirter, Larry Margarit, Tyler Drcar, Kurtis Jung, Jim Thomson & Brenda Gerry to attend an Auto Extrication Course at Fire Con Sept 7th & 8th 2017 in Thunder Bay and that their expenses be paid according to policy

Councillor Don Smith THAT Council hereby receives the report from Jason Evans, CEDO; AND FURTHER THAT Council approves an application to the NOHFC for the MacGregor Industrial Park Feasibility Study that requires a financial contribution of $10,000.00 from the Municipality; AND FURTHER THAT the Municipality will cover any cost overruns. Page 5 of 13 Regular Council August 8, 2017

Councillor Duff Stewart THAT Council hereby receives a copy of the Monthly Expenditures for July 2017 and same be filed in the Clerk's Office.

Councillor Don Smith THAT A by-law to amend By-law 2038 site specific for Lots 5, 6 and 7 Plan 759, is deemed to have been read a First and Second time this 8th day of August, 2017

Councillor Don Smith THAT A by-law to amend By-law 2038 to the Community Residential Zone with Holding Provisions site specific to Blocks of land subject of a Plan of Subdivision 14 Savigney's Survey is deemed to have been read a First and Second time this 8th day of August, 2017

Duff Stewart BE IT RESOLVED THAT A by-law to amend By-law 2038 to the Community Residential Zone with Holding Provisions site specific to Blocks of land subject of a Plan of Subdivision 14 Savigney's Survey is deemed to have been read a Third and Final time this 8th Day of August 2017, and numbered 2965-17; AND THAT the said by-law be engrossed in the By-law Book.

Councillor Don Smith THAT A by-law to deem Lots 29, 30 and 31 Plan M80 not to be a registered plan of subdivision for the purposes of Section 50 (3) of the Planning Act is deemed to have been read a First and Second time this 8th day of August, 2017

Duff Stewart BE IT RESOLVED THAT A by-law to deem Lots 29, 30 and 31 Plan M80 not to be a registered plan of subdivision for the purposes of Section 50 (3) of the Planning Act is deemed to have been read a Third and Final time this 8th Day of August 2017, and numbered 1370-17; AND THAT the said by-law be engrossed in the By-law Book.

Councillor Don Smith THAT A by-law to deem Lots 27 and Lot 28 Plan 765 not to be a registered plan of subdivision for the purposes of Section 50 (3) of the Planning Act is deemed to have been read a First and Second time this 8th day of August, 2017

Duff Stewart BE IT RESOLVED THAT A by-law to deem Lots 27 and Lot 28 Plan 765 to be a registered plan of subdivision for the purposes of Section 50 (3) of the Planning Act is deemed to have been read a Third and Final time this 8th Day of August 2017, and numbered 2967-17; AND THAT the said by-law be engrossed in the By-law Book.

Councillor Don Smith THAT A by-law to authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute an agreement with TBay tel for Cell phone tower placement on Municipal Property be read a First and Second time this 8th day of August 2017.

Councillor Don Smith BE IT RESOLVED THAT A by-law to authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute an agreement with TBay tel for Cell phone tower placement on Municipal Property is deemed to have been read a Third and Final time this 8th Day of August 2017, and numbered 2968-17; Page 8 of 13 Regular Council August 8, 2017 AND THAT the said by-law be engrossed in the By-law Book.

Ron Giardetti THAT Council hereby receives the following items of General Correspondence a) Letter from Ministry of Education re: McKenzie Public School

Ron Giardetti THAT Council hereby receives a copy of the list of Unfinished Business dated August 4, 2017 and that same be filed in the Clerk’s Office.

Councillor Don Smith THAT Council receives the Resolution from the Town of Edwardsburgh Cardinal and fully supports their position calling on the Government of Ontario and the Ministry of Housing to halt the download of enforcement responsibility for residential rental maintenance standards proposed in Schedule 5 of Bill 7, in light of the significant fiscal challenge each municipality will face to provide this service to the public in a cost effective manner; AND FURTHER THAT a copy of this resolution be sent to the Honourable Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario, the Honourable Chris Ballard, Minister of Housing, Mr. Patrick Brown, Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, Ms. Andrea Horwath, Leader of the New Democratic Party, Member of Provincial Parliament in the Page 9 of 13 Regular Council August 8, 2017 Province of Ontario, Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), the Rural Ontario Municipal Association "(ROMA) and to all Ontario municipalities.

Ron Giardetti With Respect to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) planning to post a draft Species at Risk (SAR) Guide to the Environmental Registry for 28 species; AND the MNRF has failed to consult and work with affected stakeholders and forestry dependent communities on the development of the draft SAR guide; AND THAT municipal leaders have consistently requested the MNRF complete and share with municipality’s socio-economic impact analysis on all policy impacting forestry; AND THAT MNRF has conducted analysis for one prescription, caribou, and the analysis clearly demonstrates that mills will close; AND THAT there has been no analysis of the cumulative socio-economic impact of all SAR rules contained within the guide (prescriptions) of multiple species; AND THAT Ontario has world-class legislation, the Crown Forest Sustainability Act (CFSA), which provides balanced and sustainable forest management; AND THAT the Endangered Species Act’s (ESA) mandate of the protection and recovery of individual species at risk conflicts with the multi-species and multi- value approach of the CFSA, threatening forest sustainability; AND THAT the government in 2007 committed to realizing CFSA equivalency to the ESA, acknowledging that the under the CFSA, the forest sector must implement SAR rules (prescriptions); AND THAT even under a Section 55 Rules in Regulation “exemption”, the forest sector must implement SAR rules (prescription); AND THAT if the government continues

Ron Giardetti WHEREAS millions of litres of untreated or partially treated sewage is bypassed from sewage treatment plants every year into our local waterways; AND WHEREAS the state of some of the province’s sewer infrastructure means that untreated or partially treated sewage is regularly bypassed; AND WHEREAS despite municipalities reporting to the Ministry of Environment instances of sewage bypasses the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Page 11 of 13 Regular Council August 8, 2017 (MOECC) does not make that information readily available to the public; AND WHEREAS a publication of sewage bypasses to the public would ensure that residents are aware of instances of sewage bypasses and allowing the public to make safe and educated decisions about how they use their local waterways; AND WHEREAS a publication by the MOECC will also increase government transparency and allow individuals to see the need and benefits of investments in our water and sewer infrastructure; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Municipality of Shuniah supports the private member’s Bill 141— the Sewage Bypass Reporting Act, 2017 and calls for the adoption of Bill 141 requiring the MOECC to publish sewage bypasses to the public as soon as possible, but no longer than 24 hours after the bypass was reported; AND THAT this Resolution be forwarded to Glen Murray, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Local MPP's, and Sylvia Jones, MPP, Dufferin-Caledon

Councillor Don Smith THAT Council hereby appoints the following persons to participate in the District Social Services Administration Board Review Don Smith Paul Greenwood

Ron Giardetti THAT, in accordance with Section 239(2) of the Municipal Act, we adjourn at the hour of 5:40 pm to meet in closed session to discuss a) To discuss Personnel Matters.

Councillor Don Smith Page 12 of 13 Regular Council August 8, 2017 THAT at the hour of 6:30 pm, we resume meeting in open session.

Ron Giardetti THAT a By-law to confirm the proceedings of Council be read a First, Second and Third time on this day of 2017 and Numbered 2969-17; AND THAT the said By-law be engrossed in the By-law Book.

Councillor Don Smith THAT the hour of 6:30 p.m. having arrived this regular Meeting of Council hereby adjourns.