Council Meeting - February 28, 2022

Mayor Update

Mayor Clarke opened the meeting and advised that the public can watch the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing regarding Fowler Construction Limited quarry licence extension application on the Ontario Land Tribunal YouTube channel.

Mayor Clarke welcomed a hometown hero home, Erin Ambrose, a defence player for the Olympic Woman's hockey team that won gold at the 2022 Beijing games. Erin, who resides with her family in Joyland Beach, was welcomed home last week with a neighbourhood parade. Mayor Clarke and Council wish Erin congratulations on her monumental achievement and acknowledge all her hard work, dedication involved with this incredible feat.

Mayor Clarke also acknowledged the tragedy that is occurring in Ukraine and expressed condolences and support for members of the community who are impacted by this illegal act of war.

CAO Update

CAO Gunby reiterated Mayor Clarke's comments regarding the devastation in Ukraine and the support for members in the community directly affected. CAO Gunby also announced that with the Province continuing to ease public health measures on March 1, the Township of Ramara Administration Building would be fully open to the public for walk-in services.

Public Meeting

Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw Amendment - 4431 Monck Road

The proposed Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw Amendment is to recognize the property at 4431 Monck Road in the form of three (3) single detached residential building lots. Access to the lots will not be from Monck Road (County Road 45) but from a newly constructed internal road that the Township will eventually assume. Staff will bring a report to the Committee of the Whole meeting
on March 14, 2022.

Zoning Bylaw Amendment - 5646 County Road 169

The proposed Zoning Bylaw Amendment is to amend the current zone provisions of the Rural Exception Twenty-Four (RU-24) zone to permit the following:

• 2 - Propane Bulk Storage Tanks,
• Electrical Shed and
• Cylinder Shed.

Staff will bring a report to the Committee of the Whole meeting on March 14, 2022.

Consent Agenda

Building Fees

The new building fees are in effect and can be view on the Township's website.

View the new fee schedule.

Thank you for your service, Judy!

The Mayor and members of the Council would like to thank Judy for her years of service on the Ramara Public Library board and wish her well in the future.

Proposed Amendments to the Fees and Charges Bylaw

Council passed the amended Fees and Charges Bylaw. The following fees were deleted from the
2017.18 Bylaw:

• Paper copies of the Township of Ramara Official Plan and Official Plan amendment.
• Paper copies of the Zoning Bylaw and Zoning Bylaw Amendment.
• Paper copies of Election Mailing Lists, Preliminary list of electors and refunds for mailing lists (only for candidates).

The following fees were added to the Bylaw:

Council advised that at a future Committee of the Whole meeting, staff will provide a report to review the current 2022 Parking Strategy.

Procedural Bylaw

Council passed the amended Procedural Bylaw that outlines the following changes:

1. Addition of a Public Forum - This will allow the public to have one minute each to speak for a total of ten minutes, to be added to the beginning of the agenda proceeding after the 'Adoption of Agenda and/or Agenda items.' The public will be able to present their view on a subject during the allotted time. Please note that the public can still email their questions to council@ramara.ca prior to a meeting.
2. Committee of the Whole meetings will occur on the second Monday of each month, beginning at 9:30 a.m.
3. Council meetings will occur on the fourth Monday of each month starting at 6:30 p.m., if a closed meeting is required, and at 7:00 p.m. for the public portion of the meeting.
4. All public meetings will be held on an alternative Monday that does not already have a meeting scheduled.

Use of Ramara Logo

The Township of Ramara's logo and other aspects of its visual identity is valuable in distinguishing the Township of Ramara from other organizations. All communications from the Township will focus on informing the public on information, encouraging proactive communication, strengthening public and employee engagement and improving the Township's image and brand awareness. Learn more on what the Township will and will not post or share by viewing its Social Media and Website policy at www.ramara.ca/policies.

Concession Road 10 Road Renaming

Council approved the renaming of four sections of Concession Road 10.

1. Section 1 -Whitney Road
2. Section 2 - Byers Lane
3. Section 3 - Fagan Lane
4. Section 4 - Melrose Drive

Section five (5) of Concession Road 10 renaming will be brought forward to the next Committee of the Whole meeting. Learn more about the project at www.ramara.ca/concession10.

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