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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2017-07-06, Page 7Opening the 150th East Wawanosh 150th Homecoming Ambassadors Caroline McDowell, left, and Lindsay Shiell, centre, were on hand to kick off the weekend celebration Friday night at the anniversary's opening ceremonies. Chair Jamie McCallum, right, was also part of a ceremony that included the judging for the event's beard competition and the announcement of the photography contest winners. (Denny Scott photo) M -T to purchase new Deere grader By Denny Scott The Citizen Usability and the specifics of a proposal trumped savings during a recent Morris-Turnberry Council meeting when council approved the purchase of a more expensive grader that was more familiar to its road operators. Staff at Morris-Turnberry Council recently sought tenders for a new road grader based on a budget set earlier this year, however, recently - named Director of Public Works Mike Alcock explained that the two tenders that came in were well over what had been estimated. "Graders haven't cost $300,000 new for several years," he explained during council's June 20 meeting. Both tenders, one from Tormont Caterpillar for a Caterpillar 160 AWD grader at $394,210 with a trade-in value of $30,000 and one from Nortrax Canada Inc. for a John Deere 827G all -wheel driver grader for $417,813 were both over the budgeted amount. The Caterpillar, however, had several issues as far as compliance with the tender. "The Caterpillar grader uses a joystick control instead of a steering wheel," Alcock said. "None of our operators have used joystick controls and graders go quite fast. The controls may be less intuitive on a joystick than a steering wheel" Other issues included a sliding rear window and it came in slightly under the horsepower requested. Alcock said the John Deere has a dual -circle gearbox, which was preferable to the Caterpillar model's single -circle gearbox. The request for proposals had specified a 275 -horsepower machine with a dual -circle gearbox and sliding cab window. "That being said, the Caterpillar grader is $30,000 less than the John Deere grader," Alcock said. While the Caterpillar grader was less expensive, the John Deere model would allow the municipality to recognize efficiencies in service calls as it owns similar equipment, as well as efficiencies in parts the municipality stocks such as oil, light bulbs, filters and other items common to John Deere equipment. "I've provided council with two options due to the significant difference in value," he said. "I don't like giving two options, but it's the only responsible thing to do given the situation. I will say that one operator going from one type of controls to another day-to-day may be difficult for them." Councillor Jim Nelemans asked what other municipalities had discovered in regards to the Caterpillar model's joystick controls. "I've talked to other municipalities and they said there were no problems once the operators had adapted," he said. "They found that, for construction jobs, the joystick was nice, but it's not great for high speeds." Mayor Paul Gowing said he felt that efficiencies could be found with Continued on page 23 THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 2017. PAGE 7. NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING CONCERNING PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF MORRIS-TURNBERRY OFFICIAL PLAN (OPA 6) TAKE NOTICE that the Corporation of the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry will hold a public meeting on Thursday July 27, 2017 at 7:30 pm at the Bluevale Community Hall 13 Clyde Street, Bluevale to consider a proposed Official Plan Amendment under Sections 17 and 26 of the Planning Act. ANY PERSON may attend the public meeting and/or make written or verbal representation either in support of or in opposition to the proposed Official Plan Amendment. ONLY individuals, corporations and public bodies may appeal an Official Plan Amendment to the Ontario Municipal Board. A notice of appeal may not be filed by an unincorporated association or group. However, a notice of appeal may be filed in the name of an individual who is a member of the association or the group on its behalf. IF you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed Official Plan Amendment, or the refusal to adopt the Official Plan Amendment, you must make a written request to the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry at the address below. IF a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry before the Official Plan Amendment is adopted, the person or public body may not be added as a part to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION relating to the proposed amendments is available for inspection during regular office hours at the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry or on the website: http://www.morristurnberry.ca/ and at the Huron County Planning and Development Department, 57 Napier Street, 2nd Floor, Goderich, (519) 524-8394 ext 3. Purpose and Effect The purpose of the Official Plan Amendment No. 6 is to amend the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry Official Plan to conform to the Huron County Official Plan, and Section 26 of the Planning Act; and to be consistent with the 2014 Provincial Policy Statement. The Municipality of Morris-Turnberry Official Plan includes the vision, goals, and policy direction for future development, land use, and building in the Municipality of Morris- Turnberry. Official Plan Amendment No. 6 implements the Official Plan Five Year Review and proposes the following policy and mapping changes: Policy amendments: - Reference to 2014 Provincial Policy Statement and the Planning Act added - Reference to the Ontario Human Rights Code and Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms added - Policies added to permit agricultural related uses, including wineries - Policies added to define and permit on-farm diversified uses, including agri-tourism - Policies for cemeteries added to Minimum Distance Separation policies - Policies added with requirements to remove agricultural land from Agriculture designation - Severance policy added permitting the division of a 60 ha parcel into a 38 ha and a 20 ha parcel - Natural Environment definitions revised to be consistent with the 2014 PPS definitions - Policy added to refer to provincial requirements for Habitat for Threatened or Endangered Species - Adjacent lands defined as 50 metres from all Natural Heritage features including provincially significant wetlands - Aggregate Recycling Facility permitted as an accessory use to aggregate operations - Environmental Impact Study policy for aggregate operations revised to address the protection of ecological features - Definitions for primary, secondary and tertiary urban areas added - Policy added recognizing growth allocation targets in the County Official Plan - Intensification and affordable housing targets added - Policy added permitting second residential units in single detached and accessory buildings - Policy added outlining comprehensive review requirements for expanding settlement areas - Policy added regarding expansion and removal of employment areas - Policy added clarifying Environmental Impact Study required for development in settlement areas and residential parks and that the Forest Conservation By-law applies in settlement areas and residential parks - Wingham and Area Industrial Land Strategy policies added (Source Water Protection, servicing policies for Lowertown, mapping Natural Environment features added to Schedule B) - Policy added permitting professional offices larger than 930 square metres may be permitted in Highway Commercial designation - Natural Environment policies removed from Open Space And Parkland policies - Flood Plain policies for Bluevale added - Alternative energy policies revised to refer to provincial legislation - Accessibility and Universal Design policies added - Source Water Protection policies added - Clarifying complete application study requirements - Subdivision and condominium phasing policies added - Policies regarding Aboriginal and treaty rights in section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 added - Site plan control policies (regarding natural environment features, well head protection areas and adjoining street sustainable design elements) - Consent policies to include consent for easements - Public participation policy revised as required by Bill 73 Mapping amendments: - Revised both "Mineral Aggregate (Existing)" and "Mineral Aggregate (Potential)" designations to "Mineral Aggregate" - Mapping changes including, reducing the extent of the East of Wingham Schedule B to include only the urban designations; changing Schedule B- Lowertown from black and white to full colour; added flood plain mapping to Schedule B- Bluevale; added Former Railway Lands - Natural Hazard and Conservation Authority Regulated land, and Floodplain appendices added - Roads Schedule added DATED at the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry this 5th day of July, 2017 Nancy Michie Administrator Clerk Treasurer 41342 Morris Road., PO Box Brussels, ON. 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