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
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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. NOG 1H0
(519) 887-6137