HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2015-05-14, Page 12PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2015.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
MEETING
CONCERNING PROPOSED OFFICIAL PLAN
AMENDMENT NO. 4
TO THE MORRIS-TURNBERRY OFFICIAL PLAN
TAKE NOTICE that the Corporation of the Municipality of Morris-
Turnberry will hold a public meeting on Tuesday June 2, 2015 at 7:40
pm in the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry Council Chambers
(41342 Morris Road, Brussels) to consider a proposed official plan
amendment affecting all lands in the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry
under Sections 17 & 21 of the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990, as amended.
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.
IF you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed official plan
amendment, or of 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 proposed official plan amendment is adopted, the
person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the County
of Huron to the Ontario Municipal Board.
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 proposed official plan amendment is adopted, the
person or public body may not be added as a party 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 official plan
amendment is available for inspection during regular office hours at the
Municipality of Morris-Turnberry (519) 887-6137, and the Huron County
Planning and Development Department, 57 Napier Street, 2nd Floor,
Goderich (519) 524-8394 Ext. 3.
Purpose and Effect
The purpose of this amendment is to amend the Municipality of Morris-
Turnberry Official Plan. This is amendment under Section 17 and 21 of
the Planning Act and not a Five Year Review under Section 26 of the
Planning Act.
The following is a summary of changes made to the Plan:
• Revisions to the Surplus Residence Severance policies (Section
3.4.9) to be consistent with the County of Huron Official Plan
surplus residence severance policies.
• Removal of the Minimum Distance Separation requirement for a
surplus residence severance to a neighbouring barn, except where
there is a barn on the farm the house is being severed from and it
is not included on the severed lot.
• Revision to the Agricultural Commercial-Industrial policies (Section
3.3.6) to reflect the revised Agricultural Commercial-Industrial
definition in the 2014 Provincial Policy Statement.
• Removal of the 5 lot limit for lot creation on private services in the
Hamlet designation.
• Addition of Commercial Scale Water-Taking, Site Plan Control,
Surplus Severance Policies and Land Division Policies to the
Mineral Aggregates Section.
This Official Plan Amendment has been initiated by the Municipality of
Morris-Turnberry.
DATED AT THE MUNICIPALITY OF MORRIS-TURNBERRY THIS
13th DAY OF MAY, 2015.
Nancy Michie
Administrator Clerk-Treasurer
Municipality of Morris-Turnberry
41342 Morris Road
RR 4 Brussels, ON, N0G 1H0
(519) 887-6137
SWEA concerns councillors
Several Huron County councillors
have some serious concerns about
the future of the Southwest
Economic Alliance (SWEA) and
how the county is being represented.
A motion came before council at
its May 6 meeting asking that former
Goderich Deputy-Mayor John Grace
be named the county’s SWEA
representative for the 2015/2016
term, which resulted in a great deal
of discussion.
Huron East Mayor Bernie
MacLellan said that if the county is
going to be represented on SWEA, it
should be a councillor. Grace has
been involved with SWEA for a
number of years, but was not re-
elected last fall and stayed on as the
county’s representative after council
passed a motion to that effect.
MacLellan, however, indicated
that SWEA is in a state of flux, and
with the future of the organization
uncertain, a councillor, rather than a
citizen, should be representing the
county if important decisions are
going to have to be made in the
coming months.
Goderich Mayor Kevin Morrison
said SWEA had the look of an
organization that was about to
implode, adding that he felt there
was also an air of desperation about
SWEA and that it had been
“drawing at straws” in the past year.
Morrison said that the county had
even been so kind as to provide the
group with some of Chief
Administrative Officer Brenda
Orchard’s time, as well as some staff
resources, after which he felt SWEA
was still lost.
“Right now, they’re a mess,”
Morrison said.
Huron East Deputy-Mayor Joe
Steffler, however, spoke in favour of
economic development, saying that
he hasn’t seen the “breaking down
of silos” he feels is necessary for
Huron County to move forward.
“It’s Huron County economic
development – that was my idea
when I first put it forward,” Steffler
said of the now-established Huron
County Economic Development
Board. “I’m still seeing everyone
doing their own little thing and no
one wants to share the sandbox.”
It was at this point in the
conversation that Grace happened to
walk into the meeting. Council then
asked Grace if he would update
councillors as to the state of SWEA
and its future.
Grace told councillors that the
organization is just weeks away
from rolling out SWEA 3.0, which is
a vision for the group into 2016 and
beyond.
Very similar to the vision applied
to the Huron County Economic
Development Board, Grace said that
plan for SWEA 3.0 is to be private
business-driven economic
development.
He said that in the past, SWEA
has been populated with too many
politicians and that has to change,
hence the reboot.
As part of SWEA 3.1, he said, the
27-member model will be reduced
to a seven- or nine-member model
and of those members, only one
person will be a politician.
“We’re asking the private sector to
step up and play that role,” Grace
said.
Morrison, however, was less
enthusiastic about SWEA, present or
future, and put Grace in the hot seat,
asking him about any successes that
Marking a milestone
The Huron Happy Hearts Round Dance Club celebrated its 40th anniversary on Saturday with
a special event at the Clinton United Church that called upon both current and past members
to come celebrate, reminisce and, of course, dance. The group’s beginnings are rooted in the
air force base near Clinton, but they eventually moved to Holmesville to keep the tradition
alive, followed by a move to Clinton in 1982. The group now counts people from all over the
community as its members, including some from beyond Huron County. Above, some of the
group’s dancers are seen showing off their skills, while below is a group photo of all of the
group’s current members. (Jasmine deBoer photos
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