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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 Continued on page 19