La Corporation de la Ville de Hearst - Corporation of the Town of Hearst ORDRE DU JOUR – ORDER OF BUSINESS Réunion ordinaire du Conseil – Regular Meeting of Council mardi 24 mars 2020 à 18h / Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 6 PM
1. Ouverture de la séance / Opening of meeting
2. Moment de silence / Moment of silence
3. Adoption de l’ordre du jour / Adoption of the order of business
4. Intérêts pécuniaires / Pecuniary interests
5. Adoption des procès-verbaux du Conseil / Adoption of Council meeting minutes
- Réunion ordinaire du Conseil datée du 3 mars 2020 / Regular meeting of Council dated March 3, 2020 - Réunion extraordinaire du Conseil datée du 5 mars 2020 / Special meeting of Council dated March 5, 2020 - Réunion extraordinaire du Conseil datée du 11 mars 2020 / Special meeting of Council dated March 11, 2020
6. Délégations et présentations / Delegations and Presentations
Aucune / Nil
7. Audiences et réunions publiques / Hearings and Public Meetings
Aucune / Nil
8. Correspondance / Correspondence
- Ministry of Transportation, Re: 2020 ROMA Delegation - Ministry of Energy, Re: Natural Gas Expansion Support Program - Ministry of Finance, Re: 2020 Transitional Mitigation Payment / Ministère des Finances, Sujet: Paiement d'atténuation transitoire de 2020 - Norfolk County, Re: Mapping of Provincially Significant Wetlands - The Corporation of the Township of Tyendinaga, Re: Resolution of the Pipeline Dispute - Municipality of Callander, Re: Electronic Participation in Council Meetings - Grey County, Re: Canadian Wines Excise Exemption - CommunicAction, Sujet: Rapport des appels 911 - février 2020
9. Rapports des comités, commissions et conseils / Reports and minutes from committees and boards
- Bureau de santé Porcupine daté du 23 janvier 2020 / Porcupine Health Unit dated January 23, 2020 - Corporation de logements à but non-lucratif de Hearst daté du 19 février 2020 / Hearst Non-Profit Housing Corporation dated February 19, 2020
10. Rapport de l’administrateur en chef / Report from Chief Administrative Officer
11. Fonctions du Conseil / Functions of Council Page 1 of 213
A) Rapport du groupe de travail des travaux publics / Report from Operations Working Group
i) Adoption du rapport du groupe de travail des travaux publics daté du 13 mars 2020 / Adoption of the report of the Operations Working Group dated March 13, 2020 Groupe de travail des travaux publics / Operations Working Group
ii) Adoption du rapport annuel de conformité du réseau d'eau potable de Hearst pour l'année 2019 / Adoption of the 2019 Annual Compliance Report for the Hearst Dinking Water System Rapport administratif du directeur des travaux publics et services d'ingénierie daté du 23 mars 2020 Hearst Drinking Water System 2019 Annual Compliance and Summary Report
B) Rapport du groupe de travail d’aménagement / Report from Planning Working Group
i) Adoption du rapport du groupe de travail d'aménagement daté du 17 mars 2020 / Adoption of the report of the Planning Working Group dated March 17, 2020 Groupe de travail d'aménagement / Planning Working Group
C) Rapport du groupe de travail des parcs et loisirs / Report from Parks and Recreation Working Group
i) Adoption du rapport du groupe de travail des parcs et loisirs daté du 16 mars 2020 / Adoption of the report of the Parks and Recreation Working Group dated March 16, 2020 Groupe de travail des parcs et loisirs / Parks and Recreation Working Group
D) Rapport du groupe de travail de finances / Report from Finance Working Group
Aucun / Nil
E) Rapport du groupe de travail de politiques / Report from Policy Working Group
i) Adoption du rapport du groupe de travail de politiques daté du 11 mars 2020 / Adoption of the report of the Policy Working Group dated March 11, 2020 Groupe de travail de politiques / Policy Working Group
ii) Délégation de pouvoirs lors de situation d'urgence / Delegation of powers during emergencies - Rapport administratif du greffier daté du 20 mars 2020 - Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing: Providing Flexibility For Municipalities To Hold Local Meetings During Emergencies / Ministères des Affaires municipales et du Logement: Plus de souplesse pour les municipalités qui organisent des réunions locales en période de situations d'urgence - Draft By-law
F) Rapport du groupe de travail de développement économique / Report from Economic Development Working Group
Aucun / Nil
12. Avis de motion / Notice of Motion
Aucun / Nil
13. Travaux en cours et/ou résolutions différées / Unfinished business and/or Deferred resolutions
Aucun / Nil
14. Autres / Others
15. Huis-clos / Closed Meeting Page 2 of 213
Aucun / Nil
16. Adoption de l'arrêté confirmatoire / Adoption of Confirmatory By-law
17. Fermeture de la séance / Adjournment
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Corporation of the Town of Hearst Corporation de la Ville de Hearst Minutes of the regular meeting of Council Procès-verbal de la réunion ordinaire du Conseil Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at 6:00 p.m mardi 3 mars 2020 à 18h Municipal Council Chambers at Town Hall Salle du Conseil de l’Hôtel de ville 925 Alexandra St., Hearst, Ontario 925 rue Alexandra, Hearst, Ontario
ATTENDANCE / PRÉSENCES
DEPUTY MAYOR / MAIRE SUPPLÉANT Marc Ringuette
COUNCILLORS / CONSEILLERS Josée Vachon Gaëtan Baillargeon Joël Lauzon Conrad Morin Daniel Lemaire
STAFF / PERSONNEL CAO / AEC Yves Morrissette Clerk / Greffier Janine Lecours
ABSENCE / ABSENCES Roger Sigouin, Town Business / affaires municipales
1. OUVERTURE DE LA SÉANCE 1. OPENING OF MEETING
Résolution no. 44-20 Resolution no. 44-20 Proposée par Josée Vachon Proposed by Josée Vachon Appuyée par Gaëtan Baillargeon Seconded by Gaëtan Baillargeon
QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU que cette réunion ordinaire E IT RESOLVED that this regular meeting of du Conseil soit maintenant ouverte à 18h00. Council be hereby opened at 6:00 p.m. ADOPTÉE CARRIED
2. MOMENT DE SILENCE 2. MOMENT OF SILENCE
Les membres du Conseil observent un moment Members of Council observe a moment of de silence. silence.
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3. ADOPTION DE L’ORDRE DU JOUR 3. ADOPTION OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS
Résolution no. 45-20 Resolution no. 45-20 Proposée par Daniel Lemaire Proposed by Daniel Lemaire Appuyée par Joël Lauzon Seconded by Joël Lauzon
QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU d’adopter l’ordre du jour tel BE IT RESOLVED that the agenda be approved as que présenté. presented. ADOPTÉE CARRIED
4. INTÉRÊTS PÉCUNIAIRES 4. PECUNIARY INTERESTS
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5. ADOPTION DES PROCÈS-VERBAUX DU 5. ADOPTION OF COUNCIL MEETING CONSEIL MINUTES
Résolution no. 46-20 Resolution no. 46-20 Proposée par Joël Lauzon Proposed by Joël Lauzon Appuyée par Gaëtan Baillargeon Seconded by Gaëtan Baillargeon
QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU d’approuver le procès-verbal BE IT RESOLVED that the minutes of the regular de la réunion ordinaire du Conseil tenue le meeting of Council held on February 11, 2020, be 11 février 2020. hereby approved. ADOPTÉE CARRIED
6. DÉLÉGATIONS ET PRÉSENTATIONS 6. DELEGATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS i) Jean-Marc St-Amour, Chef pompier i) Jean-Marc St-Amour, Fire Chief Sujet: Rapport d'activités 2019 Re: 2019 Activity Report
Monsieur St-Amour présente le rapport des activités Mr. St-Amour presents the report of activities of du Département des incendies de Hearst pour the Hearst Fire Department for 2019 as follows: l’année 2019 comme suit : Marc Lecours has retired from the Marc Lecours s’est retiré des fonctions de Deputy-Chief position after 40 years of député-chef après 40 années de service au service with the Department. He will sein du département. Il poursuivra en tant continue to serve as a Captain until his que capitaine jusqu’à sa retraite. retirement. Le Capitaine Yves Aubin fut promu au poste Captain Yves Aubin was promoted to the de député-chef. position of Deputy Chief. Marie-Josée Boucher fut nommée capitaine. Marie-Josée Boucher was appointed Captain.
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Michel Blais est présentement en formation Michel Blais is currently in training to pour devenir le prochain officier become the next Training Officer. d’entraînement (Training Officer). The number of emergency responses is Le nombre d’interventions d’urgence est about the same as in 2018. sensiblement le même qu’en 2018. In February 2019, Tim Beebe from the En février 2019, Tim Beebe du Bureau du Office of the Fire Marshal of Ontario, commissaire des incendies de l’Ontario, a offered the Pump Operator course. This offert le cours d’opérateur de pompe. Cette training enabled members of the formation a permis aux membres du Department and those of Mattice, Jogues département et ceux de Mattice, Jogues et and Hallébourg to obtain their NFPA 1002 Hallébourg d’obtenir leur certification NFPA certification (Pumper Operator). 1002 (Pumper Operator). In September 2019, Mr. Beebe returned En septembre 2019, M. Beebe est revenu to offer a Level 1 Officer Course. This pour offrir un cours d’officier niveau 1. Cette training enabled 4 of our firefighters to formation a permis à 4 de nos pompiers obtain their NFPA 1041 Fire Officer 1 d’obtenir leur certification NFPA 1041 Fire certification. Firefighters from Cochrane Officer 1. Des pompiers des départements de and Matheson departments also Cochrane et de Matheson y ont aussi assisté. attended. En novembre 2019, l’IAFF (International In November 2019, the International Association of Fire Fighters) a offert un cours Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) sur les opérations avec les matières provided Hazmat Training (HazMat First dangereuses (HazMat First Responder Responder Operations). Twenty-two (22) Operations). Vingt-deux (22) pompiers ont firefighters benefited from this training, profité de cette formation, dont 16 de including 16 from Hearst. The Department Hearst. Le département a aussi pu profiter de also took advantage of the specialized la remorque spécialisée de la compagnie trailer manufactured by Dräger to offer Dräger pour offrir de la formation avec les training with breathing apparatus. appareils respiratoires. The goal for 2020 is to provide firefighters Le but pour 2020 est de fournir le plus de with as much training as possible to formation possible aux pompiers pour achieve their certification, and to atteindre leur certification, et de continuer à continue to provide education to improve offrir de l’éducation pertinente dans le but the knowledge, experience and d’améliorer les connaissances, l’expérience motivation of the Department's et la motivation des pompiers de la brigade. firefighters. La flotte de camions se porte bien. Après The fleet of truck is in good shape. After l’achat d’un nouveau camion-citerne en 2018 the purchase of a new tanker in 2018 to pour remplacer le tanker #4, il sera bientôt replace the #4 tanker, it will soon be time temps de remplacer le deuxième camion- to upgrade the second tanker (tanker #3) citerne tanker #3 qui date de 1981. which dates back to 1981. Pour s’assurer que les pompiers volontaires To ensure that volunteer firefighters are travaillent avec de l’équipement sécuritaire provided with safe and reliable et pour rencontrer les nouvelles normes equipment, and to meet the new prescrites par la loi, 10 nouveaux appareils standards prescribed by law, 10 new respiratoires (SCBA) furent achetés en 2019. breathing apparatus (SCBA) were purchased in 2019.
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L’unité de désincarcération a été déployée à The de-incarceration unit was deployed 3 reprises en 2019, toutefois un appel fut three times in 2019, however one call was annulé en route. Heureusement, les cancelled en route. Fortunately, the pompiers n’ont pas eu à intervenir avec les firefighters did not have to use the Jaws pinces de désincarcération dans aucun des of Life in any of the cases. Out of a total of cas. Sur un total de 20 appels, 8 étaient des 20 calls, 8 were alarms. Firefighters alarmes. Les pompiers sont intervenus à responded to only one major fire that seulement un incendie majeur qui a causé la resulted in the loss of a residential perte d’un bâtiment résidentiel. building. À ce jour, le département comprend 1 chef To date, the Department includes 1 part- pompier à temps partiel, 1 officier de time Fire Chief, 1 permanent Prevention prévention permanent et 28 pompiers Officer and 28 volunteer firefighters. The volontaires. L’objectif étant de 30 pompiers goal being 30 firefighters and 1 Chief, we et 1 chef, nous sommes très près d’avoir une are very close to having a full team. équipe complète. Hearst firefighters participated in the les pompiers de Hearst ont participé à 2019 Springfest event, educating the l’édition 2019 du Springfest, éduquant le public about fire prevention and public sur la prévention des incendies et answering various questions. The new répondant aux diverses questions. Les breathing apparatus were also presented nouveaux appareils respiratoires ont aussi to the public. été présentés au public. Firefighters participated in the Health Fair Les pompiers ont participé à la Foire santé organized by the Porcupine Health Unit, organisée par le Bureau de santé Porcupine, reminding the importance of fire rappelant l’importance de la prévention des prevention to the aging population of the incendies à la population vieillissante de la community. communauté. Here is a comparison of some of the activities of Voici une comparaison d'une partie des activités des the past four years: quatre dernières années: Summary 2016 2017 2018 2019 Sommaire 2016 2017 2018 2019 Fires / 16 12 29 20 Feux / Accidents 16 12 29 20 Accidents 36 Practices / Pratiques / 36 (incluant 20 21 21 (including 20 21 21 Presentations Présentations évènements) events) Inspections Residential résidentielles 246 368 396 328 Inspections 246 368 396 328 (domiciles) (homes)
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Les inspections résidentielles d’automne The fall residential inspections were furent une fois de plus une réussite. 328 another success. 328 residences on the résidences du côté est de la ville, à partir de east side of town, from 9th Street, were la 9e rue, ont été inspectées dans une inspected in a period of 8 hours, with the période de 8 heures, avec l’aide des assistance of high school students. Mr. St- étudiant(e)s de l’école secondaire. M. St- Amour would like to acknowledge the Amour tient à souligner les efforts de efforts of the volunteers, who work l’équipe de volontaires, qui travaille avec une diligently to make our community healthy grande complicité pour rendre notre and safe. communauté saine et sécuritaire. Mr. St-Amour concluded by thanking Municipal M. St-Amour termine en remerciant le Conseil Council, on behalf of all firefighters, for its municipal, au nom de tous les pompiers, pour son support to the well-being of the Department. support envers le bien-être de la brigade.
7. AUDIENCES ET RÉUNIONS PUBLIQUES 7. HEARINGS AND PUBLIC MEETINGS
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8. CORRESPONDANCE 8. CORRESPONDENCE
Résolution no. 47-20 Resolution no. 47-20 Proposée par Joël Lauzon Proposed by Joël Lauzon Appuyée par Daniel Lemaire Seconded by Daniel Lemaire
QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU de classer la liste de BE IT RESOLVED that the list of correspondence correspondance présentée à la réunion ordinaire presented at the March 3rd, 2020 regular du Conseil tenue le 3 mars 2020. meeting of Council, be hereby filed. ADOPTÉE CARRIED
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9. RAPPORTS DES COMITÉS, COMMISSIONS 9. REPORTS AND MINUTES FROM ET CONSEILS COMMITTEES AND BOARDS
Résolution no. 48-20 Resolution no. 48-20 Proposée par Daniel Lemaire Proposed by Daniel Lemaire Appuyée par Josée Vachon Seconded by Josée Vachon
QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU que le Conseil prenne note BE IT RESOLVED that Council takes note of the des rapports et procès-verbaux des réunions : reports and minutes of meetings of : - de la Commission des services de police daté du - The Police Services Board dated November 21, 21 novembre 2019; 2019; - du Comité sur les soins de longue durée daté du - the Long-Term Care Committee dated 28 novembre 2019; November 28, 2019; - du Conseil d’administration des services sociaux - the District of Cochrane Social Services du district de Cochrane daté du 19 décembre Administration Board dated December 19, 2019; 2019; - the Public Library Board dated January 21, - du Conseil de la bibliothèque publique daté du 2020; 21 janvier 2020; - Foyer Hearst-Mattice soins de santé dated - de Foyer Hearst-Mattice soins de santé daté du January 23, 2020; 23 janvier 2020; - Centre-Ville Hearst Downtown dated - de Centre-ville Hearst Downtown daté du February 10, 2020. 10 février 2020. CARRIED ADOPTÉE
10. RAPPORT DE L’ADMINISTRATEUR EN 10. REPORT FROM CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE CHEF OFFICER
L'administrateur en chef fait un résumé des The Chief Administrative Officer briefs members diverses tâches accomplies depuis la rencontre of Council on the various tasks accomplished du 11 février 2020. since the February 11th, 2020 meeting.
11. FONCTIONS DU CONSEIL 11. FUNCTIONS OF COUNCIL
A) RAPPORT DU GROUPE DE TRAVAIL DES A) REPORT FROM OPERATIONS WORKING TRAVAUX PUBLICS GROUP
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i) Participation du Département des i) Participation of the Fire Department in the incendies au Plan d'entraide mutuelle du District of Cochrane Mutual Aid Plan district de Cochrane
Résolution no. 49-20 Resolution no. 49-20 Proposée par Daniel Lemaire Proposed by Daniel Lemaire Appuyée par Gaëtan Baillargeon Seconded by Gaëtan Baillargeon
QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU d’adopter l’arrêté no. 13- BE IT RESOLVED that By-law No. 13-2020, being a 2020, étant un arrêté pour assurer la by-law to provide for the participation of the participation du Département des incendies de Hearst Fire Department in the District of Hearst au Plan d’entraide mutuelle du district de Cochrane Mutual Aid Plan, be hereby adopted. Cochrane. CARRIED ADOPTÉE ii) Nomination de pompiers volontaires ii) Appointment of volunteer firefighters
Résolution no. 50-20 Resolution no. 50-20 Proposée par Daniel Lemaire Proposed by Daniel Lemaire Appuyée par Gaëtan Baillargeon Seconded by Gaëtan Baillargeon
QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU de nommer Vanessa Nowlan BE IT RESOLVED that Vanessa Nowlan Ouellette, Ouellette, Jessy Labrie, Nicholas Brunet, Jessy Labrie, Nicholas Brunet, Alexandre Chabot, Alexandre Chabot, Danyk Pelletier et Glen Danyk Pelletier and Glen Bosnick be appointed Bosnick pompiers volontaires de la brigade de volunteer firefighters of the Town of Hearst Fire lutte contre les incendies de la Ville de Hearst. Department. ADOPTÉE CARRIED iii) Renouvellement du contrat de services iii) Renewal of the Fire Chief Services de chef pompier avec Jean-Marc St-Amour Contract with Jean-Marc St-Amour
Résolution no. 51-20 Resolution no. 51-20 Proposée par Daniel Lemaire Proposed by Daniel Lemaire Appuyée par Gaëtan Baillargeon Seconded by Gaëtan Baillargeon
QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU d’adopter l’arrêté municipal BE IT RESOLVED that By-law No. 14-2020, being a no. 14-2020, étant un arrêté autorisant le by-law to authorize the renewal of the Fire Chief renouvellement du contrat de services de chef Services Contract with Jean-Marc St-Amour for a pompier avec Jean-Marc St-Amour, pour une period of two years, be hereby adopted. période de 2 ans. CARRIED ADOPTÉE
Page 10 of 213 iv) Ajout d'espaces de stationnement pour iv) Addition of parking spaces for personnes handicapées à la Scierie handicapped persons at the Heritage patrimoniale et au Centre récréatif Sawmill and the Recreation Centre
Résolution no. 52-20 Resolution no. 52-20 Proposée par Daniel Lemaire Proposed by Daniel Lemaire Appuyée par Gaëtan Baillargeon Seconded by Gaëtan Baillargeon
QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU d’adopter l’arrêté municipal BE IT RESOLVED that By-law No. 15-2020, being a no. 15-2020, étant un arrêté modifiant l’annexe by-law to amend Appendix B-1 of By-law No. 17- B-1 de l’arrêté no. 17-81, étant l’arrêté sur la 81, being the Traffic by-law, to add reserved circulation, afin d’ajouter des espaces de parking spaces for handicapped persons at the stationnement réservés pour personnes Heritage Sawmill Marketplace and East of the handicapées à la Place du marché de la scierie Claude Larose Recreation Centre, near the patrimoniale et à l’est du Centre récréatif Claude entrance of the Two Ice Tournament Hall, be Larose, près de la porte de la salle du Tournoi des hereby adopted. deux glaces. CARRIED ADOPTÉE v) Adoption du rapport du groupe de travail v) Adoption of the report of the Operations des travaux publics Working Group
Résolution no. 53-20 Resolution no. 53-20 Proposée par Daniel Lemaire Proposed by Daniel Lemaire Appuyée par Gaëtan Baillargeon Seconded by Gaëtan Baillargeon
QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU d’adopter le rapport du BE IT RESOLVED that the report from the groupe de travail des travaux publics daté du 20 Operations Working Group dated February 20, février 2020 et d’enlever le sujet 2 des travaux 2020, be hereby adopted and that item 2 be en cours. removed from work in progress. ADOPTÉE CARRIED
B) RAPPORT DU GROUPE DE TRAVAIL B) REPORT FROM PLANNING WORKING D’AMÉNAGEMENT GROUP
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C) RAPPORT DU GROUPE DE TRAVAIL DES C) REPORT FROM PARKS AND RECREATION PARCS ET LOISIRS WORKING GROUP
Page 11 of 213 i) Politiques d'utilisation du Pavillon Espace i) Terms and Conditions for use of the Hearst Hearst Place Pavilion
Résolution no. 54-20 Resolution no. 54-20 Proposée par Joël Lauzon Proposed by Joël Lauzon Appuyée par Conrad Morin Seconded by Conrad Morin
QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU d’adopter l’arrêté municipal BE IT RESOLVED that By-law No. 16-2020, being a no. 16-2020, étant un arrêté établissant les by-law establishing the terms and conditions for politiques d’utilisation du Pavillon use of the Hearst Place Community Pavilion, be communautaire Espace Hearst. hereby adopted. ADOPTÉE CARRIED ii) Contrat de location avec Suzanne Alary ii) Lease agreement with Suzanne Alary for pour la cantine du centre récréatif the recreation centre snack bar
Résolution no. 55-20 Resolution no. 55-20 Proposée par Joël Lauzon Proposed by Joël Lauzon Appuyée par Conrad Morin Seconded by Conrad Morin
CONSIDÉRANT que suite à la réception d’un avis WHEREAS further to receiving a termination de fin de contrat par la locataire actuelle de la notice from the current Snack Bar tenant, a call cantine, des appels d’offre furent lancés pour la for tenders was launched for the rental of the location de la cantine au Centre récréatif Claude Snack Bar at the Claude Larose Recreation Larose, Centre, QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU d’adopter l’arrêté municipal BE IT RESOLVED that By-law No. 17-2020, being a no. 17-2020, étant un arrêté autorisant la by-law authorizing the execution of a five-year signature d’un bail avec Suzanne Alary, étant la lease agreement with Suzanne Alary, being the personne ayant déposé la soumission la plus person having submitted the highest bid for the élevée pour la location de la cantine au Centre rental of the Snack Bar at the Claude Larose récréatif Claude Larose, pour un terme de cinq Recreation Centre, be hereby adopted. ans. CARRIED ADOPTÉE iii) Adoption du rapport du groupe de travail iii) Adoption of the report of the Parks and des parcs et loisirs Recreation Working Group
Résolution no. 56-20 Resolution no. 56-20 Proposée par Joël Lauzon Proposed by Joël Lauzon Appuyée par Conrad Morin Seconded by Conrad Morin
QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU d’adopter le rapport du BE IT RESOLVED that the report from the Parks groupe de travail des parcs et loisirs daté du 19 and Recreation Working Group dated February février 2020. 19, 2020, be hereby adopted. ADOPTÉE CARRIED
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D) RAPPORT DU GROUPE DE TRAVAIL DE D) REPORT FROM FINANCE WORKING FINANCES GROUP i) Demande de prêt à Infrastructure Ontario i) Loan application to Ontario Infrastructure au nom de la Corporation Hearst Connect on behalf of Hearst Connect Corporation
Résolution no. 57-20 Resolution no. 57-20 Proposée par Conrad Morin Proposed by Conrad Morin Appuyée par Josée Vachon Seconded by Josée Vachon
CONSIDÉRANT que conformément à la résolution WHEREAS further to Resolution No. 395-19, no. 395-19, le Conseil municipal acceptait que la Council accepted that the Hearst Connect Corporation Hearst Connect soumette une Corporation submit a funding application to demande de financement à Infrastructure Ontario Infrastructure on behalf of the Town of Ontario, au nom de la Ville de Hearst, Hearst, QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU d’adopter l’arrêté municipal BE IT RESOLVED that By-law No. 18-2020, being a no. 18-2020, étant un arrêté autorisant le dépôt by-law authorizing the filing of a$4 million loan d’une demande de prêt de 4$ million à application to Ontario Infrastructure on behalf of Infrastructure Ontario au nom de la Corporation the Hearst Connect Corporation, be hereby Hearst Connect. adopted. ADOPTÉE CARRIED ii) Don au club Karaté Hearst ii) Donation to the Hearst Karate Club
Conseiller Baillargeon déclare un intérêt Councillor Baillargeon declares a pecuniary pécuniaire, quitte la salle et ne participe pas interest, leaves the room and does not aux délibérations et vote de ce sujet. participate in the deliberation and vote of this subject.
Résolution no. 58-20 Resolution no. 58-20 Proposée par Conrad Morin Proposed by Conrad Morin Appuyée par Josée Vachon Seconded by Josée Vachon
QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU que le Conseil accorde un BE IT RESOLVED that Council hereby approves a don de 150$ au club Karaté Hearst pour $150 contribution to the Hearst Karate Club for l’organisation de son tournoi régional annuel qui the organization of its annual regional aura lieu le 7 novembre 2020. tournament taking place on November 7, 2020. ADOPTÉE CARRIED
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iii) List de chèques émis du compte général iii) List of cheques issued from general account
Résolution no. 59-20 Resolution no. 59-20 Proposée par Conrad Morin Proposed by Conrad Morin Appuyée par Josée Vachon Seconded by Josée Vachon
QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU d’approuver le registre de BE IT RESOLVED that the cheque register from chèques du compte courant, soit les transactions the general fund account, namely transactions du 23 octobre au 27 décembre 2019 totalisant from October 23rd to December 27th, 2019 223 642.27$ et les transactions du 7 janvier au totaling $223,642.27, and transactions from 24 février 2020 totalisant 1 829 120.62$. January 7th to February 24th, 2020 totaling ADOPTÉE $1,829,120.62, be hereby approved. CARRIED iv) Adoption du rapport du groupe de travail iv) Adoption of the report from the Finance des finances Working Group
Résolution no. 60-20 Resolution no. 60-20 Proposée par Conrad Morin Proposed by Conrad Morin Appuyée par Josée Vachon Seconded by Josée Vachon
QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU d’adopter le rapport du BE IT RESOLVED that the report from the Finance groupe de travail des finances daté du 27 février Working Group dated February 27, 2020, be 2020. hereby adopted. ADOPTÉE CARRIED
E) RAPPORT DU GROUPE DE TRAVAIL DE E) REPORT FROM POLICY WORKING GROUP POLITIQUES
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i) Support pour le rétablissement du i) Support for the reinstatement of funding financement pour le train passager de for the Algoma passenger train l'Algoma
Résolution no. 61-20 Resolution no. 61-20 Proposée par Joël Lauzon Proposed by Joël Lauzon Appuyée par Josée Vachon Seconded by Josée Vachon
QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU que la Ville de Hearst appuie BE IT RESOLVED that the Town of Hearst la Première nation crie de Missanabie et le supports the Missanabie Cree First Nation and Groupe de travail de Bear Train dans le the Bear Train Working Group in their développement coopératif du Mask-wa Oo-ta- cooperative development of Mask-wa Oo-ta-ban ban (Bear Train) pour l’exploitation du train (the Bear Train) to operate the Algoma passager de l’Algoma afin de maximiser passenger train in order to maximize the l’économie, l’emploi, l’accès aux régions economic, employment, remote access and éloignées et les autres intérêts et valeurs publics other public interests and values of the Algoma du train passager de l’Algoma, et passenger train, and QU’IL SOIT EN OUTRE RÉSOLU que le Conseil BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Council of the municipal de la Ville de Hearst fasse pression sur Town of Hearst lobby the Government of Canada le gouvernement du Canada pour qu’il rétablisse to restore its financial investment to operate the sa contribution financière pour l’exploitation du Algoma passenger train service by funding the train passager de l’Algoma en finançant le Mask- Mask-wa Oo-ta-ban (Bear Train) to ensure the wa Oo-ta-ban (Bear Train) pour ainsi renforcer la mission of Transport Canada: “To serve the mission de Transport Canada : « servir l’intérêt public interest through the promotion of a safe public par la promotion d’un réseau de transport and secure, efficient and environmentally sûr et sécuritaire, efficace et respectueux de responsible transportation system in Canada”. l’environnement au Canada ». CARRIED ADOPTÉE
F) RAPPORT DU GROUPE DE TRAVAIL DE F) REPORT FROM ECONOMIC DÉVELOPPEMENT ÉCONOMIQUE DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP
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12. AVIS DE MOTION 12. NOTICE OF MOTION
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13. TRAVAUX EN COURS ET/OU 13. UNFINISHED BUSINESS AND/OR RÉSOLUTIONS DIFFÉRÉES DEFERRED RESOLUTIONS
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14. AUTRES 14. OTHERS
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15. HUIS-CLOS 15. CLOSED MEETING
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16. ADOPTION DE L'ARRÊTÉ 16. ADOPTION OF CONFIRMATORY BY-LAW CONFIRMATOIRE
Résolution no. 62-20 Resolution no. 62-20 Proposée par Conrad Morin Proposed by Conrad Morin Appuyée par Gaëtan Baillargeon Seconded by Gaëtan Baillargeon
QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU d’adopter l’arrêté municipal BE IT RESOLVED that By-law No. 19-2020, being a no. 19-2020, étant un arrêté pour confirmer les by-law to confirm the proceedings of Council of délibérations du Conseil de la réunion ordinaire the regular meeting of March 3rd, 2020, be du 3 mars 2020. hereby adopted. ADOPTÉE CARRIED
17. FERMETURE DE LA SÉANCE 17. ADJOURNMENT
Résolution no. 63-20 Resolution no. 63-20 Proposée par Joël Lauzon Proposed by Joël Lauzon Appuyée par Gaëtan Baillargeon Seconded by Gaëtan Baillargeon
QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU que cette réunion ordinaire BE IT RESOLVED that this regular meeting of du Conseil tenue le 3 mars 2020 soit maintenant Council held on March 3rd, 2020, be adjourned levée à 19h25. at 7:25 p.m. ADOPTÉE CARRIED
DEPUTY MAYOR/MAIRE SUPPLÉANT CLERK/GREFFIER
MARC RINGUETTE JANINE LECOURS
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Corporation de la Ville de Hearst Corporation of the Town of Hearst Procès-verbal de la réunion extraordinaire du Minutes of the special meeting of Council Conseil Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 6:00 p.m jeudi 5 mars 2020 à 18h Municipal Council Chambers at Town Hall Salle du Conseil de l’Hôtel de ville 925 Alexandra St., Hearst, Ontario 925 rue Alexandra, Hearst, Ontario
ATTENDANCE / PRÉSENCES
MAYOR / MAIRE Roger Sigouin
COUNCILLORS / CONSEILLERS Josée Vachon Gaëtan Baillargeon Joël Lauzon Conrad Morin Daniel Lemaire
STAFF / PERSONNEL CAO / AEC Yves Morrissette Clerk / Greffier Janine Lecours Treasurer / Trésorière Manon Higgins Director of Public Works / Directeur des travaux publics Luc Léonard Director of Planning / Directeur de l’aménagement Kory Hautcoeur Director of Parks and Recreation / Directeur des parcs et loisirs Guy Losier Fire Chief / Chef pompier Jean-Marc St-Amour President of Public Library Board / Présidente du Conseil de la Bibliothèque publique Johanne M. Corbeil
ABSENCE / ABSENCES Councillor / Conseiller Marc Ringuette (Town Business / affaires municipales)
1. OUVERTURE DE LA SÉANCE ET ADOPTION 1. OPENING OF MEETING AND ADOPTION DE L'ORDRE DU JOUR OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS
Résolution no. 64-20 Resolution no. 64-20 Proposée par Joël Lauzon Proposed by Joël Lauzon Appuyée par Conrad Morin Seconded by Conrad Morin
QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU que le Conseil interrompe les BE IT RESOLVED that Council hereby waives the règles de procédures et que cette réunion rules of procedures and that this special meeting extraordinaire du Conseil soit maintenant of Council be hereby opened at 6:00 p.m. to ouverte à 18h00 afin de réviser le budget capital review the 2020 Capital Budget. 2020. CARRIED ADOPTÉE
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i) Révision de l'ébauche du budget capital 2020 i) Revision of the 2020 Draft Capital Budget
Lors du processus des coupures, la Conseillère During the cutback process, Councillor Vachon Vachon déclare un intérêt pécuniaire aux projets declares a pecuniary interest for the swimming de la piscine municipale, sous le Département des pool projects, under the Parks & Recreation parcs et loisirs. Elle quitte la Salle du Conseil et Department. She leaves Council Chambers and ne participe pas aux discussions sur ce sujet. does not participate in the discussions on this item.
2. FERMETURE DE LA SÉANCE 2. ADJOURNMENT
Résolution no. 65-20 Resolution no. 65-20 Proposée par Gaëtan Baillargeon Proposed by Gaëtan Baillargeon Appuyée par Joël Lauzon Seconded by Joël Lauzon
QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU que cette réunion BE IT RESOLVED that this special meeting of extraordinaire du Conseil tenue le 5 mars 2020 Council held on March 5th, 2020, be adjourned soit maintenant levée à 20h57. at 8:57 p.m. ADOPTÉE CARRIED
MAYOR/MAIRE CLERK/GREFFIER
ROGER SIGOUIN JANINE LECOURS
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Corporation de la Ville de Hearst Corporation of the Town of Hearst Procès-verbal de la réunion extraordinaire du Minutes of the special meeting of Council Conseil Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 5:15 p.m mercredi 11 mars 2020 à 17h15 Municipal Council Chambers at Town Hall Salle du Conseil de l’Hôtel de ville 925 Alexandra St., Hearst, Ontario 925 rue Alexandra, Hearst, Ontario
ATTENDANCE / PRÉSENCES
DEPUTY MAYOR / MAIRE SUPPLÉANT Marc Ringuette
COUNCILLORS / CONSEILLERS Josée Vachon Gaëtan Baillargeon Joël Lauzon Conrad Morin Daniel Lemaire
STAFF / PERSONNEL CAO / AEC Yves Morrissette Clerk / Greffier Janine Lecours Treasurer / Trésorière Manon Higgins
ABSENCE / ABSENCES Mayor / Maire Roger Sigouin (Town Business / affaires municipales)
1. OUVERTURE DE LA SÉANCE ET ADOPTION 1. OPENING OF MEETING AND ADOPTION DE L'ORDRE DU JOUR OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS
Résolution no. 66-20 Resolution no. 66-20 Proposée par Daniel Lemaire Proposed by Daniel Lemaire Appuyée par Joël Lauzon Seconded by Joël Lauzon
QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU que le Conseil interrompe les BE IT RESOLVED that Council hereby waives the règles de procédures et que cette réunion rules of procedures and that this special meeting extraordinaire du Conseil soit maintenant of Council be hereby opened at 5:20 p.m. to ouverte à 17h20 afin de discuter des sujets consider the following items : suivants : a. Adoption of the Town of Hearst 2020 a. Adoption des budgets d’exploitation et en operating and capital budgets and of the capital 2020 de la Ville de Hearst et budget Public Library 2020 budget, and 2020 de la Bibliothèque publique, et b. West Street local improvement project. b. Projet d’amélioration locale de la rue CARRIED West. ADOPTÉE
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2. INTÉRÊTS PÉCUNIAIRES 2. PECUNIARY INTERESTS
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3. SUJET(S) 3. SUBJECT(S) i) Adoption des budgets d'exploitation et en i) Adoption of the Town's 2020 operating capital 2020 de la Ville et budget de la and capital budgets and the Public Library Bibliothèque publique budget
Résolution no. 67-20 Resolution no. 67-20 Proposée par Conrad Morin Proposed by Conrad Morin Appuyée par Josée Vachon Seconded by Josée Vachon
QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU d’adopter l’arrêté municipal BE IT RESOLVED that By-law No. 20-2020, being a no. 20-2020, étant un arrêté municipal pour by-law to approve: approuver : the 2020 operating budget comprising le budget d’exploitation 2020 revenues totaling $13,998,400 and comprenant des revenus totalisant expenses totaling $13,998,400, 13 998 400 $ et des dépenses totalisant the 2020 capital budget totaling 13 998 400 $, $3,107,900; le budget en capital 2020 totalisant the 2020 Hearst Public Library operating 3 107 900 $; budget comprising revenues totaling le budget de fonctionnement 2020 de la $290,700 and expenses totaling $290,700 Bibliothèque publique de Hearst and a capital budget of $50,600, comprenant des revenus totalisant be hereby adopted. 290 700 $ et des dépenses totalisant CARRIED 290 700 $ et un budget en capital de 50 600 $. ADOPTÉE
Page 20 of 213 ii) Projet d'amélioration locale sur la rue ii) Local improvement project on West West et les places Vanier, Frost et Flood Street and Vanier, Frost and Flood Place
Résolution no. 68-20 Resolution no. 68-20 Proposée par Conrad Morin Proposed by Conrad Morin Appuyée par Josée Vachon Seconded by Josée Vachon
CONSIDÉRANT qu’une allocation budgétaire fut WHEREAS a budgetary allocation was approved accordée au budget capital 2020 pour le projet in the 2020 capital budget for the reconstruction de reconstruction aux normes urbaines de la rue project to urban standards of West Street and West et des places Vanier, Flood et Frost, Vanier, Flood and Frost Place, QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU d’adopter en 1ère et 2ème BE IT RESOLVED that By-law No. 21-2020, being a lecture l’arrêté municipal no. 21-2020, étant un by-law authorizing a local improvement project arrêté autorisant un projet d’amélioration locale on West Street, between 15th Street and St- sur la rue West, entre la rue 15e et la rue St- Laurent Street, as well as Vanier, Frost and Flood Laurent et les places Vanier, Frost et Flood. Place, be hereby adopted in 1st and 2nd reading. ADOPTÉE CARRIED
4. ADOPTION DE L'ARRÊTÉ CONFIRMATOIRE 4. ADOPTION OF CONFIRMATORY BY-LAW
Résolution no. 69-20 Resolution no. 69-20 Proposée par Joël Lauzon Proposed by Joël Lauzon Appuyée par Gaëtan Baillargeon Seconded by Gaëtan Baillargeon
QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU d’adopter l’arrêté municipal BE IT RESOLVED that By-law No. 22-2020, being a no. 22-2020, étant un arrêté pour confirmer les by-law to confirm the proceedings of Council of délibérations du Conseil de la réunion the special meeting of March 11, 2020, be extraordinaire du 11 mars 2020. hereby adopted. ADOPTÉE CARRIED
5. FERMETURE DE LA SÉANCE 5. ADJOURNMENT
Résolution no. 70-20 Resolution no. 70-20 Proposée par Joël Lauzon Proposed by Joël Lauzon Appuyée par Conrad Morin Seconded by Conrad Morin
QU’IL SOIT RÉSOLU que cette réunion BE IT RESOLVED that this special meeting of extraordinaire du Conseil tenue le 11 mars 2020 Council held on March 11, 2020, be adjourned at soit maintenant levée à 17h35. 5:35 p.m. ADOPTÉE CARRIED
MAYOR/MAIRE CLERK/GREFFIER
ROGER SIGOUIN JANINE LECOURS
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Town of Hearst
ation Payment $126,826
The Transitional MitigationPayment is a temporary measure introduced to assist municipalities with the revenue adjustment related to the 2016 property tax exemption for non- pro?t long-terrn care homes.
Transitional Mitigationfunding will be extended to eligible municipalities for 2020, at the same level as in 2019. Please refer to the attached correspondence for additional details.
Ontario Ministryof Finance Issued: March 2020
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Avis d'a|location du Paiement d'atténuation transitoire - 2020
La ville de Hearst 5676
Paiement d'atténuation transitoire de 2020 126 826 5
Le paiement d'atténuation transitoire est une mesure temporaire créée pour aider Ies municipalités avec le redressement des revenus lie 2 l'exonération de |'imp6t foncier de 2016 pour les foyers de soins de longie durée sans but Iucratif.
Des fonds d'at1iénuation transitoire seront accordés de nouveau aux municipalités en 2020 au méme niveau qu'en 2019. Veuillez lire kalettrejointe pour des renseignements supplémentaires.
Minisiére des Finances de |'Ontario Division des relations provinciales-municipales en matiére de ?nances Emlsimars 2020
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March 1, 2020
Ontario Municipalities
Dear Heads of Counciland Councillors:
of Provinciall Si ni?cant Wetlands PSWs
NorfolkCounty Councilis working to address significant issues that have come to our attention regarding the mapping of ProvinciallySigni?cant Wetlands (Psws).
Following the Ministry's updated mapping related to PSWs, the County updated its OfficialPlan to bring its policies in line with the new mapping. Following that, the County planning staff introduced a Zoning By-Law amendment to update the zoning to reflect the new mapping and to provide consistency between the Zoning By-Law and the OfficialPlan. Though the mapping is wholly outside the County's process and control, the zoning by-law amendment was not approved by Council, flowing from significant public concern about the updated mapping affecting people's properties. In some cases, some of these changes were very significant.
The County submitted comments to the province as part of the review of the ProvincialPolicy statement requesting that the process for PSW mapping be signi?cantly improved to allow for transparency and better land owner engagement, including, for example, a right of appeal or formal dispute resolution process. This willallow for land owners to be properly informed and engaged where land use designations that affect their property may result. The current process appears to be severely underfunded and without any meaningful way for affected residents to engage.
The County is seeking support from other rural municipalities who may be affected by this to address this issue with the province.
Thankyou for your consideration of this matter.
Yours Truly,
Mayor KristalChopp Norfolk County
cc. The Honourable Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
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Moved by Councillo < Seconded by Councillor W
RESOLUTION NO. 2020/03/ 84
Whereas the World HealthOrganizationhas declared the COVID-19 Virus a world-wide pandemic; and Whereas all levels of Government in Canada are taking precautionary measures to help protect their citizensand communitiesand slow the spread of this virus; and Whereasthese measures includesocialdistancing and avoiding wherepossiblepublic gatherings; and Whereasthe durationof these measures is unknown at this time;and Whereasmunicipal governments need to continue to operate; and Whereas the technology exists to allow Council members to par?cipate in meetings electronicallyand for the publicto be ableto view the proceedingsof Council electronically, thus allowing for increasedsocial distancing without compromisingaccountability and transparency of Council decisions;and Whereasthe Municipal Act currentlyprovides for Council Membersto participateelectronicall in meetings, but only if a quorum is present in person and the meeting is open to theypublic; and Whereas additionalmeasures to control the COVID-l9 pandemiccould be employed if the Provincial Government waives the quorum and closed sessionrestrictionsto electronic participationin meetings by Council Members; Now therefore,be it resolvedthat the Councilof the Municipalityof Callanderpetition the ProvincialGovernment to waive the restrictions on electronicparticipationin Council Meetings at least for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic; , And further that copies of this motion be sent to the Premier of Ontario, the Ministerof Municipal Affairs; our 1 and all Ontario Municipalitiesfor support.
CARRIEDI EFEATED / AMENDED / DEFERRED
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Rapport des appels 911 - Fevrier 2020
Appels regus de Hearst et environs : 11 Appels regus de Mattice : 7 2 Appe s re<;u d'Opasatika: 10
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\ — Mattice : 3
\ — Jogues : 0 - Calstock: 7
— Lac Ste-Therese: O “ - Opasatika: O \ Pomgiers \ TOTAL: 1 \ - Hearst : 1 - Hallébourg: 0
\_ — Mattice : 0
— Jogues : 0 \ — Calstock : 0 \ — Opasatika: 0 \ \ Total des appels d’urgence : 112
\ « Prank calls » : 0
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PORCUPINE HEALTH UNIT Medical Officer of Health Report to the Board of Health
Prepared by: Dr. Lianne Catton Medical Officer of Health – Chief Executive Officer
January 23, 2020
Page 43 of 213 Table of Contents MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH UPDATE Public Health Modernization Consultation ...... 2 Staff Professional Development ...... 2-3 Emerging Public Health Issues ...... 3-4 Indigenous Relationships ...... 4 Community Safety and Well-Being Plans (CSWBP) ...... 4 Ontario Health Teams (OHT) ...... 5 Primary Care Network ...... 5 PROGRAMS AND SERVICES UPDATE Foundational Standards Program Planning ...... 5-6 Epidemiology ...... 6 Healthy Babies Healthy Children ...... 6 Quality Assurance and Practice Standards ...... 6-7 Health Equity ...... 7 Communications ...... 7 Health and Well-Being Injury and Substance Misuse Prevention ...... 7-8 Healthy Aging ...... 8 Falls Prevention in Long-Term Care Facilities ...... 8 Concussion ...... 9 Healthy Growth and Development ...... 9 School Health ...... 10 Mental Health ...... 10-11 Northern Fruit and Vegetable Program ...... 11 Canadian Prenatal Nutrition Program ...... 11 Oral Health, Vision and Speech Preschool Speech and Language ...... 12 Oral Health ...... 12 Ontario Seniors Dental Program (OSDCP) ...... 12 Vision ...... 12 Infectious Diseases and Clinical Services Influenza ...... 13 Harm Reduction ...... 13 Environmental Health Public Health Emergency Preparedness ...... 14 Food Safety - Disclosure ...... 14 Tobacco Control: Smoke Free Ontario Act ...... 14 Vector Borne Disease ...... 14 Safe Water – Porcupine Lake ...... 14 Health Hazard and Management – Climate Change ...... 15 APPENDICES Appendix A – Falls Prevention in Long-Term Care Facilities - Flyer ...... 16 Appendix B – Food Safety - Disclosure Window Cling ...... 17 Appendix C – Drug Strategy - Alert Poster ...... 18 1 | P a g e
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MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH UPDATE
Public Health Modernization and Consultation
Consultation Session – Awaiting details regarding the consultation on public health modernization, scheduled for February 25, 2020 in Timmins, with Timiskaming Health Unit. Beyond the discussion at today’s Committee of the Whole meeting, further engagement with Board of Health (BOH) members will continue for the development of the Porcupine Health Unit (PHU) organizational response. Indigenous Consultation Session – The Ministry is planning more consultations with Indigenous leaders, partners, and communities. Staff Engagement – The staff are regularly informed of any updates with frequent emails and discussions at monthly Grand Rounds. Documents are uploaded to the Intranet for ease of access. A confidential email has been created for staff to provide anonymous feedback and contribute to the organizational response to the modernization discussion paper. In addition to the above opportunities, the management team continues to meet to discuss the PHU approach to public health modernization.
Public Health Background Brief for all PHU Municipalities – There will be a PHU and public health background brief developed and distributed to municipal Mayors and Councillors in the PHU district.
Staff Professional Development
PHU 75th Anniversary All Staff Day – December 6th – This was an excellent day to celebrate the PHU history, and current quality work, while team building, with staff travelling from all offices to participate. A local speaker engaged the team around change management, a timely topic for public health. The PHU environmental health team provided an interactive presentation on emergency management, “#prepareyourselfie”, which received great reviews from the staff. Risk Communication Seminar – Public Health Ontario (PHO) – December 4th – The PHU organized and hosted an all-day informative risk communication seminar. Dr. Ray Copes, Chief of Environmental and Occupational Health, Dr. JinHee Kim, Public Health Physician, and Rena Chung, Manager, Toxicology & Exposure Assessment travelled to Timmins to provide the interactive workshop. Over 40 participants attended, with public health staff from Timiskaming and Algoma health units travelling to attend in-person, and Public Health Sudbury and Districts attending via webinar. PHU managers, and staff from many teams and program areas attended, learning valuable skills in risk communication for many public health topics.
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MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH UPDATE (cont’d.)
Staff Professional Development (cont’d.)
Grand Rounds – Grand Rounds are a monthly opportunity to share staff expertise, celebrate public health initiatives and accomplishments, welcome new staff, and hear updates from program coordinators, and Medical Officer of Health.
Emerging Public Health Issues
Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) Coronavirus refers to a large family of viruses, causing illness ranging from the common cold to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Novel Coronavirus, a new strain not previously identified in humans, was first identified as case cluster in Wuhan, China. Some evidence of person-person transmission is noted although seems limited. It causes respiratory symptoms, fever, and can progress to pneumonia, acute kidney injury and death. As of January 22, 2020, there were 519 cases reported, 509 in China, and 17 deaths. Most deaths are in older ages and those with co-morbidities. Prevention is similar to regular flu messaging: hand hygiene, respiratory etiquette, staying home if ill, and avoiding those who are ill. As of January 22, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to not declare this an international public health emergency. However, WHO will continue active monitoring, and may change status as needed. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Public Health Ontario (PHO), and the Chief Medical Officer of Health of Ontario have been monitoring the situation and sharing updates with public health units and the health care system. There is now education and screening of passengers at international airports, and at this time there are no direct flights from Wuhan into Canada. The PHU communicable disease and environmental health teams have been meeting to ensure appropriate preparation measures and plans are in place to respond, as necessary. There has been communication with PHU healthcare providers and health care facilities, including a memo shared from the Ministry of Health on January 13th. On January 21st, the internal Incident Management Structure (IMS) was initiated to prepare and respond to any potential cases, prevent spread, support local health care providers, and respond to information requests from the public, media, and health care partners. The team is monitoring the situation and will ensure ongoing communication with health system partners.
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MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH UPDATE (cont’d.)
Emerging Public Health Issues (cont’d.)
Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) (cont’d.) At the end of the day on January 22, 2020, the government announced that novel Coronavirus has been added as a designated disease under Ontario’s public health legislation. Physicians, hospitals, and other health care facilities are required to report any suspected or confirmed case of this Coronavirus to their local Medical Officer of Health. The PHU is prepared and ready to investigate efficiently and effectively, complete lab tests, conduct case management to prevent further spread. Once further details are available about the next steps for reporting they will be shared widely through with all PHU health care system partners.
Indigenous Relationships
At a recent provincial Urban Indigenous Health Table meeting with the Ministry of Health, the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres used a protocol agreement between the PHU and the Timmins Native Friendship Centre as a strong example of how partnerships should be done. There is continued focus on seeking opportunities to build and strengthen meaningful relationships with First Nations communities, and with urban Indigenous partners. Moosonee Office Visit – Another visit is scheduled January 27-29 with several meetings booked with community partners in Moosonee, Moose Factory and Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA). Further engagement with respect to supporting local initiatives for families and parenting; as well as discussions around opioids, substance use and naloxone.
Community Safety and Well-Being Plans (CSWBP)
The PHU is participating in the development of CSWBP in several communities, and Dr Catton has been asked to co-chair the Timmins CSWBP. This work is important in terms of supporting broader based initiatives that promote and support healthy communities. Public health is able to support these initiatives with population health data and interpretation to inform priorities as well as expertise in a comprehensive population approach that connects upstream primary prevention to current local priorities, with a unique health equity lens.
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MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH UPDATE (cont’d.)
Ontario Health Team (OHT)
The PHU has participated in the development of the next phase of assessment of the Timmins and area Ontario Health Team, “Nord-North-Keewaytin-Giiwedin OHT Ontario Health Team”. The focus for the first year is promoting healthy aging at home and preventing frailty in seniors, with an objective of reducing alternative level of care (ALC) beds in area hospitals. While the early stage focus is very patient-care centred, it is important to support these applications and highlight the population level work public health does to support the work of health care providers. Public health aims to reduce the number of patients in the system. With this demographic and focus, the PHU will continue with Stay on Your Feet, a falls prevention initiative; cleaning out medication days; as well as overall promotion of physical activity and healthy eating throughout the lifespan. Built environment features in community development can also be important factors in supporting population health and wellness.
Both of these important collaborations demonstrate the PHU’s commitment to ongoing alignment with health care and other social service sectors.
Primary Care Network
The PHU is an active member of the Timmins Primary Care Network, which was initiated after discussions raising concerns about potential capacity and resource limitations for public health in the future, and the need to ensure an upstream focus is priority. So far, the group has determined a referral process for unattached newborns, as well as any newborns that present to the PHU, or families with young kids that attend PHU immunization clinics but are otherwise missing important clinical and developmental assessments. One on one smoking cessation services is another topic of discussion in the near future, to ensure the PHU can work on population-based initiatives, instead of individual care.
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES UPDATE Foundational Standards
Program Planning Annual Service Plans (ASPs) – The ASPs are due March 2, and so far, objectives have been developed, and teams are now working on interventions and program descriptions. The new program planner is assisting teams with the development of SMART objectives and identifying linkages between program areas. Nursing managers are working with their program staff and
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PROGRAMS AND SERVICES UPDATE (cont’d.) Foundational Standards (cont’d.)
Program Planning (cont’d.) branch public health nurse’s (PHN) to develop interventions to meet objectives. Branch plans will be developed based on priorities of each community.
Planning and Reporting Tool – A template for planning and reporting has been developed. The Foundational Standards team is currently building the various reports, which will help support BOH reports, accountability reports to the Ministry and further monitoring of PHU initiatives. The organizational changes earlier in 2019, which included creating the Foundational Standards team, is helping to streamline the program planning, reporting and ASP process with improved consistency.
Epidemiology Population Health Surveillance – Currently completing interpretation of various indicators of health for the PHU population health status report. This report will be finalized in the Spring and will be extremely helpful in supporting PHU priorities and initiatives. Infectious Disease report to be completed in the Spring. Both of these also help support and inform planning of health and social service sector partners across the PHU. Epidemiologist’s hours have been increased to 4 days per week from 2.5 days until March 31, 2019 to complete the interpretation and dissemination of the PHU Health Status Report 2020 and the Infectious Disease Status Report. Healthy Babies Healthy Children (HBHC) This program has seen a decrease in referrals, however there are ongoing discussions exploring opportunities to better support breastfeeding and parenting skill development. The health unit is working on important linkages with Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) to support those with postnatal mood disorders. Quality Assurance and Practice Standards Staff education is being planned to support programs in the completion of a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) project for 2020. This will use the rapid PDSA (Plan-Do-Say-Act) cycle to evaluate programs and services and/or planning, implementation, and evaluation processes. A tool kit is also under development to assist staff with implementation of CQI projects. The health unit will be actively recruiting students completing a master’s program in public health or related field who are seeking placements with public health. The student will assist
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PROGRAMS AND SERVICES UPDATE (cont’d.) Foundational Standards (cont’d.)
Quality Assurance and Practice Standards (cont’d.) with the development of an organizational strategy to further address one of the priorities identified in the PHU Strategic Plan 2018-2023.
Health Equity As another component of the PHU Reconciliation Framework, OCAP (Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession) principles training for managers and program coordinators has started. Most staff have completed Indigenous Cultural Safety Training, with the last group to start in March. This is an excellent opportunity BOH members are encouraged to participate in.
Communications Annual Report process has been reviewed and the 2019 report is expected to be completed and distributed by the Spring. A review of current PHU practices utilizing social media which includes three separate Facebook pages has been underway. This included data from social media sites as well as consultation with staff members. Changes are expected to streamline the PHU communications approach, increase profile in the communities and expand reach of important public health messages.
Health and Well-Being (HaWT)
Injury and Substance Misuse and Prevention Internal PHU teams are collaborating to develop a communication plan on non smoking distances in areas that expose children and youth to smoking. This public awareness is important to support bylaws in place limiting the distance from entrances to community buildings for individuals to smoke and vape. A review to ensure the most appropriate and evidence-based cannabis and vaping information and resources are available on the PHU website has been completed and updates are currently underway. The town of Hearst has shared their draft cannabis retail outlet bylaw supporting the recommendations provided to them by the Porcupine Health Unit.
Work is underway with 6 nursing students from Northern College to discuss the importance of smoke-free property policies. UFFNorth (UFF=UnFiltered Facts) peer group is working on vaping denormalization activities and events to be promoted in the community. An orientation to share the strategies with the committed nursing students is scheduled for February, to support
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PROGRAMS AND SERVICES UPDATE (cont’d.)
Health and Well-Being (cont’d.)
Injury and Substance Misuse and Prevention (cont’d.) planning a one day stand in March. This includes assessment of where students go to smoke on the property, and cigarette counts to raise awareness of the problem.
Centre for Addition and Mental Health (CAMH) Smoking Treatment for Ontario Patients (STOP) program is also partnering with public health to reach out to primary care providers, addiction agencies and Indigenous health centers to complete a capacity assessment to enhance cessation services across the province. They were shared with the local health agencies as part of our capacity building efforts.
The MotherRisk website from SickKids was defunded and closed. Since then, information on cannabis and mothers has been added to this site and after investigation, it was discovered that the domain name was registered to Colorado Looks in the United States, in August 2019. This is worrisome as this was a trusted provincial site that now promotes cannabis to expectant mothers. A communication was shared with healthcare providers to ensure they were aware of the changes, with other evidence-based options for online information for patients.
Healthy Aging Healthy Aging Expos have taken place across the district. Planning for a Winter Safety Forum in the winter months is in progress. In Timmins there were 152 flu vaccinations, with 250 in attendance; Iroquois Falls 77 vaccinations, 120 attended; Cochrane 55 flu vaccinations, 80 attended; Smooth Rock Falls 74 flu vaccinations, 110 attended; Kapuskasing 84 flu vaccinations, 160 attended; Hearst 62 flu vaccinations, 120 attended; and in Hornepayne, 44 flu vaccinations, 54 attended. Winter Safety Workshops for older adults, promoting safe activity during winter months, will be taking place in most communities in February, and a media release announcing these events has been distributed.
Falls Prevention in Long Term Care Facilities An evaluation of a pilot PHU Falls prevention initiative in long term care facilities was conducted. The results demonstrated a 50% reduction in falls (see Appendix A). Staff at the facilities were trained to provide individualized exercise to residents to increase strength and balance and prevent falls. These positive results support the expansion of this program, with training in Hearst planned in March, and discussions with long term facilities in Cochrane and Kapuskasing.
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Health and Well-Being (cont’d.) Concussion Concussion prevention remains an important priority for the PHU, especially in children and youth as an important component of promoting and supporting increased physical activity. The PHU team is working with 2 sport associations to assist with the development of a concussion prevention strategy with coaches.
Healthy Growth and Development A Level 2 Breastfeeding Training was held in Timmins in the Fall and attended by 15 health care providers including staff from the Timmins Native Friendship Centre, Sensenbrenner Hospital, Centre de santé communautaire de Kapuskasing et région, and a doula. Planning is underway to explore opportunities for a session in Moosonee as breastfeeding has been identified as a local need during recent local engagement with community partners.
Breast feeding celebrations were held in Hearst, Kapuskasing, Iroquois Falls and Timmins with great participation. Many activities took place throughout the week to promote breastfeeding in the community.
In the Fall, a Prenatal Fair was delivered, in collaboration with the Timmins Native Friendship Centre with 30 participants engaged in booths regarding infant feeding, comfort measures, healthy eating and more.
The PHU presented local maternal and infant health risk factors to the Early Years Network to guide future work of the committee. Sub committees (referral pathways, engaging families, early years) were identified and have started to meet to plan next steps.
There are discussions underway to promote the Breastfeeding Friendly Campus Initiative with Northern College. A proposal has been submitted and follow up meeting to be scheduled for this important opportunity.
Prenatal workshops continue in Timmins, Kapuskasing and Hearst, and online prenatal education remains available in English and French.
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PROGRAMS AND SERVICES UPDATE (cont’d.)
Health and Well-Being (cont’d.)
School Health As a new Standard in 2018, the School Program has been undergoing tremendous growth in its development. The PHU team met with all school principals to assess priority topics. Results identify child mental health as the main concern, physical activity second, followed by healthy eating and substance use. Socioeconomic concerns were also highlighted along with parenting. These discussions have led to further review of opportunities to enhance support and options for initiatives in these key areas. There are 7 schools registered for a healthy school designation, which is a comprehensive strategy to ensure a healthy school environment and support healthy students with one priority topic and involvement of community partners.
Mental Health The Youth Mental Health and Addiction Champion initiative is supporting the French catholic school board with 46 champions recruited in 6 schools. One group of students have started their activities and presented their plan to the community. They have received local funding to support physical activity and self care evenings with parents and a free healthy breakfast prepared by the home-economics class once a month.
Youth Mental Health and Addiction Champion initiatives are moving forward. One group wants to address vaping in their school by presenting current information and reasons not to start in all their grade 9-10 classes. There are also interested in providing presentations with grade 7-8 students if school permission is granted. Another initiative is to provide their peers with strategies to deal with stress and anxiety with activities planned the week before exams.
The development of resiliency is important in mental health and well-being in children and youth, and a priority for the PHU. As such, there is work being done to explore opportunities to develop resiliency messages for schools in partnership with other health units.
The PHU team is collaborating with Timiskaming Health Unit to prepare a vaping campaign with schools for teachers, parents and students that started at the end of November. Since then, Grandes Rivières has received funding to support students with regards to substance use. There is interest to collaboratively create a learning module to support teacher discussions. As well, there is potential to survey students regarding their perception of risk of vaping and get them involved in a communication campaign. Unfortunately, at this time these discussions are on hold until the labor dispute is resolved. The PHU continues to prepare resources for a public
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PROGRAMS AND SERVICES UPDATE (cont’d.)
Health and Well-Being (cont’d.)
Mental Health (cont’d.) forum with different community partners such as Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), addiction services, public health, school boards and North Eastern Ontario Family and Children Services (NEOFACS).
The Northern Fruit and Vegetable Program (NFVP) The Northern Fruit and Vegetable Program (NFVP) has begun throughout the district, which is an important program providing access to fresh fruits and vegetables to elementary school students. With greater cost of nutritious food in the PHU region, opportunities to try some of these items may be limited for families. Education around healthy eating and safe food preparation are other important components of this program. At this time there are concerns that implementation may be affected due to labour disruptions.
Another exciting project is the development of a communication campaign for school boards to provide health promotion messages on shared public health and school board priorities.
Healthy Child Coalition has reconvened in Timmins and is currently focusing on identifying which activities of the Active Kids, Active Families group they can continue to implement. This was a project previously funded by the Ministry of Health to support healthy weights in children. Loss of funding is becoming a challenge for many of these groups across PHU communities.
Canadian Prenatal Nutrition Program The Canadian Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP), a program that supports nutrition in pregnant women, experiencing difficult life circumstances is in the process of being incorporated into HBHC. In addition, for the Timmins area, CPNP groups will begin in the Spring and will be informed by the results of a survey of current and previous CPNP participants.
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PROGRAMS AND SERVICES UPDATE (cont’d.)
Oral Health, Vision and Speech
Preschool Speech and Language While this is not a requirement in the Ontario Public Health Standards, and not funded through the Ministry of Health, it is an important program provided by the Porcupine Health Unit for our communities. The current waiting list is 5-6 months for Timmins and surrounding areas, and 8-9 months in Kapuskasing. There is an assessment blitz planned in Kapuskasing for Feb 25th and 26th to address the demand. Waiting lists are an ongoing challenge for preschool speech and language programs across the province.
Oral Health As PHU oral health programs are offered in schools, staff are monitoring and accommodating the current rotating work action. They still expect to complete all indicators by the end of the school year. For the 2018/19 school year, 4426 children were screened in JK, SK, Gr. 2, 4, 7 at 51 elementary schools. The Dental decay rate was 14.8% and Ministry indicators were met, 100%.
Ontario Seniors Dental Program (OSDCP) Preventive clinics are planned to begin next week in Timmins and Kapuskasing. At this time, there is no demand for these services in any branch office. Currently, 5 dentists have signed the service level agreements to see OSDCP clients and provide services in their clinics. We are still working on procuring prosthodontic work for dentures in the PHU area. There is a second meeting planned with the local Timmins dental society on February 19th to address some of their concerns with the program.
Vision Health This relatively new public health requirement has been implemented efficiently across PHU communities. At 42 elementary schools, 728 Senior Kindergarten children screened with a referral rate of 44.5%, meeting 100% of the Ministry indicators. An important component of the program is the promotion of a comprehensive eye exam by an optometrist for all children, as covered by Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP), regardless of screening results.
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PROGRAMS AND SERVICES UPDATE (cont’d.) Infectious Diseases and Clinical Services
Influenza The PHU continues to promote and provide influenza vaccinations, as well as prevention messaging. To date, the PHU has administered 4,192 influenza vaccinations as of December 31st. The first confirmed influenza A case was identified over the holidays and shared widely across th the district with the public and health care providers. As of January 18 , there have been 21 cases of influenza A reported, with 16 cases over the age of 45. Recently, cases of Influenza B have been reported in Timmins. Harm Reduction The Timmins and Area Drug Strategy (TADS) Steering Committee met in early January and conducted a SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) with active participation from all community partners present. The group includes representatives from enforcement (OPP, Nishnawbe-Aski Police Services (NAPS), Timmins Police Services (TPS), first responders Emergency Management Services (EMS), Timmins Fire Department (TFD), primary and emergency healthcare, mental health, NEOFACS, addictions services, Living Space, and others.
The Opioid Emergency Response Plan received no further comments or edits from the steering committee and has been approved by the Opioid Task Force. Once final formatting has been completed, it will be distributed widely. It has already been shared with the City of Timmins Municipal Emergency Control Group and will be shared throughout all PHU communities as further local engagement continues. Discussions with local partners in Kapuskasing and Moose Factory have occurred and follow up meetings are scheduled. There has been very positive feedback from community partners regarding the communications and alerts from the Task Force as the area continues to face increasing rates of opioid related incidents (Appendix C). They are finding it helpful in the work they do and ensuring staff are aware of the current situation. The PHU shares alerts broadly with partners throughout the district, on social media, and with providers working with those who may use substances. Another key component is communication with pharmacies and partners who distribute naloxone to ensure increased access in all communities.
The PHU has increased outreach capacity and plans to explore opportunities for outreach in some branch communities. Naloxone distribution sites have also increased, with 14 in total across the district. This month, the emergency department at Sensenbrenner Hospital in Kapuskasing and the mobile crisis team have been trained to distribute this life saving drug. These are important opportunities to increase access at all times, to a broader population.
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PROGRAMS AND SERVICES UPDATE (cont’d.) Environmental Health
Public Health Emergency Preparedness The PHU is involved in municipal emergency planning and preparation and has been involved with the City of Timmins and the update of their emergency response plan and training. Food Safety Disclosure As discussed in the Fall, there had been significant delays in securing French translation with the online template for reporting inspection results to the public. Previously, we reported only inspections with concerns but now all inspection results will be posted on the PHU website. In November, the disclosure site underwent a soft launch and has been working well. In February, a media campaign for the launch of the disclosure website will take place mid-month. Disclosure signs will now be posted at inspected premises throughout the district (Appendix B).
Tobacco Control: Smoke Free Ontario Act As of January 1st, electronic cigarettes and their components can no longer be displayed in stores. They are only permitted in Speciality Vape Stores, with two stores currently registered in Timmins. The Enforcement Officer will be making this a part of regular inspections, along with education.
Vector Borne Diseases The Porcupine Health Unit has been notified that an owl has tested positive for West Nile virus (WNv). Although the risk to the public is low at this time of year, the Porcupine Health Unit felt it was important to share the result and will continue to monitor for WNv in the 2020 season. Another communication to the public regarding this update and promotion of prevention messaging will occur in the Spring. Safe Water Porcupine Lake The PHU continues to be active participants on the City of Timmins Porcupine Watershed Public Liaison Committee. As requested, enhanced sampling of the beach at Porcupine Lake was completed for the 2019 bathing season, along with enhanced communication regarding the use of all beaches, and any adverse testing results. A report is being finalized and will be shared with the committee next month.
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PROGRAMS AND SERVICES UPDATE (cont’d.) Environmental Health (cont’d.)
Health Hazard and Management Climate Change PHU continues to be committed to the Climate Change Collaboration Project, with several other health units, and funded by Health Canada. While much work is done via teleconference, a face- to-face meeting is being scheduled in March in order to discuss stakeholder engagement and future steps. There will be further engagement with municipalities in the future as the health vulnerability assessment is applied to the local context to determine potential mitigation and planning steps.
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Page 61 of 213 TOWN OF HEARST NON-PROFIT HOUSING CORPORATION
Minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Town of Hearst Non-Profit Housing Corporation held on February 19, 2020 at 17:00 hours at the Hearst Town Hall, 925 Alexandra Street, Hearst, Ontario, there being:
Present: Chantal Dillon - Chair Gérard Proulx - Vice-Chair Donald Gratton - Director Gaëtan Baillargeon - Director
Also present: Thérèse Lachance - General Manager
Absent: Janice Newsome - Secretary Suzanne Lachance - Director Roger Sigouin - Director (other town meeting)
Chair Chantal Dillon presided over this meeting.
OPENING
Proposed by: Gerard Proulx Resolution No. 07-20 Seconded by: Donald Gratton
BE IT RESOLVED that this meeting of the Board of Directors of the Town of Hearst Non-Profit Housing Corporation be hereby convened at 17:00 hours, this 19th day of February, 2020. CARRIED
ORDER OF BUSINESS
Proposed by: Gaëtan Baillargeon Resolution No. 08-20 Seconded by: Gérard Proulx
BE IT RESOLVED that the order of business for this meeting be hereby approved.
CARRIED
PECUNIARY INTEREST
No member declared a pecuniary interest in any of the matters before the Board of Directors this day.
ADOPTION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES
The General Manager indicated that she spoke with the security tenant at St. Paul’s Court and he agreed to pay his replacement out of his own allowance for the days he is out of town.
Proposed by: Gérard Proulx Resolution No. 09-20 Seconded by: Donald Gratton
BE IT RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of this Board held on January 8, 2020 be hereby adopted. CARRIED
MONTHLY REPORTS
The General Manager indicated that the final unaudited financial report for 2019 showed a small deficit in revenues for Place Lambert and a surplus in revenues for all the other projects. The report also shows a small surplus in operational expenses for Place Lambert and a deficit for all the other projects. The General Manager noted that the
Page 1 Page 62 of 213 Auditor has yet to complete the Corporation’s financial verification for 2019. She noted however that every dollar budgeted for 2019 has been spent and it is likely that some expenditures will need to be financed through the reserves to balance the budget for projects 2 to 6.
A statement indicating the balances for all chequing and savings accounts was also distributed to members.
T. Lachance indicated that there was no vacancy report for January as no unit became vacant during the last month. She also provided members with the rental arrears report as of January 31st, 2020. She commented that rental arrears for Place Lambert had decreased by $520.00 and that they have increased by $587.00 for Place Charbonneau during the last month, resulting in an overall increase of $67.00 in rental arrears. She indicated that the one current tenant in arrears at Place Charbonneau encountered financial hardship due to illness and that his rent will be adjusted in the coming months.
The General Manager also provided a report on all arrears that have been contracted for collection by the Credit Bureau from 1996 to February 14, 2020. The report shows that a total of $81,363.67 in arrears has accumulated during this period and has been submitted to the Bureau, with a total amount of $21,007.02 being recovered to date, which represents a 25.82% recovery rate.
The list of cheques was also reviewed. A description of cheques issued during the last month was included in the report. The General Manager noted that major expenses for January were attributed to snow removal, the purchase of a new compressor for maintenance employees and parking rental at Maison Henri Lepan.
Proposed by: Donald Gratton Resolution No. 10-20 Seconded by: Gaëtan Baillargeon
BE IT RESOLVED that this Board hereby takes note of the following monthly reports: Unaudited Income and Revenue Statement as of Dec. 31st, 2019 Statement of account balances as of February 5, 2020 Arrears report as of January 31st, 2020
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the list of cheques issued between January 1, 2020 and January 31st, 2020 in the total amount of $32,601.79 be hereby approved.
CARRIED CORRESPONDENCE
Otis Elevators: The General Manager provided a copy of an email received from Otis Elevators indicating that they will be ready to begin the modernisation of the elevator at St. Paul’s Court the week of February 24 or early March if everything falls into place. She also indicated that she had previously informed Otis Elevator that the Corporation will request its deposit back if the work was not done soon.
Proposed by: Gérard Proulx Resolution No. 11-20 Seconded by: Gaëtan Baillargeon
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board hereby takes note of the correspondence received.
CARRIED REQUEST FROM A CITIZEN
The General Manager indicated that she had received a request from a citizen to provide her with the Corporation’s latest approved financial statements. She was told by that citizen that the affairs of the Corporation were public for everyone. The General Manager asked Board Members if she should follow through with this request or not. After discussion, it was recommended to inquire with J. Lecours, the CDSSAB or J. Newsome if the Corporation’s affairs were considered public before sending any documents to this person and if it turns out that the Corporation’s affairs were not public,
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PAINTING OF UNITS AT ST. PAUL’S COURT
The General Manager indicated that at least four units at St. Paul’s Court have not been painted for the last ten years and that some tenants have requested their unit to be painted. Board members directed the General Manager to have all four units painted this year if the budget permits.
NEXT MEETING
The next meeting of the Corporation will be held on March 11, 2020.
ADJOURNMENT
Proposed by: Donald Gratton Resolution No. 12-20 Seconded by: Gérard Proulx
BE IT RESOLVED that this meeting of the Board of Directors of the Town of Hearst Non-Profit Housing Corporation be hereby adjourned at 17:40 hours, this 19th day of February, 2020. CERTIFIED A TRUE RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TOWN OF HEARST NON-PROFIT HOUSING CORPORATION, ON THIS 19th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2020.
______Chair
______Acting Secretary
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AGENDA OPERATIONS WORKING GROUP to be tabled at a public meeting of the Municipal Council GROUPE DE TRAVAIL de TRAVAUX PUBLICS à être présenté à une assemblée publique du
Conseil municipal
ATTENDANCE/PRÉSENCES:
Daniel Lemaire, Gaëtan Baillargeon, Yves Morrissette, Luc Léonard
# SUBJECTS / SUJETS DOCUMENTS • Rapport administratif du directeur 1. Projet d'amélioration locale de la rue West / West Street des travaux publics et des services local improvement project d'ingénierie daté du 12 mars 2020
RECOMMANDATION: • Measurements
Information • Assessable Cost
• Preliminary Cost Estimates
• Drawings
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Page 73 of 213 HEARST DRINKING WATER SYSTEM 2019 ANNUAL COMPLIANCE AND SUMMARY REPORT Prepared by the Ontario Clean Water Agenncy on behalf of the Town of Hearst Page 74 of 213 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ...... 1 SECTION 11 ANNUAL REPORT ...... 2 SYSTEM INFORMATION ...... 2 REPORT AVAILABILITY ...... 2 DESCRIPTION OF THE DRINKING WATER SYSTEM ...... 2 WATER TREATMENT CHEMICALS USED ...... 3 MAJOR EXPENSES INCURRED TO INSTALL, REPAIR OR REPLACE EQUIPMENT ...... 3 REPORTING ADVERSE TEST RESULTS AND OTHER PROBLEMS ...... 4 SCHEDULE 7 ‐ OPERATIONAL TESTING WITH CONTINUOUS MONITORING ...... 5 SCHEDULE 7 ‐ OPERATIONAL TESTING IN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ...... 6 SCHEDULE 10 ‐ MICROBIOLOGICAL TESTING ...... 6 SCHEDULE 13 ‐ NITRATE AND NITRITE AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT ...... 6 SCHEDULE 13 ‐ TOTAL TRIHALOMETHANES IN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ...... 6 SCHEDULE 13 – HALOACETIC ACIDS (HAA) IN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ...... 7 SCHEDULE 13 – SODIUM AT WATER TREATMENT PLANT ...... 7 SCHEDULE 13 – FLUORIDE TESTED AT WATER TREATMENT PLANT ...... 7 SCHEDULE 15.1 – LEAD IN THE DISTRIBUTION ...... 7 SCHEDULE 23 ‐ INORGANIC PARAMETERS SAMPLED AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT ...... 8 SCHEDULE 24 ‐ ORGANIC PARAMETERS SAMPLED AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT ...... 8 ADDITIONAL TESTING AND SAMPLING – RESIDUE MANAGEMENT ...... 10 SCHEDULE 22 ‐ SUMMARY REPORTS FOR MUNICIPALITIES...... 10 PERMITS AND LICENCES ...... 11 REQUIREMENTS THE SYSTEM FAILED TO MEET ...... 11 SUMMARY OF FLOW RATES ...... 11 DAILY RAW WATER USAGE ...... 12 DAILY VOLUME OF TREATED WATER INTO THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ...... 12 COMPARISON OF RAW FLOWS TO SYSTEM’S PERMIT TO TAKE WATER ...... 13 COMPARISON OF TREATED FLOW SUMMARY TO SYSTEM’S MUNICIPAL DRINKING WATER LICENCE ...... 13 Page 75 of 213 Hearst Drinking Water System INTRODUCTION Municipalities throughout Ontario are required to comply with Ontario Regulation 170/03 made under the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002. The Act was passed following recommendations made by Commissioner O'Conner after the Walkerton Inquiry. The Act's purpose is to protect human health through the control and regulation of drinking‐water systems. O. Reg. 170/03 regulates drinking water testing, use of licensed laboratories, treatment requirements and reporting requirements. O. Reg. 170/03 requires the owner to produce an Annual Report, under Section 11. This report must include the following: 1. Description of system and chemical(s) used 2. Description of any major expenses incurred to install, repair or replace equuipment 3. Summary of all required testing 4. Summary of any adverse water quality reports and corrective actions This Annual Report must be completed by February 28 of each yearr. The regulation also requires a Summary Report which must be presented and accepted by Council by March 31 of each year for the preceding calendar year reporting period. The report must list the requirements of the Act, its regulations, the system’s Drinking Water Works Permit (DWWP), Municipal Drinking Water Licence (MDWL), Certificate of Approval (if applicable), and any Provincial Officer Order the system failed to meet during the reporting period. The report must also specify the duration of the failure, and for each failure referred to, describe the measures that were taken to correct the failure. The Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 and the drinking water regulations can be viewed at the following website: http://www.e‐laws.gov.on.ca. To enable the Owner to assess the rated capacity of their system to meet existing and future planned water uses, the following information is also required in the report: 1. A summary of the quantities and flow rates of watter supplied during the reporting period, including the monthly average and the maximum daily flows. 2. A comparison of the summary to the rated capacity and flow rates approved in the systems approval, drinking water works permit or municipal drinking water licence or a written agreement if the system is receiving all its water from another system under an agreement. The two reports have been combined and presented to council as the Annual Compliance and Summary Report. 2019 Annual Compliance and Summary Report for Municipalities Page 1 of 13 Page 76 of 213 Hearst Drinking Water System SECTION 11 ANNUAL REPORT SYSTEM INFORMATION Drinking‐Water System Name: HEARST DRINKING WATER SYSTEM Drinking‐Water System No.: 220002592 Drinking‐Water System Owner: The Corporation of the Town of Hearst Drinking‐Water System Category: Large Municipal, Residential System Population: 5,070 Reporting Period: January 1 to December 31, 2019 REPORT AVAILABILITY Hard Copy Available at: Hearst Municipal Office, 925 Alexandra Street, Hearst ON P0L 1N0 Electronic Copy Available: Town’s website Public Notification via: Public access/notice DESCRIPTION OF THE DRINKING WATER SYSTEM The Hearst Drinking Water System is a stand‐alone system, neither receiving drinking water from nor providing drinking water to another system. The Hearst Water Treatment Plant is a surface water plant located at 1215 Edward Street. It serves a population of approximately 5,000 residents and has roughly 2000 service connections. Raw water is obtained from the Mattawishkwia River through an intake pipe, an intake crib and secondary infiltration gallery. The intake system consists of a 48.8 m long, 400 mm diameter steel pipe with an intake capacity of 60,553 m3/d and the infiltration gallery is comprised of twelve rows of 34 m long 150 mm diameter perforated pipes that extend into the river. A coffer dam was constructed in September 2005 to maintain water by the intake structure. Raw water from the river is gravity fed to a wet well located in the old water treeatment building adjacent to the river. The water level in the wet well is dependent on the water level of the river. Pre‐chlorination is present at the raw water wet well providing treatment if needed. Water is pumped from the low lift station by three submersible low lift pumps ‐ two pumps have a rated capacity of 52.6 L/s and the third has a rated capacityy of 41.7 L/s. Only one pump is in operation at any given time, directing water to the main water treatment building where coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration and disinfection operations take place. Water from the low lift pumps is received at the flocculation tanks by means of a 200 mm diameter pipe and has two trains providing spiral flow. Each train contains three cells to provide hydraulic mixing. Lime or soda ash is added in the raw water wet well to increase alkalinity. Liquid alum (coagulant) is added prior to an in‐line mixer. The polymer is added at the head of the flocculation tanks to aid in flocculation. 2019 Annual Compliance and Summary Report for Municipalities Page 2 of 13 Page 77 of 213 Hearst Drinking Water System The coagulation process is modified during the summer monnths because of increased suspended solids in the river. This results in better flocculation and settling of the floc. When water conditions permit, typically in winter months, thee polymer is not required. Sedimentation occurs in two rectangular settling tanks with sludgee being removed to a holding tank on a daily basis. The sludge holding tank can hold 66 m3 of sludge. Water from the settling tanks is directed to two settling tanks and is filtered through layers of anthracite, silica sand, and gravel. The filters are backwashed on alternate days and the backwash wastewater is stored in a wastewater holding tank. Disinfection is provided by a gas chlorination system.. Chlorine gas is added to the treated water using four V10K gas chlorinators; one duty and one standbyy for each of pre‐chlorination and post‐chlorination. Post‐chlorination exists at the intake side of the clearwell and post‐trim chlorination is present at the suction header to the high lift pumps. A caustic soda (or sodium hydroxide) feeding system is used to further regulate pH levels and an ammonium sulfate feed system is used to chloraminate the finished water. One of the four available high lift pumps delivers water to a 1,000 m3 elevated storage tank which maintains pressure to the distribution system. The plant is also equipped with a standby natural gas generator to permit the treatment plant to remain in operation should a power failure occur. WATER TREATMENT CHEMICALS USED o Alum – coagulation/flocculation process o Polyelectrolyte (Polymer) – aids the coagulation and flocculation process o Chlorine gas – disinfection o Sodium hydroxide – pH adjustment o Hydrated lime (calcium hydroxide) or soda ash –– pH and alkalinity adjustment o Ammonium sulphate – chloramination process All treatment chemicals are NSF/ANSI approved. MAJOR EXPENSES INCURRED TO INSTALL, REPAIR OR REPLACE EQUIPMENT Capital Work – 2019 Work on high lift pump 1 – ordered parts and cleaninng parts Chlorinators Venturi repairs – remove cracked diaphragm, drain water from chlorinator parts, clean and dry Fire flow testing for mill High lift pumps 1 and 3 check valve upgrades done 2019 Annual Compliance and Summary Report for Municipalities Page 3 of 13 Page 78 of 213 Hearst Drinking Water System REPORTING ADVERSE TEST RESULTS AND OTHER PROBLEMS Details on the notices required in accordance with subsection 18(1) of the Safe Drinking‐Water Act or section 16‐4 of Schedule 16 of O.Reg.170/03 and reported to Spills Action Centre: Date Details (Parameter, Limit, Result, Correctivee Action, Date, etc) FEBRUARY 6 Loss of Pressure (AWQI 144721) and Failling to Provide Complete Disinfection February 6 – there was leak in the distribution system that was causing high flows. The leak was suspected and looked for since late January. The plant was unable to keep up with the demand. Sections of Town were isolated to determine where the leak was. A BWA was issued. MOH (Colin Murphy) was notified at 02:10 and SAC (Justin Chin) was notified aat 03:06. During this time the Town was being feed from the plant rather than the tower. The inconsistent flows and pressure is not the way the plant is designed to run and reduced the amount of chlorine gas that entered the water for disinfection. Calculations confirm that proper disinfection cannot be proven for 10:00 to 11:45 and again from 12:00 to 13:00. The MOH (Coolin Murphy) was notified at 14:32 and SAC (Peter Zin) at 14:35. No ffurther corrrective actions were required by the MOH at that time as the BWWA was in effect and repairs were not complete. The leak was isolated to a hydrant between Edward St and Eighth St and repairs made later that evening. To lift the BWA, two sets of samples taken 24 – 28 hours apart were required. Because the BWA greatly impacted the normal operations of the hospital, it was decided start the required corrective actions at the hospital and then focus on the rest of Town. February 7 – the hospital and attached llong term care facility lines were flushed and the first set of bacti samples taken before noon and driven to the lab in Timmins in an effort to have the BWA for the hospittal lifted as soon as possible. The rest of the Town lines were flushed and the first set of bacti samples taken early evening. February 8 – the second set of samples were taken before noon from the hospital and attached long term care facility and again driven to the lab in Timmins, along with the first set of samples from the rest of the Town. The second set of samples for the rest of the Town was collected early evening. February 9 ‐ the second set of samples for the restt of the Town was driveen to Timmins. Both sets of results from the hospital samples were received and the BWA for hospital was lifted. February 10 – both sets of results from the rest of Town were received and the BWA for the rest of Town was lifted. Thhe resolution paperwork was provided to the MOH, MOE SAC and the owner JUNE 3 Category 2 Without Suspected Contamination (AWQI 145575) June 3 – in order to perform a service rrepair at Tricept (315 Hwy 11 East), the watermain had to be closed. This affected the water supply at apartment 2019 Annual Compliance and Summary Report for Municipalities Page 4 of 13 Page 79 of 213 Hearst Drinking Water System Date Details (Parameter, Limit, Result, Correctivee Action, Date, etc) building at 25 Petite Gaspésie. A BWA was issued. The MOH (Sandra Lapajne) was notified at 12:00 and SAC (Nick Lymer) at 14:12. When the repairs were complete, the hydrant was flushed at the Tricept garage until clear and obtained a normal residual of 1.50 mg/L. Samples were collected on June 4 and 5 with good results. The BWA wwas lifted on June 7. The resolution paperwork was provided to the MOH, SAC and the owner on June 10. JULY 9 Category 2 Without Suspected Contamination (AWQI 146177) July 9 – in order to perform a service repair on the arena sprinkler system, a section of Edward St between 10 and 12 Avenues was throttled and a fire hydrant was left leaking to prevent a buildup of pressure during repairs. The Town issued a BWA. The MOH (Kelly Lawlor) was notified at 10:30 and SAC (Chris Mutton) at 10:45. When the repairs were completed, the hydrant at St Louis school was flushed until clear and the first set of bacti sampples was taken. A second set was taken on July 10. When the results were received on July 12 and the BWA was lifted. The resolution paperwork was provided to the MOH, SAC and the owner on July 15. SEPTEMBER 23 Unable to maintain airgap during hydrant repair and valve replacement (AWQI 148188) During hydrant replacement, the hydrant isolatingg valve let go and the airgap was not maintained. The road vales on either side were already throttled. Positive pressure was maintained but tthe pipe was submerged. A BWA was issued to the houses between 54 and 76 McManus St. The PHU (Kaitlin McCaw) was notified at 11:26 and SAC (Brenda Capicotti) was notified at 13:26. After service was restored, samples were taken on September 23 and 24. The BWA was lifted on September 27 and the resolution paperwork submitted to PHU, SAC and the owner. SCHEDULE 7 ‐ OPERATIONAL TESTING WITH CONTINUOUS MONITORING Number of Range of Results Unit of Analyzers in Treatment Process Samples (min to max) Measure Standard Turbidity (Filter #1) 8760 0.03 – 0.99 NTU <1.0 Turbidity (Filter #2) 8760 0.03 – 0.99 NTU <1.0 Chlorine (Free) 8760 0.02 – 2.03 mg/L ‐ NOTE: For continuous monitors use 8760 as the number of samples. Effective backwash procedures, including filter to waste are in place to ensure that the effluent turbidity requirements are met all times. The plant is configured to shut down and creates a callout whenever turbidity reaches 0.90 NTU. 2019 Annual Compliance and Summary Report for Municipalities Page 5 of 13 Page 80 of 213 Hearst Drinking Water System SCHEDULE 7 ‐ OPERATIONAL TESTING IN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM Number of Range of Results Unit of Samples (min too max) Measure Standard Combined Chlorine 400 0.60 – 2.11 mg/L > 0.25 Note: A total of seven operational checks for chlorine residual in the distribution system are required each week. The owner/operating authority can continue to test one sample per day or test four (4) samples one day and three (3) on a second day. The sample sets must be collected at least 48‐hours apart and sampples collected on the same day must be from different locations. SCHEDULE 10 ‐ MICROBIOLOGICAL TESTING Sample Type Number of E.coli Results Total Coliform Number of Range of HPC Samples (min to max) Results HPC Samples Results (min to max) (min to max) Raw 53 <2 – 55 26 –– 990 N/A N/A Treated 53 0 – 0 0 – 0 53 <10 – 10 Distribution 253 0 – 0 0 – 0 54 <10 – 150 MAC ‐ 0 0 ‐ ‐ Maximum Acceptable Concentration (MAC) applies only to treated or distribution samples SCHEDULE 13 ‐ NITRATE AND NITRITE AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT Date of Sample Nitrate Result Value (mg/L) Nitrite Result Value (mg/L) Exceedance January 7, 2019 0.11 <0.008 No April 9, 2019 <0.05 <0.05 No July 2, 2019 <0.05 <0.05 No October 7, 2019 <0.05 <0.05 No Maximum Acceptable Concentration (MAC) for Nitrate = 10 mg/L MAC for Nitrite = 1 mg/L SCHEDULE 13 ‐ TOTAL TRIHALOMETHANES IN THE DISTRIBUTION SYYSTEM Date of Sample Result Value (ug/L) Running Four Quarter Average Exceedance January 7, 2019 59.6 77.6 No February 11, 2019 65.1 78.3 April 9, 2019 55.0 79.8 No July 2, 2019 60.9 70.6 No October 7, 2019 92.1 67.6 No Maximum Acceptable Concentration (MAC) for Trihalomethanes = 100 ug/L Four Quarter Running Average 2019 Annual Compliance and Summary Report for Municipalities Page 6 of 13 Page 81 of 213 Hearst Drinking Water System SCHEDULE 13 – HALOACETIC ACIDS (HAA) IN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM Date of Sample Result Value (ug/L) Running Four Quarter Average Exceedance January 7, 2019 72 64 ‐ April 9, 2019 15 57 ‐ July 2, 2019 90 60 ‐ October 7, 2019 76 63 ‐ HAA MAC comes into effect January 2020 SCHEDULE 13 – SODIUM AT WATER TREATMENT PLANT Result Value Maximum Acceptable Date of Sample Number of Samples (ug/L) Concentration Exceedance October 18, 2017 1 67,500 20 Yes ‐ AWQI No November 8, 2017 1 57,900 20 (Re‐sample) Note: sample required every 60 months SCHEDULE 13 – FLUORIDE TESTED AT WATER TREATMENT PLANT Result Value Maximum Acceptable Date of Sample Number of Samples (mg/L) Concentration Exceedance October 18, 2017 1 <0.1 1.5 No Note: sample required every 60 months SCHEDULE 15.1 – LEAD IN THE DISTRIBUTION The Hearst water supply system qualified for the ‘Exemption frrom Plumbing Sampling’ as described in section 15.1‐5 (9) and 15.1‐5 (10) of Ontario Regulation 170/03 As such, the system was required to test for total alkaliinity and pH in two distribution samples collected during the periods of December 15 to April 15 and June 15 to October 15. This testing is required in every 12‐month period with lead testing in every third 12‐month period. Range of Results (min to max) Number of Sampling Dates Samples Lead (ug/L) pH Alkalinity (mg/L) Winter Period March 29, 2017 3 <0.1 ‐ 0.1 ‐ ‐ April 10, 2019 3 ‐ 7.20 – 7.22 118 – 120 Summer Period October 5, 2017 3 0.21 – 4.35 ‐ ‐ July 11, 12 & 15 2019 3 ‐ 7.19 – 7.34 78 – 81 Lead MAC is 10 ug/L 2019 Annual Compliance and Summary Report for Municipalities Page 7 of 13 Page 82 of 213 Hearst Drinking Water System SCHEDULE 23 ‐ INORGANIC PARAMETERS SAMPLED AT THE WATERR TREATMENT PLANT Sample Date: October 23, 2019 Parameter Result MAC MAC Exceedance 1/2 MAC Exceedance Antimony 1.2 6.0 No No Arsenic <1.0 10.0 No No Barium 5.0 1000.0 No No Boron 6.0 5000.0 No No Cadmium <0.1 5.0 No No Chromium 2.0 50.0 No No Mercury <0.1 1.0 No No Selenium <0.5 50.0 No No Uranium <1.0 20.0 No No No inorganic parameter(s) exceeded half the standard found in Schedule 2 of the Ontario Drinking Water Standards (ODWS) during the reporting period SCHEDULE 24 ‐ ORGANIC PARAMETERS SAMPLED AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT Sample Date: October 23, 2019 MAC 1/2 MAC Parameter Result MAC Exceedance Exceedance Alachlor <0.222 5.0 No No Atrazine + N‐dealkylated metabolites <0.5 5.0 No No Azinphos‐methyl <0.167 20.0 No No Benzene <0.1 1.0 No No Benzo(a)pyrene <0.009 0.01 No No* Bromoxynil <0.09 5.0 No No Carbaryl <1.0 90.0 No No Carbofuran <2.0 90.0 No No Carbon Tetrachloride <0.2 2.0 No No Chlorpyrifos <0.167 90.0 No No Diazinon <0.167 20.0 No No Dicamba <0.079 120.0 No No 1,2‐Dichlorobenzene <0.2 200.0 No No 1,4‐Dichlorobenzene <0.3 5.0 No No 1,2‐Dichloroethane <0.2 5.0 No No 2019 Annual Compliance and Summary Report for Municipalities Page 8 of 13 Page 83 of 213 Hearst Drinking Water System MAC 1/2 MAC Parameter Result MAC Exceedance Exceedance 1,1‐Dichloroethylene <0.3 14.0 No No Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride) <1.0 50.0 No No 2,4‐Dichlorophenol <0.2 900.0 No No 2,4‐Dichlorophenoxy acetic acid (2,4‐D) <0.339 100.0 No No Diclofop‐methyl <0.113 9.0 No No Dimethoate <0.167 20.0 No No Diquat <0.2 70.0 No No Diuron <6.0 150.0 No No Glyphosate <20.0 280.0 No No Malathion <0.167 190.0 No No Metolachlor <0.111 50.0 No No Metribuzin <0.111 80.0 No No Monochlorobenzene (Chlorobenzene) <0.5 80.0 No No Paraquat <0.2 10.0 No No PCB <0.06 3.0 No No Pentachlorophenol <0.3 60.0 No No Phorate <0.111 2.0 No No Picloram <0.079 190.0 No No Prometryne <0.056 1.0 No No Simazine <0.167 10.0 No No Terbufos <0.111 1.0 No No Tetrachloroethylene <0.3 10.0 No No 2,3,4,6‐Tetrachlorophenol <0.3 100.0 No No Triallate <0.111 230.0 No No Trichloroethylene <0.2 5.0 No No 2,4,6‐Trichlorophenol <0.2 5.0 No No 2‐methyl‐4‐chlorophenoxyacetic acid <5.65 100.0 No No (MCPA) Trifluralin <0.111 45.0 No No Vinyl Chloride <0.1 1.0 No No Note*: Benzo(a)pyrene – Schedule 13‐5 of O. Reg. 170/03 requires increased freqquency of sampling if an analytical result obtained for any of the parameters listed in Schedule 24 exceeds one half of the MAC. The Ministry has set the reporting detection limit (RDL) for Benzo[a]pyrene at 50 per cent or more of the MAC, due to the limitatiions of the current analytical methods to achieve lower detection limits. The RDL for benzo[a]pyrene is 0.01 ug/L. For this parameter, a licenced laboratory must be able to achieve a method detection limit (MDL) at least equal to the RDL. A positive result above their MDL would trigger increased frequency of samplinng, but a result equal to their MDL would not 2019 Annual Compliance and Summary Report for Municipalities Page 9 of 13 Page 84 of 213 Hearst Drinking Water System No organic parameter(s) exceeded half the standard found in Schedule 2 of thee ODWS during the reporting period ADDITIONAL TESTING AND SAMPLING – RESIDUE MANAGEMENT Extra sampling required under Municipal Drinking Water Licence 211‐101, issued April 15, 2016 Residue Management – Effluent Flows Parameter Value Exceedance Compliance Limit Effluent Volume (m3/a) 18,362 m3/a No 44,325 m3/a Average Flow Rate (L/s) 7.8 L/s No Annual Average 16.7 L/s Residue Management ‐ Effluent Quality Number of Range of Results Compliance Parameter Cell Samples (min to max) Exceedance Limit East 11 6.69 – 7.41 ‐ pH (units) ‐ West 17 6.45 – 7.29 ‐ Aluminum East 2 1,950 – 3,380 ‐ ‐ (ug/L) West 4 503 – 26,000 ‐ BOD East 2 <1 – <1 ‐ 5 ‐ (mg/L) West 4 <1 – 1.6 ‐ Total Suspended East 2 8.5 – 19 No Max 25 mg/L Solids (mg/L) West 4 1 – 137 Yes Discharge Periods: April 25 to June 15 (Spring) and October 1 to November 15 (Fall) SCHEDULE 22 ‐ SUMMARY REPORTS FOR MUNICIPALITIES This report is a summary of water quality information for the Hearst Water Treatment System. It is published in accordance with Schedule 22 of Ontario’s Drinking Water Systems Regulation 170/03 for the reporting period of January 1 to December 31, 2019 and must be submitted to members of council. The report must include: Any requirements the system failed to meet during the reportinng period A summary of quantities and flow rates and a comparison to the imposed limits 2019 Annual Compliance and Summary Report for Municipalities Page 10 of 13 Page 85 of 213 Hearst Drinking Water System PERMITS AND LICENCES Municipal Drinking Water Licence (MDWL) 211‐101 Issued March 29, 2016 Drinking Water Works Permit (DWWP) 211‐201 Issued July 7, 2017 Permit to Take Water (PTTW) 5460‐AVWLEV Issued February 21, 2018 REQUIREMENTS THE SYSTEM FAILED TO MEET The following table lists the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act (2002), the drinking water regulations, the system’s approval, drinking water works permit, municipal drinking water works licence, and any other orders applicable to the system that were not met at any time during the reporting period. This table is based on documentation available to the Ontario Clean Water Agency. The duration of the failure and details of the actions that were taken to correct the failure must be described. Legislation Requirement(s) the System Failed to Meet, Corrective Actions and Status MDWL 211‐101 SCHEDULE C, 1.5 – RESIDUE MANAGEMENT October 2 – Total Suspended Solids exceeds MDWL limit of 25 mg/L Sample taken on October 2 at 10:50 from the west cell had a TSS result of 32 mg/L. The lab report was received on Octobeer 8 and the discharge was already terminated. This incident waas relayed to the local MECP inspector via email on October 11 October 7 – Total Suspended Solids exceeds MDWL limit of 25 mg/L Sample taken on October 7 at 09:10 from the west cell had a TSS result of 137 mg/L. It was very windy and the cells are easily stirred up by wind action. Operators took a sample for in‐house analysis and the discharge was promptly stopped after the in‐house analysis result was greater than 25 mg/L. This incident was relayed to the local MECP inspector via email on October 18 PTTW 5460‐ February 6 – there was leak in the distribution system causing high flows. AVWLEV During this time the raw flow rate exceeded 6,819 L/min 18 times between 01:16 and 08:01. Each of these spikes lasted less than a minute. SUMMARY OF FLOW RATES For the purpose of enabling the owner of the system to assess the rated capacity of their system to meet existing and future planned water uses, the following information is also required in the report. Under schedule 22‐2(3) of Ontario Regulation 170/03, the Summmary Report must include the following: 2019 Annual Compliance and Summary Report for Municipalities Page 11 of 13 Page 86 of 213 Hearst Drinking Water System 1. A summary of the quantities and flow rates of water supplied, including the monthly average and the maximum daily flows 2. A comparison of both the average and maximum flow rrate summary to the rated capacity approved in the systems approval, drinking water works permit or municipal drinking water licence The following tables indicate the quantities and flow rates of waterr taken and produced during the reporting period, including monthly average flows, maximum daily flows and the total monthly volumes. A comparison of the water data is mmade to the rated capacity and flow rates specified in the system’s Municipal Drinking Water Licence. DAILY RAW WATER USAGE Maximum (L/min) Maximum (m3/d) Average (m3/d) Total Usage (m3) January 2,763 2,298 1,689 52,362 February 9,704 5,159 2,0777 58,155 March 2,447 1,813 1,6655 51,605 April 2,197 1,821 1,689 50,682 May 2,721 2,042 1,7666 54,761 June 4,962 2,722 1,881 56,423 July 3,046 2,348 1,800 55,797 August 2,208 1,855 1,694 52,513 September 2,187 1,794 1,674 48,536 October 2,215 1,766 1,568 48,602 November 2,281 1,728 1,521 45,617 December 2,065 1,764 1,521 47,153 DAILY VOLUME OF TREATED WATER INTO THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM Total Usage (m3) Average (m3/d) Maximum (m3/d) % Rated Capacity January 46,374 1,496 2,274 14.6 February 49,103 1,819 4,590 17.7 March 47,559 1,534 1,670 14.9 April 46,045 1,535 1,668 14.9 May 50,688 1,635 1,827 15.9 June 51,635 1,721 2,934 16.7 July 51,644 1,666 2,078 16.2 August 48,022 1,549 1,783 15.1 September 43,893 1,514 1,809 14.7 2019 Annual Compliance and Summary Report for Municipalities Page 12 of 13 Page 87 of 213 Hearst Drinking Water System Total Usage (m3) Average (m3/d) Maximum (m3/d) % Rated Capacity October 43,071 1,389 1,624 13.5 November 40,921 1,364 1,590 13.3 December 42,337 1,366 1,507 13.3 COMPARISON OF RAW FLOWS TO SYSTEM’S PERMIT TO TAKE WATER Permit to Take Water Limits (PTTW) ‐ maximum 9,819.36 m3/day 6,819 L/min Average Daily Flow for 2019 1,712 m3/day 2,100 L/min Maximum Daily Flow for 2019 5,159 m3/day 9,704 L/min Total Raw Water Used in 2019 622,206 m3 ‐ COMPARISON OF TREATED FLOW SUMMARY TO SYSTEM’S MUNICIPAL DRINKING WATER LICENCE Rated Capacity of the Plant (MDWL) 10,280 m3/day Average Daily Flow for 2019 1,549 m3/day 15.1 % of the rated capacity Maximum Daily Flow for 2019 4,590 m3/day 44.6 % of the rated capacity Total Treated Water Produced in 2019 5661,292 m3 Based on the information above, the plant is able to meet the demands of the consumers. 2019 Annual Compliance and Summary Report for Municipalities Page 13 of 13 Page 88 of 213 AGENDA PLANNING WORKING GROUP to be tabled at a public meeting of the Municipal Council GROUPE DE TRAVAIL d'AMÉNAGEMENT à être présenté à une assemblée publique du Conseil municipal ATTENDANCE/PRÉSENCES: Josée Vachon, Daniel Lemaire, Yves Morrissette, Kory Hautcoeur # SUBJECTS / SUJETS DOCUMENTS • Staff Report from Director of 1. Demande de morcellement pour ajout de lot à la Planning/Chief Building Official dated propriété sise au 17 chemin Cloutier Nord (dossier no. March 2, 2020 C01-20) / Consent application for lot addition at 17 Cloutier Road North (File No. C01-20) • Application for Consent RECOMMANDATION: • Aerial Map Résolution pour s'objecter à la demande de morcellement • Plan 6R-2581 proposée, puisque celle-ci serait contraire au règlement de zonage/ • Public Notice Resolution to object to the proposed consent application, as it would be contrary to zoning regulations • Staff Report from Director of 2. Demande de morcellement pour ajout de lot à la Planning/Chief Building Official dated propriété sise au 17 chemin Cloutier Nord (dossier no. March 2, 2020 C02-20) / Consent application for lot addition at 17 Cloutier Road North (File No. C02-20) • Consent Application RECOMMANDATION: • Aerial Map Résolution pour signaler que le Conseil n'a aucune objection • Plan 6R-7349 à ce que le Conseil d'aménagement autorise le morcellement de terrain / • Public Notice Resolution to indicate that Council has no objection to the Hearst Planning Board giving consent to the proposed lot addition • Letter from the Ministry of Municipal 3. Énoncé de politique provinciale 2020 / 2020 Provincial Affairs and Housing dated February Policy Statement 28, 2020 RECOMMANDATION: • Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Information • Building Permit Activities February 4. Sommaire des permis de construction / Building Permit 2020 Activities WORK IN PROGRESS / TRAVAUX EN COURS Demande de la Corporation juillet Centre d'hébergement pour décembre 1 2 Résidence Taiga 2018 personnes sans-abris 2018 4 Date : 17 March 2020 · Heure/Time : 5:15 PM · Endroit/Meeting Place : Conference Room Town Hall Page 89 of 213 RECOMMANDATION: Information WORK IN PROGRESS / TRAVAUX EN COURS Demande de la Corporation juillet Centre d'hébergement pour décembre 1 2 Résidence Taiga 2018 personnes sans-abris 2018 4 Date : 17 March 2020 · Heure/Time : 5:15 PM · Endroit/Meeting Place : Conference Room Town Hall Page 90 of 213 STAFF REPORT - PLANNING To : Planning Working Group From : Director of Planning/Chief Building Official Date : March 2, 2020 Subjet : Application for Consent, File No. C01-20 Re: Lot Addition to 17 Cloutier Road North BACKGROUNDI CONTEXT - Victor and Chantale Lacroix are owners of the property located at 17 Cloutier Road North. The current dimension of their property is 100‘ x 208’. - The land south of their property belongs to Marioand Gina Veilleux. That property measures 208’ x 208’. - Applicants (Victor and Chantale Lacroix) request consent to pennit a lot addition which would result in enlarging their property by approximately 8 feet southward. o The requested addition would facilitate access to a future addition east of their property. REFERENCE TO A MUNICIPAL BY-LAWI PROVINCIAL LAWI POLICYI RESOLUTION Of?cial Plan Designated as a Rural Residential district. Predominant use being “low density residential uses" and “complementary commercial uses". 0 Under Sect. 7.4.5(iii) consents for lot addition purposes are permitted in all designated areas, provided: - Size of parent progemgremaining must comply with Zoning By-law - Use shall conform to those permitted in rural areas 0 Recommendations shall be received from all interested agencies. Zoning By-law 76-19 17 Cloutier Road Remaining donor ZONING BY-LAWFOR RR ZONE North with addition land (108’ x 208’) (200’ x 208’) minimum lot area 2.5 acres 0.52 acres 0.96 acres minimum lot fronta e 30 meters 33 meters 61 meters DISCUSSION] OPTIONS - Both properties are clearly undersized to comply with current zoning by-law provisions; - Even with the addition, the property to be enlarged would not meet the current zoning by-law provision relating to minimum dimensions. (108’ x 208’); o The parent property (donor) also does not have suf?cient size to comply with municipal requirements. Transferring 8 feet to the abutting lotwould further increase the de?cit. APPROVED BY: “E [3 CAO C] Clerk Page 91 of 213 Page 92 of 213 , Hearst Planning Eaoard laggfgfaegemenldc Application to the Hearst Planning Board for Consent Hearst Under Section 53 of the Planning Act ’ FOR PLANNING BOARD USE ONLY: gm. Date Complete ApplicationReceived Fee Paid ReceiptNo. File No_ P~ I4132 0-| - 010 NOTE TO APPLICANTS: This applicationformis to be used for all consent submissionswithinthe HearstPlanningArea, includingthe Town ofHearst,the Township of Mattice- Val Céte and the terntoiy withoutmunicipalorganizationcomprisingthe remaindersof the TownshipsofCasgrain,Hanlan,Kendalland Wayand the entire Tomiship ofLowther. The informationin this fonn @ be providedby the applicantand must be accompaniedby the applicationfee prescribed by the Board. Infomiationmarkedby an asterisk(‘) is prescribedby OntarioRegulation41/95 made underthe PlanningAct If the applicationis not complete and/orthe fee not provided,the PlanningBoard will return the applicationand will not considerthis applicationfurther. In this application, “siibiectland" means the land to be severed E the land to be retained. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: This applicationmust be completedi.ninkand must be legible. One applicationformis requiredfor eachnew property or lot additionto be created. All measurements are to be in metric units. FOR HELP: Toxielp you understandthe consent processand informationneeded to make a planningdecisionon the application,pleaserefer to attached“Application guide Q& A”. For more informationon the Planiung Act, the consent process, pr vincialand local policies,please contact the Secretary-Treasurerof the learst Planning Boardat (o)sr7 5 3 2-1341, or visi the Board Office at the Hearst T wn Hall, 925AlexandraStreet, Hearst,Ontario. Please Print and Complete or (*1)Appropriate Box(es) 1. A Iicant Information ' 1.1 NameofApplicant Q\.C/I-0I‘ Address Name of 0wner(s) ‘ /Vlcxrlo‘T grrwx l(¢«r'l/0Ul/- 1.3 Name of the person whois to be contactedabout the application,if differentthan the applicant This may be a -- II or ?rm acting on behalfofthe a -licant Name of Contact Person 2. Location of the Sub'ect Land Comlete ulicable boxesin 2.1 ’ 2.1 Parcel Numbeifs) Municipality/UnorganizedTownship Fomier TpqwnqhipConisipnNumber(s) Lot(s)IBlock(s) Reference Plan No. (( , K"?§3l T(M.4,,,\emit; %(1E-ZGZI{mm\/Aw toLain? 25/04/95 Page] Page 93 of 213 ’ 2.2 Are there any easanents or restrictivecovenants a?bcting thesubject land? No Yes IfYes, describethe easement or covenant and itseffect 3. Pugmg of this Application ‘3.1 Type and purpose of proposed transaction (check appropriatebox) Transfer Creationof a new lot X Additionto a lot An easement El Otherpurpose: Other A charge A lease A correctionoftitle '3.2 Name ofpgrson(s),ifknown, to whomlandor interestinlan is to be transferred,leasedogcharged ?icker’ -f CAa.3;i¢iQ5. Zo.ci~o¢)g 3.3 Ifalotaddition,identifytheiandstowhichtheparoelwillbea I c .t:t7¢ /v. f(e:rsf‘°5U__L_'$23; 9537 C-o(\‘°~|\1/ofé Cotll 4. Descri tion ofSu|>‘ect Land and Servi ” Information Co let: each subsection P‘? T 3‘ hf‘ 6 953' ‘-1.1 Description Severed Retained Frontage(m) 3, '7/‘J 9_ 0 Depth(m) 903 .1 WM 1'5;0%: Am mzmha 0 0 ACIC5 . 3 ‘ Acre ‘ 4.2 Use of Property ExistingUse(s ie. vacant, industrial s commercial, tc.)PmposedUse(s) An»;iJ ‘ ii .& ‘ 4.3 Building; or Existing s ' ‘ Structures 54\ (include date of \ AW?’ I{‘.\ construction,type and Proposed 1 sizeofbuilding) / ‘ 4.4 Access ProvincialHighway (check appropriate space) Publicroad V Name ofAuthority road uuegr 7; W K »Q/I om‘\ Coinmonnanieofroad C\°uV+“Q_(\N‘ C'°W+’ers PrivateRoad(Desu?ae in Section4.8) Right ofway (Describe in Section4.8) Period ofMaintenance:Seasonal : Year Round WaterAccess(DescribeinSection4.9) ' 25/04/95 Page 2 Page 94 of 213 " 4.5 Water Supply Pubhclyownedand operated Check pipedwater system appropriate space Name ofAuthorityoperating and maintaining services Privatelyownedandoperatedcommunal well (Describe in Section9.1 Privately ownedand operated individualwell Lake or other water body Other means (Describe in Section9 l) " 4.6 Sewage Disposal Publiclyownedand operated (c heck sanitarysewage system appropriate spac)e Name of Authorityoperating and maintaining service Privatelyownedand opera ed communal septicsystem (Describe ' Qec|,ion 911 Privatelyowned and opera ed individualseptic systmi Privy Othermeans (Describe in section9 l 4.7 Other Services Electricity //4 Check if the V service is SchoolBussing */ available GarbageCollection 4.8 Ifaccess to the subject landis by privateroad, or “right of way", as indicatedin section4.4, state who owns the land or road, who is responsiblefor its maintenance and whetherit is maintainedseas ly or year ro id. M" Z‘; 7-0» \\ e-:6g?aqrg’/' I 4.9 Ifaccess to subject land is by water, as indicatedin section4.4, describethe parking and docking facilities to be used and the approximate distanceof these facilitiesfromthe subjectlandand thenearest publicroad 5. Land Use ' 5.1 What is the official plan designatioii(s)of the subject land? Q\u‘exijt?g,/26»:cle.x'i'raLlB19+r‘\o 5.2 What is the zoning of the subjectland? /A?édi’-l\ _t'. L\as 31>R "\isx T Page 3 Page 95 of 213 Page 96 of 213 Page 97 of 213 11. Authorimtions of 0wner(s) " 11.1 Ifthe applicant is not the owner ofthe landthat is the subjectofthisapplication,thewrittenauthorizationof the owner(s) that the applicant is authorizedto makethe applicationmust be attachedto thisapplicationor the authorizationset out below must be completed. Authorizationof 0wner(s) for Agent to Makethe Application I/we, M [I O 4' é:‘\°~\)-M“<’~‘A Q , amlarethe o_wner(s)of the landthatis the subjectofthis applicationfora consent \) \ r— L and I/we authorize C/+0 '41-_ C i /»'l-5F X to makethisapplicationon my/ourbehalf. /‘( Date Signatureof Owner Signatureof Owner 11.2 If theapplicantis not the owner of the landthat is the subjectof this application,completethe authorizationof the owner(s) concerning personal informationset out below. Authorizationof 0wner(s) for Agent to ‘ ProvidePersonalInformation I/we, Mgfi(5 -1’6\ Y\°\ 0€«\\ {Rf _, am/are theowner(s) of the land that is the subjectofthis ap licationfora consent and for the purposesof the Freedom of information and Protection of Privacy Act, I/we authorizeU1cl‘ 0~°N’ I as my/our for agent this application,to provideany of my/ourpersonal informationthat will be includedin this applicationor will be collectedduring the processingof the application. SignatureofOwner Date SignatureofOwner 12. Consent of the 0wner(s) Complete the consent of the o\vner(s) concerningpersonal informationset out below. Consentof the 0wner(s) to the Use and Disclosureof PersonalInformation I/we, am/arethe owner(s) of the land that is the subject of this consent applicationand for the purposes of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I/\ve authorizeand consent to the use by or the disclosureto any person or public bodyof any personal informationthat is collectedunder the authorityof the Planning Act forthe purposesof processingtlns application. SignatureofOwner Date Signature of Owner Applicants must completethe followingchecklist to ensure that all the necessary i.n.fonnationis provided(check appropriatebox): I] Completedapplicationform C] Currentparcelabstract(land title) C] Currentreference planof survey or registered plan (if available) U Prescribedapplicationfee The PlanningBoardwill assign a FileNumberforcompleteapplicationsand this shouldbe used in all communications. Submitcompletedapplicationand fee to: Hearst PlanningBoard 925AlexandraSkeet (Hearst Town Hall) P.O. Bag 5000 Hearst, Ontario,POL 1N0 Disponibleen ?ancais 25/04/95 Page 6 Page 98 of 213 /x 17 Cloutier Road North C02-20: Lot addition #2 to 17 Cloutier Road North C01-20: Lot addition #1 to 17 Cloutier Road North Page 99 of 213 _ _ _ ~- 755? E R or_ unvE—vs 6R- _258__| PLAN m ______nzconoeo unozn uo._2.3_0_7‘4_:7____go¢_,_n.__ aasnsrsneoJf 1\u:-_.-_ng_c-_9,,__I9 z? _ _ 4a*c:c[l_a-¢=2<|.._ T‘ -__ -2) IAPT5 REGISTRAR LI") (\.' PARTS I,2,83'PART OF PARCEL 8997 C.C. O: L.‘ PLAN OF SURVEY OF PART LOT 6, CONCESSION XI, N 59° 49' 30'' w TOWNSHIP OF WAY DISTRICT OF COCHRANE IO~48 ACRES) TALSON RODY, O.L.S., I975 SCALE= I INCH =50 FEET L PA...‘:' ' BEARING NOTE M as“ 4s'3o" w BEARINGS SHOWN HEREON ARE ASTRONOMIC AS DERIVED FROM THE ' EAST LIMIT OF THE ROAD ALLOWANCE BETWEEN LOTS 6 AND 7,CONCESSl0N N) ASSUMED T0 at: -N o°1o'3o"E m PART v: ACCORDANCE wma :PLAN CR'760. H) (0-48 ACRES) CR “ 760 LEEGEND ?——— — oeuoras 3' X 3/4'19. La. PLANTED _.n n--——- .. 5.LB. PLANTED 39' 49' 50" / w um— —— u I" so. LB. FOUND (0-04 ACRES) an — - — - 3/4" to I. 3. Fauna c.c.-——- —- ozuorss canvas cocnmms »__ Page 100 of 213 SURVEYOR'SCERTIFICATE I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT: L‘ THIS SURVEY AND PLAN ARE CORRECT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SURVEYS ACT AND THE LAN TITLES ACT AND REGULATIONS THEREUNDER; 2.‘I WAS PRESENT AT AND DID PEREONALLYSUPERVIS THE SLWVEY REPRESENTED BY THIS PLAN:E ROAD ALLOWANCEZS BETWEEN LOTSM1 0'10‘LC.30' E 6 AND91| 411‘-427,PCD(3F-__| I CONCESSIONzoain XIt_I'1-:5; (Ln9:O PUBLIC NOTICE pursuant to Ontario Regulation No. 54 7/06 OF APPLICATIONS TO THE HEARST PLANNING BOARD TAKE NOTICE that an application for consent has been submitted to the Hearst Planning Board as follows: PURPOSE AND EFFECT: This consent application (C01-20) proposes to create a lot addition onto the south boundary of an existing niral residential property on Cloutier Road North, The lot addition will add approximately 8 feet to the width of the lot and will enable the proponent to access a future addition to the east of his property. LOCATION: The property to be enlarged is located at 17 Cloutier Road North. The location of the subject lands is shown on the reverse side of this page. THIS APPLICATION will be considered by the Hearst Planning Board at its next regular meeting to be hel on March 25, 2020 at 5:30 pm. in the Council Chambers of the Hearst Town Hall, 925 Alexandra Street,d Hearst, Ontario. IF a person or public body that ?les an appeal of any decision of the Hearst Planning Board in respect of the proposed consent does not make written submissions to the Hearst Planning Board before it gives or refuses to give the provisional consent, the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal may dismiss the appeal. IF you wish to be noti?ed of the decision of the Hearst Planning Board in respect of the proposed consent, you must make a written request to the Board at the address noted below. THIS APPLICATION is not the subject of otherconcurrent applications under the Planning Act. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION on the application is available at my office during regular business hours between 9:30 am. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday. , DATED AT THE TOWN OF HEARST Kory Hautcoeur, THIS 26"‘DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2020. Secretary-Treasurer, Hearst Planning Board, c/o Corporation of the Town of Hearst, 925 Alexandra Street, P.O. Bag 5000, Hearst, Ontario POL1N0 Tel.: (705) 372-2818 Email: [email protected] Page 101 of 213 5.52 23. a_=5_u D 8 N: :o a 5...... 4.. ...4 . . » ..‘ _ P .1. . _ , ~. N...m ~ _ . _ . . . , A . . . .. L . . 7 amv V H V % . . .w k. .» ...... m...... ¢ . . . 5.32 u8.:..._So_u S . . c . R. 83 =o_._E.2o.:o~.Su Page 102 of 213 AVIS PUBLIC Conformémentau Réglement de 1'0ntario No. 54 7/06 D’UNE DEMANDE D'AUTORISATION AU CONSEIL D’AMENAGEMENTDE HEARST EN VERTU DES ARTICLES 50 ET 53 DE LA LOI SUR UAMENAGEMENTDU TERRITOIRE SOYEZ AVISESqu’une demande d’autorisation de morcellement a été soumise au Conseil d’aménagement de Hearst comme suit: OBJECTIF ET EFFET: Cette demande de morcellement (C01-20) propose de créer un ajout de lot a la frontiere sud '21une propriété résidentielle rurale existante sur le chemin Cloutier nord. L’ajout de lot ajoutera approximativement 8 pieds a la largeur du lot et permettra au propriétaire d‘acce'deré une addition future al’est de sa propriété. EMPLACEMENT: La propriété visée est située au 17, chemin Cloutier nord; l’emp1acementen question est démontré au verso de cette page. CETTE DEMANDE sera considérée par le Conseil d'aménagement de Hearst a sa prochaine rencontre ordinaire le 25 mars 2020 is 171130dans la salle du Conseil a l’H6te1de Ville de Hearst, 925, rue Alexandra, Hearst, Ontario. SI une personne ou un corps public qui dépose un appel d'une décision du Conseil d’aménagement de Hearst concemant la demande d'auton'sation proposée ne fait pas soumission écrite au Conseil d’aménagement de Hearst avant que le Conseil d'ame'nagement ne donne ou refuse de donner autorisation provisoire, le Tribunal d’appel de l’ame'nagement local peut rejeter1’appel. SI vous désirez étre avisé de la decision du Conseil d’aménagement de Hearst quant a l’autorisation proposée, vous devez soumettre une demande par écrit au Conseil 2‘:l’adresse ci-dessous. CETTE DEMANDE ne fait pas l’objet d’autres demandes d’aménagement sous la Loi sur I ’aménagement du territoire. DE L’INFORMATION ADDITIONNELLE sur cette demandeest disponible au bureau du soussigné pendan les heures de bureau entre 9h30 et 16h30 du lundi au vendredi. t DATEALA v1LL1=.DE HEARST Kory Hautcoeur CE 26‘ JOUR DE FEVRIER2020 Secrétaire-Trésorier Conseild’aménagement de Hearst a/s Corporation de la Ville de Hearst 925, rue Alexandra, S.P. 5000 Hearst, Ontario POL 1N0 TEL : (705) 372-2818 FAX : (705) 362-5902 Couniel: khautcoeg@,hearst.ca Page 103 of 213 M 5.62 33. ._w_SoU D 2 Na cozivm 3.. a~.~8 5...: Inc: .a_so_u D 3 .2. c . run3.. 538 Page 104 of 213 STAFF REPORT - PLANNING To : Planning Working Group From : Director of Planning/Chief Building Official Date : March 2, 2020 Subjet : Application for Consent, File No. C02-20 Re: Lot addition to 17 Cloutier Road North BACKGROUND] CONTEXT - Victor and Chantale Lacroixare the owners of the property located at 17 Cloutier Road North. Their property covers approximately 0.5 acres. 0 The land located east of their property belongs to Marcel and Denise Bouffard. That property contains 30 acres. 0 Applicants (Victor and Chantale Lacroix) request consent to permit a lot addition which would result in enlarging their property by approximately 1 acre eastward. - A survey plan was produced in March 2000. REFERENCE TO A MUNICIPAL BY-LAW/ PROVINCIAL LAWI POLICYI RESOLUTION Of?cial Plan - Designated as a Rural Residential district - Predominant use being ‘‘lowdensity residential uses” and “complementary commercial uses”. - Under Sect. 7.4.5(iii) consents for lot addition purposes are pennitted in all designated areas, provided: 0 Size of parent property remaining must comply with Zoning By-law - Use shall conform to those pennitted in rural areas 0 Recommendations shall be received from all interested agencies. Zoning By-law 76-19 ZONING BY—LAWFOR RR ZONE 17 Cloutier Road Northwith addition 1-52 acres - Parent or donor property is zoned as Light Industrial (M1) Zone: ZONING BY—LAWFOR M1 ZONE Remainin donor land APPROVED BY mi C] CAO : Page 105 of 213 - DISCUSSIONI OPTIONS 17 Cloutier Road North is currently undersized to comply with current zoning by-law provisions; An addition of 1 acre won’! make the lot compliant withzoning minimums but itwillimprove the gap. o The parent property (donor) willremain compliant even by transferring 1 acre. FINANCIAL RECOMMENDATION That Council supports the application and authorizes the Hearst Planning Board to give consent to create a lotaddition, as requested by Victor and Chantale Lacroixin application No. C02-20. Prepared by APPROVED BY C] CAO ,- v??gl? Page 106 of 213 Page 107 of 213 ‘ 2.2 Are thereanyeasemmts or restrictivecovenantsmeetingthe subjectland? K N6 D Yes IfYes, describethe easanenxor covenant and its etIecL 3. PuI_1J3seof this Application ‘.11 Type and purpose of proposed transaction (check appropriatebox) Transfer El Creationofa new lot XAdditionto a lot El An easement C} Otherpurpose: other I] A charge _j_j. U A lease El Acarrectionof title ‘3.Z Nameofperson_(s),ifknown,to whom landor inter inlandistobetransferred,ieasedorcharged \}\c/i”o r’ ‘F C)(av\‘\1C; Lo.orot5( 3.3 Ifalot additi identifythe to ‘whichtheparcelwillbeadded. 1'7 C\0'v'\.It (‘ Alyids D‘~'P“‘(‘“) (3 63- /¥\ '400M 1' ~=a 25/04/95 Page 2 Page 108 of 213 Page 109 of 213 Page 110 of 213 " 7.2 Is the subject land the su Ject0 an app11cationfora zoningby-lawamendment,mmor variance,consent or appro VIIIo a p an o su vxsxon Yes No Unknown IfYes and if Known, rovidedetailsand status ofthe a licalion. 8. Sketch (Use the attachedSketchSheet) To helpyoupreparethe sketch,referto theattachedSampleSketchin the “ApplicationGuideQ&.A”. ’ 8.1 This applicationmust be accompaniedby a sketchshowingthe following. 0 the boundariesand dimensionsof the subjectland, thepart that is to be severedand the part that it to be retained 0 the boundariesand dimensionsof any landownedby the owner of the subjectland that abuts the subjectland 0 the distance between the subjectland and the nearest landmark,suchas a railway crossingor bridge, highway, etc. 0 the locationofall landpreviouslyseveredfromthe parceloriginallyacquiredby the current owner of the subject land 0 the approximatelocationof all natural and arti?cial featureson the subjectland and adjacent lands that in the opinionof the applicant may affect the application, such as buildings, railways, roads, watercourses, drainage ditches, river or stream banks, wetlands, woodedareas, wells and septic tanks 1 the existing use(s on adjacent ands 0 the location, width and name of any roadswithin or abuttingthe subject an indicatingwhether it is an unopenedroad allowance, a public travelledroad, a privateroad or a right ofway 0 if access to tl e sub ect land is by water only, the locationof the parking an dockingfacilities to be used 0 the locationand nature f any easement affectingthe sub ect land 9. Other Information 9.1 Is there any other inf miali ii that you thinkmay be usefulto the Planning Board or other agencies in reviewing this application’?lfso explainbelowor attach an a s_eErateEge '10. Af?davit or Swom Declaration of Applicant(s) Af?davit or Sworn Declarationfor the Infonnation set out in this Application I/we, of the in the make oath and say (or solemnly declare) that the informationcontainedin this applicationis true and that the informationcontainedin the documentsthat accompany this applicationis true. Swom (or declared) beforeme at the in the Applicant this day of Commissionerof Oaths Applicant Page 5 Page 111 of 213 :1 Page 112 of 213 17 Cloutier Road North Proposed lot addition to 17 Cloutier Road North Page 113 of 213 Page 114 of 213 of 114 Page mmw?o Dam ..\ l .R.§D3=_..Ruua!Kl.9.l:Ii:§ _u_.>z l E....3§§ai::..§.n.:.k: mm...V@Bme l / I92? 2-. 131:5 . I! til / :ooaRT.._ _ / _.:....?_:... l t}. / .z3!N..E..I_.nEa._ .o§.!?8a!i _..92.: . / m. 1". ? V>l4_ 7 .m.. I»: 2. :w... an 3 ..n ,. ... _IIROWPDRZN.-...n..H.l«Eu. D 2 J .. M W0350. we)! Va nuu T PCI. _u_.>z O... mcm / T [I / r¢.I.i=v::u mz...us.~/7/// r»: _ Z /7/ 3:2. PUBLIC NOTICE pursuant to Ontario Regulation No. 547/06 OF APPLICATIONS TO THE HEARST PLANNING BOARD TAIG NOTICE that an application for consent has been submitted to the Hearst Planning Board as follows: PURPOSE AND EFFECT: This consent application (C02-20) proposes to create a lot addition of approximately 1 acre to the rear yard of an existing rural residential property on Cloutier Road North. LOCATION: The property to be enlarged is located at 17 Cloutier Road North. The location of the subject lands is shown on the reverse side of this page. THIS APPLICATION will be considered by the Hearst Planning Board at its next regular meeting to be hel on March 25, 2020 at 5:30 pm. in the Council Chambers of the Hearst Town Hall, 925 Alexandra Streetd Hearst, Ontario. , IF a person or public body that ?les an appeal of any decision of the Hearst Planning Board in respect of the proposed consent does not make written submissions to the Hearst Planning Boardbefore it gives or refuses to give the provisional consent, the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal may dismiss the appeal. IF you wish to be noti?ed of the decision of the Hearst Planning Board in respect of the proposed consent, you must make a written request to the Board at the address noted below. THIS APPLICATION is not the subject of other concurrent applications under the PlarmingAct. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION on the application is available at my office during regular business hours between 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday. , DATED AT THE TOWN OF HEARST Kory Hautcoeur, THIS 26"‘DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2020. Secretary-Treasurer, Hearst Planning Board, c/o Corporation of the Town of Hearst, 925 Alexandra Street, PO. Bag 5000, Hearst, Ontario POL1N0 Tel.: (705) 372-2818 Email: [email protected] Page 115 of 213 17 CioutierRoad North Proposed lot addition to 17 CloutierRoad North Page 116 of 213 Hcarsz Phnnmg Board L: comes! (I amcmgcmcnt dc Hans: AVIS PUBLIC Conformémentau Réglement de 1'0ntario No. 54 7 06 D’UNE DEMANDE D'AUTORISATION AU CONSEIL D’AMENAGEMENTDE HEARST EN VERTU DES ARTICLES 50 ET 53 DE LA LOI SUR UAMENAGEMENTDU TERRITOIRE SOYEZ AVISESqu‘une demande d'autorisation de morcellement a été sournise au Conseil d’arnénagement de Hearst comme suit: OBJECTIF ET EFFET: Cette demande de morcellement (C02-20) propose un ajout de 1 t d’approximativement 1 acre 21la cour arriere d’une propriété résidentielle rurale existante sur le chernin Cloutier nord. EMPLACEMENT: La propriété a étre agrandi est située au 17, chemin Cloutier nord‘ 1’emp1acementen question est démontré au verso de cette page. CETTE DEMANDE sera considérée par le Conseil d'aménagement de Hearst a sa prochaine rencontre ordinaire le 25 mars 2020 i 17h30 dans la salle du Conseil a 1’H6telde Ville de Hearst, 925, rue Alexandra, Hearst, Ontario. SI une personne ou un corps public qui dépose un appel d'une décision du Conseil d’aménagement de Hearst concemant la demande d'autorisation proposée ne fait pas soumission écrite au Conseil d’aménagement d Hearst avant que le Conseil d'aménagement ne donne ou refuse de donner autorisation provisoire, le Tribunae d’appel de Vaménagement local peut rejeter l’appe1. l SI vous désirez étre avisé de la décision du Conseil d’ame'nagement de Hearst quant 5 l’autorisation proposée, vous devez soumettre une demande par écrit au Conseil a 1’adresseci-dessous. CETTE DEMANDE ne fait pas l’objet d’autres demandes d’aménagement sous la Loi sur I 'aménagement d territoire. u DE L’INFORMATION ADDITIONNELLE sur cette demande est disponible au bureau du soussigné pendant les heures de bureau entre 9h30 et l6h30 du lundi au vendredi. DATEALA VILLE DE HEARST Kory Hautcoeur CE 26‘ JOUR DE FEVRIER2020 Secrétaire-Trésorier Conseil d’aménagement de Hearst a/s Corporation de la Ville de Hearst 925, rue Alexandra, S.P. 5000 Hearst, Ontario POL 1N0 TEL : (705) 372-2818 FAX : (705)362-5902 Courriel: [email protected] Page 117 of 213 .'* 17 CloutierRoadNort h Propqsedlot addition to 17 Cloutier Road North ;Km 3‘; ‘ J54‘ ;Tn§g‘'‘§'1!."‘-“IA W“. ‘Er $3 »t‘~~‘,A {§"‘*" € .‘.s‘. cammhmazi Page 118 of 213 Page 119 of 213 Page 120 of 213 ontario.ca/PPS Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Under the Planning Act Page 121 of 213 PROVINCIAL POLICY STATEMENT, 2020 Approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, Order in Council No. 229/2020 This Provincial Policy Statement was issued under section 3 of the Planning Act and came into effect May 1, 2020. It replaces the Provincial Policy Statement issued April 30, 2014. Page 122 of 213 Table of Contents PART I: PREAMBLE 1 PART II: LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY 2 PART III: HOW TO READ THE PROVINCIAL POLICY STATEMENT 2 PART IV: VISION FOR ONTARIO’S LAND USE PLANNING SYSTEM 5 PART V: POLICIES 7 1.0 BUILDING STRONG HEALTHY COMMUNITIES 7 1.1 Managing and Directing Land Use to Achieve Efficient and Resilient Development and Land Use Patterns 7 Settlement Areas 8 Rural Areas in Municipalities 10 Rural Lands in Municipalities 11 Territory Without Municipal Organization 12 1.2 Coordination 12 Land Use Compatibility 14 1.3 Employment 14 Employment Areas 15 1.4 Housing 16 1.5 Public Spaces, Recreation, Parks, Trails and Open Space 17 1.6 Infrastructure and Public Service Facilities 17 Sewage, Water and Stormwater 18 Transportation Systems 20 Transportation and Infrastructure Corridors 20 Airports, Rail and Marine Facilities 21 Waste Management 21 Energy Supply 22 1.7 Long-Term Economic Prosperity 22 1.8 Energy Conservation, Air Quality and Climate Change 22 2.0 WISE USE AND MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES 24 2.1 Natural Heritage 24 2.2 Water 25 2.3 Agriculture 26 2.4 Minerals and Petroleum 28 2.5 Mineral Aggregate Resources 29 2.6 Cultural Heritage and Archaeology 31 3.0 PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY 32 3.1 Natural Hazards 32 3.2 Human-Made Hazards 34 4.0 IMPLEMENTATION AND INTERPRETATION 35 5.0 FIGURE 1 37 6.0 DEFINITIONS 40 Page 123 of 213 Part I: Preamble The Provincial Policy Statement provides policy direction on matters of provincial interest related to land use planning and development. As a key part of Ontario’s policy-led planning system, the Provincial Policy Statement sets the policy foundation for regulating the development and use of land. It also supports the provincial goal to enhance the quality of life for all Ontarians. The Provincial Policy Statement provides for appropriate development while protecting resources of provincial interest, public health and safety, and the quality of the natural and built environment. The Provincial Policy Statement supports improved land use planning and management, which contributes to a more effective and efficient land use planning system. The policies of the Provincial Policy Statement may be complemented by provincial plans or by locally-generated policies regarding matters of municipal interest. Provincial plans and municipal official plans provide a framework for comprehensive, integrated, place-based and long-term planning that supports and integrates the principles of strong communities, a clean and healthy environment and economic growth, for the long term. Municipal official plans are the most important vehicle for implementation of this Provincial Policy Statement and for achieving comprehensive, integrated and long-term planning. Official plans shall identify provincial interests and set out appropriate land use designations and policies. Official plans should also coordinate cross-boundary matters to complement the actions of other planning authorities and promote mutually beneficial solutions. Official plans shall provide clear, reasonable and attainable policies to protect provincial interests and direct development to suitable areas. In order to protect provincial interests, planning authorities shall keep their official plans up-to-date with this Provincial Policy Statement. Zoning and development permit by-laws are also important for implementation of this Provincial Policy Statement. Planning authorities shall keep their zoning and development permit by-laws up-to-date with their official plans and this Provincial Policy Statement. Land use planning is only one of the tools for implementing provincial interests. A wide range of legislation, regulations, policies and programs may apply to decisions with respect to Planning Act applications and affect planning matters, and assist in implementing these interests. Within the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence River Basin, there may be circumstances where planning authorities should consider agreements related to the protection or restoration of the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence River Basin. Examples of these agreements include Great Lakes agreements between Ontario and Canada, between Ontario and Quebec and the Great Lakes States of the United States of America, and between Canada and the United States of America. 1 | Provincial Policy StatementPage, 2020 124 of 213 Part II: Legislative Authority The Provincial Policy Statement is issued under the authority of section 3 of the Planning Act and came into effect on May 1, 2020. In respect of the exercise of any authority that affects a planning matter, section 3 of the Planning Act requires that decisions affecting planning matters “shall be consistent with” policy statements issued under the Act. Comments, submissions or advice that affect a planning matter that are provided by the council of a municipality, a local board, a planning board, a minister or ministry, board, commission or agency of the government “shall be consistent with” this Provincial Policy Statement. Part III: How to Read the Provincial Policy Statement The provincial policy-led planning system recognizes and addresses the complex inter- relationships among environmental, economic and social factors in land use planning. The Provincial Policy Statement supports a comprehensive, integrated and long-term approach to planning, and recognizes linkages among policy areas. Read the Entire Provincial Policy Statement The Provincial Policy Statement is more than a set of individual policies. It is to be read in its entirety and the relevant policies are to be applied to each situation. When more than one policy is relevant, a decision-maker should consider all of the relevant policies to understand how they work together. The language of each policy, including the Implementation and Interpretation policies, will assist decision-makers in understanding how the policies are to be implemented. While specific policies sometimes refer to other policies for ease of use, these cross-references do not take away from the need to read the Provincial Policy Statement as a whole. There is no implied priority in the order in which the policies appear. Consider Specific Policy Language When applying the Provincial Policy Statement it is important to consider the specific language of the policies. Each policy provides direction on how it is to be implemented, how it is situated within the broader Provincial Policy Statement, and how it relates to other policies. Some policies set out positive directives, such as “settlement areas shall be the focus of growth and development.” Other policies set out limitations and prohibitions, such as “development and site alteration shall not be permitted.” Other policies use enabling or supportive language, such as “should,” “promote” and “encourage.” Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page| 2125 of 213 The choice of language is intended to distinguish between the types of policies and the nature of implementation. There is some discretion when applying a policy with enabling or supportive language in contrast to a policy with a directive, limitation or prohibition. Geographic Scale of Policies The Provincial Policy Statement recognizes the diversity of Ontario and that local context is important. Policies are outcome-oriented, and some policies provide flexibility in their implementation provided that provincial interests are upheld. While the Provincial Policy Statement is to be read as a whole, not all policies will be applicable to every site, feature or area. The Provincial Policy Statement applies at a range of geographic scales. Some of the policies refer to specific areas or features and can only be applied where these features or areas exist. Other policies refer to planning objectives that need to be considered in the context of the municipality or planning area as a whole, and are not necessarily applicable to a specific site or development proposal. Policies Represent Minimum Standards The policies of the Provincial Policy Statement represent minimum standards. Within the framework of the provincial policy-led planning system, planning authorities and decision-makers may go beyond these minimum standards to address matters of importance to a specific community, unless doing so would conflict with any policy of the Provincial Policy Statement. Defined Terms and Meanings Except for references to legislation which are italicized, other italicized terms in the Provincial Policy Statement are defined in the Definitions section. For non-italicized terms, the normal meaning of the word applies. Terms may be italicized only in specific policies; for these terms, the defined meaning applies where they are italicized and the normal meaning applies where they are not italicized. Defined terms in the Definitions section are intended to capture both singular and plural forms of these terms in the policies. Guidance Material Guidance material and technical criteria may be issued from time to time to assist planning authorities and decision-makers with implementing the policies of the Provincial Policy Statement. Information, technical criteria and approaches outlined in guidance material are meant to support but not add to or detract from the policies of the Provincial Policy Statement. 3 | Provincial Policy StatementPage, 2020 126 of 213 Relationship with Provincial Plans The Provincial Policy Statement provides overall policy directions on matters of provincial interest related to land use planning and development in Ontario, and applies province-wide, except where this policy statement or another provincial plan provides otherwise. Provincial plans, such as the Greenbelt Plan, A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe and the Growth Plan for Northern Ontario, build upon the policy foundation provided by the Provincial Policy Statement. They provide additional land use planning policies to address issues facing specific geographic areas in Ontario. Provincial plans are to be read in conjunction with the Provincial Policy Statement. They take precedence over the policies of the Provincial Policy Statement to the extent of any conflict, except where the relevant legislation provides otherwise. Where the policies of provincial plans address the same, similar, related, or overlapping matters as the policies of the Provincial Policy Statement, applying the more specific policies of the provincial plan satisfies the more general requirements of the Provincial Policy Statement. In contrast, where matters addressed in the Provincial Policy Statement do not overlap with policies in provincial plans, the policies in the Provincial Policy Statement must be independently satisfied. Land use planning decisions made by municipalities, planning boards, the Province, or a commission or agency of the government must be consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement. Where provincial plans are in effect, planning decisions must conform or not conflict with them, as the case may be. Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page| 4127 of 213 Part IV: Vision for Ontario’s Land Use Planning System The long-term prosperity and social well-being of Ontario depends upon planning for strong, sustainable and resilient communities for people of all ages, a clean and healthy environment, and a strong and competitive economy. Ontario is a vast province with diverse urban, rural and northern communities which may face different challenges related to diversity in population, economic activity, pace of growth and physical and natural conditions. Some areas face challenges related to maintaining population and diversifying their economy, while other areas face challenges related to accommodating and managing the development and population growth which is occurring, while protecting important resources and the quality of the natural environment. The Province’s rich cultural diversity is one of its distinctive and defining features. Indigenous communities have a unique relationship with the land and its resources, which continues to shape the history and economy of the Province today. Ontario recognizes the unique role Indigenous communities have in land use planning and development, and the contribution of Indigenous communities’ perspectives and traditional knowledge to land use planning decisions. The Province recognizes the importance of consulting with Aboriginal communities on planning matters that may affect their section 35 Aboriginal or treaty rights. Planning authorities are encouraged to build constructive, cooperative relationships through meaningful engagement with Indigenous communities to facilitate knowledge-sharing in land use planning processes and inform decision-making. The Provincial Policy Statement focuses growth and development within urban and rural settlement areas while supporting the viability of rural areas. It recognizes that the wise management of land use change may involve directing, promoting or sustaining development. Land use must be carefully managed to accommodate appropriate development to meet the full range of current and future needs, while achieving efficient development patterns and avoiding significant or sensitive resources and areas which may pose a risk to public health and safety. Planning authorities are encouraged to permit and facilitate a range of housing options, including new development as well as residential intensification, to respond to current and future needs. Efficient development patterns optimize the use of land, resources and public investment in infrastructure and public service facilities. These land use patterns promote a mix of housing, including affordable housing, employment, recreation, parks and open spaces, and transportation choices that increase the use of active transportation and transit before other modes of travel. They support the financial well-being of the Province and municipalities over the long term, and minimize the undesirable effects of development, including impacts on air, water and other resources. They also permit better adaptation and response to the impacts of a changing climate, which will vary from region to region. Strong, liveable and healthy communities promote and enhance human health and social well- being, are economically and environmentally sound, and are resilient to climate change. 5 | Provincial Policy StatementPage, 2020 128 of 213 The Province’s natural heritage resources, water resources, including the Great Lakes, agricultural resources, mineral resources, and cultural heritage and archaeological resources provide important environmental, economic and social benefits. The wise use and management of these resources over the long term is a key provincial interest. The Province must ensure that its resources are managed in a sustainable way to conserve biodiversity, protect essential ecological processes and public health and safety, provide for the production of food and fibre, minimize environmental and social impacts, provide for recreational opportunities (e.g. fishing, hunting and hiking) and meet its long-term needs. It is equally important to protect the overall health and safety of the population, including preparing for the impacts of a changing climate. The Provincial Policy Statement directs development away from areas of natural and human-made hazards. This preventative approach supports provincial and municipal financial well-being over the long term, protects public health and safety, and minimizes cost, risk and social disruption. Taking action to conserve land and resources avoids the need for costly remedial measures to correct problems and supports economic and environmental principles. Strong communities, a clean and healthy environment and a strong economy are inextricably linked. Long-term prosperity, human and environmental health and social well-being should take precedence over short-term considerations. The fundamental principles set out in the Provincial Policy Statement apply throughout Ontario. To support our collective well-being, now and in the future, all land use must be well managed. Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page| 6129 of 213 Part V: Policies 1.0 Building Strong Healthy Communities Ontario is a vast province with urban, rural, and northern communities with diversity in population, economic activities, pace of growth, service levels and physical and natural conditions. Ontario's long-term prosperity, environmental health and social well-being depend on wisely managing change and promoting efficient land use and development patterns. Efficient land use and development patterns support sustainability by promoting strong, liveable, healthy and resilient communities, protecting the environment and public health and safety, and facilitating economic growth. Accordingly: 1.1 Managing and Directing Land Use to Achieve Efficient and Resilient Development and Land Use Patterns 1.1.1 Healthy, liveable and safe communities are sustained by: a) promoting efficient development and land use patterns which sustain the financial well-being of the Province and municipalities over the long term; b) accommodating an appropriate affordable and market-based range and mix of residential types (including single-detached, additional residential units, multi-unit housing, affordable housing and housing for older persons), employment (including industrial and commercial), institutional (including places of worship, cemeteries and long-term care homes), recreation, park and open space, and other uses to meet long-term needs; c) avoiding development and land use patterns which may cause environmental or public health and safety concerns; d) avoiding development and land use patterns that would prevent the efficient expansion of settlement areas in those areas which are adjacent or close to settlement areas; e) promoting the integration of land use planning, growth management, transit-supportive development, intensification and infrastructure planning to achieve cost-effective development patterns, optimization of transit investments, and standards to minimize land consumption and servicing costs; f) improving accessibility for persons with disabilities and older persons by addressing land use barriers which restrict their full participation in society; g) ensuring that necessary infrastructure and public service facilities are or will be available to meet current and projected needs; h) promoting development and land use patterns that conserve biodiversity; and i) preparing for the regional and local impacts of a changing climate. 7 | Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page 130 of 213 1.1.2 Sufficient land shall be made available to accommodate an appropriate range and mix of land uses to meet projected needs for a time horizon of up to 25 years, informed by provincial guidelines. However, where an alternate time period has been established for specific areas of the Province as a result of a provincial planning exercise or a provincial plan, that time frame may be used for municipalities within the area. Within settlement areas, sufficient land shall be made available through intensification and redevelopment and, if necessary, designated growth areas. Nothing in policy 1.1.2 limits the planning for infrastructure, public service facilities and employment areas beyond a 25-year time horizon. 1.1.3 Settlement Areas Settlement areas are urban areas and rural settlement areas, and include cities, towns, villages and hamlets. Ontario’s settlement areas vary significantly in terms of size, density, population, economic activity, diversity and intensity of land uses, service levels, and types of infrastructure available. The vitality and regeneration of settlement areas is critical to the long-term economic prosperity of our communities. Development pressures and land use change will vary across Ontario. It is in the interest of all communities to use land and resources wisely, to promote efficient development patterns, protect resources, promote green spaces, ensure effective use of infrastructure and public service facilities and minimize unnecessary public expenditures. 1.1.3.1 Settlement areas shall be the focus of growth and development. 1.1.3.2 Land use patterns within settlement areas shall be based on densities and a mix of land uses which: a) efficiently use land and resources; b) are appropriate for, and efficiently use, the infrastructure and public service facilities which are planned or available, and avoid the need for their unjustified and/or uneconomical expansion; c) minimize negative impacts to air quality and climate change, and promote energy efficiency; d) prepare for the impacts of a changing climate; e) support active transportation; f) are transit-supportive, where transit is planned, exists or may be developed; and g) are freight-supportive. Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 | 8 Page 131 of 213 Land use patterns within settlement areas shall also be based on a range of uses and opportunities for intensification and redevelopment in accordance with the criteria in policy 1.1.3.3, where this can be accommodated. 1.1.3.3 Planning authorities shall identify appropriate locations and promote opportunities for transit-supportive development, accommodating a significant supply and range of housing options through intensification and redevelopment where this can be accommodated taking into account existing building stock or areas, including brownfield sites, and the availability of suitable existing or planned infrastructure and public service facilities required to accommodate projected needs. 1.1.3.4 Appropriate development standards should be promoted which facilitate intensification, redevelopment and compact form, while avoiding or mitigating risks to public health and safety. 1.1.3.5 Planning authorities shall establish and implement minimum targets for intensification and redevelopment within built-up areas, based on local conditions. However, where provincial targets are established through provincial plans, the provincial target shall represent the minimum target for affected areas. 1.1.3.6 New development taking place in designated growth areas should occur adjacent to the existing built-up area and should have a compact form, mix of uses and densities that allow for the efficient use of land, infrastructure and public service facilities. 1.1.3.7 Planning authorities should establish and implement phasing policies to ensure: a) that specified targets for intensification and redevelopment are achieved prior to, or concurrent with, new development within designated growth areas; and b) the orderly progression of development within designated growth areas and the timely provision of the infrastructure and public service facilities required to meet current and projected needs. 1.1.3.8 A planning authority may identify a settlement area or allow the expansion of a settlement area boundary only at the time of a comprehensive review and only where it has been demonstrated that: a) sufficient opportunities to accommodate growth and to satisfy market demand are not available through intensification, redevelopment and designated growth areas to accommodate the projected needs over the identified planning horizon; b) the infrastructure and public service facilities which are planned or available are suitable for the development over the long term, are financially viable over their life cycle, and protect public health and safety and the natural environment; c) in prime agricultural areas: 1. the lands do not comprise specialty crop areas; 2. alternative locations have been evaluated, and 9 | Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page 132 of 213 i. there are no reasonable alternatives which avoid prime agricultural areas; and ii. there are no reasonable alternatives on lower priority agricultural lands in prime agricultural areas; d) the new or expanding settlement area is in compliance with the minimum distance separation formulae; and e) impacts from new or expanding settlement areas on agricultural operations which are adjacent or close to the settlement area are mitigated to the extent feasible. In undertaking a comprehensive review, the level of detail of the assessment should correspond with the complexity and scale of the settlement boundary expansion or development proposal. 1.1.3.9 Notwithstanding policy 1.1.3.8, municipalities may permit adjustments of settlement area boundaries outside a comprehensive review provided: a) there would be no net increase in land within the settlement areas; b) the adjustment would support the municipality’s ability to meet intensification and redevelopment targets established by the municipality; c) prime agricultural areas are addressed in accordance with 1.1.3.8 (c), (d) and (e); and d) the settlement area to which lands would be added is appropriately serviced and there is sufficient reserve infrastructure capacity to service the lands. 1.1.4 Rural Areas in Municipalities Rural areas are important to the economic success of the Province and our quality of life. Rural areas are a system of lands that may include rural settlement areas, rural lands, prime agricultural areas, natural heritage features and areas, and other resource areas. Rural areas and urban areas are interdependent in terms of markets, resources and amenities. It is important to leverage rural assets and amenities and protect the environment as a foundation for a sustainable economy. Ontario’s rural areas have diverse population levels, natural resources, geographies and physical characteristics, and economies. Across rural Ontario, local circumstances vary by region. For example, northern Ontario’s natural environment and vast geography offer different opportunities than the predominately agricultural areas of southern regions of the Province. 1.1.4.1 Healthy, integrated and viable rural areas should be supported by: a) building upon rural character, and leveraging rural amenities and assets; b) promoting regeneration, including the redevelopment of brownfield sites; c) accommodating an appropriate range and mix of housing in rural settlement areas; d) encouraging the conservation and redevelopment of existing rural housing stock on rural lands; e) using rural infrastructure and public service facilities efficiently; Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 | 10 Page 133 of 213 f) promoting diversification of the economic base and employment opportunities through goods and services, including value-added products and the sustainable management or use of resources; g) providing opportunities for sustainable and diversified tourism, including leveraging historical, cultural, and natural assets; h) conserving biodiversity and considering the ecological benefits provided by nature; and i) providing opportunities for economic activities in prime agricultural areas, in accordance with policy 2.3. 1.1.4.2 In rural areas, rural settlement areas shall be the focus of growth and development and their vitality and regeneration shall be promoted. 1.1.4.3 When directing development in rural settlement areas in accordance with policy 1.1.3, planning authorities shall give consideration to rural characteristics, the scale of development and the provision of appropriate service levels. 1.1.4.4 Growth and development may be directed to rural lands in accordance with policy 1.1.5, including where a municipality does not have a settlement area. 1.1.5 Rural Lands in Municipalities 1.1.5.1 When directing development on rural lands, a planning authority shall apply the relevant policies of Section 1: Building Strong Healthy Communities, as well as the policies of Section 2: Wise Use and Management of Resources and Section 3: Protecting Public Health and Safety. 1.1.5.2 On rural lands located in municipalities, permitted uses are: a) the management or use of resources; b) resource-based recreational uses (including recreational dwellings); c) residential development, including lot creation, that is locally appropriate; d) agricultural uses, agriculture-related uses, on-farm diversified uses and normal farm practices, in accordance with provincial standards; e) home occupations and home industries; f) cemeteries; and g) other rural land uses. 1.1.5.3 Recreational, tourism and other economic opportunities should be promoted. 1.1.5.4 Development that is compatible with the rural landscape and can be sustained by rural service levels should be promoted. 1.1.5.5 Development shall be appropriate to the infrastructure which is planned or available, and avoid the need for the unjustified and/or uneconomical expansion of this infrastructure. 11 | Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page 134 of 213 1.1.5.6 Opportunities should be retained to locate new or expanding land uses that require separation from other uses. 1.1.5.7 Opportunities to support a diversified rural economy should be promoted by protecting agricultural and other resource-related uses and directing non-related development to areas where it will minimize constraints on these uses. 1.1.5.8 New land uses, including the creation of lots, and new or expanding livestock facilities, shall comply with the minimum distance separation formulae. 1.1.6 Territory Without Municipal Organization 1.1.6.1 On rural lands located in territory without municipal organization, the focus of development activity shall be related to the sustainable management or use of resources and resource-based recreational uses (including recreational dwellings). 1.1.6.2 Development shall be appropriate to the infrastructure which is planned or available, and avoid the need for the unjustified and/or uneconomical expansion of this infrastructure. 1.1.6.3 The establishment of new permanent townsites shall not be permitted. 1.1.6.4 In areas adjacent to and surrounding municipalities, only development that is related to the sustainable management or use of resources and resource-based recreational uses (including recreational dwellings) shall be permitted. Other uses may only be permitted if: a) the area forms part of a planning area; b) the necessary infrastructure and public service facilities are planned or available to support the development and are financially viable over their life cycle; and c) it has been determined, as part of a comprehensive review, that the impacts of development will not place an undue strain on the public service facilities and infrastructure provided by adjacent municipalities, regions and/or the Province. 1.2 Coordination 1.2.1 A coordinated, integrated and comprehensive approach should be used when dealing with planning matters within municipalities, across lower, single and/or upper-tier municipal boundaries, and with other orders of government, agencies and boards including: a) managing and/or promoting growth and development that is integrated with infrastructure planning; b) economic development strategies; Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 | 12 Page 135 of 213 c) managing natural heritage, water, agricultural, mineral, and cultural heritage and archaeological resources; d) infrastructure, multimodal transportation systems, public service facilities and waste management systems; e) ecosystem, shoreline, watershed, and Great Lakes related issues; f) natural and human-made hazards; g) population, housing and employment projections, based on regional market areas; and h) addressing housing needs in accordance with provincial policy statements such as the Policy Statement: Service Manager Housing and Homelessness Plans. 1.2.2 Planning authorities shall engage with Indigenous communities and coordinate on land use planning matters. 1.2.3 Planning authorities should coordinate emergency management and other economic, environmental and social planning considerations to support efficient and resilient communities. 1.2.4 Where planning is conducted by an upper-tier municipality, the upper-tier municipality in consultation with lower-tier municipalities shall: a) identify and allocate population, housing and employment projections for lower-tier municipalities. Allocations and projections by upper-tier municipalities shall be based on and reflect provincial plans where these exist and informed by provincial guidelines; b) identify areas where growth or development will be directed, including the identification of nodes and the corridors linking these nodes; c) identify targets for intensification and redevelopment within all or any of the lower-tier municipalities, including minimum targets that should be met before expansion of the boundaries of settlement areas is permitted in accordance with policy 1.1.3.8; d) where major transit corridors exist or are to be developed, identify density targets for areas adjacent or in proximity to these corridors and stations, including minimum targets that should be met before expansion of the boundaries of settlement areas is permitted in accordance with policy 1.1.3.8; and e) provide policy direction for the lower-tier municipalities on matters that cross municipal boundaries. 1.2.5 Where there is no upper-tier municipality, planning authorities shall ensure that policy 1.2.4 is addressed as part of the planning process, and should coordinate these matters with adjacent planning authorities. 13 | Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page 136 of 213 1.2.6 Land Use Compatibility 1.2.6.1 Major facilities and sensitive land uses shall be planned and developed to avoid, or if avoidance is not possible, minimize and mitigate any potential adverse effects from odour, noise and other contaminants, minimize risk to public health and safety, and to ensure the long-term operational and economic viability of major facilities in accordance with provincial guidelines, standards and procedures. 1.2.6.2 Where avoidance is not possible in accordance with policy 1.2.6.1, planning authorities shall protect the long-term viability of existing or planned industrial, manufacturing or other uses that are vulnerable to encroachment by ensuring that the planning and development of proposed adjacent sensitive land uses are only permitted if the following are demonstrated in accordance with provincial guidelines, standards and procedures: a) there is an identified need for the proposed use; b) alternative locations for the proposed use have been evaluated and there are no reasonable alternative locations; c) adverse effects to the proposed sensitive land use are minimized and mitigated; and d) potential impacts to industrial, manufacturing or other uses are minimized and mitigated. 1.3 Employment 1.3.1 Planning authorities shall promote economic development and competitiveness by: a) providing for an appropriate mix and range of employment, institutional, and broader mixed uses to meet long-term needs; b) providing opportunities for a diversified economic base, including maintaining a range and choice of suitable sites for employment uses which support a wide range of economic activities and ancillary uses, and take into account the needs of existing and future businesses; c) facilitating the conditions for economic investment by identifying strategic sites for investment, monitoring the availability and suitability of employment sites, including market-ready sites, and seeking to address potential barriers to investment; d) encouraging compact, mixed-use development that incorporates compatible employment uses to support liveable and resilient communities, with consideration of housing policy 1.4; and e) ensuring the necessary infrastructure is provided to support current and projected needs. Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 | 14 Page 137 of 213 1.3.2 Employment Areas 1.3.2.1 Planning authorities shall plan for, protect and preserve employment areas for current and future uses and ensure that the necessary infrastructure is provided to support current and projected needs. 1.3.2.2 At the time of the official plan review or update, planning authorities should assess employment areas identified in local official plans to ensure that this designation is appropriate to the planned function of the employment area. Employment areas planned for industrial and manufacturing uses shall provide for separation or mitigation from sensitive land uses to maintain the long-term operational and economic viability of the planned uses and function of these areas. 1.3.2.3 Within employment areas planned for industrial or manufacturing uses, planning authorities shall prohibit residential uses and prohibit or limit other sensitive land uses that are not ancillary to the primary employment uses in order to maintain land use compatibility. Employment areas planned for industrial or manufacturing uses should include an appropriate transition to adjacent non-employment areas. 1.3.2.4 Planning authorities may permit conversion of lands within employment areas to non-employment uses through a comprehensive review, only where it has been demonstrated that the land is not required for employment purposes over the long term and that there is a need for the conversion. 1.3.2.5 Notwithstanding policy 1.3.2.4, and until the official plan review or update in policy 1.3.2.4 is undertaken and completed, lands within existing employment areas may be converted to a designation that permits non-employment uses provided the area has not been identified as provincially significant through a provincial plan exercise or as regionally significant by a regional economic development corporation working together with affected upper and single-tier municipalities and subject to the following: a) there is an identified need for the conversion and the land is not required for employment purposes over the long term; b) the proposed uses would not adversely affect the overall viability of the employment area; and c) existing or planned infrastructure and public service facilities are available to accommodate the proposed uses. 1.3.2.6 Planning authorities shall protect employment areas in proximity to major goods movement facilities and corridors for employment uses that require those locations. 1.3.2.7 Planning authorities may plan beyond 25 years for the long-term protection of employment areas provided lands are not designated beyond the planning horizon identified in policy 1.1.2. 15 | Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page 138 of 213 1.4 Housing 1.4.1 To provide for an appropriate range and mix of housing options and densities required to meet projected requirements of current and future residents of the regional market area, planning authorities shall: a) maintain at all times the ability to accommodate residential growth for a minimum of 15 years through residential intensification and redevelopment and, if necessary, lands which are designated and available for residential development; and b) maintain at all times where new development is to occur, land with servicing capacity sufficient to provide at least a three-year supply of residential units available through lands suitably zoned to facilitate residential intensification and redevelopment, and land in draft approved and registered plans. Upper-tier and single-tier municipalities may choose to maintain land with servicing capacity sufficient to provide at least a five-year supply of residential units available through lands suitably zoned to facilitate residential intensification and redevelopment, and land in draft approved and registered plans. 1.4.2 Where planning is conducted by an upper-tier municipality: a) the land and unit supply maintained by the lower-tier municipality identified in policy 1.4.1 shall be based on and reflect the allocation of population and units by the upper-tier municipality; and b) the allocation of population and units by the upper-tier municipality shall be based on and reflect provincial plans where these exist. 1.4.3 Planning authorities shall provide for an appropriate range and mix of housing options and densities to meet projected market-based and affordable housing needs of current and future residents of the regional market area by: a) establishing and implementing minimum targets for the provision of housing which is affordable to low and moderate income households and which aligns with applicable housing and homelessness plans. However, where planning is conducted by an upper-tier municipality, the upper-tier municipality in consultation with the lower-tier municipalities may identify a higher target(s) which shall represent the minimum target(s) for these lower-tier municipalities; b) permitting and facilitating: 1. all housing options required to meet the social, health, economic and well-being requirements of current and future residents, including special needs requirements and needs arising from demographic changes and employment opportunities; and 2. all types of residential intensification, including additional residential units, and redevelopment in accordance with policy 1.1.3.3; Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 | 16 Page 139 of 213 c) directing the development of new housing towards locations where appropriate levels of infrastructure and public service facilities are or will be available to support current and projected needs; d) promoting densities for new housing which efficiently use land, resources, infrastructure and public service facilities, and support the use of active transportation and transit in areas where it exists or is to be developed; e) requiring transit-supportive development and prioritizing intensification, including potential air rights development, in proximity to transit, including corridors and stations; and f) establishing development standards for residential intensification, redevelopment and new residential development which minimize the cost of housing and facilitate compact form, while maintaining appropriate levels of public health and safety. 1.5 Public Spaces, Recreation, Parks, Trails and Open Space 1.5.1 Healthy, active communities should be promoted by: a) planning public streets, spaces and facilities to be safe, meet the needs of pedestrians, foster social interaction and facilitate active transportation and community connectivity; b) planning and providing for a full range and equitable distribution of publicly- accessible built and natural settings for recreation, including facilities, parklands, public spaces, open space areas, trails and linkages, and, where practical, water-based resources; c) providing opportunities for public access to shorelines; and d) recognizing provincial parks, conservation reserves, and other protected areas, and minimizing negative impacts on these areas. 1.6 Infrastructure and Public Service Facilities 1.6.1 Infrastructure and public service facilities shall be provided in an efficient manner that prepares for the impacts of a changing climate while accommodating projected needs. Planning for infrastructure and public service facilities shall be coordinated and integrated with land use planning and growth management so that they are: a) financially viable over their life cycle, which may be demonstrated through asset management planning; and b) available to meet current and projected needs. 1.6.2 Planning authorities should promote green infrastructure to complement infrastructure. 17 | Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page 140 of 213 1.6.3 Before consideration is given to developing new infrastructure and public service facilities: a) the use of existing infrastructure and public service facilities should be optimized; and b) opportunities for adaptive re-use should be considered, wherever feasible. 1.6.4 Infrastructure and public service facilities should be strategically located to support the effective and efficient delivery of emergency management services, and to ensure the protection of public health and safety in accordance with the policies in Section 3.0: Protecting Public Health and Safety. 1.6.5 Public service facilities should be co-located in community hubs, where appropriate, to promote cost-effectiveness and facilitate service integration, access to transit and active transportation. 1.6.6 Sewage, Water and Stormwater 1.6.6.1 Planning for sewage and water services shall: a) accommodate forecasted growth in a manner that promotes the efficient use and optimization of existing: 1. municipal sewage services and municipal water services; and 2. private communal sewage services and private communal water services, where municipal sewage services and municipal water services are not available or feasible; b) ensure that these systems are provided in a manner that: 1. can be sustained by the water resources upon which such services rely; 2. prepares for the impacts of a changing climate; 3. is feasible and financially viable over their lifecycle; and 4. protects human health and safety, and the natural environment; c) promote water conservation and water use efficiency; d) integrate servicing and land use considerations at all stages of the planning process; and e) be in accordance with the servicing hierarchy outlined through policies 1.6.6.2, 1.6.6.3, 1.6.6.4 and 1.6.6.5. For clarity, where municipal sewage services and municipal water services are not available, planned or feasible, planning authorities have the ability to consider the use of the servicing options set out through policies 1.6.6.3, 1.6.6.4, and 1.6.6.5 provided that the specified conditions are met. 1.6.6.2 Municipal sewage services and municipal water services are the preferred form of servicing for settlement areas to support protection of the environment and minimize potential risks to human health and safety. Within settlement areas with existing municipal sewage services and municipal water services, intensification and redevelopment shall be promoted wherever feasible to optimize the use of the services. Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 | 18 Page 141 of 213 1.6.6.3 Where municipal sewage services and municipal water services are not available, planned or feasible, private communal sewage services and private communal water services are the preferred form of servicing for multi-unit/lot development to support protection of the environment and minimize potential risks to human health and safety. 1.6.6.4 Where municipal sewage services and municipal water services or private communal sewage services and private communal water services are not available, planned or feasible, individual on-site sewage services and individual on-site water services may be used provided that site conditions are suitable for the long-term provision of such services with no negative impacts. In settlement areas, individual on-site sewage services and individual on-site water services may be used for infilling and minor rounding out of existing development. At the time of the official plan review or update, planning authorities should assess the long-term impacts of individual on-site sewage services and individual on-site water services on the environmental health and the character of rural settlement areas. Where planning is conducted by an upper-tier municipality, the upper-tier municipality should work with lower-tier municipalities at the time of the official plan review or update to assess the long-term impacts of individual on-site sewage services and individual on-site water services on the environmental health and the desired character of rural settlement areas and the feasibility of other forms of servicing set out in policies 1.6.6.2 and 1.6.6.3. 1.6.6.5 Partial services shall only be permitted in the following circumstances: a) where they are necessary to address failed individual on-site sewage services and individual on-site water services in existing development; or b) within settlement areas, to allow for infilling and minor rounding out of existing development on partial services provided that site conditions are suitable for the long-term provision of such services with no negative impacts. Where partial services have been provided to address failed services in accordance with subsection (a), infilling on existing lots of record in rural areas in municipalities may be permitted where this would represent a logical and financially viable connection to the existing partial service and provided that site conditions are suitable for the long-term provision of such services with no negative impacts. In accordance with subsection (a), the extension of partial services into rural areas is only permitted to address failed individual on-site sewage and individual on-site water services for existing development. 1.6.6.6 Subject to the hierarchy of services provided in policies 1.6.6.2, 1.6.6.3, 1.6.6.4 and 1.6.6.5, planning authorities may allow lot creation only if there is confirmation of sufficient reserve sewage system capacity and reserve water system capacity within municipal sewage services and municipal water services or private communal sewage services and private communal water services. The determination of 19 | Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page 142 of 213 sufficient reserve sewage system capacity shall include treatment capacity for hauled sewage from private communal sewage services and individual on-site sewage services. 1.6.6.7 Planning for stormwater management shall: a) be integrated with planning for sewage and water services and ensure that systems are optimized, feasible and financially viable over the long term; b) minimize, or, where possible, prevent increases in contaminant loads; c) minimize erosion and changes in water balance, and prepare for the impacts of a changing climate through the effective management of stormwater, including the use of green infrastructure; d) mitigate risks to human health, safety, property and the environment; e) maximize the extent and function of vegetative and pervious surfaces; and f) promote stormwater management best practices, including stormwater attenuation and re-use, water conservation and efficiency, and low impact development. 1.6.7 Transportation Systems 1.6.7.1 Transportation systems should be provided which are safe, energy efficient, facilitate the movement of people and goods, and are appropriate to address projected needs. 1.6.7.2 Efficient use should be made of existing and planned infrastructure, including through the use of transportation demand management strategies, where feasible. 1.6.7.3 As part of a multimodal transportation system, connectivity within and among transportation systems and modes should be maintained and, where possible, improved including connections which cross jurisdictional boundaries. 1.6.7.4 A land use pattern, density and mix of uses should be promoted that minimize the length and number of vehicle trips and support current and future use of transit and active transportation. 1.6.8 Transportation and Infrastructure Corridors 1.6.8.1 Planning authorities shall plan for and protect corridors and rights-of-way for infrastructure, including transportation, transit and electricity generation facilities and transmission systems to meet current and projected needs. 1.6.8.2 Major goods movement facilities and corridors shall be protected for the long term. 1.6.8.3 Planning authorities shall not permit development in planned corridors that could preclude or negatively affect the use of the corridor for the purpose(s) for which it was identified. Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 | 20 Page 143 of 213 New development proposed on adjacent lands to existing or planned corridors and transportation facilities should be compatible with, and supportive of, the long-term purposes of the corridor and should be designed to avoid, mitigate or minimize negative impacts on and from the corridor and transportation facilities. 1.6.8.4 The preservation and reuse of abandoned corridors for purposes that maintain the corridor’s integrity and continuous linear characteristics should be encouraged, wherever feasible. 1.6.8.5 The co-location of linear infrastructure should be promoted, where appropriate. 1.6.8.6 When planning for corridors and rights-of-way for significant transportation, electricity transmission, and infrastructure facilities, consideration will be given to the significant resources in Section 2: Wise Use and Management of Resources. 1.6.9 Airports, Rail and Marine Facilities 1.6.9.1 Planning for land uses in the vicinity of airports, rail facilities and marine facilities shall be undertaken so that: a) their long-term operation and economic role is protected; and b) airports, rail facilities and marine facilities and sensitive land uses are appropriately designed, buffered and/or separated from each other, in accordance with policy 1.2.6. 1.6.9.2 Airports shall be protected from incompatible land uses and development by: a) prohibiting new residential development and other sensitive land uses in areas near airports above 30 NEF/NEP; b) considering redevelopment of existing residential uses and other sensitive land uses or infilling of residential and other sensitive land uses in areas above 30 NEF/NEP only if it has been demonstrated that there will be no negative impacts on the long-term function of the airport; and c) discouraging land uses which may cause a potential aviation safety hazard. 1.6.10 Waste Management 1.6.10.1 Waste management systems need to be provided that are of an appropriate size and type to accommodate present and future requirements, and facilitate, encourage and promote reduction, reuse and recycling objectives. Waste management systems shall be located and designed in accordance with provincial legislation and standards. 21 | Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page 144 of 213 1.6.11 Energy Supply 1.6.11.1 Planning authorities should provide opportunities for the development of energy supply including electricity generation facilities and transmission and distribution systems, district energy, and renewable energy systems and alternative energy systems, to accommodate current and projected needs. 1.7 Long-Term Economic Prosperity 1.7.1 Long-term economic prosperity should be supported by: a) promoting opportunities for economic development and community investment-readiness; b) encouraging residential uses to respond to dynamic market-based needs and provide necessary housing supply and range of housing options for a diverse workforce; c) optimizing the long-term availability and use of land, resources, infrastructure and public service facilities; d) maintaining and, where possible, enhancing the vitality and viability of downtowns and mainstreets; e) encouraging a sense of place, by promoting well-designed built form and cultural planning, and by conserving features that help define character, including built heritage resources and cultural heritage landscapes; f) promoting the redevelopment of brownfield sites; g) providing for an efficient, cost-effective, reliable multimodal transportation system that is integrated with adjacent systems and those of other jurisdictions, and is appropriate to address projected needs to support the movement of goods and people; h) providing opportunities for sustainable tourism development; i) sustaining and enhancing the viability of the agricultural system through protecting agricultural resources, minimizing land use conflicts, providing opportunities to support local food, and maintaining and improving the agri- food network; j) promoting energy conservation and providing opportunities for increased energy supply; k) minimizing negative impacts from a changing climate and considering the ecological benefits provided by nature; and l) encouraging efficient and coordinated communications and telecommunications infrastructure. 1.8 Energy Conservation, Air Quality and Climate Change 1.8.1 Planning authorities shall support energy conservation and efficiency, improved air quality, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and preparing for the impacts of a changing climate through land use and development patterns which: Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 | 22 Page 145 of 213 a) promote compact form and a structure of nodes and corridors; b) promote the use of active transportation and transit in and between residential, employment (including commercial and industrial) and institutional uses and other areas; c) focus major employment, commercial and other travel-intensive land uses on sites which are well served by transit where this exists or is to be developed, or designing these to facilitate the establishment of transit in the future; d) focus freight-intensive land uses to areas well served by major highways, airports, rail facilities and marine facilities; e) encourage transit-supportive development and intensification to improve the mix of employment and housing uses to shorten commute journeys and decrease transportation congestion; f) promote design and orientation which maximizes energy efficiency and conservation, and considers the mitigating effects of vegetation and green infrastructure; and g) maximize vegetation within settlement areas, where feasible. 23 | Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page 146 of 213 2.0 Wise Use and Management of Resources Ontario's long-term prosperity, environmental health, and social well-being depend on conserving biodiversity, protecting the health of the Great Lakes, and protecting natural heritage, water, agricultural, mineral and cultural heritage and archaeological resources for their economic, environmental and social benefits. Accordingly: 2.1 Natural Heritage 2.1.1 Natural features and areas shall be protected for the long term. 2.1.2 The diversity and connectivity of natural features in an area, and the long-term ecological function and biodiversity of natural heritage systems, should be maintained, restored or, where possible, improved, recognizing linkages between and among natural heritage features and areas, surface water features and ground water features. 2.1.3 Natural heritage systems shall be identified in Ecoregions 6E & 7E1, recognizing that natural heritage systems will vary in size and form in settlement areas, rural areas, and prime agricultural areas. 2.1.4 Development and site alteration shall not be permitted in: a) significant wetlands in Ecoregions 5E, 6E and 7E1; and b) significant coastal wetlands. 2.1.5 Development and site alteration shall not be permitted in: a) significant wetlands in the Canadian Shield north of Ecoregions 5E, 6E and 7E1; b) significant woodlands in Ecoregions 6E and 7E (excluding islands in Lake Huron and the St. Marys River)1; c) significant valleylands in Ecoregions 6E and 7E (excluding islands in Lake Huron and the St. Marys River)1; d) significant wildlife habitat; e) significant areas of natural and scientific interest; and f) coastal wetlands in Ecoregions 5E, 6E and 7E1 that are not subject to policy 2.1.4(b) unless it has been demonstrated that there will be no negative impacts on the natural features or their ecological functions. 1 Ecoregions 5E, 6E and 7E are shown on Figure 1. Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 | 24 Page 147 of 213 2.1.6 Development and site alteration shall not be permitted in fish habitat except in accordance with provincial and federal requirements. 2.1.7 Development and site alteration shall not be permitted in habitat of endangered species and threatened species, except in accordance with provincial and federal requirements. 2.1.8 Development and site alteration shall not be permitted on adjacent lands to the natural heritage features and areas identified in policies 2.1.4, 2.1.5, and 2.1.6 unless the ecological function of the adjacent lands has been evaluated and it has been demonstrated that there will be no negative impacts on the natural features or on their ecological functions. 2.1.9 Nothing in policy 2.1 is intended to limit the ability of agricultural uses to continue. 2.2 Water 2.2.1 Planning authorities shall protect, improve or restore the quality and quantity of water by: a) using the watershed as the ecologically meaningful scale for integrated and long-term planning, which can be a foundation for considering cumulative impacts of development; b) minimizing potential negative impacts, including cross-jurisdictional and cross-watershed impacts; c) evaluating and preparing for the impacts of a changing climate to water resource systems at the watershed level; d) identifying water resource systems consisting of ground water features, hydrologic functions, natural heritage features and areas, and surface water features including shoreline areas, which are necessary for the ecological and hydrological integrity of the watershed; e) maintaining linkages and related functions among ground water features, hydrologic functions, natural heritage features and areas, and surface water features including shoreline areas; f) implementing necessary restrictions on development and site alteration to: 1. protect all municipal drinking water supplies and designated vulnerable areas; and 2. protect, improve or restore vulnerable surface and ground water, sensitive surface water features and sensitive ground water features, and their hydrologic functions; g) planning for efficient and sustainable use of water resources, through practices for water conservation and sustaining water quality; h) ensuring consideration of environmental lake capacity, where applicable; and i) ensuring stormwater management practices minimize stormwater volumes and contaminant loads, and maintain or increase the extent of vegetative and pervious surfaces. 25 | Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page 148 of 213 2.2.2 Development and site alteration shall be restricted in or near sensitive surface water features and sensitive ground water features such that these features and their related hydrologic functions will be protected, improved or restored. Mitigative measures and/or alternative development approaches may be required in order to protect, improve or restore sensitive surface water features, sensitive ground water features, and their hydrologic functions. 2.3 Agriculture 2.3.1 Prime agricultural areas shall be protected for long-term use for agriculture. Prime agricultural areas are areas where prime agricultural lands predominate. Specialty crop areas shall be given the highest priority for protection, followed by Canada Land Inventory Class 1, 2, and 3 lands, and any associated Class 4 through 7 lands within the prime agricultural area, in this order of priority. 2.3.2 Planning authorities shall designate prime agricultural areas and specialty crop areas in accordance with guidelines developed by the Province, as amended from time to time. Planning authorities are encouraged to use an agricultural system approach to maintain and enhance the geographic continuity of the agricultural land base and the functional and economic connections to the agri-food network. 2.3.3 Permitted Uses 2.3.3.1 In prime agricultural areas, permitted uses and activities are: agricultural uses, agriculture-related uses and on-farm diversified uses. Proposed agriculture-related uses and on-farm diversified uses shall be compatible with, and shall not hinder, surrounding agricultural operations. Criteria for these uses may be based on guidelines developed by the Province or municipal approaches, as set out in municipal planning documents, which achieve the same objectives. 2.3.3.2 In prime agricultural areas, all types, sizes and intensities of agricultural uses and normal farm practices shall be promoted and protected in accordance with provincial standards. 2.3.3.3 New land uses in prime agricultural areas, including the creation of lots and new or expanding livestock facilities, shall comply with the minimum distance separation formulae. Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 | 26 Page 149 of 213 2.3.4 Lot Creation and Lot Adjustments 2.3.4.1 Lot creation in prime agricultural areas is discouraged and may only be permitted for: a) agricultural uses, provided that the lots are of a size appropriate for the type of agricultural use(s) common in the area and are sufficiently large to maintain flexibility for future changes in the type or size of agricultural operations; b) agriculture-related uses, provided that any new lot will be limited to a minimum size needed to accommodate the use and appropriate sewage and water services; c) a residence surplus to a farming operation as a result of farm consolidation, provided that: 1. the new lot will be limited to a minimum size needed to accommodate the use and appropriate sewage and water services; and 2. the planning authority ensures that new residential dwellings are prohibited on any remnant parcel of farmland created by the severance. The approach used to ensure that no new residential dwellings are permitted on the remnant parcel may be recommended by the Province, or based on municipal approaches which achieve the same objective; and d) infrastructure, where the facility or corridor cannot be accommodated through the use of easements or rights-of-way. 2.3.4.2 Lot adjustments in prime agricultural areas may be permitted for legal or technical reasons. 2.3.4.3 The creation of new residential lots in prime agricultural areas shall not be permitted, except in accordance with policy 2.3.4.1(c). 2.3.5 Removal of Land from Prime Agricultural Areas 2.3.5.1 Planning authorities may only exclude land from prime agricultural areas for expansions of or identification of settlement areas in accordance with policy 1.1.3.8. 2.3.6 Non-Agricultural Uses in Prime Agricultural Areas 2.3.6.1 Planning authorities may only permit non-agricultural uses in prime agricultural areas for: a) extraction of minerals, petroleum resources and mineral aggregate resources; or b) limited non-residential uses, provided that all of the following are demonstrated: 27 | Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page 150 of 213 1. the land does not comprise a specialty crop area; 2. the proposed use complies with the minimum distance separation formulae; 3. there is an identified need within the planning horizon provided for in policy 1.1.2 for additional land to accommodate the proposed use; and 4. alternative locations have been evaluated, and i. there are no reasonable alternative locations which avoid prime agricultural areas; and ii. there are no reasonable alternative locations in prime agricultural areas with lower priority agricultural lands. 2.3.6.2 Impacts from any new or expanding non-agricultural uses on surrounding agricultural operations and lands are to be mitigated to the extent feasible. 2.4 Minerals and Petroleum 2.4.1 Minerals and petroleum resources shall be protected for long-term use. 2.4.2 Protection of Long-Term Resource Supply 2.4.2.1 Mineral mining operations and petroleum resource operations shall be identified and protected from development and activities that would preclude or hinder their expansion or continued use or which would be incompatible for reasons of public health, public safety or environmental impact. 2.4.2.2 Known mineral deposits, known petroleum resources and significant areas of mineral potential shall be identified and development and activities in these resources or on adjacent lands which would preclude or hinder the establishment of new operations or access to the resources shall only be permitted if: a) resource use would not be feasible; or b) the proposed land use or development serves a greater long-term public interest; and c) issues of public health, public safety and environmental impact are addressed. 2.4.3 Rehabilitation 2.4.3.1 Rehabilitation to accommodate subsequent land uses shall be required after extraction and other related activities have ceased. Progressive rehabilitation should be undertaken wherever feasible. Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 | 28 Page 151 of 213 2.4.4 Extraction in Prime Agricultural Areas 2.4.4.1 Extraction of minerals and petroleum resources is permitted in prime agricultural areas provided that the site will be rehabilitated. 2.5 Mineral Aggregate Resources 2.5.1 Mineral aggregate resources shall be protected for long-term use and, where provincial information is available, deposits of mineral aggregate resources shall be identified. 2.5.2 Protection of Long-Term Resource Supply 2.5.2.1 As much of the mineral aggregate resources as is realistically possible shall be made available as close to markets as possible. Demonstration of need for mineral aggregate resources, including any type of supply/demand analysis, shall not be required, notwithstanding the availability, designation or licensing for extraction of mineral aggregate resources locally or elsewhere. 2.5.2.2 Extraction shall be undertaken in a manner which minimizes social, economic and environmental impacts. 2.5.2.3 Mineral aggregate resource conservation shall be undertaken, including through the use of accessory aggregate recycling facilities within operations, wherever feasible. 2.5.2.4 Mineral aggregate operations shall be protected from development and activities that would preclude or hinder their expansion or continued use or which would be incompatible for reasons of public health, public safety or environmental impact. Existing mineral aggregate operations shall be permitted to continue without the need for official plan amendment, rezoning or development permit under the Planning Act. Where the Aggregate Resources Act applies, only processes under the Aggregate Resources Act shall address the depth of extraction of new or existing mineral aggregate operations. When a license for extraction or operation ceases to exist, policy 2.5.2.5 continues to apply. 2.5.2.5 In known deposits of mineral aggregate resources and on adjacent lands, development and activities which would preclude or hinder the establishment of new operations or access to the resources shall only be permitted if: a) resource use would not be feasible; or b) the proposed land use or development serves a greater long-term public interest; and c) issues of public health, public safety and environmental impact are addressed. 29 | Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page 152 of 213 2.5.3 Rehabilitation 2.5.3.1 Progressive and final rehabilitation shall be required to accommodate subsequent land uses, to promote land use compatibility, to recognize the interim nature of extraction, and to mitigate negative impacts to the extent possible. Final rehabilitation shall take surrounding land use and approved land use designations into consideration. 2.5.3.2 Comprehensive rehabilitation planning is encouraged where there is a concentration of mineral aggregate operations. 2.5.3.3 In parts of the Province not designated under the Aggregate Resources Act, rehabilitation standards that are compatible with those under the Act should be adopted for extraction operations on private lands. 2.5.4 Extraction in Prime Agricultural Areas 2.5.4.1 In prime agricultural areas, on prime agricultural land, extraction of mineral aggregate resources is permitted as an interim use provided that the site will be rehabilitated back to an agricultural condition. Complete rehabilitation to an agricultural condition is not required if: a) outside of a specialty crop area, there is a substantial quantity of mineral aggregate resources below the water table warranting extraction, or the depth of planned extraction in a quarry makes restoration of pre-extraction agricultural capability unfeasible; b) in a specialty crop area, there is a substantial quantity of high quality mineral aggregate resources below the water table warranting extraction, and the depth of planned extraction makes restoration of pre-extraction agricultural capability unfeasible; c) other alternatives have been considered by the applicant and found unsuitable. The consideration of other alternatives shall include resources in areas of Canada Land Inventory Class 4 through 7 lands, resources on lands identified as designated growth areas, and resources on prime agricultural lands where rehabilitation is feasible. Where no other alternatives are found, prime agricultural lands shall be protected in this order of priority: specialty crop areas, Canada Land Inventory Class 1, 2 and 3 lands; and d) agricultural rehabilitation in remaining areas is maximized. 2.5.5 Wayside Pits and Quarries, Portable Asphalt Plants and Portable Concrete Plants 2.5.5.1 Wayside pits and quarries, portable asphalt plants and portable concrete plants used on public authority contracts shall be permitted, without the need for an official plan Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 | 30 Page 153 of 213 amendment, rezoning, or development permit under the Planning Act in all areas, except those areas of existing development or particular environmental sensitivity which have been determined to be incompatible with extraction and associated activities. 2.6 Cultural Heritage and Archaeology 2.6.1 Significant built heritage resources and significant cultural heritage landscapes shall be conserved. 2.6.2 Development and site alteration shall not be permitted on lands containing archaeological resources or areas of archaeological potential unless significant archaeological resources have been conserved. 2.6.3 Planning authorities shall not permit development and site alteration on adjacent lands to protected heritage property except where the proposed development and site alteration has been evaluated and it has been demonstrated that the heritage attributes of the protected heritage property will be conserved. 2.6.4 Planning authorities should consider and promote archaeological management plans and cultural plans in conserving cultural heritage and archaeological resources. 2.6.5 Planning authorities shall engage with Indigenous communities and consider their interests when identifying, protecting and managing cultural heritage and archaeological resources. 31 | Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page 154 of 213 3.0 Protecting Public Health and Safety Ontario's long-term prosperity, environmental health and social well-being depend on reducing the potential for public cost or risk to Ontario’s residents from natural or human-made hazards. Development shall be directed away from areas of natural or human-made hazards where there is an unacceptable risk to public health or safety or of property damage, and not create new or aggravate existing hazards. Mitigating potential risk to public health or safety or of property damage from natural hazards, including the risks that may be associated with the impacts of a changing climate, will require the Province, planning authorities, and conservation authorities to work together. Accordingly: 3.1 Natural Hazards 3.1.1 Development shall generally be directed, in accordance with guidance developed by the Province (as amended from time to time), to areas outside of: a) hazardous lands adjacent to the shorelines of the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence River System and large inland lakes which are impacted by flooding hazards, erosion hazards and/or dynamic beach hazards; b) hazardous lands adjacent to river, stream and small inland lake systems which are impacted by flooding hazards and/or erosion hazards; and c) hazardous sites. 3.1.2 Development and site alteration shall not be permitted within: a) the dynamic beach hazard; b) defined portions of the flooding hazard along connecting channels (the St. Marys, St. Clair, Detroit, Niagara and St. Lawrence Rivers); c) areas that would be rendered inaccessible to people and vehicles during times of flooding hazards, erosion hazards and/or dynamic beach hazards, unless it has been demonstrated that the site has safe access appropriate for the nature of the development and the natural hazard; and d) a floodway regardless of whether the area of inundation contains high points of land not subject to flooding. 3.1.3 Planning authorities shall prepare for the impacts of a changing climate that may increase the risk associated with natural hazards. 3.1.4 Despite policy 3.1.2, development and site alteration may be permitted in certain areas associated with the flooding hazard along river, stream and small inland lake systems: Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 | 32 Page 155 of 213 a) in those exceptional situations where a Special Policy Area has been approved. The designation of a Special Policy Area, and any change or modification to the official plan policies, land use designations or boundaries applying to Special Policy Area lands, must be approved by the Ministers of Municipal Affairs and Housing and Natural Resources and Forestry prior to the approval authority approving such changes or modifications; or b) where the development is limited to uses which by their nature must locate within the floodway, including flood and/or erosion control works or minor additions or passive non-structural uses which do not affect flood flows. 3.1.5 Development shall not be permitted to locate in hazardous lands and hazardous sites where the use is: a) an institutional use including hospitals, long-term care homes, retirement homes, pre-schools, school nurseries, day cares and schools; b) an essential emergency service such as that provided by fire, police and ambulance stations and electrical substations; or c) uses associated with the disposal, manufacture, treatment or storage of hazardous substances. 3.1.6 Where the two zone concept for flood plains is applied, development and site alteration may be permitted in the flood fringe, subject to appropriate floodproofing to the flooding hazard elevation or another flooding hazard standard approved by the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry. 3.1.7 Further to policy 3.1.6, and except as prohibited in policies 3.1.2 and 3.1.5, development and site alteration may be permitted in those portions of hazardous lands and hazardous sites where the effects and risk to public safety are minor, could be mitigated in accordance with provincial standards, and where all of the following are demonstrated and achieved: a) development and site alteration is carried out in accordance with floodproofing standards, protection works standards, and access standards; b) vehicles and people have a way of safely entering and exiting the area during times of flooding, erosion and other emergencies; c) new hazards are not created and existing hazards are not aggravated; and d) no adverse environmental impacts will result. 3.1.8 Development shall generally be directed to areas outside of lands that are unsafe for development due to the presence of hazardous forest types for wildland fire. Development may however be permitted in lands with hazardous forest types for wildland fire where the risk is mitigated in accordance with wildland fire assessment and mitigation standards. 33 | Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page 156 of 213 3.2 Human-Made Hazards 3.2.1 Development on, abutting or adjacent to lands affected by mine hazards; oil, gas and salt hazards; or former mineral mining operations, mineral aggregate operations or petroleum resource operations may be permitted only if rehabilitation or other measures to address and mitigate known or suspected hazards are under way or have been completed. 3.2.2 Sites with contaminants in land or water shall be assessed and remediated as necessary prior to any activity on the site associated with the proposed use such that there will be no adverse effects. 3.2.3 Planning authorities should support, where feasible, on-site and local re-use of excess soil through planning and development approvals while protecting human health and the environment. Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 | 34 Page 157 of 213 4.0 Implementation and Interpretation 4.1 This Provincial Policy Statement applies to all decisions in respect of the exercise of any authority that affects a planning matter made on or after May 1, 2020. 4.2 This Provincial Policy Statement shall be read in its entirety and all relevant policies are to be applied to each situation. 4.3 This Provincial Policy Statement shall be implemented in a manner that is consistent with the recognition and affirmation of existing Aboriginal and treaty rights in section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. 4.4 This Provincial Policy Statement shall be implemented in a manner that is consistent with Ontario Human Rights Code and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. 4.5 In implementing the Provincial Policy Statement, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing may take into account other considerations when making decisions to support strong communities, a clean and healthy environment and the economic vitality of the Province. 4.6 The official plan is the most important vehicle for implementation of this Provincial Policy Statement. Comprehensive, integrated and long-term planning is best achieved through official plans. Official plans shall identify provincial interests and set out appropriate land use designations and policies. To determine the significance of some natural heritage features and other resources, evaluation may be required. In order to protect provincial interests, planning authorities shall keep their official plans up-to-date with this Provincial Policy Statement. The policies of this Provincial Policy Statement continue to apply after adoption and approval of an official plan. 4.7 In addition to land use approvals under the Planning Act, infrastructure may also require approval under other legislation and regulations. An environmental assessment process may be required for new infrastructure and modifications to existing infrastructure under applicable legislation. Wherever possible and practical, approvals under the Planning Act and other legislation or regulations should be integrated provided the intent and requirements of both processes are met. 4.8 The Province, in consultation with municipalities, Indigenous communities, other public bodies and stakeholders shall identify performance indicators for measuring the effectiveness of some or all of the policies. The Province shall monitor their implementation, including reviewing performance indicators concurrent with any review of this Provincial Policy Statement. 35 | Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page 158 of 213 4.9 Municipalities are encouraged to monitor and report on the implementation of the policies in their official plans, in accordance with any reporting requirements, data standards and any other guidelines that may be issued by the Minister. Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 | 36 Page 159 of 213 5.0 Figure 1 Natural Heritage Protection Line Figure 1. 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S T. LA K E Z OR RA- BLENH EIM HAMILTON GR I MS B Y MA RY S CATH ARIN ES LU C A N TAVISTOC K LI N C O L N BIDD UL PH BRAN TFO RD WEST W OO DS T OC K LI N C O L N LAMBTON NO RTH Z OR RA NIAGARATHO RO L D SHO RE S MID DLES EX BRAN T PELHA M NIAG AR A WELLAND FA L LS MIDDLESEXMID DLES EX OXFORD IN G E R S O L L F OR T CEN TRE NO RWIC H WAINFLEE T POR T PLY M PTON - ADELA IDE- SOU T H- HAL D IMA ND C O LB OR N E ERIE WARWIC K THAM ES WEST CO UN TY POI N T WYO MIN G METCALFE LONDON CEN TRE OXF O R D EDWA RDSARN IA STRATH RO Y- LAMBTON CAR ADO C TILLS ONBUR G PETR OLIA BRO O KE- NO RFO L K ENN ISKILLEN ALV INSTO N MALAHIDE CO UN TY S T. OI L AYLM ER S T. SOU THW EST THO M AS SPRIN G S SOU THW OL D CEN TRAL BAYH AM CL AIR MID DLES EX EL GI N DAWN - NEWB UR Y DUTT ON /DUN WIC H EUPH EM IA ELG IN WEST EL GI N CHAT HAM - KENT WIND SOR LA KESH O RE LA SALLETECU M SEH ESSEX AM HER STBU RG KING SVILLE ESSE X LEAMINGTON PELEE 37 | Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page 160 of 213 PR CAR ILLE - EDWAR AUGUSTA NORTH GR ENVILLE BROCKV KITLEY ILLE ILLE YONGE YONGE IZABETHTOWN FRONT OF WOLFORD WOLFORD OTTAWA OTTAWA EL MERRICKVILLE- ATHENS FA LL S SM ITH S MONTAGUE ISLAND S LEEDS LEEDS AND GRENV 100 Km 100 Km LEED S AN D GANANOQUE THE THOUSAND PLAC E BECKWITH BECKWITH CAR LETON LAKES LAKES RIDEAU ISLAND S PERTH NORTH FRONTENAC ELMSLEY ELMSLEY DRUMMOND/ ARN PR IOR WESTPORT WESTPORT KINGSTON KINGSTON - MILLS SOUTH TAY VALLEY VALLEY MISSISSIPPI FRONTENAC LANARK LANARK LANARK MCNAB HIGHLANDS BRAESIDE BRAESIDE 50 LOYALIST RENFREW HORTON MILLS STONE CENTRAL FRONTENAC NAPANEE BROM LEY NORTH ADM ASTON/ DESERONTO REGION REGION FRONTENAC GR EATER MADAWASKA MADAWASKA WHITEWATER FRONTENAC FRONTENAC PRINCE COUNTY EDWARD TYEND IN AGA GR EATER VALLEY VALLEY PEMBROKE PEMBROKE 0 BONNECHERE BELLEVILLE , , L N HIGHLANDS L ADDINGTON H H A WILBERFORCE NORTH ALGONA E L C CENTRE VALLEY VALLEY - N HASTINGS G O LENNOX AND ADDINGTON E A LAURENTIAN D NGS D RENFREW RENFREW R N MADOC TWEED MADOC TWEED WEST U D Y QU IN TE R L N B A PETAWAWA RAWDON DEEP STIRLING RIVER N AND TUDOR CASHEL l AND HILLS HASTI HASTI KILLALOE, HAGARTY RICHARDS BRIGHTON BRIGHTON MAYO LIMERICK LAURENTIAN AND LAKE MARMORA CAR LOW/ HILLS TRENT - VALLEY VALLEY CRAMAHE MADAWASKA MADAWASKA BANCROFT WOLLASTON WOLLASTON MAND METHUEN BELM ONT HAVELOC K - FARADAY FARADAY - NORWOOD NORWOOD ASPHODEL- ALNWIC K/ HASTINGS HIGHLANDS HALDI COBOURG DOURO DUMMER HAMILTON HAMILTON SOUTH NORTH SOUTH ALGON QU IN KAWARTH A OTONABEE- MONAGH AN HEAD, MARIA - CLARA AN D EAST EAST PORT NORTHUMBERLAND HOPE - HIGHLANDS - SM ITH PETERBOROUGH PETERBOROUGH LAKEFIELD LAKEFIELD ENN ISM OR E- PETERBOROUGH CAVAN MONAGH AN GALWAY CAVEND ISH DYSART ET AL AL ET DYSART AND H ARVEY - CLARINGTON Northern limit of Ecoregions* 5E, 6E and 7E for the purposes of policies under 2.1 under policies of purposes the for 7E and 6E 5E, Ecoregions* of limit Northern 2.1 under policies of purposes the for 7E and 6E Ecoregions* of limit Northern 2.1 under policies of purposes for 6Ethe and 7E Ecoregions* HALIBURTON LAKES LAKES CAM ER ON PAPINEAU HILLS KAWARTH A MINDEN OSHAWA OSHAWA WHITBY SCU GOG HIGHLANDS ALGON QU IN MATTA WA AJAX AJAX "Crins, W.J. 2002. 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ALGOMA PRINCE WAWA Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 | 38 Page 161 of 213 6.0 Definitions Access standards: means methods or Adverse effects: as defined in the procedures to ensure safe vehicular and Environmental Protection Act, means one or pedestrian movement, and access for the more of: maintenance and repair of protection works, a) impairment of the quality of the natural during times of flooding hazards, erosion environment for any use that can be made hazards and/or other water-related hazards. of it; b) injury or damage to property or plant or Active transportation: means human-powered animal life; travel, including but not limited to, walking, c) harm or material discomfort to any person; cycling, inline skating and travel with the use of d) an adverse effect on the health of any mobility aids, including motorized wheelchairs person; and other power-assisted devices moving at a e) impairment of the safety of any person; comparable speed. f) rendering any property or plant or animal life unfit for human use; Adjacent lands: means g) loss of enjoyment of normal use of a) for the purposes of policy 1.6.8.3, those property; and lands contiguous to existing or planned h) interference with normal conduct of corridors and transportation facilities where business. development would have a negative impact on the corridor or facility. The extent of the Affordable: means adjacent lands may be recommended in a) in the case of ownership housing, the least guidelines developed by the Province or expensive of: based on municipal approaches that 1. housing for which the purchase price achieve the same objectives; results in annual accommodation costs b) for the purposes of policy 2.1.8, those lands which do not exceed 30 percent of contiguous to a specific natural heritage gross annual household income for low feature or area where it is likely that and moderate income households; or development or site alteration would have a 2. housing for which the purchase price is negative impact on the feature or area. The at least 10 percent below the average extent of the adjacent lands may be purchase price of a resale unit in the recommended by the Province or based on regional market area; municipal approaches which achieve the b) in the case of rental housing, the least same objectives; expensive of: c) for the purposes of policies 2.4.2.2 and 1. a unit for which the rent does not 2.5.2.5, those lands contiguous to lands on exceed 30 percent of gross annual the surface of known petroleum resources, household income for low and mineral deposits, or deposits of mineral moderate income households; or aggregate resources where it is likely that 2. a unit for which the rent is at or below development would constrain future access the average market rent of a unit in the to the resources. The extent of the adjacent regional market area. lands may be recommended by the Province; and Agricultural condition: means d) for the purposes of policy 2.6.3, those lands a) in regard to specialty crop areas, a contiguous to a protected heritage property condition in which substantially the same or as otherwise defined in the municipal areas and same average soil capability for official plan. agriculture are restored, the same range and productivity of specialty crops common in the area can be achieved, and, where 39 | Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page 162 of 213 applicable, the microclimate on which the Agriculture-related uses: means those farm- site and surrounding area may be related commercial and farm-related industrial dependent for specialty crop production uses that are directly related to farm operations will be maintained or restored; and in the area, support agriculture, benefit from b) in regard to prime agricultural land outside being in close proximity to farm operations, and of specialty crop areas, a condition in which provide direct products and/or services to farm substantially the same areas and same operations as a primary activity. average soil capability for agriculture are restored. Airports: means all Ontario airports, including designated lands for future airports, with Noise Agricultural System: A system comprised of a Exposure Forecast (NEF)/Noise Exposure group of inter-connected elements that Projection (NEP) mapping. collectively create a viable, thriving agricultural sector. It has two components: Alternative energy system: means a system a) An agricultural land base comprised of prime that uses sources of energy or energy agricultural areas, including specialty crop conversion processes to produce power, heat areas, and rural lands that together create a and/or cooling that significantly reduces the continuous productive land base for amount of harmful emissions to the agriculture; and environment (air, earth and water) when b) An agri-food network which includes compared to conventional energy systems. infrastructure, services, and assets important to the viability of the agri-food sector. Archaeological resources: includes artifacts, archaeological sites, marine archaeological Agricultural uses: means the growing of crops, sites, as defined under the Ontario Heritage Act. including nursery, biomass, and horticultural The identification and evaluation of such crops; raising of livestock; raising of other resources are based upon archaeological animals for food, fur or fibre, including poultry fieldwork undertaken in accordance with the and fish; aquaculture; apiaries; agro-forestry; Ontario Heritage Act. maple syrup production; and associated on- farm buildings and structures, including, but not Areas of archaeological potential: means areas limited to livestock facilities, manure storages, with the likelihood to contain archaeological value-retaining facilities, and accommodation resources. Criteria to identify archaeological for full-time farm labour when the size and potential are established by the Province. The nature of the operation requires additional Ontario Heritage Act requires archaeological employment. potential to be confirmed by a licensed archaeologist. Agri-food network: Within the agricultural system, a network that includes elements Areas of mineral potential: means areas important to the viability of the agri-food sector favourable to the discovery of mineral deposits such as regional infrastructure and due to geology, the presence of known mineral transportation networks; on-farm buildings and deposits or other technical evidence. infrastructure; agricultural services, farm markets, distributors, and primary processing; Areas of natural and scientific interest (ANSI): and vibrant, agriculture-supportive means areas of land and water containing communities. natural landscapes or features that have been identified as having life science or earth science Agri-tourism uses: means those farm-related values related to protection, scientific study or tourism uses, including limited accommodation education. such as a bed and breakfast, that promote the enjoyment, education or activities related to Brownfield sites: means undeveloped or the farm operation. previously developed properties that may be Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page| 40 163 of 213 contaminated. They are usually, but not to accommodate the development exclusively, former industrial or commercial while protecting provincial interests; properties that may be underutilized, derelict or 2. utilizes opportunities to accommodate vacant. projected growth or development through intensification and Built heritage resource: means a building, redevelopment; and considers physical structure, monument, installation or any constraints to accommodating the manufactured or constructed part or remnant proposed development within existing that contributes to a property’s cultural settlement area boundaries; heritage value or interest as identified by a 3. is integrated with planning for community, including an Indigenous infrastructure and public service community. Built heritage resources are located facilities, and considers financial on property that may be designated under Parts viability over the life cycle of these IV or V of the Ontario Heritage Act, or that may assets, which may be demonstrated be included on local, provincial, federal and/or through asset management planning; international registers. 4. confirms sufficient water quality, quantity and assimilative capacity of Coastal wetland: means receiving water are available to a) any wetland that is located on one of the accommodate the proposed Great Lakes or their connecting channels development; (Lake St. Clair, St. Marys, St. Clair, Detroit, 5. confirms that sewage and water Niagara and St. Lawrence Rivers); or services can be provided in accordance b) any other wetland that is on a tributary to with policy 1.6.6; and any of the above-specified water bodies 6. considers cross-jurisdictional issues. and lies, either wholly or in part, b) for the purposes of policy 1.1.6, means a downstream of a line located 2 kilometres review undertaken by a planning authority upstream of the 1:100 year floodline (plus or comparable body which: wave run-up) of the large water body to 1. addresses long-term population which the tributary is connected. projections, infrastructure requirements and related matters; Comprehensive rehabilitation: means 2. confirms that the lands to be developed rehabilitation of land from which mineral do not comprise specialty crop areas in aggregate resources have been extracted that is accordance with policy 2.3.2; and coordinated and complementary, to the extent 3. considers cross-jurisdictional issues. possible, with the rehabilitation of other sites in an area where there is a high concentration of In undertaking a comprehensive review the level mineral aggregate operations. of detail of the assessment should correspond with the complexity and scale of the settlement Comprehensive review: means boundary or development proposal. a) for the purposes of policies 1.1.3.8, 1.1.3.9 and 1.3.2.4, an official plan review which is Conserved: means the identification, initiated by a planning authority, or an protection, management and use of built official plan amendment which is initiated heritage resources, cultural heritage landscapes or adopted by a planning authority, which: and archaeological resources in a manner that 1. is based on a review of population and ensures their cultural heritage value or interest employment projections and which is retained. This may be achieved by the reflect projections and allocations by implementation of recommendations set out in upper-tier municipalities and provincial a conservation plan, archaeological assessment, plans, where applicable; considers and/or heritage impact assessment that has alternative directions for growth or been approved, accepted or adopted by the development; and determines how best relevant planning authority and/or decision- 41 | Provincial Policy StatementPage, 2020 164 of 213 maker. Mitigative measures and/or alternative designated and available for the purposes of development approaches can be included in this definition. these plans and assessments. Designated growth areas: means lands within Cultural heritage landscape: means a defined settlement areas designated in an official plan geographical area that may have been modified for growth over the long-term planning horizon by human activity and is identified as having provided in policy 1.1.2, but which have not yet cultural heritage value or interest by a been fully developed. Designated growth areas community, including an Indigenous include lands which are designated and community. The area may include features such available for residential growth in accordance as buildings, structures, spaces, views, with policy 1.4.1(a), as well as lands required for archaeological sites or natural elements that are employment and other uses. valued together for their interrelationship, meaning or association. Cultural heritage Designated vulnerable area: means areas landscapes may be properties that have been defined as vulnerable, in accordance with determined to have cultural heritage value or provincial standards, by virtue of their interest under the Ontario Heritage Act, or have importance as a drinking water source. been included on federal and/or international registers, and/or protected through official Development: means the creation of a new lot, plan, zoning by-law, or other land use planning a change in land use, or the construction of mechanisms. buildings and structures requiring approval under the Planning Act, but does not include: Defined portions of the flooding hazard along a) activities that create or maintain connecting channels: means those areas which infrastructure authorized under an are critical to the conveyance of the flows environmental assessment process; associated with the one hundred year flood level b) works subject to the Drainage Act; or along the St. Marys, St. Clair, Detroit, Niagara c) for the purposes of policy 2.1.4(a), and St. Lawrence Rivers, where development or underground or surface mining of minerals site alteration will create flooding hazards, or advanced exploration on mining lands in cause updrift and/or downdrift impacts and/or significant areas of mineral potential in cause adverse environmental impacts. Ecoregion 5E, where advanced exploration has the same meaning as under the Mining Deposits of mineral aggregate resources: Act. Instead, those matters shall be subject means an area of identified mineral aggregate to policy 2.1.5(a). resources, as delineated in Aggregate Resource Inventory Papers or comprehensive studies Dynamic beach hazard: means areas of prepared using evaluation procedures inherently unstable accumulations of shoreline established by the Province for surficial and sediments along the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence bedrock resources, as amended from time to River System and large inland lakes, as time, that has a sufficient quantity and quality identified by provincial standards, as amended to warrant present or future extraction. from time to time. The dynamic beach hazard limit consists of the flooding hazard limit plus a Designated and available: means lands dynamic beach allowance. designated in the official plan for urban residential use. For municipalities where more Ecological function: means the natural detailed official plan policies (e.g. secondary processes, products or services that living and plans) are required before development non-living environments provide or perform applications can be considered for approval, within or between species, ecosystems and only lands that have commenced the more landscapes. These may include biological, detailed planning process are considered to be physical and socio-economic interactions. Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page| 42 165 of 213 Employment area: means those areas Flooding hazard: means the inundation, under designated in an official plan for clusters of the conditions specified below, of areas business and economic activities including, but adjacent to a shoreline or a river or stream not limited to, manufacturing, warehousing, system and not ordinarily covered by water: offices, and associated retail and ancillary a) along the shorelines of the Great Lakes - St. facilities. Lawrence River System and large inland lakes, the flooding hazard limit is based on Endangered species: means a species that is the one hundred year flood level plus an classified as “Endangered Species” on the allowance for wave uprush and other water- Species at Risk in Ontario List, as updated and related hazards; amended from time to time. b) along river, stream and small inland lake systems, the flooding hazard limit is the Erosion hazard: means the loss of land, due to greater of: human or natural processes, that poses a threat 1. the flood resulting from the rainfall to life and property. The erosion hazard limit is actually experienced during a major determined using considerations that include storm such as the Hurricane Hazel the 100 year erosion rate (the average annual storm (1954) or the Timmins storm rate of recession extended over a one hundred (1961), transposed over a specific year time span), an allowance for slope stability, watershed and combined with the local and an erosion/erosion access allowance. conditions, where evidence suggests that the storm event could have Essential emergency service: means services potentially occurred over watersheds in which would be impaired during an emergency the general area; as a result of flooding, the failure of 2. the one hundred year flood; and floodproofing measures and/or protection 3. a flood which is greater than 1. or 2. works, and/or erosion. which was actually experienced in a particular watershed or portion thereof Fish: means fish, which as defined in the as a result of ice jams and which has Fisheries Act , includes fish, shellfish, been approved as the standard for that crustaceans, and marine animals, at all stages of specific area by the Minister of Natural their life cycles. Resources and Forestry; except where the use of the one hundred Fish habitat: as defined in the Fisheries Act, year flood or the actually experienced event means spawning grounds and any other areas, has been approved by the Minister of including nursery, rearing, food supply, and Natural Resources and Forestry as the migration areas on which fish depend directly or standard for a specific watershed (where indirectly in order to carry out their life the past history of flooding supports the processes. lowering of the standard). Flood fringe: for river, stream and small inland Floodproofing standard: means the lake systems, means the outer portion of the combination of measures incorporated into the flood plain between the floodway and the basic design and/or construction of buildings, flooding hazard limit. Depths and velocities of structures, or properties to reduce or eliminate flooding are generally less severe in the flood flooding hazards, wave uprush and other water- fringe than those experienced in the floodway. related hazards along the shorelines of the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence River System Flood plain: for river, stream and small inland and lake systems, means the area, usually low lands large inland lakes, and flooding hazards along adjoining a watercourse, which has been or may river, stream and small inland lake systems. be subject to flooding hazards. Floodway: for river, stream and small inland lake systems, means the portion of the flood 43 | Provincial Policy StatementPage, 2020 166 of 213 plain where development and site alteration Habitat of endangered species and threatened would cause a danger to public health and species: means habitat within the meaning of safety or property damage. Section 2 of the Endangered Species Act, 2007. Where the one zone concept is applied, the Hazardous forest types for wildland fire: means floodway is the entire contiguous flood plain. forest types assessed as being associated with the risk of high to extreme wildland fire using Where the two zone concept is applied, the risk assessment tools established by the Ontario floodway is the contiguous inner portion of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, as flood plain, representing that area required for amended from time to time. the safe passage of flood flow and/or that area where flood depths and/or velocities are Hazardous lands: means property or lands that considered to be such that they pose a potential could be unsafe for development due to threat to life and/or property damage. Where naturally occurring processes. Along the the two zone concept applies, the outer portion shorelines of the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence of the flood plain is called the flood fringe. River System, this means the land, including that covered by water, between the Freight-supportive: in regard to land use international boundary, where applicable, and patterns, means transportation systems and the furthest landward limit of the flooding facilities that facilitate the movement of goods. hazard, erosion hazard or dynamic beach This includes policies or programs intended to hazard limits. Along the shorelines of large support efficient freight movement through the inland lakes, this means the land, including that planning, design and operation of land use and covered by water, between a defined offshore transportation systems. Approaches may be distance or depth and the furthest landward recommended in guidelines developed by the limit of the flooding hazard, erosion hazard or Province or based on municipal approaches that dynamic beach hazard limits. Along river, achieve the same objectives. stream and small inland lake systems, this means the land, including that covered by Great Lakes - St. Lawrence River System: water, to the furthest landward limit of the means the major water system consisting of flooding hazard or erosion hazard limits. Lakes Superior, Huron, St. Clair, Erie and Ontario and their connecting channels, and the Hazardous sites: means property or lands that St. Lawrence River within the boundaries of the could be unsafe for development and site Province of Ontario. alteration due to naturally occurring hazards. These may include unstable soils (sensitive Green infrastructure: means natural and marine clays [leda], organic soils) or unstable human-made elements that provide ecological bedrock (karst topography). and hydrological functions and processes. Green infrastructure can include components such as Hazardous substances: means substances natural heritage features and systems, which, individually, or in combination with parklands, stormwater management systems, other substances, are normally considered to street trees, urban forests, natural channels, pose a danger to public health, safety and the permeable surfaces, and green roofs. environment. These substances generally include a wide array of materials that are toxic, Ground water feature: means water-related ignitable, corrosive, reactive, radioactive or features in the earth’s subsurface, including pathological. recharge/discharge areas, water tables, aquifers and unsaturated zones that can be defined by Heritage attributes: means the principal surface and subsurface hydrogeologic features or elements that contribute to a investigations. protected heritage property’s cultural heritage value or interest, and may include the Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page| 44 167 of 213 property’s built, constructed, or manufactured Infrastructure: means physical structures elements, as well as natural landforms, (facilities and corridors) that form the vegetation, water features, and its visual setting foundation for development. Infrastructure (e.g. significant views or vistas to or from a includes: sewage and water systems, septage protected heritage property). treatment systems, stormwater management systems, waste management systems, High quality: means primary and secondary electricity generation facilities, electricity sand and gravel resources and bedrock transmission and distribution systems, resources as defined in the Aggregate Resource communications/telecommunications, transit Inventory Papers (ARIP). and transportation corridors and facilities, oil and gas pipelines and associated facilities. Housing options: means a range of housing types such as, but not limited to single- Institutional use: for the purposes of policy detached, semi-detached, rowhouses, 3.1.5, means land uses where there is a threat townhouses, stacked townhouses, multiplexes, to the safe evacuation of vulnerable additional residential units, tiny homes, multi- populations such as older persons, persons with residential buildings. The term can also refer to disabilities, and those who are sick or young, a variety of housing arrangements and forms during an emergency as a result of flooding, such as, but not limited to life lease housing, co- failure of floodproofing measures or protection ownership housing, co-operative housing, works, or erosion. community land trusts, land lease community homes, affordable housing, housing for people Intensification: means the development of a with special needs, and housing related to property, site or area at a higher density than employment, institutional or educational uses. currently exists through: a) redevelopment, including the reuse of Hydrologic function: means the functions of brownfield sites; the hydrological cycle that include the b) the development of vacant and/or occurrence, circulation, distribution and underutilized lots within previously chemical and physical properties of water on developed areas; the surface of the land, in the soil and c) infill development; and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere, and d) the expansion or conversion of existing water’s interaction with the environment buildings. including its relation to living things. Large inland lakes: means those waterbodies Impacts of a changing climate: means the having a surface area of equal to or greater than present and future consequences from changes 100 square kilometres where there is not a in weather patterns at local and regional levels measurable or predictable response to a single including extreme weather events and runoff event. increased climate variability. Legal or technical reasons: means severances Individual on-site sewage services: means for purposes such as easements, corrections of sewage systems, as defined in O. Reg. 332/12 deeds, quit claims, and minor boundary under the Building Code Act, 1992, that are adjustments, which do not result in the creation owned, operated and managed by the owner of of a new lot. the property upon which the system is located. Low and moderate income households: means Individual on-site water services: means a) in the case of ownership housing, individual, autonomous water supply systems households with incomes in the lowest 60 that are owned, operated and managed by the percent of the income distribution for the owner of the property upon which the system is regional market area; or located. 45 | Provincial Policy StatementPage, 2020 168 of 213 b) in the case of rental housing, households minerals themselves and not as a source of with incomes in the lowest 60 percent of metal. They are generally synonymous with the income distribution for renter industrial minerals (e.g. asbestos, graphite, households for the regional market area. kyanite, mica, nepheline syenite, salt, talc, and wollastonite). Major facilities: means facilities which may require separation from sensitive land uses, Mineral aggregate operation: means including but not limited to airports, a) lands under license or permit, other than manufacturing uses, transportation for wayside pits and quarries, issued in infrastructure and corridors, rail facilities, accordance with the Aggregate Resources marine facilities, sewage treatment facilities, Act; waste management systems, oil and gas b) for lands not designated under the pipelines, industries, energy generation facilities Aggregate Resources Act, established pits and transmission systems, and resource and quarries that are not in contravention extraction activities. of municipal zoning by-laws and including adjacent land under agreement with or Major goods movement facilities and owned by the operator, to permit corridors: means transportation facilities and continuation of the operation; and corridors associated with the inter- and intra- c) associated facilities used in extraction, provincial movement of goods. Examples transport, beneficiation, processing or include: inter-modal facilities, ports, airports, recycling of mineral aggregate resources rail facilities, truck terminals, freight corridors, and derived products such as asphalt and freight facilities, and haul routes and primary concrete, or the production of secondary transportation corridors used for the movement related products. of goods. Approaches that are freight- supportive may be recommended in guidelines Mineral aggregate resources: means gravel, developed by the Province or based on sand, clay, earth, shale, stone, limestone, municipal approaches that achieve the same dolostone, sandstone, marble, granite, rock or objectives. other material prescribed under the Aggregate Resources Act suitable for construction, Marine facilities: means ferries, harbours, industrial, manufacturing and maintenance ports, ferry terminals, canals and associated purposes but does not include metallic ores, uses, including designated lands for future asbestos, graphite, kyanite, mica, nepheline marine facilities. syenite, salt, talc, wollastonite, mine tailings or other material prescribed under the Mining Act. Mine hazard: means any feature of a mine as defined under the Mining Act, or any related Mineral aggregate resource conservation: disturbance of the ground that has not been means rehabilitated. a) the recovery and recycling of manufactured materials derived from mineral aggregates Minerals: means metallic minerals and non- (e.g. glass, porcelain, brick, concrete, metallic minerals as herein defined, but does asphalt, slag, etc.), for re-use in not include mineral aggregate resources or construction, manufacturing, industrial or petroleum resources. maintenance projects as a substitute for new mineral aggregates; and Metallic minerals means those minerals from b) the wise use of mineral aggregates which metals (e.g. copper, nickel, gold) are including utilization or extraction of on-site derived. mineral aggregate resources prior to development occurring. Non-metallic minerals means those minerals that are of value for intrinsic properties of the Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page| 46 169 of 213 Mineral deposits: means areas of identified and linkages intended to provide connectivity minerals that have sufficient quantity and (at the regional or site level) and support quality based on specific geological evidence to natural processes which are necessary to warrant present or future extraction. maintain biological and geological diversity, natural functions, viable populations of Mineral mining operation: means mining indigenous species, and ecosystems. These operations and associated facilities, or, past systems can include natural heritage features producing mines with remaining mineral and areas, federal and provincial parks and development potential that have not been conservation reserves, other natural heritage permanently rehabilitated to another use. features, lands that have been restored or have the potential to be restored to a natural state, Minimum distance separation formulae: areas that support hydrologic functions, and means formulae and guidelines developed by working landscapes that enable ecological the Province, as amended from time to time, to functions to continue. The Province has a separate uses so as to reduce incompatibility recommended approach for identifying natural concerns about odour from livestock facilities. heritage systems, but municipal approaches that achieve or exceed the same objective may Multimodal transportation system: means a also be used. transportation system which may include several forms of transportation such as Negative impacts: means automobiles, walking, trucks, cycling, buses, a) in regard to policy 1.6.6.4 and 1.6.6.5, rapid transit, rail (such as commuter and potential risks to human health and safety freight), air and marine. and degradation to the quality and quantity of water, sensitive surface water features Municipal sewage services: means a sewage and sensitive ground water features, and works within the meaning of section 1 of the their related hydrologic functions, due to Ontario Water Resources Act that is owned or single, multiple or successive development. operated by a municipality, including Negative impacts should be assessed centralized and decentralized systems. through environmental studies including hydrogeological or water quality impact Municipal water services: means a municipal assessments, in accordance with provincial drinking-water system within the meaning of standards; section 2 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, b) in regard to policy 2.2, degradation to the including centralized and decentralized systems. quality and quantity of water, sensitive surface water features and sensitive ground Natural heritage features and areas: means water features, and their related hydrologic features and areas, including significant functions, due to single, multiple or wetlands, significant coastal wetlands, other successive development or site alteration coastal wetlands in Ecoregions 5E, 6E and 7E, activities; fish habitat, significant woodlands and c) in regard to fish habitat, any permanent significant valleylands in Ecoregions 6E and 7E alteration to, or destruction of fish habitat, (excluding islands in Lake Huron and the St. except where, in conjunction with the Marys River), habitat of endangered species and appropriate authorities, it has been threatened species, significant wildlife habitat, authorized under the Fisheries Act; and and significant areas of natural and scientific d) in regard to other natural heritage features interest, which are important for their and areas, degradation that threatens the environmental and social values as a legacy of health and integrity of the natural features the natural landscapes of an area. or ecological functions for which an area is Natural heritage system: means a system identified due to single, multiple or made up of natural heritage features and areas, successive development or site alteration activities. 47 | Provincial Policy StatementPage, 2020 170 of 213 Normal farm practices: means a practice, as equalled or exceeded in any given year, defined in the Farming and Food Production except that, where sufficient water level Protection Act, 1998, that is conducted in a records do not exist, the one hundred year manner consistent with proper and acceptable flood level is based on the highest known customs and standards as established and water level and wind setups. followed by similar agricultural operations under similar circumstances; or makes use of Other water-related hazards: means water- innovative technology in a manner consistent associated phenomena other than flooding with proper advanced farm management hazards and wave uprush which act on practices. Normal farm practices shall be shorelines. This includes, but is not limited to consistent with the Nutrient Management Act, ship-generated waves, ice piling and ice 2002 and regulations made under that Act. jamming. Oil, gas and salt hazards: means any feature of Partial services: means a well or work as defined under the Oil, Gas and a) municipal sewage services or private Salt Resources Act, or any related disturbance of communal sewage services combined with the ground that has not been rehabilitated. individual on-site water services; or b) municipal water services or private On-farm diversified uses: means uses that are communal water services combined with secondary to the principal agricultural use of individual on-site sewage services. the property, and are limited in area. On-farm diversified uses include, but are not limited to, Petroleum resource operations: means oil, gas home occupations, home industries, agri- and salt wells and associated facilities and other tourism uses, and uses that produce value- drilling operations, oil field fluid disposal wells added agricultural products. Ground-mounted and associated facilities, and wells and facilities solar facilities are permitted in prime for the underground storage of natural gas and agricultural areas, including specialty crop other hydrocarbons. areas, only as on-farm diversified uses. Petroleum resources: means oil, gas, and salt One hundred year flood: for river, stream and (extracted by solution mining method) and small inland lake systems, means that flood, formation water resources which have been based on an analysis of precipitation, snow identified through exploration and verified by melt, or a combination thereof, having a return preliminary drilling or other forms of period of 100 years on average, or having a 1% investigation. This may include sites of former chance of occurring or being exceeded in any operations where resources are still present or given year. former sites that may be converted to underground storage for natural gas or other One hundred year flood level: means hydrocarbons. a) for the shorelines of the Great Lakes, the peak instantaneous stillwater level, Planned corridors: means corridors or future resulting from combinations of mean corridors which are required to meet projected monthly lake levels and wind setups, which needs, and are identified through provincial has a 1% chance of being equalled or plans, preferred alignment(s) determined exceeded in any given year; through the Environmental Assessment Act b) in the connecting channels (St. Marys, St. process, or identified through planning studies Clair, Detroit, Niagara and St. Lawrence where the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Rivers), the peak instantaneous stillwater Metrolinx, Ontario Ministry of Energy, Northern level which has a 1% chance of being Development and Mines or Independent equalled or exceeded in any given year; and Electricity System Operator (IESO) or any c) for large inland lakes, lake levels and wind successor to those ministries or entities is setups that have a 1% chance of being actively pursuing the identification of a corridor. Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page| 48 171 of 213 Approaches for the protection of planned Private communal water services: means a corridors may be recommended in guidelines non-municipal drinking-water system within the developed by the Province. meaning of section 2 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 that serves six or more lots or private Portable asphalt plant: means a facility residences. a) with equipment designed to heat and dry aggregate and to mix aggregate with Protected heritage property: means property bituminous asphalt to produce asphalt designated under Parts IV, V or VI of the Ontario paving material, and includes stockpiling Heritage Act; property subject to a heritage and storage of bulk materials used in the conservation easement under Parts II or IV of process; and the Ontario Heritage Act; property identified by b) which is not of permanent construction, but the Province and prescribed public bodies as which is to be dismantled at the completion provincial heritage property under the of the construction project. Standards and Guidelines for Conservation of Provincial Heritage Properties; property Portable concrete plant: means a building or protected under federal legislation, and structure UNESCO World Heritage Sites. a) with equipment designed to mix cementing materials, aggregate, water and admixtures Protection works standards: means the to produce concrete, and includes combination of non-structural or structural stockpiling and storage of bulk materials works and allowances for slope stability and used in the process; and flooding/erosion to reduce the damage caused b) which is not of permanent construction, but by flooding hazards, erosion hazards and other which is designed to be dismantled at the water-related hazards, and to allow access for completion of the construction project. their maintenance and repair. Prime agricultural area: means areas where Provincial and federal requirements: means prime agricultural lands predominate. This a) in regard to policy 2.1.6, legislation and includes areas of prime agricultural lands and policies administered by the federal or associated Canada Land Inventory Class 4 provincial governments for the purpose of through 7 lands, and additional areas where fisheries protection (including fish and fish there is a local concentration of farms which habitat), and related, scientifically exhibit characteristics of ongoing agriculture. established standards such as water quality Prime agricultural areas may be identified by criteria for protecting lake trout the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food populations; and using guidelines developed by the Province as b) in regard to policy 2.1.7, legislation and amended from time to time. A prime policies administered by the provincial agricultural area may also be identified through government or federal government, where an alternative agricultural land evaluation applicable, for the purpose of protecting system approved by the Province. species at risk and their habitat. Prime agricultural land: means specialty crop Provincial plan: means a provincial plan within areas and/or Canada Land Inventory Class 1, 2, the meaning of section 1 of the Planning Act. and 3 lands, as amended from time to time, in this order of priority for protection. Public service facilities: means land, buildings and structures for the provision of programs Private communal sewage services: means a and services provided or subsidized by a sewage works within the meaning of section 1 government or other body, such as social of the Ontario Water Resources Act that serves assistance, recreation, police and fire six or more lots or private residences and is not protection, health and educational programs, owned by a municipality. long-term care services, and cultural services. 49 | Provincial Policy StatementPage, 2020 172 of 213 Public service facilities do not include Reserve sewage system capacity: means infrastructure. design or planned capacity in a centralized waste water treatment facility which is not yet Quality and quantity of water: is measured by committed to existing or approved indicators associated with hydrologic function development. For the purposes of policy such as minimum base flow, depth to water 1.6.6.6, reserve capacity for private communal table, aquifer pressure, oxygen levels, sewage services and individual on-site sewage suspended solids, temperature, bacteria, services is considered sufficient if the hauled nutrients and hazardous contaminants, and sewage from the development can be treated hydrologic regime. and land-applied on agricultural land under the Nutrient Management Act, or disposed of at Rail facilities: means rail corridors, rail sidings, sites approved under the Environmental train stations, inter-modal facilities, rail yards Protection Act or the Ontario Water Resources and associated uses, including designated lands Act, but not by land-applying untreated, hauled for future rail facilities. sewage. Recreation: means leisure time activity Reserve water system capacity: means design undertaken in built or natural settings for or planned capacity in a centralized water purposes of physical activity, health benefits, treatment facility which is not yet committed to sport participation and skill development, existing or approved development. personal enjoyment, positive social interaction and the achievement of human potential. Residence surplus to a farming operation: means an existing habitable farm residence that Redevelopment: means the creation of new is rendered surplus as a result of farm units, uses or lots on previously developed land consolidation (the acquisition of additional farm in existing communities, including brownfield parcels to be operated as one farm operation). sites. Residential intensification: means Regional market area: refers to an area that intensification of a property, site or area which has a high degree of social and economic results in a net increase in residential units or interaction. The upper or single-tier accommodation and includes: municipality, or planning area, will normally a) redevelopment, including the serve as the regional market area. However, redevelopment of brownfield sites; where a regional market area extends b) the development of vacant or underutilized significantly beyond these boundaries, then the lots within previously developed areas; regional market area may be based on the c) infill development; larger market area. Where regional market d) development and introduction of new areas are very large and sparsely populated, a housing options within previously smaller area, if defined in an official plan, may developed areas; be utilized. e) the conversion or expansion of existing industrial, commercial and institutional Renewable energy source: means an energy buildings for residential use; and source that is renewed by natural processes and f) the conversion or expansion of existing includes wind, water, biomass, biogas, biofuel, residential buildings to create new solar energy, geothermal energy and tidal residential units or accommodation, forces. including accessory apartments, additional residential units, rooming houses, and other means a system Renewable energy system: housing options. that generates electricity, heat and/or cooling from a renewable energy source. River, stream and small inland lake systems: means all watercourses, rivers, streams, and Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page| 50 173 of 213 small inland lakes or waterbodies that have a Significant: means measurable or predictable response to a single a) in regard to wetlands, coastal wetlands and runoff event. areas of natural and scientific interest, an area identified as provincially significant by Rural areas: means a system of lands within the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources municipalities that may include rural settlement and Forestry using evaluation procedures areas, rural lands, prime agricultural areas, established by the Province, as amended natural heritage features and areas, and from time to time; resource areas. b) in regard to woodlands, an area which is ecologically important in terms of features Rural lands: means lands which are located such as species composition, age of trees outside settlement areas and which are outside and stand history; functionally important prime agricultural areas. due to its contribution to the broader landscape because of its location, size or Sensitive: in regard to surface water features due to the amount of forest cover in the and ground water features, means areas that planning area; or economically important are particularly susceptible to impacts from due to site quality, species composition, or activities or events including, but not limited to, past management history. These are to be water withdrawals, and additions of pollutants. identified using criteria established by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and means buildings, amenity Sensitive land uses: Forestry; areas, or outdoor spaces where routine or c) in regard to other features and areas in normal activities occurring at reasonably policy 2.1, ecologically important in terms expected times would experience one or more of features, functions, representation or adverse effects from contaminant discharges amount, and contributing to the quality and generated by a nearby major facility. Sensitive diversity of an identifiable geographic area land uses may be a part of the natural or built or natural heritage system; environment. Examples may include, but are d) in regard to mineral potential, an area not limited to: residences, day care centres, and identified as provincially significant through educational and health facilities. evaluation procedures developed by the Province, as amended from time to time, Settlement areas: means urban areas and rural such as the Provincially Significant Mineral settlement areas within municipalities (such as Potential Index; and cities, towns, villages and hamlets) that are: e) in regard to cultural heritage and a) built-up areas where development is archaeology, resources that have been concentrated and which have a mix of land determined to have cultural heritage value uses; and or interest. Processes and criteria for b) lands which have been designated in an determining cultural heritage value or official plan for development over the long- interest are established by the Province term planning horizon provided for in policy under the authority of the Ontario Heritage 1.1.2. In cases where land in designated Act. growth areas is not available, the settlement area may be no larger than the Criteria for determining significance for the area where development is concentrated. resources identified in sections (c)-(d) are recommended by the Province, but municipal Sewage and water services: includes municipal approaches that achieve or exceed the same sewage services and municipal water services, objective may also be used. private communal sewage services and private communal water services, individual on-site While some significant resources may already sewage services and individual on-site water be identified and inventoried by official sources, services, and partial services. 51 | Provincial Policy StatementPage, 2020 174 of 213 the significance of others can only be Specialty crop area: means areas designated determined after evaluation. using guidelines developed by the Province, as amended from time to time. In these areas, Site alteration: means activities, such as specialty crops are predominantly grown such grading, excavation and the placement of fill as tender fruits (peaches, cherries, plums), that would change the landform and natural grapes, other fruit crops, vegetable crops, vegetative characteristics of a site. greenhouse crops, and crops from agriculturally developed organic soil, usually resulting from: For the purposes of policy 2.1.4(a), site a) soils that have suitability to produce alteration does not include underground or specialty crops, or lands that are subject to surface mining of minerals or advanced special climatic conditions, or a exploration on mining lands in significant areas combination of both; of mineral potential in Ecoregion 5E, where b) farmers skilled in the production of advanced exploration has the same meaning as specialty crops; and in the Mining Act. Instead, those matters shall c) a long-term investment of capital in areas be subject to policy 2.1.5(a). such as crops, drainage, infrastructure and related facilities and services to produce, Special needs: means any housing, including store, or process specialty crops. dedicated facilities, in whole or in part, that is used by people who have specific needs beyond Surface water feature: means water-related economic needs, including but not limited to, features on the earth’s surface, including needs such as mobility requirements or support headwaters, rivers, stream channels, inland functions required for daily living. Examples of lakes, seepage areas, recharge/discharge areas, special needs housing may include, but are not springs, wetlands, and associated riparian lands limited to long-term care homes, adaptable and that can be defined by their soil moisture, soil accessible housing, and housing for persons type, vegetation or topographic characteristics. with disabilities such as physical, sensory or mental health disabilities, and housing for older Threatened species: means a species that is persons. classified as “Threatened Species” on the Species at Risk in Ontario List, as updated and Special Policy Area: means an area within a amended from time to time. community that has historically existed in the flood plain and where site-specific policies, Transit-supportive: in regard to land use approved by both the Ministers of Natural patterns, means development that makes Resources and Forestry and Municipal Affairs transit viable, optimizes investments in transit and Housing, are intended to provide for the infrastructure, and improves the quality of the continued viability of existing uses (which are experience of using transit. It often refers to generally on a small scale) and address the compact, mixed-use development that has a significant social and economic hardships to the high level of employment and residential community that would result from strict densities, including air rights development, in adherence to provincial policies concerning proximity to transit stations, corridors and development. The criteria and procedures for associated elements within the transportation approval are established by the Province. system. Approaches may be recommended in guidelines developed by the Province or based A Special Policy Area is not intended to allow for on municipal approaches that achieve the same new or intensified development and site objectives. alteration, if a community has feasible opportunities for development outside the Transportation demand management: means flood plain. a set of strategies that result in more efficient use of the transportation system by influencing travel behaviour by mode, time of day, Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 Page| 52 175 of 213 frequency, trip length, regulation, route, or as lands where the water table is close to or at cost. the surface. In either case the presence of abundant water has caused the formation of Transportation system: means a system hydric soils and has favoured the dominance of consisting of facilities, corridors and rights-of- either hydrophytic plants or water tolerant way for the movement of people and goods, plants. The four major types of wetlands are and associated transportation facilities swamps, marshes, bogs and fens. including transit stops and stations, sidewalks, cycle lanes, bus lanes, high occupancy vehicle Periodically soaked or wet lands being used for lanes, rail facilities, parking facilities, park’n’ride agricultural purposes which no longer exhibit lots, service centres, rest stops, vehicle wetland characteristics are not considered to be inspection stations, inter-modal facilities, wetlands for the purposes of this definition. harbours, airports, marine facilities, ferries, canals and associated facilities such as storage Wildland fire assessment and mitigation and maintenance. standards: means the combination of risk assessment tools and environmentally Two zone concept: means an approach to flood appropriate mitigation measures identified by plain management where the flood plain is the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and differentiated in two parts: the floodway and Forestry to be incorporated into the design, the flood fringe. construction and/or modification of buildings, structures, properties and/or communities to Valleylands: means a natural area that occurs in reduce the risk to public safety, infrastructure a valley or other landform depression that has and property from wildland fire. water flowing through or standing for some period of the year. Wildlife habitat: means areas where plants, animals and other organisms live, and find Vulnerable: means surface and/or ground adequate amounts of food, water, shelter and water that can be easily changed or impacted. space needed to sustain their populations. Specific wildlife habitats of concern may include Waste management system: means sites and areas where species concentrate at a vulnerable facilities to accommodate solid waste from one point in their annual or life cycle; and areas or more municipalities and includes recycling which are important to migratory or non- facilities, transfer stations, processing sites and migratory species. disposal sites. Woodlands: means treed areas that provide Watershed: means an area that is drained by a environmental and economic benefits to both river and its tributaries. the private landowner and the general public, such as erosion prevention, hydrological and Wave uprush: means the rush of water up onto nutrient cycling, provision of clean air and the a shoreline or structure following the breaking long-term storage of carbon, provision of of a wave; the limit of wave uprush is the point wildlife habitat, outdoor recreational of furthest landward rush of water onto the opportunities, and the sustainable harvest of a shoreline. wide range of woodland products. Woodlands include treed areas, woodlots or forested areas means a temporary Wayside pits and quarries: and vary in their level of significance at the pit or quarry opened and used by or for a public local, regional and provincial levels. Woodlands authority solely for the purpose of a particular may be delineated according to the Forestry Act project or contract of road construction and not definition or the Province’s Ecological Land located on the road right-of-way. Classification system definition for “forest”. Wetlands: means lands that are seasonally or permanently covered by shallow water, as well 53 | Provincial Policy StatementPage, 2020 176 of 213 Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing © Queen’s Printer for Ontario, 2020 ISBN 978-1-4868-4229-2 (Print) ISBN 978-1-4868-4230-8 (HTML) ISBN 978-1-4868-4231-5 (PDF) 370/02/20 Disponible en français Page 177 of 213 Page 178 of 213 AGENDA PARKS AND RECREATION WORKING GROUP to be tabled at a public meeting of the Municipal Council GROUPE DE TRAVAIL de PARCS ET LOISIRS à être présenté à une assemblée publique du Conseil municipal ATTENDANCE/PRÉSENCES: Joël Lauzon, Conrad Morin, Yves Morrissette, Guy Losier # SUBJECTS / SUJETS DOCUMENTS • Rapport administratif du directeur 1. Inauguration du pavillon communautaire Espace Hearst / des parcs et loisirs daté du 18 février Inauguration of the Hearst Place community pavilion 2020 RECOMMANDATION: Travaux en cours / Work in progress • Rapport administratif du directeur 2. Demande de rabais pour location du pavillon Espace des parcs et loisirs daté du 11 mars Hearst pour la tenue du Camp Entreprise Jeunesse 2020 2020 / Request for rebate for rental of the Hearst Place pavilion for the 2020 Youth Enterprise Camp • Lettre du directeur général de Nord- Aski datée du 24 février 2020, et RECOMMANDATION: budget de l'événement Résolution pour refuser la demande de rabais du taux de location du pavillon Espace Hearst pour la tenue du Camp Entreprise Jeunesse 2020/ Resolution to deny the request for a rebate to the Hearst Place Pavilion rental fee for the 2020 Youth Enterprise Camp • Rapport administratif du directeur 3. Demande des Lumberjacks de Hearst pour prolonger la des parcs et loisirs daté du 11 mars période de location de glace / Request from the Hearst 2020 Lumberjacks to extend the ice rental period • Cost Analysis RECOMMANDATION: Sans objet: étant donné la fermeture du centre récréatif et la • Email from Patrick Vaillancourt, fin de la saison des surfaces de glace, la demande est jugée President of Hearst Lumberjacks être sans objet / No resolution; with the closure of the recreation centre and the end of the ice surface season, the request is deemed to be not applicable WORK IN PROGRESS / TRAVAUX EN COURS 1 2 3 4 Date : 16 March 2020 · Heure/Time : 4:30 PM · Endroit/Meeting Place : Conference Room Town Hall Page 179 of 213 Page 180 of 213 Page 181 of 213 Page 182 of 213 L2Lnce—toien .4‘ v‘-.NORD—ASK| colronnou DE ntvaorrsusm Ecouomoue REGIONA AFFAIIIES L: DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION fevrier 2020 Le 24 TOWNOF HEARS Ville de Hearst — Maire et Conse llers municipaux S P 5000 VILLEDE HFT M-‘ Hearst, Ontario WET POL 1N0 FEB24 2020 Sujet: Le Camp Entreprise Jeunesse 2020 RECElVl:.u Monsieur le Ma re et Conseillers Municipaux de Hearst, Les Societes d aide au developpement des col ectiv tes SADC du Nord-est ont elabore collectivement un programme qui seme et favorise le developpement d’une culture entrepreneuriae chez nos jeunes Plus important encore ce programme fait la promotion du travail autonome et de l’entrepreneuriat comme choix viable de creation demplois durables Auparavant, Ies partic pants des differentes regions Kapuskasking Hearst, Kirkland Lake et Timmins) se rendaient au Camp Ongrandi a Moonbeam pour une periode de cinq jours Cette annee, les dirigeants de Lance-toi en affaires ont decides de faire des changements a leurs programmes Un camp de cnq iours sera offert ici a Hearst a tous les deux ans pour les jeunes de la region Nord Aski Mattice-Val Cote Hearst, la Premiere nation de Constance Lake et Hornepayne) Tout presd’une v ngtaine d’enfants ages de 9 a 13 ans auront a chance de participer. Le programme de cinq jours consiste en une introduction a toutes les facettes du démarrage et du fonctionnement d'une entreprise Les campeurs participent a une variete d‘activ'tes y compris des activites ameliorant l'imagination et les remue-meninges, les jeux de role, le renforcement des competences en equipe et en leadership tout au long du camp d'une semaine. Les campeurs sont egalement responsables de |'achat du materiel et de la preparation de leur commerce pour |’activite « Entreprise d'un jour ». Cette activite comprend Ia promotion de leur entreprise, la negociation d'un accord de pret avec notre banque simulee, la gestion de leur entreprise et une seance de debrie?ng, qui comprend le remboursement de l'agent de credit et |'eva|uation du successocial et economique de leur entreprise. Nous aimerions offrir le camp dans le nouvel emplacement Esgace Hearst (Pavilion) du 6 au 10 juillet 2020. L'endroit est ideal pour plusieurs raisons entre-autre la proximite au centre-ville ou les enfants feront leurs achats pour la production de leur produit. Un « diner avec un entrepreneur » est prevuau 241 Pizza et Bowling. Les parcs de jeux des ecoles et le parc d'eau sont aussi a proximite ce qui est egalement tres avantageux pour les activites prevues. Notre demande au Conseil de la Ville est ceci: Est—ce possible recevoir un rabais, voir meme renoncer aux frais entierement, sur la location de l’Espace Hearst du 6 au 10 juillet 2020. Un budget est attache qui demontre qu’ily aura un manque a gagner assez substantiel pour la production du camp. (A noter que les salaires des moniteurs/monitrices ne sont pas inclus puisqu’ils sont absorbes dans les budgets de nos organismes respectifs.) ldéalement, nous voulons offri le camp gratuitement aux enfants donc nous allons aussi approcher certains gros joueurs pour mesurer l'interetr de commanditer |’évenement. Pour plus de renseignements, n’hesitez pas a communiquer avec Lena Callewaeit, Administratrioe de bureau a la Corporation de developpement economique regionale Nord-Aski au 705-362-7355 ou au 1-800-495-7750. Je vous remercie a l’avance pour votre generosite et votre appui de l’entrepreneuriat chez les jeunes de notre region. Veuillez agreermes salutations distinguees. a/765%/»/1»Gilles Matko, Directeur généra Page 183 of 213 Head Start in Lance—t0i en BUSINESS AFFAIRES 2250 Page 184 of 213 Page 185 of 213 Page 186 of 213 Page 187 of 213 AGENDA POLICY WORKING GROUP to be tabled at a public meeting of the Municipal Council GROUPE DE TRAVAIL de POLITIQUES à être présenté à une assemblée publique du Conseil municipal ATTENDANCE/PRÉSENCES: Joël Lauzon, Marc Ringuette, Yves Morrissette, Janine Lecours # SUBJECTS / SUJETS DOCUMENTS • Rapport administratif du greffier 1. Support à la résolution de la Ville de Timmins daté du 9 mars 2020 concernant l'urgence des surdoses d'opïodes / Support to the City of Timmins' resolution pertaining to the • City of Timmins Resolution No. 20- opioid overdose emergency 028 RECOMMANDATION: • AMO - Addressing the Opioid Résolution pour appuyer la résolution de la Ville de Timmins, Overdose Emergency in Ontario endossant les recommandations de l'AMO sur l'urgence d'opioïde en Ontario/ Resolution to support the City of Timmins' resolution regarding the Opioid Emergency in Ontario • Rapport administratif du greffier 2. Siège au conseil d'administration de la Corporation daté du 5 mars 2020 Hearst Connect / Seat on the Board of Administration of the Hearst Connect Corporation • Hearst Connect Resolution No. 04- 20 RECOMMANDATION: Résolution pour renouveler la nomination de Gilles Boucher en tant que directeur de la Corporation Hearst Connect pour un terme se terminant le 31 mars 2023/ Resolution to renew the nomination of Gilles Boucher as director of the Hearst Connect Corporation for a term ending on March 31, 2023 WORK IN PROGRESS / TRAVAUX EN COURS Revue des arrêtés municipaux sur les 6 oct Implication de la jeunesse avec le 12 oct 1 2 licences d'affaires 2015 Conseil municipal 2016 3 4 Date : 11 March 2020 · Heure/Time : 4:30 PM · Endroit/Meeting Place : Conference Room Town Hall Page 188 of 213 Page 189 of 213 ; o :3? w/an,» 0 F \0“ ’*s<> «KwOaxou 220 Al onquin Boulevard East, Timmins, ON P4N 1B www tImmIns.ca February 10, 2020 TOWNDFHEARST Prime Minister Justin Trudeau WLLEDEHAS Of?ce of the Prime Minister E R T 80 Wellington Street FEB182?2? Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 RECE IIVED Re: Opioid Emergency HE¢U Dear Sir, Attached please ?nd a resolution passed by Council of the City of Timmins regarding the Opioid Emergency that our cities are facing. Sincerely, ?e George Pirie Mayor CC: Ministerof Health, Honourable Patty Hajdu Ministerof Families, Children and Social Development, Honourable Ahmed Hussen Timmins-James Bay MP, Charlie Angus Chief Public Health Of?cer, Dr. Theresa Tam Premier of Ontario, Honourable Doug Ford Minister of Health, Honourable Christine Elliott Ministryof Children, Community and Social Services, Honourable Todd Smith Minister of Finance, Honourable Rod Phillips Ministryof Municipal Affairs and Housing, Honourable Steve Clark Timmins James Bay MPP, Gilles Bisson Chief Medical Of?cer of Health, Dr. David Williams Association of Municipalities of Ontario Nishnawbe-Aski Nation, Grand Chief AlvinFiddler Mushkegowuk Council All local municipalities in the Cochrane District qy,..,.,.~TIMMINS.... Of?ce of the Mayor George Pirie Telephone: (705) 360-2611 Page 190 of 213 E-mail: [email protected] Page 191 of 213 Page 192 of 213 Addressing the Opioid Overdose Emergency in Ontario Municipal Recommendations for a Provincial Response September 4, 2019 Page 193 of 213 Context: The opioid overdose emergency is affecting communities right across Ontario. Overdoses and deaths are on the rise. It is not an issue confined to a few areas. The emergency is playing out in urban, rural, northern, and remote settings. Addiction to both prescription and illegal opioids is taking a toll on individuals, families, and entire communities. The prevalence of addiction and the incidence of injuries and deaths associated with opioid use disorder have increased in recent years. Addictions are often concurrent with mental health disorders. Municipal governments, District Social Service Administration Boards and local Public Health agencies are contributing to solutions on the ground. However, municipal services, including public health, social services, police, fire and paramedics across Ontario, are already under great pressures to keep up and combat rising opioid-related harms and death rates. Local responses to the opioid overdose emergency need provincial leadership and support. The time for action to address this health emergency is now. With the provincial government developing a Mental Health and Addictions Strategy, there is opportunity to direct specific attention to the opioid overdose emergency through an overall drug strategy. With this in mind, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) is providing a broad range of recommendations to inform a provincial response. These recommendations have been adopted by AMO’s Board of Directors based on the advice of AMO’s Health Task Force, aided by an Expert Municipal Working Group on Opioids. The membership of these groups is outlined in Appendix A and B. They included representatives from various municipal sectors involved in the local response including public health, paramedics, police, and social services. The recommendations are as follows: Initial Foundational Steps (recommended action for 2019): 1. That the Province publicly affirms the seriousness of the opioid overdose emergency and commit to take all necessary measures to save lives and prevent harm, including the provision of long-term funding for existing programs as well as new funding streams, where necessary. 2. That the Province undertakes an ‘all of government’ effort to develop a comprehensive provincial drug strategy that addresses the opioid overdose emergency, based on a public health approach that addresses the social determinants of health, and that takes a non- discriminatory approach to overdose prevention and harm reduction. This strategy should cascade down to guide local drug strategy development and implementation with accompanying resources so that municipalities in Ontario have comprehensive, multi-faceted, funded drug strategies in place led by dedicated local coordinators. Further, progress toward implementation should be measured with performance indicators and be evaluated for outcomes achieved. 3. That the Ministry of Health appoint a dedicated coordinator focused solely on the provincial response to the emergency, and tasked with building partnerships between various sectors and act as a liaison between the government and the sectors. Page 194 of 2213 4. That the provincial coordinator establishes formal means to engage with all relevant stakeholders, including municipal governments, public health units, and people with lived experience in order to hear advice and feedback on new and ongoing initiatives. Further Actions Based on Consultation with Stakeholders: 5. That the Province examines, and its ministries provide, a coordinated ‘all of government’ response with adequate funding to address the root causes of addiction, including housing- related factors, poverty, unemployment, mental illness, and trauma. 6. That the provincial coordinator undertakes a study scoping out the problem of drug misuse, documenting local responses, and identifying leading practices. 7. That the provincial coordinator plays a role to help municipal governments share information with each other on successful elements of drug strategies and leading practices. 8. That the provincial coordinator facilitates better utilization of real-time data reporting from local surveillance systems to inform and guide provincial and local responses including how to reach at-risk populations. 9. That the provincial coordinator develops sub-strategies based on the data for specific populations over represented among drug users, with adequate consultation with these populations. Any sub-strategy seeking to support Indigenous peoples should be developed in consultation with Indigenous communities, Indigenous service providers with relevant local service providers including municipal governments, local Public Health agencies and District Social Service Administration Boards. 10. That the Ministry of Health provides more funding to support, enhance and expand evidence- based consumption, treatment and rehabilitation services, addiction prevention and education, and harm reduction measures in all areas of Ontario. 11. That the Ministry of Health targets funding for addiction and mental health services that would assist in treating people with mental illness to reduce and/or eliminate self-medication and would provide services to help people overcome their addiction. 12. That the Ministry of the Solicitor General provides enhanced funding to enforce laws surrounding illicit drug supply, production, and distribution. 13. That the Province enhances funding for diversion programs, mobile crisis intervention teams, and further promote harm reduction approaches among police services. 14. That the Ministry of Health ensures there is awareness of the opioid emergency throughout the health care transformation process and ensure necessary services are available through the Ontario Health Teams, including primary care, to treat addiction. 15. That the Ministry of Health examines community paramedicine as a viable option to provide treatment and referral services. 16. That the Ministry of Health should continue work with the medical community on appropriate pain management and prescribing of opioids. Page 195 of 3213 17. That the Ministry of Health funds a public education campaign, including on social media, to complement the efforts of individual communities. 18. That the provincial coordinator work with the Ministry of Education to add a health- promoting youth-resiliency program to the school curriculum that includes coping skills to get through obstacles in life, e.g. social competence, conflict resolution, healthy relationships, and informed decision-making. 19. That the Ministry of Health fully funds (100%) Naloxone for all municipal first responders (paramedics, police, and fire services) and provide training in its use. 20. That the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services work together with municipal human service system managers to better link social service and health supports including to help people overcome addiction and address mental health. 21. That the Ministry of Health works toward a goal of establishing and maintaining 30,000 supportive housing units in the province. 22. That the Province advocates to the federal government for appropriate and supportive measures that will support effective provincial and local responses. Page 196 of 4213 Appendix A – AMO Health Task Force Membership Graydon Smith, Chair, Mayor, Town of Bracebridge Bernie MacLellan, Councillor, County of Huron, and Mayor, Municipality of Huron East Dan McCormick, CAO, Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board Donald Sanderson, CEO, West Parry Sound Health Centre Doug Lawrance, Mayor, Municipality of Sioux Lookout Gary Carr, Regional Chair, Region of Halton Jane Sinclair, General Manager, Health and Emergency Services, County of Simcoe Jesse Helmer, Councillor Ward 4, City of London Jim Pine, Chief Administrative Officer, County of Hastings Joanne Vanderheyden, Mayor, Municipality of Strathroy-Caradoc Katherine Chislett, Commissioner of Community & Health Services, Regional Municipality of York Dr. Liana Nolan, Medical Officer of Health/Commissioner, Public Health, Region of Waterloo Lisa Levin, Executive Director, AdvantAge Ontario Loretta Ryan, Executive Director, Association of Local Public Health Agencies Mabel Watt, Manager, Policy Integration, Region of Halton Nancy Polsinelli, Commissioner of Health Services, Regional Municipality of Peel Neal Roberts, Chief of Middlesex-London Emergency Medical Services Authority, and President, Ontario Association of Paramedic Chiefs Norman Gale, City Manager, City of Thunder Bay Penny Lynn Lucas, Councillor, Township of Ignace Peter Dundas, Chief Paramedic Services, Regional Municipality of Peel, and Ontario Association of Paramedic Chiefs Board Member (Vice-President) Dr. Robert Kyle, Commissioner and Medical Officer of Health, Regional Municipality of Durham Monika Turner, Director of Policy, Association of Municipalities of Ontario Michael Jacek, Senior Advisor, Association of Municipalities of Ontario Leslie Muñoz, Policy Advisor, Association of Municipalities of Ontario Page 197 of 5213 Appendix B – Municipal Opioids Expert Working Group Membership Michael Jacek, Chair, Senior Advisor, Association of Municipalities of Ontario Adrienne Jugley, Commissioner, Community Services, Region of Niagara Brian Gibson, Deputy Chief, Peel Region Paramedic Services, Region of Peel and Ontario Association of Paramedic Chiefs Brian Marks, Chief Administrative Officer, District of Cochrane Social Services Administration Board Dawn McAlpine, General Manager, Community & Corporate Services, City of Barrie Dr. Elizabeth Richardson, Medical Officer of Health, Hamilton Public Health Esther Moghadam, Chief Nursing Officer/Director for Health Promotion, Ottawa Public Health Greg Sage, Chief, Halton Region Paramedic Services, Region of Halton and Ontario Association of Paramedic Chiefs Dr. Janet DeMille, Medical Officer of Health, Thunder Bay District Health Unit Leslie Muñoz, Policy Advisor, Association of Municipalities of Ontario Dr. Lianne Catton, Medical Officer of Health, Porcupine Health Unit Dr. Lisa Simon, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit Loretta Ryan, Executive Director, Association of Local Public Health Agencies (alPHa) Mark Baxter, Director, Police Association of Ontario Melissa Hutchinson, Program Manager, Regional Municipality of Durham Dr. Rita Shahin, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Toronto Public Health, City of Toronto Dr. Rosana Salvaterra, Medical Officer of Health, Peterborough Public Health Tim Farquharson, Deputy Chief of Police, Peterborough Police Service and Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police Page 198 of 6213 RAPPORT ADMINISTRATIF - POLITIQUES Destinataire : Groupe de travail de politiques Expéditeur : Greffier Date : Ie 5 mars 2020 Sujet : Siége 5 la Corporation Hearst connect HISTORIOUEI CONTEXTE Lors de la création de la Corporation Hearst Connect et la nomination des directeurs au conseil d'administration, des termes différents pour chaque directeur furent établis a?n d’éviter un revirement complet des membres a la ?n d’un terme. Le terme de Giiles Boucher se termine Ie 30 mars 2020 et Ie C.A. de Hearst Connect recommande Ie renouvellement de sa nomination. REFERENCEA UN ARRETEMUNICIPAL! LOI PROVINCIALEI POLITIQUEI RESOLUTION Résolution no. 93-17 DISCUSSION] OPTIONS Les nominations de Robert Proulx et de Jason Levesque furent renouvelées en mars 2018 et 2019 pour un terme de trois ans, étant leur deuxiéme terme. Le raisonnement du Conseil ayant été que la corporation étant encore a |'étape développement, il était préférable de renouveler les mandats des directeurs puisque ceux-ci connaissent les dossiers en cours de cette corporation qui évolue rapidement. Le méme raisonnement s’applique toujours. IMPLICATION FINANCII‘-:REIDES RESSOURCES HUMAINES Aucune RECOMMANDATION RESOLUTIONpour renouveler Ia nomination de Gilles Boucher en tant que directeur de la Corporation Hearst Connect pour un terme se terminant le 31 mars 2023. _ 'lvx~ Page 199 of 213 Page 200 of 213 HEARST CONNECTCORPORATION LA CORPORATION HEARST CONNECT RESOLUTION NO: [)3—Zo DATE: le 30 janvier 202 0 Appuyée par /?mc <3\ Secondedby 001-C«e\ L mkre BE IT RESOLVEDthat a renewal request be sent to the Town of Hearst Council for Gille Adoptée Rejetée Différée Ptésident-e d’assemblée ‘ed Defeated Deferred PresidingO?icer ENREGISTREMENTDU VOTE/RECORDEDVOTE POUR/FOR CONTR]-H AGAINST ittlltttttlkittttttttltitttiIF##3##llttiit?ll########II##II|#tt#lIIIIMIIIIIIIItltlttlk?ltlllttttttt Déclaratign d’Inté§ts Pécuniaires / Decl?ion of Pgunigz Interests Nom/Name Ngmg de 1’Intérét/Nature of Interest Page 201 of 213 Page 202 of 213 Page 203 of 213 Prov:‘ding F|exib'|' I Ity For Municipalities To Hold Loca eetings During Emergencies This document is intended to give a summary of complex matters. It does not include all details and does not take into account local facts and circumstances. This document refers to or re?ects laws and practices that are subject to change. Municipalities are responsible for making local decisions that are in compliance with the law such as applicable statutes and regulations. This document applies only to those municipalities whose meeting rules are governed by the Municipal Act, 2001. Thisdocument, as well as any linksor information from other sources referred to in it, should not be relied upon, includingas a substitute for specialized legal or other professional advice in connection with any particular matter. The user is solely responsible for any use or application of this document. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing Page 204 of 213 What do t ese changes to t e Municipal Act do? e ovince is provi .d.in 8 municipa ffI Ies WI e ools they need to ensu re Iocal decisionm ak' by municipal councilsis not affected by existing quorum requirements during eme rgen cy situations, such as the one Ontario and its municipalities are currently facing. These changes to the Municipal Act allow members of councils, committees and certain local boards who participate in open and closed meetings electronically to be counted for purposes of quorum during emergencies declared by the Province or a local Head of Council. These provisions are optional, and municipalities continue to have the ?exibility to determine if they wish to use these provisions and incorporate them in their individual procedure by- laws. Municipalities may wish to review their procedure by-laws to determine whether to provide for electronic participation in meetings, and whether to take advantage of the new provisions What types of emergencies does this apply to? These changes apply in the event of an emergency being ecIared by the Premier, Cabinet or the municipal Head of Councilunder ithe Emergency Management and CivilProtection Act. Once the emergency has ended, regular meeting rules apply. How can a municipality use these changes? These c ange municipa ItI y, s ould it ch ose to, to hido a specia meeting during an emergency for the pu rposes of amending th e oprocedure by-law to allow for electronic participation. During this specua' I meeting, members participating electronically may be counted for the purposes of quorum. Municipa|counci|s,committ ee s and boards can choose to amend their procedure by-laws to: - allowthe use of eIectronic participation at meetings, - s a e whether members can participate in both open meeting and closed meetings; and . state whether members part cipating electronically count towards quorum t is up to municipalities to determine whether to use these provisions, the method of electronic participation and the extent to which members can participate electronically. Ministry of MunicipalA?‘airs and Housing Page 205 of 213 What technology should a m nicipality use for e ectroni c meetings? Municipa I'l'I Ies, and their boards an committees can o chnology best suited to their local circumstances to ena e electronic participation of their members in decision making, as wel as ensuring meetings can be open to the public. l Municipalities may want to engage with peers who have electronic participation in place on their best practices as they revise their procedure by-laws. Some municipalities may choose to use teleconferences while others may use video conferencing. Do open meeti ng requirements still apply? The Municipal Act speci es requirements for open meetings to ens ure that most municipal business is conducted transparently, and with access for and in view of the public. There are limited circumstances under the Municipal Act when municipal me etings can be conducted in closed session. Meetings held under these new provisions would still be required t 0 follow existing meeting rule including providing of notice of meetings to the public, maintaining meeting minutes, and subjects to certain exceptions, that meetings continue to be open to the pu t is proposal? Loca lb oa rds subjectt o th e meeting ru es in t e umcipa municipa service boards, transportation commissions, boards of health, planning boards, and many other local boards and bodies. Some local boards will not be covered, for example, police services, library and school boards have different rules about their meetings, which are found in other legislation. A municipality is best positioned to determine whether a local entity is considered a local board and if in doubt, can seek independent legal advice regarding the status of any local entities and whether these new provisions would apply to them. What else can a municipality do to plan for an emergency? Municipal councils, committees, and boards have the ability to delegate certain act’nons to staff, especially during an emergency, to ensure operational continuity in the event that they c meet. Municipalities can also consult with their Community Emergency Management Coordinator, the MedicalOf?cer of Health of their localpublic health unit and seek legal advice to ensure the appropriate meeting procedures and delegations are in place to address emergency situations. Ministry of Municipal A?airs and Housing OntarioPage 206V of 213 - Municipal Act, 2001: https:[/www.ontario.ca/laws?tatutg/01m25 The Ontario Municipal Councillor's Guide 2018: https:[/www.ontario.ca/document/ontario-municigal-councillors— Key Concepts Optional Use —these provisions are optional. With these changes in place, municipa Ht’Ie S continue to locally determine the contents of procedure by—|aws.Municipalities may wish to review the procedure by-laws to determine whether to provide for electronic participation in meetings, and whether to take advantage of the new provisions ifthey meet local needs. Time Limited — Counting electronic participants for quorum purposes and allowing electronic participation in closed meetings are only available during emergencies. Once the emergency has ended, regular meeting rules will apply. Special Meetings — These new provisions would allow municipalities to hold a special meeting with electronic participation in order to amend an applicable procedure by-law if amendments to the local procedure by-law have not been made prior to the declaration of an emergency. Ministry Contacts Ifyou have questions regarding how these new provisions may imp act your municipality, contact your local Municipal Services Of?ce with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Central Municipal Services Office Telephone: 416-585-6226 or 1-800-668-0230 Eastern Municipal Services Of?ce Telephone: 613-545-2100 or 1-800-267-9438 Northern Municipal Services Of?ce (Sudbury) Telephone: 705-564-0120 or 1-800-461-1193 Northern Municipal Services Of?ce (Thunder Bay) Telephone: 807-475-1651 or 1-800-465-5027 Western Municipal Services Office Telephone: 519-873 4020 or 1-800-265-4736 n mation a ou t the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)municipa rx‘I Ies may WI‘sh to contact their local public health agencies or VlSItwww.ontario.ca[coronavirus for up-to-date informa Ion on cases, and how Ontario is working to protect the health and well-being of all Ontarians. Ministry of Mumc' 'palAffairs and Housing Page 207 of 213 Page 208 of 213 sont les effets de ces changem municipalités? La province offre aux municipalités Iesoutils dont elles ont besoin pour vel er ace que a prise d décisions locales par Ies conseils municipaux ne soit pas entravée par Ies exigences actuelles en matiére de quorum Iors des situations d’urgence, telles que celle qui sévit actuellement dans les municipalités de |‘0ntario. Ces changements ala Loisur Ies municipalités permettent donc aux membres des conseils municipaux, des comités et de certains conseils Iocaux qui participent par voie électronique ‘ades réunions publiques et 51huis clos d‘étre comptés pour constituer Ie quorum Iors des situations d'urgence déclarées par la province ou Ie chef du Conseil local. Ces nouvelles dispositions sont facultatives et Ies municipalités ont toujours Ia souplesse de choisir si elles veulent avoir recours a ces dispositions et Ies intégrer a Ieur propre réglement de procédure. Les municipalités peuvent choisir de revoir Ieur réglement de procédure pour déterminer si elles veulent offrir la participation aux réunions par voie électronique et si elles décident de se prévaloir des nouvelles dispositions en fonction de leurs besoins Iocaux et de leur propres contextes. s I‘-\quels types de situations d’urgence ces dispositions s 3PP"quent-elles? ang ments s'app |'quenI CIors d’une situation d.urgenc edécla rée par Ie premier mims re, e cabinet ou le chef d’un Conseu'lmunic|pa' I en vertu de la Loisur Ia protectian civileet la gestion des situations d’urgence. Une fois Ia situation' ' 'urg ence t ermm' ée , Ies régles habituelles Iiées aux réunions s’app|iquent de nouveau. Comment une municipalité peut-elle utiliser ces changements? Ces changements permettent a une municipalité, si elle Ie veut, de tenir une réunion extraordinaire en période de situation d’urgence dans Ie but de modi?er son réglement de procédure pour permettre la participation par voie électronique de ses membres. Au cours de cette réunion extraordinaire, les membres qui participent par voie électronique sont comptés pour constituer Ie quorum. Les conseils municipaux, comités et conseils peuvent choisir de modi?er Ieur réglement de procédure en vue de : 0 permettre la participation aux réunions par voie électronique 0 déclarer si les membres peuvent participer autant aux réunions publiques qu'aux réunions a huis clos 0 déclarer si les membres qui participent par voie électronique peuvent compter pour constituer le quorum Ministére des Affaires municipales et du Logement OntarioPage 209V of 213 Ce son:1es municipanH’es qui déte rminent Ie recours ou non de ces di position sla, méthode de participation électroniqu' e permlse et la portée de la participation électroniques de leurs membres. Quelle technologie devrait étre utilisée p r Ie municipa ités pour la tenue de leurs s réunions par voie électronique? Les munlclpa It'se , avec Ieurs conseils e[I eurs comités, peuven isir It?!a ec no ogie qui répond I mieux 3 Ieurs besoins dans Ieur cont exte local pour permettre Ia participation par voie e électronique de Ieu rs membres dans la prise des décisions, et pour s’assurer que les réunions sont ouvertes a u public. municipalités peuvent s’informer auprés de Ieurs pairs qui ont déja des outils de participation par voie électronique en place pour connaitre les pratiques exemplaires au moment de revoir Ieu r réglement de procédure. Certaines municipalités peuvent choisir d’uti|iser la téléconférence tandis que d'autres peuvent utiliser Ia vidéoconférence. 'gences lees aux reunions publiques sont-elles encore en vigueur? La Loisur Ies municipalités contient des exigences 2‘:respecter re ativement aux réunions publiques, pour s’assurer que la plupart des activités municipales se déroulent de fagon transparente, au vu et au su du grand public. Dans certaines circonstances précises et conformément 3 la Loisur Ies municipalités, Ies réunions municipales peuvent se tenir ‘ahuis cIoS Les réunions qui se dérouleront conformément aux nouvelles dispositions devraient tout de méme suivre Ies régles actuelles liées aux réunions, y compris le devoir de fournir des avis de réunion au public, de rédiger Ies procés-verbaux des réunions et, 2:certaines exceptions prés, de veiller isce que les réunions soient accessibles au public. conseils Iocaux sont touchés par cette proposition? Les conseils Iocaux assujettis aux ré gle 5 liées ux réunions en vertu de la Loisur Ie municipalités comprennent Ies commissions de services municipaux, Ies commissions' des tr ansports,s Ies ‘ conseils de santé, Ies comités de planification et de nombreux autres comités et organismes Iocaux. Certains conseils Iocaux peuvent ne pas étre concernés par ces changements, tels que les services de police, Ies bibliothéques et les conseils scolaires, qui ont des régles différentes concernant Ieur s réunions , en vertu d’autres Iois. Chaque municipalité est la mieux placée pour déterminer si un organi sme local est considéré comme un comité local. Par conséquent, si elle a des doutes, elle peut obtenir des conseils juridiques indépendants au sujet du statut d’un organisme local 3 savoir si ce dernier est assujetti aux nouvelles dispositions. s municipale 3 et du Logement Page 210 of 213 Quelles autres mesures de p éparation d’urgence les municipalités peuvent-elles prendre? Les conseils municip aux, com: és et consei s on pacité d’accorder certains pouvoirs au personne| , en particulier Iorsd'une situation d’urgence, pour veiller ala continuité des opérations dans l’eventualité’ ouils ne peuvent pas se réunir. Les municipalités peuvent également consulter eur coordonnateur communautaire de la gestion des situations d’urgence ou Ie médecin chef en santé publique de leur bureau de santé publique local et obtenir des conseils juridiques pour veiller ‘ace que les délégations et les procédures de réunion adéquates soient en place pour gérer les situations d'urgence. - Loi de 2001 sur es municipalités : httgs:[/www.ontario.ca/fr[|ois/Ioi/01m25 0 conseillére ou du conseiller municipa www.ontario.ca/frLg|gcumentjggide-de-Ia-conseillere-ou-du-conseiller- Concepts clés Utilisation facultative — Ces dispositions sont facultatives. Malgré ces changements en vigueur, le s municipalités conservent Ie pouvoir de déterminer a |'écheI|e locale le contenu de Ieur réglement de procédure. Les municipalités peuvent choisir de revoir Ieur reglement de procédure a?n de déterminer si elles veulent recourir ou non '21la participation aux réunions par voie électronique, et si elles veulent se prévaloir des nouvelles dispositions si celles-ci répondent a Ieurs besoins Iocaux. Durée limitée — Le comptage des participants par voie électronique pour constituer le quorum et |’autorisation pour les membres de participer aux réunions a huis clos par voie électronique ne sont permis qu’en situation d’urgence. Une fois la situation d’urgence terminée, les régles habituelles Iiées aux réunions s'appliqueront de nouveau. Réunions extraordinaire: — Les nouvelles dispositions permettraient aux municipalités de tenir une réunion extraordinaire avec participation par voie électronique pour modi?er Ie reglement de procédure en vigueur si aucune modification au reglement de procédure localn’a été apportée déclaration d'une situation d’urgence. Ministére des Affaires municipales et du Logement OntarioPage 211V of 213 Si vous avez des questions concernant les repercussions des nouvelles dispositions sur votre municipalité, communiquez avec Ie bureau des services aux municipalités de votre région d ministére des Affaires municipales et du Logement. u 0 Bureau des services aux municipalités du Centre de l'Ontario Téléphone : 416 585-6226 ou 1 800 668-0230 0 Bureau des services aux municipalités de l'Est de l'0ntario Téléphone : 613 545-2100 ou 1 800 267-9438 0 Bureau des services aux municipalités du Nord (Sudbury) Téléphone : 705 564-0120 ou 1 800 461-1193 0 Bureau des services aux municipalités du Nord (Thunder Bay) Téléphone 2 807 475-1651 ou 1 800 465-5027 0 Bureau des services aux municipalités de l’0uest de |'Ontario Téléphone : 519 873-4020 ou 1 800 265-4736 Ressources supplémentaires A?n d obtenir des rense'gneI ments sur le ouveau coronavirus 2019 (COVlD—19),les municipa Ités peuvent soit commumquer' avec Ie bureau de santé publique de leur région, soit consulter I page www.ontario.ca[fr[gage/nouveau—coronavirus— pour obtenir des renseignements :11joura surl es cas déclarés et Ies mes ure 5 que prend |’Ontario pour assurer la santé et le bien-étre de tous municipales et du Logement Page 212 of 213 THE CORPORATIONOF THE TOWN OF HEARST BY-LAW NO. XX-2920 Being a by-law to authorize the delegation of authority to the Chief Administrative Of?cer, or Clerk for certain acts during a provincially declared emergency (human emergency — pandemic) WHEREAS Section 23.1-23.5 of the Municipal Act, 2001, Chapter 25, as amended, authorizes a municipality to delegate its powers and duties under this or any other Act to a person or body subject to restrictions under the Act, and WHEREAS Section 23.3 of the Municipal Act, 2001, c. 25 restricts Council from delegating the following powers and duties: o the power to appoint or remove from of?ce of an officer of the municipality whose appointment is required by this Act; the power to pass by-laws under Parts VIII, IX ; the power to incorporate corporations in acc a e with Section 203; - the power to adopt an Of?cial Plan or an a end ent to an of?cial plan under the Planning Act; - the power to pass a zoning by-law under t e Plan ‘ Act; - the power to pass a by-law under s s ions 108(1 a (2), and 110 (3), (6) and (7); - the power to adopt a community i vement plan unde tion 28 of the Planning Act; - the power to adopt or am the budg o e unicipality; any other power or duty a be prescrib d, and WHEREAS Council deems it expe I egate authority to the Chief Administrative Of?cer or Clerk or t to ta action, where necessary, on certain acts duri he ovincial e enoy; NOWTHEREFOR t e Muni ‘p I Coun ‘I f e Cor ion of the Town of Hearst enacts as follows: 1. TH cil de s h ‘ty to t Chief Administrative Of?cer, Clerk d the or oratio o e wn of Hearst to take action, where n essary, ' the rovincially red emergency. S ction may c de: waiving e and n lties for accounts receivable; uthority etermine and/or alter the accounts receivable due s and e hods of payment; c. A h 'ty end payment plans; d. Aut t create and enforce human resources policies which are de d necessary during the emergency situation; e. Authority to amend the Council Procedures By-law. 2. THAT the Chief Administrative Of?cer or Clerk will report to Council on any actions taken during the provincially declared emergency. 3. THAT this By-law is in effect for the period of March 25, 2020 to April 30, 2020. 4. THAT this By-law shall come into force and effect upon its passing. 5. THAT this By-law shall be cited as the “Emergency Delegation of Powers By- law”. READAND PASSED IN OPEN COUNCIL THIS 24”‘ DAYOF MARCH,2020. ACTING MAYOR Page 213 of 213