CITY OF ORILLIA Regular Council Meeting Monday, April 2, 2012 following the Public Meeting re Planning Matters Council Chamber, Orillia City Centre A G E N D A Infrared hearing aids are available in the Council Chamber courtesy of the Orillia Quota Club. They are located on the east wall at the back of the Chamber. Page

Call to Order

Approval of Agenda

Disclosure of Interest

Presentation

Deputations

11-13 1. Angela Rudy, RUDY & Associates Ltd. will be present to discuss the status of two outstanding issues at 9 Ferguson Road. File: C01-2012- Minutes

- March 5, 2012 Public Meeting re Planning Matters - March 5, 2012 Regular Council - March 26, 2012 Special Meeting re Tax Appeals

Correspondence

Enquiries

Reports

15-21 1. Report Number 2012-5 of the Council Committee. 2. Report Number 2012-6 of the Special Council Committee. (Available after the Special Council Committee meeting on March 31, 2012) 3. Report Number 2012-4 of the Recreation Facilities Committee. (Available after the Recreation Facilities Committee meeting on April 2, 2012)

23-24 4. Grants Committee - re Report Number 2012-1. File: C12-GNT 25-29 5. Interim City Treasurer - re Statement of the Treasurer - Remuneration and Expenses Paid to Members of Council, Local Boards and Other Bodies in 2010. File: F09-STA

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31-33 6. Councillor Spears - re Quarterly Committee Report. File: C12-GEN

35 7. Councillor Bowen - re Municipal Heritage Committee. File: C12-GEN

37 8. Councillor Murray - re Quarterly Report. File: C12-GEN

39 9. Councillor Hill - re Children's Aid Society of Simcoe County. File: C12-GEN Notice of Motion

41-42 1. Councillor Kehoe hereby gives notice that he intends to introduce the following motion:

"THAT Council create an Inter-governmental Working Group to liaise with and provide assistance to Lakehead University and Casino Rama concerning their respective issues regarding recently announced Provincial initiatives;

AND THAT membership of the Working Group consist of Mayor Orsi, two Councillors, and the CAO or designate;

AND THAT the Working Group report back to Council on its activities at the May 7, 2012 Council meeting." Motions

43 1. Senior Planner - re Supplementary Memo to Planning Report PD-12-06 - Zoning By-law Amendment - 50 Westmount Drive North (Mount Slaven Public School Site). File: C01-2012-

"THAT, further to the Public Meeting of Council held on March 5, 2012, Council approve the Zoning By-law Amendment for Application No. D14-785 (City of Orillia - 50 Westmount Drive North - Mount Slaven School Site)." 45-50 2. Senior Planner - re Supplementary Memo to Planning Report PD-12-07 - Zoning By-law Amendment - 9 Ferguson Road. File: C01-2012- Deputation Motions

Consent Agenda

51-74 1. Association of Municipalities of Ontario: File: A01-AMO

a) What Lies Ahead in 2012 - EMCP2. b) Federal Gas Tax Funds. c) AMO's 2012 Pre-Budget Submission Urges, "Let's Get This Right". d) A Few Early Signals Related To Provincial Budget 2012 - 2013. e) AMO Submission on Municipal Hazardous and Special Waste (MHSW) Incentive Program Review. f) New Feed-in Tariff (FIT) Program Rules Changed.

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g) The 2012 Provincial Budget. h) Ontario's Provincial and Municipal Budgets Must be Sustainable.

Recommendation: Receive as informational. Copied to appropriate Departments and Agencies. 75 2. Canadian Paraplegic Association (CPA) Ontario - re 5th annual Wheelchair Relay Challenge in Orillia, September 22, 2012. File: M02-GEN

Recommendation: Refer to Council Committee. Request report from Parks and Recreation Department. 77 3. Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services - re completing the mandatory emergency management program. File: P03-GEN

Recommendation: Receive as informational. Copy to Fire Department. 79-80 4. Minister of Northern Development and Mines - re Divestment of the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission. File: A16-GEN

Recommendation: Receive as informational.

81 5. Minister Responsible for Seniors - re 2012 Senior of the Year Award. File: M08-PRV

Recommendation: Circulated in accordance with the approved policy.

83 6. Minister Responsible for Seniors - re 2012 Senior Achievement Award. File: M08- PRV

Recommendation: Circulated in accordance with the approved policy.

85 7. Ontario Provincial Police - re cost-effective policing services. File: P03-OPP

Recommendation: Receive as informational. Copy to Deputy CAO/CFO. 87 8. Ontario Provincial Police, Orillia OPP Detachment - re News Release entitled "Enjoy This Weather, Safely". File:A01-GEN

Recommendation: Receive as informational. 89 9. Ontario Building Officials Association (OBOA) - re OBOA Strategic Plan 2012+. File: A01-GEN

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Recommendation: Receive as informational. Copy to Planning and Development Department. Document available for review in the Clerk's Office. 91-93 10. Ontario Sustainable Energy Association (OSEA) - re OSEA supports Province's new Feed-in Tariff rules and pricing. File:A01-GEN

Recommendation: Receive as informational. 95-97 11. Ontario Wildlife Coalition - re requesting a motion of support regarding human- wildlife conflicts. File: C10-GEN

Recommendation: Receive as informational. 99-100 12. Simcoe County District School Board - re Request for Blanket Exemption from Development Securities. File: A16-SCBE

Recommendation: Refer to Council Committee. Request report from Planning and Development Department. 101-102 13. Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority - re Formal Consultation on Draft Proposed Source Protection Plan and Explanatory Document, Deadline - May 25, 2012. File: A01-LSRCA

Recommendation: Receive as informational. Document available for review in the Clerk's Office. 103-106 14. Orillia Canada Day Inc. - re Canadian Forces Snowbirds visit to Orillia, June 28 - 30, 2012. File: M02-GEN

Recommendation: Refer to Mayor's Office to provide a letter of authorization. 107-109 15. Orillia Police Services Board - re Orillia OPP Detachment - Business Planning Consultation. File: C12-PSB

Recommendation: Receive as informational. 111-114 16. Ainley & Associates Limited - re requesting a noise by-law exemption for Ministry of Transportation projects on Highways 11 and 12, July to October 2012. File: A16-MOT

Recommendation: That the following resolution be passed:

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"THAT, further to a letter dated March 23, 2012 from Ainley & Associates Limited, Ainley & Associates Limited be exempt from Chapter 938 of the City of Orillia Municipal Code - Noise to permit pavement rehabilitation at the locations detailed below during off-peak hours (11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.) from July 2012 to October 2012:

Location 1 - Ministry of Transportation - Contract 2 - Highway 12 (from the Highway 12/Atherley Road junction to the south junction of Highway 11/12)

Location 2 - Ministry of Transportation - Contract 5 - Highway 11 (from Memorial Avenue to Laclie Street (Sundial Drive))”

115-116 17. Orillia Power Corporation - re Director's Remuneration. File: C12-OPC

Recommendation: Refer to Council Committee. Request report from Treasury Department and Deputy CAO/CFO. 117 18. Orillia Youth Opportunities Committee - re National Youth Week, May 1 - 7, 2012. File: C12-YTH

Recommendation: Receive as informational. Copy to Mayor's Office re proclamation.

119 19. Kairos Group Ministries - re requesting financial assistance. File: C12-GNT

Recommendation: Forward grant application to organization.

121-123 20. Mayo's Service Centre Ltd. - re insurance liability. File: L05-GEN

Recommendation: Refer to Council Committee. Request report from Treasury Department.

125-154 21. Karen Woolcox - re request for an update of road signage by-law. File:T07-GEN

Recommendation: Refer to Council Committee. Request report from Public Works Department.

155-158 22. Zats Restaurant Inc. - re concession stand at Tudhope Park. File: P09-GEN

Recommendation: Refer to Council Committee. Request report from Clerk's Department.

159 23. Rod Williams - re special interest group pressure. File: M04-GEN

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Recommendation: Receive as informational.

161-179 24. Letters regarding the 255 West Street South property. File: C12-RF

a) Howard Raymer b) Theresa Thompson c) Reverend Martha Tatarnic d) Scott Brain e) Bob Donald f) Paul Blanche (2) g) Judy Archer and Michael Jones h) Beth McCall i) David Carson j) Robert Spears k) Sylvia and Burton Lancaster l) Colleen O'Neill m) Ethan Odlozinksi n) Jonah Odlozinski o) Katie Irwin p) Tony U. Gulmen q) Andy Monk r) Don Weber

Recommendation: Receive as informational.

181 25. Georgian College - re appointments to the Town and Gown Committee. File: C01- 2012-

Recommendation: That a by-law be passed.

183 26. Lakehead University - re appointment to the Town and Gown Committee. File: C01- 2012-

Recommendation: That a by-law be passed. 185 27. Petition from Gary Vamplew and others - re fluoridation in the City's water. File: E05-FLU

Recommendation: Refer to Public Works Department in conjunction with the public consultation process. Complete petition available for review in the Clerk's Office.

187-305 28. Letters regarding fluoridation in the City's water. File: E05 -FLU

a) Corinne Sonnenberg b) Dr. Amanda Bray

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c) Kelly Clune (2) d) David Mallinson e) James D. Upper f) Bruce Spittle g) Hugh Coleman h) Joyce Ward i) Steve Goulter (5) j) Susan Schweitzer (4) k) Bob Sparkes l) Kathie Joblin m) Sherri Ciric n) Rosemary Calverley o) Colleen O'Neill p) Megan Adams

Recommendation: Refer to Public Works Department in conjunction with the public consultation process. 307-310 29. Letters regarding the composition of the Downtown Orillia Management Board. File: C12-DMB

a) Bob Willsey, Mariposa Market Ltd. b) Susan Willsey, Apple Annie's Shop & Cafe. c) Dale McKay, WindSpirit.

Recommendation: Receive as informational.

311-321 30. Gino Cavicchioli - re Gordon Lightfoot bust (resin casting). File: R01-GEN

Recommendation: Receive as informational. By-laws

2012-40 Amendment Number 120 to By-law Number 2005-72, the Zoning By-law for the City of Orillia (City of Orillia – 50 Westmount Drive North).

This by-law amends the Zoning By-law to permit a range of residential uses in conformity with the Official Plan's "Living Area – Stable Neighbourhood" designation at the former Mount Slaven Public School Site. 2012-41 Amendment Number 121 to By-law Number 2005-72, the Zoning By-law for the City of Orillia (Atlas Block Company Ltd. – 9 Ferguson Road).

This by-law amends the City’s Zoning By-law 2005-72, as amended, to permit 178 townhouse dwelling units, 120 future apartment dwelling units

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and future commercial uses at 9 Ferguson Road. 2012-42 A By-law to adopt the 2011 Transportation Master Plan Update.

This by-law adopts the 2011 Transportation Master Plan Update after no comments were received during the 30-day public review period, as recommended by Council. 2012-43 A By-law for the purpose of appointing members to various Boards and Committees.

This by-law appoints members to the Town and Gown Committee, the Accessibility Advisory Committee and the Waste Management Advisory Committee, as recommended by Council Committee. This by- law also appoints Mayor Angelo Orsi to the County of Simcoe Human Services Committee, as recommended by Council. 2012-44 A By-law to accept and dedicate a road widening (Part 1 on Plan 51R- 38159) to the Corporation of the City of Orillia (Taylor Drive (Priv.), Formerly 395 Gill Street).

This by-law facilitates the transfer of lands in respect to a 1.5 metre road widening along the west side of Gill Street in relation to the pending condominium development by Titan Homes. 2012-45 A By-law to adopt Chapter 920 of the City of Orillia Municipal Code – Carbon Monoxide Alarm.

This by-law adopts Chapter 920 which requires the installation and maintenance of carbon monoxide alarms in all residential homes wherever fuel burning appliances are located and/or that have attached storage garages, by April 2, 2013, as recommended by Council Committee. 2012-46 A By-law to authorize the execution of Contract RWS-11-26 with Trisan Construction – Memorial Avenue Reconstruction from Highway 12 to United Drive.

This by-law authorizes a contract with Trisan for the reconstruction of Memorial Avenue from Highway 12 to United Drive for the tendered sum of $2,173,717.20 plus HST, as recommended by Council Committee. 2012-47 A By-law to establish Parts 5 and 6 on Plan 51R-38308 as a Public Highway.

This by-law lifts a 0.3m reserve along Cindy Lee Crescent in order to provide newly created lots with frontage and access to the municipal right-of-way on Cindy Lee Crescent, as described in the NFAIO dated March 26, 2012 from the Department of Planning and Development.

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2012-48 A By-law to authorize the execution of Contract R-12-28 with K.J. Beamish Construction Co. Ltd. – 2012 Asphalt Resurfacing.

This by-law authorizes a contract with K.J. Beamish Construction Co. Ltd. for the 2012 asphalt resurfacing of various streets for the tendered sum of $539,809.83 plus HST, as described in Report PW-12-023 dated March 20, 2012 from the Public Works Department, as recommended by Council Committee. 2012-49 A By-law to authorize the execution of Contract RWS-12-29 with Pennorth Group Limited - Watermain replacement and other works on Elmer Park, Eleanor Road, Cedar Street and Cowan Street.

This by-law authorizes a contract with Pennorth Group Limited for watermain replacement and other works on various streets for the tendered sum of $591,315.62 plus HST, as recommended by Council Committee. 2012-50 A By-law to authorize the execution of an agreement with the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals – Animal Control.

This by-law authorizes a five-year agreement with the OSPCA for animal control expiring March 31, 2017, as recommended by Council. 2012-51 A By-law to adopt the Emergency Management Program for the protection of public safety, health, the environment, the critical infrastructure and property, and to promote economic stability and a disaster-resilient community.

This by-law adopts the Emergency Management Program under current legislation, (the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, 2006), and authorizes the Fire Chief to make necessary revisions and amendments as may be required, as recommended by Council Committee. 2012-52 A By-law to amend Chapter 385 of the City of Orillia Municipal Code – Emergency Plan.

This by-law amends Chapter 385 to correct the title, to update the Emergency Response Plan and designate the Fire Chief authority to make necessary revisions, to negotiate and sign memos of understanding and agreements with other municipalities, agencies or organizations to supplement specialized services, as recommended by Council Committee. 2012-53 A By-law to authorize agreements with Moneris Solutions and Cale Systems Inc. for the provision of credit card payment ability at pay and display machines.

This by-law authorizes agreements allowing for the provision of credit

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card payment ability at pay and display machines in the Orillia Public Library parking lot, as recommended by Council Committee. 2012-54 A By-law to authorize various Public Works Maintenance Contracts.

This by-law authorizes various public works maintenance contracts, as described in the report dated March 20, 2012 from the Public Works Department, as recommended by Council Committee. 2012-55 A By-law to confirm the proceedings of Council at its meetings held on April 2, 2012. Other Business

Open Public Forum

Adjournment

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March 21, 2012

City of Orillia Planning Department 50 Andrew Street South Orillia, ON, L3V 7T5

Attention: Andrea Woodrow, MCIP, RPP, Senior Planner

Re: City of Orillia Part of Lots 3 and 4, Concession 6 9 Ferguson Road, Revised Submission File Nos: D14-784, 43T-11601 and 43CD-11603 Our Project No. 322

This letter is further to the comments provided at the Public Meeting of March 5, 2012, for the above mentioned property. The purpose of this letter is to request a deputation before Council on April 2nd, and to provide an update regarding the status of two (2) outstanding issues related to trails and the drainage for the vacant lot in Severn Township.

Trails At the public meeting a member of Council directed staff to continue to investigate a potential trail connection on the Township of Severn lands directly abutting the subject lands. It was our opinion that this request was not construed to be a requirement for a Draft Condition relating directly to the subject lands and the creation of a trail external to the development property. Upon our request, staff provided a clarification regarding the wording for Draft Condition #5 relating to the provision of trails and we were advised that Condition #5 did in fact represent a requirement to create trails external to the development site.

This interpretation is contrary to the discussions and meetings with staff regarding the applications and development layout as proposed for the subject property. It was always our understanding that any references to trails were for onsite trail linkages and to connect the open space areas through linkages with the proposed stormwater management ponds to existing external trails. There were also discussions related to ensuring that future access points were considered to ensure that existing trails were identified.

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9 Ferguson Road, Revised Submission File Nos: D14-784, 43T-11601 and 43CD-11603 Our Project No. 322 page 2

As a result of our ongoing discussions with staff and our understanding regarding trails and open spaces, the Owner directed us to revise the development layout to reflect internal linkages throughout the development site and to create a distinct park space for future residents. These revisions were made and submitted to the City for consideration at the public meeting on March 5, 2012.

It is our opinion that to request the creation of external trails which are substantially located within another municipality is inappropriate and unreasonable. The cost related to creating external trails is substantial and onerous for the Owner and could jeopardize the financial viability of the proposed development.

Further, throughout the meetings with City staff, the discussion and understanding regarding trails did not relate to external trails. The Owner agreed with the revisions as noted and has agreed to provide linkages within the boundary of the development site to existing external trails.

It is therefore requested that Council at the April 2nd meeting approve amended wording for Draft Condition #5 as it relates to trails.

The word “trails” be removed and replaced with the following wording: “linkages within the boundary of the development site to existing external trails, …”

Vacant Lot The owner of a vacant lot in the Township of Severn along Huronia Rd. requested information regarding the drainage of the development site. A meeting was held with Mr. Cole, Mr. Rovanelli, Tim Collingwood of C.C. Tatham Engineering, myself, and the Owner - Lawrence Saltzman.

Tim Collingwood reviewed and explained the overall drainage in the subwatershed of which the vacant lot was located. It was explained that lands other than the development site also drain in the direction of the vacant lot to an existing drainage area. This historical drainage route has been in existence for greater than 20 years with existing Township of Severn culverts directing the drainage flow.

Over the past 20 years of Mr. Cole’s ownership of the lot, this drainage pattern has made it difficult to obtain a building permit due to the existing drainage through the lot and the requirement for certain building setbacks.

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9 Ferguson Road, Revised Submission File Nos: D14-784, 43T-11601 and 43CD-11603 Our Project No. 322 page 3

At the meeting, it was decided that Mr. Cole should meet with the Township of Severn building officials with a site plan to discuss the site limitations and to determine the requirements to obtain a building permit.

We trust the above is appropriate and request time for a deputation before Council at the April 2nd meeting to provide an update and to answer any further questions relating to this development.

We remain available should you have any further questions.

Yours very truly, RUDY & Associates Ltd.

Angela M. Rudy, MCIP, RPP Planner * Mediator

Cc: Mayor Orsi and Members of Council Janet Nyhof, Deputy Clerk Lawrence Saltzman of Titan Homes

Page 13 of 321 Page 14 of 321 CITY OF ORILLIA TO: The Mayor and Members of Council FROM: Council Committee DATE: March 27, 2012 SUBJECT: Report Number 2012-5 (From meeting of March 26, 2012)

Your Committee is pleased to report and recommend as follows: 1. THAT the confidential report dated March 20, 2012 from the Senior Planner regarding the Official Plan Appeals, be received as informational.

2. THAT, further to the confidential report dated March 20, 2012 from the Clerk's Department, the following be appointed a member of the Accessibility Advisory Committee for a term expiring November 30, 2015: Darryl Taylor

3. THAT, further to the confidential report dated March 20, 2012 from the Clerk's Department, the following be appointed a member of the Waste Management Advisory Committee for a term expiring November 30, 2014: Jeff Mayhew

4. THAT, further to the confidential report dated March 20, 2012 from the Clerk's Department, the following be appointed a member of the Town and Gown Committee for a term expiring November 30, 2015: Rick Fraracci (landlord experienced in student housing)

5. THAT the confidential report dated March 14, 2012 from the Deputy CAO/CFO regarding the Coroner's Inquest - Fire Department, be received as informational.

6. THAT the confidential report dated March 20, 2012 from the Deputy CAO/CFO regarding Huronia Regional Centre property, be received as informational.

Page 15 of 321 7. THAT the report dated February 29, 2012 from the Waste Management Advisory Committee regarding their 2011 Annual Report, be received as informational.

8. THAT as recommended in a report dated March 12, 2012 from the Economic Development Committee, $80,000 be made available to the Physician Recruitment Committee from the City of Orillia as requested in the March 7, 2012 correspondence from the Orillia and Area Physician Recruitment Committee; AND THAT this request is funded from the Tax Rate Stabilization Reserve as recommended by the Deputy CAO/CFO.

9. THAT the report dated March 20, 2012 from the Manager of Special Projects regarding 255 West Street South - Management of Off-site Migration of Contaminants, be received as informational.

10. THAT, further to the report dated March 12, 2012 from the Director of Culture and Heritage and the Manager of Economic Development, Council approve a three-year funding proposal, in principle, subject to Ontario Lake Country receiving and considering, the tourism roundtable recommendations, that arise from those discussions pertaining to strengthening our areas overall tourism marketing initiatives.

11. THAT the report dated March 1, 2012 from the Clerk's Department regarding the Commemorative Awards Committee, be received as informational.

12. THAT as recommended in a report dated March 13, 2012 from Planner I, Council grant a six (6) month extension of Draft Approval for the Draft Plan of Condominium 43CD-07603, for Part of Lot 10, Part of the Southwest Part of Lot 11 and Part of the Road Allowance between Lots 10 and 11, Concession 4, Geographic Township of Orillia (Southern Division), now in the City of Orillia, County of Simcoe, to October 31, 2012.

Page 16 of 321 13. THAT as recommended in a report dated March 20, 2012 from the Senior Planner, Council authorizes the City Solicitor to sign and present the Minutes of Settlement, contained in Attachment 1 to the report, to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) on behalf of the Corporation of the City of Orillia regarding a partial settlement to the appeal of the City's Official Plan by Kehoe Development Corporation Inc.

14. THAT as recommended in a report dated March 12, 2012 from the Manager of Economic Development, Council amend Policy 8.1.1.2 - Underground Electrical Services to allow overhead electrical infrastructure installations, including street lighting, in new industrial or employment land subdivisions; AND THAT Council further amends Policy 8.1.1.2 to require that individual electrical service lateral connections to individual properties in new industrial or employment land subdivisions be underground.

15. THAT the report dated March 20, 2012 from the Property Manager regarding security gates on the Port of Orillia dock replacement program, be received as informational.

16. THAT as recommended in a report dated March 19, 2012 from the Interim City Treasurer, the existing full-time Financial Analyst contract position become a permanent position.

17. THAT as recommended in a report dated March 15, 2012 from the Fire Chief and Fire Prevention Officer, Council adopt Chapter 920 - Carbon Monoxide Alarm as attached to the report, which requires the installation and maintenance of carbon monoxide alarms in all residential occupancies where fuel burning appliances are located and/or that have attached storage garages; AND THAT Chapter 920 becomes effective on April 2, 2013; AND THAT staff be directed to make application to the Regional Senior Justice for the Province of Ontario requesting that set fines under Chapter 920 be established at $195.

Page 17 of 321 18. THAT as recommended in a report dated March 12, 2012 from the Fire Chief/Community Emergency Management Coordinator and the Emergency Management Assistant, Council adopt the revised Emergency Response Plan and Emergency Management Program for the City of Orillia; AND THAT Council authorizes the Fire Chief as the Community Emergency Management Coordinator (CEMC) to make revisions and amendments to the Emergency Response Plan and Emergency Management Program as may be required; AND THAT Council authorizes the CEMC to negotiate agreements between the City of Orillia and other municipalities, agencies or organizations to supplement specialized emergency planning, response and recovery services.

19. THAT as recommended in a report dated March 20, 2012 from the Public Works Department, Trisan Construction be awarded Contract RWS-11-26, Memorial Avenue Reconstruction from Highway 12 to United Drive, for the tendered sum of $2,173,717.20 plus HST, with actual payment made for work done under contract unit prices; AND THAT commercial properties abutting the construction be offered a deferral for the scheduled August 15, 2012 and October 15, 2012 tax payment installments to November 15,2012 and December 15, 2012 respectively; AND THAT Trisan Construction be exempt from Chapter 938- Noise, of the City of Orillia Municipal Code with respect to watermain work and dewatering for the duration of the contract; AND THAT C.C. Tatham & Associates be authorized to proceed with construction inspection and administration services for the project; AND THAT work required as an extra to the contract to satisfy Ministry of Transportation Ontario requirements to a maximum of $100,000 be exempted from Section 261.4.22 (ii) of Municipal Code Chapter 261 as applied to this project; AND THAT the projected surplus of $460,000 from the Federal Gas Tax Reserve and $446,000 from the Development Charges Reserve be returned to the respective original reserve accounts;

Page 18 of 321 AND THAT funding from the Water Wastewater Reserve be increased from $10,000 to $28,000.

20. THAT as recommended in a report dated March 20, 2012 from the Public Works Department, K.J. Beamish Construction Co. Ltd. be awarded Contract R-12-28, Asphalt Resurfacing 2012, including the two provisional sections of Dallas Street, for the tendered sum of $539,809.83 plus HST.

21. THAT as recommended in a report dated March 20, 2012 from the Public Works Department, Contract No. R-12-6 to Supply and Place Asphalt Pavement be awarded to Positano Paving with payment made for actual work done under each item conforming to the terms of the contract.

22. THAT as recommended in a report dated March 20, 2012 from the Public Works Department, Quotation No. Q-12-1 to Supply & Install a Salt Storage Building be awarded to K. Knight Contracting at a total tender price of One Hundred and Eighteen Thousand, Eight Hundred and Sixteen Dollars ($118,816).

23. THAT as recommended in a report dated March 20, 2012 from the Public Works Department, Quotation No. Q-12-10 for the Supply & Delivery of Fuel be awarded to Bowman Fuels Ltd. with payment made for actual work done under each item conforming to the terms of the contract.

24. THAT as recommended in a report dated March 20, 2012 from the Public Works Department, One, New, 2012 Model, Single Axle Cab & Chassis Truck Complete with Dump Box, Plow and Wing, including trade-in, under Contract E-12·01 be purchased from Galloway Motors Ltd. for the total tendered price of One Hundred and Sixty-Eight Thousand, Two Hundred and Seventy-Three Dollars and Eighty-Four Cents ($168,273.84).

Page 19 of 321 25. THAT as recommended in a report dated March 20, 2012 from the Public Works Department, One, New, 2012 Model, Multi-Purpose Tractor c/w Snowblower, Five-Position Plow and Sand/Salt Spreader, including trade-in, under Contract E-12-05 be purchased from Cubex Ltd. for the total tendered price of One Hundred and Six Thousand, Two Hundred and Thirty-Four Dollars and Sixty-Six Cents ($106,234.66).

26. THAT as recommended in a report dated March 16, 2012 from the Public Works Department, Pennorth Group Limited be awarded Contract RWS-12-29, for watermain replacement and other works on Elmer Park (Memorial Avenue to Dunedin Street), Eleanor Road (Mississaga Street to Walker Avenue), Cedar Street (Canice Street to Cowan Street) and Cowan Street (Cedar Street to North Street), for the tendered sum of $591,315.62 plus HST; AND THAT watermain replacement on Clayborne Place be completed in 2012 rather than the scheduled Cochrane Street section; AND THAT Pennorth Group Limited be exempt from Chapter 938 of the City of Orillia Municipal Code - Noise with respect to all dewatering and with respect to watermain work on Eleanor Road for the duration of the contract; AND THAT road closures be permitted on Elmer Park, Cedar Street and Cowan Street for the duration of construction.

27. THAT the report dated March 19, 2012 from the Public Works Department regarding the Annual Wastewater System Compliance Report, be received as informational.

28. THAT as recommended in a report dated March 6, 2012 from the Public Works Department, staff prepare a 2013 capital budget request for implementation of shoreline erosion control measures at the Waste Diversion Site.

Page 20 of 321 29. THAT as recommended in a report dated March 20, 2012 from the Clerk's Department, staff be directed to give notice to NLS Property Management Inc. that it wishes to extend the lease agreement for 79 West Street South for a period of one year, commencing August 1, 2012.

30. THAT as recommended in a report dated March 6, 2012 from the Clerk's Department, the office of Councillor for Ward 1 be declared vacant.

31. THAT, further to the report dated March 6, 2012 from the Clerk's Department regarding the Council vacancy in Ward 1, Council appoint the following Ward 1 candidate from the 2010 Municipal Election, subject to the candidate's interest and consent: Wayne Gardy

L. Murray, Chair.

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TO: Mayor and Members of Council FROM: Grants Committee DATE: March 14,2012 SUBJECT: Report Number 2012-1 (From the meeting of March 7, 2012)

Recommendation

THAT Council approve the following grants:

Orillia Spring Blues Festival $1,000 The Orillia Museum of Art and History $750 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orillia and District $1,500 Orillia Canada Day $3,000 Hospice Orillia $1,000

AND THAT Council approve a grant to the Orillia Scottish Festival for $1 ,000.

AND THAT Council take no action on the request from Crime Stoppers of Simcoe-Dufferin­ Muskoka.

Background

Orillia Spring Blues Festival - The organization requested a $2,500 grant to assist with the costs of main stage programming at Couchiching Beach Park for the music festival to be held on June 8-10, 2012. The Committee recommends a grant of $1,000.

The Orillia Museum of Art and History- The organization requested a grant of $1,000 to specifically pay for the use of the Orillia Opera House on June 24, 2012 for an OMAH fundraiser in conjunction with the Orillia Voice Ensemble. The Committee recommends a grant of $750.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orillia and District - The organization requested a grant of $3,000 to assist with volunteer recruitment. The Committee recommends $1,500.

Orillia Canada Day - The organization requested a grant of $6,000 to help fund the activities of the event including the Canadian Forces Snowbird Air Show, children's village, local entertainment and fireworks. The Committee recommends a grant of $3,000.

Hospice Orillia - The organization requested a grant of $1,300 to recruit and train volunteers through the Fundamentals of Palliative Care Program, an 8 week session

Page 23 of 321 -2 - that needs to be completed before volunteers are assigned a client. The Committee recommends $1,000.

Orillia Scottish Festival - The organization requested a $2,000 grant to defray costs involved in advertising and operational expenses of the parade. The Committee recommends a grant of $1,000.

Crime Stoppers of Simcoe-Dufferin-Muskoka - The organization requested a $6,000 grant to assist in the cost of replacing signs, developing new information brochures and providing presentations to schools, senior homes, services and clubs. The Committee does not recommend a grant. The Committee noted the limited grant funds available and felt that priority should be given to social and cultural organizations.

Financial Impact

The 2012 budget for grants is $25,000. If the grants included in this report are approved, the total spent will be $8,250.

Recommended by:

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TO: Mayor and Members of Council FROM: Jim Lang, Interim City Treasurer DATE: March 21, 2012 SUBJECT: Statement of the Treasurer- Remuneration and Expenses Paid to Members of Council, Local Boards and Other Bodies in 2011

Recommendation

THAT the annual Statement of the Treasurer prepared pursuant to s.284 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.D. 2001, c. 25 be received.

Background

Attached is the annual Statement of the Treasurer, prepared pursuant to article 493.4.4. of the City of Orillia Municipal Code and as required by s. 284 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c.25.

Section 284 states that the Treasurer shall in each year, on or before March 31, provide to Council an itemized statement on remuneration and expenses paid, as authorized under Chapter 493 of the City of Orillia Municipal Code, in the previous year to,

(a) each member of council in respect of his or her services as a member of the council or any other body, including a local board, to which the member has been appointed by council or on which the member holds office by virtue of being a member of council; (b) each member of council in respect of his or her services as an officer or employee of the municipality or other body described in clause (a); and (c) each person, other than a member of council, appointed by the municipality to serve as a member of any body, including a local board, in respect of his or her services as a member of the body.

Prepared by:

Lang, CMA terim City Treasur r

Attach. • Statement of the Treasurer

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STATEMENT OF THE TREASURER

Remuneration and Expenses Paid to Members of Council and Local Boards in 2011

Prepared pursuant to article 493.4.4 of the City of Orillia Municipal Code and as required by s.284 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25.

REMUNERATION

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL A. Orsi (Mayor) $ 53,140.47 P. Bowen 23,881.92 M. Fogarty 23,881.92 A. Hill 23,881.92 D. Jenkins 23,881.92 P. Kehoe 23,881.92 T. Madden 23,881.92 L Murray 23,881.92 P. Spears 23,881.92 TOTAL REMUNERATION- MEMBERS OF COUNCIL $ 244,195.63

MEMBERS OF BOARDS & COMMITTEES

Committee of Adjustment T. Carman (Chairman) $ 380.00 A. Hutchings 65.00 W. Scanlon (Chairman) 400.00 R. Peters 420.00 $ 1,265.00

Accessibilitv Advisory: Committee C. Bell $ 275.00 C. Creasor (Chairman) 600.00 L. Joyce 300.00 M. McKenna 275.00 L. Thompson 275.00 $ 1,725.00

Economic Development Committee G. Cragg $ 300.00 $ 300.00

Environmental Advisory: Committee W. Ewing $ 150.00 N. Feaver 150.00 J. Mayhew 75.00 K. Weel 275.00 $ 650.00

Page 26 of 321 Municipal Heritage Committee H. Bertram $ 300.00 R. Browne 225.00 M. Fletcher (Chairman) 600.00 M. Madden 250.00 B. Mawdsley 250.00 B. McRae 300.00 A. Moseley 250.00 $ 2,175.00

Order of Orillia Awards Committee P. Aikey $ 300.00 G. Cragg 300.00 s. Leskew 150.00 J.A. Reid (Chairman) 600.00 J. Saunders 150.00 $ 1,500.00

Orillia Hall of Fame Committee M. Bondy $ 125.00 w. Hutchings 300.00 M.Hill 300.00 B. McRae 300.00 S. Mulcahy 300.00 J.A. Reid 300.00 D. Town (Chairman) 600.00 $ 2,225.00

Orillia Public Library Board G. Guthrie (Chairman) $ 600.00 P. Orser 300.00 A. Parsons 150.00 J. Rolland (Vice Chair) 300.00 M. Seymour 150.00 $ 1,500.00

Orillia Youth Opportunities Committee C.Acton $ 300.00 c. Davidson (Chairman) 600.00 M. Hearty 300.00 A. Lee-Burnet 300.00 A. Ramey 250.00 T. Vandenburg 250.00 $ 2,000.00

Parking Advisory Committee K. Mclaughlin $ 87.50 $ 87.50

Planning Advisory Committee R. Horne $ 300.00 E. Peterson 300.00 K. Wood 300.00 $ 900.00

Page 27 of 321 Police Services Board R. Cipolla $ 689.94 R. Fraracci (Chairman) 1,217.05 D. MacNeil 230.00 J. Methot 229.98 G. Morano (Chairman) 1,282.20 $ 3,649.17

Recreation Advisory Committee D. Kennett $ 300.00 B. Mawdsley 275.00 K. McLaughlin 275.00 S. Tigchelaar 300.00 D. Watson (Chairman) 600.00 1,750.00

Trails for Life Committee R. Allen $ 300.00 R. Bowles (Chairman) 600.00 J. Britten 300.00 M. Bulas 300.00 S. Harris 300.00 J. Hawke 300.00 J. Middleton 150.00 S. Missen 250.00 c. Tomasini 300.00 $ 2,800.00

Transit Advisory Committee M. Gardiner $ 300.00 G. Launchbury 300.00 $ 600.00

Waste Management Advisory Committee K. Clune $ 300.00 B. Dunlop 150.00 B. Mawdsley (Chairman) 600.00 $ 1,050.00

TOTAL REMUNERATION· MEMBERS OF BOARDS $ 24,176.67

Page 28 of 321 EXPENSES

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL A. Orsi (Mayor) $ 0.00 P. Bowen 1,027.61 M. Fogarty 713.39 A. Hill 1 '147.56 D. Jenkins 1,625.67 P. Kehoe 991.83 T. Madden 609.22 L. Murray 1,300.75 P. Spears 1 '158.02 TOTAL EXPENSES- MEMBERS OF COUNCIL $ 8,574.05

MEMBERS OF BOARDS & COMMITTEES

Orillia Police Services Board R. Fraracci $ 192.18 $ 192.18

Waste Management Advisory Committee B. Mawdsley $ 363.74 $ 363.74

TOTAL EXPENSES- MEMBERS OF BOARDS & COMMITTEES $ 555.92

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TO: Mayor and Members of Council- April 2, 2012 FROM: Councillor Paul Spears, Ward 3 DATE: March 27, 2012 SUBJECT: Quarterly Committee Report

Ori!!ia Public Library Board

The Interim CEO has been appointed to the permanent position.

The new building is progressing very well and there is a lot of activity preparing for the Grand Opening (date to be yet confirmed).

The capital fund raising campaign (Building on the Next Chapter) is progressing.

Ad Hoc Student Housing Committee

During its term, the Ad Hoc Student Housing Committee conducted the following activities:

• Created a "Questions to Ask" checklist and contact information sheet that is currently available on the City's website. The checklist assists renters with asking important questions related to safety and building and fire code regulations. This will assist renters in finding safe and adequate accommodations. The contact information sheet provides citizens with names and contact information for City staff and outside organizations that can assist with issues related to student housing.

• Researched and solicited comments on the offering of a "large_mat~riar' _ waste day that would assist students in disposing of unwanted materials at the end of the school year. While there is consensus that such an offering is not required at this time, it may be required in the future.

• Facilitated partnership between the O.P.P. and academic institutions with regards to enhancing student safety. The O.P.P. offers safety seminars and would be willing to hold a similar seminar geared to students that attend the post-secondary institutions in Orillia.

• Recommended to Council the creation of a Town and Gown Committee to build and continue the. successful partnerships and information sharing experienced by the Ad Hoc Student Housing Committee. -

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Mariposa Non Profit Housing Board

Changes to the Letters Patent have removed the requirements that members of Council be appointed to the Board as well as the Council approval of members appointed to the Board. As a result, the members appointed to the Board for this Council term are no longer members and there is no City involvement in the operations of Mariposa Place.

I am still on the Board as a private citizen. I

Housing Committee

The Housing Committee's mandate is:

"To identify the needs and barriers to the creation of housing, affordable housing and accessible housing and to recommend to Council possible initiatives and strategies for the creation of housing units" As such, we are communicating with key stakeholders of housing and affordable housing in the community and are continuously collaborating with City staff to fulfill our objectives. The Housing Committee has provided comments and made recommendations for Council's review and consideration regarding:

• Youth transitional housing; • The creation of multiple affordable housing projects; • The creation of an Orillia based Affordable Homeownership Program; • Other initiatives to promote a variety of housing options and overcome housing development barriers in Orillia.

Orillia Youth Opportunities Committee

The Youth Centre is now open 7 days a week, except for statutory holidays. Preliminary investigation is being done in respect to an Emergency Shelter for Youth. Plans are in process for activities etc. for National Youth Week (the first week in May).

Grants Committee

The Committee has met and will be recommending to Council grants to the following:

Orillia Spring Blues Festival The Orillia Museum of Art and History Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orillia and District OrilliaCanada Day Hospice Orillia Orillia Scottish Festival

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Transit Advisory Committee

TAC consists of ten members; one Councillor from each Ward, representatives from Georgian College and Lakehead University, one member from the DOMB, and two citizen representatives with no particular designation. The Ward 1 Councillor and DOMB positions are currently vacant.

The following are select issues that have recently been addressed or are currently being considered by TAC:

• A staff report covering transit fares and revenue for the full year of 2011 is being presented to TAC on March 27, 2012. A report to Council Committee on transit fares and revenue will be presented on April16, 2012. • Transit shelters - In 2011, Council authorized staff to enter into an agreement with Creative Outdoor Advertising for the installation of transit advertising shelters. Staff recently reviewed all routes with Creative Outdoor Advertising to select potential locations for additional advertising shelters. These locations will be presented to TAC for further consideration in the near future. In addition to advertising shelters, a non-advertising shelter was recently installed at 412 Old Muskoka Road across from Muskoka Court apartments. • Georgian transit stops - TAC established a working group with staff support to evaluate Georgian Route transit stops to determine stops that may be eliminated or relocated to reduce the time needed to complete the route. The working group is reporting to TAC at its March 27, 2012 meeting and a TAC report to Council Committee is expected on April16, 2012. • Transit terminal location- In 2010, TAC was tasked with considering alternative transit terminal locations in the future. Since then, the issue has been discussed periodically and staff is in the process of developing a schedule for the evaluation of alternative locations. Since some options may be subject to Environmental Assessment requirements, it is expected to be a lengthy process. • In addition to the above items, there are numerous other issues involving daily operation of the transit service that are referred to, or sent directly to, TAC. These issues may include such items as transit stop locations, Orillia Wheelchair Limousine Service issues, written concerns by citizens and businesses, etc. TAC provides input to staff on these issues and they are usually resolved without Council involvement. • Delivery of the two new transit buses is expected by March 31, 2012.

Respectfully submitted by:

Page 33 of 321 Page 34 of 321 TO: Mayor and Council

FROM: Councillor Pete Bowen

DATE: March 28, 2012

SUBJECT: Municipal Heritage Committee

The Municipal Heritage Committee has been very active pursuing their mandate to preserve, honor and celebrate iconic elements of our community. The disposition of the Ossawippi Rail Cars was of great interest as the MHC wanted to ensure the historical significance of several of the railcars was respected. In the end the cars have been assigned to Skyline Developments for use in their makeover of the waterfront in Port McNicol. The Electric inter-urban car may finally join similar cars at the Halton Railway Heritage Museum and the car which survived the Halifax explosion may be going home to Halifax. The designation of French's Stand at the waterfront continues to be on the MHC agenda. Council's decision to only designate the building and not the site was challenged by the French family and the Conservation Review Board has agreed that the site must be included in the designation bylaw. The designation of this iconic building remains in limbo awaiting the outcome of the Waterfront and Downtown Revitalization charette. The designation of the historic main street as a Heritage Conservation District is nearing the end of the process. Dr. Carl Bray shared the results of the study at a public meeting in March. A statutory public meeting will be convened in April with the designation bylaw going to the following Council meeting. The committee is preparing for Windows on History; a celebration of the 1 oath anniversary of the publication of Leacock's Sunshine Sketches coupled with designation of the Heritage Conservation District. Windows on History will see a variety of properties in the downtown displaying images of how they looked in the past and some of the fagade changes over the years.

Committee members continue to be seeking properties that have a connection to our past or are of significant architectural design. The public is encouraged to suggest such properties by contacting either the department of Culture and Heritage or any member of the committee. Respectfully submitted by, ~ Councillor, Ward 2

Page 35 of 321 Page 36 of 321 TO: Mayor and Council

FROM: Councillor Linda Murray

DATE: March 28, 2012

SUBJECT: Quarterly Report

LIBRARY- Getting excited. Fixtures are going in and the inside work is being completed. The new Library will open by the beginning of May, with our temporary 1 facility scheduled to close on April 20 h. Staff is working incredibly hard to ensure a seamless transition.

COMMUNICATIONS- The new City website is up and running and we have received very positive feedback. We will be hiring a Communications Manager within the next week hoping that they will join our team by the end of May.

DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT BOARD (DOMB)- The Board is communicating with the merchants to determine the majority's comments regarding Board composition, the possibility of managing a Parking Authority, community policing, downtown revitalization and recreation in the City core.

As the Policy and Procedure Manual has gone missing, Board member Ed Nevala has been tasked to review and collect data from similar municipalities so we can rewrite our own Manual which should help clarify any misperception surrounding this Board. The majority of Board members have committed to working together to promote and strengthen the downtown on behalf of their members and ultimately the citizens of Orillia. A vibrant downtown makes for a strong Orillia.

COUNTY OF SIMCOE- HUMAN SERVICES- Councillor Hill and I work with the 18 member municipalities and the City of Barrie. This includes making recommendations regarding Paramedic and Land Ambulance, Ontario Works, Long Term Care and Social Housing. A busy and productive committee.

SIMCOE-MUSKOKA DISTRICT HEALTH UNIT- BOARD OF HEALTH- The Board has been working on implementing a revised strategic plan, and continues to promote health and wellness through their numerous community programs. As a new grandmother, my daughter and I have learned much through their baby wellness programs and received support from community nurses through home visits. Our new mobile dental unit is in Orillia once a month parking in the Health Unit's new home in the Common Roof project. City staff has been working with Health Unit staff to provide information regarding the concerns introducing fluoride into our community water system. They have participated in the public consultation process.

Respectfully submitted by, -- v ~ /Jr'CY~- ~Murray. Councillor, Ward 2

Page 37 of 321 Page 38 of 321 TO: Mayor and Council

FROM: Councillor Andrew Hill

DATE: March 28, 2012

SUBJECT: Children's Aid Society of Simcoe County

The Board of the Children's Aid Society (CAS) of Simcoe County has set up different committees that are developing a revitalized strategic plan, including a new vision and mission statement and values.

A Board retreat last year brought together the CAS Board and the CAS Foundation Board (the charitable branch of the CAS) to work together in a non-board setting to exchange ideas, opinions, strategies and suggestions. Participants used a facilitator to digest the vast amount of statistics, accumulated over the years, in order to make the agency more efficient under the ever increasing demands in today's reality of fiscal restraint, balancing this with the mandate of the CAS. This means focusing on providing protective services to the most vulnerable children, youth and families in our society.

As a fairly new member of the Board, I found this retreat very helpful in bringing the members of both Boards, including myself, to an understanding of how "children in care" have access to the many different resources both mandated and charitable.

In my dealings with the CAS, I have had the pleasure to hear the many different "success stories" of families and individuals, as well as the children and youth who have been cared for by the CAS. I am happy to report that a number of these individuals have returned to the two Boards to volunteer their time and pass on advice, and to communicate their firsthand accounts of how, at the Board level, we can better serve the children in care.

The CAS board is made up of representatives from the entire community, including First Nations, Francophone, Metis, Orillia, Barrie, and the towns within Simcoe County, as well as volunteer members. I cannot speak highly enough of the CAS, and the good work that they do. If any individual is looking for a worthy board to volunteer their time to serve, and possess certain expertise they would like to share to the benefit of "children in care", I strongly suggest giving great consideration to applying to the CAS Board or the CAS Foundation.

Respectfully submit d by _-;;::?' ~1 Andrew Hill, Councillor, Ward 4

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TO: Mayor and Members of Council FROM: Councillor Patrick Kehoe DATE: March 27, 2012 SUBJECT: Provincial Announcements Regarding New Universities & Casinos

Recommendation

THAT Council create an Inter-governmental Working Group to liaise with and provide assistance to Lakehead University and Casino Rama concerning their respective issues regarding recently announced Provincial initiatives;

AND THAT membership of the Working Group consist of Mayor Orsi, two Councillors, and the GAO or designate;

AND THAT the Working Group report back to Council on its activities at the May 7, 2012 Council meeting.

Background

In recent months the Province has made two announcements which could profoundly affect the well-being of important institutions in or near the City of Orillia, and therefore the City of Orillia as well.

In November, the Province announced the creation of three new universities. If one of these new universities was to be located near or within Simcoe County, the growth plans of the fledgling Orillia campus of Lakehead University could be adversely affected. Lakehead has more than 1,000 students enrolled in programs at the two Orillia campuses (West Orillia and downtown).

This month the Province announced plans for a new casino to be built in the Toronto area and perhaps another in Ottawa. At the same time, money-losing gaming centres will close. While a location for a new gaming facility in the GTA has yet to be decided, Woodbine Racetrack in the west end, the CNE, Ontario Place and the Port Lands southeast of the downtown have been touted as possibilities.

A new casino in Toronto could have severe consequences for Casino Rama, which gets more than three million visits a year, many from the GTA. The casino employs about 2,500 people, including more than 400 from First Nations. Many of these employees live in Orillia.

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Discussion

The Province, to date, has ade the two announcements, but provided little detail. As ~h~ .city may be impacjj.! ~ Pr?vinci~l deci~ions on th~se. matters, the City should be JOining Lakehead an ~a1 ·a m d1scuss1ons w1th the Prov1nc1al Government.

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TO: Mayor & Members of Council (Meeting of April 2, 2012)

FROM: Jill Lewis, Senior Planner)L.

DATE: March 23, 2012

RE: SUPPLEMENTARY MEMO to PLANNING REPORT (PD-12-06) Zoning By-Law Amendment re: 50 Westmount Drive North (Mount Slaven Public School Site) Applicant: City of Orillia File No: D14-785

On March 5, 2012 the statutory Public Meeting of Council was held for the Zoning By­ law Amendment application No. 014-785. At this meeting, Council adopted a resolution recommending that this application be presented to Council for their consideration at the next available meeting.

Further to the Public Meeting of Council held March 5, 2012, staff hereby recommends that Council approve Zoning By-law Amendment Application No. 014-785 (City of Orillia - 50 Westmount Drive North) in accordance with the Draft Zoning By-law Amendment included in Report PD-12-06 as Attachment 3.

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TO: Mayor & Members of Council (Meeting of April 2, 2012)

FROM: Andrea Woodrow, Senior Planner

DATE: March 27, 2012

RE: SUPPLEMENTARY MEMO to PLANNING REPORT (PD-12-07) o Zoning By-Law Amendment o Draft Plan of Subdivision o Draft Plan of Condominium Applicant: Atlas Block Company Ltd. Agent: RUDY & Associates Ltd. (Mrs. Angela Rudy) Developer: Titan Homes (Mr. Lawrence Saltzman) 9 Ferguson Road, Orillia File Nos.: D14-784, 43T-11601 and 43CD-11603

On March 5, 2012 the Statutory Public Meeting of Council was held for concurrent development applications including a Zoning By-law Amendment, and approval of a Draft Plan of Subdivision and a Draft Plan of Condominium.

At this meeting, Council adopted a resolution recommending that these applications be presented to Council for their consideration at the next available meeting.

At the conclusion of the Public Meeting, members of Council raised the following matters for further investigation by Staff: 1. Provisions for a trail external to the subject lands and located within the Township of Severn. 2. Snowmobile trails in the vicinity of the subject lands. 3. Drainage concerns raised by Township of Severn residents at 4371 Huronia Road (John and Kathy Cole) as a result of the development proposal.

The following is a status update on each of these three (3) matters:

1. Trail Provisions

All comments on the development proposal, including those pertaining to both internal and external trail matters received from the Departments of Parks and Recreation, Public Works and Planning & Development, as well as the Trails for Life Committee, were provided in writing to the developer and their agents by way of three (3) letters in January and February of 2012. These letters were also appended to Report PD-12-07.

As such, Subdivision Condition of Approval No. 5 was drafted to include the requirement for the provision of "trails" to the satisfaction of the City. This Condition is presently worded in an enabling manner that could include the provision of trails located external to the subject lands, should it be considered as a necessary component of the subject development.

Page 45 of 321 The Township of Severn has not made a request to the City to require Titan Homes to address trail provisions pertaining to the directly abutting Township-owned lands at this time. Should the Township make such a request as a result of their ongoing Active Transportation Study, or as a part of their final sign-off on the subject development proposal prior to the Final Approval of the Subdivision by the City, the current wording of Subdivision Condition of Approval No. 5 would permit this matter to be addressed further by the City.

A letter dated March 21, 2012, which includes a deputation request, has been received from Mrs. Angela Rudy of RUDY & Associates Ltd. A letter dated March 20, 2012, has been received from Mr. Lawrence Saltzman of Titan Homes and is included as Attachment 1 to this Supplementary Memo. Both letters include a request to Council to modify the proposed Subdivision Condition No. 5 as it relates to the provision of trails. The reasons for the request are outlined in their respective correspondence. Titan Homes has also offered a donation to the Trails for Life Committee.

2. Snowmobile Trails

The City's existing Snowmobile Trail Use Agreement with the Orillia District Snowmobile Club (ODSC) does not identify a Snowmobile Land Trail in the vicinity of the subject lands within the City's limits.

Should a new Snowmobile Land Trail be considered within the City limits in the vicinity of the subject development, the Snowmobile Trail Use Agreement would require an amendment(s).

3. Drainage

Following the Public Meeting on March 5, 2012, the developer and his agents met with the landowners on Huronia Road within the Township of Severn. The developer and their agents have indicated that as a result of the meeting, a mutual agreement has been struck whereby the landowners will address their long-standing, historical drainage concerns, and the related inability to obtain a Building Permit, directly from the Township of Severn as noted in the letters from RUDY & Associates Ltd. and Titan Homes.

In addition, Subdivision Condition No. 28 requires written confirmation from the Township of Severn that there are no outstanding concerns with respect to the development prior to Final Approval being granted by the City.

Finally, if the Huronia Road landowners still have any outstanding concerns regarding drainage on their lands as it relates specifically to the subject development applications, they have the right to appeal Council's decision to grant Draft Plan Approval and/or the passage of the site-specific zoning amendment to, and defend their position before, the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB).

Page 46 of 321 Option 1

Should Council wish to approve the applications as they were presented at the Public Meeting of Council on March 5, 2012, the following resolutions may be considered:

That Council approve the Zoning By-law Amendment Application No. D14-784 (Atlas Block Company Ltd. - 9 Ferguson Road) in accordance with the Draft Zoning By-law Amendment included in Report PD-12-07 as Attachment 4.

And that Council approve the Draft Plan of Subdivision Application No. 43T- 11601 (Atlas Block Company Ltd. - 9 Ferguson Road) subject to the Conditions of Approval dated February 27, 2012 and included in Report PD-12-07 as Attachment 5.

And that Council approve the Draft Plan of Condominium Application No. 43CD- 11603 (Atlas Block Company Ltd. - 9 Ferguson Road) subject to the Conditions of Approval dated February 27, 2012 and included in Report PD-12-07 as Attachment 6.

Option 2

Alternatively, should Council wish to amend Subdivision Condition No. 5 pertaining to trails in order to reflect the requests presented by RUDY & Associates Ltd. and Titan Homes, the following resolutions may be considered:

That Council approve the Zoning By-law Amendment Application No. D14-784 (Atlas Block Company Ltd. - 9 Ferguson Road) in accordance with the Draft Zoning By-law Amendment included in Report PD-12-07 as Attachment 4.

And that Council approve the Draft Plan of Subdivision Application No. 43T-11601 (Atlas Block Company Ltd. - 9 Ferguson Road) subject to Condition No. 5 of the Conditions of Approval dated February 27, 2012, and included in Report PD-12-07 as Attachment 5, being amended to read as follows:

"5. That the owner shall enter into a Development Agreement with the City to satisfy all conditions, financial or otherwise, of the City concerning the provision of roads, sidewalks, linkages within the boundary of the development site to existing external trails together with a $2,500.00 monetary contribution to the Trails for Life Committee, easements, rights­ of-way, entrances, installation of services, drainage, waste collection (garbage, recycling, organics), construction of the development, landscaping, urban design, lighting, parking facilities and access for fire protection."

And that Council approve the Draft Plan of Condominium Application No. 43CD- 11603 (Atlas Block Company Ltd. - 9 Ferguson Road) subject to the Conditions of Approval dated February 27, 2012 and included in Report PD-12-07 as Attachment 6.

Attachments: 1. Letter from Mr. Lawrence Saltzman of Titan Homes dated March 20, 2012.

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Titan Homes 101 Duncan Mill Road, Suite 406 Don Mills, Ontario M3B1Z3

Tel: (416)·391-1220 FIIX: (416)·391-1727

March 20, 2012

City of Orillia 50 Andrew St. S Otillia, Ontario, LJV 7T5

Attention: Ms. Andrea Woodrow; Senior Planner

Re: 9 Ferguson Road

I am sorry that I am unable to attend the Council meeting on April 2nd. I appreciate all the effort and work of staff and Council in order to be at this point in the process. I would like to provide my comments on two matters relating to this development • the trails and the drainage for the vacant lot.

It has recently come to my attention that a different interpretation of ''trails" in dause S of the draft conditions is now being considered by Council which I do not agree with.

Through several months of meetings and consultation with staff it had always been expressed to me and my consultants that the term "trails' referred to our internal connections to the existing trails. We were asked to comply to ensure there were linkages with our internal passive open space areas, linkages with the proposed storm water ponds and to ensure that any future vehidular passage over the existing trails would be designed in a safe manner. We have made amendments to the development scenario to comply with all that was requested as it related to trails, internal open space areas, and by adding an internal park block linked with passive open space linkages.

I have now learned that the interpretation of the word "trails" is to impose an unfair, unreasonable and significant financial burden on this project. We have now been requested, through Condition #5, to connect the existing walldng trail past Hwy 11, into the Township ofSevern.

The land to which the trail is to be connected is not part of this development nor is it in the City of Orillia. We feel to add this condition to the project is neither fair nor reasonable. Therefore, we are requesting that Council approve amended language in dause 5 from "trails" to "linkages within the boundary of the development site to existing external trails."

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Regarding the vacant lot, I am also pleased to confirm that as Council requested my planner, engineer and I met with Mr. RovaneUi and John Cole, the owner of the vacant lot in Severn Township to discuss the issue of drainage. We spent a significant amount of time reviewing the matter and dearly explained the overall drainage in tile subwatershed of which the vacant lot is located Mr. Cole~ issue is not one that is being created by this development but rather something that has been in existence for over 20 yeai.'S. Slnce purchasing the vacant lot, Mr. Cole has been unable to obtain a building permit due to the requirement of certain building set backs and the existing drainage through the lot. It was determined that Mr. Cole should discuss the site limitations and the requirements to obtain a building permit with the Township ofSevern. We wish him aD the best in resolving this problem.

In regards to the matter of future trails in the City of OriUia, I would like to offer a monetilry contribution of $2,500.00 to the Trails for Lifo Committee to assist with future work on trails within the City.

I thank you for your support for this project and ask that you approve the Zoning, Draft Plan of Subdivision, and Condominium Plan, and Draft Conditions with the amended wording for dause 5 as requested.

Page 49 of 321 Page 50 of 321 AMO Municipal Learning

What Lies Ahead in 2012 - EMCP2

Overview Municipalities face a number of challenges in 2012, a simple web search of the term "municipal challenges in 2012" results in over 11 million pages of content. Some are optimistic, most talk of new opportunities. This course will examine what lies ahead for Ontario municipalities in 2012 and how challenges can be made into opportunities. By examining key municipal resources (time, people and assets) you will be guided through activities and assessments to help you discover tools to help you manage what lies ahead in 2012.

Who Should Attend Members of council and middle to senior level municipal staff.

AGENDA AT A GLANCE

• Dialogue with peers about what lies ahead The topics covered below are a sample of what is covered in the complete course.

Clear understanding of the challenges and • The fiscal outlook in 2012 opportunities for municipalities in 2012 • Asset and time management • A foundational knowledge of risk assessment • Strategic planning and management • Managing risk (inc. joint & several liability) • Confidence to face 2012 This is a full day course that runs from 8:30am to 4:30pm (approx.) with lunch provided.

Upcoming Sessions Apri124 Owen Sound - Location TBD April26 London- Best Western Lamplighter Inn May 14 Peterborough - Best Western Otonabee Inn May 16 Orillia - Highwayman Inn and Conference Centre May28 Thunder Bay - Travelodge Airlane

These sessions run back to back with "Meetings to Meet Your Needs." Cost This full day course is $350 plus HST

AU images are from the Microsoft ClipArt Gallery, downloaded January 20 II Page 51 of 321 AMO Municipal Learning

Meetings to Meet Your Needs

Overview

Chairing and participating in meetings effectively places challenges and opportunities in front of you. How you conduct yourself and how you prepare for these meetings can determine how you actively engage as a participant. This course focuses on how to improve the planning of a meeting, how to chair a meeting and will also aim to increase your success in chairing and conducting meetings. As municipal meetings are unique, this course will look beyond generic tips and tricks and will look at your municipal needs to run effective open and closed meetings.

Who Should Attend All those who actively participate in municipal meetings from members of council to municipal staff.

I BENEFITS AGENDA AT A GLANCE

• Better understanding of the rules of meetings in The topics covered below are a sample of what is the municipal context covered in the complete course.

• Comprehensive knowledge of the roles of • Principles of successful meetings meeting participants • Planning and meeting agendas • A number of helpful strategies for successful • Ro les and responsibilities meetings • Procedure By-law • Foundation to build and form positive This is a full day course that runs from 8:30am to relationships with meeting participants 4:30pm (approx.) with lunch provided.

Upcoming Sessions April 25 Owen Sound -location TBD April 27 london - Best Western lamplighter Inn May 15 Peterborough- Best Western Otonabee Inn May 17 Orillia - Highwayman Inn and Conference Centre May 29 Thunder Bay- Travelodge Airlane

The Meetings Series runs back to back with "What lies Ahead in 2012-EMPC2."

Cost This full day course is $350 plus HST Page 52 of 321 All images are from the Microso ft ClipArt Gallery, downloaded January 2011 Councillor Training Registration Form

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AMO Gas Tax Awards Celebrating excellence in the use of Canada's Gas Tax Fund

• Gas Tax Project Award Application • Capacity Building Award Application

Whether your municipality is a small rural township of 500 or an urban region 100 times that size, it's certain that a portion of your infrastructure was built using Canada's Gas Tax Fund. All municipal governments in Ontario are invited to celebrate Infrastructure projects that make a difference in our communities by applying for an AMO Gas Tax Award.

The Awards honour municipalities that have demonstrated excellence in the use of Canada's Gas Tax Fund, and this year the application process has been simplified to make it faster and easier for all municipalities to participate.

AMO has improved both the Gas Tax Project and Capacity Building Awards by:

Simplifying the application process. Our new application form has fewer questions and a simpler layout. We have also added clear sample responses to each question to guide you through the process.

Changing the population categories. When it comes to municipalities, one size does not fit all. That's why we have changed the Gas Tax Project Award population categories. We're making sure to compare apples to apples, so you can compete with other municipalities just like you.

AMO Gas Tax Project Award Population Categories I Category 1 0-10,000 I I Category 2 10,000-75,000 I I Category 3 1 75,000+ I

Rewarding winners In new and exciting ways. Gas Tax Project and Capacity Building Award winners receive official recognition on the main stage of the AMO Annual Conference- a major event that attracts over 2,000 municipal, provincial and federal representatives each year. Winners also receive promotion from the Government of Canada and a full page feature in AMO's Gas Tax Annual Expenditure Report which is delivered to all municipalities and Members of Parliament throughout the province.

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Starting this year, winning municipalities will also benefit from a special communications event and/or news release in the local community to share the award with local media and residents.

A maximum of three municipalities will receive Gas Tax Project awards, based on population size. One additional award will be given out for Capacity Building projects. Winners will be chosen by an Awards Selection Committee and applications must be submitted by Friday, May 25,2012. Celebrate the ways that Canada's Gas Tax Fund has made a difference in your community and apply for a Gas Tax Project Award Application or Capacity Building Award Application

If you require more information, please contact us. Phone: (416) 971-9856; Email: [email protected]

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 11:14 AM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: AMO breaking news re 2012 AMO pre-budget submission

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 5:51 PM To: MAYOR EMAIL Subject: AMO breaking news re 2012 AMO pre-budget submission

TO THE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION OF THE CLERK AND COUNCIL

March 19,2012

AMO's 2012 Pre-Budget Submission Urges, "Let's Get This Right"

Today the Association of Municipalities of Ontario provided its 2012 Pre-Budget Submission to Finance Minister Dwight Duncan, Municipal Affairs Minister Kathleen Wynne, and members of the Ontario Legislature's Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs.

Key highlights of the submission are below.

The submission notes that the fiscal challenges of today are shared federally, provincially, and municipally. Municipalities are committed to working with the provincial government to find ways to deliver services more efficiently as suggested by the Drummond Report. This includes provincial policy development that is evidence-based, that minimizes operational costs, and maximizes the outcomes for those we serve.

For the 2012 Provincial Budget the submission emphasizes:

Policy consultation- Municipal governments are open to having discussions on program change and delivery. Getting that change right means talking with municipalities before pen is put to paper on design.

No downloading - At the recent OGRA/ROMA conference Premier McGuinty recommitted to no new downloading, a commitment that was initially made at the AMO Annual Conference. Transferring responsibilities to another order of government without resources can, as Don Drummond notes, "often shift the burden to those assuming the service."

Other issues:

Equalization- The importance of municipal equalization through the Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund (OMPF) should not be lost. The OMPF is what helps many small rural and northern municipalities fund base services to Ontarians in communities with limited assessment. The test of reasonableness, transparency, and equity are the hallmarks of good intergovernmental fiscal relations. They must govern any discussions related to the OMPF.

Policing Costs -Municipalities spend in excess of $3.5 billion annually to fund a wide array of activities that has grown well beyond the core police function of law enforcement. The submission 1 Page 57 of 321 asks- what alternatives exist regarding core and non-core policing functions? Can we build an arbitration system which includes an independent, neutral tribunal that uses objective criteria in determining awards?

Pensions -Municipal governments are challenged with growing pension costs that are becoming increasingly unsustainable for municipal property taxpayers. The province can demonstrate some valuable leadership on this front.

Infrastructure - AMO awaits the delivery of a new permanent fund for roads and bridges repair in the remainder of the government's mandate. It is hoped that the final report of the roads and bridges review will help to guide this new permanent fund.

The submission concludes that the fiscal challenges of today will requires new thinking, new ideas, and a commitment to open and candid consultation with municipalities.

AMO encourages municipalities to echo similar themes in their pre-budget submissions and correspondence with the provincial government. The provincial budget will be delivered on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. An AMO Breaking News will be released on that day containing budget highlights for municipalities.

AMO Contact: Matthew Wilson, Senior Policy Advisor, email: [email protected], (416) 971-9856 ext. 323

PLEASE NOTE AMO Breaking News will be broadcast to the member municipality's council, administrator and clerk. Recipients of the AMO broadcasts are free to redistribute the AMO broadcasts to other municipal staff as required. We have decided to not add other staff to these broadcast lists in order to ensure accuracy and efficiency in the management of our various broadcast lists.

DISCLAIMER These are final versions of AMO documents. AMO assumes no responsibility for any discrepancies that may have been transmitted with the electronic version. The printed versions of the documents stand as the official record.

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 6:35PM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: AMO breaking news re provincial budget 2012-2013

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 6:05PM To: MAYOR EMAIL Subject: AMO breaking news re provincial budget 2012-2013

TO THE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION OF THE CLERK AND COUNCIL

March 14, 2012

A Few Early Signals Related To Provincial Budget 2012-2013

The provincial budget date has not been announced but speculation on a provincial date continues to 1 swirl. The federal budget is being tabled March 29 h which is somewhat later than previous years.

Below is what the Province has signaled already about the upcoming Budget:

- The Provincial-Municipal Fiscal and Service Delivery Review Agreement (the Upload Agreement between Ontario-AMO-Toronto) will not be altered as recommended by the Commission. The Premier recently re-committed to the ongoing upload of Ontario Works Benefits and court security costs to 2018.

- The government's commitment for a new, permanent fund for roads and bridges will not happen in the 2012 budget.

- It remains committed to its 10 year Infrastructure Plan which included provincial, municipal, universities, schools and hospitals infrastructure (note prior to the election and the Drummond Report, this Infrastructure Plan proposed $35 billion over 3 years).

- The Province will be looking to increase its revenue by:

- " ... increasing driver and vehicle license fees to ensure safe roads and bridges are there for future generations, as recommended in the Drummond Report."

- Increasing OLG gaming revenues through new gaming means. This modernization will end OLG payments to race track owners on March 31, 2013 which means several municipalities may lose their portion of slot proceeds.

- Full day kindergarten program will not be rolled back as proposed by the Commission.

- The Province has indicated that it will not act on the Commission's recommendation to charge parking fees at GO Transit parking lots.

AMO is continuing to advance its membership's interests through a variety of formal and informal ways. Watch for a Breaking News on Monday that highlights our Pre-Budget Submission.

1 Page 59 of 321 AMO Contact: PatVanini, AMO Executive Director, email: [email protected], (416) 971-9856 ext. 316

PLEASE NOTE AMO Breaking News will be broadcast to the member municipality's council, administrator and clerk. Recipients of the AMO broadcasts are free to redistribute the AMO broadcasts to other municipal staff as required. We have decided to not add other staff to these broadcast lists in order to ensure accuracy and efficiency in the management of our various broadcast lists.

DISCLAIMER These are final versions of AMO documents. AMO assumes no responsibility for any discrepancies that may have been transmitted with the electronic version. The printed versions of the documents stand as the official record.

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Sent via email: March 20, 2012 [email protected]; [email protected] Michael Scott Chief Executive Officer Waste Diversion Ontario 4711 Yonge St, Suite 1102 Toronto, ON M2N 6K8

Dear Mr. Scott,

Re: AMO Submission on Municipal Hazardous and Special Waste (MHSW) Incentive Program Review

On March 8, 2012 the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), in cooperation with the Regional Public Works Commissioners of Ontario (RPWCO) and the Municipal Waste Association (MWA), submitted initial comments to Waste Diversion Ontario (WOO) on the MHSW Incentive Program. Further to these comments and those provided by AMO staff at 1 WOO's consultation on the matter (held Monday, March 19 h, 2012), AMO wishes to offer the following supplementary comments for incorporation into your report to the Minister.

The Association of Municipalities of Ontario is a non-profit organization representing almost all of Ontario's 444 municipal governments and provides a variety of services and products to members and non-members. The mandate of the organization is to support and enhance strong and effective municipal government in Ontario.

AMO is supportive of the Minister's objectives of renewing and refocusing attention on waste diversion goals and ensuring producers remain responsible for the recycling and safe disposal of the waste their products produce. With these objectives in mind we offer the following comments for consideration as part of your review.

Full Cost Recovery

1 The Minister in his letter to WOO (dated February 9 h, 2012) emphasized the importance of ensuring Industry Funding Organizations (IFO) are able to recover the full cost of program operations from responsible stewards. In their news release (entitled Preserving Our Land, Our Water, Our Health) of that same date, the government articulated their intent to establish new regulation that, amongst other things would ensure that, "producers pay the actual cost of waste disposal and not the projected cost" and that "Municipalities are not burdened with additional costs" associated with program delivery. There needs to be a WOO-facilitated process developed soon to establish an agreed-upon understanding of the term "full costs" for all waste diversion programs that require municipal participation. .../2

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Page 61 of 321 AMO is supportive of the Minister's directives in this matter and wishes to emphasize that a fundamental principle of any incentive program must be that the program cannot allow stewards to download program operating costs onto municipalities. Incentives must be set to cover the full cost of service provision by contracted municipalities or stewards should be obliged to obtain their program related services elsewhere. Contracts between service providers and municipalities must be public and transparent to ensure the good will of smaller municipalities is not being mistreated by stewards trying to offer inadequate compensation for services rendered.

AMO is also very concerned that with rising administrative costs and service disruptions associated with the turnover of service providers operating under incentive programs. We understand that municipalities are already being forced to store materials, in potential violation of their Certificates of Approvals while waiting for Stewardship Ontario (SO) to resolve the current round of service disruptions associated with the MHSW incentive program. Incentive programs must, therefore, include adequate compensation to municipalities for these program interruptions and municipalities must have the right to contract with a service provider of their choice to resolve a service disruption, with full compensation by the IFO, in the event that the IFO fails to react in a timely manner.

Effective Program Delivery

WOO has been tasked with implementing an effective monitoring and auditing to ensure program performance and achievement of targets. AMO believes that for a monitoring program to be effective, WOO must be resourced adequately and have full and unfettered access to all aspects of an IFO's operation albeit under a non-disclosure agreement, where necessary, to deal with commercially sensitive information. This level of oversight and transparency is necessary to ensure consumer confidence in incentive based programs. Monitoring programs must look beyond mere compliance to also commenting on program performance and the management of significant environmental aspects of programs.

AMO also believes that incentive plans and their overarching program plans should be considered living documents and subject to regular public review and amendment in the spirit of continuous improvement necessary to achieve the Minister's vision of environmental protection.

A formal dispute resolution mechanism must be developed as part of the implementation of any incentive program to provide a forum for service providers, and municipalities if required, to table and resolve identified issues in a professional manner.

In accordance with the Minister's directive that "diversion targets are similar to or better than similar programs" AMO requests that any proposed incentive programs include a publically reviewed analysis of projected 'uptake' or interest by potential service providers and their proposed services to demonstrate that diversion and accessibility levels are not compromised in the eyes of the public. Moreover, AMO believes that incentive programs must be structured in a manner that ensures delivery of standardized and consistent service across the Province.

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Page 62 of 321 Impacts on Diversion Efforts

Current program plans has a potentially fundamental flaw in that they are designed to meet specified targets and there is little, if any, motivation for stewards to seek to exceed their minimum target obligations. Municipalities seeking to maximize diversion and provide enhanced service to their residents have routinely faced opposition from stewards when compensation for such services has been sought. The use of incentive programs should be considered primarily as a means to improve accessibility and diversion targets. As such their structure should be based on providing higher levels of compensation to achieve enhanced service and diversion since it is well known within the industry that costs increase exponentially with improved levels of service and diversion. As a policy AMO believes incentive programs should be prohibited from reducing service fees or implementing caps as a means of controlling diversion or accessibility as it directly impacts the ability to exceed or increase diversion targets.

Marketplace Implications

Municipalities and their service providers have worked for decades to develop proven, stable, environmentally and socially acceptable markets for their MHSW materials. It is entirely unacceptable for stewards to have the right to destabilize these markets and jeopardize the public trust in our collective diversion efforts in the pursuit of cost savings/cost containment. AMO strongly encourages the WOO to ensure that incentive programs include:

• A principled approach to the development and consideration of alternative markets including, but not limited to consideration of the stability and proven nature of potential markets, their current processing or service capacity compared with their proposed new capacity, their financial surety and the IFO's contingency plans to replace lost capacity;

• a robust due diligence process which includes regular inspections of downstream processors for environmental and regulatory compliance; and

• potential service providers that meet these standards must be allowed fair market access by IFOs.

AMO also wishes to encourage the WOO to ensure there is a formal process under potential incentive programs to allow service providers and other stakeholders to table alternative solutions to achieving program objectives and the IFO is required to formally consider and respond publically to such proposals to improve program transparency.

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Page 63 of 321 Thank you for your consideration of our comments. For more information on AMO's concerns please feel free to contact Mike Birett at (905) 936-5661.

Sincerely,

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Gary McNamara President, AMO

c. c. The Honourable Jim Bradley, Minister of Environment Ken Brothers, Commissioner of Public Works, Region of Niagara/RPWCO Sue McCrae, President, MWA Rob Cook, President, OWMA

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 4:54PM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: AMO breaking news re Need Feed-in Tariff (FIT) Program rules changed

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:07 PM To: MAYOR EMAIL Subject: AMO breaking news re Need Feed-in Tariff (FIT) Program rules changed

TO THE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION OF THE CLERK AND COUNCIL

March 22, 2012

New Feed-in Tariff (FIT) Program Rules Changed

Today, the Honourable Chris Bentley, Minister of the Energy, announced the results of the review of the Feed-In Tariff (FIT) program. He said that the Province is committed to moving ahead with its clean energy program.

AMO believes that some of today's announced changes are a step in the right direction. The following synopsis provides an overview of the five strategic areas of recommendation that relate to the municipal sector along with analysis of how each addressed AMO's recommendations.

1. Clean Energy Generation

The review recommends maintaining the Long-Term Energy Plan's commitment to 10,700 MW of non-hydro renewable energy generation by 2015, and adds that all procurement should be re­ examined at the end of 2013 when the Province expects to meet this goal.

AMO is neither for nor against any one particular type of generation as we believe a broad portfolio of . supply options mitigates the risk of dependence on any one fuel supply, but we are supportive of Jess GHG intense fuel sources. This portfolio should also be complimentary in terms of supplying base, intermediate and peak demands. We do maintain, however, that any potential hosts should have a say in the type of generation planned in their community. Any new generation should be the best available technology and should make use of all available energy types including thermal energy.

2. Streamline Processes and Create Jobs

The review recommends moving to a three-stream approval process whereby:

I. Exemption

• micro FIT solar projects remain exempt from Renewable Energy Approval (REA) regulations.

II. Self-Screening

• Bio-energy and small scale solar projects will be eligible to use the Ministry of the Environment's Self-Screening Registry the Environmental Activity and Sector Registry (EASR), which is

Page 65 of 321 currently limited to heating and standby power systems. This will reduce processing times from 18-24 months to 2-3 months.

Ill. Full Environmental Approvals including REA Regulations

• The REA process still applies to large-scale projects. The Province has committed to improving the form to take municipal feedback into more account and streamline approvals.

The Province is not expanding the list of projects that are exempt from the approvals process. Fast­ tracking more benign bioenergy and small-scale solar projects by allowing them to utilize EASR makes sense as does improving the service times of the REA-applicable projects.

3. Encourage Greater Community and Aboriginal Participation

The Province will reserve a minimum of 10% of the remaining FIT contract capacity for projects with significant (greater than 50% equity) community participation. The new program will also prioritize large and small FIT applications using a point-system (see table below) that will award additional points to projects that have significant local involvement. The Ministry will also ask the Community Power Fund manager how to improve take-up from community groups.

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These changes will mean projects that have municipal or community groups as partners receive higher ratings and a better chance of moving forward than those that lack support. This should have the effect of gravitating green energy projects toward communities that support them.

AMO hopes these changes will also strengthen the municipal consultation process for green energy projects. We are disappointed to hear that the Province will not move forward on the promised Municipal Renewable Energy Program (MREP).

4. Improve Municipal Engagement

Solar ground-mount projects will be prohibited in residential and prime agricultural lands (Classes 1, 2, 3, organic, and mixed) and only allowed as a secondary use in commercial and industrial areas. New large FIT projects will require a contract launch meeting with the municipality to facilitate early discussion, share information and define expectations. The Province is also committing to improving

2 Page 66 of 321 the resources available and outreach made to the municipal and other sectors on how the approval process works and opportunities available as project developers.

AMO is pleased that ground-mount solar projects will no longer be allowed in residential and prime agricultural areas as this will address several unintended negative consequences to local land use planning present in Fit 1.0. AMO has long advocated early and consistent consultations with municipalities as a way to arrive at the best outcome for all parties. The Province is not requiring but rather encouraging developers to have a meeting before submitting an application. A contract launch meeting should result in commercial developers deploying engagement and partnership best practices that enhance community benefits. AMO is also encouraged that the Province is committing to doing a better job communicating and educating municipalities, developers, investors, and the general public on the municipal consultation process and all other renewable energy approval processes.

5. Reduce Price to Reflect Lower Costs

Prices will now be set when a contract is offered as opposed to when an application was submitted. Prices for solar projects were decreased by 20% on average and 15% for wind. Prices for water, biogas, biomass, and landfill gas remain unchanged. Moving forward, FIT prices will be reviewed each November and take effect January 1 the following year.

AMO had asked that projects not be negatively affected retroactively and that proponents and hosts be provided with greater notice of program rules and pricing changes. Having a scheduled price review will lead to greater certainty for investors and others involved. While not adding Energy from Waste (EFW) facilities is a missed opportunity, we are glad that the tariffs for biogas, biomass, and landfill gas were not lowered as this would have prevented such beneficial projects from moving forward. We look forward to reading the new FIT program rules to determine if municipal water reservoirs and parking lots are now deemed as roof-top facilities for the purpose of developing solar PV micro Fit and FIT projects.

AMO's submission to the review is available at www.amo.on.ca under Energy.

Contact: Scott Vokey, Energy Services Coordinator, [email protected] or 416-971-9856 ext. 357

PLEASE NOTE AMO Breaking News will be broadcast to the member municipality's council, administrator and clerk. Recipients of the AMO broadcasts are free to redistribute the AMO broadcasts to other municipal staff as required. We have decided to not add other staff to these broadcast lists in order to ensure accuracy and efficiency in the management of our various broadcast lists.

DISCLAIMER These are final versions of AMO documents. AMO assumes no responsibility for any discrepancies that may have been transmitted with the electronic version. The printed versions of the documents stand as the official record.

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 9:11 AM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: Breaking news: The 2012 Provincial Budget

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 6:28PM To: MAYOR EMAIL Subject: Breaking news: The 2012 Provincial Budget

TO THE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION OF THE CLERK AND COUNCIL

The 2012 Provincial Budget

The 2012 Ontario Budget entitled, "Strong Action for Ontario" was delivered in the Legislature by the Honourable Dwight Duncan.

Of significance to municipalities and property taxpayers the Ontario government remains committed to the uploading agreement it made in 2008. Through it, provincial social service and court security costs are being lifted from the municipal property tax base. This has ensured that property tax dollars serve their purpose to fund municipal programs and services.

The budget contains some important changes for municipalities. Among them, proposed changes to public pension plans would help to ensure that they are affordable, viable and realistic over the long term. The government has proposed to create legislation that would make interest arbitration "more transparent, accountable and efficient." This would appear to reflect concerns that have been raised by municipalities and echoed by the Drummond Commission.

The Province has indicated that the 10 Year Infrastructure Plan's allocation of $35 billion over three years for all public sector infrastructure will remain. It is expected that this will help municipal governments, particularly those with the most urgent needs. However, as the Premier indicated a month ago, the 2012 Budget does not capture the new funding for roads and bridges that he committed to at the 2011 AMO Conference.

Many of the Drummond Commission's recommendations related to programs or services that touch upon municipal governments are contained in the budget.

Specific budget details are below:

Pensions

The government will reform the governance of public-sector defined benefit pension plans. Among other things, this includes the following:

where deficits exist, plans would be required to reduce future benefits before further increasing employer contributions; where employee contributions are currently less than employer contributions, increased employee contributions would also be available to address pension deficits; benefit reductions would involve future benefits only. Current retirees would not be affected; and

1 Page 69 of 321 where plan sponsors cannot agree on benefit reductions through negotiation, a new third­ party dispute resolution process would be invoked.

Plans to reform pensions will also include the pooling of various plans to improve economies of scale and greater investment opportunities.

Interest Arbitration

The government is proposing legislation that will require arbitration decisions require written submissions by both parties, require written rationale by arbitrator when requested by a party, and where a decision is not delivered within one year, the Ontario Labour Relations Board would issue an award to both parties. In addition, the government will discuss, "with those employers with significant numbers of employees and a material impact on the Province's fiscal plan, and who have automatic access to arbitration, about additional tools they may need to live within their funding envelopes while protecting services."

Collective Bargaining

The government will be moving towards greater centralization of bargaining in the Broader Public Sector. It is unclear what impact this will have for municipalities at this time.

Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund

The budget indicates that the Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund (OMPF) will be phased down to $500 million by 2016. For 2013 and future years, this will represent a cut to the province's main transfer and equalization program for municipalities of approximately $25 million in each of the next four years. The government has also proposed reviewing the funding program, "within the program's identified envelope."

Infrastructure

The budget does not contain a dedicated municipal infrastructure fund for roads and bridges in this fiscal year as the Premier suggested at the ROMNOGRA. Government infrastructure spending will total $35 billion from 2011-12 to 2014-15.

Provincial Offences Act

The government will be proposing measures to enhance the administration of justice and the collection of unpaid fines for municipalities. It is proposed this will include vehicle licence plate denial for those fines that remain unpaid and which relate to the operation of vehicles. This is consistent with a recent AMO's submission to the government on this issue. The Province will also pursue discussions with the federal government on the collection of unpaid fines against federal tax refunds.

Service Delivery

The government will work with municipalities to achieve great efficiency in the delivery of public services. The Drummond Report spoke extensively to this issue. AMO's pre-budget submission signaled the municipal sector's willingness to pursue this shared objective. However, the budget also states the government will, "explore opportunities to provide more value for each dollar, including looking at what services could be delivered more efficiently and effectively by another entity, such as another level of government, a not-for-profit or a private-sector organization." AMO has argued that any such changes must benefit both the provincial and municipal taxpayer.

Social Assistance

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Page 70 of 321 The government will be acting on a number of the upcoming recommendations put forth by the Social Assistance Review Commissioners, Francis Lankin and Munir Sheikh. In an effort to create a more streamlined and efficient system that will reduce barriers to employment, the government has indicated its intention to integrate Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program employment services with Employment Ontario. It appears the government will also seek a more efficient administration and service delivery structure.

Additionally, the Community Start Up and Maintenance Benefit and Home Repair Benefit, currently available and administrated through social assistance will be moved into the Long Term Affordable Housing Strategy.

The government will move to cap health and non-health related discretionary benefits at $10 per case. Currently, health-related discretionary benefits are not capped while non-health related discretionary benefits are capped at $8.75 per case. Because these benefits are cost shared with municipalities, this change will require a revised funding arrangement between the province and municipalities.

AMO supports the government's efforts to develop a system of supports that is integrated, streamlined and responsive to local issues and capacities. While details on the integration of employment services and social assistance funding into housing services are not immediately available or the funding change to discretionary benefits, AMO expects that the government will adhere to its commitment to ensure municipalities will not assume additional costs or risks as service and funding systems are transformed. Additionally, it will be essential that clients will continue to have access to services and the quality of services needed to move in to employment.

Health Care In an effort to reduce hospital associated costs, the government will increase investments in home care and community services by approximately 4% annually over three years ($526 million per year). A new Seniors Strategy will expand home care services and aim to improve care coordination. Investments in chronic care services will aim to reduce pressures on long term care as will increased funding for long term care by 2.8% in 2012-2013. The government also intends to provide long term home care operators greater flexibility within the current funding structure.

AMO has encouraged the government to move forward with a more robust and community based strategy. Expanding home care services is an important and welcomed move as is the potential for less administrative burdens in long term care. Demographic changes will require a more responsive system but also a system that has adequate levels of services and access to long term care beds.

Gaming Revenue for Municipalities

The government will be engaging in a discussion with municipalities that host gaming facilities on future revenue sharing and fee model.

Business Education Tax

The budget will temporarily freeze the Business Education Tax reduction plan starting in 2013. The government has indicated it will resume these rate reductions once the budget is balanced in 2017- 18.

Economic Development Agencies

As previously announced, the Ontario, Northern Ontario and Eastern Ontario Development Corporations will be dissolved as part of its agency reduction strategy.

3 Page 71 of 321 Ministry of Natural Resources

The Ministry will operate with fewer field offices and streamlining the permit, licences, and approvals process. This will include amendments to the Endangered Species Act. The government will also streamline the joint review and public consultations on the Greenbelt Plan, the Oak Ridges Moraine Plan and the Niagara Escarpment Plan.

OPP Data Entry

"The government is hiring 100 civilian staff for data-entry functions" currently completed by the Ontario Provincial Police. This change will, "enable the equivalent of up to 250 OPP officers to better use their tirne for front-line policing."

Ontario Northland

As previously announced by the government, the services of the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission will be delivered in different ways. For example, the Northlander passenger rail service will be terminated and the existing bus service will be serviced by existing bus operators.

Water Taking Charges and Hazardous Waste Fees

A two phase review of the rates charged industrial water users will take place this year. In addition, the hazardous waste fee will be reviewed for the first time since 2002. This fee is paid by large producers of hazardous waste.

AMO will continue provide member municipalities will additional information and budget analysis in the coming days. AMO Contact: Matthew Wilson, Senior Policy Advisor, email: [email protected], (416) 971-9856 ext. 323

PLEASE NOTE AMO Breaking News will be broadcast to the member municipality's council, administrator and clerk. Recipients of the AMO broadcasts are free to redistribute the AMO broadcasts to other municipal staff as required. We have decided to not add other staff to these broadcast lists in order to ensure accuracy and efficiency in the management of our various broadcast lists.

DISCLAIMER These are final versions of AMO documents. AMO assumes no responsibility for any discrepancies that may have been transmitted with the electronic version. The printed versions of the documents stand as the official record.

4 Page 72 of 321 Janet Nyhof

From: Grace Isgro Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 5:07PM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: AMO Media Advisory: Ontario's Provincial and Municipal Budgets Must Be Sustainable

From: [email protected] [mailto:communicate@amo,on.cal Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 4:57PM To: MAYOR EMAIL Subject: AMO Media Advisory: Ontario's Provincial and Munidpal Budgets Must Be Sustainable

TO THE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION OF THE CLERK AND COUNCIL

Ontario's Provincial and Municipal Budgets Must be Sustainable

Toronto, Ontario, March 27, 2012- The Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) appreciates the 2012 Ontario Budget's emphasis on addressing Provincial challenges in a way that respects municipal challenges, and the need to ensure that government services are affordable and sustainable over time.

"We knew this would be a tough budget," said AMO President Gary McNamara. "However, government spending must be sustainable over the long term to ensure that Ontario communities continue to benefit from effective policing and fire protection, health care services, education, social services and essential infrastructure."

Importantly, the Ontario government remains committed to the uploading agreement it made in 2008. Through it, provincial social service and court security costs are being lifted from the municipal property tax base, so that this revenue can serve its intent, which is funding municipal programs and services.

Proposed changes to public pension plans would help to ensure that they are affordable, viable and realistic over the long term. Currently, all indications suggest that Ontario's public pension plans are in trouble. Our communities are counting on us to make sure that pension funds do not undermine our ability to deliver core government programs and services, and to invest in infrastructure.

The government has proposed to create legislation that would make interest arbitration "more transparent, accountable and efficient." This would appear to reflect concerns that have been raised by municipalities and echoed by the Drummond Commission.

The Province has indicated that the 10 Year Infrastructure Plan's allocation of $35 billion over three years for all public sector infrastructure will remain. We expect that this will help municipal governments, particularly with the most urgent needs. However, as the Premier indicated a month ago, the 2012 Budget does not capture the new funding for roads and bridges that he committed to at the 2011 AMO Conference.

About one third of the Drummond Commission's recommendations addressed programs or services that touch municipal government in some way. There is a strong desire among Ontario municipalities to work with the Ontario Government to identify prudent ways to reduce costs, improve service delivery and streamline roles and responsibilities. As we move forward, AMO will provide municipalities with ongoing analysis of the initiatives outlined in today's budget. 1 Page 73 of 321 AMO is a non-profit organization representing almost all of Ontario's 444 municipal governments. AMO supports strong and effective municipal government in Ontario and promotes the value of municipal government as a vital and essential component of Ontario and Canada's political system.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat Vanini, AMO Executive Director, 416-971-9856, ext. 316 or (416) 729-4394 Brian Lambie, AMO Media Contact, 416-729-5425

PLEASE NOTE AMO Media Advisorys will be broadcast to the member municipality's council, administrator and clerk. Recipients of the AMO broadcasts are free to redistribute the AMO broadcasts to other municipal staff as required. We have decided to not add other staff to these broadcast lists in order to ensure accuracy and efficiency in the management of our various broadcast lists.

DISCLAIMER These are final versions of AMO documents. AMO assumes no responsibility for any discrepancies that may have been transmitted with the electronic version. The printed versions of the documents stand as the official record.

2 Page 74 of 321 • ~.. Canadian l'llrapleglc Association Ontario • ~~ Wheelchelr Relay Challenge ;;!) ' - Oefl de Relais en Fauteuilti Roulonts Association canadlenne des parop/ilglques Ontario - Build a team, Re-build a life, Strengthen our Community/

Orillia City Hall Mayor Angelo Orsi 50 Andrew St. S., Suite 300 Orillia, ON L3Z 7T5

Hello Mayor and Councilors,

We are preparing for our 5th annual Wheelchair Relay Challenge in Orillia, our signature fund raising event for CPA Ontario and we are hopeful we can book the date for September 22nd, 2012 at Couchiching Beach Park at the Terry Fox Pavilion and circle.

For our event we would need to close the Terry Fox circle till 4pm so we can safely run our wheelchair relay that consists of teams of 5 as they wheel in a wheelchair that we provide through obstacles to get to the finish. We will have some vehicles on site to help with our event (St. Johns ambulance, The Dock, Attendant Care, etc.) but no vendor displays. Last year's event had close to 100 people present and we raised over $10,000! "··

Events like the Wheelchair Relay Challenge cannot take place without the passion, energy and commitment of the community, sponsors and volunteers. We are proud to partner with many organizations and individuals who believe in the work that we do. CPA Ontario assists persons with spinal cord injuries and other physical disabilities to achieve independence, self­ reliance and full community participation.

We hope that once again you will approve our relay at Couchiching Beach Park and hopefully you will even consider being an active participant I Thank you for your support of CPA Ontario. I look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

Jennifer Berry Regional Event Coordinator jennifer. berry@cp aont. org

Cttnadiall Paraplegic Assoclatlo11 (CPA) Ontario, Barrie Regional O.{jice 111-80 Bmdfi~rd St. Barrie, ON L4N 6S7 (705)-726-4546x 224 Fax-(705)-726-5054 www.cpaont.org/barl'ie "We've got your back. You Page 75 of 321 Page 76 of 321 Ministry of Community Safety Ministere de Ia Securite communautaire and Correctional Services et des Services correctionnels Emergency Management Ontario Gestion des situations d'urgence Ontario 77 Wellesley Street West 77, rue Wellesley Ouest Box 222 C.P. 222 Toronto ON M7A 1N3 Toronto ON M7A 1N3 Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Bureau du sous-ministre adjoint et chef

Telephone/Telephone (416) 314-3723 Facsimile/ Telecopieur (416) 314-3758 E-mail [email protected] MAR 2 2 2012 March 15, 2012 MAYOR'S OFFICE Mayor Angelo Orsi City of Orillia 50 Andrew Street South Orillia, ON L3V 7T5

Dear Mayor Orsi:

I am writing to congratulate your municipality for completing the mandatory emergency management program elements required under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (EMCPA) and Ontario Regulation 380/04 for 2011 .

Your Council and staff are to be commended on this accomplishment, particularly during a year in which all levels of government have confronted significant challenges. am comforted that we share the same commitment to public safety. As a direct result of your efforts, the residents of your municipality are better prepared.

I wish you, your colleagues and your municipality the best for 201 2.

Sincerely, ~~~ Allison J. Stuart Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief c. Community Emergency Management Coordinator Sector Field Officer Deputy Chief Joy Mcleod

Page 77 of 321 Page 78 of 321 Hon. Rick Sartoluccl L.'hon. Rick Bartolucci Minister Mlnlstre ~ Ministry of Northern Development Mlnlst~re du D&veloppement du and Mines Nord et des Mines 99 Wellesley Street West 99, rue Wellesley ouest ~~ Room 5630, Whitney Block Bureau 5630. Edifice Whitney Ontario Toronto ON M7A 1W3 Toronto ON M7A 1W3 Tel: 416-327-0633 Tel.: 416-327-0633 Fax: 416-327-0665 Telec.: 416-327-0665

March 23, 2012

His Worship Mayor Angelo Orsi City of Orillia 50 Andrew StreetS. Orillia, ON L3V 7T5

Dear Mayor Orsi:

Subject: Divestment of the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission

I am writing to inform you that today, I have announced that the government has made a decision to divest all business lines of the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC).

Since 2003 our government has worked hard to help the ONTC become viable and sustainable. No other government in recent memory has demonstrated such a strong commitment to this agency. However, despite best efforts, the ONTC has faced very challenging economic circumstances over the past decade with declining revenues, increased operating costs and stagnant passenger ridership. Within the current fiscal environment, government subsidies have reached an unsustainable level. This is one of the most difficult decisions we have had to make as government.

The divestment process will take time, and more details will be forthcoming in the weeks and months ahead. In the interim, ONTC's operations will continue and there are no immediate impacts on the job status of ONTC staff and management.

The decision to divest the ONTC is about ensuring limited public resources are available for services that matter most to northerners, including health care, education and northern priorities like the NOHFC and the Northern Highways Program. We have a duty to move in a new direction and find a way to provide these services while ensuring responsible use of limited tax dollars. ·

Page 79 of 321 All of ONTC's operations will be tendered for sale. The government has committed to ensuring the continuation of the Polar Bear Express train service between Cochrane and Moosonee as well as motor coach services to communities currently served only by the ONTC.

As part of this process, the ONTC Board has been dissolved and replaced with a new Board. The new Board will continue to be chaired by Ted Hargreaves, and I am delighted that we will benefit from his years of expertise and dedication as we move forward. The new ONTC Board will focus on:

• Developing a new model to provide support for essential transportation services. • Cancelling the Northlander train service and replacing it with bus service. • Tendering all assets of the corporation to the private sector.

I appreciate that this announcement will impact many people in Northeastern Ontario. I want to assure all communities, ONTC employees and those Northerners who use ONTC services, that our government will be fair, open and transparent as we proceed with this transition.

I wish to also emphasize that this decision allows the government to align commercial opportunities with the private sector to implement new and efficient business models that best serve the diversifying economy of Northeastern Ontario over the long term. The Infrastructure and services currently provided by the ONTC will continue to be in demand, particularly by a thriving mining sector.

This process is about moving forward and offering an opportunity for the private sector to provide services in a manner that can stimulate local economies In the north, create jobs and provide viable transportation options. The McGuinty government is taking action to ensure that Northeastern Ontario benefits from a sustainable, effective transportation system.

Should you have questions about this decision, please contact Chris Green, Senior Polley Advisor in my office, at 416-327- 6761 or [email protected].

Sincerely,

Rick Bartolucci, MPP, Sudbury Minister

Page 80 of 321 Minister Responsible Min Istre deleguee aux for Seniors Affalres des personnes agees .,--- 400 University Avenue 400, avenue University 1 14 " Floor 14" etage Toronto ON M7A 1T7 Toronto ON M7A 1T7 Tel: 416 326-7600 Tel.: 416 326-7600 ~ Fax: 416 326-1449 Tell!c.: 416 326-1449 MAR 0 9 2012 I Ontario ~~AYOR~s OFFIC~, 3445MC-2012-23

March I, 2012

Dear Mayor, Reeve and Members of Council:

It is with great pleasure that I invite you to participate in the 2012 Senior of theYear Award. This annual award was established in 1994 to give each municipality in Ontario the opportunity to honour one outstanding local senior. The Government of Ontario is proud of this important initiative. You may wish to consider involving local MPPs in your selection process or presentation ceremony.

Recipients are individuals who after age 65 have enriched the social, cultural or civic life of the community without thought of personal or financial gain. A cet1ificate, provided by the Ontario government, is signed by the Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Govemor, myself as Minister Responsible for Seniors, and the local Head of Council.

Council may also wish to host a presentation ceremony honouring the Senior of the Year Award recipient in June, when we pay tribute to seniors across Ontario. This year will mark the 28th anniversary of Seniors' Month which recognizes the contributions seniors make to family, community, province and country.

The Ontario Senior of the Year Award nomination forms are available on the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration's website at www.ontario.ca/honoursandawards. Click on the Ontario Senior of the Year Award program, then submit your nomination online by choosing the ''Electronic Nomination" option or download the fmm and fax it to 416 314-6050. Nominations must be received directly fi'om your office by April30, 2012.

For additional infmmation) please contact the Ontario Honours and Awards Secretariat by phone, at 416-314-7526, toll-free at 1-877-832-8622) or TTY 416-327-2391.

Ontario's seniors deserve special recognition for their outstanding accomplishments. By working together) we can ensure they are honoured in a meaningful way.

Sincerely, ~-&<' Linda Jeffrey -6 Minister

Page 81 of 321 Page 82 of 321 Minister Responsible Mlnlstre deleguee aux for Seniors Affalres des personnes Agees

400 University Avenue 400, avenue University 1 14 h Floor 14" stage Toronto ON M7A 1T7 TorontoON M7A1T7 lei: 416326-7600 Tel. : 416 326· 7600 Fax: 416326-1449 Telec. : 416326·1449

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February 24, 2012

Dear Friends:

Each year, the Government of Ontario celebrates the accomplishments and contributions many of our wonderful seniors make to communities across Ontario. This year, the Senior Achievement Award will once again highlight the significant voluntary and professional achievements made by individuals after they have reached the age of 65.

I encourage you to participate in the 2012 Senior Achievement Award Program by nominating a deserving senior. As Minister Responsible for Seniors, it will be my great honour this fall to join the Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, in officially recognizing the award recipients at a ceremony at Queen's Park.

Online nomination forms and information outlining details of the program, the selection criteria and the procedures followed are available at: www.ontario.ca/honoursandawards.

The deadline date for nomination is June 15.

If you require further information, please contact the Ontario Honours and Awards Secretariat at (416) 314-7526, 1-877-832-8622 or (TTY) 416 327-2391.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to consider putting forward the name of a special senior in your community for a Senior Achievement Award.

Sincerely, ~~() Linda Jeffrey Minister

Page 83 of 321 Page 84 of 321 Ontario Provincial Police O.P.P.• Police provinciale de /'Ontario !¢j

Chris D. Lewis Commissioner Le Commissaire File#: 614-00 March 13, 2012 RECEIVED Mayors I Reeves OPP Policed Municipalities MAR 2 0 2012

Dear Mayor I Reeve: MAYOR'S OFFICE The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is proud to deliver cost-effective and professi olieing:------.J services to 322 municipalities within the Province of Ontario. Policing is a fundamental, locally delivered service that ensures a community's safety and harmony.

Whether delivered by the OPP on a Section 10 Police Services Act (PSA) contract or Section 5.1 PSA non-contract basis, or by a municipal police service, policing is an expensive service to provide. We recognize that municipalities are concerned about the rising cost of policing services and are pleased that our policing costs continue to compare very favourably with other police services in Ontario.

As you are aware, the OPP is mandated to deliver policing services on a cost recovery basis. Municipal policing costs invoiced back to municipalities account for about one-third of the OPP's overall budget. Due to the importance of the work conducted by the Contract Policing Section of the Business and Financial Services Bureau, an internal review was recently undetiaken of the Section's structure and responsibilities.

Through this review it was determined that a stand-alone Bureau would best support the demands and challenges of our municipal policing obligations. As a result, it is my pleasure to advise that, effective March 19, 2012, the Contract Policing Section will become the Municipal Policing Bureau. Further, Superintendent R.A. (Rick) Philbin has been selected to fill the position of Commander of this new Bureau. During his 24-year career with the OPP, Superintendent Philbin has held various positions, including his current role as Director of Corporate Communications and Executive Services and his previous position as Commander of the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment. He is looking forward to accepting his new responsibilities and to working with you in matters of mutual interest.

As always, local operational matters should be discussed with your Detachment Commander. For any other municipal policing matters, please feel free to contact Superintendent Philbin at telephone number (705) 329-6200.

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FROM/DE: Orillia OPP Detachment DATE: March 19, 2012

Enjoy This Weather, SAFELY

(ORILLIA, ON) -With the warmer weather we have been experiencing also comes more outdoor activity.

We are seeing more bicyclists, walkers, joggers, rollerbladers, and children out and about on our roadways and sidewalks.

Everyone needs to be more diligent and aware of this increased activity and movement on and around the streets. Pedestrians, bicyclists and vehicle operators need to follow all the rules of the road to keep everyone safe.

Humans are not the only ones that enjoy getting out in the nicer weather. Be aware of an increase in wildlife movement as well. Watch for wildlife crossing the roads and movement on the sides of the roadway.

Now that the ice is moving off the lakes and waterways, boaters will be emerging as well. Remember that the ice has just moved out and that the water temperatures are still just a few degrees above freezing. Remember to wear appropriate clothing, floatation suits and life jackets at all times.

Motorcyclists are out and about. All motorists need to be aware of the increase of different traffic on the roads and remain patient and courteous.

Let's all enjoy this gift of wonderful weather and stay safe on our roads and waterways.

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Contact: Special Constable Wanda Peirce Phone: 705-326-3536

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Page 87 of 321 Page 88 of 321 ~ Ontario Building Officia ls Association Building Knowledge/ Growing Communities

March 13, 2012

Mayor Angelo Orsi and Members of Council RECEIVED City of Orillia 50 Andrew Street S. MAR 16 2012 Orillia, ON L3V 7T5 MAYOR'S OFFICE RE: OBOA Strategic Plan 2012+

We wish to express our sincere appreciation to the Mayor, Council and the Municipality's Leadership Team for the past and continued support of t he Ontario Building Officia ls Association (OBOA).

Founded in 1956, OBOA is a self-governing not-for-profit professional association for Ontario's Building Officials. OBOA is committed to maintaining the highest degree of professionalism in the field of building code enforcement and building safety, while promoting uniform code interpretation and enforcement through training and education services, and related committee work. OBOA's 2000 members are dedicated and trained professionals, who on behalf of Ontario's municipalities play a vital role in ensuring a safe built environment.

For 55 years, OBOA has played a leading role in the education, training and professional development of Ontario's Building Officials. OBOA has been a va luable partner to municipalities in ensuring that Building Officials are educated and trained to meet Provincia l qualification requirements. Further, OBOA's 'Certified Building Code Official' (CBCO) designation, which represents "The Step Above" in Building Official credentials, ensures that municipalities have the best qualified staff.

On behalf of the Board of Directors of t he Ontario Building Officials Association, I am pleased to announce that our association now has a strategic plan to guide its decision-making and operations over the coming years.

In developing the Plan, the Board initiated a comprehensive and inclusive outreach process, involving participation from not only the Board, but the members, Chapters and key external stakeholders as well, to answer five key questions:

• Where are we? • What do we have to work with? • Where do we want to be? • How do we get there? • How do we stay there?

The chart found in the centrefold of this publication lays out the core of the Pl an that was unanimously approved by the Board in August 2011. The core consists of the vision, mission, strategic priorities and strategic goa ls of the Plan. It reflects what we hea rd from association members, Chapters and external stakeholders in the consultations conducted in Spring 2011. The unanimous support of the Board demonstrates a strong belief that the Plan sets the stage for OBOA to achieve its full potential and take Ontario's building official profession to the next level. ·~~ ~ ~-- Leo J. Cusumano President

200 Marycroft Avenue, Unit 8 Woodbridge, O ntario L4L 5X4 Telephone 905.264.1662 Fox 905.264.8696 Website : www.oboo .on.co Email : info@ oboo.on.co

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improve the program is both very important and timely. Related Links This renewed commitment will further strengthen Ontario's leadership role in renewable energy," stated Ministry of Energy » Feed-In Tariff Kristopher Stevens, OSEA's Executive Director. Program Two-Year Mr. Stevens observed, "Through our community and Review Details on the two-year commercial members, OSEA advocated strongly during review of the FIT the FIT Review for an increased role for municipalities program from the and local communities. We championed the role of local Ministry of Energy. citizens as project proponents through a Community Moving Clean Energy Power model and as more meaningful partners in projects Fqrward, Creating Job with commercial developers. We are pleased the Government's. announcement and the Government listened to OSEA." FIT Program Review OSEA believes the enhanced role of municipalities Report

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Mr. Stevens continued, "Shifting the contracting and the Renewable Energy Approvals process oversight to the Cabinet Office responds to a previous weakness. We trust this highlights the priority the Government is placing on renewable energy development and the priority it places on an orderly process and enhanced cross­ Ministry coordination."

OSEA is very excited about the new emphasis on energy storage and investment in smartening up Ontario's grid. This represents a tremendous opportunity for Ontario inventors, entrepreneurs and manufacturers. The successful convergence and coordination of telecommunications, electricity, thermal energy, natural gas and water to best meet Ontario's future energy needs represents billions of dollars in business opportunities across global markets.

In conclusion, OSEA welcomes and applauds this important recharging of the Ontario FIT program. OSEA is ready to begin work with all Ontarians to ensure everyone will share in the success of a green energy future.

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Clerk, City of Orillia Orillia City Centre 50 Andrew Street South, Suite 300 Orillia, ON L3V7'f5

Re: Motion to Support a Progressive and Humane Response to Human-Wildlife Conflicts

I am writing to ask you to circulate the attached letter to your Mayor and Members of Council and to submit the letter to the appropriate committee of Council for consideration.

On behalf of the Ontario Wildlife Coalition, I urge Council to consider a motion in support of a progressive and humane response to human­ wildlife conflicts in your municipality.

Thank you for your consideration in this matter.

Sincerely,

Liz White, Spokesperson,

221 Broadview Avenue, Suite 101 , Toronto, Ontario M4M 2G3 I P: 416.462.9541 I F: 416.462.9647 Page 95 of 321 ONTARIO g WILDLIFE COALITION

March 12, 2012

Mayor and Members of Council, City of Orillia, Orillia City Centre, 50 Andrew Street South, Suite 300, Orillia, ON L3V 7T5

Dear Mayor and Members of Council,

Humane Approach to Wildlife

We represent a wide variety of organizations in Ontario that have a significant interest in animal and wildlife issues, including animal protection, wildlife education and environmental organizations along with wildlife control businesses.

We have learned that certain interests have contacted municipalities offering services to remove "nuisance" wildlife largely by lethal and inhumane means. We are concerned that your municipality may have received the same offer.

Our respective organizations, with many years of experience in handling hundreds of thousands of calls, can say with strong conviction that the vast majority of the public want humane solutions to wildlife problems. The success of wildlife control companies that have built their business and reputation around "humane" wildlife control measures is a further example ofthe public's rejection of lethal control.

As development encroaches on natural areas, not only are wildlife displaced but there are an increasing number of human-wildlife conflicts.

Our organizations have long been involved in addressing a wide range of wildlife concerns and are committed to progressive practices in responding to these concerns using education and prevention deterrents such as animal-proofmg. We know from years of experience that human/wildlife conflicts can be resolved without resorting to lethal measures.

We are strongly opposed to lethal and inhumane control practices in dealing with wildlife. It is not only ineffective in that it is reactive and repetitive but it always

221 Broadview Avenue, Suite 101, Toronto, Ontario M4M 2G3 I P: 416.462.9541 I F: 416.462.9647

Page 96 of 321 prompts significant public controversy, taking up councillors' time and wasting tax dollars. It is much more cost-effective to use education and prevention strategies, as is happening in a growing number of cities and towns across the country.

We have asked that your Clerk place this matter before the appropriate committee of Council and request that a Motion be considered that confirms support for progressive and humane approaches to wildlife concerns in your municipality. We look forward to your response and would be happy to provide additional information should you require it.

Sincerely

Liz White, Spokesperson, Brad Gates, President 101-221 Broadview A venue, AAA Gates' Wildlife Control 445 Midwest Road, Unit 10, Toronto, ON M4M 203 Scarborough, ON M 1P 4Y9

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Barry MacKay, Director Donna Dubreuil, President, Animal Alliance of Canada, Ottawa-Carleton Wildlife Centre 101-221 Broadview Avenue, P.O. Box 11051 , Station H Toronto, ON M4M 203 Ottawa, ON K2H 7T8

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Page 97 of 321 Page 98 of 321 r:; Simcoe County ~--RECEIVED= ~ District School Board MAR 1 2 2012 ,CLERK'S DEPT.

March 9, 2012

Gayle Jackson, City Clerk City of Orillia 50 Andrew Street South Orillia, ON L3V 7T5

Request for Blanket Exemption from Development Securities

The Simcoe County District School Board respectfully requests the Council of the City of Orillia to exempt the school board from the requirement to provide development securities associated with site plan control applications. The school board operates five elementary schools, three secondary schools, one adult learning centre, and one alternative program in the City of Orillia. School sites are among the top seven priority strategic initiatives listed in the City of Orillia 2011 Strategic Plan. The school board welcomes partnership opportunities between the City and the board, and is pleased to see the City's high consideration of schools. In the past seven years the school board has constructed a new elementary school and made extensive renovations to existing elementary schools, investing over $31 million in the City of Orillia. When undertaking capital improvements such as constructing a classroom addition or building a new school, the school board complies with the applicable municipal approval processes including site plan control. The site plan approval process includes an application fee as well as administration and peer review fees, engineering and legal deposits, and development securities. These fees, deposits, and securities are all paid from the project construction budget. The school board is solely funded by the Ontario Ministry of Education. Capital expenses for facility additions renovations and new construction, including professional and municipal fees, are funded through an array of provincial grants. When the school board provides the municipality with development securities in the form of a letter of credit, the school board must pay the issuing bank daily interest charges on the letter of credit. This can translate to several thousand dollars in interest charges each year which are not recoverable. In cases where the school board provides the municipality with development securities in the form of a cheque or cash deposit, public dollars are held in trust by the municipality until the project is completed and the guarantee period has passed. Those funds held in trust are not available for school needs which results in lost opportunity costs. The municipality may require developers to provide securities to ensure that the on-site and off­ site works as set out in a site plan agreement are carried out. A site plan agreement specifies that the municipality may draw upon the security to complete the works where the works have not been completed by the developer and accepted by the municipality. The development security is particularly important to a municipality when the creditworthiness of a developer is unknown and where the municipality may find it necessary to complete the works. The Simcoe County District School Board was first created as the Simcoe County Board of Education in

Simcoe County District School Board - www.scdsb.on.ca- 1170 Hwy 26 - Midhurst, ON - LOL 1XO - 705-728-7570

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1969 and then renamed in 1997; the creditworthiness of the school board is guaranteed by the Ontario Ministry of Education. In the event that the school board does not complete any works as set out in a site plan agreement, the City may complete the works and confer priority lien status for the amount of those works. As a broader public sector organization the school board is responsible for making effective and efficient use of the tax dollars allocated to each building project. Where development securities are held in trust by the municipality these funds are not available for other projects to benefit students. Where the development securities are held by a letter of credit the interest charges accrued are never recovered by the school board to be directed back into the school system. This practice limits the school board's ability to efficiently use public tax dollars; therefore, the school board respectfully requests that Council exempt the school board from the requirement to provide development securities associated with site plan control. Should you require any further information or wish to discuss this matter further, please contact me at your convenience.

Sincerely,

Superintendent of Facility Services Simcoe County District School Board cc: Janet Porter, Senior Planner, SCDSB Brad Parkes, Manager- Design & Construction, SCDSB

Simcoe County District School Board - www.scdsb.on.ca- 1170 Hwy 26 - Midhurst, ON - LOL 1XO - 705-728-7570 Page 100 of 321 DRINKING WATER N SOURCE PROTECTIO ACT FOR CLEAN WATER \___ South Georgian Bay Lake Simcoe Source Protection Region

March 26, 2012 RECEIVED

Gayle Jackson MAH 2 7 Z012 l Clerk CL ER:s:,~Qt-:PT..J Orillia (City of) 50 Andrew Street South Orillia, ON L3V 7TS

Formal Consultation on Draft Proposed Source Protection Plan and Explanatory Document Deadline- May 25, 2012 Pursuant to O.Reg.287 /07 of the Clean Water Act, 2006

Dear Gayle Jackson

We are writing to advise that public consultation on the draft proposed source protection plan and explanatory document has now begun. This is also an opportunity for implementing bodies to provide comments. The deadline for written comments is May 25, 2012 at 4:30pm.

A hard copy of each document ha s been provided with this letter. Electronic copies are also posted at our website at www.ourwatershed.ca.

If you submitted· comments during the pre-consultation period that ended on January 13, 2012, thank you for those comments. To see the committee's response, please refer to the explanatory document enclosed with this letter.

It is important for you to review these documents and provide us with your written comments before the deadline of May 25, 2012.

Much the same way we held workshops during our pre-consultation period, we will be hosting a series of four Open Houses for members of the public. You are also welcome to attend these Open Houses to hear what the public has to say about the policies.

Monday, April 16, 2012, 5:30pm to 8:30pm at Brooklea Golf & Country Club, 8567 Highway 93, Midland

Thursday, April19, 5:30pm to 8:30pm at Holiday Inn Express, 100 Pony Drive, Newmarket

cont'd ...

120 Bayview Parkway • Newmarket, ON • L3Y 4X1 Tel : 800-465-0437 or 905-895-1281 • Fax: 905-853-5881 • www.ourwatershed.ca Page 101 of 321 Page 12

Saturday, April 21, 2012, llam to 2pm at Liberty North, 100 Caplan Avenue, Barrie

Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 5:30pm to 8:30pm at Best Western Mariposa Inn, 400 Memorial Avenue, Orillia

Please RSVP your attendance by calling Susan Jagminas, Communications Specialist, Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority, at least one week in advance of the Open House. Her contact information is provided at the end of this letter.

If you need assistance with providing comments by the deadline of May 25, we would be happy to offer our guidance. Should you require further information or have any questions, please also contact Susan Jagminas, Communications Specialist, at the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority at 1-800-465-0437 or 905-895-1281, ext 264.

Yours sincerely,

Lynn Dollin Chair, South Georgian Bay Lake Simcoe Source Protection Committee

120 Bayview Parkway • Newmarket, ON • L3Y 4X1 Tel: 800-465-0437 or 905-895-1281 • Fax: 905-853-5881 • www.ourwatershed.ca Page 102 of 321 ORILLIACANADADAY All Day Fun ... for everyone!!!

March 6, 2012

Mayor Angelo Orsi. MAR 0 6 2012 City of Orillia, SO Andrew St. Orillia, ON., L3V 7TS ~JiAYOR'S OFFICE

Dear Mayor Orsi:

As you know Orillia Canada Day Inc. is planning for the arrival of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds for their visit to Orillia on June 28-30, 2012.

As part of their standard procedures, they have requested an official letter signed by the Mayor of Orillia providing them with permission to fly over our city at under 1,000 feet above ground level. This letter must cover all three days as there may be a media flight on the 28th, practice on the 29th and show on the 30th.

For you reference, I am attaching two sample letters regarding the 1,000 feet as well as a copy of the letter send from Orillia to the Snowbirds for their last visit, although this letter does not address the 1,000 feet which is now a requirement in the Mayor's letter.

On behalf of Orillia Canada Day Inc. and the Snowbird Committee I would like to request your assistance in providing us with this official letter. This letter should be addressed to the Canadian Forces Snowbirds and returned to me. I have to fax it as part of the 60 day check list. Please call me when it is ready for pick up.

If you have any questions please do not hesitat e to

& Treasurer, Orillia Ca nada Day Inc. Chair Snowbird Committee 705-259-1076

0 RILLIA CANADA DAY P.O. BOX 2133, OR!LLIA, ON L3V 6R9 (705) 329-2333 tel (705) 329-4099 fax www.canadadayorill ia.ca infPageo@cana d103adayor ofilli 321a.ca Mayor's letter

The Snowbirds require a letter from your Mayor, specifically authorizing the Snowbirds to over-fly your city. It is the responsibility of the Event Organizer to obtain this letter from the Mayor's office and to forward a copy to the Snowbirds.

June 17,2010

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On behalf of :.he (i~y ol St.Jr>tford ,HJJ Cotm:v ol Br;>N fv~ember::.. of (oulltil. St~r!f i.Hld (iti.:en:., we -.Ire thrilled tv om.t: .:~guir. hdve ~he CJni.tdian rorce~ ~nowb,rti!. perku n~ in Llt.Jr rer,run. '"-t;e tecl u~;t~tarldin~; hu~.pildlity. ~.XU:!IIt:IJ~ (.Ire •md pu!.t-.;.how ~Vt'!''b JnrJ d wc.rm welcome frc-m Jll.

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Page 104 of 321 SAMPLE LETTER OF MAYOR FOR 1000 FT FLYBY AnnexG

Re: CANADIAN FORCES FLY PAST- 07 MAY 2006-12-12 ~

Thank-you for your request to the City of Ottawa regarding approval for the fly past as part of the National Battle ofthe Atlantic ceremony to be held on Sunday May 7th 2006.

The City of Ottawa believes the community as a whole should share the responsibility, along with the members of the Canadian Military and its veterans, of acknowledging the tremendous debt of gratitude and respect owned toward the men and women who have served and particularly for those who have made the supreme sacrifice in service to our country.

It is with this in mind that the City grants permission for the Canadian Forces to fly one CP-140 Aurora turbo-propeller aircraft over the national War Museum at approximately 11:00 a.m. on 11 Sunday, May i , 2006-12-12

Yours truly,

Susan Jones

Director of By-law Services

Page 105 of 321 ®rillia

ORILLIA CITY CENTRE TELEPHONE 50 ANDREW ST. S., Suite 300 (705) 326-1177 ORILLIA, ON. FACSIMILE L3V7T5 (705) 325-1612

®!!ice of tbe :illfln!'or & '~Council

March 4, 2009

Mrs. Marg Fowler, Operations Support Administrator The Canadian Forces Snowbirds 15 Wing P.O. Box 5000 Moose Jaw, SK GSH 7Z8

Dear Mrs. Fowler:

On behalf of myself, Members of Council and the residents of Orillia we are extremely excited to welcome the world famous Canadian Forces Snowbirds to perform their amazing acrobatic maneuvers in our "Sunshine City" on June 23 and 24, 2009.

We have been honoured in the past with a flyby from one of our native sons and Snowbird pilot Captain Mark LaVerdiere whenever he is in the area visiting family and friends. This brief visit always creates excitement for those of us who are lucky enough to see or hear Captain Mark's unique hello. We look forward with great anticipation to see him in action, in the air and in the community, with the entire Snowbird team.

This premiere Snowbird performance over lake Couchiching will certainly create a huge impact by adding excitement and many thrills for everyone in our community and the many visitors that will certainly be drawn to Orillia by this world class event.

Sincerely,

Ron Stevens Mayor

Page 106 of 321 ORILLIA POLICE SERVICES BOARD

66 Peter Street South Orillia, Ontario L3V 5B1 Telephone: (705) 326-6730 Facsimile: (705) 326-4342 www.orilliapsb.ca

"Keeping our Community Safe" -l

March 2, 2012 RECEIVED

SENT BY MAIL EXCHANGE MAR 0 2 2012

Corporation of the City of Orillia I'" p ~ \'"-, ! "'1.1.. ·""•• I"'\t ..: -c·,...,~· • • ,...·- l Office of the Mayor and Council I ·--·-_ ...... ,,...... ,.. 50 Andrew Street South, Suite 300 Orillia, ON L3V 7T5

Attention: Mayor and Members of Council

Dear Mayor Orsi and Members of Council:

RE: Orillia OPP Detachment- Business Planning Consultation

The Orillia OPP Detachment is currently in the process of preparing the 2012 Detachment Business Plan which speaks to their local service delivery model.

Recently, correspondence was received from the Acting Detachment Commander and states that "one component of the business planning process is to solicit community feedback on policing issues, and priorities within your community. By way of example, a concern could be a possible lack of police visibility, or ongoing property crime." The correspondence is attached for Council's review and information.

The Acting Detachment Commander requested that the Orillia Police Services Board provide a maximum of three (3) key issues, or priorities that the members would like the OPP Detachment Business Plan to include for the year 2012.

Please be advised that the Orillia Police Services Board, at its regular meeting held on February 28, 2012, adopted the following resolution:

"THAT correspondence from the Acting Detachment Commander, dated February 24, 2012, with respect to the Orillia OPP Detachment's Business Planning Consultation, be considered by the Orillia Police Services Board;

AND THAT the Board submit a request to the Acting Detachment Commander to include the following three (3) key issues or priorities in the detachment business plan for the year 2012:

1. Traffic Concerns 2. Impaired Driving Page 107 of 321 Page 2 Mayor and Members of Council

3. Police Visibility throughout the Community

AND THAT the Executive Assistant forward a copy of the Board's response with respect to the Orillia OPP Detachment's Business Planning Consultation to Orillia City Council."

The Orillia Police Services Board looks forward to reviewing the OPP's Business Plan for 2012. Additionally, we welcome comments from Orillia City Council.

Sincerely,

Rick Fraracci, Chair- Orillia Police Services Board

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Page 108 of 321 Orillia Detachment Ontario Police a:> Detachement d'Orillia Provincial provinclale Pollee de !'Ontario w 66 Peter Street South 66, rue Peter Sud Orillla ON L3V 581 Orillia ON L3V 581

Tel: (705) 326-3536 Tel. : (705) 326-3536 Fax: (705) 326-4126 Telae.: (705) 326-4126

File Reference:

February 24, 2012

Orillia Police Services Board c/o 66 Peter Street South Orillia, Ontario L3V 5B1

Attention: Mr. Rick Fraracci Chairman, Police Services Board

Dear Mr. Fraracci,

Re: Orillia OPP Detachment- Business Planning Consultation

We are currently in the process of preparing our 2012 Detachment Business Plan which speaks to our local service delivery model. One component of the business planning process is to solicit community feedback on policing issues, and priorities within your community. By way of example, a concern could be a possible lack of police visibility, or ongoing property crime. Please take the time to consult with your fellow Board members, and members of City Council to discuss your local issues and concerns.

We ask that you provide a maximum of 3 key issues, or priorities that you would like our detachment business plan to include for the year 2012.

Your community priorities will become an integral part of our local service delivery model, and operational focus. Please provide your issues in writing, to my attention, no later than 1 Friday the 16 h of March, 2012.

We look forward to continuing to build strong partnerships with our community, and to serving you in 2012.

Sincerely,

l!)lkliJ,eOIIm) Quigley pector Detachment Commander

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Page 109 of 321 Page 110 of 321 Ainley & Associates Limited CON$ULilllG 280 Pretty River Parkway, Collingwood, Ontario, L9Y 4J5 ENGINEERS Tel: (705) 445-3451 , Fax: (705) 445-0968 "inl~y PLANNERS E-mail [email protected]

March 23, 2012 File No. 111117 (VIA EMAIL)

The City of Orillia Orillia City Centre 50 Andrew Street South, Suite 300 Orillia, ON L3V 7T5

Attn: Mayor & Members of Council

Ref: REQUEST FOR NOISE EXEMPTION from Chapter 938 of the Municipal Code MTO Agreement No. 2011-E-0032 Six Contract Packages for Pavement Rehabilitation Contract 2 (Highway 12 MTO GWP#268-97-00) Contract 5 (Highway 11 MTO GWP#2201-10-00)

The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has retained the services of Ainley & Associates Limited to facilitate the detailed design to rehabilitate several sections of highway located at various locations in central Ontario. Two locations are within the City of Orillia. Further details regarding the location and the nature of the works proposed are outlined below. The purpose of this letter is to request an exemption from the current noise by-law to permit construction at the locations detailed below during off peak hours (i.e. 11:00pm to 5:00am).

1. Location Details:

Please refer to the attached key plans for further details.

Location 1- Contract 2 • Hwy 12 (From the Hwy 12/Atherley Road junction to the south junction ofHwy 11112)

Location 2- Contract 5 • Hwy 11 (From the Memorial Avenue to Laclie Street (Sundial Drive))

2. Purpose of Proposed Works:

Generally, the works proposed will involve the rehabilitation of the existing pavement, safety improvements where required as well as culvert repairs/replacements and minor drainage improvements. However, please note that the main improvement to existing highway infrastructure included as part this project is pavement resurfacing.

Creating Quality Solutions Together

Page 111 of 321 3. Detours/Staging:

No detours are anticipated as part of this contract. As required, short duration lane closures will be implemented in conformance to OTM book 7. For culvert works requiring replacement, construction will take place during off peak periods (i.e. 11:00 pm through to 5:00am) and will involve the closing of only one side of the road at a time. The roadway will be open cut with the culvert removed and replaced one side at a time so as to maintain traffic movement.

4. Project Start and End Date:

The anticipated start date for the project is July 2012 with the project concluding in October 2012.

Please note that a Group 'C' planning process as outlined in the Class Environmental Assessment for Provincial Transportation Facilities document as prepared by the Ministry of Transportation (2000) was completed for this project. Consultation regarding the Class EA process was issued December 14, 2011 to the Director of Public Works, the Director of Planning and the Fire Chief.

Should you have any questions or concerns regarding this project, please feel free to contact: ~ Mr. Mike Neumann, P. Eng. Project Manager, Ainley & Associates Limited at (705)-445-3451 or via email: neumann(dlainleygroup,com ~ Mr. Thampaiya Nanthakumaran, P. Eng. Project Engineer, Ministry of Transportation at 416-235-3439 or via email [email protected]

Sincerely,

AINLEY & ASSOCIATES LIMITED

Mike Neumann, P.Eng. Project Manager cc. Shawn Crawford, City ofOrillia Thampaiya Nanthakumaran, MTO Project Engineer Chris Copeland, MTO Environmental Planner Andrea Potter, Ainley Group Environmental Planner

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Page 113 of 321 Hwy 12 from Hwy 12-Atherley Rd Jet to S Jctof Hwy 11/12 (Orillia)

Contract 2: Project Details

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Telephone: (705) 326-7315 Fax: (705) 326-0800 ,.... REGEiVt:D February 27, 2012 FEB 2 9 1.012

Gayle Jackson CLERK'S DEPT. Clerk, City of Orillia 50 Andrew St S, Orillia, ON L3V7T5

Re: Directors' Remuneration

This letter is sent to you regarding By-law# 2000-144, Schedule "B" 5 (d).

Compensation rates for Directors of Orillia Power Corporation were established in 2000, prior to the incorporation and have not been reviewed or adjusted in the ensuing years.

The Human Resources, Compensation and Governance Committee of the Board has reviewed the comparative rates of medium and small Local Distribution Companies throughout the province and provides the following summary data from the MEARIE survey of Director Compensation for 2010/11:

Annual Retainer Average Range P25 Median P75 OPC Chair $9,665 $2040 to $40000 $5,450 $8,441 $8,657 $5,000 Director $6,067 $2040 to $17750 $4,000 $6,000 $7,100 $4,000

Board meeting fees Chair $331 $203 $300 $388 $200 Director $324 $200 $300 $375 $200

This data illustrates that the Director compensation amounts for OPC are at, or below, the 25th percentile for both the Annual Retainer and the Board meeting fees. This table provides data for distribution companies only and OPC has significant generation responsibilities, which doubles the operating revenues compared to an LDC in a similar size municipality and increases the degree of responsibility and complexity accordingly.

1 In order to address this matter, it is felt that rates between the median and the 75 h percentile represent a fair goal at this time .

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360 West St. S., P.O. Box 398, Orillia ON L3V 6J9 ~ ElectrQI S.foty Aolhorlty [email protected] www.orilliapower.ca "? Ontario Electrical Keith McAllister, P. Eng.- President & Chief Executive Officer SAFETY AWARD WINNER2010 Patrick J . Hurley, B.Math, CMA- Treasurer Page 115 of 321 Gayle Jackson February 27, 2012- Page 2

For the Chair, an Annual Retainer of $8,500 shows to be a reasonable comparator, with a Board meeting fee of $300. Similarly, for a Director, $6,500 Annual with a Board meeting fee of $300. In both cases, it is reasonable to leave the committee meeting fee at $100. Also, it is requested that these rates be phased in and be reached in 2014. Further adjustment to the fees will be necessary at that time.

5 The suggested increases would be; May 1 \ 2012/2013 and 2014. It is therefore recommended that City Council be requested to approve the fee structure as:

Proposed Current effective effective effective Since Nov 2000 May 1st, 2012 May 1st, 2013 May 1st, 2014 Chair: Annual Retainer $5,000 $6,500 $7,500 $8,500 Board meeting $200 $250 $300 $300 Committee meeting $100 $100 $100 $100

Director: Annual Retainer $4,000 $5,000 $5,750 $6,500 Board meeting $200 $250 $300 $300 Committee meeting $100 $100 $100 $100

Respectfully submitted,

Larry D. Brooksbank, P.Eng. Chair cc: Board of Directors, Orillia Power Corporation Bob Ripley - City of Orillia

Page 116 of 321 March 6, 2012

Dear Mayor Oris and Members of City Council,

The Orillia Youth Opportunities Committee is requesting that Mayor and City Council proclaim May 1-7, 2012 as National Youth Week.

As a reminder, National Youth Week is an opportunity for our community to celebrate youth. It's a chance for us to host events and support the principles of youth development that National Youth Week stands for. It is a chance to do something in our community, knowing that hundreds of other communities across the country are dedicating theirs efforts to celebrate youth at the same time as we do!

Anything our community does during the week of May 1 through to the 7th and that celebrates, encourages, or showcases the involvement of youth in our community, can be part of National Youth Week. We can celebrate the involvement and successes of youth in activities such as the arts, recreation, drama, sport, dance, fitness, civic engagement, volunteerism, leadership, and leisure!

Through activities, such as recreation and art, youth learn five basic life skills, which include· social, moral, ethical, physical and cognition competence. Additionally, through their involvement, young people are meeting the seven developmental needs which they need in order to feel fully engaged in the world around them. These needs are: self­ definition, physical activity, meaningful participation, mastery and achievement, positive interaction with adults and peers, structure and clear limits, and creative expression.

The imagination, ideals and energies of young women and men are vital for the continuing development of the societies in which they live. This was recognized over thirty years ago by the Member States of the United Nations when they endorsed the Declaration on the Promotion among Youth of the Ideals of Peace, Mutual Respect and Understanding between Peoples in 1965. Ten priorities for youth have been identified by the United Nations including health, leisure time activities, participation of youth in society and decision-making and education; all priorities that National Youth Week can support.

The Orillia Youth Opportunities Committee would like to encourage City Council to proclaim May 1-7 National Youth Week. National Youth Week is not a program, it's a movement, and - with interested people who are passionate about working with and supporting youth - it's going to grow in Canada over the next few years. Orillia can join great communities in Canada such as Penticton, B.C, Newmarket, ON, London, ON, Oshawa, ON, Vaughan, ON, Surrey, B.C and many more!!

A sample proclamation has been attached. If you have any questions or concerns, please email: [email protected].

Many thanks,

Original Signed By:

Sheila Whitmell OYOC Vice Chairperson and National Youth Week Task Force Member

Page 117 of 321 Page 118 of 321 RECEIVED MAR 0 7 2012 CLERK'S DEPT.

To the Mayor and council members: March 7, 2012

My name is John Par and I represent Kairos Group Ministries. A non for profit, charitable organization. This ministry promotes the unity of churches and community in the Orillia and surrounding area by way of community events such as feeding programs, concerts, public holiday involvement, conferences, fairs and other socials.

1 Our main event is the Friday Night Concert Series at Couchiching Park. This is our 6 h year the city of Orillia has allowed us to use the Aquatheatre for the "Free" concerts every Friday night during the months of July and August. We call it "It's Friday Thank God" or IFTG. Every year we invite various local worship teams to participate. Everyone is welcome to participate in these "family reunion" celebration evenings which will include creative worship - the visual arts, dance, flagging and of course a variety of styles of music, something for everyone.

As you may already know free concerts are not actually free to stage. Because these events are public - with no admission charges - and are staged on public property, the city has many rules and regulations governing them. One regulation is that we are not allowed to collect donations during the events. That's where you can help to promote unity in Orillia. We are asking you to sponsor one or more of the Friday concerts. The cost for each concert is approximately $1500. Most of the cost goes to a professional sound company, advertising and a small honorarium for each band.

We are a registered charity with the Canada Revenue Agency, so all donations are tax deductible. Please consider donating today.

For complete details visit our web site www.kairosgm.org or call John or Laura Par At (705) 326-5698 or [email protected]

Thanking you in advance for your time and consideration, John Par Kairos Group Ministries

Page 119 of 321 Page 120 of 321 RECEIVED MAR - 1 2012

~ MAYORl~ OFF1C~ I Sillce ~ 1975 463 WEST STREET N., ORILLIA, ON L3V 5G 1 TEL: (705) 325-9051 FAX: (705) 325-0071

February 29, 2012

To: City ofOrillia

Attention: Mayor Orsi and Council

It would be appreciated if you would reconsider the 5 million dollar ($5,000,000.) insurance liability and leave with Mayo's currant coverage of two million dollars ($2,000,000.)

We have attached e-mails from our Insurance Broker outlining our coverage and that they feel our insurance coverage is adequate.

Thanks for your kind consideration.

ayo, President May9's Service Centre Ltd.

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11 Gregg Wee>tl1erlll" ?·rem~:":"eo; "[email protected]"~~~====~---

Hi Gareth,

Further to our telephone conversation of yeserday, your current General Liability Insurance covers you against lawsuits from "property damage" or "bodily injury". This applies to your business operations as well as property that you own or otherwise occupy.

"Insured Contracts" are also covered under your policy. The policy definition is as follows: "Insured contract" means: a. A lease of premises; b. A sidetracl< agreement; c. An easement or license agreement in connection with vehicle or pedestrian private railroad crossings at grade; d. Any other easement agreement; e. An indemnification of a municipality as required by ordinance, e>:cept in connection with work for a municipality; f. An elevator maintenance agreement; or g. That part of any other contract or agreement pertaining to your business under which you assume the tort liability of another to pay "compensatory damages" because of "bodily injury" or "property damage" to a third person or organization, if the contract or agreement is made prior to the "bodily injury" or "property damage". Tort liability means a liability that would be imposed by law in the absence of any contract or agreement.

Based on this, that portion of the property on which you park the vehicles is covered by your policy.

Hope this helps but if you need anything else "please let me know.

Yours truly,

Gregg Weatherill G.B. Cragg Insurance Broker Ltd.

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Fmm: Gregg Weatherm ~-······· Sent: February-29-12 1.2:52:13 PM To: mayosservic11•••••••••••••

Dear Gareth & Diane,

FurthBr to our telephone conversations, the current limit for your Commercial General Liability insurance, under Economical Insurance policy #004698744, is $2,000,000 per occurrence. Based on the exposures of your business and the risk at hand it is our opinion that this limit is adequate.

If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact our office.

Yours truly,

Greggory Weat.herill G.B. Cragg Insurance Broker Ltd.

http://co 114w.col1!4.mail.live.com/mail/PrintMessages.aspx?cpids=l a327d0a-62fe-ll el ... 29/02/2012 Page 123 of 321 Page 124 of 321 RECEIVED I MAR - 1 2012 I~-~AYOR'S OFFICE L Karen Woolcox

Telephone (705) 259-2600 Work (705) 325-2366 [email protected]

38 Brant Street West, Orillia, Ontario, L3V 3N7

Hand Delivered

February 29, 2012

Mayor Angelo Orsi City of Orillia Orillia, Ontario

Dear Mayor Orsi:

Every year we lose an unacceptable number of young drivers in road fatalities. Many of these fatalities could have been avoided if those involved had just taken the time to put on their seatbelt. That oversight and split second decision to drive before buckling up, has an impact not only on the lives of those directly involved, but on their families, friends and loved ones forever.

I know this only too well, because I am the mother of an eighteen year old who was killed in a rollover accident in town a few years back. Had he buckled up that night ­ he would here with us today.

Teen drivers are at that fearless age where they think they are invincible. They inadvertently take chances, and those chances can result in bad and sometimes fatal outcomes.

For quite some time now, I have wanted to get actively involved in a seat belt awareness campaign, specifically aimed at our young drivers. I drive by the high schools on a regular basis and so often see kids getting in or out of cars where they clearly aren't wearing seatbelts.

In the interests of drawing young drivers' attention to the importance of wearing seatbelts, as well as potentially saving lives, I would ask that Council consider the updating our road signage bylaws, to allow for and incorporate memorial roadside signage.

Page 125 of 321 Furthermore, and ideally, I propose that this signage be installed adjacent to the parking lot areas of our four local high schools.

The signs could read: Be Safe - Buckle Up In Memory of Scott Woolcox

This signage would serve as a stark reminder every time the young students drive off the school parking lot of the very real losses already suffered, purely by not wearing a seatbelt.

There are many examples of memorial signage in Europe, the US and already in force in some areas of Canada. I have taken the liberty of attaching some of this for your information.

I have already been in discussions with Gerry Dwyer, our local Safety Officer with the OPP in this regard, and we both feel strongly that we need to focus and tie this initiative in with the annual OPP Seatbelt Safety Program, which again this year is planned for roll out in April.

I appreciate that this does not allow us a lot of time for deliberation, if we are to implement this initiative to run alongside the OPP Safety Program, but undoubtedly these strict timeframes will allow us to have most impact with local businesses, Safety Organizations as well as a strong, and OPP supported media launch.

I sincerely thank you for the time already given to me, allowing me to share this important safety initiative. !look forward to working closely with you in the near future, spearheading this Campaign. I have no doubt we can work together in implementing change, ensuring this comes to fruition in a timely and cost effective manner.

Best Regards, qft] Karen Woolcox

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SEATBELTENFORCEMENT BEING STEPPED UP t The OPP will be increasing enforcement throughout the province to ensure motorists every­ where do their part in saving lives ey buckling up. 1 The Increased enforcement is part of the spring seatbelt cam­ paign, which is a partnership oetween the OPP, Ontario Ministry of Transportation and other road safety partners. The campaign runs Aprll14-24. ' In OPP jurisdictions this year, 11 people have lost their lives as a result

Page 127 of 321 http://www. transportation. wv .gov/highways/traffic/roadsidememorials/Publishinglmages/... 06/0112012 • ROAD SAFm: Drivers canp revent tragedy ~om 't igmore damge rrs SARA ROSS pery at the time of the crash, The Packet & Times police said. Earlier this week, Nipissing There is a car swerving in and MPP Vic Fedeli demanded a out of both lanes right in front of coroner's office investigation you as you're driving down into four recent crashes in Highwayll. northern Ontario, including the Will you call the police or w.ill one that took the lives of the you ignore it? Barrie teens. In downtown Orillia, you spot Young adults are the best a woman chatting on her cell­ ac;sets a community has, he said. phone while cruising down Mis­ "We spend thousands and sissaga Street. thousands of dollars to educate Will you call the police or will these young people, getting you ignore it? them to a stage where they can In both cases, police want make a valuable contribution to your call. the city, and the next thing you "You can never be criticized know, some crazy accident takes for erring on the side of caution," their life." OPP Co nst. Peter Leon said Traffic and road safety is a Thursd ay. "That could ulti­ shared responsibility and seeing mately save somebody else's life Orillia take a strong stance is or unnecessary injury down the appreciated, Leon said. road:' "What bas l;tappened in the There have been 17 deaths in first 18 days of this year is very Ontario so far this year, includ­ alarming," he said. "Anybody ing a collision that killed two who operates a motor vehicle, Barrie teens. At the same time who is out on our roads, we need last year, there were eight fatali­ their help. We can't do it alone."' ties. Police are always on the look­ The City of Orillia has put a out for what they call "the big zero-fatality plan in place with fo ur": impaired driving, hop es of seeing a year free of improper use or failing to use deaths on local roads. seatbelt restraints, distracted Leading the effort is Coun. driving and aggressive driving. Don Jenkins, who developed the All impaired-driving reports plan. should be made through 911. "Instead of shaking your head, "We need to get that vehicle saying, 'What a crazy guy that is, st9pped before somebody loses changing lanes and going up on their life or gets seriously the curb,' you should phone injured," Leon said. police and say, 'Look, there is a Depending on the circum­ crazy guy on Memorial Aven·ue. stances, the others should be Get him the hell off the road,'n reported to the OPP's non-emer­ Jenkins said Thursday. "Don't gency line. It's not illegal to use a ignore it. That guy's going to kill cell phone while driving to re~rt somebody:' a crime. • Coldwater teen Amber Gal­ Jenkins's IJlOtion encourages braith was driving too fast for the all city departments and organi­ road conditio ns when she was zations in the city to "institute killed on Horseshoe Valley Road significant educational pro­ the morning of Dec. 8, police grams aimed at auto-accident reduction." said at the time. Two weeks ago, seven Residents who notice danger­ ous driving that could be allevi­ .teenagers - including Barrie cousins Jessica Chamberland, ated through a street sign or other city measure should call 18, and 17 -year-old Alyssa McK­ council or the public works eown·- died in two separate. department. crashes on Highw

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Unlike the County of Northumberland, Hamlton Township has updated ijs stgn bylaw to reg[.jate yard sale s•gns and roadside memonals for people who have been killed 1n l traffic accidents Today

Both the county and the township, however, proh1bfl Beyond the Garage Door polijical signs on their road right of ways and road BRIGHTON ARTS allowarces COUNCIL presents ...... _ ... . PAT The township's updated bylaw has ltghtened up regulatJons around Its yard sale s1gns, deputy clerk Kate Surerus said 1n a recent interview Cobourg Ecology Garden T he signs are not to exceed A metres on each side, there can not be more than two signs per lot where the event wtll Volunteer Committee be held (and they are not to be up for more than frve days) and the signs must not restrict vehicular or pedestnan traffic Member Meetings There is a very extens1ve roadside memonal s1gn sect10n that was produced from several meetmg diSCUSSIOns by MOVIe Time Hamilton Township councillors and work by ts staff Ou1nte Amateur Rad1o It rca'Is 'T;::~ h<:fp memorialize Jove<:l one-; k•lled '" vehicular cra::.t'""· and remtnd motoriSts to dnve safety the Club meet1ng Wed. Jan Township of Hamlton has established gu• dP~ to erect and ma1nta1n roadside mernonal signs" -- 18, 2012, 7 30pm These include. use of an official sign that will be provided by the municipalijy and installed by 1ts roads department The JO'l 3. 2012 blue s1gn w ill have white letters and the applicant can choose one of three applicable messages P..Je.b Buckle up" 1n memory of (and the person's name), or Please Drive Safely" or Don1 Dnve and Dnve " Snow Art

Council IS only aware of one ex1s!Jng roadside mernonal and rt IS on Theatre Road where a teenage gtrllost her lrte It J an.~. 201 2 was not grandfathered as an ex1sting legal memorial wrth1n the bylaw, Surerus said Stuffie Sleepover Any request for the new memonal signs can be regtstered with the munlc1palct1es w1th1n three years of the fatal crash by a member of the immediate family Jan 5. 2012

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The Lewis County Roadside Memorial Sign Program was developed in response to requests received from people who have lost family members to automobile accidents caused by drunk drivers or other potentially unsafe conditions. The Lewis County Traffic Services Division believes this program may help reduce roadway fatalities.

The following six messages, related to the cause of the collision, are available for standard roadside memorial sign installation.

"PLEASE DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE" "PLEASE DRIVE SAFELY" "SEAT BELTS SAVE LIVES" " PLEASE WATCH FOR PEDESTRIANS" " PLEASE WATCH FOR BICYCLISTS" "PLEASE WATCH FOR MOTORCYCLISTS"

A secondary plaque displays the message "In Memory of" , together with the victim's name or "Sponsored by'' together with the victim's name. The signs and plaques may be placed at one or two locations near the scene of the accident. If the collision occurred at an intersection, the sign(s) are located on the major roadway.

The Lewis County Roadside Memorial Sign Program includes sign(s), plaque(s), and post(s), as well as installation and maintenance over a maximum period of two years. The cost of the program is $400 per posting, which is paid for by the sponsor. Renewal of the sponsorship will be offered at maintenance and replacement cost ($200). In the event no replacement or maintenance was necessary during the two year period, sponsorship can be extended for an additional year.

Citizens interested in sponsoring a memorial sign should write or e-mail Erik Martin, Maintenance and Traffic Engineer, at erikmartin(!!.1 1ewiscountywa_g~ and include a brief statement of the incident with the collision date and road location. Written consent from the immediate family of the victim is required.

For More Information Lewis County Public Works Traffic Engineering & Operations ATTN : Erik Martin 2025 NE Kresky Ave Chehalis, WA 98532

Page 130 of 321 More than 10,000 charged d~ring seatbelt ca01paign Ontario Provincial Police checked 1.24 million vehicles and levied thousands of charges during 'There are still driVers who cion'I the annual spring seatbelt initiative, which ended Monday. seem to get it.' Four people died as a result of not wearing seatbelts during the province-wide campaign. Jut10n Fontino which began April 16. "Ontario has one of the highest compliance up, a 14.7 per cent increase over 2006. So far in rates for seatbelt use of any jurisdiction in North 2008, 27 people not wearing seatbelts have died America:· said OPP Commissioner Julian Fan­ on OPP-patrolled roads, a 28.9 per cent decrease tino in aJlledia statement. over the same time last year, when 38 people had "But there are still drivers out there who don't been killed as a result of not being buckled up. seem to get it. In one incident during the recent campaign. the "We had four people die during the campaign OPP stopped a passenger van in which 12 of the because the) weren't buclcled up. The fe\\ ~ec­ 15 passengers weren't wearing seatbelts. The law onds it takes to buckle up could be the diffen:nce calls for vehicles to have one seatbelt for each between li\ing and dying if you are imolved in a passenger seat. serious collision." The OPP was also checking for improperly The OPP laid 10,753 charges against drivers, installed child restraints or young children who 4,481 charges against passengers, and charged weren't in car seats at all. 274 drivers for not having a probably installed A properly used child seat reduces a child's child restraint. risk of injury in a motor vehicle collision by as Last year, 117 people were k:i lied on roads pa­ much as 75 per cent, yet as many as 80 per cent of trolled by the OPP as a result of not being buclcled child car seats are used incorrectly.

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The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will install a roadside memorial sign along a state­ maintained highway, normally for a period of two years.

By stata law, the entire cost of fabricating and installing such a sign must be paid by the person requesting it.

There may be no deviation from the standard roadside memorial sign specifications.

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• VDOT will meet with the requester to review and approve the proposed location of the sign. The sign cannot be installed within a "clear zone."

• The requester will bear the entire cost of the sign. Fabrication and installation of the sign must Roadside memorial sign be per the sign specification. Deta•ls >>

• When the sign has been fabricated, VDOT will issue a land use permit at no cost for a period of two years.

• The sign will not remain on site more than two years. The requestor is responsible for removing the sign, and should contact their local VDOT office at that time. If they do not, VDOT will remove the sign and retain it at the local residency office or area headquarters for 30 days.

• For a roadside memorial sign to remain longer than the two-year period, the person who receives the land use permit must write the approving residency maintenance manager requesting a one-year extension. This extension can be repeated in following years.

• VDOT participation is limited to identifying the location of the sign and issuing a permit. Requestors should consult with their )QQill VDOT office regarding fabrication and installation.

• All memorials shall be erected on the right side of the highway. The right shoulder is larger thus allowing ample room to pull over and install the memorial without interfering with traffic. Contact

For more information, contact your local VDOT o:l1ce.

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List By Month )~~u~ ry _ {_i012 C'c The province will partner with MADD Canada to establish a new memorial sign program to mark locati ons on provincial Subscribe for Email Alerts highways where impaired drivers have taken a life, Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Ron Lemieux and Attorney

Subscribe for RSS Alerts General Dave Chomiak announced today.

Click here for any comments or inquiries regarding Government of "Impaired driving is no accident," said Lemieux. "It is a reckless and deadly choice that takes a tenrible toll on families. These Manitoba News Releases. signs w 111 not only be a memorial to those who have lost thelf lives, but a reminder of those deadly consequences •

"We're more keenly aware of our obligation Ia stay sober when getting behind the wheel at this time of year, but we need to remember to be safe every day," said Chomiak "In 2005, 13 Manitobans were killed by drivers who didn't take that warning seriously."

Manitoba Auditor General "It is important to never forget those who have been killed due to the selfish actions of an impaired driver, the devastating impact on families of such deaths and the need for the public to avoid causing future tragedies by not drinking and driving ," Office of the Children's Advocate said Andrew Murie, chief executive officer of MADD Canada "On behalf of MADD Canada, I thank the Manitoba Manitoba Public Insurance govern ment for joining us in establishing the new memorial sign program and for its longstanding efforts to fight impaired driving." Manitoba Hydro

Manitoba Lotteries Details of the program will be worked out through a memorandum of understanding. MADD Canada will work with Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation to install the signs at safe locations along provincial highways Manitoba Liquor Control Commission

The signs will only be installed after a conviction has taken place and only with permission from the victim's family The signs will include the name of the victim and an image of the red ribbon MADD uses to remind motorists not to drink and drive.

Since 2003, Manitoba has been consistenUy recognized by MADD Canada as having the best provincial impaired driving laws in Canada. Manitoba's drinking and driving laws and programs include stiff fines, licence suspensions and the use of ignition interlocks.

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The WYDOT Roadside Memorial Signing Roadside Program establishes guidelines and procedures for the placement and maintenance of roadside memorials. Memorial The signing program was established largely in the interest of highway safety. It Program essentially will keep grieving families out of harm's way since they will no longer be ,------, allowed to park along highways and install g~-u~;u CD 0 §-'< 0 their own memorials. ' -· w recognition of the emotional needs of ::::J (i)" ::::J -· SD ::r ;:,rieving family members and others. It ~C:~;:l.O that the memorials themselves do not 1\) (1) {)" 3 ::::!. become safety hazards. 0<(1)"'0> 0 t'\' \II - <.0 ~ ::::J "T'1 Neither will the new signs be distracting to wI 0.. oo- V motorists or otherwise hinder WYDOT w -t\ <0 ~ ~~ rights-of-way operations such as mowing 0 @loW and snow removal. ::::J 3 (J) "'0 They will also serve as an addition to ...,0 Page 134 of 321 vVYDOT's driver-awareness efforts by or reminding the public to drive defensively o·- and to always buckle their seat belts. ::::J

A memorial signing program SIC/), for those who die Published by WYDOT .,Q - 0 Public Affairs Office ~-~ ~ on Wyoming state highways ! "1:1 cg April 2003 \,YY[)OT's Roadside Memorial Program Criteria • Any person who dies in a crash on a Wyoming state • Memorial signs will remain in place for five years. highway outside a municipality is eligible to have a However they will be removed sooner if a family memorial sign erected in his or her honor. member, who originally signed the application request, asks in writing to have the sign removed. • One memorial sign is allowed for each person who dies. A request for the sign must come from the • No private memorials of any type will be allowed. immediate family. It must be made by completing and Any that are erected will be promptly removed by mailing the form below. WYDOT and held for two weeks to allow retrieval by those who put them up. • WYDOT will erect and maintain the sign. It will be placed as close to the right-of-way fence as possible • Existing private memorials will be allowed to remain and well off the traveled way. Installations in urban until spring of 2008. areas will not be allowed. • Additionally, signs will not be placed in highway clear zones or drainage ditch areas.

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Wyoming Department of Transportation Date requested ROADSIDE MEMORIAL SIGN APPLICATION

Name of person or family applying for sign Relationship to victim

Address

City State Zip code Daytime phone number

Date of fatal crash Location of crash

Victim's name(s) as they appear on the accident report Name of driver on accident report

Victim's Immediate family's approval signatures Other comments

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Designing the Wyoming roadside memorial The design of the roadside memorial is the result of a contest among Wyoming grade- school students sponsored by WYDOT. Many students participated, and the final sign is , / a combination of the two best and most ••' compatible efforts. The broken heart has been I ' I \ effectively combined with the dove. The heart I symbolizes grief and sorrow, while the dove . "'·, \ I flying upward suggests hope, peace and ,,,~5e I ,- I healing. , ·' ·.<<)..~ \~. _.. ,·· The two designs, shown at right, came from .,. , ,· Chelsea Moore Casper Katherine Townsend, a Newcastle fifth grader, Katherine Townsend _ _ ..., "'""'-·--- • ·---- .... ,... _____ ... : .. *ol .... ___ ,..., __ ----

Page 135 of 321 -low it Got Started the Colorado State ·or mmlY.. vears.; ,atrol. loca: law enforceu1ent .@encie~ and the Colorado )epartn:;ent o1 l'nulS}JOrtatlon l DO I) llm·e made conceited e!Tort~ ::. tal . De'>pire llese effort.;, . dnl.llken drh·ers are J> U ·~(J)O ..... roN!l>o :l tl\ oln:d iu UIJIJloxuuatd) : oo ~S .....iii' o...... s: "' "" " l'as pnc..;eo ro commcmornte (j) "-J:>::B ;::l. Signage Progran tO "\J Uln:3 ~lay ::; NID mro ·ictnns of nCI diiYcl'S and 011 lj) (/1 ..J ;:) 10 )> <0 ..... 0. 2004 legislation \,·a) also pa-ssed CD ID -i :>commemorate fatal cm~h \·ictims ~ 0 -- t1) ~ 1 - ""' ID non-alcohol hono1 and ren1etnber their lo\·ed .-ru 0 rnes. Tb~ s.gn~ ~1l so ~c:t~: e as stark ...... e:11i11dci ~ tv motorists ~nd theu • DS'-' cllf:er~ 0f rbe responsibhty lwreJ by c\·eryoue ro dri\·e safely sob~r. 1:.J :JJ .B

Colorado Deoartment of Transoortaticr Roadside Memorial Signage Program Criteria

A sign must be requested by the victim's family or COOT will return sign to the family after six years. sponsor with the consent of the victim's family. ADDITIONAL SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR Signs may only be installed on State highways. "DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE" SIGNS FOR FATAL Signs installed on State highways within a city or ALCOHOUDRUG (DUI) RELATED CRASHES town require local government approval. There must be a conviction of the driver involved in a fatal crash who was in violation of Colorado DU I No sign shall be installed on Interstate highways laws, or a toxicology report must show the victim (ie. 1-25, 1-70 etc). An alternative sign location for driver to have been in violation of Colorado's DU I interstate fatalities may be considered on a State laws and only with the permission of the crash highway near the crash location. victim's family members ..

Applicant shall pay COOT $100 to partially cover Program information is available online at fabrication, installation, maintenance and removal www.DOT.State.CO.US/Safety/ orfrom the costs. Up to three names may be included on one Colorado Deparbnent of Transportation sign with multiple victims. Payment is due after Safety and Traffic Engineering Branch COOT approves the application. 4201 East Arkansas Avenue Denver, Colorado 80222 COOT will fabricate, install and maintain the sign or by calling COOT at (303) 757-9662 for six years from the date of initial installation. or by calling MADD at (303) 425-5905 e-mail Roadside.Memorial DOT.State.CO.US

Mailing address: City: Zip code:

Date of fatal crash: Location of crash (State Highway and Milepost H known): County:

VIctim's name(s) (as they should appear on the sign) Victim's name(s) (as they appear on the accident report 1 1 2 2 3 3 Investigating law enforcement agency: Name of the driver on the accident report:

Roadside Memorial Sign message to be included on the sign (please choose one): 0 DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE (Note specific r,.;quirements above) 0 PLEASE DRIVE SAFELV (for any fatalities) <0 PLEASE RIDE SAFELV (for motorcycle/bicycle fatalities) e> PLEASE BUCKLE UP (for fatalities where victim was not wearing a seat belt) Preferred sign location (please choose one): 0 LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE ACCIDENT REPORT (provided by COOT) 0 LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE ATIACHED SKETCH VIctim's immediate family slgnature(s): Applicant signature:

Date:

NOTE: Applicant will be required to remit a check, payable to the Colorado Department of Transportation in the amount of $100, once sign application is approved. Please keep COOT informed of any change of address. COOT FORM #1314 02/09 E-Mail to COOT _j

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Roadside Memorial Program

' .• 511 ""' :g;:.: •• - will install a memorial sign free of charge for anyone killed in a traffic crash ing highway, if the sign is requested in writing by a member of the 1NOTIFY .. immediate family. Sign up for O•mallitut road condition ~lerts .-.. receiving the application, WYOOT will install the sign as soon as practical, and it will remain in place for five years. At that time the family will have the option of having the sign removed so they can claim it, leaving the sign up without mainbenance until deterioration requires it be removed or having a new sign installed for a $50 fee to cover the costs of fabrication and installation.

WYDOT makes every effort to locate memorial signs as close as possible to the site of the fatalities, but maintenance personnel have the flexibility to consider safety concerns.

The goal of the Roadside Memorial Program is to remember the victims of traffic crashes and recognize the needs of grieving families, while still maintaining a safe r---- dear zone along the highways.

Having WYDOT personnel install and maintain the breakaway signs that meet federal safety standards for use beside highways eliminates the dangers of family members erecting memorials beside a highway, and of having unregulated obstructions in the dear zone along the road.

Any private memorials placed in highway rights of way will be removed and held at the nearest WYDOT shop for two weeks to give family members an opportunity to retrieve them.

Applications for memorial signs are available by contacting WYOOT's Public Affairs 1-----~- Office at (307) n7-4437 or at the address below, and the aophcation form is included in brochure available for downloading below.

Once completed, print the form, sign it and mail it to:

Roadside Memorial Program

Wyoming Department of Transportation Public Affairs Office 5300 Bishop Boulevard Cheyenne, WY 82009-3340

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WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS

ROADSIDE MEMORIAL SIGN APPLICATION

Please print or type all information

IN MEMORY OF

Name: (Please print clearly in block letters the name as you would like it to appear on memorial)

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Please select which message to be displayed on memorial sign by checking one box on the left.

Messa2e Type of Crash PLEASE DRIVE SAFELY Standard safety message used for any fatality PLEASE BUCKLE UP Alternative message for fatalities where victim was not wearing seat belt DON'T DRINK & DRIVE Alternative message for fatalities involvin2 alcohol and/or drugs

CBASHINFORMAJ10N County ______Date of Crash------Route,RoadorStreetName ______

Involved Driver's Name (if known)------

APPLICANT INFORMATION

Name: ______R,elationship: ------

Mailing Address ------

City and State: ------Day Phone: ( ) ------

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I certify that to the best of my knowledge the individual I am requesting to be memorialized did not commit a serious traffic offense that was determined to be proximate cause of the crash.

Signature of Applicant

NOTE: Applicant will be required to remit a check, payable to the West Virginia Department of Transportation in the amount of $200, once sign application is approved. Please keep West Virginia Division of Highways informed of any change of address.

Please return completed application to:

Roadside Memorial Sign Program WVDOH, Traffic Division Building 5, Rm A-550 1900 Kanawha Blvd, E Charleston, West Virginia 25305-0430

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Tra I" , > > • E g "- > Roadside Memorials Roadside Memorials Roadside Memorials Current Road Conditions for Major Highways Approximately 400 people d1e annually as a result of crashes on West Virginia's highways. To address the problem, the West Virginia Division of Highways has partnered with the State's highway safety partners to develop a Strategic Highway Safety Plan to reduce highway related fatalities and injuries. Traffic Engineering Through coordinated disciplines of engineering, enforcement, education, and emergency medical Directives (TEDs) - Oct. services West Virginia has established a goal of "Zero Fatalities ... Saving One Life at a T1me". 26, 2005 Additional information on West Virginia's efforts to reduce fatalities on state highways can be found by viev.ing the ~ n

To help memorialize loved ones killed in vehicular crashes, and remind motorist to drive safely, the Division of Highways has established guidelines to erect and maintain Roadside Memorial Signs. The Roadside Memorial Sign is an official sign that is provided and placed by the Division of Highways, and is installed as close as possible to the site where a fatal motor vehicle crash occurred. The memorial consists of white lettering on a blue background, and contains 1 of 3 messages chosen by the applicant followed by the name of the deceased:

"Please Drive Safely" - available for all victims of highway fatalities

"Please Buckle Up" - available for highway fatalities where victim was not wearing a seat belt.

"Don't Drink and Drive"- available for victims of a vehicular crash involving alcohol or drugs.

Click L _ to view an example of a Roadside Memorial Sign.

Roadside Memorial Signs may be requested within 3 years following the date of a fatal motor vehicle crash by a member of the immediate family of the victim. Only one sign Vvill be permitted per victim and the sign may memorialize more than one victim. If application is approved, the applicant Vvill be informed in writing of the decision along Vvith an invoice for $200 that compensates the Division for its review of the application, the installation of the roadside memorial sign and its maintenance for a period of 3 years from the date of installation. Upon receipt of the non-refundable payment, the Division shall manufacture and install the sign, and shall notify the applicant in writing when the sign has been installed. The applicant may make a second, optional payment of $200 to extend the display and maintenance of the sign for an additional 3 years. At the end of the initial or renewal period, whichever comes later, the sign will be removed and offered to the applicant.

Please note that Roadside Memorial Signs are not permitted for persons whose wrongful conduct was the proximate cause of the crash. If the Division's review discloses clear and convincing evidence that the crash resulted from the commission of a serious traffic offense as defined in the West Virginia Code, Section 17C-5-1 et seq., or from the use of a vehicle in the commission of a felony, or from flight from police, the Division Vvill deny the application and inform applicant in writing.

Applications for memorial signs are available by contacting the Traffic Engineering Division at (304) 558- 3063, the address below, or by downloading the _ from this site. Please return completed applications to:

Roadside Memorial Sign Program WVDOH, Traffic Division Building 5, Room A-550 1900 Kanawha Blvd, E Charleston, West Virginia 25305-0430

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Page 141 of 321 Frequently Asked Questions Frequently Asked Questions Roadside What are the criteria for eligibility? What types of roads are eligible for a sign? Eligibility requirements are shown on Only accident locations along mainline inside of this brochure. City streets are eligible. Signs will not Memorial be placed on local or private roads, Who can request a sign? and accidents that occurred on a state The applicant must be an immediate highway need to be processed through family member of the crash victim. Or COOTs memorial signing program. Signs a non-family sponsor may apply for a sign with written agreement from an Can I have the sign installed where I want? ~·-.: .. . . . 'f'-~, immediate family member. The specific location of the sign is RLEASE·. ·~.·.·1.. ·.·.!i.• determined by City staff and is based :r".''···'; ~ - -~ ~ : .I · t o ' What happens if someone objects to the upon a number of items including local, 'i'~ D RI V ·EJt 1 sign? state, and federal regulations. If you f. Only immediate family members may have a specific request, City staff will ti: ~AFtLY i I object. The objection needs to be in work with you to accommodate your writing, and then the sign will not be preference to the extent possible. I J.~rr M···-n~l'l>"'·'~<·~·~e.mo r ;: installed. :·t. ,... t l·t··' Yi \ 1.· Jo.hn .:. ooe What happens if the sign gets vandalized, 1 1 ., ~i •'tl·· !·:tz • I '· ~ .: ~ i 1'993- oo·· s' ~ How much does it cost? stolen or knocked down? • .J t·• 1,.r There is no cost to have the sign in City staff will oversee all aspects of place for five years. maintenance the sign may need.

How long will the sign remain up? What happens to the sign at the end of the ~ City of loveland A sign will remain in place for five five year period? years. Applicant or immediate family The sign will be donated to the Sigr:1 ~Program In member may request removal at applicant if he/she so wishes. The anytime. applicant must contact the City Traffic Memory Of Those Division before the five year Who Died In Fatal How do I apply? anniversary to obtain sign. Page 142 of 321 Contact the City of Loveland Traffic Crashes Division by phone or web to obtain an Additional information, program specifics, application. and applications for a memorial sign are available by contacting: How soon can the sign be installed? Once a completed application has been submitted, it can take up to 30 City of Loveland days for review. Upon approval, sign Traffic Division ordering, fabrication, and installation 1 05 W. Fifth Street can take up to an additional60 days. Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 962-2633 www.cityofloveland.org City of Loveland Purpose An additional12" x 24" plaque bearing the Sign Location and Maintenance words "In Memory Of (Name of Fatality)" This program allows commemoration of or "Sponsored By (Name)" will be • Signs will only be installed on City crash fatalities on City of Loveland streets installed beneath the rectangular panel. maintained mainline roadways. (Signs through the placement of a memorial In the event of multiple fatalities, on State Highways need to be roadside sign. additional names can be placed on the requested and processed through the plaque. COOT memorial signing program.) Eligibility • The specific location of the sign is at Requesting a Sign the discretion of City of Loveland. One In order to be eligible for a roadside sign, sign designating the site of a fatal the following criteria must be met: An immediate family member (*) of the crash will be installed in one direction deceased victim may request a memorial of travel on the right side of the road in • The accident must have occurred sign by submitting a completed close proximity to the crash location. within six years of application; application form. • The City will replace the sign at no • The accident occurred on a City *An immediate family member is a cost to the applicant should it be maintained mainline roadway; spouse, child, stepchild, brother, vandalized or otherwise damaged. • The accident resulted in a human stepbrother, sister, stepsister, mother death; stepmother, father or stepfather. Sign Removal • There is no written opposition to the installation of a memorial sign from any Alternatively, a non-family member • The sign will remain in place for five immediate family member; sponsor may request a memorial sign by years from the date of initial placement. • In the case where application is made submitting a completed application form The applicant (or any immediate family for an intoxicated driver (alcohol or any together with written agreement of at least member) may request removal in other controlled substance) who was one member of the deceased's immediate writing at any time. fatally injured, the name plaque shall family. • After five years, the sign will be read "Sponsored by (family name or removed by City of Loveland and applicant)" and will not include the Process and Procedures donated to the applicant, if the driver's name. applicant so wishes. The applicant submits to City of Loveland • The city of Loveland reserves the right Sign Specifics a completed application form . to terminate the Memorial Sign Program at any time without notice to Page 143 of 321 The signs are 24" x 24" blue rectangles The City of Loveland will review the applicants. with one of the following messages to be application and accident report within 30 chosen by the applicant: days. (If necessary for verification purposes, the applicant may be asked to • Please Drive Safely provide a copy of the accident report and • Please Ride Safely death certificate). Additional program details are • Seat Belts Save Lives available from City of Loveland Traffic • Please Watch for Pedestrians Upon approval, the sign will be ordered, Division staff upon request. • Please Watch for Bicyclists fabricated, delivered and installed within • Don't Drink and Drive 60 days. • Don't Drink and Ride The Cher.n-.: Chronicle - SCOOT makes roadside memorial signs a~r.~ i labl e 12-02-19 11:14 AM

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The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCOOT) will allow immediate family members to apply for a new standard roadside memorial sign to honor loved ones who were lost in traffic crashes on the state's highways.

The 24' x 24" main sign will read "DRIVE SAFELY." A 24" x 12" memorial plaque will include the phrase "IN MEMORY OF' followed by the victim's name. An anonymous identification such as ' A LOVED ONE' can also be used. See the attached link for an image of the sign & plaque. Cheraw, South Carolina Mostly cloudy. Cool. Transportation Secretary H. B. Limehouse Jr. said it was time to create a standard for roadside 52 Degrees F memorials. "In years past, families that have lost loved ones have put their own lives in danger Humidity: 94%-Wind: Northeast. 12.64 when placing memorials along roadsides. The SCOOT memorials will provide a dignified and safe mph way to honor their lost family members. The uniform memorial and plaque will provide a safe Click for Detailed Forecast remembrance for lost Jove ones, but our comr!lltment 1s still focused on reducing fatalities and the need to place these memorials," said Limehouse Lottery

Department of Public Safety Director Mark Keel said, "The memorials Should prov1de some comfort Sponsored By for VIctims' familiesr while also servtng to remtDd passing motorists to remain alert and to drive safely.

Immediate family members (parents, children, spouse, siblings, grandparents or grandchildren) may request a memorial. See the 2nd attached link for the application.

The fee for manufacturing, erecting and maintaining the sign is $250. South Carolina Lottery Jackpots Applications should be made within one year of the crash date unless the Secretary of Game Jackpot Draw Date Transportation grants an exception. Only one sign per incident will be erected. In the case of Powerball $60.00 Million WED 02 / 22 multiple victims a larger sign may be used to include all names on one plaque. MEGA Millions $72.00 Million TOE 02/21 In the event of conflicting wishes among immediate family members, no sign will be erected or the sign will be removed if it's already in place.

Signs will be installed on the right-hand side of the road . No signs will be erected in the median or on the left-hand side of the road.

SCOOT will make every effort to install the signs at the approximate location of the crash site. However signs will not be placed in front of a residence or business and cannot create a distraction from traffic control devices.

SCOOT can only erect signs on state highways. The agency does not have the authority to place them on city or county roads. Indexes Last Change Chg % NAS DAQ 2951.78 .a. -8.07 -0.27% In the case of an interstate highway, memorial signs will be placed in a dedicated area at the nearest welcome center or rest area OJ IA 12949.87 1' 45 79 0.35% TSXComp 12458.30 .. -27 .29 -0.22% SCOOT reserves the right to temporarily remove or relocate a sign at any time for highway Get Quote maintenance or construction. NYSE/AMEX data del a~ed 20 mnut"s NASDAQ and other data Signs Will remain in place for two years. Following the two-year period, the sign will be taken down. delayed 15 m1nutes Dow Jones l ndexell are updated dally The memorial plaque will be sent to the person who applied for the sign at the address listed on the and reflect End of Day Pncmg application.

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Gas Prices No signs will be erected for victims who were directly involved in criminal activity that led to their deatns, such as DUI, reckless dnving. fleeing law enforcement officers, etc.

Applications for roadside memorials will be available on the SCOOT website: www.scdot.org beginning on Aug. 9, 2010. The application must include a copy of the accident report issued by the investigating law enforcement agency. Information on how to obtain an accident report is available on the SC Department of Motor Vehicles Web site: http://www.scdmvonline.com/DMVNew/defautt.aspx? n=accident_reports.

Completed applications should be mailed to. SCOOT, Attn: Roadside Memorials, P.O. Box 191 , Columbia, S.C. 29202-0191 View Cheraw, SC Gas Prices

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Page 145 of 321 M>AMS COUNTY

ROADSIDE MEMORIAL SIGN PROGRAM CRITERIA

Roadside memorials can help grieving families and friends deal with the loss of a loved one. They can also alert drivers to the very real and serious consequences of unsafe driving. Adams County's policy on roadside memorials is intended to accommodate these important interests, while at the same time helping to avoid legal challenges that can sometimes be presented when memorials are installed without approval or regulation.

Adams County's policy on roadside memorials gives grieving family members two options for creating a memorial. Under the first option, the county will make a memorial sign and install and maintain the sign on behalf of an applicant. Under the second option, the county will issue a sign pennit and the applicant will install and maintain the sign. Under both options Adams Cmmty will first ensure that the proposed sign does not present a safety hazard or maintenance impediment and otherwise meets the criteria of this policy.

The following criteria sha1l be utilized to issue roadside memorial signs and roadside memorial sign permits:

1. The program applies only to fatal crashes occurring on a county road in unincorporated Adams County. For state highway system traffic fatalities, an applicant may contact the Colorado Department of Transportation at 303.757.9360. Only one memorial sign or permit will be installed or issued per crash, regardless of the number of fatalities.

2. Memorial signs or sign permits may be requested only by the immediate family of the deceased or by close friends when no immediate family members available. The family may direct the Public Works Department in writing to remove a memorial sign or revoke a permit at any time.

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Page 146 of 321 3. Applicants may select one ofthe following two options:

Option One: County-issued Sign

• County-issued signs will be installed by the Public Works Department as close as practicable to the actual site of the fatal crash. It will generally be installed on the side of the road that represents the direction the vehicle was traveling at the time of the crash. Signs will not be installed in medians, on bridge structures or other locations deemed inapproptiate or unsafe by the Public Works Department.

• County-issued signs will be maintained by the Public Works Department and remain in place for two (2) years with an additional two (2) year extension if requested by the family or applicant. At the conclusion of the posting period, the sign will be removed by the Public Works Department and donated to the family.

• The cost of a county-issued sign is $50. This fee represents the county's direct and indirect expenses with creating, installing and maintaining the sign. The fee shall be transmitted to the county treasurer and be credited it to the applicable county highway or transportation fund.

Option Two: Sign Permit

• An applicant choosing to create his/her own roadside memorial must receive a roadside memorial sign petmit fi·om the Public Works Department. To qualify for a roadside memorial sign permit, the sign must not exceed three feet in height above ground, two feet in width and six inches in thickness. Signs must be constructed of a durable material and may not contain any moving or electronic parts.

• The applicant may propose a location for the roadside memorial sign. However, signs must be located within the highway easement as far from the roadway as reasonably necessary to preserve public safety and facilitate highway maintenance, given the proposed location.

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Page 147 of 321 • As a condition of the permit, the applicant must agree to erect and appropriately maintain the roadside memmial sign.

• The Public Works Department will deny a roadside memorial sign application if the proposed type or location of the memorial would result in a potential safety hazard or maintenance impediment. In this event, the Public Works Department will suggest that the applicant consider an alternative design or placement that meets the requirements of this program.

• The Public Works Department will remove any roadside memorial that does not comply with the requirements of this program, including through the applicant's failure to substantially perfmm any erection or maintenance agreement specified in the permit. The Public Works Department may deny or revoke a pennit for false or misleading information given in the application or for the erection or maintenance of a memotial in violation of this section.

• The fee for obtaining a roadside memotial sign permit is $25, representing the county's direct and indirect expenses associated with issuing and administering the pennit. The fee will be transmitted to the county treasurer and credited to the applicable county highway or transportation fund.

4. Because memorial signs are sometimes placed in close proximity to high speed/high volume motor vehicle traffic, family and friends are discouraged :fi·om visiting the crash site, leaving mementos or otherwise adorning the roadside memorial sign. If this occurs and represents a hazard, the roadside memorial sign will be removed at the discretion of the Public Works Department.

5. The Public Works Department will remove roadside memorials that are not permitted or issued by Adams County. Reasonable effort will be made to contact the family of a victim to provide information on how to request a sign or permit in accordance with the guidelines of this program.

If you have any questions about the county's roadside memorial sign program, or to obtain an application, please contact the Adams County Public Works Department at 303.853.7100.

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Page 148 of 321 ORDINANCE NO. 500

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WOODINVILLE, WASHINGTON, ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 10.18 TO THE WOODINVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE AND TO ESTABLISH A ROADSIDE MEMORIAL SIGN PROGRAM IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, SUMMARY OF PUBLICATION BY TITLE ONLY, AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

WHEREAS, the City of Woodinville desires to establish an appropriate way to memorialize lives lost in traffic accidents; and

WHEREAS, the City hopes that the placement of appropriate memorials will remind people to drive safely and without impairment from drugs and alcohol; and

WHEREAS, the City regulates and controls the right-of-way within the City limits,

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WOODINVILLE, WASHINGTON, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1: A new chapter 10.18, entitled "Roadside Memorials", is hereby added to the Woodinville Municipal Code to read as follows:

" CHAPTER 10.18 Roadside Memorials

10.18.010 Purpose. The purpose of the memorial sign program is to: A. Provide friends and relatives of persons fatally injured in accidents with the opportunity to memorialize them by sponsoring a memorial sign to be erected near the scene of the accident in a safe and consistent manner; and B. Combat impaired driving and increase the public's awareness of the need to drive safely and responsibly.

10.18.020 Definitions. As used in this chapter: The "deceased" is any person who was fatally injured in an accident involving a vehicle, regardless of fauJt or intoxication, and for whom an applicant seeks the erection of a memorial sign.

An "immediate family member" means a spouse, child, stepchild, brother, stepbrother, sister, stepsister, mother, stepmother, father, stepfather, grandparent or step-grandparent of the deceased.

An "intoxicated driver" is a driver who, while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, caused the death of the deceased, including his or her own death.

10.18.030 Long-term memorial application procedure. A. An immediate family member, or another person who submits with written consent of an immediate family member, may apply to sponsor a sign memorializing the deceased.

Page 149 of 321 B. The applicant must complete and return a memorial sign application on fonus furnished by the City, The application must include the following attachments: I. A copy of the accident report. 2. For an accident involving an intoxicated driver: a. Comt records showing that the intoxicated driver was convicted of second degree murder, gross vehicular manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter tmder RCW 46.61.520(1)(a), or that the driver could not be prosecuted because of mental incompetence; or b. Ifthe intoxicated driver could not be prosecuted due to his or her death, proof of intoxication fi·om coroner's records. 3. In the absence of the documents set forth in subsections (B)(l) and (2) of this section, the City may consider other documents presented by the applicant that the City deems to be equally reliable sources of infonnation in evaluating the application.

10.18.040 City review of long-term memorial sign application. Within 30 days after the City receives a con-ectly completed application submitted pursuant to this chapter, the City shall inspect the proposed site for the memorial sign and shall send a written decision to the applicant as to whethet the proposed sign installation is approved at the proposed location or, if the sign cannot be located at the proposed location, the City's proposed alternative location. Sign applications will only be accepted for Right-of-Way that is under the City ofWoodinvll!e operational anthority.

10.18.050 Location, placement, and ownership of long-term memorial signs. A. Once an application has been approved, the applicant must pay the fee set fmih in the City of Woodinville fee schedule to cover the cost of administration, fabrication, installation and maintenance of the memorial sign and any name plaque that may be requested. B. The City will select, purchase, install, remove, and retain ownership of memorial signs. C. Signs will be installed in accordance with applicable City policies and standards for signs. Tl:Us includes posts, hardware, materials, vertical, longitudinal, and lateral positioning. D. The City of Woodinville will not install or maintain a name plaque if there is written opposition from any immediate family member. If written opposition is received from any immediate family member after the name plaque has been installed, the City will remove the name plaque. The application fee for a name plaque that is removed or not installed due to such opposition shall not be refunded to the applicant. E. Memorial signs shall be placed only in a City right-of-way, on the right side of the roadway, facing oncoming traffic. Signs will not be installed in the median of any City roadway. F. Memorial signs shall be placed in close proximity to where the accident occurred at a location where the City determines it is safe and practical to do so. G. Only oue sign will be installed per intersection or per 1,000 feet of roadway for each direction of traffic. However, a memorial sign will not be placed in a location where the memorial sign obstructs the visibility of an existing tmffic sign, traffic signal or impair sight distance below adopted City standards. H. The City will not replace the sign should it be vandalized, damaged, or found missing; however, the applicant may apply for a new sign under the requirements of this chapter, including payment of the fee set forth in the City of Woodinville fee schedule.

Page 150 of 321 10.18.060 Informal short-term memorials and anniversary memorials. A. The placement of informal memorials up to three feet in height and up to nine square feet in surface area shall be allowed in the unpaved portion of the right-of-way for up to 30 days after an accident as long as: (I) the memorial does not cause unsafe conditions for passing motorists or for people who are maintaining or visiting the memorial; and (2) the memorial and those visiting and/or maintaining the memorial comply with all other applicable laws. B. Within 45 days of the accident, the City police department shall make reasonable efforts to contact one or more immediate family members of the deceased to detennine whether any particular person is responsible for maintaining the informal memorial and to infonn the family about the existence of this chapter, including the requirement that the infonnal memorial be removed at the end of the 30-day period. C. The CiLy may remove memorials prior to the expiration of the 30-day period for failure to comply with applicable laws. If the City determines that a memorial is out of compliance with applicable law, the City police department shall make reasonable efforts to contact those responsible for maintaining the memorial to request that the noncompliant aspects of the memorial be corrected. D. At the end ofthe 30-day period, or after 7 days of noncompliance, whichever comes first, the City shaJJ remove any remaining items from the memorial site, except for unwrapped biodegradable flowers, and shall keep the items for 30 days to allow the person placing the memorial to retrieve the items. This provision shall not prevent the City from removing a memorial immediately in response to a serious threat to public safety. E. The placement of an anniversary memorial shall be allowed in the unpaved portion of the right-of-way for up to seven days after each anniversary of the accident. At the end of the seven-day period, the City shall remove any remaining items from the memorial site, except for unwrapped biodegradable flowers, and shall keep the items for 30 days to aJlow the person placing the memorial to retrieve the items. This provision shall not prevent the City from removing a memorial immediately in response to a serious threat to public safety. F. Items not retrieved during the 30-day holding period shall become the property of the City and may be disposed. G. Unattended candles shall not be allowed at memorial sites and may be immediately removed by the .City.

10.18.070 Wording on long-term memorial signs. A. A memorial sign for a deceased whose death was caused by an intoxicated driver, including a sign memorializing the intoxicated driver, shall read "PLEASE DON'T DRIVE IMPAIRED." At the request of an immediate family member, a separate name plaque may be added that reads "IN MEMORY OF (the deceased's name)." B. A memorial sign for a deceased whose death was not caused by an intoxicated driver shall read ''PLEASE DRIVE SAFELY." At the request of an immediate family member, a separate name plaque may be added that reads "IN MEMORY OF (the deceased's name)."

10.18.080 Name plaque limit on a single memorial sign installation. No more than three name plaques may appear below the memorial cautionary sign on a single memorial sign installation.

10.1 8.090 Time allowed for memorial signs in City rights-of-way. Unless it determines that public safety requires removal, the City of Woodinville will allow the sign to remam in the right-of-way for seven years after the accident or until the City determines that the condition of the sign has deteriorated to a point where it is no longer

Page 151 of 321 serviceable, whichever occurs first. The City will remove and maintain ownership of the sign unless the sign sponsor requests, in writing, to have ownership of the sign after its removal.

10.16.100 Application filing deadlines. A person may file an application 1111der this chapter to memorialize a deatl1 in an accident that occmred not more than seven years prior to the application date.

10.16.110 Multiple memorial sign applications. A. Only one sign will be installed per location. Should a sign already exist, an additional name plaque may be added to an existing sign ltpon City approval. Multiple deceased names may appear on one sign. B. If more than one sponsor applies for a memorial sign for a sh1gle accident site, the City will consider the multiple applications in the order in which they are received. C. The City may approve applications for an additional memorial sign at an existing accident site under the following circumstances: I. Additional name plaques can be attached to the existing sign installation; or 2. A second memorial sign can be installed across the roadway from the first sign iustallation so that the second sign installation faces the tratlic approaching from the opposite ditection. D. For pmposes of this section, "single accident site" means the site of all accidents that occm within I ,000 feet from each other, regardless of when they occur. "

Section 2. A summary of this ordinance consisting of the ordinance title shall be published in the official newspaper of the City. The ordinance shall take effect and be in full force five days after publication.

Section 3. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance.

ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED IN AUTHENTICATION OF ITS PASSAGE THIS 2nd DAY OF February 2010.

Charles E, Price, Mayor ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:

Page 152 of 321 BE SAFE - BUCKLE UP

In Memory of Scott Woolcox

Page 153 of 321 West Virginia-Strategic Highway Safety Plan September 2007

I Focus Area 4-0ccupant Protection

Overview and Scope of Problem

The combination of lap and shoulder belts, child passenger safety devices and airbags offer the most effective injury prevention intervention available for passenger vehicle occupants. In 2005, seatbelt use nationwide was 82% according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

In West Virginia, the 2006 Scientific Survey of seat belt usage CLICK revealed an 88.5% usage rate. This was a dramatic increase IT from the pre - 2001 rates which were in the high 40 to low 50 [] percentile range. Although West Virginia passed a secondary enforcement Seat Belt law in 1993, no significant increases in I ' '~ belt use occurred until WV adopted the "Click it or Ticket" model. After the law passed, there was a substantial reduction in fatalities and serious injuries, which has been sustained. In 2002, seatbelts were unused by more than 42% of those who died in highway crashes. Based on the 2005 Safety Belt Survey, NHTSA estimates that if WV were to pass a primary law, usage would rise by an estimated 6 percentage points. This would potentially prevent 18 fatalities, 188 serious injuries, and save $36.9 million dollars in economic loss annually.

Table 5 shows the unbelted fatalities between 2002 and 2004 and Table 6 compares fatal and non-fatal injuries in 2003 fatal crashes. Looking only at belt use, those that were belted were twice as likely to survive the crashes.

Table 5 Unbelted Fatalities 2002-2004

Unbelted Percent of all Year Fatalities Fatalities 2002 190 42.8% 2003 150 37.9% 2004 169 41.2% Average 170 40.8%

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Page 154 of 321 February 20th 2012-02-25

From: Helen and Fernando DiPardo I Zats Restaurant Inc. 132 Mississaga St. E. Orillia, Ontario 705 325 3030 fax: 705 325 0303

To: Honourable Mayor Angelo Orsi and Council Members

Dear Mayor and Council Members

Fernando and Helen DiPardo owners of Zats Restaurant Inc. Would like council to consider amending the present bylaw of one concession stand at Tudhope Park to two concessions sites to allow our company to lease such a space from the city of Orillia. I have spoken to Mr.Ray Murkley Head of the Park department in advance of this proposal to gauge his view. He suggested we go ahead with our proposal to council and he would review the real estate to see if a concession stand could be accommodated. Tudhope Park has undergone a major transformation with the Beach and water park. But there is no concession within easy walking distance to purchase quick serve food items other than Sweet Dreams which sells primary ice cream. We believe our menu will not conflict with that of the Bay Side Restaurant since we will not be serving any Breakfast items or full course meals. We will be doing a quick serve. The majority of families and individuals coming to the beach with children would be in swim wear and would not consider going into the Bay Side for snacks or lunch, having said that people coming to the Park for a sit down lunch would not come to our concession but would continue to frequent the Bay Side.

Zats Restaurant has been a family run business for over 4 years in the Downtown Core and as you are all aware Orillia is very much a summer town. This being said you can understand the challenges of operating in the slower winter months. We would like to expand our business within Orillia and see this

Page 155 of 321 proposal as a sound business venture for us and for the town. Zats Restaurant is a member of the Orillia Chamber of Commerce, I sit on the board of the DOMB and I also sit as a member of the event committee for the BIA. Zats restaurant supports numerous charities, local groups and Churches in our community with gift cards for their fund raisers, gift baskets and cash donations. We participate in local street events as well as the Mariposa Festival, Canada Day, the Scottish Festival and more. We purchase all our produce from local stores and in the summer we support the Farmers Market with our purchases. We support local business with our patronage and offer discounts to same. We presently employ nine full and part time workers and in the summer this increases to approximately 20 or more. We anticipate employing several local students and individuals for the trailer concession if our proposal is accepted.

We the owner of Zats are proposing to lease a site at Tudhope Park from the city of Orillia to operate a concession stand. We own and operate a 3 year old concession trailer. Presently it is red and silver with a stainless steel kitchen in excellent condition (pictures attached). We would be willing to change the look of the trailer with a facade to present a professional and pleasing appearance for the Park. As well,we would be willing to include promotions for the downtown in the the way of a professionally done picture board.

We are proposing to serve our classic sandwiches, such as char grilled steak on a bun, pulled pork in our homemade sauce, our Brisket sandwich a homemade Zats burger, French fries, onion rings as well as soft drinks, juices, water, coffee and tea. We would price all products reasonably and try to incorporate family combo packages. We would use recyclable wraps and paper to lessen the impact on the environment and insure the site be kept clean and professional looking at all times. We would apply for all necessary permits and would present the town with all health, fire and safety certificates as required. As previously stated we have used the trailer for numerous local events and have always maintained all necessary permits. We would be open to any changes or direction from Council, and or the Park Department with regard to the appearance of the concession stand. We have always maintained a professional attractive Restaurant and would do the same for a concession stand at Tudhope Park.

Page 156 of 321 In closing we hope you will consider our application and look forward to hearing from Council in the near future.

With Regards Helen and Fernando DiPardo I Zats Restaurant Inc.

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 10:07 AM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: specail interest group pressure

-----Original Message----­ From: Rod Williams To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] ; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 1:01 PM Subject: specail interest group pressure

Good afternoon. One can not help but notice the mobilization of the MURF special interest group. It strikes me that the SPCA special interest group's success has empowered yet another group. The MURF group however is taking it to another level. Will this counsel's whole term be influenced by special interests?

Duly elected Mayor and counsel are the ones who possess the most current and unbiased information. I expect that elected officials must make decisions which are in the best interests of the majority. Each of you ran on a platform which you should be true to, unless of course the facts change and you all would have the most up to date facts.

If the voters are unhappy with your decisions then of course November of 2014 is coming.

I look forward to your continued leadership.

Rod Williams

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Friday, March 02,2012 12:45 PM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: west street south

From: Howard and Kaye Raymer~~·· Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 12:3 To: MAYOR EMAIL Subject: west street south

Mayor Orsi I am responding to a full page advertisement in yesterdays Packet placed there by some who are trying to resurrect the West StreetS., recreation facility. I want to encourage you and Council to stand firm in your decision to remove this property from any consideration in the future. Four years ago a long time friend began his final battle with cancer and died in September of 2008. He had been an employee of Otaco Ltd., since the early 60's and in the 70's was made Plant Manager. He was instrumental in stopping the burial on site at west st., s., the hazardous industrial waste material produced by Otaco which according to his records were many tons, buried there since World War 2. When the MURF was first announced in early 2000 my friend was willing to talk to anyone about this site because he had a good knowledge of what had been buried on site, the locations of the waste burial and the volume of waste. No one from the Media, the Mayor's Office or Council would talk to him even though I personally extended this invitation to the Mayor and Media. It seemed that no one wanted to hear the truth about west st., s. Before he died in 2008, he made a list of those employees he could remember and he found at that time 70% of these people either now had cancer or had died from cancer. My friend firmly believed this site could never be cleaned up and the hazardous material buried there safely removed. He told me this site would be a health hazard for humans for decades to come.

Howard Raymer, Bay St.

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 9:52AM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: West Strret Makes No Sense

-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] On Behalf Of···· Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 5:36PM To: MAYOR EMAIL Subject: West Strret Makes No Sense

Mayor Orsi, After reading the add in the Orillia Today to rally support for building the MURF at the West Street location I feel agitated. I am tired of reading about this subject in the paper and would like to move on. I have full confidence that city counsel took it off the table for good reason. If the city ends up building on the West street location and spending extra money for a special environmental building ... and maintenance I will be angry. I feel that a small group has taken this issue personally and egos are getting other egos to join force. WE ALL WANT TO REVITALIZE DOWNTOWN, but not in a way that makes no sense. So, can this adopted plan that Dr. Derek Ford speaks of be done with in budget, with no extra $on yearly checks and maintenance while still giving Orillia everything they want in a MURF? I am thinking ... No

Theresa Thompson

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 10:42 AM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: Requesting your Feedback on the West Street Community Centre

From: Martha Tatarnic ~rm~aillilt~o~:11111!1- ..~··•••• Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 1:14PM To: MAYOR EMAIL Cc: [email protected] Subject: Requesting your Feedback on the West Street Community Centre

Dear Mr. Orsi,

I am the pastor of St. David's Church Orillia, located in Ward 1 ofOrillia. I am writing to request your support, as our elected Mayor of Orillia, in again considering 255 West Street as a safe, affordable, central and responsible site for our new recreation centre. Our church is heavily invested in work with, and to, our neighbouring community. Both within our congregation, as well as through the individuals and families our church's outreach programs serve, we see people who are struggling to make ends meet and children and youth who are in desperate need of healthy and accessible community resources. We know from experience that . offering programs and resources can make a significant difference in the lives of vulnerable families. We also !mow that, regardless of household income, people of all ages and stages are looking for ways to make their lives healthier and to make their communities stronger.

St. David's is concerned with making sure that Orillia's new community centre is built in a location where our community and neighbourhood can access it. Although we have a vested interest in this south part of Orillia, the proposed West Street site is central to all of the neighbourhoods of Orillia. And ultimately, with many of our parishioners living in other parts of the city, we understand this site as being of benefit to all of Orillia. It has been extremely encouraging to hear the number of professional people- people who have researched the West Street site in the other most important areas of safety, affordability and responsibility -- adding their voice in support of this downtown location.

It is time to move forward on Orillia's new recreation centre. The West Street location allows us to put these resources in place in a timely, affordable, safe, and equitable marrner.

I thank you for yo\lr time and attention to tllis matter. I hope that as an elected leader oftl1is city, you will join your voice with mine, and with the growing number of voices across Orillia. I look forward to hearing back from you and would appreciate an opportunity to talk with you further. The church phone number is 705-325- 1421. My home phone numberis'llll•lli•·

Sincerely, The Reverend Martha Tatarnic

Martha Tatarnic St. David's AnglicanNLutheran Church "Journeying together to grow in faith and serve God's world" www.stdavidsorillia.org

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Thursday, March 22,2012 10:41 AM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: Requesting your feedback on the West Street Community Centre

From: Brain, Scott [mailto: --~- j Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 1:23 PM To: MAYOR EMAIL Cc: Martha Tatarnic; [email protected] Subject: Requesting your feedback on the West Street Community Centre

Dear Mr. Orsi,

I am a member of St. David's Church Orillia, located in Ward I ofOrillia. I am writing to request your support, as our elected Mayor ofOrillia, in again considering 255 West Street as a safe, affordable, central and responsible site for our new recreation centre. Our church is heavily invested in work with, and to, our neighbouring community. Both within our congregation, as well as through the individuals and families our church's outreach programs serve, we see people who are struggling to make ends meet and children and youth who are in desperateneed of healthy and accessible community resources. We !mow from experience that offering programs and resources can make a significant difference in the lives of vulnerable families. We also !mow that, regardless of household income, people of all ages and stages are looking for ways to make their lives healthier and to malce their communities stronger.

St. David's is concerned with making sure that Orillia's new community centre is built in a location where our community and neighbourhood can access it. Although we have a vested interest in this south part of Orillia, the proposed West Street site is central to all of the neighbourhoods of Orillia. And ultimately, with many of our parishioners living in other parts of the city, we understand this site as being of benefit to all of Orillia. It has been extremely encouraging to hear the number of professional people- people who have researched the West Street site in the other most important areas of safety, affordability and responsibility -- adding their voice in support of this downtown location.

It is time to move forward on Orillia's new recreation centre. The West Street location allows us to put these resources in place in a timely, affordable, safe, and equitable mmmer.

I thank you for your time and attention to this matter. I hope that as an elected leader of this city, you will join your voice with mine, and with the growing nmnber of voices across Orillia. I look forward to hearing back from you.

Sincerely,

Scott CJ3rain Financial Advisor

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:38AM To: Janet Nyhof Cc: JASON COVEY Subject: FW: requesting your feedback on the West st Community Centre

From: Robert Donald [mgjii!NJI•~ Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 To: MAYOR EMAIL; Patrick Kehoe; Linda Murray; Pete Bowen; Michael Fogarty; Paul Spears; [email protected]; Tony Madden Cc: [email protected] Subject: requesting your feedback on the West st Community Centre

I support the establishment of the Commtmity Centre on the West St. property. Bob Donald

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:41AM To: Janet Nyhof Cc: JASON COVEY Subject: FW: 255 West Street

From: Paul Blanche [!fmnaQJi]11toQ;:~!!!!!IIIIIIII••at Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:57AM To: MAYOR EMAIL Subject: 255 West Street

I was extremely disheartened to hear that the West Street MURF project, which was finally approved by the Ministry of Environment was cancelled by this council. It is perplexing that all the time, effort and money contributed to this project will have been wasted.

I look forward to this council revisiting their decision and making it their priority to move ahead with this project for the betterment of this city's core and the benefit of its present and futnre citizens.

·-We-need a true community centre. One where citizens of all ages and abilities can meet and take part in a wide array of activities from hiking to swimming to rollerblading or ballroom dancing. It's important that this downtown location be developed to its fullest potential for the citizens of to enjoy as soon as possible.

Please, make this decades-long dream pati of your legacy by initiating construction during this council's term.

Thank you for your consideration.

Paul Blanche

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Monday, March 26,2012 10:18 AM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: Our Community Centre

From: Paul Blanche [mailto· ------~ Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 1:44PM To: MAYOR EMAIL Subject: Our Community Centre

I just returned from the "West Street Makes Sense" rally at the Ministry of the Environment-approved recreational facility site. It's unfortunate you and the rest of council couldn't attend because of your meeting at City Hall.

You would have been impressed by tl1e large crowd ( 4-500 people) of concerned citizens who took time out of their busy lives to show up and voice their support for our co1111nm1ity centre to be located at this centrally­ located site.

-But-I-thinlecyou-would havebeen even more impressed witl1 the variety of speakers from all political stripes--­ voicing their displeasure with Orillia's decision to turn tl1eir back on 255 West Street.

People like Doug Lewis, our former MP and Solicitor General of Camda; Derek Ford, internationally-renowned envir01m1ental scientist; Bruce Stanton our MP and member of the Conservative party of Canada; Steve Clarke and Fred Larsen, Liberal Party representatives and many others, all united to bringing the MURF back to 255 West Street.

Once again I urge you to reconsider Council's decision rejecting this site.

The citizens of Orillia deserve and need the MURF as plauned and approved at this downtown location.

Thank you.

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 10:00 AM To: Janet Nyhof Cc: JASON COVEY Subject: FW: West Street Makes Sense

-----Original Message----- From: Judy Archer l!lmn_aeji!!.llt_Qo"tJ•.•••••llllllitl Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:49AM To: MAYOR EMAIL; Patrick Kehoe; Pete Bowen; Linda Murray; Michael Fogarty; Paul Spears; Tony Madden Cc: Andrew Hill Subject: West Street Makes Sense

Dear Mayor Orsi and Councillors

It is time to turn around our c'lty and have a recreation facility at the heart of the city on West Street.

The prep is done, the site has been approved by the Ministry of the Environment.

It is time to move forward. There is all kinds of community support for this project.

We need a facility where every citizen can participate in keeping fit.

It just makes so much sense. --Judy Archer and Michael Jones

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:42 PM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: Just Me

From: Beth McCall [mailto: ~ Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:26.PM To: Patrick Kehoe Cc: MAYOR EMAIL Subject: Just Me

I am adding my voice to the many residents who will be walking in the WEST STREET MAKES .SENSE walk on Saturday, I felt council made a VERY POOR decision at tthat Sept. meeting and voiced those concerns to Don Jenkins. I strongly suggest that decision be reversed so that we can keep our project in the City core

Beth McCall

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:44 PM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: Stand Strong and Move on

From: David MJ Carson P.[m~ai~lto~:~~~~····· Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:32 PM To: MAYOR EMAIL Subject: Stand Strong and Move on

To Mayor and Council,

As one of a silent majority of local citizens, I applaud you for doing what you said you would do: Move on from 255 West St. for the the site of the new recreation centre. As always there is a vocal minority who speaks out on issues, while the majority lies silent. I believe that this vocal group is well intention, but perhaps a little self serving (i.e. business owners, property owners, residents, who are close to the affected area and hope that bringing this facility to this area will inevitably help their cause). The city owns a large amount of different properties throughout the city which could serve for portions of the needed recreation facilities. For example, -th-eC:ommunitycentre must be torn down, thatcouldserve as a location for g\1111nasium facilities. Hillcrest Public School site could house the needed swimming pool.

I urge you to scale back the facilities to what we need, not to expand the project to a utopian vision that our city and our taxpayers cannot afford. When we do that, the project goal seems more accomplish able, just like the twin pads of the Rotary Place.

On policing and fire services: I commend you for your efforts of attempting to consolidate the 2 projects to contain the costs associated. I also appreciate the efforts going into investigating the options of policing by the council and the police services board. Perhaps if the property purchase does not go through a revamped combined police/fire station could be built on the Brownfield Site.

In short, this is meant as a voice of support from the silent majority. Believe me we are out there, we are watching, and we are talking. So keep doing what you are doing, congratulations on your successes, and good lucl<.

David Carson

1 Page 170 of 321 Dear Mr. Orsi, r~~:-

!CLFP···<~~~·'"··.''~ r·l···r-.·r·.. J:":rl. I am a member of St David's Church Orillia, located in Ward 1 of Orillia. I am writing to request your support, as our elected Mayor of Orillia, iu again considering 255 West Street as a safe, affordable, central and responsible site for our new recreation centre. Our church is heavily invested in work with, and to, our neighbouring community. Both within our congregation, as well as through the individuals and families our church's outreach programs serve, we see people who are struggling to make ends meet and children and youth who are in desperate need of healthy and accessible cormnunity resources. We know from experience that offering programs and resources can make a significant difference in the lives of vulnerable families. We also !mow that, regardless of household income, people of all ages and stages are looking for ways to malce their lives healthier and to malce their communities stronger.

St David's is concerned with making sure that Orillia' s new co111111U11ity centre is built in a location where our connnunity and neighbourhood can access it Although we have a vested interest in this south part of Orillia, the proposed West Street site is central to all of the neighbourhoods of Orillia. And ultimately, with many of our parishioners living in otherpa.Jis of the city, we understand this site as being of benefit to all of 6rillia. It has been extremely encouraging to hear the number of professional people- people who have researched the West Street site in the other most important areas of safety, affordability and responsibility -- adding their voice in support of this downtown location.

It is time to move forward on Orillia' s new recreation centre. The West Street location allows us to put these resources in place in a timely, affordable, safe, and equitable marmer.

I thank you for your time and attention to this matter. I hope that as an elected leader of this city, you will join your voice with mine, and with the growing number of voices across Orillia. I look forward to hearing back from yon.

Sincerely, Robert Spears

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 10:18 AM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: 255 West St

-----Original Message----- From: Burton Lancaster lm2l!!Ql····· Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 12:47 PM To: MAYOR EMAIL Subject: Re: 255 West St

Mr. Mayor:

One has only to look at the many empty buildings in the downtown core to realize that the choice of 255 for a MURF is the best choice. It is only one of the many reasons why this property should be chosen. Please reconsider your views.

Sylvia and Burton Lancaster

[We attended the rally today . A very positive experience!}

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Monday, March 26, 201210:19AM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: Letter to the Editor

From: Colleen O'Neill frlmrua;Jiillilto~:J!!i!ll!!l!~ll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!l!!l!!ll! Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 9:16PM To: Frank Matys Subject: Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

MURF on West? At what extra cost?

There seems to be a misunderstanding about the present condition of the 255 West St. site. It has not been cleaned up- high levels ofthe toxic Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are still there. The plume ofthese VOCs is still migrating off-site down West St. to at least James St., flowing at about one metre per year toward Lake Simcoe. . ______

The estimated $17 million spent to date was for the Risk Assessment, consultants' salaries, testing, removal of over 40,000 tonnes oftoxic soil to the Orillia landfill and importing that large amount of dirt you see as you pass by. None of this help recreation in Orillia.

The Ministry of the Environment (MOE), in its Certificate of Property Use (CPU) for the West St. site, outlines in 46 pages many very costly requirements if the City decides to build there. These extra millions of dollars could better be spent on recreational needs.

Would it not be wise to keep the recreation budget separate from the cost of dealing with this contaminated property?

If we want to have recreational facilities built any time soon, then we must find clean sites around town. They need not all be in one place. Recreation should not have to wait until we deal with the toxic West St. site.

C.M. O'Neill

1 Page 173 of 321 Dear mayor Orsi,

We should really have the MURF on West Street. It just makes sense. Children are becoming overweight and they need to exercise more. But some families can't afford a YMCA membership so they can't get exercise. Also smaller towns have sports complexes but we don't. The MURF is very affordable and it has been approved by the Ministry of the Environment. It is safe and almost everybody is close to it. Kids like me are always looking for a place to swim and play especially in the winter. With the MURF we can do that. WEST STREET just makes sense.

Sincerely, Ethan Odlozinski 9

Page 174 of 321 Dear Mayor Orsi and Councillors,

West Street Makes Sense to build the new recreation centre. It is environmentally safe, the city already owns the property and it is accessible by walking. We also already have the building plans, it would support downtown merchants and I have been waiting ten years for it to be built.

West Street is a safe place to build the recreation centre. It has been approved by Ministry of Environment and no longer is a concern to people's health. In Orillia the only way you can learn how to swim is to pay privately (expensive) buy a YMCA membership (expensive) or to swim in a small funny shaped pool. We also don't have any indoor public basket ball courts or gyms!

We already own the space and have tile l:luilding plans- so it would-only tal

Bracebridge which has half the population of Orillia has a Sportsplex with an eight lane swimming pool and a therapy pool and we have nothing! A community centre would also be a place where beavers and scouts could meet.

When I was one and my family moved here they were shocked that there were no public swimming pools or indoor basket ball courts but then we heard the MURF was going to be built and realised we could walk to it! But ten years later we still don't have one. I also was at the rally on Saturday and you wouldn't believe how many different types people were there young and old. These are the reasons why building the MURF down town is a no brainer!

Oi!JlR C:t:lt•IMI!I\tlr¥ C:IEJNT:R€ ;-, ~~~ hoort •' "'-" '"'-" ..,,. .. '""' By Jonah Odlozinski Grade 6 lions oval --·"

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 10:24 AM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: MURF

From: K MCLAUGHLIN-IRWIN [mailto:· l Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 6:21 PM To: MAYOR EMAIL; Patrick Kehoe; Pete Bowen; Linda Murray; Michael Fogarty; Paul Spears; Andrew Hill; Tony Madden Subject: MURF

Mayor Orsi and Council,

Today my family and friends participated in the rally to support "West Street Makes Sense". It was wonderful to see how many people took time out there busy lives to support what they believe in. After attending, I realize now, more than ever, that this really is the right place for a community centre. I want my 2 young children to have a place to play sports, swim and spend time as a family before years pass and they are grown. Cities around us are moving forward, while our city leaders can't seem to make a decision and get the ball rolling. Hearing the professionals speak today, I can't imagine any reason not to use this site. I would really appreciate a response with evidence and facts as to why we are not using this site. Time and tax payers money has already gone into this, so listen to what the citizens want Build the Com unity .Centre (MURF)_ at 255 West Street South.

Katie Irwin

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 9:11AM To: Janet Nyhof Cc: JASON COVEY Subject: FW: 255 West Street South

-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]) On Behalf Of•••••••• Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 10:06 PM To: MAYOR EMAIL Subject: 255 West Street South

Tony U. Gulmen

Mayor Ange lo Orsi City of Orillia 50 Andrew St. S. Orillia, ON, L3V 7T5

March 27, 2012

Dear Mayor:

We, the citizens of Orillia, would like to have the Recreation Center to be built on 255 West Street South.

Th is will allow t he Orillians equa l access to recreation faci lity as it will be located in the ce nter of the city and will help to revitalize the downtown area. As you are awa re, this site has already rece ived the Certificate of Approval from the Ministry of Environment, and also has the backing of one of the lead ing scientist in this field, who happens t~ be a local resident. Let's not be na"lve to challenge the expert s' findings.

Please do not waste more t ime and money for alternate sites. As ou r Mayor, we expect you to demonstrate responsible, efficient and intelligent leadership by sta rt ing t he process to built Orillia Recreation Centre on 255 West Street South.

Sincerely,

Tony U. Gulmen

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 3:44PM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: murf

From: Andy Monk Sent: Tuesday, To: MAYOR EMAIL Cc: Patrick Kehoe; Linda Murray; Pete Bowen; Michael Fogarty; Paul Spears; Andrew Hill; Tony Madden Subject: murf

The bottom line is that West St does make sense. Please get it done.

Andy Monk Orillia

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 5:28 PM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: Community Centre Orillia

From: [email protected] rmailto:[email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 5:21 PM To: MAYOR EMAIL Subject: Community Centre Orillia

Dear Mayor Orsi,

On behalf of youth and families with whom the Society is providing service I would encourage that the West Street site initiative be advanced.

The social and physical health results for such a project would be a remarkable advantage to the well being of children and their parents, especially those for whom more costly recreation is not possible.

Sincerely,

Don Weber M.S.W. Supervisor Simcoe County Children's Aid Society

[ 23 year resident of Orillia]

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From: Michele Beaudoin Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 3:18PM To: Janet Nyhof Cc: Cathy Campbell; SAC-Pres-OR Subject: Town and Gown College Representatives

Hello Janet,

I am responding on behalf of Brian Tamblyn regarding the representatives for the City of Orillia Town and Gown Committee. I represent Georgian at the City of Barrie's committee, and we are quite excited to see a similar infrastructure being set up in Orillia. I have found it a great way to connect with neighbours, city staff, and politicians to collaboratively communicate and develop initiatives and solutions.

Our representative for the Orillia Campus would be the Director of Student Success Services, Cathy Campbell (copied here so you have her email), and our student representative would be the Orillia Students' Administrative Council President, Erica Ingram (email here as well for future reference), and she can be reached at this email address in April once she assumes her President role for this coming year. We look forward to this opportunity to contribute to the Town and Gown Committee's work. Feel free to email Cathy and the SAC President at the email addresses provided here with meeting agendas, documents etc.

Sincerely, Michele Beaudoin Associate Vice President, Student Services Georgian College One Georgian Drive, Barrie ON. L4M 3X9 P (705) 728-1968 ext. 1670 F (705) 722-1508 [email protected]

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From: Shelley Unwin Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 10:22 AM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: Request for Lakehead University Staff and Student Representatives for the City of Orillia Town and Gown Committee

Good Morning Janet: We have received your letter requesting that the University provide a staff and student representative to the new Town and Gown Committee for a term to expire November 30,2015. We are please to advise that Frank Cappadocia, Assistant Dean (Student Affairs) will be our staff representative. A student will be determined in the near future. Frank's contact information is as follows:

"Frank Cappadocia" 705-330-4008, ext. 2114.

Thank you,

Shelley Unwin Executive Assistant to the Dean and Vice-Provost, Orillia Campus Lakehead University 500 University Avenue, Orillia, Ontario L3V 089 Phone: 705-330-4008, Ext. 2017 Fax: 705-329-4648 Web: http://orillia.lakeheadu.ca

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 9:03AM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: Clean and Safe Water, Fluoride Freel!l

From: gary vamplew [mailto:[email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 4:44 PM To: MAYOR EMAIL Subject: Clean and Safe Water, Fluoride Free!!!

Orillia City Council 50 Andrew Street South Suite 300 Orillia, ON L3V7T5

Dear Mayor Orsi and Orillia City Councillors,

Vote against fluoridating Orillia's water supply.

Sincerely,

Printed Name______

Signature______

Month ______,Day ___~.2012

Telephone: ______

Address: ______--'._ ___

Email: ______--,--

gary varnplew orillia, Canada

Note: this email was sent as part of a petition started on Change.org, viewable at http://www.change.org/petitions/protect-our-water. To respond, click here

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City ofOrillia Clerk's Department 50 Andrew Street South, Suite 300 Orillia, ON L3V 7T5 [email protected]

Dear Mayor Orsi and Council, Re: Public consultations into commw1ity water fluoridation

As a practicing Registered Dental Hygienist, I an1 pleased to learn of the proposal to bring community water fluoridation to the city and would like to offer my support to the approval and implementation of this plan.

Working within a dental practice, I see on a daily basis the detrimental effects that tooth decay can have on oral and overall health. Tooth decay can lead to many issues such as difficulty with eating, increased pain, trouble concentrating and decreased self-esteem and social skills.

Fluoridated water reaches all members of a community, regardless of age, financial status, or level of education. Unfortunately, proper regular dental care is not affordable to all. Water fluoridation reduces tooth decay by 20-40%. Systematic scientific reviews have shown no health concerns with optimally fluoridated water.

Community water fluoridation is also endorsed by organizations such a Health Canada, the World Health Organization, the Canadian Medical Association, the Canadian Dental Association and the Canadian Public Health Association as a proven safe and effective method of preventing tooth decay for the population.

As a professional who sees on a daily basis the detrimental effects of tooth decay, I encourage council to implement community water fluoridation.

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Dear Mayor Orsi and Council,

As a new dentist in the conmmnity, I am pleased to learn of the proposal to bring co1mnunity water flonridation to the city of Orillia. I offer full support to the approval and implementation of this plan.

Tooth decay is the most common chronic disease among all ages in Canada, and it doesn't have to be this way. Tooth decay is a preventabl~isease anddally exposure to topical fluoride is one ofThe besfways to stren!;then tooth enanlel, thereby reducing rates of decay. Specific cases that come to mind personally are children with more than just a few simple cavities; ran1pant decay is not uncommon in Orillia and I find it very unfortunate to extract teeth and place large fillings in teeth where this could easily be prevented. Moreover, many patients with tooth decay do not have the financial means or dental education to access appropriate care when needed.

Adding fluoride to community water would provide an accessible means of protecting the oral health of the entire Orillia population, including the most vnlnerable members of onr connnunity. The impact of this measure would have legacy benefits extending well beyond the te1m of the current City Council.

I strongly urge the City ofOrillia to bring fluoridation to the municipal water supply.

Sincerely yours,

Dr. Amanda Bray, B.Sc., DDS

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 2:39PM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: Hot off the press NEWS: Windsor stops fluoridating water and supports full debate.

From: Kelly :lun~~-~11!!1!1!1!!1~~~··· Sent: Thursday, 01, 2012 12: To: MAYOR EMAIL; Patrick Kehoe; Michael Fogarty; Andrew Hill; Linda Murray; Pete Bowen; Paul Spears; Tony Madden Subject: Hot off the press NEWS: Windsor stops fluoridating water and supports full debate.

FYI- News Re: City of Windsor

"Utilities commission recommends city council stop fluoridating water, requests more information so city can have full debate." http: 1/blogs. windsorstar. com/20 12/02/29/uti lities-commission-hea rs­ presentations-from-experts-public-on-water-fluoridation/

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Utilities commission recommends city council stop fluoridating water, requests more information so city can have full debate

February 29,2012. 7:10pm • Section: News ~~.

The Windsor Utilities Commission voted in favour of recommending to city council to stop water fluoridation for five years and redirect any funds recuperated into oral hygiene and nutrition education.

"This (fluoridation policy) has been in place for 59 years. It deserves a review- a thorough review," said Coun. Bill Mana, who stepped down from chairing the meeting in order to second Coun. Drew Dilken's motion at the WUC meeting on Wednesday night.

"I'ni prepared to have this debate at a full council meeting," Mana said. "Clearly we're not in a position to make a full decision. Council is."

Four out of the five commission members present voted in favour of the recommendation, with Coun. Ed Sleiman voting against the motion.

Residents, local dentists as well as the medical officer of health Dr. Alan Heimatm made five-minute presentations to the WUC after which commission members posed clarification questions. About 40 people are at the meeting in the city's council chatnbers where at times the discussion grew a bit heated as presenters on either side of the debate answered the commission's questions.

After the vote, Dilkens, Mana and Heimm all said ihat many more questions were raised at the meeting than there were answers, so much more debate and research is needed on the issue of whether the city should continue to fluoridate tap water.

Heimann said it was his sense that two main questions that emerged centred on what constitutes a safe amount of fluoride in tap water (if any) and whether or not hydrofluorosilicic acid- which is used to fluoridate tap water - is indeed safe.

"There is a lot of conflicting information that we need to work through," Heimann said. "It's going to be my job ... to assist in the provision of this information."

Dilkens said that much like learning to wash our hands to prevent a cold, preventing tooth decay is ultimately a matter of personal hygiene that can be taught to children by their parents. It might not require fluoridating the water, especially when there is research to show that the industrial grade hydrofluorosilic acid used in tap water is derived from phosphate fertilizers rather than a natural source, he said.

"There were a lot of questions asked that I didn't get solid answers to," Dilkens said. "It's worth having the discussion, gathering the information and coming to a conclusion for the benefit of the residents."

In their presentations, local dentists as well as Heimm reiterated to the connnission that fluoridation remains an effective, equitable and economical way of preventing tooth decay.

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On the other side of the debate, residents, a local nurse and members of the group Fluoride Free Windsor cited research showing fluoridated water has been linked to medical conditions such as thyroid problems and kidney stones. As well, there are no protections in place for wildlife exposed to fluoridated water.

"I feel more research needs to be done to satisfy all," said one local resident, adding that changing diets could also help reduce the problem of tooth decay, thereby doing away with the need to fluoridate water. "If fluoridation is so beneficial in 2012 why aren't citizen organizations in Leamtington ... standing up and calling (for it)?"

Kim De Y ong of Fluoride Free Windsor said she was pleased that the commission upheld its mandate to provide safe water. She said the group will now work to provide the commission with the peer reviewed evidence which shows ingesting fluoride is not safe.

With the recommendation to council, it will be up to the city's 11 councillors to debate the issue and decide whether to continue fluoridating tap water. Marra said there is no definite time line for the process. The next step will be to notify the provincial government to detennine what legal process must be followed to bring the issue to city council, he said.

Marra said he expects it will take another few months to gather more research and the right legal information before the city council can start discussions on the matter.

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From: Gayle Jackson Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 9:46 AM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: Request for Information Forum

From: Kelly Clune~!!l_ll~!l!!l~l!![l· Sent: Friday, Ma 02, 2012 To: MAYOR EMAIL; Gayle Jackson Cc: Patrick Kehoe; Michael Fogarty; Linda Murray; Andrew Hill; Paul Spears; Pete Bowen; Tony Madden; JASON COVEY Subject: Request for Information Forum

325 Peter St. N. Orillia, ON L3V 5A4

March 2, 2012

City of Orillia Mayor and Council 50 Andrew St. S. Orillia, ON L3V 7T5

Open letter to Mayor Orsi and Members of Council,

Re: Public infmmation process- Water Fluoridation

Thank you for the opportunity to present some of my concerns regarding water fluoridation at the public meeting on February 29th, 2012. It was unfortunate that only four of eight Council members were able to attend.

I have a few questions about this meeting: 1. Why were experts opposed to water fluoridation not invited to present alongside Health Canada, during the initial portion of this public meeting? 2. Since one of the objectives of this meeting was to allow citizens the opportunity "to be heard", why were councilors not present to hear comments from constituents? 3. Why were no questions or interactions allowed from the audience to presenters and/or to health officials?

On September 12, 2011 Council developed a process with the following objectives: • Provide Council with unbiased and factual information about fluoridation. • Raise the level of awareness about fluoridation among the citizens of Orillia. • Provide an opportunity for citizens of Orillia to hear about and be heard about fluoridation. • Achieve an open and transparent consultative process that will respect and address the views and concerns of the citizens of Orillia.

Since June 2011, Council has heard from health officials in favour of water fluoridation. When were experts opposing fluoridation consulted, and what are the names and credentials of those experts? I hope you will agree that in order to reach a fully informed decision, both sides of the issue need to be heard, in a fair and open forum. Orillia's next public meeting on water fluoridation is not until May 29'h, 2012, at which time recommendations will be made by staff.

Therefore, to meet Council's stated objectives, will you work with interested citizens to arrange an open debate on water fluoridation? By inviting three experts opposed to water fluoridation, and three experts in favour of adding fluoride to our water, an informative discussion and question period will evolve, which help to ensure that we all become better informed about fluoride, and that we identifY all possible strategies to address poor dental health in our connnunity.

This forum will allow an opportunity to gather "unbiased and factual information abput fluoridation", and for Council members to hear from the people they represent. If it is possible to extend the information deadline from March 30 to a later date, this forum could be held in April or early May, allowing time to arrange schedules and confirm attendance, as well as ensure that infmmation, from the forum, is included in the public record.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

1 Page 192 of 321 Thank you,

Kelly Clune cc. Jason Covey, Water & Wastewater Engineer· City ofOrillia Public Works Department For public record of fluoridation issue.

2 Page 193 of 321 Orillia L3V 7S5 RECEIVED Ontario MAR 0 2 2012 !CLERK'S DEPT March 2, 2012

Dear Mayor and Councillors,

I attended the public meeting about water fluoridation in the Orillia Council Chambers on Wednesday evening, and found that it left me in a pensive mood. Both sides of the debate try to use statistics to back up their claims, and the discussion becomes a more sophisticated version of the childish" 'Tis so! 'Tis not!" exchange.

However, what is clear from the presentations made is that: a) The chemical used to fluoridate water (sodium silicofluoride) is a highly toxic sludge that is an industrial by-product that was originally a problem looking for a solution. The solution found was to use it in municipal water fluoridation, and to sell it as a product when it should have been processed as toxic waste. Apart from the fluoride in it, there are traces of lead and arsenic, substances that ar·e deemed to have similar toxicity to fluoride. It is also extremely hazar·dous and corrosive for municipal water workers to handle. b) The proponents of fluoridation stress and exaggerate the questionable benefits of fluoride in strengthening teeth, but have nothing to say about the side effects of the other toxins in sodium silicofluoride, a product that is not even of pharmaceutical quality. Much of the research to date indicates that topical application of fluoride to teeth may have some benefit, but that ingestion of fluoride has none. In fact, the instructions on tubes of fluoridated toothpaste warn against swallowing any of the product.

c) The problems with dental decay being experienced by some people in Orillia are the result of serious socio-economic factors, specifically low income, poor diet (caused by lack of education and/or the inability to buy healthy food as a result of poverty or near-poverty) and poor dental care and hygiene. The same causative factors are evident in many other medical problems such as diabetes and obesity that also affect Orillia' s poorer citizens. Tooth decay is therefore just one of the many problems being experienced by this segment of the population.

d) The administering of what amounts to an unregulated drug to the population as a whole flies in the face of usual medical practice, when there is no assessment of the needs of the individual "patients" or any attempt to determine and control appropriate individual doses. There is also no examination of the possible side effects on persons who may be sensitive to the drug. Proponents of fluoridation point to other examples of the mass use of substances such as chlorine to purify municipal water, or iodine in salt to counter goitres, but these can't be compared. Chlorine can be removed from water by letting the water stand, ar1d anyone

Page 194 of 321 wanting to avoid iodine can buy non-iodized salt. The cost of non-fluoridated water for drinking and bathing, however, is prohibitive.

Dr. Keith Morley shocked us all with the pictures of tooth decay in a small child he had treated. While feeling a great deal of sympathy for the child, we were not told anything about the child's socio-economic background, whether he lived in a non-fluoridated area, or the possible causes of the decay. It is altogether likely that poor diet and poor dental hygiene and practices were at the root of the problems, and that fluoridation would have had little bearing on his plight. There are many children, after all, who live in non-fluoridated areas, and who do not suffer from the same appalling decay.

In summary, fluoridation is a practice that takes a shotgun approach that (all too literally) peppers us all with lead and other toxins. What is needed is a targeted approach to improving the health of a needy segment of the population through education and financial assistance, and that addresses more than the single issue of tooth decay. It would be far better to spend money on providing diet and dental hygiene education, toothbrushes, fluoridated toothpaste and financial assistance to low-income families than subjecting us all to a questionable "cheap and simple" unfocused remedy.

I request that council agree to an open forum debate with experts on both sides participating, and which is open to the general public. People need to have the opportunity to ask questions and to get answers in order to develop an informed opinion about the proposal to fluoridate our water.

Regards,

David Mallinson.

Page 195 of 321 Janet Nyhof

From: Grace Isgro Sent: Monday, March 12,2012 9:21AM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: Water Quality

-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of•••••••~t Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 11:40 AM To: MAYOR EMAIL Subject: Water Quality

After being up since 3Am I drove back to Orillia from Brock U.in St. Catharines to attend the public meeting on fluoridation at city hall. This was after working all day for E.S. Fox Constructors building the new health research facility I was planning to speak to the issue. I noticed you and others left before hearing some members of the public present their concerns. My issue and that of some others is sensitivity to chemicals. The other issue I have is the as yet unknown effects such as the affect on the brain. Thankfully the city of Weiland where I grew up had the financial sense to discontinue the practice although due to the cost to repair the equipment. Niagara Region has stopped it. The fact is you can't reach the children who live outside the city water supply and the health officials are not being truthful about the issue~as a whole. If implemented my wife and I will be forced to leave Orillia the place we just moved to to get away~ from toxic pollution. This is a beautiful city with plenty going for it and a subject such as this could blow up into a marketing problem. Please watch these youtube videos if you haven't seen them and please pass them on to your councii.Thank You for your time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEZ15m-D n8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player embedded&v=fHga-8m3Srg

James D. Upper

1 Page 196 of 321 Janet Nyhof

From: Grace Isgro Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 9:22AM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: Water fluoridation in Orillia

From: Bruce Spittle [lfmn_gjaii!!ltg_o;j:11••11111111 Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 10:29 PM To: MAYOR EMAIL Cc: Linda Murray; Andrew Hill; Patrick Kehoe; Michael Fogarty; Paul Spears; Pete Bowen; Tony Madden; JASON COVEY Subject: Water fluoridation in Orillia

Telephone/Fax ......

11 March 2012

Angelo Orsi Mayor Orillia Ontario Canada

Dear Mr Orsi

My I express please my view that fluoridation of the Orillia water supplies would carry a risk of fluoride neurotoxicity.

From a pool of eight studies, the urinary fluoride (F) levels associated with F neurotoxicity is 2.5 mg F/L or more. When, as is customary in determining safe levels for toxic substances, a safety or uncertainty factor of ten is used to allow for variations in F absorption, differences in water consumption and factors that increase the sensitivity to F toxicity such as low iodine levels, a value for the level of urinary F level unlikely to be associated with neurotoxicity is obtained of 0.25 mg F/L. From seven of the control areas in the eight studies, it can be estimated that the drinking water F level likely to produce a urinary F level of 0.25 mg F/L is 0.10 mg F/L. (No water F values were available for one study which considered F from clay-coal smoke).

A further 2011 study by Ding et al. looking at IQ in children with drinking water Fin the range 0.24- 2.84 mg F/L, mean 1.31 mg F/L, found a negative correlation between urine F and IQ when age was taken into account. Their study suggested that although the IQ began to fall below the mean with a drinking water F of 0.81 mg F/L, there was no threshold and that the IQ would be 0.42 higher with a drinking water F of 0.10 mg F/L compared to the IQ at a drinking water F of 0.81 mg F/L. Thus, rather than applying a safety factor of ten and obtaining an estimate of the level ofF in drinking water that is likely to protect against neurotoxicity of 0.081 mg F/L, the Ding et al. study suggests that there is no threshold for F neurotoxicity from F in drinking water and that the only assuredly safe level is zero. (References in Fluoride 2011 ;44(3): 117-124; available at www. fluorideresearch.orq) ·

Thus the information currently available does not provide any reassurance that water fluoridation in Orillia would not carry a risk of causing fiuoride neurotoxicity.

Bruce Spittle MB ChB DPM (Otago) FRANZCP

1 Page 197 of 321 Janet Nyhof

From: Julia Montgomery Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 12:24 PM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: Orillia Council re: Fluoride

From: Dentistry on West [mailto:[email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:34 AM To: Clerks Internet Email Subject: To: Orillia Council re: Fluoride

To whom it may concern,

As A long time (1977) dentist in Orillia, I have seen the high cavity rate in Orillia. I look forward to council approving the fluoride addition to the water supply. Fluoride has proven to be safe and effective in reducing the impact of dental disease.

Yours truly,

Hugh Coleman

1 Page 198 of 321 F\"EC1ITv1Tb~~ MAR 2 2 2012 CLERK'"' DEPT.

March 19,2012

City of Orillia Clerk's Department, 50 Andrew Street South, Suite 300, Orillia, Ontario L3V 7T5

Dear Mayor Orsi and Council,

Thank you for the opportunity given to all Orillia residents to 'have our say' on the important issue of fluoridating the City's water. I wish to add my voice in favour of fluoridation.

I will not be affected personally by Council's decision as my home is not on the City's water system. Nonetheless, I have lived most of my life in cities with fluoridated water and am grateful for the extra measure of dental protection afforded.

The evidence of poor dental health, and particularly the rate of serious decay among Orillia's children, clearly calls for action. It is telling that the problem is greater among low income households, were instances of poor nutrition, limited emphasis on routine dental care and lack of dental insurance are more prevalent.

The weight of scientific research supported by credible health authorities demonstrates that water fluoridation is a safe, effective and wide-reaching preventative measure, with significant personal health benefits and systemic savings.

I trust that these considerations will lead Council to endorse fluoridating the City's water supply.

Thank you again,

Sincerely, ~~ Joyce Ward

c.c. Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit

Page 199 of 321 Janet N hof

From: Grace Isgro Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 9:59AM To: Janet Nyhof Cc: JASON COVEY Subject: FW: See list of communities -all rejected fluoridation -why? Attachments: communities rejected fluoride(2).doc

From: marilyn goulter [mailto: 1 Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 10:50 PM To: MAYOR EMAIL; Linda Murray; Andrew Hill; Patrick Kehoe; [email protected]; Paul Spears; Pete Bowen; Tony Madden; Peter Dance; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: See list of communities - all rejected fluoridation - why?

Please would those on distribution phone some of the communities on this list and understand WHY they have rrcently rejected water fluoridation? AND THEN REPORT YOUR FINDINGS BACK TO THE CITIZENS OF ORILLIA.

As a group of "officials" entrusted with making ethical choices, this is not only a common courtesy, BUT IT IS YOUR DUTY!

Steve Goulter

1 Page 200 of 321 WHY HAVE THESE CITIES/COMMUNITIES REJECTED FLUORIDATION?

Canadian communities that have rejected or ceased fluoridation in the last twenty years are listed below:

Campbell River, British Columbia (April1993, after 33 years of fluoridation) Port Hardy, British Columbia (November 1993, after 19 years of fluoridation) Kelowna, British Columbia (November 1996, after 42 years of fluoridation) Kitmat, British Columbia (March 1998) Whitehorse, Yukon Territory (July 1998, after 30 years of fluoridation) Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan (July 2011) Kamloops, British Columbia (October 2001) Cobalt, Ontario (December 2001) Dutton-Dunwich, Ontario (June 2003) Comox/Comtenay, British Columbia (February 1992) West Elgin, Ontario (June 2003) Dieppe, New Brunswick (December 2011) Burns_Lake, British_ Columbia (June 2003) Golden, British Columbia (November 2005) Weiland, Pelham, and Thorold, Ontario (February 2008) Dryden, Ontario (April 2008) Quebec City, Quebec (April2008, after 36 years of fluoridation) Drayton Valley, Alberta (December 2008) Cranberry Portage, Manitoba (January 2009) Squamish, British Columbia (November 1993, after 20 years of fluoridation) Gatineau, Quebec (May 2010) Waterloo, St. Jacobs and Elmira, Ontario (October 2010) Calgary, Alberta (February 2011) Taber, Alberta (July 2011) Slave Lake, Alberta (September 2011) Churchill, Manitoba (October 2011) Lake Cowie han, British Columbia (November 2011) Williams Lalce, British Columbia (November 2011) Moncton, New Brunswick (December 2011) Amherstburg, Ontario (February 2012)

... 13 of these have been in the last year

... and Windsor, Ontario-just last week- Feb 29/12 to be exact!!!!

In the United States alone, there is a similar list of over 25 0 communities that have rejected fluoridation in the last 20 years.

Page 201 of 321 Janet Nyhof

From: Grace Isgro Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 9:59AM To: Janet Nyhof Cc: JASON COVEY Subject: FW: You do not have my consent to put fluoride in Orillia water- WHY CAUSE CANCER?

From: marilyn goulter [mailto: Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 10:35 PM To: MAYOR EMAIL; Linda Murray; Andrew Hill; Patrick Kehoe; [email protected]; Paul Spears; Pete Bowen; Tony Madden; Peter Dance; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: You do not have my consent to put fluoride in Orillia water- WHY CAUSE CANCER?

I request that this e-mail be entered into the public record for the fluoridation issue.

The reference for the statistics quoted below is "www.worldwithoutcancer.org.uk" and go down the LHS of the home page to "Fluoridation-Linked Cancer"

FLUORIDATION-LINKED CANCER Studi~s basecl UP911 the U,~. Vital Ste~tlstics for fllloridC~ted \{ersus no11-_ fluoridated u.s. cities indicate a significant (greater than 99% confidence level) increase in cancer death rates occurring within the first two years of artificial fluoridation. The nine organ sites affected and their increase above the normal are:

Mouth, 15°/o; Oesophagus, 48°/o; Stomach, 22°/o; Large Intestine, 31%; Rectum, 51°/o; Kidney, 10%; Bladder and other urinary organs 22°/o; other organs specifically female: Breast 15%; Ovary and Fallopian Tube, 15%.

The references for this data are given in the "references" section of the report.

Can we only imagine what happens 5 years or 10 years into this UNREASONABLE practice!

Our health care costs are way to high now - would you not agree?

Why would we do this to the citizens of Orillia- DO WE REALLY NEED ANY MORE SICK PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN?

I beg you, please vote "NO" to fluoridation.

PLEASE - WILL THOSE ON DISTRIBUTION START TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK ON THIS SUBJECT! There is a HUGE body of scientific EVIDENCE that fluoridation is a really bad Idea!

Also, look at the data between Montreal (non fluoridated) and the GTA! The difference is huge!

Steve Gou Iter

1 Page 202 of 321 Janet Nyhof

From: Grace Isgro Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 9:58AM To: Janet Nyhof Cc: JASON COVEY Subject: FW: People in Orillia with chemical sensitivities

From: marilyn goulter [mailto· 11!1!111111111••••• Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 11:22 PM To: MAYOR EMAIL; Linda Murray; Andrew Hill; Patrick Kehoe; Paul Spears; Pete Bowen; Tony Madden; Peter Dance; [email protected]: [email protected]; Michael Fogarty Subject: People in Orillia with chemical sensitivities

I request that this e-mail be entered into the public record for the water fluoridation issue.

In the past six weeks I have spoken to approximately 150 people about your pending plan to put Hexafluorosilicic Acid in the city water. So far I have encountered 7 people that claim they are very sensitive to most new chemicals they encounter, and are very concerned that this may cause untold reactions. 4 of the 7 already know for sure that they WILL react to fluoride and 3 of this 4 stated categorically that they recently relocated to Orillia BECAUSE we do not fluoridate the water. These 3 said that they would have to relocate again if water fluoridation went in.

If we said that 4 out of 150 represents 2.7% of the population, then out of 30,000 people, this would mean that there are potentially 810 people WHO ALREADY KNOW THEY ARE OVERLY SENSmVE TO FLUORIDE\

Would those on distribution please get out there and do your own statistics on this subject - don't believe my numbers. I too was blown away that this is the case.

If there Is even half this many people directly affected, this fact should be taken into account. THINK ABOUT THE TAXES THESE PEOPLE PAY THE TOWN and if they move away the town will have something between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000 less taxes per year!

This would make the true cost of water fluoridation VERY EXPENSIVE for Orillia! Steve Goulter

1 Page 203 of 321 Janet Nyhof

From: Grace Isgro Sent: Wednesday, March 21,2012 9:43AM To: Janet Nyhof Cc: JASON COVEY Subject: FW: Quotes from Maude Barlows talk at Georgian College March 7/12

From: marilyn goulter [milll!lQ;t: ••• Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 11:49 PM To: MAYOR EMAIL; Linda Murray; Andrew Hill; Patrick Kehoe; Paul Spears; Pete Bowen; Tony Madden; Peter Dance; [email protected]; [email protected]; Michael Fogarty; JASON COVEY Subject: FW: Quotes from Maude Barlows talk at Georgian College March 7/12

Maude Barlow spoke at the Council of Canadians meeting at Georgian College on Mar 7 about the state of our world environment and, in particular, surmnarized the state of the worlds fresh water supply and how it is rapidly being polluted and depleted. Please would everyone on dist'n watch the whole talk at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80QM2MHfX9E&list=UUq2QXWZjg-IOjUmO-- dvbug&index= 1&feature=plcp.

I summarize a few points that are relevant to the fluoridation issue here in Orillia: - we live in a myth of abundance here in Ontario (especially about water) - some say Ontario has 20% of the WORLDS fresh water! - this is NOT true- if used/polluted, we would become a desert - we in fact DO have 6.5 to 7% of "sustainable" worlds fresh water- this is a huge share and we are very fmiunate indeed compared to most places in the world. - our waters are therefore a very precious "GIFT", and must not be polluted. - our "water act" is old and in urgent need of update- it does not contain relevant or appropriate guidelines for our modern "greedy/disrespectful of the Enviromnent" times - however, a recent "clean water act" empowers/encourages local areas to talce charge of our water and protect it in any way possible. We must uphold this responsibility by seeing to it that no-one is allowed to abuse this.

In summary, I would like to relay a portion of a quote that was read as part of her introduction: "Do NOT listen to those who say there is nothing you can do about the very large and real issues of our times ...... we must connnit to leaving the earth in AT LEAST as whole a condition as we inherited it"

And another quote .... "there is no future in an economy based on greed, as ours is today"

I should not have to point out what this has to do with FLUORIDATION of our water here in Orillia, BUT, I feel compelled to do so anyway; - surely ANY human being, based on what has just been said above, could not, in all conscience, agree that dumping 70 forty-five gallon drums of level 4 toxin - Hexafluorosilicic Acid - into our precious water every year is in anyway in keeping with the basic principals of"DO NO HARM". - this toxic waste from the fertilizer industry cannot be disposed of in any other way, and has TRADITIONALLY been disposed of by putting it in city water across North America for 40 to 60 years. - this toxic waste also contains some undefined levels of ARSENIC, LEAD AND MERCURY which can vary from very little to huge amounts, depending on the batch. All are "acceptable"! - people are walcing up- this practice will no longer be tolerated- big industry, governments at all levels, doctors, dentists, public health officials AND Health Canada are trying to defend this practice BASED ON

1 Page 204 of 321 VERY POOR QUALITY DATA .. - can the people promoting fluoridation not see that defending this position is SERIOUSLY eroding your respect, authority and credibility on MANY other topics - such as vaccinations, dental amalgams, GMO foods, artificial sweeteners, etc, all of which you equally defend? - why have more than 30 other communities ABANDONED this totally outdated concept in recent years in Canada, and more than250 in the USA? Big industry is desperate- they need new places to dispose oftheir toxic waste! - in speaking to literally hundreds of people in Orillia over the past 3 weeks, I would like to summarize (only some) of my findings; - I have encountered 3 people who (before I talked to them), believed that fluoride was a good thing - Two readily reversed their opinion after only a brief discussion of the facts. Only one remained entrenched - and this is OK, everyone is entitled to their opinions. - a huge surprise to me- the vast majority are not only against fluoridation, but also VERY against the established "authority figures"- they simply do dot believe any of you on ANY subject! This is SERIOUS! You have to reverse this trend or you v;:ill have no control at all. - almost without exception, people quickly ask "Is there money involved? Who is getting paid? Who is benefiting?" I asked myself this question about a month ago when I first got involved- but I quickly dismissed it as not possible - surely, we have not gone that low!

To the "authority figures" out there, I say to you, "THESE ARE SERIOUS ISSUES" and they all need to be addressed ASAP! But in particular, dumping this huge amount oftoxic waste needlessly into our lake IS NOT LOGICAL OR REASONABLE!

To other concerned individuals and Organizations, PLEASE HELP STOP FLUORIDATION by writing e-mails and letters to council and Health Care providers BEFORE THE DEADLINE FOR INPUT MARCH 30/l2!

With full respect m1d confidence that you will do the right thing m1d vote "NO" to fluoridation, I remain, Respectfully yours, Steve Goulter

2 Page 205 of 321 Janet Nyhof

From: Grace Isgro Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 11:39 AM To: Janet Nyhof Cc: JASON COVEY Subject: FW: An article from a very respected MD.

From: marilyn goulter ~illi~~-11 Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 To: MAYOR EMAIL; Linda Murray; Andrew Hill; Patrick Kehoe; Paul Spears; Pete Bowen; Tony Madden; Peter Dance; [email protected]; [email protected]; Michael Fogarty; JASON COVEY Subject: An article from a very respected MD.

Orillia Council and Public Health Officials;

Please read the following linlc from Dr. Mercola. http:/I articles.merco !a. com/sites/ articles/ arc hi ve/20 10/ 11113/cdc-and-ada- now-advise- to-avoid-using­ fluoride.aspx

I have been following Dr. Mercola on many topics and have found his articles to be very informative, accurate and to the point.

After many years as a practicing family doctor, he decided that the best way to help people stay healthy, was to "talce on" the established medical system which is very intent on supporting big pharma and not necessarily interested in a whole lot of "well" people walking aronnd. "Everyone "malces a lot more MONEY if we are all sick to some extent and dependent on TOXIC drugs - which are very expensive, with HUGE profit margins.

Dr. Mercola's talce on an issue usually aligns 100% with Naturalpathic doctors, Nutritional Consultants, Holistic Dentists and a whole host of Professionals WHO ARE INTENT ON THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING of people, and as a result, has more people reading his website than any other in history!

I include a direct quote from this article: "There are plenty of studies showing the dangers of fluoride to your health, such as:

• Increases lead absorQtion • Disrupts synthesis of collagen • l!yperactivity and/or lethargy • Muscle disorders • Brain damage, and lowered IQ • Arthritis • Dem.entia • Bone fractures • Lowers thyroid function • Bone cancer (osteosarcoma) • Inactivates 62 enzymes • Inhibits formation of antibodies • Genetic damage and cell deatl1 • Increases tumor and cancer rate • Disrupts immune system • Damages sperm m1d increases infertility 1 Page 206 of 321 As fm as tooth decay is concerned, this is not caused by lack off1uoride."

This sure sounds like the main reason for f1uoridation is to "subtly" make us all sick, as discussed above!

These effects are all refet·enced in his document.

Please read this whole document.

Please enter this data into the public record for the water fluoridation issue.

I have full confidence that you will do the right thing and VOTE NO to fluoridation!

If any of you would like to meet person to person and discuss this issue further, I would be very pleased to accommodate your busy schedule ASAP.

Sincerely Steve Goulter

2 Page 207 of 321 Janet Nyhof

From: Grace Isgro Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 9:42AM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: Susan Schweitzer Re: Fluoridation of Orillia's Water Supply

From: Susan Schweitzer ~[m~ai~ltQo~.~ ...... 11 Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 2:24AM To: MAYOR EMAIL; Linda Murray; Andrew Hill; Patrick Kehoe; Michael Fogarty; Paul Spears; Pete Bowen; Tony Madden; JASON COVEY Subject: Susan Schweitzer Re: Fluoridation of Orillia's Water Supply

Mayor Orsi, Orillia City Councillors, and Public Works:

1) This video is excerpts from the meeting at which Tecumseh, Ontario voted to cease water fluoridation - March 13, 2012. Please, watch it all the way through to note why council voted to stop fluoridation.

2) This video is Dr. Bill Osmunson talking to Dr. Mercola. He does an excellent job of explaining a number of reasons why water fluoridation is not a good idea. (He is considered to be an expert on the topic.) Please, watch this all the way through, also. I spoke with Dr. Osmunson for a couple of hours on Tuesday night. He has agreed to make himself available to Orillia City Council and Public Works, as a resource on fluoride. Please, contact him, and ask him as many questions as you can think to ask, on this topic. He is a dentist, and he has a master's degree in public health. Phone: 425.466.0100 Cell: 425.466.0100- He is on Pacific Time. Email: Instead of his whole CV, which is quite lengthy, I asked him to give you some background on himself: I have been a practicing dentist for 35 years, and I have a master's degree in public health with majors in nutrition and health education. I currently coach dentists including my two sons-in-law, who are dentists and practice dentistry in both fluoridated and non-fluoridated communities, Lake Oswego and Beaverton OR, and Bellevue, WA. I also provide dental continuing education to dentists and expert testimony to cities such as Fairbanks, Sandpoint ID, Seattle WA, states, water districts, HHS, CDC, FDA, and EPA on dental topics including toxicology of dental materials such as fluoride and mercury. For the first 25 years as a dentist, I promoted fluoridation of public water, and over the last 10 years, based on scientific evidence and over 10,000 hours of study, I have become opposed to fluoridation until adequate research and legal oversight is completed. Of immediate concern is the lack of oversight (FDA COER approval), scientists do not know how much fluoride is required to prevent caries for the teeth, many are ingesting too much fluoride for safety, and the ethics of fluoridation without individual consent is unacceptable.

1) Tecumseh Ontario Votes to Cease Water Fluoridation March 13, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfg8Tl-1MJg

2)The Toxic Import From China Hidden In This Everyday Beverage ... http:// articles.merco 1a. com/sites/ articles/ archive/20 11/1 0/11/ dr-bill-osmunson-on-fluoride.aspx

Jason, please, add the content of this email to the Orillia water fluoridation process submissions. Thank you. Susan Schweitzer

1 Page 208 of 321 Janet Nyhof

From: Grace Isgro Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 9:35AM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: Susan Schweitzer- Information For Consideration RE: Process Regarding Orillia Water Fluoridation Attachments: Health Canada 2010- Critique 2- Diane Sprules. pdf; Hardy Limeback- Response to Dr. King and alPHa- for Halton-. pdf; 50 Reasons to Oppose Fluoridation.docx; Index files SDWA Responsibilities & Liabilities. pdf; CounciiPresentation-DrBobDickson Calgary. pdf CounciiPresentation-DrJamesBeck1.pdf; Fluoride Fatigue Dr. Bruce Spittle.pdf; Unregulated, Uncontrolled, Unsafe Fluoridation Products. pdf; WaterlooWatch_Hydrofluorosilicic-Acid­ Fiuoridation-Questions-Anybody-Can-Ask.pdf; Fluoridation Chemicals & Canadian Laws. pdf

-----Original Message----- From: Susan Schweitzer [mailto. •z••••••llkl Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 3:30AM To: MAYOR EMAIL; Linda Murray; Andrew Hill; Patrick Kehoe; Michael Fogarty; Paul Spears; Pete Bowen; Tony Madden Cc: JASON COVEY Subject: Susan Schweitzer- Information For Consideration RE: Process Regarding Orillia Water Fluoridation

Mayor Orsi and City Councillors, please, consider the attached documents, in your deliberations regarding fluoridation of Orillia's water supply, as well these websites, in their entirety: International Society For Fluoride Research, Inc.- www.fluorideresearch.org Fluoride Action Network­ www.fluoridealert.org COF-COF- www.cof-cof.ca Waterloo Watch- www.waterloowatch.com Fluoride Free Winnipeg­ www.fluoridefreewinnipeg.com No Fluoride- www.nofluoride.com Moms Against Fluoridation­ www.momsagainstfluoridation.org Fluoride Australia- www.fluorideaustralia.org UK Against Fluoridation­ www.ukagainstfluoride.blogspot.ca Australian Action to End Water Fluoridation- www.australianfluorideaction.com Fluoride Action Network New Zealand- www.fannz.org.nz FluorideandFiuorosis.com- www.fluorideandfluorosis.com Thank you. Susan Schweitzer Jason, please, include the attachments and the websites in the process regarding Orillia water fluoridation. Thank you.

1 Page 209 of 321 Health Canada - Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality

Guideline Technical Document- Fluoride- December 2010

Critique by Diane Sprules, BSc, MSc.

Jan 2012

1. Expert Panel 2. Hydrofluorosi!icic acid 3. Hip Fractures 4. Thyroid Gland 5. Dental Fluorosis 6. Fluoride Not a Nutrient 7. Omissions from panellist Tardifs Report 8. Pineal Gland 9. Osteosarcoma 10. Infant Formula 11. Conclusion

1. HC- States that the ChiefDental Officer ofHealth, Dr. Peter Cooney, sought external expert advice from the dental community (pg 2 o.f report).

But fluoride affects the whole body not just the teeth. This panel of six consisted of four dentists, two of whom are public health dentists, a public health doctor and a PhD in community health. All were known profluoridationists. Dr. Cooney did NOT pick an impartial panel.

2. 1-IC- Did not discuss the chemical, hydrofluorosilicic acid (I-IFSA), which is used to fluoridate most communities and which has never been tested for safety and efficacy.

It is a highly toxic waste product collected from the scrubbers of the smokestacks of phosphate fertilizer plants.

3. HC -Concludes that evidence does not support a link between water fluoridation and any adverse health effect (pg 1 ofreport).

Yet its own report finds the preponderance of hip fracture studies in seniors over 50 years old showed artificial water fluoridation to be associated with hip fractures (pg 28-29 of report).

7 studies showed a higher hip fracture rates in fluoridated communities 3 studies showed no difference. 1 study showed fewer hip fractures in fluoridated communities

Page 210 of 321 These results are consistant with Dr. Miloslev Nosal's analysis of hip fractures and water fluoridation. Dr. M.Nosal is a biostatistician at the Univ of Alberta who wrote a letter to this effect to the city of Calgary which recently voted to stop fluoridating its water. http://www. fluoridation. com/CalgazyF.Iuoride/Calgaty-Fluoridation-ProfNosal.pdf. He was the one member ofthe expert panel who voted against fluoridation for the city of Calgary in 1999 and he wrote a dissenting report based on the hip fracture data.

Hip fractures are increasing. Fluoride increases in bone with age. Fluoride makes bones more brittle.

4. HC -Did not show fluoride to be safe for the thyroid gland.

There were no human studies on the thyroid and fluoride reviewed. There were two animal studies that showed harm at high levels.

Sodium fluoride was used in the past century to treat hyperthyroidism. Today in Canada we have an epidemic of hypothyroidism, or low thyroid. Synthroid used to treat hypothyroidism is the second most prescribed drug in Canada.

HC- Says Canadians will not suffer effects offluoride on the thyroid because we ingest more than 1 mg/day of iodine (pg 39 ofreport)

This is 3-5 times the iodine intake of Americans (over 1 mg/day compared to 0.2-0.3 mg/day in the U.S.). This "fact" cited from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) 2001, sounds pretty current. Either HC did not check this reference or chose to omit the fact that the iodine intake was based on a much older Canadian government report printed in 1987. Data from that time and earlier may have reflected the use of iodate in bread and as a disinfectant and a very different diet than most Canadians presently eat. Iodized salt is available in both countries and diets are not that dissimilar. It is likely that iodine intalce is similar to that in the U.S. and much lower than HC states.

Hypothyroidism can be a serious condition as the thyroid gland affects many bodily functions. Low thyroid poses a risk to the fetus and a recent study in NY State has shown preterm births to be higher in fluoridated communities. http://apha.confex.com/apha/13 7 am/webprogram/Paper197 468.html

Dr. John Doull, the panel chair of the NRC 2006 Report on Fluoride in Drinking Water (U.S.) stated regarding water fluoridation, "The thyroid changes do worry me."

5. HC -Finds moderate dental fluorosis an adverse effect based on its potential cosmetic concern (pg 1 ofreport).

Page 211 of 321 Based on a recent HC survey of 15 Canadian fluoridated and unfluoridated cities, HC says that fewer than 0.3% ofCanadian children 6-12 years old have moderate- severe dental fluorosis. HCfound only 60% ofchildren had normal enamel. 16% hadfluorosis and 24% were "questionable"- had some white spots (pg 55 ofreport). HC did not document which cities in its study were fluoridated and what the fluorosis rates were by city.

When surveying dental fluorosis rates it is important to compare rates between fluoridated and unfluoridated cities yet HC has not disclosed these details.

Over the last 10 years Halton public health has documented between 4.6 and 10.8% of teenagers with moderate-severe fluorosis. This is 15 to 36 times the rate HC found. Or 1500-3600% higher. Dental fluorosis is very apparent in our community and moderate fluorosis can be very costly to fix with veneers.

6. I-IC- states correctly that fluoride is not essential for growth and reproduction (pg 24 of report).

This is unlike iodine in salt, vitamin D in milk or folic acid in bread. Often Public Health officials will wrongly compare fluoridation with other supplementation of nutrients.

7. HC- omitted important facts from the toxicology report prepared by one of its panel, Dr. Robert Tardif of the University ofMontreal.

In that report (Toxicology of Fluoride, 2006) Tardif reviews the uterine cancer studies from Okinawa, Japan (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9002384). Uterine cancer was shown to have increased significantly in 20 municipalities in Okinawa after they were were fluoridated. Japan no longer fluoridates.

Tardif also states in his report that the impact of fluoride on intelligence (cognitive effects) seems to occur at levels less than 1.0 ppm and that further investigation is needed. Since 2006 more than 20 studies have shown a relationship between fluoride and intelligence. They are from India and China and they have been discredited by Health Canada (pg 3 7 of report). A recent Indian study showed that IQ levels in children with no fluorosis were higher than those with fluorosis and the lowest IQ's were associated with more severe fluorosis. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2191 I 949

Yet no intelligence studies have been done in Canada or the U.S. which Tardif suggests are needed.

8. HC- included Dr.Jennifer Luke's study that showed the effect offluoride on the pineal gland ofgerbils. This study showed thatfluoride lowered melatonin levels and caused early female maturation (pg 23 ofreport).

Page 212 of 321 HC did not report that early human female maturation was found after only five years in the Newburgh- Kingston NY study, a study which HC chose not to review even though it was set up to compare the health consequences in two cities, one fluoridated and one unfluoridated.

9. HC- Takes more credence than warranted from a letter written in 2006 by Dr. Chester Douglass promising an upcoming publication that says it would refute his own student's published thesis (pg 34 ofreport).

Douglass' paper (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19390788) was published more than five years after Bassin's (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16596294) and after the HC report. It was not comparable to Bassin's study, which is considered to be of high quality, and it did not weaken Bassin's conclusions.

Bassin concluded that there is approximately a five times higher chance of getting osteosarcoma for young males living in a fluoridated city. Osteosarcoma is rare but it is frequently fatal. There have been cases in Halton.

10. HC -Table B3 of the report: http://hc-sc.gs;_s;a/ewh-semtlconsult/ 2009/tluoride-tluorurelb: table-b-tableau-eng.php#tab3

This table shows that babies fed milk-based formula made with fluoridated water will receive a fluoride intake that is 3300% higher than the adequate intake (AI) set by the Institute of Medicine (IOM).

In the U.S. the American Dental Association and the Centers for Disease Control both advise using unfluoridated water to mix formula if mothers wish to avoid dental fluorosis. But not Health Canada.

11. Conclusion

This report does not reassure Canadians that artificial water fluoridation is safe and effective.

There is evidence that hydrofluorosilicic acid may be negatively affecting many organ systems of the human body, including the teeth.

In the last 14 months, 13 Canadian communities, totalling approximately 1,638,000 people, have voted to stop artificial water fluoridation in their communities. No Canadian communities have started fluoridation during this period.

The Precautionary Principle should be applied.

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A Response to the Association of Local Public Health Agencies (aLPHa) press release Feb. 17, 2011 http://www.alphaweb.org/docs/lib 013681055.pdf

Page 1.

The use of fluoride in drinking water is a safe, effective, and economical way to help prevent dental cavities with no scientifically proven adverse health impacts (emphasis added)

I provide evidence below that this statement is not correct.

The fluoridation of drinking water has been used in Canada for over 40 years and between 1979 and 2009 the incidence of dental cavities (emphasis added) for children, adolescents and adults has dropped significantly; from 2.5% to 0.5% for children, from 9.2% to 2.5% for adolescents, and from 17.5% to 10.7% for ad ults.

First, this makes no sense. Does this mean 95.5% of children have no dental decay across Canada? That's not what t he loca l surveys have found. This is misleading. Acco rding to the Summary Report on the findings of the oral health component of t he Canadian Health Measures Survey 2007-2009 "Although cavities are largely preventable, 96% of adults have had a history of cavities." http://www.futdwg.ca/assets!PDF/CHMS/CHMS-E-summ.pdf

The Fact Sheet to follow admits there are other reasons for this success (e.g. fluoridated toothpaste- see be low).

According to estimates from t he Center for Disease Control and Prevention, it costs about SO cents per person to fluoridate community water and every $1 invested yields $38 in avoided costs for dental t reat ment.

This is misleading. You have to fluoridate for 20 to 30 years to save maybe one filling per person (according to the latest studies- see below). Only very large cities can keep the costs down and only because t hey use indust rial waste by-product rather than purified fluoride chemicals. It can cost up to $3.50/person/yr. to fluoridate smaller communities. That's for every man, woman and child, whether they need fluoridation delivered to them or not. The cost of equipment repair, infrastructure upgrades, employee training, safety procedures, insurance, education, legal costs, etc. have not been included. Neither has the cost of treating dental fluorosis that is caused by water fluoridation. It can cost well over the cost of one filling per person to fluoridate the entire population.

The sources of this estimate is Griffin (2001) who is employed by the CDC and that 'analysis' makes many false assumptions. Griffin SO, Jones K, Tomar SL. An economic evaluation of community water fluoridation. J Public Health Dent. 2001 Spring;61(2) :78-86.

Other profluoridation researchers, for example, Campain (2010) have published that the savings may now be as low as $3.87/yr with no benefit to seniors. Campain AC, Marino RJ, Wright FA, Harrison D, Bailey DL, Morgan MV. The impact of changing dental needs on cost savings from fluoridation. Aust Dent J. 2010 Mar;55(1):37-44.

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Maupome (2007) even showed that more money was spent on dental treatment for young people living in a fluoridated communities compared to non-fluoridated communities. Maupome G, Gullion CM, Peters D, Little SJ. A comparison of denta l treatment utilization and costs by HMO members living in fluoridated and nonfluoridated areas. J Pu blic Hea lth Dent. 2007 Fall;67(4):224-33.

The "$1 fluoridation saves $38 dental costs" claim has been repeated over and over again by public health and is misleading and incorrect.

While many communities in Ontario continue the practice of fluoridating drinking water for the benefit of all their citizens, a small number of municipalities have made the decision to stop fluoridation in the past few years.

Almost the entire province of BC and the entire province of Quebec have decided to discontinue fluoridation. Recently Ca lgary in Alberta decided to cease f luoridation. On ly Ontario has a large percentage of communities still fluoridating.

"The argument that fluoridation is no longer required because dental health has improved over the past decades is flawed. Dental health has improved in large part because of the addition of fluoride. Removing fluoride now doesn't make sense," says Valerie Sterling, alPHa President and member of the Toronto Board of Health

This also is incorrect. Modern studies (and an un released report by Dr. Hazel Stewart, Chief Dental Pub lic Health Dentist for Toronto) show 1. Halting fluoridation will not increase dental decay 2. Decay rates are extremely low and that the purported benefits of fluoridation to the population can't be measured because they are so low.

In addition to fluoridation, alPHa is calling on the provincial government to provide support, including provincial legislation and funding to municipalities for the fluoridation of community drinking water. "We want to avoid what happened with tobacco legislation. We had a patchwork of local by-laws until the provincial government implemented the Smoke-Free Ontario legislation. A similar situation exists today with fluoridation resulting in some communities losing the benefit to their dental health," explains Sterling.

Making fluoridation mandatory, forcing municipalities to medicate their citizens, does not give all citizens the opportunity to provide informed consent to a medical treatment designed to treat an illness that occurs in a minority of the population and that can affect healthy people adversely.

Fact Sheet: Fluoride & Drinking Water Fluoride is a mineral that occurs naturally in the environment. Fluoride is found in soil, air and water.

"Fluoride is an ion (F-), not a naturally occurring mineral. Fluorite (CaF2) is the naturally occurring mineral. Both are formed from their constitutive ions Fluorine (F-) and ca lcium (Ca++), the former from gaining one electron and the latter when two fluorine atoms combine with one of Calcium ion. Often

Page 215 of 321 Page 3 of 8 these different chemical distinctions are erroneously blurred by professionals and laity. The term "Fluorides" is an aggregate name given to substances containing f luorine. "Silicofluorides" is the correct term to describe a subset of fluorides used to fluoridate treated drinking water. Silicofluorides are only produced from anthropogenic (man-made) sources and are not naturally occurring in the environment." Quote provided by Peter van Caulart.

At appropriate levels, Fluoride in drinking water has been proven t o significa nt ly reduce cavities and dental decay.

Not a single double blinded, randomized clinical trial has been conducted. We need that for proof. We expect that for any drug approved by Health Canada .

Fluoridation studies do not correct for a delay in tooth eruption and are t herefore all flawed (except for one-see be low). Several studies have shown that fluoride delays tooth eruption.

Author (yr) cities [F-) n= Age group (yrs.) Delay (years) Kunzel Karl-Marx- 1.0 56,612 4-15 (1976) Stadt (total) 0.13-0.5 (premolars) Plauen 0.20 Tseng (1989) Chun-Hsing 1.0 3,459 3-15 0.21 - 0.38 (premolars) New Village 4,610 Tsao-Tin control

Virtanen Laitila 0.5-4.0 911 3-21 0.82 (premolars) (1994) Ylivieska 0-0.2 0.4 (2ndmolars) Muurame

Bigeard Strasbourg 1.0 1977 6-15 - in line with other (1997) fluoridated cities (data not shown) Campagna Boston 1.0 46 12.5 0.6 (boys) (1995) 1.7 (girls) Athens control 42

Nadler 1972-4 Secu lar 76 1.21 (boys) (1998) 1992-4 study 72 1.52 (girls)

The one study that did the correction for tooth eruption found no benefit of fluoridation (Komarek 2005) Komarek A, Lesaffre E, Harkanen T, Decl erck D, Virtanen Jl. A Bayesian analysis of multivariate doubly-interval­ censored dental data. Biostatistics. 2005 Jan;6(1):145-55.

Other confounding factors have never been considered (diet, Vitamin D exposure, etc.). For example, even the York reviewers admitted the 'proof is far from solid. It is actually quite weak. Modern studies looking at decay rates in the 90's and beyond were unable to show clinically significant benefits.

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A summary of recent publications -fluoridation has little effect

Study Author and year Surfaces saved

(out of 128)

Brunelle 1990 0.5

Angelillo 1990 0.6

lsmail1993 0.7

Clark 1995 0.8

Slade 1995 0.2

Jackson 1995 2.0

Heller1997 0.5

Kumar 1998 -0.2

Selwitz 1998 1.2

Armfield 2004 NS

Komarek 2005 NS

Spencer 2008 NS

Nyvad 2009 NS

Ekstrand 2010 1.0

Armfield 2010 0.5

This finding is strongly supported by an extensive body of Canadian and international research

There may have been some benefit from fluoridation (a lthough the evidence is weak) in the years of rampant decay (WW II), but not today. Th ere are no modern fluoridation studies in Canada. and has been commonly accepted in the scientific community for almost 70 years.

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Only by the English-speaking dental public health scientific community. Many fluoride t oxicologists, epidemiologists, and scientists from all over the word, including well known Nobel Laureates in non­ fluoridated countries, have provided science to the contrary and have recommended not to fluoridate.

Scientific guidance on optimal fluoridation levels is routinely reviewed by expert panels convened by Health Canada and conveyed to all provinces and territories. The most recent Health Canada review, undertaken in 2007, assessed the latest available evidence on the benefits and potential risks. This review concluded that there is no harmful health risk (emphasis added) from the fluoridation of community drinking water at current levels and that fluoridation continues to be an effective public health strategy to prevent dental disease.

The most recent Health Canada panel omitted some literature which is cited by the 2006 NRC report: http:// www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record id=11571

Not once was there any reference to the actual chemicals used in fluoridation.

The list of publications indicating fluoride harm that were published since the NRC Report can be found at: http://www.fluoridealert.org/since-nrc.html

Also the Hea lth Canada panel was a panel dominated with known profluoridationists.

Dr. Christopher Clark -Dr. Clark is a public health dentist/retired professor (UBC) and a known profluoridationist. Even so, his own studies in BC showed that as communities stopped fluoridation, the decay rates continued to drop, but did not change that much in the fluoridated control city.

Dr. Stephan Levy -Dr. Levy is a public hea lth dentist/researcher (College of dentistry, Iowa) and has published several papers from a multimillion dollar US NIH grant trying to prove fl uoridation benefits. His work has shown that fluoridated children are over-exposed to fluoride, have disfigured teeth (dental fluorosis), and have bones that are negatively affected by fluoridation and yet he continues to promote water fluoridation.

Dr. Jayanth Kumar -Dr. Kumar is a public health dentist (New York State Department of Health) who regularly advises the ADA and promotes water fluoridation in New York State. He served on the 2006 NRC Panel as a dentist supporting fluoridation. His own research shows that the difference between fluoridated communities and non-fluoridated is no longer measurable. However, he has published that the disfigurement of fluoridation in terms of dental fluorosis has increased throughout the years, largely due to water fluoridation.

Dr. Michel Levy -Dr. Levy is a public health dentist from the lnstitut National de Sante Publique du Quebec. He has published one review on fluoride in the literature.

Dr. Robert Tardif -Dr. Tardif is a professor (PhD only) in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Montreal. He has not published any article in the peer-reviewed literature. He seems to be the author of a draft report (2007) on the toxicology of fluoride written for Health Canada in which he had concerns that water at less than l.Oppm might cause lowered 10. and could be linked to cancer (these concerns were not repeated in the

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Health Canada report of 2010) . He also participated in the review of fluoridation for Quebec (Report from the lnstitut National de Ia Sante Publiq ue du Quebec : Fluoration de l'eau: analyse des benefices et des risques pour Ia sante.)

Dr Albert Nantel -Dr. Nantel is a physician from the lnstitut National de Ia Sante Publique du Quebec. He has never published any peer-reviewed papers on fluoride. He also participated in the review of fluoridation for Quebec (Report from the lnstitut Nationa l de Ia Sante Publique du Quebec, Fluoration de l'eau: analyse des benefices et des risques pour Ia sante, which, according to critics in Quebec, was full of errors and false statements.

Dr. St even l evy, t he primary external fluoridation expert on t he Hea lth Canada panel, has published studies showing that determining o ptimum f luoride levels in d rinking water is 'problemat ic' (Warren, l evy et al, 2009) , Warren JJ, levy SM, Broffitt B, Cavanaugh JE, Kanellis MJ, Weber-Gasparoni K. Considerations on optimal fluoride intake using dental fluorosis and dental caries outcomes--a longitudinal study. J Public Health Dent. 2009 Spring;69(2):111-5.

t hat fluoride intake can't be cont rolled by parents, t hat f lu oridated water used t o make infant formula leads to dental flurosis (Levy, 2010)

levy SM, Broffitt B, Marshall TA, Eichenberger-Gilmore JM, Warren JJ. Associations between fluorosis of permanent incisors and fluoride intake from infant formula, other dietary sources and dentifrice during early childhood. JAm Dent Assoc. 2010 Oct;141(10):1190-201.

and fluoridation even leads to negative bone cha nges in children (Levy 2009). l evy SM, Eichen berger-Gilmore J, Warren JJ, l etuchy E, Broffitt B, Marshall TA, Burns T, Willing M, Janz K and Torner JC. Associations of fluoride intake with children's bone measures at age 11. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2009; 37:416-426.

Hea lth Canada fa iled t o ca lculate a risk factor to protect susce ptible Canadians and simply settled on 0.7 ppm for the new recom mended level (over w hich it has no legal j urisd iction or accountability)

The City of Toronto's policies and practices in drinking water fluoridation are guided by these expert reviews and recommendations.

The City of Toronto was not t old about the documented side effects.

Toronto Public Health and Toronto Water are committed to ensuring the safety of the Toronto drinking water supply, and protecting the health ofToronto residents.

There have been no sa fety studies o n t he actual man-made chemica ls t hat are inj ected into o ur drinking water. They contain contaminant s such as t he cancer-ca using element arsenic.

The dental benefits and safety of fluoridation of drinking water are strongly supported by many health organizations, including the Ontario Medical Association, the Canadian Dental Association, the Ontario Dental Association, the American Dental Association, the Public Health Dentists Association,

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These organizations advise but do not conduct original research. Original research is conducted by scientists who could be funded by government or by industry. Fluoride toxicology research seldom appears the journals own by these organizations. the Chief Dentist of Canada

Dr. Cooney organized a Canadian national survey. The examinations sites were selected non-randomly and dominated 2:1 by non-fluoridation sites. None ofthe data has been statistically ana lyzed with acceptable scientific methods {using regression analysis to adjust for confounding factors). Nor has any of the data been subject to peer review and published in the dental literature. and the International Association for Dental Research . The IADR has built a reputation on f luoride research . Many of its members have received grants from governments and industry to show fluoride's benefit. There are IADR awards for fluoride research. It is difficult for this organization to now concede that fluoridation no longer works and may be harmful.

Fluoride has been added to the Toronto drinking water supply since 1963.

Which means some Torontonians have built up so much fluoride in their bones that their bones are at higher risk for fracture {Chachra, 2010) Chachra D, Lime back H, Willett TL, Grynpas MD. The long-term effects of water fluoridation on the human skeleton. J Dent Res. 2010 Nov;89(11) :1219-23 .

Studies of Toronto children 12 years after the introduction of water fluoridation and again in 2000 show that by 2000, there was a 77.4% mean reduction in decayed, missing and filled baby teeth for five year­ old children. There was also a 390% increase in the percentage of children with no tooth decay when compared to rates reported prior to the addition of fluoride in 1963.

No peer-reviewed publication to report this result can be found. If these data are from public health surveys, how can one determine if the study was done correctly if they haven't been published and are kept secret from the public?

This dramatic improvement in dental health is due to a combination of water fluoridation, other sources of fluoride {such as toothpaste), better nutrition and better dental preventive care. Water fluoridation plays an important role in a comprehensive approach to good dental health.

If you don't measure the benefits from toothpaste use, better nutrition and better dental preventive care, you simply cannot measure how much benefit came from fluoridation.

The current target level of fluoride in Toronto drinking water is 0.6 parts per million - a level which is less than the naturally occurring fluoride levels from a number of European and North American water sources, including parts of Ontario.

And is still far too high for making infant formula. That level puts infants at undo risk for dental f luorosis and other known side effects {Levy, 2010)

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Levy SM, Broffitt B, Marshall TA, Ei chenberger-Gilmore JM, Warren JJ. Associations between fluorosis of permanent incisors and fluoride intake from infant formula, other dietary sources and dentifrice duri ng early childhood. JAm Dent Assoc. 2010 Oct;141(10):1190-201.

Fluoride levels in Toronto's drinking water are regulated in Ontario under the Safe Drinking Water Act administered by the Ministry of the Environment.

This is incorrect. The Safe Drinking Water Act of Ontario does NOT dictate how much fluoride should be in the drinking water. That is determined by each municipality which must decide whether to fluoridate, with which chemical, and at what level. Municipalities are guided by Provincial and Federal 'recommendations'.

The expert opinions expressed in this critique are those of Dr. Hardy Limeback BSc PhD DDS, Professor and Head of Preventive Dentistry, University ofToronto, and offered here without prejudice.

Page 221 of 321 50 Reasons to Oppose Fluoridation

Updated August, 2011

By Paul Connett, PhD and other members of the Fluoride Action Network (including James Beck, MD, PhD, Michael Connett, JD, Hardy Limeback, DDS, PhD, David McRae and Spedding Micklem, D.Phil.)

Introduction

Fluoridation is the practice of adding a fluoride compound to the public drinking water supply ostensibly for the purpose of fighting tooth decay. The levels used range from 0.6 to 1.2 milligrams of fluoride ion per liter (or parts per million, ppm). The practice began in the U.S. in 1945 and was endorsed by the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) in 1950. Very few countries have adopted this practice to any significant extent. Only eight countries in the world have more than 50% of their populations drinking artificially fluoridated water (Australia, Colombia, Ireland, Israel, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the U.S.). In Europe, only Ireland (with 73% of the population fluoridated), the U.K. (1 0%) and Spain (10%) fluoridate some of their water supplies. In the U.S., about 70% of the population is drinking fluoridated water- that is approximately 200 million people and about half the number of people drinking artificially fluoridated water worldwide. Some countries have areas with high natural fluoride levels in the water. These include India, China and parts of Africa. In these countries measures are being taken to remove the fluoride because of the health problems that fluoride can cause.

Fluoridation is a bad medical practice

1 . Fluoride is the only chemical added to water for the purpose of medical treatment. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classifies fluoride as a drug when used to prevent or mitigate disease (FDA 2000). As a matter of basic logic, adding fluoride to water for the sole purpose of preventing tooth decay (a non-waterborne disease) is a form of medical treatment. All other water treatment chemicals are added to improve the water's quality or safety, which fluoride does not do. 2. Fluoridation is unethical. Informed consent is standard practice for all medication, and one of the key reasons why most of Western Europe has ruled against fluoridation. With water fluoridation we are allowing governments to do to whole communities (forcing people to take a medicine irrespective of their consent) what individual doctors cannot do to individual patients. While referenda are preferential to imposed policies from government, it still leaves the problem of individual rights versus majority rule. Put another way: Does a voter have the right to require that their neighbor ingest a certain medication (even if it is against that neighbor's will)?

Page 222 of 321 3. The dose cannot be controlled. Once fluoride is put in the water it is impossible to control the dose each individual receives because people drink different amounts of water. Being able to control the dose a patient receives is critical. Some people (e.g., manual laborers, athletes, diabetics, and people with kidney disease) drink substantially more water than others. 4. The fluoride goes to everyone regardless of age, health or vulnerability. According to Dr. Arvid Carlsson, the 2000 Nobel Laureate in Medicine and Physiology and one of the scientists who helped keep fluoridation out of Sweden:

"Water fluoridation goes against leading principles of pharmacotherapy, which is progressing from a stereotyped medication -- of the type 1 tablet 3 times a day-- to a much more individualized therapy as regards both dosage and selection of drugs. The addition of drugs to the drinking water means exactly the opposite of an individualized therapy" (Carlsson 1978).

5. People now receive fluoride from many other sources besides water. Fluoridated water is not the only way people are exposed to fluoride. Other sources of fluoride include food and beverages processed with fluoridated water (Kiritsy 1996; Heilman 1999), fluoridated dental products (Bentley 1999; Levy 1999), mechanically deboned meat (Fein 2001), tea (Levy 1999), and pesticide residues (e.g., from cryolite) on food (Stannard 1991; Burgstahler 1997). It is now widely acknowledged that exposure to non-water sources of fluoride has significantly increased since the water fluoridation program first began (NRC 2006). 6. Fluoride is not an essential nutrient (National Research Council [NRC] 1993; Institute of Medicine [IOM]1997, NRC 2006). No disease has ever been linked to a fluoride deficiency. It has never been shown that ingested fluoride is needed to produce decay-free teeth. Not a single biological process has been shown to require fluoride. On the contrary there is extensive evidence that fluoride can interfere with many important biological processes. Fluoride interferes with numerous enzymes (Waldbott 1978). In combination with aluminum, fluoride interferes with G-proteins (Bigay 1985, 1987). Such interactions give aluminum­ fluoride complexes the potential to interfere with signals from growth factors, hormones and neurotransmitters (Strunecka & Patocka 1999; Li 2003). More and more studies are indicating that fluoride can interfere with biochemistry in fundamental ways (Barbier 2010). 7. The level in mothers' milk is very low. Considering reason #6 it is perhaps not surprising that the level of fluoride in mother's milk is remarkably low (0.004 ppm, NRC, 2006). This means that a bottle-fed baby consuming fluoridated water (0.6 - 1.2 ppm) can get up to 300 times more fluoride than a breast-fed baby. There are no benefits (see reasons #11-19), only risks (see reasons #21-36), for infants

Page 223 of 321 ingesting this heightened level of fluoride at such an early age (an age where susceptibility to environmental toxins is particularly high). 8. Fluoride accumulates in the body. Healthy adult kidneys excrete 50 to 60% of the fluoride they ingest each day (Marier & Rose 1971 ). The remainder accumulates in the body, largely in calcifying tissues such as the bones and pineal gland (Luke 1997, 2001). Infants and children excrete less fluoride from their kidneys and take up to 80% of ingested fluoride into their bones (Ekstrand 1994 ). The fluoride concentration in bone steadily increases over a lifetime (NRC 2006). 9. No health agency in fluoridated countries is monitoring fluoride exposure or side effects. No regular measurements are being made of the levels of fluoride in urine, blood, bones, hair, or nails of either the general population or sensitive subparts of the population (e.g., individuals with kidney disease). 10. There has never been a single randomized clinical trial to demonstrate fluoridation's effectiveness or safety. Despite the fact that fluoride has been added to community water supplies for over 60 years, "there have been no randomized trials of water fluoridation" (Cheng 2007). Randomized studies are the standard method for determining the safety and effectiveness of any purportedly beneficial medical treatment. In 2000, the British Government's "York Review" could not give a single fluoridation trial a Grade A classification- despite 50 years of research (McDonagh 2000). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to classify fluoride as an "unapproved new drug."

Swallowing fluoride provides no (or very little) benefit

11. Benefit is topical not systemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 1999, 2001) has now acknowledged that the mechanism of fluoride's benefits are mainly topical, not systemic. There is no need whatsoever, therefore, to swallow fluoride to protect teeth. Since the purported benefit of fluoride is topical, and the risks are systemic, it makes more sense to deliver the fluoride directly to the tooth in the form of toothpaste. Since swallowing fluoride is unnecessary, and potentially dangerous, there is no justification for forcing people (against their will) to ingest fluoride through their water supply. 12. Fluoridation is not necessary. Most western, industrialized countries have rejected water fluoridation, but have nevertheless experienced the same decline in childhood dental decay as fluoridated countries. (See data from World Health Organization presented graphically in Figure 1 ).

Page 224 of 321 Tooth Decay Trends: Fluoridated vs. Unfluorldated Countries (All d:u~ from World Hc~lrh 0111~nlz~rlon)

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13. Fluoridation's role in the decline of tooth decay is in serious doubt. The largest survey ever conducted in the US (over 39,000 children from 84 communities) by the National Institute of Dental Research showed little difference in tooth decay among children in fluoridated and non-fluoridated communities (Hileman 1989). According to NIDR researchers, the study found an average difference of only 0.6 DMFS (Decayed, Missing, and Filled Surfaces) in the permanent teeth of children aged 5-17 residing their entire lives in either fluoridated or unfluoridated areas (Brunelle & Carlos, 1990). This difference is less than one tooth surface, and less than 1% of the 100+ tooth surfaces available in a child's mouth. Large surveys from three Australian states have found even less of a benefit, with decay reductions ranging from 0 to 0.3 of one permanent tooth surface (Spencer 1996; Armfield & Spencer 2004). None of these studies have allowed for the possible delayed eruption of the teeth that may be caused by exposure to fluoride, for which there is some evidence (Komarek 2005). A one-year delay in eruption of the permanent teeth would eliminate the very small benefit recorded in these modern studies. 14. NIH-funded study on individual fluoride ingestion and tooth decay failed to find a significant correlation. A multi-million dollar, U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) -funded study (Warren 2009) found no relation between tooth decay

Page 225 of 321 and the amount of fluoride ingested by children. This is the first time that tooth decay has been investigated as a function of individual exposure as opposed to mere residence in a fluoridated community. 15. Tooth decay is high in low-income communities that have been fluoridated for years. Despite some claims to the contrary, water fluoridation cannot prevent the oral health crises that result from rampant poverty, inadequate nutrition, and lack of access to dental care. There have been numerous reports of severe dental crises in low-income neighborhoods of US cities that have been fluoridated for over 20 years (e.g., Boston, Cincinnati, New York City, and Pittsburgh). In addition, fluoridation has been repeatedly found to be ineffective at preventing the most serious oral health problem facing poor children, namely "baby bottle tooth decay," otherwise known as early childhood caries (Barnes 1992; Shiboski 2003). 16. Tooth decay does not go up when fluoridation is stopped. Where fluoridation has been discontinued in communities from Canada, the former East Germany, Cuba and Finland, dental decay has not increased but has generally continued to decrease (Maupome 2001; Kunzel & Fischer, 1997, 2000; Kunzel 2000; Seppa 2000). 17. Tooth decay was coming down before fluoridation started. Modern research (e.g., Diesendorf 1986; Colquhoun 1997) shows that decay rates were coming down before fluoridation was introduced in Australia and New Zealand and have continued to decline even after its benefits would have been maximized (see Figure 2). Many other factors influence tooth decay.

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Figure 2. The number of decayed teeth in 5-year olds in New Zealand, over the period 1930-1990. The percentage of the population drinking fluoridated water and the percentage of the total toothpaste sold containing fluoride are shown on the right hand axis (Colquhoun, 1993).

18. The studies that launched fluoridation were methodologically flawed. The early trials conducted between 1945 and 1955 in North America that helped to launch fluoridation, have been heavily criticized for their poor methodology and poor choice of control communities (De Stefano 1954; Sutton 1959, 1960, 1996; Ziegelbecker 1970). According to Dr. Hubert Arnold, a statistician from the University of California at Davis, the early fluoridation trials "are especially rich in fallacies, improper design, invalid use of statistical methods, omissions of contrary data, and just plain muddleheadedness and hebetude." Serious questions have also been raised about Trendley Dean's (the father of fluoridation) famous 21-city study from 1942 (Ziegelbecker 1981 ).

Children are being over-exposed to fluoride

Page 227 of 321 19. Children are being over-exposed to fluoride. The fluoridation program has massively failed to achieve one of its key objectives, i.e., to lower dental decay rates while limiting the occurrence of dental fluorosis (a discoloring of tooth enamel caused by too much fluoride. The goal of the early promoters of fluoridation was to limit dental fluorosis (in its very mild form) to 10% of children (NRC 1993, pp. 6-7). In 2010, however, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that 41% of American adolescents had dental fluorosis, with 8.6% having mild fluorosis and 3.6% having either moderate or severe dental fluorosis (Beltran-Aguilar 201 0). As the 41% prevalence figure is a national average and includes children living in fluoridated and unfluoridated areas, the fluorosis rate in fluoridated communities will obviously be higher. The British Government's York Review estimated that up to 48% of children in fluoridated areas worldwide have dental fluorosis in all forms, with 12.5% having fluorosis of aesthetic concern (McDonagh, 2000). 20. The highest doses of fluoride are going to bottle-fed babies. Because of their sole reliance on liquids for their food intake, infants consuming formula made with fluoridated water have the highest exposure to fluoride, by bodyweight, in the population. Because infant exposure to fluoridated water has been repeatedly found to be a major risk factor for developing dental fluorosis later in life (Marshall 2004; Hong 2006; Levy 201 0), a number of dental researchers have recommended that parents of newborns not use fluoridated water when reconstituting formula (Ekstrand 1996; Pendrys 1998; Fomon 2000; Brothwell 2003; Marshall 2004). Even the American Dental Association (ADA), the most ardent institutional proponent of fluoridation, distributed a November 6, 2006 email alert to its members recommending that parents be advised that formula should be made with "low or no-fluoride water." Unfortunately, the ADA has done little to get this information into the hands of parents. As a result, many parents remain unaware of the fluorosis risk from infant exposure to fluoridated water.

Evidence of harm to other tissues

21 . Dental fluorosis may be an indicator of wider systemic damage. There have been many suggestions as to the possible biochemical mechanisms underlying the development of dental fluorosis (Matsuo 1998; Den Besten 1999; Sharma 2008; Duan 2011 ; Tye 2011) and they are complicated for a lay reader. While promoters of fluoridation are content to dismiss dental fluorosis (in its milder forms) as merely a cosmetic effect, it is rash to assume that fluoride is not impacting other developing tissues when it is visibly damaging the teeth by some biochemical mechanism (Groth 1973; Colquhoun 1997). Moreover, ingested fluoride can only cause dental fluorosis during the period before the permanent teeth have erupted (6-8 years), other tissues are potentially susceptible to damage throughout life. For example, in areas of naturally high levels of fluoride

Page 228 of 321 the first indicator of harm is dental fluorosis in children. In the same communities many older people develop skeletal fluorosis. 22. Fluoride may damage the brain. According to the National Research Council (2006), "it is apparent that fluorides have the ability to interfere with the functions of the brain." In a review of the literature commissioned by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), fluoride has been listed among about 100 chemicals for which there is "substantial evidence of developmental neurotoxicity." Animal experiments show that fluoride accumulates in the brain and alters mental behavior in a manner consistent with a neurotoxic agent (Mullenix 1995). In total, there have now been over 100 animal experiments showing that fluoride can damage the brain and impact learning and behavior. According to fluoridation proponents, these animal studies can be ignored because high doses were used . However, it is important to note that it takes 5-20 times more fluoride to reach the same plasma levels in rats as reached in humans (Sawan 201 0). In fact, one animal experiment found effects at remarkably low doses (Varner 1998). In this study, rats fed for one year with 1 ppm fluoride in their water (the same level used in fluoridation programs), using either sodium fluoride or aluminum fluoride, had morphological changes to their kidneys and brains, an increased uptake of aluminum in the brain, and the formation of beta-amyloid deposits which are associated with Alzheimer's disease. Other animal studies have found effects on the brain at water fluoride levels as low as 5 ppm (Liu 201 O).(For a complete listing of these studies. 23. Fluoride may lower IQ. There have now been 24 studies from China, Iran, India and Mexico that have reported an association between fluoride exposure and reduced IQ. One of these studies (Lin Fa-Fu 1991) indicates that even just moderate levels of fluoride exposure (e.g., 0.9 ppm in the water) can exacerbate the neurological defects of iodine deficiency. In the absence of iodine deficiency, another research team (Xiang 2003a,b) estimated that fluoride may lower IQ at 1.9 ppm, while a recent preliminary study (Ding 2011) found a lowering of IQ in children drinking water at levels ranging from 0.3 to 3 ppm. The authors of this latter study reported that for each increase of 1 ppm fluoride measured in the urine there was a loss of 0.59 IQ points. None of these studies indicates an adequate margin of safety to protect all children drinking artificially fluoridated water from this affect. According to the National Research Council (2006), "the consistency of the results [in fluoride/IQ studies] appears significant enough to warrant additional research on the effects of fluoride on intelligence." Except for an early and small IQ study from New Zealand (Shannon et al., 1986) no fluoridating country has investigated the matter for themselves. 24. Fluoride may cause non-IQ neurotoxic effects. Reduced IQ is not the only neurotoxic effect that may result from fluoride exposure. At least three human studies have reported an association between fluoride exposure and impaired visual-spatial organization (Calderon 2000; Li 2004; Rocha-Amador 2009); while

Page 229 of 321 three other studies have found an association between prenatal fluoride exposure and fetal brain damage (Han 1989; Du 1992; Yu 1996). 25. Fluoride affects the pineal gland. Studies by Jennifer Luke (2001) show that fluoride accumulates in the human pineal gland to very high levels. In her Ph.D. thesis, Luke has also shown in animal studies that fluoride reduces melatonin production and leads to an earlier onset of puberty (Luke 1997). Consistent with Luke's findings, one of the earliest fluoridation trials in the U.S. (Schlesinger 1956) reported that on average young girls in the fluoridated community reached menstruation 5 months earlier than girls in the non-fluoridated community. Inexplicably, no fluoridating country has attempted to reproduce either Luke's or Schlesinger's findings or examine the issue any further. 26. Fluoride affects thyroid function. According to the U.S. National Research Council (2006), "several lines of information indicate an effect of fluoride exposure on thyroid function." In the Ukraine, Bachinskii (1985) found a lowering of thyroid function, among otherwise healthy people, at 2.3 ppm fluoride in water. In the middle of the 20th century, fluoride was prescribed by a number of European doctors to reduce the activity of the thyroid gland for those suffering from hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid) (Stecher 1960; Waldbott 1978). According to a clinical study by Galletti and Joyet (1958), the thyroid function of hyperthyroid patients was effectively reduced at just 2.3 to 4.5 mg/day of fluoride ion. To put this finding in perspective, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS, 1991) has estimated that total fluoride exposure in fluoridated communities ranges from 1.6 to 6.6 mg/day. This is a remarkable fact, particularly considering the rampant and increasing problem of hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) in the United States and other fluoridated countries. Symptoms of hypothyroidism include depression, fatigue, weight gain, muscle and joint pains, increased cholesterol levels, and heart disease. In 2010, the second most prescribed drug of the year was Synthroid (sodium levothyroxine) which is a hormone replacement drug used to treat an underactive thyroid. 27. Fluoride causes arthritic symptoms. Some of the early symptoms of skeletal fluorosis (a fluoride-induced bone and joint disease that impacts millions of people in India, China, and Africa), mimic the symptoms of arthritis (Singh 1963; Franke 1975; Teotia 1976; Carnow 1981; Czerwinski 1988; DHHS 1991). According to a review on fluoridation published in Chemical & Engineering News, "Because some of the clinical symptoms mimic arthritis, the first two clinical phases of skeletal fluorosis could be easily misdiagnosed" (Hileman 1988). Few, if any, studies have been done to determine the extent of this misdiagnosis, and whether the high prevalence of arthritis in America (1 in 3 Americans have some form of arthritis - CDC, 2002) and other fluoridated countries is related to growing fluoride exposure, which is highly plausible. Even when individuals in the U.S. suffer advanced forms of skeletal fluorosis (from drinking large amounts of tea), it has taken years of misdiagnoses before doctors finally correctly diagnosed the condition as fluorosis.

Page 230 of 321 28. Fluoride damages bone. An early fluoridation trial (Newburgh-Kingston 1945- 55) found a significant two-fold increase in cortical bone defects among children in the fluoridated community (Schlesinger 1956). The cortical bone is the outside layer of the bone and is important to protect against fracture. While this result was not considered important at the time with respect to bone fractures, it did prompt questions about a possible link to osteosarcoma (Caffey, 1955; NAS, 1977). In 2001, Alarcon-Herrera and co-workers reported a linear correlation between the severity of dental fluorosis and the frequency of bone fractures in both children and adults in a high fluoride area in Mexico. 29. Fluoride may increase hip fractures in the elderly. When high doses of fluoride (average 26 mg per day) were used in trials to treat patients with osteoporosis in an effort to harden their bones and reduce fracture rates, it actually led to a higher number of fractures, particularly hip fractures (lnkovaara 1975; Gerster 1983; Dambacher 1986; O'Duffy 1986; Hedlund 1989; Bayley 1990; Gutteridge 1990. 2002; Orcel1990; Riggs 1990 and Schnitzler 1990). Hip fracture is a very serious issue for the elderly, often leading to a loss of independence or a shortened life. There have been over a dozen studies published since 1990 that have investigated a possible relationship between hip fractures and long term consumption of artificially fluoridated water or water with high natural levels. The results have been mixed - some have found an association and others have not. Some have even claimed a protective effect. One very important study in China, which examined hip fractures in six Chinese villages, found what appears to be a dose-related increase in hip fracture as the concentration of fluoride rose from 1 ppm to 8 ppm (Li 2001) offering little comfort to those who drink a lot of fluoridated water. Moreover, in the only human epidemiological study to assess bone strength as a function of bone fluoride concentration, researchers from the University of Toronto found that (as with animal studies) the strength of bone declined with increasing fluoride content (Chachra 201 0). Finally, a recent study from Iowa (Levy 2009), published data suggesting that low-level fluoride exposure may have a detrimental effect on cortical bone density in girls (an effect that has been repeatedly documented in clinical trials and which has been posited as an important mechanism by which fluoride may increase bone fracture rates). 30. People with impaired kidney function are particularly vulnerable to bone damage. Because of their inability to effectively excrete fluoride, people with kidney disease are prone to accumulating high levels of fluoride in their bone and blood. As a result of this high fluoride body burden, kidney patients have an elevated risk for developing skeletal fluorosis. In one of the few U.S. studies investigating the matter, crippling skeletal fluorosis was documented among patients with severe kidney disease drinking water with just 1.7 ppm fluoride (Johnson 1979). Since severe skeletal fluorosis in kidney patients has been detected in small case studies, it is likely that larger, systematic studies would detect skeletal fluorosis at even lower fluoride levels.

Page 231 of 321 31. Fluoride may cause bone cancer (osteosarcoma). A U.S. government-funded animal study found a dose-dependent increase in bone cancer (osteosarcoma) in fluoride-treated, male rats (NTP 1990). Following the results of this study, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) reviewed national cancer data in the U.S. and found a significantly higher rate of osteosarcoma (a bone cancer) in young men in fluoridated versus unfluoridated areas (Hoover et al 1991a). While the NCI concluded (based on an analysis lacking statistical power) that fluoridation was not the cause (Hoover et al1991b), no explanation was provided to explain the higher rates in the fluoridated areas. A smaller study from New Jersey (Cohn 1992) found osteosarcoma rates to be up to 6 times higher in young men living in fluoridated versus unfluoridated areas. Other epidemiological studies of varying size and quality have failed to find this relationship (a summary of these can be found in Bassin, 2001 and Connett & Neurath, 2005). There are three reasons why a fluoride-osteosarcoma connection is plausible: First, fluoride accumulates to a high level in bone. Second, fluoride stimulates bone growth. And, third, fluoride can interfere with the genetic apparatus of bone cells in several ways; it has been shown to be mutagenic, cause chromosome damage, and interfere with the enzymes involved with DNA repair in both cell and tissue studies (Tsutsui 1984; Caspary 1987; Kishi 1993; Mihashi 1996; Zhang 2009). In addition to cell and tissue studies, a correlation between fluoride exposure and chromosome damage in humans has also been reported (Sheth 1994; Wu 1995; Meng 1997; Joseph 2000). 32. Proponents have failed to refute the Bassin-Osteosarcoma study. In 2001, Elise Bassin, a dentist, successfully defended her doctoral thesis at Harvard in which she found that young boys had a five-to-seven fold increased risk of getting osteosarcoma by the age of 20 if they drank fluoridated water during their mid-childhood growth spurt (age 6 to 8). The study was published in 2006 (Bassin 2006) but has been largely discounted by fluoridating countries because her thesis adviser Professor Chester Douglass (a promoter of fluoridation and a consultant for Colgate) promised a larger study that he claimed would discount her thesis (Douglass and Joshipura, 2006). Now, after 5 years of waiting the Douglass study has finally been published (Kim 2011) but in no way does this study discount Bassin's findings. The study, which used far fewer controls than Bassin's analysis, did not even attempt to assess the age-specific window of risk that Bassin identified. Indeed, by the authors' own admission, the study had no capacity to assess the risk of osteosarcoma among children and adolescents (the precise population of concern). For a critique of the Douglass study, click here. 33. Fluoride may cause reproductive problems. Fluoride administered to animals at high doses wreaks havoc on the male reproductive system - it damages sperm and increases the rate of infertility in a number of different species (Kour 1980; Chinoy 1989; Chinoy 1991; Susheela 1991; Chinoy 1994; Kumar 1994; Narayana 1994a,b; Zhao 1995; Elbetieha 2000; Ghosh 2002; Zakrzewska 2002).

Page 232 of 321 In addition, an epidemiological study from the US found increased rates of infertility among couples living in areas with 3 ppm or more fluoride in the water (Freni 1994 ), two studies have found reduced level of circulating testosterone in males living in high fluoride areas (Susheela 1996; Barot 1998), and a study of fluoride-exposed workers reported a "subclinical reproductive effect" (Ortiz-Perez 2003). While animal studies by FDA researchers have failed to find evidence of reproductive toxicity in fluoride-exposed rats (Sprando 1996, 1997, 1998), the National Research Council (2006) has recommended that, "the relationship between fluoride and fertility requires additional study." 34. Some individuals are highly sensitive to low levels of fluoride as shown by case studies and double blind studies (Shea 1967; Waldbott 1978; Moolenburgh 1987). In one study, which lasted 13 years, Feltman and Kosel (1961) showed that about 1% of patients given 1 mg of fluoride each day developed negative reactions. Many individuals have reported suffering from symptoms such as fatigue, headaches, rashes and stomach and gastro intestinal tract problems, which disappear when they avoid fluoride in their water and diet. Frequently the symptoms reappear when they are unwittingly exposed to fluoride again (Spittle, 2008). No fluoridating government has conducted scientific studies to take this issue beyond these anecdotal reports. Without the willingness of governments to investigate these reports scientifically, should we as a society be forcing these people to ingest fluoride? 35. Other subsets of population are more vulnerable to fluoride's toxicity. In addition to people suffering from impaired kidney function discussed in reason #30 other subsets of the population are more vulnerable.to fluoride's toxic effects. According to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR 1993) these include: infants, the elderly and diabetics. Also vulnerable are those who suffer from malnutrition (e.g., calcium, magnesium, vitamin C, vitamin D and iodine deficiencies and protein-poor diets. See: Massier & Schour 1952; Marier & Rose 1977; Lin Fa-Fu 1991; Chen 1997; Teotia 1998).

No Margin of Safety

36. There is no margin of safety for several health effects. No one can deny that high natural levels of fluoride damage health. Millions of people in India and China have had their health compromised by fluoride. The real argument is about whether there is an adequate margin of safety between the doses that have been shown to cause harm in published studies and the total dose people receive consuming uncontrolled amounts of fluoridated water and non-water sources of fluoride. This margin of safety has to take into account the wide range of individual sensitivity expected in a large population (a safety factor of 10 is usually applied to the lowest level causing harm). Another safety factor is also needed to take into account the wide range of doses to which people are exposed. There is clearly no margin of safety for dental fluorosis (CDC, 201 0)

Page 233 of 321 and based on the following studies nowhere near an adequate margin of safety for lowered IQ (Xiang 2003a,b; Ding 2011 ); lowered thyroid function (Galletti & Joyet 1958; Bachinskii 1985; Lin 1991 ); bone fractures in children (Alarcon­ Herrera 2001 ) or hip fractures in the elderly (Kurttio 1999; Li 2001 ). All these harmful effects are discussed in the NRC (2006) review.

Environmental Justice

37. Low-income families penalized by fluoridation. Those most likely to suffer from poor nutrition, and thus more likely to be more vulnerable to fluoride's toxic effects, are the poor, who unfortunately, are the very people being targeted by new fluoridation programs. While at heightened risk, poor families are least able to afford avoiding fluoride once it is added to the water supply. No financial support is being offered to these families to help them get alternative water supplies or to help pay the costs of treating unsightly cases of dental fluorosis. 38. Black and Hispanic children are more vulnerable to fluoride's toxicity. According to the CDC's national survey of dental fluorosis, black and Mexican-American children have significantly higher rates of dental fluorosis than white children (Beltran-Aguilar 2005, Table 23). The recognition that minority children appear to be more vulnerable to toxic effects of fluoride, combined with the fact that low-income families are less able to avoid drinking fluoridated water, has prompted prominent leaders in the environmental-justice movement to oppose mandatory fluoridation in Georgia. In a statement issued in May 2011 , the Rev. Andrew Young, a colleague of Martin Luther King, Jr., and former Mayor of Atlanta and former US Ambassador to the United Nations, stated:

"I am most deeply concerned for poor families who have babies: if they cannot afford unfluoridated water for their babies' milk formula, do their babies not count? Of course they do. This is an issue of fairness, civil rights, and compassion. We must find better ways to prevent cavities, such as helping those most at risk for cavities obtain access to the services of a dentist. .. My father was a dentist. I formerly was a strong believer in the benefits of water fluoridation for preventing cavities. But many things that we began to do 50 or more years ago we now no longer do, because we have learned further information that changes our practices and policies. So it is with fluoridation." (see:http://www2.fluoridealert.org/Aiert/United- States/Georg ia/At Ia nta-Civii-Rights-Leaders-Callfor- Halt-to­ Water-Fluoridation)

39. Minorities are not being warned about their vulnerabilities to fluoride. The CDC is not warning black and Mexican-American children that they have higher

Page 234 of 321 rates of dental fluorosis than Caucasian children (see #38). This extra vulnerability may extend to other toxic effects of fluoride. Black Americans have higher rates of lactose intolerance, kidney problems and diabetes, all of which may exacerbate fluoride's toxicity. 40. Tooth decay reflects low-income not low-fluoride intake. Since dental decay is most concentrated in poor communities, we should be spending our efforts trying to increase the access to dental care for low-income families. The highest rates of tooth decay today can be found in low-income areas that have been fluoridated for many years. The real "Oral Health Crisis" that exists today in the United States, is not a lack of fluoride but poverty and lack of dental insurance. The Surgeon General has estimated that 80% of dentists in the US do not treat children on Medicaid.

The largely untested chemicals used in fluoridation programs

41. The chemicals used to fluoridate water are not pharmaceutical grade. Instead, they largely come from the wet scrubbing systems of the phosphate fertilizer industry. These chemicals (90% of which are sodium fluorosilicate and fluorosilicic acid), are classified hazardous wastes contaminated with various impurities. Recent testing by the National Sanitation Foundation suggest that the levels of arsenic in these silicon fluorides are relatively high (up to 1.6 ppb after dilution into public water) and of potential concern (NSF 2000 and Wang 2000). Arsenic is a known human carcinogen for which there is no safe level. This one contaminant alone could be increasing cancer rates- and unnecessarily so. 42. The silicon fluorides have not been tested comprehensively. The chemical usually tested in animal studies is pharmaceutical grade sodium fluoride, not industrial grade fluorosilicic acid. Proponents claim that once the silicon fluorides have been diluted at the public water works they are completely dissociated to free fluoride ions and hydrated silica and thus there is no need to examine the toxicology of these compounds. However, while a study from the University of Michigan (Finney et al. , 2006) showed complete dissociation at neutral pH, in acidic conditions (pH 3) there was a stable complex containing five fluoride ions. Thus the possibility arises that such a complex may be regenerated in the stomach where the pH lies between 1 and 2. 43. The silicon fluorides may increase lead uptake into children's blood. Studies by Masters and Coplan 1999, 2000, 2007 show an association between the use of fluorosilicic acid (and its sodium salt) to fluoridate water and an increased uptake of lead into children's blood. Because of lead's acknowledged ability to damage the developing brain, this is a very serious finding. Nevertheless, it is being largely ignored by fluoridating countries. This association received some strong biochemical support from an animal study by Sawan et al. (201 0) who found that exposure of rats to a combination of

Page 235 of 321 fluorosilicic acid and lead in their drinking water increased the uptake of lead into blood some threefold over exposure to lead alone. 44. Fluoride may leach lead from pipes, brass fittings and soldered joints. Maas et al (2007) have shown that fluoridating agents in combination with chlorinating agents such as chloroamine increase the leaching of lead from brass fittings used in plumbing. While proponents may argue about the neurotoxic effects of low levels of fluoride there is no argument that lead at very low levels lowers IQ in children.

Continued promotion of fluoridation is unscientific

45. Key health studies have not been done. In the January 2008 issue of Scientific American, Professor John Doull, the chairman of the important 2006 National Research Council review, Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Review of EPA's Standards, is quoted as saying:

What the committee found is that we've gone with the status quo regarding fluoride for many years-for too long really-and now we need to take a fresh look ... In the scientific community people tend to think this is settled. I mean, when the U.S. surgeon general comes out and says this is one of the top 10 greatest achievements of the 20th century, that's a hard hurdle to get over. But when we looked at the studies that have been done, we found that many of these questions are unsettled and we have much less information than we should, considering how long this [fluoridation] has been going on.

The absence of studies is being used by promoters as meaning the absence of harm. This is an irresponsible position.

46. Endorsements do not represent scientific evidence. Many of those promoting fluoridation rely heavily on a list of endorsements. However, the U.S. PHS first endorsed fluoridation in 1950, before one single trial had been completed and before any significant health studies had been published (see chapters 9 and 10 in The Case Against Fluoride for the significance of this PHS endorsement for the future promotion of fluoridation). Many other endorsements swiftly followed with little evidence of any scientific rational for doing so. The continued use of these endorsements has more to do with political science than medical science. 47. Review panels hand-picked to deliver a pro-fluoridation result. Every so often, particularly when their fluoridation program is under threat, governments of fluoridating countries hand-pick panels to deliver reports that provide the necessary re-endorsement of the practice.

Page 236 of 321 In their recent book Fluoride Wars (2009), which is otherwise slanted toward fluoridation, Alan Freeze and Jay Lehr concede this point when they write:

There is one anti-fluoridationist charge that does have some truth to it. Anti-fluoride forces have always claimed that the many government-sponsored review panels set up over the years to assess the costs and benefits of fluoridation were stacked in favor of fluoridation. A review of the membership of the various panels confirms this charge. The expert committees that put together reports by the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1941, 1944 and 1954; the National Academy of Sciences in 1951, 1971, 1977 and 1993; the World Health Organization in 1958 and 1970; and the U.S. Public Health Service in 1991 are rife with the names of well-known medical and dental researchers who actively campaigned on behalf of fluoridation or whose research was held in high regard in the pro­ fluoridation movement. Membership was interlocking and incestuous.

The most recent examples of these self-fulfilling prophecies have come from the Irish Fluoridation Forum (2002); the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC, 2007) and Health Canada (2008, 201 0). The latter used a panel of six experts to review the health literature. Four of the six were pro­ fluoridation dentists and the other two had no demonstrated expertise on fluoride. A notable exception to this trend was the appointment by the U.S. National Research Council of the first balanced panel of experts ever selected to look at fluoride's toxicity in the U.S. This panel of twelve reviewed the US EPA's safe drinking water standards for fluoride. After three and half years the panel concluded in a 507- page report that the safe drinking water standard was not protective of health and a new maximum contaminant level goal (MCLG) should be determined (NRC, 2006). If normal toxicological procedures and appropriate margins of safety were applied to their findings this report should spell an end to water fluoridation. Unfortunately in January of 2011 the US EPA Office of Water made it clear that they would not determine a value for the MCLG that would jeopardize the water fluoridation program (EPA press release, Jan 7, 2011 . Once again politics was allowed to trump science.

More and more independent scientists oppose fluoridation

48. Many scientists oppose fluoridation. Proponents of fluoridation have maintained for many years- despite the fact that the earliest opponents of fluoridation were biochemists-that the only people opposed to fluoridation are not bona fide scientists. Today, as more and more scientists, doctors, dentists and other professionals, read the primary literature for themselves, rather than

Page 237 of 321 relying on self-serving statements from the ADA and the CDC, they are realizing that they and the general public have not been diligently informed by their professional bodies on this subject. As of July 2011, over 3700 professionals have signed a statement calling for an end to water fluoridation worldwide. This statement and a list of signatories can be found on the website of the Fluoride Action Network (see: www.FiuorideAiert.org). A glimpse of the caliber of those opposing fluoridation can be gleaned by watching the 28-minute video "Professional Perspectives on Water fluoridation" which can be viewed online at the same FAN site.

Proponents' dubious tactics

49. Proponents usually refuse to defend fluoridation in open debate. While pro­ fluoridation officials continue to promote fluoridation with undiminished fervor, they usually refuse to defend the practice in open public debate - even when challenged to do so by organizations such as the Association for Science in the Public Interest, the American College of Toxicology, or the U.S. EPA (Bryson 2004). According to Dr. Michael Easley, a prominent lobbyist for fluoridation in the US, "Debates give the illusion that a scientific controversy exists when no credible people support the fluorophobics' view" (Easley, 1999). In light of proponents' refusal to debate this issue, Dr. Edward Groth, a Senior Scientist at Consumers Union, observed that, "the political profluoridation stance has evolved into a dogmatic, authoritarian, essentially antiscientific posture, one that discourages open debate of scientific issues" (Martin 1991 ). 50. Proponents use very dubious tactics to promote fluoridation. Many scientists, doctors and dentists who have spoken out publicly on this issue have been subjected to censorship and intimidation (Martin 1991 ). Dr. Phyllis Mullenix was fired from her position as Chair of Toxicology at Forsythe Dental Center for publishing her findings on fluoride and the brain (Mullenix 1995); and Dr. William Marcus was fired from the EPA for questioning the government's handling of the NTP's fluoride-cancer study (Bryson 2004). Many dentists and even doctors tell opponents in private that they are opposed to this practice but dare not speak out in public because of peer pressure and the fear of recriminations. Tactics like this would not be necessary if those promoting fluoridation were on secure scientific and ethical grounds.

Conclusion

When it comes to controversies surrounding toxic chemicals, vested interests traditionally do their very best to discount animal studies and quibble with epidemiological findings. In the past, political pressures have led government agencies to drag their feet on regulating asbestos, benzene, DDT, PCBs, tetraethyllead, tobacco and dioxins. With fluoridation we have had a sixty-year delay. Unfortunately, because government officials and dental leaders have put so much of their credibility on the line

Page 238 of 321 defending fluoridation, and because of the huge liabilities waiting in the wings if they admit that fluoridation has caused an increase in hip fracture, arthritis, bone cancer, brain disorders or thyroid problems, it will be very difficult for them to speak honestly and openly about the issue. But they must, not only to protect millions of people from unnecessary harm, but to protect the notion that, at its core, public health policy must be based on sound science not political expediency. They have a tool with which to do this: it's called the Precautionary Principle. Simply put, this says: if in doubt leave it out. This is what most European countries have done and their children's teeth have not suffered, while their public's trust has been strengthened.

Just how much doubt is needed on just one of the health concerns identified above, to override a benefit, which when quantified in the largest survey ever conducted in the US, amounts to less than one tooth surface (out of 128) in a child's mouth?

While fluoridation may not be the greatest environmental health threat, it is one of the easiest to end. It is as easy as turning off a spigot in the public water works. But to turn off that spigot takes political will and to get that we need masses more people informed and organized. Please get these 50 reasons to all your friends and encourage them to get fluoride out of their community and to help ban this practice worldwide.

Postscript

Further arguments against fluoridation, can be viewed at http://www.fluoridealert.org and in the book The Case Against Fluoridation (Chelsea Green, 201 0). Arguments for fluoridation can be found at http://www.ada.org

Publication history of the 50 Reasons

These 50 Reasons were first compiled by Paul Connett and presented in person to the Fluoridation Forum in Ireland in October 2000. The document was refined in 2004 and published in Medical Veritas. See: http://www.fluoridealert.org/50reasons.htm In the introduction to this 2004 version it was explained that after over four years the Irish authorities had not been able to muster a response to the 50 Reasons, despite agreeing to do so in 2000. Eventually, an anonymous, incomplete and superficial response was posted on the Irish Department of Health and Children's website (see this response and addendum at:http://www.dohc.ie/other_health_issues/dental_research/. Paul Connett's comprehensive response to this response can be accessed athttp://www.fluoridealert.org/50reasons.htm We learned on August 7, 2011 that this governmental response was prepared by an external contractor at a cost to the Irish taxpayers' of over 30,000 Euros. See: http://www.independent.ie/national­ news/staggering-sums-spent-on-reportscommissioned- by-the-state- 2841922.html Since 2004, there have been many major scientific developments including the publication of the U.S. National Research Council report (NRC, 2006); the publication of Bassin's study on Osteosarcoma (Bassin 2006), and many more studies of fluoride's interaction with the brain, that have necessitated a major update of the 50 Reasons. This was compiled in August 2011 .

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Wednesday, March 21,2012 9:45AM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: Susan Schweitzer- Extension of Legal Responsibilities Re: Municipal Water Supply Attachments: SDWA Guide to Municipal Councils. pdf

From: Susan Schweitzer {I[ml2'a§ii~ltoQ.:~~I!I!I!!!I•!!!I!!!I••ll Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 6:55 PM To: MAYOR EMAIL; Linda Murray; Andrew Hill; Patrick Kehoe; Michael Fogarty; Paul Spears; Pete Bowen; Tony Madden Cc: JASON COVEY Subject: Susan Schweitzer - Extension of Legal Responsibilities Re: Municipal Water Supply

1 would like to submit the attached guide to the City of Orillia process regarding water fluoridation. Among other things, there is a new legal responsibility as of Jan. 1, 2013. The details of this are within the highlighted sections. Thank you, Susan Schweitzer

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('~ Page 258t of ">321 1/r. Ontario Acknowledgements The Ministry of the Environment would like to acknowledge the contributions of the following people and associations in the development of this guidance document, and thank them for sharing their time and expertise: Councillor Andre Rivest, Councillor Brian Coleman, Craig Reid, Mayor Delbert Shewfelt, Doug Parker, Councillor Jack Miller, Councillor Ken Graham, Former Mayor Michael Power, Councillor Paul Hubert, Councillor-at-Large Rebecca Johnson, Brian Jobb, Dr. Saad Jasim, Alexa Pagel, Ann Darby, Barbara Stokes, Brenda Korbee, Brian Alton, Brian Gildner, Carol Salisbury, Cheryl Davis, Christine Campbell, lndra Prashad, Jakob Rehlinger, JiiiMarie Bourgeault, Krys Potapczyk, Laurence Borg, Matt Uza, Peter Fenlak, Rhobi Chacha, Slobhan Corr, Terry Bulman, Valerie Capalbo, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, and the Ontario Municipal Water Association.

For answers to general questions, contact the Ministry of the Environment at 1-800-565-4923 Legal Disclaimer-This guide should not be viewed as legal or other expert advice. For specific questions regarding the legal application of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and its regulations, please consult a lawyer and/or review the text of the Act at www.e-laws.gov.on.ca

Sources Much of the material in this guide has been adapted from the Ontario Municipal Water Association's 2004 handbook "Ontario Drinking Water Stewardship Responsibilities" with their permission. Information was also obtained from the following sources:

American Water Works Association, 2009, Water Basics for Decision Makers Emergency Management Ontario, 2010, Emergency Management Doctrine for Ontario Environment Canada, 2010, 2010 Municipal Water Use Report: 2006 Statistics Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, 2002, Part Two Report of the Walkerton Inquiry Ontario Ministry of the Environment, 2006, The Clean Water Act: Promoting Municipal Awareness and Understanding Ontario Ministry of the Environment, 2007, ''Drinking Water 101" course materials Ontario Ministry of the Environment, 2007, Implementing Quality Management: A Guide for Ontario's Drinking Water Systems Ontario Ministry ofthe Environment, 2007, Towards Financially Sustainable Drinking-Water and Wastewater Systems Ontario Ministry of the Environment, 2009, Annual Report 2007-2008 Chief Drinking Water inspector Ontario Ministry of the Environment and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources,2009, Safeguarding and Sustaining Ontario's Water Resources for Future Generations Pollution Probe, 2006, The Source Water Protection Primer

Page 259 of 321 TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION A Message from the Chief Drinking Water Inspector of Ontario ...... 2 A Message from Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health ...... 2 What You Need to Know About Your Drinking Water Responsibilities ...... 3

UNDERSTANDING YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES FOR OVERSEEING DRINKING WATER Protecting Ontario's Drinking Water ...... 4 A Legislative and Regulatory Framework for Protecting Water ...... 5 Key Sections of the SDWA for Municipal Councillors ...... 6 Check Your Knowledge ...... 11 What Should I be Asking? ...... 12

OVERVIEW OF DRINKING WATER MANAGEMENT TOPICS Organizational and Governance Models ...... 13 Municipal Licensing ...... 13 The Operational Plan and You ...... 14 Managing the Risks to Drinking Water ...... 16 Infrastructure Planning ...... 18 Sustainable Financial Planning for Drinking Water Systems ...... 20 Communicating With Your Operating Authority ...... 22 Emergency Planning for Drinking Water ...... 22 Drinking Water System Reports and Inspections ...... 24 Drinking Water System Operators ...... 25 Water Conservation ...... 27

LEARN MORE ABOUT DRINKING WATER Sources of Water ...... 28 Drinking Water Treatment Processes ...... 30 Water Distribution ...... 31

For Further Information ...... 32 Summary of Actions You Can Take ...... 33 Glossary ...... 34

Ta king Care of Your Drinking Wat er: A Guide for MembPageers of 260 Muni ofcipal 321 Counci ls 1 A Message from the Chief Drinking A Message from Ontario's Chief Water Inspector of Ontario Medical Officer of Health

Ensuring the safety of Ontario's Safe &·inking water is one of drinking water is a shared the key pillars of public health responsibility. It requires dedi­ in Ontario. We all lrnow that if cation and a commitment to a dlinking water system fails, constant vigilance from many serious life-threatening conse­ partners, ranging from govern­ quences can result. ments to treatment plant opera­ tors. More than 80 per cent of Ontario's public health tmits Ontario's population receive work together with municipali­ their dlinking water from a ties in many ways to protect the municipal drinking water system, and much of the public, including when yom community's dlinking important work of maintaining safe dlinking water for water may not be safe for consumption. As munici­ the people of Ontario is done at the municipal level. pal councillors with oversight responsibilities for Drinking water quality and inspection results consis­ municipal drinking water systems, I encomage you tently show that Ontario's municipalities are doing an to understand how yom role can directly affect the exceptional job in this regard. If millions of Onta.J.'­ health of yom community and to keep it as a para­ ians take clean, safe dlinking water for granted, it is mount consideration in your decision-making. because so many dedicated public officials do not. Dr: Arlene King This guide is intended to support you in your role Chief Med'ical O.[ficeT of Health of Ontario as a numicipal cotmcillor who may have oversight responsibilities for one of these &·inking water systems. The guide will help you understand your responsibilities under the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 and provide you with information on how On­ "Since Dt: John Snow's 1854 discovery tario's drinking water is safeguarded. It will help an­ in London, England, that drinking water swer questions about yotu· statutory standard of care could kill people by transmitting disease, responsibilities, and it provides some basic reference the developed world has come a long way material on &inking water. It also has some practical tou·ards eliminating the transmission of advice on additional actions you can take to be better water-bot·ne disease. The Walkerton e.rpe­ informed and questions to test yotu' lrnowledge. rience 1carns that 1re may hat·e beco'me victims of our ornz success, taking for As Chief Drinking Water Inspector, I look forward to granted our drinking water's safety. The continuing to work with Ontario's mtmicipalities to keynote in the future should be vigilance. safeguard Onta.J.·io's drinking water. We should nez•er be complacent about drinking zcater safety.·· JohnStageT -Justice Dennis O'Connor, 2002, Report of the Chief Drinking Water· Inspector" of Ontario Walkerton Inquiry L------'' 2 Taking Care of Your Drinking Water: A Guide for Members of Municipal Councils Page 261 of 321 Page 262 of 321 UNDERSTANDING YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES FOR OVERSEEING DRINKING WATER

Protecting Ontario's Drinking Water

Ontario has a comprehensive safety net to safeguard its drinking water from source to tap. It is a multi­ faceted approach that helps prevent contamination, detects and solves water quality problems, enforces laws and regulations and increases people's aware­ ness of the importance of safe, high quality drinking water. Ontario's drinking water protection safety net has eight components: • A source-to-tap focus • A strong legislative and regulatory framework • Regulated health-based standards for drinking water • Regular and reliable testing • Swift, strong action on adverse water quality incidents • Mandatory licensing, operator certification and training requirements • A multi-faceted compliance improvement tool kit • Pattnership, transparency and public engagement.

Our multi-faceted approach is an integrated system of procedures, processes and tools that collectively prevent or reduce the contamination of drinking water from source to consumer in order to reduce risks to public health.

The multiple barriers include:

• Source protection to keep the raw water as clean as possible in order to lower the risk that hazards are present. • Treatment to remove and/or neutralize hazards. • Maintenance of the integrity of the distribution system to prevent recontamination after treatment. • Monitoring programs to detect and act on system problems that could impair drinking water safety and to verify the performance of the system components and finished drinking water quality. • Effective management systems including automatic control systems, well-developed responses and operating practices that are the ultimate means for protecting the safety of drinking water systems.

(Source: Ontario Ministry of the Environment. 2007,1mplementing Quality Management: A Guide for Ontario's Drinking Water Systems)

4 Taki ng Care of Yo ur Drinking Water: A Guide for Members of Municipal Co unci lsPage 263 of 321 Peer to Peer "As a Councillm; ensnring the best. quality of drinking water for ow· cornnwnity nwy be the nwst ' important thing 1ce do."- Councillor Jack Miller, City of Belleville

A Legislative and Regulatory Framework for Protecting Water

Strong legislative and regulatory measures are key as well as some non-municipal systems. The SDWA components of Ontario's dlinking water safety net. provides a consistent set of province-wide standards This guide focuses on the Safe Drinking Water Act, and rules to ensure access to safe, high quality, reli­ 2002 (SDWA or the Act), which provides a legislative able drinking water. framework for all municipal &·inking water systems,

The Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 - An Overview

The SDWA recognizes that the people of Ontario are The SDWA and its associated regulations specify the entitled to expect their drinking water to be safe. requirements for dlinking water systems, testing ser­ It provides for the protection of human health and vices, certification of system operators and drinking prevents drinking water health hazards through the water quality analysts. It also sets quality standards control and regulation of dlinking water systems and mechanisms for compliance and enforcement. and drinking water testing. In a municipal context, a drinking water system includes all treatment and distribution pipes up to customer property lines. - How the Pieces Fit Together 1------To learn more about how various Acts and Regulations create multiple safeguards to protect drinking water, read Conservation Ontario's brochure entitled "How Ontario's Drinking Water is Protectedwat www.conservation-ontario.on.ca/resources/Brochures/CWALegsandRegsBrochure.pdf.

There are approximately 700 municipal residential drinking water systems registered with the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) that supply drinking water to more than 80 per cent of the homes in Ontario. In recent testing, more than 650,000 drinking water test results were submitted to MOE by laboratories licensed to perform these tests. Over 99 per cent of these drinking water tests met the province's rigorous, health-based drinking water quality standards.

Taking Care of Your Drinking Water: A Gu ide for MembPageers of 264Municip of 321al Co uncils 5 Key Sections of the SDWA for Municipal Councillors

Section 11: Duties of Owners and Operating Authorities

Examples of actions required of owners a nd operators under Section 11:

• Sampling and testing of drinking water with a frequency appropriate to the type and users of the system in accordance with the Act • Using an accredited and licensed laboratory for drinking water testing services • Reporting of adverse test results that exceed any of the standards in the Ontario Drinking Water Quality Standards Regulation, both verbally and Section 11 of the SDWA describes the legal respon­ in writing, to the local medical officer of health and MOE sibilities of owners and operating authorities of regulated drinking water systems. It is important for • Obtaining a drinking water licence for a municipal residential drinking water system from you to understand the scope of your municipality or the MOE, which includes a financial plan operating authority's day-to-day responsibilities. • Ensuring the drinking water system is operated Owners and operators are responsible for ensuring by an accredited operating authmity their ch-inking water systems: • Hiiing certified operators or trained persons appropriate to the class of the system • provide water that meets all prescribed drinking • Preparing an annual report to inform the public water quality standards on the state of the chinking water and the system • operate in accordance with the Act and its providing it, and an annual summmy report for regulations, and are kept in a fit state of repair the owners of the drinking water system. • are appropriately staffed and supervised by qualified persons • comply with all sampling, testing and monitoring requirements • meet all reporting requirements.

Who is the "owner" of a municipal drinking water system under the SDWA? Who is the "operator"?

The "owner" of a municipal drinking water system is often the municipality as a corporate entity. Members of municipal councils and municipal officials who provide oversight to this corporate entity also provide oversight or exercise decision­ making authority in respect of the drinking water systems it owns. They are responsible for having policies, management tools and processes in place so that the municipality meets all its legislative and regulatory requirements under the SDWA.

The "operator" or operating authority of a municipal drinking water system is the person or entity that is given responsibility by the owner for the day-to-day operations of t he drinking water system, its management, maintenance or alteration. A municipality may take on this operational role through its own staff or it may choose to contract it out to a third party.

Taking Care of Your Drinking Water: A Guide for Members of Municipal Councils Page 265 of 321 Section 19: Your Duty and Liability - Statutory Standard of Care

"Given that the safety ofdrinking water is essential for public health, those who discharge the oversight responsibilities of the municipality should be held to a statutory standard of care."

-Justice Dennis O'Connor, 2002, Report of the Walkerton Inquiry

This is one of the many important recommendations The owner is still obligated to: ' that came out of the Walkerton Inquiry reports in • ensure the operating authority is canying out its 2002. Section 19 of the SDWA responds directly to responsibilities according to the Act and, this recommendation. • in cases where it is not, to take reasonable steps to ensure they do. Section 19 of the SDWA expressly extends legal re­ sponsibility to people with decision-making authmity Examples of actions required of owners and over municipal drinking water systems. It requires operators under Section 14 (3): that they exercise the level of care, diligence and skill • Being aware of the established procedure for with regard to a municipal drinking water system communication with the operating autholity, that a reasonably prudent person would be expected including how information is expected to be to exercise in a similar situation and that they ex­ shared with municipal councillors, and assessing ercise this due diligence honestly, competently and the effectiveness of this procedure. with integlity. • Holding regular meetings with the operating authority, especially in cases where there may be Meeting your statutory standard of care reason to believe the operating authority is not responsibilities carrying out its responsibilities.

Meeting the statutory standard of care is the Since Ontario municipalities manage and govern mu­ responsibility of: nicipal drinking water systems in a variety of ways, • the owner of the municipal drinking water the people who are subject to the statutory standard system of care within their corporation will also vary across • if the system is owned by a municipality, every the province, and would depend on specific facts person who oversees the accredited operating related to individual situations. authority or exercises decision-making authority over the system - potentially including but not limited to members of municipal Peer to Peer councils "This guide makes it clear what our fiduciary • if the municipal chinking water system is owned and legal responsibilities are and provides the by a corporation other than a municipality, every necessary questions to ask which allows us officer and director of the corporation. to become thoroughly knowledgeable on this aspect ofour responsibilities. I encourage all It is important that members of municipal coun­ elected and appointed officials to take the time cil and municipal officials with decision-making authority over the drinking water system under­ to digest the information in this guide and put stand that they are personally liable, even if the it to good use. " drinking water system is operated by a corpo­ -Former Mayor Michael Power, Municipality rate entity other than the municipality. Section of Greenstone and Past-President Association of 14 (3) of the SDWA specifically notes that an owner is Municipalities of Ontario not relieved of their duty to comply with Section 19, even if there is an agreement to delegate the opera­ tions of the drinking water system to someone else.

Taking Ca re of Yo ur Drinking Water: A Guide for MembPageers of Muni266 cofip 321al Councils 7 Complete wording of Section 19, Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002

19. {1) Each of the persons listed in subsection {2) shall, {a) exercise the level of care, diligence and skill in respect of a municipal drinking-water system that a reasonably prudent person would be expected to exercise in a similar situation; and {b) act honestly, competently and with integrity, with a view to ensuring the protection and safety of the users of the municipal drinking water system. 2002, c. 32, s. 19 {1).

Same {2) The following are the persons listed for the p urposes of subsection {1 ): 1. The owner of the municipal drinking water system. 2. If t he municipal drinking-water system is owned by a corporation other than a municipality, every officer and director of the corporation. 3. If the system is owned by a municipality, every person who, on behalf of the municipality, oversees the accred­ ited operating authority of the system or exercises decision-making authority over the system. 2002, c. 32, s. 19 (2).

Offence {3) Every person under a duty described in subsection {1) w ho fails to carry out that duty is guilty of an offence. 2002, c. 32, s. 19 {3).

Same (4) A person may be convicted of an offence under this sect ion in respect of a municipal drinking-water system whether or not the owner of the system is prosecuted or convicted. 2002, c. 32, s. 19 {4).

Reliance on experts {5) A person shall not be considered to have failed to carry out a duty described in subsection {1) in any circum­ stance in which the person relies in good faith on a report of an engineer. lawyer. accountant or other person whose professional qualifications lend credibility to the report. 2002, c. 32, s. 19 {5).

Note: A proclamation has been issued naming January 1, 2013 as the day on which s.19 of this Act comes into force. For a copy of t he Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 and its related regulations, go to t he Ontario e­ laws website at www.e-laws.gov.on.ca.

Maintaining an Appropriate Level of Care

Standard of care is a well-lmown concept within to educate yourself on this statutory requirement and Ontario legislation. to gain an understanding of the operation of drinking water systems in your community to help you meet For example, the Business Corporations Act requires the standard of care requirements. that every director and officer of a corporation act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best You ar e not expected to be an expert in t he interests of the corporation and exercise the care, areas of drinking water treatment and distribu­ diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person tion. Section 19 allows for a person to rely in good would in comparable circumstances. faith on a rep01t of an engineer, lawyer, accountant or other person whose professional qualifications Statutory standards of care address the need to pro­ lend credibility to the report. vide diligent oversight. What is considered to be an appropriate level of care will vary from one situation to another. As a municipal councillor, it is imp01tant

8 Taking Ca re of Yo ur Drinking Wat er: A Guide for Members of Municipal Co uncils Page 267 of 321 n North Battleford: Council Decisions with Serious Consequences

In Spring 2001, nearly 6,000 residents of this Saskatchewan city of 13,000 fell victim to an outbreak of cryp­ tosporidiosis, an illness caused by a parasite in human and animal waste, which entered the local drinking water supply. Symptoms included diarrhea, abdominal cramps, fever, nausea and headaches.

In an article on the subsequent Commission of Inquiry, the Canadian Environmental law Association noted:

N •• • what became clear was that the people of North Battleford were let down. Their municipality, carrying a bulging contingency fund, refused to spend money on upgrading their decrepit water treatment plant. Their provincial government, although aware the plant was in poor condition, hadn't inspected it in the ten years prior to the outbreak... plant employees, who had been working without a supervisor for over four months, were unable to heed the warning signs of a potential drinking water problem."

The City of North Battleford subsequently faced class action lawsuits totaling millions of dollars. The first settlement was an out of court agreement awarding $3.2 million to some 700 claimants.

(Source: www.cela.ca and www.cbc.ca)

Enforcing the Statutory Standard of Care

As a municipal councillor, you need to be aware that Peer to Peer not meeting your statutory standard of care respon­ "There is no grea.ter resport.sibitity imposed sibilities comes with serious consequences. Section upon a.n elected municipal official t.han 19 provide::; the province with an enforcement option the diligent, conscientious oversight of a when needed. municipal u:ater t'reatment or distribution system." -Councillor Ken Graham, A provincial officer has the authority to lay a pro­ Town of Smiths Falls vincial offence charge against a person to whom the _ ,, standard applies. The range of penalties includes maximtun fines of up to $4 million for a first offence and provision for imprisonment for up to five years. the SDWA. Under sections 448-450 of the Municipal No minimum penalties are established. Actual penal­ Act, 2001, municipal council members and officials ties would be decided by the courts depending on the have relief from personal civil liability when they severity and consequences of the offence. have acted in good faith. However, despite that protection, municipal councillors and officials that It is important to note the difference between the are subject to the duty imposed by Section 19 of provision of the Municipal Act, 2001, that limits the the SDWA could be penalized if a prosecution is personal liability of members of municipal councils commenced and a court determines they have failed and officials, and the standard of care imposed under to carry out the duty imposed under that section.

Peer to Peer ''As rnayor; it is vitally important that the standard of care is put in place and that municipal elected officials are aware of their responsibilities in ensuring that the public has safe and secure drinking'' water." - Mayor Delbert Shewfelt, Town of God erich

Taking Ca re of Your Drinking Wate r: A Guide for Me mbPagee rs of 268Muni ofcipal 321 Councils 9 Some Questions and Answers on the SDWA Statutory Standard of Care

If drinking water operations are contracted out, am I still responsible for the statutory standard of care? As an owner of a drinking water system, you remain responsible for meeting the statutory standard of care even though you have contracted out operations to an operating authority. (For more details see page 7 on Section 14 (3) of the SDWA.)

If something goes wrong, will I be held responsible? The statutory standard of care related to drinking water is to ensure that decision-makers are doing their due diligence to protect public health when making decisions about drinking water systems. The circumstances and your actions- what you did or didn't do, what questions you asked, what steps were taken to address identified risks or problems with your drinking water system - will all be important in determining whether you met your statutory standard of care and if you should be held responsible.

What can happen to someone who breaches the statutory standard of care? Justice O'Connor made it clear that the standard of care is all about ensuring responsible actions are t aken to protect human health. Given the seriousness of this duty to your community, those whose actions fall below the standard of care, fail to protect the public and cause harm to human health could face significant penalties, including fines and imprisonment.

Who determines if the standard of care has been breached? When an incident occurs that may constitute a breach of the statutory standard of care, the MOE will initiate a response that may include an investigation and gathering of evidence to determine if charges should be laid. In a case where charges are laid, it is up to the courts to determine if an offence has been committed and if penalties or fines will be imposed. This procedure is followed in any potentially serious breach of MOE statutes.

You Can Take To Be Better Informed 1------.,

The following are some suggested actions you can take to be better informed about your drinking water oversight responsibilities. Look for more of these suggested action boxes in Section 3 of this guide. A summary list of all actions found in the guide has been compiled for your convenience on page 33.

• Review the reports of the Walkerton Inquiry, specifically sections related to municipal government (Chapter 7 in Report I, Chapters 10 and 11 in Report II). The reports are available online at www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/about/pubs/walkerton/. • Become further acquainted with drinking water legislation and regu lations, available on the Ontario Government e-Laws website at www.e-laws.gov.on.ca. Search or browse current consolidated law to find what you are looking for. To search, enter the title, or any part of the title, of the law you wish to find (for example, "Safe Drinking Water Act'; "Ontario Water Resources Act" or"Ciean Water Act").lf you don't know any part of the title of the law, enter a word or phrase that you think might be in the text of the law. • Learn about drinking water safety and its link to public health. Speak to water system and public health staff to learn more. • Become familiar with your municipal drinking water system. Ask your water manager to give a presentation to council and/or arrange a tour of your drinking water facilities.

10 Taking Ca re of Your Drinking Water: A Guide for Members of Municipal Co uncils Page 269 of 321 CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Ask yourself these questions to check your current level of knowledge about your drinking water system and oversight responsibilities.

0 Have I had a tour of our dtinking water 0 Am I aware of the risks cunently facing our facility? water sources, dtinking water facilities and infrastructure? What are the plans to addt·ess 0 Am I familiar with our municipal drinking these risks? water systems including: 0 If there is an emergency with the dtinking a. the water source? water system, what procedures are followed? b. the physical condition of major How will I be notified? How will the public be infrastructure? notified?

c. the background and experience of senior 0 Am I aware of the municipal role in source staff?, and protection planning?

d. the approvals that have been granted for 0 How and when do I ask for annual reports ownership and operation of the facilities? on the dtinking water system from senior 0 Am I acquainted with the drinking water management? legislation and regulations? 0 What should I look for in the annual report? 0 Do I know basic information about drinking What questions must it answer? water safety and the operation of water works 0 What should I do if a report identifies declining facilities? water quality?

0 Do I understand the requirement to meet 0 Do I know that appropriate steps are being minimum standards for drinking water? taken to resolve any issues? Do I know when 0 Do I know how to set the overall policy outside expertise is needed? direction for the municipal dtinking water 0 Are our dtinking water systems periodically system? audited? When? How often? What should I do 0 Do I understand the different roles and when I receive audit results for consideration? responsibilities of those who have decision- 0 Do I know if our dtinking water systems are making authority- municipal councillors, financially sustainable for the future? Are there senior management, other municipal officials? financial plans in place?

0 Am I assured that competent senior 0 Am I familiar with our municipal dtinking management has been hired? Do they conduct water licence and the key elements of the regular performance appraisals of staff? licence (e.g. drinking water works permit, 0 What were the results of our last inspection? operational plan, financial plan, etc.)? Are there areas for improvement?

If you can't answer any of these questions, review them with municipal staff.

Training on a variety of drinking water topics is also available through the Walkerton Clean Water Centre. Visit the Centre's website at www.wcwc.ca to view its course catalogue.

Taking Care of Your Drinking Water: A Guide for MembersPage of 270 Mun oficipal 321 Councils 11 WHAT SHOULD I BE ASKING?

When decisions come before your council relating to drinking water, you want to understand the impacts on your community and public health. While every situation will be different, the following are some preliminary questions you might want to ask:

D What are the tisks to public health? D How will this decision impact our community's demand for water? D Are there any areas of tisk that council needs to address? D How are we managing our drinking water infrastructure? Is our infrastructure D What checks and balances are in place to sustainable for future generations? ensm e the continued safety of our dlinking water? D Are there any emerging issues related to our drinking water that council should be aware D Are we meeting our legislative and regulatory of? requirements? D What is the emergency management plan for D What is the public health impact or long-tem1 a negative drinking water event? What is the cost of defening this decision? role of council in a drinking water emergency? D Will this decision affect our drinking water D Have staff taken required training and sources? upgrading?

Be informed. Ask questions. Get answers. It's your duty.

Taking Ca re of Yo ur Drinking Wat er: A Guide for Mem bers of Municipal Councils Page 271 of 321 Organizational and Governance Models

Many different management and operating models water systems. There are also models for area water are available for municipal consideration. Currently, systems in Ontario in which systems cross municipal most water services in Ontario are provided through boundaries. These systems are governed by boards municipal departments, with oversight provided representing their municipal owners. directly by municipal councils. Municipalities may also create: Some municipalities hire external contractors to • Municipal Service Boards whose members are operate their drinldng water system, whereas others appointed by council and could include council own and operate their systems. members, private citizens or both • Municipally-owned cmporate water utilities, Regional municipalities have upper-tier and lower-tier similar to those for natural gas or electricity governance structures, with the lower-tier municipal­ distribution. ity often owning and operating their own drinking

Municipal Licensing: Tools that can help you

In Ontario, all municipal drinking water systems that For a drinking water system to receive its licence, the provide water to residences in a community must owner and operator must have in place: have a licence from MOE. The ministry's Municipal • a drinldng water works permit Drinking Water Licensing Program requires owners • an accepted operational plan (see next section and operators of drinking water systems to incorpo­ for more details) rate the concepts of quality management into system • an accredited operating authority operation and management. • a financial plan, and • a permit to take water.

Taking Care of Your Drinking Water: A Guide for MembersPage of 272 Municipal of 321 Councils 13 The Operational Plan and You- Setting an Overall Policy

The operational plan sets out a framework to • a procedure for conducting a management develop a Quality Management System (QMS) that is review every 12 months which evaluates the specific and relevant to your drinking water system. suitability, adequacy and effectiveness of the QMS against the requirements of the Drinking Part of your drinking water system's operational plan Water Quality Management Standard (DWQMS) will document a QMS policy. This policy is the back­ and how to report the results of this review, bone of the quality management system. The policy including identified deficiencies, and decision must include commitments to: and action items. • the maintenance and continual improvement of theQMS The DWQMS is the standard upon which drinking • the consmner to provide safe drinking water, and water system operational plans are developed and operating authorities are accredited. The require­ • comply with applicable legislation and ments of the DWQMS, when implemented, will assist regulations. owuers and operators of municipal drinking water Your operating authority must get the owner's systems to develop sound operational procedures written endorsement of the drinking water and controls. Additional information on the balded system's operational plan, including this policy. elements of the DWQMS listed above can be found As a municipal councillor, your council (as further in this section of the guide. the owner's representative) may be asked to endorse the policy and its commitments. If your Drinking Water Quality Management Standard municipality has already completed this policy (DWQMS) endorsement step, obtain a copy from your municipal staff.

In addition to the QMS policy, the operational plan will also include: • basic key information about every drinking water system your municipality owns • a process for ongoing risk assessment • a description of organizational structures (roles, responsibilities, authority) • a procedure for an annual review of the adequacy of the infrastructure needed to operate and maintain the drinking water system, plus a commitment for the operating authority to communicate review findings to you • a procedure for sharing sampling, testing and monitoring reports about the safety of your The DWQMS is based on a PLAN, DO, CHECK and IMPROVE methodology which is similar to that found in some interna­ drinking water tional standards. PLAN requirements of the standard typically • an outline of the system owner's responsibilities specify policies and procedures that must be documented in during emergency situations the operational plans for the drinking water system, while DO requirements specify that the policies and procedures must • a commitment to continual improvement be implemented. CHECK and IMPROVE requirements of the through corrective action standard are reflected in the requirements to conduct internal audits and management reviews.

14 Taking Care of Your Drinking Water: A Guide for Members of Municipal Councils Page 273 of 321 -

Example of a QMS Policy -

The following Is an example of a QMS policy for the Westhlll Water Supply and Distribution System:

The Municipality of the Town ofWesthill owns, maintains and operates the Westhill Water Supply and Distribution System.

The Town ofWesthill is committed to: 1. ensuring a consistent supply of safe, high quality drinking water 2. maintaining and continuously improving its quality management system, and 3. meeting or surpassing applicable regulations and legislation.

The Municipality of Westhill June 1,2006

(Source: Ontario Ministry of the Environment. 2007,1mplementing Quality Management: A Guide for Ontario's Drinking Water Systems)

You Can Take To Be Better Informed

• Ask your operating authority to speak to your municipal council about your operational plan.

• Consider and act on any advice (including deficiencies and action items} identified during the annual management review process.

• Review the QMS policy in your operational plan and its commitments.

• Ask your operating authority to show how it is meeting these commitments.

DEFINITIONS

CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT is understanding what you already do well, and then finding ways to do it better.

CORRECTIVE ACTION is a method of improvement, and the solutions that are generated by those actions are also inputs to continual improvement.

(Source: Ontario Ministry of the Environment, 2007, Implementing Quality Management: A Guide for Ontario's Drinking Water Systems)

Taking Care of Your Drinking Water: A Guide for MembersPage of 274Municipal of 321 Councils 15 Managing the Risks to Drinking Water DEFINITIONS

By performing a risk assessment, yom operating authority will assess: A RISK ASSESSMENT is an orderly methodology of identifying hazards or • existing or potential hazardous events facing hazardous events that may affect the safety yam drinking water system, e.g. rail car of drinking water and evaluating their derailment, algal blooms, water main breaks, etc. significance. • the impacts on drinking water if a hazardous RISK is the probability of identified hazards event occurs, e.g. chemical contamination of causing harm, including the magnitude of source water, biologicaVchemical contamination that harm or the consequences. of source water, possible biological/chemical contamination due to loss of supply/low A HAZARD is a source of danger or a pressure, etc. property that may cause drinking water to be • the necessary measures or response measmes unsafe for human consumption.

for each hazardous event (these measures may (Source: Ontario Ministry of the Environment, 2007, already be in place through such baniers as Implementing Quality Management: A Guide for Ontario's source protection or treatment processes), and Drinking Water Systems) • ranking of each event according to its likelihood of occuning and the consequences or severity of decisions, their potential likelihood and impacts to the results. public health. In some cases, the operating authority may identify measures to address hazardous events which will call In other cases, the operating authority may identify for improvements that require long-term planning. risks that are outside of their control. For these, it These types of decisions will often involve council may be appropriate to develop contingency ur emer­ approval. A5 a councillor, you should take time to un­ gency response procedures (see Emergency Plarming derstand the underlying risks associated with these for Drinking Water for more details on page 22).

Human Activities Affecting Source Water

A r n 5vf r and N;f(Ogen Compounds __..

{Source: Pollution Probe, 2006, The Source Water Protection Primer)

16 Taking Care of Your Drinking Water: A Gu ide for Members of Municipal Councils Page 275 of 321 Peer to Peer "Never take the quality of our dl"inki11g waterfor granted. There are too ·rnany factors that can tum good water into bad."- Councillor Jack Miller, City of Belleville

More on Hazardous Events and Hazards to Drinking Water

Hazardous events can be natural or technological in origin, or result from human activities. Natural events include floods, ice storms, drought and spring run-off. Technological events could include equipment failure or a power outage. Human activities that could lead to a drinking water risk include vandalism, terrorism, chemical spills and construction accidents.

The four different types of hazards that may affect drinking water are biological, chemical, physical and radiological:

Biological Hazards: Physical Hazards: • include bacterial, viral and parasitic organisms, • include sediments that can carry microbiological such as E.coli, Giardia and Cryptosporidium hazards and interfere with disinfection process, • are considered the most significant drinking water biofilms and pipe materials health risk because effects are acute; can cause • can result from contamination and/or poor illness within hours procedures at different points in the delivery of • are commonly associated with fecal wastes from water to the consumer. humans or animals, or occur naturally in the environment. Radiological Hazards: Chemical Hazards: • are naturally occurring chemicals such as • include toxic spills, heavy metals, dissolved gases radon or uranium; most frequently occur in like radon, pesticides, nitrates, sodium, and lead groundwater • can come from source water or occur in the treatment and distribution system. • may arise from man-made or natural sources.

Peer to Peer "Adequate rnunicipalfunding is a key cornponent of risk managernent. " - Councillor Ken Graham, Town of Smiths Falls '

Taking Care of Yo ur Dri nking Water: A Guide for MembersPage of 276Municipa of 321l Co uncils 17 Vl u Infrastructure Planning a. 0 I- Having a sound drinking water infrastructure is By establishing planned programs for maintenance, I­z necessary to meet the demand for safe drinking rehabilitation and renewal, the operating authority UJ water. Machinery, equipment and structures used to can save tin1e and costs and increase public confi­ ~ UJ produce and provide safe drinking water must be in dence in drinking water. \.9 <( z place, maintained and improved when necessary. <( Some &inking water systems have five or 10-year ~ a:: Your operating authority is required to: rolling plans to address such considerations as main UJ • document a procedure for conducting an rehabilitation, upgrades and replacement, water ~ annual review of your drinking water system's treatment and storage due to increased projected de­ ~ \.9 infrastructure mands. These types of system maintenance require­ z ments are usually tied to the capital budgets of the ::::.:::: • provide a summary of the programs in place z to maintain, rehabilitate and review that operating authmity and/or the owner of the drinking a:: 0 infrastructure water system. - u.- 0 • report their findings after the review to the owner, and ~ UJ • monitor the effectiveness of its maintenance >a:: UJ program. > 0 Depending on the structure of- and relationship be­ tween - the owner and operating authority, the results of the annual review can be communicated through such means as council, budget, planning or other management meetings.

Maintenance activities can be either planned or unplanned: • Planned maintenance includes scheduled or proactive activities needed to maintain or improve infrastructure elements, e.g. equipment maintenance, main replacements, etc. They are done to reduce the risk of an unplanned failure. • Unplanned maintenance includes reactive activities, e.g. to deal with main breaks, pump failures, etc. They can draw heavily on resources and adversely affect &inking water quality.

ACTIONS You Can Take To Be Better Informed 1------.,

• Find out what maintenance, rehabilitation and renewal plans are in place for your drinking water system .

• Ask you r operating authority to present the findings of its annual infrastructure review.

18 Taking Care of Your Drinking Water: A Guide for Members of Municipal Co uncils Page 277 of 321 It's estimated that Ontario will require $30 to $40 billion of investment in water infrastructure repairs and upgrades over the next 15 years. Water efficiency measures can be used to extend the capacity of existing infrastructure and defer upgrading costs.

(Source: Ontario Ministry of t he Environment and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, 2009, Safeguarding and Sustaining Ontario's Water Resou rces for Future Generations)

DEFINITIONS Peer to Peer

I ~FHA STRUCTURE - the set of intercon­ "Aging injrastmcl'ure is the major challengP nected structural elements that pro\;de the facing municipalities today, and a solid framework for supporting the operation of long-term plan to address this is a mw;t." the drinking water system, including build­ - Councillor Pa ul Hubert, City of London ings, workspaces, process equipment, hard­ ware and software, and supporting services such as transport or communications. ---~'' REHABILITATION - the process of repairing or refurbishing an infrastructure element.

nEN EWAL - the process of replacing the infrastructure element \\;th new elements.

(Source: Ontario Ministry of the Environment, 2007, Implementing Quality Management: A Guide for Ontario's Drinking Water Systems)

Taking Care of Yo ur Drinking Water: A Guide for MembPageers of 278Municipa of 321l Councils 19 Sustainable Financial Planning for Drinking Water Systems

Achleving financial sustainability A Building-block Approach to Determining Utility Needs in Ontario's municipal water and wastewater is a long-term goal. Financial sustainability is needed to ensure that Ontarians A suAt.lJnabla level or revenue accounts for the future Investment needs o r tne continue to eJ\ioy clean and utility In addition to current period upensts. lltev.nues in excass or safe drinking water, water and c:u~nt pertod npenses will be renected an tccountlng surplus In flllldlng fof leMce Eftllll.c I IllInti as wastewater services are reliable financial statements. and environmental protection is maintained. 11 revenues 11re at this point. tne lli;'!ill..,___ utility Is just m eeting current period expenses. II Is not To receive a municipal drinking adequately plonnlng for the fUturo. water licence for your drinking water system, your municipality If revenues are at tnls point, tne utility Is just recovering cash needs to prepare a financial plan. costs. Ills significantly under. rundod. You have an imp01tant role to play in ensuring that appropriate resources are made available to ensure that a financial plan can be prepared. Municipal councils have ultimate responsibility for (Source: Ontario Ministry of the Environment, 2007, Towards Fin<:~nci

The following are some key principles for developing a financial plan. '"Municipalities need to ensure that their water • Ongoing public engagement and transparency systems are adequately financed. Over the long can build support for - and confidence in - the financial plan and the d.linking water system. term, safety depends on stable and adequate financing to maintain the water systems • An integrated approach to planning among water, infrastructure and its operational capacity to wastewater and storm water systems is desir­ able given the inherent relationshlp among these supply high-quality water consistently. " services. -Justice Dennis O'Connor, 2002, Report of the • Revenues collected to provide water and waste­ Walkerton Inquiry water services should ultimately be used to meet ....______the needs of those services. ,, • Life-cycle planning with mid-cow'Se corrections is preferable to planning over the short-term or • Financial plans benefit from the close not planning at all. collaboration of various groups including • An asset management plan is a key input to the engineers, accountants, auditors, utility staff and development of a financial plan. municipal council.

Taking Ca re of Your Drinking Water: A Guide for Members of Municipal Councils Page 279 of 321 D Water Audits and Accounting for Water Losses

An important tool in understanding the condition of your drinking water system assets is a water audit. This is the process of estimating where all of the water entering the distribution system ends up. One of the things a water audit will reveal is how much water is being lost to leaks from water mains and service connections. Leaks are a concern as they can:

• signal deteriorating water main conditions and be a precursor to more breakages

• be a source of bacterial contamination

• result in additional costs for pumping and treating water that is not ultimately delivered to consumers, and

• damage other infrastructure such as roads and sewers.

(Source: Ontario Ministry of the Environment, 2007, Towards Financially Sustainable Drinking-Water and Wastewater Systems)

Financial plans for drinking water systems are required to forecast costs over a minimum period of six years, although municipalities are encouraged to adopt a life-cycle approach to managing their drink­ ing water assets as a long-term goal. Financial plans are living documents and should be updated and reviewed as new infmmation becomes available. As a best practice, they should be updated annually to foster continuous improvement and rolled into the annual municipal budget process. There are many different costs, both capital and operating, associated with planning, building and operating water systems. Some costs reflect outputs not attributable to the provision of water such as fire protection services, or the operation of combined storm and sanitary sewer systems. A sustainable system is one that can adequately cover current operating costs, maintain and repair its existing asset base, replace assets when appropriate, fund future growth and enhancements to services, and account for inflation and changes in technology.

The Big Picture

According to Environment Canada, 12 per cent of water produced at municipal water treatment facilities in Ontario is lost. mainly due to leaks in the distribution system infrastructure. Others sources estimate this figure is as high as 30 to 40 per cent.

(Sources: Environment Canada, 2010, 2010 Municipal Water Use Report: 2006 Statistics; The Undergrounder magazine, April 201 0)

Taking Care of Your Drinking Water: A Guide for MembersPage o f 280Municipal of 321 Councils 21 Communicating With Your Operating Authority

Within the operational plan, your operating author­ ity is required to have a procedure for corrummicat­ You Can Take To Be ing with the owner of the drinking water system, its Better Informed personnel, suppliers and the public. You should be familiar with how communication about drinking • Determine when and how your operating water takes place. The procedure for communicat­ authority will communicate to you as an ing with the owner may be as simple as indicating owner. • Find out what information is made available the status of the implementation of the QMS and its to the public and how. effectiveness during scheduled meetings, such as council meetings. Communication with the public may include posting information on a publicly acces­ tiona! plan. Depending on the natm·e of your system's sible website or through billing inserts. management structure, the operating authority may also involve the owner in other areas of the QMS As noted previously, your council may be asked to such as risk assessment, management review or provide a written endorsement of the system's opera- infrastructme.

Emergency Planning for Drinking Water

Under the Emergency Management and Civil Pro­ tection Act, your municipality will already have an DEFINITIONS Emergency Response Plan for a wide range of poten­ tial scenarios. Some of these scenarios may involve drinking water and may link to planning done as part A DRINKING WATER EMERGENCY is a potential situation or service interruption of the QMS to document procedtrres to maintain a that may result in the loss of the ability to state of emergency preparedness. maintain a safe supply of drinking water to Emergency preparedness means identifying what consumers. could happen in your system to cause an emergency (Source: Ontario Ministry of the Environment, 2007, Implementing Quality Management: A Guide for Ontario's and having processes and procedures in place to Drinking Water Systems) prepare for and respond to those emergencies. Some elements of an emergency response plan include communications, training, testing, responsibilities spills, pandemics and deliberate acts of vandalism and contact information. or ten·orism. Potential emergencies can be identified In a drinking water context, emergencies can happen tru·ough risk assessments, MOE inspections, corpo­ as the result of a variety of nattu·al and human-caused rate audits, insurance company reviews, and records events such as severe weather, major power outages, of past emergencies.

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• Ask your operating authority to review the drinking water emergency plan with council and to expla in what responsibi lities have been assigned to the owner. • Know who wi ll be the spokesperso n during a drinking water emergency. • Ens ure critical staff have taken necessary t raining on emerg ency procedures and have participated in testing.

Taking Care of Your Drinking Water: A Guide for Members of Municipal Councils Page 281 of 321 An element of the QMS emergency procedures is to Five pillars of emergency management clearly document the roles and responsibilities of the Emergency management includes organized and owner and operating authmity during each emergen­ comprehensive programs and activities taken to deal with cy. For example, in an emergency, your Clerk-Trea­ actual or potent ial emergencies or disasters. It is based on strrer may be assigned the responsibility of seeking a risk management approach and includes activities in five components: prevention, mit igation, preparedness, response, resource authorization from council and act as chief and recovery. These components are illustrated in the liaison with council and the mayor. following figure:

The QMS also requires that clear direction for com­ municating to the owner and others during an emer­ gency be established. Planning beforehand how those in charge will talk to each other and the media can avoid complications dtuing an emergency.

Preparing also means training and testing. The best emergency response procedrn·es are ineffective if per­ sonnel are not properly trained on what to do and the procedures tested. All personnel working within the drinking water system need to know what to do in an emergency, especially those with special response roles. Common forms of testing and training include orientation and education sessions, table-top exercis­ es, walk-through drills, functional drills or full-scale (Source: Emergency Management Ontario, 201 0, Emergency Manage­ exercises. ment Doctrine for Ontari o)

- Adverse Drinking Water Incident, Boil Water Advisory and Drinking Water Advisory- How are they different? - An adverse water quality incident (AWQI) indicates that a dri nking water standard has been exceeded or a problem has arisen within a drinking water system. AWQis are an important component of the drinking water safety net. The report of an AWOl does not in itself indicate that drinking water is unsafe or that the statutory standard of care has not been met, but rather that an incident has occurred and corrective actions must be taken to protect the public. In some cases, these corrective actions may include a boil water advisory (BWA) or a drinking water advisory (DWA).

Th e local Medical Officer of Health in each of Ontario's 36 public health units is responsible for issuing BWAs and DWAs when necessary.

A BWA is issued when a condition exists with a drinking water supply that may result in a health risk and the condition can be corrected by boiling the water or by disinfection. An example is the presence of bacteria in the water supply such as E. coli.

A DWA is issued when a condition exists with a drinking water supply that cannot be corrected by boiling the water or by disinfection. An example is the presence of chemical contaminants.

In both cases, the local Medical Officer of Health will direct the system owner to inform users of the advisory, through means such as door-to-door notification, public posting of notices and local media outlets, to boil water and/or use an alternate water supply until further notice. An advisory will be lifted only after the local Medical Officer of Health is satisfied that corrective actions were taken and the situation is remedied.

Taking Ca re of Your Drinking Wat er: A Guide fo r MembPageers of 282Mun iofcip 321al Councils 23 Drinking Water System Reports and Inspections: What they tell you about your drinking water system

An owner of a drinking water system is required to ensure that an annual summary report is presented to You Can Take To Be the members of council or local services board. Sum­ Better Informed mmy reports must be produced by March 31 of each year to cover the preceding calendar yem·. • Obtain and thoroughly review copies of the most recent annual and summary reports. The summary report must include: • Ask for explanations of any information you don't understand. • information about any requirements of the • Consider, act on and correct any deficiencies SDWA, the regulations, the system's approval, noted in the reports. drinking water works permit, municipal drinking water licence and any order that the system failed to meet during the time period, plus the MOE prepares an inspection report that highlights dw·ation of the fail m e any areas of non-compliance and what actions are • a description of the measures taken to conect required to con·ect them. The report also includes an each failme inspection rating to help you compare yow- system's • a comparison of the system's capability with the cwTent and past performance, and identify areas for quantities and flow rates of the water supplied improvement. the preceding year to help assess existing and planned uses.

Municipalities are also required to provide details about each residential drinking water system in an annual report to consumers. This annual report must be completed by Februa1y 28 each yem· and include: • a brief description of the drinking water system including chemicals used • a stmunary of the results of required testing, plus the approval, licence or provincial officer order issued to the system • a summary of any adverse test results required to be reported to the Ministly of the Environment You Can Take To Be • a description of any cmTective actions taken, and Better Informed • a descliption of any major expenses inctllTed to install, repair or replace required equipment. • Review your annual inspection results and ask questions if there is any indication of Eve1y municipal residential drinking water system declining quality. is inspected at least once a year by the Ministry of • Clarify any technical terms. the Environment. An inspection includes the review • Ask how deficiencies are being addressed. of a system's source, treatment and distribution • Review your system's standing in the ratings reported in the Chief Drinking Water components, as well as water quality monitoring Inspector's Annual Report. If your rating is procedures and practices to evaluate system less than 100 per cent, ask why. management and operations. • Consider, act on and correct any deficiencies highlighted in the inspection.

24 Taking Ca re of Your Drinking Water: A Guide for Members of Municipal Councils Page 283 of 321 Drinking Water System Operators: What do they do? What certification requirements must they meet? Why do you need to plan?

Ontario has established requirements for the training and certification of &inking water (and wastewater) system operators. Municipal residential drinking water systems are required to use certified operators to perform all operational work.

Drinking water system operators play a vital operational role in providing safe drinking water to your community. The responsibilities of an operator may include:

• Checking, adjusting and operating equipment such as pumps, meters, analyzers, and electrical systems, and having replacement parts on-site for critical repairs • Determining chemical dosages and keeping chemical feed equipment appropriately filled with chemicals, adjusted and operating properly • Ordering and maintaining a stock of parts, chemicals and supplies • Maintaining operating records and submitting operating reports to the system's operating authority/owner and the province • Collecting and submitting water samples as required by regulation (This usually involves taking samples from a number of key locations and transporting them to a licensed laboratory.) • Explaining and recommending to the operating authority/owner any major repairs, replacements or improvements that should be made to the plant.

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• Ensure there are sufficient resources for appropriate levels of training for municipal staff involved in operating a drinking water system.

• Confirm that an overall responsible operator (ORO) has been designated and that procedures are in place to ensure all required staff and contractors are certified.

• Check to see if drinking water operator succession planning is being done.

Taking Care of Your Drinking Water: A Gu ide for MembersPage of Municipal284 of 321 Councils 25 Types of Drinking Water System Operators

Overall Responsible Operator (ORO) -designated by the owner or operating authority, the ORO has overall operational responsibility for the system and must have an operator's certificate to match the classification of the facility. Operator-In-Charge (OIC) -designated by the owner or operating authority, the OIC can direct other operators, set operational parameters in the system and has the authority to make operational decisions.

Operators- all persons who adjust processes, equipment or the flow, pressure or quality of water in the system. Operators must hold a valid operator's certificate or work under the direct on-site supervision of a certified operator. Operator-in-Training (OIT)- new operators who can operate a drinking water system. They cannot be designated as an ORO or OIC.

The operational complexity of your drinking water system will determine what certification requirements your operators must have to operate Peer to Peer the system. Certification requires applicants to meet "Competent, certified operators are a key requirements in education, training, experience and element to due diligence. Municipalities have knowledge and pass required exams. A certificate is an obligation to facilitate ongoing training valid for three years. To renew a certificate, operators f or u:ater treatment operators." must complete 20 to 50 hours of mandatory training -Councillor____ Ken Graham, Town of Smiths Falls per year on subjects related to the duties of a ,, water system operator. Continuing education helps operators steadily improve their knowledge and skills throughout their careers.

26 Taking Care of Your Drinking Water: A Guid e for Members of Municipal Councils Page 285 of 321 Water Conservation

Creating and implementing water conservation energy and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Better measures help to reduce water and energy water management has the potential to be one of the consumption, lower long-term infrastructure costs most cost-effective energy reduction strategies for and protect the environment. Ontati o's municipalities.

(Source: Ontario Ministry of t he Environment and t he Ontario It is estimated that every additional litre of water Ministry of Natural Resources, 2009, Safeguarding and Su staining Ontario's Water Resources for Fut ure Generations) capacity costs roughly four dollars for expanded water and wastewater infrastructure. Many municipalities in Ontatio are realizing significant savings from water conservation measures.

The cost of energy to pump, distribute and treat water and wastewater is a significant expense for most Ontario municipalities. Saving water saves

Peer to Peer "Water is our most valuable natum.l1-esou rce. How we as counci.Uors protect that 1-esource w ill become more and more important as u·e continue to require saf e drinking U'ater in the futur·e." - Councillor-at-Large Rebecca Johnson, L-----''City ofThunder Bay

• Ontarians currently use about 267 litres of water per capita per day, which is nearly twice as much as other countries with similar standards of living such as Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

• Pumping and distributing water to homes and businesses, and treating water and wastewater makes up one-third to one-half of a municipal government's total electrical use, which is double that of other municipal costs such as street lighting.

• Canadian surveys have consistently shown that as the percentage of metered homes in a community increases, water use per capita decreases. In municipalities that use volume-based water charges (i.e. meters), the average daily consumption is 2631itres per person, while in municipalities that charge a flat or assessed rate, the corresponding figure is 76 per cent higher, or 4641itres per person.

(Source: Environment Canada, 201 0, 201 0 Municipal Water Use Report: 2006 Statistics}

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Sources of Water 1. Water In ltle eavlronment 2. \Yater lnlal\e 3. Water treatment Ontario's drinking water comes from surface water 4. water dlstn'bution or groundwater. It is important to know the source of 5. sare drinking wa1er usage your community's water as it will determine: 6. SCWlliiC and wastewater ftom lo sewers • the kind of treatment and disinfection your 7. Sewage treatment drinking water system must have 8. Release to surtace water 9. Rural wells and seplfc • the equipment needed to access and systems distribute yam water • the types of risks your drinking water may face, and • planning for your water supplies for the future.

Right: A graphical representation of the drinking water cycle demonstrating how water flows from the source through the water treatment process to your tap and back to the source.

(Source: Ontario Ministry of the Environment, 2009, Annual Report 2007- 2008 Chief Drinking Water Inspector)

Surface water

Surface water for public use is taken from rivers, • Lakes and reservoirs - usually have lakes or reservoirs which are replenished by rain better water quality than rivers. Suspended and snow. Surface water is more susceptible to contaminants will 'settle out' in lakes. However, contamination for the following reasons: lakes and reservoirs are subject to plant and algae growth, which can give lake water • Rivers - may flow through farmland, industrial unpleasant taste or odour. Human activities areas, sewage discharge zones and other districts (power boats, feed-lots, etc.) are also a threat. which may cause harmful contamination and/ In addition, lakes are often fed by rivers which or affect taste, odour, clarity and colour. River carry contaminants. water quality will vary throughout the year.

Ontario borders on the Great Lakes, which store about 95 per cent of North America's supply of fresh water and about one-fifth of the world's supply of fresh surface water. Only one per cent of this water is renewed each year by rain and snowfall. More than 70 per cent of Ontarians get their drinking water from the Great Lakes.

28 Taking Care of Your Drinking Water: A Guide for Members of Municipal Councils Page 287 of 321 GroundwatPr Groundwater (defined as 'water that occurs beneath the surface of the Eatth') can be fotmd in most patts of Ontario. It gathers in aquifers, the layers of sand, gravel and rock through which water seeps from the surface.

Sand and gravel aquifers are usually the most suitable for public water systems because water is more plentiful. Among rock aquifers, sandstone is often porous and can be a good source of groundwater. Limestone is not porous but may have - cracks and cavities through which water can move and also provide a water supply. Source Protection in Ontario - Groundwater Under Direct Influence - GUO I Protecting our sources of drinking water is the In addition to groundwater and surface water, there purpose behind the Clean Water Act, 2006 (CWA) and the first component of Ontario's multi-faceted is a third source of water known as GUDI which approach to providing safe, clean drinking water. stands for Groundwater Under Direct Influence of Surface Water. The source protection process in Ontario is helping municipalities and others identify potential threats An aquifer supplied by GUDI is viewed in the to sources of drinking water so that better deci­ sions can be made about managing such threats same category as surface water and has the san1e and plans can be developed to protect these treatment and disinfection requirements. vulnerable sources into the long-term future. Source protection activities may have an impact on a municipality's land use planning rules. For example, source protection plans developed un­ der the CWA may require new land use planning policies to be included in the municipality's Official Plan, as well as by-laws to prevent future signifi­ cant threats to drinking water sources. To learn more about source protection planning for municipalities, please visit www.ontario.ca/ cleanwater.

(Source: Ontario Ministry of the Env1ronment, 2006, The Clean Water Act: Promoting Municipal Awareness and Understanding)

(Source: Ontario Ministry of the Environment, 2007, "Drinking Water 1 01 " course materials)

Getting Groundwater to the Surface

Groundwater is sourced through traditional (gravity) wells and artesian wells. A traditional well is created by sinking a hole or a shaft into the ground to reach the water in an aquifer. This water is not under pressure and must be pumped to the surface for use. An artesian well taps an aquifer where the water is under pressure and rising from being confined between two containing layers. A spring forms when groundwater flows naturally from rock or soil onto the land surface.

Tak ing Ca re of Yo ur Drinking Wat er: A Guide for Mem bPageers of 288Mu n iofcipa 321l Councils 29 Drinking Water Treatment Processes

Screen Intake Well Coagulation Flocculation Sedimentation Filters Clearwell and Intake

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(Source: Ontario Ministry of the Environment, 2007, "Drinking Water 10 1" course materials)

Treatment processes reduce or eliminate the Drinking water systems using surface water or potential for the presence of pathogens (organisms groundwater that is under direct influence of that can cause illness) in drinking water and surface water must also provide a filtration process are used to ensure your drinking water meets ahead of the disinfection. provincial standards. Different water sources necessitate different levels and methods of Some municipalities also use certain treatment treatment to ensure safe, clean water is provided processes to address aesthetic problems with to consumers. drinking water, such as taste and odour issues, that do not pose a risk to public health but whit:h In Ontario, all drinking water systems must have consumers find objectionable, or to address a disinfection process in place and all water must specific issues that are more local in nature, like be disinfected before it is supplied to the public. zebra mussel control. The most widely used disinfectant is chlorine, which is a low-cost powerful disinfectant which Here is a list of the treatment process steps taken continues disinfecting as water passes through the in a conventional water treatment plant used to distribution system. treat surface water:

Intake structures are used to draw water from lakes, reservoirs or rivers. Screens are used to remove large debris from raw water, such as logs or fish, or other unwanted matter (e.g. algae). Screens can also be designed for coarse or fine matter.

Coagulation is a chemical process that causes smaller particles to bind together and form larger particles. The process is used to improve the removal of particles through sedimentation and filtration in the drinking-water treatment process.

Flocculation is the gathering together of fine particles in water by gentle mixing after the addition of coagulant chemicals to form larger particles that can then be removed by sedimentation and filtration.

The purpose of clarification is to remove suspended solids prior to filtration. In Ontario, the most common method of clarification used is sedimentation or allowing suspended material to settle using gravity.

The purpose of filtration is to remove particles from the water not removed during clarification by passing the water through a granular or membrane filter that retains all or most of the solids on or within itself.

Usually the addition of chlorine to raw or fi ltered water to remove or inactivate human pathogens such as bacteria and protozoa in water and viruses, or for the purpose of maintaining a consistent level of chlorine in a drinking-water distribution system.

30 Taking Care of Your Drinking Water: A Guide for Members of Municipal Councils Page 289 of 321 Find Out About Your Drinking Water System Treatments Processes

To quickly find out what treatment processes are used by the drinking water system(s) in your municipality, visit Drinking Water Ontario (www.ontario.ca/drlnkingwater) and look for your municipality on the drinking water quality map.

Water Distribution

The Water Distribution System is the collection of pipes, valves, fire hydrants, storage tanks, reservoirs and pumping stations that carry water to customers.

Water Users

Elevated Storage Tank

Water Treatment Plant

Businesses/Institutions

Industries Fire Hydrant

(Source: Ontario Ministry of the Environment. 2007, "Drinking Water 101 " course materials) - Water Mains/Piping Types of Pipes Water mains are normally buried in the public street right-of-way. A trunk main is a larger size - main used to move large quantities of water. The The most common types of material used for smaller diameter pipe which connects a water pipes include: main to an individual building is called a water • Cast-iron -long-used; sturdy but capable of service. These smaller pipes contain a buried valve corroding in some cases to allow service shut-off. Water service piping • Ductile-iron - widely used newer version inside the property line is considered plumbing of cast-iron; more flexible and less likely to and is outside municipal jurisdiction. corrode • Asbestos-cement - not often used; The pipes of the distribution system must be large lightweight, low cost enough to meet domestic and industrial needs • Plastic - polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or and provide adequate and ample flow for fire polyethylene pipes are widely used today. protection.

Taking Care of Your Drinking Water: A Guide for MembersPage of 290Municipal of 321 Councils 31 Valves Pumping Stations Valves are installed at intervals in the piping Pumping stations are facilities including pumps system so that segments of the system can be shut and equipment for pumping fluids from one off for maintenance or repair. place to another. Pumping facilities are required whenever gravity cannot be used to supply water Hydrants to the distribution system under sufficient pressure Hydrants are distributed in residential, commercial to meet all service demands. and industrial areas, and are primarily used by fire departments in fighting fires. Fire hydrants and Water Meters system valves should be operated and tested at Water meters record the amount of water treated regular intervals. and delivered t o the water system and measure the amount of water used by customers. Water Storage Facilities Water storage facilities exist in most municipalities Water Distribution Atla to provide a reserve supply for times of emergency Your municipality may maintain a water or heavy use (e.g. firefighting) and can include: distribution system atlas which provides • elevated tanks (providing water pressure to a detailed mapping of the distribution system and system) infom1ation on infrastructure and maintenance • standpipes (also supply pressure from a high records. Detailed mapping helps your municipality point of land) plan for future repairs and is essential for quick response to problems such as water main breaks. • hydro-pneumatic systems (use air pressure to create water pressure in small systems) • swf ace or in-ground reservoirs (where water can be stored and pumped out for use).

To learn more about drinking water, visit these websites:

www.ontario.ca/drinkingwater -Ontario Ministry of the Environment's Drinking Water Ontario website offering a single point of access to a wealth of information on drinking water and drinking water services in Ontario.

www.ene.gov.on.ca - The website of the Ontario Ministry of the Environment.

www.wcwc.ca - The website of the Walkerton Clean Water Centre, an agency of the Ontario Government, which provides information on available training and education offered by the Centre, especially to those serving small and remote communities.

www.ocwa.ca -The website of the Ontario Clean Water Agency, an agency of the Ontario Government, which includes information on water and sewage works and related services provided by the Agency.

www.e-laws.gov.on.ca -The Ontario Government website providing access to provincial laws and regulations.

www.omwa.org - The website of the Ontario Municipal Water Association.

www.owwa.com- The website of the Ontario Water Works Association, a section of the American Water Works Association (www.awwa.org).

32 Taking Care of Yo ur Drinking Water: A Guide for Members of Mu nicipa l Co uncils Page 291 of 321 You Can Take To Be Better Informed t------,

0 SUMMARY OF ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE

0 Review the reports of the Walkerton Inquiry, specifically sections related to municipal government (Chapter 7 in Report I, Chapters 10 and 11 in Report II). The reports are available online at www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/about/pubs/walkerton. 0 Become further acquainted with drinking water legislation and regulations, available on the Ontario Government e-Laws website at www.e-laws.gov.on.ca. 0 Learn about drinking water safety and its link to public health. Speak to water system and public health staff to learn more. 0 Become familiar with your municipal drinking water system. Ask your water manager to give a presentation to council and/or arrange a tour of your drinking water facilities. 0 Ask your operating authority to speak to your municipal council about your operational plan. 0 Consider and act on any advice (including identified deficiencies and action items) identified during the annual management review process. 0 Review the QMS policy in your operational plan and its commitments. 0 Ask your operating authority to show how it is meeting these commitments. 0 Find out what maintenance, rehabilitation and renewal plans are in place for your drinking water system. 0 Ask your operating authority to present the findings of its annual infrastructure review. 0 Determine when and how your operating authority will communicate to you as an owner. 0 Find out what information is made available to the public and how. 0 Ask your operating authority to review the drinking water emergency plan with council and to explain what responsibilities have been assigned to the owner. 0 Know who will be the spokesperson during a drinking water emergency. 0 Ensure critical staff have taken necessary training on emergency procedures and have participated in testing. 0 Obtain and thoroughly review copies of the most recent annual and summary reports. 0 Ask for explanations of any information you don't understand. 0 Consider, act on and correct any deficiencies noted in the reports. 0 Review your annual inspection results and ask questions if there is any indication of declining quality. 0 Clarify any technical terms. 0 Ask how deficiencies are being addressed. 0 Review your system's standing in the ratings reported in the Chief Drinking Water Inspector's Annual Report. If your rating is less than 100 per cent, ask why. 0 Consider, act on and correct any deficiencies highlighted in the inspection. 0 Ensure there are sufficient resources for appropriate levels of training for municipal staff involved in operating a drinking water system.

0 Confirm that an overall responsible operator (ORO) has been designated and that procedures are in place to · ensure all required staff and contractors are certified. 0 Check to see if drinking water operator succession planning is being done.

Be informed. Ask questions. Get answers. It's your duty.

Taking Care of Your Drinking Water: A Guide for MembersPage of 292 Municipal of 321 Councils 33 Chemically Assisted Filtration: a water treatment process Glossary that uses chemicals, such as alum, as a coagulant to bind small The following is a list of drinking water particles together into larger particles that are then easily related terms and phrases you may come filtered out when the water passes through sand beds or other across when carrying out your oversight filters. responsibilities. Chlorine Residual: the concentration of chlorine remaining in the chlorinated water at the end of a given contact time that is available to continue to disinfect. Measured as Free Chlorine,

Accreditation Body: a person designated or established as Combined Chlorine and Total Chlorine. an accreditation body under Part IV of t he Safe Drinking Water Coagulation: the addition of coagulant chemicals to water to Act, 2002. allow for the agglomeration of the small suspended particles Accredited Operating Authority: an operating authority into larger particles that can be removed by sedimentation accredited under Part IV of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002. and filtration in the drinking water process.

Adverse Water Quality Incident (AWQI): an event in which Colony Counts: a scientific measure t hat identifies the an adverse test result triggers a process of notification and number of bacteria, yeast or moulds that are capable of protective measures. forming colonies.

Aquifer: a layer of soil, sand, gravel or rock that contains Conservation Authority: local watershed management groundwater. agencies that deliver services and programs that protect and manage water and other natural resources in partnership with Audit: a systematic and documented verification process that government, landowners and other organizations. (http:// involves objectively obtaining and evaluating documents conservation-ontario.on.cal}. and processes to determine whether a quality management system conforms to the requirements of the Drinking Water Contaminant: any solid, liquid, gas, odour, heat, sound, Quality Management Standard (DWQMS). vibration, radiation or combination of any of them resulting directly or indirectly from human activities that causes or may cause an adverse event.

Cross Connection: the physical connection of a safe or Backflow Preventer: a mechanical device for a water supply potable water supply with another water supply of unknown pipe to prevent t he backflow of water into the water supply or contaminated quality such that the potable water could be system from the service connections. contaminated or polluted. Boil Water Advisory: a notice issued by a local medical officer Cryptosporidium: a single-celled protozoan parasite found of health indicating water should be boiled before human in the intestinal tract of many animals. If the animal waste consumption. containing Cryptosporidium contaminates drinking water, it may cause gastrointestinal disease in humans.

Certificate of Approval (C of A): a legal instrument which permits the construction or alteration of a drinking Designated Facility: under the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, water system, or parts thereof. The Ontario Ministry of the designated facilities are defined as facilities that serve people Environment issues this document after an engineering who are potentially more susceptible to illness if they drink review of the proposed facilities and when it is satisfied that water that is of poor quality. These facilities include schools, the facilities will work as intended and will be able at all times universities and colleges, children and youth care facilities. to supply drinking water meeting Ontario Drinking Water Standards and requirements of O.Reg.l?0/03. For municipal Disinfection: destruction or inactivation of pathogenic drinking water systems that provide water to residences, the and other kinds of m icro-organisms by physica l or chemical C of A program is being phased out and replaced with the mea ns. Municipal Drinking Water Licensing Program.

Taking Care of Your Drinking Water: A Guide for Members of Municipal Councils Page 293 of 321 Drinking Water: (a) water intended for human consumption, or (b) water that is required by Act, regulation, order, municipal by-law or other document issued under the authority of an Act Giardia: protozoa, usually non-pathogenic, that may be to be "potable" or to "meet or exceed the requirements of the parasitic in the intestines of vertebrates including humans and prescribed drinking water quality standards.· most domestic animals. If an imal waste containing Giardia

Drinking Water System: a system of works, excluding contaminates drinking water, it may ca use gastrointestinal plumbing, that is established for the purpose of providing disease in humans. users of the system with drinking water and that includes: (a) anything used for the collection, production, treatment, storage, supply or distribution of water Heterotrophic Plate Count (HPC): HPC is a microbiological (b) anything related to the management of residue test that gives an indication of general bacterial population. from the treatment process or the management HPC results are not an indicator of water safety and should of the discharge of a substance into the natural not be used as an indicator of potential adverse human health environment from the treatment system, and effects. This is a routine test to monitor water plant operations (c) a well or intake that serves as the source or entry and assure treatment is working properly. point of raw water supply for the system.

Drinking Water Quality Standards: standards prescribed by Ontario Regulation 169/03 (Ontario Drinking Water Quality Standards) for microbiological, chemical and radiological Laboratory: a place where drinking water tests are or will be parameters which when above certain concentrations have conducted. In Ontario, laboratories must be accredited and known or suspected adverse health effects. licensed for each type of drinking water test they perform. Laboratories may conduct other types of tests as well.

E. coli (Escherichia coli): a species of bacteria naturally present in the intestines of humans and animals. If animal or human Medical Officer of Health: with reference to a drinking water waste containing E. coli contaminates drinking water, it may system, the medical officer of health for the health unit in cause gastrointestinal disease in humans. Most types of E. which the system is located; if none exists, that authority coli are harmless, but some active strains, especially 01 S7:H7, resides with the Chief Medical Officer of Health. produce harmful toxins and can cause severe illness. Microbiological organism: an organism so small that it Exceedance: violation of a limit for a contaminant as can not be seen without a microscope, including bacteria, prescribed in the Ontario Drinking Water Standards Regu lation protozoa, fungi, viruses and algae. (0. Reg. 169/03). Municipal Drinking Water System: a drinking water system (or part of a drinking water system): • that is owned by a municipality or by a municipal service board established under s. 195 of the Municipal Act, 2001 Filtration: the separation of suspended solid particles from • that is owned by a corporation established under s. 203 of a fluid stream by passing the fluid through a granular or the Municipal Act, 2001 • from which a municipality obtains or w ill obtain water membrane filter medium that retains most of the solids on or under the terms of a contract between the municipality within itself. and the owner of the system, or • that is in a prescribed class. Flocculation: the gathering together of fine particles in water by gentle mixing after the addition of coagulant chemicals to form larger particles that can then be removed by sedimentation and filtration. Operating Authority: with reference to a drinking water system, the person or entity that is given responsibility by the owner for the operation, management, maintenance or alteration of the system.

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Operational Plan: documents the Quality Management Total Coliform Bacteria: a group of waterborne bacteria System (QMS) for a subject drinking water system. consisting of three main sub-groups with common characteristics that is used as an indicator of water quality. Owner: with reference to a drinking water system, every The presence oftotal coliform bacteria in water leaving a person who is a legal or beneficial owner of all or part of the treatment plant, or in any treated water immediately after system (but does not include the Ontario Clean Water Agency treatment, could indicate inadequate treatment and possible [OCWA] or any of its predecessors where OCWA is registered water contamination. on title as the owner of the system). Treatment System: any part of a drinking water system that is used in the t reatment of water, including: • anything that conveys or stores water and is part of a Pathogen: an organism that causes disease in another treatment process, including any treatment equipment installed in plumbing organism. • anything related to the management of residue from the treatment process or the management of the discharge of Permit to Take Water: permit from the Ministry of the a substance into the natural environment from the system Environment under the Ontario Water Resources Act, 1990, • a well or intake that serves as the source or entry point of required of any person who takes over 50,000 litres of water raw water supply for the system. per day from any source. Turbidity: a visible haze or cloudiness in wat er caused by the Potable Water: water that, at a minimum, meets the presence of suspended matter, resulting in the scattering or requirements prescribed by 0. Reg. 169/03 (Drinking Water absorption of light. The cloudier the water, the greater the Qua lity Standards). Other definitions include: water of turbidity. sufficiently high quality that it can be consumed or used without risk of immediate or long- term harm; water that satisfies the standards of the responsible health authorities as drinking water; water that is 'fit to drink'. Walkerton Inquiry: the public commission of inquiry led by Justice Dennis O'Connor into the events that occurred in May Protozoa: a very diverse group comprising some 50,000 2000 when the water supply in the Ontario t own of Walkerton organisms that consist of one cell. Most are able to move on became contaminated with a strain of E.coli bacteria. their own. Some are a health concern in drinking water. (See Giardia and Cryptosporidium) Waterborne Illness: a disease transmitted through the ingestion of contaminated water. Water acts as a passive Provincial Officer Order: an order issued by a Ministry of the carrier of the infectious agent, chemical or waterborne Environment Provincial Officer to any person w ho contravenes pathogen. any act governed by the Ministry of the Environment. Watershed: a region or area bounded peripherally by a divide and draining into a particular watercourse or body of water.

Raw Water: surface or groundwater that is available as a source of drinking water but has not received any treatment.

Source Water: untreated water in streams, rivers, lakes or underground aquifers which is used for the supply of raw water for drinking water systems.

Source Water Protection: process which includes identifying potential risks to drinking water, assessing and addressing these risks, preventing new ones, and monitoring success.

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 9:06AM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: City of Orillia Webpage On Fluoridation - Susan Schweitzer Attachments: Responses to Misinformation, Orillia.rtf

From: Susan Schweitzer [mallto: J Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 7:46 PM To: MAYOR EMAIL; Linda Murray; Andrew Hill; Patrick Kehoe; Michael Fogarty; Paul Spears; Pete Bowen; Tony Madden Cc: JASON COVEY Subject: City of Orillia Webpage On Fluoridation - Susan Schweitzer

Dear Mayor Orsi and Orillia City Council, I received this submission, today, from James Beck. His credentials are on the attachment. Please, review it. I request that you allow the opposed to fluoride side of the issue to appear side-by-side with the pro fluoride side of the issue (Public Health), on the fluoridation web page, to give a balanced perspective to the fluoride issue rather than a biased one. Please, respond to this request as soon as possible. Thank you, Susan Schweitzer Jason, please add this email to the process regarding OrHiia water fluoridation. Thank you.

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It is misleading to say that fluoride is found in rocks without pointing out that the natural form found in the earth's crust and therefore in the natural sources of city water is calcium fluoride which yields fluoride ions in water to a much lesser extent than the hexafluorosilicic acid (HSFA) or its sodium salt that is used to fluoridate. And to say that the "optimal fluoride concentration .. .for the control of tooth decay is between 0.5 and 0.8 mg/L. .. " is misleading without mentioning that HFSA reacts differently to the acidic contents of the stomach to produce harmful chemicals. Besides, the phrase "optimal fluoride concentration" begs the question of the effectiveness of fluoride (it is not effective by swallowing, so there is nothing "optimal" about it) and ignores the critical facts that controlling concentration in tap water does not control dose, given that people drink vastly different amounts of water and are exposed to fluoride in food and processed drinks. Research that stands up to thorough examination shows little or no preventive effect. One of the best studies shows that children who drink fluoridated water at 1.0 mg/L fluoride have 0.6 fewer affected tooth surfaces out of 128 surfaces. That "benefit" can be calculated unrealistically as a 17% improvement or realistically as 0.4% improvement. Research does show that topical application as occurs using fluoridated toothpaste slightly reduces incidence of cavities. The statement that "scientific studies have not found any credible link between water fluoridation and adverse health effects" other than dental fluorosis is blatantly incorrect. There are hundreds of peer-reviewed scientific reports in credible journals exposing associations with adverse effects on kidney, heart and blood vessels, thyroid system, reproductive system, brain and bone among others. Some of these effects are well supported by science; others are less so but certainly call for more research before whole populations are exposed to the risks. That fluoridation is supported by the mentioned agencies of fluoridating countries and trade organizations is hardly reassuring since they have habitually ignored much scientific evidence and for some time now have been hedging their recommendations. The Centers for Disease Control and the American Dental Association admitted in 1999 that fluoride's effectiveness is due to topical application to teeth, not to swallowing fluoride. The dangerous contaminants of the HFSA used to fluoridate may be "low" (that requires definition) but some such as lead, arsenic and radioactive elements very likely produce toxic effects at levels undetected by most investigations-not to say that investigations have been done. Given the possible consequences, including death, it is irresponsible to use an untested, unapproved, unpurified substance for fluoridation even if it were effective. The statement "Dental fluorosis is not a disease" is patently misleading. The mild dental fluorosis described can be a serious condition because of its effects on the social behaviour and mental state of the sufferer, particularly a teenager. Furthermore, dental

Page 298 of 321 fluorosis includes moderate and severe (these are technical terms used in grading the condition) which include pitting, discolouration, brittleness and cavities. Dental fluorosis afflicts over 30% of the population of the United States (we don't have reliable data for Canada), 41% of children 12 to 15 years old. About 3 or 4% of these are cases of moderate or severe fluorosis. It would be appropriate for Orillia's website to offer substantiated information rather than the usual propaganda of promoters of fluoridation.

James Beck, M.D., Ph.D. (biophysics), co-author of The Case Against Fluoride (201 0), Professor Emeritus of Medical Biophysics, University of Calgary [email protected]

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Monday, March 26,2012 10:06 PM To: Janet Nyhof Cc: JASON COVEY Subject: FW Fluondat1on of City Water

-----Original Message----- From: Robert Sparkes l!fmmallii I ttfo~: ••••!!!!!!!!!!1!!1•11 Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 9:33 PM To: MAYOR EMAIL Cc: Paul Spea rs Subject: Fluoridation of City Water

MAYOR ORSI: I want to express my concern about the proposal to fluoridate. Surely there has been enough research & experien ce on this topic by now. It is not the fluoride consumed, but the topical application which is beneficial. We would be better off providing toothpaste & brushes to school children.

Deacon Bob Sparkes, Guardian Angels Church

BOB's iPad

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Tuesday, March 27,2012 9:10AM To: Janet Nyhof Cc: JASON COVEY Subject: FW: fluoride in the water-- NOI

From: Kathie Joblin [mailto:l 11 Sent: Monday, March 26, 201i!!i 10:15 PM ·' • To: Tony Madden; Andrew Hill; MAYOR EMAIL Cc: .JASON COVEY Subject: fluoride in the water-- NO!

Dear Ward Four Cow1cillors and Mayor

I am deeply concerned that you are actually seriously considering pursuing the dangerous and potentially illegal action of adding iluoride to the water supply of the City of Orillia. Please accept this electronic letter as the strongest possible protest from this concerned citizen. I DO NOT WANT iluoride in my drinking water against my consent and certainly against my better judgment. I know that I am not alone in this stand, as several other Canadian cities have already tried this "experiment" and have now stopped it, thank goodness. Let us be wise enough not to go down this road in the first place. There is no evidence to support the belief that this course of action strengthens teeth. When ingested, iluoride has the potential to cause all kinds of bodily harm. It is no accident that the labels of fluoridated toothpaste caution against swallowing the stuff when you are using it to brush your teeth.

Please, please, wake up and stop this foolishness before it goes any ti.Jrther!

Thank you. ._,Kathie Joblin

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From: sherri ciric illlllllili••!!!lll•••~ Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 12:31 PM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: Fluoride

From: Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 10:36 PM To: MAYOR EMAIL Subject: Fluoride

I don't believe we should be contaminating the water, if their is any truth to what people are saying about the fluoride, it could harm us. It is not something i would want to try. I have done some research on this, their is to many risl

Sherri Ciric

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 9:41AM To: Janet Nyhof Cc: JASON COVEY Subject: FW: Fluoride in Orillia water

From: Rosemary Calverley [mailto:~l!l••••••••• Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 9:38AM To: MAYOR EMAIL; Andrew Hill; Tony Madden Subject: Fluoride in Orillia water

I am both shocked and disappointed that at this point in time, when there is so much information about the detrimental side effects of consuming fluoride, that Orillia would even be considering fluoridating our tap water.

Has anyone done the research? It doesn't seem to me that they have or no one would be on side with this, especially if you have children.

Fluoride works to strengthen and protect teeth when applied topically. To date, there are no studies that show any improvement in protection from consuming it. In fact quite the opposite is true. Ingested fluoride has been linked to over a dozen serious health problems Including reduced IQ (25 published studies), impaired neurobehavioral development, and brain damage (over 100 published studies). Parents who use tap water to mix baby formula need to be warned that they will be exposing their children to 175 times more fluoride than breast fed children.

The fluoride added to drinking water supplies is a waste product from the phosphate fertilizer industry. Fluoride is a drug. Once added to water the amount consumed cannot be controlled. It violates my rights to informed consent if it is in my tap water.

Communities all across Canada are voting to discontinue the fluoridation of their water. B.C. and Quebec are almost completely fluoride free, Waterloo voted to end fluoridation in Oct 2010, Calgany counsel has voted against it as well.

Please check Dr. Paul Connett (You Tube "Your Toxic Tap Water" or his book, "The Case Against Fluoride"). Also The National Research Counsels published work "Fluoride in Drinking Water".

Look on the back of your tube of fluoridated toothpaste which says "use a pea sized amount" and "if ingested contact a poison control center".

Tony Madden I am veny disappointed in your continued support of the West St. site for the Murf, and your support of Fluoride. My brother in law has worked in the waste disposal industny for many years. Contaminated land remains contaminated for decades. Contamination seeps into everything, including the cement of an in ground pool and therefore, the water. I would not let my children use a recreation facility on the West Street site. I will not vote for you again and am, frankly, embarrassed that you represent my district. Do you actually research the topics that you support or do you just follow a lead?

Rosemany Calverley

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 2:58PM To: Janet Nyhof Cc: JASON COVEY Subject: FW: Water Fluoridation - Public Record

From: Colleen O'Neill [mailto: ---~~- " Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 12:43 PM To: JASON COVEY Subject: Water Fluoridation - Public Record

Hello Jason,

Please include the following in the Public Record. Thank you. Colleen

Decision Making

- ·-rnefollowinginfofmation may be Useful toCo\.mcWHrits decision-making with regard to Water Fluoridation.

The International Joint Commission (IJC), in its Eighth Biennial Report, recommends to all levels of Government, including Municipal Government, four basic principles to use in decision-making. The IJC is the monitoring body of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978 between Canada and the United States "to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Great lakes Basin Ecosystem". (p.7)

The four principles are:

1) Precaution- make decisions on the side of caution 2) Prevention- prevent further pollution of Lake Simcoe 3) Weight of Evidence- what do peer reviewed, published, scientific studies indicate? 4) Reverse Onus of Proof- Those who wish to discharge fluorosilicic acid into the Lake Simcoe must prove that it is harmless.

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 9:07AM To: Janet Nyhof Cc: JASON COVEY Subject: FW: floride

-----Original Message----­ From:Meganb[mn£aiWit~oj:?II1111?2FIIIIII772111111111 Sent: Tuesday, March 27,2012 7:27AM To: MAYOR EMAIL Subject: floride

to who ever it may concern. hello i am a citizen of orillia and iam outraged that any one could even possibly think of dumping floride.into our water. they say its to help stop childrens teeth from decaying but let me tell you this ... if you are any kind of good parent then guess what? you will see to it that your child takes care of their teeth. if your a parent that votes yes for flo ride then you are just lazy and should not have had children in my opinion. from the facts i have read about flo ride we would be stupid to let it make its way into our water. we have rights and i - dent-want-anything to do with florid e. its said that it is illegal to dump into the ocean ... well guess what if we put it into our water no matter what it will make its way to the ocean. all flo ride is is a toxic by product and i vote NO!

thank you for taking your time to read this yours truely Megan Adams

Sent from Samsung Mobile

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 10:23 AM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: Orillia BIA

From: Bob Willsey [mailto:[email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 11:02 AM To: MAYOR EMAIL Subject: Orillia BIA

Dear Mayor Orsi:

On Monday February 29, 2012 the Downtown Management Board held a General Membership Meeting during which I presented a motion that was passed unanimously by the Membership of the BIA. Despite a snowstorm over 100 members attended, the largest turnout for a Membership Meeting that I have witnessed in 25 years as a member of the Orillia BIA. It is critical to the health of our organization that the membership be allowed to communicate freely with our Board and membership meetings such as the one that occurred on February 29, 2012 serve a necessary and vital role in this democratic process.

I am seeking your support in ensuring that the Orillia BIA will be able to continue to represent the interests of its membership and retain the autonomy required to formulate policies, programs and budgets that reflect the desires of the members who pay to fund the organization.

On February 29, 2012 over 100 members of the Orillia BIA unanimously supported the following motion to create a clear and unambiguous bylaw regarding the structure of our Board:

For 35 years the partnership between our BIA and the [;ty of Oril/ia has worked and created a downtown that is the envy of a great number of communities throughout Ontario. This success was founded on a board comprised of 8 elected BIA members and one appointed City Councilor.

For this reason ...

I move that the Board requests that Oril/ia City Council amend the constitution and bylaws of our BIA to recognize 35 years of a successful partnership by stating that our Board will consist of 9 people, 8 of which will be elected by the BIA membership and only 1 representative appointed by City Council.

Moved by Bob Willsey- Mariposa Market Seconded by Dale McKay- WindSpirit

Thank you for your consideration,

Bob Willsey Mariposa Market Ltd.

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 10:22 AM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: Tomorrow's meeting - motion forwarded by DMB to restore original board structure

From: Susan Willsey Sent: Sunday, March To: MAYOR EMAIL; Patrick Kehoe; Linda Murray; Pete Bowen; Michael Fogarty; Paul Spears; Andrew Hill; Tony Madden Subject: Tomorrow's meeting- motion forwarded by DMB to restore original board structure

March 24, 2012

Mayor and Council:

Re: Downtown Mrumgement Board- motion fi·om membership on boru·d structure forwarded by the DMB for consideration of council

I urge you to pass the motion made by Bob Willsey atthe recent special meeting of the members which has been forwarded to you by our board- to restore the original structure of the board.

Significru1t change in the structure of the board must have the suppmt of the membership. The downtown mru1agement boru·d is entrusted to represent the views of its members ru1d to responsibly mrumge funds that belong solely to the membership to fmther our interests as a BIA. Council's move to change the structure of the board by eliminating an elected position, unilaterally and in closed session, loudly ru1d clearly does not have that support. I feel that this move has resulted in deterioration of the relationships between the City, the boru·d and the membership of the BIA. I also believe it could negatively impact the health of the entire downtown core with the city at a crossroads in its development- a time where constructive and positive things should be happening, not things like this.

If indeed you feel strongly tl1at chMges in boru·d structure would be beneficial, then by all means prepare a reasoned study and present it for open discussion ru1d consideration at our Annual General Meeting in tl1e fall.

In the meantime, please respect the wishes of the membership of our organization and support this motion.

Thank you for your consideration.

Yours truly,

Susan Willsey, Apple Annie's Shop & Cafe, Owner- 101 Mississaga St. E., downtown Orillia

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From: Grace Isgro Sent: Monday, March 26,201210:23 AM To: Janet Nyhof Subject: FW: Orillia BIA

From: WindSpirit Staff~~.. lllll!l!l• Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 12:16 PM To: MAYOR EMAIL Subject: Orillia BIA

Dear Mayor Orsi:

On Monday February 29, 2012 the Downtown Management Board held a General Membership Meeting during which Bob Willsey presented a motion that was passed unanimously by the Membership of the BIA. Despite a snowstorm over 100 members attended. I understand that this is the largest turnout for a BIA meeting in the past 25 years. It is critical to the health of our organization that the membership be allowed to communicate freely with our Board, and membership meetings such as the one that occurred on February 29, 2012 serve a necessary and vital role in this democratic process.

I am seeking your support in ensuring that the Orillia BIA will be able to continue to represent the interests of its membership and retain the autonomy required to formulate policies, programs and budgets that reflect the desires of the members who pay to fund the organization.

On February 29, 2012 over 100 members of the Orillia BIA unanimously supported the following motion to create a clear and unambiguous bylaw regarding the structure of our Board:

For 35 years the partnership between our BIA and the City of Orillia has worked and created a downtown that is the envy of a great number of communities throughout Ontario. This success was founded on a board comprised of 8 elected BIA members and one appointed City Councilor.

For this reason ...

I move that the Board requests that Orillia City Council amend the constitution and bylaws of our BIA to recognize 35 years of a successful partnership by stating that our Board will consist of 9 people, 8 of which will be elected by the BIA membership and only 1 representative appointed by City Council.

Moved by Bob Willsey - Mariposa Market Seconded by Dale McKay- WindSpirit

Thank you for your consideration,

Dale McKay WindSpirit Wisdom & Wonders

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2 Page 310 of 321 Grace Isgro

From: Grace Isgro Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 4:18 PM To: Grace Isgro Subject: FW: TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF ORJLLIA Attachments: G. Lightfoot .pdf; Labour_of_love.pdf; portrait_of_the_artist_known_as_the_bust_man.pdf

Importance: High

From: Gino Cavicchioli [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 10:29 AM To: MAYOR EMAIL Subject: TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF ORILLIA Importance: High

TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF ORILLIA

Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen, Warmest Greetings from Hamilton

I wish to lend you the Lightfoot bust (resin casting) for 3 weeks, to give you an opportunity to study the work. Thank you for taking the time to explore the possibility of having a Gordon Lightfoot bust in Orillia.

Attached in this e-mail, are 3 newspaper articles. One specifically about the Lightfoot bust. The other two are about my self and work.

Below is a You-Tube video with Lightfoot speaking at the unveiling of his bust in Hamilton on September 6, 2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4517yNCgzA

Below is the press release that was used for the unveiling of Lightfoot's bust and fund raiser event in 2009. 1000 tickets where sold. http://www.gordonlightfoot.com/GordonlightfootToAttendTributeBustUnveiling.html

Cost of purchasing the bust. Gordon Lightfoot Bust- in bronze (indoor or outdoor use) $38,500.00 Gordon Lightfoot Bust- in resin (indoor use only, where no physical contact is expected) $28,500.00

TIME LINE:

Bronze Delivery in 3 Months Resin Delivery in 4 to 6 weeks

Note: Price includes delivery of bust to Orillia. 50% deposit is required Final payment upon delivery.

I can provide a stone base, your choice of color and design, with appropriate inscriptions. I can also deliver the stone and look after the permanent mounting of the bronze bust to the stone. Example of stone base below.

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Yours truly,

Gino Cavicchioli Sculptor/Artist Studio Locations: Hamilton 905 549-2638 Kincardine 519 395-5150 Ontario, Canada

www.ginocavicchioli.com [email protected]

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Lightfoot Lightfoot-- or bust

ARTS AND CULTURE: What a relief for hometown hero

Posted 2 years ago

Gordon Lightfoot immortalized the stories he sang about. But the Hamilton artist who sculpted Lightfoot says that in his face you can read the stories of the troubadour's own life.

"Faces are like road maps that tell about a person's victories and defeats," Gino Cavicchioli said yesterday. "His (Lightfoot's) face is extremely expressive. There are so many experiences and stories in there."

For Cavicchioli, a widely commissioned artist who barely finishes one project before starting another, sculpting the Orilliaborn folk hero's bust was more

Submitted photo

Gino Cavicchioli sculpted this 350-pound bust of Orillia's own Gordon Lightfoot.

personal. Each year, he takes lime out of his commissioned work to sculpt something that is, as he said, "near and dear" to him.

"Mr. Lightfoot is someone I admired my whole life. He's just an incredible poet."

Though in fact, it was not until Cavicchioli immigrated to Canada as a 13-year-old that he first heard

Lightfoot's music.

Though Born in Australia, Cavicchioli spent his formative years serving mass in a small church 24 kilometres from the Vatican, and was occasionally called up to the big show for special holidays.

He says he spent many of these years in close contact

with the works of the great classical

artists, and also soaking up the folk music of Naples, Sicily

and other regions of Italy.

He said one day, his father, who was an engineer, called from a business trip to Burlington and

informed the family that they would be relocating to the southern Ontario town. Cavicchioli said the move was a shock, one that left him struggling in a school where he didn't understand the language. But he also found something he loved in Canada's musicians.

"When I heard Gordon Lightfoot, it was a different sound, a sound I wasn't really familiar with," he said. "But it really was love at first sound."

It was also a comforting sound one afternoon in Tobermory. Having survived a stormy night on Georgian Bay in a boat that had lost power and drifted dangerously close to rocks, Cavicchioli and his friend stepped into a small tavern to eat.

"When we walked in, a folk singer was playing Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."

"Being in safety, with the assurance of food and this national anthem playing, I nearly wept."

In September, Cavicchioli contacted Lightfoot's manager. Two months later, the two artists met and Lightfoot sat at Cavicchioli's table to be sculpted.

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The result is a bust almost three times life-sized and weighing in at 350 pounds of clay, in addition to steel armature and foam filling.

Cavicchioli is pleased with his work. It is more than a replica of the singer's face, he said. "It has to feel like Gordon. It's got to have his heart and soul."

The artist certainly seems to have succeeded in that. Apart from Lightfoot's own approval, Cavicchioli said he has received praise from fans as far away as Australia.

Negotiations for the sculpture's purchase are ongoing. But wherever it ends up, Cavicchioli said he hopes to see a casting in Orillia one day.

Copyright© 2012 The Orillia Packet & Times

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Labour of love, love of labour

September 29,2010

You hear about people buying art to go with their sofa or their walls. Last year Gino Cavicchioli bought a church to go with his mt.

Let's back up a bit. He tried to fit his art in to his home in Hamilton. But the art in question was a four­ metre-high monument, a sculpture of a labourer and his child that he was making for the new LIUNA (Labourers' International Union ofNorth America) building in Oakville.

The home in question was actually the studio building at the end of the driveway beside his home on St. Clair Avenue.

"The ceiling in the studio is 18-feet high," says Cavicchioli, "but I couldn't stand back far enough to get a good look at it. I'd throw the double doors (of the studio) open and keep walking backwards down the driveway but it wasn't enough." Then he saw it. On one of his frequent trips to beautiful Kincardine, Ontario, on Lalce Huron. The Kinloss United Church, built in 1873, in the little village of Kinloss, 19 kilometres outside Kincardine. It was for sale.

"The perfect building for rue," says Cavicchioli, whose famous sculptures and busts m·e in many of Hamilton's most visible spaces (the Juravinskis in the Juravinski Cancer Centre, the Lincoln Alexander bust in St. Peter's Hospital, Enrico Mancinelli bust in Immigration Square, and many busts in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame).

"The ceiling is more than 20 feet high, there are six skylights (put in as part of a huge church-to-studio reno adaptation involving the gutting of the interior), lots of light, and a loft. You almost need sunglasses there's so much light, which you can never have enough of when you're working with sculpture."

In the new space, which he also lives in (he splits his time between Grirnsby, Han1ilton and Kinloss), Cavicchioli was able to complete the LIUNA monument. And on Friday it was unveiled, the centrepiece of the ceremonies at the opening of the new LIUNA pension building.

The sculpture, which Cavicchioli calls Padre e Figlio (Father and Son), was cloaked under the folds of a vast satin-y green cloth, tied in place with darker satin green ribbon. When the ribbons were cut and Cavicchioli pulled away the cloth, the assembled crowd of more than I 00 hesitated for an instant, as though mildly jolted by this sudden, glowing apparition in bronze, and then they applauded spontaneously.

The sculpture is, after all, a commanding presence, monopolizing one's sight, not only by virtue of its great size but also the golden accents of light it throws off and the force of its joy.

It is the largest in-the-round sculpture Cavicchioli has ever done. He worked on it for two years, the last five months of which were spent casting it in bronze (at ArtCast foundry in Georgetown, Ont., with Eric and Marcus Knoespel).

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It depicts a smiling labourer cmTying a child on his shoulders, the child playfully wearing the father's hard hat. Their arms and hands joining high in the air create a definition in the open space that suggests the links of a chain.

It is a conception of labour, honest and well performed, as a kind of ecstasy, but one that cannot be separated from the strain, soil and even suffering that go into it.

"There is the sweat and dirt, on his body, in the sculpture," says Cavicchioli. "But also pride and strength. He's a working man. It is a celebration, but also a statement of responsibility; the future is placed on his shoulders."

If the sculpture seems somehow lit from inside with its own allegorical ideas and anthemic passion, it may owe a part of that quality to its birth in a deep friendship.

Cavicchioli won the commission to do it partly on the basis of previous work he did for LIUNA, namely the bust of Enrico Mancinelli, former international vice-president of the union and the late father of LIUNA's current international vice-president, Hamilton's Joseph Mancinelli.

"I met him (Joseph Mancinelli) when I was working on that sculpture and we got to know each other. He's an artist himself and a true aficionado, so we hit it off incredibly well. We love to talk about art and food and wine and have remained friends ever since."

Working on such a large scale involves all kinds of special considerations. For instance, the sculpture stands so high (not only its own 12-foot stature but then it rests on a massive platform of beautifully striated granite boulders) that the head must be made dispropmiionately large in relation to the parts closer to the viewer in order to compensate for the diminishing effect of distance.

"Like the fmnous statue of David," Cavicchioli explains. "It's 18-feet high. If you took the head off and set it beside the feet you would see they were totally out of proportion." Deliberately.

The sculpture can be seen outside the new LIUNA building, 1315 North Service Rd. E. in Oal

Cavicchioli is currently working on a sculpture of retired McMaster University president Peter George. * * * * By Jeff Mahoney "The Hamilton Spectator"

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Born in Australia but reared in Rome, Cavicchioli immigrated to Canada at the age of 13. He has been commissioned to do paintings for presidents and prime ministers, but sculpting is his passion.

"A lot of people call me Bust Man and my license plate on my sports car says Bust Man. Of course that's a great name and a lot of people misunderstand that, which is perfectly fine. I get a big chuckle out of it," Cavicchioli said with a big smile earlier this week following the announcement of this year's Hall of Fame selections. "So some people call me Bust Man, Even my girlfriend laughs at that. It's a great name. But I'm a sculptor, and specifically I concentrate on portraiture work and figurative sculpture. I love working with people and I love celebrating people's lives achievement. This is a great place to get to celebrate people's lives."

Cavicchioli grew up loving soccer, and while admittedly he doesn't know much about football, he has started going to games and has found himself excited by what he sees.

In his job as the sculptor of busts, specifically the ones he is commissioned to do for the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Museum, Cavicchioli either meets the person he will portray or uses photographs to help in the process. Then he researches the person's life to ascertain aspects of their personality. Cavicchioli said it could an average of 100 hours to do one bust. Extremes include Matt Dunigan, the great quarterback who was inducted into the Hall in 2006. His piece required 128 hours.

"Because Matt and I had become very good friends from the time he sat for me in my studio, I wasn't quite sure what to present (in the bust)," Cavicchioli said. "I think the man is outstanding, but what facet of his personality did I want to present? And that concept kept shifting so the bust kept shifting. I kept working on it until l finally came up with a presentation I was quite happy with that I felt would do him justice."

Of the people he has sculpted so far, Cavicchioli said he does not have one who stands out; it's the individual he is sculpting at that moment who becomes his favourite.

"Usually that's the one I prefer the best- the one I'm working on at the present- because I get emotionally involved and I think it and speak it and breathe it and dream about it," he said. "! start to really get into their lives, so I become very focused on the one that I'm working on.

"I love the Renaissance, that time in history, and I love something that's figurative and anatomically correct. I really want to capture (the object's) look, but also their heart and soul. Their wives and families can usually tell whether I've been successful or not. The fans have seen it through helmet fronts and they're usually quite happy (with the finished bust). It's great to get feedback on it.

"Is this art? Oh, yes. It would be a mechanical representation if all I wanted to do was capture their visual appearance. It's got to look like them. For me, it's very important that the members of their family or friends recognize them, but that's just the beginning. I want it to feel like the person. I want people to say, DThat's how he is. That's part of his character right there."'

He pointed to Henry (Gizmo) Williams, the great Edmonton returner who was inducted in '06, and Dunigan as two examples of individuals whose character he wanted to portray.

"Gizmo, for example, the thing that blew me away is he was just busting with life. He's multi­ faceted," Cavicchioli said. "Matt reminded me of a religious saint of the stuff that I saw in cathedrals in Italy when I was a kid. He's such a charitable person. l-Ie's involved in so many committees in

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helping out, so that charitable part of his personality was what I felt I needed to express the most, even beyond and above what he did for a living. That's where you start stepping into the art- the expression of that person's life."

Dunigan is effusive in his praise of Cavicchioli.

"I cannot say enough about the greatness of this man and his abilities," Dunigan said. "When you have the chance to see and experience his work it is then and only then that you can start to truly understand the depth of his talents. Gino transcends his passion for life into his pieces of art. He manages to mirror the spirit and sole of the fortunate ones he has sculpted. Viewing Gino's artistry and the various forms that he has mastered you get a eerie feeling- chills running up and down your spine- that you have just witnessed true greatness. I'm a better person for knowing the man and having witnessed his talents."

Cavicchioli doesn't have one particular individual he is looking forward to sculpting, saying he accepts the process.

"If I had a choice- and I'm not talking about anyone specifically- I tend to like the older players because they have a lot more expression," he said. "The faces that we have when we're 30 or 20 we've inherited. The faces we have when we're 60 or 70 we've actually earned, so I love working with faces that are in their 70s or 80s. They have so many more miles and so much more expression."

Cavicchioli has been commissioned by people to do paintings or drawings of presidents and Prime Ministers, but he said that is a part of his life that is behind him. He's fallen in love with sculpting, coinciding with his work with the Hall of Fame.

"Deep down inside I was a frustrated sculptor painting, doing something which I really loved but not quite as much as I loved sculpting," he said. "For awhile I was called The Gift Maker because people would come to me and ask me to do a painting that they could present to visiting dignitaries, so I got to do quite a few of these paintings and drawings, which was then presented. And I did work on a lot of portraiture paintings, too. Again, portraiture is what I really love, but this is where I belong- doing sculptures.

"I had done a couple of portraits and then the Canadian Football Hall of Fame saw the work and approached me and asked me to give them a price. Because of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Museum I started getting quite a bit of national advertisement and national profile as a sculptor, so commissions started coming into the studio and that's where I am six years later with a studio full of commissions. This year I'm booked solid."

You might say for Cavicchioli it is sculptures or bust.

Perry Lejko is the CFL 's Director of Communications

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