NOTE: the following resolutions were provided by Council at the November 16, 2020 meeting
a) WHEREAS the Agricultural Advisory Committee met October 15, 2020 and passed the following subsequent recommendation, being:
WHEREAS the Agricultural Advisory Committee wishes to provide Council with timely, community-based advice on a broad range of matters affecting agriculture;
NOW THEREFORE the Agricultural Advisory Committee confirms its September 17, 2020 motion regarding the Bayou Cable Park and requests Council to provide clear guidance on how the Committee may best serve Council with respect to Planning Act matters;
AND FURTHER, that this matter be directed to Council with the September 17, 2020 Agricultural Advisory Committee minutes, CARRIED.
NOW THEREFORE Council directs the Town Clerk, Director of Legal Services and Director of Planning, in consultation with the Integrity Commissioner and Chief Administrative Officer to develop a Memorandum on how Committees are able to provide their questions and concerns to the Planning Department regarding Planning matters through the Town Clerk, for consideration at the November 30, 2020 Committee of the Whole meeting, CARRIED.
b) THAT WHEREAS the Agricultural Advisory Committee passed the following motion at its September 17, 2020 meeting:
THAT the Agricultural Advisory Committee receives correspondence item D.2 Krista Hulshof, Vice President, Ontario Barn Preservation Re: Conserving Barns of Cultural Heritage Significance in Ontario and advises Council to thank the Ontario Barn Preservation for their letter and further that the Committee does not recommend any action from Council on the letter, CARRIED.
NOW THEREFORE Council of the Town of The Blue Mountains requests staff to thank the Ontario Barn Preservation for their letter and advise the Ontario Barn Preservation that no action will be taken in the Town of The Blue Mountains with respect to heritage barns, CARRIED.
c) THAT Council of the Town of The Blue Mountains acknowledges receipt of the Agricultural Advisory Committee’s September 17, 2020 recommendation, being:
THAT the Agricultural Advisory Committee notifies Council that they wish to provide comments on the Bayou Cable Park application regarding traffic issues at Highway 26/Grey Road 2/Clark St and on the issue of adequate buffering to protect legal uses on adjacent lands, CARRIED.
AND THAT Council directs this resolution to be forwarded to the Town Clerk and the Planning Department as a followup to the public meeting, CARRIED.