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Members sought for Communal Service Technical Advisory Committee
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The County of Frontenac is seeking qualified members to sit on its Communal Service Technical Advisory Committee.
The committee is responsible for beginning the process of establishing standards and protocols for installations, plus the investigation of various operational models/opportunities of communal servicing in Frontenac County.
Information about Communal Services in Frontenac, including relevant studies and reports, can be found at https://engagefrontenac.ca/communal-services
Skills: Those wishing to be considered for membership on the Communal Services Technical Advisory Committee must have a sufficient level of expertise in financial management, communal servicing engineering, and land development.
To apply: Applications must be submitted by 3pm on Friday, October 13.
Applications may also be submitted to:
Jannette Amini, Manager of Legislative Services/Clerk
County of Frontenac
2069 Battersea Road
Glenburnie ON K0H 1S0
Or email to: jamini@frontenaccounty.caPersonal information, as defined in the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA), is collected under the authority of the Municipal Act, 2001, and in accordance with MFIPPA. Personal information collected on the application form will be used to assist in selecting appointees for Advisory Committees and may form part of the publicly available meeting agendas and minutes. If appointed to an Advisory Committee, your personal information may also be used by County staff to conduct committee and County business. Questions regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of this personal information may be directed to Jannette Amini, Manager of Legislative Services/Clerk, 613-548-9400 ext. 302
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NOTICE: Public meeting, Official Plan amendment, October 4
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Take Notice that the Council of The Corporation of the County of Frontenac is proposing to adopt an Official Plan Amendment in accordance with Section 17 of the Planning Act, RSO 1990, as amended, to make changes to the County Official Plan.
The County of Frontenac’s Planning and Economic Development Advisory Committee will be hosting the statutory public meeting on Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. County staff will provide a brief presentation and the committee will invite comments and questions from the public. Please note that there may be more than one public meeting scheduled, and they will be heard in the order that they appear on the committee’s agenda. The agenda will be available online on the County’s civic web portal in advance of the meeting (https://frontenac.civicweb.net/portal/).
Public Meeting: Wednesday, October 4, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., in person at the Township of South Frontenac Council Chambers, 4432 George Street, Sydenham, ON and via electronic participation.
Electronic Participation: The public meeting will also be available to the public virtually as a Zoom webinar. Members of the public can participate by registering for the Zoom meeting by computer, tablet, or smartphone or by calling in. To register, please visit the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kgeAQjnVTymEYfKcJVrJCQ or contact planning@frontenaccounty.ca. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Purpose and Effect: The purpose of the Official Plan Amendment is to make changes to the County’s Official Plan to include policies related to the delivery of communal water and wastewater services and to recognize the creation of a Municipal Service Corporation to oversee this infrastructure. The amendment will include policies in the County Official Plan regarding how communal services can be used and provide enabling policies so that local townships can implement their own policies for how communal services will be used to guide growth and development in their communities.
Lands Affected: The draft Official Plan Amendment applies to all properties within the County; therefore, no key map is provided.
Other Applications: Currently, there are no other County-wide Planning Act applications.
Additional Information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, is available by contacting County planning staff at planning@frontenaccounty.ca or 613-548-9400, extension 350. The draft of the Official Plan Amendment is also available online at the following link: https://www.frontenaccounty.ca/en/business/current-planning-applications.aspx. For background information about the County’s work on communal services, please visit: https://engagefrontenac.ca/communal-services.
Notice of Adoption: If you wish to be notified of the decision of the County of Frontenac on the proposed official plan amendment, you must make a written request to Jannette Amini, County Clerk, County of Frontenac, 2069 Battersea Road, Glenburnie, ON K0H 1S0 or jamini@frontenaccounty.ca.
Notice of Collection: Personal information collected as a result of this public meeting is collected under the authority of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Planning Act and will be used to assist in making a decision on these matters. All names, addresses, opinions and comments may be collected and may form part of the minutes which will be available to the public. Questions regarding this collection should be forwarded to Jannette Amini, County Clerk.
Dated at the Township of Frontenac Islands this 14th day of September, 2023.
Jannette Amini, County Clerk
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Township of North Frontenac Council votes to support communal services
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Township of North Frontenac Council voted to join a soon-to-be-formed Frontenac municipal service corporation at a special Council meeting, June 20. The move is a necessary and critical step toward bringing development projects involving communal services in Frontenac to fruition.
Watch Frontenac County Director of Planning and Economic Development Joe Gallivan and Frontenac County CAO Kelly Pender present the plan to Township of North Frontenac Council, June 9.
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Frontenac presents communal services plan at AMO Conference
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Frontenac County Warden Denis Doyle, Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark, and South Frontenac Mayor Ron Vandewal at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario Conference in Ottawa, August 17. (File photo)Frontenac County Warden Denis Doyle and Township of South Frontenac Mayor Ron Vandewal met with Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs Steve Clark in Ottawa, Wednesday. The discussion centered around how a plan for communal services in Frontenac could help to make housing more affordable here and in other rural areas of Ontario that are not served by municipal water and sewer systems.
Communal services are shared drinking water and wastewater systems that service clusters of residences and businesses. As it stands now, residences either need to be on municipal systems, which are cost prohibitive for most rural municipalities, or on private septic and well which limits development.
Since 2018, the County and Township have taken a leadership role in Eastern Ontario to promote the use of communal services to support broader, more affordable housing choices in rural regions to meet critical needs, such as seniors’ housing. The delegation asked for funding to establish a municipally owned regional utilities corporation that would oversee communal water and sewage systems.
“We laid it all out for Minister Clark, who said he is impressed with the range of our proposed projects in Marysville, Verona, and Sharbot Lake,” says Frontenac County Warden Denis Doyle. “We’ve been working on this idea for four years now and we’re confident that it is a game-changer for new development in Frontenac and across rural Ontario. We’re hopeful that Minister Clark and the Government of Ontario will support the idea in Frontenac and champion it at Queen’s Park for other rural municipalities.”
“With the government’s support, the communal services approach could quickly make way for more than 300 mixed-use and affordable housing units in Sharbot Lake, Verona, and Marysville,” says Township of South Frontenac Mayor Ron Vandewal. “Only a fraction of that number of homes could be built without communal services and government support. We are confident that this initiative will change our ability to meet the need for affordable housing in South Frontenac and the Frontenacs.”
To learn more about communal water and wastewater services in Frontenac click here.
Wednesday’s meeting was part of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) 2022 Conference.
