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FRONTENAC NEWS - Joe Gallivan, Manager for Planning and Economic Development for Frontenac County, briefed Frontenac County Council last week on a communal services report that will be coming their way next month. This is a file that Gallivan has been working on for years, but he wanted some of the newer members of the council to be more familiar with the issues in the report in advance of its release.
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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.
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The Council of the County of Frontenac will be holding a public meeting on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. in the Township of South Frontenac Council Chamber, 4432 George Street, Sydenham, ON to permit citizens, businesses and other Frontenac stakeholders to come to Council to learn about and provide input into the Business Case Study on Communal Services for the Frontenacs.
The meeting will also be held in combination of virtual electronic format. For those who wish to attend virtually, please register for the meeting by clicking the link below for computer /tablet /smartphone connection (microphone and audio). Registration will be available until the start of the meeting. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gtfC88LUS7yKKjHLswdILw
Additional information about communal services may be found on the County’s website at www.frontenaccounty.ca.
Notice of collection: Personal information collected as a result of this public meeting is collected under the authority of the Municipal Act, the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA), the Planning Act, and all other relevant legislation, and may be used to assist in making a decision on this matter. All personal information (as defined by MFIPPA), including (but not limited to) names, addresses, opinions and comments collected will be made available for public disclosure to members of the public, at the meeting, through requests, and through the website of the Corporation of the County of Frontenac. Questions regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of this personal information may be directed to the Manager of Legislative Services/Clerk, 2069 Battersea Rd. Glenburnie, ON K0H 1S0.
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Virtual Open House
Sharbot Lake – Former Public School Site
Communal Services Feasibility Study
Date: Thursday, February 17, 2022
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Via Zoom (online – refer to registration link below)
Purpose: The purpose of this virtual open house is to review the draft work done by the consulting team that is looking at the feasibility of developing the former school site in Sharbot Lake on communal services (well and septic). The study will help determine the maximum number of residential units that could be supported when the site is redeveloped. There will be a presentation by staff and the consulting team, and a question-and-answer session after the presentation.
Registration and access to materials: Register for the virtual open house at the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9Gm1LfwdQzuXHRXCxoB6VQ(External link). The open house will be livestreamed on Youtube and the recording, along with presentation materials, will be posted on EngageFrontenac.ca following the session on February 17.
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SYDENHAM - FRONTENAC NEWS - South Frontenac Council voted on Tuesday night (September 6) to support the business plan for the establishment of a Municipal Services Corporation in Frontenac County. This clears the way for the Frontenac County planning department to move into the active phase of setting up the corporation,
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)
