Municipality of Lakeshore
Regular Council Meeting Agenda

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Electronically hosted from Council Chambers, 419 Notre Dame Street, Belle River

  • Recommendation:

    Authorize the reduction of taxes under section 357 of the Municipal Act, 2001 totaling $5,828.24 for adjustments affecting the 2021 and 2022 taxation years, as presented at the September 27, 2022 Council meeting.

  • Recommendation:

    Option #1 – Direct Administration to advise the applicant (Community Gaming and Entertainment Group), the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) that the Municipality of Lakeshore supports the location of a gaming site at 446 Advance Boulevard; and further that, subject to the Provincial approval of the OLG business case for the gaming site and the AGCO approval of the relocation of the PowerPlay Gaming Centre, funding for the staff resources required to implement the cgaming permitting program be funded from OLG revenue and overall wage surplus for the remainder of 2022 and be included in the 2023 base budget, all as further described in the report of the Division Leader – Civic Affairs presented at the September 27, 2022 Council meeting;

    or

    Option #2 – Direct Administration to advise the applicant (Community Gaming and Entertainment Group), the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) that the Municipality of Lakeshore does not support the location of the Power Play Gaming Centre at 446 Advance Boulevard.

  • Recommendation:

    Direct the Clerk to read By-law 89-2022, adopting the parkland dedication rates that were in force prior to September 18, 2022; and

    Direct Administration to prepare a draft Parkland Dedication By-law incorporating Option 1, the 2 year phased in approach for alternative rates, all as further described in the report presented at the September 27, 2022 Council Meeting.

  • Recommendation:

    Approve the Municipality of Lakeshore Asset Management Plan 2022;

    Direct the Corporate Leader - Chief Financial Officer to submit the Municipality of Lakeshore Asset Management Plan 2022 to the Ontario Ministry of Infrastructure;

    Direct that the Municipality of Lakeshore Asset Management Plan 2022 be made available on the Municipal website;

    Direct that the financial strategies outlined in Municipality of Lakeshore Asset Management Plan 2022 Report presented at the September 27, 2022 Council meeting be adopted and implemented in future budgets and fiscal planning and policy documents.

  • Recommendation:

    Direct Administration to advise the County of Essex that Lakeshore supports extending draft plan approval for the River Ridge Subdivision (File No. 37-T-97010) for a three-year period (from October 20, 2022 to October 20, 2025); with the condition that the plan of subdivision shall not permit direct access onto Oakwood Avenue, all as presented at the September 27, 2022 Regular Council Meeting.

  • Recommendation:

    Approve the 2023 schedule of Regular Council Meetings, as described in the report presented at the September 27, 2022 Council meeting.

  • Recommendation:

    Whereas the Municipality of Lakeshore has received a study related to Greenhouses prepared by Storey Samways Planning Ltd. (SSPL);

    and Whereas the Municipality of Lakeshore has consulted with the residents of Lakeshore;

    and Whereas residents by large majority have expressed opposition to Greenhouses in Lakeshore;

    and Whereas the Municipality of Lakeshore has inadequate infrastructure, related to traffic and water, to accommodate the Greenhouse Industry;

    and Whereas the Municipality of Lakeshore has insufficient resources to accommodate and enforce regulatory compliance required;

    and Whereas the Municipality of Lakeshore lacks the frontline expertise to assess the potential impacts of Greenhouses on the environment;

    and Whereas the Greenhouse Industry contributes to light and air pollution seriously impacting our environmental footprint;

    and Whereas the Municipality of Lakeshore has no mechanism to change the Provincial legislation and reclassify Commercial green housing to industrial use;

    Therefore, be it resolved that the Municipality of Lakeshore opposes large commercial Greenhouses in rural areas;

    And be it further resolved that the Municipality requests that large commercial greenhouses are reclassified as industrial use.

  • Recommendation:

    Council adjourn its meeting at ___ PM.