Essex County Council Special Meeting Agenda

Meeting #:

Date:

Wednesday, October 04, 2023

Time:

4:00 P.m. - 5:00 P.m.

Location:

Council Chambers, 2nd Floor

360 Fairview Avenue West

Essex, Ontario N8M 1Y6

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Public Meeting to Hear Comments on Official Plan Amendment No. 03 - Community Improvement Plan Policies

 

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1.

Call to Order

This special public meeting is being held, pursuant to Sections 17 & 22 of the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990, as amended, for the purposes obtaining public comments on the proposal to amend the County of Essex Official Plan to incorporate policies that would allow for the County to participate in grant programs of the County of Essex’s seven (7) local municipalities that have Community Improvement Plans. 

2.

Land Acknowledgement Statement

We acknowledge the land on which the County of Essex is located is the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, comprised of the Ojibway, Odawa and Potawatomie Peoples.
We specifically recognize Caldwell First Nation and other First Nations which have provided significant historical and contemporary contributions to this region.
We also value the contributions of all Original Peoples of Turtle Island, who have been living and working on this land from time immemorial.

3.

Recording of Attendance

4.

Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest

5.

County Warden’s Welcome and Remarks

6.

Delegations and Presentations

• Recommendation:

  That the delegations regarding OPA No.3 - Community Improvement Policies be permitted to address County Council.

6.1

Invest Windsor Essex

Marion Fantetti, Business Ombudsman and Joe Goncalves, Vice President Investment Attraction & Strategic Initiatives, Invest Windsor Essex 

7.

Communications

• Recommendation:

7.1

Correspondence

• Recommendation:

  That the correspondence listed on the special agenda for October 4, 2023, be received and any noted action approved. 

7.1.1

Notice of Complete Application and Virtual Public Meeting

 Official Plan Amendment - File Number OPA-03 Community Improvement Plan Policies

7.1.2

Town of Tecumseh

Correspondence supporting Community Improvement Plan Policies OPA Amendment.  (See Appendix D under Item 6.1)

7.1.3

Invest Windsor Essex

Correspondence supporting Community Improvement Plan Policies OPA Amendment.  (See Appendix E under Item 6.1).

7.1.4

Essex Region Conversation Authority

Correspondence indicating no objections to Community Improvement  Plan Policies OPA Amendment. (See Appendix F under Item 6.1)

8.

Reports and Questions

8.1

Public Meeting to Hear Comments on County Official Plan Amendment to Update the Community Improvement Plan Policies

Report Number 2023-1004-IPS-R32-RB, Public Meeting to Hear Comments on County Official Plan Amendment to Update the Community Improvement Plan Policies, from Rebecca Belanger, Manager, Planning Services, dated October 4, 2023.

9.

Adjournment