South Frontenac Council - Nov. 4

Wilma Kenny | Nov 12, 2014

Applewood Application Forwarded to County for Final Approval

Planner Lindsay Mills presented his recommendation that Council receive the October 30 planning report and forward all relevant documents to the County, as representing the Township’s conditions of draft approval for the Applewood plan of condominium for 22 (reduced from 23) residential units on the eastern portion of Loughborough Lake.

In his report, Mills referred to a public meeting on September 2 (a meeting that actually occurred on October 7), during which he said “members of the public made a number of specific enquiries about the development but most comments were positive.”

This is somewhat at odds with the report of this meeting in the Frontenac News of October 9, which indicated many unresolved concerns from residents, under the general tenor of 'I’m not against development, but…'.

Some of the people at that October 7 meeting asked about the reliability of the well monitoring tests, the perceived lack of adherence to the goals and vision of the Township’s official plan, and the creation of lots with protected wetlands as their waterfront. At the time many of the 60 residents present asked for one more public meeting before the township forwarded the draft plan to the County.

Nonetheless last week Council passed Mills’ recommendation with no discussion.

Last Meeting of this Council

Mayor Davison presented plaques to departing members of Council Larry York and Al McPhail: Del Stowe was absent. Deputy Mayor Vandewal gave a similar plaque to Mayor Gary Davison, who thanked Council, staff and community volunteers for their hard work, support and cooperation. Davison said “The township is a success story, and I have found my time on Council both as councilor and mayor to have been a truly enjoyable experience. Thank you all.”

The first meeting of the new Council will be Tuesday December 2.