Regular Council

That the October 27, 2020 minutes of the Regular Council Meeting and the October 27, 2020 minutes of the Special Council Meeting as were duplicated and delivered to the members, be adopted .

That Communications - For Information 1 through 9 as listed on the Tuesday, November 10, 2020 Regular Council Agenda, be received .

That the Tuesday, October 27, 2020 minutes of the Personnel Committee as were duplicated and delivered to the members, be adopted .

That Report CS-2020-32 entitled “Award Nominations Evaluation Form Update” be received ; And that the Town’s Awards Policy No. 2, as amended, including revisions to the Evaluation Form, and appended to CS-2020-32, be approved.

T hat the provisions set in the Proclamation, Declaration and Donation Requests Policy No. 23 be waived to allow for a one-time donation to be made on behalf of the Town; And that $1,500 of the annual Holiday Dinner budget allocation be donated to the local Windsor Goodfellows Holiday Drive.

That the 2019 Development Charge Reserve Fund Statement, prepared in accordance with the Development Charges Act, 1997 , S.O. 1997, c. 27, s. 43, be received , And that the 2019 Development Charge Reserve Fund Statement be made available to the public on the Town’s website in accordance with the Development Charges Act, 1997 , S.O. 1997, c. 27, s. 43 (2.1); 2015, c. 26, s. 7 (1), And further that the report be forwarded upon request to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing as per the Development Charges Act, 1997 , S.O. 1997, c. 27, s. 43 (3); 2015, c. 26, s. 7 (2).

That ICS-2020-03 entitled “Telus Corporate Purchasing Group Agreement”, be received; And that By-law No. 2020-69, being a by-law to authorize the Mayor and Director Information & Communication Services to execute the Telus Corporate Purchasing Group Agreement between The Corporation of the Town of Tecumseh and Telus Communication Company, be approved .

​ That By-law 2020-69 being a by-law to authorize the execution of a Master Services Agreement between The Corporation of the Town of Tecumseh and TELUS Communications Company. Be given first and second reading.

​ That By-law 2020-69 being a by-law to authorize the execution of a Master Services Agreement between The Corporation of the Town of Tecumseh and TELUS Communications Company. Be given third and final reading.

Whereas a greenhouse operation is currently under construction on Agricultural Zoned land in Oldcastle which is proposed to be used for the cultivation of cannabis plants; and Whereas following a presentation to Council by concerned citizens on October 22, 2019, regarding the potential impacts to the community regarding cannabis facilities, Council passed a motion referring the matter “to Administration for review and to report back to Council”; and Whereas Administration partially addressed this matter by way of Report Number PBS-2020-24 wherein it was recommended that lands zoned Agricultural Zone in designated settlement areas be amended to prohibit, among other things, green house operations; and Whereas a statutory public meeting was held to consider a change to the zoning by-law to give effect to the recommendation in Report Number PBS-2020-24; and Whereas the Draft New Official Plan establishes that cannabis greenhouses would only be permitted on Agricultural lands subject to a site specific zoning by-law amendment that would have regard to, among other things, ‘the introduction of appropriate design details mitigating potential adverse impacts from odour and night light, with the ability to include appropriate terms in a site plan agreement to address such issues”; and Whereas the Town of Kingsville has recently passed a by-law under the Municipal Act regulating public nuisances from odours and lighting resulting from the cultivation of cannabis plants; and Whereas it

That By-Law 2020-70 being a by-law to confirm the proceedings of the Tuesday, November 10, 2020, regular meeting of the Council of The Corporation of the Town of Tecumseh be given first, second, third and final reading.

​ That there being no further business, the Tuesday, November 10, 2020 meeting of the Regular Council be adjourned at 7:37pm.