Special Town Council Meeting

2024-175 That the October 7, 2024 Special Town Council Agenda be approved, as amended, with the following additions: Anthony Fairclough, Forks of the Credit Preservation Group, regarding agenda item 7.1 Staff Report 2024-0544: Recommendation Report: Supplementary Aggregate Policy Study Debra Wilson, Forks of the Credit Preservation Group, regarding agenda item 7.1 Staff Report 2024-0544: Recommendation Report: Supplementary Aggregate Policy Study Willa Gauthier, regarding agenda item 7.1 Staff Report 2024-0544: Recommendation Report: Supplementary Aggregate Policy Study Amended By-law 2024-082 to replace the effective date of the by-law to be upon approval by the Minister The land acknowledgment. A recorded vote was taken as follows:

Whereas the proposed Official Plan Amendment No. 1 to the Future Caledon Official Plan contains an update to Caledon’s Official Plan policies pertaining to land use planning for mineral aggregate resources; and Whereas the proposed OPA 1 has been developed after considerable public input; and Whereas certain policies and action items that the residents consider to be very important to optimize the Town’s Official Plan policies, and their implementation, were not included in draft OPA 1 as recommended by Staff Report 2024-0544. Therefore, be it resolved that: A. That the seventh recommendation, second listed action of Staff Report 2024-0544 be amended to read as follows: 2. A work plan for the preparation of the Caledon Aggregates Standards Manual identified in policy 20.5.2 c) of OPA 1, including a requirement that the Manual be completed within one year of the adoption of OPA 1. B. That an eleventh listed action be added to the seventh recommendation of Staff Report 2024-0544 as follows: 11. A report to Town Council on the state of mapping, methodologies, and science of determining Ecologically Sensitive Groundwater Recharge Areas within the Town and the use of Ecologically Sensitive Groundwater Recharge Areas in the application of policies in Chapter 20 of Official Plan Amendment No. 1 to the Future Caledon Official Plan. C. That Official Plan Amendment No. 1 to the Future Caledon Official Plan, Section 20.5, Applications for New Mineral Aggregate Extraction, attached as Sc

Whereas the Province has identified areas within the Town of Caledon that are thought to contain high potential mineral aggregates; and Whereas the Provincial Planning Statement, 2024 requires the Town of Caledon to make as much of that resource, as is realistically possible, available for extraction; and Whereas the Provincial Planning Statement, 2024 limits development that could preclude or hinder the extraction of the resource unless the extraction of the resource is not feasible, or where another use serves a greater long-term term public purpose; and Whereas the Provincial Planning Statement, 2024 supports healthy, integrated, and viable rural areas, as outlined in Section 2.5, by: a) Building upon rural character, and leveraging rural amenities and assets;... e) Promoting diversification of the economic base and employment opportunities; f) Providing opportunities for sustainable and diversified tourism including leveraging historical, cultural and natural assets; g) Conserving biodiversity and considering the ecological benefits provided by nature; Whereas the maintenance of existing haul routes and the construction and maintenance of new haul routes is a matter of great concern to the Town of Caledon because of the financial implications, traffic safety and the impact on the community and other uses of the Town’s historical, cultural, natural and recreational resources; and Whereas there is a need to provide better access to the historical, cultural, natural and recr

Whereas James Dick Construction Limited owns land located at Part of Lot 26, Concession 4 EHS near the intersection of Highway 9 and Horseshoe Hill Road; and Whereas the lands are identified as a Selected Sand and Gravel Resource Area in the Aggregate Resources Inventory of Peel Region (ARIP 165) and are located within the existing Caledon High Potential Mineral Aggregate Resource Area (CHPMARA) in the Town’s Official Plan; and Whereas a portion of the lands are currently zoned Extractive Industrial (MX) in the Town’s Zoning By-law and are designated Mineral Resource Extraction Area in the Town’s Official Plan; Whereas the Town’s existing Official Plan prioritizes the subject lands as “Aggregate Resource Lands” where new pits are encouraged to locate and which continues to be identified within CHPMARA; Whereas there are confirmed sand and gravel resources that remain available for extraction subject to future licensing under the Aggregate Resources Act;and Whereas property purchasers often only consult the Comprehensive Zoning By- law before making purchasing decisions; Therefore, be it resolved that the following changes are made to Official Plan Amendment No. 1 and Zoning By-law Amendment No. 2024-083 as it relates to the lands located at Part of Lot 26, Concession 4, EHS so that the aggregate zoning, designation and mapping remain in place for these lands: a) Schedule 2A and Provision 15 be removed from Official Plan Amendment No. 1; b) Schedule E12 of Official Plan Amendm

2024-180 That By-law 2024-082, as amended and By-law 2024-083, as amended be read a first time and passed. A recorded vote was taken as follows:

2024-181 A recorded vote was taken as follows: