Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

WHEREAS the Official Plan approved in 2022, included the Village of Greely Secondary Plan with an area-specific policy intending to permit severances for minimum lot sizes that are consistent with past severances on lots fronting on both Cedar Acres Drive and Stanmore Street; and WHEREAS the Village of Greely Secondary Plan, section 5: Area-Specific Polices, policy 1 reads, “In order to recognize local context, on lots with frontage on both Cedar Acres Drive and Stanmore Street, the City may permit new lots for residential purposes on private services. The new lots may not be less than 0.2 hectares in size, applications must demonstrate that adequate private services can be established and maintained in the long term and, that there is technical evidence that cumulative effects will not create an adverse effect to public health or the environment”; and WHEREAS prior to the 2022 Official Plan, with the exception of six lots, properties with the same frontage along Cedar Acres Drive and Stanmore Street were severed creating new lots with less than 0.2ha; and WHEREAS the remaining six lots are between 0.36 ha and 0.38 ha in size, requiring potential new lot creation through a consent to sever to be at least 0.18 ha in size. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend that Council approve an amendment to the Village of Greely Secondary Plan, Section 5, policy 1 by replacing “0.2 hectares” with “0.18 hectares” as the potential minimum permis

WHEREAS at the Planning Committee meeting of February 27, 2023, City Planning staff were directed to prepare a series of ‘omnibus’ reports relating to different amendment categories and WHEREAS since the February 27, 2023 Planning Committee meeting, staff have identified amendments, attached as Document 1 – Citywide and Urban Amendments and Document 2 – Rural Amendments THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that, with respect to report ACS2023-PIE-EDP-0015, City Council approve the amendments to Document 2 as set out in Annex 1 attached to this motion (held on file with the City Clerk).

WHEREAS the Metcalfe Community Association was approved for funding in the amount of $8,955.00 under the 2023 Rural Community-Building Grant Program for a project to replace four village signs at main village entrances; and WHEREAS a subcommittee of the Metcalfe Community Association (MCA), the Metcalfe Loops Committee of the MCA, submitted an application for the 2023 Rural Community-Building Grant Program in order to erect signage for their cycling network in the village of Metcalfe; and WHEREAS Paragraph 7: Reporting Requirements of the Contribution Agreement for the 2023 Rural Community-Building Grant Program states that the recipient shall be ineligible for any City funding, grant, or contribution if they do not submit the Cash Expenditures Claim Form and final report to the City in accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreement; and WHEREAS the prior approval given to the Metcalfe Community Association for the erection of heritage signs at the four main village entrances, which will be manufactured and installed by the City, has been slowed down due to delays in the process, meaning they have been unable to submit the necessary Cash Expenditures Claim Form or final report as of yet; and WHEREAS the Metcalfe Loops sub-committee application is unable to move forward until the prior project has been finalized as per the terms and conditions of the Contribution Agreement. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT, notwithstanding Paragraph 7: Reporting Requirements under the