Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.
What was decided (3 motions)
1 carried, 2 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
WHEREAS Battery Electric Storage System (BESS) facilities are an important and growing aspect of clean and efficient energy grids; and WHEREAS ensuring regulatory clarity will help provide confidence to residents and proponents alike that these facilities are being fairly and properly reviewed; and WHEREAS according to a 2023 report from the Ontario Energy Board (OEB), a typical electricity customer in Ontario uses roughly 25 kWh of electricity per day; and WHEREAS based on the size to mega-watt hour (mWh) storage of other modern BESS facilities, a 1 hectare facility could provide 50mWh of storage which could provide power to roughly 2000 typical customers for one day; and WHEREAS based on the current staff report, there are circumstances in which such a capacity and footprint could be considered an Accessory Use despite the intent of an Accessory Use being that these facilities be intended to provide the power needs of a site and are limited by the supply of the building’s energy loads; and WHEREAS the proper notification about proposed large scale or principal use BESS facilities to local representatives is an important way to ensure that social license for these facilities can be secured. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Document 2 Details of Recommended Zoning By-law Amendment to report ACS2025-PDB-PS-0016 regarding Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments for Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) be revised by adding the underlined text below to the proposed new Section 9
Moved by C. Kitts
Carried
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT motion ACS2025-OCC-CCS-0002, Shelter Use in All Zones, be amended to include 1005/1045 Greenbank Road and 3311 Woodroffe Avenue as sites required to seek a rezoning to permit shelter as a use. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT regardless of the modification to By-law 2008-250 effected as a result of this motion, any shelter use at 40 Hearst Way , 1005/1045 Greenbank Road, and 3311 Woodroffe Avenue would be required to seek a re-zoning to permit shelter as a use, and that staff provide the necessary zoning language to give effect to this direction. For (1) W. Lo Against (10) L. Dudas, G. Gower, T. Kavanagh, T. Tierney, J. Leiper, C. Kitts, C. Curry, C. Kelly, L. Johnson, and A. Troster
Moved by W. Lo
Lost
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT motion ACS2025-OCC-CCS-0002, Shelter Use in All Zones, be amended to apply only to the downtown, inner urban, and outer urban transects. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT staff be directed to bring forward a proposed amendment to By-law 2008-250 that would permit shelter use in all urban zones in the downtown, inner urban, and outer urban transects , consistent with the proposal in the draft comprehensive zoning by-law and Official Plan, at the earliest opportunity; and, For (1) W. Lo Against (10) L. Dudas, G. Gower, T. Kavanagh, T. Tierney, J. Leiper, C. Kitts, C. Curry, C. Kelly, L. Johnson, and A. Troster