Lots of things before City Council tonight.
A report from the Parks department recommends that City Council appoints the Parks manager as Municipal Weed Inspector for 2017.
According to the report: "City Council has appointed the Parks Manager as the Municipal Weed Inspector each year as required by the Province’s Weed Control Act. The Weed Inspector qualification is outlined in the Parks Manager’s job description and is a prerequisite to employment with the City.
Members of the public will present about the direction of King's Landing and the future of the former King George school property.
A report will be presented from the engineering department recommending that in order to decrease delays during resurfacing and culvert replacements, the "Ministry of Transportation be granted an exemption to Noise By-Law 2014-53, nightly, seven days a week, excluding statutory holidays, from May 18, 2017 to November 17, 2017 from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., along Highway 11 from 1.0 km south of the Lakeshore Drive interchange northerly 6.9 km to 200 metres north of the Hwy 11/17 interchange."
The 2016 Annual Drinking Water Report is also on the agenda. "The report provides a description of the water treatment plant, lists the adverse water quality incidents and presents the record of water takings and treated water consumption for the North Bay Water Treatment Plant for the stated period (2016) and compares it to the 5 years prior. The 2016 treated water volume delivered into the distribution system is down by 25% from 2015."
A petition signed by residents of Anita Avenue will be brought before Council asking that the speed limit of the long and winding road is reduced from 50 km/hr to 40 km/hr and that "children at play" signs be posted. There have been numerous concerns with speeding on Anita, according to the petition.
A recommendation will be made that a staff report is referred to the general government committee that could see the often delayed redevelopment of Cassellholme move forward. The project has been sidetracked since the Township of Papineau-Cameron, the Town of Mattawa, the Township of Calvin and the Municipality of Mattawan asked to be removed from the Board of Management in 2012.
The motion to sell the land at Seymour and the bypass, where the former tourist information centre, RV waste disposal and Dionne museum currently sit, will be read three times. The land will be sold for $1.68 million to developers who will reportedly build a gas station and fast food type restaurant on the plot.
