May 13, 2019 Moved by:…

May 13, 2019

Moved by: Andrea Matrosovs Seconded by: Odette Bartnicki

THAT the Council of the Town of The Blue Mountains receives Correspondence
Item F.6 Grey Sauble Conservation Authority Re: Effects on Municipalities
regarding funding Reductions from the Province for Conservation Authorities
dated April 25, 2019 and directs staff to forward a Motion of support for the
Grey Sauble Conservation Authority being:

WHEREAS Climate Change and flooding are mounting threats in Grey and Bruce
Counties, and Conservation Authorities provide services including real-time
flood forecasting, emergency planning support and water-related studies, and;

WHEREAS, in 1996 the total provincial Section 39 Transfer Payment to all of
Ontario’s conservation authorities for Flood and Erosion Control and
Natural Hazard Prevention was reduced from $50-million to $7.4-million, and
Grey Sauble Conservation Authority’s share of this payment has remained
static at $71, 779 since 1996, and;

WHEREAS the recent Provincial Budget has further reduced Grey Sauble
Conservation Authority’s Section 39 Transfer Payments from $71,779 to
$37,055 or about 50%, and;

WHEREAS this may affect emergency management supports and municipal planning,
zoning and development input activities provided by Grey Sauble Conservation
Authority, and;

WHEREAS there is a provincial role in province-wide flood risks reduction and
emergency management, and investments in prevention can potentially avoid or
reduce losses to life and property and major expenditures during and after an
emergency, and;

WHEREAS the Ontario Government’s Proposal on the Environmental Registry of
Ontario 013-5018 on Modernizing Conservation Authority (CA) Operations
proposes to define a limited list of the core mandatory programs and services
for CAs, and;

THAT this municipality recognizes the value provided by the work of the CA,
and supports the current multi-municipality governance model for the
selection of programs, and the current municipal levying approach that
includes annual input from Municipal Councils, and;

THAT this municipality recommends that the province acknowledge a strong and
positive provincial role in flood risk reduction programs and reinstate
funding to CAs, and;

THAT Municipal Staff be directed to provide a copy of this resolution to the
Environmental Registry of Ontario (Proposal 013-5018) prior to the May 21st
deadline, to AMO, and to Minister Bill Walker, CARRIED.

CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE COPY
ORIGINAL SIGNED
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Krista Royal, Deputy Clerk