NOTICE OF COMPLETE APPLICATION AND PUBLIC MEETING

Official Plan Amendment – File Number OPA-07

810 Mersea Road 4, Municipality of Leamington

Take Notice

Essex County Council will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at 5 p.m., in Council Chambers in the County of Essex Administrative Building, located at 360 Fairview Avenue West, in Essex, to consider a proposed Official Plan Amendment to the County of Essex Official Plan, under the provisions of Sections 17 & 22 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990.

The Purpose

The County has received an application which seeks to amend Schedule “A1” and “A2” of the County’s Official Plan to redesignate the property addressed as 810 Mersea Road 4, Municipality of Leamington, from “Secondary Settlement Area” to “Agricultural.” This amendment has been requested in order to support the conversion of the existing dwelling on the property to worker housing for the neighbouring greenhouse operation.

Members of the public who wish to participate during the public meeting and provide their comments directly to Council on the Official Plan Amendment must register with the Clerk’s Office to be a delegate no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, January 10, 2025. Delegations will be limited to five minutes.

To register as a delegate, please complete the online form at the following link:

https://countyofessex.ca/opa7delegation

Your application to participate as a delegate will be reviewed and you will be notified by the Clerk if your request has been approved. Only registered and confirmed delegates may bring forward presentations or information to be considered as part of the public meeting.

Members of the public who wish to attend the meeting in person, but not present to Council are still required to register. One registration per person is required.

To register as an attendee, but not speak before Council, please complete the online form at the following link:

https://countyofessex.ca/meetingregistration

Members of the public who want to watch the meeting can view the livestream on the County of Essex website: https://video.isilive.ca/countyofessex/live.html

Your Input is Important

Any person may participate in the public meeting and/or provide written or verbal representation. If you are unable to participate in the meeting, you may provide written comments by submitting them to the address or email below. Please include your mailing address with your written comments.

By Mail: Rebecca Belanger, MCIP, RPP, Manager, Planning Services, County of Essex, 360 Fairview Avenue West, Essex, ON, N8M 1Y6

By Email: [email protected]

If you wish to be notified of County of Essex Council’s decision regarding the proposed Official Plan Amendment, you must make a written request to Rebecca Belanger, MCIP, RPP, Manager, Planning Services, at the address or email shown above and the request must include the name and mailing address to which the notice should be sent.

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the County of Essex Council to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the County of Essex Council before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the County of Essex before the proposed Official Plan Amendment is adopted, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

A copy of the report, including the proposed Official Plan Amendment and supporting material, will be available on the County of Essex Council Calendar on Thursday, January 9, 2025 at https://events.countyofessex.ca/meetings.

Notice of Collection

Personal information collected as a result of this public meeting is collected under the authority of the Municipal Act, the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA), the Planning Act, and all other relevant legislation, and will be used to assist in making a decision on this matter.

All personal information (as defined by MFIPPA), including (but not limited to) names, addresses, opinions and comments collected will be made available for public disclosure to members of the public, at the meeting, through requests and through the County of Essex website.

Questions regarding the collection, use and disclosure of this personal information may be directed to the Clerk, Essex County Administrative Building; 360 Fairview Avenue West, Essex, ON, N8M 1Y6.

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An Evening with Birdy O’Day

by (author) Greg Kearney

A funny, boisterous, and deeply moving novel about aging hairstylist Roland’s childhood friendship with Birdy O’Day, whose fevered quest for pop music glory drives them apart

Roland Keener is an aging hairstylist who’s lived and worked in Winnipeg all his life. He’s more or less content with the quiet and predictable days he shares with his partner of twenty-five years, Tony.

That is, until he hears that Birdy O’Day – washed-up music icon and Roland’s childhood best friend and first love – is playing his first concert in Winnipeg since fleeing decades earlier.

Holing up with a scrapbook of news clippings about Birdy, Roland recalls his childhood in the ’60s: Growing up poor with a single mother, he meets a boy at school who calls himself Birdy and is unlike anyone he’s ever known.

The two become inseparable, with Roland an eager sidekick to Birdy and his dreams of stardom.

But when Birdy gets his big break, Roland is left behind, bereft. They become estranged over the years; one tours the world as a pop music sensation while the other struggles to chart a new path forward. But now, Birdy’s imminent return to town is a chance for both of them to finally come to terms with their glorious yet troubled past.

A funny and poignant novel about hero worship, heartbreak, and queer survival, An Evening with Birdy O’Day will remind you that you can never go home again – even if you never left it in the first place.

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