WE WILL ROCK YOU

THE STORY BEHIND

• FIRST COUNTY OFFICIAL PLAN

WAS ADOPTED IN 1999

• IDENTIFIED :

– LICENSED PITS & QUARRIES

– MINERAL RESERVES

• BASED ON INFORMATION

PROVIDED BY MNR AND ONTARIO

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

• POLICIES IN THE OP DOCUMENT

AS PER THE PPS

OPA’S SINCE 1999

5 YEAR REVIEW 2006

• NO INTENTION OF DOING AN

AGGREGATE STUDY

• STUDY OR ELSE!

• TERMS OF REFERENCE

• USED DOCUMENT PREPARED BY THE

COUNTY OF GREY

• OVER $300,000

• SCALED DOWN VERSION

• $150,00 WAS SET ASIDE OVER A 3

YEAR PERIOD ($50K/YEAR)

• TERMS OF REFERENCE WERE

REVIEWED BY MMAH

• TENDER DOCUMENTS WERE

READY IN THE SPRING OF 2008

• FIVE FIRMS WERE INVITED TO

BID, ONLY ONE DID

• CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO

JACQUES WITHFORD IN

SEPTEMBER 2008

• TARGETED COMPLETION DATE:

FALL 2009

• FINAL DRAFT WAS COMPLETED

IN NOVEMBER 2011

• STILL NOT COMPLETED YET

• ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO

CONDUCT PUBLIC MEETINGS

AND INCORPORATE THE

FINDINGS THROUGH AN OPA

• WILL BE INCORPORATED AS PART

OF OUR CURRENT 5 YEAR

REVIEW

WHAT WILL THIS STUDY DO

FOR US?

• PROVIDE US WITH A CLEAR

PICTURE OF THE STATE OF THE

RESOURCES IN THE COUNTY

BEFORE AFTER

• THE COUNTIES HAVE LIMITED

QUANTITIES OF GOOD QUALITY

SAND AND GRAVEL AND COPIOUS

SUPPLY OF GOOD QUALITY

BEDROCK

• RESOURCE AREAS HAVE BEEN

IDENTIFIED

• CLEAR POLICIES

• GIS DATA