1.
WE WILL ROCK YOU
THE STORY BEHIND

2.
• FIRST COUNTY OFFICIAL PLAN
WAS ADOPTED IN 1999
• IDENTIFIED :
– LICENSED PITS & QUARRIES
– MINERAL RESERVES

3.
• BASED ON INFORMATION
PROVIDED BY MNR AND ONTARIO
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
• POLICIES IN THE OP DOCUMENT
AS PER THE PPS

4.
OPA’S SINCE 1999

5.
5 YEAR REVIEW 2006
• NO INTENTION OF DOING AN
AGGREGATE STUDY
• STUDY OR ELSE!

6.
• TERMS OF REFERENCE
• USED DOCUMENT PREPARED BY THE
COUNTY OF GREY
• OVER $300,000

7.
• SCALED DOWN VERSION
• $150,00 WAS SET ASIDE OVER A 3
YEAR PERIOD ($50K/YEAR)
• TERMS OF REFERENCE WERE
REVIEWED BY MMAH

8.
• TENDER DOCUMENTS WERE
READY IN THE SPRING OF 2008
• FIVE FIRMS WERE INVITED TO
BID, ONLY ONE DID

9.
• CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO
JACQUES WITHFORD IN
SEPTEMBER 2008
• TARGETED COMPLETION DATE:
FALL 2009

10.
• FINAL DRAFT WAS COMPLETED
IN NOVEMBER 2011
• STILL NOT COMPLETED YET

11.
• 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

12.
WHAT WILL THIS STUDY DO
FOR US?

13.
• PROVIDE US WITH A CLEAR
PICTURE OF THE STATE OF THE
RESOURCES IN THE COUNTY
BEFORE AFTER

14.
• THE COUNTIES HAVE LIMITED
QUANTITIES OF GOOD QUALITY
SAND AND GRAVEL AND COPIOUS
SUPPLY OF GOOD QUALITY
BEDROCK

15.
• RESOURCE AREAS HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED
• CLEAR POLICIES
• GIS DATA