Oct 21 - What's Coming to Council + Local News & Events

Plus: Neighbourwoods North scrambles to protect trees recently planted on the Brightshores Health System Owen Sound hospital grounds

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Inglis Falls in full colour on Sunday, October 20, 2024. Photo: Miranda Miller

There’s a City of Owen Sound Council meeting tonight at 5:30 p.m. Here’s a brief look at what’s up for discussion this evening:

• Council will hear the monthly City Manager’s update.

• Georgian Bay Folk Society has invited Council to send a representative to its board meetings in an official capacity.

• The City Manager will ask Council to extend the development charges exemption for the BCK Lot, as the approx $1.1 million exemption granted in 2022 has expired and the owners now qualify for another $1.889 million in tax relief over a 10-year period under a second program.

• Staff will request Council’s okay to lease 8 parking spots in Municipal Lot 3 to Royal Rose Court, the former Courthouse and Jail Property downtown.

There’s a lot more coming to Council tonight, including a site plan amendment request for 297 18th Street East (Georgian Landing), staff’s second crack at a response to Grey County’s request for feedback on a proposed joint planning model, a proposal to reduce City Council reps on the River District Board from two to one, and more.

You can see the agenda in full here. You can either attend the meeting at 5:30 p.m. in Council Chambers or watch the live stream on the City’s website or Rogers TV.

Public Notices

• Bluewater District School Board is holding an open house on Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at Grey Highlands Secondary School to address some important temporary changes that will impact schools in the Dundalk and Flesherton area starting next September. (BWDSB)

• Priebe Bridge in Arran Elderslie (Sideroad 25 between Concession 2 and Bruce County Rd 19) will be closed for emergency repairs effective October 21 and will not be reopened for about seven weeks. (CKNX)

Full subscribers - keep reading for our original + curated local news updates, including:

• Photos and a full report from the Second Annual Witches Dance in support of The Women’s Centre Grey Bruce, this time at Harrison Park

• Recent campaigns and arrests by the South Bruce OPP

• Details on the upcoming Summerfolk 50 Town Hall and ‘SummerSoak 49’ t-shirt fundraiser by the Georgian Bay Folk Society

• A new intercity bus service connecting Port Elgin and London

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~ Miranda

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