NOTICE: Public Meeting for proposed Town of St. Marys Community Improvement Plan

A Community Improvement Plan (CIP) is a municipal planning and financial tool, legislated under the Ontario Planning Act, which sets out programs and strategies for improving the built, economic, and social environment in designated areas of a Municipality. The purpose and effect of the Town’s proposed CIP is to provide a range of financial incentive programs to owners and tenants of privately owned land and buildings within the CIP area to: renew and restore private buildings and properties; expand local business activity; attract new investment, partnerships, and funding; increase the municipal tax base; promote St. Marys built and cultural heritage, and unique character; reduce vacant commercial and industrial buildings and properties; and increase the availability of affordable housing units.

To view any information or materials related to this project, please contact the Building and Development Department at the Town’s Municipal Operations Centre, 408 James Street South, P.O. Box 998, St. Marys, ON, N4X 1B6 (phone: 519-284-2340 ext. 213) or visit the Town’s CIP webpage at: www.townofstmarys.com/CIP.

PUBLIC MEETING
TAKE NOTICE THAT PURSUANT TO Section 28 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, the Council of the Corporation of the Town of St. Marys will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. to consider the proposed Town of St. Marys CIP. The meeting will be held virtually and will be live streamed to the Town’s YouTube channel (Town of St. Marys). The purpose of the Public Meeting is to provide the public with an opportunity to understand and comment on the proposed CIP which relates to all lands located within the Town’s municipal boundary. Any person may attend a public meeting and/or make written or verbal representation either in support of or in opposition to the proposed Town of St. Marys CIP.

PLEASE NOTE that due to the COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency, all Council meetings will be held online, until further notice. As this will be an online meeting, there will be no physical in person attendance. For further details on how to attend online or provide comments to the Town respecting this matter, please contact the Clerk at 519-284-2340 x 212 or clerksoffice@town.stmarys.on.ca or visit www.townofstmarys.com/planning.

WRITTEN/VERBAL SUBMISSIONS
If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Town of St. Marys with respect to the proposed CIP, you must make a written request to Jenna McCartney, Clerk of the Town of St. Marys (175 Queen Street East, P.O. Box 998, St. Marys, ON N4X 1B6; Telephone: 519-284-2340 212; Fax: 519-284-3881; Email: jmccartney@town.stmarys.on.ca).

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of Council of the Corporation of the Town of St. Marys to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or making written submissions to the Town of St. Marys before the CIP by-law is passed, 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 Council of the Town of St. Marys before the proposed CIP by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For more information about this matter, including information about preserving your appeal rights, please contact Grant Brouwer, Director of Building and Development at the Town of St. Marys Municipal Operations Centre:
408 James St. S.
P.O. Box 998, St. Marys, ON N4X 1B6
Telephone: 519-284-2340, ext. 215 Email: gbrouwer@town.stmarys.on.ca

Please note: Comments and opinions submitted on these matters, including the originator’s name and address, become part of the public record, may be viewed by the general public, may be published in a Planning Report to Planning Advisory Committee and/or Council, and may be included in Planning Committee and/or Council agendas and minutes. Agendas and minutes are published on the Town of St. Marys website at www.townofstmarys.com.

DATED AT THE TOWN OF ST. MARYS THIS 2nd DAY OF JUNE, 2021.
Jenna McCartney, Clerk, Town of St. Marys
175 Queen St. E., PO Box 998, St. Marys, ON N4X 1B6
Telephone: 519-284-2340
Fax: 519-284-3881
Email: jmccartney@town.stmarys.on.ca