WHEREAS recent legislative and regulatory changes affecting Conservation Authorities came into effect April 1, 2024;
WHEREAS these legislative changes affecting Conservation Authorities necessitate updates to existing Conservation Authority policies and procedures, including Credit Valley Conservation’s Watershed Planning and Regulation Policies (April 2010) and compliance and enforcement activities; and
WHEREAS CVC staff will be undertaking a comprehensive planning and development policy and procedures update exercise expected to be competed in 2025.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the report entitled ”Interim Planning and Regulation Policy Guidance and Transitional Procedures, and Guidelines Resulting from Updates To Section 28 of the Conservation Authorities Act and Ontario Regulation 41/24” be received and appended to the minutes of this meeting as Schedule ‘D’; and
THAT the Board of Director’s of CVC endorses the “Interim Policy Guidance and Guidelines for the Administration and Implementation of the Conservation Authorities Act and Ontario Regulation 41/24” appended to this report as “Schedule ‘D’, Appendix 1”; and
THAT the Board of Director’s of CVC endorses the “Interim Transitional Procedures and Guidelines” (Transitioning from Ontario Regulation 160/06 to Ontario Regulation 41/24)” appended to this report as “Schedule ‘D’, Appendix 2”; and further
THAT a copy of this report be forwarded to watershed municipalities, Conservation Ontario and the Building Industry and Land Development Association for their information, including posting a copy on the CVC PDS website homepage.