Southgate Township Gravel Pits: Moratorium on Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments
Egremont Group Concerned About Gravel (ENGAGE), a group of concerned citizens working with Southgate Township and Grey County, recommends Council adopt the following resolution:
That, Southgate Township Council pass a resolution declaring a moratorium on all existing and future gravel-related application amendmentsto the Official Plan and Zoning By-Law in the Holstein area, until a study of the cumulative social, environmental, and economic implications of the aggregate industry has been conducted. This would allow for broader public consultation, public education of a complex industry, and an opportunity for Council to proactively pursue some degree of long-term strategic planning.
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How long has it taken for the "willfully blind eyes" to open, see and acknowledge the genocide of aboriginal people by the Canadian Government? Let's not allow the same blind eye mentality to shield the ecocide which decimates our water, earth and air, our mother earth. Let's not allow this greed driven whole sale exploitation of natural resources to be our legacy to future generations. Not only do we not have a right to pillage the earth, we have a responsibility to walk softly upon it and leave it to our children in as good state or better than when we arrived. Good luck ENGAGE.
The "total Cost" of these pits needs to be investigated by the townships. There is no financial gain to be had by anyone other than the pit operator and the land owner. The taxpayer, and the municipality is left to by the cost of these pits. Tearing apart viable farmland to allow pit operations in just insane on so many levels. I have never had gravel on my weekly shopping list!!!! The insanity needs to stop, and the provincial government needs to change the PPS and aggregate over agriculture!!
Southgate is well on its way to becoming a barren waste land of wind turbines, solar panels, gravel pits and bio solids factories that once was a beautiful pristine safe and clean part of Ontario that I was proud to call home. Now every thought, every conversation, every written word is about these travesties that are manipulated by others' greed and has consumed us. We must keep fighting and hopefully October 27 will bring the drastic change in municipal government that we so desperately need.
Ian MacCallum; I agree 100%. So well said. Your point comes across loud and clear. My wife and I moved to Southgate to retire and enjoy the beauty of this municipality. We always dreamed of peaceful country living void of stress of big city life.On October 27th, 2014; our voices shall be heard!
Enough is enough! Our roads are being destroyed by heavy trucks and the dust is everywhere. We didnt move to Holstein to live in a construction zone. Stop approving these pits before there is nothing left of our peaceful community.
We need to protect our rural lands for future generations.
519-923-0223
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Southgate Township Gravel Pits: Moratorium on Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments
Egremont Group Concerned About Gravel (ENGAGE), a group of concerned citizens working with Southgate Township and Grey County, recommends Council adopt the following resolution:
That, Southgate Township Council pass a resolution declaring a moratorium on all existing and future gravel-related application amendmentsto the Official Plan and Zoning By-Law in the Holstein area, until a study of the cumulative social, environmental, and economic implications of the aggregate industry has been conducted. This would allow for broader public consultation, public education of a complex industry, and an opportunity for Council to proactively pursue some degree of long-term strategic planning.
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If Council was going to deface Southgate with gravel pits, a Waste Park and wind turbines, it should have announced that BEFORE the last election. Citizens have chosen, over the past many years, to either move into Southgate, or continue living in Southgate, based on the beautiful municipality that it was at that time, and which residents love. The Southgate government has no moral right to single-handedly destroy the dreams and communities of those who make Southgate their home. These politicians aren't deaf, but they are ignorant.
How long has it taken for the "willfully blind eyes" to open, see and acknowledge the genocide of aboriginal people by the Canadian Government? Let's not allow the same blind eye mentality to shield the ecocide which decimates our water, earth and air, our mother earth. Let's not allow this greed driven whole sale exploitation of natural resources to be our legacy to future generations. Not only do we not have a right to pillage the earth, we have a responsibility to walk softly upon it and leave it to our children in as good state or better than when we arrived. Good luck ENGAGE.
The "total Cost" of these pits needs to be investigated by the townships. There is no financial gain to be had by anyone other than the pit operator and the land owner. The taxpayer, and the municipality is left to by the cost of these pits. Tearing apart viable farmland to allow pit operations in just insane on so many levels. I have never had gravel on my weekly shopping list!!!! The insanity needs to stop, and the provincial government needs to change the PPS and aggregate over agriculture!!
Southgate is well on its way to becoming a barren waste land of wind turbines, solar panels, gravel pits and bio solids factories that once was a beautiful pristine safe and clean part of Ontario that I was proud to call home. Now every thought, every conversation, every written word is about these travesties that are manipulated by others' greed and has consumed us. We must keep fighting and hopefully October 27 will bring the drastic change in municipal government that we so desperately need.
Ian MacCallum; I agree 100%. So well said. Your point comes across loud and clear. My wife and I moved to Southgate to retire and enjoy the beauty of this municipality. We always dreamed of peaceful country living void of stress of big city life.On October 27th, 2014; our voices shall be heard!
Enough is enough! Our roads are being destroyed by heavy trucks and the dust is everywhere. We didnt move to Holstein to live in a construction zone. Stop approving these pits before there is nothing left of our peaceful community.
We need to protect our rural lands for future generations.
519-923-0223
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If Council was going to deface Southgate with gravel pits, a Waste Park and wind turbines, it should have announced that BEFORE the last election. Citizens have chosen, over the past many years, to either move into Southgate, or continue living in Southgate, based on the beautiful municipality that it was at that time, and which residents love. The Southgate government has no moral right to single-handedly destroy the dreams and communities of those who make Southgate their home. These politicians aren't deaf, but they are ignorant.