I wanted to share an update on what has been going on this week regarding the Kanata Lakes Golf Course Lands file. On Tuesday, City Councillors received this memo providing an update on the file and what actions the city is taking in response to my previous inquiry (regarding the City’s liability) and the motion I brought to Council about what the City is doing to address community concerns.
On Tuesday, the City’s Medical Officer of Health also sent this letter to staff at the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks requesting that “consideration be given to requiring additional testing at the site including for methyl mercury and from areas such as ponds, tees and greens where fungicides would have most likely to have been historically applied on a golf course to better characterize the distribution of chemical contaminants as soon as possible.”
And, on Wednesday, I brought forward this notice of motion asking that the Mayor write to the Premier of Ontario and the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing requesting that the Province of Ontario consider using the following tools:
1. An order under Section 47 of the Planning Act issued by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to ensure the preservation of the Kanata golf lands and greenspace as part of the 40 per cent greenspace; or
2. Special legislation to ensure the conservation of the Kanata golf lands and greenspace as part of the 40 per cent greenspace lands.
This motion will be debated at the next Council meeting on July 15th.