The Municipaltiy of Lambton Shores Goes to The Ontario Land Tribunal Oct 4,2022

 The Municipality has been taken to the Ontario Land Tribunal by MFL Properties (the owner of 17 Pine St. MFL Properties’, is an acronym for McGillivray, Ford and Legault, the
surnames of Mr. Fords’ mother and sister).

This was an expected outcome, in the struggle to prevent an inappropriate zoning change on the North Beach. The community responded and the Municipality rose to the occasion to confirm their support of the current Zoning designation.

The Lambton Shores Community Association (LSCA) felt we should participate in this Tribunal to provide context to the Tribunal, about the level of community concern and to make our reviews of the Justification Report and the letters received by the Municipality clear.

This is a Public Hearing and we have sent zoom details out to our members.  Anyone else who needs the link, please email lscommunityassoc@gmail.com .

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Save this date - Lambton Shores Community Association 2021 AGM

 
On  Thursday April 29th from 7- 9 pm  please join us for our  

2nd Zoom Annual General Meeting.

 

Our Mayor and Councillors will begin our evening with a virtual town hall open to the public and members..

 Our guests can participate in the Town Hall portion of our meeting and we welcome anyone else who wants to stay for the AGM portion.

 Please send requests to attend with name & preferred email link to LSCommunityAssoc@gmail.com

 Zoom & phone links will be forwarded the week preceding the AGM

 

 

Public Town Hall Meeting May 25 2019

Join us at this Public Town Hall !!!!

NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING

Notice to Members:

This public meeting is an opportunity to see the plans proposed by the MTO for the project below.  This is also your opportunity to discuss issues with the MTO project managers and to determine if there are any issues that have been missed etc. 

MUNICIPALITY OF LAMBTON SHORES
CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT TO ADDRESS
CONGESTION ALONG THE ONTARIO STREET CORRIDOR
(COMMUNITY OF GRAND BEND)
NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING

Date: Monday June 4, 2018

Time: 3 pm – 5 pm and 7 pm – 9 pm.

Location: Grand Bend Legion, 20 Municipal Drive, Grand Bend

Of note from the EA:

Following the meeting, input into the Class EA will be accepted until July 6, 2018. Comments collected in conjunction with this Class EA Schedule ‘C’ process will be maintained on file for use during the project and may be included in project documentation. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record. For further information on this project, or to review the MEA Class EA process, please contact the project engineers: B.M. Ross and Associates: 62 North Street, Goderich, Ontario, N7A 2T4. Telephone (Toll Free): (888) 524-2641. Fax: (519) 524-4403. Kelly Vader, Environmental Planner (e-mail: kvader@bmross.net).

This is a link to the Outline :http://www.lambtonshores.ca/en/News/index.aspx?newsId=b82590b1-f3e4-4103-93a4-9dfb222e20a7

Link to presentation: http://www.bmross.net/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=269:hwy21-pres&Itemid=24

Link to display Boards for Meeting:http://www.bmross.net/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=270:hwy-21-display&Itemid=24

Link to initial Public Notice: http://www.bmross.net/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=268:hwy21-initial&Itemid=24

2017 Lambton Shores Community Association AGM

2017 Lambton Shores 

Community Association

AGM

July 8, 2017

Grand Bend Legion

9:30 registration

10:00 Meeting  

Year End review  of activities

Current By-laws & Outstanding Concerns

 

NOISE BY-LAW Review AGAIN!?

As Lambton Shores continues to allow input to the Noise By-Law issue until November 18th, 2016 you have opportunity to ensure your concerns are at least documented.

Please take the time to fill out the survey below:

An online Noise Control By-Law survey is available at www.lambtonshores.ca/noisecontrolbylawsurvey for further public input opportunity.  Paper copies are available at the municipal offices.

Forward this information to anyone you think needs to know.

LSCA Annual General Meeting

The Lambton Shores Community Association invites you to our Annual General Meeting. All interested parties are welcome.

Date: July 7th, 2012

Place : Grand Bend Legion

Time: 10 - 12 noon.

On the Agenda are updates from the past few months, including progress or not with the Short Term Rental Accommodation Committee, clarification on sewer issues, President's Report, action plans  and  a Q and A session with Council members.

New members are welcome and are asked to pay a one time fee of $100.00.  

Jan. 14, 2012

Below please find the material presented on Jan. 14, 2012 by the Short Term Rental Accommodation Committee. It has some background and material that came to light in their efforts to find information about the issue. It is important to note that the Licensing idea is fraught with problems for both Council and residents and has been identified by the Committee as the least preferred option.

The Committee explained the by-law changes they were exploring will provide for documentation of problems and an escalation of fines, (like the pink slip process for firings) to enable the municipality to take offenders to Section 477.1 of the Municipal Act. This requires the will to go there as well as the evidence. As well, Plan 24 has been chosen as a testing ground to develop a process for resolving the issue of problem landlords for the wider Lambton Shores community. It was apparent that Plan 24 is not the only area with problem rentals.

The meeting was well attended with approximately 80 people present in addition to those from the municipality identified in the presentation. We encourage you all to make sure you filled out a detailed form or send in more ideas to the committee. The LSCA has also sent in an official reply which is also attached.

After the meeting there was a smaller discussion with Plan 24 residents and some landlords.

Stra Public Openhouse Jan 14 12

Annual Meeting June 4th!

The Lambton Shores Community Association would like to announce our first Annual Meeting! This meeting will take place Sat. June 4th , 10 am at the Grand Bend Legion.

LSCA needs to elect or re-elect 3 members for the Executive. Pat Henry and Pam Smereka are eligible for re-election for a 2 year term . We also need nominations for one more director's seat on the board. This is a new position and names or nominations are welcome. The 6 member executive will elect the representatives for the executive positions at their first meeting after the Annual Meeting.

We would also appreciate a group of three or four volunteers who can assist with memberships or sign up at this meeting. All assistance is appreciated.

We have prepared a constitution for the Corporation and will have updates of our activity for the spring. As well, Council will have representation there to bring us up to date on the sewer issues. 

Hope to see you all there

Public Meeting Minutes

Lambton Shores Community Association Public Meeting

August 14th, 2010
Next meeting: Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010, 10 am, Grand Bend Legion


I. Announcements:

a) New Comprehensive Registration forms were available and are on the website. It is necessary to have better addresses and contact information as the Corporation will need to provide advance notice for elections, annual meetings and so on.

b) The Crowns from the Legion have provided the meeting space free.

II. Executive Meetings-

Two previous meeting have been held with the complete executive and those minutes will be available soon.

III. Updates: Ed Fluter

A) Volley Ball: we were successful in reducing the Volley ball to the Not So Pro weekend and One weekend of PVB. There is no more this year.

B) PVB took up ½ of the North Beach and most of the parking in the lot next to the condos. Four Days later they sued the Municipality.

C) Not So Pro: They ran another noisy tournament on the north Beach, the weekend of July 25th, which took up a total of 5 days from set-up to tear down and ¾ of the North Beach. Both parking lots were full by 8 am each morning. The LSCA has submitted a number of pictures and a complaints list to Council.

D) The Association Lawyer (John Judson) has turned research surrounding our case to Dave Lyon who is an expert in the field of Municipal law. We are expecting an opinion very soon. We have been asked to assist with the identification of property owners on the beach matched to a roll map and will do so.

IV. Financial Report: Robert Green

An account has been opened under Lambton Shores Community Association, May 27th, 2010;
Checks and cash deposited was 9444.09
-Received an additional $600.00 for a total slightly over $10,000.00.
The lawyer, Learners received $5000.00 as a retainer for work.

The incorporation fees are $1200-$1400.00 and are due next week. Our current balance is $5042.14.

V. Incorporation: Pat Henry

- were Incorporated as a Not For Profit (NFP) organization June 17th, 2010
- Objectives are to promote and protect our members
- Gives us legitimacy and credibility
- Incorporation established rules & by-laws for the corporation, responsibilities and rules for the Board of Directors
- We have liability protection for the Board
- The timing of some meetings and notice of meetings are established

- This is why we need the expanded membership forms (found on the website or requested) so everyone can received adequate notification of the above. This is esp. important with so many seasonal members and residents

VI. Communications and Activity: Sharon Weitzel

- we are participating in the Recreation and Leisure Services Master Plan for the Municipality
- have submitted a Concerns and Complaints list to the Municipality and that has been forwarded to the Consultants (will be on the website)

- encourage people to provide us with ideas, concerns etc. or they can submit them on them on own
- email and other addresses were provided to attendees
- Council has added in the category of beach usage
- Reviewed our Mission Statement and Objectives (on the website)
- Read the Eccleston letter to Council (on the website)

VII. Political Action:

- Voting Information

Last Day for Candidacy Nominations - Fri. Sept. 10 at 2 pm
Voting - by mail by Thurs. Oct. 14

–or ballot to Municipal Office by Mon. Oct. 25

Mail in ballot – very convenient but to be eligible you and every voting age member of your family at your home must be on the voters list. Check with the municipality to be sure.

Ballots – Self addressed postage paid envelopes with ballots will be mailed to you up to Sept .13, and should be returned no later than Oct. 14

Updated List of Candidates and Ward Map – in hand out package
and from www.lambtonshores.ca

Contact Information
Lambton Shores Municipal Office
7883 Amtelecom Parkway PO Box 610
Forest , Ontario N0N1J0
519-786-2335 1-877-786-2335

VIII. Committee for Good Governance: Ernie Lewis

-has been a seasonal resident for 20 years and was more focused on environmental concerns till now

- have been drawn into the issue of municipal sewers and the lack of communication and so on from the municipal government

- want to know the issues across the municipality and have set up a series of town hall meetings in preparation for the upcoming elections

-in gathering together like yourselves as a group of citizens, governments take notice

Note: see their website at : http://www.cfgg-ls.ca/events.html

XI. Discussion:

-we should make an attempt to broaden our membership (executive will look into ways to do this)

-if we go to council meetings should pass out membership forms or flyers

-some residents were unfamiliar with Plan 24 (see Eccleston letter which will be on the website soon)

-LSCA membership (email and phone list) probably represents more than one person for each contact, (we will do a survey to find out a more accurate number)