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The Township of Springwater and the Severn Sound Environmental Association are working together to provide residents in the Severn Sound watershed (Orr Lake/Elmvale area) with reasonably priced, native tree and shrub seedlings for planting in early spring 2021.

Tree seedlings must be pre-ordered. The deadline for ordering is Friday, January 15^th, 2021.

Program details are available on the Severn Sound Environmental Association website. 

 Attachments:

Program Details

The following decisions have been issued based on the outcome of the public meeting held by the Committee of Adjustment for the Township of Springwater on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at 7:00 p.m., virtually via Zoom: 

Minor Variance Decisions

• A12/20 - M. McKechnie (75 Trail Boulevard) 
• A14/20 - D. & S. Gratto (14 Park Trail) 
• A15/20 - S. & R. Johnston (32 Beverly Street) 
• A16/20 - Wynstar Developments Inc. (5 Glen Echo Drive) 
• A17/20 - W. & D. Hodgson (1249...

The Council of the Township of Springwater at a meeting held on Thursday, November 26, 2020, virtually via Zoom, passed the following: 

ZB-2020-013 - Ford

Take notice that the Council of The Corporation of the Township of Springwater passed By-law 5000-326 on the 26th day of November, 2020, under Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended.

Attachments

• Notice of passing and approved by-law   

Additional Links

• Special Council Meeting Webcast...

COVID-19 Update

This last Monday, 8 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Springwater - we are not immune to COVID-19.  Springwater now has 34 confirmed cases of which 21 have recovered, one death has occurred, and 12 cases are under investigation.

Also as of Monday, November 23, all in the Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit area are now in the orange category of the provincial COVID-19 framework. Moving from yellow to orange means some new restrictions for our area, including:

• Restaurants...

Township of Springwater / November 26, 2020 – The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) has provided confirmation to the Township of Springwater that the conditions related to the Midhurst Environmental Assessment have been fulfilled and  infrastructure works related to the Carson Road Stage 1 Subdivision (Micks) may proceed.

In November 2019, Minister Jeff Yurek informed the Township that an individual Environmental Assessment for the Midhurst EA would not be required,...