Upcoming Public Hearings & Open Houses

UPCOMING EVENTS

Public Hearings

Tuesday, July 23, 2024 in RM of Edenwold Council Chambers

11:00 a.m. Bylaw 2024-12 known as the Development Levy Bylaw 

Intent: To adopt a Development Levy Bylaw pursuant to Section 169 of The Planning and Development Act, 2007.

Reason:  To recover the capital costs of services and facilities necessary to accommodate new development.

Click here to view Bylaw 2024-12 (Development Levy Bylaw).  

For further information or to provide a written submission for the public hearing, contact Jessica Mitchell, Senior Planner at 306-540-5600 or jessica.mitchell@edenwold-sk.ca.


11:10 a.m. Discretionary Use Application: Concrete Plant, 12 Industrial Drive, Emerald Park

Intended Discretionary Use: to allow for a concrete plan in an industrially-zoned location. 

For further information or to provide a written submission for the public hearing, please contact Susan Stevenson, Planner at (306) 347-2965 or susan.stevenson@edenwold-sk.ca. 


11:20 a.m. Discretionary Use Application: Storage of Recreational Vehicles, 

SE 1/4 5-18-17 W2 Ext 1

Intended Discretionary Use: to allow for recreational vehicle storage on a rural site. 

For further information or to provide a written submission for the public hearing, please contact Susan Stevenson, Planner at (306) 347-2965 or susan.stevenson@edenwold-sk.ca. 


PAST EVENTS

Open House - Dust Control Policy

On January 16, 2024 we heard input from our ratepayers regarding the 2024 Dust Control Policy in the RM.

There were 38 written comments provided at the event:

‘A Summary of What We Heard’

  • Dust control and the method of dust control is applied, directly affects the quality of life for rural ratepayers, including health, wear/tear/corrosion on vehicles, as well as safety issues.
     
  • Dissatisfaction with the shift from a 50/50 cost-sharing arrangement to effectively an 80-20 split, as well as the custom work rates, citing it as a significant increase, and affordability as a key concern.
     
  • Causes of dust are not the result of rural ratepayer’ actions but they are having to pay for it. As the rural part of the municipality, they feel they should not bear the additional cost, particularly when they are not causing the dust, but rather the increased traffic/type of traffic for which they are not responsible for.
     
  • Considerations for alternative methods of dust control including looking at other research, exploring alternative methods for dust control, beyond that which we normally do, including different products and using vegetation to reduce dust.
     
  • Alternative approaches to negating the cost and affect to rural ratepayers included having heavy haul users pay more for dust control, different cost approaches to dust control on over-dimensional roads, use of more environmentally friendly alternatives to dust control, reduction in speed, and use of proactive traffic counts to establish dust control parameters.