As presented by Councillor Lapierre:
WHEREAS on December 6th, 1999 the City of Valley East Council passed resolution #99-07 to assume Joe Lake Road East and Dixon Lake Road;
AND WHEREAS, on January 31st 2000, City Council of the City of Valley East passed resolution #2000-01 that “instructed staff to establish, by survey, the present location of the roadway and the feasibility of acquiring a 20 meter right-of-way and that a report be brought to Council”, as well as “Hire an Engineering Consultant to review the alignment or realignment of the existing camp roads, and establish costs and details of the work to be done to achieve a reasonable safety standard”;
AND WHEREAS on December 13th, 2001 City Council of the City of Greater Sudbury passed bylaw #2001-314A that “all previous policies of the former municipalities relating to private road assumption are hereby repealed” & “resolutions (99-07, 99-08, 99-09) and 2001 – 01 of the former City of Valley East are hereby repealed”;
AND WHEREAS due to the geography, location & road boundaries of City versus private roads in the vicinity of Joe Lake Road East, as well as the safety of the road maintenance and plow operators, City trucks utilize a portion of Joe Lake Road East to access a safe location to turn around;
AND WHEREAS residents along Joe Lake Road East and Dixon Lake Road have been in continuous contact with City staff to receive updates as to what maintenance is required to maintain an MTO standard for these roads and have ensured that those maintenance standards continue to be met in order to increase their chances of having the City assume those roads;
AND WHEREAS residents along Joe Lake Road East and Dixon Lake Road have spent in excess of $200,000.00 since 2000 to ensure proper maintenance, as well as $20,000.00 in multiple land surveys;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Greater Sudbury directs City staff to prepare a report, to be brought back to the Operations Committee by the end of May, 2021, to include all pertinent background information and documentation relating to the assumption of Joe Lake road East and Dixon Lake Road, as well as recommendations/options for the City of Greater Sudbury to assume part or all of Joe Lake Road East and Dixon Lake Road as previously approved by the City of Valley East.