Upcoming Events
March 08, 2010
Frontenac Islands Council
The March meeting
of Frontenac Islands Council
will be held
Monday, March 8, 2010
Wolfe Island Town Hall
6:30 p.m.
TOWNSHIP OF FRONTENAC ISLANDS
AGENDA
1. Call to order.
2. Adoption of agenda.
3. Approval of minutes of Regular Council Meeting of February 8th
February 8, 2010, In Camera Session of
th , 2010 and Special Meetings of February 19th & 25th and March 2nd and 4th 2010.
4. Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest.
5. Applications for consent: B-01-10-W made by J. Calvin and E. Huffman
B-02-10-H and B-03-10-H made by R. & A. Spence
6. G. Laporte, AECOM, presentation of 2009 Annual Report for Wolfe Island Waste Disposal Site.
7. L. Thomas, WIBTA, re: Land O’ Lakes Tourism and proposed park area.
8. Representatives of Wolfe Island Community Centre Board and Wolfe Island Music Fest.
9. Wolfe Island Historical Society request for support for funding application to CFDC and use of logo.
10. By-Law No. 8-2010 to amend Gas Tax Funding Agreement.
11. Payment Voucher # 2.
12. Communications: Mr. & Mrs. K. Miller re: Carpenter’s Point Road
Ministry of Environment re: Application to Take Water, Riverfront Golf
J. Williamson, Cataraqui Source Protection Committee re: invitation to tour Ravensview Wastewater Treatment Plant
Town of Gravenhurst re: request to amend Ombudsman’s Act
13. Items for Council Information: - Building Permits for January
- Public Notice Wolfe Island Eco Power Centre Post Construction Monitoring Report
- Land O’Lakes Tourism Association re: Regional Tourism Organization
- County of Frontenac re: 2010 budget approval
- Pitch In Canada
- AMO re: January Board Meeting
- FCM re: Buy American Deal
Infrastructure Funding
- Water Levels
14. Other Business.
15. Resolution to adjourn to In Camera Session if necessary.
16. By-law to confirm proceedings of Council.
17. Motion to adjourn.
March 12, 2010
March 13, 2010
Kingston's Seedy Saturday 2010
March 13, 10:00 am till 3:00 pm
Kingston Public Library Central Branch
130 Johnson St, Kingston
> Kingston’s 3rd Annual Seedy Saturday invites you to a seed networking
and education event for both novice and experienced gardeners. If you
are interested in open-pollinated and heritage seed, seed saving,
biodiversity in your garden and food security, this is the place for
you!
Attendees are encouraged to bring their own well-labeled, saved seed to
trade at the seed exchange table. Seed from “Seed Savers Exchange” and a
select number of local seed companies will be available for purchase
along with several varieties of Canadian-bred foundation seed.
Join us in discussing the possibility of creating a living community seed bank.
Lunch will be available as well as children’s activities.
Admission $1.
Learn more about garlic, dahlias, foundation seed, and what the future
of food may be for us in these interesting times:
10:00 “The Story of Food” & “Banking Diversity” USC Films
11:00 “The Small-Trial Garlic Bulbil Project and Leek Moth Control”
Paul Pospisil The Garlic News, Beaver Pond Estates
12:00 “Good Foundations: Building Community Seed Security”
Jennifer Hutson
True North Seeds Trust, Journal of Culinary Garden Research
1:00 “Dahlias to Dazzle”
Margaret Pyke, Wolfe Island
2:00 “The Future of Food: Sustainable Local or Industrial Biotech? It’s About Seed”
AndreW McCann, Seed, Farm and Food Activist
The area’s First Seedy Saturday was held on Wolfe Island,
organized by Kathy Rothermel