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INDUSTRIAL SCALE MILL PROPOSED FOR GOODWOOD IS STOPPED

 * An industrial scale mill was proposed for just outside the village of
   Goodwood
 * The company behind this mill is called Grainboys Holdings Inc. It operates a
   grain processing business called Port Royal Mills located in an industrial
   park in the Town of Aurora.
 * The company wanted to move its business to Goodwood where it planned to build
   a larger mill on protected Oak Ridges Moraine land.
 * The company has withdrawn its application and is now seeking to build its
   mill on a different site in Uxbridge Township.


GOODWOOD CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION WINS APPEAL AGAINST CONTROVERSIAL UXBRIDGE
GRAIN MILL

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE GOODWOOD CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION

GOODWOOD (UXBRIDGE), ON, January 13, 2020 /CNW/ – The Goodwood Conservation
Association (GCA) is very pleased to announce today that it has won its Appeal
against the Township of Uxbridge's Zoning By-law 2019-054 (Grainboys Holdings
Inc.).

In this by-law, Mayor Dave Barton and Council unanimously approved an
application from Grainboys to build a 40,000 sq ft, 6-story, high-hazard
industrial milling operation on Prime Agricultural land on the protected Oak
Ridges Moraine in the Hamlet of Goodwood. It was opposed by 93% of Goodwood
residents because of serious environmental, conservation and public safety
concerns.

On January 7, 2020, The Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) of Ontario ruled
in case #PL190228 that the GCA Appeal is Allowed. The ruling came after the
Applicant decided to withdraw its application. There will be no Grainboys mill
built in Goodwood.

The GCA had compiled over 1,000 pages in preparation for its appeal submission,
including affidavits from planning experts challenging the Township's zoning
approval on 24 separate errors and omissions by both Durham Region and Township
officials.

When asked to comment on the victory, Association President, Conrad Richter
reflected "We are very pleased with this outcome, and how so many have rallied
together in support of our cause of maintaining healthy, safe and livable
communities. This victory serves as an example for other hamlets and townships
also committed to Conservation and responsible Municipal Planning."

The Goodwood Conservation Association wishes to thank all members and concerned
residents across Uxbridge for their much needed support in this fight. Together,
we have won.

About the Goodwood Conservation Association

Founded in 2019, the Association is 200+ members strong dedicated to upholding
the spirit and principles of the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan and
ensuring planning and development is compatible to healthy, livable and safe
communities. Learn more at nomill.com

SOURCE Goodwood Conservation Association


UP FOR SALE!

GRAINBOYS IS SELLING ITS GOODWOOD PROPERTY

September 4, 2019 – A For Sale sign has gone up on the Grainboys property at 351
Highway 47 where a grain processing mill was to go amid loud objections from the
residents of Goodwood. For those who opposed the mill this was very good news.
It signaled a welcome change of heart for the owner of Grainboys, Kresho
Petrovich.

In late June, just days before the deadline for filing formal papers to appeal
Uxbridge Council’s decision to approve the mill, Grainboys requested a six month
delay which was granted by the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT). At the
time Grainboys said only that it was considering “other options that may bring a
resolution to the matter.”

We now know that Mr Petrovich has since purchased an 89 acre property on the
York-Durham Town Line adjacent to the St Lawrence Grains and Farm Supply
operation located west of Goodwood. The property is operating as a grain farm,
with a maturing crop of corn on it. According to Robin Parish, the listing
agent, Mr Petrovich plans to build a mill on 10 acres of land and will continue
to farm the rest.

By operating the property as a grain farm Mr Petrovich may have an easier time
getting a mill approved than he did for the Goodwood property. Mr Parish said
that the basis for the new application will be as an “on-farm diversified use”.
This use is quite different from what was proposed for the Goodwood property
which was too small to operate as a grain farm. Provincial land use policies
give farmers considerable leeway to build processing facilities if products are
from their own farms.

For the residents of Goodwood, the new location could solve some of the
contentious issues brought up over a yearlong fractious approval process for the
Goodwood site. Noise, dust, danger of fire and explosion, truck traffic, and a
worrying foothold of inappropriate industrial activity in the area, may be less
of a concern to Goodwood residents if the mill is built on the new site.

But does the new site really bring the matter to a close for Goodwood residents?
In a recent article in the Uxbridge Times-Journal, Mr Petrovich had this to say
about the project in Goodwood: “Everything’s kind of up in the air right now. Is
it 100 per cent abandoned at this point? If it sells, obviously it is. If it
doesn’t, it’s hard to say what might happen in the end. At this point anything
can happen.”

Even if the Goodwood property sells there is no guarantee that a mill or
something similar won't be built on the property. That’s because there is
nothing to stop a new owner – or Grainboys if the property doesn't sell – from
taking advantage of the zoning bylaw amendment passed by Council. Unless Council
formally rescinds its decision, residents have no choice but to resume the
appeal against Uxbridge Township when the six months is up. If at the end of six
months we are not careful and we fail to file our appeal papers, we lose our
chance to stop a mill or similar development from coming to Goodwood.

For this reason the Goodwood Conservation Association is holding a special
meeting on Thursday September 26 at 7 pm at the Goodwood Community Hall. Members
of the GCA will provide an update on the status of the appeal, the various
scenarios that could unfold, and what we need to do to make sure we get the most
favourable outcome for the Village of Goodwood.


UXBRIDGE TOWNSHIP REQUESTS DELAY IN APPEAL OF CONTROVERSIAL GRAIN MILL

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE GOODWOOD CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION

GOODWOOD (UXBRIDGE), ON, July 2, 2019 /CNW/ – The Goodwood Conservation
Association (GCA) announced today that the Township of Uxbridge has requested a
6 month delay in the Appeal Proceedings already underway with the Province's
Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT). On June 12, the Province gave the green
light with its approval to proceed of the Association's Notice of Appeal to the
Township of Uxbridge's approved Zoning By-law 2019-054 (Grainboys Holdings
Inc.).

In this by-law, Mayor Dave Barton and Council unanimously approved the
application from Grainboys to build a 40,000 sq ft, 6-story, high-hazard
industrial milling operation on Prime Agricultural land on the protected Oak
Ridges Moraine in the Hamlet of Goodwood. It is opposed by 93% of Goodwood
Residents, only due to its location, which introduces a number of serious
environmental, conservation and public safety concerns.

This request by Uxbridge Township to delay the proceedings is highly unusual so
early in the Appeal process. It originated shortly after the Association
received the Province's green light approval with the Letter of Valid Appeal to
proceed. The Township submitted that they believe the delay may make it possible
to resolve the matter without a hearing by exploring another opportunity.

The Association, acting in good faith, agreed to the Township's request of
postponement for 6 months. The Association was within hours of submitting its
Appeal Record and Case Synopsis when the delay request surfaced. The Association
has compiled over 1,000 pages in its submission, including affidavits from
numerous Planning Experts, challenging the Township's Zoning approval on 24
separate errors and omissions by Durham Region and Township officials. If the
Appeal resumes, these documents will be submitted immediately per the original
filing requirements.

A high level summary of the Association's approved Notice of Appeal outlining
its 24 arguments for Grounds of Appeal can be found on the Township's website:

https://uxbridge.ca/sites/default/files/council_agendas/May%2027%202019%20-%20Addendum%20II.pdf

When asked why the delay and why now, Association President, Conrad Richter,
offered "I think that's a question best left to the Mayor"

About the Goodwood Conservation Association:

Founded in 2019, the Association is 200+ members strong dedicated to upholding
the spirit and principles of the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan and
ensuring planning and development is compatible to healthy, liveable and safe
communities. Learn more at nomill.com


LPAT APPEAL DELAYED 6 MONTHS

GRAINBOYS IS LOOKING ELSEWHERE TO BUILD ITS MILL

June 29, 2019 – In a surprising turn just days before our appeal documents were
to be filed with the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT), the lawyer for
Grainboys called to request a delay in the appeal. He said that Grainboys wants
to explore options for building its new grain-processing mill at a different
site.

Because we are appealing the decision of Uxbridge Council to approve the mill,
Grainboys is not actually the party defending the appeal, the Township of
Uxbridge is. So the lawyer for Grainboys, David Germain, needed also to convince
the Township to petition LPAT for the delay. The move, made before the filing of
appeal documents, and before Grainboys could even join the Township to defend
the appeal, is highly unusual.

LPAT does not normally grant delays, so as the hours and minutes ticked down to
the filing deadline, we weren't sure that LPAT would even respond. So we
continued to put the finishing touches on our documents of over 1,000 pages,
including two expert affidavits, plus a 30 page case synopsis that showed
without a doubt why the mill does not conform with provincial planning policies
and should never have been approved by Uxbridge Council.

We gave our consent, but we also gave the Township and LPAT a deadline of our
own: that the delay had to be granted by noon Friday or we were filing no matter
what. Barely 30 minutes before noon yesterday, LPAT finally announced that the
delay had been granted.

Now Grainboys has six months to see if another site is a better fit for its new
mill. If the company finds a suitable site then we will have accomplished our
goal to stop the mill in Goodwood.

So why did we agree to the delay if we felt so confident about our case? Under
the convoluted rules of LPAT, even if we win the appeal, the fight is not over
because LPAT cannot overrule the Township's decision to approve the mill. It can
only refer the case back to Council, telling Council why the mill is wrong.
Council has to review the matter a second time, and there is no assurance that
Council will change its mind -- and we could be forced to appeal a second time
to LPAT.

By agreeing to the delay we have not extinguished our right to continue the
appeal. If Grainboys fails to find a new site and decides to continue with the
Goodwood property, we are ready to file our appeal documents and restart the
fight. For many reasons, the mill is not appropriate on rural lands so close to
the Hamlet of Goodwood, so we have a good case. For Grainboys to be looking
elsewhere suggests that the company has seen that we are serious and that
winning the appeal will not be easy.


APPEAL MOVES FORWARD AGAINST CONTROVERSIAL UXBRIDGE GRAIN MILL

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE GOODWOOD CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION

GOODWOOD (UXBRIDGE), ON, June 24, 2019 /CNW/ – The Goodwood Conservation
Association (GCA) announced it has obtained the Letter of Valid Appeal from the
Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) for the Association's Notice of Appeal to
the Township of Uxbridge's approved Zoning By-law 2019-054 (Grainboys Holdings
Inc.).

This is a key milestone and affirmation from LPAT that the Appeal has merit and
will move forward against the Township of Uxbridge.

In this by-law, Mayor Dave Barton and Council unanimously approved the
application from Grainboys to build a 40,000 sqft, 6-story, high-hazard
industrial milling operation on Prime Agricultural land on the protected Oak
Ridges Moraine in the Hamlet of Goodwood. It is opposed by 93% of Goodwood
Residents, only due to its location, which introduces a number of serious
environmental, conservation and public safety concerns.

The Goodwood Conservation Association's Appeal cites dozens of Planning mistakes
and omissions made by Uxbridge and Durham Region officials. GCA President Conrad
Richter has filed a well-researched appeal prepared by an expert Provincial
Planner and a top Municipal Planning lawyer. The CGA's Executive nominated
Conrad as the Appellant to be compliant to the appeal filing rules.

Backed by months of research of planning policy and case law, the appeal
outlines egregious Planning missteps made by Township Council. GCA Executive
member, Laura Demma, commented "This is really quite shocking; I had no idea
they [the Township] missed so much. This is worth every penny we donated to this
cause!"

Association Secretary, Diane Reilly offers "It's still early days in the appeal
process, but the GCA has opened with a very strong hand, and will continue to
lead this fight for Goodwood residents".

Mr. Richter hand delivered the Notice of Appeal to Town Hall, remarking "Some
things are worth fighting for. Community, Environment and Safety are top of that
list".

The Goodwood Conservation Association wishes thank all concerned residents for
their much needed financial and moral support: We couldn't have come this far
without them. And we still have much more road to travel. Together, we will win.

About the Goodwood Conservation Association:

Founded in 2019, the Association is 200+ members strong dedicated to upholding
the spirit and principles of the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan and
ensuring planning and development is compatible to healthy, liveable and safe
communities. Learn more at nomill.com


FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN HITS $14,000

A FANTASTIC START FOR THE DRIVE TO PROTECT GOODWOOD.

April 27, 2019 – In little over a week our campaign to raise money for an appeal
to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal has reached $14,000. Since we made the
decision to appeal the Grainsboys project, donations have been coming in at a
fast pace. Already we have reached 20% of our target.

"Fabulous!" wrote Goodwood Conservation Association member Anastasia Takeda,
echoing the excited responses of other members of the fundraising team.

Support has come from older neighbourhoods such as Front St and Highway 47 and
from the newer Ridge Road, Stonesthrow Crescent, and Deer Ridge Road
communities. And it’s coming from further afield, as far away as Toronto and
Gateneau, Quebec.

Last week we hired a professional planner from one of the top planning firms
with specialized knowledge and experience in the type of LPAT appeal that we
expect to launch. The planner will begin work next week, starting with a review
of the extensive documentation that was submitted to council over the past year.

We will need a lawyer also. While a planner provides a professional opinion why
the Grainboys application fails to conform with government planning rules, a
lawyer provides the legal arguments why the project should never have been
approved.

We want to hire a top planning lawyer but we need to make sure that we can raise
enough money. We don't need to reach to our goal of $75,000 at this stage, but
we need to be further along toward our fundraising goal before we can decide on
a lawyer. Time is of the essence because the deadline to appeal is coming up
soon.

If you haven't already done so, please consider making a donation. We love
$1,000 donations – they make our job easier! – but every donation large or small
is important. You can donate by e-transfer, by cheque or by credit card.

And please ask your neighbours to contribute also. This is an investment to
protect the value of your homes, and protect your health and well-being. Ask
yourself whether you would want to live here if the Grainboys mill is built.


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APPEAL DEADLINE EXTENDED

TOWNSHIP SENDS OUT NEW NOTICE OF DECISION.

April 27, 2019 – Many Goodwood residents received letters from the Township of
Uxbridge saying that there was an error in its original Notice of Decision. This
is good news for us because it means that the deadline for filing our appeal
application is now one week later (May 13). The LPAT timeline gives little time
to prepare an appeal, so the additional time is “always good” as our planner
noted.

The extra time also gives us the chance to raise more funds. The more we raise,
the better the lawyer we can hire.

Coincidentally, there was a hearing at Osgoode Hall in Toronto this week that
could have a very large bearing on the Local Planning Appeals Tribunal and how
quickly cases are decided. Currently many cases at LPAT are stalled pending a
decision from this case. That's because lawyers and the tribunal itself are
confused about rules concerning the introduction of new evidence and
cross-examination of witnesses. Unlike the old rules of the old Ontario
Municipal Board, new evidence and cross-examination are supposed to be
prohibited at LPAT. However other LPAT rules seem to imply that new evidence and
cross-examination are in fact permitted.

The hearing this week at Osgoode Hall was an appeal for a ruling to clear up
this confusion on what is allowed and what is not. What all this means for us is
not clear at this time, but even if it just means a further delay it could work
in our favour.


93% OF GOODWOOD RESIDENTS OPPOSE GRAINBOYS

MANY SAID THEY WOULD MOVE IF PROTECTIONS AGAINST DEVELOPMENT WERE ENDED.

April 26, 2019 – A survey conducted by the Goodwood Conservation Association
found that 93% of Goodwood area residents oppose the Grainboys mill. The
grain-processing mill is slated for a 12 acre property at 351 Durham Highway 47,
just east of the hamlet of Goodwood. The property is less than 300 metres from
the Ridge Road residential community where many residents are angry with the
proposal and with the politicians who support it.

Almost two thirds of residents who moved to the Goodwood after the Oak Ridges
Moraine Conservation Act was enacted in 2001 said that the legislation was a
factor in choosing to live in the Goodwood area. If the Oak Ridges Moraine
protection from development were to end, more than two thirds of residents said
that they would move away.

But Goodwood residents are not opposed to development. Two thirds said that they
would be comfortable with more residential development in the area, and about a
third said that they would also be fine with commercial and institutional
development such as stores, shopping centres, hospitals, schools, and government
facilities. Few residents in the Goodwood area supported industrial development
such as factories.

When responses from the rest of Uxbridge Township are included, 88% of
respondents said that they do not believe that the grain-processing mill is an
appropriate development for Goodwood, suggesting that opposition to the mill is
widespread across the township.

A total of 154 people completed the survey, and 99 were from the Goodwood area.
The full results can be viewed here.

[This story was updated to reflect final survey results recorded on April 26.]


THE LEGAL BATTLE BEGINS

GOODWOOD RESIDENTS LAUNCH FUNDRAISING DRIVE TO FUND APPEAL.

April 22, 2019 – Goodwood residents know that if Grainboys is allowed to build
its grain mill in Goodwood the adverse effects on the hamlet and the community
will be devastating. The risk of an explosion, the dust, noise and traffic, and
the depreciation of home values are just some of the real concerns residents
have.

Already at least one resident is having trouble selling her home. Her buyer
wants to back out of the deal because of the mill. Residents are asking
themselves, who would want to move here if a mill is coming?

The Goodwood Conservation Association, which aims to protect the hamlet from
unbridled industrial development, is moving forward with plans to appeal the
Grainboys decision to the Local Planning Appeals Tribunal. After a well-attended
meeting with residents held last Wednesday in Goodwood, the GCA decided to hire
an experienced professional planner and an expert lawyer.

The GCA also launched a fundraising campaign to raise funds for a war chest to
fight a town council that does not care about the community and approved the
mill despite strenuous objections from residents. With the deadline for filing
an appeal only days away, residents are urged to give generously as soon as
possible.


GOODWOOD RESIDENTS MEET TO DISCUSS NEXT STEPS

COUNCIL'S MISGUIDED APPROVAL WAS JUST ROUND ONE.

April 18, 2019 – Around 75 residents met at the Goodwood Community Centre on
Wednesday night to discuss next steps after Uxbridge Council approved the
Grainboys zoning bylaw amendment a week ago Monday. The meeting was organized by
the Goodwood Conservation Association.

David O’Leary, a member of the Association, the told residents why the mill will
be a major fire and explosion hazard, and how Grainboys neglected to mention
anything about this risk in its application documents. Mr. O’Leary said that the
mill will be rated a “High Hazard Industrial Occupancy” operation because of the
explosive nature of milled grain dust. Placing such an operation close to a
residential neighbourhood just does not make good planning sense, he said.

Because it lacks an aerial ladder truck, and because there are no pressurized
water hydrants in the area, Uxbridge fire department will be ill prepared to
fight explosion and fire at the plant. One resident suggested that the Ontario
Fire Marshall should be made aware of the situation and that the township is
putting residents at risk.

Conrad Richter, president of the Goodwood Conservation Association, gave an
overview of the appeal process. When local councils make bad planning decisions,
like approving the Grainboys mill, residents can appeal to the Local Planning
Appeals Tribunal, which is what used to be called the Ontario Municipal Board.
But residents have only 20 days file their appeal once Uxbridge Township issues
its official notice of decision.

That notice was issued on Tuesday, and residents began receiving notice letters
from the township in the mail yesterday. With the notice now issued, the
deadline for filing the appeal is May 6. An appeal will require hard work and
commitment from the residents, said Mr. Richter. For the organizers the response
from residents was very encouraging, as many signed up to join the association
and to pledge money for the fight.

Mark Joseph, from the Deer Ridge neighbourhood, and emcee for the evening,
thanked the residents for coming out in force – on a Maple Leafs playoff game
night no less! He told residents to stay tuned for further developments.


COUNCIL APPROVES GRAINBOYS

GOODWOOD RESIDENTS ANGRY AT MAYOR AND COUNCILLORS.

April 9, 2019 – Uxbridge Council voted to approve the Grainboys application to
build a grain-processing mill in Goodwood at a raucous meeting yesterday at
Uxbridge Arena. The vote was unanimous, with five councillors and the mayor
voting to approve the zoning by-law amendment recommended by the town planner.

Pamela Beach, the councillor for Ward 1, which includes the hamlet of Goodwood,
recused herself, declaring that she has a “perceived pecuniary interest” in the
Grainboys matter. Although she had recused herself since February 4 whenever
Grainboys was discussed, at this meeting she claimed that she was “bullied by
the residents” drawing derisive laughter from the crowd. Residents said later
that they had not heard of anyone bullying the councillor. Some believed that
Councillor Beach was referring to a conflict of interest complaint lodged by a
Ward 1 resident in March.

A large contingent of farmers were on hand to support the application. Many had
provided little or no input in the Grainboys matter previously, leading some
Goodwood residents to suspect that their presence had been orchestrated by
elements pushing for the mill. Residents listened as two deputations were made
by pro-Grainboys farmers Howie Herrema and his son and later by Zac Cohoon of
the Durham Region Federation of Agriculture. But when it became clear that there
would be no deputations from the opposing camp, and planner Liz Howson then
followed with a presentation explaining why she recommended approval of the
application, residents began to get irate that the proceeding was one-sided.

Mayor Barton struggled at times to keep control of the proceedings as residents
expressed indignation at not having the opportunity to ask questions or make
comments. When the fire chief Phil Alexander spoke in response to written
concerns about fire suppression, a resident shouted a question on how long will
it take for the fire department to respond to a fire at Grainboys, to which the
fire chief replied 8 minutes, a mis-statement of the true time of 13 minutes.
From there, things deteriorated as residents hurled more questions such as
whether the department has an aerial ladder truck to combat fires in 60 foot
silos (the fire chief said no).

Residents noticed that councillors rarely made eye contact with the audience,
keeping their eyes down for most of the meeting. One resident said that it
seemed that the councillors had all come to the meeting already with their minds
made up, which made it seem the event was staged by council to push through an
unpopular development.

There were three motions to make last minute changes to the by-law amendment.
Two new conditions require Grainboys to submit a fire safety plan and conceptual
drawings. A modification was made to a condition that requires Grainboys to
produce a weed control plan. Grainboys must now adhere to federal weed
regulations in order to bridge a gap in the provincial and federal regulations.
However resident Conrad Richter says the change will not be enough to ensure
that no noxious weeds arrive with the many tonnes of foreign seeds that will be
imported each year.

After the vote the councillors remained transfixed in their seats as residents
shouted at them. At least one councillor was visibly shaken by the anger and
heated accusations that continued for many minutes. Kresho Petrovich, the CEO of
Grainboys who was seated in the front row, left the meeting at the earliest
opportunity. Dave Barton later said to a reporter that he deliberately did not
call attention to the applicant during the meeting fearing that the crowd would
turn on him if they knew he was present.

For many residents the risk of fire and explosion remained a major concern. As
resident Mark Joseph wrote in a letter to a local newspaper, “When we do not
mitigate risk and something tragic happens all the apologies in the world cannot
correct poor decisions.”


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CAN UXBRIDGE FIRE DEPT FIGHT FIRE AND EXPLOSIONS AT GRAINBOYS?

RESIDENT SAYS IT'S A "NEW AND UNUSUAL HIGH FIRE RISK".

March 27, 2019 – In a letter sent this week to Uxbridge Council, Goodwood
resident David O'Leary wrote that the proposed Grainboys operation is a "new and
unusual high fire risk" for Uxbridge Township and questioned whether the fire
department has the resources and ability to cope with this dangerous risk.

Seven of grains that the company processes using a stone mill are known to
produce dangerous combustible dusts. Operations that produce these dusts pose a
"significantly higher risk of fire, explosion property loss and loss of life"
and must adhere to more stringent requirements under the Ontario building,
electrical and fire codes.

O'Leary points out that the Grainboys application does not mention what
classification the proposed facility will be. Public safety has been "woefully
overlooked" in the planning process, he writes, adding that that there was no
mention of sprinkler requirements, on-site water pressure and flow volume
capability, or backup generator capacity in the applicant's submissions.

O'Leary believes that the mill must be classified as a "Class II Hazardous
Location" under the Ontario Electrical Safety Code. Such locations are ones
where "dust may be suspended in the air to the extent that explosive
concentrations may be present" and grain elevators, flour mills and feed
grinding and mixing plants are highlighted as the kinds of operations that
present this risk. Under the Ontario building code, O'Leary says the mill likely
will be classed as a "Group F, Division 1 High Hazard Industrial" facility
because the highly combustible and explosive materials constitute a "special
fire hazard".

As O'Leary points out in his letter – which was copied to the fire chief, Phil
Alexander, and the chief building official, Brian Pigozzo – there is no
pressurized water hydrant capacity in the Goodwood area. Water has to be brought
in by tanker or enough water has to be stored on the property.

The company has proposed to build a pond to store water for firefighting, but
this week the fire chief told Council that the pond will not be acceptable to
him. He said that there must be an enclosed storage tank of sufficient size. In
answering questions about his department's firefighting capabilities from
Goodwood resident Bev Northeast, he pointed out that the department cannot get
an accredited tanker shuttle service for Goodwood because the fire hall is too
far away.

The fire chief also told Council that he wasn't sure if sprinklers would be
needed at the Grainboys facility, but did point out that recently there was a
silo fire in Port Perry, suggesting that the silos at the Grainboys operation
may be a risk that requires sprinklers. In his eight minute appearance before
Council on Monday he did not highlight the hazard of combustible dust.

An explosion and fire at a grain elevator in Crystal City, Manitoba, last year
illustrates the dangers that grain-processing operations pose. Grain dust in a
silo exploded and caused a fire that quickly spread to the town's commercial
centre, destroying a hardware store. The province concluded that a spark within
the elevator ignited the grain dust, causing the explosion.

Dozens of homes in the Goodwood area are within a few hundred meters of the
proposed Grainboys mill, so the danger of explosion and fire is significant.
With response times from the Uxbridge and Stouffville fire halls between 12 and
13 minutes, a fast spreading fire caused by explosions could be devastating to
the community.

In its response to questions and comments from the public submitted on March 21,
Grainboys dismissed concerns about fire suppression, writing that the "Township
of Uxbridge Fire Department has completed its review and had no objection to the
approval and has no other fire safety concerns at this time." In fact, that
review was limited to the question of whether there is adequate access to the
site for firefighting equipment in the event of fire. In a telephone interview
in January, Ken Maynard, the fire prevention officer of the fire department who
wrote the approval letter, said that the review did not address any specific
details such as the availability of water.

Residents of Goodwood are deeply concerned about the Grainboys operation and the
risks it poses to the community. The applicant's failure to address fire
suppression, and its cavalier attitude to their concerns, has only intensified
their worries. As a recent survey of residents shows, 93% of residents are
opposed to the Grainboys mill.


WHY IS IT A BAD IDEA?

INDUSTRIAL SCALE

It's huge! It will have 18 silos rising as high as 60 feet. The processing plant
itself will be an acre in size. Impervious surfaces will cover 3 acres. And the
plant will run 18 hours a day. The company claims in its application that this
is "small-scale", but there is nothing small-scale about it!

DOESN'T FIT THE COMMUNITY

There is a residential community just 280 meters away. About half of Goodwood's
residents live within 1 km of the proposed mill. Many of these residents moved
to Goodwood because they thought the community was protected from development by
the Oak Ridges Moraine legislation. But the company is using a loophole to get
permission to build this mill so close to homes. And the silos will tower way
above anything else in Goodwood. They will be up to 6 stories high, far
exceeding any structure in Goodwood.



NOISE

The noise coming from the mill will be loud and continuous – for 18 hours a day.
The company says that noise levels will be about 45-50 decibels. According to
the World Health Organization exposure to this level of noise continuously is
harmful to health. At the company's existing plant in Aurora, a sound recording
showed that noise levels could be even higher, over 70 decibels.

DUST

Grain processing inevitably produces dust, including the most harmful form
called PM2.5. This dust can travel for miles. The company claims that it will
have equipment to capture dust but it admits that dust will be emitted from the
plant. The company has not adequately addressed the PM2.5 risk.

TRUCK TRAFFIC

The company initially claimed in its application that 10 tractor-trailer trucks
arrive at its existing plant in Aurora daily and the same number of trucks will
arrive at the new plant in Goodwood. Yet the Goodwood plant will be two and a
half times the size of the Aurora plant. How can the number of trucks be the
same? When residents complained about truck traffic in Goodwood, the company
tried to lower that number to 4 trucks a day based on a new calculation, but
residents are not convinced.

FIRE RISK

Dust is highly explosive. Grain processing produces a lot of dust. How fires
will be contained is a big question. There is no source of water on or near the
property. The company says that it will store run-off water in a pond dug on the
property. But we don't believe that run-off water alone will be enough to keep
the pond filled, and groundwater from a well will be needed. The company does
not plan to dig a new well and says that it will use an existing well that
supplies a small bungalow. How will this one well supply the company's
operations and keep the pond filled too?



LOSS OF FARMLAND

The Goodwood property, with its 12 acres of fertile sandy soil, will be taken
out of potential farm use forever if this mill is built. The Oak Ridges Moraine
legislation was supposed to protect farmland from unbridled development. The
company said that the property is too small to support farming operations, yet
two of its immediate neighbours are running successful farms on fewer acres.
While it is true that the property cannot support mechanized corn and soybean
farming, it is more than capable of supporting a fresh produce farm or a market
garden.



NOXIOUS WEEDS

The company is a major importer of food commodities such as poppy seeds, sesame,
millet, and sunflower. These seeds come from Third World countries that don't
have the resources to control weeds like we do, and they come with nasty weed
seeds that can be very harmful to agriculture. The worst of these weeds are so
bad that the federal government bans them from seeds intended for planting. But
seeds imported for food use are not subjected to the same government oversight.
With over 10,000 tonnes of food grains and seeds processed annually, the chance
that prohibited noxious weeds will escape to nearby rural lands is high. This
mill should go in an industrial park where weeds can't escape and infest
farmland.

SUPPORTS LOCAL FARMS?

The loophole the company is using to get around the the Oak Ridges Moraine
legislation is to claim that the mill will benefit local farms. It says it will
buy grain and seeds from local farmers. But is it just saying that so it can use
this loophole? The company says that its existing mill in Aurora does not buy
grains from local farmers. So why should we believe that the new operation will
buy locally?

WHY DOES COUNCIL WANT THIS SO BADLY?

Uxbridge Council wants this real bad. The township needs more taxes but it can't
expand its industrial tax base because of the Oak Ridges Moraine and Greenbelt
laws. If this mill goes through you can bet that similar industrial developments
will follow. Since much of the grain grown in Uxbridge is used for ethanol
production, what will stop an ethanol plant from coming in next? These
"agriculture-related" developments can be unrestricted in size and can locate
virtually anywhere on township farmland. Don't let this door open!

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IN GRAINBOYS WE TRUST?

"MAJOR INCONSISTENCIES" THAT THE PLANNER HAS IGNORED.

March 27 – To win approval for its proposed grain-processing mill, Grainboys
made a promise to buy grains and seeds from local farms. This promise is
crucial. Without it, its business would not qualify as an "agriculture-related
use" under the the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan, and its zoning
application to build its new mill on rural land would fail.

In 2001 the Ontario government decided to protect the ecologically sensitive
lands of the Oak Ridges Moraine, a giant sand bar left behind by melting
glaciers 12,000 years ago. This sprawling area of 1,900 square kilometres is
protected from uncontrolled development, and farmland in particular must be
preserved. The rules are strict: no farmland can be used for industrial
developments unless those developments directly support local farms.

The Grainboys business, operating as Port Royal Mills in Aurora, said in its
planning documents that it does not buy grains directly from farmers. The
company said "[n]o grain is delivered directly from field." However it also said
that if its plan to build in Goodwood is approved, it will begin buying grains
and seeds from farmers in Durham Region.

But can we trust the company to do what it says it will do?

After a contentious nine months since the mill proposal was revealed at a public
meeting in June 2018, the company changed its story. In its response to public
comments published in the council meeting agenda for February 25, it made a new
claim: "In recent years we have contracted a local grower in Lindsay area in the
Kawartha Lakes region to grow our triticale grain that used to be brought in
from Manitoba." Up to this point the company had said nothing about direct farm
purchases despite repeated criticism that it wasn't buying locally. Why did the
company choose to make this claim at this late stage? Was it worried its
application was in trouble? Were those repeated criticisms eating away at the
application's credibility?

The claim seemed to pay off because the town planner, Liz Howson, accepted it at
face value in her report to council and cited it as evidence that the mill will
benefit local agriculture. She concluded that the mill "has the potential to be
directly related to local farm operations and support agriculture generally and
locally." She ignored the company's original statement that "[n]o grain is
delivered directly from field" in Aurora and how this statement directly
contradicts the company's new claim about buying triticale wheat from the
Lindsay area.

For those who have taken the time to study the company's application documents,
and have followed the public comments and responses, the company's credibility
has become a serious issue. For Goodwood resident David O'Leary, sorting out the
company's claims about what it imports, and from where, has been an exercise in
frustration. In a letter to Uxbridge Council this week, he listed the company's
evolving story in a timeline of documents that shows "[m]ajor inconsistencies"
in the amounts and sources of the grains and seeds the company uses. "What is
clear, is that it is all confusing."

Back in April 2018 the company said "approximately 80% of the grain is supplied
from the grain producing Counties and Regions in Ontario including Durham
Region" and made no mention of any imported grains or seeds. Then in August
2018, the company said it "reviewed the origin of milled grains and seeds" and
revised the numbers to 70% from Ontario, 20% from Manitoba and Saskatchewan and
10% from the United States. It repeated these numbers in its response to public
comments last week, adding that the grains are from Canada only and that
"imported products consist of seeds only". With these numbers adding up to 100%,
the company is saying that none of its seeds come from outside North America.

As O'Leary points out, "[m]ajor inconsistencies present themselves" when we
check Industry Canada's Canadian Importers Database. The company, operating as
Port Royal Mills, is listed as a major importer of six grain and seed products.
Some of these seeds such as poppy and sesame are "not grown in North America at
all," which leads O'Leary to conclude that "there must be a component that is
imported from overseas in the planned operations of the proposed mill."

In spite of the Industry Canada evidence, the company has never revealed in its
documents or written responses what it is importing from outside North America.
This is important because, as O'Leary points out, in Third World countries
"cleaning standards are anticipated to be not as high as in North America." He
adds that "[t]hese foreign countries are also host to weeds that are not native
to North America" and "history is full of examples of damaging, non-native
invading species" arriving from such countries.

In his letter, O'Leary asks council "to determine, and make public, a
Consistent, Verifiable & Full Accounting of the sources and percentages by
tonnage of all seeds and grains to be processed at the proposed mill." In a
final fit of exasperation he adds: "We cannot decide on what we do not know. We
cannot manage what we do not understand."

The lack of trust only deepens when one looks at what the company says about
truck traffic. In planning documents submitted to the township in April, the
company says that the current operation in Aurora has "approximately ten (10)
ingoing and outgoing trucks per day." In the same document it says that the new
operation will have the same number of trucks arriving and departing each day.
However, when it was pointed out that the new operation will be two and half
times as big, and truck traffic might therefore reach 25 trucks a day, the
company revised its Aurora numbers downward. In its August 2018 response to
public comments it claimed that the real number of trucks per day at Aurora is
four. Magically this 10 to 4 ratio is the same ratio as the size of the new mill
to the size of the old mill, and that allows the company to stick with its 10
trucks a day number for the new mill.

Truck traffic is one of the biggest concerns of residents in Goodwood. This
issue came up repeatedly in public comments and at meetings. Goodwood already
suffers from unrestricted traffic passing through the hamlet on two regional
roads, and for many residents the prospect of another 25 trucks passing through
daily is alarming. But what numbers are the real ones?

Much of the zoning application depends on trust and on what the company says it
will do. There have been notable failures of trust. Goodwood residents are
asking, does Grainboys deserve our trust?"


PLANNER LIZ HOWSON RECOMMENDS APPROVAL

GOODWOOD RESIDENTS DISAPPOINTED BUT NOT DETERRED.

March 15 – A long-awaited review of the Grainboys proposal to build an
industrial-scale grain processing plant on rural land close to the hamlet of
Goodwood was posted to the Township of Uxbridge website this week. In it planner
Liz Howson recommends approval of the zoning application, saying that, in her
opinion, "the proposed development conforms to Provincial, Regional and Township
planning policy", "is appropriate", and "represents good planning".

Howson attached a number of conditions. An environmental compliance certificate
will be required from the province, and to get this certificate, a noise study
and an emission report will be required. In addition, the company will be
required to provide a detailed plan on how it will "mitigate any risk related to
the spread of noxious weeds" and will be required to pay the cost of a weed
inspector appointed by the township to "monitor the facility on a regular
basis".

A route plan for trucks will be required, with deliveries restricted to between
8 am and 5 pm. There will be no limit on the hours of operation which the
company says will be 18 hours a day, five days a week. Other plans required
include a water and sewage plan, a stormwater management plan, a well monitoring
plan (to run for five years), a lighting plan, and a landscaping plan. In
addition, a study of the project's impact on the underlying aquifer will be
required.

The public will have no opportunity to comment on any design or technical
matters once the project enters the site plan and regulatory approval stages.
All of the conditions imposed by the planner will therefore be assessed without
public input and oversight.

The planner made no mention about previously expressed misgivings about the
company's inadequate responses to public comments and questions. Instead it
seems that she went out of her way to address insufficiencies so that she could
recommend approval. For example, she took the initiative to reach out to the
provincial chief weed inspector to craft a plan for the monitoring of noxious
weeds, a problem for which the company had offered no plan and had not sought
expert advice. But the approach that planner and the chief weed inspector came
up with fails to address the weed seeds problem because they have misunderstood
the nature of the risks and where the critical control points lie.

Residents are disappointed that the planner did not question key inconsistencies
of statements made by the applicant. For example, in its Planning Justification
Report the company makes no mention of the grains and seeds that it imports, yet
the company is listed on the Industry Canada website as a major Canadian
importer for six commodities including poppy seeds, sunflower seeds and sesame
seeds. The company has never provided full details of its imports, only
providing dribs and drabs of information at meetings and only when challenged.
Imported grains and seeds present a major source of weed seeds which could harm
nearby farms if weed seeds fall on soil and develop into infestations.

Much of the justification of the proposal turns on what the company says it will
do. It is not currently taking deliveries of grain from farmers directly but it
says it will at the proposed location. This is important because if the company
does not say it will buy locally then it cannot claim to be an
"agriculture-related" use under the Oak Ridges Moraine legislation. But if the
company is not upfront about what it imports, or backtracks on the number of
trucks arriving at its facilities daily, or downplays the noise coming from its
plant, then how can the company be taken at its word? It is disappointing that
the planner did not question the company's word in her report.

The residents of Goodwood are not deterred. They will meet soon to discuss the
planner's report and to develop an action plan. For the residents, the planner's
report is not the final word on the Grainboys application.

The planner's report is available here.


VOTE DELAYED ON GRAINBOYS MILL

GROWING UNEASE ABOUT THE APPLICATION.

February 26 – On Monday Uxbridge Council decided to delay the vote on the
Grainboys grain-processing mill to April 8. Since the start of the year this is
the fourth time council has delayed the vote. The delays seem to reflect a
growing unease about the application and about the approval process.

Both Councilor Gord Highet and the planner, Liz Howson, expressed concerns about
the latest responses from Grainboys to public questions and comments. The
company chose to answer the dozens of submissions received using a spreadsheet
to link a series of stock answers to each question or comment. Councilor Willy
Popp noted that the company did not deal adequately with questions about truck
traffic.

Council directed that the planner's report must be released "no later March
11th, 2019". The planner's recommendation to approve or refuse the Grainboys
application is crucial. Council generally follows the planner's recommendations
when it votes on zoning applications.


GRAINBOYS RESPONDS TO PUBLIC COMMENTS

PLANNER'S REPORT EXPECTED MARCH 11; COUNCIL TO VOTE ON APRIL 8.

February 21 – Responses to public comments about the Grainboys mill proposal
from over 100 people are posted on the Township of Uxbridge website. The undated
and unsigned document appears to be from Kresho Petrovich, the semi-retired
founder of Port Royal Mills who is spearheading the application from his home in
Pickering while his sons run the business in Aurora. Earlier responses to public
comments came from the company's planner and consulting engineers, but it
appears Mr Petrovich prepared these latest responses himself.

Comments and questions were categorized under topics such as "noise", "traffic"
and "rodents" and a spreadsheet was used to match them to a set of stock
answers. Few of the answers contained specific or new information; many simply
referred to previous responses from 2018. To those who had deep concerns about
the proposal and had posed detailed questions or comments, the responses were
disappointing, and looked like they were aimed at providing the barest answers
required for the vote to proceed.

Now that the responses are in, the planner, Liz Howson, can prepare her report,
which now is expected to be ready for council on Monday March 11th. Council will
vote on the mill zoning application on April 8th.

The company's responses can be found here.

If you are concerned about the mill this is the time to let your councilor know
how you feel!

Let your councillor amd the mayor know what you think about the mill – before
Council votes. Here are the phone numbers.

[This story was first revised when the planner's report did not appear in the
February 25 council agenda. It was further revised when council delayed the vote
to April 8 and directed the planner to produce her report by March 11.]


RAFT OF DOCUMENTS NEWLY POSTED ON THE UXBRIDGE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE

REPORTS PUBLISHED LATE IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT
FAIRNESS.

February 21 – A batch of 11 documents in support of the Grainboys proposal for a
mill in Goodwood were published by the township last week. Most are technical
reports meant to bolster the company's zoning application for its property at
351 Regional Highway 47 in Goodwood. Included among the documents are the
company's responses to recent public comments and questions; but others date
back as far as April of last year. The late posting of technical documents long
after the deadline for public comments has passed raises questions about the
application process and whether it has been as open and fair as it should be.

The application process has been plagued with irregularities from the beginning.
Many residents of Goodwood knew nothing about the proposal until very recently.
The township notified only the owners of properties adjacent to the proposed
site and in June last year held a public meeting that was sparsely attended. As
the largest development in the Goodwood area if built, with structures up to six
stories tall, the township should have known that the project would interest far
more residents than just the immediate neighbours.

After the public meeting, comments and questions were answered by the company in
August, but those answers were not published by the township for five months.
Some residents believed that the company had lost interest and the project was
dead. But long after the legal 150 day deadline was past when council must
decide on zoning applications, the project seemed to be revived when the company
was urged to hold an open house in Goodwood.

The open house was just three weeks before council was expected to vote on the
proposal – and more than nine months after the company first submitted its
application. But the company did not make a presentation to explain what was
proposed, instead it opted only to answer questions from the public. For many
residents, this was the first they heard of the project and they did not know
enough about it to ask questions.

Then, at the end of January, it was discovered that Councilor Beach had a
conflict of interest because her family grows grains. Under Ontario law
councilors must recuse themselves when they are in a conflict of interest, and
they must not discuss with or otherwise try to influence the other councilors.
But Councilor Beach should have known from the beginning that she was in
conflict. And she should not have gone on local radio to promote the open house
on behalf of the company as she did in early January. As a proponent of the mill
from the beginning she undoubtedly has influenced the other councilors.

To the residents of Goodwood the late appearance of technical documents is just
one more reason why this application process has not been fair. Many are angry
that this was being put through without adequate involvement from the community
most affected.


UXBRIDGE COUNCIL DELAYS VOTE TO MARCH 18TH

COUNCIL FORCED TO DELAY VOTE BECAUSE GRAINBOYS HAS NOT RESPONDED TO PUBLIC
COMMENTS.

February 13 – At its meeting on Monday, Uxbridge council was forced to delay its
planned vote on the Grainboys mill from February 25th to March 18th. The delay
became necessary when Grainboys failed to respond to recent public comments.
Without the company's responses the planner, Liz Howson, cannot prepare her
report. Since there is no council meeting scheduled before February 25, council
was forced to delay the vote.

Mayor Barton argued that the vote could still be held on February 25th if the
company responds soon, but council member Willie Popp took issue with the short
time the public would have to review the planner's report. Initially council
moved the vote to March 25th but changed it to the 18th when it was realized
that the planner has a scheduling conflict.

During the meeting residents were told that the company's responses had just
been published on the township website. But on checking the website it was
realized that the document was an old set of responses from August 2018. This
old report is still on the township's home page as of this writing.

The planner's report on the mill proposal was supposed to be published prior to
the February 4th council meeting. But Liz Howson told council that Grainboys was
looking at building the mill on a different property and, additionally, had not
responded to public comments.

Howson added, however, that Grainboys told her that the alternate site is no
longer under consideration and that the company will proceed with the original
mill proposal in Goodwood.

Why is the planner's report so important? Because the members of council rely on
the planner's recommendations and vote accordingly. In all cases that we have
reviewed this is how council votes.

If you are concerned about the mill this is the time to let your councilor know
how you feel!

Call the mayor or your councillor and let him or her know what you think about
the mill – before Council votes. Here are the phone numbers.

Here is the status report from the planner, Liz Howson.


COUNCIL GOT AN EARFUL!

January 23 – Council received 79 submissions from residents in Goodwood and
around the township – almost all objections. It also received a petition signed
by 22 residents. This was after our emergency meeting of residents held in
Goodwood on January 17. Read them all the submissions here, here and here.

The week before, council received 16 submissions – all objections. Read them all
here, here, and here.


IN THE NEWS

January 21, 2021 A life well-lived - remembering a local veteran, Uxbridge
Cosmos. (Jack MacQuarrie was a founding member of the Goodwood Conservation
Association and an avid member of the Association's committee that opposed the
proposed Goodwood mill.)

February 3, 2020 Grainboys will build milling facility at Lincolnville, Ontario
Farmer.

January 30, 2020 Township news: Notes from the January 27 Council Meeting,
Uxbridge Cosmos.

January 21, 2020 No mill for Goodwood, Uxbridge Times-Journal.

August 14, 2019 Future of Goodwood grain processor uncertain, Uxbridge
Times-Journal.

July 4, 2019 Township of Uxbridge and citizens group agree to delay appeal of
controversial grain mill, Durham Radio News.

June 24, 2019 Uxbridge council facing appeal of Goodwood grain mill approval,
Durham Radio News.

June 24, 2019 Appeal Moves Forward Against Controversial Uxbridge Grain Mill ,
CNW (Cision).

Summer 2019 Is finding dodder vine a cause for concern?, Lake Simcoe Living.

May 30, 2019 Grainboys file going to LPAT, Uxbridge Cosmos.

May 29, 2019 Grainboys' Goodwood facility headed to appeal, Uxbridge
Times-Journal.

May 2, 2019 A misunderstanding (Letter), Uxbridge Cosmos.

April 25, 2019 Goodwood residents meet to consider appealing change of land use,
The Standard.

April 25, 2019 Thank you for understanding (Letter), Uxbridge Cosmos.

April 18, 2019 A suggestion for council (Letter), Uxbridge Cosmos.

April 16, 2019 Grain processing mill gets green light despite opposition,
Ontario Farmer.

April 11, 2019 Ya just can’t please all the people all the time (Editorial),
Uxbridge Cosmos.

April 11, 2019 Am I wrong? Civics 101, Uxbridge Cosmos.

April 11, 2019 New Grainboys by-law elicits angry letters from Goodwood
residents, Uxbridge Cosmos.

April 11, 2019 Council approve Grainboys Holdings rezoning, The Standard.

April 11, 2019 Contentious Grainboys by-law approved during raucous meeting,
Uxbridge Cosmos.

April 10, 2019 Goodwood grain processor gets go-ahead , Uxbridge Times-Journal.

April 9, 2019 Uxbridge council gives green light to controversial grain
processing mill , CBC News.

April 7, 2019 Uxbridge, Ont. council set to vote on controversial grain
processing mill , CBC News.

April 1, 2019 Grain facility proponents promise limit of 10 trucks a day to
Goodwood site, Uxbridge Times-Journal.

March 15, 2019 Uxbridge approves rezoning for grain mill with many conditions,
The Standard.
(Contrary to what the headline suggests the Grainboys zoning application has NOT
been approved yet!)

March 15, 2019 Group forms to save agricultural land, fights grain mill, The
Standard.

March 7, 2019 Uxbridge awaits spring to identify invasive species, The Standard.

February 28, 2019 Grainboys response leaves Uxbridge councillors puzzled,
Uxbridge Times Journal.

February 27, 2019 ‘Comprehendable' report coming, non-resident fees going,
Uxbridge Cosmos.

February 22, 2019 The menace of Elgin Pond: Witch's hair entangles small town in
fight over proposed mill, The National Post.

February 14, 2019 Still no answers on Grain Boys Holdings, The Standard.

February 13, 2019 Councillor opts out of Grainboys decision, Uxbridge Cosmos.

February 12, 2019 Coun. Beach steps back from Grainboys decision, Uxbridge Times
Journal.

February 7, 2019 'No answers from Grainboys, no Grainboys report' says planner,
Uxbridge Cosmos.

February 6, 2019 Report delayed on proposed Goodwood grain processing facility,
Uxbridge Times Journal.

January 31, 2019 Letters to the editor, Uxbridge Cosmos.

January 24, 2019 Decision on Grainboys delayed, Uxbridge Cosmos.

January 23, 2019 Uxbridge council delays final decision on Grainboys
application, Uxbridge Times Journal.

January 17, 2019 Council wants questions, residents want answers, Uxbridge
Cosmos.

January 17, 2019 Letters to the editor, Uxbridge Cosmos.

January 16, 2019 Council delays Grainboys decision 1 week, Uxbridge Times
Journal.

January 10, 2019 Grainboys move plants seeds of discontent in Goodwood, Uxbridge
Cosmos.

January 9, 2019 Resident calls for caution on planned Goodwood grain processing
facility, Uxbridge Times Journal.

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IS THE MILL AN UNACCEPTABLE RISK?

Listen to the noise levels emanating from the company's existing plant in
Aurora.

Watch a video of the slide presentation An Unacceptable Risk on Rural Land?
presented before Uxbridge Town Council on January 7, 2019.

Questions to think about.

Information handout to give to friends and neighbours.

Read the letter from Bev Northeast, Chair of the Goodwood Ratepayers
Association, submitted to Uxbridge Town Council on January 9, 2019 in the wake
of the information session held at the Goodwood Community Centre on January 7th.

Access all the Grainboys Holdings Inc. application documents on the Township of
Uxbridge Planning Applications page (scroll down).

Read Durham Region's review of the application prepared by David Perkins,
Regional Planner, June 25 2018.

Read the Comments on an Application for a Zoning By-law Amendment for a Proposed
Grain Milling and Blending Facility submitted to Uxbridge Town Council July
2018.

Read the Response to Public Comments from Zelinka Priamo Ltd on Behalf of Grain
Boys Holdings Inc. submitted to Uxbridge Town Council January 2019.

Read the Grainboys Holdings Inc. Proposed Grain Milling and Blending Facility:
Failures Under the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan submitted to Uxbridge
Town Council January 18 2019.

Read the letter to Ingrid Svelnis, Chief Administrative Officer, submitted to
Uxbridge Town Council on January 31, 2019 regarding a possible conflict of
interest of a council member.

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