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Work underway to help determine building foundations for Orillia Recreation Facility
Posted on Wednesday, July 22, 2015 05:30 AM
Geotechnical work to help determine the design and construction of building foundations for the Orillia Recreation Facility at 255 West St. S. is starting this week.
Cambium Inc., a geotechnical and environmental engineering and consulting firm, will be on site drilling boreholes in the ground at various locations to determine the type, texture, and strength of the different soil layers, as well as determining the depth of the groundwater table. The geotechnical investigation is permitted under...
2016 budget process begins in Orillia
Posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 10:30 AM
It may be the middle of summer, but Orillia Council is already looking ahead to its 2016 budget. Following a Budget Committee meeting on July 20, Council passed a0.9 per cent target increase for base City operations in 2016. Today’s meeting set 2016 budget targets only; the actual tax rate will be set later this year after detailed review.
“City staff presented Council with comprehensive budget targets for 2016 that address inflationary and growth pressures, while also keeping the needs of our...
Community invited to provide input on Community Improvement Plan
Posted on Friday, July 10, 2015 11:00 AM
The community is invited to provide input on a new plan to stimulate development in the City’s core at an upcoming information session taking place Tuesday, July 14, from 6-8 p.m. at the Orillia Public Library.
The session invites the community to learn about the Downtown Tomorrow Community Improvement Plan (CIP) and how it could help address the critical improvement needs in and around Downtown Orillia through a range of potential incentives. A presentation by RCI Consulting will start at 6:15...
Proactive protection for Orillia’s drinking water
Posted on Thursday, July 09, 2015 08:00 AM
City of Orillia drinking water now has an additional layer of protection through the South Georgian Bay Lake Simcoe Source Protection Plan (Source Protection Plan), which came into effect on July 1, 2015.
The Source Protection Plan is a prescribed instrument used by the City to ensure existing and future activities within Orillia cease to be, or do not become, significant threats to our sources of drinking water.
“Environmental stewardship is top-of-mind at the City of Orillia,” said Mayor Steve...
Public invited to comment on port concepts
Posted on Wednesday, July 08, 2015 12:30 PM
Members of the public who were unable to provide feedback on draft concepts for the Port of Orillia public realm at the June 25 open house can do so through a survey open until July 17.
Four draft concepts for a new Port of Orillia building and development of the City’s waterfront were unveiled to a crowd of approximately 100 people who attended the open house.
Information presented at the open house can be viewed on the City’s Port of Orillia public realm project webpage at www.orillia...
