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Region of Durham Correspondence
2. Durham Municipalities Correspondence
3. Other Municipalities Correspondence
4. Provincial / Federal Government and their Agency Correspondence
5. Miscellaneous Correspondence
5.1. Minutes of the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority dated June 16, 3
2022
5.2. Secretary -General Benjamin Doolittle U.E., Office of Secretary -General 7
for the Mohawk Nation of Grand River Country - Bluebelt and Grand
River: A Treaty Restoration Project - May 5, 2022
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GANARASKA REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
June 16, 2022 (via Zoom)
GRCA 03/22
1. Welcome, Land Acknowledgement and Call to Order
The Chair called the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority (GRCA) Board of
Directors meeting to order at 7:17 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Mark Lovshin, Chair - Township of Hamilton
Jeff Lees, Vice -Chair - Municipality of Port Hope
Tim Belch - Township of Cavan Monaghan
Bruce Buttar - Agricultural Sector
Vicki Mink - Municipality of Port Hope
Margaret Zwart - Municipality of Clarington
ALSO PRESENT: Linda Laliberte, CAO/Secretary-Treasurer
Cory Harris, Watershed Services Coordinator
Ken Thajer, Planning and Regulations Coordinator
Pam Lancaster, Conservation Lands Coordinator
ABSENT WITH
REGRETS: Nicole Beatty - Town of Cobourg
Brian Darling - Town of Cobourg
Tracy Richardson - City of Kawartha Lakes
ALSO ABSENT: Greg Booth - Township of Alnwick/Haldimand
Joe Neal - Municipality of Clarington
Land Acknowledgement
The Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority respectfully acknowledges that the land
on which we gather is situated within the traditional and treaty territory of the
Mississauga's and Chippewa's of the Anishinabek, known today as the Williams
Treaties First Nations. Our work on these lands acknowledges their resilience and their
longstanding contribution to the area. We are thankful for the opportunity to live, learn
and share with mutual respect and appreciation.
2. Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest
None.
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Minutes GRCA Board of Directors 03/22 Page 2
3. Minutes of Last Meeting
GRCA 21 /22
MOVED BY: Jeff Lees
SECONDED BY: Vicki Mink
THAT the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority approve the minutes of the May 19,
2022 meeting.
CARRIED.
4. Adoption of the Agenda
GRCA 22/22
MOVED BY:
SECONDED BY:
Tim Belch
Margaret Zwart
THAT the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority adopt the agenda.
CARRIED.
5. Delegations
None.
6. Presentations
a) Clean Water — Healthy Land Stewardship Program 2022 Update
Pam Lancaster, Conservation Lands Coordinator, provided the Board members with an
update on the Clean Water -Healthy Land Program.
GRCA 23/22
MOVED BY: Vicki Mink
SECONDED BY: Tim Belch
THAT the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority receive the Clean Water -Heathy
Land Steward Program, 2022 Update presentation for information.
CARRIED.
b) Status of GRCA Floodplain Mapping
Cory Harris, Watershed Services Coordinator, provided Board members with an update
on the Status of the GRCA Floodplain Mapping.
GRCA 24/22
MOVED BY: Jeff Lees
SECONDED BY: Vicki Mink
THAT the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority receive the Status of the GRCA
Floodplain Mapping presentation for information.
CARRIED.
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Minutes GRCA Board of Directors 03/22
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c) Ganaraska Forest Derecho Storm Damage Update
Linda Laliberte, CAO/Secretary-Treasurer, provided the Board members with an update
on the storm damage and ongoing clean up as a result of the derecho storm of May 21,
2022.
GRCA 25/22
MOVED BY: Bruce Buttar
SECONDED BY: Vicki Mink
THAT the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority receive the Ganaraska Forest
Derecho Storm Damage Update presentation for information.
CARRIED.
7. Business Arising from Minutes
None.
8. Correspondence
None.
9. Applications under Ontario Regulation 168/06:
Permits approved by Executive:
GRCA 26/22
MOVED BY: Jeff Lees
SECONDED BY: Tim Belch
THAT the Board of Directors receive the permits for information.
CARRIED.
Permit Application requiring Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority Board of Directors
discussion:
None.
10. Committee Reports:
a) Ganaraska Forest Recreational Users Committee Minutes
GRCA 27/22
MOVED BY: Bruce Buttar
SECONDED BY: Vicki Mink
THAT the Ganaraska Forest Recreational Users Committee minutes of the June 2, 2022
meeting be received for information.
CARRIED.
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Minutes GRCA Board of Directors 03/22
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11. New Business:
a) Right to Disconnect Policy
G RCA 28/22
MOVED BY:
SECONDED BY:
Margaret Zwart
Vicki Mink
THAT the Board of Directors approve the Right to Disconnect Policy and it be added to
the Employment Policy as section 9.10.
CARRIED.
12. Other Business
None.
13. In Camera:
None.
14. Adjourn
The meeting adjourned at 8:12 p.m.
The CAO/Secretary-Treasurer noted that the next meeting will be in September unless
call of the Chair.
G RCA 29/22
MOVED BY: Jeff Lees
SECONDED BY: Bruce Buttar
THAT the Board of Directors adjourn the meeting.
CARRIED.
CHAIR
CAO/SECRETARY-TREASURE R
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Subject:
Bluebelt + Grand River: A Treaty Restoration Project
Date:
Thursday, May 5, 2022 4:28:17 PM
Attachments:
imaaexna
Conservation and Stewardship - Bluebelt.pdf
Mission and Vision Statement - Bluebelt.odf
Haldimand Tract - Bluebelt.ndf
You don't often get email from benjamin.doolittle@mohawkuniversity.org. Learn why this is
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EXTERNAL
Hello all,
My name is Benjamin Doolittle UE, Secretary -General for the Mohawk Nation of the Grand
River Country ("Mohawk University"), I am a fraternal member of the Sha'tekari:wate; one of
nine sub -clans of the Mohawk Confederacy. I am writing to introduce myself and our project,
B1ueBelt + Grand River, The Haldimand Tract Land Trust Conservancy. (xww.bluebelt.or9)
Promised to the Mohawk descendants of the old villages of Canojaharie, Tikondarago, and
Aughugo and their posterity to enjoy forever. The Haldimand Tract is 950,000 acres or 3,844
square kilometers. The Grand River watershed is the largest inland river system in Oniatari:io
("beautiful lake"). It has a total area of 6,800 square kilometers. This acquired territory extends
to the mouth of the Lake Erie shoreline establishing riparian rights.
B1ueBelt + Grand River, The Haldimand Tract Land Trust Conservancy is commissioned by
The Mohawk Charitable Foundation for Grand River and learning organization ("Mohawk
University"). The first charitable foundation to be formed under the jurisdiction of the
Mohawk Nation of Grand River Country. The Trust is managed by Mohawk University for the
benefit of the U.E.L. (Loyalist) Mohawk Descendants.
The Mohawk Charitable Foundation for Grand River and learning organization ("Mohawk
University") exists to provide services to its members; and to enter into mutually beneficial
relationships with other charitable foundations, non-member persons, states, and other parties.
The Charitable Foundation is a non -incorporated, pre-Columbian longbody existing within the
metes and bounds of A'nowara'ko:wa (Great Turtle Island), for greater certainty but not
am:
limited to the Grand River Country ("Haldimand Province"). The first charitable foundation
was formed under the jurisdiction of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River Country.
The Mohawk University provides services to all members and non-members under its
jurisdiction until another Mohawk Nation foundation becomes ratified, at such point any
Mohawk Nation members beyond the Grand River would come under the jurisdiction of their
own respective Mohawk Nation foundation.
The directors of the Mohawk University welcome any interest and look forward to a further
expansion of the Mohawk Nation.
Please find (3) attached documents:
1. Mission and Vision Statement - Bluebelt
2. Conservation and Stewardship - Bluebelt
3. Haldimand Tract - Bluebelt
Sincerely,
Secretary -General Benjamin Doolittle U.E.
Office of Secretary -General for the
Mohawk Nation of Grand River Country
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Mohawk Nation of Grand River Country
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Mission and Vision Statement
The Haldimand Tract Land Trust Conservancy ("BlueBelt + Grand River") gets its name and geographic
boundaries from the days of early Mohawk settlement in acquired territories along the Grand River and
granting of the Haldimand Tract to Tyendanaga (Colonel Joseph Brant UEL) of the Mohawk Nation for the
benefit of the Loyalist Mohawk descendants forever in perpetuity.
Mission
The mission of Haldimand Tract Land Trust Conservancy is to protect, care for, and connect people to the
extraordinary lands that make this area special.
The Haldimand Tract Land Trust Conservancy protects the scenic, natural, agricultural, and open
landscapes of Grand River for the benefit of the community and future generations by:
• Developing long-term land protection strategies;
• Promoting private and public funding for land conservation;
• Acquiring land and conservation easements;
• Practicing stewardship, including the restoration of conservation properties; and
• Promoting a sense of place and a land ethic through activities, education, and outreach.
Vision
We see a future where the wild and working forests, the rivers and wetlands, the globally unique biotic
habitats, and the Grand River's rich farming and indigenous heritage —those things that define the
extraordinary place we call Grand River Country —are preserved forever, are lovingly cared for by
supportive communities and are cherished by all as an extraordinary gift that generations before has
made to future generations.
We will support our vision through a variety of strategies including:
• Work with landowners, resource agencies, and other conservation organizations, to preserve the
prime agricultural lands, open spaces, and wetland habitats of the Grand River watershed.
• Perform conservation activities that will result in improved health of the vital watersheds and
water resources of Grand River Country and positively impact our natural places through
rehabilitation.
• Collaborate with landowners, resource agencies, and other conservation organizations to protect
the entire ecosystem contained within the Haldimand Province, situated between the Lakes
Ontario, Erie, and Huron.
• Implement a process for refreshing and re-evaluating our Vision so that it continually reflects the
values of our community and honors the perpetual nature of the organization.
BlueBelt + Grand River, The Haldimand Tract Land Trust Conservancy is commissioned by The Mohawk Charitable
Foundation for Grand River and learning organization ("Mohawk University"). The first charitable foundation to be
formed under the jurisdiction of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River Country. The Trust is managed by Mohawk
University for the benifit of the U.E.L. Mohawk Descendants. infoCcDbluebelt.orq www.bluebelt.ora
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• Conduct conservation activities that will lead to greater opportunities for people to directly
experience the spectacular and diverse landscapes of Grand River Country.
• Create and maintain easement monitoring programs, land management practices, and landowner
partnerships that will be considered among the best in the world.
• Develop and sustain a robust financial reserve that ensures that we can continue to provide
excellent stewardship of our lands in perpetuity and will be able to move quickly to acquire key
parcels when opportunities arise.
• Become a recognized conservation leader, and model for other land trusts seeking to protect
critical habitat, managed forests, agricultural, open spaces, and wetlands.
BlueBelt + Grand River, The Haldimand Tract Land Trust Conservancy is commissioned by The Mohawk Charitable
Foundation for Grand River and learning organization ("Mohawk University"). The first charitable foundation to be
formed under the jurisdiction of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River Country. The Trust is managed by Mohawk
University for the benifit of the U.E.L. Mohawk Descendants. infoCcDbluebelt.ora www.bluebelt.ora
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BlueBelt + Grand River Conservation and Stewardship, A Haldimand Treaty Restoration Project
Promised to the Mohawk descendants of the old Villages of Canojaharie, Tikondarago, and Aughugo and
their posterity to enjoy forever. The Haldimand Tract is 950,000 acres or 3,844 square kilometers. The
Grand River watershed is the largest inland river system in Oniatari:io ("beautiful lake"). It has a total area
of 6,800 square kilometers. This acquired territory extends to the mouth of the Lake Erie shoreline
establishing riparian rights.
Land conservancies, also known as land trusts, are community -based, nonprofit organizations dedicated
to the permanent protection and stewardship of natural and working lands for the beneficiaries and public
good.
Land conservancies are positioned to act swiftly and professionally to help landowners and communities
protect the endangered places important to us all —open spaces that define our sense of place, connect
us to the natural world, and provide real services such as water quality protection, wildlife habitat, outdoor
recreation, and agri-sources of food and timber.
How does a Land Conservancy Work? Land conservancies are better suited than any other organization
to safeguard Grand River's natural beauty and the conservation values of our most important lands. To do
this, land conservancies use the following suite of tools to protect and steward land forever:
• Nature Preserves or Sanctuaries — Haldimand Tract Lands are acquired through reversion,
repossession, and expropriation, donation or purchase to be used as a nature preserve or
sanctuary. Often, these lands are open to the general public to visit and enjoy.
• Conservation Easements — A voluntary legal tool that allows the land to remain in private
ownership but permanently limits development to protect the conservation values of the property.
• Government Assists — Conservancies often help local communities or the Mohawk University
acquire public parkland and open space. Assistance can range from grant writing support to
leading fundraising campaigns.
• Stewardship — For the lands that are owned and managed by conservancies or for the
conservation easements they hold, stewardship is the term used for ongoing management and
monitoring to protect the conservation values of those properties.
• Education — Whether providing education to landowners about conservation options or engaging
community members in the stewardship of natural areas, conservancies educate people about
the values of participating within our own natural environment.
How do you inherently participate within your own environments? "Karen:na" The Mohawk name of the
force, principle, or magic power which is ... to be inherited in everybody and being in nature and in every
personified attribute, property, or activity, belonging to each of these and conceived to be the active cause
or force, or dynamic energy, involved in every operation or phenomenon of nature, in any manner
affecting or controlling the welfare of man.
BlueBelt + Grand River, The Haldimand Tract Land Trust Conservancy is commissioned by The Mohawk Charitable
Foundation for Grand River and learning organization ("Mohawk University"). The first charitable foundation to be
formed under the jurisdiction of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River Country. The Trust is managed by Mohawk
University for the benifit of the U.E.L. Mohawk Descendants. infoCcDbluebelt.orq www.bluebelt.ora
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This map seeks to outline the territory of the Haldimand Tract (`Province") as set out in the acquisition of
territory by the Haldimand Proclamation of 1784 and the recent struggles to fight off the alien occupying
BlueBelt + Grand River, The Haldimand Tract Land Trust Conservancy is commissioned by The Mohawk Charitable
Foundation for Grand River and learning organization ("Mohawk University"). The first charitable foundation to be
formed under the jurisdiction of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River Country. The Trust is managed by Mohawk
University for the benifit of the U.E.L. Mohawk Descendants. info�bluebelt.org www.bluebelt.org
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forces government, known collaborators, and land developers planning to profit on stolen lands. The
interactive map divides the Haldimand Province into smaller tracts based on the history of land theft
orchestrated by alien residents and occupying foreign governments.
The expression `acquisition of territory' is usually employed as meaning the establishment of sovereignty
over a given piece of land. Well-known UN Security Council resolutions refer to `acquisition of territory' in
this manner, notably Resolution 242 (1967). The expression, however, requires some precision. First,
strictly speaking, 'territory' as a term of art comprises not only emerged land, but also airspace, the
territorial sea, and internal waters.
BlueBelt + Grand River, The Haldimand Tract Land Trust Conservancy is a direct response to the
encroachments of the Haldimand tract, intensified by preservation projects of the greenbelt that directly
promotes rampant development within the Haldimand tract. The greenbelt rests alongside the Haldimand
tract straddling boundaries.
The Haldimand Tract Land Trust Conservancy services the Haldimand Province under a claim of right to
peaceable possession of the Haldimand Tract under operation of a formal treaty known as the Haldimand
Proclamation, a sacrosanct agreement. BlueBelt + Grand River is empowered by Mohawk University.
BlueBelt + Grand River, The Haldimand Tract Land Trust Conservancy is commissioned by The Mohawk Charitable
Foundation for Grand River and learning organization ("Mohawk University"). The first charitable foundation to be
formed under the jurisdiction of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River Country. The Trust is managed by Mohawk
University for the benifit of the U.E.L. Mohawk Descendants. infoCcDbluebelt.ora www.bluebelt.ora
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