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MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

(Pursuant to Section 25 of the Community Planning Act)

Public notice is hereby given that the Council of the Town of Shediac intends to consider an amendment to its By-Law P-14-36 entitled “Municipal Development Plan” in order to change the designation of the properties having the identification number 70136841, 70139266, 70139274, 00973784 and 70624564 on the Land Use Map from Residential (R) to Commercial (C).

A public presentation will take place at the Town Hall at 290 Main Street on Monday, December 12, 2022, at 6:45 p.m. Objections to the proposed by-law may be made to Council within thirty (30) days from the date of the public presentation. Written objections may be forwarded to the Clerk of the Town of Shediac, 290 Main Street, Unit 300, Shediac, NB E4P 2E3.

The public presentation will be broadcast on YouTube and those who wish to view the session will be able to do so by clicking on the following link: link to come.

Per: Gilles Belleau
Town Clerk

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Town of Shediac proposes to adopt the by-law listed below. This by-law may be examined Monday to Thursday, between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to Noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and on Friday from 7:30 a.m. to Noon at the Town office, 290 Main Street, Unit #300, Shediac, N.B. The Council of the Town of Shediac has adopted this by-law with the first reading at the regular council meeting held on October 31, 2022, and has the intention to adopt this by-law with the second reading at the regular council meeting on November 28, 2022 and has the intention to adopt this by-law with the third reading at the regular council meeting on December 12, 2022.

By-Law #23-24 A BY-LAW RELATING TO THE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

(Photo courtesy of NB Power)
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October 20, 2022
For immediate release

Town of Shediac proud to receive the Jean-Jacques Roy Award for Excellence in Municipal Innovation from the association representing New Brunswick’s francophone municipalities

SHEDIAC, N.B. – The Town of Shediac is proud to receive the 2022 the Jean-Jacques Roy Award for Excellence in Municipal Innovation from the Association francophone des municipalités du Nouveau-Brunswick (AFMNB). The presentation was made last weekend at the Association’s annual general meeting held in Edmundston.

Shediac received the award for its Smart Energy Community Project in partnership with NB Power, Siemens Canada and National Research Council Canada, an initiative to increase the level of solar power in the municipality. The project will see more than 400 Shediac homeowners install and test energy technology that includes solar and battery energy storage systems, thermal storage heat pumps and smart thermostats.

As well, NB Power will be adding solar panels, battery energy storage and energy efficiency upgrades to two major Shediac buildings – the Shediac Multipurpose Centre and the Government of Canada Pension Centre. These buildings will be connected to a 1.63 MW solar farm within town limits. The goal is to reduce energy use and increase reliance on renewable energy. Excess electricity from the solar farm will flow into the community via the distribution system. These buildings will be New Brunswick’s first net-zero commercial buildings.

“On behalf of the Town of Shediac, I want to thank the AFMNB for this recognition,” said Roger Caissie, Mayor of Shediac. “I also want to thank our exceptional partners in this Smart Energy Community Project, including NB Power, Siemens Canada and National Research Council Canada, not to mention our most important partners – the people of Shediac.”

“Without the participation of hundreds of local residents, this project would not be possible,” Mr. Caissie said. “In fact, Siemens Canada CEO Faisal Kazi has said that the scope of this research project in Shediac is not only a first for Canada, but also the world. As the Lobster Capital of the World, we aim for nothing less!”

Through the project, consumers will be able to lower their energy costs by incorporating more green energy into their electrical usage. “These types of innovations have taken on more urgency as storms such as Dorian and – more recently – Fiona have plunged our area into darkness. With climate change affecting seaside communities more and more, we need to do what we can in order to diversify the ways in which we generate electricity.”

Mr. Caissie also recognized former mayor Jacques LeBlanc and former NB Power CEO Gaëtan Thomas as playing essential roles in implementing this project at its beginning. “Without their vision and collaboration, this project would not have happened.”

The Shediac Smart Energy Community Project is part of Smart Grid Atlantic, a four-year, federally funded initiative supporting energy technology projects in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

The Jean-Jacques Roy Award for Excellence in Municipal Innovation was launched in 2007 and is awarded annually to an AFMNB member municipality that has demonstrated innovation in infrastructure, social development, language, culture, arts and heritage, ecology/environment, or francophone promotion and pride. Municipalities must also demonstrate how they promote, where relevant, the equality of the linguistic communities (including the Mi'kmaq) within their territory in signage, municipal operations and community life.

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Media contact:

Gilles Belleau
General Manager and Clerk
Town of Shediac
506.531.2227
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