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HomeMy WebLinkAboutGG Report 2017-03-06 General Government Committee Report to Council Page 1 Report to Council Meeting of March 20, 2017 Subject: General Government Committee Meeting of Monday, March 6, 2017 Recommendations: 1. Receive for Information (a) 8.1 Minutes of the Bowmanville Business Improvement Area Board of Management dated January 10, 2017 (b) 8.2 Minutes of the Newcastle Downtown Business Improvement Area Association dated January 17, 2017 and February 9, 2017 (c) 8.3 Minutes of the Orono Business Improvement Area dated November 15, 2016 (d) 8.4 Minutes of the Kawartha Conservation Authority dated January 25, 2017 (e) 8.5 Paul Macklin, Chair, Nominating Committee, Durham College Board of Governors – Vacancy for an External Governor (f) 8.6 Cheryl Bandel, Acting Regional Clerk, The Regional Municipality of Durham – Durham Environmental Advisory Committee 2016 Annual Report and 2017 Workplan (2017 COW -32) (g) 8.7 Cheryl Bandel, Acting Regional Clerk, The Regional Municipality of Durham – Durham Trail Coordinating Committee Annual Report and 2017 Workplan (2017 COW 29) (h) CSD-002-17 Community Services - 2016 Year End Review (i) CLD-005-17 2016 Accessibility Annual Status Update (j) FND-002-17 Financial Update as at December 31, 2016 General Government Committee Report to Council For Council Meeting of March 20, 2017 Page 2 2. Lorraine Sunstrum-Mann, Executive Director, Grandview Children’s Centre Regarding the Grandview Children’s Centre Annual Update Whereas the Council of the Municipality of Clarington supports the Grandview Children’s Centre and the many valuable services they provide within Durham Region; and Whereas the existing service demands for the Region of Durham exceeds the existing infrastructure and facilities; Now therefore be it resolved that the Premier of Ontario be requested to provide the necessary funding to enable the Grandview Children’s Centre to build the much needed facilities in Ajax as presented; and That the delegation of Lorraine Sunstrum-Mann, Executive Director, Grandview Children’s Centre regarding the Grandview Children’s Centre annual update, be received with thanks. 3. Marian Timmermans and Donna Metcalf-Woo – Loss of Long-term Care Beds in Bowmanville Whereas the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care has not released newly licensed LTC beds in Ontario in over 20 years; Whereas in order to obtain bed licenses, providers have to purchase existing long-term care (LTC) beds in Ontario; Whereas the Province has a demographic with needs beyond the LHIN focus of in- home services that allow seniors to stay in their own home longer; Whereas primary caregivers are feeling helpless, worn out and depressed over the lack of support while their loved ones languish on a waiting list for long-term care; Whereas in the Municipality of Clarington, Durham Christian Homes, the owners of Marnwood and Strathaven, intend to move 160 of its 244 LTC beds from the community of Bowmanville and move the LTC beds to a proposed new build LTC home on their current site of rental apartments for seniors on Glen Hill Dr., Whitby; Whereas the reassignment of 160 LTC beds from Bowmanville to Whitby will be a huge loss to our community; General Government Committee Report to Council For Council Meeting of March 20, 2017 Page 3 Now therefore be it resolved, that the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care be requested to not approve the transfer of 160 LTC beds from Bowmanville to Whitby and retain and maintain the 160 LTC beds in Bowmanville; That the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care be requested to immediately increase the number of Long-Term Care (nursing home, homes for the aged, charitable homes) beds in the Municipality of Clarington, the Region of Durham, and across Ontario as to eliminate the waiting list of people who can no longer stay in their own home and/or stuck in a hospital bed through no fault of their own; and That this Resolution be forwarded to Hon. Dr. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, AMO, Durham MPP’s and the Region of Durham. 4. Gay Family Partnership Subdivision Phases 1 and 2, Courtice, Plans 40M-1939 and 40M-2489 'Certificate of Acceptance' and 'Assumption By-law', Final Works Including Roads and Other Related Works That Report EGD-007-17 be received; That the Director of Engineering Services be authorized to issue a ‘Certificate of Acceptance’ for the Final Works, which includes final stage roads and other related Works, constructed within Plans 40M-1939 and 40M-2489; That Council approve the by-law attached to Report EGD-007-17 (Attachment 2 to Report EGD-007-17) assuming certain streets within Plans 40M-1939, 40M-2489, and adjacent Plans 40M-1839 and 40R-16748 as public highways; and That all interested parties listed in Report EGD-007-17 be advised of Council’s decision. 5. OCIF Top-Up Application - Execution of Agreement That Report EGD-009-17 be received; That the By-law attached to Report EGD-009-17 as Attachment 2 to Report EGD-009 17 be approved; and That all interested parties listed in Report EGD-009-17 and any delegations be advised of Council's decision. General Government Committee Report to Council For Council Meeting of March 20, 2017 Page 4 6. White Cliffe Terrace Retirement Residence - Emergency Evacuation Centre Request That Report CSD-003-17 be received; That White Cliffe Terrace Retirement Residence be approved to designate the Courtice Community Complex as an emergency relocation site for localized emergencies, subject to the conditions outlined in Report CSD-003-17; and That White Cliffe Terrace Retirement Residence be advised of Council's decision. 7. Balloon Releases That Report CLD-004-17 be received; That, whereas mass balloon releases have been proven to cause environmental concerns, the Council of the Municipality of Clarington hereby declares that releases of balloons, greater than 10 during a 24-hour period, be banned; That Council's direction on this matter be addressed by the approval of the draft By-law, Attachment 1 to Report CLD-004-17, being a by-law to amend By-law 2003-101 regulating dumping, disposing and removing of refuse, debris, litter and other waste materials on lands within the Municipality of Clarington, be approved; That Staff be directed to write to the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Canada asking that the Ministry take appropriate measures to address this environmental issues surrounding the release of balloons, as has been done in other jurisdictions in the United States; That Report CLD-004-17 be forwarded to all Durham Region municipalities requesting that they also ban balloon releases; and That all interested parties listed in Report CLD-004-17 and any delegations be advised of Council's decision. 8. Service Delivery Review Approach That Report CAO-002-17 be received; and That Council approve the recommendations set out in Report CAO-002-17. General Government Committee Report to Council For Council Meeting of March 20, 2017 Page 5 9. Broadband Options for Clarington That Report CAO-004-17 be received; That the Municipality of Clarington, through the Clarington Board of Trade and Office of Economic Development, continue working with the group representing Regional stakeholders and further investigate the feasibility of the telMAX Proposal; and That all interested parties listed in Report CAO-004-17 and any delegations be advised of Council’s decision.