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Report to Council Meeting of October 30, 2017
Subject: General Government Committee Meeting of Tuesday, October 16, 2017
Recommendations:
1. Receive for Information
(a) 9.1 Minutes of the Newcastle Village Community Hall Board dated
June 20, 2017
(b) 9.2 Minutes of the Orono Business Improvement Area dated
September 14, 2017
(c) 9.3 Minutes of the Tyrone Community Centre dated August 16,
2017 and September 20, 2017
(d) 9.4 Minutes of the Kawartha Conservation Authority dated July
26, 2017
(e) 9.5 Minutes of the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority
dated September 21, 2017
(f) 9.6 Jasmin Ralph, Clerk, Township of Montague - Ontario's
Wildlife Damage Compensation Program
(g) OPD-009-17 Update on the Removal of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Infested
Trees in Clarington
(h) CLD-016-17 Clarington's 2018 Municipal Elections - Various Matters for
Information
2. Gabriel Medel-Carratala, Design-Build Director, Blackbird Constructors
407 General Partnership – Highway 407 East Phase 2 Noise By-law
Exemption Request
That Communication Item 10.1, Gabriel Medel-Carratala, Design-Build Director,
Blackbird Constructors 407 General Partnership – Highway 407 East Phase 2
Noise By-law Exemption Request, an exemption to the Municipality’s Noise By-law
2007-071 for work along the future Highway 418 from north of Highway 2 to
Highway 401 from October 31, 2017 to December 20, 2017, be approved.
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3. Stephanie Paparella, Legislative Coordinator, Office of the City Clerk,
City of Hamilton – Assessment Act Amendments – Providing a Property
Tax Exemption to Non-Profit Long-term Care Homes
That the Communication Item 10.2, Stephanie Paparella, Legislative Coordinator,
Office of the City Clerk, City of Hamilton – Assessment Act Amendments –
Providing a Property Tax Exemption to Non-Profit Long-term Care Homes, be
endorsed.
4. Willie Woo, Chair, Newcastle Village Community Hall Board of
Clarington – Request to Endorse Resolution of the Newcastle Village
Community Hall Board
That Communication Item 10.5, Willie Woo, Chair, Newcastle Village Community
Hall Board of Clarington – Request to Endorse Resolution of the Newcastle Village
Community Hall Board, be endorsed.
5. Roger Anderson, Regional Chair and CEO, Regional Municipality of
Durham – Regarding Closure of the CBSA Outports and Postal
Operations Office 1200 Airport Boulevard, Oshawa
That the Communication Item 10.3, Roger Anderson, Regional Chair and CEO,
Regional Municipality of Durham – Regarding Closure of the CBSA Outports and
Postal Operations Office 1200 Airport Boulevard, Oshawa, be endorsed.
6. Mayor John Henry, City of Oshawa – Regarding Proposed Removal of
Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) Services from the Oshawa
Executive Airport
That the Communication Item 10.4, Mayor John Henry, City of Oshawa –
Regarding Proposed Removal of Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Services from the Oshawa Executive Airport, be endorsed.
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7. Building Permit and Inspection Fee Amendments and New Building By-
Law
That Report EGD-020-17 be received;
That the Building By-Law be revised to reflect the changes noted with
Report EGD-020 17;
That the building permit fee and inspection fee structure as detailed in the new
Building By-Law be approved;
That the revised Building By-Law be approved as effective October 31, 2017; and
That the Building By-Law, attached to Report EGD-020-17, be recommended to
Council for approval to repeal and replace By-Law 2011-036, as amended.
8. 2017/2018 Insurance Program
That Report FND-015-17 be received;
That the general insurance placement, in conjunction with the other member
municipalities of the Durham Municipal Insurance Pool, with the Frank Cowan
Company for an integrated pooling arrangement that includes integrated insurance
coverages and common self-retention deductible levels for the period July 1, 2017
to June 30, 2018, at an approximate cost to Clarington of $900,653 be confirmed;
That Clarington’s share of the $4.2 million surplus funds, amounting to $544,740 be
utilized for risk management and claims prevention projects as identified; and
That the purchase of cyber liability coverage through the Frank Cowan Company at
a cost of $21,600 be confirmed.
9. RFP2017-6 Robinson Creek and Tooley Creek Subwatershed Study
That Report COD-018-17 be received;
That the proposal received from Aqua for Beech Limited being the most responsive
bidder meeting all terms, conditions and specifications of RFP2017-6 and subject to
a satisfactory reference check, be awarded the contract for the provision of
Robinson Creek and Tooley Creek Subwatershed Study, subject to receipt of
funding from the South East Courtice Landowners Group;
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That the funds required in the amount of $ 350,329.15 (net HST Rebate) be drawn
from the following accounts:
Planning Administration -Consulting # 100-50-130-00000-7160 $175,164.58
Developer Contributions # 100-21-130-00000-1010 $175,164.57
That all interested parties listed in Report COD-018-17 and any registered
interested parties will be advised of Council's decision regarding the award by the
Corporate Services Department.
10. Tree By-law
That staff be directed to prepare a report, for consideration at the November 27,
2017 General Government Committee meeting, on possible amendments to
Clarington’s Tree By-law 97-35 to regulate the protection of individual trees.