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Report To: Council Report Number: GGR-014-20
Date of Meeting: October 13, 2020
Report Subject: General Government Committee Meeting of September 28, 2020
Recommendations:
1. Receive for Information
(a) 9.2 Minutes from the Newcastle Business Improvement Area
dated September 10, 2020
(b) 9.3 Minutes from the Energy from Waste – Waste Management
Advisory Committee dated July 15, 2020
(c) 9.4 D. Patrick McNeil, Chair-Board of Directors, Elexicon
Corporation, Regarding Elexicon Corporation Dividend
Payment
(d) 9.5 Memo from Stephen Brake, Director of Public Works,
Regarding Drainage in Solina
(e) 9.6 The Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Natural
Resources, Response to Correspondence Arising out of
Resolution #C-282-20
(f) 9.7 Dan Carter, Mayor, City of Oshawa, Regarding Municipal
Challenges Regarding On-Line Home-Sharing Platforms
(g) ESD-006-20 Emergency Services Activity Report – Q2 2020
(h) FND-032-20 Award of Contracts During Council Recess
(i) FND-033-20 Financial Update as of June 30, 2020
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(j) 21.3 Gavin Battarino, Special Project Officer, Ministry of the
Environment, Conservation and Parks, Regarding EA
Designation Request – Anaerobic Digester
2. Scott Parnell, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Regarding Port Granby
Project
That the delegation of Scott Parnell, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, regarding Port
Granby Project, be received with thanks.
3. Minutes and Terms of Reference of the Accountability & Audit
Committee dated July 14, 2020
That Correspondence Item 9.1 be received; and
That the Accountability and Audit Committee’s Terms of Reference be amended by
adding the words “(including any actions taken)” after the words “The unapproved
minutes”.
4. Design and Build Newcastle Skate Park
That Report FND-034-20 be received;
That the proposal received from Transition Construction and Scatliff + Miller +
Murray having the highest rank proposal and a bid of $290,016.00 (net HST
rebate), meeting all terms, conditions and specifications of RFP2020-6 be awarded
the contract for the design and build services for the Newcastle Skate Park;
That the funds required for this project including a 5% contingency allowance in the
total amount of $305,000.00 (net HST rebate) is in the approved budget allocation
as provided, be funded from the following account:
Description Account Number Amount
Newcastle Community Park 110-32-325-83436-7401 $305,000
That all interested parties listed in Report FND-034-20 and any delegations be
advised of Council’s decision.
5. Public Access to Municipal Property East of Mearns Avenue at
Longworth Avenue
Whereas local residents, groups of young people, and recreational vehicles are
accessing Municipally owned Environmental Protection (EP) property immediately
south of Longworth Avenue and east of Mearns Avenue;
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And whereas the majority of the pedestrians and the all-terrain vehicles are
accessing the area at the east end of Longworth next through a narrow entrance
adjacent to a private residence located at 273 Longworth Avenue;
And whereas the municipal property is part of the Soper Creek watershed and
includes a small grassy clearing south of three residences on Longworth, a “trail”
that extends along a precipitous thirty-foot drop from Longworth Avenue south to
the train tracks, curving west along the rail corridor to a dead end at Mearns
Avenue; a stormwater management pond which fills in the spring; all of which pose
a serious threat to the health and safety of residents unlawfully accessing the land;
And whereas Clarington has installed a fence along Mearns Avenue preventing
access to this area;
Now therefore be it resolved:
That Staff install chain link fencing at least six feet high along the east end of
Longworth from Crough Street along the cul-de-sac to the property located at 273
Longworth Avenue (approximately forty feet) and a short section west of 285
Longworth Avenue (approximately eight feet);
That Staff install signage, similar to the signage in place on the fence at
Mearns/Longworth, indicating the property is Municipal/EP property and that no
trespassing is permitted; and
That Canadian Pacific (CP) Railway be asked to repair the damaged fence along
the north side of the train tracks immediately east of Mearns Avenue at
Longworth Avenue and to take the necessary steps to prevent the Municipal land
east of Mearns Avenue from being accessed via the train tracks (i.e. install
additional fencing as required).
6.Public-Private Proposal for Uxbridge Municipal Park and Trail System
That the Uxbridge Municipal Park and Trail System Linkage Proposal be endorsed
by the Municipality of Clarington.
7.Whistle Cessation Funding Options
That Report FND-029-20 be received;
That $750,000, from the Tax Rate Stabilization Reserve Fund, be approved for
capital work to complete whistle cessation work for Cobbledick Road and Bennett
Road crossings;
That Staff proceed with all necessary steps in order for whistle cessations at
Cobbledick Road and Bennett Road crossings to be approved by Transport
Canada; and
That all interested parties listed in Report FND-029-20 and any delegations be
advised of Council’s decision.