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Electronic Council Communications Information
Package
Date: May 20, 2022
Time: 12:00 PM
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Electronic Council Communications Information Package (ECCIP)
May 20, 2022
Pages
1. Region of Durham Correspondence
1.1. Taunton Road Reconstruction East of Townline Road to West of 3
Bowmanville Avenue Municipality of Clarington - Notice of Study
Completion - May 19, 2022
2. Durham Municipalities Correspondence
2.1. Town of Ajax - Vacant Home Tax - May 17, 2022 5
3. Other Municipalities Correspondence
3.1. Town of Rainy River - Connecting Links - May 9, 2022 7
3.2. City of Brantford - Release of all Federal and Provincial Documents 8
Related to the Former Mohawk Institute Residential School - May 18,
2022
4. Provincial / Federal Government and their Agency Correspondence
5. Miscellaneous Correspondence
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Taunton Road Reconstruction
east of Townline Road to west of Bowmanville Avenue
Municipality of Clarington
Notice of Study Completion
Works Department May 19, 2022 Public Notice
The Regional Municipality of Durham has completed a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment
(MCEA) study for improvements to Taunton Road (Regional Road 4) from east of Townline Road
(Regional Road 55) to west of Bowmanville Avenue (Regional Road 57) in the Municipality of
Clarington (see map). This study was completed in accordance with the MCEA planning and design
process for Schedule `C' projects.
Based on the evaluation of design alternatives, and considering stakeholder input, the preferred
design includes:
• Repaving Taunton Road from east of Townline Road to west of Bowmanville Avenue.
• Reconstructing the shoulder and raising the grade of Taunton Road to improve drainage.
• Roundabouts at Courtice Road, Solina Road, and Old Scugog Road.
• Roadway realignments, culvert modifications, and replacement of the Hampton Bridge.
For more information, a summary of the study process and associated recommendations are
documented within an Environmental Study Report.
This Notice places the Environmental Study Report on the public record for review and comment for
thirty (30) calendar days from May 19, 2022 to June 18, 2022 on the Region's website at:
durham.ca/Taunton Road MCEA. Interested persons may provide written comments to our project
team by June 18, 2022. All comments and concerns should be sent directly to the following staff
member from the Regional Municipality of Durham, Works Department:
Barry Hodson, C.E.T.
Senior Project Coordinator, Transportation Design
605 Rossland Road East, Whitby, Ontario L1 N 6A3
905-668-7711 or 1-800-372-1102 ext. 3839
Barry. Hodson @durham.ca
In addition, a request may be made to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks for an
order requiring a higher level of study (i.e. requiring an individual/comprehensive Environmental
Assessment approval before being to able to proceed), or that conditions be imposed (e.g. require
further studies), only on the grounds that the requested order may prevent, mitigate or remedy
adverse impacts on constitutionally protected Aboriginal and treaty rights. Requests on other grounds
will not be considered. Requests should include the requester contact information and be received by
July 18, 2022.
Requests should specify what kind of order is being requested (request for conditions or request for
an individual/comprehensive environmental assessment), how an order may prevent, mitigate or
remedy potential adverse impacts on Aboriginal and treaty rights, and any information in support of
the statements in the request. This will ensure that the ministry is able to efficiently begin reviewing
the request. The request should be sent in writing or by email to:
Minister of Environment, Conservation
and Parks
Ministry of the Environment,
Conservation and Parks
777 Bay Street, 5t" Floor
Toronto ON M7A 2J3
Minister.mecp@ontario.ca
Director, Environmental Assessment
Branch
Ministry of the Environment,
Conservation and Parks
and 135 St. Clair Ave. W., 1st Floor
Toronto ON, M4V 1 P5
EABDirector@ontario.ca
The Regional Municipality of Durham Works Department
605 Rossland Rd. E., Whitby Ont. L1 N 6A3
Telephone: 905-668-7711 or 1-800-372-1102
durham.ca/T,3y�gnRoad MCEA
Works Department Public Notice
Requests should also be copied to Barry Hodson at the Regional Municipality of Durham by mail or
by e-mail. For more information on requests for orders under section 16 of the Environmental
Assessment Act visit:
https://www.ontario.ca/page/class-environmental-assessments-section-16-order
Please note under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the
authority of section 30 of the Environmental Assessment Act, unless otherwise stated in the
submission, any personal information included in a submission will become part of the public record
files for this matter and will be released, if requested, to any person.
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clerks durham.ca
Sent by E-Mail
May 17, 2022
Re: Vacant Home Tax
TOWN OF AJAX
65 Harwood Avenue South
Ajax ON L1 S 3S9 www.ajax.ca
The following resolution was passed by Ajax Town Council at its meeting held on May 16, 2022:
WHEREAS the dramatic increase to housing costs in Ontario due, in part, to high demand
and low supply may be exacerbated by homes sitting vacant;
AND WHEREAS to lead to a reduction in vacant homes, Part IX.1 Optional Tax on Vacant
Residential Units, of the Municipal Act, 2001 provides interested municipalities with the option
to seek designation status from the Minister of Finance to be granted the authority to impose
a tax on vacant residential units in certain circumstances;
AND WHEREAS other municipalities, including the City of Toronto, City of Ottawa, and
Region of Halton have approved the development and implementation of a vacant homes tax;
AND WHEREAS Ajax Council wishes to protect the availability and affordability of housing in
Ajax, and reduce the negative impacts of vacant homes on Ajax residents;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
1. Ajax Council support the review of a vacant homes tax by Durham Region; and
2. This motion be circulated to the Regional Municipality of Durham and lower -tier
municipalities in Durham Region.
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If you require further information please contact me at 905-619-2529 ext. 3347 or
sarah.moore(c)-aiax.ca.
Sincerely,
Sarah Moore
Acting Manager of Legislative Services/Deputy Clerk
Copy: Regional Councillor S. Lee
Councillor L. Bower
All Durham Region municipalities
PO Box 488 Office Phone: (807) 852-3244
201 Atwood Avenue Clerk Phone: (807) 852-3978
Rainy River, ON Fax: (807) 852-3553
POW ILO Email: rainyriver@tbaytel.net
* Website: www.rainyriver.ca
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Town of Rai p 3Mber
RESOLUTION
MOVED BY DATE: Mav 9. 2022
SECONDED BY � 2z� RESOLUTION: 20-009
"WHEREAS Section 21 of the Public Translation and Highway Improvement Act allows the Minister
of Transportation to designate a highway or part of a highway as a connecting link between parts of the
King's Highway or as an extension of the King's Highway, to be constructed and maintained by the road
authority having jurisdiction over the highway or part of the highway;
AND WHEREAS the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) Connecting Link Program does not provide
sufficient funding to adequately provide for the high cost of maintaining these Connecting Links;
AND WHEREAS this may lead to hazardous road conditions;
AND WHEREAS these Connecting Links were once maintained by the Province of Ontario;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT care and maintenance of these Connecting Links in
small or rural municipalities, such as the 2.70 km of Atwood Avenue (Highway 11) in Rainy River, be
returned to the MTO.
AND FURTHER THAT this resolution be sent to the Minister of Transportation, the MPP for Kenora-
Rainy River and to all Ontario Municipalities." /
ABSTAIN CARRIED
AYES DEFEATED
NAYES
L. ARMSTRONG
D. EWALD MAY6A OR ACTING MAYOR
B. HELGESON
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P. WHITOSKI
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May 18, 2022
Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM);
Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO);
Sent via email: resolutions(a_).fcm.ca ; policy6c�amo.on.ca
To Whom it may concern:
Please be advised that Brantford City Council at its Special City Council meeting held May 17,
2022 adopted the following:
5.1 Release of all Federal and Provincial Documents Related to the Former Mohawk
Institute Residential School
WHEREAS the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Final Report, 2015 confirmed that
Residential Schools were part of a coherent policy implemented by the Federal
Government to eliminate Indigenous people as distinct Peoples and to assimilate them
into Christian society against their will; and
WHEREAS the Deputy Minister of Indian Affairs Duncan Campbell Scott outlined the
goals of that policy in 1920, when he told a parliamentary committee that "our object is to
continue until there is not a single Indian in Canada that has not been absorbed into the
body politic..."; and
WHEREAS the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Final Report, 2015 also confirmed
that despite the coercive measures that the government adopted, it failed to achieve its
policy goals. Although Indigenous Peoples and cultures have been badly damaged, they
continue to exist; and
WHEREAS the former Mohawk Institute Residential School operated from 1831 to 1970
within the boundaries of what is now the City of Brantford; and
WHEREAS Survivors have released statements of missing, murdered, and buried
students; and
WHEREAS, to date, the unmarked burials of over 7000 missing Indigenous children
have been discovered nation-wide; and
WHEREAS, following the May 2021 announcement by Tk'emlups to Secwepemc First
Nation of locating 215 potential burials of children in unmarked graves at the Kamloops
Indian Residential School in British Columbia, the Survivors of the Mohawk Institute,
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE City Hall, 58 Dalhousie Street, Brantford, ON N3T 2J2 P.0 Box 818, Brantford, ON N3T 5R7
Phone: (519) 759-4150 Fax: (519) 759-7840 www.brantford.ca
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along with their families and community members called on the Federal and Provincial
governments to support a search for the remains of missing children who may have been
buried on the Mohawk Institute's grounds and the surrounding area; and
WHEREAS, as of November, 2021, a search, led by the Survivors' Secretariat, of the
Mohawk Institute Residential School grounds and over 200 hectares of land associated
with the school began; and
WHEREAS Survivors of the Mohawk Institute Residential School are demanding the
release of all Federal and Provincial documents related to the former Mohawk Institute
Residential School; and
WHEREAS staff of the City of Brantford are currently undertaking a search of City
records and archives for any documents, maps, or other relevant information related to
the operation of the Mohawk Institute Residential School in order to release this
information to the Survivors' Secretariat to aid in the search for truth, justice and healing;
and
WHEREAS this Council is committed to working to advance reconciliation and renewed
relationships with First Nations; and
WHEREAS the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada issued 94 Calls to
Action, thirteen of which are directed at municipal governments;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
A. THAT the Council of The Corporation of the City of Brantford respectfully
REQUESTS THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE, to the Survivors' Secretariat, of all
documents in the possession of the Government of Canada or the Government of
Ontario and the Anglican Church related to the former Mohawk Institute
Residential School now located on Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, within
the geographic boundaries of the City of Brantford; and
B. THAT the Clerk BE DIRECTED to send a copy of this resolution to: Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau; Premier Doug Ford; Minister of Crown -Indigenous Relations Marc
Miller; Minister of Indigenous Services, Patty Hajdu; Minister of Indigenous Affairs,
Greg Rickford; Linda Nicholls, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada; MPP
Will Bouma; MP Larry Brock, Mayor David Bailey; Chief Mark Hill; Chief Stacey
Laforme; and the Survivors' Secretariat; and
C. THAT the Clerk BE DIRECTED to send a copy of this resolution to the Federation
of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and the Association of Municipalities Ontario
(AMO) for circulation to all municipalities in Ontario with an invitation to adopt a
similar resolution, and, specifically, to those located within the Haldimand Tract,
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE City Hall, 58 Dalhousie Street, Brantford, ON N3T 2J2 P.0 Box 818, Brantford, ON N3T 5R7
Phone: (519) 759-4150 Fax: (519) 759-7840 www.brantford.ca
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including: Haldimand County; the County of Brant; the City of Cambridge; the City
of Kitchener; the City of Waterloo; and the Region of Waterloo.
I trust this information is of assistance.
Yours truly,
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Tanya Daniels
City Clerk, tdaniels brantford.ca
Cc All Ontario Municipalities
Survivors' Secretariat
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE City Hall, 58 Dalhousie Street, Brantford, ON N3T 2.12 P.0 Box 818, Brantford, ON N3T 5117
Phone: (519) 759-4150 Fax: (519) 759-7840 www.brantford.ca
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