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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
REPORT
PLANNING SERVICES
Meeting:
GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Date:
Monday, June 20, 2005
Addendum to
Report #: PSD-032-05
File #: PLN 37,1
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By-law #:
Subject:
ORONO COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM APPROVAL
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that Council approve the following:
1, THAT Addendum to Report PSD-032-05 be received;
2, THAT Council delegate the authority to accept the Minister's modifications to the
Orono Community Improvement Plan, which Council approved by By-Law 2005-
009 to the Director of Planning Services and Director of Finance, providing that
the modifications are minor in nature and do not alter the intent of the community
improvement program; and
3, THAT all interested parties advised of Council's decision.
Submitted by:
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D vi . Crome, M,C.I.P.,R.P.P. Franklin Wu
Director, Planning Services Chief Administrative Officer
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15 June 2005
CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
40 TEMPERANCE STREET, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO L 1C 3A6 T (905)623-3379 F (905)623-0830
ADDENDUM TO REPORT NO.: PSD-032-05
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1.0 BACKGROUND
1.1 On September 15th, 2003 Council approved the preparation of a Community
Improvement Plan (CIP) for Orono and a study area Bylaw 2003-124,
1,2 Staff have developed and written, with the assistance of the community focus
group and public a Community Improvement Plan and program for the project
area,
1.3 Council held a statutory public meeting on February 7th, 2005 to review the
Community Improvement Plan and hear any public delegations, none appeared,
1.4 On March 21 st Council adopted both the Bylaw 2005-038 which designates the
community improvement project area and Bylaw 2005-039 which adopted the
Section 5 and Figure 1 of the Orono Community Improvement Plan Document as
the community improvement plan,
1,5 The Community Improvement Plan was submitted to the Ministry of Municipal
Affairs and Housing for approval pursuant to Section 28(4) of the Planning Act.
The Minister's approval is required to allow the Municipality to make grants or
loans to the registered owners, assessed owners, and tenants of land and
buildings within a community improvement project area to pay for the cost, in
whole or part, of rehabilitating lands and buildings in conformity with the
community improvement plan within the community improvement project area,
1,6 The Orono Community Improvement Plan consists of grant programs for signage
and fa~ade improvement, property acquisition for municipal parking, capital
funding for improvements located on municipal lands (such as streetscape
works), ongoing liaison with the Orono BIA, Orono Crown Lands Trust, Orono
Town Hall Board and others.
2.0 COMMENTS
2,1 The Ministry staff have had an opportunity to review the Community
Improvement Plan and provide comments. In discussion with the Ministry staff,
there are minor mOdifications that would clarify the intent of the Community
Improvement Plan they wish to see added to the document. The overall intent of
the Community Improvement Plan is not affected nor is the project area and
grant program. The additional comments can be added by a Minister's
modification prior to his approval of the document.
2.2 We anticipate that the Minister's modification will be arriving during the summer
recess period. So as not to delay provision of grants to the property owners and
merchants of Orono, we are recommending that Council delegate the authority to
accept the Minister's modification to the Directors of Planning Services and
Finance, providing that the modifications are minor in nature and do not alter the
intent of the community improvement program,
ADDENDUM TO REPORT NO.: PSD-032-05
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2.3 At this point in time, we do not have the comments of the Ministry in hand to
provide to Council. However, we have been informed by Ministry staff that they
will be providing comments to us during the week of June 20th, As soon as we
have the comments we will provide them via e-mail to Council (attachment 1).
2.4 The Community Improvement Plan was also circulated to a number of other
agencies, some of whom we had not heard from when Council approved the
document. Since that time we have received comments from other agencies,
there are no objections or revisions that need to be adopted from those agencies.
3.0 CONCLUSION
3.1 To provide for the distribution of grants to property owners and tenants in
keeping with the grant program outlined in the Orono Community Improvement
Plan it is respectfully recommended that Council delegate the authority to accept
the Minister's modifications to the Directors of Planning Services and Finance.
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - Comments from the Ministry (to be distributed bye-mail when received)
Interested parties to be notified of Council's decision
Members of the Orono Community Focus Group
Orono BIA
Orono Crown Lands Trust
Linda Gasser
Valerie Cranmer & Associates
Olivia Susai, Planning Co-ordinator, ORC
Trudy Couvier