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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/28/2015 General Government Committee Agenda Date: Monday, September 28, 2015 Time: 9:30 AM nd Place: Council Chambers, 2 Floor Municipal Administrative Centre 40 Temperance Street Bowmanville, Ontario Inquiries & Accommodations : For inquiries about this agenda, or to make arrangements for accessibility accommodations for persons attending, please contact: Michelle Chambers, Committee Coordinator, at 905-623-3379, ext. 2106 or by email at mchambers@clarington.net. Alternate Format : If this information is required in an alternate format, please contact the Accessibility Coordinator, at 905-623-3379 ext. 2131. Audio Record : The Municipality of Clarington makes an audio record of General Government Committee meetings. If you make a delegation or presentation at a General Government Committee meeting, the Municipality will be audio recording you and will make the recording public by publishing the recording on the Municipality’s website. 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Copies of Reports are available at www.clarington.net CJ WPOW General Government Committee Agenda 1 Call to Order 2 New Business — Introduction 3 Adopt the Agenda 4 Disclosures of Pecuniary, Interest 5 Announcements 6 Adoption of Minutes of Previous Meeting 6.1 Minutes of a Regular Meeting of September 8, 2015 7 Delegations Date: September 28, 2015 Time: 9:30 AM Place: Council Chambers M 7.1 Delegation of Jacqueline Muccio Regarding a Request to Reword the Boulevard By-law, 2013-066, to Allow Hard Landscaping Materials 7.2 Delegation of Sheila Hall, Executive Director, Clarington Board of Trade, Regarding an Economic Development Update 7.3 Delegation of Ron Svajlenko, President, Unifor Local 222, Regarding a Proposed Resolution Requesting Support for Manufacturing in the Community 7.4 Delegation of Suzanne Barnes, President, Valleys 200, Regarding an Annual Update 7.5 Delegation of Nik Papanikolas Regarding Traffic and Parking on Trudeau Drive and a Request to Change the No Parking Signs to No Stopping Signs 7.6 Delegation of Libby Racansky Regarding Comments on Highway 407 East Project Design and Construction 8 Communications - Receive for Information 1-1 Minutes of the Tyrone Community Centre dated July 22, 2015 8-1 1-2 Minutes of the Clarington Older Adult Centre Board dated July 17, and 8-2 August 21, 2015 Page 1 uAql 0 aan" General Government Committee Agenda Date: September 28, 2015 Time: 9:30 AM Place: Council Chambers 9 Communications — Direction D-1 Lorraine Billings, Legislative Services Associate, Legislative and 9-1 Information Services, Town of Ajax— National Pharmacare Program (Motion for Direction) D-2 Lorraine Billings, Legislative Services Associate, Legislative and 9-2 Information Services, Town of Ajax— Syrian Refugee Crisis (Motion for Direction) D-3 Libby Racansky, Highway 407 East Project Phase 2 - Comments on 9-5 Design and Construction Report#1 (Motion for Direction) 10 - Presentations 10.1 Presentation of Adrian Foster, Chair, Durham Region Strategic Planning Committee, Regarding the Durham Region Strategic Planning Process. 11 Engineering Services Department No Reports 12 Operations Department No Reports 13 Emergency and Fire Services Department No Reports 14 Community Services Department 14.1 CSD-011-15 Home Base Durham — Reconsideration of Community 14-1 Grant 14.2 CSD-012-15 Sponsorship Request— Beyond Balance Expo 14-8 Page 2 wan" General Government Committee Agenda Date: September 28, 2015 Time: 9:30 AM Place: Council Chambers 15 Municipal Clerk's Department 15.1 CLD-018-15 Revoke Private Property Parking Enforcement 15-1 16 Corporate Services Department 16.1 COD-020-15 Award of Plumbing Services Contract 16-1 16.2 COD-021-15 Lease of Baseline Community Centre 16-5 17 Finance Department 17.1 FND-015-15 List of Applications for Cancellation, Reduction, 17-1 Apportionments or Refund of Taxes 18 Solicitors Department No Reports 19 Chief Administrative Office 20 New Business — Consideration 21 Unfinished Business 21.1 Correspondence from Ron Svajlenko, President, Unifor Local 222 from 21-1 the September 8, 2015 General Government Committee Meeting [Tabled at the September 21, 2015 Council Meeting] (Motion to lift from the table, receive for information, and advise of Council's previous endorsement, of support for manufacturing in the community, at the June 29, 2015 Council meeting) Page 3 � General Government Committee Agenda 22 23 Confidential Reports None Adjournment Date: September 28, 2015 Time: 9:30 AM Place: Council Chambers Page 4 Clarftwn General Government Committee Minutes September 8, 2015 Minutes of a meeting of the General Government Committee held on Monday, September 8, 2015 at 9:30 AM in the Council Chambers. Present Were: Mayor A. Foster, Councillor S. Cooke, Councillor R. Hooper, Councillor J. Neal (attended until 12:25 PM), Councillor W. Partner, Councillor C. Trail[, Councillor W. Woo Staff Present: F. Wu, A. Allison, T. Cannella, J. Caruana, F. Horvath, M. Marano, N. Taylor, G. Weir, J. Gallagher, M. Chambers 1 Call to Order Mayor Foster called the meeting to order at 9:32 AM. 2 New Business — Introduction Councillor Partner asked that a new business item, regarding carbon monoxide, be added to the New Business — Consideration section of the Agenda. Councillor Woo asked that a new business item, regarding the Jury Land Foundation, be added to the New Business — Consideration section of the Agenda. Councillor Woo asked that a new business item, regarding, Greater Toronto Area West Transportation Corridor Environmental Assessment Study Stage 2: Review of Detailed Assessment Criteria, be added to the New Business — Consideration section of the Agenda. 3 Adopt the Agenda Resolution #GG-001-15 Moved by Councillor Hooper, seconded by Councillor Woo That the Agenda for the General Government Committee meeting of September 8, 2015 be adopted as presented, with the following items being added to the "New Business — Consideration" section of the Agenda: • Resolution regarding Carbon Monoxide • Jury Land Foundation Request • Greater Toronto Area West Transportation Corridor Environmental Assessment Study Stage 2: Review of Detailed Assessment Criteria Carried 4 Disclosures of Pecuniary Interest There were no disclosures of pecuniary interest stated at this meeting. - 1 - 6-1 Clarbgton General Government Committee Minutes September 8, 2015 5 Announcements Members of Council announced upcoming community events and matters of community interest. 6 Adoption of Minutes of Previous Meeting Resolution #GG-002-15 Moved by Councillor Woo, seconded by Councillor Cooke That the minutes of the regular meeting of the General Purpose and Administration Committee held on June 22, 2015, be approved. Carried Councillor Woo chaired this portion of the meeting. 7 Delegations 7.1 Delegation of Ron Svajlenko, President, Unifor Local 222, Regarding a Proposed Resolution Requesting Support for Manufacturing in the Community Ron Svajlenko's name was called, but he was not present. 7.2 Delegation of Marilyn Morawetz, Chair, Jury Lands Foundation, Regarding a Request for Pre-Budget Approval Marilyn Morawetz, Chair, Jury Lands Foundation, was present regarding a request for pre-budget approval for the development of a walking trail. Ms. Morawetz provided an update on the project which included: having an agreement in place with Kaitlin and Fandor, working in collaboration with Valleys 2000, developing a communication strategy, and working on requests for in-kind donations. She continued by reviewing a map of the location for the proposed trail and the details of the site. Ms. Morawetz reviewed photos of the site which included the entrance to the site, the existing dam structure, the current trail, the existing road surface, and the entrance to the property. She explained the details of the proposed entrance from Concession Street and added that they are requesting that the Municipality of Clarington assist with the improvements required for this portion of the project. Ms. Morawetz concluded by thanking the Members of Council and reviewed the next steps for the Foundation, should they receive the funding support of the Municipality. - 2 - 6-2 Resolution #GG-003-15 General Government Committee Minutes September 8, 2015 Moved by Councillor Woo, seconded by Councillor Traill That Marilyn Morawetz, Chair of the Jury Lands Foundation be thanked for her delegation and express Council's appreciation to the foundation for the work they have accomplished over the past 18 months including the anonymous donation they have secured for the first phase of the trail development; That Concession Street East be improved to facilitate a pedestrian connection to the first phase of trail development on the Jury Lands; and That the Concession Street East project be referred to the 2016 capital budget process. Carried 8 Communications - Receive for Information 1-1 Minutes of the Tyrone Community Centre dated February 18, March 18, April 15, May 27, and June 17, 2015 Resolution #GG-004-15 Moved by Councillor Cooke, seconded by Councillor Hooper That the communications item I - 1 be received for information. Carried 1-2 Lorraine Billings, Legislative Services Associate, Legislative and Information Services, Town of Ajax— Regional Fire Services Study Resolution #GG-005-15 Moved by Councillor Woo, seconded by Councillor Hooper That the Communications item 1 - 2 be received for information. Carried 9 Communications — Direction D-1 Chloe Pogue, Commis de bureau ACFO Durham-Peterborough — Request for Flag Raising (That the raising of the Franco-Ontarian flag, on September 25, 2015, be approved.) - 3 - 6-3 r .� 1 General Government Committee Minutes September 8, 2015 D-3 Nathan Farrell, McIntosh Perry Consulting Engineers Ltd. — Pavement Rehabilitation Project Highway 401 and 35/115 — Noise Exemption (That the extension to the exemption for McIntosh Perry Consulting Engineers Ltd., regarding the Pavement Rehabilitation Project Highway 401 and 35/115 to the Municipality's Noise By-law until October 31, 2015, be approved.) D-4 Lorraine Sunstrum-Mann, Grandview Children's Centre — Grandview Kids Week (That the raising of the Grandview Kids Flag, from September 27 to October 4, 2015, be approved.) D-5 Joel Locklin, Manager, Program Operations, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs — Federal Government's Small Communities Fund(SCF) (That the Mayor and Municipal Clerk be designated as signing officers for the New Building Canada Fund - Small Communities Fund Agreement and authorized to execute the Agreement; and That the draft By-law authorizing the Mayor and Municipal Clerk to execute the agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs for the New Building Canada Fund - Small Communities Fund Agreement, attached to Correspondence Item . D-5, be passed.) Resolution #GG-006-15 Moved by Councillor Hooper, seconded by Councillor Cooke That Communications Item D - 1 to Item D — 5, with the exception of D -2, be approved as per the agenda. Carried Councillor Traill left the meeting at 10:23 AM. 6-4 Clarington General Government Committee Minutes September 8, 2015 D-2 Petition from Marjorie Middleton — Intersection at Clarington Boulevard and Prince William Boulevard Resolution #GG-007-15 Moved by Councillor Woo, seconded by Councillor Hooper That the Communications Item D-2, a petition from Marjorie Middleton, regarding the intersection at Clarington Boulevard and Price William Boulevard, be referred to Staff. Carried D-6 Cindy Anne Maher, Clerk/Director of Administration Services, Town of New Tecumseth — Electricity Rates Resolution #GG-008-15 Moved by Councillor Neal, seconded by Councillor Partner That the Communications Item D-6, from Cindy Anne Maher, Clerk/Director of Administration Services, Town of New Tecumseth, regarding Electricity Rates, be received for information. Carried D-7 Lorraine Billings, Legislative Services Associate, Legislative and Information Services, Town of Ajax— Federal Party Leaders' Debate on Municipal Issues Resolution #GG-009-15 Moved by Councillor Woo, seconded by Councillor Hooper That the following resolution from the Town of Ajax regarding Federal Party Leaders' Debate on Municipal Issues be endorsed: Whereas municipalities continue to work with all orders of government as equal partners to solve some of our country's biggest challenges; jobs, economic growth and better quality of life; Whereas with greater cooperation with the federal government, Canada will prosper from modern infrastructure, ensure our communities remain affordable and family -friendly, attract talent and investment, improve public safety and ensure environmental sustainability for all Canadians; Whereas, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has launched a campaign calling on the federal party leaders to participate in a national debate on municipal issues before the next federal election and asks its member municipalities to pass a Council resolution supporting the campaign; -'5 - 6-5 General Government Committee Minutes September 8, 2015 Therefore be it resolved.that Ajax Council endorses the FCM campaign and urges all federal party leaders to participate in a debate on municipal issues such as infrastructure, transit and transportation, housing, clean water, the environment and public safety; Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to the four main party leaders, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, the Association of Municipalities Ontario, Regional Municipality of Durham and all Durham local municipalities. Carried D-8 Mary Medeiros, Acting City Clerk, City of Oshawa — Carbon Monoxide Alarms in Assembly Operations Resolution #GG-010-15 Moved by Councillor Woo, seconded by Councillor Cooke That the following resolution from the City of Oshawa, regarding Carbon Monoxide Alarms in Assembly Operations, be endorsed: Whereas on July 10, 2015, a carbon monoxide leak at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery sent a number of people to the hospital after children participating in an art camp started to show signs of carbon monoxide poisoning (e.g., vomiting, nausea and headaches); and Whereas carbon monoxide is commonly referred to as a silent killer and it is a serious health and safety concern and in some cases, can lead to death; and Whereas the City of Oshawa has taken this recent event very seriously and has installed carbon monoxide alarms in various City-owned buildings, including the Robert McLaughlin Gallery; and Whereas the Ontario Building Code and Ontario Fire Code currently only require carbon monoxide alarms to be installed in limited buildings such as residential occupancies; and Whereas it is important to amend the Ontario Building Code and Ontario Fire Code to require the installation of carbon monoxide alarms in all public assembly occupancies (e.g. auditoriums, childcare facilities, clubs and community halls); Therefore be it resolved: 1. That the Province of Ontario be requested to review and amend the Ontario Building Code and Ontario Fire Code to also require the installation of carbon monoxide alarms in public assembly occupancies and other additional occupancies that may be appropriate; and M A.W. Al • General Government Committee Minutes September 8, 2015 2. That the Province of Ontario be requested to consult with the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal and Emergency Management, the Toronto Area Chief Building Officials Committee (TACBOC) and the Large Municipalities Chief Building Officials group (LMCBO) on changes to the Ontario Fire Code and Ontario Building Code requiring the installation of carbon monoxide alarms in additional building occupancies; and 3. That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to the Region of Durham, all Durham Regional municipalities, all Durham Region M.P.'s and M.P.P.'s, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, the Large Urban Mayor's Caucus of Ontario, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, the Toronto Area Chief Building Officials Committee, the Large Municipalities Chief Building Officials group, the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal and Emergency Management and the City's Building Industry Liaison Team. Carried D-9 Ron Svajlenko, President, Unifor Local 222, Proposed Resolution Requesting Support for Manufacturing in the Community Resolution #GG-011-15 Moved by Councillor Neal, seconded by Councillor Hooper That the delegation of Ron Svajlenko, President, Unifor Local 222, Proposed Resolution Requesting Support for Manufacturing in the Community be tabled until the Council meeting of September 21, 2015 and the Mr. Svajlenko be asked to attend. Carried 10 Presentations 10.1 Basia Radomski, Corporate Communications Officer, Municipality of Clarington, Regarding a Demonstration of the Municipality of Clarington's Updated Website Basia Radomski, Corporate Communications Officer, Municipality of Clarington, was present to provide an overview of the Municipality of Clarington's website. Ms. Radomski explained to the Committee that the new website has been designed with a service based focus. She continued by providing an overview of the four main headings located on the main page which included: Live Here, Be Active, Do Business and Town Hall. Ms. Radomski continued by explaining that this website has been designed with ease of access in mind and includes a prominent search section. She highlighted the "I'd Like To" section and the features of this tab and the "Feed Back" tab which is available on each page of the website. Ms. Radomski added that the Feed Back section allows for assistance to correct any issues and receive public feedback. She highlighted the Council Calendar and Events Calendar and reviewed the features which included signing up for an account to submit events to the events calendar. Ms. Radomski continued by reviewing the Town Hall tab and the Browse Aloud feature and provided an overview of the features which included reading aloud, translate, simplifying 7 6-7 BY TV 'TIE General Government Committee Minutes September 8, 2015 backgrounds and easy reader. She added that the website meets the AODA requirements and the website is WCAG level AA compliant. She concluded by noting the Municipality's photo contest section and added that this website was a result of a lot of hard work from staff which will be a building block to providing superior communication to the public. Councillor Traill returned to the meeting at 10:35 AM. Resolution #GG-012-15 Moved by Councillor Partner, seconded by Councillor Woo That the presentation of Basia Radomski, Corporate Communications Officer, Municipality of Clarington, regarding a demonstration of the Municipality of Clarington Updated Website, be received with thanks. Carried Recess Resolution #GG-013-15 Moved by Councillor Partner, seconded by Councillor Hooper That the Committee recess for 15 minutes. Carried The meeting reconvened at 11:11 AM with Councillor Neal in the chair. 11 Engineering Services Department 11.1 EGD-013-15 Report on Building Permit Activity for April, May, and June, 2015 Resolution #GG-014-15 Moved by Councillor Mayor Foster, seconded by Councillor Councillor Cooke That Report EGD-013-15 be received for information. Carried 11.2 EGD-014-15 Newcastle Village Transit Service Strategy Resolution #GG-015-15 Moved by Councillor Woo, seconded by Councillor Traill That Report EGD-014-15 be received; General Government Committee Minutes September 8, 2015 That the demolition of the former fire hall in the Village of Newcastle be deferred so as to allow GO Transit to continue to use this property as a temporary turnaround, on an interim basis, until strategic transit partnerships have resulted in a coordinated transit plan for the Village of Newcastle, that enhances or even expands, current service levels; That the Municipality of Clarington provide a copy of report EGD-014-15 to the Chair of the Durham Region Transit Executive Committee, along with a formal request that it be added as an agenda item on the Durham Region Transit Executive Committee agenda and that an enhanced transit service strategy for the Village of Newcastle, be established as a priority; That an agreement between GO Transit and the Municipality of Clarington be prepared by our Municipal Solicitor to allow GO Transit to lease a portion of the former fire hall for a nominal fee, giving GO Transit the right to use this property, on an interim basis, as the GO bus turnaround point, and that the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to sign this agreement; That scheduling of the remediation and development of the former fire hall site in Newcastle be revisited on an annual basis, by way of a report to Council detailing our progress on the strategy to date at that time; That a copy of this report be forwarded to the Region of Durham Council requesting that the matter be given priority in the 2016 Durham Region Transit budget; and That all interested parties listed in Report EGD-012-15 and PSD-007-15 and any delegations be advised of Council's decision. Carried 12 Operations Department No Reports for this section of the Agenda. 13 Emergency and Fire Services Department No Reports for this section of the Agenda. Councillor Hooper chaired this portion of the meeting. 14 Community Services Department 14.1 CSD-010-15 Community Grant Request— Supplementary Resolution #GG-016-15 Moved by Councillor Neal, seconded by Councillor Woo That Report CSD-010-15 be received; M M- Nil uR,, General Government Committee Minutes September 8, 2015 That the grant application #15-40, Vincent Massey School Parent Council, be approved in the amount of$3000.00. That all interested parties listed in Report CSD-010-15 and any delegations be advised of Council's decision Motion Lost Resolution #GG-017-15 Moved by Mayor Foster, seconded by Councillor Partner That Report CSD-010-15 be received; That the grant application #15-40, Vincent Massey School Parent Council, be approved in the amount of$2000.00; and That all interested parties listed in Report CSD-010-15 and any delegations be advised of Council's decision. Carried Councillor Traill chaired this portion of the meeting. 15 Municipal Clerk's Department 15.1 CLD-015-15 Records Retention By-law 15.2 CLD-016-15 Off Leash Dog Park Maintenance Committee Resolution #GG-018-15 Moved by Councillor Neal, seconded by Councillor Mayor Foster That Report CLD-015-15, CLD-016-15, and CLD-017-15 be approved as follows, with the exception of CLD-017-15: That Report CLD-015-15, regarding the Municipal Records Retention By-law, be received; That a new Municipal Records Retention By-law, attached to Report CLD-015-15 as Attachment 1, to retain and preserve records in the custody or under control of The Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington, be passed; and That this By-law not take effect until approval from an external Auditor is received, in accordance with Section 255 of the Municipal Act, 2001. That Report CLD-016-15 be received for information. Carried - 10 - 6-10 15.3 CLD-017-15 Taxi By-law Amendments Resolution #GG-019-15 General Government Committee Minutes September 8, 2015 Moved by Councillor Hooper, seconded by Councillor Councillor Partner That Report CLD-017-15 be received; and That the proposed amendments (Attachment 1 to Report CLD-017-15), to the By-law to license, regulate and govern taxi and limousine businesses, By-law 2005-205, be approved. Carried Suspend the Rules Resolution #GG-020-15 Moved by Councillor Neal, seconded by Councillor Cooke That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to allow the meeting to continue until 12:30 PM. Carried 16 Corporate Services Department 16.1 COD-016-15 Options for Delivery of Tourism Services Resolution #GG-021-15 Moved by Councillor Partner, seconded by Councillor Neal That Report COD-016-15 be received; That the Clarington Tourism and Marketing Board be requested to provide to Council, a comprehensive plan on their ability and strategy for the assumption of the responsibility for Tourism Services; That any interested parties listed in Report COD-016-15 and any delegations be advised of Council's decision. Motion Lost - 11 - 6-11 ri f Fk Resolution #GG-022-15 General Government Committee Minutes Moved by Councillor Hooper, seconded by Councillor Cooke That Report COD-016-15 be received; September 8, 2015 That the Municipality, the Clarington Tourism and Marketing Board, and the Clarington Board of Trade be requested to provide proposals for the provision of tourism services in the Municipality of Clarington; That any interested parties listed in Report COD-016-15 and any delegations be advised of Council's decision. Carried Later in the Meeting (See following motion) Resolution #GG-023-15 Moved by Councillor Neal, seconded by Councillor Partner That the foregoing Resolution #GG-022-15 be amended to the following: "That the words "the Municipality" be deleted." Motion Lost The foregoing Resolution #GG-022-15 was then put to a vote and carried. 16.2 COD-017-15 Contract Awards During Council Recess Resolution #GG-024-15 Moved by Councillor Hooper, seconded by Councillor Neal That Report COD-017-15 be received for information. Carried - 12 - 6-12 General Government Committee Minutes September 8, 2015 16.3 COD-019-15 2015 Sidewalk Replacement and New Construction Resolution #GG-025-15 Moved by Councillor Cooke, seconded by Councillor Hooper That Report COD-019-15 be received; That Aloia Bros. Concrete Contractors Ltd. with a total revised bid amount of $504,468.59 (net H.S.T. Rebate) being the lowest responsible bidder meeting all terms, conditions and specifications of Tender CL2015-26 be awarded the contract for 2015 Sidewalk Replacement and New construction as required by the Municipality of Clarington, Engineering Services Department; That the total funds required in the amount of$606,900.00 (net HST Rebate) including construction cost of$504,468.59 and $102,431.41 in other costs to be drawn from the following accounts: Sidewalk Replacement 2015 Green Road Sidewalk Liberty Street Sidewalk (2001) Manvers Road Sidewalk (2014 Courtice Library Darlington Sports Centre Bowmanville Indoor Soccer Region of Durham Sidewalk Maintenance 110-32-331-83215-7401 $ 200,000.00 110-32-331-83364-7401 $ 160,000.00 110-32-331-83360-7401 $ 30,000.00 110-32-331-83428-7401 $ 165,000.00 110-62-440-85511-7401 $ 2,000.00 110-42-421-84267-7401 $ 14,000.00 100-42-421-10134-7172 $ 6,000.00 100-X-X-X-1010 $ 6,000.00 100-36-380-10733-7112 $ 23,900.00 That all interested parties listed in Report COD-019-15 and any delegations be advised of Council's decision. Carried Recess Resolution #GG-026-15 Moved by Councillor Partner, seconded by Councillor Woo That the Committee recess for one hour. Carried Councillor Neal left the meeting at 12:25 PM. - 13 - 6-13 General Government Committee The meeting reconvened at 1:27 PM with Mayor Foster in the chair. 17 Finance Department 17.1 FND-013-15 2015/2016 Insurance Program Resolution #GG-027-15 Moved by Councillor Cooke, seconded by Councillor Hooper That Report FND-013-15 be received; Minutes September 8, 2015 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, 2015 to June 30, 2016, at an approximate cost to Clarington of$937,536 be confirmed; and That Clarington strongly encourage the Association of Municipalities of Ontario to continue to seek joint and several liability change in Ontario and that the Association of Municipalities of Ontario be advised. Carried Councillor Traill and Councillor Partner returned to the meeting at 1:29 PM. 17.2 FND-014-15 Financial Update as at June 30, 2015 Resolution #GG-028-15 Moved.by Councillor Hooper, seconded by Councillor Partner That Report FND-014-15 be received for information. Carried 18 Solicitor's Department 18.1 LGL-008-15 Orono Business Improvement Area By-law Resolution #GG-029-15 Moved by Councillor Partner, seconded by Councillor Woo That Report LGL-008-15 be received; That, in accordance with subsection 210(1) of the Municipal Act, 2001, staff be directed to provide notice of the proposed by-law attached (Attachment 1) to Report LGL-008-15 to the current Board of Management of the Orono Business Improvement Area and to every member of the current Orono Business Improvement Area; and - 14 - 6-14 Clarftwn General Government Committee Minutes September 8, 2015 That staff report back to Council on any objections received after the time for filing such objections (60 days after the last day of mailing of the notices) has passed. Carried 19 Chief Administrative Office No Reports for this section of the Agenda. 20 New Business — Consideration 20.1 Carbon Monoxide Resolution #GG-030-15 Moved by Councillor Woo, seconded by Councillor Partner Whereas carbon monoxide is commonly referred to as a silent killer and it is a serious health and safety concern and in some cases, can lead to death; Whereas on December 24th, 2013 during the ice storm, 2 Newcastle residents succumb to carbon monoxide poisoning after running a gas powered generator in the garage of their home; Whereas Oxford MPP Ernie Hardeman introduced Bill 77, or the Hawkins-Gignac Act, as a private member's bill in 2008, which was passed in the Fall Of 2014 sifting of the Ontario Legislature making carbon monoxide warning devices mandatory in all Ontario homes; Whereas the Ontario Building Code and Ontario Fire Code currently only require carbon monoxide alarms to be installed in limited buildings such as residential occupancies; Whereas it is important to amend the Ontario Building Code and Ontario Fire code to require the installation of carbon monoxide alarms in all public assembly occupancies (e.g. auditoriums, childcare facilities, clubs and community halls); Therefore be it resolved that the Province of Ontario be requested to review and amend the Ontario Building Code and Ontario Fire Code to also require the installation of carbon monoxide alarms in public assembly occupancies and other additional occupancies that may be appropriate; That the Province of Ontario be requested to consult with the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshall and Emergency Management , the Toronto Area Chief Building Officials Committee (TACBOC) and the Large Municipalities Chief building Officials group (LMCBO) on changes to the Ontario Fire Code and Ontario Building Code requiring the installation of carbon monoxide alarms in additional building occupancies; and - 15 - 6-15 General Government Committee Minutes September 8, 2015 That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to the Region of Durham, all Durham Regional municipalities, all Durham MP's and M.P.P.'s , the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, the Large Urban Mayor's Caucus of Ontario, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, the Toronto Area Chief Building Officials Committee, the Large Municipalities Chief Building Officials group, the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal and Emergency Management and the City's Building Industry Liaison Team. Carried 20.2 Greater Toronto Area West Transportation Corridor Environmental Assessment Study Stage 2: Review of Detailed Assessment Criteria Resolution #GG-031-15 Moved by Councillor Partner, seconded by Councillor Traill Whereas the Town of Caledon as part of their comments on the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) West Transportation Corridor Environmental Assessment (EA) Study Stage 2: Review of Detailed Assessment Criteria have requested that "agricultural impacts" be weighted more significantly in its evaluation factors; Whereas the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) Environmental Assessment criteria evaluates agricultural impacts as a sub-category of land use and social economic activity with a maximum weight of 2.2 %; Whereas the Town of Caledon staff have carried out an extensive review of the routes and applied a 20% weighting to agricultural impacts that would shift the GTA West Corridor, (a future provincial by-pass highway around the west end of Toronto) such that it would have less impact on agricultural lands and the viability of farms; Whereas, the Agricultural Advisory Committee of Clarington at their meeting of August 20, 2015 passed the following resolution: "That the Agricultural Advisory Committee of Clarington support the position of the Town of Caledon regarding agricultural impacts and that they should be weighted more significantly than they have been in the EA outline by MTO on the GTA West Corridor." Now therefore be it resolved that the Municipality of Clarington support the Town of Caledon request to the Ministry of Transportation, as outlined in Caledon's Staff Report DP-2015-060 (dated August 11, 2015), to consider "Agricultural Impact" as an additional and equally weighted category (at 20%) in its evaluation factors for the GTA West Corridor Study and that such weighting be applied to future EA's that affect prime agricultural lands; and mm Val General Government Committee Minutes September 8, 2015 Further that this resolution be sent to the Town of Caledon, Minister of Transportation, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Carried 21 Unfinished Business There were no items considered under this section of the Agenda. 22 Confidential Reports 22.1 FND-012-15 Tax Sale Extension Agreement— Municipal Act, 2001 Resolution #GG-032-15 r' Moved by Councillor Woo, seconded by Councillor Cooke That the recommendations contained in Confidential Report FND-012-15 be approved. Carried 23 Adjournment Resolution #GG-033-15 Moved by Councillor Partner, seconded by Councillor Traill That the meeting adjourn at 1:56 PM. Mayor Carried - 17 - Deputy Clerk 6-17 1 - 1 Tyrone Community Centre Board Meeting —July 22, 2015 8:30-10:00 Present: Dave Taylor, Corinne van deGrooteveen, Claude Godin, Corinna Traill, Ed Wilson, Walter Loveridge, Laurie Lefrance, Joy Vaneyk Regrets: Cecile Bowers, Larry Quinney, Paul Rowan 1)Table legs: The first set of replacement table legs for 60" round tables have been installed. The cost was $ 47.00/set. Moved by Claude & seconded by Dave to order 2 more sets, for spares. All in favour. Carried. New tables cost $300.00 each. No one was interested in ordering new tables, at this time. 2) Two quotes for new countertops in ladies bathroom and bar have been received. The most economical quote, from a Bowmanville Supplier and local carpenter is preferred. Materials cost is $1,490.00. The carpenter quoted approx $880.00 to remove and install both counters, provide sinks and taps for ladies washroom, as well as build in new shelf for cash box in bar. Moved by Claude and seconded by Dave to proceed to order supplies from Home Building and contract Duke Renovations. All.in favour. Carried. 3) New Years Eve: At the last meeting all agreed to proceed with a 2015 NY Eve party. The purpose of tonight's meeting is to determine cost, as tickets need to be printed and ready to sell at the September dance. A cost breakdown was itemized; a list of local events held last NY Eve was presented; and catering company quotes were reviewed. Moved by Corinne & seconded by Claude: to charge $50.00 per ticket. Majority in favour. Carried. Meeting Adjourned at 10:00 pm Joy Vaneyk, Clarington Older Adult Centre Board _ 2 Friday July 17th 2015 Meeting Minutes Voting Members in Attendance: Councilor Ron Hooper,Muriel Moynes,Cathie Ward,Alan Tibbles,Tim Funchion,Elaine Spicer,Terry Traill,Gary Bray,Barb Singleton Non-Voting Members in Attendance: Erica Mittag,Angie Darlison Absent:Alan Bayliss,Mayor Adrian Foster,Norma Evans,Irene Gourlay 1.0 Call to Order at 9:04 am by President Muriel Moynes 2.0 Approval of the Agenda Muriel requested Job Descriptions be added as item 7.8 Motion to approve the agenda as amended Moved by Barb Singleton Seconded by Tim Funchion CARRIED - 3.0 Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes from: Tuesday June 30th-9 am Motion to approve the minutes as presented Moved by Elaine Spicer Seconded by Terry Traill CARRIED 4.0 Business Arising from Previous Meeting 4.1 . Older Adult Strategy Update 4.1.1 Meeting with Municipal Representatives Alan Tibbles proved an update of all information that was received during the meeting with Andy Allison, Nancy Taylor,Joe Caruana, Fred Horvath and our COAA Board Representatives. At this time we are anticipating a draft agreement-by the end of July. Additional meetings are expected and members of our Board did request that our Council Representative speak to the Municipal staff to get a true understanding of if the COAA will be permitted to operate outside of the 26 Beech Ave facility. At this time there seems to be a considerable amount of concern that if we are not able to continue to provide our external events (i.e.fundraisers,golf,hiking,pickleball,cycling,etc.)the COAA could cease to exist. 4.1.2 COAA Renaming Angie Darlison outlined the information regarding the renaming of the COAA Contest which will include both an online and paper portion. Motion to accept and promote the renaming contest to start ASAP. Moved by Cathie Ward Seconded by Tim Funchion CARRIED 5.0 Correspondence 5.1 Ontario Seniors' Secretariat RE:EPC Review Angie Darlison presented a verbal presentation on the importance of our EPC funding and requested board participation at an upcoming meeting to represent the COAA. After some discussion it was decided that Cathie Ward and Angie Darlison will represent the COAA at the meeting in Mississauga later next week. 6.0 Reports 6.1 Treasurers Report. All member in attendance reviewed the financial that were provided by Treasure Alan Bayliss prior to the meeting.Question relating to fundraising,the caf6 and maintenance were all asked by members of the board and a brief discussion surrounded the importance of our financial reporting moving forward. At this time Angie Darlison explained to the Board of Directors that a complete review our 2015 budget would be required and a new revised financial statement would be forwarded prior to the next meeting. Summaries of our current and previous year balance sheet was shared to show we are still in good financial standing as for as cash on hand as well. Alan Tibbles and Angie Darlison are currently working on this process with the Director of Finance at the Municipality of Clarington. 6.2 Fundraising Report Barb Singleton reported that the funds raised through our partnership with the Courtice Rotary Club have been returned and that the Committee is working tirelessly to come up with additional ideas to assist in recouping this lost revenue. At this time we members of the board were asked to come forward with new ideas and step up to assist with further implementations. This committee is very small and require additional assistance to be successful. 8-2 6.3 Municipal Update Erica Mittag reminded the board of the re-opening of the Alan Strike Aquatic and Squash Facility on September 19th from 1 pm to 4 pm. Councilor Hooper introduced the information regarding the"Before I Die Project"that has been happening in front of the BMO on King Street. An update was also given on the beach located just past Bobby C's off Cove Road along with the upcoming Bluesberry Festival to be held downtown on August 15th and the Heritage Week details. Motion to accept all reports as presented Moved by Alan Tibbles Seconded by Elaine Spicer CARRIED Erica Mittag departed at 9:50 am 7.0 Other Business 7.1 Board Roles and Responsibilities Angie Darlison presented all members of the Board with a copy of the Duties and Responsibilities of Directors of Not-For-Profit Organizations and recommended that all members of the board review this information as we move forward with our new direction. Alan Tibbles further explained that the changes coming forward with the Board of Directors will require a significate amount of commitment and all board members need to fulfill duties and obligations in order for the COAA to be a success into the future. It was further discussed that what changes will need to be made moving forward in regards to the board structure,and our upcoming Annual General Meeting that will need to be planned for late February. 7.2 Change to existing By-Laws Whereas: It is critical that COAA Directors participate wholeheartedly in the Board process and take their appointed role seriously,and, Whereas: A Board cannot function effectively if Directors do not maintain a regular and consistent attendance at meetings,and, Whereas: COAA will become a private,stand-alone corporate entity,incorporated under the laws of Ontario,and, Whereas: Collectively,the Board is totally responsible the new company's success or failure,and, Whereas: The well-being of our members is of paramount importance and every attempt must be made to remove troublemakers and those who would wish to spoil the enjoyment of other members by their behaviour: Be it resolved that: The company by-laws be amended as follows: A new section,numbered 6.10 be added,as follows: 6.'10 Removal of Directors 6.10.1 Lack of attendance. In the event that a Director or executive officer is absent for three (3)consecutive Board meetings or four (4)Board meetings in any 12 month period, for reasons other than ill-health or requested and approved leave of absence, that Director will forfeit his/her position on the Board upon formal notification by the President, and may not apply to join the Board again until at least 24 months have elapsed. 6.10.2 Disruptive, combative or non-conforming. If a Director is found to be constantly disruptive to the orderly processes, combative and non-cooperative with other Board members or, once a decision has been taken, acts in a subversive manner, this Director may be removed with the consent of six(6)board members. A director may also be removed in the same manner if he or she does not respect the confidential nature of discussions at Board meetings. 6.10.3 Replacement of Directors that have been removed from the Board The Board may choose to replace Directors that have been removed, with members in good standing without the need of a General Meeting. Similarly, a Director may be asked to assume dual roles if this is convenient and will not negatively impact the efficient operation of the Board. A new section,numbered 9.3 be added: 9.3 Revocation of membership and membership privileges. A member who is considered to be disruptive or abusive or is not willing to adhere to the policies that apply to membership, may have his/her membership withdrawn and be banned from coming to the Beech Centre. The decision to undertake such action is at the sole discretion of the Executive Director after first advising the President of the intended action.The Executive Director may elect to refund the offending member's membership fees and taxes paid,in full. Moved by Alan Tibbles Seconded by Barb Singleton CARRIED �141w, The company by-laws be amended as follows: Section 10.03 (d) be modified as follows: (a) Voting Each member in good standing and who has held membership for four (4) months prior to the date of the General Meeting,shall have one vote. Motions shall be adopted by a simple majority vote except as otherwise stated herein. Every question shall be decided by a show of hands of the members present. Any member living outside the boundaries of the Municipality of Clarington does not have the right to vote at any general meeting or annual general meeting of the membership. Moved by Alan Tibbles Seconded by Elaine Spicer CARRIED Elaine Spicer questioned if members of the board would be permitted to vote via proxy. If was reviewed and the decision was made that this is not a general rule of practice for Not-For-Profit Boards. Councilor Hooper questioned our ability to revoke memberships and if we have done this in the past. Angie Darlison explained that she did speak to both the local police department as well as reviewed the facility policy that we share with the Municipality of Clarington. 7.3 Ongoing Meeting Schedule of Muriel Moynes addressed the group in regards to the importance of regular monthly board meeting and requested that all members provide a comment in regards to the current schedule. After much discussion is was decided by the group that sticking with the regular 3rd Friday of the month schedule is best for the majority of the group and although we would like to accommodate all the timing and amount of work that is required of Board of Directors at this time it just isn't possible. 7.4 Board of Directors Leave of Absence Request Angie Darlison explained to the members of the Board that we have received a request from Irene Gourlay for a medical leave of absence. Motion to accept Irene's request Moved by Alan Tibbles Seconded by Gary Bray CARRIED 7.5 Member Issue RE:Confidential Report Motion to move in camera Moved by Alan Tibbles Seconded by Elaine Spicer CARRIED Motion to move out of camera Moved by Cathie Ward Seconded by Alan Tibbles 7.6 Newsletter Communication Angie Darlison updated the board of directors on the upcoming Beech News that will be coming out in the fall thanks for Paul Livingston, Brian Greenway and the summer staff working together to assist in the promotion of the COAA. 7.7 External Flyer Angie Darlison updated the group on the resent launch of the COAA flyer that we will be using in all Municipal Facilities until the relaunch of the NEW COAA. 8.0 Adjournment by Elaine Spicer at 10:35 am Date of Next Board Meeting: Friday August 21 st 2015-9 am Clarington Beech Centre 26 Beech Ave,2nd Floor Meeting Room Bowmanville Ontario Minutes of the Meeting of the Clarington Older Adult Board of Directors Friday August 21 st,2015 @ 9 am Voting members Present: Muriel Moynes, Cathie Ward, Alan Bayliss , Norma Evans, Tim Funchion,, Elaine Spicer, Alan Tibbles, Barb Singleton, Gary Bray and Terry Traill. Non Voting Members Present: Angie Darlison, Councillor Ron Hooper Regrets: Mayor Adrian Foster 1 .0 Call to order President Muriel Moynes called the meeting to order at 9 am 2.0 Approval of the Agenda Motion to approve the Agenda with the following additions: 7.1 Minute Items 7. 2 New Board 7.3 Job Descriptions 7.4 Community Development 7.5 Lawyer needed Moved by Alan Tibbles Carried Seconded by Elaine Spicer 3.0 Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes from Friday July 17th 2015 Alan Bayliss noted that the Board should approve any lack of attendance forfeiture in section 6.10.1 of the new By Laws Motion to approve the previous minutes of Friday July 17th 2015 with the change noted above Moved by Tim Funchion. Seconded by Terry Trail Carried 4.0 Business Arising from Previous Meeting 4.1 Older Adult Strategy Update(Muriel and Alan T) 4.1.1 Draft Agreement Alan T handed out copies of the Draft Agreement that Andy Allison. prepared for us. However it should be noted that the rest of the MunicipalCommittee have had no chance to have any input into this document as they have either been on vacation or on sick leave. Alan reported that at the meeting we had with Andy there was a lot of discussion on the Non-Competition clause #18. Our suggestion was to delete this clause and substitute a new clause. If all outside activities were halted we would need $100,000 more to operate our business. We told Andy that we would not be able to I= continue if this was indeed the case. Andy and Nancy agreed with us but we need Joe to agree to this new clause. If he does not then we would have to go to Council in September. We also wanted clause #20 deleted, as we have a problem with space and parking at the Beech Centre, we would like to rent outside spaces ie.Trinity and St. Paul's churches for some of our activities. This clause also would mean that we would have to go to Council everytime we wanted to run a program outside the Beech Centre. There was a lot of discussion at the meeting on the above two items. Cathie felt that the council believes that we can carry on and wants us to succeed. Ron felt that when the draft agreement goes to the council members these questions will be resolved. All the board members were asked to treat the Draft Agreement as Confidential. 4.1 .2 The Board felt that there was no reason to discuss 4.1.1 .2 and until the Draft Agreement has been approved. 4.1.3 COAA Renaming (Angie) Angie handed out a list of suggested names for the new corporation. The Board members were asked to each choose three names each with the new name being decided by the highest number of votes 5.0 Correspondence 5.1 Ontario Seniors Secretariat RE 2015 EPC Funding This letter confirms our grant of$42.700 from April 1 If 2015 to March 31 If 2016, and a Special grant of$11,500. 5.2 Announcement that a member has come forward to match all NEW fundraising projects up to$1000 effective August 1 If 2015.This member will make a matching donation on all new fundraising efforts up to $1000 a month for the next two years, until July 31 If 2017. This member wishes to remain anonymous. 6.0 Reports 6.1 Treasurers Report (Alan Bayliss) It was noted that we have 424 non-members and there was a discussion about non-member fees and how to resolve this and encourage new memberships. It was decided that there will be no change until January 1 It 2016, but a committee was formed to make recommendations to the Board on memberships and non-memberships for the By Laws. The committee will consist of Cathie, Tim, Alan and Alan, and they will meet in October when we have more information on the Draft Agreement. Motion to accept the Treasures report Moved by Alan Bayliss Seconded by Alan Tibbles Carried 6.2 Fundraising Report (Barb Singleton) Barb reported that there was not much activity during this last month. We have started some new initiatives, such as the Cash for Cans, and the Cash for Fashion sale of gently used clothes that is going to start on Open House day. Also our 2016 calendars go on sale today. 6.3 Municipal Update (Ron Hooper and Eric'a Mittag) Ron reported that Andy told him that there is to be a meeting this week with the Municipal staff to discuss the Draft Agreement. New Historical Brochures printed for Newcastle, Newtonville, Tyrone and Bowmanville. The first Bluesberry Festival was a huge success. The last Concert in the Park is next week and the hospital has benefited greatly. The old Bowmanville High School is finally being demolished and will be the site of housing for senior development. The Al Strike Aquatic and Squash Facility will be opening next month. The construction on Green Road is slowly moving along. . Motion to accept the reports . Moved by Tim Funchion Seconded by Terry Trail Carried 7.0 Other Business 7.1 Minute Items The Training course for Angie mentioned in the May 2015 minutes has been put on hold until we know what the future holds for us Job Descriptions for Volunteers, Board and staff'are important and will be worked on once again when we see what our future is. The Beer Dispensing trailer ownership has still not been rectified. 7.2 New Board Alan explained that when a new corporation is formed an AGM must be held within 60 days of its formation. Alan Bayliss suggested that we have a recruitment plan for the new Board, however we are not able to do that until the new corporation is formed. 7.3 Job Descriptions Elaine prepared Volunteer Job Descriptions and we will review for the next Board Meeting 7.4 Community Development Cathie mentioned that there is a free course on Accounting 101 for non- profits given by the municipality on October 71" for 2 hours. Cathie and Barb will go. There is also a Best Practises for Volunteer Engagement course offered on November 14 which costs$42.40. Motion to allow funds to register 2 members to take this course Moved by Barb Singleton. Seconded by Gary Bray, 7.5 Lawyer needed LIM Muriel asked if anyone knew a lawyer to help us through this process. We would need a corporate lawyer and a labour lawyer, to advise our staff as there could be complications when we change into a new corporation. Motion to approve payment of a labour lawyer for a few hours to let the staff know what their options are. Moved by Cathie Ward Seconded by Alan Tibbles CARRIED 7.6 Miscellaneous A hand out will be given out at the Open House for new and returning members explaining the situation regarding their memberships 8.0 Adjournment Motion to adjourn the meeting by Cathie Ward Next regular Board meeting will be held,on Friday September 181h at 9 am D - 1 Fleming, Cindy From: Lorraine Billings <Lorraine.Bi Ili ngs @ajax.ca> Sent: September-17-15 8:57 AM To: charris @scugog.ca; Clerks Department Outside; clerks @durham.ca; clerks @oshawa.ca; dleroux @town.uxbridge.on.ca; dshields @pickering.ca; tgetti n by@townsh i pofb rock.ca; wilcoxd @whitby.ca Subject: Pharmacare Policy Please be advised that the following resolution was passed by Ajax Town Council at its meeting held September 14, 2015: WHEREAS the Town of Ajax has recognized and consistently demonstrated over the past years, its commitment to the importance of healthy citizens as the foundation of a healthy, engaged and economically vibrant community; and WHEREAS studies indicate that over 3 million Canadians, including many in our community, don't take medicines prescribed by their doctors because they can't afford them; and WHEREAS Canada is currently the only developed country with a publicly funded universal health insurance program that does not include prescription drug coverage; and, WHEREAS studies show that adding a National Pharmacare Program to our national health care system would lower costs to businesses by over$8 billion per year, providing Canadian companies competitive advantages in international trade; and WHEREAS recent research confirms that these gains can be achieved with little or no increase in public investment; and WHEREAS a National Pharmacare Program would support better, quality, more, evidence based prescribing, including reducing dangerous and inappropriate prescribing to Canadian seniors; and WHEREAS a National Pharmacare Program is sound policy, both economically and socially; and WHEREAS health and economic studies now show that such a policy would improve health in municipalities and give local businesses a competitive'advantage in the global marketplace; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council endorses the creation of a National Pharmacare Program as an extension of Canadian Medicare and urges the Federal Government to work.with the Provinces to implement a National Pharmacare Program; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Council calls on the Pi and the Federal Government to develop and implement a BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this reso municipalities throughout Durham, the Federation of Can Municipalities of Ontario for endorsement. If you require further information please contact Nicole Wellsbury, nicole.wellsburyCo?aiax.ca ®RS T ROBUTHON ,ince of Ontario r&with ,fher provinces �i�kIMPIIN m re program and ORIGINAL T O: �By�AG;Ti0Ne I o� Olr6Uion A Durham, all Nn unlci a les and to the Association of COPY TO: p (PLAYOR iEMEERS ❑ CAO OFCOUNCIL ❑ COMMUNITY ❑ CORPORATE ❑ E^1Frr,Ftl^!?I epUty-cClerk at`905-619-2529 ext. 3342 or t,6 Li U OPERMIONS SERIiCcS CLERK'S GI PLANNING ❑ SOLICITOR ❑ TREASURY SERVICES p' OTHER --- MUNICIPAL CLERK'S FILE 9-1 D -2 Fleming, Cindy From: Lorraine Billings <Lorraine.Billings @ajax.ca> Sent: September-17-15 9:04 AM To: charris @scugog.ca; Clerks.Department Outside; clerks @durham.ca; clerks @oshawa.ca; dleroux @town.uxbridge.on.ca; dshields @pickering.ca; tgettinby @townshipofbrock.ca; wilcoxd @whitby.ca Subject: Syrian Refugee Crisis Attachments: Item d -AMO -Syrian Refugee Crisis.docx Please be advised that the following resolution was passed by Ajax Town Council at its meeting held September 14, 2015: WHEREAS the unfolding Syrian civil war has displaced more than 12 million innocent people. WHEREAS the recent disturbing.images and stark realities of the Syrian refugees has deeply affected Canadians. WHEREAS there is a need for prompt humanitarian action to resettle.Syrian refugees.in Canada. WHEREAS the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) is challenging all of its member municipalities to donate funds to help Syrian refugees. WHEREAS AMO will donate all of the proceeds to Lifeline Syria who are working to resettle and integrate 1,000 Syrian refugees in Ontario over,the next two years. The Ontario government has provided seed funding to Lifeline Syria to support its work but it is reliant on public donations to fulfill its mandate. WHEREAS Ajax is the most multicultural municipality in Durham Region, and has shown leadership on this issue by hosting a Refugee Sponsorship Information Session in March 2015. WHEREAS the Town can continue to be leaders by taking further positive action to address the Syrian refugee crisis. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Town donate $5,000 to AMO to be distributed to Lifeline Syria and that this motion be circulated to other municipalities within the Durham Region to encourage their participation in this AMO initiative. A copy of the correspondence that prompted this action is attached. If you require further information please contact Nicole Wellsbury, Deputy Clerk, at 905-619-2529 ext. 3342 or nicole.wellsbury(aD-aiax.ca Legislative Services Associate Legislative and Information Services Town of Ajax Tel.: 905-619-2529 Ext 3314 Fax. 905-683-1061 Lorraine.billings @aiax.n DUSTRUBUTFRON REVIEWED BY ORIG NAL To: gAdN6. 0 COUNCIL ❑ FILE DIRECTION INFORMATION COPY TO. • MAYOR ❑ MEMBERS ❑ CAD OF COUNCIL • COMMUNITY ❑ CORPORATE ❑ EMERGENCY SERVICES • SERVICES SERVICES • ENGINEERING ❑ MUNICIPAL ❑ OPERATiONS SEPVICcS ^IrP SOLICITOR 0 T,'TEASURY SERVICES ❑ OTHER -_ MUNICIPAL CLERK'S FILE 14WIA Dear Colleagues, Like you, I have been deeply affected by the disturbing images and stark realities of the Syrian refugee crisis. It is a situation that cries out for compassion and action. AMO is challenging all of its member municipalities to donate at least $100 to aid in the international effort to resettle the Syrian refugees in safe countries..We hope to raise at least $40,000. This goal will help save two.families and if we raise a greater amount, we can help save more families. Donations can be made by cheque payable to Association of Municipalities of Ontario, with"Syrian Refugee Crisis" in the description field, and forwarded by Friday, October 2. AMO will donate all of the proceeds to Lifeline Syria. This organization is seeking to resettle and integrate 1,000 Syrian refugees in Ontario over the next two years, reuniting them with their families. Lifeline Syria is a community-based initiative that will do this by helping to recruit, train, and match private refugee sponsors in Ontario with Syrian refugees approved for resettlement by the federal government. Sponsors will include organizations, individuals, or groups of individuals such as faith-based groups. The Ontario government has provided seed funding to Lifeline Syria to support its work but it is reliant on public donations to fulfill its mandate. More information about the organization and the initiative is found on the Lifeline Syria website. I know how municipal governments in Ontario rally to help one another and their neighbours. I implore you to accept this challenge and donate to this worthy cause. It is one small way we can help ease the suffering of others through our financial contributions. Sincerely Gary McNamara President, AMO P.S. For other ways to help, see International Organizations Seeking to Assist Syrian Refugees: =I ® Lifeline Syria - This organization is seeking to resettle and integrate 1,000 Syrian refugees in Ontario over the next two years, reuniting them with their families. ® The Canadian Red Cross is accepting donations for their Syria Crisis Fund to provide assistance to Syrians living abroad in Syria and neighbouring countries. The UNHCR, the UN Refiigee Agency, is the world's leading organization aiding and protecting people forced to flee their homes due to violence, conflict and persecution. The UNHCR is directly aiding Syrian refugees. Care Canada is providing life-saving assistance to Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Egypt. Oxfam Canada is providing aid and long-term support to hundreds of thousands of people affected by the crisis across Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. World Vision is supporting Syrians in Syria, as well as those who have fled to Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey and Jordan. 9-4 Friends of the Farewell D - 3 September 7,2015 Comments on the 407 Hwy Design and Construction(Report#1,Phase 2)of the East Link—Hwy 416 (D1b&D2 sections)for Council Direction, Province representatives and Blackbird Constructions In spite of all concerns about the area's sensitivity of Black Creek in Courtice, Clarington,the Hwy 418 construction is going ahead,even without any mitigation of very serious impacts on the groundwater,surface water, provincially significant wetlands,wildlife linkages and social,economic and financial impacts on the residents. 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The main concerns are listed below and hopefully,Council and Province will take some steps to lessen the above mentioned impact by their actions and directions to the Blackbird Construction. Recommendations that should be taken are: 1. Wildlife habitat for all and especially Species of Risk should be recreated within this watershed;buffers along highway and wetlands should be applied;groundwater flow,its quality and quantity should be retained(we are not sure how this can be done since the big pile of dirt for the highway will cover most of the recharge;the only way would be to continue with elevated structure from Solina Rd. bridge to Nash Rd,bridge-See the Map: 9-5 2. Decommissioning of Contaminated site should be done prior to construction-see the above red dotted line pointing to the site. 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Only one-lane,no exit,potholed Hancock Rd.with its damaged bridge should not be used by the construction vehicles-see the structural damage below on photo: Construction vehicles could be used only in case if this Road and bridge would be rebuilt by the Province prior to the construction;developers of the Hancock Neighbourhood should pitch in financially according to the Conditions of Subdivision and the OMB decision where these conditions were approved. 4. Removal of the invasive Common reed(Phragmites australis)along Hwy 2/Hancock Rd.,Taunton/Rundle and other future 407 interchanges should be removed prior to construction. AECOM in their reply dated August 12,2015 to my comments on the Hwy 401 EA Design Study are recommending that the soil from vegetation communities containing Common reed should not be transported or used in adjacent areas and that the Landscape Plan.should be developed for this purpose and for the revegetation of surrounding areas of 401 Hwy. I am respectfully asking our Council and the Province to give 4 directions to Blackbird Construction on how to proceed with their assignment.Also,the Landscape Plan for the points 1,2,4 and for the replacement of forests/wetlands/trees removed by the Hwy 407 should be required by the Council. Libby Racansky 2 ' Chambers, Michelle Subject: FW: Ms. Racansky the email below is in response to your comments regarding the Design and Construction Report#1 for Highway 407 East Phase 2 From:stan racansky f mailto:libby.stan @sympatico.ca] Sent:September-23-15 11:16 AM To: Clerks Department Outside<ClerksDepartment @clarington.net> Subject: FW: Ms. Racansky the email below is in response to your comments regarding the Design and Construction Report#1 for Highway 407 East Phase 2 Minister's response Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From:Verok, Peter(MTO) Sent:September 21, 2015 4:30 PM To: I ibby.sta n @sym patico.ca Subject: Ms. Racansky the email below is in response to your comments regarding the Design and Construction Report #1 for Highway 407 East Phase 2 Dear Ms. Racansky: Thank you for your email with comments on the Design and Construction Report (DCR) # 1 for the Highway 407 East Project - Phase 2. 1 have been asked to respond on behalf of the Minister of Transportation. Blackbird Infrastructure 407 General Partnership (BBI) prepared DCR#1 as part of their contract to design, build, finance, and maintain Highway 407 East Project - Phase 2. 1 understand they have responded directly to each of your questions; however, I would like to provide the following as additional information. The 407 East Environmental Assessment and associated Preliminary Design noted several highway crossings.within the Black Creek area. These include bridges and culverts that are large enough to accommodate the movement of white-tail deer as well as fencing that will be installed to channel wildlife to these crossings. These commitments, as well as other commitments to ensure safe wildlife passage across the corridor, have been included in the Province's contract with BBI: Other environmental commitments included in the contract with BBI include replacing forest and wetland at a minimum ratio of 1:1, carrying out extensive surface water and groundwater monitoring, as well as a requirement to manage invasive species, including common reed. Detailed vegetation restoration plans for the Highway 407 East Project in Clarington will be developed by BBI. They will ensure that non-invasive plant species are established and active management of invasive plants is carried out where required. BBI will provide further detail on these efforts as they move through the design process. 9-7 Currently, BBI anticipates four additional Design and Construction Reports being completed as part of the detailed design.process. Within DCR # 1, BBI has noted that they expect Vegetation Restoration Plans and Landscape Plans to be included as part of DCR#4, and DCR #5. These documents are planned for public review in late fall 2016 and early winter 2017 respectively. As part of this process, BBI will continue to hold public information centres to ensure members of the public can review and discuss the design details with BBI. With respect to contaminated properties, all of the required work within the Phase 2 Highway 407 East Project transport ation corridor will be completed by BBI., This will include the management of any excess material that is deemed unsuitable for construction of the highway. Please note that only part of-the property at 3242 Solina Road was acquired by MTO. Any contaminated material outside of the portion acquired by MTO remains the responsibility of the landowner. Should you require any additional information regarding the Highway 407 East Project— Phase 2; please do not hesitate to contact Chris Brown by telephone at (416) 235-3494 or email at Chris.Brown2(a-ontario.ca. Thank you for writing to share your concerns about the Highway 407 East Project. Sincerely, Peter Verok, P.Eng. Regional Director Ministry of Transportation Central Region 2nd Floor, Bldg. D 1201 Wilson Avenue Toronto, Ontario M3M U8 Blackbird Constructors 407 General Partnership -- 78 Richmond St.W.,Suite 200 -- [ac .i r Oshawa,Ontario L1G 1E1 constructors 407 GP Doc.Ref:EC8_13.3.2_00001 September 17, 2015 Libby Racansky 3200 Hancock Road Courtice, ON UE 2M1 Dear Ms. Racansky: Fie: Comments on the Design and Construction Report#1 for Highway 407 East Phase 2 Thank you for your email received on September 9, 2015 regarding Design and Construction Report (DCR)#1 which documents the Detailed Design for a portion of the Highway 407 East Phase 2 project. Blackbird has reviewed your comments and we provide the following response: 1) Wildlife habitat—Blackbird recognizes that several Species at Risk, as well as wildlife, are present within the Project Lands. Requirements for Bobolink and Eastern Meadowlark compensation measures,as per Endangered Species Act, 2007 Permit#AU-C-016-13, include habitat creation. Groundwater—Pre-construction baseline groundwater monitoring was completed by MTO. Blackbird will be undertaking"during-construction"groundwater monitoring activities and will follow similar methods,schedules and locations as the "pre-construction" monitoring program completed by MTO."Post-construction"groundwater monitoring will also be undertaken to observe long-term groundwater conditions. 2) Contaminated sites—Blackbird notes your concerns relative to the reports of contamination on the property.A portion of this property is privately owned and is outside the Project Lands for the highway project.As such, Blackbird is not in a position to undertake work throughout this entire property. Where excess material is deemed not suitable for use of construction of the highway, it will be managed in accordance with Ontario Regulation 347. 3) Hancock Road bridge—The condition of the bridge is of concern for heavy vehicles. Blackbird will comply with weight limit requirements from the Municipality of Clarington. 4) Common reed—Blackbird is aware that invasive species such as common reed have been noted .within the Project Lands. MTO has prepared Information Sheets for Invasive Species Control and Blackbird will implement suitable, species-specific management of invasive species to mitigate their spread within the Project Lands.We are planning to address the Vegetation Restoration and Landscape Plans in a future DCR, most likely in the Fall/Winter of 2016. We are planning to address the Detailed Design for the portion of the highway around Hancock Road/ Nash Road (Segment D1b) in the next DCR.The next Public Information Centre(PIC) is planned for the Highway 407 East "c. :a Page 1 of 2 9-9 _ - b[ackbird cOns� uctors 407 GP Blackbird Constructors 407 General Partnership 78 Richmond St.W.,Suite 200 Oshawa,Ontario L1G 1E1 .second week of October 2015 and the submission of DCR#2 is planned for the end of November 2015. Once the details of the upcoming PIC are finalized, I will provide you with this information via e-mail. Please also visit the project website at your convenience at www.407eastphase2.ca. If you have any further questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned at (905)443-3390 or via email at kchan @bbc407.ca. Sincerely, Kam Chan, P.Eng. Senior Environmental Specialist Blackbird Constructors 407 General Partnership CC: Chris Brown,Senior Environmental Planner,Ontario Ministry of Transportation ighwcLy 407 East=` .;;. 2 IN Page 2 of 2 w if -t '€+ ice s3S t Community Services Report If this information is required in an alternate accessible format, please contact the Municipal Clerk at 905-623-3379 ext. 2102. Report To: General Purpose and Administration Committee Date of Meeting: September 28, 2015 Report Number: CSD-011-15 Resolution: File Number: N/A By-law Number: Report Subject: Home Base Durham — Reconsideration of Community Grant Recommendations: 1 . That Report CSD-011-15 be received; 2. That Council consider the request for reconsideration of Home Base Durham's 2015 Community Grant award, and 3. That all interested parties listed in Report CSD-011-15 and any delegations be advised of Council's decision. 14-1 Municipality of Clarington Report CSD-011-15 Report Overview K The Municipality of Clarington supports various initiatives throughout Clarington that benefit our residents. The 2015 Community Grant requests were considered by Council earlier this year. A request for reconsideration has been received from Home Base Durham. They received $1,000.00 and are requesting reconsideration of their grant amount. In 2013 and again in 2014, Home Base Durham received a Community Grant for $2,500.00. 1 . Background On April 27, 2015 Report CSD-004-15, 2015 Community Grant Requests was approved by Council. At that time, $52,000.00 was allocated to 33 community groups, leaving a balance of$8,000.00 still available in the 2015 Community Grant Program. On September 8, 2015, Council considered a supplementary request from Vincent Massey Public School Parent Council which was approved for $2,000 on September 21, 2015. Home Base Durham submitted an application through the 2015 Community Grant Program with a request for funding of$3,800.00. In 2013 and again in 2014, Home Base Durham received a Community Grant of$2,500.00. In 2015, this organization was awarded $1,000.00. On August 10, 2015, Home Base Durham submitted a letter for a request of reconsideration of their Community Grant award (Attachment 1). They would like to be reconsidered for an additional $1,500.00 which would match their award from the previous two years ($2,500). There is currently $6,000.00 remaining in the Community Grant Program. 2. Proposal Home Base Durham provides arts, recreation and social programs for adults with autism to participate in, alongside their parents / caregivers in Clarington. These programs are important for families who can be isolated due to the behavioural, communication and sometimes cognitive challenges faced by the adult with autism in the family. The gym and swim program is offered in partnership with the Community Services Department at the Newcastle & District Recreation Complex. The estimated annual expense for pool time associated with this program is $1,600.00. In addition to liability insurance at $1,800.00 per year, the group faces additional operating expenses throughout the year. 14-2 Municipality of Clarington Report CSD-011-15 Page 3 The member families pay an annual fee and the group relies on matching gifts, corporate donors and individual friends, family and neighbours in addition to the Community Grant Program. A summary of their application and financial information is attached for your information (Attachment 2). 3. Concurrence Not Applicable: 4. Conclusion It is respectfully recommended that the.Community Grant request for reconsideration by Home Base Durham be considered.by Council. 5. Strategic Plan Application The recommendations contained in this report conform to the Strategic Plan. Submitted by: t, Reviewed by: Joseph P. Caruana, Franklin Wu, Director of Community Services Chief Administrative Officer Staff Contact: Sharon Meredith, Manager of Recreation, 905-623-3379 ext. 2504 or smeredith@clarington.net Attachments: Attachment 1 — Letter Received from Home Base Durham Attachment 2 — Summary of Grant Information The following is a list of the interested parties to be notified of Council's decision: Judy Mead JPC/SM/WG 14-3 Attachment 1 to CSD-011-15 AUTISM HOME; BAS E DURHAM August 10, 2015 Municipality of Clarington Re: Request for Reconsideration of Community Grant Dear Mayor, Council and Community-Grant Committee, Home Base Durham provides arts, recreation and social programs for Adults with Autism to participate in, alongside their parents/caregivers in Clarington. This year we received $1,000. The gym, swim, art and music programs are important lifelines for families who are incredibly isolated due to the behavioural, communication and sometimes cognitive challenges faced by the adult with autism in the family. In 2013 and again in 2014 we received a community grant for $2,500. I am writing to request reconsideration. In the hope for continued support at the $2,500 level. Leveraging the Municipality's commitment, each year your support has been matched by gifts from the Baagwating Community Association, the Hayball Foundation, Corporate Donors, and individual friends, family and neighbors Our member families pay an annual fee and help with fundraising through an annual appeal to their friends and families. In spite of the subsidized use of the Newcastle Rec Centre's half gym and our participation in the designated special needs pool time, this year we will have paid the municipality approx. $1,600 in fees. 14-4 In addition the liability insurance required for rental/use of Municipal venues, is an expense of $1,800 per year. Autism Home Base-Durham Inc. 1188 Church Street Newcastle, ON L1B 105 416-450-7716 www.homebasedurham.c om twitter.com/HomeBaseDu rham facebook.com/HB Dautism Board of Directors Judy Mead, CFRE President Howard Smith, CA Treasurer Lynne Lyon Secretary Gordon Humphrey Director Joe Neal, LL.B. Regional Councillor Municipality of Clarington Director Jessica Vreugdenhil Director Todd Willsher Director A social club for Adults with Autism and the people who love them. A registered Canadian charity#82506 6442 RR0001 F 3E AUTISM HOME BASE DURHAM 1188 Church Street Newcastle, ON L1 B 1 C5 Autism Home Base Durham Inc. 416-450-7716 www.homebasedurham.com twitter.com/HomeBaseDurham facebook.com/HBDautism We simply cannot grow or maintain our programming if our funding falls below current.levels. Going forward we hope to expand our membership and service offerings. We are in discussion with Ontario Trillium Foundation for seed funding for a new Work and Volunteer Employment (WAVE) initiative modelled after a successful start-up program in Dovercourt near Ottawa. We will be visiting their program in September and (pending OTF funding) hope to develop individualized placements for our members in addition to our current recreational and social offerings. We realize the municipality doesn't have the resources to provide specific specialized programming to our members. And appreciate the attitudes and efforts of staff to accommodate our programs at the Newcastle Rec Centre. We subscribe fully to Clarington's commitment to accessible recreation. As parents and caregivers, we've spent our lives creating opportunities for our adult children to live full, well-rounded lives. Although we're relatively new (since 2013) and our membership is still small at 28, we hope you agree and believe as we do that the lives.of these individual and families are worthy of your support. 14-5 If additional Community Grants funding is available in 2015, please consider maintaining your past level of support—with an additional allocation of$1,500. We are proud to continue to recognize your gift through our social media, website and print collateral materials. Thank you, Judy Mead President Mobile 416.450.7716 A social club for Adults with Autism and the people who love them. A registered Canadian charity#82506 6442 RR0001 Attachment 2 to CSD-011-15 Municipality of Clarington Summary of Grant Information Applicant Organization: Home Base Durham Application #: 15-37 Date Received: January 29, 2015 Request for Reconsideration Received: August 10, 2015 Contact Name: Judy Mead The primary programs / services of the Organization are: Multisport gym program including adapted cardio, ball skills, sportsmanship, social skills • Swim session including adapted aquafit • Arts program including adapted music, visual arts and drama / improv offerings Description of the program /service / event that the funding will be used for: Our activities provide relief to Clarington families living in isolation due to the challenges of supporting an adult with Autism. In 2015 we will continue to focus on expanding our membership, activities and schedule to encourage greater participation. The Organization intends to use the 2015 Community Grant Funds in the following manner: • Facilitator fees • Venue rentals • Insurance premium • Postage, printing Financial Summary: 14-7 2014 2015 Revenue $4,634.00 $ 8,294.00 Expenses $ 2,140.00 $ 9,390.00 Net $2,494.00 $ 1,096.00 Grant $ 2,500.00 $ 1,000.00 Additional Grant Request for-2015 $1,500.00 Final Net $ 4,994.00 $ 1,404.00 14-7 Y g� I Community services Report If this information is required in an alternate accessible format, please contact the Municipal Clerk at 905-623-3379 ext. 2102. Report To: General Purpose and Administration Committee Date of Meeting: September 28, 2015 Report Number: CSD-012-15 Resolution: File Number: N/A By-law Number: Report Subject: 2015 Sponsorship Request— Balanced Life Health, Wellness & Beauty Expo Recommendations: 1. That Report CSD-012-15 be received; 2. That Council consider the sponsorship request submitted by Beyond Balance; and 3. That all interested parties listed in Report CSD-012-15 and any delegations be advised of Council's decision. Municipality of Clarington Report CSD-012-15 Report Overview Page 2 The Municipality of Clarington supports a variety of local events and activities through the sponsorship program. A sponsorship request was received from Beyond Balance for their upcoming health, wellness and beauty event. They are requesting $1,500 as a sponsor of the event. A report to Council has been prepared to provide further background information in order to enable Council to make a more informed decision. 1 . Background On April 20, 2015, Council considered eight (8) sponsorship requests as part of the 2015 Community Grant process. Previously, sponsorship requests were received and processed by staff with limited involvement by Council. Currently, a formalized sponsorship program is being developed by staff for approval by Council. Until such time as a formal procedure is in place, sponsorship requests are received by staff throughout the year. As they are received, requests are summarized and forwarded by memo to Council for their consideration. Should Council have any questions or request any further information about a particular request, staff will prepare a report to Council to provide them with more detailed information. Staff was asked to have this request provided'to Council through this report. In 2015, Council has received and reviewed 25 sponsorship applications with $29,580.10 approved to date for a variety of community events and activities. 2. Proposal Beyond Balance is a private for-profit local business. They are holding their third annual health and wellness expo which includes forty local health and wellness businesses promoting fitness, conventional as well as alternative healthcare, mental health and retail. The charity partner for the 2015 Balanced Life Health, Wellness & Beauty Expo is Feed the Need in Durham. Feed the Need in Durham, as a charity partner, will receive non- perishable food items and monetary donations collected in lieu of an admission fee. The Expo is being hosted on Saturday, September 26, 2015 at the Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex and will have already occurred prior to consideration of this report. 14-9 Municipality of Clarington Report CSD-012-15 Paqe 3 Beyond Balance is requesting a sponsorship of$1,500.00 which would assist in covering operating expenses for the event. A summary of their application is attached for your information (Attachment 1). 3. Concurrence Not Applicable. 4. Conclusion While there is currently no formal criteria in place to evaluate sponsorship requests, staff wanted to make Council aware that the event has already taken place, and the purpose of the sponsorship was for the Municipality to be recognized through display space, advertising and logo display prior to and at the event. 5. Strategic Plan Application Not applicable. Submitted by: Joseph P. Caruana, Qirector of Community Services Reviewed by. Franklin Wu, Chief Administrative Officer Staff Contact: Sharon Meredith, Manager of Recreation, 905-623-3379 ext. 2504 or smeredith @clarington.net Attachments: Attachment 1 — Balanced Life Health, Wellness & Beauty Expo Sponsorship Information The following is a list of the interested parties to be notified of Council's decision: Angela Cavanagh Tracey Fyfe JPC/SM/WG 14-10 Attachment 1 to CSD-012-15 Balanced Life Health, Wellness & Beauty Expo Saturday, September 26, 2015 gam - 5pm Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex, Bowmanville Free Admission Passionate.local exhibitors and speakers showcasing their services through interactive demonstrations and discussion. The third annual Balanced Life Expo promises to surpass it's previous incarnations by featuring almost forty local businesses who have a passion for educating. Our goal has always been to take the stigma away from all things "health and wellness" by introducing residents to a wide variety of practical, accessible options available within our community. The event has an intimate and inviting feel and incredible feedback from past exhibitors and guests alike have ensured the event's continuation. Last year we surpassed the 500 attendees mark that we were aiming for and by offering free admission this year,-we look forward to meeting new targets. Donations will be requested to benefit our local Food . Bank locations. "The_entire show was executed professionally and beautifully, every detail that I as an exhibitor could wish for was looked after promptly and with ease. This was by far the best trade show that I've attended in many years." Andrea Connell, New Leaf Metaphysics "I so appreciate that you are taking the initiative to educate people about the practitioners and services available in'this area. The personal connections that I've made have been invaluable for my business." Angela Rasheed,Anuyu Wellness Centre "Everything went very well from the initial registering to the continuous update prior to the event, through to the superb job of organizing as well as the complete execution of the event." Ray Fadavi, Aspen Springs Dental Centre "I LOVED this show, PLEASE let it continue!", Tara Hodge, Bowmanville To support our event and ultimately it's exhibitors and attendees, please contact Tracey or Angela at info@ beyond balance.net 14-11 Balanced Life Health, Wellness & Beauty Expo Saturday, September 26, 2015 Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex, Bowmanville SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES You are the STAR! Be at the top of your game and be the presenting sponsor! 9 YOUR logo proudly displayed on all banners/signage in form of "Balanced Life Health, Wellness & Beauty Expo presented by [YOU]!" 9 YOUR advertising on one full side of a door-hanger campaign to be delivered to 1000 homes in the Clarington area. YOUR logo on a sign at the front entrance. 9 YOUR logo as presenting sponsor in all promotional material and appearances - our website, ads, media, social media, local cable talk shows. 9 Front entrance display stating that admission costs to the public have been generously funded by YOU. 0 YOUR company representative to participate in the Expo. 9 YOUR company representative as featured KEYNOTE SPEAKER at the event if desired. Q VIP space for YOU and members of YOUR team to present product or services. 0 URL links to YOUR business from our website and social media sites. There isn't anything that we cannot discuss to make this a great marketing decision for you! Just ask us! C -U `E``rL - $-900 V The possibilities are incredible for YOUR business to get the most bang for your buck! 9 YOUR logo proudly displayed on our signage. 9 Lead sponsor exclusivity in YOUR industry. 9 YOUR logo in all promotional material - our website, ads, media, social media. URL links to YOUR business from our website and social media sites. Exclusive vendor space for you and members of your team to present or sell product if desired. Outstanding opportunity! Be a part of this amazing event and promote your organization. YOUR logo in all promotional material - website, ads, media, social media. 0 A presentation space at the event. 3 URL links to YOUR business from our website and social media sites. 2,R= :N?E LEVELL/CORD MUN!TY GIVING - $100 Excellent opportunity to be part of this event while promoting your organization. The possibilities are endless and up to you! 9 YOUR logo proudly displayed on all banners/signage. 9 'YOUR logo on our website 9 Links to YOUR business from our social media sites and website. www.beyondbalance.net 14-12 Clerk's Report If this information is required in an alternate accessible format, please contact the Accessibility Coordinator at 905-623-3379 ext. 2131. Report To: General Government Committee Date of Meeting: September 28, 2015 Report Number: CLD-018-15 Resolution Number: File Number: By-law Number: Report Subject: Revoke Private Parking Enforcement Appointment Recommendations: 1. That Report CLD-018-15 be received; 2. That the By-law, attached to Report CLD-018-15, as Attachment 1 to rescind By-law 2010-032, appointing Dominick Forsellino as a Private Property Enforcement Officer, be approved; and 3. That all interested parties listed in Report CLD-018-15 and any delegations be advised of Council's actions. 15-1 Municipality of Clarington Report CLD-018-15 Report Overview Paae 2 The Municipality has a number of private security companies and a very few individuals who have been appointed to enforce parking regulations on their own property. This report is intended to provide background on the circumstances surrounding the appointment of Dominick Forsellino and the reasons for requesting the revocation of that appointment. 1 . Background In late 2008, Staff began receiving complaints concerning the parking situation at 98 King Street West Bowmanville. This is a commercial property owned by Angelina and Dominick Forsellino. The property contains approximately 35 parking spaces. Mr. Forsellino had called the Municipality on several occasions to report vehicles parked on his property without his permission. These vehicles were often merchants and customers from the surrounding area, including the flower shop to the east of his property, which shares a small portion of the parking lot with him. A similar concern was been raised by the owner of 191 Church Street, Bowmanville, the property directly behind 98 King Street West. Both properties share the driveway and parking lot facilities. Rather than continue to rely on the Parking Enforcement Officers to respond to his complaints, Mr. Forsellino had requested that he be appointed as a Parking Enforcement Officer to attend to the parking concerns on his own lot and that of 191 Church Street. The owner submitted a letter stating that Mr. Forsellino had her permission to ticket vehicles in her parking lot. Mr. Forsellino submitted the required paperwork and was appointed a Private Property Parking Officer for both properties by By-law 2010-032. 4. viscu5siull Staff routinely receive requests from private property owners to appoint security companies to enforce parking on their properties, such as commercial plazas, condominiums and apartment buildings, however it is rare for a property owner to ask for the authority to do the work themselves. The precedent for this was set in 2007, when Council granted permission to the owners of the property located at 234 King Street East to enforce their own parking lot. Since that time there have no reported problems or concerns with the enforcement of 234 King Street East. Unlike that experience, the situation at 98 King Street West has been marked with complaints and concerns from citizens regarding the ticketing process. Concerns had been raised by the merchant located directly east of the property as this directly affected her customers' and her ability to receive, and make, deliveries for her flower business. 15-2 Municipality of Clarington Report CLD-018-15 e3 The two properties appear to share 98 King Street's parking lot and as a result there have been complaints that trucks delivering to the neighbour's business have been ticketed while loading and unloading for the shop. Staff spent time with Mr. Forsellino instructing him on the legal requirements for tickets and reviewing incidents where tickets had to be cancelled. In July, 2013 the ownership of 191 Church Street changed hands and the previous agreement for ticketing on that property was voided. Since January 1, 2014, Mr. Forsellino has issued a total of nine parking tickets. Of these, only one has resulted in a fine being paid. The others were cancelled or voided for a number of reasons, including errors on the ticket and insufficient grounds to support a conviction. The last ticket issued by Mr. Forsellino was on August 18, 2014. The lack of any further tickets or complaints would indicate to Staff that the situation which gave rise to the need to issue parking tickets may have resolved itself and there is no further need for Mr. Forsellino to be empowered to act as a Parking Enforcement Officer. 3. Concurrence Not Applicable 4. Conclusion Staff are of the opinion that it is no longer necessary to continue Mr. Forsellino's appointment and recommending that it be rescinded. 5. Strategic Plan Application Not Applicable Submitted by: / C. Arine"Gr e6 n t r e e Municipal Clerk Reviewed by: Franklin Wu, Chief Administrative Officer Staff Contact: Len Creamer, Manager, Municipal Law Enforcement, 905-623-3379 ext. 2110 or IcreamerCcDclarington.net Attachments: By-law to Repeal the Appointment of Dominick Forsellino as a Parking Enforcement Officer Interested Parties: Dominick Forsellino CAG/Idc 15-3 Attachment 1 to Report CLD-018-15 THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON BY-LAW NO. 2015- Being a By-law to repeal By-law 2010-032 WHEREAS Section 15(1) of the Police Services Act R.S.O. 1990 Chapter P15, authorizes a Council of any Municipality to appoint one or more persons who shall be peace officers for the purpose of enforcing the by-laws of the Municipality; WHEREAS it is within the jurisdiction of Council to repeal or revoke such an appointment when it deems appropriate; NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington hereby enacts as follows: 1. By-law 2010-032, being a By-law to appoint Dominick Forsellino as a Parking Enforcement Officer for the sole purpose of enforcing the Traffic By-law of the Municipality of Clarington on the property located at 98 King Street West Bowmanville and 191 Church Street Bowmanville, in the Municipality of Clarington, be repealed; 2. This By-law shall come into full force and effective immediately on the day of final passing by Council. By-Law passed in open session this th day of , 2015 Adrian Foster, Mayor C. Anne Greentree, Municipal Clerk 15-4 f �P Corporate Services Report If this information is required in an alternate accessible format, please contact the Municipal Clerk at 905-623-3379 ext. 2102. Report To: General Government Committee Date of Meeting: September 28, 2015 Report Number: Pile Number: Report Subject: COD-020-15 CL2015-24 Plumbing Services Recommendations: Resolution: By-law Number: It is respectfully recommended that the General Government Committee recommend to Council the following: 1. That Report COD-020-15 be received; 2.' That Prairie Plumbing Limited with a total revised bid amount of$232,913.38 (net H.S.T. Rebate) for the initial three year contract term, being the lowest responsible bidder meeting all terms, conditions and specifications of Tender CL2015-24 be awarded the contract for Plumbing Services as required by the Municipality of Clarington; 3. That the funds expended be drawn from the respective operating budgets; and 4. That pending satisfactory service and pricing that the Purchasing Manager be authorized to extend the contract for up to two additional one year terms. 16-1 Municipality of Clarington Report COD-020-15 Page 2 Report Overview To request authorization from Council to award Tender CL2015-24 for the provision of plumbing services as required by the Municipality of Clarington. Tender CL2015-24 was issued by the Purchasing Services Division and advertised electronically on the Municipality's website. Notification of the availability of the document was also posted on the Ontario Public Buyer's Association website. Ten companies downloaded the document. The Tender closed on Wednesday, July 15, 2015. 2. Plumbing Services Four submissions were received in response to the tender call. Bids were reviewed and tabulated (see Attachment 1) and all submissions were deemed to be compliant. After review and analysis of the submissions by the Operations Department, Community Services Department and the Purchasing Services Division, it was mutually agreed that the low bidder, Prairie Plumbing Limited be recommended for the award of contract CL2015-24 for the Plumbing Services work as required by the Municipality. References were contacted as provided by Prairie Plumbing Limited and were satisfactory. 3. Financial and Budget Considerations The annual cost is approximately$77,637.79 (net HST Rebate). The initial contract term is for three years. The estimated value of the contract for the three years is approximately $232,913.38 (net HST Rebate). The pricing received is firm for the initial three year contract. The Municipality has the option to extend the contract for up to two additional one year terms pending satisfactory pricing and service. The expended funds will be drawn from the respective departmental operating budgets. Queries with respect to the department needs should be referred to the respective Department Head. 16-2 Municipality of Clarington Report COD-020-15 Page 3 4. Concurrence This report has been reviewed by Fred Horvath, Director of Operations and Joseph Caruana, Director of Community Services who concur with the recommendation. 5. Conclusion It is respectfully recommended that Prairie Plumbing Limited with the lowest compliant bid of$232,913.38 (net H.S.T. rebate) be awarded the contract for the Plumbing Services requirements as per Tender CL2015-24. 6. Strategic Plan Application Not Applicable. �i Submitted by: 1"If E M&0611arano, H.B. Sc., C.M.O. Director.of Corporate Services Reviewed by: �"' Franklin Wu, Chief Administrative Officer Staff Contact: David Ferguson, Purchasing Manager, 905.623.3379 Ext 2209 or dferguson@clarington.net Attachments: Attachment 1 —Tabulation of Bid Summary List of interested parties to be notified of Council's decision is on file in the Corporate Services Department. MM/DF/sm 16-3 Attachment 1 to Municipality of Clarington Report COD-020-15 z �a c Municipality of Clarington Summary of Bid Results Tender CL2015-24 Plumbing Services Bidder Total Bid (including HST) Total Bid (net HST Rebate) Prairie Plumbing Limited $258,640.05 $232,913.38 Brent's Plumbing $298,167.45 $268,509.02 Mapleridge Mechanical $435,199.73 $391,910.83 Integracon Inc. $333,484.47 $300,313.09 16-4 Y�lii (]71�' Ci�� Corporate Services Report If this information is required in an alternate accessible format, please contact the Municipal Clerk at 905-623-3379 ext. 2102. Report To: General Government Committee Date of Meeting: September 28, 2015 Report Number: COD-021-15 Resolution: File Number: RFP2015-9 Bylaw Number: Report Subject: Lease of Baseline Community Centre Recommendations: It is respectfully recommended that the General Government Committee recommend to Council the following: 1. That Report COD-021-15 be received; 2. That approval be granted for the Municipality to enter into a lease agreement with Community Living Oshawa/ Clarington in a form acceptable to the Municipal Solicitor, being the only proposal received and meeting all terms, conditions and specifications of Request for Proposal 2015-9 for the space at the Baseline Community Centre, 2444 Baseline Road, Bowmanville in an amount of$5,070.67 plus H.S.T. per year for a five year period commencing on April 1, 2016 and subject to a yearly rate increase based on the Consumer Price Index, All Items, Ontario (previous month), including the option to extend for a further 5 years pending a satisfactory performance evaluation and Council's approval; and 3. That the Mayor and the Clerk be authorized to execute the lease agreements with the Community Living Oshawa / Clarington. 16-5 Municipality of Clarington Report COD-021-15 Page 2 Report Overview To request authorization from Council to enter into a lease agreement for the lease of Baseline Community Centre. 1. Background Request for Proposal 2015-9 was issued for interested parties to submit proposals for the lease of approximately 4,593 square feet of space at the Baseline Community Centre, 2444 Baseline Road, Bowmanville, Ontario as per the terms of reference provided by the Municipality of Clarington's Operations Department. The Request for Proposal (RFP) was advertised electronically on the Municipality's website as well as on the Ontario Public Buyers Association's website. One (1) company downloaded the RFP document. One (1) submission was received in response to the RFP and was deemed compliant. 2. Analysis The RFP was structured as a "two-envelope" model with each submission including a detailed Technical Proposal (Envelope 1) and a sealed separate envelope with a Pricing Proposal (Envelope 2). The selection process stipulated that the envelopes containing the pricing information would not be opened until the evaluation of the Technical Proposals had been completed. As stipulated within the RFP document, proponents were evaluated based on the following criteria: • Type and History of Firm • Firm's Knowledge of Clarington and Durham Region • Understanding of the RFP and Proposed Solution • Identification of Accessibility design, Features and Criteria • Compliance & Completeness • Costing/Pricing In addition to the above evaluation criteria, the RFP documents stipulated that the vendor selection would be made on the basis of reference checks and a presentation if required. The RFP document further stated that St Mary's Cement Inc. has the right to use and occupy a portion (electrical room at the south east end of the building) of the Baseline Community Centre in connection with the installation, operation and maintenance of a seismograph. WWI Municipality of Clarington Report COD-021-15 Page 3 As a requirement of the lease arrangements the successful proponent (Lessee) will be responsible for the following: • The cost of all utilities will be the responsibility of the Lessee • The cost of the disposal of garbage will be the responsibility of the Lessee • Disposal of Hazardous Materials, including bio-medical wastes will be the responsibility of the Lessee • Parking available on site and will be included in the cost • All Municipal and Regional Property Taxes and Educational Levies (where applicable) will be the responsibility of the Lessee and will be payable to the Municipality when due • The cost of all leasehold improvements will be the responsibility of the Lessee, however, all proposed leasehold improvements will require prior approval by the Director of Operations or his designate • The cost of telephone service and all associated wiring costs for telephone will be at the Lessee's expense The only submission received was reviewed by the Municipality's evaluation team consisting of staff from the Operations Department, Finance Department and the Purchasing Division. The evaluation committee reviewed and scored the proposal in accordance with the established evaluation criteria and based on the evaluation ranking, Community Living Oshawa / Clarington met the evaluation threshold and was shortlisted to move forward in the process. A primary concern for the evaluation committee was that the firm understood the scope of work requirements and that the firm's principles align with those of the Municipality. It was mutually agreed that a reference check was not necessary as Community Living Oshawa / Clarington is presently in a lease arrangement with the Municipality. It was also agreed that a presentation was not necessary, however, the evaluation committee opted to invite members of the Community Living Oshawa / Clarington team to a pre-award meeting to discuss potential partnerships with other organizations. Community Living Oshawa /Clarington advised that they are willing, where feasible, to explore potential partnerships with other organizations and work with and develop strategic alliances that will be beneficial to their program and to the community. It should be noted that entering into a lease arrangement is addressed under By-law 2011-11 and gives the CAO or designate the authority to enter into a lease agreement if the consideration does not exceed $10,000. Because the consideration for the leasehold interest in this case is over the $10,000 threshold, Council's approval is required. 16-7 Municipality of Clarington Report COD-021-15 Page 4 3. Financial/Budget Funding There is no financial impact as a result of this lease arrangement. 4. Concurrence This report has been reviewed by Fred Horvath, Director of Operations, Nancy Taylor, Director of Finance/Treasurer and Andrew Allison, Municipal Solicitor who concur with the recommendations. 5. Conclusion It is respectfully recommended that approval be granted for the Municipality to enter into a lease agreement with Community Living Oshawa / Clarington in a form acceptable to the Municipal Solicitor, being the only proposal received and meeting all terms, conditions and specifications of RFP2015-9 for the space at the Baseline Community Centre. 6. Strategic Plan Application The recommendations contained in this report conform to the Strategic Plan. Submitted by: Marie Marano, H.B.Sc., C.M.O. Director of Corporate Services Reviewed by. � C)-- Franklin Wu, Chief Administrative Officer Staff Contact: David Ferguson, Purchasing Manager, 905.623.3379 Ext 2209 or dferguson@clarington.net Attachments: Summary of Submissions Received There are no interested parties to be notified of Council's decision. MM/DF/ Um Attachment 1 to Municipality of Clarington Report COD-021-15 RFP2015-9 Lease ®f Baseline Community Centre Proposals were received from the following Firms: Community Living Oshawa / Clarington • •1 i Report If this information is required in an alternate accessible format, please contact the Municipal Clerk at 905-623-3379 ext. 2102. Report To: General Government Committee Date of Meeting: September 28, 2015 Report Number: FND-015-15 Resolution: File Number: By-law Number: Report Subject: List of Applications for Cancellation, Reduction, Apportionments or Refund of Taxes Recommendations: It is respectfully recommended that the General Government Committee recommend to Council the following-. 1. That Report FND-015-15 be received; and 2. That the list of applications, attached to Report FND-015-15 as Attachment 1, for cancellation, reduction, apportionments or refund of taxes be approved. 17-1 Municipality of Clarington Report FND-015-15 Report Overview Page 2 The purpose of this report is to obtain Council authorization for cancellation, reduction, apportionments or refunds of taxes pursuant to the applicable sections of the Municipal Act. 1 .0 Background 1.1 Pursuant to Sections 354, 356, 357 and 358 of the Municipal Act, 2001, C25, a list of applications for cancellation, reduction, apportionments or refund of taxes is presented to Committee for its review and approval. 1.2 Section 357 (3 & 4) indicates that the Council shall hear and dispose of every application not later than the 30th day of April in the year following the year in respect of which the application is made. The last day for making application for the previous year's tax reduction is the 28th day of February in the following year. 1.3 More specifically, under Section 354, the Treasurer shall recommend to Council that outstanding taxes be stricken from the roll. To strike taxes from the roll it must be by reason of a decision under Section 357 or 358, or of a decision of a judge of any court that the taxes are uncollectable. 1.4 An application for a cancellation, reduction or refund may be made for one of the following reasons: • Ceased to be liable to be taxed at rate it was; • Real property becomes exempt; • Razed by fire, demolition or otherwise; • Damaged by fire, demolition or otherwise (substantially unusable); • Removal of a mobile unit; • Sickness or extreme poverty; • Gross or manifest clerical error; and • Repairs/renovations preventing normal use of period of 3 months. 1.5 The 357 and the 358 process begins when an application is prepared by either the Regional Assessment Office or the Tax Department. The neighbourhood assessor will perform an on-site inspection of the property. The assessor will verify the reason for the application, the period of time for which the tax relief is claimed, and the amount and type 17-2 Municipality of Clarington Report FND-015-15 Page 3 of assessment that is affected. The application is then sent back to the Tax Department where the actual tax adjustment is calculated and the taxpayer's account adjusted. 1.6 Section 356, deals with severances or divisions into parcels. These parcels of land were taxed in blocks in the year(s) prior to severance/consolidation. Taxes are being apportioned to the individual properties which are now severed/consolidated. Therefore, tax amounts are removed from one roll number and applied to another roll number as determined by MPAC. 2.0 Concurrence - Not applicable 3.0 Conclusion The total amount of taxes to be written off for January 1 to August 31, 2015 as shown in this report total $15,627.43. The total for the 2014 calendar year was $162,694.90. This total represents the Municipality's share only. For comparison, the values of taxes written off under Section 357 and 358 at August 31, 2014 was $149,022.38 for the municipal portion only. Strategic Plan Application The recommendations contained in this report conform to the Strategic Plan. Submitted by: /�G .C�/ /�f�'. G'� Reviewed by: Nancy Taylor, BVA, CPA, CA Director of Finance/Treasurer NT/BV/NS/hjl a �C_C- &�)A Franklin Wu, Chief Administrative Officer Staff Contact: Nancy Taylor, Director of Finance/Treasurer, 905-623-3379 ext. 2602 or ntaylor(a clarington.net Attachments: Attachment 1 —Attachment 1 -Write-off Report January 1 to August 31, 2015 There are no interested parties to be notified of Council's decision. 17-3 Write-Off Report 2015 Attachment 1 to For the Period of-January. 1 -August 2015 Report FND-015-15 Date Roll Number Person(s)Taxes Adj/WTX Commercial Residential Year Reason Claimed by Ref. No. Industrial etc Farm Adjusted Applicant Applicant Number Municipal Managed Forest For Municipal 1 Jan-15 010 050 0,4110 Transportation Ministry WTX790 80.09 2014 Ceased to be Taxed at Rate 2 Jan-15 010 050 13100 Transportation Ministry WTX790 788.57 2014 Ceased to be Taxed at Rate . 3 Jan-15 010 110 26910 Vogels John Michael WTX790 662.66 2014 Fire, Demolition Etc. 4 Jan-15 010 160 02500 Transportation Ministry WTX790 29.86 2014 Ceased to be Taxed at Rate 5 Jan-15 030 050 25901 Chamberlain Peter Andrew WTX790 676•.49 -489.12 2013 Overcharge Clerical Error 6 Jan-15 030 110 15208 Barton Guy John WTX790 205.62 2014 Fire, Demolition Etc. 7 Jan-15 020 120 22700 1064032 Ontario Inc. WTX791 -31.24 2013 Mobile Unit Removed 8 Jan-15 020 120 22700 1064032 Ontario Inc, WTX791 -14.93 2013 Mobile Unit Removed 9 Jan-15 020 120 22700 1064032 Ontario Inc. WTX791 -15.09 2014 Mobile Unit Removed 10 Jan-15 020 120 22700 1064032 Ontario Inc. WTX791 -15.23 2014 Mobile Unit Removed 11 Feb-15 010 020 11526 Darlington Springs Ltd. WTX792 59.01 2014 SeverancelConsolidation 12 Feb-15 010 020 11648 Sutton Lynda WTX792 -59.01 2014 SeverancelConsolidation 13 Feb-15 010 020 11528 Darlington Springs Ltd. WTX792 60,51 2014. SeverancelConsolidation 14 Feb-15 010 020 11690, Piercey Danika Suzanne WTX792 -60.51 2014 Severance/Consolidation 15 Feb-15 010 030 17118 Pernerowski Matthew WTX792 199.41 2014 SeverancelConsolidation 16 Feb-15 010 030 17120 Kanagaratnam Jeyanthini WTX792 -199A1 2014 SeverancelConsolidation 17 Feb-15 010 100 05198 Cooper David WTX792 -5.11 2014 SeverancelConsolidation 18 Feb-15 010 100 05908 Clarington Municipality WTX792 5.11 2014 Severance/Consolidation 19 Feb-15 020 010 00637 Humphries Heather Michelle WTX792 311.51 2014 SeverancelConsolidation 20 Feb-15 020 010 00639 Glowaski Maureen Mary WTX792 -61.50 2014 Severance/Consolidation 21 Feb-15 020 010 00640 Anderson Rushand Antonio WTX792 -61.50 2014 Severance/Consolidation 22 Feb-15 020 010 00641 Hodgkinson Thomas WTX792 -61.50 2014 Severance/Consolidation 23 Feb-15 020 • 010 00642 Snow-Johnson Shannon WTX792 -61.50 2014 Severance/Consolidation 24 Feb-15 020 010 00643 Gupta Neil WTX792. -65.50 2014 SeverancelConsolidation 25 Feb-15 020 120 20705 Bowmanville Creek WTX792 9.80 2014 SeverancelConsolidation 26 Feb-15 010 080 14750 Hoskin Gail Miriam WTX793 219.11 2014 Ceased to be Taxed at Rate 27 Feb-15 010 110 08200 Gaul Betty WTX793 896.11 2014 Ceased to be Taxed at Rate 28 Feb-15 010 160 06500 J Kamstra Landscaping Ltd. WTX794 339.07 2012 Fire, Demolition Etc. Total Page 1 of 4 1,015.56 2,326.22 Write-Off Report 2015 For the Period of-January 1 -August 2015 Date Roll Number Person(s)Taxes Adj/WTX Commercial Residential Year Reason Claimed by Ref. No. Industrial etc Farm Adjusted Applicant Applicant Number Municipal Managed Forest For Municipal Balance Forward from Page 1 1,015.56 2,326.22 29 Feb-15 010 160 06500 J Kamstra Landscaping Ltd. WTX794 95.08 2013 Fire, Demolition Etc. 30 Feb-15 010 160 06500 J Kamstra Landscaping Ltd. WTX794 191.74 2014 Fire, Demolition Etc. 31 Feb-15 020 040 02505 Clarington Municipality WTX794 28.06 2013 Property Became Exempt 32 Feb-15 020 040 02505 Clarington Municipality WTX794 58.36 2014 Property Became Exempt 33 Feb-15 030 080 03800 Newcastle Recycling Limited WTX794 1132.49 -781.03 2012 Ceased to be Taxed at Rate 34 Feb-15 010 090 12500 Krezanowski Stephen WTX795 230.76 2014 Severance/Consolidation 35 Feb-15 010 090 12506 Mitchell Marlene WTX795 -229.86 2014 Severance/Consolidation 36 Feb-15 010 090 25253 Carboni Lisa WTX795 56.42 2014 Severance/Consolidation 37 Feb-15 010 090 25255 Dougan JC Lee WTX795 -56.42 2014 Severance/Consolidation 38 Feb-15 010 090 25349 Caibri Properties Inc WTX795 56.42 2014 SeverancelConsolidation 39 Feb-15 010 090 25351 H&H Building Corporation WTX795 -56.42 2014 Severance/Consolidation 40 Feb-15 010 100 07109 Williams Michael 'WTX795 -393.53 2014 Severance/Consolidation 41 Feb-15 010 100 07100 Nekkers John Anton WTX795 1066.55 2014 Severance/Consolidation 42 Feb-15 010 100 07108 Nekkers John Anton WTX795 -670.79 2014 Severance/Consolidation 43 Mar-15 020 090 09500 Annis Athanacia Hristou WTX796 262.98 2014 Fire, Demolition Etc. 44 Mar-15 030 100 03000 Wood Stewart Allen WTX796 439.56 -303.15 2013 Ceased to be Taxed at Rate 45 Mar-15 030 100 03000 Wood Stewart Allen WTX796 553.22 -381.53 2014 Ceased to be Taxed at Rate 46 Apr-15 030 110 00500 Bastas Konstadinos WTX797 83.99 2013 Overcharge Clerical Error 47 May-15 010 160 02700 Hojdus Mieczyslaw WTX798 1,476.70 2013 Property Became Exempt 48 May-15 010 050 04100 Transportation Ministry WTX799 830.71 2015 Ceased to be Taxed at Rate 49 May-15 010 050 04110 Transportation Ministry WTX799 83.07 2015 Ceased to be Taxed at Rate 50 May-15 010 050 13100 Transportation Ministry WTX800 817.93 2015 Ceased to be Taxed at Rate 51 May-15 010 090 06400 Transportation Ministry WTX800 1,124.81 2015 Ceased to be Taxed at Rate 52 May-15 010 110 26910 Vogels John Michael WTX800 831.22 2015 Fire, Demolition Etc. 53 May-15 010 160 02500 Transportation Ministry WTX800 161.88 2015 Ceased to be Taxed at Rate -54 May-15 030 120 02600 Skitch William Frederick WTX801 119.69 2015 Fire, Demolition Etc. v 55 Jul-15 010 050 17650 Clarington Municipality WTX803 2596.15 2015 Ceased to be Taxed at Rate cn Total Page 2 of 4 6,194.21 6,572.63 Write-Off Report 2015 For the Period of-January 1 -August 2015 v a, Date Roll Number Person(s)Taxes Adj/WTX Commercial Residential Year Reason Claimed by Ref. No. Industrial etc Farm Adjusted Applicant Applicant Number Municipal Managed Forest For Municipal Balance Forward from Page 2 6,194.21 6,572.63 56 Jul-15 010 160 06500 J Kamstra Landscaping Ltd. WTX803 290.25 2015 Fire, Demolition Etc. 57 Jul-15 010 090 25247 Dallaire Mathieu Paul Gerard STX0177 -232.17 2015 Severance/Consolidation 58 Jul-15 010 090 25249 Qazi Sadia Tahir STX0177 232.17 2015 Severance/Consolidation 59 Jul-15 010 090 25250 Petrovicz James STX0177 -232.17 2015 Severance/Consolidation 60 Jul-15 010 090 25252 Sequeira Derek STX0177 232.17 2015 Severance/Consolidation 61 Jul-15 010 090 25256 Slowikowski Artur STX0177 -232.17 2015 Severance/Consolidation 62 Jul-15 010 090 25258 Gibb Lindsay STX0177 232.17 2015 Severance/Consolidation 63 Jul-15 010 090 25259 Gawlik Stanislaw STX0177 -232.17 2015 Severance/Consolidation 64 Jul-15 010 090 25261 Trach Jeffrey STX0177 232.17 2015 Severance/Consolidation 65 Jul-15 010 090 25262 Young Scott STX0177 -232.17 2015 Severance/Consolidation 66 Jul-15 010 090 25264 Pollet Matthew STX0177 232.17 2015 Severance/Consolidation 67 Jul-15 010 090 25268 2438442 Ontario Inc STX0177 -232.17 2015 Severance/Consolidation 68 Jul-15 010 090 25270 H &H Building Corp STX0177 232.17 2015 Severance/Consolidation 69 Jul-15 010 090 25271 H &H Building Corp STX0177 -232.17 2015 Severance/Consolidation 70 Jul-15 010 090 25273 Madder Patrick STX0177 232.17 2015 Severance/Consolidation 71 Jul-15 010 090 25274 Rahim Nadia STX0177 -232.17 2015 Severance/Consolidation 72 Jul-15 010 090 25276 Alvarez Jorge David Picos STX0177 232.17 2015 Severance/Consolidation 73 Jul-15 010 090 25283 Brown Michael STX0177 -271.49 2015 Severance/Consolidation 74 Jul-15 010 090 25285 Simpson Paula STX0177 271.49 2015 Severance/Consolidation 75 Jul-15 010 090 25346 Kluczewski Karolina STX0177 -232.17 2015 Severance/Consolidation 76. Jul-15 010 090 25348 Balakrishnan Subradheep STX0177 232.17 2015 Severance/Consolidation 77 Jul-15 010 090 25349 Caibri Properties STX0177 -232.17 2015 Severance/Consolidation 78 Jul-15 010 090 25351 Clarke Allana Annmarie STX0177 232.17 2015 Severance/Consolidation 79 Jul-15 010 090 25443 Morvai Catherine Anne STX0177 -92.66 2015 Severance/Consolidation 80 Jul-15 010 090 25447 Mazarello Victor STX0177 92.66 2015 Severance/Consolidation 81 Aug-15 010 030 17226 Bourbonnais Stacey WTX804 -47.42 2012 Overcharge Clerical Error Total Page 3 of 4 6,484.46 6,525.21 Write-Off Report 2015 For the Period of-January 1 -August 2015 Date Roll Number Person(s)Taxes Adj/WTX Commercial Residential Year Reason Claimed by Ref. No. Industrial etc Farm Adjusted Applicant Applicant Number Municipal Managed Forest For Municipal Balance Forward from Page 3 6,484.46 6,525.21 82 Aug-15 010 030 17226 Bourbonnais Stacey WTX804 -28.41 2013 Overcharge Clerical Error 83 Aug-15 020 010 06402 673666 Ontario Limited WTX804 1086.05 -751.4 2015 Ceased to be Taxed at Rate 84 Aug-15 020 090 12000 1825447 Ontario Inc WTX804 810.99 -716.39 2013 Overcharge Clerical Error 85 Aug-15 020 090 12000 1825447 Ontario Inc WTX804 1065.57 -742.98 2014 Overcharge Clerical Error 86 Aug-15 030 050 25800 6980601 Canada Inc WTX804 86.72 2014 Fire, Demolition Etc. 87 Aug-15 030 050 25800 6980601 Canada Inc WTX804 194.65 2015 Fire, Demolition Etc. 88 Aug-15 020 090 12000 1825447 Ontario Inc WTX805 -229.37 2014 Overcharge Clerical Error 89 Aug-15 020 050 25052 Zane Roberto M WTX806 133.77 2013 Fire, Demolition Etc. 90 Aug-15 020 050 25052 Zane Roberto M WTX806 396.58 2014 Fire, Demolition Etc. 91 Aug-15 030 070 10300 Transportation Ministry . WTX806 494.71 2013 Ceased to be Taxed at Rate 92 Aug-15 020 020 15410 Steven Donald WTX807 463.37 2015 Fire, Demolition Etc.. 93 Aug-15 020 050 25052 Zane Roberto M WTX807 152.50 2015 Fire, Demolition Etc. 94 Aug-15 030 020. 16200 Dejong Jonathan WTX807 70.23 2015 Fire, Demolition Etc. 95 Aug-15 030 030 36400 Burns James Robert WTX807 131.17 2015 Ceased to be Taxed at Rate Total Page 3 of 4 9,499.07 6,128.36 Grand Total To Be Written Off Not Including Minutes of Settlements, or ARB Decisions For the Period of January 1st, 2015 to August 31, 2015 $15,627.43 I UNFINISHED BUSINESS Chamber's, Michelle Subject: FW: Delegation request Attachments: . Municipal Govt Support resolution.docx Sent:July-03-15 9:25 AM To:Clerks Department Outside Subject: Delegation request Greetings, Please accept this request to appear before Clarington Council at its next meeting. I wish to make a presentation about a resolution on the need to support manufacturing in our community. 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SC!LtCfi:!n Cl TREASURY 11 OTHER i jl MUNICIPAL CLERICS FILL" Municipal Government Support for Continued Auto Production of General Motors in Durham Region Whereas: The Durham Region has suffered significant job losses due to the downsizing and exit of manufacturing jobs associated with the auto industry; and Whereas: Many members of our communities have been adversely affected by unemployment and lowered incomes due to reduced employment opportunities that the good paying jobs of the auto industry once provided; and Whereas: The Local businesses that depend on a strong and healthy job market to support their success in our communities have been adversely affected by the job losses and lower paying work; and Whereas: Local agencies like the United Way of Durham Region have been put under the combined stress of reduced financial support from people who can no longer afford to give to charities, while at the same time experiencing increased demand for their services due to the high levels of unemployment; and Whereas: The aggressive financial support provided to manufacturing companies by governments in areas such as Mexico and the southern U.S. have put extra pressure on Canadian jobs; and Whereas: There has been a fragmented approach to backing the Canadian auto industry that does not include the active support of all levels of government. Therefore Be It Resolved, That the municipal governments of Durham Region and all Canadian municipalities that benefit from auto manufacturing unite to lobby all levels of government to ensure that the support needed to ensure these good jobs remain in our communities, province and our country, ' Canada. We must act immediately to ensure provincial and federal governments are fully engaged in the effort to keep these jobs in our community. 21-2 Clarington Memo Clerk's Department If this information is required in an alternate accessible format, please contact the Accessibility Coordinator at 905-623-3379 ext. 2131. To: Mayor Foster and Members of Council From: Anne Greentree, Municipal Clerk Date: September 25, 2015 Subject: General Government Committee Meeting Agenda — September 28, 2015 — Update File: C05.General Government Committee Meeting Please be advised of the following amendments to the General Government Committee agenda for the meeting to be held on Monday, September 28, 2015: 7 Delegations See attached Final Agenda - Attachment#1 W�Zr �Gr&dhti-6-4, A.,XCMO Municipal Clerk CAG/mc c: F. Wu, Chief Administrative Officer Department Heads ATTACHMENT#1 TO UPDATE MEMO i General Government .Committee Agenda Date: Monday, September 28, 2015 Time: 9:30 AM Place: Council Chambers, 2nd Floor Municipal Administrative Centre 40 Temperance Street Bowmanville, Ontario _ Inquiries & Accommodations: For inquiries about this agenda, or to make arrangements for accessibility accommodations for persons attending, please contact: Michelle Chambers, Committee Coordinator, at 905-623-3379, ext. 2106 or by ' email at mchambers(a)clarington.net. Alternate Format: If this information is required in an alternate format, please contact the Accessibility Coordinator, at 905-623-3379 ext. 2131. Audio Record: The Municipality of Clarington makes an audio record of General Government Committee meetings. 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Copies of Reports are available at www.clarington.net Clarington General Government Committee Agenda Date: September 28, 2015 Time: 9:30 AM Place: Council Chambers 1 Call to Order 2 New Business — Introduction 3 Adopt the Agenda 4 Disclosures of Pecuniary Interest 5 Announcements 6 Adoption of Minutes of Previous Meeting 6.1 Minutes of a Regular Meeting of September 8, 2015 6-1 7 Delegations 7.1 Delegation of Jacqueline Muccio Regarding a Request to Reword the Boulevard By-law, 2013-066, to Allow Hard Landscaping Materials 7.2 Delegation of Sheila Hall, Executive Director, Clarington Board of Trade, Regarding an Economic Development Update 7.3 Delegation of Ron Svajlenko, President, Unifor Local 222, Regarding a Proposed Resolution Requesting Support for Manufacturing in the Community 7.4 Delegation of Suzanne Barnes, President, Valleys 2000, Regarding an Annual Update 7.5 Delegation of Nik Papanikolas Regarding Traffic and Parking on Trudeau Drive and a Request to Change the No Parking Signs to No Stopping Signs 7.6 Delegation of Libby Racansky Regarding Comments on Highway 407 East Project Design and Construction 7.7 Delegation of Terri Korkush, Director of Operations, Community Living Oshawa/Clarington, Regarding Report COD-021-15, Lease of Baseline Community Centre 7.8 Delegation of Judy Mead and Gord Humphrey, Home Base Durham, Regarding Report CSD-011-15, Home Base Durham — Reconsideration of Community Grant i i Page 1 General Government Committee Agenda Date: September 28, 2015 Time: 9:30 AM Place: Council Chambers 8 Communications - Receive for Information 1-1 Minutes of the Tyrone Community Centre dated July 22, 2015 8-1 1-2 Minutes of the Clarington Older Adult Centre Board dated July 17, and 8-2 August 21, 2015 9 Communications — Direction D-1 Lorraine Billings, Legislative Services Associate, Legislative and 9-1 Information Services, Town of Ajax— National Pharmacare Program (Motion for Direction) D-2 Lorraine Billings, Legislative Services Associate, Legislative and 9-2 Information Services, Town of Ajax— Syrian Refugee Crisis (Motion for Direction) D-3 Libby Racansky, Highway 407 East Project Phase 2 - Comments on 9-5 Design and Construction Report#1 (Motion for Direction) 10 Presentations 10.1 Presentation of Adrian Foster, Chair, Durham Region Strategic Planning Committee, Regarding the Durham Region Strategic Planning Process. 11 Engineering Services Department No Reports 12 Operations Department No Reports 13 Emergency and Fire Services Department No Reports Page 2 i Clarington General Government Committee Agenda Date: September 28, 2015 Time: 9:30 AM Place: Council Chambers 14 Community Services Department 14.1 CSD-011-15 Home Base Durham — Reconsideration of Community Grant 14-1 14.2 CSD-012-15 Sponsorship Request— Beyond Balance Expo 14-8 15 Municipal Clerk's Department 15.1 CLD-018-15 Revoke Private Property Parking Enforcement 15-1 16 Corporate Services Department 16.1 COD-020-15 Plumbing Services 16-1 16.2 COD-021-15 Lease of Baseline Community Centre 16-5 17 Finance Department 17.1 FND-015-15 List of Applications for Cancellation, Reduction, 17-1 Apportionments or Refund of Taxes 18 Solicitors Department No Reports 19 Chief Administrative Office No Reports 20 New Business — Consideration Page 3 i CkIrjfl9tO,U General Government Committee Agenda Date: September 28, 2015 Time: 9:30 AM Place: Council Chambers 21 Unfinished Business 21.1 Correspondence from Ron Svajlenko, President, Unifor Local 222 from 21-1 the September 8, 2015 General Government Committee Meeting [Tabled at the September 21, 2015 Council Meeting] (Motion to lift from the table, receive for information, and advise of Council's previous endorsement, of support for manufacturing in the community, at the June 29, 205 Council meeting) 22 Confidential Reports No Reports 23 Adjournment Page 4 I Handouts/Circulations General Government Committee Meeting WorkingTogether ͻ!ƌƚƓĻwecandosolittle; Togetherwecandosoƒǒĭŷ͵ͼ HelenKeller ReWordBylaw2013066 Currently,thebylawstates: ͻƓƚpersonshallplacehardlandscaping materials,rocks,bricks,lawnornaments, plantersorsimilarobjectswithinaĬƚǒƌĻǝğƩķͼ͵ VegetationnottoexceedЍЋͼ Complaintsdrivenprocesshasflaws Employeediscretionchangedtocommittee ExampleRocks RocksinsteadofGrass ExampleBricks ExampleLawnOrnaments ExamplePlanter PlanterwithaSign ExampleSimilarObjects GrandfatheredIn AddingBeauty ExpressingPersonality GardenswithRocks StunninglySimplistic BorderingaGarden Comparison {ƷƩǒĭƷǒƩğƌǤĻƷķğƓŭĻƩƚǒƭ{ƷƩǒĭƷǒƩğƌǤĻƷĬĻƓźŭƓ Ordertoremove bƚƷğŷĻźŭŷƷźƭƭǒĻ{źƒƦƌǤƒğźƓƷğźƓźƓŭŭğƩķĻƓ WithoutQuestion IğƒƦĻƩźƓŭ9ǤĻ\[źƓĻƭIğƒƦĻƩźƓŭtĻķĻƭƷƩźğƓƭ WorkingTogether BylawDepartmentenforcedevenwhen Councilisnotsitting Notgivenagraceperiodwhenasked Inconsistencyonsamepropertyandwithin Clarington DurhamRegionwide \[ĻƷ͸ƭmakeachangethatworksforeveryone WorkingTogether ͻ!ƌƚƓĻwecandosolittle; Togetherwecandosoƒǒĭŷ͵ͼ HelenKeller Clarington Board of Trade Don Rickard Report to Clarington Council; September 28, 2015 President Economic Development Lead Update Lawson Gay 30 New Leads Vice-President 8 Commercial/Retail Adrienne Windsor 2 Food Processing Past President 12 Manufacturing/Industrial/Distribution 8 Film Shoot leads Leslie Ray 28 Active follow up on previous leads Treasurer 9 Closed files Lindsay Coolidge 15 Business Support Files Secretary Trends Barb Malone 1.I Director at Large incubator to business co-op models. We are looking at options to address this need. Barb Yezik 2.Increase in our business Director at Large and succession planning. 3.Increase interest and communication from existing manufacturing community looking to Dale Gibbons increase space to accommodate business growth. Director at Large 4.Increase in real estate agents and site selectors contacting us directly for opportunities. Martin Vroegh Director at Large Outreach Mike Weatherbee 1.Presentations to local high school students and teachers (sharing with over 100 students Director at Large todate; the types of jobs in Clarington Manufacturing and Trades and entreprenuership) 2.Economic Development Bulletin ( sent to over 1000 readers) Laura Sciore 3. Director at Large 4.Outreach and presentations to local Real Estate Brokerages Steve DeBoer 5.Participation in 4 Real Estate Forums exposure to over 5000 commercial/industrial Director at Large realtors 6.Eastern Food Conference Greg Lewis 7.Ћ ƦğŭĻ ĻķźƷƚƩźğƌ ч ƦğŭĻ ğķ źƓ hƓƷğƩźƚ /ƚƓƭƷƩǒĭƷźƚƓ wĻƦƚƩƷ ΛWǒƓĻΜ Newcastle BIA 8.Ћ ƦğŭĻ ĻķźƷƚƩźğƌ ч ƦğŭĻ ğķ źƓ /ğƓğķźğƓ 5ĻƭźŭƓ ğƓķ /ƚƓƭƷƩǒĭƷźƚƓ ağŭğǩźƓĻ ΛbƚǝĻƒĬĻƩΜ Justin Barry Bowmanville BIA Special Projects 1.Working with listing agents to define accurate usability and representation of available Yvonne Maitland properties. Orono BIA 2.Next Stage for our BR+E Project is to identify volunteers and leadership team for the Curry Clifford project Municipal Advisor th 3.We have worked with 5 Wheel to help their displaced workers find alternate employment 4.Continue to provide resources and input on the GO Train Extension to Clarington. 5.Developing structure for our business plan for 2017 to 2021 6.Supporting initiatives related to the Clarington Strategic Plan 7.Partnering with Purchasing to explore opportunties for local business to engage in low value quotes. - Connecting Business 1.Manufacturing Familiarization and Land Inventory Tour 2.Business Retention and Expansion Program preparation 3.Contract Breakfast for Port Granby Project (November 17 and 18) 4.Connected to Blackbird 407 Team to explore local opportunities 5.Life Science roundtable in November (date to be determined) thth 6.7 Annual Energy Summit and project vendor fair November 26 7.13 Corporate Calls Membership: 1.Since May CBOT has welcomed 20 new members 2.In 2014, CBOT welcomed 50 new members in total Hosted Events since May: 1. Sunlife Financial 2.- Mosport 3.Golf Clinic 4.Golf Tournament 5.Doing business with the Government 6.Young Professionals Group 7.Best Practices and Plant Tour 8.Going Global for Manufacturers 9. Over 720 attendees out to events since May 2015! Upcoming Events: st 1.October 1 Info session for Group Trip to China next spring th 2.October 6 - Changes in the Not-For- Profit regulations info session th 3.October 7 Networking at Kalsamrit Gym th 4.October 14 Wome th 5.October 20 Effective Web Marketing Strategies nd 6.October 22 Top 10 Tricks to Social Media rd 7.October 23 Retail Bootcamp rd 8.November 3 CPR Training th 9.November 19 10.November 24 th Is Your Website Mobile? 11.November 26 th 7 th Annual Energy Summit - Maintaining and growing the Auto Industry in Durham Region, Ontario and Canada June 2015 Overview 1.Review of recent Auto Industry trends. 2. 3.Why Oshawa is a great place to build vehicles. unifor.org2 Assembly output has bounced back from the 2009 low point and stabilized. Strong U.S. demand has helped. But Canadian production is not sharing in the overall North American market ŭğźƓƭ experienced since 2011. ƭŷğƩĻ of total North American production is falling sharply: to under 14%, the lowest level since the late 1980s. Canadian sales have been strong. unifor.org3 Canadian Assembly 3.5 y 3 l b m 2.5 e s s ) 2 A n n o i a l i 1.5 l i d a m ( n 1 a C l 0.5 a t o T 0 199019952000200520102014 Since the crisis, assembly has stabilized at just under 2.5 million units. unifor.org 18 17 . A . 16 ) N % e ( r a y l 15 h b S s m ' e a 14 s d s a A n a 13 C 12 199019952000200520102014 Since 2010 our share has fallen from 17% (record high) to 13.7% (lowest since 80s). unifor.org Production-to-Sales Ratio 2.50 s e 2.00 l a S / y l 1.50 b m e s s 1.00 A n a i d 0.50 a n a C 0.00 199019952000200520102014 Our sales are growing, but our production is not. So the ratio of production to sales (which reached over 2 in the peak years) is now falling toward 1. unifor.org Jobs: Some Modest Recovery From 2001 to 2009 assembly lost 18,000 jobs (one third) and parts lost 40,000 jobs (40%). Since 2009, a total of 12,000 jobs have come back (about half in assembly and half in parts). We have won back about one-fifth of the jobs we lost earlier. Employment is picking up in parts (3,000 new jobs last year, more to come this year). The lower dollar helps parts suppliers dramatically. unifor.org7 Auto Manufacturing Employment 120000 t n 100000 e m Parts y o 80000 l p m E 60000 n a i d 40000 a n Assembly a C 20000 l a t o T 0 20012003200520072009201120132014 Since 2009 the industry has added 12,000 jobs: one-fifth of those lost in the previous 8 years. unifor.org Auto Trade Balances by Region CNTRY U.S.MexJapanEUKoreaChinaOtherTotal Bal. $7.5-$10.3-$4.5-$6.0-$2.9-$1.8-$1.0-$19.0 (2014) Ratio: Import/ 0.9141392317072.51.3 Export Auto Trade Balance 20 ) 15 n o i l 10 l i b 5 $ ( e 0 c n a l -5 a B -10 e d a -15 r T o -20 t u A -25 199219952000200520102014 Our auto trade deficit with Mexico surpassed $10 billion last year more than double 2009 figures. Our overall auto trade deficit was almost $19 billion (1999=+$15b). Presentation Titleunifor.orgSection Title l 10 maintain our reduced share of total output let alone rebuild it. marketing and attraction. Lack of federal, provincial and municipal coordination is hurting us. We must address our growing trade imbalances starting with the exploding gap with Mexico. unifor.org11 Auto Capital Spending in Canada Assembly Parts Body & Trailer unifor.org The Mexican Juggernaut All 7of 8 new assembly plants announced in North America since 2009 all went to Mexico: Toyota, Audi, Mercedes, BMW, Kia, Nissan, GM NAFTA: it took 20 years, but it is happening. Continued repression of Mexican wages (no higher China wages are higher in US dollars than Mexico! unifor.org13 Hard Numbers on the Importance of the Auto Industry Unifor commissioned independent research by the Centre for Spatial Economics to calculate the spin-off economic and fiscal benefits from a major auto facility. Case study: GM Oshawa. Worst-case: complete closure. Two scenarios: ƌƚǞ and ŷźŭŷ Dramatic findings: Over 33,000 jobs lost by 2year (8-to-1 ratio). nd Over $5 billion/yrin lost GDP. Up to $332/yrcut in average wages for ğƌƌ Ontarians. Over $1 b/yrin lost revenue to fed & prov unifor.org14 What Is Needed to Keep Jobs 1.Better integrate the Federal, Provincial and Municipal investment attraction efforts. 2. with competing jurisdictions, and efficiently designed. 3.Increase fiscal support for auto R&D, tied to Canadian production. 4.Stress importance of maintaining $C at a normal level in the future; limits on currency manipulation; 30 Year Average= 0.80 US 5.Ensure EDC is focused first and foremost on attracting investment to plants in Canada; no more loans like $500 million to Volkswagen for NO Production 6.Engage all stakeholders through CAPC or other forums to finally define and implement a National Auto Strategy. unifor.org15 Oshawa GM ISCost Competitive The hourly cost of production in Oshawa is competitive with the UAW plants in the U.S., yet our Oshawa MP is erroneously blaming unionized Here are the facts. rate is $34.48 Cdn/hr. The Canadian dollar at $0.85 US makes that $29.30 US/hr. The Canadian health care cost advantage is $5 per/hr, bringing the cost down to $24.30 US/hr. There is a 5% to 10% productivity advantage at GM Oshawa which puts our existing wages in the $22 US/hrrange. The UAW existing wage is over $28 US/hr. New members start at $20.49 Cdn/hr. The Canadian dollar at $0.85 US makes that $17.41 US/hr. The Canadian Health Care Cost advantage is $5 per/hr, bringing the cost to $12.41 US/hr. The 5% to 10% productivity advantage at GM Oshawa puts our new member wages below $11 US/hr.The UAW new worker wage is $14 US/hr. unifor.org16 Oshawa ISCost Competitive All-in cost of Unifor Local 222 members (including wages and benefits) are about $10 US/hrlower for existing members and about $15 US/hrlower for new members than in the American plants, at current exchange rates. The UAW is entering bargaining which is strongly expected to increase the hourly cost in the U.S. Meanwhile, the demographic of the workers in Oshawa allows for 2/3 of our workforce to be retirement eligible by the end of 2015, thereby lowering our production costs even further. During the 2008 auto bailout package from the Canadian Government, our Union agreed to reduce our overall cost by thousands of dollars by changing job rules, reducing time off, reducing benefits, etc. It is a distortion to compare Canadian wages to those in China and Mexico. All-in cost (including wages and benefits) in Mexico are under $6 US/hrand the average industrial wage in China is $4 US/hr. Can anyone reading this live on that?! unifor.org17 Oshawa ISCost Competitive The Federal government was the largest single shareholder of GM stock and awarded a member on the GM Board of Directors, yet they made no effort to use the GM shares, bought with your tax dollars, to allocate product in Oshawa. Why? GM stock at a loss of over 3 billion taxpayer dollars to balance his budget, while he handed over $2 billion a year to the richest 15% of Canadians. Why? We are losing 1,000 good jobs at GM Oshawa, which will result in 5,000 to 7,000 jobs gone from our community. This is a time for Unions and governments to cooperate. We are a transparent Union and are happy to inform the public and politicians of the facts. Unifor Local 222 has made responsible decisions to protect jobs and we will continue to pursue new products and job opportunities for our community and our country. We have made the difficult changes to be competitive and we are not the problem! unifor.org18 What Is Needed to Keep Jobs 1.Better integrate the Federal, Provincial and Municipal investment attraction efforts. 2. with competing jurisdictions, and efficiently designed. 3.Increase fiscal support for auto R&D, tied to Canadian production. 4.Stress importance of maintaining $C at a normal level in the future; limits on currency manipulation; 30 Year Average= 0.80 US 5.Ensure EDC is focused first and foremost on attracting investment to plants in Canada; no more loans like $500 million to Volkswagen for NO Production 6.Engage all stakeholders through CAPC or other forums to finally define and implement a National Auto Strategy. unifor.org19 Together We Can Keep Good Jobs in Our Community June 2015 ğƌƌĻǤƭЋЉЉЉ.ƩźĻŅźƓŭŅƚƩDĻƓĻƩğƌDƚǝĻƩƓƒĻƓƷ/ƚƒƒźƷƷĻĻaĻĻƷźƓŭ {ĻƦƷĻƒĬĻƩЋБͲЋЉЊЎ͵ {ǒǩğƓƓĻ.ğƩƓĻƭͲtƩĻƭźķĻƓƷͲğƌƌĻǤƭЋЉЉЉ͵ AtourAGMinMay,FrankLockhartsteppeddownaspresident(heisnowpast president)andanewexecutivewaselected,thisincludesmetakingoveraspresident. Wealsoappointed3newmemberstotheboardatthattime(HeatherCooke,Ron Collis,andJesseParsons).OneofthememberswhoresignedwasMavisCarlton,a CharterMemberofValleys2000andValleysrecognizedhervaluablecontributionsover thepast17years. Weupdatedourbylawsthispastwinteras theyhadnotbeenreviewedandupdated sincethe.ƚğƩķ͸ƭinceptionin1999. WehaverecentlypartneredwiththeJuryLandsFoundationtosupporttheirtrail initiativeontheCamp30lands. FrankLockharthadbeenthepresidentatValleys2000sincefromthetimeofits inceptionuntilMayofthisyear.Hehasspentandcontinuestospend,considerabletime workinginthevalleysprimarilyplantingmanynewlittlewhitepinesandsugarmaples, encouragingamorenativeforestcomposition.Asaresult,wehaveinitiatedaprojectto documentCƩğƓƉ͸ƭlocalknowledgeandhistoryoftheBowmanvilleValleysandcomplete baselinedocumentationofthevalleyswithFlemingCollegestudentsinthethirdyear EnvironmentalManagementprograminLindsay.Theywillbeconductingfieldworkin thevalleysMondaysthisfall. WewrotetocouncilregardingthepossibilityofsnowclearingandL͸ǝĻmetwith Municipalstafftoreviewtherequestforhisreportbacktocouncil. WesubmittedcommentsontheOfficialPlantotheMunicipality. Wearecompletingourstrategicvisioningexercisewestartedlastfall.Ourintent,yetto beconfirmed,istosupporttheaǒƓźĭźƦğƌźƷǤ͸ƭͻ/źƩĭƌĻofDƩĻĻƓͼforClarington. TheCommemorativeForestcontinuestogrowandisnearingits80treecapacity.We haveaskedEngineeringServicesaboutexpandingtheareaasitcontinuestoattract interestfromthecommunity. Wehavearevitalisedvolunteergroupforming,headedupbyHeatherCooke,oneof ournewboardmembersandtheyhavebeenworkingdiligentlytorevivethebutterfly gardenandspreadmulcharoundthebaseofthetreesintheCommemorativeForest. Thelandscapingatthedamistobecompletedthisfallinaccordancewiththesiteplan. Ourwebsiteisdownandhasbeendownmostofthelastfewmonthsbecauseof securityissues(ithadbeenhackedandwasbeingusedtosendspam).Weareworking toaddressthissituationandhopetohaveanewhostandsiteupinthecomingweeks. 1 Weapologisefortheconfusionandextraworkthishascausedstaffatthe aǒƓźĭźƦğƌźƷǤ͸ƭreception.WecanstillbereachedthroughourFacebookpage(Valleys 2000). WeareworkingwiththeBowmanvilleCreekConservationAssociationonongoingitems thatrelatetotheFishPassage(includingthepurchaseofafishcounter). WecontinuetoliaisewithCLOCAonanyValleysissuesthatarisefortheirguidanceand expertise. ValleyshashadfourvaluablepresentationsthispastyearfromEngineering,Operations, ByLawsandPlanningdepartmentswhichstrengthenedourunderstandingofeachof theirrolesandhowbothValleys2000andthesedepartmentscanworktogetherinthe futureformutualbenefit.WearegratefultotheMunicipalityandtoeachofthese departmentsandDirectorsforalltheworkthattheydofortheValleysinanongoing role.Staffhasbeenverycooperativeandisapleasuretoworkwith. 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' `i•!' �!�• I'• ,yJ1' 1 •f ���+.��{/ • f1 �'�f��� - \ �. ./ ' \ 1�� �/�.. _ /. , `. ,�'• yy ,l�,' �• °� , '. ��� if� 1 `' � �. r -,`.., _ ``.- 1� 1, i` -7� r 11 , `7� I�:� ` ' f /fig•:• � - f +�/ •� - � _. �\ 1',, I .r, ��► , �`..� �1 , - - s r -�-�: - -� C�°:./' -mac\ -' '` � ti �'• Notice of Submission by September 13, 2015 Design and Construction of the 407 Hwy Sensitivity of the area slated for Hwy 418 or the East Link Location of the Hwy 418 and points of interest Solina Rd. overpass Solina Rd. site with contaminated soil Wetlands (recharge, Species at Risk) Nash Rd. overpass Hwy 2 Decommissioning Hancock Rd. Bridge, one-lane potholed Road Due to the importance of this project and sensitivity of the East Link (Hwy 418), Council could for the safety of residents (possible flooding, noise, water air pollution) ask the Province and Blackbird Constructions to: : • Submit a Landscape Plan to address points listed below • Conduct decommissioning of contaminated area and to remove the invasive Common reed from all future interchanges prior to construction • Use or not to use Hancock Rd. for their heavy machinery during construction (Rd., bridge repair) • Replant and or use the mature vegetation to buffer especially Hwy 418 in order to protect at least partially not only the wildlife, but people by protecting the groundwater quality and quantity and lessen the noise from the highway • Create wildlife linkages (underpass) between wetlands to protect the whole ecosystem My apologies for missing this opportunity to speak to you in person on behalf of Home Base Durham My name is Judy Mead. I’m the President and Founder of this registered Canadian charity. And mom to two adult sons, the youngest, Eric has autism. He is 23 years old, is functionally non-verbal and requires full-time care. Home Base Durham evolved from discussions from a group of parents who connected through the school system. A dozen Clarington families started meeting in 2007 to talk about what the future would hold and what, if any options, we could create. We shared a common goal of having our adult children live at home with us for as long as we could. We imagined a community where adults with autism and their caregivers would lead full, multidimensional lives surrounded and supported by a sensitive, educated community. From that vision Home Base Durham was founded in May of 2013. Our MISSION is to build enduring community partnerships that support adults with autism and their caregivers to participate in life enriching opportunities available locally. With the support of a community grant from the Municipality of Clarington we offered a Wednesday gym and swim program at the Newcastle and District Recreation Complex. And we were able to secure additional donations from friends, local businesses and charitable foundations that allow us to offer art and music programs on Thursday evenings. We received a letter of support for a recent funding application from Community Living Toronto. Gary Ouellette, is the Director of Shadow lake and runs a summer camp for adults with development disabilities. He wrote – We recognize that existing programs can’t do much to support our kids and our families. The cost of 1:1 support is extremely high. So, unique to our approach is the focus on shared experiences for the adult with autism and the caregiver. This alleviates the cost of salaried support workers for our organization. Traditionally, respite focuses on separating the caregiver and the person in the care. We believe that families benefit from the opportunity to enjoy mutual activities alongside the individual they support. Further our approach honours and accepts that the families have the personal knowledge and expertise to adapt activities (basketball, aquafit, etc.) for our own children in a way that respects their individual needs and challenges. And we believe that the parents are in as much need of social connections as is the adult child they support. Here’s why -  before we had a child with ASD we had interests and hobbies, we need to find that part of ourselves again  We are better parents when we are happy and fulfilled  Our peers/parents have real life experience 24 hours a day, they can listen without judging since they have been there too  We have someone to celebrate the small victories I feel so lucky to live in Clarington. The facilities are amazing, the staff are professional and compassionate. We want to participate in our community – we want to be visible members of this community. Your ongoing support at the $2,500 level will allow us to maintain our current offerings by offsetting the cost of facility usage fees and a portion of the liability insurance the Municipality requires for use of the community venues. If we have to dip into our slim reserves, we compromise our ability to plan for the year ahead. This in turn makes grow objectives irresponsible. It doesn’t make sense to reach out to more families if we are unsure of our future. Although the $1,500 difference is a relatively small budget allocation from the community grant budget, it has significant impact for our lean volunteer organization and accordingly, the member families in this community. We are building a foundation of connections, programs and policies that will provide a firm footing on which to grow. We want to grow Home Base Durham. We need to reach out to families who are living in isolation … who have given up looking for a place where they fit … after a lifetime of not-fitting. We respectfully request the continued financial support that will help us reach our goal. Our Shared Future –Durham Region’s Strategic Plan 2015-2019 Purpose & Objectives Durham Region Strategic Plan: Share information (background, engagement  process, timing) Identify ‘What’s In It For You’  Request your involvement and support  Background Previous plan covered the period 2009-2014  Time is right to refresh the Strategic Plan  New Plan will cover the period 2015-2019  Opportunity for all of us to identify our  collective Regional priorities Background Retained a consulting team to assist the  Region –Planning Solutions Inc. & Lura Consulting Consulting Team is being co-led by Susan  Hall, Lura and Karen Wianecki, Planning Solutions Inc. –both Susan and Karen are Durham residents Background Mayor Adrian Bobbie Drew, Elizabeth Roy, John Aker, Foster CouncillorCouncillor Councillor Clarington ScugogWhitby Oshawa (Chair) Pauline Reid Dr. Hugh Drouin Garry Cubitt Director of Commissioner of CAO Corporate Policy & Social Services Strategic Initiatives Karen WianeckiSusan Hall Director of Vice-President & Practice, Planning Partner, Lura Solutions Inc.Consulting Process Phase 5: Phase 1: Timeframe = 6 From  Laying the Months Vision to Foundation Reality Process is  premised on Phase 4: ‘engagement’ not Phase 2: Shaping & ‘consultation’ Building Sharing Support Multi-pronged the Plan  approach to hear Phase 3: Engaging from as many & partners and Developing residents as the Plan possible Process 2 Turbo Sessions One Big 3 Community External for Regional Idea Post Sessions (Sept. Engagement: Stakeholders Cards & & Oct.) (September) Drop Boxes Kitchen Table Community Community Dialogue Pop-Up Survey Guide Events Volunteer- Internal led Regional Staff Survey Engagement: Staff Sessions Progress To Date Newsletter posted to the Region of Durham Website  FAQ/Backgrounder  Talk About It Guides (Facilitator & Kitchen Table Dialogue) posted to  the website Community Survey is Live!  Staff Survey is Live!  Invitations sent to stakeholders re: Turbo Sessions  Invitations sent to stakeholders re: Community Sessions  Regional staff sessions scheduled with more than 20 volunteer  facilitators from the Region convening these dialogue sessions Identifying additional opportunities to ‘get the word out’ and to  encourage participation at the community level What’s In It For Your Community? Residents don’t recognize who delivers what  service –seamless service delivery is critical Region provides key services to residents  across Durham Region Identifying our collective priorities will allow us to  develop a roadmap that reflects our interests as a ‘Regional community’ Our Request…Become Engaged! Attend the Turbo and Community Sessions  Encourage stakeholders and the public to:  Attend the sessions  Complete the Community Survey  Download the ‘Talk About It Guide’ to convene conversations  Submit their “One Big Idea”  Identify any additional opportunities that you believe could  assist us in getting the word out