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Date: TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1996 Res. #� A
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Subject: GREATER TORONTO AREA TASK FORCE
Recommendations:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the following:
THAT Report CD-26-96 be received for information.
BACKGROUND AND COMMENT:
As Council is aware, in April 1995 the Provincial Government
formed the Task Force on the Future of the Greater Toronto Area
to provide direction for the future governance of the Greater
Toronto Area (GTA) , including the potential restructuring of the
responsibilities and practices of municipal and provincial
governments . The Task Force was to review virtually every aspect
of governance with the exception of waste management, non-local
health management and education governance, of the five regions
which comprise the GTA. In January 1996, the final report of the
Task Force containing 51 recommendations, was released.
In response to the final report, Council passed Resolution
#C-147-96 at its meeting held on February 12, 1996 . A copy of
that resolution is attached hereto as Attachment No. 1 .
Following the passage of this resolution, Council directed that a
public survey be held to determine the views of the electorate on
the following question:
"Do you support Clarington or part of Clarington being part
of the GTA under the Greater Toronto Council as recommended
by the Golden Task Force Report?"
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Report CD-26-96 - 2 - May 21, 1996
The survey was scheduled for March 28, 1996 to be held at the
following five locations :
• Solina Community Hall (Ward 1)
• Dr. Emily Stowe Public School (Ward 1)
• Municipal Administrative Centre (Ward 2)
• Newcastle Community Hall (Ward 3)
• Clarington Public Library (Clarke Branch) (Ward 3)
Advertisements advising of the survey were run in the local
papers . A copy of the ad is attached hereto as Attachment
No. 2 . As well, in an attempt to better educate the electorate
with respect to the Task Force recommendations, public meetings
were scheduled to be held in Ward 2 on February 20, Ward 3 on
February 27 and Ward 1 on March 20, 1996 . Unfortunately, due to
inclement weather, the meeting scheduled for March 20 was
cancelled. Minutes of the other two public meetings are attached
hereto as Attachment No . 3 .
The surveys were made available at each of the public meetings .
As well, a display was located in the Municipal Administrative
Centre, thereby affording citizens an opportunity to submit their
vote at any time they attended the building. The surveys
remained in the Municipal Administrative Centre until April 16,
1996 , being sixty days following the release of the Task Force' s
final report . When the final tally was completed, 3012 surveys
had been submitted, representing 7 .48 percent of the electorate .
The final result on the survey question was :
YES 39
NO 2973
Following the sixty day period, all of the original surveys were
forwarded to Mike Harris, Premier of Ontario and copies of the
survey were sent to Al Leach, Minister of Municipal Affairs and
Housing and to John O'Toole, M. P. P. A copy of the letter which
was sent is attached hereto as Attachment No. 4 .
This report is submitted for the information of Council .
Respectfully submitted Reviewed by
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Chief Administrative Officer
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Attachments
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Attachment No. 1
Council Minutes - 10 - February 12, 1996
COMMUNICATIONS
D - 11 Resolution #C-145-96
Proposed Moved by Councillor Hannah,seconded by Councillor Elliott
St. Stephens
Catholic School THAT the correspondence received from residents of Scugog Street regarding the
D25.TO proposed St. Stephens Catholic Secondary School on Part of Lot 13,
Concession 2, fronting on Scugog Street and backing on Middle Road be received
for information as the Director of Planning and Development has already
responded to the residents.
"CARRIED AS AMENDED
LATER IN THE MEETING"
(SEE FOLLOWING AMENDING MOTION)
Resolution #C-146-96
Moved by Councillor Dreslinski, seconded by Councillor Novak
THAT the foregoing Resolution #C-145-96 be amended by adding the following
thereto:
"and that a copy of the response be forwarded to the Mayor and
Members of Council for their information."
"CARRIED"
The foregoing Resolution #C-145-96 was then put to a vote and CARRIED AS
AMENDED.
D - 3 Resolution #C-147-96
GTA Mayors Moved by Councillor Novak, seconded by Councillor Hannah
Meeting
D02.GT WHEREAS the Task Force on the Future of Greater Toronto Area was formed
in April, 1995;
AND WHEREAS the Task Force was asked to deal with those problems in need
of "immediate action" - specifically the property tax crisis -and to "provide
direction for the future governance of the GTA';
AND WHEREAS the final report of the Task Force was released in January of
1996 under the heading"Greater Toronto" and contained 51 recommendations;
AND WHEREAS the status quo is not an option as it is clear the present
Provincial Government intends to act to reform the governance, the tax system
and other issues affecting the Greater Toronto Area;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the Municipality of Clarington wishes a stated
position to go forward to the February 16, 1996 GTA Mayor's meeting;
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COMMUNICATIONS
THEREFORE, the Council of the Municipality of Clarington, on behalf of the
citizens it was elected to represent,advises Premier Mike Harris, Minister Al
Leach, all M.P.P.s in the Greater Toronto Area and as well, the leaders of both
Opposition Parties, that the Municipality of Clarington:
a) recognizes the need for a Province-wide mandated,common assessment
base and urges the Government to reassess the Metro Municipalities
prior to the rest of the GTA and the Province as a whole.
b) does not support the pooling of commercial and industrial taxes across
the GTA for any reason but rather recommends it remain as is with
pooling across existing Regions - a level of Regional Government that is
accountable and accessible to the taxpayer and manages, facilitates and
co-ordinates growth and those government activities and services which
necessitate co-ordinated cross boundary planning and financing.
C) supports simplifying approval processes with a view to eliminating
duplication and unnecessary documentation and delivering
environmentally sound decisions.
d) supports local municipalities revising their by-laws to identify areas where
development approval processes lead to unnecessary duplication,
inflexibility and costs and to incorporate standards and provisions
supporting more flexible,compact and efficient forms.
e) supports disentanglement of funding and policy setting between the
Province, the Region and the local municipalities making it clear to the
taxpayer what government is responsible for what services. Such
disentanglement must be a revenue neutral exchange.
f) supports all governments actively pursuing cost savings and efficiencies
and supports the introduction of a new Municipal Act that will empower
municipal government by indicating those broad areas where they can
operate and giving them the scope to carry out their responsibilities.
g) does support the co-ordination of economic development across the GTA
in relation to business attraction and international marketing but on a
more formal basis than is currently done through the GTA Mayors
Committee with recognized and approved policies and procedures and
methods of cost sharing on a fair and equitable basis.
h) does support the planning and co-ordination of transit services across the
GTA similar to what is now the practice with GO Transit by a board
made up of the five Regional Chairs.
i) does support and recognizes the need to downsize all levels of
government including the downsizing of Councils, numbers of required
staff and with a view to cutting out duplication and confusion in the eyes
of the taxpayer.
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COMMUNICATIONS
j) in supporting item i), reiterate our earlier position that the review must
be locally driven and should be completed for the November, 1997
election.
k) will not support any changes to Clarington's municipal boundaries as the
current Municipality of Clarington is a viable, economic union of
communities that would be adversely affected by its dissolution both
economically, socially and historically.
1) does not support the formation of a Greater Toronto Regional
Government in any form as it will result in higher taxation for most GTA
property owners (as shown in the GTA Task Force Report and other
studies and audits completed) and will also result in a level of
government that is further removed from the electorate with no elected
representation for many and a bureaucracy that would be too large to
cost effectively and efficiently be managed or controlled.
m) does support the maintaining of the current Region of Durham and other
regional governments since there still is the need for a co-ordinating level
evel
of government to oversee such cross boundary issues as water and sewer
services, planning and managing of growth, delivery of social and health
services,waste management and police services.
Since the current Regional Government system has proven itself able to
provide these services in a cost efficient, accessible and accountable way
to the electorate with every Municipality within its borders having a voice
at the table,we see no need or benefit to dissolve the Region of Durham
level of government.
n) do not support the document entitled, "Moving Forward Together", put
forward by Mayors Diamond, Hall, Lastman and McCallion as the
Municipality of Clarington views this document as a step backward that
would result in much higher taxation for the majority of property
taxpayers in the GTA, and a much higher cost of governance to the
Province returning to Queen's Park, funding responsibilities that were
theirs prior to the Province's creation of Regional Government.
And that this resolution be forwarded to all Municipalities in the GTA, all
Regional Chairs in the GTA, John O'Toole, M.P.P. Durham East, all M.P.P.s in
the GTA as well as Premier Mike Harris, Lynn McLeod, Leader of the
Opposition and the N.D.P. Members, the Region of Durham, Bowmanville B.I.A.,
Newcastle B.I.A., Orono, B.I.A., D.R.M.A., Oshawa & District Chamber of
Commerce,Newcastle & District Chamber of Commerce,Northumberland-
Clarington Board of Education, Peterborough-Victoria-Northumberland&
Clarington Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Clarington Hydro-Electric
Commission and all media within the Municipality of Clarington.
"CARRIED ON THE
FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE"
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Council Minutes - 13 - February 12, 1996
COMMUNICATIONS
Recorded Vote
Yea Nay Absent
Councillor Dreslinski
Councillor Elliott
Councillor Hannah
Councillor Novak
Councillor Pingle
Councillor Scott
Mayor Hamre
D - 4 Resolution #C-148-96
Resolution re: Moved by Councillor Hannah,seconded by Councillor Elliott
Bill 26
LILPR THAT the correspondence dated January 24, 1996 from G. Sosnoski, Manager of
Corporate Records/Assistant City Clerk requesting consideration of a resolution
requesting the Minister of Municipal Affairs to acknowledge the danger posed to
communities by certain breeds of dangerous animals such as pit bulls, be received
for information.
"CARRIED"
D - 5 Resolution #C-149-96
Resolution re: Moved by Councillor Dreslinski,seconded by Councillor Novak
Ontario Municipal
Board THAT the correspondence dated January 18, 1996 from Stephen McDonald,
C10.AD Administrator and Clerk-Treasurer,Township of Elizabethtown requesting
Council's support of a resolution pertaining to the Ontario Municipal Board,be
received for information.
"CARRIED"
D - 8 Resolution #C-150-96
Fundraising Moved by Councillor Dreslinski,seconded by Councillor Novak
Bowling Event
M02.GE THAT the correspondence dated February 1, 1996 from Danny DeFrancesco,
General Manager,Bowlerama Thorncliffe, requesting participation in a fund-
raising bowling event for the French/Mahaffy Legal Fund, be received for
information.
"CARRIED"
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Attachment No. 2
MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
PUBLIC NOTICE TO THE CITIZENS
A Task Force on the future of the Greater Toronto Area was formed
in April, 1995, to deal with the property tax crisis and to provide
direction for the future governance of the GTA.
The Golden Task Force was released on January 16th, 1996 and
contained 51 recommendations with respect to these and other
issues .
The Council of the Municipality of Clarington passed a resolution
which contained its stated position on the recommendations of the
Golden Task Force and part of that resolution reads as follows :
"COUNCIL WILL NOT SUPPORT ANY CHANGES TO CLARINGTON' S
MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES AS THE CURRENT MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
IS A VIABLE, ECONOMIC UNION OF COMMUNITIES THAT WOULD BE
ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY ITS DISSOLUTION BOTH ECONOMICALLY,
SOCIALLY AND HISTORICALLY" .
In order to determine the views of its electorate, the Council has
directed that a survey be taken. The question which will be asked
of Clarington residents is :
"Do you support Clarington or part of Clarington being a part
of the GTA under the Greater Toronto Council as recommended by
the Golden Task Force Report?"
On March 28, 1996, from 10: 00 a.m. to 8: 00 p.m. , polls are being
held at the following locations:
WARD I - Solina Community Hall, 1964 Concession Road 6, Hampton
- Dr. Emily Stowe Public School, 71 Sandringham Drive,
Courtice
WARD 2 - Municipal Administrative Centre, 40 Temperance Street,
Bowmanville
WARD 3 - Newcastle Community Hall, 20 King Street West, Newcastle
- Clarington Public Library, Clarke Branch,
127 Church Street, Orono
Anyone who is an eligible voter in the Municipality of Clarington
and who has not previously completed a survey, may do so by
attending at any one of the above locations and presenting
identification to prove their eligibility.
Patti L. Barrie, A.M.C.T.
Clerk
Municipality of Clarington
40 Temperance Street
Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 3A6
Date of Publications :
March 13 , 20 and 27, 1996
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Attachment No. 3
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MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
Minutes of the GTA Public Meeting held on
February 20, 1996, at 7:00 p.m., in the
Council Chambers
The Public Meeting was held to hear the views of the electorate of the Municipality of
Clarington pertaining to the Golden Task Force Report on the Greater Toronto Area.
Troy Young, owner and Editor of the Orono Weekly Times, chaired this meeting.
OPENING REMARKS
John O'Toole, MPP, Durham East and Diane Hamre, Mayor, Municipality of
Clarington, opened the meeting by briefly describing the effects the recommendations
contained in the Golden Task Force Report will have on the Municipality of
Clarington.
PRESENTATION
Jack Gartley, Commissioner of Finance, Regional Municipality of Durham, made a
presentation pertaining to the GTA Task Force recommendations. The items he
discussed were Golden's recommendations, Assessment Reform, Fiscal Impact on
Education Financing Changes, Initial Fiscal Impacts of Golden Governance
Changes/Education Pooling, and Mature Scenario. A copy of the presentation is
attached hereto as Appendix I.
DELEGATIONS
Lloyd Stevenson, 106 King Street East, Newcastle, LIB 1115, indicated that he is
flabbergasted by the recommendations contained in the report. He fears for his
children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren if the recommendations contained
therein are acted upon. Mr. Stevenson sees this as too many metro areas wanting to
encompass self-supporting areas for themselves.
Paul Reesor, 26 McCrimmon Crescent, Bowmanville, L1C 4N2, indicated that the
rationalization behind the GTA Task Force may have merit but that Clarington has
been dealt a bad hand. He questioned why we should be penalized for offering
affordable taxes to our residents. He urged John O'Toole to preserve the Clarington
that all of the residents love.
Mel Garland, Box 9, R.R. #2, Orono, LOB IMO, was called but was not present.
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DELEGATIONS
Don Welsh, 4280 Mearns Avenue, R.R. #4, Bowmanville, L1C 3K5, expressed
concern that little of the GTA Report mentions agriculture. In the rural areas of
Clarington, according to the 1991 census, there were 595 farms totalling 90,000
acres. The total farm capital market value was $583,280. The total gross farm
receipts were $53,675. In order to run these operations, $42,909 was spent by
farmers. The local area receives considerable income from area farmers. For many
years farm organizations have been telling government that there are problems with
the property tax system. He stated government must introduce legislation that will
correct the many inequities and problems that now exist in the Province. The present
tax system has allowed far too many people in businesses to appeal their assessments
and many have been successful. This has been particularly true in Metro and as a
result Metro now has a tax shortfall. We, in outlying areas, should not have to pay
considerably more taxes to compensate for the assessment problems in Toronto. If
the government eliminates the tax rebate and taxes increase as a result of the GTA,
farmers could see their taxes rising by 75
Gordon Barrie, 2591 Bragg Road, R.R. #4, Bowmanville, L1C 3K5, indicated
concurrence with the comments made by Don Welsh.
Richard Ward, Box 4512, Claremont, UY 1A4, indicated that the re-assessment of
Toronto is very important. He stated that the Golden Task Force Report contains
some sensible perspectives, however, amalgamation is not appropriate as the problems
as the Region of Durham encountered have now been resolved. Mr. Ward stated that
taxes throughout the Region should be equal and that he takes offence to a house in
Oshawa paying taxes based on 1945 rates.
Bill Bagnell, 264 King Street East, Bowmanville, L1C 1P9, stated that he feels badly
about the way Clarington is being treated within the Golden Task Force Report. He
stated that Toronto is not giving in any way, shape or form and it is a shame to have
the City burst out and take us over.
The Chairman opened the floor to questions.
The following questions were asked by members of the audience.
Why couldn't the Task Force be picked from Members of
area councils and from the members of Provincial Parliament?
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DELEGATIONS
• Can the residents of the Municipality make an impact on the Provincial
Government?
• Can John O'Toole viably carry the concerns of the residents back to his
government and will the government listen and respond?
• The people of Toronto need to know how we feel and in order to do so, we
must take our voices to Metro Council and invite them to come and see
Clarington.
• The report has not addressed the fact that businesses will be driven away from
Clarington and that no jobs will be available for the young people of the
municipality and therefore, they will end up moving away from the area.
Mayor Hamre and John O'Toole thanked those in attendance for letting the elected
representatives know how they feel pertaining to the recommendations contained in
the Golden Task Force Report.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m.
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MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
Minutes of the GTA Public Meeting held on
February 27, 1996, at 7:00 p.m., in the
Newcastle Town Hall
The Public Meeting was held to hear the views of the electorate of the Municipality of
Clarington pertaining to the Golden Task Force Report on the Greater Toronto Area.
OPENING REMARKS
Diane Hamre, Mayor, Municipality of Clarington, opened the meeting by briefly
describing the effects the recommendations contained in the Golden Task Force
Report will have on the Municipality of Clarington.
PRESENTATION
Jack Gartley, Commissioner of Finance, Regional Municipality of Durham, made a
presentation pertaining to the GTA Task Force recommendations. The items he
discussed were Golden's recommendations, Assessment Reform, Fiscal Impact on
Education Financing Changes, Initial Fiscal Impacts of Golden Governance
Changes/Education Pooling, and Mature Scenario. A copy of the presentation is
attached hereto as Appendix I.
DELEGATIONS
Paul Reesor, 26 McCrimmon Crescent, Bowmanville, L1C 4N2 advised that he
and his family relocated from Metro in 1990 and he is angered by the proposed
tax increase and the dissolution of Clarington. His 9-year old daughter, Deanna,
read to the assembly her 10 top reasons for living in Clarington.
John Mutton, R.R. #8, 12 Brownsville Court, Newcastle, L1 B 1 L9 advised that he
does not support the Golden Task Force Report and, in fact, has spoken to no one
who is happy with the recommendations. He stated that Clarington residents are
willing to pay a price to stay outside of the Greater Toronto Area. He does not
want to share tax dollars with Toronto and feels that the tax impacts have been
underestimated by the Golden Task Force.
William Harford, 185 Duke Street, R.R. #2, Bowmanville, L1C 3K3 advised that
he is an employee of the Regional Municipality of Durham. He indicated
opposition to the Golden Report, stating that it is a pillage of Clarington's tax
base. Mr. Harford expressed pleasure with the services received from the Region
and stated that he is appalled by Mayor Diamond's position on making Oshawa a
"super city".
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Mary Lloyd, 149 George Street, Newcastle, L1 B 1J5 commented that the higher
taxes that are inevitable should the recommendations of the Golden Report be
adopted, will create a ghost town in Clarington. Home owners will receive very
little for their property if, in fact, they are able to maintain them.
Roy Forrester, Orono, LOB 1 MO, former owner and editor of the Orono Weekly
Times, stated that this argument reminds him of 1967 again when the subject was
raised of amalgamating the schools in Orono, Kendal and Leskard. He indicated
that the Region of Durham has been successful for the last 22 years and, although
he does not agree will all recommendations contained in the report, he expressed
his opinion that the Greater Toronto Area is an economic unit.
Jack Locke, 10 Maryleah Court, Bowmanville, L1C 4H4, stated that bigger is not
always better. At the time of the formation of Regional Government, the same
level of service could have been performed if only the municipalities had
cooperated with one another. He does not see a need for the GTA and stated
that this area of the Province will have more money than the Provincial
Government.
Henry Eikens, R.R. #2, Orono, LOB 1MO, questioned how long farming will be
able to continue in Clarington if we become part of the GTA.
Gil Wood, 49 Wilmot Street, Newcastle, L1B 1J8, stated that the Progressive
Conservatives were elected to operate the Province like a business but the
recommendations contained in the Golden Report do not make sense. He
likened them to Metro Toronto being a profit-losing division of a large business
and being asked to take over the management of the divisions surrounding it.
Pauline Storks, 11 King Street East, Newcastle, L1 B 1 H3, indicated that she has
been unable to find anyone in support of the recommendations contained in the
report and congratulated Council for the steps taken to ensure that the
municipality is not taken over by the Greater Toronto Area.
Hugh All in, 3574 Concession Road 3, R.R. #8, Newcastle, L1 B 1 L9, stated that
Clarington is a rural community and wants to remain as such. He questioned that
if it is not in our best interest to become part of the GTA, then why is in our best
interest to be a part of the Region of Durham?
Don Robbins, 4552 Highway 2, Newtonville, LOA 1,10, advised the assembly that
in 1972 Clarington was considered to be a rural buffer between Oshawa and Port
Hope/Cobourg. The Regional Municipality of Durham has served its purpose very
well for the last 22 years, so why would we want to change now?
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John O'Toole, M.P.P., Durham East, stated that his government is about doing
business. He reiterated that the Golden Task Force Report was prepared by the
previous government and that no decisions have been made with respect to it.
He indicated, however, that if the inner city dies, the outer areas die also.
Without trade-offs, the argument for GO Train service in this area will not be able
to be made. He asked that we ask ourselves where we want Clarington to be in
the year 2020. Mr. O'Toole expressed his interest in the result of the survey
being completed by the electorate and indicated that this input is critical.
Mayor Hamre thanked those in attendance for sharing their feelings pertaining to
the recommendations contained in the Golden Task Force Report with their
elected representatives.
ADIOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 9:23 p.m.
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G TA. Task Force ce
Recommen d ations
Municipality of Claring;ton
Bowman Alle Town Hall
Tuesday
February 20, 1996
Items To Be Discussed
■ Golden's Recommendations
■ Assessment Reform
ON ■ Fiscal Impact of Education Financing Changes
■ Initial Fiscal Impacts of Golden Governance
Changes / Education Pooling
■ Mature Scenario
Golden ' s Recommendations
■ Replace five upper tier governments with
indirectly elected Greater Toronto Council
(GTC. ) to provide:
— Police, Transit, Waste Disposal, Water/Sewer,
ON Conservation Authorities, Economic
Development, Planning, Metro expressways and
Rural Regional Roads, Region-wide
Culture/Special Assets
■ Education Pooling (non-residential)
Greater Toronto Counc *
Greater Toronto Council
Economic Flexible Service
Development Districts (*)
Local Boards/
Regional . Commissions/
Planning Operators
Finance/ Conservation Water&Sewer Waste Transit police Districts
U� Corp. Services Districts Districts Districts Districts
Regional
Asset
Management
(*) Greater Toronto Council to provide overall coordination
and set financial and performance targets, while delivery
Expressway
Maintenance will be the responsibility of local boards / commissions
operators under contact to the GTC. Operating costs
will be charged back to local municipalities within each
service district.
Greater Toronto Council Composit'OH
(Seats)
Oshawa 1
Clarington, Scugog, Whitby & Brock 1
Uxbridge, Pickering & Ajax 1
Metro 17 53.1
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Halton 3 9.4%
York 4 . 12.5% Peel 5 15.6%
Assessment
Reform
Disparity in Property Taxes
1994 Property Taxes
on Equalized Assessment , of X250,000
Residential Multi-Res Commercial Industrial
(Class 0) (Class 2) (Class 3) (Class 4)
Toronto 21232, 11 ,094. 71875 - 61269
� North York 21813 10,626 71377 107374
Oshawa 3,598 81507 71061 117583
Clarington 31532 1 91441 41738 71295
GT A Assessment Distortion -
Property Class ,actors
Year of Last
Multi - Update/Base
Residential Residential Commercial Industrial Year
Toronto 100 497 300 239 195411945
North York 100 378 223 314 1954/1945
Oshawa 100 246 173 286 1962/1950
Clarington 100 267 114 176 1984/1980
The Assessment Solution
■ Province Wide Reassessment
■ Metro First
■ Rest of Province follows
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Golden on Education Finance
■ Pool GTA commercial and industrial assessment
■ Strike single GTA education mill rates for
commercial and industrial properties
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■ distribute taxes back to school boards according to
unspecified formula
■ Eliminate 15% residential mill rate discount
Education Pooling Tax Impacts
■ $ 125 million in education taxes transferred from
Metro business properties to residential properties
across the entire GTA
■ Metro business taxes for education significantly
reduced
■,,Durham and other GTA Regions' business taxes for
education significantly increased-
GTA Regions subsidize Metro's higher per pupil
spending
The Argument Against Pooling :
sTA Education Spending Diversity
$14,000
$12,000
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$10,000 - $8,116
L, $6,741
Q $8,000 -
CD
$6,000 -
Q $4,000 -
$2,000
$0 Metro 905
Public Board
Spending Per Pupil
Education Pooling
Tax Increase (Decrease)
In the Municipality of Clariongton
Residential Commercial Industrial
property property property
($aso,000) ($i,000,000) ($i,000,000)
ON
% $ %
$ % $
125 5.8% 2,717 23.4% -1 ,247 -7.0%
Based on 1994 data and equalized assessment.
Conclusions : Education
Financing Changes
■ Pooling of Commercial & Industrial Assessment
for Educational Purposes Causes Unacceptable Tax
Increases for Durham and other GTA Regions.
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Initial Fiscal Impacts
of Golden I s
P Governance Changes 0
rIQ E ducation Pooling
Issue : . Golden ' s Inconsistent
Math '
What Tables in What Tables General
Report Shows Should have Shown Result
Finance / Flexible Service. GTC Cost Pooled Higher Cost
General District Across GTA for Durham &
Government neutral Impact) (costs shared) Other Regions
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Homes for Flexible Service To Area
Aged District Municipalities by Variable
eutral Im act Population
To Area
Rural Regional Municipalities GTC Cost Pooled Lower Cost to
Roads based on Across GTA Rural
Kilometers or costs shared Municipalities
Population
9 Initial Impact Scenario:
Distribution of Tax Increase ($ Millions)
200
$94.6
$67.7
100 -
$38.3
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$21.8
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-300
-$329.4
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Durham Halton Peel York Metro
Education 13.0 26.3 72.5 48.7 -160.5
Governance 8.8 12.0 22.1 19.0 -168.9
Average Durham Taxpayer Increase
Initial Impact Scenario
(Education Service Realignment)
In the Municipality of Clarington
Residential Residential Commercial Industrial
property property property property
`s ($150,000) ($250,000) ($1,000,000) 01,0009000)
166 277 31532 9
Mature
N Scenario
Why " Mature " Scenario ?
■ Golden already recommends certain costs pooled GTA-wide
(Initial Scenario)
■ Golden on GTA-wide operating chargebacks
— "... the Greater Toronto Council may decide to pool costs on a broader
or region-wide basis"
■ Flexible Service Districts for "Mature" Scenario programs
would be pooled across entire GTA and charged back on a
percentage of assessment. (eg. Durham taxpayers pay a share
of GTA-wide policing costs)
■ Long term migration to GTA-wide standard benefits
Metro Toronto by $292 million under Mature Scenario (in
addition to $ 160 million benefit from education pooling).
tion Pooling Mature Scenario: GC + Educa
Distribution of Tax Increase Millions)
400
$762.7 $170.7
200 - $78.5
$40.0
Cn
ON
c
0
vq- -200
-400
' -$452.0
-600 Durham Halton Peel York Metro
Average Durham Taxpayer Increase
Mature Scenario
GTC + Education Pooling
In the Municipa lity of Clarington
Residential Residential Commercial Industrial
<°� property property property property
($150,000) ($250,000) ($1,00000) .($l,000,000
223 371 4,038 788
SUMMARY
What does Golden Task Force
Mean to Durham Residents
■ A shared GTC representative for a number of
communities
■ A much reduced influence over GTC decisions for
roads, water, sewer and solid waste disposal.
■ Durham Region residents as a whole paying $40
million more in property taxes
■ Significant tax increases for practically
every business, and homeowner in Durham Region
Attachment No. 4
;MUNICIPALITY OF
arington
-C!-_
ONTARIO
April 19, 1996
The Honourable Michael D. Harris
Premier of Ontario
Room 291, Legislative Building
Queen' s PaRK
Toronto, Ontario
M7A 1A1
Dear Sir:
Re : Greater Toronto Task Force
Our File : D01 .GT
At a meeting held on February 12, 1996, the Council of the
Municipality of Clarington passed a resolution pertaining to the
above matter. A copy of the resolution was forwarded to you
earlier, however, I have attached another copy for your ready
reference .
Following the passing of this resolution, the Council decided to
hold a public survey to determine the residents' opinion on the
following portion of the resolution:
"Do you support Clarington or part of Clarington being a
part of the GTA under the Greater Toronto Council as
recommended by the Golden Task Force Report?"
The results of the survey were :
YES 39 NO 2973
I am enclosing herewith the surveys which have been received.
Yours very truly
Patti L. Barrie, A.M. C.T.
Clerk
PLB/ms
Enclosures
CC : The Honourable Al Leach, Minister of Municipal Affairs
and Housing
John O' Toole, MPP, Durham East
CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINCT'ON
40 TEMPERANCE STREET • BOWMANVILLE -ONTARIO - Li C 3A6 • (905) 623-3379 • FAX 623-4969 RECYCLED PAPER
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MUNICIPALITY OF
ONTARIO
Premier Mike Harris
Province of Ontario
Queen's Park
Toronto, Ontario
M7A IAI
A Task Force on the future of the Greater Toronto Area was formed in April, 1995, to deal with the
property tax crisis and to provide direction for the future governance of the GTA.
The Golden Task Force Report was released on January 16th, 1996 and contained 51 recommendations
with respect to these and other issues,
The Council of the Municipality of Clarington passed a resolution which contained its stated position on
the recommendations of the Golden Task Force and part of that resolution reads as follows:
"COUNCIL WILL NOT SUPPORT ANY CHANGES TO CLARINGTON'S MUNICIPAL
BOUNDARIES AS THE CURRENT MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON IS A VIABLE,
ECONOMIC UNION OF COMMUNITIES THAT WOULD BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED
BY ITS DISSOLUTION BOTH ECONOMICALLY, SOCIALLY AND HISTORICALLY."
Do you support Clarington or part of Clarington being a part of the GTA under the
Greater Toronto Council as recommended by the Golden Task Force Report?
YES
NO
Name:
Address:
Telephone:
Copy to:
The Hon, Al Leach, The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
John O'Toole, M.P.P., Durham East
CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
40 TEMPERANCE STREET-BOWMANVILLE•ONTARIO,L1C 3A6•(905)623-3379•FAX 623-4169 RECYCLED PAPER
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