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General Government Committee
Report to Council
Report to Council Meeting of April 11, 2016
Subject: General Government Committee Meeting of Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Recommendations
:
1. Receive for Information
(a) 8.1 Minutes of the Tyrone Community Centre dated February 17,
2016
(b) 8.2 Dave Keys, Environmental Manager, Blackbird Constructors
407 General Partnership – Notice of Submission Highway 407
East Phase 2 Design and Construction Report #3
(c) 8.3 Debi A. Wilcox, Regional Clerk/Director of Legislative Services,
The Regional Municipality of Durham – Final Report from
Regional Council Composition Review Committee (2016-
RCCRC-01) and Excerpt from Report #2015-A-14, Outlining
Next Steps to be Taken
(d) 8.4 Great Lakes Office, Ontario Ministry of the Environment and
Climate Change – Ontario’s Great Lakes Strategy First
Progress Report
(e) ESD-002-16 Emergency Services Activity Report - 2015
(f) FND-004-16 Annual Commodity Hedging Report – 2016
(g) FND-005-16 Mayor and Council Remuneration and Expenses for 2015
(h) FND-006-16 Annual Leasing Report – 2015
2. Susan McGovern, Vice-President of External Relations and
Advancement, Lindsay Coolidge, Manager of Government and
Community Relations, and Matthew Mackenzie, Government Relations
Officer, The University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Regarding an
Annual Update
That the delegation of Susan McGovern, Vice-President of External Relations and
Advancement, Lindsay Coolidge, Manager of Government and Community
Relations, and Matthew Mackenzie, Government Relations Officer, University of
Ontario Institute of Technology, regarding an annual update, be received with
thanks.
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3. Amy Doyle, Interim Manager, Canadian Cancer Society – Durham
Region Unit, Regarding Awareness of Daffodil Month in Clarington and
the Distribution of Daffodil Pins
That the delegation of Amy Doyle, Interim Manager, Canadian Cancer Society –
Durham Region, regarding awareness of Daffodil Month in Clarington and the
distribution of daffodil pins, be received with thanks.
4. Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Rostek, Commanding Officer of the Ontario
Regiment (RCAC) and Chief Warrant Officer Dave Munroe, Regimental
Sergeant Major, Regarding the 150th Anniversary of the Ontario
Regiment
That the presentation of Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Rostek, Commanding Officer
of the Ontario Regiment (RCAC) and Chief Warrant Officer Dave Munroe,
Regimental Sergeant Major, regarding the 150th Anniversary of the Ontario
Regiment, be received with thanks.
5.
Bond Head Park Expansion and Transportation Improvements
That Report EGD-008-16 be received;
That the park expansion plans be modelled after Concept Three, which includes a
more natural presentation of greenspace with park shelter, paved walkways,
benches, picnic tables, additional parking and shoreline erosion protection, and that
these improvements be funded through the 2016 Capital Budget;
That the expansion of parking at Bond Head include spaces along the south side of
Boulton Street, and additional spaces along the east edge of the existing parking
area, and that these improvements be funded through the 2016 Capital Budget;
and
That all interested parties listed in Report EGD-008-16 and any delegations be
advised of Council’s decision.
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6. Debi A. Wilcox, Regional Clerk/Director of Legislative Services, The
Regional Municipality of Durham – Regional Response to the Province
on Ontario’s , and
Proposed Waste-Free Ontario ActAssociated
and
Resource Recovery and Circular Economy ActWaste Diversion
Environmental Bill of Rights (EBR) Posting #012-5832
Transition Act
(2016-J-6)
That the following Regional Municipality of Durham’s resolution, regarding the
Regional Response to the Province on Ontario’s Proposed Waste-Free Ontario Act,
and Associated Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act and Waste
Diversion Transition Act Environmental Bill of Rights (EBR), be endorsed by the
Municipality of Clarington:
Whereas waste materials can become valuable resources and enhanced
producer responsibility could provide significant environmental benefits
should producers be encouraged to innovate to reduce waste, develop more
easily recycled packaging, and work with municipalities to enhance and/or
fund enhanced options for the collection and processing of waste materials;
Whereas municipalities have no control over the form of municipal solid
waste generated from packaging and products entering their jurisdiction, and
yet municipal taxpayers continue to bear greater than 50 per cent of the
costs for the disposal and recycling of packaging and print materials that
circulate within their waste streams;
Whereas producer responsibility provides that producers bear responsibility
for 100 per cent of the costs of designated wastes and their end-of-life
management and municipalities should not bear any net cost for the
management of these materials which are becoming increasingly complex
and expensive to recycle, reclaim and/or dispose of;
Therefore be it resolved that the Regional Municipality of Durham calls on
the Ontario Government to ensure the proposed ‘Waste-Free Ontario Act’
(Bill 151) results in legislation which not only replaces the current Waste
Diversion Act to ensure full producer responsibility, but that in order to
ensure service levels to Ontario residents are equal to, or better than
existing service levels provided, legislation be based on:
i) A made-in-Ontario framework that respects the complexity,
functionality and success of long-standing municipal integrated waste
management systems and service levels;
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ii) Evidence-based decision making to ensure there are no
unintended consequences to municipalities;
iii) A fully funded role for municipalities, ensuring producers take
100 per cent responsibility for the end-of-life costs of designated
wastes including disposal and litter operations, with full and fair
compensation to municipalities for any municipal services or
infrastructure provided (including compensation for stranded assets);
iv) The recognition that residual municipal solid waste is a less
carbon intensive fuel than traditional fossil fuels and accept energy
recovery as a key element of diversion for the residual waste material;
and
v) All energy extraction / recycling methods being treated equally,
and the beneficial use of energy-from-waste residuals (ash and metal)
should be encouraged for use in production processes to replace
elements in new products and that the definition of diversion include
all energy recovery solutions; and
That Report #2016-J-6 be forwarded to the Region’s local municipalities, the
Association of Municipalities of Ontario, the Ontario Waste Management
Association, the Government of Ontario Ministers of the Environment and
Climate Change and Municipal Affairs and Housing, and Durham Members
of Provincial Parliament.
7. Christopher Harris, Town Clerk, Town of Whitby – Correspondence
Number 2016-56 from Louis Antonakos, Mayor, Town of Carleton Place
dated February 10, 2016 – Resolution Infrastructure Funding
That the following Town of Carleton Place resolution, endorsed by the Town of
Whitby, regarding Infrastructure Funding, be endorsed by the Municipality of
Clarington:
Whereas the Province of Ontario recently scored applications for two major
infrastructure programs, the Small Communities Fund (SCF) and the Ontario
Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF) and ranked municipalities based on
their economic conditions and fiscal situations;
And Whereas some of the indicators used to score municipalities actually
penalize a municipality that has planned for future infrastructure needs by
establishing financial reserves;
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And Whereas municipalities have little ability to alter their circumstances and
improve their score or ranking; and
Now Therefore Be It Resolved that the Town of Carleton Place hereby calls
upon Minister Jeff Leal to discontinue the use of the current evaluation
criteria that penalizes municipalities that plan to maintain their infrastructure
and instead distribute all future infrastructure grants to all municipalities
utilizing a fair and equitable formula.
8. Community Event Sponsorship Program
That Report CSD-006-16 be received;
That the proposed Community Event Sponsorship Program and Application be
approved;
That the proposed amendments to the Community Grant Program as outlined in
Section 2.2 of this report be approved;
That $5,000.00 from the 2016 Community Event Sponsorship account be
transferred to the 2016 Community Services Department, Community Development
section budget to be applied only to the assistance of funding a Canada Day
celebration event located at the Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex; and
That all interested parties listed in Report CSD-006-16 and any delegations be
advised of Council’s decision.
9. Boulevard Maintenance By-law
That Report CLD-006-16 be received;
That the By-law attached to Report CLD-006-16 be passed; and
That all interested parties listed in Report CLD-006-16 and any delegations be
advised of Council’s decision.
10. Appointment of a Pound Keeper
That Report CLD-012-16 be received;
That Karen Minaker be appointed for a term ending December 31, 2018 or until a
successor is appointed to be a Pound Keeper for the Municipality of Clarington; and
That all interested parties listed in Report CLD-012-16 be advised of Council’s
decision.
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11. Recreation Software Replacement
That Report COD-004-16 be received;
That, under the single source provision of the Municipality’s Purchasing By-Law,
Council grant the Purchasing Manager the authority to negotiate an agreement with
ACTIVE Network for the provision of recreation registration and facility booking
software service; and
That the Purchasing Manager be authorized to execute the agreement with the
ACTIVE Network for the purchase, installation, migration and maintenance of
software required to replace the current CLASS program software used for
recreation management.
12. Special Budget Meeting Structure
That Staff be directed to prepare a report to the General Government Committee on
the structure of the Special Committee meeting for the budget, including having a
separate public meeting for the members of the public and organizations to make
representations on the budget.
13. Tourism Metrics
That Staff be directed to provide a report, for the May 9, 2016 General Government
Committee meeting, on establishing metrics for tracking the value received for the
Tourism Division budget.
14. Request to Amend the Procedural By-law
That Staff be directed to provide a report, for the May 9, 2016 General Government
Committee meeting, to consider amending the Procedural By-law such that, if a
member is declaring a conflict, that it be noted as an “Interest”; and
That Staff consider the procedure undertaken at the Region of Durham and other
municipalities.
15. A Gift of Art
That Staff be directed to reach out to A Gift of Art Board of Directors to see how we
can help them achieve their one-time $30,000 grant/loan request to Council to
achieve their goals.
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