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HomeMy WebLinkAboutGG Report 2016-09-06 General Government Committee Report to Council Page 1 Report to Council Meeting of September 19, 2016 Subject: General Government Committee Meeting of Tuesday, September 6, 2016 Recommendations: 1. Receive for Information (a) 8.1 Minutes of Tyrone Community Centre dated June 5, 2016 (b) 8.2 Minutes of the Newcastle Community Hall Board dated May 17, 2016 (c) 8.3 Minutes of the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority dated June 16, 2016 (d) 8.4 Minutes of the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority dated June 21, 2016 (e) 8.6 Melodee Smart, Administrative Assistant, Works Department, The Regional Municipality of Durham – Durham/York Energy Centre REVISED Ambient Air Monitoring 2016, 1st Quarterly Report (January to March 2016) and March and April 2016 Complaint and Inquiry Logs (f) 8.7 Debbie Shields, City Clerk, City of Pickering – Notice of Motion Regarding Residential Tax Relief to Eligible Low Income Seniors and Low Income Disabled Persons (g) 8.8 Laura Vaillancourt, OP Executive Director – 24th World Operalia Competition with Placido Domingo and Marco Parisotto (h) 8.9 Kathryn Shaver, Vice-President, APM Engagement and Site Selection, Nuclear Waste Management Organization – Implementing Adaptive Phased Management 2017 to 2021 (i) 8.10 Ontario 150 Program – Ontario 150: Apply for Funding (j) 8.11 Melodee Smart, Administrative Assistant, Works Department, The Regional Municipality of Durham – Durham/York Energy Centre Ambient Air Monitoring 2016, 2nd Quarterly Report (April to June 2016) General Government Committee Report to Council For Council Meeting of September 19, 2016 Page 2 (k) 8.12 Alexander Harras, Manager of Legislative Services/Deputy Clerk, Town of Ajax – Ontario Council of Agencies Servicing Immigrants “For All” Campaign (l) 9.5 Mary Medeiros, Acting City Clerk, The Corporation of the City of Oshawa – Seniors Protection and Care (m) EGD-035-16 Report on Building Permit Activity for April, May, and June 2016 (n) COD-018-16 Contract Awards During Council Recess 2. Sheila Hall, Executive Director, Clarington Board of Trade, Regarding an Economic Development Update That the delegation of Sheila Hall, Executive Director, Clarington Board of Trade, regarding an Economic Development Update, be received with thanks. 3. Janet Lange, Janet Lange Art and Design, Regarding the Chalk It Up Festival That the delegation of Janet Lange, Janet Lange Art and Design, regarding the Chalk It Up Festival, be received with thanks. 4. Minutes of the Clarington Museums and Archives Board dated July 5, 2016 and July 27, 2016 That the minutes of the Clarington Museums and Archives Board, dated July 5, 2016 and July 27, 2016, be received for information; That the Clarington Museums and Archives Board members and staff be directed to provide access to financial records up until August 31, 2016; and That Staff report back to the Council meeting of September 19, 2016 regarding possible options of dealing with the Clarington Museums and Archives Board, including: Dissolution; Takeover by the Municipality of Clarington; and Any other recommendations by Staff, opening the financial records to the internal auditor. General Government Committee Report to Council For Council Meeting of September 19, 2016 Page 3 5. Lion Jim Rohrbach, PDG, MD “A” Centennial Coordinator, Lions International –Request for Flag Raising for the 100th Anniversary of Service to Humanity That raising of the Lions Club International flag on a date to be determined in 2017, be approved. 6. Debi A. Wilcox, Regional Clerk/Director of Legislative Services, The Regional Municipality of Durham – Provincial Update of the Long Term Affordable Housing Strategy and Bill 204 – Promoting Affordable Housing Act That the following Regional Municipality of Durham resolution, regarding Ontario Climate Change Action Plan, be endorsed by the Municipality of Clarington: That the Minister of Municipal Affairs & Housing be advised of the following recommendations in regard to the implementation of the update to the provincial Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategy and Bill 204 – Promoting Affordable Housing Act, 2016: A) That since there is no sustainable funding commitment to invest in the repair and regeneration of the existing housing supply or to support new construction, the Province be requested to provide ongoing long-term funding to ensure sustainability of the social housing portfolio; B) That the exemption of second units in new homes from Development Charges (DCs) be voluntary given that DCs are the only fiscal tool available to municipalities to recover growth-related capital costs; C) That the development of regulations and requirements for inclusionary zoning and municipal planning and finance system changes be developed in consultation with municipalities; D) That the following key issues and risks specific to “inclusionary zoning”, detailed in section 9 of Report #2016-J-23, be endorsed as Durham Region’s response to the Environmental Bill of Rights Environmental Registry posting (EBR Posting 012-7616) for Schedule 4 of Bill 204 – Promoting Affordable Housing Act, 2016 – on inclusionary zoning; General Government Committee Report to Council For Council Meeting of September 19, 2016 Page 4 • A balance between municipal autonomy and Provincial direction is essential to the provision of inclusionary zoning; • The Province should not prescribe the mandatory enactment of a by-law for inclusionary zoning by municipalities; • Minimum standards for inclusionary zoning should be established by the Province to ensure consistency; • The Province should establish processes and calculations, where appropriate, that can be applied at a localized scale to ensure that implementation and monitoring is undertaken in a consistent manner; • The Region supports the Provincial position that no one, other than the Minister, may appeal specified decisions, by-laws and conditions relating to policies that authorize inclusionary zoning to the Ontario Municipal Board; • Municipalities should be responsible for determining which measures and/or incentives they may offer to support the provision of affordable housing units through inclusionary zoning; • Municipalities should be permitted to request the payment of funds to municipalities in lieu of the provision of affordable housing units, provided those funds are used towards the provision of affordable housing elsewhere within that municipality, and municipalities should also be permitted to authorize the construction of affordable housing units on off- site land; • Program targets, inclusion rates and “affordable units” should be determined by the municipality based on housing priorities already identified in local housing and homelessness plans (i.e. At Home in Durham); • The Province should consider reviewing the Provincial Policy Statement (PPS) definition of “affordable” housing to include a deeper “core need” threshold for both ownership and rental housing; and General Government Committee Report to Council For Council Meeting of September 19, 2016 Page 5 • The Province should consider a role for service managers in the delivery and/or monitoring of inclusionary zoning for affordable housing units. These considerations should be made without mandating new unfunded responsibilities to the Region; E) That the Province amend the Municipal Act, regarding Municipal Capital Facilities, so as to require each level of municipal government to directly consider such requests for exemptions rather than allow either level to have the power to exempt selected properties from upper-tier and lower-tier fees, development charges and property F) That given that the Housing Services Act, 2011 (HSA) already contains safeguards for housing providers, who have recourse to Regional Council, judicial review and the Ontario Ombudsman, the Province defer regulation changes regarding service manager decisions until it has completed its legislatively required review of the enforcement provisions in the HSA to determine if they are reasonable or if the current provision requiring a review process should be struck from the HSA; G) That in the long-term, consideration be given to eliminating service level standards in favour of measuring service managers’ performance in relation to progress under their local housing and homelessness plans; H) That the Province be encouraged to continue to modernize the current patchwork of social housing and affordable housing in consultation with service managers, including issues such as declining federal funding and end of operating agreement obligations for service managers who are required to provide legislated service level standards; and I) That a copy of Commissioners’ Report #2016-J-23 be forwarded to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing and the area municipalities. General Government Committee Report to Council For Council Meeting of September 19, 2016 Page 6 7. Derrick McKay, President and Founder, Overdrive Race & Relay Series – Request for Permission to Fly a CF-18 Hornet Over Canadian Tire Motorsport Park That the request from Derrick McKay, Overdrive Race & Relay Series, to approve the fly over of a CF-18 Hornet at Canadian Motorsport Park on October 30, 2016, be denied. 8. Jillene Bellchamber-Glazier, County Clerk, Corporation of the County of Perth – Ontario Climate Change Action Plan That the following Corporation of the County of Perth resolution, regarding Ontario Climate Change Action Plan, be endorsed by the Municipality of Clarington: Whereas, the Ontario Provincial Government recently released a five-year Climate Change Action Plan for 2016-2020 which includes a strategy for reducing greenhouse gases and moving to a low-carbon economy; And Whereas, the Ministry of Energy has identified the need for a balanced mix of clean energy sources, including natural gas, to meet the demand for electricity; And Whereas the Premier has acknowledged by her remarks at the 2015 OGRA/ROMA conference that “limited access to natural gas is acting as a barrier to growth in too many rural municipalities’; And Whereas, the identified actions in the province’s Climate Change Action Plan include a “cap” to limit emissions from natural gas distribution; And Whereas, Southwestern Ontario is one of Ontario and Canada’s most productive agricultural regions; And Whereas, the production of affordable food from rural Ontario benefits all Ontarians; And Whereas, access to reliable, affordable energy, including natural gas, is vital for the Ontario agri-food sector and rural communities; And Whereas, the availability of natural gas is recognized in Ontario as a key component to economic development growth and retention; General Government Committee Report to Council For Council Meeting of September 19, 2016 Page 7 And Whereas, municipal governments adopt policies to support the protection, preservation, enhancement and improvement of the natural environment; Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved That the County of Perth requests: 1. That the Ontario government commit to consultations with rural Ontario municipalities, residents, and businesses regarding the design and implementation of the government’s Climate Change Action Plan; and 2. That the Premier remain committed to a provincial government that puts a rural lens on its decision-making, and ensure the expansion of natural gas to rural municipalities within the Climate Change Action Plan; and 3. That the Ontario government outline in detail how it will financially assist rural Ontario municipalities, residents, and businesses in order to transition to meet provincial targets for reducing greenhouse gases; 4. And That this resolution be provided to the Honourable Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario, the Honourable Glen Murray, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Jeff Leal, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Honourable Glenn Thibeault, Minister of Energy, Mr. Randy Pettapiece, MPP Perth- Wellington, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, the Rural Ontario Municipalities Association, the Western Ontario Warden’s Caucus and all Ontario municipalities. 9. Revision Cemetery Tariff of Rates That Report OPD-007-16 be received; and That the revised Schedule A, Cemeteries – Tariff of Rates (Attachment #1; #2; #3 and #4 to Report OPD-007-16), be approved. 10. Job Description and Appointment of Interim Chief Administrative Officer That Report CLD-026-16 be received; That the amending By-law, attached to Report CLD-026-16 as Attachment 1, being a bylaw to establish the position and to define the duties and responsibilities of the Chief Administrative Officer, be approved; General Government Committee Report to Council For Council Meeting of September 19, 2016 Page 8 That the By-law, attached to Report CLD-026-16 as Attachment 2, being a by-law to appoint Mr. Curry Clifford as the Interim Chief Administrative Officer, be approved; and That all interested parties listed in Report CLD-026-16 and any delegations be advised of Council's decision by the Department. 11. Appointment to the Newcastle Arena Board That Report CLD-027-16 be received; That Gord Blaker be thanked for his contribution to the Newcastle Arena Board; That the Municipal Clerk’s Department be directed to re-advertise for the vacancy on the Newcastle Arena Board; and That all interested parties listed in Report CLD-027-16 and any delegations be advised of Council's decision. 12. Municipal Household Hazardous Waste Facility That Clarington Council ask the Region of Durham to table the matter of the location of a new Household Hazardous Waste site in Clarington until the next Regional Committee of the Whole meeting. 13. Electronic Devices That the procedural by-law be amended such that portable electronic devices be permitted in Council chambers, provided that Councillors shall not email, BBM, or text each other during meetings, nor use the phone portion of the device while Council in in session. 14. Monarch Butterfly Pledge Program That the Mayor sign the Mayor Monarch Butterfly pledge program; and That the matter be referred to the Samuel Wilmot Nature Area Management Advisory Committee.