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Minutes
October 17, 2016
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Minutes of a special meeting of Council held on October 17, 2016, at 4:07 PM, in the
Council Chambers.
Present Were: Mayor A. Foster, Councillor S. Cooke, Councillor R. Hooper,
Councillor J. Neal, Councillor C. Traill, Councillor W. Woo
Regrets: Councillor W. Partner
Staff Present: C. Clifford, T. Cannella, J. Caruana, F. Horvath, M. Marano,
N. Taylor, J. Gallagher, M. Chambers
1 Call to Order
Mayor Foster called the meeting to order at 4:07 PM.
2 Declaration of Interest
There were no declarations of interest stated at this meeting.
3 Committee Reports
3.1 General Government Committee Report of October 17, 2016
Item 1 - Roof-Top Solar Projects – Feed-in-Tariff Program, Version 5.0
Resolution #C-264-16
Moved by Councillor Hooper, seconded by Councillor Neal
That Report CSD-014-16 be received;
That Council indicates its support for the construction and operation of roof-top solar
projects anywhere in the Municipality by passing the resolution attached to
Report CSD-014-16 (Attachment 1) as follows:
WHEREAS capitalized terms not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to
them in the FIT Rules, Version 5.0;
AND WHEREAS the Province’s FIT Program encourages the construction and
operation of Rooftop Solar generation projects (the “Projects”);
AND WHEREAS one or more projects may be constructed and operated in the
Municipality of Clarington;
AND WHEREAS pursuant to the FIT Rules, Version 5.0, Applications whose
projects receive the formal support of Local Municipalities will be awarded Priority
Points, which may result in the Applicant being offered a FIT Contract prior to
other Persons applying for FIT Contracts;