The Council of
The Regional Municipality of York
Revised Agenda
March 26, 2015
9:30 a.m.
Council Chambers
York Region Administrative Centre
17250 Yonge Street
Newmarket, Ontario
Quorum: 11
[Accessible formats or communication supports are available upon request
Contact: Regional Clerk’s Office, regional.clerk@york.ca, 18774649675 extension 71320]
A. Disclosures of Interest
B. Minutes of Council
B.1 Council Meeting held on February 26, 2015
B.2 Special Meeting of Council held on March 5, 2015
C. Presentations
C.1 Regional Administrative Centre Annex Building Dino Basso, Commissioner of Corporate Services
(Please refer to Items E.1 and H.1)
D. Deputations
(Subject to Council granting deputant status.)
D.1 Maddie Di Muccio, President, York Region Taxpayers Coalition, regarding municipal transparency and accountability
D.2 Kim McKinnon and Sheri Upper, Citizens for Accessibility and Mobility, regarding outsourcing of the Mobility Plus Appeal Panel
(Please refer to Clause 8 of Committee of the Whole Report No. 5)
[The titles of the following Communications and Reports are links that will open the items]
E. Communications
E.1 Regional Administrative Centre Annex Building
Dino Basso, Commissioner of Corporate Services, dated March 26, 2015
(Please refer to Item H.1)
E.2 Appointment of Members to the 2015-2018 Human Services Planning Board of York Region
Adelina Urbanski, Commissioner of Community and Health Services, dated March 26, 2015
(Please refer to Item K.7.)
E.3 National Access Awareness Week - May 31 to June 6, 2015
Adelina Urbanski, Commissioner of Community and Health Services, dated March 26, 2015 requesting that Council recognize May 31 to June 6, 2015 as National Access Awareness Week
E.4 Ontario Ice Storm Assistance Program Update
Bruce Macgregor, Chief Administrative Officer, dated March 26, 2015
E.5 2015 Coordinated Review of the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, the Greenbelt Plan, the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan and the Niagara Escarpment Plan
Valerie Shuttleworth, Chief Planner, dated March 26, 2015
E.6 Belinda's Place Update
Adelina Urbanski, Commissioner of Community and Health Services, dated March 26, 2015
E.7 Amendment No. 10 to the Newmarket Official Plan Urban Centres Secondary Plan
Ryan Guetter, Vice President, Weston Consulting
(Please refer to Clause 13 of Committee of the Whole Report No. 5)
F. Consideration and Adoption of Reports
F.1 Report No. 5 - Committee of the Whole - March 5, 2015
F.2 Report No. 6 - Committee of the Whole - March 12, 2015
F.3 Report No. 1 - Chief Administrative Officer
Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension - Schedule and Cost Status Update
F.4 Report No. 3 - Commissioner of Finance
Remuneration - Members of Council and Local Boards - 2014
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G. Introduction and Consideration of Bylaws
G.1 Bylaw No. 2015-12
A bylaw to establish charges for the uniform water service rate
G.2 Bylaw No. 2015-13
A bylaw to establish charges for the uniform wastewater service rate
G.3 Bylaw No. 2015-14
To acquire certain lands for or in connection with the widening and reconstruction of Highway 7 (YR 7), Centre Street (YR 71) and Bathurst Street (YR 38) City of Vaughan
G.4 Bylaw No. 2015-15
To acquire certain lands for or in connection with the widening and reconstruction of Bayview Avenue (YR 34) from 19th Avenue (YR 29) to Stouffville Road (YR 14) Town of Richmond Hill
G.5 Bylaw No. 2015-16
To acquire certain lands for or in connection with the widening and reconstruction of Leslie Street (YR 12) from Wellington Street East (YR 15) to Mulock Drive (YR 74) Town of Aurora and Town of Newmarket
G.6 Bylaw No. 2015-17
To acquire certain lands for or in connection with the widening and reconstruction of Major Mackenzie Drive West (YR 25) from the Canadian Pacific Railway crossing to Islington Avenue (YR 17) City of Vaughan
G.7 Bylaw No. 2015-18
A bylaw to establish a public highway
H. Motions
H.1 Regional Administrative Centre Annex Building
(Notice of the following motion, moved by Regional Councillor Jones, seconded by Regional Councillor Di Biase was provided at the February 26, 2015 Regional Council meeting. At its meeting on March 12, 2015, Committee of the Whole forwarded the motion to this meeting of Regional Council.)
Whereas, we are in the midst of unprecedented growth in our Region; and
Whereas, in a very short time, we have seen our population grow to the point that our population is now larger than the Province of Nova Scotia, the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Province of New Brunswick and is about the same as the Province of Saskatchewan; and
Whereas, our population is just over one million one hundred and fifty thousand residents today and is projected in the Provincial Growth Plan to exceed two million residents in the next twenty-five years; and
Whereas, we the elected Council for York Region have a duty and obligation to provide all Regional services to those that need them in as convenient location as possible; and
Whereas, we are seeing an aging population and more people requiring services that must rely on public transit and would benefit if they had better transit access to the new Regional facility; and
Whereas, we also have an obligation to our employees to have our facilities in a convenient location so that transit is a viable option; and
Whereas, our residents’ needs are changing from the Region providing predominantly hard services such as roads, water, sanitary sewers and treatment systems to a Region that is also becoming increasingly involved in the delivery of public transit, social housing and expanding social services; and
Whereas, the large population of our Region is provided with services such as healthy living services, child and family health services, speech and language therapy, dental and many more social services; and
Whereas, for generations the Town of Newmarket had been the County Seat for the County of York including Toronto, and continues to be the centre of Regional government, which will not change; and
Whereas, about three quarters of the residents we serve reside in the southern portion of the Region and seventy eight per cent of the assessment resides in the City of Vaughan, the Town of Richmond Hill and the City of Markham; and
Whereas, the Provincial Growth Plan recognizes that growth has been and will continue to be centred in the three southern municipalities and has designated three major Growth Centres in the Highway 7 Corridor, the Vaughan Corporate Centre, the Markham City Centre and the Richmond Hill/Langstaff Gateway. There is a fourth Regional Growth Centre designated in Newmarket on Yonge Street and Davis Drive; and
Whereas, the Regional Official Plan also recognizes the tremendous growth and the importance of the node and transit mobility hubs in Markham, Vaughan and Richmond Hill; and
Whereas, the majority of the planned growth in the Region will be Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) in the south, served by the Richmond Hill/Langstaff Mobility Hub. This Hub will be the interface of York Region Transit, Viva, the Yonge Street subway, the Richmond Hill all day GO rail and the MTO 407 High-Speed Rail Transit-Way and possibly the high-speed rail from Quebec City to Windsor Rail Express, that being six individual services interfacing at one location which is unparalleled in this country; and
Whereas, the intersection of Yonge Street and Highway 7 is also where Vaughan, Markham and Richmond Hill all intersect; and
Whereas, this location has been identified as an Urban Growth Centre and a Major Regional Transit Hub joining the Yonge Street Subway extension, the Richmond Hill GO Train, the Provincial 407 Rail Transit-Way, Viva Yonge Street BRT, Viva Highway 7 BRT and YRT services; and
Whereas, the intersection of Yonge and Highway 7 is central and accessible by public transit to a much larger population than the proposed annex building expansion to the existing Regional headquarters; and
Whereas, there are approved planning permissions in place at the Yonge and Highway 7 intersection to house a major Regional presence and assist in the delivery of services to those that need them in a more convenient location; and
Whereas, this is an ideal location to consolidate other regional, provincial and federal government services in the area to one central and accessible location; and
Whereas, we are faced budget pressures at present due to growth pressures and the increasing needs of our residents;
Now therefore be it resolved:
That staff be directed to meet with the Highway 7 and Yonge Street landowners to explore building the Regional Building Annex in the Richmond Hill Centre/Langstaff Gateway area and to consolidate other Regional leased sites in the area into one building and present options to Council for build to own, lease, or lease to purchase;
And that a report on the progress be presented to Council at the April 2015 meeting of Council.
I. Notice of Motion
J. Other Business
K. Private Session
Motion to resolve into Private Session to consider the following:
K.1 Mobility Plus Eligibility Appeal Panel - Solicitor/Client Privilege
K.2 Appeals to Regional Official Plan, City of Vaughan - Solicitor/Client Privilege
K.3 Approval to Expropriate Major Mackenzie Drive – Canadian Pacific Railway Crossing to Islington Avenue, City of Vaughan – Land Acquisition
K.4 Lease Agreement – Newmarket – Land Acquisition
K.5 Disposition of Matters Under the Purchasing Bylaw – 2014 Annual Report – Litigation
K.6 Regional Solicitor Use of Delegated Settlement Authority – 2014 Annual Report – Litigation
K.7 Attachment to E.2 - Appointment of Members to the 2015-2018 Human Services Planning Board of York Region - Personal Matters about Identifiable Individuals
K.8 Development Charge Prepayment Agreement Request for Special Consideration- Highway 7 East, City of Markham - Potential Litigation
K.9 Chief Administrative Officer - Private Memorandum - Update - Settlement on Development Charge Complaint - Weston Road, City of Vaughan - Potential Litigation
K.10 Verbal Update - Rapid Transit Matters - Potential Litigation
L. Public Session
Motion to reconvene in Public Session
Adoption of recommendations from Private Session
M. Confirmatory Bylaw
Introduction of Bylaw No. 2015-19 to confirm the proceedings of Council at this meeting
N. Adjournment
