Committee of the Whole Meeting

Agenda

Meeting #:CW#14-18
Date:
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Location:
Council Chambers
225 East Beaver Creek Road
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Chair, Greg Beros, Councillor Ward 1

  • a) That a meeting be held in accordance with Section 357, and 358, of the Municipal Act, 2001 be held in respect of the application made by the Treasurer and the owners listed in staff report SRCFS.18.048 at which the applicants may make representations to Committee of the Whole;

    b) That taxes amounting to $58,215.87 be written off pursuant to the provisions of Section 357 of the Municipal Act, 2001;

    c) That taxes amounting to $2,547.40 be written off pursuant to the provisions of Section 358 of the Municipal Act, 2001;

    d) That applicable penalty and interest be adjusted accordingly;

    e) That the Treasurer be directed to adjust the accounts receivable accordingly.

  • The Youth Action Committee presents its Reports for its meetings held on September 26, October 10, November 7 and November 21, 2018, and respectfully recommends that the minutes be adopted as circulated.

  • a) That the 2019 Interim Road Reconstruction Priority Rating System (RRPRS), 2019 to 2023, contained in staff report SREIS.18.002 be adopted;

    b)That staff be directed to include the 5 year rural to urban road reconstruction program into the 2019 Ten year Capital Forecast.

  • a) That the capital expenditures for the design and construction of the capital projects, identified as time sensitive in staff report SREIS.18.012, to ensure a seamless delivery of the Town’s capital program in the amount of $16,938,300 with funding sources as identified in staff report SREIS.18.012 for each project, be approved.

  • a) That the proposed names “Bill Bell Park”, “Flood Farmstead Park” and “Jefferson Salamander Park” for the sites described in staff report SRPRS.18.176, attached as Appendix 'A' to staff report SRPRS.18.191, be granted final approval.

  • a) That the request by Collecdev (8868 Yonge) GP Inc. for 412 persons equivalent of servicing allocation be assigned to the lands known as Part of Lot 38, Concession 1, E.Y.S. (municipal address: 8868 Yonge Street), File Number D06-12082, be approved;

    b) That the assigned servicing allocation be released by the Commissioner of Planning and Regulatory Services in accordance with By-law 109-11.

File Numbers D03-13007 and D03-10003

  • a) That the request by King South Developments 13049 Inc. and King South Developments et al. for 12 persons equivalent of additional servicing allocation be assigned to Part of Lot 21, Plan M-807 and Lots 17 to 20, Part of Lots 13 and 16, and Part of Block A, Plan M-807 (municipal addresses: 13049 Bathurst Street and 600, 630, 662 and 690 King Road, 2 and 4 Toscanini Road, and 63 Puccini Drive), File Numbers D03-13007 and D03-10003;

    b) That the assigned servicing allocation be released by the Commissioner of Planning and Regulatory Services in accordance with By-law 109-11.

  • a) That the assumption of the aboveground and belowground municipal services within Plan 65M-4446, (Subdivision File Number 19T-00005) be approved;

    b) That the assumption of the external aboveground and belowground municipal services within the existing Stockdale Crescent and Pemberton Road road allowances and within a registered easement external to the plan (part of Lot 76, Plan 2027, being Part 2 on Plan 65R-35049) associated with Subdivision File Number 19T-00005, be approved;

    c) That the two year maintenance period for the above noted internal and external aboveground and belowground municipal services commence from June 1, 2018;

    d) That Georgian Bay Street within Plan 65M-4446, be assumed as public highway;

    e) That Town owned lands being Part of Lot 92,Plan 2027 described more particularly as Part 7, Plan 65R-16989 be established as public highway becoming part of Georgian Bay Street.

  • a) That the assumption of the stormwater management facility, including related storm drainage services, contained within Block 33 and 34 of Plan 65M- 3271, be approved;

    b) The assumption of the stormwater management facility, including related storm drainage services contained within Con. 1, Part Lot 64, more specifically described as Part 1 on Plan 65R-20587, associated with Subdivision File 19T-88038 Phase 1, be approved.

  • a) That staff report SRCAO.18.24 regarding an update on Provincial Cannabis Legislation be received for information purposes;

    b) That a by-law be enacted to establish a reserve to maintain funds received from the Ontario Cannabis Legalization Implementation Fund (OCLIF).

  • a) That staff report SRCS.18.23 regarding the Proposed Amendments to the Taxi By-law 133-04 and Municipal Code Chapter 882, be received;

    b) That the draft by-law attached as Attachment '1' to staff report SRCS.18.23, be enacted to amend the Taxi By-law 133-04 and Municipal Code Chapter 882 regarding the licensing of taxicabs and limousines.

  • a) That staff report SRCFS.18.49 regarding Member of Council Community Event Policy be received.

    b) That the Member of Council Community Event Policy, attached as Attachment 'A' to staff report SRCFS.18.049, be approved.

  • Whereas the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) represents the interests of municipalities on policy and program matters that fall within federal jurisdiction;

    Whereas FCM’s Board of Directors is comprised of elected municipal officials from all regions and sizes of communities to form a broad base of support and provide FCM with the prestige required to carry the municipal message to the federal government; and

    Whereas FCM’s Annual Conference and Trade Show will take place each June, during which time the Annual General Meeting will be held and followed by the election of FCM’s Board of Directors;

    Now therefore the Council of Richmond Hill resolves the following:

    That Council of the Town of Richmond Hill endorse Councillor Godwin Chan to stand for election on FCM’s Board of Directors for the duration of the term; and

    That Council assumes all costs associated with Councillor Godwin Chan, if elected or appointed, attending FCM’s Board of Directors and Committee meetings.

  • Whereas NAV CANADA announced in November 2018 the closure of the Buttonville Airport Air Traffic Control Tower, effective January 3, 2019 and will replace it with a mandatory radio frequency; and

    Whereas located in close proximity to the Town of Richmond Hill and running parallel with Highway 404, one of Ontario’s busiest highways, Buttonville Airport lies in a built up residential and business area; and

    Whereas Buttonville Airport is also located on the busiest north/south and east/west air route in Canada and on the main approach to two runways at Toronto Pearson International Airport, Canada’s largest and busiest airport by aircraft movements (it is approximately 14 nautical miles north of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport and approximately 16 nautical miles northeast of Toronto Pearson International Airport); and

    Whereas it was previously understood that there would be a decline in operations and a full closure of the airport in the coming years, Buttonville Airport will remain open for at least five more years and this has caused air traffic volume to increase; and

    Whereas with an increase of aircraft movement, as well as the existing high amount of air traffic in the region due to two nearby international airports, it would pose a safety risk to cease any air traffic control operations at Buttonville Airport;

    Now therefore Be It Resolved that the Town of Richmond Hill deems the closure of the control tower unacceptable and is concerned with the safety risks posed by a closure of the air traffic control tower and would have preferred to have been consulted in the decision by NAV CANADA; and

    Be It Further Resolved that the Town of Richmond Hill advise The Honourable Marc Garneau, MP, Minister of Transport, that the Town of Richmond Hill does not support the closure of the control tower at Buttonville Airport and asks him to intervene to reverse the decision before the closure of the control tower on January 3, 2019; and

    Be It Finally Resolved that a copy of this resolution be circulated to The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister, as well as local MP’s and MPP’s.

  • Whereas Sections 4.2 of the Procedure By-law 74-12 requires Council to appoint a Deputy Mayor, and Section 4.3 authorizes Council to appoint an Acting Mayor;

    Whereas Richmond Hill’s Regional and Local Councillors have been appointed Deputy Mayor or Acting Mayor;

    Whereas both the Deputy Mayor and Acting Mayor are permitted to act in place of the Mayor fulfilling the same duties and responsibilities;

    Now therefore the Council of the Town of Richmond Hill resolves the following:

    That the Procedure By-law 74-12, as amended, be further amended as follows:

    1. That the definition of “Acting Mayor” be deleted in its entirety;
    2. That the definition of “Deputy Mayor” be deleted and replaced with the following:

    “Deputy Mayor” means the Member(s) appointed to act in place of the Mayor pursuant to section 4.2 of these Rules of Procedure.

    1. That section 4.2, titled “Deputy Mayor,” be deleted and replaced with the following:

    “4.2     Deputy Mayor

    (a)    Council shall by by-law appoint not more than two Members, both of whom shall normally be a Regional and Local Councillor, to act as Deputy Mayor for a duration at the discretion of Council.

    (b)    In the absence or inability of the Mayor to act, a Deputy Mayor shall act in the place of the Mayor and shall exercise all the Mayor’s rights and duties as set out in this by-law or Applicable Law.

    (c)     If Council has appointed more than one Deputy Mayor, in the absence or inability of the Mayor to act:

    (i) the Mayor shall designate in writing one of the Deputy Mayor’s appointed pursuant to section 4.2(a) to act in the place of the Mayor who shall exercise all the Mayor’s rights and duties as set out in this by-law or Applicable Law; or

    (ii) if the Mayor has not designated a Deputy Mayor pursuant to section 4.2(c)(i), the Deputy Mayor whose name is listed first on the appointment by-law shall exercise all the Mayor’s rights and duties as set out in this by-law or Applicable Law.”

    1. That section 4.3, titled “Acting Mayor,” be deleted in its entirety.
    2. That subsection 5.2.4, titled “Mayor Absent – Council” be deleted and replaced with the following:

    5.2.4     Mayor Absent – One Appointed Deputy Mayor

    Unless the Mayor is scheduled to be absent for a Meeting, in the case of the Mayor not attending within fifteen (15) minutes after the scheduled start time of the Meeting of Council for which there is Quorum, if only one Member has been appointed as Deputy Mayor then, provided the Deputy Mayor is not scheduled to be absent;

    • the Deputy Mayor shall take the Chair, call the Members to order and preside until the Mayor arrives; or
    • If the Deputy Mayor also does not attend within fifteen (15) minutes after the scheduled start time of the Meeting of Council along with the Mayor, then the Clerk shall call the Members to order and a Chair shall be chosen from among the Members present, who will preside over the Meeting until the arrival of the Mayor or Deputy Mayor.”
      1. That subsection 5.2.5, titled “Mayor and Deputy Mayor Absent” be deleted and replaced with the following:

    “5.2.5     Mayor Absent – Two Appointed Deputy Mayors

    Unless the Mayor is scheduled to be absent for a Meeting, in the case of the Mayor not attending within fifteen (15) minutes after the scheduled start time of the Meeting of Council for which there is Quorum, if two Members have been appointed as Deputy Mayors then, provided that neither Deputy Mayor is scheduled to be absent;

    • During a meeting held in the months of January to June, the Deputy Mayor whose name is listed first on the appointment by-law is present, that Deputy Mayor shall take the Chair, call the Members to order and preside until the Mayor arrives;
    • During a meeting held in the months of July to December, the Deputy Mayor whose name is listed second on the appointment by-law is present, that Deputy Mayor shall take the Chair, call the Members to order and preside until the Mayor arrives;
    • if the Deputy Mayor who would normally preside pursuant to Sections 5.2.5(a) or 5.2.5(b) does not attend within fifteen (15) minutes after the scheduled start time of the Meeting of Council the other Deputy Mayor shall take the Chair, call the Members to order and preside until the Mayor arrives
    • If both Deputy Mayor’s do not attend within fifteen (15) minutes after the scheduled start time of the Meeting of Council along with the Mayor, then the Clerk shall call the Members to order and a Chair shall be chosen from among the Members present, who will preside over the Meeting until the arrival of the Mayor or a Deputy Mayor.”

    That section 5.2.6, titled “Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Acting Mayor Absent,” be deleted in its entirety.

  • To establish a fixed amount for cash-in-lieu of parkland dedication for Residential Units within a Multi Residential Building

    Whereas on June 27, 2011, the Council of the Town of Richmond Hill adopted Bylaw 70-11, a bylaw which established a fixed amount payable per proposed dwelling unit of $10,000.00, in lieu of a conveyance of land for parkland dedication; and

    Whereas Bylaw 70-11 was repealed and replaced by Bylaw 58-13 (the “Current Parkland Dedication Bylaw”) by the Council of the Town of Richmond Hill on May 2, 2013; and     

    Whereas the Town of Richmond Hill Bylaw 58-13 currently positions (some 5 ½ years after its introduction) the Town of Richmond Hill as the highest parkland dedication standard rate on a cost per unit basis (or cost per person) as compared to other 905 municipalities; and

    Whereas the number of units where Development Charges have been collected since 2014 by the Town of Richmond Hill represents 10% of the development charges (971 of 9560) collected when compared to Markham and Vaughan when our population represents 23.5% of the three lower York Region Municipalities; and

    Whereas the current Parkland Dedication Bylaw and rates proposed to be charged by the Town has deterred the construction of new Residential Units within new Multi Residential Buildings from proceeding within the Town’s planned intensification corridors and acts as a significant disincentive for higher density developments, including those that have already been approved; and

    Whereas an amendment to the Current Parkland Dedication Bylaw is required in order to support the Town’s intensification strategy and housing affordability objectives;

    Now therefore, the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Richmond Hill enacts as follows:

    Bylaw 58-13 is hereby further amended as follows:

    1. That the following be added to section 10 of Bylaw 58-13 after the first sentence:

    “Notwithstanding the preceding, for the period commencing December 1, 2018 through to December 31, 2020, the value of land shall be calculated at a fixed rate of $10,000.00 per Multi Residential Dwelling Unit to be located within a Multi-Residential Building.”

  • To provide new direction regarding the Downtown Local Centre Secondary Plan (“DLCSP”)

    Whereas Council of the Corporation of the Town of Richmond Hill adopted a new Downtown Local Centre Secondary Plan for the Downtown Local Centre (the “DLCSP”) on February 27, 2017; and

    Whereas the DLCSP was appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board (the “OMB”), now Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (the “LPAT”) (LPAT File PL170619) by a number of landowners in part because the principles as set out on page 77 of the 2009 DDLUS study (being to establish an environment for change, to reduce the cost of development, and to reduce the risk of the approvals process) have not been achieved; and

    Whereas numerous landowners owning lands within the DLCSP object to the height and density limits in the Secondary Plan especially when combined with the landowner requirement to provide a linked system of courtyards and other roads; and

    Whereas without landowner support, it remains impossible for the DLC and the village district core to become intensified and revitalized in any substantive way; and

    Whereas the DLCSP does not comply with the minimum information and other requirements for the preparation of a Secondary Plan as set out in the Town of Richmond Hill Official Plan policy 5.1.5; and

    Whereas the Town of Richmond Hill showcases the 8 storey Tridel development located at 10101 Yonge Street in its marketing literature within the Village District of the DLCSP, but has rejected similar built form, height and density applications some as little as 6 storey’s in the last 6 months; and

    Whereas new direction is required in order to revitalize Yonge Street;

    Now therefore, the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Richmond Hill hereby resolves as follows:

    1. The height and density limits within the three districts of the DLCSP shall be revisited with a view to increasing them in order to promote quality development, and revitalization within the Downtown Local Centre.
    2. The “linked system of courtyards” policies and schedules shall be deleted from the Official Plan and Secondary Plan for the DLCSP.
    3. A zoning bylaw shall be brought forward concurrently with new DLCSP policies that reflect the matters set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 above, and shall include transit supportive parking requirements and other standards in order to reduce automobile use, promote active transportation options within the DLCSP and address housing affordability matters.
    4. The LPAT proceeding involving the DLCSP should be stayed to allow the stakeholders and Town Staff to jointly prepare revised policies for the Secondary Plan as well as an implementing zoning bylaw.
    5. That Staff do all things necessary to give effect to the above.
    6. That this resolution be provided to York Region and LPAT.
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