Committee of the Whole Meeting

Revised Agenda

Meeting #:CW#01-19
Date:
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Location:
Council Chambers
225 East Beaver Creek Road
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Chair, Greg Beros, Councillor Ward 1

  • a)  That the 2018 Annual Report from Deborah C. Anschell, Office of the Integrity Commissioner for the Town of Richmond Hill, dated December 20, 2018, be received for information.

  • a) That staff report SREIS.19.001 regarding notification of non-competitive single source acquisitions be received for information purposes only.

  • a)  That a Civic Administration Centre Project Steering Committee be established;

    b)  That the Civic Administrative Centre Steering Committee Terms of Reference attached as Appendix “A” to staff report SREIS.19.002 be approved.

  • a)  That the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to execute the shared use agreement between the Town of Richmond Hill and the York Catholic District Board.

  • a)  That the Community and Cultural Grant applications listed in Appendix “A” to staff report SRCS.19.05 be received;

    b)  That Community and Cultural Grants totaling $64,985 be provided to the following organizations and individual artists:

    • Home on the Hill Supportive Housing - $4,000
    • Richmond Hill Minor Softball Association - $2,775
    • St. John Ambulance, York Region - $2,000
    • York Region Senior Tamils' Centre - $1,400
    • Chorus York - $2,500
    • Elgin West Seniors Association - $1,500
    • International Music Education Centre (IMEC) Canada – 3,000
    • Iranian Canadian Teens Club - $2,000
    • Joanna Grace - $2,000
    • Kindred Spirits Orchestra - $2,500
    • Lilita Tannis - $1,030
    • Mark Pezzelato - $3,000
    • New Step for You – Arts Entertainment and Recreation - $3,000
    • Opera York - $5,000
    • Richmond Hill Concert Band - $4,630
    • Richmond Hill Philharmonic Orchestra - $5,000
    • Robin Hess - $2,500
    • Shadowpath Theatre Productions - $4,600
    • The Curtain Club - $5,000
    • Vania Chan - $5,000
    • York Region Chamber Music - $2,550; 

    c)  That effective the 2020 grant cycle, staff be delegated the authority to allocate the grant funds in accordance with the Community and Cultural Grant Program Guidelines and report back to Council annually with the highlights of the projects that were supported.

  • a)  That the acquisition of a municipal servicing easement from the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), over lands located within Part of Lot 2, Concession 2 (Geographical Township of Whitchurch), more particularly described as Part 1 on Plan 65R-39194, be authorized.

  • a)  That the assumption of the aboveground and belowground municipal services within Plan 65M-4353, (Subdivision File 19T-06001) be approved;

    b)  That the assumption of the external aboveground and belowground municipal services within the existing Arten Avenue road allowance associated with Subdivision File 19T-06001, be approved;

    c)  That Arten Avenue within Plan 65M-4353 be assumed as public highway.

  • a)  That the Town of Richmond Hill grant an easement for nominal consideration to Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. over Part of Block 465, Plan 65M–4547, more specifically described as Parts 1 and 2, on Plan 65R–38117, for the purposes of accessing and maintaining a gas main.

  • a)  That the assumption of the aboveground and belowground municipal services within Plan 65M-4343, Subdivision File 19T-05007, be approved;

    b)  That Firwood Drive, within the limits of Plan 65M-4343, (Subdivision File 19T-05007), be assumed as public highway;

    c)  That the assumption of the external aboveground and belowground municipal services within the existing Lacewood Drive and Firwood Drive road allowances, associated with Subdivision File 19T-05007, be approved;

    d)  That the following reserve blocks be established as public highway:

    • Block 23, Plan 65M-3147 (to form part of Lacewood Drive)
    • Block 37, Plan 65M-3146 (to form part of Firwood Drive)
  • a)  That in accordance with the provisions of Subsection 45(1.4) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended, King South Developments 65A Inc. be permitted to submit a Minor Variance application to the Committee of Adjustment in order to seek relief from the provisions of Zoning By-law 5-17 prior to the second anniversary of the day on which said by-law was adopted.

  • a)  That the Zoning By-law Amendment application submitted by Carval Homes (Maple Grove) Inc. for the lands known as Lot 117 and Part of Lots 116 and 118, Plan 202 (Municipal Addresses: 28, 30 and 32 Maple Grove Avenue), Town File D02-16043 (Related File D03-16014), be approved subject to the following:

    (i) That the lands be rezoned from Residential Urban (RU) Zone under By-law 1275, as amended, to Single Detached Five (R5) Zone under By-law 313-96, as amended, and that the amending Zoning By-law establish site specific development standards as outlined in staff report SRPRS.19.018;

    (ii) That the amending Zoning By-law be brought forward to a regular meeting of Council for consideration and enactment.

    b)  That Site Plan Control By-law 137-09, as amended, be further amended to include the subject lands within a Site Plan Control Area to secure the applicant’s sustainability commitments, and that said by-law be brought forward to a regular meeting of Council for consideration and enactment.

  • a)  That staff report SRPRS.19.024 on the Province’s draft “Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan” and the Town’s proposed response to the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) (Attachment 1) be received;

    b)  That a copy of staff report SRPRS.19.024 and all comments from Council be forwarded by the Town Clerk to the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks as part of input to the public consultation on Ontario’s draft environment plan by the January 28, 2019 deadline;

    c)  That a copy of staff report SRPRS.19.024 be forwarded by the Town Clerk to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario and York Region.

  • a)  That the request by Mattamy (Elgin Mills) Limited and Virtual Developments Inc. for 621 persons equivalent of additional servicing allocation (Phase 2 - 44 single detached and 156 townhouse dwelling units) for lands described as Part of Lots 27 and 28, Concession 2, E.Y.S. (Municipal Addresses: 0, 10956 and 11060 Leslie Street), Town File D03-14006, be approved;

    b)  That the authority to assign additional servicing allocation to a future phase(s) of development on the subject lands be delegated to the Commissioner of Planning and Regulatory Services subject to the criteria in the Town’s Interim Growth Management Strategy;

    c)  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 correspondence from George Macri, JG Cordone Investments Limited, dated January 9, 2019, relating to the Member Motion submitted by Councillor Muench regarding Cash-in-Lieu of Parkland Dedication (Bridge Rate) be received.

  • a)  That the correspondence from the Board of the Renaissance of Richmond Hill (York 1162), submitted by the Vice-President/Treasurer of the Board, dated January 14, 2019 relating to the Member Motions submitted by Councillor Muench regarding the Downtown Local Centre Secondary Plan (DLCSP) Direction and Parkland Dedication be received.

     

  • a)  That the correspondence from Jeff Grosman, General Wool Stock Limited, dated January 11, 2019, regarding the Downtown Local Centre Secondary Plan (DLCSP) Direction and Parkland Dedication be received.

  • a) That January 22, 2019 be proclaimed Crime Stoppers Day in the Town of Richmond Hill.

  • a) That the correspondence from Mohsen Taheri, owners of 9218 Yonge Street Incorporated, dated January 14, 2019 relating to the Member Motion submitted by Councillor Muench regarding the Cash-in-Lieu of Parkland Dedication be received.

  • a)  That the correspondence from Robert Salna, Robert Salna Holdings Inc., 10217 and 10255 Yonge Street, received January 18, 2019, regarding the Downtown Local Centre Secondary Plan (DLCSP) Direction and Parkland Dedication be received.

  • a)  That the correspondence from Jeffrey Streisfield, Land Law, representing various landowners, dated January 18, 2019, relating to the Member Motion submitted by Councillor Muench regarding Cash-in-Lieu of Parkland Dedication be received.

(Also representing Zamani Homes (Richmond Hill) Ltd. 10423-10429 Yonge Street; and Upper Yonge Properties Ltd., 10441-10459 Yonge Street)

  • a)  That the correspondence from Michael Gray, representing Malin Direct Corp., 10481 Yonge Street; Zamani Homes (Richmond Hill) Ltd. 10423-10429 Yonge Street; and Upper Yonge Properties Ltd., 10441-10459 Yonge Street, dated January 20, 2019, relating to the Member Motion submitted by Councillor Muench regarding the Downtown Local Centre Secondary Plan (DLCSP) Direction be received.

  • a)  That the correspondence from Ira Kirshen, Precision Equity Capital Inc., received January 21, 2019, regarding the Downtown Local Centre Secondary Plan (DLCSP) Direction and Parkland Dedication be received.

  • a)  That the correspondence from Michael Manett, MPlan Inc., dated January 21, 2019, regarding the Authorization to Acquire an Easement from the TRCA for the West Gormley Secondary Plan Area be received.

  • a)  That the correspondence from Yvonne Worden, 1393 Bethesda Road, dated January 21, 2019, relating to the Member Motion submitted by Councillor Muench regarding Cash-in-Lieu of Parkland Dedication be received.

(Referred from the December 11, 2018 Committee of the Whole meeting)

(Extract from the December 11, 2018 Committee of the Whole meeting is attached for Committee's reference)

  • 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.”

(Referred from the December 11, 2018 Committee of the Whole meeting)

  • 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.

a) To consider matters relating to labour relations or employee negotiations with respect to the Richmond Hill Professional Fire Fighters Association (Section 239(2)(d) of the Municipal Act, 2001);

b) To consider personal matters about identifiable individuals, including municipal or local board employees, with respect to the 2019 Volunteer Achievement Awards (Section 239(2)(b) of the Municipal Act, 2001).

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