Electronic Special Development Services Committee Agenda

Meeting Number 21

Monday, October 18, 2021 at 9:00 A.m. - 11:00 A.m.

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Please bring this Special Development Services Committee meeting agenda to the Council meeting on October 26, 2021.

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1.

CALL TO ORDER

INDIGENOUS LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We begin today by acknowledging the traditional territories of Indigenous peoples and their commitment to stewardship of the land. We acknowledge the communities in circle. The North, West, South and Eastern directions, and Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat, Anishnabeg, Seneca, Chippewa, and the current treaty holders Mississaugas of the Credit peoples. We share the responsibility with the caretakers of this land to ensure the dish is never empty and to restore relationships that are based on peace, friendship, and trust. We are committed to reconciliation, partnership and enhanced understanding.

2.

DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST

3.

REGULAR REPORTS - DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY ISSUES

3.1

SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT: CITY OF MARKHAM COMMENTS ON YORK REGION’S GROWTH FORECAST AND LAND NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO 2051 (10.0)

M. Wouters, ext. 2909

Note:  On October 12th, 2021 Development Services Committee requested a Special Development Services Committee meeting be held on October 18th, 2021 to allow for further discussion on this matter. 

Attached is the staff presentation from the Oct 12, 2021 meeting which has been amended to include requested additional analysis.  Marg Wouters, Senior Manager, Policy and Research will speak to the additional analysis.

The following recommendation is for Committee's consideration:

• 1. That the staff report entitled “Supplementary Report: City of Markham Comments on York Region’s Growth Forecast and Land Needs Assessment to 2051” dated October 12, 2021 be received; and, 
  2. That Markham Council defer any comments on the preferred growth scenario until York Region completes its analysis of other intensification scenarios (as per the September 16, 2021, York Region Council motion) and any follow up that results from the Special Regional Council Meeting being held on October 21st, 2021. And That Markham Council urges Regional Council to analyze Regional scenarios where the derived  intensification rate for Markham is at 60, 65, and 70%; and,
  3.  That Markham staff work with the Region to confirm the location of lands to be included in an urban area expansion in Markham; and,
  4. That any whitebelt lands in Markham that are not needed to accommodate 2051 growth not be designated as ‘Future Urban Area’, but rather maintain a non-urban (agriculture or similar) designation in the Regional Official Plan and Markham Official Plan; and,
  5. That the Region’s proposed employment area expansion lands be reconfigured to exclude the Almira hamlet as shown in Attachment 2 to this report; and, 
  6. That the Region’s Transportation Master Plan Update consider the option of maintaining the current 2-lane cross-section for 19th Avenue through the Almira hamlet; and,
  7. That the Region’s Transportation Master Plan Update explore the opportunity for higher order transit and expansion of the Frequent Transit Network to service the proposed expansion lands in north Markham; and, 
  8. That this report and associated Council resolution be forwarded to York Region as Markham Council’s comments on the proposed 2051 forecast and land needs assessment; and further,
  9. That Staff be authorized and directed to do all things necessary to give effect to this resolution.

4.

ADJOURNMENT