General Committee Revised Agenda

Revised Items are Italicized.

Meeting #:	Meeting Number: 3
Date:	Monday, February 04, 2019 at 9:30 A.m. - 11:30 A.m.
Location:	Council Chamber

Please bring this General Committee Agenda to the Council meeting on February 12, 2019.

 

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1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST

3.

APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

3.1

MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 21, 2019 GENERAL COMMITTEE (16.0)

• ​1) That the minutes of the January 21, 2019 General Committee meeting be confirmed.

4.

DEPUTATIONS

5.

CONSENT REPORTS - FINANCE & ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES

5.1

MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 15, 2018 MARKHAM ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (16.0)

• ​1) That the minutes of the November 15, 2018 Markham Environmental Advisory Committee meeting be received for information purposes.

   

5.2

2018 INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE REVIEW (7.0)

M. Visser, ext. 4260

• 1) That the reports dated February 4, 2019 entitled “2018 Investment Performance Review” be received; and,

  2) That staff be directed to update the Development Charges Borrowing Policy and the Investment Interest Allocation Policy to reflect that all internal lending to the Development Charges Reserve will be at the Prime Rate for borrowing deemed to be less than 5 years in duration, and at the York Region debenture rate when borrowing is deemed to be over five years in duration; and further,

  3) That staff be authorized and directed to do all things necessary to give effect to this resolution.

6.

REGULAR REPORTS - FINANCE & ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES

6.1

ADDITIONAL CITY OF MARKHAM COMMENTS ON THE PROVINCE’S INCREASING HOUSING SUPPLY IN ONTARIO CONSULTATION DOCUMENT (7.11)

J. Yeh, ext. 7922

Note: This matter was referred from the January 29, 2019 Council Meeting to the February 4, 2019 General Committee meeting for further discussion.

• 1) That the report entitled “Additional City of Markham Comments on the Province’s Increasing Housing Supply in Ontario Consultation Document”, dated February 4, 2019 be received; and,

  2) That the report entitled “Additional City of Markham Comments on the Province’s Increasing Housing Supply in Ontario Consultation Document”, dated February 4, 2019, be forwarded to the Assistant Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing; and,

  3) That the City of Markham work with the Province to streamline the development application process including matters such as public consultation requirements in the approvals process; and,

  4) That the City of Markham request the Province to review their One Window Planning Service for input, review, and approval of planning applications that includes streamlining review processes and utilize technology for enhanced coordination between Ministries; and further,

  5) That the City of Markham request the Province to amend the Development Charges Act, 1997 as amended, to eliminate the 10% reduction for services and reduce the list of ineligible services.

   

7.

MOTIONS

8.

NOTICES OF MOTION

9.

NEW/OTHER BUSINESS

As per Section 2 of the Council Procedural By-Law, "New/Other Business would generally apply to an item that is to be added to the Agenda due to an urgent statutory time requirement, or an emergency, or time sensitivity".

10.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

11.

CONFIDENTIAL ITEMS

• That, in accordance with Section 239 (2) of the Municipal Act, General Committee resolve into a confidential session to discuss the following matters:

11.1

LAND, BUILDING & PARKS CONSTRUCTION ISSUES

11.1.1

A PROPOSED OR PENDING ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF LAND BY THE MUNICIPALITY OR LOCAL BOARD (WARD 7) (8.0) [Section 239 (2) (c)]

12.

ADJOURNMENT