Electronic Development Services Public Meeting Minutes

Meeting Number 8
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Live streamed
Roll Call
  • Mayor Frank Scarpitti
  • Deputy Mayor Don Hamilton
  • Regional Councillor Jack Heath
  • Regional Councillor Joe Li
  • Regional Councillor Jim Jones
  • Councillor Keith Irish
  • Councillor Alan Ho
  • Councillor Reid McAlpine
  • Councillor Karen Rea
  • Councillor Andrew Keyes
  • Councillor Amanda Collucci
  • Veronica Siu, Senior Financial Analyst
Regrets
  • Councillor Khalid Usman
  • Councillor Isa Lee
Staff
  • Andy Taylor, Chief Administrative Officer
  • Arvin Prasad, Commissioner Development Services
  • Trinela Cane, Commissioner, Corporate Services
  • Brian Lee, Director, Engineering
  • Biju Karumanchery, Director, Planning & Urban Design
  • Joel Lustig, Treasurer
  • Brad Roberts, Manager, Zoning and Special Projects
  • Laura Gold, Council/Committee Coordinator
  • Grace Lombardi, Election & Committee Coordinator
  • Stephanie DiPerna, Acting Director, Building Standards
  • Lisa Chen, Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Reporting, Financial Services
  • John Yeh, Manager of Strategy & Innovation

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1.
CALL TO ORDER
 

The Development Services Public Meeting convened at 7:03 PM with Councillor Keith Irish in the Chair.

2.
DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST
 

There were no disclosures of pecuniary interest.

3.
REPORTS
 

3.1
DEVELOPMENT FEE AND BUILDING FEE BY-LAWS UPDATE (10.0)
 

The Public Meeting this date was to consider a proposal to amend or replace the fee by-laws for Building By-law 2019-136, being a by-law respecting construction, demolition and change of use permits and inspections, and Development By-law 211-83, being a by-law to prescribe a tariff of fees for processing of planning applications.

The Committee Clerk advised that notice was posted city-wide in the Markham Economist and Sun, and the Thornhill Liberal on November 12, 2020.

The Committee Clerk advised that notice was published citywide in the Markham Economist and Sun and Thornhill Liberal on November 20, 2020.  The Developers Roundtable, comprised of Markham developers was also notified by email.

Committee discussed the following in regards to the Development Fee and Building Fee By-Law Update:

  • The importance of presenting the fees in a consistent format;
  • The average cost of a detached home in Markham;
  • The projected inflation rate in 2022 and its impact on building fees;
  • The forecasting model used to determine changes to building fees
  • The process for notifying the developers of changes to the the building fees.

The Public Meeting this date was to consider a proposal to amend or replace the fee by-laws for Building By-law 2019-136, being a by-law respecting construction, demolition and change of use permits and inspections, and Development By-law 211-83, being a by-law to prescribe a tariff of fees for processing of planning applications.

The Committee Clerk advised that notice was published in the Markham Economist and Sun and Thornhill Liberal on November 20, 2020, which are distributed city-wide.  The Developers Roundtable, comprised of Markham developers was also notified by email.

Committee discussed the following in regards to the Development Fee and Building Fee By-Law Update:

  • The importance of presenting the fees in a consistent format;
  • The average cost of a detached home in Markham;
  • The projected inflation rate in 2022 and its impact on building and development fees;
  • The forecasting model used to determine changes to building and development fees;
  • The process for notifying the developers of changes to the the building and development fees.
  • Moved byRegional Councillor Jim Jones
    Seconded byCouncillor Amanda Collucci
    1. That the Record of the Public Meeting held on December 1, 2020, with respect to the proposed amendments to the Development and Building Fee By-laws be received; and,
    2. That the amendment to By-law 211-83, as amended, “Tariff of Fees for the Processing of Planning Applications,” substantially in the form attached as Appendix ‘B’, be enacted; and,
    3. That By-law 2019-136 as amended be repealed and the attached “By-law respecting Construction, Demolition and Change of Use Permits and Inspections,” attached as Appendix ‘C’, be enacted; and,
    4. That the By-laws come into force and take effect on January 1, 2021; and further,
    5. That Staff be authorized and directed to do all thing necessary to give effect to this resolution.
    Carried

4.
ADJOURNMENT
 

The Development Services Public Meeting adjourned at 7:45 PM.

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