Electronic Special Development Services Committee Agenda

Meeting Number: 5

Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at 9:30 A.m. - 1:00 P.m.

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Please bring this Special Development Services Committee Agenda to the Council meeting on February 23, 2022.

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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.

COMMUNICATIONS

4.

REPORTS & PRESENTATIONS

4.1

YORK REGION TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN UPDATE (13.4)

S. Wat, ext. 2077 / L. Cheah, ext. 4838

Note: Brian Titherington, Director, Transportation & Infrastructure Planning, York Region, will be in attendance to deliver a presentation. 

• 1. 1. That the report dated January 24, 2022 entitled “York Region Transportation Master Plan Update” and the presentation by York Region staff be received; and,
     2. That York Region be requested to consider incorporating the following changes into the 2022 Transportation Master Plan Update:
        1. Extend the Leslie Street rapid transit corridor via Major Mackenzie Drive and Woodbine Avenue to the employment lands in the Markham Innovation Exchange (MiX) district;
        2. Road-rail grade separation on 16th Avenue, east of Highway 48 be subject to the recommendation of the Markham Road/Mount Joy Secondary Plan study;
        3. Confirm the Regional plan for the Highway 48 – Donald Cousens Parkway connection in the northeast quadrant of the Major Mackenzie Drive/Highway 48 intersection;
        4. Add the Denison GO Station;
        5. Confirm the Regional role and responsibility for infrastructure on Regional road boulevards, including sidewalks, multi-use paths, cycle tracks, and street-lighting, and prepare a York Region 10-year capital plan for the cycling network on Regional corridors that is aligned with the City’s Active Transportation Master Plan and implementation strategy;
        6. Jurisdictional transfer of local Markham roads to the Region, such as 19^th Avenue and Reesor Road, as they increasingly serve a Regional function; and,
     3. That comments in this staff report and additional input from Council be forwarded to York Region as the City’s formal comments on the draft York Region Transportation Master Plan; and further,
     4. That Staff be authorized and directed to do all things necessary to give effect to this resolution.

4.2

OVERVIEW OF DRAFT REGIONAL OFFICIAL PLAN (13.4)

L. Da Silva, ext. 3115

Report and presentation are now attached.

Note: Staff from York Region will be in attendance to deliver a presentation. 

• 1. That the staff report entitled “Overview of draft Regional Official Plan” dated February 15, 2022, be received; and,
  2. That staff be authorized and directed to do all things necessary to give effect to this resolution.

5.

ADJOURNMENT