Development Services Committee Minutes
October 5, 2015,
9:00 AM to 12:00 NOON
Council Chamber
All
Members of Council
Development
Services Economic
Development
Chair: Regional Councillor Jim
Jones Chair: Councillor Alex Chiu
Vice-Chair: Councillor Don Hamilton Vice-Chair:
Councillor Alan Ho
Transportation Issues
Chair: Regional Councillor Joe Li
Vice-Chair: Regional Councillor Nirmala
Armstrong
Attendance
Councillor Alex Chiu
Regrets
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Andy Taylor, Chief Administrative
Officer
Jim Baird, Commissioner of
Development Services
Trinela Cane, Commissioner of
Corporate Services
Brenda Librecz, Commissioner of
Community & Fire Services
Murray Boyce, Senior Policy Coordinator
Sally
Campbell, Acting Manager, East District
Stephen Chait, Director, Economic
Development
Huyen Hare, Senior Business
Development Officer
Anna Henriques, Senior Planner,
Zoning and Special Projects
Christina Kakaflikas, Manager,
Special Projects
Biju Karumanchery, Director of
Planning and Urban Design
Brian Lee, Deputy Director of
Engineering
Sandra Tam, Senior Business
Development Officer
Andrea Wilson-Peebles,
Assistant City Solicitor
Marg Wouters, Senior Manager, Policy
& Research
Kitty Bavington, Council/Committee Coordinator
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The Development Services
Committee convened at the hour of 9:09 a.m. in the Council Chamber with Mayor
Frank Scarpitti in the Chair. Councillor
Don Hamilton assumed the Chair at 9:35 a.m. Councillor Alex Chiu assumed
the Chair for Economic Development items, Nos.13 and 14.
DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST
Regional Councillor Nirmala Armstrong disclosed an interest with respect to Item #
14, 2015 China Trade Mission, by nature of potentially being a participant, and
did not take part in the discussion of or vote on the question of the approval
of this matter.
1. DEPUTATION REQUEST
(TREELINE COURT) (10.0)
Deputation requests were received for an item not on the agenda,
regarding a Committee of Adjustment matter for Treeline Court. The Committee received
the opinion of the Assistant City Solicitor regarding the Committee hearing
deputations on this matter.
The Chair ruled that the Committee would not hear the deputations. The
Chair was challenged on the ruling; the Committee did not uphold the ruling.
That the Committee consent to deputations regarding a Committee of
Adjustment matter for Treeline Court.
LOST
2/3 vote not obtained
2. PRESENTATION OF SERVICE AWARDS (12.2.6)
City of Markham Staff:
Laurie Canning, Manager of Fleet and
Supplies, Operations, Operations, 30 years
Victor Shum, Mechanical Engineer, Building
Standards, 25 years
Janet Cahais, Manager, Client Services, Culture,
25 years
James Hurley, General Maintenance,
Operations, 25 years
Lawrence Mann, Working Supervisor,
Forestry, Operations, 25 years
Kathy Butler, Senior Accounts Payable
Clerk, Financial Services, 25 years
Ron Roffey, Operations Working Supervisor,
Operations, 25 years
Todd Wilkinson, Provincial Offences
Officer Supervisor, Legislative Services, 25 years
Fred Rich, Manager, Strategy and Insurance
Risk Management, Financial Services, 20 years
Wilma De Souza, Purchasing Contract
Administrator, Financial Services, 20 years
Yolanta Bronny, Architectural Plans
Examiner II, Building Standards, 15 years
Kelly Pickering, Fire Mechanic, Fire &
Emergency Services, 15 years
Tapio Koponen, Gardener, Operations, 15
years
Kyle Eden, Sewer Flusher/Camera Operator, Environmental
Services, 15 years
Wendy Woof-Severn, Manager, Marketing
& Development, Culture, 15 years
Margaret West, Manager, CAO's Office, 10
years
Kevin Ross, Manager, Development Finance,
Financial Services, 10 years
Tyler Edling, Sign Maintenance, Operations,
10 years
Kevin Dent, Truck Driver, Operations, 10
years
Ying Zong, BI/ Data Management Specialist,
Environmental Services, 5 years
Lynda Davis, Administrative Assistant,
Engineering, 5 years
Mary Creighton, Director, Recreation
Services, Recreation Services, 5 years
R. Dennis Parkhurst, Facility Operator II,
Recreation Services, 5 years
Lukasz Wybraniec, 1st Class Firefighter,
Fire & Emergency Services, 5 years
Todd McKenzie, 1st Class Firefighter, Fire
& Emergency Services, 5 years
Giovanni Ciufo, 1st Class Firefighter,
Fire & Emergency Services, 5 years
Aidan Loughran, 1st Class Firefighter,
Fire & Emergency Services, 5 years
Ryan Cousins, 1st Class Firefighter, Fire
& Emergency Services, 5 years
Heather Elchuk, 1st Class Firefighter,
Fire & Emergency Services, 5 years
Christopher Pasinelli, 1st Class
Firefighter, Fire & Emergency Services, 5 years
Rosanna Punit, Secretary, Committee of
Adjustment, Planning & Urban Design, 5 years
Daniel Allen, 1st Class Firefighter, Fire
& Emergency Services, 5 years
Matthew Batten, 1st Class Firefighter,
Fire & Emergency Services, 5 years
Luke Andrews, 1st Class Firefighter, Fire
& Emergency Services, 5 years
Carl Troccoli, 1st Class Firefighter, Fire
& Emergency Services, 5 years
Shea McGuire, 1st Class Firefighter, Fire
& Emergency Services, 5 years
John Barber, 1st Class Firefighter, Fire
& Emergency Services, 5 years
Markian Chorostil, 1st Class Firefighter,
Fire & Emergency Services, 5 years
Talia Biro, 1st Class Firefighter, Fire
& Emergency Services, 5 years
Bradley McDonald, 1st Class Firefighter,
Fire & Emergency Services, 5 years
Adrian Tsui, 1st Class Firefighter, Fire
& Emergency Services, 5 years
Michel Brouillard, 1st Class Firefighter,
Fire & Emergency Services, 5 years
Neil Reid, 1st Class Firefighter, Fire
& Emergency Services, 5 years
John Blackburn, 1st Class Firefighter,
Fire & Emergency Services, 5 years
Sureshkumar Subramaniam, 1st Class
Firefighter, Fire & Emergency Services, 5 years
Daryn Ackers, 1st Class Firefighter, Fire
& Emergency Services, 5 years
Mark Sfetkopoulos, Provincial Offences
Officer I, Legislative Services, 5 years
Jennifer Evans, Pool Supervisor,
Recreation Services, 5 years
Simei Fei, Compliance Engineer,
Environmental Services, 5 years
Morteza Behrooz, Project Manager, Planning
& Urban Design, 5 years
Presentation
This presentation relates to the staff report entitled “Information
Report Update on Markham’s New Comprehensive Zoning By-Law Project, PR 13
128340”, agenda item # 3.
Anna Henriques, Senior Planner, Zoning
and Special Projects, gave an introduction to the New Comprehensive Zoning
By-law project, outlining the purpose and objectives, previous reviews, and
today’s review.
John Gladki,
Gladki Consulting Inc. gave a presentation entitled "New Comprehensive
Zoning By-law Project". Mr. Gladki provided an overview of the discussion
papers for: residential home occupations; infill housing and interface between
residential and non-residential uses; affordable/shared housing and secondary suites; and, student housing.
The Committee discussed:
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Residential home occupations
with respect to appropriate uses, parking issues, animal care, food production,
and outdoor storage;
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Infill housing with
respect to protecting the community character, ravine lots and coverage
calculations, conversion of open second floor space to useable floor second
floor space, calculating the floor area ratio, and compatible transitions;
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Affordable housing
and shared housing with respect to rooming houses, group homes, and by-law
enforcement for illegal units;
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Student housing
with respect to Human Rights issues, prohibition by the Planning Act to
distinguish between related and unrelated occupants, crafting definitions that
will enable enforcement for illegal units; and accommodating the needs of
University students.
The next steps include Open House and stakeholder meetings in October and
November, and a Zoning Issues Analysis Report is targeted for presentation to
the Committee by December, 2015. It was noted that public notice should be
clear that the Project is still early on in the process and the issues that are
being considered.
Moved by: Councillor Alan Ho
Seconded by: Councillor Alex Chiu
That the presentation provided by Anna Henriques, Senior Planner and
John Gladki, Gladki Consulting Inc. entitled "New Comprehensive Zoning
By-law Project" be received.
CARRIED
4. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE MINUTES
- September 22, 2015 (10.0)
Minutes
Moved by: Councillor Alex Chiu
Seconded by: Councillor Alan Ho
That the
minutes of the Development Services Committee meeting held September 22, 2015,
be confirmed.
CARRIED
Minutes
Moved by: Councillor Alex Chiu
Seconded by: Councillor Alan Ho
That the
minutes of the Development Services Public Meeting held September 24, 2015, be
confirmed.
CARRIED
Minutes
Moved by: Councillor Alex Chiu
Seconded by: Councillor Alan Ho
That the minutes of the Main
Street Markham Committee meeting held August 12, 2015, be received for
information purposes.
CARRIED
7. MARKHAM SUB-COMMITTEE MINUTES
(CORNELL - ROUGE NATIONAL
URBAN
PARK GATEWAY CHARETTE)
- September 22, 2015 (10.0)
Minutes
Moved by: Councillor Alex Chiu
Seconded by: Councillor Alan Ho
That the minutes of the Markham Sub-Committee (Cornell
- Rouge National Urban Park Gateway Charette) meeting held September 22, 2015,
be received for information purposes.
CARRIED
Report
Note: Appendices
A - E available on-line only.
Appendix
‘A’ – DRAFT Home Occupations Paper (Task 11)
Appendix
‘B’ – DRAFT Residential Infill & Interface Issues between Residential
& Non-Residential Uses Paper (Task 12)
Appendix
‘C’ – DRAFT Affordable & Shared Housing Paper (Task 13a)
Appendix
‘D’ – DRAFT Student Housing Paper (Task 13b)
Appendix
‘E’ – Presentation by GPA
This report relates to the presentation entitled "New
Comprehensive Zoning By-law Project", agenda item # 3.
Moved by: Councillor Alex Chiu
Seconded by: Councillor Alan Ho
That the report entitled, “INFORMATION REPORT: Update
on Markham’s New Comprehensive Zoning By-law Project” dated October 5, 2015,
and attached appendices (Appendix A: Home Occupations Paper, Appendix B:
Residential Infill & Interface Issues Between Residential and
Non-Residential Uses Paper, Appendix C: Draft Affordable & Shared Housing
Paper, Appendix D: Student Housing Paper and Appendix E: Presentation), be
received.
CARRIED
Report
Moved by: Councillor Alex Chiu
Seconded by: Councillor Alan Ho
1) That the report titled
‘Information Report 2015 Third Quarter Update of the Street and Park Name
Reserve List’, be received; and,
2) That Council approve the
revised Street and Park Name Reserve List set out in Appendix ‘A’ attached to
this report.
CARRIED
Report Corrected
Table 1
Councillor Valerie Burke expressed concerns regarding sustainability
and expanding the urban boundary. Staff explained the built boundary scenarios.
The Committee discussed supporting new growth with appropriate sustainable green
infrastructure, transit, and affordability.
This matter was deferred to the next Development
Services Committee meeting. Sustainable growth issues were referred to staff,
Councillor Burke, and other Council Members, for review.
Moved by: Councillor Valerie Burke
Seconded by: Councillor Karen Rea
That the report entitled “City of Markham Comments
on York Region Draft Growth Scenarios to 2041” dated October 5, 2015 be deferred
to the Development Services Committee meeting on October 19, 2015, to allow
staff to review sustainable growth issues.
CARRIED
Report
Moved by: Councillor Alex Chiu
Seconded by: Councillor Alan Ho
1) That Committee receive the report entitled “Report on
Incoming Planning Applications for the period of July 25, 2015 to September 1,
2015” and direct staff to process the applications in accordance with the
approval route outlined in the report; and,
2) That Staff be authorized and directed to do all things
necessary to give effect to this resolution.
CARRIED
Report
Jim Baird, Commissioner of
Development Services, provided a brief overview of the applications by Wykland Estates
Inc. (Mattamy Cornell Centre).
Elizabeth Howson, MSH Planning, representing the applicant, reviewed
the various components of the Plan of Subdivision and discussed building heights.
Discussions included access points, density, and traffic issues. Staff
advised that the proposal complies with the Secondary Plan, with respect to
density. Blocks 4 and 6 will be developed at a later stage.
Moved by: Mayor Frank Scarpitti
Seconded by: Councillor Amanda Collucci
1) That the report dated October 5, 2015 titled “Recommendation
Report, Wykland Estates Inc. (Mattamy
Cornell Centre) Applications for Official Plan Amendment, Draft Plan of
Subdivision (19TM-14010) and Zoning By-law Amendment to create development
blocks for a high school, elementary school, public park and mixed residential
uses on lands north of Highway 7, east of Bur Oak Avenue (File Numbers: OP / ZA
/ SU 14 135999)” be received; and,
2) That the record of the Public Meeting held on April 21,
2015, relating to the applications for Official Plan Amendment, Draft Plan of
Subdivision (19TM-14010) and Zoning By-law Amendment Approval by Wykland
Estates Inc. (Mattamy Cornell Centre), be received; and,
3) That the Official Plan Amendment application submitted by
Wykland Estates Inc. (Mattamy Cornell Centre), to amend the Cornell Secondary
Plan be approved and that the draft Official Plan Amendment attached as
Appendix ‘A’, be finalized and adopted without further notice; and,
4) That the application submitted by Wykland Estates Inc.
(Mattamy Cornell Centre) to amend Zoning By-laws 304-87 and 177-97, as amended
be approved and the draft by-law attached as Appendix ‘B’ be finalized and
enacted without further notice; and,
5) That Draft Plan of Subdivision 19TM-14010 submitted by
Wykland Estates Inc. (Mattamy Cornell Centre), be draft approved subject to the
conditions set out in Appendix ‘C’; and,
6) That the Director of Planning and Urban Design, or his
designate be delegated authority to issue draft approval, subject to the
conditions set out in Appendix ‘C’ as may be amended by the Director of
Planning and Urban Design; and,
7) That the draft plan approval for plan of subdivision
19TM-14010 will lapse after a period of three (3) years commencing on the date
of issuance of draft plan approval, in the event that a subdivision agreement
is not executed within that period; and further,
8) That Staff be authorized and directed to do all things
necessary to give effect to this resolution.
CARRIED
Report
Christina Kakaflikas, Manager, Special
Projects, outlined the India Business Mission, coordination with the Provincial
mission, and the proposed itinerary, January 30 to February 9, 2016.
The Committee discussed the total
Council contingent of four members, and the benefits of such missions. The
practice of identifying participating Council Members was noted for
transparency and Canada Revenue Agency purposes.
Regional Councillor Joe Li indicated that he will by
paying his own way up-front.
Moved by: Mayor Frank Scarpitti
Seconded by: Councillor Logan Kanapathi
1) That the report entitled “India
Business Mission, January 30 - February 9, 2016” be received; and,
2) That Markham collaborate with local businesses and partners to
develop, promote and execute a business mission to India; and,
3) That the City be represented by a four
person delegation composed of the Mayor and the Chair of the Economic
Development Committee, and two Economic Development professional staff, C.
Kakaflikas (Manager Special Projects) and Huyen Hare (Senior Business
Development Officer); and,
4) That the total cost of the “India Business Mission 2016” not
exceed $47,600 and be
expensed from within Economic Development’s 2016 operating budget (Acc.#
610-9985811 International Investment Attraction Program); and,
5) That Regional Councillors Li and Armstrong be approved to
participate in the India business mission at their own expense; and,
6) That the City
will up-front the cost for approved business mission participation by Council
members, who wish, upon request, with
reimbursement through payroll deduction, in compliance with Canada Revenue
Agency (CRA) guidelines; and further,
7) That the
City promote relationships with businesses which have best practices and
ethical polices with respect to the treatment of workers (especially the
avoidance of child labour) and to the environment; and,
8) That an
attendance report be provided for City representatives at mission events; and
further,
9) That Staff be authorized and directed to do all things
necessary to give effect to this resolution.
CARRIED
Report
Regional Councillor Nirmala Armstrong disclosed an interest with respect to Item #
13, 2015 China Trade Mission, by nature of potentially being a participant, and
did not take part in the discussion of or vote on the question of the approval
of this matter.
Moved by: Mayor Frank Scarpitti
Seconded by: Councillor Logan Kanapathi
1) That the Supplement to the Information Report dated July 7,
2015 entitled “Markham’s Participation in the Confederation of Greater Toronto
Chinese Business Association (CGTCBA) 2015 China Trade Mission” dated July 7,
2015 be received; and,
2) That Regional Councillor Armstrong be approved to
participate in the China business mission at her own expense; and,
3) That the City will up-front the cost for Regional Councillor
Armstrong to participate in the approved business mission, upon request, with
reimbursement through payroll deduction, in compliance with Canada Revenue
Agency (CRA) guidelines; and further,
4) That Staff be authorized and directed to do all things
necessary to give effect to this resolution.
CARRIED
ADJOURNMENT
The Development Services
Committee meeting adjourned at 1:11 PM.
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