Electronic Development Services Committee Meeting
Revised Agenda
Revised Items are Italicized.

Meeting Number: 14
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Live streamed

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.
APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES
 

3.1
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE MINUTES - MARCH 22, 2022 (10.0)
This item has attachments. 

1.PL220322 (Special).pdf
    1. That the minutes of the Special Development Services Committee meeting held on March 22, 2022, be confirmed.

3.2
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE MINUTES - MARCH 28, 2022 (10.0)
This item has attachments. 

1.PL220328.pdf
    1. That the minutes of the Development Services Committee meeting held on March 28, 2022, be confirmed.

3.3
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE PUBLIC MEETING MINUTES - MARCH 22, 2022 (10.0)
This item has attachments. 

1.Post-Meeting Minutes - Development Services Public Meeting_Mar22_2022 - English.pdf
    1. That the minutes from the Development Services Committee Public meeting held on March 22, 2022 be confirmed.

3.4
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE MINUTES - FEBRUARY 15, 2022 (10.0)
This item has attachments. 

1.PL220215 (Special -afternoon session).pdf
    1. That the minutes of the Special Development Services Committee meeting held on February 15, 2022, be confirmed.

4.
PRESENTATIONS
 

5.
DEPUTATIONS
 

6.
COMMUNICATIONS
 

7.
PETITIONS
 

8.
CONSENT REPORTS - DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY ISSUES
 

8.1
REQUEST FOR DEMOLITION DETACHED ACCESSORY BUILDING 36 JOHN STREET, THORNHILL HERITAGE CONSERVATION DISTRICT (10.0)
This item has attachments. 

1.Request for Demolition – Detached Accessory Building Shed 36 John Street Thornhill Heritage Conservation District .pdf
2.Heritage Markham Committee Extract - March 9, 2022 - Item 6.2.pdf

P. Wokral, ext. 7955

    1. That the report entitled “Request for Demolition - Detached Accessory Building/Shed, 36 John Street, Thornhill Heritage Conservation District”, dated April 11, 2022 be received; and,
    2. That Council supports the proposed demolition of the existing detached accessory building/shed at 36 John Street located within the Thornhill Conservation District; and further,
    3. That Staff be authorized and directed to do all things necessary to give effect to this resolution.

9.
REGULAR REPORTS - DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY ISSUES
 

9.1
PRELIMINARY REPORT STEELCASE ROAD WEST HOLDINGS INC. APPLICATION FOR ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT TO TO PERMIT THREE INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS AT 1 STEELCASE ROAD WEST  FILE NO.: PLAN 21 143519 (WARD 8) (10.5)
This item has attachments. 

1.Zoning By-law Amendment to permit three industrial warehouse buildings at 1 Steelcase Road West.pdf
2.Figure 1 - Location Map(1).pdf
3.Figure 2 - Area Context and Zoning.pdf
4.Figure 3 - Aerial Photo.pdf
5.Figure 4 - Conceptual Site Plan.pdf

H. Miller, ext. 2945

    1. That the report titled “PRELIMINARY REPORT, Steelcase Road West Holdings Inc., Application for Zoning By-law Amendment to permit three industrial warehouse buildings at 1 Steelcase Road West, File No. PLAN 21 143519 (Ward 8)”, be received.

9.2
RECOMMENDATION REPORT 2310601 ONTARIO INC. APPLICATIONS FOR OFFICIAL PLAN AND ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENTS TO PERMIT A 1,081 UNIT INDEPENDENT LIVING RETIREMENT HOME COMPLEX AT 3912 AND 3928 HIGHWAY 7 EAST
This item has attachments. 

1.Recommendation Report, 2310601 Ontario Inc.pdf
2.Figure 1 - Location Map.pdf
3.Figure 2 - Area Context Zoning.pdf
4.Figure 3 - Aerial Photo (2020).pdf
5.Figure 4 - Approved Draft Plan of Subdvision.pdf
6.Figure 5 - Proposed Site Plan.pdf
7.Figure 6 - Ground Floor Landscape Concept.pdf
8.Figure 7 - Building A Rooftop Amenity Plan.pdf
9.Figure 8 - Perspective - North East from Highway 7.pdf
10.Appendix 'A' Draft Official Plan Amendment.pdf
11.Appendix 'B' Draft Zoning By-law Amendment.pdf
12.Schedule 'A'.pdf
13.Appendix 'C' Shadow Impact Comparison Study.pdf

(WARD 3) (10.3, 10.5)


S. Bordone, ext. 8230

    1. That the report titled, “RECOMMENDATION REPORT, 2310601 Ontario Inc., Applications for Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments to permit a 1,081 unit independent living retirement home complex at 3912 and 3928 Highway 7 East (Ward 3), File No. PLAN 20 123727”, be received; and,
    2. That the Official Plan Amendment application submitted by 2310601 Ontario Inc., be approved and that the draft Official Plan Amendment, attached hereto as Appendix ‘A’, be finalized and brought forward to a future Council meeting to be adopted without further notice; and,
    3. That the Zoning By-law Amendment application submitted by 2310601 Ontario Inc., be approved and that the draft Zoning By-law Amendment, attached hereto as Appendix ‘B’, be finalized and brought forward to a future Council meeting to be enacted without further notice; and,
    4. That the Site Plan Application (SPC 21 115121) submitted by 2310601 Ontario Inc. be delegated to the Director of Planning and Urban Design, or a designate, and that Site Plan Approval not be issued prior to the execution of a Site Plan Agreement; and further,
    5. That Staff be authorized and directed to do all things necessary to give effect to this resolution.

9.3
CITY OF MARKHAM COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT YORK REGION OFFICIAL PLAN (10.0)
This item has attachments. 

1.DSC - City Staff Comments on Draft Regional Official Plan.pdf
2.Appendix A - City of Markham Staff Comments on Draft ROP.pdf
3.Appendix B - Summary of Stakeholder Submissions and Staff Responses.pdf
4.Appendix C - Stakeholder Submissions.pdf
5.Figure 1 - Recommended Revisions to Royal Orchard Subway and Langstaff GO MTSA Boundaries.pdf
6.Figure 2 - Cornell Rouge Development Corporation Varlese Brothers et al and Norfinch Group Requests Area Context.pdf
7.Figure 3 - Recommended Adjustments to New Community Area Boundaries.pdf
8.Figure 4 - Recommended Adjustments to Regional Employment Areas in OPA 21.pdf

L. Da Silva, ext. 3115

    1. That the staff report entitled, “City of Markham Comments on the draft York Region Official Plan” dated April 11, 2022, be received; and, 
    2. That Council requests that:
      1. The delineations of the Langstaff GO and Royal Orchard Subway Major Transit Station Areas (MTSA) in Appendix 2 of the draft Regional Official Plan (ROP) be revised to add adjacent lands from the Langstaff-Longbridge Subway MTSA, that has been moved from Yonge Street to a new Bridge Station in the selected Yonge North Subway Extension alignment, as shown in Figure 1; and, 
      2. All MTSAs in Markham be identified as protected Major Transit Station Areas to enable implementation of inclusionary zoning; and, 
      3. Map 1A be updated to reflect Regional Council approved employment area conversion request M3 1628740 Ontario Inc. and 1628741 Ontario Inc. (Tucciarone) in the Cathedral Employment Area, from Employment Area to a Community Area; and, 
      4. The Markham Centre employment area mapping west of Warden Avenue in the draft ROP be amended to reflect the in-effect employment designations of Official Plan Amendment (OPA) 21 to the 1987 Markham Official Plan as shown in Figure 4; and, 
      5. The draft ROP be amended to either define or expand the purpose-built rental target to include additional residential units (“secondary suites”) and request York Region to provide programs and incentives to support achievement of the targets; and, 
      6. The affordable housing targets be further reviewed in consultation with local municipalities and supported with Regional programs and incentives; and, 
      7. The new definition of affordable housing be revised to provide municipalities the flexibility to use local average market rent, where available, and if there are local official plan policies to support this to be more reflective of local market conditions;
      8. The two parcels shown in Figure 3 be removed from the new community area designation in Map 1C of the draft ROP; and, 
      9. The following changes be made to the draft Regional Official Plan policies to further strengthen phasing in existing and new community areas:
        1. Policy 2.2.5 be updated so that infrastructure required to support growth to 2051 be phased based on the direction in the Region’s intensification hierarchy;
        2. Policy 4.2.2.4 be revised so that local municipal population and intensification targets as identified in Tables 1 and 6 of the draft ROP be used in the criteria for approval of secondary plans in new community areas;
        3. Policy 4.2.2.4 (h) i. be deleted given the uncertainty on how the policy will be implemented;
        4. Policy 6.2.3 be revised to clarify the Region will work with local municipalities to co-ordinate the required Regional transportation and servicing infrastructure, especially for new community areas and including the approved Minister’s Zoning Orders.
      10. Regional staff work with City staff to address the matters highlighted from the November 9, 2021, Markham Council resolution on the Region’s Water and Wastewater Master Plan Update; and, 
      11. The Future Urban Area lands identified in Markham in Map 1B of the draft ROP be removed and maintained as agricultural system in Map 1, as these lands are not needed to accommodate growth to 2051; and, 
      12. A new policy be added, or an existing policy be revised, to encourage area-specific community energy plans to be developed for secondary plans and major development; and, 
    3. That the Region review the potential implications of the 2021 Census on the forecasts being assigned to local municipalities in the draft Regional Official Plan; and, 
    4. That Markham Council not support the request by Cornell Rouge Development Corporation, Varlese Brothers et al to convert 17.0 hectares north of Highway 7 and west of Reesor Rd (M4), and the request by Norfinch Group (M7) to convert 0.75 hectares at the southwest corner of Highway 7 and Reesor Rd from employment area to non-employment area uses; and, 
    5. That this staff report, figures and appendices be forwarded to York Region as the City of Markham’s comments on the draft ROP; and further,
    6. That staff be authorized and directed to do all things necessary to give effect to this resolution.

       

10.
REGULAR REPORTS - TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES
 

10.1
ACTIVE SCHOOL TRAVEL AND SCHOOL STREET TEST PROGRAMS (10.0)
This item has attachments. 

1.Active School Travel School Street Test Program.pdf
2.Attachment A - Active School Travel Participating Elementary Schools.pdf
3.Attachment B - Active School Travel Measures and Initiatives.pdf
4.Attachment C - Road Closure Traffic Control Plan.pdf

F. Ho, ext. 2160 / D. Porretta, ext. 2040 / L. Cheah, ext. 4838

    1. That the staff report titled “Active School Travel & School Street Test Programs” be received; and,
    2. That the School Street Test Program be approved and, as part of this pilot, the temporary, full road closure of Stricker Avenue between Hammersly Boulevard and Fred McLaren Boulevard be approved; and,
    3. That the City contributes $3,500 from project #21025 Cycling & Pedestrian Advisory Committee to the School Street Test Program; and,
    4. That staff report back on expanding the Active School Travel Program beyond this pilot; and further,
    5. That Staff be authorized and directed to do all things necessary to give effect to this resolution.

11.
MOTIONS
 

12.
NOTICES OF MOTION
 

13.
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".

14.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
 

15.
CONFIDENTIAL
 

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

15.1
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE CONFIDENTIAL MINUTES - JANUARY 24, 2022 AND MARCH 22, 2022 [SECTION 239 (2)(f)(h)]
 

15.2
DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY ISSUES
 

15.2.1
LITIGATION OR POTENTIAL LITIGATION, INCLUDING MATTERS BEFORE ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALS, AFFECTING THE MUNICIPALITY OR LOCAL BOARD;  MINOR VARIANCE APPLICATION - 15 FIERHELLER COURT, (WARD 6) [SECTION 239 (2) (e)]
 

16.
ADJOURNMENT
 

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