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Home My WebLink AboutJune 4, 2001 -. COUNCIL MINUTES A Meeting of the Pickering City Council was held on Monday, June 4, 2001 at 7:30 p.m. PRESENT: Mayor Wayne.Arthurs COUNCILLORS: M. Holland B. McLean D. Pickles D. Ryan ALSO PRESENT: - T. J. Quinn E. Buntsma N. Carroll G. Paterson B. Taylor - Chief Administrative Officer - Director, Operations & Emergency Services - Director, Planning & Development - Director, Corporate Services & Treasurer - City Clerk ABSENT: Councillor Brenner (attending CUT A Conference) Councillor Johnson (attending Ontario Traffic Conference) (I) ADOPTION OF MINUTES Regular Meeting of May 22, 2001 (II) DELEGATIONS 1. Dr. Donna Reynolds, Associate Medical Officer of Health and Ross MacEachern, Manager of Environmental Health, Durham Health Unit, addressed Council with respect to the West Nile Virus. (III) RESOLUTIONS - Resolution #73/01 Moved by Councillor Holland Seconded by Councillor Ryan That Report CS 13-01 of the Director, Corporate Services & Treasurer concerning 2000 Pre-Audit Balances of Reserves and Reserve Funds, be received by Council for information. CARRIED --2-- Resolution #74/01 Moved by Councillor Seconded by Councillor - That Report CS 17-01 and the Statement of the Director, Corporate Services & Treasurer respecting the Development Charges Fund (G/L 4227) be received. CARRIED Resolution #75/01 Moved by Councillor Holland Seconded by Councillor Ryan 1. That Report to Council CAO 04-01, seeking authorization for the approval of tenders by the Chief Administrative Officer during Council's Summer Recess be received; and 2. That the Chief Administrative Officer be authorized to approve tenders during Council's Summer Recess period (i.e. from June 26 to August 3, 2001 and from August 8,2001 to September 7,2001), on condition that: - a) the lowest acceptable tender is approved. b) the cost thereof is within the budget previously allocated therefore by Council, and c) a report respecting those tenders is subsequently submitted to Council. CARRIED Resolution #76/01 Moved by Councillor Ryan Seconded by Councillor Holland That Report OES 15-01 of the Division Head, Municipal Property & Engineering regarding the funding of a Land Development Impacts on Water Quality & Ecological Sustainability Study to be undertaken by the University of Toronto be received and that: 1. Council approve a Land Development Impacts on Water Quality & Ecological Sustainability Study to be undertaken by the University of Toronto at an estimated cost of $465,500, to be financed by grants from the Ontario Innovation Trust (OIT) and the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council (NSERC) totalling $240,500, with the City of Pickering contributing $225,000 over the next three years. 2. Council approves a financial commitment to the study in the amount of $225,000 - from approved funding carried over from 1998, 1999 and 2000 Capital Budgets. 3. The appropriate staff be granted authority to complete the project. CARRIED --3-- Resolution #77/01 Moved by Councillor McLean Seconded by Councillor Holland -. WHEREAS representatives of Ontario Power Generation made a presentation to the Council of the City of Pickering at its meeting of March 19,2001 on its proposal to locate a wind-generated turbine on the grounds of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station to study its feasibility of providing an alternate source of energy; and WHEREAS a similar presentation was made to the Waterfront Coordinating Committee on April 12, 2001 wherein a number of representatives of community groups and businesses were in attendance; and WHEREAS the concept of a wind-generated turbine to provide an alternate source of energy was met with enthusiasm by Members of Council and the Waterfront Coordinating Committee on the understanding that the turbine would be located on the grounds of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station and its success would be studied within five years; NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the City of Pickering hereby endorses the proposal of Ontario Power Generation to locate the prototype of a wind- generated turbine on the grounds ofthe Pickering Nuclear Generating Station subject to a review of its technical success and community support within five years of the commencement of operation of the turbine. -. CARRIED Recorded Vote: Yes: Councillors Holland, McLean, Pickles, Ryan and Mayor Arthurs Absent: Councillors Brenner and Johnson (IV) BY-LAWS That Councillor Pickles, seconded by Councillor Holland, took leave to introduce by- laws of the City of Pickering: By-law Number 5846/01 Being a by-law to exempt Lots 10, 11, 12, 15, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 27, Plan 40M- 2033, Pickering, from part lot control. By-law Number 5847/01 Being a by-law to amend By-law 2359/87 regulating parking, standing and stopping on highways and on private and municipal property. - --4-- By-law Number 5848/01 - Being a by-law to appoint By-law Enforcement Officers for certain purposes (Parking Regulation Westcreek Public School, 1822 White's Rd., Amberlea Plaza, 1865-1867 Kingston Rd., DCC 19-1210 Radom St., DCC 106-1890 Valley Farm Rd., DCC 107- 1655 Pickering Pkwy. DCC 136-1525, 1535 Diefenbaker, 1530, 1540 Pickering Pkwy., DCC 139-1400 The Esplanade (Casitas), DCC 140-1995 Pinegrove Rd., DCC 145-1635 Pickering Pkwy., DCC 152-1625 Pickering Pkwy., DCC 20-1350 Glenanna Rd., DCC 31-1360 Glenanna Rd., DCC 51-1958 Rosefield Rd., DCC 52-580 Eyer Dr., DCC 58- 1975 Rosefield Rd., DCC 93-1880 Valley Farm Rd., OCC 11-1235 Radom St., OCC 2- 925 Bayly St.) CARRIED THIRD READING: Councillor Pickles, seconded by Councillor Holland, moved that the report of the Committee of the Whole on By-law Numbers 5846/01, 5847/01 and 5844/01 be adopted and the said by-laws be now read a third time and PASSED and that the Mayor and Clerk sign the same and the seal of the Corporation be affixed thereto. CARRIED (V) OTHER BUSINESS - 1. Councillor McLean reported that he received a letter from the students of William Dunbar Elementary School indicating that they raised approximately $6,600 as a result of the Walk for Autism on June 2nd and he stated that he was proud to be a part ofthis event. 2. Mayor Arthurs thanked the team of staff members who participated in the walk for Juvenile Diabetes on June 3rd. 3. The following matters were considered prior to the regular meeting: a) The CAO reported that Members of Council and himself received a letter from Richard Sabourin regarding the expansion of Don Beer Arena and he noted that there will be a meeting on June 5th with Mr. Sabourin's group to discuss this issue and that notes will be taken at this meeting. b) The CAO distributed a memo from himself regarding the City's relationship with the Durham District School Board respecting youth programs. c) The CAO distributed a memo from the Director, Corporate Services & Treasurer regarding the Region's review of the property assessment process. - d) The CAO distributed a memo from the Director, Corporate Services & Treasurer regarding hospital funding. e) The CAO advised Members of Council that there would still be funds in the budget after paying our share of the funding for the Frenchman's Bay Watershed Remediation Plan. --5-- f) The CAO noted that he sent a memo to Members of Council regarding building security and asked them to get back to him if they had any comments. - g) Councillor Ryan reported that he attending the ceremony on May 30th at the University of Toronto respecting the Frenchman's Bay Watershed Remediation Plan. h) Councillor Ryan asked the City Clerk to determine if the Regional Municipality of Durham could pass a by-law to regulate smoking. i) Councillor Ryan asked that the City Clerk proceed with the formation of a Taxicab Task Force even if there are few volunteers from the taxicab industry. (VI) CONFIRMATION BY-LAW By-law Number 5849/01 Councillor Ryan, seconded by Councillor Holland, moved for leave to introduce a By- law of the City of Pickering to confirm those proceedings of the Council of the Corporation of the City of Pickering at its Regular Council Meeting of June 4, 2001, and that the same be now finally passed and that the Mayor and Clerk sign the same and that the Seal of the Corporation be thereto affixed. -. CARRIED (VII) ADJOURNMENT The Meeting adjourned at 8:18 p.m. t~n1L 19'".l...c?OI . ~~~ MAYOR /~ CLERK DATED -