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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAugust 18, 1969 COUNCIL MEETING A meeting of the Picketing Township Council was held on MONDAY, the EIGHTEENTH day of AUGUST, 1969, at 8 P.M. PRESENT: Reeve J. R. Williams Deputy Reeve R. Chatten Councillors - V. Rudik R. Mason D. Kitchen A. King J. Kruger Clerk D. J. Plitz SPORTS ARENA A special meeting of Council was called for the purpose of opening tenders for the new proposed Pickering Spor~s Arena· ~__Mr. William Saccoccio, Architect~ was present to advise Council. · · ~1 ~ 0 0 0 0 ~0 1 ~ 0 ~ o4 ~u'~/ ~ ~: :~1 ~ ~ ~ OK o ! / ~ 0 0 0 oo 1 I ~ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ O/ ~1 ~ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ 0 j 1 I ~1 0 0 ~ ~ ~ ~ 0 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ o o ~ o ~ t 2~1 0 0 0 oo 0 0~1 ~ ~~ o~ ~ ~ · ~ ~ ~ I o~I ~ ~~ ~ ~ <~ ~ ~ ~ ¢ - ........... ' ~l - ~ ~ 0 g ~ ~ ~ ~ J o ~ ~ ~ ~ I o o · ·e · e · · Oe - 2- 21/69 The Council requested Mr. Saccoccio to retire from the Council Chambers to review and report at a later hour in the evening on the two lowest tenders. ~II) OLD POLICE STATION PROPOSED RENOVATIONS Tenders were called for the renovations to the Old Pickering Township Police Station to facilitate its use as a garage for the Police cars and miscellaneous equipment. The following tenders were received. Ken Smith (M~il Construction Ltd.) $ 9,400.00 Parmac Construction Co. $13,838.00 Instructions - The Clerk was instructed to refer the tenders to Police Chief Parker for a recommendation to the Finance Committee. lII!~- RESOLUTIONS Councillor Kruger submitted two motions to Council on which he requested Council to act. The Reeve requested Council's wish as to whether they should deal with these matters now since it was contrary to the procedural by-law. The Council by a show of hands agreed to deal with the matter pertaining to the future of the West Rouge area (being that area west of the west branch of the Rouge River); however, the motion pertaining to a proposed meeting with Vaughan, Markham et al was deferred for a future meeting, resulting in Mr. Kruger submitting the motion as a Notice of Motion for the August 25th meeting of Council. Resolution #192/69 MOVED by Councillor J. Kruger, seconded by Councillor V. Rudik, that whereas the West Rouge Ratepayers' Association has presented a petition to this Council, to the Borough of Scarborough, Minister of Municipal Affairs and others; AND WHEREAS the ratepayers who signed this petition did so under the following wording: WTHAT the Township of Picketing be incorporated as a Borough of Metropolitan Toronto. However, in the event Pickering TownshipVs application to become a Borough is denied, that the West Rouge area, (being that area west of the Rouge kiver) a geographically isolated corner of Pickering Township~ be annexed to the Borough of Scarborough. ~' AND WHEREAS the Borough of Scarborough has now adopted the West Rouge petition in accordance with the certified copy of their recommendation which is attached hereto: BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: 1. That the Township of Picketing endorse the West Rouge petition. CARRIED Recorded Vote: Yes: Messrs. Rudik, Chatten, Williams, Kruger, Kitchen No: Messrs. Mason, King - 3 - 21/69 Resolution #193/69 MOVED by Depu~l~ Reeve R. Chatten, seconded by Councillor J. Kruger, that the recommendation made by the Township Solicitor in his letter dated May 29, 1969, in reference to the East Avenue reconstruction be adopted as recommended by the Committee of the Whole, June 23, 1969. CARRIED llV) NOTICE OF MOTION MOVED by Councillor J. Kruger, that whereas the Council of the Township of Picketing in its critique of the Smith Report on Taxation demonstrated the clear Metro orientation of the Town- ship and urged the Province to create the Township as a new Borough of Metro; AND WHEREAS the Council subsequently formalized an application to Metro to be ~algamated thereto as a new Borough; AND WHEREAS the Council adopted a brief which was presented to the Minister of Municipal Affairs, which brief stated categorically that the Township saw itself as a Borough of Metro to the exclusion of any other consideration with respect to Regional Government for our area; AND WHEREAS in its public statements as a Council, this Council has always maintained that its destiny in any region could not be separated from the concept that the Township under every criteria for regional government rightly belonged as a Borough of Metro; AND WHEREAS the ratepayers of West Rouge, West Shore and Bay Ridges which constitute some 80% of the population of the Towmahip are in the majority supporting by briefs, surveys, petitions and public statements (singly or in combination) the concept of the Township becoming a new borough of Metro: BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: 1.That this Council reaffirms its position that the Township of Pickering should become a new Borough of Metro; 2. That the proposed meetings with the municipalities of Vaughan, Markham et al to discuss the concept of a new region incorporating Pickering Township be cancelled. Deputy Reeve Chatten reported briefly on his visit to England early in the Spring of 1969 and more in particular of his visit to Pickering, England. He distributed copies of the~fficial Guide and Industrial Handbook to Pickering" to the Reeve and members of Council and to the Clerk with an extra two copies to the Clerk which Mr. Chatten asked to be forwarded on to the Pickering Library Board. Mr. Chatten also presented the Clerk with a copy of the Pickering Urban District Council Standing Orders for our Township records. ~VI ) ARENA The Council completing the business at hand adjourned at 9:10 p.m. to convene into Committee of the whole. The Committee of the Whole after discussing the tenders with Mr. William Saccoccio, reconvened into Council to put the following resolution. (10:30 p.m.) - - 21/69 Resolution #19~/69 MOVED by Councillor V. Rudik, seconded by Councillor D. Kitchen that the Council of the Township of Pickering recommend to the Ontario Municipal Board that Mr. William Saccoccio, Architect, be authorized to negotiate with the two low bidders, at the quoted prices of: -- Lynview Construction Limited - $366,235.00 F. & W. H. Massey Limited - $363,627.00 for the Picketing Townshi~ Spor~s Arena having the following features incorporated: 1. Rigid Frame Structure 2. Lounge Arena Window 3. Concrete Block Construction (Haydite with Betonit finish) CARRIED Recorded Vote: Yes: Messrs. Rudik, Kitchen, Mason, Chatten, Williams, Kruger No: Mr. King .{VII) ADJOURNMENT Moved by Deputy Reeve R. Chatten, seconded by Councillor Kitchen that this Council now adjottrn to reconvene into Committee of the Whole at 10:35 p.m.