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Home My WebLink AboutFebruary 11, 1957 M U N I C I PAL B U I L DIN G B R 0 U G__IL_A_M A Meef,1.1"g of Council was held on MONDAY, the ELEVENTH day of FEBRUARY, 1957, at gIGHT o'clock in the evening. PRESENT: William G. Lawson, in the Chair J. Sherman Scott Sidney S. J. Pugh Edgar James J. S. Chapman Glenn Julian Robert L. Stewart L. T. Johnston, Clerk The following CORRESPONDENCE was read: 1. Mr. Boucher, Department of Highways, advising that they will approve the followiDg Road Expenditures for 1957: ConstructioD, $ 46,200.00, and mairtenance, $ 76,100.00. 2. Resolutior of Council of County of Ontario that all hospitals be permitted to charge Township actual indigent cost, less grants. 3. Messrs. Prouse and Thompson submitted report on ?~4, Lot 158, as to why it was condemned. Flatman house, Plan 4. Warbicide quotations: Niagara Brand Spray Company ChipmaJ1 Chemicals Limited : ¡ 7.65 per 15 lb. bag. 7.65 per 15 lb. bag. 5. Notice Claremont Community Park Board Annual Meeting at Claremont Hall February 12, at 8 P. M. 6. Police Report - Occurrences - January, 121. 7. Notice - Garnet Dickson, of \Vhitevale, proposes to close parts of two unopened streets on his property before Judge in Whitby February 15th at 2 P. M. No objection by Council. 8. ClerJ{ submitted proposed garbage rates for 1957 of $ 15,643.00, or 2.7 Mills. AGREED 9. ~lerk submitted proposed rate for Fire Area No. 2 of $ 6,650.00, or 1. Mill. AGREED 10. Mr. Compor1, of Fire Area NR. 1, submitted proposed Budget of $ 8,350.00 for 1957, which with debenture of $ 3,011.00, requires rate of 2.1 Mills. AGREED The following PE~SON~, on MOTION, were heard: 1. Mr. Pope built a garage in Plan 418 - agreed not to live in it, then immediately did so. Mr. Thompson ordered him to deposit $ 300.00 and take out a building permit. Mr. Pope asked permission to live in garage until he built a brick house iI, 1957. Council gave Mr. Pope 30 days to move or put up necessary deposit. 2. Mr._Percy_Compo~~ presented 1957 budget of $ 8,350.00, stating they (1) included in budget moneys to pave entrance to Fire Station and paint building. (2) asked that accounts be paid faster by Council as they did not like second and third notices. (3) Asked that like street names be changed to avoid confliction. (4) Asked that hill west of Liverpool Overpass on Highway 401 be kept sanded when necessary. (5) Asked for a By-Law regulating installation of oil burners. - 2 - 3. Mr. Tom Wheeler.: solicited grant for Ajax-Pickering General Hospital. 4. Mrs. Wheeler gave information re Ajax School for Retarded Children. MOVED by Mr. Stewart, seconded by Mr. Scott, that all accounts of $ 25.00 ~, or less for account of Fire Area No.1 be paid immediately by the Treasurer on receipt of proper order and voucher. CARRIED AGREEll that Mr. Thompson enforce Building By-Law in Courts in respect to Mr. Flatman. MOVED by Mr. Scott, seconded by Mr. Pugh, that no further Building Permits ~ ~ be issued to Mr. Flatman. CARRIED MOV~D by Mr. Scott, seconded by Mr. Stewart, that a grant of $ 7,500.00 be made to the Ajax-Pickering General Hospital for the year 1957, such sum to )... '3 ir1clu1e all Township of Pickering indigent patients' accounts for 1956 and made payable in ten monthly payments of $ 750.00 each, commencing March 1, 1957. MOVED by }1r. Scott, seconded by Hr. Juli.an that: \~EREAS pursuant to The Planning Act, 1955, and pursuant to The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto Act, 1953, the Minister of Planning and Development for the Province of Ontario has designated that the municipalities comprising ~ ~ the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto and the suburban municipalities of The Town of Ajax, The Townships of Markham, Pickering, Toronto, Toronto Gore and Vaughan, and the Villages of Harkham, Pickering, Port Credit, Richmond Hill, Stouffville, Streetsvilie, and Woodbridge, shall comprise the planning area to be known as "The Metropolitan Toronto Planning Area". AND WHEREAS pursuant to The Planning Act, 1955, and The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto Act, 1953, the Minister has designated the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto as the designated municipality within the meaning of The Planning Act, 1955, with the power to appoint all the members to the Metropolitan Toronto Planning Board. AN~WHEREAS the ffiunicipalities included in the Metropolitan Toronto Planning Area, but not included in the }funicipality of Metropolitan Toronto, are vitally concerned with the poltcy of, and the decisions of the Metropolitan Toronto Planning Board, but the said municipalities do not have any represen- tation OJ1 the said Metropolitan Toronto Planning Board. AND \~.EREAS it is considered necessary by the Council of the Municipal Corp- oration of the Township of Picl{ering, one of the municipalities within the Metropolitan Toronto Planning Area, that the Municipal Corporation of the Township of Pickering and the other municipal corporations included in the said Metropolitan Toronto Planning Area, but not included in the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, should have representation on the Metropolitar Tororto Planning Board in order to protect the local interests of the sajd rnuricipalities and to assist to form planniJ1g policy for the whole of the Metropolitan Toronto Planning Area. NfJ'\v THEREFORE BE IT._Il.&~OLVED THAT the Council of the Corporation of the Towrl- ship of Pickering petition the Minister of Planning and Development for the Province of Ontario, to amend The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto A~t, 1953, and The Planning Act, 1955, to enable those rnunicjpalities included in the Metropolitan Toronto Planning Area presently having no representation on the Metropolitan Toronto Planning Board, to have such representation on the said Board. AND BE IT.. FURTHER RESOLVED THAT copies of this resolution be forwarded to the following municipal corporations which are included in the }fetropolitan Toronto Planning Area but do not have representation on the said Metropolitan Toronto Planning Board, with the request that the said municipalities endorse and support this petition: The Town of Ajax, The Township of Markham, The Village of Markham, - 3 - REsolutior - continued The Village of Pickering, The Village of Port Credit, The Village of Richmond Hill, The Village of Stouffville, The Village of Streetsville, The TOWl.ship of Toronto, The Township of Toronto Gore, The Township of Vaugþan, and The Village of Woodbridge. CARRIED AGREED Hill rate for 1957 road expenditure shall be 7A Hills. ~1Ov~n by Hr. Julian, seconded by ~fr. Scott, that Council object to the closing by the Department of Highways of Dixie Road and Fairport Beach Road at Highway 401, and that Township be represented at Hearing by our Solicitor. CARRIED 'J,.'::' ~OVED by Mr. Julian, seconded by Mr. Scott, that Mr. T. M. Moore act for Council at Road Closing Hearing. CARRIED ']..to MOVED by Mr. Scott, seconded by Mr. Chapman, that application be made to the Department of Highways for grant on $ 211,325.37, which was spent by our Road Department on Township roads in year of 1956. CARRIED "2.1 The Reeve appointed Councillors Pu~h and Julian to get further information or Retarded Children's School - grants, etc. CLERK'S INSTRUCTIONS 1. Charge names or corfljcting street names. <) Have Road Department sand hill west of Liverpool Overpass, as required. 3. Investigate need of By-Law for oil òurners - installation anrl inspection. 4. Ask Ef1gineer to revise price side~valk at Petticoat Creek and Highway 2, 5. Call for Tenders for pavtng er1trance Fire Area 1 St.atJon ~vhen necessary. On MOTION of Mr. Scott, the meeting adjourned. APPROVED ~4-?/ Clerk 1957 / I ! I i i ø~_~ .... Reeve