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Home My WebLink About14/04/2008 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes Monday, April 14, 2008 7:30 pm - Council Chambers Chair: Councillor Mclean PRESENT: Mayor Ryan COUNCILLORS: D. Dickerson R. Johnson B. McLean J. O'Connell D. Pickles ABSENT: Councillor B. Littley ALSO PRESENT: G. Paterson - Director, Corporate Services & Treasurer R. Holborn - Division Head, Municipal Property & Engineering D. Wilcox - City Clerk (I) MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION 1. Director, Operations & Emergency Services, Report OES 03-08 No Parking By-law, Wildwood Crescent -Amendment to By-law 6604/05 RECOMMENDATION Moved by Councillor O'Connell Seconded by Councillor Dickerson 1. That Report OES 03-08 of the Director, Operations & Emergency Services regarding a proposed amendment to the Municipal Traffic By-law 6604/05 be received; and 2. That the attached draft by-law be enacted to amend Schedule "2" to By-law 6604/05 to provide for the regulation of parking on highways or parts of highways under the jurisdiction of the Corporation of the City of Pickering and on private and municipal property. 1 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes Monday, April 14, 2008 7:30 pm - Council Chambers Chair: Councillor Mclean CARRIED 2. Director, Operations & Emergency Services, Report OES 08-08 No Parking By-law, Brookshire Square -Amendment to By-law 6604/05 RECOMMENDATION Moved by Councillor O'Connell Seconded by Councillor Dickerson 1. That Report OES 08-08 of the Director, Operations & Emergency Services regarding a proposed amendment to the Municipal Traffic By-law 6604/05 be received; and 2. That the attached draft by-law be enacted to amend Schedule "2" to By-law 6604/05 to provide for the regulation of parking on highways or parts of highways under the jurisdiction of the Corporation of the City of Pickering and on private and municipal property. CARRIED 3. Director, Operations & Emergency Services, Report OES 09-08 No Parking By-law, Fairview Avenue -Amendment to By-law 6604/05 RECOMMENDATION Moved by Councillor O'Connell Seconded by Councillor Dickerson 1 . That Report OES 09-08 of the Director, Operations & Emergency Services regarding a proposed amendment to the Municipal Traffic By-law 6604/05 be received; and 2. That the attached draft by-law be enacted to amend Schedule "2" to By-law 6604/05 to provide for the regulation of parking on highways or parts of highways under the jurisdiction of the Corporation of the City of Pickering and on private and municipal property. CARRIED 2 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes Monday, April 14, 2008 7:30 pm - Council Chambers Chair: Councillor McLean 4. Director, Corporate Services & Treasurer, Report CS 13-08 Notice of the Passing of Pet Shops By-law Notice of the Passing of Boarding Kennel By-law Notice of the Passinq of Animal Breedinq By-law RECOMMENDATION Moved by Councillor O'Connell Seconded by Councillor Dickerson 1. That Report CS 13-08 of the Director, Corporate Services & Treasurer, be received; 2. That By-law No. 6299/04 , being the Pet Shops and Kennel By-law, be repealed and three separate bylaws: Pet Shops, Boarding Kennel and Animal Breeding By-laws be enacted; and 3. That the appropriate officials of the City of Pickering be given the authority to give effect thereto. CARRIED (II) OTHER BUSINESS 1. Correspondence received from Mayor Parish, Town of Ajax, providing a copy of a resolution with respect to the closure of the Mental Health Inpatient Unit at Ajax Pickering Hospital, which is scheduled for the April 14, 2008 Ajax Council Meetinq RECOMMENDATION Moved by Councillor O'Connell Seconded by Councillor Dickerson That the Council of the City of Pickering endorse the following resolution of the Town of Ajax with respect to the closure of Mental Health Inpatient Unit at the Ajax- Pickering Hospital; 3 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes Monday, April 14, 2008 7:30 pm - Council Chambers Chair: Councillor Mclean WHEREAS the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHL TC) has required Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) and hospitals to submit 2008-2010 Hospital Service Accountability Agreements (HSAAs), including deficit elimination plans by March 31, 2008; and WHEREAS the Rouge Valley Health System (RVHS) HSAA calls for the closure of the Mental Health Inpatient Unit (20 beds) at its Ajax-Pickering Hospital (APH); and WHEREAS these actions were approved prior to real and meaningful consultation with local residents, patients, stakeholders and employees as required by provincial legislation and LHIN policies; and WHEREAS mental health is one of the Central East LHIN's top priorities, and accounts for 18 per cent of the visits, one in seven hospitalizations and one third of all days in hospital; and WHEREAS the closure of the APH Mental Health Unit will make it difficult, if not impossible, for West Durham residents to access emergency and core mental health services; and WHEREAS the closure will create undue hardship for those who face transportation barriers, placing stress on an already overworked ambulance service; and WHEREAS as late as December 2007, the RVHS planned to increase the number of APH Mental Health Inpatient Unit beds to 29 to meet the growing population of West Durham; and WHEREAS the Federal Advisor on Healthy Children & Youth states that psychiatric disorders are the single most common illness among adolescents, and predicted to increase by 50 percent by 2020, and only one in five children who require mental health services are currently able to access them; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Ontario Government, Joe Dickson, M.P.P. for Ajax-Pickering, Wayne Arthurs, M.P.P. for Pickering- Scarborough East, and Christine Elliot, M.P.P. for Whitby-Oshawa, urge the RVHS and Central East LHIN to immediately rescind their decision to close the APH Mental Health Inpatient Unit; and 4 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes Monday, April 14, 2008 7:30 pm - Council Chambers Chair: Councillor Mclean THAT the Province direct the RVHS and Central East LHIN to identify new operational efficiencies that maintain core local health services, and provide the resources required to support and protect these critical services; and THAT the RVHS and Central East LHIN be ordered to undertake real and meaningful public consultation prior to developing and approving priorities for the delivery of health services at the APH; and THAT the Province immediately designate APH a full-service hospital, and prohibit the continuing attempts to transfer much needed core local health services from APH to the Centenary Hospital; and THAT the Province reverse its decision to merge Centenary and APH, maintaining two unique hospitals responsive to the needs of their respective communities; and THAT the Province introduce much needed population based funding for GTA hospital services to recognize the present and future growth in West Durham with a projected population of 500,000 by 2021; and THAT the Councils of the City of Pickering, the Town of Whitby and the Region of Durham and the GTA 905 Healthcare Alliance be urged to endorse this resolution; and THAT a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Premier Dalton McGuinty, George Smitherman, Health Minister, John Tory, Leader of the Opposition, Howard Hampton, NDP Leader, Joe Dickson, M.P.P. for Ajax-Pickering, Wayne Arthurs, M.P.P. for Pickering-Scarborough East, and Christine Elliot, M.P.P. for Whitby- Oshawa. CARRIED (III) ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7:31 pm. 5