Revised Agenda
YORK REGIONAL COUNCIL

Thursday, September 29, 2022

9:00 A.m. - 4:00 P.m.

Electronic and In-Person Meeting

Council Chambers

17250 Yonge Street, Newmarket

Quorum: 11

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A.

Call to Order

B.

Disclosures of Interest

C.

Minutes of Council

C.1

Council Meeting held on June 30, 2022

D.

Presentations

None

E.

Deputations

​(Subject to Council granting deputant status.)​

None

F.

Communications

F.1

Town of Newmarket Resolution - Inn from the Cold Development Funding

Simon Granat, Legislative Coordinator, Town of Newmarket dated September 8, 2022

Recommendation: Receive and refer to item I.1

F.2

Notice of Suspension of the 120-day Timeline to Make a Decision on Official Plan

The Honourable Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing dated September 12, 2022

Recommendation: Receive and refer to Item F.3 

F.3

Province Suspends 120-day Timeline to Make a Decision on Official Plan

Memorandum dated September 15, 2022 from Paul Freeman, Chief Planner

Recommendation: Receive

G.

Consideration and Adoption of Reports

G.1

Committee of the Whole Meeting - September 8, 2022

G.2

Planning Advisory Committee Meeting - September 7, 2022

G.3

Agriculture and Agri-Food Advisory Committee Meeting - September 14, 2022

G.4

Human Services Planning Board Meeting - September 16, 2022

G.5

Request for Traffic Signals Woodbine Avenue - Woodbine Employment Lands - Town of East Gwillimbury

Report dated September 14, 2022 from the Commissioner of Public Works recommending that:

1. Traffic signals not be installed on Woodbine Avenue between Green Lane and Mount Albert Road for the Woodbine Employment Lands in the Town of East Gwillimbury.
2. The Regional Clerk forward this report to the Clerk of the Town of East Gwillimbury.

G.6

Housing Affordability Task Force Meeting - September 22, 2022

H.

Introduction and Consideration of Bylaws

H.1

2022-41 - Temporary Borrowing Bylaw for Expenses

A bylaw to authorize the temporary borrowing of monies to meet the current expenditures of The Regional Municipality of York for the year 2023  

H.2

2022-42 - Temporary Borrowing Bylaw for Works

A bylaw to authorize the temporary borrowing of monies to meet expenditures made in connection with a work to be financed in whole or in part by the issuance of debentures  

H.3

2022-43 - Amendment to Parking Bylaw

A bylaw to amend Bylaw No. 2017-37 being a bylaw to prohibit or regulate parking and stopping on Regional roads  

H.4

2022-44 - A bylaw to establish a public highway - Bathurst Street

A bylaw to establish a public highway 

H.5

2022-45 - A bylaw to establish a public highway - Bayview Avenue

A bylaw to establish a public highway 

H.6

2022-46 - A bylaw to establish a public highway - Highway 7

A bylaw to establish a public highway 

H.7

2022-47 - A bylaw to establish a public highway - Highway 27

A bylaw to establish a public highway 

H.8

2022-48 - A bylaw to establish a public highway - Jane Street

A bylaw to establish a public highway 

H.9

2022-49 - A bylaw to stop up and close a portion of Islington Avenue

A bylaw to stop up and close a portion of Islington Avenue (YR 17), City of Vaughan   

I.

Motions

I.1

Inn from the Cold Development Funding

At the September 8, 2022 Committee of the Whole meeting, Mayor Taylor gave notice that he would bring forward the following motion:

WHEREAS Inn from the Cold (IFTC), located in the Town of Newmarket, is a long-standing service provider and provides services and programs for residents experiencing homelessness in York Region; and

WHEREAS IFTC is planning to build a new facility on land that it has purchased, and which includes a portion of land that has been provided by the Town of Newmarket at 17046 Yonge Street; and

WHEREAS the development will include 26 emergency housing beds and 18 transitional housing units which will provide additional capacity in York Region; and

WHEREAS this facility will provide specialized supports to residents that are living unsheltered and have a history of chronic homelessness; and

WHEREAS the matter is time sensitive because:

• • Capital support provided by York Region will strengthen the IFTC’s application to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Co-Investment Fund for approximately $6.5 million to supplement the total estimated capital budget of approximately $12 million
  • Their current lease is expected to end in October 2024 and it is unknown, at this time, if the lease can be further extended
  • Pending various expedited zoning/permit applications, IFTC is aiming to open in fall 2024 to ensure no gap between the potential end of the lease and availability of beds / loss of shelter capacity in the Region
  • The development timeline requires that funding be confirmed as soon as possible; and

WHEREAS The Region’s Surplus Management Policy requires that any operating surplus be allocated to the target balances of the Region’s Working Capital Reserve, Contingent Liability Reserves, General Capital Reserve, Fuel Cost Stabilization Reserve, and the Debt Reduction Reserve.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

1. 1. York Region provide $1 million in capital funding, to be drawn from the Social Housing Development Reserve, to IFTC to support the development of the new emergency and transitional housing facility targeting people who are chronically homeless.
   2. The approval of $1 million in capital funding to IFTC does not commit York Region to providing any additional capital or operating funding.
   3. The $1 million capital funding from York Region be contingent on the execution of a funding agreement between the Region and IFTC.
   4. Any 2022 operating surplus be first allocated, up to $1 million, to the Social Housing Development Reserve, before allocating any remaining surplus in accordance with the Region’s Surplus Management Policy.

J.

Notices of Motion to Reconsider

K.

Other Business

K.1

2023 Council and Committee Meeting Calendar

L.

Private Session

L.1

Private Attachment to Item G.1 (Committee of the Whole Item I.2.4) - Contract Awards, including Emergency Purchases, Fast Tracks and Renewals between April 1, 2022, to June 30, 2022 - Security of Property

L.2

Confidential Courts Update - Litigation, Potential Litigation and Solicitor-Client

L.3

Verbal Update on Item G.1 (Committee of the Whole Item E.2.3) - Award of York Region Transit South-East Division Operations and Maintenance Contract - Litigation

M.

Confirmatory Bylaw

Introduction of Bylaw 2022-50 to confirm the proceedings of Council at this meeting

N.

Adjournment