Revised Agenda
YORK REGIONAL COUNCIL

Thursday, October 26, 2023

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.

Land Acknowledgement

We acknowledge that York Region is located on the traditional territory of many Indigenous peoples including the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat and Métis peoples and the treaty territories of the Haudenosaunee, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and Williams Treaties First Nations.

Today this area is home to many diverse Indigenous Peoples, and we recognize their history, spirituality, culture and stewardship of this land.

We also acknowledge the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation as our closest First Nation community.

C.

Disclosures of Interest

D.

Minutes of Council

D.1

Council Meeting held on September 28, 2023

D.2

Special Meeting of Council held on October 5, 2023

E.

Presentations

E.1

Greater Toronto Airports Authority Update

Doug Allingham, Chair, Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) Board, Tracy Li, GTAA Board Member and Karen Mazurkewich, Vice President, Stakeholder Relations and Communications, GTAA

F.

Deputations

​(Subject to Council granting deputant status.)​

None

G.

Communications

G.1

2023 Regional Governance Review Update

Christopher Raynor, Regional Clerk dated October 25, 2023

Recommendation: Receive

H.

Consideration and Adoption of Reports

H.1

Committee of the Whole Meeting - October 12, 2023

H.2

Bill 131, Transportation for the Future Act, 2023 – Recommendations

Report dated October 24, 2023 from the Commissioner of Finance recommending that:

1. The Province be requested to clarify:
   1. How future GO Transit stations will be funded if a municipality does not use the new Station Contribution Fee and if this represents a shift in responsibility for funding GO Transit stations, from the Province to municipalities.
   2. There is no ability for developers to ‘opt out’ of participation, once a municipality is prescribed, and the background study process is undertaken. 
   3. That the new Station Contribution Fee may be levied either on a municipal-wide or area-specific basis. 
   4. The type of offsets that municipalities levying the new fee will be required to provide developers; whether the quantum of those offsets must be commensurate/equal to additional costs associated with the new fee; and in a two-tier jurisdiction where the upper-tier municipality levies the fee if a local municipal offset would satisfy this requirement. 
2. The Province include the York Region in its consultation regarding the regulations supporting the new Station Contribution Fee.
3. The Regional Clerk forward this report to the Ministry of Infrastructure, Ministry of Transportation, local Members of Provincial Parliament, and the local municipalities. 

I.

Introduction and Consideration of Bylaws

I.1

2023-47 Bathurst Street - Widening and Reconstruction

A bylaw to acquire certain lands for or in connection with the widening and reconstruction of Bathurst Street (Y.R. 38), City of Richmond Hill and City of Vaughan

J.

Motions

K.

Notices of Motion to Reconsider

L.

Other Business

M.

Private Session

M.1

Private Minutes - Council Meeting - September 28, 2023

Recommendation: Confirm the private minutes

N.

Confirmatory Bylaw

Introduction of Bylaw 2023-48 to confirm the proceedings of Council at this meeting

O.

Adjournment