The Caledon Record

Council Meeting

September 26, 2023

Who was there

Present (8): Christina Early, A. Groves, Lynn Kiernan, Doug Maskell, Cosimo Napoli, Tony Rosa, Mario Russo, Dave Sheen

Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.

What was decided (18 motions)

16 carried, 2 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.

That Council shall go into Confidential Session under Section 239 of the Municipal Act for the following purposes:  Confidential Staff Report 2023-0488: A proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality - Land Acquisition Mayfield West 2;  Confidential Staff Report 2023-0546: Advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) Appeal by The Manors of Belfountain Corp of an Application for a Draft Plan of Subdivision (Town File: 21T-91015C);  Confidential Staff Report 2023-0581: Advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose - OLT Hearing concerning 6034 Mayfield Road and 0 Airport Road, Ward 3;  Confidential Staff Report 2023-0549: Advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose - Ontario Land Tribunal Appeal regarding 84 Nancy Street, Ward 5; and  Confidential Staff Report 2023-0548: Advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose - Ontario Land Tribunal Appeal regarding ARGO Kennedy Limited Secondary Plan Appeal, Ward 2. A recorded vote was taken as follows:
Moved by Councillor T. Rosa
Carried
That Council convened in Confidential Session under Section 239 of the Municipal Act for the purpose of Confidential Staff Report 2023-0488: A proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality - Land Acquisition Mayfield West 2; and, That a new capital project be created in the amount identified in Confidential Staff Report 2023-0488 to be funded from the Cash in Lieu of Parkland Reserve to fund the purchase of the Lands. A recorded vote was taken as follows:
Moved by Councillor C. Early
Carried
That Council convened in Confidential Session under Section 239 of the Municipal Act for the purpose of Confidential Staff Report 2023-0581: Advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose - OLT Hearing concerning 6034 Mayfield Road and 0 Airport Road, Ward 3; That staff be directed to oppose the application for the lands located at 0 Airport and 6034 Mayfield Road at the Ontario Land Tribunal and retain external support as needed, for the reasons set out in Schedule “A” of Confidential Staff Report 2023-0581; That staff be delegated authority to pursue resolution, execute documents as necessary and settle issues upon terms satisfactory to the Director of Planning Services and Town Solicitor; and That staff are authorized to draw from the Operating Contingency Reserve Fund to fund the costs to be incurred relating to the appeal as set out in Confidential Staff Report 2023-0581. A recorded vote was taken as follows:
Moved by Councillor D. Maskell
Carried
That Council convened in Confidential Session under Section 239 of the Municipal Act for the purpose of Confidential Staff Report 2023-0549: Advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose - Ontario Land Tribunal Appeal regarding 84 Nancy Street, Ward 5; and That Confidential Staff Report 2023-0549: Advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose – Ontario Land Tribunal Appeal regarding 84 Nancy Street, Ward 5, be
Moved by Councillor M. Russo
Referred
That Council convened in Confidential Session under Section 239 of the Municipal Act for the purpose of Confidential Staff Report 2023-0548: Advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose - Ontario Land Tribunal Appeal regarding ARGO Kennedy Limited Secondary Plan Appeal, Ward 2; That for the reasons set out in Schedule “B” of Confidential Staff Report 2023-0548, staff be directed to attend the appeal at the Ontario Land Tribunal and retain external support, as needed; That staff be delegated authority to pursue resolution, execute required documents and settle issues upon terms satisfactory to the Director of Planning Services and Town Solicitor; and That staff are authorized to draw from the Operating Contingency Reserve Fund to fund the costs to be incurred relating to the appeal as set out in Confidential Staff Report 2023-0548. A recorded vote was taken as follows:
Moved by Councillor N. de Boer
Carried
That the July 26, 2023 Town Council Meeting minutes be approved. A recorded vote was taken as follows:
Moved by Councillor D. Sheen
Carried
That Council convened in Confidential Session under Section 239 of the Municipal Act for the purpose of Confidential Staff Report 2023-0546: Advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) Appeal by The Manors of Belfountain Corp of an Application for a Draft Plan of Subdivision (Town File: 21T-91015C); That for the reasons set out in Confidential Staff Report 2023-0546, staff are directed to withdraw the protective appeal filed in respect of the NEC Development Permit and not object to the approval of the NEC’s Development Permit; That staff are directed to attend at the OLT in respect of the Subdivision appeal to ensure that the OLT approves the conditions of draft plan approval as approved by the Manager, Development Planning; and, That staff are directed to pursue resolution of the appeals in accordance with Confidential Staff Report 2023-0546 and authority to settle the appeals and execute any required documents is delegated to the Director of Planning Services and Town Solicitor. A recorded vote was taken as follows:
Moved by Councillor D. Sheen
Lost
That the August 24, 2023 Planning and Development Committee Public Meeting Report, the September 6, 2023 General Committee Meeting Workshop Report, the September 13, 2023 General Committee Meeting Workshop Report and the September 19, 2023 Planning and Development Committee Public Meeting Report, be received. Town Council Meeting Minutes Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Page 7 of 13 A recorded vote was taken as follows:
Moved by Councillor T. Rosa
Carried
That the September 12, 2023 General Committee Meeting Report recommendations regarding the following consent items, be adopted:  Staff Report 2023-0460: Community Centre Access for Older Adults (Ages 55+);  Staff Report 2023-0501: Access to Fitness Reserve Fund for Equipment Replacement;  Staff Report 2023-0504: 2023 Q2 Closed Capital Report;  Staff Report 2023-0514: 21-100 Auto Extrication – 3 Year Upgrade Single Source Contract Award;  Notice of Motion – Request to Review Eligibility Criteria of Snow Removal Financial Assistance Program;  Notice of Motion – Request for Mono Mills Community Safety Zones; and  Notice of Motion – Request for Update to Council Decision Database. A recorded vote was taken as follows:
Moved by Councillor C. Early
Carried
That the September 12, 2023 General Committee Meeting Report recommendations regarding the following items, be adopted:  Staff Report 2023-0510: Caledon Chamber of Commerce Partnership Strategy;  Staff Report 2023-0419: Brampton Transit Service Expansion to Bolton;  Staff Report 2023-0107: Ward 1 Therapy Pool Recommendation;  Confidential Staff Report 2023-0447: Proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board – Request to Purchase Brock Street Road Allowance, Ward 1;  Notice of Motion: Request for an Update on Peel Regional Dissolution;  Notice of Motion: Request to Review the Feasibility of Enacting an Urban Tree By- law;  Notice of Motion: Request for Run for Caledon Grant Funding;  Correspondence Motion: BGC Grant Funding;  Correspondence Motion: Dress Purple Day (October 27);  Correspondence Motion: Golf Canada and the RBC Canadian Open;  Correspondence Motion: The Future of Caledon; and  Correspondence Motion: Cannabis Retail Stores in Bolton. Town Council Meeting Minutes Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Page 8 of 13 A recorded vote was taken as follows:
Moved by Councillor L. Kiernan
Carried
That the September 12, 2023 General Committee Meeting Report recommendation regarding Notice of Motion: Request for Disclosure of CAO Contracts be amended by replacing “October 10, 2023, General Committee Meeting” with “October 24, 2023 Town Council Meeting”. A recorded vote was taken as follows:
Moved by Councillor D.Sheen, seconded by Councillor T.Rosa
Carried
That the September 19, 2023 Planning and Development Committee Meeting Report recommendations regarding the following consent item, be adopted:  Heritage Caledon Committee Meeting Report dated September 11, 2023. Town Council Meeting Minutes Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Page 9 of 13 A recorded vote was taken as follows:
Moved by Councillor C. Napoli
Carried
That the September 19, 2023 Planning and Development Committee Meeting Report recommendations regarding the following items, be adopted:  Staff Report 2023-0416: Proposed Shared Tower Inc. Telecommunication Facility, 13947 Hurontario Street, Ward 2;  Notice of Motion: Interim Control By-law Extension; and  Correspondence Motion: Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Request for Endorsement. A recorded vote was taken as follows:
Moved by Councillor N. de Boer
Carried
Whereas gender-based violence is defined as violence or abuse perpetrated against a woman, girl or gender-diverse individual because of their gender, gender expression, gender identity or perceived gender; Whereas according to the Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability, in the last 5 years at least one woman or girl was killed every 48 hours in Canada; Whereas Renfrew County delivered 86 recommendations in a unanimous verdict on the deaths of three local women, who were killed by their former partner on a single morning in 2015; Town Council Meeting Minutes Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Page 10 of 13 Whereas these 86 recommendations speak to oversight and accountability, system approaches, collaboration and communication, funding, education and training, measures addressing perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV), intervention, and safety; Whereas the number one recommendation put forward is to have the provincial government formally declare intimate partner violence as an epidemic; Whereas femicide continues to take place in Peel Region, with the most recent one taking place on July 31st when Argentina Fuentes was killed in Mississauga; Whereas a femicide took place in Caledon on March 4th, when Cassie Antle was shot and killed in a Caledon home; Whereas Peel Region has already had 6 femicides connected to the Region in 2023, with 4 of those femicides taking place in July alone; Whereas there have been 42 femicides in Ontario in the last 41 weeks;
Moved by Councillor C. Early
Carried
That the following by-laws be read a first time and passed: BL-2023-077 A by-law to assume Dougall Avenue, Judge Street, Valleyscape Trail, Deer Ridge Trail, Lowes Hill Circle, Valley Grove Court, Robert Wilson Street and Yellow Briar Lane on Plan 43M-2071; BL-2023-078 A by-law to establish, dedicate, name and assume Part of Block 36 on Plan 43M-419, designated as Parts 7 and 9 on 43R-40971, being a 0.3 metre reserve; BL-2023-080 A by-law to amend By-law 2015-058, being a by-law to regulate the use of highways and parking on highways and to repeal certain by- laws; Town Council Meeting Minutes Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Page 12 of 13 BL-2023-081 A by-law to exempt certain lands from part lot control, namely 0 Raspberry Ridge Avenue, legally described as Block 212 on Plan 43M-2136; BL-2023-082 A by-law to amend Comprehensive Zoning By-law 87-250, as amended, with respect to Part of Lot 23, Concession 4 WHS (Caledon); Part of Mill Privilege No.4 in Block 5 on CAL5 (Village of Alton); Part of Mill Privilege No. 5 in Block 5 on CAL5 (Village of Alton), Town of Caledon, Regional Municipality of Peel, municipally known as 1402 Queen Street West; BL-2023-083 A by-law to amend Comprehensive Zoning By-law 2006-50, as amended, with respect to Part of Lot 23, Concession 4 WHS (Caledon); Part of Mill Privilege No.4 in Block 5 on CAL5 (Village of Alton); Part of Mill Privilege No. 5 in Block 5 on CAL5 (Village of Alton), Town of Caledon, Regional Municipality of Peel, municipally known a
Moved by Councillor T. Rosa
Carried
That Council shall convene in Confidential Session under Section 239 of the Municipal Act for the purpose of By-law 2023-079 - Advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose. A recorded vote was taken as follows:
Moved by Councillor T. Rosa
Carried
That Council convened in Confidential Session under Section 239 of the Municipal Act for the purpose of By-law 2023-079 - Advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose; and That By-law 2023-079, as printed on the Agenda, be read a first time and passed. A recorded vote was taken as follows:
Moved by Councillor T. Rosa
Carried
That By-law 2023-085 being a by-law to confirm the proceedings of the Council for the Corporation of the Town of Caledon at its Council Meeting held on the 26th day of September 2023, be read a first time and passed. A recorded vote was taken as follows:
Moved by Councillor D. Maskell
Carried

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