General Committee Meeting

That the November 12, 2024 General Committee Agenda be approved, as amended, to add a Notice of Motion – Request to Review Fireworks Management. General Committee Meeting Minutes Tuesday, November 12, 2024 Page 2 of 24 A recorded vote was taken as follows:

That the November 12, 2024 General Committee Agenda be approved, as amended, to include Sherry Brioschi as a delegate speaking to: 1. Item 8.2 Centre for Community Energy Transformation 2. Item 9.8 Staff Report 2024-0604: Earlier Council and Committee Meeting Start Times 3. Item 9.9 Staff Report 2024-0600: Procedure By-law Review - Part 8 (Meeting Proceedings) 4. 11.2 Councillor D. Sheen - Request to Purchase and Implement additional Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) Cameras 5. 12.1 Councillor D. Maskell - Truck and Traffic Calming for Pedestrian Protection in Ward 3 Caledon East 6. 12.2 Councillor D. Maskell - Request to Oppose the Construction of Highway 413 And; That Ian Sinclair be added onto the Agenda as a delegate speaking to 12.2 Councillor D. Maskell - Request to Oppose the Construction of Highway 413; and That agenda item 12.2 Councillor D. Maskell - Request to Oppose the Construction of Highway 413 be brought up to be heard after Delegations. A recorded vote was taken as follows:

That the following items be approved as part of the Consent Agenda: Staff Report 2024-0554: Noise By-law Exemption Request That the Region of Peel, and Arcadis Engineering Company be granted a noise exemption from January 2025 to July 2027 from Section 15 of Table 3-1 of the Town’s Noise By-law 86-110 to permit construction activity between the hours of 7pm to 7am Monday to Sunday. Staff Report 2024-0538: 2025 Interim Property Tax Levy That a by-law be enacted for the levy and collection of the 2025 Interim Property Tax Levy. Staff Report 2024-0611: 2023 Annual Report on Investments That the 2023 Annual Report on Investment be received for information. November 4, 2024 Accessibility Advisory Committee Meeting Report That the Accessibility Advisory Committee Meeting Report, dated November 4, 2024, be received. Staff Report 2024-0592: 2025 Accessibility Advisory Committee Work Plan That the 2025 Accessibility Advisory Committee Work Plan be adopted to promote and work towards achieving accessibility in Caledon, as outlined in Staff Report 2024-0592. Staff Report 2024-0593: Pamphlet and Brochure Working Group Recommendations That Communications and Clerks staff be directed to work with the Accessibility Advisory Committee to accomplish their 2024 work plan goals of developing updating Accessibility brochures and pamphlets through the use of available or existing resources; and That forming a partnership on developing supplementary educational materials regarding accessibility co

Whereas, in June 2019, the Government of Ontario resumed the suspended Environmental Assessment (EA) for the GTA West Corridor (413 Highway); and Whereas, throughout 2021, the following municipal and regional councils passed motions in opposition to the proposed 413 Highway: Mississauga, Peel Region, Halton Hills, Halton Region, Vaughan, Markham, King, Orangeville and Toronto; and Whereas, in October 2023, during the scheduled Peel Region Public Information Centre (PIC), presented by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO), it was acknowledged that Highway 413 will: traverse four (4) distinct watersheds (Credit, Humber, 16 Mile and Etobicoke), impact 42 dominant or seasonal fish habitats (spawning areas), increase both annual vehicle kilometer traffic and CO2 emissions and disturb at least 44 culturally significant heritage sites; and Whereas the charity Environmental Defence obtained documents through a recent Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) request that indicate that Highway 413 will threaten the critical habitats of at least ten (10) Federally protected species at risk that are either Threatened or Endangered and a further ten (10) that are species at risk with the status of Special Concern; and Whereas, in October 2024, the Government of Ontario

That the Notice of Motion - Request to Oppose the Construction of Highway 413 be amended to: Update the title to: Notice of Motion - Request to Oppose the Construction of Highway 413, ‘as outlined in Bill 212’; and Amending the fourth-to-last clause as follows: That the letter additionally be sent by the Mayor; and That additionally the letter include concerns affiliated with Bill 212 to the province, upon consultation with staff, in time for the comments to be heard by the Province on November 20, 2024. Remove: ‘….the construction of Highway 413, as outlined in….’ A recorded vote was taken as follows:

That Council endorse the Service Level Agreement with the Centre for Community Energy Transformation (CCET) to further regional collaboration on climate action; That Council approve a single source procurement and transfer the Town’s 2023 and 2024 contribution to CCET, totaling $72,000; and That Council delegates signing authority for all future CCET agreements and single source procurements to the Commissioner of Engineering, Public Works and Transportation for funding amounts approved by Council through the annual budget process. General Committee Meeting Minutes Tuesday, November 12, 2024 Page 13 of 24 A recorded vote was taken as follows:

That Council approve a single source contract award to Acceo Solutions Inc. (“Gtechna”) in the amount of $60,087 inclusive of HST; and That Council delegate authority to the Commissioner, Corporate Services/Chief Legal Officer to enter into an agreement with GTechna for the purpose of implementing AMPS. A recorded vote was taken as follows:

That the four non-workshop off-site listed meetings proposed in Staff Report 2024-0475 be removed and instead held in the Council Chambers. A recorded vote was taken as follows:

That the proposed 2025 Council and Committee Meeting Schedule attached as Schedule A to Staff Report 2024-0475, be approved; and That a copy of Staff Report 2024-0475 be circulated to the Region of Peel; and That the off-site meeting locations and dates as proposed in Staff Report 2024-0475 be approved, as amended. A recorded vote was taken as follows:

That Staff Report 2024-0604: Earlier Council and Committee Meeting Start Times be

That the proposed sections 8.8.11 and 8.8.12, with respect to a reduction in 5 minute delegation times, within section 1(17) of Schedule A to staff report 2024-0600 be

That the proposed section 8.13, with respect to Council inquiries being recorded in meeting minutes, within section 1(23) of Schedule A to staff report 2024-0600 be

That the Procedure By-Law 2015-108, as amended, be further amended to update parts related to meeting proceedings, as outlined in Schedule A of Staff Report 2024-0600, except the partially

That Section 5.3.4 of the Procedural By-law be waived to reschedule the November 25, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. General Committee -Budget Meeting to December 2, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. A recorded vote was taken as follows:

That the Notice of Motion - Boulevard Maintenance in SouthFields Village be

Whereas residents of the Town of Caledon are becoming increasingly concerned about traffic safety in our community and the unacceptable number of fatalities on Caledon's roadways; and Whereas in fact, there were 20 fatal traffic incidents on Caledon roadways in 2023, and an unacceptable number of lives

That the Notice of Motion - Request to Purchase and Implement additional Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) Cameras be

Whereas the Town of Caledon has proclaimed a Road Safety Emergency; and Whereas the Region of Peel’s Vision Zero traffic safety commitment states that “no loss of life is acceptable due to a motor vehicle collision” and that “safety is prioritized over other factors such as cost, speed, delay, level of service, and convenience;” and Whereas Peel’s Good Movement Long Term Plan (GMLTP) prioritizes safety and community and environmental sustainability, among many things; and Whereas both Airport Road and Old Church Road, both of which pass through the village of Caledon East, are currently designated as truck routes in Peel’s Strategic Goods Movement Network (SGMN); and Whereas safety of pedestrians within Caledon East is a rising concern due to truck traffic at the intersection of Airport Road and Old Church Road, which commonly sees more than 70 trucks passing through it each hour; and General Committee Meeting Minutes Tuesday, November 12, 2024 Page 22 of 24 Whereas pedestrians in the village of Caledon East have historically jaywalked because there is no formalized protected crossing on Airport Road north of Old Church Road to Charleston Side Road; and Whereas the posted speed limit in the Community Safety Zones on Airport Road and Old Church Road is 50 km/h as compared to the 40 km/h limits in other Community Safety Zones in the villages and towns of Inglewood, Cheltenham, Terra Cotta, Alton, Palgrave, and Bolton; and Whereas drivers, specifically heavy trucks, are more fam