Economic and Development Services Committee Meeting

That the delegation of Pauline Mwangi be heard.

That all items listed under the heading of Public Consent Agenda for the October 6, 2025, Economic and Development Services Committee meeting be adopted as recommended except items ED-25-98 and ED-25-100.

That the Economic and Development Services Committee recommend to City Council: That based on Report ED-25-98 dated October 1, 2025, the application submitted by 184 Bond Oshawa Ltd. under the Brownfields Property Tax Cancellation Program in the Brownfields Renaissance Community Improvement Plan to cancel the property taxes at 184 Bond Street West be approved in accordance with the recommendations generally outlined in Section 4.3 of said Report; and, That the Commissioner, Economic and Development Services Department, be authorized to enter into an agreement with 184 Bond Oshawa Ltd. or a corporation to be named later in accordance with the provisions of the Brownfields Property Tax Cancellation Program and the recommendations generally outlined in Section 4.3 of said Report, in a form and content satisfactory to the Commissioner, Economic and Development Services Department, and the City Solicitor; and, That the Commissioner, Economic and Development Services Department, be authorized, from time to time as the Commissioner considers appropriate, to extend timing condition dates established under the agreement for tax cancellation in consultation with the City Solicitor; and, That the Council of the Region of Durham be requested to cancel the Regional portion of the tax bill for 184 Bond Street West in accordance with the recommendations generally outlined in Section 4.3 of said Report; and, That the Ministry of Finance be requested to cancel the Education portion of the tax

That the Economic and Development Services Committee recommend to City Council: That based on Report ED-25-100 dated October 1, 2025, Council endorse, in principle, the preliminary findings of the Growth Management Study as identified in Section 4.3.2 of said Report, as the basis for the development of the final Growth Management Study; and, That staff be authorized to schedule a Public Information Centre to be held in the fourth quarter of 2025 at Oshawa City Hall for the purpose of presenting for public review and input the draft results of the Growth Management Study; and, That upon concluding the public consultation process for the Growth Management Study component of the Official Plan Review, staff be directed to report back to the Economic and Development Services Committee with the results of the public consultation and the finalized Growth Management Study

That the meeting be adjourned at 2:48 p.m.