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Councillor Nealon this item
What was decided (4 motions)
3 carried, 1 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
That the Community and Operations Services Committee recommend to City Council: Whereas at its meeting of September 29, 2025, Council
Moved by Councillor Nicholson
Referred
That the Community and Operations Services Committee recommend to City Council: Whereas the Durham Catholic District School Board (D.C.D.S.B.) is currently building a replacement school for Monsignor Paul Dwyer Catholic High School located on the southeast corner of Greenhill Avenue and Harmony Road North; and, Whereas Correspondence CS-22-45 dated November 18, 2021, requested a partnership with the City to enhance the programming and infrastructure of the new school through the joint development of an outdoor field and track; and, Whereas in October 2025, D.C.D.S.B. requested $400,000 in funding from the City to include outdoor lighting for an 11v11 natural turf field and track; and, Whereas the City currently has a total of thirty-four (34) 11v11 sport fields that are utilized primarily by community sport organizations; and, Whereas twenty-nine (29) of these fields, of which three (3) fields are lit, are categorized as community sport fields and had a prime-time utilization rate of 58% in 2025; 53% in 2024; and 50% in 2023; and, Whereas the five (5) remaining sport fields, of which four (4) are lit, are located at the Civic Recreation Complex and had a prime-time utilization rate of 36% in 2025 and 2024; and 31% in 2023; and, Whereas pursuant to Report CS-17-44, approved by City Council on April 20, 2017, the City contributed $250,000 to Monsignor John Pereyma Catholic Secondary School for outdoor lighting on the renovated sport field and track; and, Whereas the City will a
Moved by Councillor Chapman
Carried
That the Community and Operations Services Committee recommend to City Council: That staff be requested to review the use of Mitchell Avenue on both sides of Ritson Road South as bypasses for vehicles avoiding the intersection at Ritson Road South and Olive Avenue, and determine what steps can be taken to reduce or eliminate this activity.