Corporate and Finance Services Committee Meeting

That the presentation from Steve Stewart, Deloitte LLP be

That the delegation of Kathyrn Bremner be heard.

That the Corporate and Finance Services Committee recommend to City Council: Whereas there are Ontario municipalities that permit portable ramps at storefronts with a single step entrance; and, Whereas the Canadian Charity StopGap has since 2023, populated the world with over 2,000 ramps to storefronts to help remove barriers to entry; Now therefore staff consult with other Ontario municipalities and StopGap to investigate the successful process municipalities have adopted to permit the use of portable ramps that help remove barriers to entry and report back to Committee and Council to find ways to permit improved accessible entry to premises with a step that a portable ramp custom designed to fit step heights between 2" and 9" cold help remove barriers to entry and increase accessibility in the City.

That all items listed under the heading of Public Consent Agenda for the June 5, 2023 Corporate and Finance Services Committee meeting be adopted as recommended except Reports CF-23-34, CF-23-44, CF-23-48, CF-23-49 and CF-23-50.

That Report CF-23-34 concerning a review and proposed replacement of the Election Sign By-law be

That the motion be amended to insert the words 'Region of Durham, Local Riding Associations' after the words 'the public' and remove the words 'MPP's and MP's offices' after the words 'both French counterparts'

That the motion be amended to replace the word 'Committee' with the word 'Council'.

That the motion be amended to delete the words 'Region of Durham, Local Ridings Associations, Durham District School Board, Durham Catholic District School Board and both French counterparts' before the words 'for review and that the aforementioned be invited to send written comments to Committee on the proposed by-law replacement.

That the Corporate and Finance Services Committee reconsider its previous decision to defer the presentation by Deloitte LLP to the end of the meeting in order to be heard at this time. (Requires 2/3 vote of members present)

That the Corporate and Finance Services Committee recommend to City Council: That the Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2022 attached to Report CF-23-44 dated May 31, 2023 be approved; and That notice of the availability of the financial statements through the City’s website or upon request through Service Oshawa be published in the local newspaper(s); and That the Financial Statements be forwarded to appropriate stakeholders including the Province of Ontario and the City’s banking institution.

That based on Report CF-23-48 concerning the Ritson Road North and Columbus Road East Roundabout Design be

That the Corporate and Finance Services Committee recommend to City Council: Whereas on May 1, 2023 Council directed staff to report on including Ontario Land Tribunal (O.L.T.) decisions on matters that have been before the City’s Committee of Adjustment and Oshawa Council in the Information Package as well as circulating to members of Council and staff; and, Whereas the current practice when a notification of a Tribunal decision is received is to circulate the correspondence to members of Council and relevant staff in Planning Services and/or Legal Services; and, Whereas the correspondence is provided in a PDF format that does not meet the City’s requirements with respect to accessibility for publication on the website; and, Whereas each item of correspondence would require significant remediation work by Legislative Services staff to prepare the document to meet the City’s accessibility standards for posting to the website; and, Whereas the O.L.T. makes case status and decision information publically available on its website at https://olt.gov.on.ca/decisions/, allowing users to search for cases before the Tribunal by property location, municipality, applicable legislation, case number or reference number; and, Whereas a link can be provided on the City’s page for the Committee of Adjustment to the O.L.T. Case Status and Decisions Page to ensure the most current information is available to the public; Therefore be it resolved that based on Report CF-23-49 dated May 31, 2023

That the Corporate and Finance Services Committee recommend to City Council: That Report CF-23-50, dated May 31, 2023 being the Corporate and Finance Services Committee’s Outstanding Items List Status Report for the second quarter of 2023 be received for information.

That Part 1 of the motion be

That the Corporate and Finance Services Committee recommend to City Council: That staff consult with and review neighbouring regional municipalities virtual meeting attendance policy for council professional services, proponents such as developers and major institutions, and report to committee with the staff findings and recommendation to revert back to in person presentations and attendance of the aforenoted parties unless of an emergency.

That the Corporate and Finance Services Committee recommend to City Council: Whereas the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) convened its annual conference from May 25 to 28, 2023, in Toronto, Ontario; and, Whereas, in their respective speeches to FCM members, both Carole Saab, FCM CEO, and Scott Pearce, FCM President, called for new fiscal frameworks for municipalities across Canada; and, Whereas at the Resolutions Plenary on May 27, FCM members debated and voted overwhelming in favour of a resolution calling for the following: '…that Canada needs a modernized fiscal framework for municipalities, that FCM shall lead the development of a Municipal Growth Framework that links municipal financial capacity to factors such as national population growth and economic growth, and that FCM shall call on the federal government to engage with FCM in the development of that framework with a focus on new sources of municipal revenue'; and, Whereas municipalities in Canada have been historically limited to taxation of property as the primary source of revenue, to the exclusion of other taxation tools permitted and used in municipalities in other jurisdictions globally, and such other taxation tools have proven to be the basis for more financially resilient, sustainable, and successful cities as compared to those reliant primarily on taxation of property; and, Whereas municipalities in Canada are the order of government closest to the everyday lives of Canadians and are continually

That the meeting adjourn at 12:01 p.m.