The Oshawa Record

Community and Operations Services Committee Meeting

December 8, 2025

Who was there

Present (6): Dan Carter, Bob Chapman, John Gray, Jim Lee, John Neal, Brian Nicholson

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 (6 motions)

6 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.

That the Community and Operations Services Committee recommend to City Council: Whereas correspondence was received on October 30, 2025, from the Durham District School Board requesting five (5) on-street parking permits along Colborne Street East and Ontario Street for Mary Street Public School staff; and, Whereas Mary Street Public School, located at 110 Mary Street North, is bordered by twenty-seven (27) on-street parking spaces, including ten (10) on Ontario Street and seventeen (17) on Colborne Street East; and, Whereas Mary Street Public School has stated that they have insufficient parking spaces within their parking lot to accommodate their staff; and, Whereas Colborne Street East and Ontario Street currently offer hourly on-street parking at an hourly rate of $1.25, with a maximum time limit of 2 hours; and, Whereas five (5) on-street parking permits would generate approximately $365 per month in accordance with the rates pursuant to the City’s Fees and Charges By-law 109-2024; and, Whereas licencing five (5) on-street parking spaces will increase the forecasted long-term utilization percentage for on-street parking as reported in CO-24-60 dated December 4, 2024, from 49% to 50%, Therefore be it resolved that the Community and Operations Services Committee recommend to City Council : That based on Item CO-25-55 dated December 8, 2025: That the request from the Durham District School Board received on October 30, 2025 to enter into a licence agreement for five (5) on-
Moved by Councillor Lee
Carried
That all items listed under the heading of Public Consent Agenda for the Community and Operations Services Committee meeting of December 8, 2025 be adopted as recommended except for Reports CO-25-56 and CO-25-58.
Moved by Councillor Lee
Carried
That the Community and Operations Services Committee recommend to City Council: Whereas at its meeting on September 29, 2025, Council approved the changes to Fees and Charges By-law 109-2024, contained in Report CF-25-44; and, Whereas the parking fees in Schedules 5, 6, and 7 of the Traffic and Parking By-law 79-1999, as amended (”Traffic and Parking By-law") must be amended to reflect the fees approved in the Fees and Charges By-law 109-2024, effective January 1, 2026; and, Whereas Lot 20 was previously located at 31, 33, and 45 Simcoe Street North and needs to be removed from Schedule 5, Parking Lots, of the Traffic and Parking By-law; and, Whereas through Report CNCL-25-57, staff were directed to implement a paid parking system at Lakeview Park and Ed Broadbent Park for non-Oshawa residents, on weekends, public holidays and during Council endorsed special events, valid on the same day, from May 15 to October 15; and, Whereas parking lots identified as Lots A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H at Lakeview Park and Ed Broadbent Park must be added to Schedule 5, Parking Lots, of the Traffic and Parking By-law, to incorporate paid parking for non-Oshawa residents, Therefore be it resolved that based on Item CO-25-56 dated December 8, 2025, the necessary amending by-law be passed to further amend Traffic and Parking By-law 79-1999 as amended in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor to: Amend the fees in Schedules 5, 6 and 7 to reflect fees in Fees and Charges By-law 109-2
Moved by Councillor Neal
Carried
That the Community and Operations Services Committee recommend to City Council: That Report CO-25-57 dated December 3, 2025, concerning an update to the eligibility criteria for the Oshawa Community Legend Award and the E.P. Taylor Windfields Farm Champion Award be received for information.
Moved by Councillor Lee
Carried
That the Community and Operations Services Committee recommend to City Council: That based on Report CF-25-58 dated December 3, 2025, being the Community and Operations Services Committee Outstanding Items Status Report, Item 1 of said Report be removed and; That the remainder of the Community and Operations Services Committee Outstanding Items Status Report and be received for information.
Moved by Councillor Chapman
Carried
That the meeting adjourn at 9:40
Moved by Councillor Chapman
Carried

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