City Council Meeting

That the delegation of Adriana Lupton concerning Item CNCL-24-21 regarding Adriana Lupton, Owner of 452 Simcoe Street North Submitting an application to repeal a portion of Heritage Designation By-law 148-2011 be added to the agenda.

That the Rules of Procedure be waived to introduce a time sensitive motion regarding the Council Representative appointment to Heritage Oshawa. (Requires 2/3 vote of members present)

That upon the resignation of Councillor Nicholson, that Councillor Lee be appointed as the Council representative on Heritage Oshawa.

That the presenters time be extended by 3 minutes

That the delegation of Adriana Lupton be heard.

That based on Correspondence CNCL-24-13 from the Region of Durham, Jan Westerman be selected as the City of Oshawa's representative on the Durham Region Transit Advisory Committee

That Report CNCL-24-14 being the Principles Integrity Annual Report from November 2022 to January 31, 2024 be received for information.

That all items listed under the heading of Public Consent Agenda for the City Council Meeting dated February 26, 2024 be adopted as recommended except: Items CO-24-11, CO-24-08 and CO-24-07 from the Thirteenth Report of the Community and Operations Services Committee; and, Items ED-24-21, ED-24-19 and By-laws 29-2024 and 30-2024 and ED-24-24 from the Fourteenth Report of the Corporate and Finance Services Committee; and, Item JHOWG-2401 from the First Report of the Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority Working Group.

That Item CO-24-11 be

That Item CO-24-08 be

That the motion be amended to include that staff report back to the next Council meeting.

on September 16, 2023 the “Curbside Giveaway Day” took place in all local area municipalities across the Region of Durham, with the exception of the City of Oshawa; and, Whereas the program was well received from participating local municipalities with by-law enforcement reporting no increase in waste materials left at the curb after the event; and, Whereas on December 20, 2023, Regional Council adopted the following resolution pursuant to Report 2023-WR-8 “Pilot Curbside Giveaway Event Summary and Recommendations”, dated December 6, 2023: “That the Regional Municipality of Durham implements a Curbside Giveaway Event twice per year in the Spring and Fall; and That Regional staff work with the City of Oshawa and the Town of Whitby to include them in these events if approved by their respective Councils.”; and Whereas 2024 dates have been scheduled for May 4th and September 14th, and will be promoted by the Region; and, Whereas staff received feedback from community members interested in participating in the event; and, Whereas there is not expected to be any financial impact to the City; and, Therefore be it resolved that the City of Oshawa participate in the annual "Curbside Giveaway Event' in conjunction with the Region of Durham and the Town of Whitby.

That the motion be amended to add the following: "and that copies of this resolution be sent to the Region of Durham, the Municipality of Clarington and local MPPs and they be requested to investigate this proposed intersection from their individual perspectives."

That the meeting recess for eight minutes.

Whereas, in accordance with the Letters Patent of the Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority, both the City of Hamilton and the City of Oshawa, in consultation with the City of Burlington, shall appoint one (1) individual to the Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority Board of Directors; and, Whereas, although jointly appointed by the City of Hamilton and the City of Oshawa, the municipally appointed director has a fiduciary duty to act solely in the best interest of the Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority, and as such, has no role to advance the interests of one or both of the host municipalities who appointed said individual; and, Whereas, the Letters Patent of the Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority is silent on the process by which the City of Hamilton and the City of Oshawa are to jointly appoint one (1) individual to the Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority Board of Directors, Therefore be it resolved that the Council of the City of Oshawa recommend to the Council of the City of Hamilton, that the following process be adopted for jointly appointing a new director to the Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority Board of Directors: Coinciding with the municipal election cycle and council term, the Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority releases, on behalf of the City of Hamilton and the City of Oshawa, an open call for interested individuals who wish to serve on the Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority Board of Directors as the municipally appointed director. The Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority evaluates all applications receive

That based on Correspondence CNCL-24-15 from the Rotary Club of Oshawa, notwithstanding the current Grant Policy, the request from the Rotary Club of Oshawa for $30,000 of in-kind services for the 2024 Oshawa Ribfest be approved.

That the rules of procedure be waived in order to reconsider a decision that was reconsidered within the past 12 months. (Requires 2/3 vote of members present)

That vote to reconsider Council's previous decision of April 3, 2023. (Requires 2/3 vote of members present)

That the motion be amended to add: That the dimension of the approved sign be amended from 2m wide by 2.5m high to 2.5m wide by 2.5m high and that the two year approved pilot project be extended to begin as of the date of the current approval.

That Council reconsider its previous decision of November 26, 2021 concerning the Harmony Creek Trail Extension Project. (Requires majority vote of members present)

That all items listed under the heading of Closed Consent Agenda for the City Council Meeting dated February 26, 2024 be adopted as recommended except: Item ED-24-18 from the Twenty-sixth Report of the Economic and Development Services Committee and Report CNCL-24-17.

That the meeting recess and reconvene in a session closed to the public pursuant to Section 239(2) (c), (i), (j) and (k) of the Municipal Act in order to consider Item ED-24-18 which concerns proposed litigation or potential litigation involving the Municipality, a trade secret or scientific, technical, commercial, financial or labour relations information, supplied in confidence to the municipality or local board, a trade secret or scientific, technical, commercial or financial information that belongs to the municipality or local board and has monetary value or potential monetary value and a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations

That Council rise from closed session and report.

That ED-24-18 be

That the motion be amended to strike the words: "the Urban Growth Centre Intensification Study and downtown parking report and the Parking Lot 16 and 47 Bond Street West (Bus Terminal)."

That the motion be amended to replace the word ‘ensure’ with the word ‘improve’ and delete the words ‘with traffic lights and school crossing guards’

on February 15, 2024 the Province announced it will be introducing new legislation in the Legislature’s spring sitting beginning February 20, 2024 to be described as the Get It Done Act regarding the Province of Ontario Banning Road Tolls, Freezing Driver’s Licence Fees to Keep Costs Down; and, Whereas the ban on road tolls will only be on future road tolls; and, Whereas the Highway 407 East from Brock Road, Pickering to Highway 33/115 is the only section of Highway 407 with tolls, which is not leased; and, Whereas effective June 2023 the Province removed the tolls on Highway 412 and 418 when the Provincial government approved changes to the Highway 407 East Act, 2012, as part of the Fewer Fees, Better Services Act, passed in 2022; and, Whereas now is the time to approve amendments to the Get It Done Act for the members elected to the Ontario Legislature to remove the tolls on the Highway 407 East extension from Brock Road to Highway 35/115 and relieve the burden on the economy of Oshawa and Durham Region municipalities, their households, businesses, associations and institutions; Now therefore the City of Oshawa request the Province of Ontario to amend the Get It Done Act to include the banning of road tolls on the existing Highway 407 East from Brock Road, Pickering to Highway 35/115 and this motion be shared for support at the Councils of the Region of Durham, the Townships of Brock, Uxbridge and Scugog, the City of Pickering, Town of Ajax, Town of Whitby, Municipality of

That CNCL-24-20 being a Notice of Motion concerning Outdoor Ice Rink Portable Chillers be

That the confirming by-law be passed.

That the meeting adjourn at 2:25 p.m.