Council Meeting

1) That Council adopt the Regular Council Meeting Minutes of May 15, 2024, as circulated.

That Council receive the presentation from Glenn Jackson and Shannon Jaffer regarding the Introduction of Reeves and Mayors Mural for information.

That Council receive the deputations from Diane Ward and Joan Bostock, Stouffville Horticultural Society, regarding Report No. CS-005-24 Memorial Park Commemorative Spaces for information.

That Council approve Items 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.8, 8.10, and 8.11 on the Consent Agenda and adopt the recommendations contained therein.

1) That Council adopt the Stouffville Youth Advisory Working Group Terms of Reference, as outlined in Attachment 1; and 2) That Council authorize Staff to proceed with the implementation of a Youth Advisory Working Group, with promotion of the Working Group and recruitment beginning in August 2024; and 3) That Council delegate authority to the Commissioner of Community Services to oversee the Working Group, and to work in partnership with other Commissions who may have Town business or projects relevant to youth, both from an advisory perspective and an educational perspective.

1) That Council receive Report No. DS-025-24 for information.

1) That Council pass By-laws 2024-068-DS, 2024-069-DS, and 2024-070- DS designating the Church Street/Village Centre North, Main Street West/Stouffville Junction, and O’Brien Avenue/City Centre South as Heritage Conservation Districts under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act; and 1) That Council adopt the attached Heritage Conservation District Plans for the Church Street/Village Centre North, Main Street West/Stouffville Junction, and O’Brien Avenue/City Centre South; and 2) That Council pass By-law 2024-065-FI to amend the Fees and Charges By-law removing the fee associated with Heritage Permits; and 3) That Council pass By-law 2024-067-RE to amend the delegation By-law to allow the Manager of Development Planning to make decisions on Heritage Permits for alterations to existing buildings.

1) That Council receive Report No. EPW-012-24 for information.

1) That Council approve the Final Water and Wastewater Master Plan as provided in Attachments 1 through 7; and 2) That Council authorize Staff to take the necessary steps to implement the Final Water and Wastewater Master Plan including updates to the Town’s Official Plan, Applicable Secondary Plans, and the Development Charge By-law.

1) That Council enact By-law 2024-072-TX being a By-law to establish rates and levy taxes for the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville for the year 2024.

1) That Council enact By-law 2024-073-TX, being a by-law under Section 326 of the Municipal Act to levy this special tax levy upon the properties within the Downtown Stouffville Area.

1) That Council approve the amended Registered Ratepayer Association Policy (AP No. 93), as contained in Attachment No. 1, as amended.

1) That Council direct Staff to leave the Canada 150 garden at its current location at Booth Drive and Park Drive South.

1) That Council direct Staff to contact the Department of National Defence to accept receipt of the demilitarized Leopard Tank from the Department of National Defence, and that it be placed at the Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum.

1) That Council direct Staff to return the Cenotaph to Memorial Park in the area north of Burkholder Street and Park Drive (North Pavilion Site).

1) That Council approve the 2024 Transportation Master Plan as provided in Attachments 1 through 6; and 2) That Council authorize Staff to take necessary steps to implement the 2024 Transportation Master Plan including updates to the Town’s Official Plan, Applicable Secondary Plans, and the Development Charge By-law.

1) That Council receive Report No. FES-004-24 for information.

WHEREAS the areas located between Albert Street and Park Drive along Main Street are designated as Core Area – Main Street and Core Area – Mixed Use, within the Community of Stouffville, Community Core Area, in the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville Official Plan; and WHEREAS the Core Area – Main Street and Core Area – Mixed Use designations recognize the existing community core in the Community of Stouffville along Main Street serving as a major focal point for commercial and community uses and envisioned in the Town’s New Official Plan to evolve into a vibrant place to live, shop, work, and play and will be an inviting place to stroll or pause along its entire length, encouraging people to experience it on foot or bicycle; and WHEREAS there is a strong desire to promote these areas as a pedestrian-friendly destination and vibrant commercial district that focuses on pedestrian oriented uses at-grade; and WHEREAS prohibiting office uses on the ground floor of properties facing Main Street, that do not generate pedestrian activity on Main Street, could provide for opportunities for more pedestrian oriented uses that contribute to increase in foot traffic, cycling and consequently increasing the vibrancy and animation of Main Street; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT staff be directed to research and study options for prohibiting office use in the first storey or at grade of a commercial or mixed use building located within 10 metres of the public right-of-way, abutting Main Street

THAT further to the Council Resolution on May 15, 2024, endorsing Mayor Lovatt's nomination for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Board of Directors, be it resolved that the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville will assume all costs associated with Mayor Iain Lovatt attending FCM’s Board of Director and Committee meetings.

That the By-laws, Items 11.1 to 11.10 (inclusive) be approved.

That Council recess into Closed Session at 2:23 p.m. to consider Items 13.1 and 13.2 with the following exception:  Litigation or potential litigation, including matters before administrative tribunals affecting the municipality or local board (Municipal Act, Sec. 239(2)(e)).

That Council authorize Staff to proceed as directed in Closed Session.

That Confirmatory By-law 2024-075-MS be approved.

That there being no further business, Council adjourned the meeting at 3:10 p.m.