Council Meeting

That Council confirm the agenda, as amended.

That Council recess to permit the holding of a Closed Meeting to consider matters with the following exceptions: • Personal matters about an identifiable individual, including municipal or local board employees (Municipal Act, Sec. 239(2)(b)); • Labour relations or employee negotiations (Municipal Act, Sec. 239(2)(d)); • Educating or training Members, provided that no Member discusses or otherwise deals with any matter in a way that materially advances the business or decision-making of Council (Municipal Act, Sec. 239(3.1)); and • Advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose (Municipal Act, Sec. 239(2)(f)).

That Council adopt the minutes from the regular meeting of Council on February 2, 2021, as amended to replace the resolution of the Items Arising from a Closed Meeting on page 3 of 7, with the following: 1. That Council direct Staff not to take a position on the appeal to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) of the decision of the Committee of Adjustment to deny the minor variance application CA-20-12 for [16895 McCowan Road] and that Staff advise the appellant and Tribunal that the Town requests the imposition of the same conditions as Staff recommended at the Committee of Adjustment; and 2. That Council direct Staff to make themselves available to assist in the LPAT hearing by any means deemed necessary.

1) That Council receive the delegation regarding the Walking Trail Maintenance for information; and 2) That Council refer the matter to Staff for a report back to Council.

1) That Council receive the presentation regarding the LSRCA’s 2020 Achievements for information.

1) That Council receive the introduction from the York Regional Police for information.

1) That Council approve the following staff report on the consent agenda and adopt the recommendations contained therein: Page 4 of 8 Council Minutes February 16, 2021 Report No. PW-001-21 Parking By-law Amendments 1) That Council enact By-law 2021-013-PR to amend the Parking By-law for the following purposes: • Inclusion of parking restrictions on Park Drive between Booth Drive and Hoover Park Drive, and Freel Lane between Main Street and 60 metres north of Main Street; and • Improved parking control on private property and clarification of parking restrictions in boulevard areas.

1) That Council suspend the rules and regulations of Procedural By- law 2016-001-RE, subsection 8.12 b) Resolution from Council, to allow the Resolution to be considered today.

WHEREAS York Region Upper York Sewerage Solution (UYSS) plan which was proposed more than 10 years ago will support the growth of over 150,000 people in the Towns of East Gwillimbury, Newmarket and Aurora; and Page 5 of 8 Council Minutes February 16, 2021 WHEREAS establishment of a new sewer treatment plant on the Lake Simcoe watershed requires an environmental assessment according to the Province’s Lake Simcoe Protection Plan (2009), and an environment assessment study was completed by York Region in 2014; and WHEREAS Lake Simcoe is an inland lake that has 11.6 cubic kilometers of water volume, only 0.71% of that of Lake Ontario, which is limited in self purification capacity and thus unable to absorb sewer overflow in case it happens during high-flow events; and WHEREAS municipalities and communities rely on Lake Simcoe as a drinking water source; and WHEREAS the Town of Georgina and the Chippewas of Georgia Island have expressed grave concerns and/or strongly oppose to the proposed UYSS; and WHEREAS the Minister of the Environment notified the Region of York on July 17, 2020 suggesting a southern route connecting the sewer with Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant in Pickering as an alternative to the proposed UYSS; and WHEREAS the Region of York has chosen to continue with the proposed UYSS while remaining open to considering the Province’s proposed southern route as an alternative; and WHEREAS a continued planning for growth with the uncertainty of either the UYSS

2021-013-PR BEING A BY-LAW to amend By-law 2008-114-PR, to govern and control the parking of vehicles in the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville (Sections 2, 5 & 6 and Schedule II). (PW-001-21)

That Council recess at 1:58 p.m. to reconvene back into the 10:00 a.m. Closed Meeting, which recessed to allow the Open Meeting to start at the scheduled time.

That Council read Confirmatory By-law 2021-015-MS a first, second and third time and passed.

That there being no further business, Council adjourn the meeting at 2:31 p.m.