Council Meeting

That Council confirm the agenda, as circulated.

That Council adopt the minutes from the regular meeting of Council on March 6, 2024, as circulated.

1) That Council support Option B in the staff report regarding the delegation presented by the Stouffville Lions Club, re: Request for a Permanent Household Recycling and Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Facility.

WHEREAS Canada is experiencing record population growth, having welcomed 1.25 million new Canadians last year alone; and WHEREAS according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) we need to build at least 3.5 million additional homes by 2030, and municipalities need to build or expand the infrastructure to accommodate this growth; and WHEREAS FCM has estimated that the cost of the municipal infrastructure required support housing development is, on average, in the range of $107,000 per unit; and WHEREAS according to Statistics Canada the cost of upgrading existing municipal infrastructure so that it is in a state of good repair is in the range of $170 billion; and Council Minutes March 20, 2024 WHEREAS non-residential construction price inflation has risen by 29% since the end of 2020 and municipalities are facing soaring costs for infrastructure project without a corresponding growth in revenue; and WHEREAS unlike federal and provincial revenue, municipal tax revenue has not increased in recent years along with inflation, economic growth, or population growth; and WHEREAS municipalities are facing a gap in federal infrastructure funding as the 10-year Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program has come to an end, the Canada Community-Building Fund is being renegotiated and the Permanent Public Transit Fund is set to start in 2026; and WHEREAS the Canada Community-Building Fund (CCBF), which was formerly known as the federal Gas Tax Fund, provides more than $2bi

That Council read the following by-laws a first, second, third time and passed: 2024-024-SU BEING A BY-LAW to deem certain lands within Registered Plan of Subdivision 65M-4412 to be lands that are not within a Registered Plan of Subdivision. 2024-025-RD BEING A BY-LAW to assume public works for public use constructed within existing Public Right-of-Ways of Main Street and Lloyd Street (EPW-008-24). 2024-026-RD BEING A BY-LAW to assume municipal infrastructure for public use (being segments of Wesmina Avenue, Fallharvest Way, McKean Drive, Markview Road, Boundary Boulevard, Sunnyridge Avenue) (EPW-010-24). 2024-027-RD BEING A BY-LAW to provide for the numbering of buildings along highways and for affixing numbers to the buildings (Millard Street and Automall Boulevard) and to repeal By-law 2010-008-RD. 2024-028-DS BEING A BY-LAW to designate 6162 Main Street (Mansion House Hotel) as having Cultural Heritage Value or Interest. 2024-029-RD BEING A BY-LAW to provide for the numbering of buildings along highways and for affixing numbers to the buildings (33 Greenan Road, formerly part of 5104 Aurora Road and 31 Greenan Road, formerly part of 5112 Aurora Road, Plan 65R-39060). 16. Regional Business Page 5.

That Council recess to permit the holding of a Closed Meeting in the Whitchurch Room 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)); and • Litigation or potential litigation, including matters before administrative tribunals affecting the municipality or local board (Municipal Act, Sec. 239(2)(e)).

1) That Council direct Staff to proceed as directed in Closed Meeting.

That Council read Confirmatory By-law 2024-030-MS a first, second and third time and passed.

That there being no further business, Council adjourned the meeting at 2:09 p.m.