Council Meeting

1) That Council suspend the rules and regulations of Procedural By-law 2016-001-RE, as amended, Section 7.7 Addendum Items, to allow the Addendum Items to be considered today.

That Council confirm the agenda, as amended.

That Council adopt the minutes from the regular meeting of Council on April 21, 2020, as amended to replace the resolution of the Items Arising from a Closed Meeting on page 5 of 6, with the following: Due to the financial burdens residents of Whitchurch-Stouffville are facing in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Council wants to take further steps to help relieve the financial burdens residents may be experiencing. Therefore, be it resolved that Council direct staff to reduce the previously approved 2020 water and wastewater rates. Water rate increase reduced from 15% to 5% and the wastewater increase be reduced from 15% to 10%. The prorated increase will therefore be 8%. effective March 16, and for the remainder of 2020 with a credit being applied on the next billing cycle.

1) That Council receive the delegation from Jenny Altmann regarding a Formal Resolution Process, for information.

1) That Council receive the presentation from Cordelia Abankwa and Nancy Lennox regarding York Region Services for People who are Homeless, for information.

1) That Council approve the following staff reports on the consent agenda and adopt the recommendations contained therein: Page 3 of 9 Council Minutes May 5, 2020 Report No. PW-012-20 Preferred Timing for Blue Box Transition WHEREAS the Province of Ontario, through the Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan, has committed to moving Ontario’s existing waste diversion programs to a full producer responsibility model; and WHEREAS the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) has requested all municipal governments with Blue Box recycling programs to provide AMO with an indication of the municipality’s preferred date for transition of the current Blue Box recycling programs to full financial and operational responsibility by producers of paper products and packaging; and WHEREAS the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville has entered into a long-term contract for current waste collection, including Blue Box collection, which expires December 31, 2025; and WHEREAS the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville provides waste collection and disposal services to our residents in a two-tier Integrated Waste Management System within York Region, where the Region will continue to be responsible for the processing and disposal of source separated organics, yard waste, and residual solid waste, and the local municipalities will continue to be responsible for the collection of all waste streams; and WHEREAS the residents of the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville expect waste collection services of all types to con

1) That Council receive Report No. CAO-001-20 and the presentation for information.

1) That Council receive Report No. CAO-002-20 and the presentation and Report No. FTS-011-20 for information.

1) That Council direct Staff to provide comments regarding the draft Climate Change Action Plan to the Regional Municipality of York by June 30, 2020.

1) That Council receive Report No. FTS-010-20 for information.

1) That Council receive Report No. DS-017-20 for information.

1) That Council direct staff to formalize a partnership with the Neighbourhood Network for the enhanced benefit of volunteer development with the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville; and 2) That Council direct staff to continue to work with Neighbourhood Network to strengthen the volunteer program in the Whitchurch-Stouffville community; and 3) That Council authorize the Mayor and Clerk to sign all necessary agreements.

That Council read the following By-laws a first, second, third time and passed: Page 7 of 9 Council Minutes May 5, 2020 2020-041-ZO BEING A BY-LAW to amend By-law 2010-001-ZO of the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville by removing the Holding Symbol (h-3) from Block 19, Registered Plan 65M-4419 (Report No. DS-016-20) 2020-042-RD BEING A BY-LAW to provide for the numbering of buildings along highways and for affixing numbers to the buildings (Wesmina Avenue, Fallharvest Way, McKean Drive, Boundary Boulevard, Markview Road and Sunnyridge Avenue)

That Council recess at 4:43 p.m. 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)); and • A proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land for municipal or local board purposes (Municipal Act, Sec. 239(2)(c)); 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 instructed in Closed Meeting.

That Council read Confirmatory By-law 2020-044-MS a first, second and third time and passed.

That there being no further business, Council adjourn the meeting at 6:13 p.m.