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MINUTES - General Committee - 20010306 TOWN OF AURORA GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT NO. 06-01 Council Chambers Aurora Town Hall Tuesday, March 6, 2001 ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS Councillor Timpson in the Chair; Mayor Jones, Councillors Griffith, Kean, Pedersen, Vrancic, Wallace and West. Councillor MacEachern was absent. OTHER ATTENDEES Chief Administrative Officer, Director of Corporate Services/Town Clerk, Director of Planning, Director of Building Administration, Director of Leisure Services, Director of Public Works/Acting Fire Chief, Treasurer, Administrative Co-ordinator, Solicitor and Council/ Committee Secretary. I DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST There were no declarations of interest under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act. II APPROVAL OF AGENDA Moved by Councillor Pedersen Seconded by Councillor Wallace THAT the content of the Agenda as circulated by the Corporate Services Department be approved as presented with the following additions: ♦ Correspondence from UNICEF Canada re: request for financial assistance towards the India Earthquake Alert fund. ♦ Appendix 2 for (Item 3) Report PL01-024 - Bayview Wellington Centre Commercial Study John Winter and Associates Limited D08-COM and appendix 2 consisting of public responses to circulation of the report. And the deletion of the following items from the agenda: ♦ (Item 8) - CS01-007 - Town of Aurora Newspaper Advertising ♦ Delegation from Ms. Susan Hart, Alzheimer Society, York Region. CARRIED III DETERMINATION OF ITEMS REQUIRING SEPARATE DISCUSSION Items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10 were identified for discussion. General Committee Report No. 06-01 Page 2 Tuesday, March 6, 2001 IV ADOPTION OF ITEMS NOT REQUIRING SEPARATE DISCUSSION THAT the following recommendations respecting the matters listed as “Items not Requiring Separate Discussion” be adopted as submitted to Council and Staff be authorized to take all necessary action required to give effect to same: 7. PW01-006 - Solid Waste Management Update THAT Report No. PW01 -006 dated March 6, 2001 summarizing to date the status of solid waste management in the Town of Aurora and the Regional Municipality of York be received for information. 9. Stephen Clements, President of Kidsport re: Request for relief from No Parking Zone from May 30th to June 4th for the 2000 Tent Sale THAT the temporary relief from the No Parking restrictions be granted on the North side of Cousins Drive from Yonge Street to Gurnett Street from May 30th to June 4th, 2000; and THAT staff be authorized to hood the signs for the duration of this event. CARRIED V DELEGATIONS Mr. Maurice Neirinck, Maurice J. Neirinck & Associates re: Proposed amendments to By-law 3829-97.P - to control the dumping of fill and alteration of grades. Mr. Neirinck informed the Committee that he was speaking on behalf of his client, a numbered company currently in possession of lands located at Leslie St. and Bayview Avenue. It was explained that a portion of this land had previously been excavated for a gravel pit and it was his clients intention to fill these lands, most of which have been completed with a smaller area remaining unfilled. The owner had applied for a permit in the Summer of 2000, which was denied. It was expressed that the owner has concerns with the proposed by-law and would like to request an exception from the by-law in order to proceed with the intended filling of the remaining portion of his land. Moved by Councillor West Seconded by Councillor Griffith THAT the comments of the delegate be received and referred to item 1 on the agenda. CARRIED Susan Walmer, Ratepayers of Aurora Yong South re: Proposed amendments to By-law 3829-97.P - to control the dumping of fill and alteration of grades. Ms. Susan Walmer on behalf of the Ratepayers of Aurora Yong South expressed support for the efforts to strengthen the Municipality's control over land fill practices in Aurora. It was suggested that various additional requirements be included in the by-law to further insure the environmental impact of land fill activity is kept to a minimum, as outlined in Ms. Walmers' letter included in the agenda. Ms. Walmer requested that consideration of this by-law be postponed until various studies and tests are completed and staff and residents are fully aware of all information relating to this issue. Moved by Mayor Jones Seconded by Councillor Pedersen THAT the comments of the delegate be received and referred to item 1 on the agenda. CARRIED General Committee Report No. 06-01 Page 3 Tuesday, March 6, 2001 VI CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS REQUIRING SEPARATE DISCUSSION 1. BA01-001- Proposed Amendments to Town’s Fill Control By-law Moved by Councillor West Seconded by Mayor Jones THAT Council endorse the incorporation into the revised Fill Control By- law of the following: a) That applicants be required to provide an environmental impact study for Council approval prior to the issuance of a permit to fill in areas of a sensitive nature such as the Oak Ridges moraine, areas of natural scientific Interest and significant wetlands and wood lots, and; b) Revised mandatory security requirements sufficient to ensure completion of proposed works and; THAT staff be directed to meet with Mr. Whitehead regarding the request for a by-law exemptionand take into consideration comments from local residents, and bring back a report to General Committee for further consideration. CARRIED AMENDMENT: Upon the question of the adoption of the resolution, it was: Moved by Councillor Kean Seconded by Councillor Vrancic THAT the Ministry of Environment be requested to release their report on the issue of the quality of the land fill as soon as possible. CARRIED 2. TR01-013 - 2001 - Operating Fund Budget – Draft #2 Moved by Councillor Griffith Seconded by Councillor West THAT the report TR01-13 "2001 Operating Fund Budget - Draft #2" be received for information; THAT the 2001 Operating Fund Budget - Draft #2 as revised by the Administration and Finance Committee be referred to the General Committee Meeting on March 20, 2001 for public suggestions and input; CARRIED 3. PL01-024 - Bayview Wellington Centre Commercial Study John Winter and Associates Limited D08-COM and appendix 2 consisting of public responses to circulation of the report. Moved by Councillor Griffith Seconded by Councillor Wallace THAT the response from John Winter and Associates Limited to comments made in respect to The Bayview Wellington Commercial Designation Report Dated May 2000 be received as information; and THAT the correspondents be advised of the report. CARRIED General Committee Report No. 06-01 Page 4 Tuesday, March 6, 2001 4. PL01-025- Zoning By-law Amendment 240 Kennedy Street West, Leonard Lind West of Murray Street, north side of Kennedy Street D14-06-01 It was requested that staff provide a list of all agencies and organizations who are regularly notified of zoning matters. Moved by Councillor Pedersen Seconded by Mayor Jones THAT Council receive as information the following overview of Zoning By- law Amendment D14-06-01 scheduled for the April 25, 2001 Public Planning Meeting. CARRIED 5. PW01-001 - Wellington Street East Reconstruction – Tender Results Moved by Councillor Pedersen Seconded by Mayor Jones THAT Report No. PW00-001 detailing the results of the tender for the reconstruction of Wellington Street East be received as information. CARRIED 6. Memorandum from Larry Allison, C.A.O. re: Admin. Procedure 55, Proposed Land Policy Moved by Mayor Jones Seconded by Councillor Wallace THAT the memo be received as information, and THAT staff be requested to continue to refine the policy, with a view to simplifying it where possible, incorporating a minimum number of binding restrictions which may impede flexibility in the consideration and decision making process in regards to land matters, and bring the revisions forward for consideration. CARRIED Added Item - Correspondence from UNICEF Canada re: request for financial assistance towards the India Earthquake Alert fund. Moved by Councillor Griffith Seconded by Councillor Wallace THAT the correspondence be received as information. CARRIED General Committee Report No. 06-01 Page 5 Tuesday, March 6, 2001 VII ADJOURNMENT Moved by Councillor Griffith THAT the meeting be adjourned at 7:45 p.m. CARRIED (THE REPORT OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING NO. 06-01 WAS CONSIDERED AND ADOPTED BY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING HELD ON MARCH 27, 2001 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM 1 WHICH WAS DISCUSSED AND AMENDED) ______________________ _________________________________ T. JONES, MAYOR B. PANIZZA, TOWN CLERK