The Corporation of The Town of Cobourg
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA

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Electronic Participation

Please be advised that the Regular Council Meeting will begin at 5:30 P.M. for Council to hold a Closed Session prior to the Open Session of Council which will begin at 6:00 P.M.


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  • Action Recommended:

    THAT Council meet in Closed Session in accordance with Section 239 (2) of the Municipal Act S.O. 2001 regarding:

     

2.1
Section 239 (2) (c) a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board;
 

1. Offer to Purchase Municipally owned Land - Lucas Point Business & Industrial Park Lands.

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  • Action Recommended:

    THAT Council adopt the minutes of the Regular Council meeting held on November 23, 2020.

  • Action Recommended:

    THAT Council adopt the minutes of the 2021 Public Budget Submissions Public Meeting held on November 23 , 2020.

  • Action Recommended:

    THAT Council adopt the minutes of the Special Council meeting held on December 2, 2020

  • Action Recommended:

    THAT Council adopt the minutes of the 2021 Municipal Community Grants Submissions Meeting held on December 7, 2020

  • Action Recommended:

    THAT Council adopt the minutes of the 2021 Operating and Capital Budget Meeting held on December 8, 2020

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10.1

  • Action Recommended:

    THAT Council receive and adopt the minutes of the Committee of the Whole meeting held on December 7, 2020.

  • Action Recommended:

    THAT Council receive and adopt the minutes of the Committee of the Whole meeting held on December 1, 2020 for information purposes.

  • Action Recommended:

    THAT Council receive the memo for information purposes; and

    FURTHER THAT Council provide direction to the Chief Administrative Officer regarding the Section 3 of the Service Agreement relating to the twelve (12) Month Notice Termination of the Agreement. 

  • Action Recommended:

    THAT Council receive the Third Quarter 2020 Northam Industrial Park Financial Report for information purposes.

10.2

  • Action Recommended:

    THAT Council approve and endorse the following recommendation:

    1. THAT Council take no position on the appeal of the denial decision of the Committee of Adjustment concerning 171 Bagot Street Cobourg (File A-02-2020 and File B-03-2020) and that the Town not seek party or participant status at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal Hearing;
    2. THAT the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal be advised that the Town of Cobourg requests that if the minor variance application and consent to severe application is approved that the following conditions be imposed:

    Application File A-02-2020 – Minor Variance Application:

    1. That the Variance generally relate to the plans submitted in Schedule “A”.
    2. All conditions are subject to the specifications and approval of the Town of Cobourg, but at no cost to the Municipality.

    AND

     

    Application File B-03-2020 – Consent to Severe Application:

    1. That prior to the stamping of a Deed, a Severance Agreement be registered on Title of the new lot to address all future development requirements such as but not limited to servicing, grading, driveway and access, heritage conservation and compatible building design (following approved guidelines and generally in accordance with the plans submitted in Schedule A), urban design and landscaping including tree re-planting and screening, all to the satisfaction of the Town.
    2. That 5% of the value of the land be paid to the Town as cash-in-lieu of parkland.
    3. All conditions are subject to the specifications and approval of the Town of Cobourg, but at no cost to the Municipality.

    OR

     

    THAT Council provide and alternative direction to the Municipal Clerk regarding the pending LPAT Appeal.

10.3

  • Action Recommended:

    THAT Council direct Staff to implement a pilot project with Pacific Western Transportation (PWT), the parent company of Century Transportation and current operator of Cobourg Transit, to provide an on-demand transit service for the Town of Cobourg for a period of one (1) year, utilizing existing transit vehicle fleet and operating budget; and 

    FURTHER THAT Council approve an additional $40,000 in the 2021 operating budget for expenses associated with the on demand pilot study including hardware and software.

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11.1

  • Action Recommended:

    WHEREAS at the Committee of the Whole Meeting on Monday December 7, 2020, Council considered a memo from the Accessibility Coordinator, regarding the Indigenous Land Acknowledgment Statement for the Town of Cobourg;

    NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council incorporate the Town of Cobourg’s traditional Indigenous land acknowledgement statement in all Council related meetings; and

    FURTHER THAT Council incorporate the Town of Cobourg’s traditional Indigenous land acknowledgement statement in all Local Boards and Advisory Committee Meetings; and

    FURTHER THAT Council incorporate the Town of Cobourg’s traditional Indigenous land acknowledgement statement in all public meetings and Council ceremonies; and

    FURTHER THAT all Town of Cobourg require their, municipal staff, Member of Council, volunteers, to attend Indigenous Awareness and Understanding Training, developed by the Town of Cobourg and/or provided by the Town of Cobourg and/or comparable to the training provided by the Town of Cobourg; and

    FURTHER THAT Council direct Staff to incorporate appropriate actions from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action into the development of the EDI Strategy; and

    FURTHER THAT Council begin to use the Land Acknowledgement on January 4, 2021 at the first Committee of the Whole meeting for 2021.

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11.5

  • Action Recommended:

    WHEREAS at the Committee of the Whole Meeting on Monday December 7, 2020, Council considered a recommendation from Accessibility Advisory Committee regarding Accessible paid parking spots within the Town of Cobourg;

    NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council endorse the recommendation of the Cobourg Accessibility Advisory Committee that accessible parking spots in the Town of Cobourg remain as paid parking spots to ensure equity for Persons with Disabilities.

11.6

  • Action Recommended:

    WHEREAS at the Committee of the Whole Meeting on Monday December 7, 2020, Council considered a delegation from Jack Gibbons, Chair, Ontario Clean Air Alliance and received a memo from the Cobourg Sustainability and Climate Change Advisory Committee regarding the support for Clean Air Alliance request;

    NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council endorse the recommendation from the Sustainability and Climate Change Advisory Committee to approve the following resolution: 

    THAT the Town of Cobourg requests the Government of Ontario to place an interim cap of 2.5 megatonnes per year on the greenhouse gas pollution from Ontario’s gas-fired power plants and develop and implement a plan to phase-out all gas-fired electricity generation by 2030 to help Ontario meet their climate targets; and

    FURTHER THAT this resolution be sent to the Premier of Ontario, the Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, all local MPPs and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario.

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12.1

  • Action Recommended:

    THAT Council adopt By-law No.077-2020, being to authorize the Mayor and Municipal Clerk to execute a lease agreement with Cobourg Harbourpark Properties Inc. (Harbourpark) for the lease of a vacant lot known municipally as 202 Second Street being at the intersection of Second Street and Albert Street for the purpose of providing a municipal parking lot consisting of approximately 184 parking spaces for public use.

  • Action Recommended:

    THAT Council adopt By-law No.078-2020, being a By-law to amend By-Law No. 008-2019 to include the Terms of Reference for the Equity, Diversity And Inclusion Advisory Committee of Council.

12.2

  • Action Recommended:

    THAT Council adopt By-law No.079-2020, being a By-law to approve a Draft Plan of Subdivision with Conditions (Lands West Of Canadian Tire – Vandyk West Park Village Limited).

  • Action Recommended:

    THAT Council adopt By-law No.080-2020, being a By-law to authorize the Mayor and Municipal Clerk to execute on behalf of the Corporation a Pre-Servicing Agreement and Subdivision Agreement with 2020910 Ontario Ltd./Leblanc Enterprises for a residential subdivision development consisting of twenty-three (23) residential dwelling units, subject to the finalization of details by municipal staff and applicable agencies.

  • Action Recommended:

    THAT Council adopt By-law No.081-2020, being a By-law to Establish a Tariff of Fees for the Processing of Applications made in Respect of Planning Matters, in the Town of Cobourg. 

12.3

  • Action Recommended:

    THAT Council adopt By-law No.083-2020, being a By-law to assume the Municipal Roads, Parkland, Walkways, Open Spaces and all Works and Services within Subdivision Plans of 39M-876 West Park Village Phases 4A, 4B and 4C. 

  • Action Recommended:

    THAT Council adopt By-law No.084-2020, being a By-law to authorize the Mayor and Municipal Clerk to execute on behalf of the Corporation of The Town of Cobourg the Transfer Payment Agreement for the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP): Public Transit Stream (“Agreement”) between Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Ontario, represented by the Minister of Transportation for the Province of Ontario, and the Corporation of the Town of Cobourg.

  • Action Recommended:

    THAT Council adopt By-law 085-2020, being a by-law to lift the One-Foot Reserves and to authorize the establishment and Laying Out of Public Highways (Leslie Street, McMurdo Drive and Kerr Street, Cobourg).

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12.7.1

  1. Bylaw 077-2020 being a by-law to enter into a Lease Assignment Agreement with Cobourg Harbourpark Properties Inc. (Harbourpark) for the Lease of a Vacant Lot known municipally as 202 Second Street, Cobourg;
  2. Bylaw 078-2020 being a by-law to amend By-Law No. 008-2019 to Include the Terms of Reference for the Equity, Diversity And Inclusion Advisory Committee of Council;
  3. Bylaw 080-2020 being a by-law to authorize execution of a Pre-Servicing Agreement and Subdivision Agreement with Leblanc Enterprises and the Town of Cobourg (Extension of D’Arcy Street, North of Nickerson Drive – Nickerson Woods, Cobourg);
  4. Bylaw 081-2020 being a by-law to Establish a Tariff of Fees for the Processing of Applications made in Respect of Planning Matters, in the Town of Cobourg;
  5. Bylaw 083-2020 being a by-law to assume the Municipal Roads, Parkland, Walkways, Open Spaces and all Works and Services within Subdivision Plans of 39M-876 West Park Village Phases 4A, 4B and 4C;
  6. Bylaw 084-2020 being a by-law to authorize the execution of a Transfer Payment Agreement for the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP): Public Transit Stream with the Province Of Ontario; and
  7. Bylaw 085-2020 being a by-law to lift the One-Foot Reserves and to authorize the establishment and laying out of Public Highways (Leslie Street, Mcmurdo Drive And Kerr Street, Cobourg ).
  • Action Recommended:

    THAT leave be granted to introduce bylaws 077-2020 to 078-2020 and bylaws 080-2020 to 081-2020 and by-laws 083-2020 to 085-2020 and to dispense with the reading of the bylaws by the Municipal Clerk and that the same be considered read and passed and that the Mayor and the Municipal Clerk sign the same and the Seal of the Corporation be thereto affixed.

12.7.2

  1. By-law No.079-2020, being a by-law to approve a Draft Plan of Subdivision with Conditions (Lands West Of Canadian Tire – Vandyk West Park Village Limited).
  • Action Recommended:

    THAT leave be granted to introduce bylaw 079-2020 and to dispense with the reading of the bylaw by the Municipal Clerk and that the same be considered read and passed and that the Mayor and the Municipal Clerk sign the same and the Seal of the Corporation be thereto affixed.

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  • Mayor John Henderson
  • Deputy Mayor Séguin, General Government Services Coordinator
  • Councillor Beatty, Planning and Development Services Coordinator
  • Councillor Darling, Public Works Services Coordinator
  • Councillor Chorley, Parks and Recreation Services Coordinator
  • Councillor Burchat, Protection Services Coordinator
  • Councillor Bureau, Arts, Culture and Tourism Services Coordinator

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The items listed in the order of the topics set out in the agenda of prior meetings which have not been disposed of by Council and the date of their first appearance on the agenda shall be noted and repeated on each subsequent agenda until disposed of by Council, unless removed from the agenda by leave of Council - Council Procedural By-law No. 009-2019.

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  • Action Recommended:

    THAT leave be granted to introduce Bylaw 086-2020 and to dispense with the reading of the Bylaw by the Municipal Clerk to confirm the proceedings of Council of the Town of Cobourg at its Regular Council Meeting held on Monday December 14, 2020 and the same be considered read and passed and that the Mayor and the Municipal Clerk sign the same and the Seal of the Corporation be thereto affixed. 

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