Regular Council Meeting

1) That Whitby Town Council go on record as supporting the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) in its quest to have the Ontario Government introduce legislation that would require calorie counts to be listed adjacent to the items on menus and menu boards at chain restaurants and school cafeterias across the province; and, 2) That the Minister of Health and Long Term Care, the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) and the Medical Officer of Health at the Region of Durham, be so advised.

1) That CORR 23-09 be received as information; and, 2) That the Columbus Community Coalition, the City of Oshawa and the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing be advised of the position taken by Whitby Town Council in its Resolution 258-09.

That the rules of procedure be suspended to allow introduction of the following motion.

That CORR 25-09 be received as information; and

That Council adopt the recommendations set out in Item Nos. 3.4 and 4.1, as contained within the minutes of the meeting of the Planning & Development Committee held on September 28, 2009.

1. That the Ministry of Community and Social Services be advised that:  the implementation strategy for implementation of the Accessible Built Environment Standard is not achievable without significant impact to municipal property taxpayers;  the time frames provided for retrofitting of existing infrastructure should be reviewed and extended;  the assumptions to determine the cost impacts are considered to be low, meaning the impacts to the public and private sector will be larger than suggested again supporting the need for modified time lines for implementation; MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY HELD ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2009 AT THE HOUR OF 8:00 P.M. IN THE MEETING HALL OF THE WHITBY MUNICIPAL BUILDING 5. (continued)  should the Province determine that the standards are to be accommodated within the proposed timelines then grant and loan programs should be provided to both the public and private sectors to accommodate infrastructure retrofits;  prior to finalizing the Accessible Built Environment Standard the public consultation process should be extended to provide community based notification to residential, commercial and industrial property owners;  there is a high level of concern about the potential fiscal and physical impacts the standards will have on heritage residential, commercial and institutional properties within Whitby’s historic downtown areas and elsewhere; 2. That the Town of Whitby forward Plan

That Council adopt the recommendations set out in Item Nos. 3.2 to 3.5, inclusive, 3.7 and 3.9, as contained within the minutes of the meeting of the Operations Committee held on October 5th, 2009.

1. That Council endorse the letter as shown in Attachment ‘A’ of the Planning/Public Works Joint Report, Item PW 41-09 and it be forwarded to Mr. Jeffrey Dea, Project Officer, Ministry of the Environment; and, 2. That staff continue to provide Council with status updates at key milestones and decision points in the planning and design process for Highway 407.

1. That Public Works Report, Item PW 45-09 regarding the Transportation Master Plan, be received for information; and, 2. That all future meetings related to the Transportation Master Plan be conducted in Committee of the Whole format.

1. That Council endorse the Staff comments regarding the Ministry of Education’s draft policy on Encouraging Facility Partnerships and a copy of Community & Marketing Services/Planning Joint Report, Item CMS 15- 09 be forwarded to the Ministry of Education; and, MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY HELD ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2009 AT THE HOUR OF 8:00 P.M. IN THE MEETING HALL OF THE WHITBY MUNICIPAL BUILDING 5. (continued) 2. That a copy of Council’s resolution and the Community & Marketing Services/Planning Joint Report, Item CMS 15-09 be forwarded to the Ministry of Education, Durham District School Board, Durham Catholic District School Board, Conseil Scolaire de District Catholique Centre-Sud, Whitby Trustees, C. Elliott-MPP for Whitby/Oshawa and the Durham Region Planning Department.

1. That the Town of Whitby support in principle extension of the GO Transit Rail Service from Whitby to Bowmanville, and construction of a Rail Equipment Facility in the Town of Whitby; 2. That the recommendations set out in Report PL 95-09 be considered as the Town of Whitby’s input to the GO Transit Environmental Assessment Study; and, 3. That copies of Council’s resolution together with a copy of Report PL 95- 09 be forwarded to: GO Transit, Region of Durham, AECOM and the Ministry of Environment. 8. BY-LAWS 6235-09 By-law to assume Parts 1, 2 and 3 on Plan 40R-25356 as Part of Garden Street for road widening purposes. (Refer to Minthollow Estates Inc., SP-18-06, Garden Street North) MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY HELD ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2009 AT THE HOUR OF 8:00 P.M. IN THE MEETING HALL OF THE WHITBY MUNICIPAL BUILDING 8. (continued) 6236-09 By-law to assume Part 1 on Plan 40R-26032 as Part of Thickson Road South and Part 14 on Plan 40R-26032 as Part of Wentworth Street, for road widening purposes. (Refer to Johnson Controls U.L.C. – LD 008-009/2009 – 1555 Wentworth Street) 6237-09 By-law to designate 4 Cassels Road West, as a structure of cultural heritage value and interest to the Town of Whitby under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act R.S.O. 1990, c. 0.18, as amended. The purpose of the designation by-law is to maintain the current character of the structure so that it is in keeping with the cultu