Regular Council Meeting

That Council adopt the recommendations set out in Items Nos. 2.1 through 2.3, 3.1 and 4.2 through 4.4, inclusive, as contained in the minutes of the meeting of the Planning and Development Committee held on February 11, 2008, save except Item Nos. 2.1 and 2.3 thereof.

1. That Planning Report Item PL 21-08 be received as information; 2. That Environics Research Group’s “Final Report: Town of Whitby – Public Opinion on Community Growth” be given further consideration through the Whitby Official Plan Review process; 3. That a copy of Report No. PL 21-08 and a copy of Environics Research Group’s “Final Report: Town of Whitby – Public Opinion on Community Growth” be forwarded to the Region of Durham Planning Department for consideration through the Region’s “Growing Durham” Growth Management Study and to the Ontario Growth Secretariat of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal; and, 4. That as input to its Growth Management Study, the Region of Durham be requested to undertake a Region-wide survey on public attitudes towards, and preferences for, future residential growth.

That the above mentioned motion be amended by adding thereto: 3. That the committee also include a voting member recommended for appointment by the Whitby Chamber of Commerce and a staff member representing the Public Works Department who shall be a non-voting member.

That the rules of procedure be suspended in order that the following motion may be considered.

That given the poor condition of the roadways in Port Whitby, particularly along Charles Street and Watson Street, it is requested that the Region reinstate their original 2008 timing for the installation of their proposed sanitary trunk sewer to permit road rehabilitation works to proceed before 2009.

1. That Whitby Town Council endorse the resolution passed by Ajax Town Council at its regular meeting held on February 11, 2008 concerning proposed provincial actions to limit phosphorous loading from sewage treatment plants in the Lake Simcoe basin; and, 2. That the Town of Ajax and the Region of Durham be advised.

That the rules of procedure be suspended in order that By-Law 6037-08 may be considered.