Regular Council Meeting

That CORR 01-10, from the Durham Regional Police Service, be received and the matter

That CORR 02-10, from Elsie Myette, be received for information.

That the Report of the Planning & Development Committee dated January 4, 2010 be adopted, save and except Item 4.1.

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY HELD ON MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 2010 AT THE HOUR OF 7:00 P.M. IN THE MEETING HALL OF THE WHITBY MUNICIPAL BUILDING 5. (continued) COUNCIL DECISION 1. That Planning Report Item No. PL 2-10 regarding the purchase and installation of bike racks in Downtown Whitby and Downtown Brooklin be received as information; 2. That Council authorize staff to proceed with the purchase of the bike racks as outlined in this report and that they be installed in the areas identified in Attachment #3; and, 3. That Council authorize staff to allocate $12,000 to be used from the Downtown Capital Reserve Fund for supply and installation of bicycle racks.

That the Report of the Operations Committee dated January 11, 2010 be adopted, save and except Items 4.1 and 4.5.

COUNCIL DECISION That Council approve and appoint the following members of the Whitby Seniors’ Activity Centre to the Whitby Seniors’ Services Committee of Council for a period of one year ending November 30, 2010.  Suzanne Allen  Shirley Barnes  Irene Clark MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY HELD ON MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 2010 AT THE HOUR OF 7:00 P.M. IN THE MEETING HALL OF THE WHITBY MUNICIPAL BUILDING 5. (continued)  Ewen Ferguson  Elsie Myette  George Newans  Ann Nielsen  Bonita Spall  George Spall  Alwyn Stachel

COUNCIL DECISION 1. That with respect to the Region of Durham’s request for input regarding the Draft Final Report of the Durham Region Long Term Transit Strategy: a. Subject to the Region of Durham confirming they will be responsible for all direct and indirect capital and operating costs (i.e. expansion/upgrade of adjacent facilities to accommodate loss of general purpose lanes/capacity, maintenance of transit lanes, etc.) on Town roads to accommodate transit initiatives, the Town of Whitby generally supports this initiative and the recommendations within the Report. b. The Town of Whitby is not prepared to provide comment on a preferred option for addressing pinch points through Downtown Whitby without further public consultation and more detailed information and anaylsis, completed through future project phases, that addresses the following matters: i. Detailed right-of-way requirements to ensure that future transit corridors can be accommodated; ii. Mitigative measures/accommodation of all displaced on- street parking; iii. Transit lay-bys for those options identifying mixed use lanes on Town-owned roadways; iv. The completion of a functional design of the proposed Brock Street BRT within Downtown Whitby; MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY HELD ON MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 2010 AT THE HOUR OF 7:00 P.M. IN THE MEETING HALL OF THE WHITBY MUNICIPAL BUILDING 5. (continued) v. Consideration of “Alternative 7B modified” which would

That the rules be suspended in order to introduce a motion with respect to a community billboard on the Town’s website.

1. That a community billboard for the Town’s website be developed; and 2. Further that staff report back on a policy/procedure with respect to items that can be posted on the community bulletin board.

That the meeting be adjourned.