Regular Council Meeting

That Council meet after 11:30 p.m.

COUNCIL DECISION 1. That Planning Report Item PL 121-08 be received for information; 2. That Council recommend approval by the Ontario Municipal Board of the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications as submitted by Bousfields Inc. on behalf of Nordeagle Developments Ltd. (Ecoplace), to increase the maximum building height from 8 storeys to 20 storeys, for an office building complex with ancillary retail and personal service commercial uses located on lands immediate to the northeast corner of Montecorte Street and Victoria Street West, with appropriate zone provisions to permit the proposed development, subject to the comments and conditions outlined in Planning Report Item No. PL 121-08; 3. That the proposed Amendment No. 78 to the Whitby Official Plan as shown on Attachment #7 to Planning Report PL 121-08 be recommended for approval by the Ontario Municipal Board; 4. That a proposed Zoning By-law amendment be recommended for approval by the Ontario Municipal Board, subject to the comments and conditions outlined in Planning Report PL 121-08, and include: i) permission for ancillary ground floor retail and personal service uses up to 10% of the total gross floor area to a maximum of 4,000 sq. m.; ii) a ‘H’ – Holding provision pending execution of necessary agreement(s) required to secure any off-site improvements resulting from and arising strictly as a consequence of this specific zoning application Z-05-08 and required by the Town of Whitby and/or Region of D

That the above motion be amended by adding the following: That Council endorse the alternative conceptual development plan as shown on Attachment #10 to be reflected in the provisions of the recommended Zoning By-law amendment and any subsequent site plan application considerations; MOTION

COUNCIL DECISION 1. That Council recommend approval by the Ontario Municipal Board of the application to amend the Town's Official Plan for File No. OPA-2006-W/1 in the form attached to Planning Report Item No. PL 124-08 as Attachment #10; 2. That Council recommend approval by the Ontario Municipal Board of the draft plan of subdivision for File No. SW-2006-01 in the form attached to Planning Report Item No. PL 124-08 and subject to the draft plan conditions attached as Attachments #7 and #11; 3. That Council recommend approval by the Ontario Municipal Board of the application to amend the Town's Zoning By-law 2585 for File No. Z-16-06 and that an appropriate by-law implementing the draft plan of subdivision for File No. SW-2006-01 be brought forward to the Ontario Municipal Board for approval; 4. That the Town's solicitor be directed to attend before the Ontario Municipal Board on the hearing of the appeals of the above matters in support of the applications; 5. That staff be authorized to prepare a subdivision agreement; and, 6. That the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to execute the subdivision agreement.

That Town staff through the Chief Administrative Office bring forward for Council’s consideration and decision a report recommending a list of projects that might be undertaken in order to take advantage of the provincial government’s recently announced $4,952,416 infrastructure funding for Whitby, the report to include advice as to the opportunity for this money to alleviate pressure on the Town’s budget and reduce the tax rate.