General Committee Meeting Consolidated Agenda
 
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Electronic Meeting

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In consideration of the current COVID-19 Public Health orders, prohibiting large public gatherings and requirements for physical distancing between persons, in-person attendance at this General Committee Meeting will be limited to Members of Council and essential Town Staff. This meeting will be held as an electronic meeting and is streamed live on the Town's website.

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  • Verbal update from Dr. Lawrence Loh, Medical Officer of Health, Peel Public Health

Presentation by Katelyn Tozer, Manager, Energy & Environment, regarding the Resilient Caledon Community Climate Change Action Plan Update

Whereas the Province of Ontario in response to COVID-19 has had to implement a lock down to reduce the spread of Covid-19;

Whereas Covid-19 has caused the need to restrict and/or close hundreds of Town of Caledon small businesses;

Whereas Covid-19 has impacted the financial well-being of Caledon’s small businesses;

Whereas the Provincial and Federal support loans and grants have provided benefit to many well-established Caledon businesses; and

Whereas businesses that opened in 2020 are ineligible for full funding according to eligibility requirements by the Province and Federal Governments.

Now therefore be it resolved that Town of Caledon request that the Provincial and Federal Governments amend their eligibility requirements and provide financial assistance to those small businesses that are currently ineligible for many of the COVID-19 small business support programs due to the business starting operation January 2020 or later; and

That a copy of this motion be provided to the Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister, the Honourable Doug Ford, Premier, the Honourable Sylvia Jones, MPP Dufferin-Caledon and Kyle Seeback, MP Dufferin-Caledon.

Whereas with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic Caledon has seen a dramatic increase in visitors to an already stressed system forcing Caledon to pivot from generic promotion of tourism to destination management — solving problems of over tourism, while creating opportunities for much needed economic development/sustainability and environmental protection;

Whereas the residents are the life blood and the custodians of our historic villages and natural treasures, caring for the beauty of the Town and Region, upholding shared values, creating wonderful local-character businesses, fueling thriving communities that locals enjoy alongside visitors;

Whereas these characteristics are the foundation of rural authenticity that visitors want to experience and are the cornerstone of successful sustainable tourism strategies around the world and close at hand including, but not limited to, Prince Edward County, Norfolk County, Niagara-on-the-Lake; and

Whereas residents now recognize that Caledon’s natural and historical resources need to be protected and nurtured to serve as a regional asset in collaboration with our Provincial and Conservation Authority partners.

Now therefore be it resolved that the Town adopt the three equal pillars including; culture, economic and environmental sustainability to achieve successful destination management in the Town of Caledon;

That staff be directed to coordinate with the province, conservation authorities and region to assess and utilize the existing strategies and plans for all green assets in Caledon to develop a successful destination management plan for the Town of Caledon;

That staff be directed to develop a current parking asset inventory and a future parking strategy including the utilization of mobile destination management technology in order to assess current parking assets (or lack thereof), developing a plan to provide more and connected to desired visitor thresholds of assets/destinations;

That Staff report back in the fall of 2021 with a strategy workplan that includes terms of reference and resource requirements to be considered in the 2022 budget;

That staff be directed to create the terms of reference for an Advisory Committee to advise Council regarding destination management, the development of a tourism strategy and identify and share evolving priorities regarding tourism in Caledon; and

That the membership of the advisory Committee be comprised of two members of Council, liaison members from the region and conservation authorities and five members of the community.

Whereas pet stores selling live animals have traditionally sourced the animals from places such as “puppy mills” and “kitten mills”;

Whereas these mills are medium and large sized factory farms were breeders have been known to produce hundreds or thousands of puppies and kittens annually in conditions that lend themselves to a variety of abuse, cruelty, inbreeding and abuse inspired health and personality issues;

Whereas the result is a lucrative market at the cost of innocent animals;

Whereas in addition to the Town’s Animal Shelter, there are several organizations across Ontario that rescue animals from unfortunate circumstances including factory farms to provide a second chance to animals that need a new home;

Whereas the Town enacted a new Animal Care and Control By-law in 2019 with a focus on responsible pet ownership; and

Whereas many municipalities across Ontario and Canada are banning local pet stores from selling animals sourced from factory farms due to the deplorable conditions and welfare concerns of the animals.

Now therefore be I resolved that staff be directed to explore the feasibility of enacting a by-law that restricts local pet stores from selling animals from factory farms, including a licensing regime; and

Further that staff explore the possibility of establishing provisions that would only permit pet stores to sell animals from partnerships with animal shelters, the animal humane society and animal rescue organizations.

Whereas the Credit Valley Conservation Authority (CVC) has been working on a continuous river trail-way, starting at the mouth of the Credit in Port Credit, and extending north to the headwaters in Orangeville since 2015;

Whereas it is expected that a major part of the proposed trail will exist in the Town of Caledon;

Whereas the Town of Caledon has extensive experience in trail development and management through the Caledon Trailway and Trans-Canada Trailway;

Whereas heavy visitation during 2020 has been a problem for Caledon, Ontario Parks and CVC with challenges related to adequate parking, washroom facilities, waste management and limiting the negative impacts on local residents related to trespassing and other nuisance behaviour;

Now therefore be it resolved that CVC be requested to provide a presentation to Caledon Council on the progress of the Credit Valley Trail to date, types of users permitted, proposed routes, land ownership and access locations;

Further that the presentation includes information on a management plan or strategy that will address how nuisance behaviours will be enforced to ensure local residents are not negatively impacted.

Memorandum from Kevin Hayashi, Coordinator, Partnerships & Events, Community Services, regarding New Initiatives for Town Hosted and Community Led Events, dated April 20, 2021

Letter from Karen Ras, Chair and Tom Adams, Vice Chair of the Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) regarding, the CVC's Submission on Bill 257 Schedule 3, the Supporting Broadband and Infrastructure Expansion Act, to ERO posting 019-3233, dated March 19, 2021

Letter of intent from Jon Pegg, Ontario Fire Marshal, regarding the Fire Safety Grant Program, dated March 29, 2021

Presentation Request from Dennis Antoniewicz, Caledon resident, regarding the Use Off-Road Vehicles on Town Roads, dated April 7, 2021

Presentation request from Glenn Burke, Caledon resident, regarding the Recognition of First Responders

11.1
Confidential Staff Report 2021-0093: Personal matters about an identifiable individual – Member Appointment to the Downtown Bolton Task Force
 

11.2
Confidential Correspondence
 

11.2.1
Confidential Memorandums
 

11.2.1.1
Update on Proposed acquisition of land by the municipality - Purchase of 1248 Mayfield Road (formerly known as the Alloa Public School)
 

Confidential Memorandum from Alexis Alyea, Town Solicitor / Manager Legal and Court Services, Corporate Services and Erin Britnell, Director, Corporate Strategy and Innovation, regarding Update on Proposed acquisition of land by the municipality - Purchase of 1248 Mayfield Road (formerly known as the Alloa Public School), dated April 20, 2021