Regional Council

THAT the Minutes of the following meetings be confirmed: Regular Meeting of Regional Council No. 07-22 held Wednesday, March 23, 2022 Statutory Public Meeting of Regional Council No. 08-22 held Wednesday, April 13, 2022

THAT the Rules of Procedure be waived to permit delegations by the following individuals: Dr. Jennifer Kagan and Philip Viater Kirk and Sonia Robinson, Burlington residents Laurie Hepburn, Halton Women’s Place Bob Schickedanz , President, and Dr. Mike Moffatt, Ontario Home Builders’ Association

THAT all memoranda, correspondence and information included in the Agenda and Meeting Cycle Addenda for the Council Meeting held Wednesday, April 20, 2022 and distributed at the meeting be received for information , including: Memorandum from the Commissioner of Public Works re: 2022 Waste Management Events Memorandum from the Commissioner of Public Works re: Notice of Public Information Centre – Winston Churchill Boulevard (Regional Road 19) Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study from Highway 401 to 5 Side Road, Ward 2, Town of Halton Hills, Our File: PR-2959A Memorandum from the Commissioner of Social and Community Services re: Food Security in Halton Region Memorandum from the Commissioner of Legislative and Planning Services and Corporate Counsel re:

THAT all reports in the agenda for the Council Meeting of Wednesday, April 20, 2022 be introduced for consideration.

THAT all reports in the Health and Social Services portion of the agenda be adopted as presented .

THAT Report No. LPS24-22/FN-16-22 be amended by deleting all recommendations therein and substituting the following: “THAT Report No. LPS24-22/FN-16-22 be received for information.”

THAT all reports in the Planning and Public Works portion of the agenda be adopted as presented , except: LPS24-22/FN-16-22 - H alton’s Comments on the Ontario AS AMENDED Housing Affordability Task Force Report

THAT Report No. FN-14-22 - Optional Small Business Property Tax Subclass in Halton Region be

THAT all reports in the Administration and Finance portion of the agenda be adopted as presented , except: FN-14-22 - Optio nal Small Business Property Tax AS

WHEREAS the motion adopted by the Halton Council on February 16, 2022 directed Staff to prepare a Regional Official Plan Amendment (ROPA 49) that directs population and employment growth to the existing approved urban boundary; AND WHEREAS throughout the Integrated Growth Management Strategy (IGMS) process the area already included in the urban boundary near Steeles Avenue and Trafalgar Road in the Town of Milton has been an important focus of planning to complete the community by adding a missing but strategic corner of 25 ha of non-farmland to the urban boundary; AND WHEREAS the Town of Milton and Metrolinx have identified this area as the location for a future GO Rail Transit Station and a proposed Major Transit Station Area (MTSA); AND WHEREAS the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) operates a railyard on the approximately 25 hectares in the Agerton area that is not yet in the urban boundary; AND WHEREAS the CP land in question is not used for farming; is strategically located and contained within the Agerton Area; and is required to support the logical completion of the Agerton community by supporting the essential land use components of a major transit station area; AND WHEREAS given the potential of the Agerton Lands to accommodate high-density mixed use and transit-oriented development around a GO Transit Station, supportive of investments in transit and existing infrastructure, the inclusion of these lands within the Regional Urban Boundary is warranted; AND WHEREAS includ

WHEREAS the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) works to make municipal governments stronger and more effective while promoting the value of the municipal level of government as a vital and essential component of Ontario and Canada's political system; WHEREAS the AMO Board of Directors is comprised of elected municipal officials from various member municipalities; WHEREAS AMO has issued a call for nominations to their Board of Directors for the upcoming term of August 2022-August 2024; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Regional Council endorse the nomination of Councillor Colin Best to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) Board of Directors, as a Board Member and AMO President for a two-year term beginning August 2022 and ending August 2024; AND THAT Regional Council assumes all costs associated with Councillor Best attending AMO’s Board of Directors, Executive and related meetings; AND THAT the Regional Clerk forward the resolution indicating Regional Council’s support to AMO to qualify Councillor Best as a nominee for a position on the AMO Board of Directors, as a Board Member and AMO President for a two year term ending August, 2024. Councillor Elgar requested that a recorded vote be taken on the Motion and the results are as follows: Yeas: Carr, Adams, Bentivegna, Best, Burton, Cluett, Duddeck, Elgar, Fogal, Galbraith, Gittings, Hamid, Kearns, Knoll, Krantz, Malboeuf, Nisan, O’Meara, Somerville (19). Nays: None (0). As a result of the recorded vot

THAT Councillor Lisa Kearns be authorized to attend the virtual Federation of Canadian Municipalities Annual Conference and Trade Show, June 2nd – 5th, 2022 and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario AGM and Annual Conference, August 14th – 17th, 2022 in Ottawa, Ontario as a sponsored delegate from the FCM/AMO Conference Budget.

THAT the following By-laws be now READ, PASSED, SIGNED by the Regional Chair and Clerk, the Corporate Seal affixed thereto and numbered as follows: By-law No. 16-22 – A by-law to set Tax Ratios and to set Tax Rate Reductions for prescribed property subclasses for Regional purposes and Local Municipal purposes for the Year 2022. Reference: Report FN13-22, Regional Council April 20, 2022. By-law No. 17-22 – A by-law to Adopt the Estimates for the sums required during the Year 2022 for the General and Special Purposes of the Regional Corporation and to Establish Rates to be levied for same against the local municipalities. Reference: Report FN13-22, Regional Council April 20, 2022. By-law No. 18-22 – A by-law to provide Property Tax Increase Deferrals for Low-income Seniors and Low-income Persons with Disabilities who are owners of real property in the Region of Halton and to repeal and replace By-law No. 11-21. Reference: Report FN13-22, Regional Council April 20, 2022. By-law No. 19-22 – A by-law to authorize the Cost Sharing of Tax Rebates to eligible owners of real property in the City of Burlington and to repeal and replace By-law No. 9-21. Reference: Report FN13-22, Regional Council April 20, 2022. By-law No. 20-22 – A by-law to authorize the Cost Sharing of Tax Rebates to eligible owners of real property in the Town of Halton Hills and to repeal and replace By-law No. 10-21. Reference: Report FN13-22, Regional Council April 20, 2022 By-law No. 21-22 – A by-law to Exit the

THAT Council does now adjourn to meet again on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 9:30 a.m. or at the call of the Regional Chair.