Council Meeting

THAT the Council of the Town of Halton Hills meet in closed session in order to address the following matters: 2.1 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT REPORT NO. PD-2020-0057 dated October 21, 2020 regarding advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose. (Vision Georgetown). 2.2 TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS REPORT NO. TPW-2020-0012 dated October 14, 2020 regarding the security of the property of the municipality or local boards. (Railway Crossings) 2.3 RECREATION AND PARKS REPORT NO. RP-2020-0022 dated October 8 regarding a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board. (Land Acquisition) 2.4 OFFICE OF THE CAO REPORT NO. ADMIN-2020-0039 dated October 8, 2020 regarding labour relations and employee negotiations. (Recruitment)

THAT the Council for the Town of Halton Hills reconvene this meeting in open session.

THAT the following minutes are hereby approved: 8.1 Minutes of the Council Meeting held on October 13, 2020. 8.2 Public Meeting Minutes (2020-0003) dated October 13, 2020. 8.3 Confidential Minutes of the Council Meeting held on October 13, 2020,

THAT Council do now convene into General Committee.

THAT the recommendations regarding the Reports & Memorandums from the Monday, October 26, 2020 General Committee Meeting are hereby adopted: GC-2020-0088 GC-2020-0089 GC-2020-0090 GC-2020-0091 GC-2020-0092 GC-2020-0093 GC-2020-0094 GC-2020-0095 GC-2020-0096 GC-2020-0097

THAT the following minutes are hereby received for information: 11.1 Minutes of the Halton Hills Public Library Board Meeting held on September 9, 2020. 11.2 Minutes of the Halton Hills Public Library Board Meeting held on September 15, 2020.

WHEREAS the Government of Ontario is planning to ramp up the greenhouse gas pollution from Ontario’s gas-fired power plants by more than 300% by 2025 and by more than 400% by 2040; AND WHEREAS to help fuel this massive increase in fossil fuel electricity and climate threatening pollution, the provincial government recently purchased 3 gas plants including the Halton Hills power plant at a cost of $2.8 billion AND WHEREAS the natural gas to fuel the Halton Hills natural gas power plant is planned to be sourced primarily with fracked gas from Pennsylvania and western Canada; AND WHEREAS fracked gas operations are very damaging to the environment and to the surrounding communities; AND WHEREAS Enbridge is proposing to build a new pipeline through Hamilton to import fracked gas from the U.S.; AND WHEREAS Halton Hills declared a climate emergency on May 6 th 2019 and has created a Low Carbon Transition Team and a climate change division in the Town’s staff structure to guide actions necessary to achieve its goal of carbon neutrality; AND WHEREAS a major component of the Town’s Low Carbon Transition strategy is to shift the Town’s energy mix away from fossil fuels and onto clean Ontario electricity. If electricity is less clean then the Town will have to compensate through other more costly measures to reach its goals; AND WHEREAS ramping up Ontario’s gas plants would throwaway more than a third of the greenhouse gas reductions achieved by phasing out coal powered electricity gener

THAT Report No. PD-2020-0057 dated October 22, 2020 regarding advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose (Vision Georgetown) be received; AND FURTHER THAT staff carry out Council's direction on this matter as set out in the Confidential Council Meeting Minutes dated October 26, 2020.

THAT Report No.TPW-2020-0012 dated October 14, 2020 regarding the security of the property of the municipality or local boards (Railway Crossings)be received; AND FURTHER THAT staff carry out Council's direction on this matter as set out in the Confidential Council Meeting Minutes dated October 26, 2020.

THAT Report No. RP-2020-0022 dated October 8, 2020 regarding a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board (land acquisition) be received; AND FURTHER THAT staff carry out Council's direction on this matter as set out in the Confidential Council Meeting Minutes dated October 26, 2020.

THAT Report No. ADMIN-2020-0039 dated October 8, 2020 regarding labour relations or employee negotiations (Recruitment) be received; AND FURTHER THAT staff carry out Council's direction on this matter as set out in the Confidential Council Meeting Minutes dated October 26, 2020.

THAT Report No. PD-2020-0053, dated October 16, 2020, regarding a Public Meeting for a proposed Zoning By-law Amendment seeking to amend the previous approvals granted for 69-79 Main Street South and 94-98 Mill Street in order to advance the McGibbon development project (Georgetown), be received; AND FURTHER THAT all agency and public comments be

THAT the following Bills are hereby passed by Council; AND FURTHER THAT the Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized to execute the said by-laws and affix the seal of the Corporation thereto: BY-LAW NO. 2020-0063 A By-law to assume the public services and streets installed in the subdivision developments registered as Plan 20M-1155 and Plan 20M-1172 (Menkes Phases 1 and 2). BY-LAW NO. 2020-0064 A By-law to adopt the proceedings of the Council Meeting held on the 26th day of October 2020 and to authorize its execution.

THAT this Council meeting do now adjourn at 7:07 p.m.