Special Council

THAT the Council of the Town of Halton Hills meet in closed session in order to address the following matters: a. Staff Presentation Presentation regarding litigation or potential litigation, including matters before administrative tribunals affecting the municipality or local board. (ROP-Growth Plan)

THAT the Council of the Town of Halton Hills reconvene into open session.

THAT Report No. PLS-2019-0016 dated February 8, 2019 regarding Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe - Proposed Amendment No. 1 considered at Planning, Public Works and Transportation Committee held on February 26, 2019 be approved. (Recommendation No. PPT-2019-0014)

WHEREAS the Town of Halton Hills is very much open for business and looks forward to continuing to collaborate with the provincial government to improve economic prosperity for the Town and the province as a whole; And WHEREAS the Town recognizes that tourism is a key driver of economic development in Ontario, generating over $34 billion in economic activity and supporting nearly 400,000 Ontario jobs; AND WHEREAS the Halton Hills Premier Gateway constitutes the Town’s key employment and investment area with excellent access to Highways 401 and 407ETR, and regional and international markets, that benefits not only the Town but the broader provincial economy; AND Whereas the Premier Gateway is the Town’s main area for economic development, investment and job creation at present and over the long- term, and crucial to the Town’s economic prosperity; AND WHEREAS there are significant investment and employment opportunities being actively pursued for lands in the Halton Hills Premier Gateway; AND WHEREAS the eastern section of the Premier Gateway has been frozen by Corridor Protection for the Halton Peel Boundary Area/NWGTA/GTA West corridor transportation studies which have rendered the area unavailable for development for close to a decade, resulting in a loss of critical investment and job creation opportunities; AND WHEREAS through a detailed three year study, the Town and Halton Region identified replacement employment lands through ROPA 47 to compensate for the lands that ar

THAT the Correspondence from Minister Steve Clark, Ministry of Municipal Affairs Housing regarding Growth Plan for the Golden Horseshoe be received for information.

THAT the Council for the Town of Halton Hills reconvene into closed session in order to address the following matters: 6.a Presentation by A.B. Marshall, Chief Administrative Officer and R. Cockfield, Manager of Strategic Planning and Continuous Improvement with Opening Remarks by Mayor R. Bonnette. Presentation regarding litigation or potential litigation affecting the Municipality. (Regional Government Review) 6.b MEMORANDUM NO. MEM-ADMIN-2019-0007 OFFICE OF THE CAO MEMORANDUM NO. MEM-ADMIN-2019-0007 dated February 20, 2019 regarding litigation or potential litigation affecting the municipality. (Regional Review)

THAT Confidential Memorandum No. MEM-ADMIN-2019-0007 dated February 20, 2019 regarding litigation or potential litigation affecting the municipality (Regional Review) and the appendices attached be received for information.

WHEREAS, the Government of Ontario has announced a review of Ontario's eight regional municipalities, the County of Simcoe, and their lower-tier municipalities by appointed Special Advisors; 8 AND WHEREAS, the provincially appointed advisory body will develop recommendations for the Minister for the purpose of improving governance, decision-making and service delivery in the regions and Simcoe County and their lower-tier municipalities; AND WHEREAS, the provincially appointed advisory body has included in the review consideration of moving to single-tier municipalities or amalgamating existing municipalities; AND WHEREAS 90 per cent of residents rated the quality of life excellent, very good, good in the Town of Halton Hills, and 88 per cent believe the Town of Halton Hills has a vibrant and healthy local economy; AND WHEREAS the Town of Halton Hills has a history of finding efficiencies and savings while enhancing programs, services and facilities; AND WHEREAS the Town of Halton Hills has contributed to Halton Region’s AAA credit rating for 29 years; AND WHEREAS Halton is a model of municipal efficiency through service agreements between municipalities and the Region and 98 per cent of Halton residents rate their quality of life very high; AND WHEREAS Halton Hills is recognized in the top ten of Canada’s Best Place to Live; AND WHEREAS in the sixteen municipal elections since the 1974 creation of our two-tier system of municipal governance, no one has run or been elected to

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. 2019-0006 A by-law to adopt the proceedings of the Special Council Meeting held on 27th day of February, 2019 and to authorize its execution.

THAT this Council meeting do now adjourn at 4:41 p.m.