Council Meeting

THAT the Council of the Town of Halton Hills meet in closed session in order to address the following matter: 2.1 MEMORANDUM NO. FIRE-2019-0002 dated March 21, 2019 regarding labour relations and employee negotiations. (Negotiations)

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

THAT the following minutes are hereby approved: 10.1 Minutes of the Council Meeting held on March 5, 2019. 10.2 Public Meeting Minutes (2019-0002) dated March 5, 2019. 10.3 Public Meeting Minutes (2019-0003) dated March 5, 2019. 10.4 Confidential Minutes of the Council Meeting held on March 5, 2019.

THAT Council do now convene into General Committee.

THAT the recommendations regarding the Reports & Memorandums from the Monday, March 25, 2019 General Committee Meeting are hereby adopted: GC-2019-0019 GC-2019-0020 GC-2019-0021

THAT the following items are hereby approved: 13.1 Report of the Community and Corporate Affairs Committee Meeting held on March 18, 2019. 13.2 Report of the Planning, Public Works and Transportation Committee Meeting held on March 19, 2019. 13.3 Confidential Minutes of the Community and Corporate Affairs Committee Meeting held on March 18, 2019. 13.4 Confidential Minutes of the Planning, Public Works and Transportation Committee Meeting held on March 19, 2019.

THAT the following minutes are hereby received for information: 14.1 Minutes of the Committee of Adjustment Meeting held on December 5, 2018. 14.2 Minutes of the Halton Hills Public Library Board Meeting held on February 13, 2019. 14.3 Minutes of the Downtown Georgetown BIA Board Meeting held on February 19, 2019.

WHEREAS the Town of Halton Hills promotes road safety and works in partnership with Halton Regional Police Services on various road safety programs; WHEREAS the Town of Halton Hills supports the use of cameras on school buses to ensure the travelling motorists obey the Highway Traffic Act and stop for school buses when the stop arm is deployed; AND WHEREAS Halton Regional Police Services are pursuing a pilot project call “Bus Guard” to install cameras on the school buses to collect data on the location and number of violations that are occurring; AND WHEREAS in 2017, the Mayor provided a letter of support to Halton Regional Police Services to apply for grant funding to pursue the pilot program; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Town of Halton Hills continues to support the placement of cameras on school buses; AND FURTHER THAT the cameras for the school buses be installed at the beginning of the 2019/2020 school year; AND FURTHER THAT this resolution be circulated to MPP Ted Arnott, Halton Regional Police Services, City of Burlington, Town of Oakville, and Town of Milton, Halton Region and both local school boards.

WHEREAS a license application under the Aggregate Resources Act and a Zoning By-law Amendment application under the Planning Act has been submitted by James Dick Construction Limited for the proposed Hidden Quarry located on the north side of Highway 7, in the Township of Guelph/Eramosa; AND WHEREAS a primary concern for Town of Halton Hills Council is an increase in truck traffic through Halton Hills as it is anticipated, but not demonstrated, that the Greater Toronto Area will be the principal market for materials extracted from the proposed quarry; AND WHEREAS it is widely acknowledged that extracting aggregates from the landscape is an intrusive activity that has the potential to cause long-term impacts on publicly important environmental resources and farmland; increases in traffic congestion, road damage, and greenhouse gas emissions; and degrade the quality of life of local communities; AND WHEREAS in 2005 the Provincial Policy Statement was amended to allow aggregate producers to propose extraction sites without having to demonstrate the need for the additional supply of aggregate resources, thereby creating a barrier to comprehensive planning and favouring the protection of aggregate extraction at the expense of other provincial interests, and as a result encouraging the rapid and non-sustainable use of the resource; AND WHEREAS applications for licences under the current Aggregate Resources Act do not require proponents to demonstrate need to extract aggregate resou

THAT the General Information Package dated March 25, 2019 be received.

THAT Confidential Memorandum No. FIRE-2019-0002 dated March 21, 2019 regarding labour relations and employee negotiations (Negotiations) be received for information.

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. 2019-0011 A By-law to constitute the Halton Hills Committee of Adjustment and to repeal By-law No. 2015-0009 BY-LAW NO. 2019-0012 A By-law to amend By-law 2003-0116, as amended to provide for the establishment and structure of the Halton Hills Public Library Board. BY-LAW NO. 2019-0013 A By-law to appoint members of the Halton Hills Public Library Board and repeal By-law No. 2015-0010. BY-LAW NO. 2019-0014 A By-law to appoint individuals as both Members of the Property Standards Committee and as Fence Viewers for the Town of Halton Hills and to repeal By- law Nos. 2015-0007 and 2015-0008. BY-LAW NO. 2019-0015 A By-law to adopt the proceedings of the Council Meeting held on the 25th day of March, 2019 and to authorize its execution.

THAT this Council meeting do now adjourn at 8:03 p.m.