Regional Council

DiPaola That Council confirm the Minutes of the Council meeting held on September 26, 2019.

That Council receive the deputation by Marco Filice, Senior Vice-President & General Counsel, Liberty Development.

That Council receive the correspondence from Mary Coates, Vice President, Public Relations & Memberships, TROY Toastmasters dated October 9, 2019 and recognize October 2019 as Toastmasters Month in York Region.

That Council receive the correspondence from Marco Filice, Senior Vice-President and General Counsel, Liberty Development dated October 10, 2019.

That Council receive the communication from Carmina Tupe, Planner, Policy and Government Relations, BILD dated October 16, 2019.

That Council receive the memorandum from Laura Mirabella, Commissioner of Finance and Paul Freeman, Chief Planner dated October 16, 2019 and adopt the following recommendations: Replace Attachment 1 of the “Purpose-Built Rental Housing Incentives” report with Attachment 1 to this memorandum. Replace clause 1.2 of the "Large Office Building Development Charge Deferral Pilot Program" report with the following wording: Introducing a new, time-limited policy that provides an interest-free, long-term development charge deferral for qualifying large office buildings in Regional Centres and Corridors or specific Local Centres, as set out in the accompanying draft policy (Attachment 2). Replace Attachment 2 of the “Large Office Building Development Charge Deferral Pilot Program” report with Attachment 2 to this memorandum.

That Council adopt the recommendations in the Minutes of the Debenture Committee meeting held on October 1, 2019.

DiPaola That Council adopt the recommendations in the Minutes of the Committee of the Whole meeting held on October 3, 2019.

That Council adopt the recommendations in the Minutes of the Committee of the Whole meeting held on October 10, 2019, except for Items E.2.1 and E.2.2 as noted below.

E.2.1 Purpose-Built Rental Housing Initiatives That Council adopt the following recommendations, as revised by the memorandum dated October 16, 2019 from the Commissioner of Finance and Chief Planner: Council approve the new interest free Development Charge Deferral for Affordable, Purpose-Built Rental Buildings policy ( Revised Attachment 1 ), to support development of rental housing affordable to mid-range income households. Council approve revisions to York Region’s 36-month Development Charge Deferral for Purpose-Built Rental Buildings policy, as outlined in Attachment 2, to align with changes from Bill 108. Council authorize staff to amend the development charge deferral agreement for the proposed 175 Deerfield Road purpose-built rental building, in the Town of Newmarket, in order to incorporate the new development charge deferral policy identified as Attachment 1 to this report, should the agreement be executed prior to this policy being approved and coming into effect. Staff be directed to consult on the draft Community Improvement Plan for Affordable Rental Housing Incentives and report back to Council (Attachment 3). Council authorize staff to provide the development charge deferral options outlined in the new development charge deferral policy identified in Attachment 1 to 8010 Kipling Avenue, a proposed purpose-built rental building, when this policy is approved and comes into effect provided it satisfies all of the requirements of the policy, save and except for t

E.2.2 Large Office Building Development Charge Deferral Pilot Program That Council adopt the following recommendations, as revised by the memorandum dated October 16, 2019 from the Commissioner of Finance and Chief Planner: Council approve a pilot incentive program to encourage large office buildings through: Aligning the Region’s existing development charge deferral for office buildings (Attachment 1) with the provisions of the More Homes More Choice Act, 2019, and Introducing a new, time-limited policy that provides an interest-free, long-term development charge deferral for qualifying large office buildings in Regional Centres and Corridors or specific Local Centres , as set out in the accompanying draft policy ( Revised Attachment 2) . Staff report back to Council, prior to the end of this Council term, on the results of the pilot incentive program. The Regional Clerk circulate this report to the local municipalities, the Building Industry and Land Development Association – York Chapter (BILD), and all other industry stakeholders consulted in the development of this incentive program.

That Council approve and enact the following bylaws:

That staff review the Severance Recognition for Members of Regional Council Bylaw and report back to Council in the first quarter of 2020.

That Council receive the private attachment.

That Council enact Bylaw No. 2019-57 to confirm the proceedings of this meeting of Council held on October 17, 2019.