Community and Operations Services Committee Meeting Agenda

Monday, September 18, 2023 at 9:30 A.m. - 10:30 A.m.

Council Chamber

Members of the Committee:

Councillor Gray, Chair

Councillor Lee, Vice-Chair

Councillor Chapman

Councillor Neal

Councillor Nicholson

Mayor Carter, Ex Officio

 

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Public Meeting

Additional Agenda Items

(As may be presented at the meeting)

Declarations of Pecuniary Interest

(As may be presented by Council Members)

Presentations

None

Delegations

None

Referrals from Council

None

Reports from Advisory Committees

That the Oshawa Active Transportation Advisory Committee reports and recommends to the Community and Operations Services Committee:

CO-23-52 - Unsafe Catch Basin Covers (Previously OATAC-23-18) (All Wards)

• Recommendation

  That staff be directed to replace the catch basin covers that are unsafe for bicycles within the City of Oshawa.

Items Requiring Direction

CO-23-46 - Side Boulevard Grass Cutting Program Potential Expansion (All Wards)

• Recommendation

  That the Community and Operations Services Committee recommend to City Council:

  That Community and Operations Services Committee select an option as detailed in Section 5.5 of Report CO-23-46 concerning “Side Boulevard Grass Cutting Program Potential Expansion”, dated September 13, 2023. 

Public Consent Agenda

Correspondence with recommendations

None

Staff Reports/Motions with recommendations

CO-23-44 - Publishing of Radar Message Board (RMB) Traffic Data on Municipal Website (All Wards)

• Recommendation

  That the Community and Operations Services Committee recommend to the Oshawa City Council:

  That based on Report CO-23-44 dated September 13, 2023 concerning the publishing of Radar Message Board traffic data on the City's website:

  1. That staff continue to share Radar Message Board Traffic Data with Local and Regional Councillors to assist with deploying Radar Message Boards on streets with reported speeding concerns; and,
  2. That staff do not publish Radar Message Board traffic data on the City’s website based on the survey of other municipalities, but investigate the sharing of Average Annual Daily Traffic (AADT) data on the City’s website; and,
  3. That staff publish a Councillor Directed Radar Message Board Program webpage on the City of Oshawa website with information on the program, Councillor contact information, and an interactive map showing all active Radar Message Board locations in Oshawa; and,
  4. That the Posting Traffic Data on the City's Website as set out in Section 4.1 of said Report, be approved.

CO -23-45 - Request to the Province to Utilize the 407 as an Alternate Route for Aggregate Trucks (Ward 1)

• Recommendation

  That the Community and Operations Services Committee recommend to the Oshawa City Council:

  1. That pursuant to CO-23-45, dated September 18, 2023, concerning Response to the Request to the Province to Utilize the 407 as an Alternate Route for Aggregate Trucks, Ministry of Transportation be requested to implement a No Heavy Traffic prohibition on Harmony Road and enforced from the 407 highway south to Winchester Road; and,
  2. That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Premier Ford, Durham MPPs and Durham Municipalities.

CO-23-49 -License Agreement - Parking in the Ray Street parking lot for 215 King Street East (Ward 4)

• Recommendation

  That the Community and Operations Services Committee recommend to the Oshawa City Council:

  That based on Report CO-23-49 concerning a license agreement for parking in the Ray Street parking lot for 215 King Street East:

   

  1. That 2410173 Ontario Inc. enter into a license agreement with the City in a form and content satisfactory to the Chief Administrative Officer, the Commissioner Corporate and Finance Services Department and the City Solicitor and which will be executed by the Chief Administrative Officer; and,
  2. That the term of a new licence agreement will be for a period of one (1) year, with an option to extend for up to three (3) additional one (1) year terms; and,
  3. That 2410173 Ontario Inc. pay each month the current lot rate applicable for the spaces as noted in the City’s General Fees and Charges By-Law 13-2003, as amended, which is currently $73.00 plus HST per space per month; and,
  4. That the licensed parking units be the most southerly 9 spaces along Ray Street, subject to the City’s discretion; and,
  5. That Schedule VII (Control Device – On Street) of the City’s Traffic and Parking By-law 79-99, as amended, be further amended to include a monthly permit parking area with a 48 hour maximum permissible parking period, on Ray Street from King Street East and a point 35 metres north of King Street East.

CO-23-51 - Community and Operations Services Committee Outstanding Items Status Report - Third Quarter, 2023 (All Wards)

• Recommendation

  That the Community and Operations Services Committee recommend to Oshawa City Council:

  That Report CO-23-51, dated September 18, 2023 being the Community and Operations Services Committee Outstanding Items Status Report for the third quarter of 2023 be received for information.

Public Discussion Agenda

Matters Excluded from the Consent Agenda

Items Introduced by Council Members

Items Pulled from the Information Package

None

Closed Consent Agenda

Closed Correspondence with recommendations

None

Closed Staff Reports/Motions with recommendations

None

Closed Discussion Agenda

Matters Excluded from the Consent Agenda

Items Requiring Direction

None

Matters Tabled

None

Adjournment

• Recommendation