Community and Operations Services

Committee Minutes

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

Council Chamber

Present:

• Councillor Gray
• Councillor Lee
• Councillor Chapman
• Councillor Neal
• Councillor Nicholson
• Mayor Carter

Also Present:

• Councillor Kerr
• F. Bianchet, Council-Committee Coordinator
• J. Lane, Council-Committee Coordinator
• L. Davis, Manager, Legislative Services/Deputy City Clerk
• M. Saulnier, Director, Operations
• B. Mullen, Director, Community Support Services
• J. Naumovski, Director, Recreation Services
• M. Sluggett, Manager, Traffic, Streetlighting and Parking
• M. Whitbread, Manager, Operations Policy and Research
• K. Christopher, Council-Committee Coordinator
• Pamela Aguilera
• T. Adams, CAO

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Public Meeting

Councillor Gray called the meeting to order and stated that all members of the Committee were participating from the Chamber. Also present in the Chamber was Councillor Kerr.

Additional Agenda Items

None

Declarations of Pecuniary Interest

None

Presentations

None

Delegations

None

Referrals from Council

None

Reports from Advisory Committees

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

• That based on Item CO-23-52 being a report from the Oshawa Active Transportation Advisory Committee, staff be directed to replace the catch basis covers that are unsafe for bicycles within the City of Oshawa.
• That the Community and Operations Services Committee recommend to the Oshawa City Council:

  That this item be referred to staff to meet with the Oshawa Active Transportation Advisory Committee and provide an update on the replacement of 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)

• Moved by Councillor Chapman

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

  That pursuant to Report CO-23-46 concerning Side Boulevard Grass Cutting Program Potential Expansion, dated September 13, 2023, the City continue with the existing Side Boulevard Grass Cutting Program.

  Motion Carried

Public Consent Agenda

• Moved by Councillor Lee

  That all items under the heading of Public Consent Agenda for the September 18, 2023 Community and Operations Services Committee meeting be adopted as recommended except Reports CO-23-45 and CO-23-49.

  Motion Carried

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)

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

• 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

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

• Moved by Mayor Carter

  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.
  Motion Carried

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

• Moved by Councillor Nicholson

  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.
  Motion Carried

Items Introduced by Council Members

Councillor Lee assumed the Chair.

CO-23-53 - Installation of Bronze Plaque in Alexandra Park to Commemorate Oshawa Tony's Senior 'A' Fastball Club

• Moved by Councillor Gray

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

  That staff be directed to install a bronze plaque in Alexandra Park commemorating the significant athletic achievements of the Oshawa Tony's Senior "A" Fastball Club.

  Affirmative (6)

  Mayor Carter, Councillor Chapman, Councillor Gray, Councillor Neal, Councillor Nicholson, and Councillor Lee

  Motion Carried (6 to 0)

  Councillor Gray resumed the Chair.

  
  

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

None

Items Requiring Direction

None

Matters Tabled

None

Adjournment

• Moved by Councillor Neal

  That the meeting adjourn at 9:51 a.m.

  Motion Carried