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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil - 2011-08-15 S SPECIAL COUNCIL MINUTES AUGUST 15, 2011 CITY OF KITCHENER A special meeting of City Council was held at 5:14 p.m. this date, chaired by Mayor C. Zehr with all members present except Councillor B. Vrbanovic. Notice of this meeting had been previously given to all members of Council by the City Clerk pursuant to Chapter 25 (Council Procedure) of the Municipal Code. Council considered Community Services Department report CSD-11-104 (A. Pinard), dated July 29, 2011, concerning a review of the Heritage Conservation Easement Agreement for the Homer Watson House & Gallery property at 1754 Old Mill Road, Kitchener. Moved by Councillor F. Etherington Seconded by Councillor B. Ioannidis “That authorization be given to the Ontario Heritage Trust to initiate a review of the Heritage Conservation Easement Agreement for the property municipally addressed 1754 Old Mill Road, commonly known as the Homer Watson House & Gallery.” Carried. Council considered a recommendation arising from the Community & Infrastructure Services Committee meeting this date concerning a noise exemption request from The Wyandotte Warriors. Moved by Councillor K. Galloway Seconded by Councillor P. Singh “That an exemption from Chapter 450 (Noise) of the City of Kitchener Municipal Code be granted to the Wyandotte Warriors for a street party on Wyandotte Court on August 20, 2011, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 11:00 pm.” Carried. Council considered a recommendation arising from the Community & Infrastructure Services Committee meeting this date concerning a noise exemption request from Kitchener Masjid. Moved by Councillor K. Galloway Seconded by Councillor P. Singh “That an exemption from Chapter 450 (Noise) of the City of Kitchener Municipal Code be granted to The Kitchener Masjid at 1017 Victoria Street North for their annual festival on August 30 or 31, 2011, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.” Carried. Moved by Councillor K. Galloway Seconded by Councillor S. Davey “That an in-camera meeting of City Council be held this date to consider a land acquisition / disposition matter and a labour relations matter.” Councillor F. Etherington raised a concern regarding the land acquisition / disposition matter and why this is being discussed in-camera when the matter does not involve the purchase or sale of land. Mr. J. Willmer, Deputy CAO, Community Services Department, explained that the matter is in regard to a possible long-term lease of public property and as such would fall within the provisions of the Municipal Act with respect to matters that can be discussed in closed session. Mr. Willmer added that staff wishes to provide background information on a proposal to see if it is something Council wishes to pursue further. Carried The motion to move in-camera was then voted on and . The meeting then recessed at 5:16 p.m. and re-convened at 9:48 p.m., chaired by Mayor C. Zehr and with all members present except Councillor B. Vrbanovic. SPECIAL COUNCIL MINUTES AUGUST 15, 2011 - 201-CITY OF KITCHENER Council considered a recommendation arising from the Planning & Strategic Initiatives Committee meeting this date concerning the Southwest Urban Area Studies. Moved by Councillor Z. Janecki Seconded by Councillor K. Galloway “That the Southwest Urban Area Studies: Community Master Plan, including supporting studies, prepared by The Planning Partnership et al., dated February 2011 as updated, be adopted; and, That Official Plan Amendment application 11/01/COK/JvW (Rosenberg Secondary Plan), to designate and redesignate lands located in the Southwest Urban Area (generally along Fischer Hallman Road from south of Rockwood Road to north of Plains Road and westerly along Bleams Road to Trussler Road) to a variety of land uses including: Mixed Use 2, Mixed Use 1, High Density Residential, Medium Density Residential 2, Medium Density Residential 1, Low Density Residential 2, Low Density Residential 1, Neighbourhood Institutional, Neighbourhood Park, Open Space and Natural Heritage Conservation and to amend existing Official Plan Maps 4, 5 and 8 and , in the form shown in the Official Plan Amendment 90 attached to Part 3, be adopted Community Services Department Report CSD-11-100 as Appendix ‘B’, and accordingly forwarded to the Region of Waterloo for approval; and, That the studies prepared in support of the Rosenberg Secondary Plan, including the Preliminary Noise Assessment (HGC Consultants, June 2011), Fischer Hallman Road Conceptual Streetscape Plan (The Planning Partnership, June 2011), Comprehensive Stormwater Management Strategy (AMEC, June 2011 as updated), Sanitary Servicing Overview (Engineering, July 2011), Transportation Assessment (Poulos & Chung) be adopted; and, That a new planning community titled, “Rosenberg” be created for lands subject to OPA 90 formerly application OP11/01/COK/JvW (known as the Southwest Urban Area) and that the Trussler and Huron Community boundaries and any mapping and policies be modified accordingly; and, That the remainder of the lands identified as ‘Areas Under Study’ and ‘Deferral 3a’ on Map 5-Land Use Plan of the City’s Official Plan that are outside of the Rosenberg Secondary Plan be reviewed as part of the new Official Plan or separate Official Plan Amendment Process; and, That any previous decisions on Official Plan Amendments within the Rosenberg Secondary Plan area (i.e. former Industrial/Business Park City approvals) be rescinded; and, That landowners within the Rosenberg Secondary Plan area be respectfully requested to withdraw any existing private-initiated Official Plan Amendments within the subject area; and, That the proposed collector roads within the Rosenberg Secondary Plan area be named as shown on Schedule ‘A’ of Official Plan Amendment No. 90; and, That the timing of development application and infrastructure consideration for the Rosenberg Secondary Plan area be referred to the Kitchener Growth Management Plan 2011 process for consideration by Committee of Council; and, That a potential future street between Fischer Hallman Road (near existing Plains Road intersection) and future Strasburg Road extension generally following the current City Urban Area boundary as conceptually illustrated in Appendix ‘A’ of Report CSD-11-100, be referred to the City’s Transportation Master Plan for future consideration; and, That the Region of Waterloo be requested to extend the planned iExpress bus service southerly on Fischer Hallman Road to a future transit hub south of Huron Road at an appropriate, yet early stage, of development of the Rosenberg Community; and, SPECIAL COUNCIL MINUTES AUGUST 15, 2011 - 202-CITY OF KITCHENER That the Region of Waterloo be requested to investigate the feasibility of a future Regional Road/Regional Road network enhancement that would provide an alternative route to by-pass Fischer Hallman Road before Huron Road and connect Highway 7/8 at Trussler Road/Ira Needles Boulevard with Highway 401 as conceptually illustrated in Appendix ‘A’ of Report CSD-11-100; and, That the Region of Waterloo be requested to advance the timing of the Class Environmental Assessment for Fischer Hallman Road and City staff be directed to expedite the Strasburg Creek Flood Control Environmental Assessment (Stantec) and any required revisions to the Fischer Hallman Road Culvert Class Environmental Assessment; and, That staff be permitted to undertake appropriate/necessary grammatical and editorial changes to Official Plan Amendment 90 and application 11/01/COK/JvW (Rosenberg Secondary Plan), prior to those documents being considered by Regional Council; and, That staff continue to undertake discussions to address issues raised by stakeholders prior to approval being granted by the Region of Waterloo; and further, That Policy 5. of Section 5 Water Management contained in the Rosenberg Secondary Plan be replaced with the following: ‘The City of Kitchener shall complete the Strasburg Creek Flood Control Environmental Assessment (Stantec) prior to approvals of development applications for lands north of the Williamsburg Cemetery and recommendations made as part of the environmental assessment may impact development applications within the affected study area.’ " Carried Unanimously on a recorded vote by all members present. Moved by Councillor K. Galloway Seconded by Councillor P. Singh “That leave be given the Mover and Seconder to introduce the following by-laws for three readings and that the same be taken as read a first, second and third times, be finally passed and numbered serially by the Clerk. (a) To further amend By-law No. 88-171, being a by-law to designate private roadways as fire routes and to prohibit parking thereon. (By-law No. 2011-107) (b) To further amend By-law No. 2008-117, being a by-law to authorize certain on-street parking of vehicles for use by persons with a disability, and the issuing of permits in respect thereof. (By-law No. 2011-108) (c) To further amend By-law No. 2010-190, being a by-law to prohibit unauthorized parking of motor vehicles on private property. (By-law No. 2011-109) (d) Being a by-law to exempt certain lots from Part Lot Control – Block 10, Registered Plan 58M-364 – Old Zeller Drive. (By-law No. 2011-110) (e) Being a by-law to exempt certain lots from Part Lot Control – Blocks 2, 3 and 7 and Part of Blocks 1, 4, 5 and 8, Registered Plan 58M-365 – Deer Creek Street. (By-law No. 2011-111) SPECIAL COUNCIL MINUTES AUGUST 15, 2011 - 203-CITY OF KITCHENER (f) To confirm all actions and proceedings of the Council. (By-law No. 2011-112) (g) Being a by-law to adopt Amendment No. 90 to the Official Plan. (By-law No. 2011-113).” Carried. On motion the meeting adjourned at 9:50 p.m. MAYOR CLERK