Regular Council Meeting

That the minutes of the regular meeting of the Council held on February 8, 2021, be approved; and That the minutes of the special meeting of the Council held on February 11, 2021, be approved.

That Communication Items 10.1 to 10.3 be approved on consent as follows:

That Advisory Committee Reports Items 11.1.1 to 11.1.6, be approved.

That the recommendations contained in the General Government Committee Report of February 16, 2021, be approved, on consent with the exception of Item 15.

That Staff be directed to report back on the cost to improve Courtice Shores Road and provide parking for the Courtice waterfront.

That the recommendations contained in the Planning and Development Committee Report of February 22, 2021, be approved, on consent with the exception of Items 5, 9 and 1c.

That Report PDS-018-21 be received; That Council endorse the Clarington Corporate Climate Action Plan (Attachment 1 to Report PDS-018-21); That Council direct staff to prepare an action-specific implementation guide, to guide the implementation of the actions outlined in the Clarington Corporate Climate Action Plan; That staff report back to Council with information upon completion of the action-specific implementation guide; That Council authorize staff to apply for funding opportunities to support the implementation of actions contained in the Clarington Corporate Climate Action Plan (CCCAP), where identified; and That all interested parties listed in Report PDS-018-21 and any delegations be advised of Council’s decision. Yes (6) Mayor Foster, Councillor Anderson, Councillor Hooper, Councillor Jones, Councillor Traill, and Councillor Zwart No (1) Councillor Neal

That Action Item 7.5, outlined in Attachment 1 of Report PDS-018-21, be divided.

That Report PDS-017-21 be received; That Staff be directed to accept a pre-consultation application for 46 Stevens Road and the Lakebreeze sites and, upon submission, process the applications in the normal course; That all interested parties listed in Report PDS-017-21 and any delegations be advised of Council’s decision.

That the Confidential Memo from Faye Langmaid, Manager of Special Projects, Regarding Pre-Sort/Anaerobic Digestor and Energy Park Zoning, be received for information.

Whereas Council had previously directed Staff to contract out civil marriage ceremonies at the March 2, 2020 Council Meeting; And Whereas Council deems it expedient to provide civil marriage ceremonies both through contracted services and Staff resources; Now therefore be it resolved that, in accordance with subsection 10.12.17 of the Procedural By-Law, the following paragraph of Resolution C-064-20, previously adopted by Council at the March 2, 2020 Council meeting: That marriage ceremony services be contracted out; Be amended by adding the following to the above paragraph: “in addition to Staff performing civil marriage ceremonies, at the discretion, and direction, of the Municipal Clerk or designate.”

Whereas there are 1600 older adults residing in Wilmot Creek Older Adult Lifestyle Community and a significant portion are over eighty years old, are immunocompromised and/or have health conditions; Whereas there are approximately three hundred older adult lifestyle communities across Ontario where older adults live independently but in congregate, in small homes, trailers or apartment-style buildings; Whereas many older adult lifestyle community residents rely on daily visits by outside workers such as personal support workers and house cleaners, putting them at a greater risk of contracting COVID-19; Whereas fifty-two per cent of older adult lifestyle community residents in Ontario are individuals aged seventy years and older; Whereas adults aged sixty-five to eighty-four years old account for the majority of COVID-19 related deaths in Canada, and those aged forty-five years old and older are 89% to 93% more likely to die from COVID if they have pre-existing conditions; Whereas the Province of Ontario plans to vaccinate 1.2 million seniors and caregivers as part of Phase 1 in March, 2021; and Whereas the Provincial government announced that Phase 1 included “seniors living in congregate” but this does not include seniors living in older adult lifestyle communities; Now Therefore Be It Resolved: That the Province acknowledges that older adult lifestyle communities are in fact, “congregations” of seniors as per the criterion for Phase 1 administration of the COVID-19 vaccine

That the Municipality of Clarington supports the Wilmot Creek Homeowner’s Association request that the Wilmot Creek Wheelhouse be used for administration of the vaccine as part of Phase 1 in Clarington, to Wilmot Creek residents only; and The Council's decision be forwarded to MPP Lindsey Park and Dr. Robert Kyle, Medical Officer of Health. Yes (7) Mayor Foster, Councillor Anderson, Councillor Hooper, Councillor Jones, Councillor Neal, Councillor Traill, and Councillor Zwart

That leave be granted to introduce By-laws 2021-027 to 2021-039; and with the exception of By-law 2021-038 (Item 15.12); and That the said by-laws be approved.

That By-law 2021-038 - Being a By-law to exempt a certain portion of Registered Plan 40M-2633 from Part Lot Control, be approved.

That leave be granted to introduce By-law 2021-040, being a by-law to confirm the proceedings of the Council of the Municipality of Clarington at a regular meeting held on the 1st day of March, 2021; and That the said by-law be approved.

That the meeting adjourn at 8:31 p.m.

That Communication Items 10.1 to 10.3 be approved on consent as follows: That the Memo from Doran Hoge, Energy and Climate Change Response Coordinator, regarding the Draft Clarington Corporate Climate Action Plan – Comments and Responses Summary, be

The Paragraph 2 from the foregoing Resolution #C-091-21, be divided.

That the Municipality of Clarington supports the Wilmot Creek Homeowner’s Association request that the Wilmot Creek Wheelhouse be used for administration of the vaccine as part of Phase 1 in Clarington, to Wilmot Creek residents only; and March 1, 2021 Council Meeting The Council's decision be forwarded to MPP Lindsey Park and Dr. Robert Kyle, Medical Officer of Health. Yes (7): Mayor Foster, Councillor Anderson, Councillor Hooper, Councillor Jones, Councillor Neal, Councillor Traill, and Councillor Zwart