Planning and Development Committee

That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to add the following items to the Agenda: Delegation by Wendy Bracken, Regarding Durham Region Report 2024-WR-5 Durham York Energy Centre - Analysis of Ambient Air and Emissions Monitoring to Identify Local Airshed Impacts; and Delegation by Linda Gasser, Regarding Durham Region Report 2024-WR-5 Durham York Energy Centre - Analysis of Ambient Air and Emissions Monitoring to Identify Local Airshed Impacts.

That the Agenda be altered to consider Item 6.4, Report PDS-020-24, at this time.

That Report PDS-020-24 - General Amendment to Zoning By-laws 84-63 and 2005-109 - Aggregate Extraction Area Refinement, be

That the delegation be extended for an additional 2 minutes.

That the topic of the delegation by Linda Gasser be changed to Proposal to Increase Durham York Energy Centre Throughput to 160,000 Tonnes Per Year.

That the Committee recess for 5 minutes.

That the foregoing Resolution #PD-033-24 be amended by adding the following: "That Regional Council appoint a Clarington Regional Councillor to the Durham Works Committee".

Whereas the Municipality of Clarington had previously requested that Durham Region provide Clarington with AMESA Long Term Sampling System for Dioxins and Furans data from 2015 – 2019, which to date has been withheld altogether; And whereas since 2021 Durham Region has produced Quarterly AMESA Reports but has withheld the underlying data, thus making the results reported untraceable and not transparent; And whereas multiple Quarterly AMESA reports have sampling periods where data was available but was invalidated and not reported; Now therefore be it resolved that the Municipality of Clarington requests that Durham Region Council at their May 29th, 2024, meeting direct Staff to: Provide complete AMESA data for years 2015-2019 including underlying documents; Provide for 2020 and for Quarterly AMESA reports that Durham began providing in 2021, all supporting underlying documents together with a detailed rationale for each instance of data invalidation as well as the sample results for those periods where data was available but was not reported; and Ensure that all future Quarterly AMESA reports include the all-underlying data and provide a detailed rationale explaining any invalidated results and report all sampling results even if invalidated. That copies of this motion be sent to The Hon. Andrea Khanjin, Ontario Minister of the Environment, Conservation & Parks, Lower Tier Municipalities in Durham Region, Durham Region MPPs. Yes (7) Mayor Foster, Councillor Anderson, Councill

That all Items listed in Section 6, be approved on consent in accordance with the Agenda.

Whereas the Municipality of Clarington approved the Housing for All strategy in 2020 with a commitment to enabling more housing options and supply across the full housing spectrum; And whereas Clarington’s population is forecasted to grow by 106% to 221,000 people by 2051; And whereas in March 2023, Clarington Council approved a commitment to the Ontario government’s Housing Pledge that included a provincially mandated housing target for Clarington of 13,000 units by 2031; And whereas the Municipality of Clarington currently permits “as-of-right” building permits for up to 3 residential units on a lot; And whereas the Municipality of Clarington would like to provide more affordable housing options by reducing unnecessary barriers to low-rise buildings and therefore help preserve Clarington’s “small town feel”; And whereas Bill 23 amended the Planning Act to create a new provincial threshold for what is permitted and moving toward “as-of-right” zoning to meet planned minimum density targets; And whereas the Municipalities of Kitchener, Waterloo, Barrie and Missisauga have all passed by-laws similar to what is being proposed in Clarington; Now therefore be it resolved That Staff be directed to propose a zoning by-law amendment that would permit “as-of-right” permissions for up to four (4) residential units on a property wherever zoning permits single detached, semi-detached or street townhouse dwelling units on sufficient lot sizes and report back to Council in Q4 2024. The imp

That Report LGS-022-24 - OLT Appeal, Lambs Road School Property Ltd. be approved, in accordance with the Closed Session Agenda.

That the meeting adjourn at 8:48 p.m.

That the Agenda be altered to consider Item 6.4, Report PDS-020-24, at this time. Planning and Development Committee Minutes May 13, 2024

That the subject matter of the delegation by Linda Gasser, be changed to “Proposal to Increase Durham York Energy Centre Throughput to 160,000 Tonnes Per Year”.

Whereas In July 2019, Durham & York Regions initiated an Environmental Screening process for a throughput capacity increase from 140,000 tonnes per year to 160,000 tonnes per year; And whereas on April 22nd, 2024, the Minister of the Environment in her letter to the Regions wrote that “the Regions can now proceed with the project subject to any other required permits or approvals”; And whereas in the Host Community Agreement between Durham Region and Clarington, Section 6.1: “Durham shall continue to implement and support an aggressive residual waste diversion and recycling program to achieve and/or exceed their 70% diversion recycling rate for the entire Region”; And whereas Durham has not maximized Waste Reduction and Diversion opportunities and should do so before proceeding to expand capacity. (As at 2022 Durham’s RPRA Diversion Rate was 62% which includes credits for bottom ash); And whereas five years have passed since the EA Screening study commencement with enhancements to waste management programs projected to occur at Durham Region to divert more organic waste and reduce garbage. 1) expanded green bin materials to be accepted beginning July 1, 2024. 2) offering source separated organics collection to multi-residential households in Durham, possibly in 2025; Planning and Development Committee Minutes May 13, 2024 And whereas DYEC Monitoring/Surveillance is not keeping up with other jurisdictions. In the Host Community Agreement, Section 3.2, “Durham shall ensure that