Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

That The Agriculture And Rural Affairs Committee Approve The Addition Of This Item For Consideration By The Committee At The 29 August Meeting, Pursuant To Section 89(3) Of The Procedure By-Law .

That the additional item on 911 Address Blades be

WHEREAS on December 3, 2015, Ontario passed Bill 73, Smart Growth for Our Communities Act, 2015 , which amended the Planning Act and the Development Charges Act; and WHEREAS several of the new provisions involve new public engagement requirements, including identifying how Council decision-making incorporates formal public submissions; and WHEREAS, effective July 1, 2016, Sections 17, 22, 34, 45, 51 and 53 of the Planning Act will , with respect to specific planning matters, with Subsection 17 (23.1) and (23.2) requiring City Council to provide a “brief explanation of the effect, if any, that the written and oral submissions....had on [Council’s] decision,” with oral submissions being the public delegations that appear at Committee, and written submissions being any that were provided formally to Council between the date a report is published in the Committee Agenda and the date the final Council agenda containing that item is published, before Council’s decision is made; and WHEREAS City Council as a body speaks by resolution, so the ‘brief explanation’ required by the new legislation will need to be provided by way of a recommendation or motion; and WHEREAS it is not yet fully understood what the Province intends as best practices; and WHEREAS City Council, at its meeting of 22 June 2016, adopted new interim practices in an effort to meet the new Subsections 17 (23.1) and (23.2) requirements under Bill 73, Smart Growth for Our Communities Act, 2015 while City staff undertak