COUNCIL

 

ADDENDUM

 

 

Monday, January 25, 2021

Virtual Meeting

6:30 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due to precautions being taken due to the COVID-19 emergency, this meeting is being held by videoconference. 

Members of the public are not permitted to attend town hall.

  

 

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DELEGATIONS

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CONDUCT AT MEETING

In accordance with Council’s Procedure By-law, attendees at a meeting shall maintain order and quiet and shall not display signs or placards, applaud, heckle or engage in telephone or other conversation, or any behaviour which may be considered disruptive, inconsiderate, disrespectful or intimidating to others.

 

 

 

 

                                            

 

 

 

 

TOWN OF OAKVILLE

 

Council

Addendum

 

Monday, January 25, 2021

Virtual Meeting

6:30 p.m.

 

 

 

 

Confirmation of Minutes of the previous Council Meeting(s)

 

Minutes of the Regular Session of Planning and Development Council, JANUARY 18, 2021

7-16

 

 

DISCUSSION ITEM(S)

 

7.	District Energy Studies Collaboration	17-26
	-           Report from Economic Development and Corporate Strategy Department, January 19, 2021

 

Recommendation:
1.	That a Memorandum of Understanding (Appendix A) with the Consulate General of Denmark in Toronto regarding a collaboration to develop district energy studies in Oakville be endorsed;

 

2.	That the Town Solicitor be authorized to make any reasonable minor modifications to the Memorandum of Understanding; and

 

3.	That the CAO and Clerk be authorized to execute the Memorandum of Understanding, subject to the satisfaction of the Town Solicitor.

 

 

 

8.

Notice of Motion - Updating Ontario's Building Code (Item not previously listed.) Moved by Councillor O’Meara, Seconded by Mayor Burton as introduced at the December 21, 2020 Council Meeting.   WHEREAS Ontario's annual greenhouse gas emissions rose by 10 megatonnes in 2018 over the previous year and for the first time in nearly a decade; WHEREAS in 2019 the Town of Oakville declared an ongoing climate emergency; WHEREAS to help address the climate emergency and address GHG emissions, the Town of Oakville worked with community partners to set out a roadmap for ambitious community wide reductions in energy use and Greenhouse Gas emissions (GHG) as well as economic goals through the 2020 Community Energy Strategy; WHEREAS Ford Motor Company based in Oakville has announced major investments along with both the Provincial and Federal government to build Electric Vehicles in Oakville, providing an opportunity to help increase uptake of electric vehicles and reduce vehicle GHG emissions; WHEREAS buildings produce 22% and transportation produces 35 % of Ontario’s GHG emissions; WHEREAS the Ontario Building Code offers opportunities to support reducing GHG emissions, increase resilience and reduce risk to changing climate impacts and increase comfort by addressing requirements around buildings and electric vehicle infrastructure;   THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THAT the Town of Oakville calls on the Province of Ontario to provide the needed support to municipalities to address climate change and reduce carbon emissions; AND THAT the Province of Ontario update the Ontario Building Code to align with provincial and federal greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets; AND THAT the Province of Ontario continue to utilize a performance based approach to energy in the Ontario Building Code and develops a clear pathway to net-zero or near-zero emission buildings;   AND THAT the Province of Ontario revise the Ontario Building Code to require electric vehicle and distributed energy ready design in all commercial, residential and multi-residential buildings; AND THAT, the Province of Ontario revise the Ontario Building Code to include requirements to make all commercial, residential and multi-residential buildings more resilient to the climate change impacts experienced now and expected in the future such as intense precipitation, high wind, extreme temperatures and winter storms; NOW BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED; THAT this resolution be circulated broadly and made publicly available and sent to the Premier of Ontario, the Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, the Ontario Minister of Energy, the Ontario Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, Halton Region’s Members of Provincial Parliament and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, Ontario’s Big City Mayors, the Big City Mayors Caucus (Canada) and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

 

 

9.	Municipal Transit Enhanced Cleaning (MTEC) Funding	27-58
	-           Report from Finance Department, January 19, 2021 (Item not previously listed.)

 

Recommendation:
1.	That the Municipal Transit Enhanced Cleaning (MTEC) Funding report dated January 19, 2021 be received.

 

2.	That By-law 2021-036 – A By-law to authorize a transfer payment for Municipal Transit Enhanced Cleaning, be passed.

 

 

CONSIDERATION AND READING OF BY-LAWS

 

That the following By-law(s) be passed:

 

2021-036		A By-law to authorize a transfer payment agreement for Municipal Transit Enhanced Cleaning (Re: Item 9)
	By-law not previously listed.