Council Meeting

That the agenda for the December 9, 2024 Council Meeting as amended, be approved.

That the items listed herein under Section 7, Adoption of Minutes, all be approved and passed under consent.

That the November 25, 2024, Council Meeting Minutes be adopted.

That the December 2, 2024, Special Council Meeting Minutes be adopted.

That the presentation by Art Janse celebrating 100 years of the Holland Marsh be received for information.

That the items listed under Section 9, Action Items, on the December 9, 2024, Council Meeting Agenda all be approved and passed under consent, save and except items: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, and 9.6.

That Report Number FIN-2024-020 be received; and That the Mayor and Director of Finance & Treasurer be authorized to borrow from time to time until property taxes are collected, necessary sums to meet the current expenditures of the Corporation for the year in accordance with Section 407 of the M u ni c i p a l A c t , 2 0 0 1 ; and That Council enact By-law 2024-100, being a By-law authorizing the Temporary Borrowing By-law at this evening's meeting of Council.

That Report Number FIN-2024-019 be received; and That By-law 2024-103, being a By-law to Authorize and Provide for an Interim Tax Levy in 2025, be approved.

That Report Number COR- CLK -2024- 011 be received; and That the Animal Services Agreement with the City of Vaughan be amended to reflect the changes discussed in this report including Vaughan Animal Services being the administrator of pet licensing for the Township of King, the inclusion of Administrative Monetary Penalt y enforcement for Animal Control , and conducting investigations pursuant to the Ontario Wildlife Damage Compensation Program and the Protection of Livestock and Poultry from Dogs Act; and That the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to execute the amending agreement with the City of Vaughan on terms and conditions , and in a form satisfactory to the Township Clerk ; and That the necessary by-laws be repealed or enacted to give effect to the changes as discussed in this report, being the enactment of By-laws 2024-09 7 and 2024-09 9 and repealing of By-laws 2007-018 and 2010-103.

That Report Number COR-CLK-2024-013 be received; and That Council approve COR-POL-158 - Public Conduct Policy included as Attachment ‘1’ to Report COR-CLK-2024-013 in a final form and content satisfactory to the Township Clerk and Township Solicitor; and That Council approve COR-POL-157 - Video Surveillance Corporate Policy included as Attachment ‘2’ to Report COR-CLK-2024-013 in a final form and content satisfactory to the Township Clerk and Township Solicitor; and That Council approve By-law 2024-104 to amend By-law 2024-096 being a By-Law authorizing the Fees and Charges for 2025 to add a $200 appeal fee in accordance with the proposed Public Conduct Policy.

That Report Number COR-CLK-2024-012 be received; and That Council approve the assignment of municipal street names for two (2) private roads within the Sunny Communities Condominium Development, in the Village of Schomberg, Ontario, as follows: Street “A” - Joseph Hollingshead Lane Street “B” - Margaret Coburn Place

That Report Number COR-CLK-2024-010 be recieved; and That Council approve the annual 2023 Accessibility Status Report for King’s 2018-2025 Multi-Year Accessibility Plan, attached as Attachment 1; and That the 2023 Accessibility Status Report be posted on the Township’s website in accordance with the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation.

That Report Number GMS-PL-2024-032 be received; and That Zoning By-law Amendment Application, File No. Z-2022-03, submitted by Camcos (Go King Developments) Inc. to implement a site-specific Core Area – King City Exception Zone to facilitate the development of a 6-storey residential apartment building containing 144 units, be approved; and That Council direct staff to bring forward at a future meeting of Council for adoption, an implementing Zoning By-law Amendment consistent with the provisions identified in Appendices A and B, attached to this report.

That Report Number GMS-PL-2024-033 be received; and That Zoning By-law Amendment File No. Z-2021-10, submitted by YRG RE Holdings Inc., pertaining to lands municipally known as 20 Doctors Lane, be approved; and That Council direct staff to bring forward at a future meeting of Council for adoption, an implementing Zoning By-law Amendment to the King City and Schomberg Urban Area Zoning By-law 2017-66 to establish a site-specific Core Area – King City Exception Zone, together with a Holding Symbol and consistent with the provisions identified in Attachment No. 5, as attached to this report.

That Council receive the Audit Planning Report for Year Ending December 31, 2024 as information.

emissions from Ontario’s electricity grid have nearly quadrupled since 2017, and are forecasted to double again by 2030; and, Whereas in 2019, the Township of King declared a climate emergency; and Whereas in 2020, the Township of King passed a motion for the phase out of natural gas electricity plants; and Whereas it is a policy in the Official Plan of the Township of King to promote energy systems and alternative energy systems, where feasible, in accordance with provincial and federal requirements; and Whereas Ontario leverages its clean electricity advantage to attract new jobs to the province and gas plants threaten that competitive advantage; and Whereas the Ontario government has launched a large competitive energy procurement to secure more energy resources from five (5) possible technologies including natural gas; Now therefore be it resolved that : The Council for the Township of King opposes any new power generation proposal involving increased burning of fossil fuels, including natural gas in our Township, and strongly supports that in the above mentioned procurement it is a requirement of an energy project developer to secure a support resolution from a host municipality for a project. The Council for the Township of King requests the Province to immediately invest in programs to deliver energy efficiency, affordable energy, local non-emitting generation, and demand management and conservation to meet the capacity and energy needs in the alternative to what would

That clauses 3. a. and c. be removed; and, That the following be added as part 4: The Council for the Township of King requests that Environment and Climate Change Canada consider including a provision in the CER that would enable local natural gas plants to continue to operate past their EoPL to serve local reliability needs, provided the transmission reinforcements to replace these units have reached a prescribed level of development prior to the CER coming into effect.

That staff investigate using all or part of the Nobleton Women's Institute (Nobleton Community Hall) to assist the King Township Food Bank with their operations.

That Council read a first, second, and third time, and enact the following By-laws: 2024-097, 2024-099, 2024-100, 2024-101, 2024-103, and 2024-104.

That Council read a first, second, and third time, and enact Confirmation By-law 2024-105.