Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.
What was decided (4 motions)
4 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
THAT the presentation by David Medhurst, Special Projects Director; EQUUS/SCUGOG Project and Avenu Properties, Jim Meng, Project Manager, Avenu Properties (Avenu), Bruce Hall, Senior Planner and Firm Partner, The Planning Partnership (TPP), Dr. William Chernicoff Ph.D, Senior Manager - The Toyota Mobility Foundation, Washington DC, regarding the presentation on the Proposal from Avenu Properties Corporation, be received.
Moved by Councillor Mr. T. Coyne, seconded by Councillor Mrs. J. Guido
Carried
WHEREAS the Ontario government has recognized that there is a housing crisis and has established a goal to have 1.5 million new homes built in the next ten (10) years. AND WHEREAS Durham Region has been mandated to supply 84,000 new residences in those ten (10) years and the southern municipalities in the region have been asked to develop pledges to kick-start initiatives. AND WHEREAS The Township of Scugog has identified the Urban Area Boundary of Port Perry as a highest priority area for new development and intensification. Special Council Meeting Minutes – December 4, 2023 AND WHEREAS The Township of Scugog has identified affordable senior’s housing, aging-in-place opportunities and sustainability as a highest priority for new residential development. AND WHEREAS The Township of Scugog has been contacted by Avenu Properties Corp., owners of approximately 62 acres of residential lands within the northern urban area boundary of Port Perry, which it proposes to develop as a showcase community featuring enhanced mobility designs, enhanced sustainability, fully integrated with the Waterfront Vision, all expressed as by the development group as a “new paradigm” people- oriented, medium density residential development. AND WHEREAS the lands are a greenfield site within the Port Perry urban area, lands municipally located and known as east of Simcoe Street, south of Castle Harbour Drive, (“the lands”) and which are already eligible for up to high-density development within the Tow
Moved by Councillor Mr. H. Wright, seconded by Councillor Mr. R. Rock
Carried
THAT By-Law 63-23 confirming the proceedings of the special meeting of Council held Monday, December 4, 2023, be read and passed this 4th day of December, 2023, and the Mayor and Clerk are hereby directed to sign same and affix the Corporate seal thereto.
Moved by Councillor Mr. H. Wright, seconded by Councillor Mr. D. LeRoy
Carried
THAT this meeting be adjourned.
Moved by Councillor Mrs. J. Guido, seconded by Councillor Mr. D. LeRoy