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a)
THAT Joint Development and Infrastructure Services - Planning and Building
Services and Corporate Services - Financial Services Report 2015-13 dated May
4, 2015 regarding the Coordinated Provincial Plan Review, Proposed Bill 73
(Planning Act Amendments) and Development Charges System Review be received
and the following recommendations be adopted:
i) THAT the comments and issues identified and
addressed in this report be forwarded to the Province of Ontario as the Town
of Newmarket's comments on the 2015 Coordinated Provincial Plan Review,
Proposed Planning Act amendments and Development Charges System review;
ii)
AND THAT the Province be
requested to remove and replace elsewhere, lands from the Greenbelt Plan
adjacent to 400 series highways and in particular on the east side of Highway
404 adjacent to Newmarket, in support of optimizing existing infrastructure,
promoting development where infrastructure expansions would be minimal, and
where employment lands would be strategically located along major
transportation corridors;
iii)
AND THAT staff be authorized to
submit the Town of Newmarket’s comments prior to Council ratification;
iv)
AND THAT the following be
notified of this action:
1. Richard Stromberg, Manager, Ministry of
Municipal Affairs and Housing, Ontario Growth Secretariat, 777 Bay Street,
Toronto, ON M5G 2E5
2. Ken Petersen, Manager, Provincial Planning
Policy Branch, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, 777 Bay Street,
13th floor, Toronto, ON M5G 2E5
3. Ms. Valerie Shuttleworth, Chief Planner, The
Regional Municipality of York, 17250 Yonge Street, Newmarket, ON L3Y 6Z1
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