Special Council Meeting
January 14, 2025 · 2 recorded decisions · 657 words of debate
Decisions
Routine business (1)adopting minutes, adjourning and similar
The whole meeting, as text
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3:30All right, good afternoon everybody. It is 12 o'clock January 14th 2025 and I'd like to call
3:37the special council meeting to order please. Thank you for joining us. And right off the top I am
3:45looking for authority to move into a closed meeting and it is going to be as titled 384
3:53Crawley Road Ontario Land Tribunal update which is section 239 to E and F of the Municipal Act
4:01regarding litigation or potential litigation including matters before administrative tribunals
4:06affecting the municipality or local board and advice that is subject to solicitor
4:10client privilege including communications necessary for that purpose. Now before I call
4:15the vote on that is there any disclosure of pecaneering interest or any general nature thereof
4:19for that item? No seeing hearing none we'll continue to move through then would someone be
4:25willing to move to go in to closed? All to imboositile we'll do that for us. I'll call the vote
4:32does anyone against moving into closed? Nobody okay great we'll move into closed for a moment
4:40and I'll do a high-level summary when when we come out with anything further thank you so much.
57:01Okay I'll call the meeting back to order and
57:06for those joining online if you could just turn your camera on if you're there I'd appreciate it.
57:13Thank you. So just coming out of closed session Council did move to go into closed session under
57:20the title as described on the agenda of 384 Crawley Road Ontario Land Tribunal update.
57:27We did receive information from our staff in regards to this matter and we did have a direction
57:35actually given in camera on that which is why we are now going to do that same direction
57:42for a vote out here in the open session so I'd like to ask Councillor O'Rourke
57:50and Councillor Chew is willing to second if you wouldn't mind reading out the
57:54motion for us please Councillor. Certainly Marigold three oh can we get it back up okay
58:18the Council authorizes and directs the general manager of planning and building services in
58:23consultation with the general manager of engineering and transportation services
58:27and the city solicitor to approve a conditional site plan for phase zero of an industrial
58:32development at 384 Crawley Road and authorize tree removal on the site as part of conditional approval.
58:41Okay thank you very much is there anything more on this matter before I call the vote?
58:47I'm hearing and seeing none I will just say that I am very excited for this opportunity for the city
58:57something that I've been not just I others have been working alongside on this for quite some time.
59:05I am in full support of this because of what is to come and I would I would like to submit that
59:16these types of opportunities are a signal to not just people internally but externally to
59:23our city that we are open for business and that we are open for collaborating with people
59:30to get things done and I will continue to always hold fast to that myself and I will do whatever
59:37is necessary to make sure that these things succeed for our community so I'm very supportive of this
59:45with that I'll call the vote is anyone against?
59:49Councillor Allt and Katen are the only ones against this opportunity okay thank you very much
59:57that passes and with that I'm looking for a motion to adjourn please Richardson will move and
1:00:08Ault will second and is anyone against adjournment?
1:00:15Nobody that passes so this meeting is adjourned we do have our committee of the whole meeting
1:00:20starting in I'm sorry I don't know what time it is here but an hour?
1:00:25Half an hour or so closed meeting starts in a half an hour and then committee of the whole
1:00:32start at two so I'll see everyone in a little bit thank you for joining bye bye