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THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF YORK

 

 

 

REPORT NO. 7

TRANSPORTATION AND WORKS COMMITTEE

MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

 

 

 

For Consideration by

The Council of The Regional Municipality of York

on September 27, 2007

 

 

 

Chair:                           Mayor W. Emmerson

 

Members:                      Mayor R. Grossi, Vice-Chair

                                    Mayor L. Jackson

                                    Regional Councillor J. Jones

                                    Regional Councillor G. Landon

                                    Regional Councillor G. Rosati

                                    Regional Councillor V. Spatafora

                                    Regional Chair B. Fisch (ex officio)

      

Also Present:                 Regional Councillor J. Taylor

 

Staff Present:                J. Abrams, D. Basso, L. Bigioni, B. Bridle, P. Casey, B. Crowe,

                                    J. Davidson, N. Garbe, B. Harrison, P. Jankowski, D. Kelly, D. Korolnek,

                                    P. May, B. Macgregor, L. Russell, B. Tuckey, E. Wilson

 

The Transportation and Works Committee began its meeting at 9:00 a.m. on September 5, 2007.

 

 

TABLE CONTENTS

 

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1  WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE STATUS REPORT

 

[see also Attachment 1]

[see also Attachment 2]

[see also Attachment 3]

[see also Attachment 4]

 

2  ROADS CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM UPDATE

 

3  YORK REGIONAL FOREST HAZARD TREE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

 

[see also Attachment 1]

[see also Attachment 2]

 

4  TRAFFIC REGULATIONS - HIGHWAY 7, TOWN OF MARKHAM

 

[see also Attachment 1]

[see also Attachment 2]

[see also Attachment 3]

 

5  SOUTHEAST COLLECTOR PROGRESS REPORT AND AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE PROCUREMENT OF DESIGN, CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND INSPECTION SERVICES

 

[see also Attachment 1]

 

6  NOMINATION OF MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATIVES FOR SOURCE PROTECTION COMMITTEES AS REQUIRED BY THE CLEAN WATER ACT

 

7  YONGE STREET EMERGENCY SEWER REPAIR

 

[see also Attachment 1]

 

8  2007 VEHICLE WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS - HARD SURFACE ROADS

 

[see also Attachment 1]

[see also Attachment 2]

 

9  NO STOPPING ANYTIME RESTRICTION - WELLINGTON STREET EAST OF DUFFERIN STREET, TOWNSHIP OF KING

 

[see also Attachment 1]

[see also Attachment 2]

 

10  SITE PLAN APPROVALS

 

[see also Attachment 1]

 

11  ACQUISITION OF LAND - HIGHWAY 427 INTERIM ARTERIAL EXTENSION, PROJECT 8136, CITY OF VAUGHAN

 

[see also Attachment 1]

 

12  EXPROPRIATION SETTLEMENTS, CITY OF VAUGHAN

 

[see also Attachment 1]

 

13  EXPROPRIATION OF LAND - WOODBINE BY-PASS, PHASE 3, PROJECT 9868, TOWN OF MARKHAM

 

[see also Attachment 1]

 

14  EXPROPRIATION OF LAND - DONALD COUSENS PARKWAY EXTENSION TO MORNINGSIDE AVENUE, PROJECT 9870, TOWN OF MARKHAM

 

[see also Attachment 1]

 

15  UPDATE - COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS

 

The Transportation and Works Committee advises Council of the following matters having been considered by the Transportation and Works Committee with the following action:

 

 

COMMUNICATIONS

 

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1. Marg Anne Quinn [2MB], resident, dated June 5, 2007, regarding 'Truck Traffic on Aurora Road'. (Original petition on file with the Regional Clerk's office).  Received and referred to staff.

 

2. Anita Moore, Town Clerk, Town of Newmarket, dated June 26, 2007, regarding 'Environmental Assessment / Design / Davis Drive / North Yonge Corridor'.  Received and referred to staff.

 

3. Sheila Birrell, Town Clerk, Town of Markham, dated June 27, 2007, regarding 'Renaming of Highway 7 Within the Town of Markham'.  Received and referred to staff.

 

4. Sheila Birrell, Town Clerk, Town of Markham, dated June 27, 2007, regarding 'Naming of the Woodbine Avenue By-Pass Road and Renaming of the Future By-Passed Section of Woodbine Avenue'.  Received and referred to staff.

 

5. Sheila Birrell, Town Clerk, Town of Markham, dated June 28, 2007, regarding 'Thornhill Vehicular Infiltration Yonge Street and Highland Park Boulevard Community Update'.  Received and referred to staff.

 

6. J.D. Leach, City Clerk, City of Vaughan, dated June 29, 2007, regarding 'Property Matter Pine Valley Road Allowance TRCA Request for Acquisition'.  Received and referred to staff.

 

7. J.D. Leach, City Clerk, City of Vaughan, dated June 29, 2007, regarding 'Bathurst and Centre Street � Thornhill Town Centre'.  Received and referred to staff.

 

8. J.D. Leach, City Clerk, City of Vaughan, dated June 29, 2007, regarding 'Draft Official Plan Amendment No. 660, 661, 662, 663 and 664, Highway 7 Policy Review'.  Received and referred to staff.

 

9. J.D. Leach, City Clerk, City of Vaughan, dated June 29, 2007, regarding 'Teston Road Link, Keele Street to Dufferin Street York Region 10 Year Capital Roads Program'.  Received and referred to staff.

 

10. J.D. Leach, City Clerk, City of Vaughan [3.2], dated June 29, 2007, regarding 'York Region 10-Year Roads Program Update Presentation by Mr. Dino Basso, Director of Capital Delivery'.  Received and referred to staff.

 

11. Anna M. Knowles, Deputy Clerk, Town of East Gwillimbury, dated August 15, 2007, regarding 'Environmental Assessment Process for the Widening and Urbanization of the Second Concession from Greenlane to Queensville Sideroad'.  Received and referred to staff.

 

12. Honourable Donna Cansfield, Minister, Ministry of Transportation, dated August 24, 2007, regarding 'Fluorescent Yellow-Green School Signs'.  Received and referred to staff.

 

 

OTHER BUSINESS

 

13. Mayor Grossi raised concerns regarding recent correspondence from the Ministry of Transportation regarding an interim terminus for the Hwy. 404 construction at Queensville Sideroad.  Referred to the General Manager, Roads for a report to the September 27, 2007 Regional Council meeting.

 

14. Regional Councillor Landon requested that consideration be given to a Regional signage program for the Donald Cousens Parkway to indicate the by-pass.  Referred to Transportation and Works staff to work with Town of Markham staff on the development of signage, and identification of appropriate locations for signage, for the Donald Cousens Parkway by-pass. 

 

15. Regional Councillor Landon raised concerns with the timing of lights and the pavement markings on Major Mackenzie Road at the Donald Cousens Parkway.  Referred to Transportation and Works staff to follow-up with Regional Councillor Landon.

 

16. Regional Councillor Taylor requested that staff give consideration to larger signage for the East Holland River, and further consider co-branding these larger signs in conjunction with the September 28, 2007 Holland River Conservation Foundation campaign kick-off to clean-up the river.  Referred to Transportation and Works staff for follow-up with Regional Councillor Taylor.

 

17. Mayor Grossi requested that the Region give consideration to covering the costs associated with the installation of a guardrail on Baseline Road, adjacent to the pond at the new East Gwillimbury Tube and Terrain Park.  Referred to Transportation and Works staff for follow-up.

 

 

PRIVATE SESSION

 

The Committee resolved into private session at 10:20 a.m. to consider information relating to the corporate organizational review - Personal Matters about Identifiable Individuals. 

 

The Committee resumed in public session at 11:10 a.m. with no report out.

 

 

 

 

The Transportation and Works Committee adjourned at 11:12 a.m.

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

September 5, 2007                                                                         W. Emmerson

Newmarket, Ontario                                                                        Chair

 

(Report No. 7 of the Transportation and Works Committee was adopted, as amended, by Regional Council at its meeting on September 27, 2007.)

 

Barbara Bridle

Tel. (905) 830-4444 x 1303