General Committee Meeting

1) That the minutes of the December 10, 2018 General Committee meeting be confirmed.

1) That the minutes of the November 26, 2018 Markham Public Library Board meeting be received for information purposes.

1) That the minutes of the November 13, 2018 Seniors Advisory Committee meeting be received for information purposes.

1) That the report entitled “Staff Awarded Contracts for the Months of November and December 2018” be received; and, 2) That Staff be authorized and directed to do all things necessary to give effect to this resolution. 4

1) That the report dated January 8, 2019 entitled “Government Finance Officers Association Awards” be received and; 2) That the formal presentation on the receipt of the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the annual budget for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2018 and the Canadian Award for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the annual financial report for the year ended December 31, 2017 from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) be received.

1) That the presentation by Mr. Shane Manson, Senior Manager, Revenue ＆ Property Taxation , entitled “2019 Reassessment Market Update (Year 3 of 4) & Relative Property Tax Impact Report” be received; and, 2) That the report entitled “2019 Reassessment Market Update (Year 3 of 4) & Relative Property Tax Impact Report” along with the detailed attachment “2019 Reassessment Market Update & Relative Property Tax Impact – Ward by Ward Analysis” be received for information; and further, 3) That staff be authorized and directed to do all the things necessary to give effect to this resolution.

1) That the presentation by Ms. Phoebe Fu, Director, Environmental Services and Ms. Veronica Siu, Senior Business Analyst entitled “2019 Water/Wastewater Rate” be received; and, 2) That the report entitled “2019 Water/Wastewater Rate” be received; and, 6 3) That Staff be authorized to hold a public meeting on February 19, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber at the Civic Centre to gather resident feedback on the proposed 2019 water/wastewater rate increase of $0.3238/m3 from $4.1442/m3 to $4.4680/m3; and, 4) That feedback received at the public meeting along with the proposed 2019 water/wastewater rate be put forward for consideration by Council at the February 26th Council meeting; and further, 5) That Staff be authorized and directed to do all things necessary to give effect to this resolution.

7 1) That the presentation by Dr. Nicole Goodman, Director, Centre for e- Democracy and Assistant Professor, Brock University entitled "City of Markham 2018 Municipal Election Survey Results," be received. 2) That the City Clerk be directed to forward a copy of Dr. Goodman’s presentation to Elections Ontario and Elections Canada.

1) That the report entitled “City of Markham Comments on the Province’s Increasing Housing Supply in Ontario Consultation Document” dated January 21, 2019 be received; and, 2) That the report entitled “City of Markham Comments on the Province’s Increasing Housing Supply in Ontario Consultation Document” dated January 21, 2019, be forwarded to the Assistant Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs and 8 Housing in response to the request for comments and that Council express its support for the development of a Provincial Housing Supply Action Plan, subject to the comments raised in the report; and, 3) That Staff be directed to forward the report to the Assistant Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing by January 25, 2019, prior to the meeting of Council being held on January 29, 2019; and, 4) That Markham City Council does not endorse or support proposed changes to the Development Charges Act, 1997, as amended, to reduce the infrastructure recoverable through development charges, and that any changes should ensure that growth pays for growth and does not create a greater financial burden on existing property tax payers; and, 5) That the City of Markham offer to work with the Province to establish creative solutions to affordable housing and home ownership, including secondary suites, and grant municipalities greater control in applying those solutions; and, 6) That Markham City Council request that the Province extend the timeline for providing comments for an additional

1) That General Committee adjourn at 3:17 PM.