GENERAL COMMITTEE

1) That the Minutes of the December 13, 2010 and January 10, 2011 General Committee be confirmed

1) That the Minutes of the December 15, 2010 Accessibility Committee be received for information purposes.

1) That the Minutes of the December 15 and December 20, 2010 Budget Sub-Committee be received for information purposes.

1) That the Minutes of the October 28, 2010 Cycling & Pedestrian Advisory Committee be received for information purposes.

1) That the Minutes of the November 18, 2010 Environmental Advisory Committee be received for information purposes.

1) That the Minutes of the November 10, 2010 Public Art Advisory Committee be received for information purposes.

1) That the Minutes of the November 22, 2010 Public Library Board be received for information purposes.

1) That the Minutes of the November 1, 2010 Race Relations Committee be received for information purposes.

1) That the Minutes of the November 9, 2010 Seniors Advisory Committee be received for information purposes.

1) That the Minutes of the December 1, 2010 The Friends of the Markham Museum Foundation Board be received for information purposes.

1) That the report entitled “Award of Tender 006-T-10 Steelcase Road East Sanitary Sewer Repair” be received; and, 2) That the contract for tender 006-T-10 Steelcase Road East Sanitary Sewer Repair be awarded to the sole bidder, Tectonic Infrastructure Inc., in the amount of $396,813.84 inclusive of HST; and, 3) That a contingency be established in the amount of $29,603.40 inclusive of HST to cover any additional construction costs; and, 4) That the award be funded from the Sewer System Upgrade Program account #053-6150-8334-005 of the Town’s 2008 Capital Budget in the amount of $426,417.24 inclusive of HST; and further, 5) That Staff be authorized and directed to do all things necessary to give effect to this resolution.

1) That the report dated January 17, 2011 entitled “2011 Budget Schedule” be received; and, 2) That the Budget Sub-Committee meetings scheduled for the dates and times below be approved; Meeting #3 – Monday, January 10 th (1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. – Canada Room) Meeting #4 – Monday, January 24 th (1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. – Canada Room) Meeting #5 – Monday, January 31 st (1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. – Canada Room) Meeting #6 – Monday, February 7 th (2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. – Canada Room); and, 3) That the Draft Public Meeting Presentation be presented at the February 14 th General Committee meeting; and, 4) That a public meeting be held on February 23 rd to receive public feedback on the 2011 Budget; and further, 5) That Staff be authorized and directed to do all things necessary to give effect to this resolution.

1) That the report dated January 17, 2011 entitled “Proposed 2011 Water/Wastewater Rate Increase” be received; and, 2) That staff be authorized to hold a public meeting on February 1, 2011 at 6:45p.m. on the proposed 2011 Water/Wastewater rate increase; and, 3) That the 2011 Town of Markham’s (“Town”) Water/Wastewater rate increase be equivalent to the Region of York’s (“Region”) monetary increase of $0.1352 per cubic metre (m 3 ) based on Region’s estimated increase of 10%; and, 4) That in addition to the Region’s increase, the 2011 Water/Wastewater rate increase includes a surcharge of $0.0683/m 3 ; and, 5) That effective April 1, 2011, the 2011 W ater/ W astewater rate will be $2.4164 / m 3 , an increase of $0.2035/m 3 ; and further, 6) That Staff be authorized to present the “2011 Proposed Water/Wastewater Rates” presentation (Appendix A) at the February 1, 2011 Public Meeting.

1) That the report entitled “Dissolution of the Grants Sub-Committee and approval of first quarter 2011 Celebrate Markham Grants” be received; and, 2) That the Grants Sub-Committee be dissolved and the decision making responsibilities be transferred to Budget Subcommittee ; and, 3) That the following Celebrate Markham events: Black History Month ($2,000), Chinese New Year Celebration ($10,000) and the Tony Roman Hockey Tournament ($6,000) be approved at the 2010 funding levels; and, 4) That Staff to bring forward the remaining 2011 Celebrate Markham Grant requests at a future General Committee meeting; and further, 5) That Staff be authorized and directed to do all things necessary to give effect to this resolution.

1) That the report dated January 10th, 2011 entitled “Establishment of Task Forces” be brought forward to General Committee for approval; and, 2) That the following bodies be established to investigate the following areas, with members as noted and Chairs to be appointed by the members: a) Windrow Plowing Services Task Force Regional Councillor Gord Landon Regional Councillor Joe Li Councillor Colin Campbell Councillor Alan Ho Councillor Don Hamilton Councillor Logan Kanapathi Councillor Alex Chiu b) Implementation of Light-Emitting Diode (LED) Streetlights Continue Working Group Regional Councillor Gord Landon Councillor Howard Shore Councillor Alex Chiu c) That the Consolidation of the following be

1) That the report titled “Community Lead Testing Program – Status Report (6)” be received; and, 2) That staff report back to Council with the findings of the Community Lead Testing Program after completion of sampling period #7; and further, 3) That staff be authorized and directed to do all things necessary to give effect to this resolution.

1) That the report entitled “Cricket Pitch Allocation Policy” be received; and, 2) That Council endorse the Cricket Pitch Policy, giving staff the authority to allocate time on pitches in accordance with the policy; and further, 3) That staff be authorized and directed to do all things necessary to give effect to this resolution.

That Council support Councillor Alex Chiu's decision to seek a position as a Director of FCM's National Board; and, That Council approve any expenses associated with Councillor Alex Chiu's attendance at FCM Board meeting should he be elected.

That, in accordance with Section 239 (2) (c) of the Municipal Act, General Committee resolve into an in-camera session to discuss the following confidential matters (3:04 PM): 1) A proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board. (See Restricted Agenda)

That the Committee rise from the in-camera session (6:06 PM)