The Regional Municipality of Durham
COUNCIL INFORMATION PACKAGE

Friday, April 12, 2024 at 8:00 A.m. - 9:00 A.m.

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1.

Information Reports

1.1

2024-INFO-23      Commissioner and Medical Officer of Health

• N-desethyl etonitazene and protonitazepyne: “New” nitazene opioids circulating in Toronto’s unregulated opioid supply

1.2

2024-INFO-24     Commissioner and Medical Officer of Health

• 2023 Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer of Health of Ontario

1.3

2024-INFO-25 Chief Administrative Officer

• Update on provincial energy sector activities

1.4

2024-INFO-26 Chief Administrative Officer

• Durham Region’s Submission to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) regarding Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) application for a Power Reactor Operating Licence (PROL) Amendment for the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station (NGS).

2.

Early Release Reports

2.1

2024-P** Commissioner of Planning and EconomicDevelopment

• Public Meeting Report - Application to Amend the Durham Regional Official Plan, submitted by Lafarge Canada Inc. to permit the expansion of Aggregate Resource Extraction Area #30 in the Township of Uxbridge, File: OPA 2024-001

3.

Confidential Reports Authorized for Release

There are no Confidential Reports.

4.

Staff Correspondence

There is no Staff Correspondence.

5.

Durham Municipalities Correspondence

5.1

City of Pickering

• Resolution passed at their Council meeting held on March 25, 2024, regarding Initiating Pickering’s Official Plan Review

5.2

City of Pickering

• Resolution passed at their Council meeting held on March 25, 2024, endorsing the resolution by the Region of Durham regarding to Request the Province of Ontario to commit to undertaking with Association of Municipalities of Ontario a comprehensive social and economic prosperity review to promote the stability and sustainability of municipal finances across Ontario

5.3

Municipality of Clarington

• Resolution passed at their Council meeting held on March 25, 2024, endorsing the resolution by the Region of Durham regarding a request to the Province to permanently Remove Tolls on Highway 407 Between Brock Road in Pickering and Highway 35/115

6.

Other Municipalities Correspondence/Resolutions

6.1

City of St. Catherines

• Resolution passed at their Council meeting held on March 18, 2023, endorsing the resolution from the Town of Lincoln regarding Urgent Need for Increased Funding for Libraries and Museums

6.2

City of Kitchener

• Resolution passed at their Council meeting held on March 18, 2024, calling on the Province to amend Subsection 27(16) of the Ontario Heritage Act to extend the deadline to give notice of intention to designate the property as a heritage property for five years from January 1, 2025, to January 1, 2030

6.3

Town of Goderich

• Resolution passed at their Council meeting held on March 18, 2024, supporting the call of action the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) has submitted to the Government of Ontario to introduce legislation to strengthen municipal Codes of Conduct

6.4

Town of Goderich

• Resolution passed at their Council meeting held on March 18, 2024, regarding a review of the Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program Financial Assistance Rates

6.5

Town of Goderich

• Resolution passed at their Council meeting held on March 18, 2024, regarding the Recommended Phase-Out of Free Well Water Testing in the 2023 Auditor General’s Report

6.6

Town of Lincoln

• Resolution passed at their Council meeting held on March 25, 2024, regarding the Extension of Bill 23 Timelines regarding Heritage Registry Lists

6.7

Town of Cobourg

• Resolution passed at their Council meeting held on March 27, 2024, in support of the resolution by the Township of Perry regarding a Request to the Province to Amend the Blue Box Regulation

6.8

Township of Terrace Bay

• Resolution passed at their Council meeting held on April 2, 2024, in support of the resolution by the Township of Amaranth in calling upon the Province of Ontario to treat all municipalities fairly and provide equivalent representative operational budget funding amounts to all Ontario municipalities

6.9

Township of Terrace Bay

• Resolution passed at their Council meeting held on April 2, 2024, in support of the work of the Association of Ontario Road Supervisors to develop a Municipal Equipment Operator Course

6.10

Township of Horton

• Resolution passed at their Council meeting held on April 2, 2024, requesting the Province of Ontario to commit to undertaking with the Association of Municipalities of Ontario a comprehensive social and economic prosperity review to promote the stability and sustainability of municipal finances across Ontario

7.

Miscellaneous Correspondence

7.1

Durham Regional PoliceServices Board (DRPSB)

• Public Agenda – Tuesday, April 16, 2024

8.

Advisory / Other Committee Minutes

8.1

Durham Environment and Climate Advisory Committee (DECAC) minutes

• March 21, 2024