The Regional Municipality of Durham

Planning and Economic Development Committee Agenda

Tuesday, February 07, 2023 at 9:30 A.m. - 12:00 P.m.

Regional Council Chambers

Regional Headquarters Building

605 Rossland Road East, Whitby

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Note: This meeting will be held in a hybrid meeting format with electronic and in-person participation. Committee meetings may be viewed via live streaming.

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1.

Roll Call

2.

Declarations of Interest

3.

Adoption of Minutes

3.1

Planning and Economic Development Committee meeting - January 10, 2023

4.

Statutory Public Meetings

There are no statutory public meetings

5.

Presentations

5.1

Stacey Jibb, Manager of Agriculture & Rural Economic Development, and Glen Macfarlane, Rural Program Specialist

Re: Growing North Durham: Rural Economic Development Action Plan (2023-EDT-2) [Item 8.2 a.]

5.2

Stacey Jibb, Manager of Agriculture & Rural Economic Development

Re: Best Practices for On-Farm Diversified Uses (2023-EDT-3) [Item 8.2 b.]

6.

Delegations

6.1

Ivan Battye, Whitby Resident

Re: Airports in Durham Region

6.2

Geoff Carpentier, Chair, Durham Environmental Advisory Committee

Re: Durham Environmental Advisory Committee 2022 Annual Report
(2023-P-3)

7.

Planning

7.1

Correspondence

7.2

Reports

There are no reports to consider.

8.

Economic Development

8.1

Correspondence

8.2

Reports

a.

Report #2023-EDT-2

Growing North Durham: Rural Economic Development Action Plan

b.

Report #2023-EDT-3

Best Practices for On-Farm Diversified Uses

c.

Report #2023-EDT-4

Investment Attraction Metrics - Annual Activity Report 2022

9.

Advisory Committee Resolutions

9.1

Durham Agricultural Advisory Committee

Re: Impacts on Food Prices and Opportunities for Advocacy to Improve Financial Viability for the Agri-food Sector

Recommendation: Approval and Subsequent Recommendation to Regional Council

10.

Confidential Matters

There are no confidential matters to be considered

11.

Other Business

12.

Date of Next Meeting

Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 9:30 AM

13.

Adjournment

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