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On November 25, 2019, the General Government Committee of Clarington approved several community event sponsorship requests as part of Report CSD-011-19. The following organizations received funding: Clarington Zone - Minor Peewee AAA was approved for $2,000.00 (Resolution # GG-534-19); Canadian Cancer Society Durham received $2,000.
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On November 25, 2019, the General Government Committee of Clarington approved the Affordable Housing Toolkit, aimed at incentivizing affordable housing development in the municipality. The toolkit includes several measures to support qualifying affordable housing projects. These measures are: expedited approvals, exemptions from development charges for secondary suites, deferral of payment
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On November 25, 2019, the General Government Committee of Clarington received Report CLD-025-19 regarding the webstreaming of council and committee meetings. The resolution, moved by Councillor Neal and seconded by Councillor Zwart, stated that the report be received for information. The decision to receive this information indicates a
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The General Government Committee of Clarington approved the Emergency Flood Access Risk Assessment and Mitigation Study during its meeting on November 25, 2019. The committee awarded the contract for consulting services to Aquafor Beech Ltd., identified as the most responsive bidder in accordance with RFP2019-14, pending a satisfactory reference
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The General Government Committee of Clarington has approved the merger of the Clarington Museum and Archives with the Clarington Public Library. Effective January 1, 2020, the responsibility for the assets currently managed by the Clarington Museum and Archives Board will be transferred to the Clarington Public Library Board. The Clarington
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The General Government Committee received Report FND-030-19 regarding the 2020 Interim Tax By-law during its meeting on November 25, 2019. The committee approved the by-law as attached to the report. The report outlines that the interim tax rates for 2020 will be set at 50% of
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On November 25, 2019, the General Government Committee of Clarington discussed the allocation of up to $30,000 from the Tax Rate Stabilization Reserve Fund for a Cedar Crest Beach Erosion and Property Loss Study. The consulting assignment for this study is to be sole sourced to Zuzek Inc. The
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The General Government Committee of Clarington has made several appointments to local boards and committees during its meeting on November 25, 2019. Anna Camposeo has been nominated to the Durham Region Land Division Committee for a term ending December 31, 2022, or until a successor is appointed. Additionally, Sarah Taylor
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Ramzi Jammal, Executive Vice-President and Chief Regulatory Operations Officer of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), provided an update during the General Government Committee meeting on November 25, 2019. Jammal highlighted the CNSC's mandate and priorities, stating that the headquarters are located in Ottawa, with four site
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The General Government Committee of Clarington met on November 25, 2019, where a report titled FND-031-19 regarding the Market Review of the Municipal Insurance Program was discussed. The committee resolved to inform the Durham Municipal Insurance Pool that Clarington will renew its insurance for the policy year from
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During the General Government Committee meeting on November 4, 2019, Communication Item 10.4 was introduced regarding updates to the Clarington Parking By-law, presented by Lisa and Elton Maynard. The committee received the communication for information. The resolution to receive the item was moved by Councillor Hooper and seconded
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On November 4, 2019, the General Government Committee of Clarington endorsed a resolution concerning local health care services. The resolution was prompted by concerns regarding the Ontario government's proposed mergers and closures of health care facilities. It highlighted that public health care consistently ranks as a top priority