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Municipalities are created by the province, and are sometimes called creatures of the province. Municipalities are given all of their powers and authority to act by the province. As a senior level of government, the province establishes the ground rules for land use planning in Ontario through the Planning Act . The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing has the responsibility for overseeing and enforcing the provisions of the Planning Act. As such, the Ministry is the primary contact for advice and information on land use planning issues. The Ministry ensures that municipalities, in carrying out their responsibilities under the Act, have regard to matters of provincial interest. The responsibility for long-term planning in Ontario is shared between the province and municipalities. The province sets the ground rules and directions for land use planning through the Planning Act and the Provincial Policy Statement (PPS). In certain parts of the province, provincial plans provide more detailed and geographically-specific policies to meet certain objectives, such as managing growth, or protecting agricultural lands and the natural environment. Examples of geography-specific regional plans include the: Greenbelt Plan Niagara Escarpment Plan (NEP) Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan (ORMCP) A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe These plans work together with the PPS, and generally take precedence over the PPS in the geographic areas where they apply. While decisions are required to be “consistent with” the PPS, the standard for complying with these provincial plans is more stringent, and municipal decisions are required to “conform” or “not conflict” with the policies in these plans. A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe  (A Place to Grow) was established to provide a framework for growth management in the Greater Golden Horseshoe region centered around the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). It includes population and employment forecasts and policies for intensification, compact built form, transit and transportation. The policies of the plans provide guidance to municipalities on the appropriate locations and characteristics of growth within their settlement areas. The Greenbelt Plan is issued under the Greenbelt Act, 2005 and provides policy coverage primarily for the protected countryside area by identifying and providing permanent protection to areas where urbanization should not occur. The plan provides policies for permanent agricultural and environment protection in the protected countryside area, supporting an agricultural and rural economy while also providing for a range of recreation, tourism and cultural opportunities. The Greenbelt Plan also includes an urban river valley designation to allow for Greenbelt protections to be provided within urban areas. The Greenbelt Act, 2005 provides for the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan and Niagara Escarpment Plan to continue to apply within their areas and stipulates that the total land area of the Greenbelt area is not to be reduced in size. The Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan (ORMCP): The Oak Ridges Moraine extends 160 km from the Trent River in the east to the Niagara Escarpment in the west and has a concentration of environmental, geological and hydrological features. It is the regional north-south watershed divide, and the source and location of the headwaters for most major watercourses in south-central Ontario. The ORMCP, approved as Minister’s regulation Ontario Regulation140/02 under the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act, 2001, is an ecologically-based plan that provides direction for land use and resource management in the 190,000 hectares of land and water in the Moraine. Source: The Ontario municipal councillor’s guide

Committee of the Whole Meeting Wednesday May 1, 2024 at 9:30am >> Meeting Agenda >> Watch Meeting

York Region is providing an update to local area residents, stakeholders and business owners on project progress, upcoming work and traffic impacts. Crews are rebuilding the north side of King Road, conducting storm sewer work and replacing the watermain and culvert. Later this spring, traffic will shift to the north side of King Road to accommodate construction on the south side. King Road is reduced to one lane in each direction for the duration of the project. More info: york.ca/kingroad

Council Meeting Wednesday April 24, 2024 at 9:30am >> Meeting agenda (view staff reports here) >> Watch meeting video Recap: All agenda items were approved by Council. A quick meeting today as many items were fully debated at the April 17th Committee of the Whole meeting.

Please visit the Community Safety Data Portal for more information about these crimes and their locations using the Community Safety Map. You can also learn more about crime trends affecting your municipality using the Crime Trend Dashboards. Most importantly, review the crime prevention information by clicking on the Resources link at the top of the portal to learn how you can help keep our community safe! Visit the Portal here: https://community-safety-portal-datayrp.hub.arcgis.com/

Canada’s housing crisis will not be solved without all levels of government pitching in and pulling in the same direction.

The Task Force for Housing & Climate was launched in September 2023 to help federal, provincial and municipal governments take the right steps towards more and better housing. Together we can face down the twin crises of housing affordability and climate change, and build the homes that Canadians deserve. Federal, provincial and municipal governments all have a critical role to play in achieving these goals. The Blueprint for More and Better Housing provides governments with clear recommendations and practical policy actions to do it. It offers ten recommendations across all orders of government, supported by 50 specific policy actions for the federal government, 50 specific policy actions for provincial governments, and 40 specific policy actions for municipal governments. VIEW THE KEY TAKEAWAYS FOR GOVERNMENTS HERE

Committee of the Whole Meeting Wednesday April 17, 2024 at 9:30am >> Revised Meeting Agenda >> Watch Meeting video Recap: All agenda items were moved to the next Council Meeting. The majority of discussion was about the development application for 122, 124 and 126 Cartier Crescent. There were a number of delegations and correspondence in opposition to this application. The item was voted to be moved to next week's council meeting. In favour- West, Chan, DiPaola, Davidson, Cilevitz Opposed - Liu, Cui, Shiu and Thompson

The scope of work includes new sidewalk installation, excavation, grading of driveways and boulevards and driveway asphalt paving. Construction is scheduled to begin April 2024 and be completed by Sept 2024. In Oak Ridges a new sidewalk will be installed on the east side of Bayview Avenue from Marron Drive to Balliol Avenue.

Council Meeting Wednesday April 10, 2024 at 9:30am >> Revised Meeting agenda (view staff reports here) >> Watch meeting video Recap: All agenda items were approved by Council. There was a separate discussion regarding the request for approval for 13572/13586 Bayview to add additional units within the existing approved building footprint. It was approved by council with Councillors Davidson, Thompson and Cui voted against. The York District School Board Trustee By-election for Wards 1, 2 and 4 will be held on Monday July 15th with nomination day being on Friday May 31st. The City is responsible for conducting the election and the school board is responsible for all costs. There will not be any online voting available due to the unavailability of an online voting provider.

Committee of the Whole Meeting Wednesday April 3, 2024 at 9:30am >> Revised Meeting Agenda (Spatafora Letter re 13586 Bayview) >> Watch Meeting video Recap: The majority of Council's discussion was around the development applications for 13572/13576 Bayview Avenue and 9301/9325/9335 Yonge Street. The primary concerns were around affordability. The Yonge/16th development will have 37% of the units which are considered to be affordable ownership units in accordance with the City’s policies. The Bayview development will not have affordable units in accordance with the City’s policies but the applicants are open to discuss with York Region their affordable housing program. Council indicated that they are looking for a real commitment regarding this. According to the applicants approximately 10% of the building will be One Bedroom units, priced between $600,000 to $700,000. Another 50% of our units will be One Bedroom and Den/interior second bedroom designs priced below $800,000. There will still have larger Two Bedroom and Three Bedroom units; however, the average net suite size will be around 750 square feet. The applicants believe the current direction of the project will create affordable units since most townhouses in Richmond Hill are priced well-over $1M. All agenda items are moved to next week's Council Meeting.

The purpose of the notice is to advise local area residents, stakeholders and business owners that York Region is making improvements to Bathurst Street from Major Mackenzie Drive to King-Vaughan Road in the City of Richmond Hill and the City of Vaughan from April 2024 to September 2024. More info here