Regular Meeting of Council

the minutes of the following meeting of Council:

the Director of Community Planning, to report back in May 2020, with a short term accommodation licensing by-law.

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the Director of Community Planning, to ensure that broad stakeholder perspectives are included in the 2019 Planning Process Review, including residents who reside in proximity to infill development applications; and Direct the Executive Director of Environment, Infrastructure and Community Services to prepare an appendix to the Construction and Mobility Management Policy with a focus on Low Density Residential and infill development applications, to establish additional guidelines for established neighbourhood development. The guidelines will ensure that land development does not unduly impact public health, safety, traffic, privacy or environment including flood mitigation in the surrounding area. Staff shall report back to Planning & Development Committee in February 2020 with a recommendation; and Direct the Executive Director of Environment, Infrastructure and Community Services to review the city’s policies regarding residential infill development, including design approvals, management of grading and drainage during construction and final certification. Also, research policies that other municipalities have adopted in these matters. Staff shall report back to Planning & Development Committee in February 2020 with this additional information and a recommendation for amendments to the Grading and Drainage Certification By-law 52-2018.

the City Solicitor or her designate to proceed in accordance with the instructions sought in confidential legal report L-16-19, as amended at the regular meeting of Council on October 28, 2019.

the City of Burlington recognizes the important role that libraries play in our community. Libraries and the early literacy programs that they run are integral to developing proficient readers and ensuring that children succeed in school. More and more, digital literacy programs run by libraries also help ensure that citizens can contribute to our digital world. Additionally, vulnerable demographic groups, including seniors, low income families, youth, and new Canadians rely on access to libraries as an important tool for their participation in the community – from education to searching for jobs to consuming Canadian cultural materials; and Whereas libraries in our community recognize that our users increasingly seek to access digital publications offered by multinational publishers, and that access to those publications is too often curtailed by prohibitively high licensing fees or else entirely denied to Canadian libraries; and Whereas libraries must be in a position to offer digital publications to their users as part of their service offering to our community, particularly given the contemporary rapid pace of digitization of educational and cultural materials; and Now therefore be it resolved that the City of Burlington do hereby: Indicate our support for the Canadian Urban Libraries Council in its efforts to increase access to digital publications for library users in Burlington and across Canada; and Call on the Federal government to investigate the barriers faced by l

into closed session at 8:44 p.m. in accordance with the following provisions under the Municipal Act, sections 239 (e) litigation or potential litigation affecting the municipality or local board, including matters before administrative tribunals , with respect to legal report L-16-19 regarding confidential legal update on a litigation matter and planning and building report PB-71-19 regarding short term accommodation.

Moved into public session at 9:27 p.m.

and file the following Information Packages, having been prepared and distributed to Council:

R eceive and file information items, having been considered by Council:

and pass the following by-laws which are now introduced, entitled and numbered as indicated below:

​​Enact and pass By-law Number 55-2019, being a by-law to confirm the proceedings of Council at its meeting held Monday, October 28 being read a first, second and third time.

this Council now to meet again at the call of the Mayor. 9:47 p.m.