MINUTES FROM THE FOURTH MEETING OF THE
Town of
York Room - Civic Centre
April 18, 2007 – 5:30 p.m.
Members Regrets
Keith Thirgood Councillor
C. Moretti
Peter Ross Frankie
Ross
Helen Walter Michelle
Sukul-Chan
Jonathan Mingay
Councillor J. Webster
Diane More
Phil Howes, BIA
Deirdre Kavanagh
Linda Irvine,
Alida Tari, Committee Clerk
The fourth meeting of the Main Street Markham Committee
meeting in 2007 convened at
5:45 p.m. with Councillor J. Webster in the Chair.
1. MINUTES FROM THE MARCH
21, 2007 MEETING OF THE
THE
That the Minutes of the Main Street
Markham Committee meeting held on March 21, 2007, be adopted.
CARRIED
2. COMMITTEE
MEMBERS
Councillor John Webster welcomed the
new member, Deirdre Kavanagh, to the Main Street Markham Committee. It was suggested that the Committee
Membership List be revised to remove inactive members such as Mr. David
Black. The Committee Clerk was also
asked to send a letter of appreciation to Mr. David Black, Monopoly Commercial
Realty Inc. for his contribution during his term on the Committee.
Councillor John Webster recommended
that the Committee request a representative from the Greensborough and Wismer
Communities join the Committee.
ACTION: Councillor John Webster
3. UPDATES:
a)
Incoming Planning Applications
Councillor John
Webster advised the Committee of a Committee of Adjustment application from Tid
Heeshamal Inc., 6050 Highway 7,
ACTION: Councillor John Webster
b) Highway
48 Transfer of Jurisdiction Discussions
No report
Councillor John
Webster advised that The Terms of Reference for the Main Street Markham Class
Environmental Assessment was updated according to the changes he
requested. Item 1 includes “following
public consultation” and Item 5 includes Vinegar Hill Ratepayers Association.
d) Master Plan Environmental Sub-Committee
The Committee was advised that Mr.
John Mingay will co-ordinate with Bob Walters, the removal of the bench and
waste bin located in front of the coffee
shop at
ACTION:
J. Mingay
e) Promotion of
Mr.
Phil Howes, Markham BIA, advised the Committee that a web site,
www.mainstreetmarkham.com has been established to promote all of the fantastic
shops and events available at
Mr.
Phil Howes indicated that they have selected a mascot. Their mascot is the Canada Goose and they
will be strategically placing them along the shops windows and walkways.
Kieth
Thirgood and Helen Walter have refreshed the presentation to promote
f) Tannery Pond
Linda Irvine, Manager of Parks and Open Space development advised the
Committee that currently there is an approved budgeted amount of $14,550.00 available
for the project. Linda indicated that
there is no need for a Request for Proposal (RFP) and that the available funds
will be sufficient to contract a consultant.
The Committee suggested Harrington and Hoyle (the consulting firm that
did the first phase of the project) be contacted to do the following:
·
Finish the meander, and not have
it as a forced one
·
Bridge work
·
Continuing naturalization of the
water flow
·
Plant more native plants
·
Review the original work that was
completed
Linda Irvine
also suggested the Committee look at other possible funding strategies such as
The Regional Municipality’s Initiative to increase habitat restoration program.
Moved by: Peter
Ross
Seconded by:
Keith Thirgood
THE
That the Main Street Markham Committee authorize
Linda Irvine to access the existing funds under project name “Markham Main
Street 2004 – Studies of Robinson Creek and Pathway Connections” to hire the
consulting firm.
CARRIED
h) Merge
Lanes on
Peter Ross
reported that people seem to be a little more cautious with respect to the
usage of the merge lanes on
ACTION: Councillor J. Webster
i) Budget Update
No Budget
Update report was available.
j) Brainstorming
regarding new Budget initiatives
This
item was deferred to the next meeting.
k) Newspaper
boxes on
Councillor John Webster had provided
Frankie Ross with a phone number of an individual who will remove any newspaper
boxes that do not conform with the Town of
ACTION: Frankie Ross
l) Trees
on Private Property
Phil Howes
indicated he will find out which Town of
ACTION: Phil Howes
m) Status of
Linda Irvine confirmed that a Request for Proposal for a
feasibility study is pending.
n)
Linda Irvine reported that the following concerns need to
be addressed before any work on
·
Who owns what land between Highway 7 and Highway
407
·
Will The Regional Municipality of York use their
portion to expand the street
·
Find out what trees are currently there, look at
the condition of the trees and rectify any that were dead or damaged
o) Heritage District Event Notification Signage
Phil
Howes reported that the Markham BIA has purchased the plaques for the two stand
alone signs and that the Markham BIA will put up the signs, and be responsible
for storing them.
Moved by: Keith
Thirgood
Seconded by:
Deirdre Kavanagh
THE
That the Main Street Markham Committee agree that the two stand alone
Heritage District Event Notification Signs be created with white lettering with
a black background; and that the overall look of the signs be the same as the
other signs on
CARRIED
p) Mural at
Keith Thirgood
reported that he met with Mr. David Black and Mr. Black will donate $2,500
towards the cost of having the mural at
4. NEXT MEETING
The next scheduled meeting of the
Main Street Markham Committee is May 16, 2007.
6. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting of
the Main Street Markham Committee adjourned at 7:50 p.m.