City Council Meeting

the City of Greater Sudbury moves to Closed Session to deal with one (1) Personal Matters (Identifiable Individual(s)) item regarding a performance review and one (1) Labour Relations or Employee Negotiations item regarding collective bargaining in accordance with the Municipal Act, 2001, par. 239(2)(b) and (d).

the City of Greater Sudbury approves Operations Committee resolutions OP2023-09 to OP2023-11 from the meeting of May 15, 2023.

the City of Greater Sudbury approves the Finance and Administration Committee resolutions FA2023-25 to FA2023-32 from the meeting of May 16, 2023.

the City of Greater Sudbury approves Nominating Committee resolutions NC2023-14 to NC2023-16 from the meeting of May 23, 2023.

the City of Greater Sudbury approves Planning Committee resolutions PL2023-80 to PL2023-84 from the meeting of May 29, 2023.

the City of Greater Sudbury read and pass By-law 2023-78 to By-law 2023-92Z.

the City of Greater Sudbury establishes an Ad-Hoc Committee named the Future-Ready Development Services Committee for which the mandate, membership, purpose, objectives and term shall be as described in Appendix A; AND THAT the following members be appointed as members of the committee: Mayor Lefebvre, Councillor Cormier, Councillor Fortin, Councillor Parent and Councillor Landry-Altmann; AND THAT the Mayor be appointed as Chair and Councillor Cormier as Vice-Chair of the Committee; AND THAT the Chief Administrative Officer be directed to assign staff with experience in data analysis and process reviews to support the objectives of the Committee. Appendix A Future-Ready Development Services Committee Mandate/Purpose To assess the potential for the City of Greater Sudbury’s development services to reflect leading practices that ensure support for growth is timely and efficient and the municipality has the capacity, best-in-class policies and processes to support anticipated growth in residential and non-residential development over the next 10-15 years. Objectives Receive presentations from organizations in the private and public sector to highlight areas of strength or areas for improvement or change; Review and receive reports on practices in place in other municipalities; Review historical city data describing activity levels and processing cycle times; Identify changes, where required, to development policies, practices and procedures; and Prepare a final report describing

in accordance with the Development Charges Act, development charges (DCs) are collected on new and expanded development, and are a primary source of funding for growth-related capital expenditures; AND WHEREAS the City of Greater Sudbury is currently scheduled to increase DCs by 9.9% on July 1, 2023; AND WHEREAS the City of Greater Sudbury increased DCs by 17.2 per cent in 2022; AND WHEREAS the City of Greater Sudbury wishes to grow its tax base by encouraging commercial and industrial investment; AND WHEREAS the City of Greater Sudbury wishes to address the need for residential development and growth, particularly the need for more affordable housing; AND WHEREAS excessive DCs may have an impact on the cost of affordable housing and may hamper development growth; AND WHEREAS the City of Greater Sudbury’s current by-law will expire on June 30th, 2024 and a Development Charges Background Study and new by-law must be approved in order to collect DCs after June 30th, 2024; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Greater Sudbury direct that staff include a report on the June 27th, 2023 City Council agenda for the purpose of allowing persons to make representations with respect to a freeze of development charges, and that staff provide the notice required by legislation.

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury moves to Closed Session to deal with one (1) Personal Matters (Identifiable Individual(s)) item regarding a performance review and one (1) Labour Relations or Employee Negotiations item regarding collective bargaining in accordance with the Municipal Act, 2001, par. 239(2)(b) and (d).

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury approves Operations Committee resolutions OP2023-09 to OP2023-11 from the meeting of May 15, 2023.

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury approves the Finance and Administration Committee resolutions FA2023-25 to FA2023-32 from the meeting of May 16, 2023.

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury approves Nominating Committee resolutions NC2023-14 to NC2023-16 from the meeting of May 23, 2023.

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury approves Planning Committee resolutions PL2023-80 to PL2023-84 from the meeting of May 29, 2023.

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury read and pass By-law 2023-78 to By-law 2023-92Z.

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury establishes an Ad-Hoc Committee named the Future-Ready Development Services Committee for which the mandate, membership, purpose, objectives and term shall be as described in Appendix A; AND THAT the following members be appointed as members of the committee: Mayor Lefebvre, Councillor Cormier, Councillor Fortin, Councillor Parent and Councillor Landry-Altmann; AND THAT the Mayor be appointed as Chair and Councillor Cormier as Vice-Chair of the Committee; AND THAT the Chief Administrative Officer be directed to assign staff with experience in data analysis and process reviews to support the objectives of the Committee. Appendix A Future-Ready Development Services Committee Mandate/Purpose To assess the potential for the City of Greater Sudbury’s development services to reflect leading practices that ensure support for growth is timely and efficient and the municipality has the capacity, best-in-class policies and processes to support anticipated growth in residential and non-residential development over the next 10-15 years. Objectives Receive presentations from organizations in the private and public sector to highlight areas of strength or areas for improvement or change; Review and receive reports on practices in place in other municipalities; Review historical city data describing activity levels and processing cycle times; Identify changes, where required, to development policies, practices and procedures; and Prepare a final report descr

WHEREAS in accordance with the Development Charges Act, development charges (DCs) are collected on new and expanded development, and are a primary source of funding for growth-related capital expenditures; AND WHEREAS the City of Greater Sudbury is currently scheduled to increase DCs by 9.9% on July 1, 2023; AND WHEREAS the City of Greater Sudbury increased DCs by 17.2 per cent in 2022; AND WHEREAS the City of Greater Sudbury wishes to grow its tax base by encouraging commercial and industrial investment; AND WHEREAS the City of Greater Sudbury wishes to address the need for residential development and growth, particularly the need for more affordable housing; AND WHEREAS excessive DCs may have an impact on the cost of affordable housing and may hamper development growth; AND WHEREAS the City of Greater Sudbury’s current by-law will expire on June 30th, 2024 and a Development Charges Background Study and new by-law must be approved in order to collect DCs after June 30th, 2024; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Greater Sudbury direct that staff include a report on the June 27th, 2023 City Council agenda for the purpose of allowing persons to make representations with respect to a freeze of development charges, and that staff provide the notice required by legislation.