Stephen, can we get a countdown, please?
Five, four, three, two, one.
Go ahead, Mr. Chair.
I call this meeting to order. Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome.
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Thank you.
May I have a confirmation of the agenda?
moved by Regional Councilor Racco, seconded by Regional Councilor Ferri, Mr. City Manager
or Delegates, are there any addendums to today's agenda?
Good afternoon, Mr. Chair, Mr. Mayor, Members of Committee, there are no addendum items
for this meeting.
Thank you.
Are there any disclosures of interest?
Mr. Chair, if we can just have that called to vote first, please.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Thank you. All those in favor of the agenda, oppose the motion carries. Any disclosure of interest?
Mr. Clerk, I see none. Are there any communication? They're none, Mr. Chair. Thank you.
Okay. But we do have a wonderful ceremonial presentation and I'm going to turn this over
to the mayor for introduction. Mr. Mayor.
Thanks very much Mr. Chair. Appreciate it a great deal. Good afternoon everyone. The chair is quite
correct we're going to begin with a very special ceremonial presentation this afternoon
in honor of a truly remarkable individual from our community.
On behalf of the City of Vaughan
and members of council I am very pleased to welcome Tilda Roll to Vaughan City Hall
and to congratulate her on being named the 2025 Ward 5 Civic Hero.
We can clap. We can clap. That's good news. That's good news.
Now, I have the honor of speaking first as per our protocol,
but I do want to say the local Civic Ward heroes
are nominated by each of our five local counselors.
And of course, given that this is our Ward 5 Civic Hero for 2026,
until that was nominated by Ward 5 Councilor Gila Marto who will be speaking in
just a couple of minutes. So Vaughn Civic Hero Awards allow us to recognize the
exceptional individuals who call our city home, a city that we believe is
the best in Canada. And our Civic Heroes highlight or this opportunity to
award and recognize and celebrate our Civic Heroes helps to highlight their
impactful contributions to help make sure that Vaughn continues to be an
exceptional place in which to live to work and to raise a family.
This award is one of the most meaningful recognitions that our city can bestow and it is something
that we are all very much proud to participate in.
As I mentioned, it was Gila Marto, our award five councillor who brought forward this nomination,
a well-deserved nomination for Tilda and it is a privilege to recognize Tilda today.
Tilda is someone who goes above and beyond to make our community a much better place.
She is a family law lawyer and mediator here in Bonn, who has been practicing for more than 30 years
and has been working with the Dispute Resolution Office at the Ministry of the Attorney General here in Ontario since 2014.
She has maintained a reputation for proven results, promoting reconciliation and putting children's needs at the forefront of disputes.
And recently, she reported and ultimately testified against an individual who was engaged in a hate crime targeting Jewish residents in Ward 5, successfully helping to bring them to justice.
Tilda has also served on the board for the Tannenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto from 2018 to 2022 and has dedicated countless hours as a volunteer at Chabad Flamingo.
So, for all of these reasons and so many more, I along with my council colleagues are so
delighted to congratulate Tilda on receiving the 2025 Ward 5 Civic Hero Award.
From the bottom of all of our hearts, thank you Tilda for doing everything that you do
to help make sure that Vaughn remains such an exceptional community.
It means a lot to us and we are delighted to see you here and so many of your family
and friends here to support you today as well.
Well, that Mr. Chair, I'll turn things over to our award-five counselor, Gila Marto, for
her comments.
Congratulations again.
Thank you, Mayor Dalduka, and I know that the Mayor has met Tilde numerous times at
Chabad, Flamingo, and I'm sure I wasn't the only one who noticed how well you say Chabad,
and so many other words from the Thornhill Jewish community.
It's a struggle sometimes for politicians, even, I'll just say, even those in the
Jewish community who didn't grow up speaking Hebrew or Yiddish, sometimes they struggle
with some of these words.
Tilda, I've known you for decades and it's an honor and a privilege to be able to be
in the seat and to nominate you for this award.
When I first heard that we get to nominate a member of our community each year for a
hero award for our specific, you know, specific district, specific award, I was sort of a
little taken aback and I said a hero, you know, I think of people running into
fires and giving CPR.
are, but you truly are a hero. You set an example for all of us to get involved, to
give back to the community that we all know, and I think that Tilda and all of her friends
and relatives that are here today know that we have enough experience that whatever we
put into the community, whatever we give, we get back tenfold. So even though Tilda
has done so many countless hours of work, the reality is that I think she's gotten
back as well and we see it by the huge crowd of people who came out in the
middle of the day in the cold wintery weather to support you in receiving this
award and I just want to say that through your meaningful work Tilda
within the Jewish community and throughout your your career and advocacy
for children you really show us what it means to be a true leader and a
civic hero. Your steadfast support for the Jewish community standing
firmly against hate and advocating for justice is truly inspiring. We love
to hear babies. Don't worry about it. And she's wearing, by the way, a very cute matching
dress and hat. Tilda's commitment and passion for the people in our community, even people
she's never met before, really shows how one individual can make a difference. This
recognition is a testament to the impact you've had on many lives and to the example
you've set for all of us. So congratulations to Tilda, her family, and her friends.
and I believe now we're going to take some official photos in the back.
Oh, Tilda, yes, sorry. Tilda wanted to speak. Come up to the podium, Tilda.
A great start. Okay.
Thank you, everyone. Mayor Dalduca,
Councillor Marto, members of council, family, friends, and the taxpayers of the City of
I'm deeply honored and grateful to be the recipient of the Ward 5 Civic Hero Award.
The City of Vaughn is supported by citizens who show up and work together when it matters.
I strive to be one of those citizens every day.
Together with my husband Malcolm, I've lived in Thornhill since 1995.
We bought our first home in Onhetherington.
We raised our three children, Cameron, Matthew, Madeline, and now Matthew's spouse, Lindsay, also Thornhill-Born.
Our children attended Associated Hebrew Schools and the Community Hebrew School of Toronto Vaughan Campus.
They attended Chabad-Fomingo Vaughan City camps.
They learned how to ski, skate, and swim here in Vaughan.
Our family has made lifelong connections here.
This award also belongs to my immediate and extended family, including my husband Malcolm,
my parents who are here, Chaim and Murey Moussaji, my siblings and children,
the Jewish community at Chabad Flamingo led by our spiritual leader Rabbi Kaplan,
my legal community, including my partner Adam Altmid, my senior law clerk Frank Al-Beneze
and the York Region Law Association, along with my friends who inspire me daily.
That includes, yes, the canasta ladies, the mage ladies, the book club members, my
pickleball players, my good friends, many of who took time out today to support
me and my neighbors. I'm especially grateful to my friend Gila Marto,
Councilor of Ward 5 for her recognition and dedication to this community. She
is one of those people who shows up when needed.
My Jewish upbringing and
belief in Hashem has taught me the value of tikkun olam,
community activism and shared responsibility.
I believe that as citizens of Vaughan,
we have a shared responsibility to look after one another,
whether it be with a private or public act of kindness.
This has guided me as a Canadian,
a member of the Jewish community,
a lawyer, a wife, a mother, and a friend.
I know because I have been tested
over the last five years.
First, with a serious illness, which I overcame with the assistance of my family, good friends,
and medical team, including my brother, Dr.
And then a recent assault against myself, my spouse and friends that took place here in
Bonn on January 5th, 2024, after the atrocities in Israel on October 7th, 2023.
For those who know me, I am not one to back down. I did what needed to be done, which
included defending our right to live safely in our neighborhood.
We pursued justice
injustice prevailed in our case. I'm proud to be a small part of that and we'll continue to speak up
for our community when needed. Thank you for trusting me with this honour. You will not be disappointed.
Thank you and congratulations and now we go for a picture.
Okay we can now proceed and
Sir Kirk, there are no presentations I believe. They're not Mr Chair. Thank you.
And now we go to the determination of item
requiring separate discussion.
The clerk has not identified any,
but I'll start from my left,
Councillor Efrade.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Item one and item two, please.
Okay.
Councillor Wolff-Pindeshta.
I'm good.
Good.
Regional Councillor Rocco.
None.
Thank you, regional council. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm fine.
Thank you, Mr. Mayor. All good, Mr. Chair. Thank you.
Deputy Mayor Jackson. Thank you, Mr. Chair. My name is being called.
Thank you. And Councilor DeFrancisco is fine. Councilor Ainsworth, Councilor Marto, fine.
So we have item one and two and Mr. Clerk is anybody from the audience that they
wish to call an item that has not been called? Mr. Chair if there's anyone in
the audience who wishes to discuss an item if they'd raise their hand now
please. I don't see any. You see none. Very good Mr. Chair. Okay thank you. Then
we move on to
motion to approve the items that don't require discussion moved by
Councilor de Francesca, second by Councilor Wolff-Pintashta. Anyone against this motion?
the motion carries. Okay. And now we go to item number one,
Councilor DeFrati.
That's
Corporate Service Finance, Tax, Sale, 12 properties in various locations. And we have a report
from our Deputy City Manager in Corporate Services.
you
got to hit her okay here we go all right just quick question so I see this
is for information only in and so will your you're notifying us but does that
mean you will proceed to to putting these properties up for sale through the
chair of the councilor I afraid he yes and will you be coming back again or is
Well, as the process unfolds, there will be public notification, so there will be awareness
that we'll make council aware with each step of the process, when it goes to tender, when
it closes, and the results, that just as we've done in the past, although these are
very infrequent, as you can appreciate, which is a good thing, you will be made aware
and apprised of the process as it unfolds.
Thank you I think it was like over a decade ago then we went through this so um the first question
is I see a whole bunch of them it would have been helpful to have maybe an understanding of
there's one two three four five six seven all at the same address and it's a sign is it one sign
and all these and everybody owns a piece of the sign I'm going to try to understand this
of the very unusual one? Through the chair to council I afraidy your your assessment is correct
it is actually all all that have been denoted as signs are the same physical sign different pieces
of that sign which are all individually pinned by MPAC therefore individually assessed at an
extremely nominal value, mind you, but they are assessed that way.
So I cannot see who's going to buy, you know, a couple of feet where a sign is sitting on,
but that's fine.
And if we don't sell it, I guess we retain it, do we take the sign down?
Through the chair to councillor, I afraid for those components that have been identified,
I would suggest while it sounds somewhat unlikely that someone would want to purchase it, there
have been examples where people have other condo owners within the same plaza will purchase
that additional sign space.
So it certainly is possible as to what happens afterwards as they would if they if they
do not get sold, they will be vested by the city.
we will proceed with you know effectively making them exempt so the tax
roll effectively stops on them or the tax arrears effectively stops on them but
determining whether the sign gets taken down it's a it's rather a permanent
fixture it's not something on a I know I'm just saying if it's on city
property and we own it nobody wants to buy it and we're providing free
advertising on city property for these companies it puts us into a situation at
a later date that perhaps others would want to say. So I just need to
understand as we move forward given that this is ward one as you proceed if you
could let me know. Absolutely and through the chair to the
Councillor determining of the outcome depending on the outcome specifically
for that collection that would inform what the city ultimately chooses to
do and you will definitely be informed when the process concludes. Thank you
The next step is that there will be an advertisement somehow so that you and I and everybody else
can potentially buy, right?
Through the chair, that is correct.
So that would be publicly the newspaper,
whatever medium you choose to be.
The only money that is owned to the city is property taxes.
Am I right?
Through the chair to Rachel, Councilor Rocco in this case,
that is all that is out there.
So no matter what will happen,
no matter how the market will go down the basement,
at the end of the day,
the city will get the full amount of money
because are we the first one to get paid or would be the mortgagee the first one to get
paid?
Through the chair, to Councilor Racco, in this case, through this process, we are the
first.
So bottom line, we will get the money no matter what because the amount of tax, you
know, three or even ten years can be anywhere close to the actual what was paid or what
the market is.
So technically, we would be getting our money, we can sell it,
and whatever money is left over will go whatever the legal system allows to.
Thank you.
I don't see any other names.
I had called for the motion already.
Anybody opposed the motion?
I see none.
The motion carries.
And then we go to item number two, Ferrara Glades Investment, Zoning By-law Amendment,
draft plan of subdivision, file T19-25 V004-2270 and 2400 Theston Road.
Councilor Diafrade.
Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I'm happy to move this item.
I'm looking forward to the development in this block.
We've been waiting a long time, so I'm glad we're moving all these files forward.
But I do have a question on page 10 of, or page 2 of 15, whichever you guys want.
Items 3 of the recommendation.
So there's some issues here.
There's mentioning the holding symbol on 3A, council adopts a resolution allocating
sewage and water supply and point 4, the be allocated servicing and on and on and on.
I just wanted to ask are they not automatically allocated this, this landowners group, didn't
they pay like $160 million to the region to get the sewage and water pipes into
to the, so I don't see it here and I don't understand the process.
Should they not be the first ones to be allocated to everything?
So if you could answer that question, I would appreciate it.
Through the chair to councillor, you're absolutely right.
The landowner group did front end costs
associated with infrastructure that the region built.
And in that agreement, there was allocation
that was provided that was unrestricted 28,000 people's worth of allocation that the city does
hold and we'll allocate our regular processes as you as you recall on a quarterly basis we do
provide a report where we actually allocate all of the all of the approvals that come forward
and it would it would happen then which would be next month okay so that so there is no we're
not holding them back or or approving this subject to perhaps getting you know
allocation it's available it is available you just need to you just have
another process you have to go through that is correct okay thank you so I will
move it when the time comes
thank you thank you Mr. Chair and good afternoon
everyone I'm happy to hear that Councilor Freedy is looking forward to
this has been going on for who 10 15 years I know in the last couple of
days, there's been a little bit of back and forth. I was actually speaking with
the applicants this morning. I know that they had sent a letter through the
clerk that missed the deadline, but I assume that it'll be included as
additional information to counsel. I think that in speaking, I know that
The staff is aware that I am going to just refer this directly to council without a decision
to allow for the applicant and for the city to work out their concerns. There is some conditions
in this application that there is a concern to the applicant. And Council, I'm afraid
you mentioned one about allocation, but I think there's a few others. So I think
so that we're not having to amend recommendations at council. It would be best just to refer
this directly to council without a decision. So, Mr. Chair, that is my motion. And if I
have a seconder. Okay. I seconded by Alfredi. All right. Counselor Alfredi wanted to make
the motion. Is that okay? No. Sorry. My apologies, Mr. Chair. So the motion to refer takes
precedent. Yes. Yeah. Okay. Do I have a seconder for the deferral? Yeah, I'm afraid of it.
I see none.
Get a member to look at the screen.
Anyone opposed to this motion?
No?
Okay.
Emotional carriage.
Okay.
Thank you.
And now there
are any consideration of
special committees.
You want to move them all.
I believe there are three of them.
Councilor Wopin-Deshta, seconded by Councilor Deputy Mayor Texan, anyone opposed?
Sinan, that motion carries.
Is there any staff communication?
There are none, Mr. Chair.
Thank you.
Is there any new business?
I see none.
Motion to adjourn.
Councillor Rolpindeshta, seconded by Councillor Iafrati. Anybody opposed to this motion?
Oh, yeah, everybody. It's too early.
The motion carries. This meeting stands adjourned. Thank you.