Regional Municipality of Waterloo
Sustainability, Infrastructure, and Development Committee
Agenda

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Date:
Regular Session:
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  • Recommended Motion:

    That the Regional Municipality of Waterloo approve the following as outlined in Report TSD-TRP-24-010, dated August 13, 2024:

    1. Adopt the Two-Step Community Safety Zone Warrant as described in this report and direct staff to utilize the warrant process as the preferred methodology for identifying potential Community Safety Zones along regional roads throughout the Region of Waterloo;
    2. Direct staff to report back with a list of designated School Zones which should have a Community Safety Zone designation added prior to the planned Municipal Speed Camera program changes in late 2024;
    3. Adopt the strategy of utilizing a Community Safety Zone designation at all School Zones along regional roadways that are to be equipped with a Municipal Speed Camera in the future; and
    4. Direct staff to use the newly adopted Community Safety Zone warrant to identify a comprehensive list of prospective Community Safety Zones along regional roads (including those not centred around a School Zone) and report back to Council with options for implementing those Community Safety Zones, including associated impacts to the staffing and resources for the Region’s Municipal Speed Camera program.
  • Recommended Motion:

    That the Regional Municipality of Waterloo (Region) take the following action with respect to curbside waste collection service for Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (IC&I) properties located in designated downtown areas as set out in report EES-WMS-24-003, dated August 13, 2024:

    1. Approve Region administered and funded waste collection, processing and disposal service as identified as Option 1 in the Downtown Waste Services Review, as follows:
      1. Conversion to automated cart collection for organics and garbage collection
      2. Maintain blue box recycling, including dedicated cardboard collection
      3. Provision of a minimum of twice-weekly collection in the tri-city designated downtowns and weekly collection for the designated township downtowns and Belmont Village
      4. Expansion of the tri-city designated downtown collection areas to include the full geographic extent of their respective existing Business Improvement Areas (BIAs)
      5. Discontinuation of designated downtown public space/litter container collection service
      6. Delegation of waste by-law enforcement authority to local area municipalities

         

    2. Direct staff to negotiate and amend the recently executed residential waste collection contract with Halton Recycling Ltd. dba. Emterra Environmental to undertake this work, using provisional pricing provided under RFP P2023-33 Automated Cart-Based, and Manual Waste Collection, and Supply, Initial Distribution and On-Going Maintenance of Carts Within the Region of Waterloo, with contract commencement on March 2, 2026, to align with the termination of the existing waste collection contract.
    3. Discontinue the provision of blue box recycling to non-eligible sources, as defined by the new Blue Box Regulation (O. Reg. 391/21), for those properties located outside of the designated downtowns and that were previously eligible for Region administered blue box collection service.
  • Recommended Motion:

    That the Region of Waterloo take the following action with respect to TSD-TRP-24-012 dated August 13, 2024:

    1. Endorse the findings of the Cambridge to Union Passenger Rail Connection Initial Business Case and Concept Design study
    2. Direct Regional staff to forward the Council report to Area Municipal partners to create a unified voice to support the project
    3. Forward a request Metrolinx to:
      1. include the project in the Regional Transit Plan;
      2. continue the project under Metrolinx’ jurisdiction to further design and engineering to conduct a Preliminary Design Business Case, and to continue engagement with CN to establish a strategy for use of the Fergus Subdivision; and
      3. provide GO bus service between Cambridge and Guelph to meet current needs prior to the proposed rail service being operational.

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  • Recommended Motion:

    That the meeting adjourn at x:xx p.m.