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I'm going to start with the Indigenous statement.

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We acknowledge the lands which constitute the present -day city of Mississauga as

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being part of the treaty and traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First

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Nation.

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The Haudenosaunee Confederacy,

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the Huron -Wyandot...

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Wendat and Wyandot nations.

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We recognize these peoples and their ancestors as peoples who inhabited

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these lands since time immemorial.

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The City of Mississauga is home to many global Indigenous peoples.

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As a municipality,

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the City of Mississauga is actively working towards reconciliation by confronting

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our past and our present,

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providing space for Indigenous peoples with their...

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within their territory to recognize and uphold their treaty rights and to support Indigenous

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peoples.

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We formally recognize the Ananashabi origins of our name and continue

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to make Mississauga a safe space for all Indigenous peoples.

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The first thing I'm going to do under approval

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of the agenda is in the second closed session.

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We have one that we're going to start right now.

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In the second closed session,

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we're going to add a 6 .2,

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which is...

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An in -camera update on the Soccer Canada RFP.

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I would also,

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I'm also going to move 8 .2,

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Tim Lee,

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planner, ahead of 8 .1 because his subject is entirely

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different from all the rest of them and he can get back to work.

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With those changes,

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can someone approve it?

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Councillor McFadden,

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all those in favour?

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Oh, I need a second.

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Councillor Mahoney,

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all those in favour?

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Okay,

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now we are asking if there's

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any conflict of interest.

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Seeing none.

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Five, the minutes of the previous council meeting draft council minutes June 24,

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2026.

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Councillor Butt,

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Councillor Fonseca,

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all those in favor?

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Okay, we're going to move to 6 .1,

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a trade secret or scientific,

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technical,

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commercial, financial or labour relations information supplied in

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confidence to the municipality or local board,

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which,

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if disclosed,

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could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position

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or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations

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of a person group of persons organization.

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And it's a verbal update,

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so we're going to have to clear the chamber.

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and move to the first in -camera session.

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Sorry about that.

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I was supposed to read this before.

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Whereas the Municipal Act 2001,

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as amended to the Act,

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requires Council to pass a resolution prior to closing part of a meeting to the public.

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Whereas the Act requires that the resolution states the act of holding of the closed

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meeting and the general nature of the matter to be considered at the closed meeting,

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which we did.

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Now,

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therefore, be it resolved that a portion of the Council meeting held on July 29,

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2026,

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shall be closed to the public to deal with the following matters,

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pursuant to Section 2392 .1 of the Municipal Act 2001.

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6 .1,

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a trade secret or scientific,

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technical, commercial,

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financial or labour relations information supplied in confidence to municipality

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or local board,

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which, if disclosed,

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could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or

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interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person,

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group or persons or organisation.

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And we did that,

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but I just want to get a formal moved by and seconded by.

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So moved by Councillor Hornick,

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seconded by Councillor Kovach.

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All those in favour?

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Do we need a recorded vote?

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No.

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Okay,

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that one's done.

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Okay,

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now the verbal...

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I have a motion.

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that the verbal closed session update regarding a trade secret or scientific,

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technical, commercial,

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financial or labour relations information supplied in confidence to the municipality or

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local board, which,

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if disclosed,

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could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or

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interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person,

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group of persons or organisation,

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be received.

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Moved by Councillor McFadden,

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seconded by Councillor Mahoney.

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All those in favour.

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Okay, those are done.

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That's a recorded vote.

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We need to vote,

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sorry.

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While they're doing that,

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I'm going to add to the agenda.

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We're going to have...

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A slight change again.

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We're going to have Tim Lee as 8 .0,

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so we can get him in and out before we get into the main topic of the day.

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Then 8 .1 will be Ben Phillips,

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who will do a deputation related to data centres.

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And then 8 .3 will be Glenn

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Volkes, and then the numbers bump all the way down in the same order that

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they're listed.

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Can someone move that for me?

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Councillor Tejo,

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Councillor Fonseca,

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all those in favour?

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Okay, so we're going to start with Tim.

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out of the way and back to work.

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Madam Mayor,

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we do have a presentation ready,

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but this is a very technical report.

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So I would recommend perhaps if it

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helps that we could skip the presentation component

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and simply go to questions if there are.

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Everybody's read the presentation.

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We've got the material.

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Okay.

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All right.

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Can you give us your recommendations so that the people in the audience know

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what it is?

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Good morning,

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Mayor,

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members of Council.

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The changes to

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the Zoning Bottle Amendment that was approved on June 1st by committee

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really was to pre -zone lands

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throughout the entire city within the protected major transit station areas.

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They include along the here Ontario

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LRT,

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the Hills and McCallion Line,

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the Dundas Corridor,

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and also the GO Transit stations of Malton and

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Clarkson and Procredit,

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and so on.

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The changes that we have here for today really speaks

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to, particularly in Ward 7,

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and in particular around the hospital growth

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center area.

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And this has to do with the...

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The policies in the official plan where buildings

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and construction equipment,

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such as construction cranes,

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cannot be any higher than the helipad,

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which would be under construction as part of the new hospital building

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that is under construction today.

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And so the change really is more robust.

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The regulations that we had previously

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was more of a conservative approach.

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But given now that we have discussions with the Trillium Health partners,

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it is a bit more robust,

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where the maximum height is meeting

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the height requirements in the official plan,

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but also respecting the maximum

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height of 228 meters above sea level,

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which is in the official plan.

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The staff have consulted

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with the...

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Trillium Health Partners consistently throughout this process and

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are satisfied with the proposed changes.

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And in fact,

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the THP provided a letter to staff

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in support of those changes.

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Tim,

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can you stop for a minute?

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Can

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those who are coming into the chamber please respect the business of the chamber

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and keep your voices down?

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Okay,

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Tim.

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Thank you,

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Mayor. As I mentioned,

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the Trillium Health partners have been in communication with

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staff with regards to the proposed changes,

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and a letter was sent to staff July 21st,

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noting that they are satisfied with these proposed changes.

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So the reason why we're here today is because there are changes

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that were made to the original amendment,

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which requires notice under the Planning Act,

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which is why we're here today.

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The landowners that were impacted by

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this change were mailed individually by postage,

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and the notice was also provided in the city's

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website.

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Thank you,

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Tim. Councillor Jumarillo,

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do you have any questions that particularly affects you?

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No,

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other than to just thank staff.

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They briefed me,

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and I'm comfortable with it,

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and it is what it is,

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so thank you.

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Okay, you're going to move that?

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Do you have a seconder?

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Councillor Hornick?

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Recorded vote?

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No.

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Hands vote.

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Hands in the air.

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Okay,

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thank you.

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Thanks, Tim.

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I forgot to mention also we're adding under 15

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.1 .13 regarding motion 16

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.2,

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a piece of correspondence from the Canadian Environmental Law Association.

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You can have that in your package.

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Okay,

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so we are now going to go to Ben to

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do the first presentation.

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Ben Phillips.

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Good morning,

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Madam Mayor and members of Council.

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My name is Ben Phillips.

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I am the Executive Manager of Citywide Planning

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Policy,

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which also includes the Official Plan team at the city.

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So

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there is no one definition of what a data centre is.

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This is one of the things we will define

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for the Mississauga planning process over the next few months.

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as we study this issue.

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But we know they have several common features.

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They contain many computer servers that store

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and process digital information.

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They are secure facilities.

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They are essential for a range of services that people

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depend on,

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including health care,

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banking,

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retail purchases,

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internet searches,

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or sorry,

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internet services,

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and AI.

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Larger -scale facilities raise land use,

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infrastructure,

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environmental and community impact consideration that our

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department has begun studying and will be reporting on

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further over the next few months.

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So

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this slide really speaks to the different types of data centers,

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and they vary significantly depending on ownership model,

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scale,

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and purpose.

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And they include,

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on the top row,

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enterprise, co -location,

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hyperscale,

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and large -scale AI.

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The definitions in the second row are from the

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province's independent electricity system operator,

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which manages Ontario's electrical grid.

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And just

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to highlight some of the key differences,

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so for enterprise,

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they typically only have one owner.

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and this is typically what we've seen in Mississauga and other GTA

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municipalities.

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They're generally smaller in terms of the megawatt power demand,

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typically under 20 megawatts,

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but they're often much smaller than that historically,

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under 5 megawatts.

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Colocation is really where you have an

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ownership model that leases out server space.

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to multiple specific businesses.

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And they generally range from 1

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megawatt to 50 megawatts in size.

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Hyperscale,

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again,

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this provincial body,

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their definition is more related to the number of server

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racks.

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So at least 5 ,000 server racks and 10

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,000 square feet of floor space.

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Quite a wide range of megawatt power draw,

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50 megawatts to 500 plus megawatts,

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and large -scale AI.

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These are large centers,

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greater power demands,

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hundreds of megawatt power consumption up to one gigawatt.

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And so we will,

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just in terms of a reference of megawatts,

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one megawatt powers about two megawatts.

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large supermarkets.

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So if you think of a typical larger supermarket like Loblaws

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that might be 60 ,000 square feet.

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This

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slide starts to get at what is considered a large data center from a provincial

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regulatory perspective.

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10 megawatts is the threshold where

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the IESO requires connection studies to show that a

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proposal won't disrupt

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These are called system impact assessments.

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Recently,

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under Bill 40,

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the province is proposing that data centers above a certain megawatt size

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must get direct approval from the minister before

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connecting to the grid.

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So the province has suggested that this threshold be 50

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megawatts or greater,

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but we need to wait until the regulation is released so this

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number could change.

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There is no specific definition in our official plan or

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the city's zoning bylaw for data centers.

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In the zoning bylaw,

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they are considered to be warehousing or a science and technology facility,

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and both these uses are permitted in the E1,

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E2,

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and E3 zoning.

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across the city.

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So these are our employment zones and industrial zones of

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the city.

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Coloured

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areas on this map are where data centres are currently

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permitted as of right.

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Again,

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these are our employment and industrial zone.

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So one thing that we'll study is whether we need,

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whether we should be permitting data centres

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as of right in all of these zones.

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We've started meeting with several of these groups and will continue

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over the next few months.

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So just as a highlight,

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this includes provincial agencies,

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ELECTRA,

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other municipalities,

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other subject matter experts,

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municipal staff.

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We will have a public engagement program

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as well,

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and we will hire consultants as needed.

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So just wanted to give you an overview of some of the things we'd

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be looking at as part of the study scope,

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some of the potential benefits,

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as well as challenges we'll look at.

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So on the potential benefits side,

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we will look at appropriate

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employment land use.

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So data centres are generally located.

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within employment and industrial areas and support the intended function

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of employment land.

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So we'll consider land use compatibility and

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surrounding uses.

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Economic influence.

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We will study how data centres contribute to the economy.

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Tax revenues relative to municipal services.

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So we'll study this financial and fiscal piece.

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We will also look at alignment with federal and provincial policies.

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including data sovereignty,

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and that really speaks to supporting the on -shoring of digital

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data and domestic computing infrastructure.

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But Canadian -owned and operated facilities are

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only truly secure from a data sovereignty perspective,

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so we will also look into this aspect.

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Lower emission electricity supply.

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Ontario benefits from a relatively low emissions electricity system

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compared to many jurisdictions.

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While this is a potential benefit,

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we must also consider how this will change over time,

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especially the kind of power generated to meet the incremental

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demand for big uses of power,

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such as data centres.

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Another

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challenge is meeting the growing electrical demand.

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The IESO's role is to forecast,

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manage the grid,

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and take action if there are supply and infrastructure issues in

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partnership with local distribution companies like

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Electra.

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So this slide comes from the IESO in a technical

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report that they released last year.

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We are going to be setting up meetings with them as well as

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Electra staff to dig deeper on this,

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and we will report back to Council on this.

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So this table shows that large industrial projects

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that connect to the grid in larger blocks,

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which includes data centres,

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is ramping up quickly.

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The dark orange bars show projects.

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where IESO has determined there is a higher degree of confidence

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they will happen,

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and this is called included demand.

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The light orange bars that you

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see are all projects IESO hears about,

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and this is regardless of the likelihood

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of development.

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So, again,

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you can see this is ramping up.

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it should be noted that data centers are the smallest included

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or proposed demand right now compared to each

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of EVs,

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which talks about electrical vehicle infrastructure,

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steel production,

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and mining in the province.

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But EVs and data centers are expected

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to increase their proportion over the next several years.

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So as part of our land use study,

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we will also study a range of other concerns that have been raised.

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So we will look at noise and air emissions.

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We will look at water use and water

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system capacity,

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the heat generated from cooling,

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as well as what has traditionally been known.

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is the urban heat island effect,

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which is really what happens when you cover surfaces with hard

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surfacing.

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Things that we usually look at during site plan

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approval, such as build form,

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design,

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screening and buffering.

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We will also,

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again, I touched on it before,

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look at land use compatibility,

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whether we need to adjust our policies in the official

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plan and our zoning by law.

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So just some basic facts around interim control by -law as this

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is on the agenda today.

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It's a tool under Section 38 of the Planning Act to prohibit

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specific uses within an identified area

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to study the long -term planning

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considerations.

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The maximum duration is one year.

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It can be extended after that one year by a

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maximum of one year.

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So an ICBL can be appealed by landowners for

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a period of 50 days after council approval.

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But just to be clear,

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the land use is still prohibited while

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under appeal.

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Amendments to the zoning bylaw following the study must

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be in place prior to the ICBL expiration.

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And with that,

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the Planning Act...

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really dictates that there is a moratorium on passing

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a future ICBL on any affected lands for

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a period of three years.

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This last slide is

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really talking about the future and the timing for this study.

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We would be looking to bring forward in

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the last quarter of this year an interim report to Council,

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and it would really refine the proposed study

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scope.

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It would outline consultation and potentially give Council

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options on direction before we finalize the report.

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And we would expect to come back in the second or third quarter

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of next year with a final report to Council with the

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actual study as well as any recommendations for change.

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Thank you.

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Councillor

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Reid.

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Thank you, Madam Mayor.

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And Ben,

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thank you for this presentation and this sanitized version of it from

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what we saw in close.

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I think this is really good to give us a high -level understanding of

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it. And my question is just around Bill 40,

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the 50 megawatts.

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If you could just explain how that's more of a suggestion,

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that's not solid,

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and what that means for our future ICBL if we're looking at it for the city.

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Yes,

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under Bill 40,

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which was approved at the end of last year,

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the province is proposing that any big users

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of electricity in the province would need direct approval

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from the Minister of Energy before going forward.

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So that legislation is in place.

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We have to wait for the regulations to determine that

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exact threshold.

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So the province,

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when they consulted,

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they suggested 50 megawatts or greater could

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be the threshold,

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and they were looking for input on that.

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They haven't made their final determination on what that threshold will be,

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so we have to wait for the regulation to come out.

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We have a lot of wonderful young adults here who have a ton of questions.

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I'm sure it'll come up.

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But just for me,

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I'm concerned about the clustering of it.

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So if we say 50 megawatts,

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