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Special Council Meeting — September 8, 2026
City of Pickering — Agenda Summary
Format: Electronic meeting, immediately following the Executive Committee meeting. Chair: Mayor Ashe.
1. Confidential (In Camera) Matters
- Item 3.1 — Appeal by 705 Kingston Road Ltd. (Ontario Land Tribunal Case OLT-25-000595), re: Official Plan Amendment OPA 24-003/P and Zoning By-law Amendment A 05/24. Consultant delegation: Mark Joblin, Loopstra Nixon LLP.
- Item 3.2 — Confidential Finance report (FIN 15-26) on the Canada-Ontario Partnership to Build — Development Charge Reduction Program (DCRP).
2. Public Matters for Consideration
Item 6.1 — Award: New Fire Station 5 (Report CS 27-26)
- New two-storey, two-bay fire station at 1515 Sandy Beach Road, replacing the 1969-built Station #5 at 1616 Bayly St.
- Lowest compliant bid: Pomerleau Inc. — $12,719,153.67 (HST incl.) / $11,453,991.84 (net).
- Total net project cost: $13,599,811.65 — funded by $500K Casino Reserve, $3.85M Operations Centre Reserve, and $9.25M from Ontario Power Generation (replacing debt financing).
- Avoiding debt financing cuts the 2027 tax levy by an estimated 0.89%.
- Adds 20 new firefighters (~$2.6M) to staff the station.
- Construction ~18 months; facility expected operational in the latter half of 2028.
- Project cost is currently $401,811.65 over approved budget.
Item 6.2 — Award: Whitevale Master Drainage Plan Construction (Report INF 13-26)
- Full-depth reconstruction of Whitevale Road (Whitevale Bridge to Golf Club Road) and North Road (to north of Churchwin St.), plus an upsized storm sewer for 100-year-storm flood protection — a response to 2017 Whitevale flooding.
- Lowest compliant bid: Elirpa Construction & Materials Ltd. — $4,528,202.26 (HST incl.) / $4,077,786.39 (net).
- Total net project cost: $5,359,375.00 — funded from OCIF Reserve, Rate Stabilization Reserve, and Casino Reserves.
- Contract administration/inspection to AECOM ULC: $203,479.30.
- Project sits within the Whitevale Heritage Conservation District — Heritage Permit HP 01/26 approved with conditions (tree protection, vibration monitoring, archaeological monitoring, landscape restoration).
- Project cost is currently $795,375.00 over approved budget (topped up from Casino Reserves).
3. Attachments
- Council resolutions from 2014, 2017, and June 2026 tracing the Whitevale drainage plan’s approval history.
- Location map for the Whitevale Road/North Road reconstruction area.
4. Remaining Agenda Items
- Confidential Special Council – Public Report, Delegations, Confirmatory By-law, Adjournment (no additional content provided beyond section headers).
