Council · Regular
April 22, 2026
Council of the City of Richmond Hill
09:30 – 10:27 · 0h 57m
7 present · 2 absent
Staff & officers present
A. Adari Assistant City Solicitor — A. Dickinson Project Manager, Affordable Housing — C. Connolly Council/Committee Coordinator — D. Guy Director, Community Standards Electronic D. Joslin City Manager — G. Galanis Commissioner of Planning and Building Services — Gigi Li Director, Financial Services and Treasurer Electronic K. Chaudhry Manager, Heritage and Urban Design — K. Hurley Council/Committee Coordinator — M. Flores Director, Policy Planning — M. O'Brien Sustainability Coordinator Electronic P. Masaro Commissioner of Infrastructure and Engineering Services — R. Ban Deputy City Clerk — R. Rendon Manager, Sustainability — S. Adams Commissioner of Corporate and Financial Services — Stephen M.A. Huycke City Clerk — T. Steele Commissioner of Community Services —
Revisions
- First published Substantive fetched Jun 22, 2026
- · Motion 1 added: That the agenda be adopted as distributed by the Clerk.
- · Motion 2 added: That the minutes of Council Meeting C#06-26 held on April 8, 2026, be adopted.
- · Motion 3 added: Council adopted those items not identified for separate discussion.
- · Motion 4 added: That the presentation by Jody DeGagne, General Manager, Housing and Homelessness Services, and Gabriel Wong, Director, Housing Development and Asset Strategy, regarding York Region Housing Development Activity Update, be received with than…
- · Motion 5 added: That the minutes of Heritage Richmond Hill meeting HRH#02-26 held March 5, 2026, be adopted.
- · Motion 6 added: That Council receive Staff Report SRPBS.26.009, including the attached 2025 Environment Strategy Progress Tracker, 2025 Environment Strategy Highlight Sheet, and 2020-2024 Environmental Scorecard for information purposes and that all comme…
- · Motion 7 added: That staff report SRPBS.26.020 regarding a Street Naming Application submitted by Proposer Living Development Inc. (City File AA-26-0005) for the lands municipally known as 741 Carrville Road be approved subject to the following: i. That t…
- · Motion 8 added: That staff report SRCFS.26.014, regarding the status update to the Pending Items List, be received.
- · Motion 9 added: That staff report SRPBS.26.011 Heritage Grant Applications be received; That a Heritage Grant in the amount of $5,000 be approved towards the cost of repairing the brick foundation of the McNair-Stallibrass House located at 53 Arnold Cresc…
- · Motion 10 added: That staff report SRPBS.26.012 titled, “Heritage Permit for 10 Elizabeth Street North (Phillips-Newbery-Bowman House)” be received; That the heritage permit application to replace the second-storey casement windows at 10 Elizabeth Street N…
- · Motion 11 added: That staff report SRPBS.26.016 titled, “Demolition Request for 11666 Yonge Street (William H. Legge House/Jefferson Post Office)” be received; and That the request to demolish the William H. Legge House/Jefferson Post Office at 11666 Yonge…
- · Motion 12 added: Whereas the City of Richmond Hill is committed to a transparent and inclusive democratic process that encourages all residents to participate in local governance; Whereas current Procedure By-law 125-23, as amended, require residents to pr…
- · Motion 13 added: That By-law 45-26, A By -law to confirm the proceedings of Council at this meeting, be passed.
- · Motion 14 added: That the meeting be adjourned.
- · Attendance added: Karen Cilevitz (regrets)
- · Attendance added: Simon Cui (present)
- · Attendance added: Carol Davidson (present)
- · Attendance added: Joe DiPaola (present)
- · Attendance added: Castro Liu (present)
- · Attendance added: Michael Shiu (present)
- · Attendance added: Scott Thompson (present)
- · Attendance added: David West (regrets)
- · Attendance added: Godwin Chan (present)
- · Attendance added: D. Joslin (present)
- · Attendance added: S. Adams (present)
- · Attendance added: G. Galanis (present)
- · Attendance added: P. Masaro (present)
- · Attendance added: T. Steele (present)
- · Attendance added: A. Adari (present)
- · Attendance added: K. Chaudhry (present)
- · Attendance added: R. Rendon (present)
- · Attendance added: A. Dickinson (present)
- · Attendance added: Stephen M.A. Huycke (present)
- · Attendance added: R. Ban (present)
- · Attendance added: C. Connolly (present)
- · Attendance added: K. Hurley (present)
- · Attendance added: D. Guy (remote)
- · Attendance added: Gigi Li (remote)
- · Attendance added: M. O'Brien (remote)
- · Attendance added: M. Flores (present)