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update on the Allandale Transit Terminal and Downtown Mini Hub, November Events Calendar, Sandbox Centre wants to defer agreed payments for more than a year

ice storm recovery update, battery electric bus pilot update, clarification on Bill 110, construction projects

St. Mary's Parish has organized a protest of the City's anti-homeless bylaw, to show love and compassion over division and condemnation, in support of our most vulnerable neighbours

Fire Safety Week, Thanksgiving Day city services, updates on encampments and boundary discussions

Ricochet Media has published a scathing piece about the Mayor's anti-homeless "State of Emergency"

St. Mary's Church is hosting another Symposium on Homelessness: Responding in our Community with Compassion and Hope on Monday, October 6 at 7pm. Speakers from various organizations in Barrie will be joining this panel discussion. Representatives from BHHJN, CMHA, Habitat for Humanity and others will be there to talk about this important issue and what steps forward look like from a perspective of care and dignity.

finalizing the proposed Municipal Boundary Restructuring a mere two days after the Public Meeting, changing the Use of City Property Bylaw to allow (belatedly) Encampment Evictions, funding Ice Storm clean-up

** proposed Municipal Boundary Restructuring voted on despite lack of available staff report ** Development Charge Waiver for affordable housing projects, Winter Downtown Patio program

Housing CIP updates, Mattamy Salem Subdivision almost ready for construction, encampment "State of Emergency"

Rescheduled from September 30, in acknowledgement of the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation Our first Members Meeting since summer...

moving forward with the Sea Cadets' new facility, zoning amendments for properties in Wards 2 and 8, pedestrian crossing improvements near W.C. Little Elementary School

the Sam Cancilla Revitalization Concept Plan, nominations for Barrie Heritage Awards, water quality at Dyments Creek

When it comes to homelessness, politicians and community leaders often toss out quick one-liners. On the surface, they sound like common sense. But look closer and you'll see they're actually logical fallacies - cheap shots that keep us from real solutions. If public debate had referees, here's what they'd be throwing flags on in a few of the housing and homelessness conversations happening in my area just in the last week.

Strategic Plan updates Minutes: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1331069&GUID=89818E29-C613-48FB-AE47-A29A7A329860 Watch Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTE3ekyfh0U Agenda: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1330569&GUID=5CDE27A2-1140-42C6-88BE-64BCA651DA4A City's Legistar: https://barrie.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1330569&GUID=5CDE27A2-1140-42C6-88BE-64BCA651DA4A&Options=info|&Search= Meeting Location: Council Chambers COMM

full fire ban in effect, new waste collection and future recycling, call to artists, boundary review update Circulation List: ...

When we look at the way cities today are treating people living in encampments, it’s easy to think this is a new, complex challenge. But it’s not new. Not really. There’s a long history of governments using criminal laws, bylaws, and public safety narratives to displace people who are seen as politically inconvenient, socially undesirable, or just no longer “welcome” in certain places.  Encampments are just the latest chapter in a longer story. 

*** meeting CANCELLED - no reason made public *** four-way stop at Penville and McIntyre, Strategic Plan updates Minutes: not yet...

Pollinator Week, Curbside Giveaway Day, Women of Ontario Say No, Provincial Bill 17 Circulation List: https://barrie.legistar.com/Meeti...