update on the new transit terminal and downtown mini-hub
Circulation List: https://barrie.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1170418&GUID=36B5FC82-6B99-4A78-B493-1BE7F6CD7FC5&Options=info|&Search=
📑📊 Staff Memos
🚏🚍 Barrie Allandale Transit Terminal and Downtown Mini Hub
Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12864842&GUID=61528837-CC82-4227-85D5-BA8EAFDB9C6C from P. Odikpo, Facilities Project Manager
Project updates from the first quarter of the year
More information at https://www.barrie.ca/planning-building-infrastructure/current-projects/municipal-infrastructure-projects/barrie-allandale-transit-terminal-downtown-mini-hub
👥📃 Committee Agendas
🏦🧑⚖️ Finance and Responsible Governance
✍️📨 Correspondence
🧑⚖️👥 Jurisdiction of Ontario's Ombudsman
Letter from City of Peterborough, April 11: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12864843&GUID=FC55799F-940F-4DB6-ADB6-7B1615FD54C0
Calling on the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to amend the Ombudsman Act to require the Ombudsman to provide information about each investigation to the municipality referred to in each Annual Report, to allow the municipality to fully understand and address the subject matter of each case, including:
a copy of each complaint (with individuals' personal information redacted)
identities of the municipality's employees, officers and members of Council who were consulted as part of the investigation
particulars of the outcome of the investigation
While it is certainly important for a municipality to be able to understand and be allowed to correct situations being brought to the Ombudsman, the particulars of this request are concerning. It could, for instance, "out" whistleblowers, and discourage people from coming forward. Consider Barrie's recent "Workplace Harassment" case, for instance, and the fact that there is no way to remove a member of Council found to have harassed a staff member (and now, in Barrie and several other municipalities, the "Strong Mayor Powers" which allow a Mayor to fire staff, etc.) – if someone makes a complaint to the Ombudsman, or provides information as part of an investigation, there could be serious repercussions if their identities were required to be automatically sent to the municipality.
📜👍 Endorsement of Bill C-63 in the House of Commons
Letter from Town of Grimsby, April 16: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12864844&GUID=67A6E781-33C3-47DF-A702-60853D6CC8A4
Grimsby supports the Township of Clearview's endorsement of Bill C-63 in the House of Commons
Bill C-63 requires that online tech companies and social media platforms remove child pornography and other dangerous content within 24 hours once the operator identifies the content
🦆🌳 Conservation Authorities Act
Letter from Municipality of West Perth, April 16: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12864845&GUID=14F71B29-7899-4748-9CDA-6F30533DC2CB
Asking the Province that any proposed changes to the Conservation Authorities Act be put on hold until the planning statement is finalized and communicated to the municipalities
⏳➕ Late Additions
💰♿️ Municipal Accessibility Fund
Letter from Municipality of Wawa: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12867459&GUID=D75BF041-CEC6-4389-A5C2-C7931CF4DE0F
Asking the province to create a Municipal Accessibility Fund for municipalities to develop, implement and enforce AODA standards related to goods, services, accommodation, employment and buildings
Also asking the province to commit to working with municipalities to implement the Donovan Review immediate crisis recommendations
