Circulation List for December 14
Info about holiday programming (including New Year's Eve), ice rinks, and winter maintenance. Plus updates on the transit hubs, and student field trip transit passes, and encouraging people to use the Sadlon Arena parking lot.
Circulation List: https://barrie.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=956298&GUID=E2814115-14CA-47D2-A268-F74D7CEFEAD5&Options=info|&Search=
Staff Memos
🎅🕓 Holiday Programming and Facility Hours
Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=11502607&GUID=E8938912-3DBE-482F-98B1-7606179521EF
Staff memo from D. Bell, Director of Recreation and Culture Services
Activities for residents over the holidays, throughout the City's recreational and cultural facilities, plus holiday hours from December 24 - January 1
❄️🚜 Sand and Salt Optimization for Winter Maintenance Operations
Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=11513907&GUID=066D775D-9595-44A4-906E-86F2B96FEF29
Staff memo from D. Friary, Director of Operations, regarding the sand and salt optimization for winter maintenance operations for the 2022-23 season
⛸🏒 Outdoor Artificial Ice Surface Season Openings
Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=11501636&GUID=610E7B39-E065-4C07-B45C-6E92602EFD81
Staff memo from K. Datema, manager of Recreation and Culture Facilities
Pleasure skating at City Hall opens December 10, weather permitting, 10am-10pm daily
Hockey skating at Will Dwyer Park (formerly Centennial Park South) will be open the week of December 12, 10am-10pm daily
Natural ice rinks will open as weather permits
🚍🚏 Allandale and Downtown Transit Mobility Hubs
Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=11501651&GUID=A3E072B9-6856-47AC-9E09-8ECA6A893132
Staff memo from N. Calder, Facilities Project Manager
An update on the progress of building an inter-regional transit hub within the Allandale area and a downtown Mini Hub to host transit services and connections
🥳🎆 New Years Eve Programming
Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=11502475&GUID=A4D2065D-1D44-4B90-9675-688694A25396
Staff memo from S. Lee Young, Manager of Recreation and Culture Programming and Special Events
The Downtown Countdown will be a free evening of fun and entertainment, starting at 6pm outside City Hall
There will be two fireworks displays over Kempenfelt Bay
🚌🧑🏫 Barrie Transit and Local School Board Programs Update
Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=11501997&GUID=D435A34C-3AAA-40DC-8109-5AC5B2561E7F
Staff memo from T. Green, Supervisor of Compliance and Customer Service
Barrie Transit and the Simcoe County Student Transportation Consortium (SCSTC) are working to reinstate both the Barrie Transit Field Trip Pass program and the Secondary School Field Trip Pass pilot.
Correspondence
🚗🚙 Parking for Sadlon Arena
Media Release: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=11501579&GUID=C8F374DF-F6BC-479B-9B92-DAC7D7D348A8
City encourages visitors to Sadlon Arena to use the north parking lot, when possible
⛸🏊 Recreation and Culture Activities Over the Holiday Season
Media Release: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=11502608&GUID=9C818AD2-9D27-4FCD-830D-44B194606354
City offers recreation and culture activities over the holiday season – activities include free skates and swims, and events for seniors and youth
🥳🎆 Barrie Ringing in 2023
Media Release: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=11515317&GUID=F9AA320F-4FDC-4293-B869-42F8080AC00C
Barrie will ring in 2023 with Sloan as a headliner and Splash 'n' Boots as children's performer
