Circulation List for July 9, 2025

Accountability Team
Jul 6
2 min read

Battery Electric Bus pilot program, Busking applications open, summer fun, Simcoe County Federation of Agriculture rejects Barrie's annexation proposal

Circulation List: https://barrie.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1316185&GUID=625E9C43-FB08-4AAA-A84B-460AD3062B6E&Options=info|&Search=

Agenda: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1316185&GUID=625E9C43-FB08-4AAA-A84B-460AD3062B6E

📑📊 Staff Memos

🔋🚍 Battery Electric Bus (BEB) Pilot Program

Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14334827&GUID=76A31273-5903-41F1-84CC-69556893B6FB from E. Chan, Manager of Transit Fleet
The pilot project involves two Battery Electric Busses and the charging infrastructure
This pilot was funded in part by the Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada's Zero Emission Transit Fund grant ($1.65M), with the remaining $1.7M funded by the City
The pilot will run for one year, and staff will evaluate the performances of the BEBs by operating them throughout the transit network under varying seasonal weather and road conditions, and fluctuations in ridership, and determining:
- vehicle range
- overall energy consumption (kWh)
- Energy Efficiency (kWh/km)
- Cost of the energy consumed
- $/km Diesel vs $/km BEB
Staff will provide quarterly updates to Council and give a more fulsome report back to Council at the end of the pilot program

👥📃 Committee Agendas

🌹🌻 Communities In Bloom Advisory Committee

Agenda for July 8: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14334828&GUID=F3EA7E5B-FFEF-47E7-BDE7-1D387B69CAEF

✍️📨 Correspondence

🌞🎪 Summer Waterfront, Parks, Downtown and Events

Media Release, June 30: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14334825&GUID=83692BC6-6C44-4003-B6BC-9CCACFEFB5AF "Residents encouraged to enjoy Barrie's waterfront, parks, and downtown events this summer"
For more information on beaches and splash pads, visit https://www.barrie.ca/community-recreation-environment/parks-trails-waterfront/beaches-splash-pads
For more information on parks and trails, visit barrie.ca/parks
For more information on waterfront parking, visit barrie.ca/WaterfrontParking
Downtown events include Canada Day (barrie.ca/CanadaDay) as well as several events led by the BIA, including the Troubadour Festival, Open Air Dunlop, and Lawn Chair Luminata

🎶🤹 Busking Program Applications

Media Release, July 2: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14334826&GUID=39D1070F-110F-46F3-BE77-DCD2B3C867CC "Applications open for the City's Busking Program"
Permits are required for all performances happening on City property where the performer is accepting tips from the public
Applying for and obtaining a permit is free, and any performing artists are welcome to apply (fire or sharp objects not permitted)
For more information, visit barrie.ca/busking

⏳➕ Late Additions

✍️📨 Correspondence

🚫🗺️ Rejection of City of Barrie Boundary Proposal

Resolution from Township of Springwater, July 3: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14339276&GUID=F95B3AC9-0755-41CC-B4D0-E42109EA5933
Receiving and endorsing correspondence from the Simcoe County Federation of Agriculture, which "strongly supports" the Springwater Agricultural Advisory Committee's rejection of the City of Barrie's annexation proposal, as it would come at the expense of losing productive farmland that is essential for food security, environmental sustainability and the rural economy