Circulation List for May 14, 2025

2024 Growth Report and current residential development activity, Next Generation 9-1-1 infrastructure in place

Circulation List: https://barrie.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1256315&GUID=0B2DC60A-6642-4AC6-8282-83AFC1EAED52&Options=info|&Search=

Agenda: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1256315&GUID=0B2DC60A-6642-4AC6-8282-83AFC1EAED52

📑📊 Staff Memos

👥📈 2024 Growth Report

• Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14158895&GUID=FB5F40C5-2560-4882-9863-3272253A5DE3 from O. Sanchez, Planning Services Technical Coordinator, Development Services

  • Growth Report 2024: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14158890&GUID=0F95968B-EEF1-447B-8AD9-4ADF63B9D7FA

• A summary of City-wide development and community building activities, including key metrics:

  • land use

  • development approvals

  • construction

  • complete communities

• Barrie missed our Provincial Housing Target for 2024, and first quarter 2025 housing starts were less than 4% of our target for 2025

🏗️🏙️ Residential Development Activity in Urban Growth Centre and Other Major Developments

• Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14158897&GUID=5A7F6DF1-E356-487C-8896-798FD3C3FE9B from M. Banfield, RPP, Executive Director of Development Services

  • Urban Growth Centre Active Residential Applications & Map: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14158891&GUID=E2C7BD0B-8067-40A5-8317-9D13F6682417

  • Other Major Active Residential Development Applications & Map: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14158892&GUID=422F4E47-1025-40C8-AC11-0DB87157134C

  • Planning Status Definitions: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14158893&GUID=44714064-00A0-4BC0-A65E-F16F6B74103C

• The Urban Growth Centre currently has 13 active residential development applications, and there are another 22 major residential development (500 or more units) applications in the city

• Of the 8,105 residential units registered in the Hewitt's & Salem Secondary Plan Areas, 3,332 remain unbuilt

• Additional information is available at the City's Development Projects page: https://www.barrie.ca/planning-building-infrastructure/current-projects/development-projects

👥📃 Committee Agendas

🏛️🫂 Infrastructure and Community Investment Committee

• Agenda for May 14:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14158898&GUID=EAB5BA88-015C-44A1-901D-BD8AC935FA82

💰📈 Investment Board

• Agenda for May 14:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14158896&GUID=DD13F2F6-AA89-424D-BC49-E05D5CD4E935

✍️📨 Correspondence

🚒📞 Next Generation 9-1-1

• Media Release, May 7: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14158894&GUID=DE2F229B-CFBF-4BE9-885F-3E760B87765C "Barrie Fire ready for the future with Next Generation 9-1-1 infrastructure in place"

⏳➕ Late Additions

✍️📨 Correspondence

🏪🧑‍💻 Business and Employers Survey

• Media Release, May 8: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14205053&GUID=14C04720-4E9F-46E0-8D7E-0C1B6B6E07FE "City invites local businesses and employers to take part in survey"

• Survey available online at buildingbarrie.ca/BusinessDataSurvey

• For more information, visit investbarrie.ca/BEDS

🚍🎫 Licence 2 Ride

• Media Release, May 9: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14205054&GUID=E554B65E-FFC1-4A07-AA06-BF847506FC65 "Licence 2 Ride gives Barrie youth a summer of free access to transit and recreation"

• For more information, visit barrie.ca/Licence2Ride

🗺️🗳️ Ward Boundary Review

• Media Release, May 9: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14205055&GUID=D0AA0D64-BBDB-4F2E-9247-3615FF4593E4 "City continues engagement on Ward Boundary Review"

• Residents are invited to take part in the review by visiting buildingbarrie.ca/wardsreview to learn more, and take the survey, until May 23

• In-person consultations will take place at the City Hall Rotunda, May 13 & 14, 2-3:30pm and May 14 6-7:30pm

🗺️🤝 Boundary Adjustment

• Media Release, May 9: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14205056&GUID=5C5E7794-BB91-448B-B517-573FB6782E7B "City of Barrie and Township of Springwater Develop Shared Principles for Boundary Adjustment and Cross Border Servicing"

• The City of Barrie and Township of Springwater met following direction from Springwater Council to resume discussions, and developed the key principles of a framework to advance growth and collaboration

💸⏳ Development Charges Deferral

• Media Release, May 9: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14205057&GUID=28C8F115-0853-4B2F-9176-CB8AA1653FE0 "Mayor Nuttall directs staff to develop pilot program to defer development charges"

• Staff will develop a 12-month pilot to allow eligible developers to defer all applicable development charges to the earliest of the date of occupancy or two years following the date the building permit is issued

🌼🌷 Communities In Bloom

• Media Release, May 12: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14205058&GUID=BB914F13-6FE2-4C9A-8CB6-9697C2E887AB "Registration now open for 2025 Communities in Bloom Campaign"

• Photos of projects can be submitted via the Communities in Bloom form by June 20

• Visit barrie.ca/CommunitiesInBloom for more information and to submit your garden photos

🏆💡 Mayor's Innovation Awards

• Media Release, May 13: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14205560&GUID=6CC71C73-E8D3-47C3-9CDB-EEF3B73D7FA6 "Nominations now open for Mayor's Innovation Awards"

• Nominations rae open now through June 30, and are open to Barrie businesses, organizations, groups and individuals from all sectors, stages and sizes

• Visit investbarrie.ca/InnovationAwards to learn more and submit your nomination