Circulation List for September 10, 2025

the Sam Cancilla Revitalization Concept Plan, nominations for Barrie Heritage Awards, water quality at Dyments Creek ***added - State of Emergency declared re: encampments

***added - Public Meeting September 29 for Municipal Restructuring (Annexation) Proposal

Circulation List: https://barrie.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1316196&GUID=A2155D97-9B12-45CB-A2E4-F49A62EFD7EF&Options=info|&Search=

Agenda: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1316196&GUID=A2155D97-9B12-45CB-A2E4-F49A62EFD7EF

📑📊 Staff Memos

🌳🏷️ Lands Adjacent to Sam Cancilla Park (149-153 Dunlop St. E.), Ward 2

• Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14756664&GUID=BE8C6A6D-6487-411C-9499-FB4D5017EF0F from A. Mills, Manager of Legal Services

• The property has been appraised at $6.9M, but the current owner doesn't believe that accounts for the profits that would be made upon completion of the proposed development

🐟🧪 Water Quality Sampling Dyments Creek - E. coli.

• Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14756668&GUID=A8589886-7C7C-4B3A-8280-496D9DEAD3E9 from S. Mack, Associate Director of Waste Management and Environmental Sustainability

• Water samples from four locations on Dyments Creek have found E. coli results above the standards for drinking water, beach water or effluent

• Staff will start a more robust sampling program in all monitored City creeks, to determine if any mitigation is warranted

👥📃 Committee Agendas

🧒👥 Youth Council Advisory Committee

• Agenda for September 8:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14756663&GUID=36C36C09-8B09-439E-A85B-8A6105D6AEF6

💸🤷 Affordability Committee

• Agenda for September 10:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14756669&GUID=5F966DED-E20B-4BEE-8D7C-45041731ABD5

🅿️🚗 Parking Ad-Hoc Advisory Committee

• Agenda for September 11:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14756671&GUID=3FB17BDA-3E75-4A30-95B7-0B9808960E52

✍️📨 Correspondence

🌳🛝 Sam Cancilla Revitalization Concept Plan

• Letter of Support from BIA: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14756645&GUID=2A3257D1-05BB-4C2E-B5C3-F81ACDA27D24

• Concept Master Plan: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14756639&GUID=A2C5A92C-B84B-4814-A688-D1C8E7CC83C2

• Park Layout: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14756646&GUID=DC71C5E7-2584-4F47-90D2-8F867F4E2A04

• Petition Card: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14756672&GUID=F42E8952-6538-49E0-9BC4-B6275F9E6866

• Drawings of the proposed design, and support of the design concept from neighbours and the BIA

🌳🏷️ Sam Cancilla Park

• Letter from Darick Battaglia, Dominion Lending Centre YBM Group, August 28: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14756670&GUID=EA2AC56B-4B71-4226-827D-03657AECB830

• Proposing a purchase of Sam Cancilla Park located at 157 Dunlop Street East for $2.5M, with the condition that the City maintain the entire site for Public Park use, but allow him to use the lands below the park for parking and commercial purposes

• Selling off a City-owned Public Park for commercial purposes seems to set a concerning precedent

🗺️‼️ Proposed Change in Zoning Designations

• Letter from Bell Canada, September 3: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14756665&GUID=33BFB759-9526-4AF4-B33F-AA7FBAF552FF

• A summary of the impacts to the 7 Bell Canada properties in the City of Barrie, due to the proposed zoning changes (which would make their current use of the properties impermissible)

• Asking the City to alter the proposed zoning designations, to allow the current use of the properties to continue

🗑️🚛 New Waste Collection Carts

• Media Release, September 4: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14756666&GUID=0704C79B-4435-4D65-83C6-D59EE4E991CB "Starting next week: Set out your new carts on your regular collection day"

• Starting Monday, waste should be left out by 7am on your regular collection day, using the new carts which each residence should have received this summer (garbage and organics)

  • Materials not in the assigned carts will not be collected, unless there is a garbage bag tag attached

• If you have not received your new carts, contact Service Barrie at 705-726-4242 or ServiceBarrie@barrie.ca

• For more information about the new carts, including storage and upkeep tips, visit barrie.ca/CurbsideCollectionChanges

🏰🏆 Call for Nominations: 2025 Barrie Heritage Awards

• Media Release, September 5: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14756698&GUID=B3706C49-9DB6-4B22-B158-FB521131EB9F "Call for Nominations: 2025 Barrie Heritage Awards"

• The Heritage Barrie Committee is accepting nominations until November 10 for awards in the following categories:

  • Residential Properties

  • Adaptive Reuse and/or Commercial Properties

  • Institutional Properties

  • Community, Group or Individual

• For more information, and to submit a nomination, visit barrie.ca/HeritageAwards

⏳➕ Late Additions

📑📊 Staff Memos

🍻🍷 Liquor License Application Review - Golden Girl Tenders, 506 Bayfield Street (Ward 4)

• Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14763003&GUID=B605A8EA-42EB-460A-9258-D3ECDB84354E from T. McArthur, Coordinator of Elections and Special Projects

• Application for a new restaurant for indoor dining only

• Concerns regarding zoning, non-compliance with by-laws, or general objections to the application may be directed through the City Clerk at cityclerks@barrie.ca

🍻🍷 Liquor Licence Application Review - Hibachi, 509 Bayfield Street (Ward 3)

• Memorandum:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14763004&GUID=395C953A-5739-4E36-882F-3FB75024E07E from T. McArthur, Coordinator of Elections and Special Projects

• Application for a new restaurant for indoor and outdoor

• Concerns regarding zoning, non-compliance with by-laws, or general objections to the application may be directed through the City Clerk at cityclerks@barrie.ca 

✍️📨 Correspondence

🗑️🚛 New Waste Collection Starts

• Media Release, September 8: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14763006&GUID=C7195FF1-3B32-4D65-9AF1-9B50DF193C1E "Reminder: Barrie's new waste collection system starts today"

🚨⛺️ State of Emergency to Address Encampments

• Media Release, September 9: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14763020&GUID=DA40117A-B3C1-4E55-A723-98C59397FDE2 "Mayor Nuttall declares State of Emergency to address encampments"

• The declaration and press release are highly problematic on many levels. First, the State of Emergency is only about removing people from encampents, not finding them alternate housing - and we know that there is NOT accessible housing or even shelter available for this number of people. It also appears to be penalizing ALL encampments for issues that occurred at one in particular, associates all people suffering homelessness with crime and drug use, and once again criminalizes being unfortunate enough to in poverty, rather than tackling the systemic issues underlying the housing crisis.

🧑‍🍳💣 Midway Diner Demolition

• Letter from Cathy Colebatch, Bill Scott and Arnie Ivsins, September 7: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14763007&GUID=4AE54A24-5C6D-4B25-95FB-57896F71FC26

• Sharing a petition against the destruction of the Midway Diner building:

  • This petition calls on Barrie's City Council, heritage conservation authorities, and community leaders to recognize the importance of the Midway Diner and take immediate action to prevent its demolition. By exploring alternative avenues for urban development that integrate rather than eradicate our historical sites, we can ensure that Barrie's history and heritage live on.

⛵️🪖 Sea Cadets Parade Ground

• Letter from Arnie Ivsins on behalf of Southshore Nature Park Task Force, September 8: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14763367&GUID=D0D008A8-5676-40C8-A72D-82E5D0C6E39E

• Raising concerns with the design concept being recommended by City staff, in consideration of Allandale Station park being designated as a Passive Natural Park, and in anticipation of it being designated as an environmentally protected area.

🪖🇬🇧 Battle of Britain Week

• Proclamation from Mayor: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14766825&GUID=40AD57E9-BA65-400F-B00D-10B5439999B7

• September 8-14 is Battle of Britain Week

🗣️🗺️ Public Meeting re: Municipal Restructuring Proposal of City of Barrie, Township of Oro-Medonte, Township of Springwater and County of Simcoe

• Notice of Public Meeting: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14766824&GUID=DB5A8933-E507-48C1-B719-7D12AC58F4CB

• A Public Meeting will be held at General Committee on September 29, regarding the municipal restructuring proposal of the City of Barrie, Township of Oro-Medonte, Township of Springwater and the County of Simcoe