the 2024 Heritage Barrie Awards, deputations on the Old Fairgrounds CIHA Order, no public consultation on residential fireworks, and a presentation on Carnival Barrie's 2023 Latin Festival Celebration
Watch Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khkugK0PUV8
Agenda: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1170406&GUID=F2335064-4694-453A-B3FE-32368F50EE66
Meeting Location: Council Chambers
🧑⚖️🫅 Student Mayor(s)
📜🫅 Swearing In of New Student Mayor
Emma Miller, St. Joseph's Catholic High School
📜📜 Confirmation of the Minutes
🏆🏅 Awards and Recognitions
🏆🏰 Heritage Barrie Awards
Recognition of the recipients of the 2024 Heritage Barrie Awards
🗣🎙 Deputations
🏘️🏢 Community Infrastructure and Housing Accelerator (CIHA) Order for 175 & 199 Essa Road and 50 Wood Street (Ward 8)
Deputation Requests: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12725164&GUID=46A1098D-DCFE-4AE0-A63C-B2F81C20D2A4
Craig Busch on behalf of Vision Barrie
Ryan Windle on behalf of Greenworld Construction Inc.
Norman Speake on behalf of the Barrie Curling Club
💸⚖️ Tax Applications
Nil
📝📄 Second General Committee Report, February 28
Section A (Receipt of Reports)
🚸🚨 Community Safety Committee
Report from February 6: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12695150&GUID=D015C59E-FF76-4E36-AF3F-239F87C63BDE
💵🧑⚖️ Finance and Responsible Governance Committee
Report from February 7: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12695151&GUID=344091D8-24B6-4F3C-9E12-88455B73864A
Section B (Items Approved on Consent)
🚗⚠️ Implementation of Roadside Safety Measures Along Hurst Drive - Vicinity of 42 Gables Way (Ward 8)
Notice: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12635202&GUID=BBDE7AB9-6714-4DA8-8F56-5519ADA7C022
direct the Infrastructure Department to retain a road safety consultant and construct appropriate road safety measures along Hurst Drive in the vicinity of 42 Gables Way
add a new project to the 2024 Capital Plan with a budget of $300,000 for the implementation of these measures to be funded from Tax Capital Reserves
🚸🚶 Investigation of Installing a Crosswalk - Toronto and Park Streets (Ward 2)
Notice: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12635225&GUID=8EA38CA5-81F2-422B-89C1-8496D362F3C3
direct Development Services Department to investigate the feasibility and approximate costs of installing a crosswalk at the corner of Toronto Street and Park Street and report back to the Active Transportation and Sustainability Committee
🏊⛔️ Pool Enclosure Fence
Notice: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12635222&GUID=B9D5B5A0-50BF-4D28-830E-0B6942A09EF9
allow an exemption for 28 Royal Oak Drive to construct a pool enclosure fence along the two residential sides of the property with no fencing to be installed along the waterfront access (the bylaw requires full enclosure on three sides of the property
🏡🎧 Short Term Rentals
Notice: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12635223&GUID=29F84F79-CCD2-4A49-AC13-4DAA7F53BC3D
direct Legislative and Court Services, in consultation with Economic and Creative Development, to investigate options to further regulate and enforce Short Term Rentals in order to reduce issues such as noise, waste and other concerns and report back to Community Safety
ask Police Services Board to provide correspondence concerning options for a tiered response by Barrie Police Service to address complaints concerning Air BnB's, especially if there are multiple complaints about an individual property
🔍🪧 Review of Sign Bylaw 2018-029 Provisions
Notice: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12635224&GUID=689814A8-75DF-411E-9EFC-E179E5634B96
direct Legislative and Court Services to review Sign Bylaw provisions for mobile signs, poster panel signs, and third-party signage for any potential updates and report back to Community Safety / General Committee
💌🤝 Establishing Consistent Stakeholder Invites
Notice: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12635167&GUID=3EA293A4-3D9C-4551-8CA7-17DA3251A36A
invite staff in the Development Services Department related to traffic calming, school zone cameras, etc., and the Barrie Police Service to provide two presentations a year to the Community Safety Committee on the same evening
invite the Downtown Barrie BIA to provide two presentations a year to the Community Safety Committee
invite the school boards to provide a presentation three times per term of Council to the Communitiy Safety Committee
💰🧹 Community Project Fund Submission - Unity Community Clean-Up
Submission Form: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12635404&GUID=FBB6F1D0-02F5-49DD-956D-587D393D0D07
Approve the Community Project submitted by Nixon
💰🏟️ Sadlon Arena Expansion
Notice: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12695214&GUID=6B070151-90EF-48A3-B6AB-81DB2576877F
increase the Municipal Accommodation Tax (MAT) from 4% to 6%, effective April 1, and direct the increase percentage to the future expansion of the Sadlon Arena
direct the Finance Department to create a Sadlon Arena Expansion Reserve to hold these funds
establish an agreement between the City and Tourism Barrie to determine the contributions from Tourism Barrie to the Sadlon Arena Expansion Reserve on an annual basis and report back to General Committee with the results of those negotiations
🏘️🏢 Zoning Bylaw Amendment - 290 Cundles Road East (Ward 3)
Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12695154&GUID=AA1138DA-5C8C-4BAC-8E12-D08A2B7F9B03
Rezone from "Institutional" (I) to "Residential Multiple Dwelling Second Density with Site-specific Provision" (RM2 SP-XXX)
Special Provisions:
minimum front yard setback reduced to 3m (currently 7m)
maximum encroachment into front yard setback for awnings and canopies increased to 1.65m (currently 0.6m)
minimum rear yard setback reduced to 2.7m (currently 7m)
minimum south side yard setback reduced to 1.2m (currently 1.8m)
maximum building height increased to 12m for traditional block/cluster townhouse units (currently 10m)
maximum building height increased to 14.5m for stacked back-to-back townhouse units (currently 10m)
maximum gross floor area (GFA) increased to 105% (currently 60%)
maximum lot coverage increased to 40% (currently 35%)
minimum landscaped open space reduced to 31% (currently 35%)
maximum residential density increased to 79 units/ha for traditional and back-to-back block/cluster townhouse units (currently 40 u/ha)
minimum landscape buffer strip reduced to 1m width where a parking area with more than 4 parking spaces abuts the southern interior side lot line (currently 3m)
develop the lands according to the Conceptual Site Plan submitted
🛑🚗 Innisfil St. & Marshall St. All-Way Stop (Ward 8)
Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12695155&GUID=477658EB-0F40-45D1-B2D6-A7215E488229
Add an all-way stop at Innisfil Street & Marshall Street intersection
🛑🚗 All-Way Stop Cardinal Street and Hadden Crescent (Easterly Intersection) (Ward 3)
Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12695156&GUID=09DBF402-5419-4A78-AD76-08B5BFD55AB3
Add an all-way stop at Cardinal Street & Hadden (easterly intersection)
💰🏘️ Redwood Park Communities Inc. Interim Construction Financing
Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12695279&GUID=BE4DAF1A-1E73-4ECD-9540-4B5A2B51CE8F
Release the final $1M out of the $3M interest-free loan commitment, for a supportive housing project at 151/153 Lillian Crescent, with full repayment of t loan being the earlier of the completion of Redwood's capital contribution campaign or December 31, 2025
Require Redwood to continue to provide a monthly report to the City, outlining the construction schedule, costs, and documentation to support all draws being made for construction expenditures associated with the project
🚍🤝 Durham Region Transit Bus Trade
Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12699245&GUID=1EC14A40-BF0C-4BF6-8442-FE4BDA00B16A
Trade 3 40' conventional Barrie buses near retirement for 3 26' cutaways from Durham Region Transit
Section C
🚌📸 School Bus Arm Cameras
Correspondence from Municipality of Grey Highlands, June 21: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12552170&GUID=93B0EEAE-B2CF-4B1D-8E6C-73717A0418D7
Defer this item to the next Community Safety meeting
Section D
🚫🎆 Public Consultation - Firework Restrictions in Residential Areas
Proposal by Kungl: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12635227&GUID=316EE3A2-1EAA-4623-A6FE-7BBF6ABA4ABC
Direct Access Barrie in consultation with Legislative and Court Services to conduct public consultations to obtain feedback on the restriction of fireworks in residential areas and report back to Finance and Responsible Governance, with up to $5000 being allocated from the Council Strategic Priorities Reserve to enable the design of an online and phone poll engagement
This item failed in General Committee, so tonight's vote will be on whether to accept the item being voted down (i.e, there will be no public consultation on the restriction of fireworks in residential areas)
Section E
🚗🏎️ Mapleview Drive East Speed Limit Review (Wards 9 & 10)
Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12695152&GUID=1244DDE6-7808-4207-80AA-61538BBC41D7
extend the 60km/h speed limit on Mapleview Drive East from Huronia Road to Yonge Street
Section F
🏘️🏢 Community Infrastructure and Housing Accelerator (CIHA) Order for 175 & 199 Essa Road and 50 Wood Street (Ward 8)
Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12706191&GUID=B921A9B6-44FB-45CA-BE1C-A3744FAE17B4
Correspondence from Barrie Curling Club: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12711679&GUID=0CF76760-758B-4953-A955-6A31E33CEAE0
Receive the report for information purposes
In order to gain direction from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Transportation, direct Development Services to forward the required information to support the CIHA Order, the Draft Order to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing to facilitate the zoning permissions needed for the future development of the property, and the Master Plan Zoning Statistics, with the following revisions:
land for a school(s) be identified on the Zoning schedule
if neither the Simcoe County District School Board nor the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board exercises the option to construct a school in this development, the land to be given to the City (at no cost) for parkland as part of the parkland dedication requirements
ask that the Province send the plans back to the City for Draft Plan and Site Plan approval
Direct staff to investigate the use of the rail spur extending from the Allandale Transit Hub to the subject property for use by Barrie Transit for public transit purposes
Section G
🚰📑 Water Operations Branch 2023 Drinking Water System Reports
Section H
🪧✅ Request for Exemption from Sign Bylaw - 60 Mapleview Drive (Ward 7)
Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12695286&GUID=74F84B1F-25FF-4FF6-82B3-EBE33A241F56
Allow Barrie Lifestyle Inc.'s request to permit third party side panels for goods, products, services and facilities provided at 406 and 436 Bryne Drive to be contained on existing ground signs at 60 Mapleview Drive West, given that the properties are immediately adjacent, function as a single commercial entity with shared access points, and under the same ownership
Section I (Circulation List Referrals)
📋✅ Strategic Plan KPIs
Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12669480&GUID=17C65D05-40E4-4779-8536-699560A15171 from A. Rier, Business Performance Specialist regarding the Key Performance Indicators for Council's 2022-2026 Strategic Plan
Refer this to the Finance and Responsible Governance Committee for further consideration
🚍🧓 Barrie Transit - Free Seniors Service Update
Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12699429&GUID=7ADB4719-7B90-435E-8B56-8E3488F92D6C from H. Millar, Manager of Business Services, Transit and Parking
Refer this to the Seniors and Accessibility Advisory Committee for consideration
⏸️⏯️ Deferred Business
Nil
➡️📜 Direct Motions
Nil
🧑🏫📑 Presentations
Carnival Barrie
Presentation: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12720076&GUID=A38EB1BC-36F6-42D1-9BB6-4693F7583174
Carnival Barrie's 2023 Latin Festival Celebration held in Downtown Barrie
📜📜 Bylaws
Bill 019 - Zoning Bylaw Amendment, 290 Cundles Road East (Ward 3)
Rezone the property to "Residential Multiple Dwelling Second Density - Special Provision No.655" (RM2), as detailed above
https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12720177&GUID=AB502DEF-3370-433D-A083-C7416A2DF476
Bill 020 - Confirmation Bylaw
Confirming the meeting's proceedings
https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12720080&GUID=0A2F7D88-8072-4B5D-BA42-E882A556A99C
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