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City Council - Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 7pm

County presentation on the HART Hub and homelessness strategy, deputation on the Madelaine Drive road diet, loan forgiveness for Redwood Park Communities


Minutes: not yet available

Meeting Location:  Council Chambers or online



🧑‍⚖️🫅 Student Mayor(s)


📜✋ Swearing In of New Student Mayors

  • Lincoln Holland, Urban Village Academy

  • Stroud MacGregor, St. Monica's Catholic Elementary School



📜📜 Confirmation of the Minutes



🗣🎙 Deputations


🛣️⬅️ Madelaine Drive Road Diet - Mapleview Dr. to Yonge St. (Ward 9)



📝📄 General Committee Report


Section A (consent items)

🤐🏷️ Confidential Potential Acquisition of Property Matter - Post-Secondary Institution

  • Staff to undertake the direction provided by General Committee


Section B

🤐👥 Presentation re: Confidential Personal Information Matter - Committee Appointments

  • Receive the presentation

🤐🏛️ Confidential Position, Plan, Procedure, Criteria or Instruction to be Applied to Any Negotiations Carried On or To Be Carried On By or On Behalf of the Municipality or Local Board - Intergovernmental Affairs Update

  • Receive the motion contained within the confidential notes

🤐🏷️ Confidential Potential Acquisition of Property Matter - Post-Secondary Institution

  • Receive the motion contained within the confidential notes


Section C

🤐👥 Personal Information Matter - Committee Appointments

  • Appoint the three citizens identified in the closed session to the Parking Ad-Hoc Advisory Committee, for a term to expire November 14, 2026, unless otherwise noted, and amend the Committee Appointment Bylaw to include the citizen members appointed to the Parking Ad-hoc Advisory Committee


Section D

🤐🏛️ Position, Plan, Procedure, Criteria or Instruction to be Applied to Any Negotiations Carried On or To Be Carried On By or On Behalf of the Municipality or Local Board - Intergovernmental Affairs Update

  • Staff to undertake the direction provided by General Committee



📝📄 General Committee Report


Section A (reports received)

💸🤷 Affordability Committee

🏛️🫂 Infrastructure and Community Investment Committee

🏦🧑‍⚖️ Finance and Responsible Governance Committee

💸🤷 Affordability Committee


Section B (consent items)

💰🚧 Funding Request for Bayview Park Reservoir Decommissioning and Removal (Ward 2)

  • Staff Report:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13949938&GUID=1A34B4B7-99BD-4328-BC8C-54CE7682C426 

  • Open Delegation:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14128285&GUID=5622901B-E624-4174-B782-E016D12ABCF1  from M. Hassey & R. Webster re: Sam Cancilla Park

  • Approve a new Capital Project to decommission the Bayview Park Reservoir and complete the removal of its associated Booster Pumping Station at Sam Cancilla Park, with a budget of $2,565,000 to be funded from the Water Capital Reserve, subject to the return of the same amount from other Water Capital Reserve funded projects in the 2025 Capital Status Report

  • Approve and move up the implementation of Capital Project 001251 - Sam Cancilla Master Plan to start in 2025 simultaneously with the Bayview Park Reservoir Project

    • As part of this project, staff are to review the design concept presented in the Open Delegation by M. Hassey to the Infrastructure and Community Investment Committee on April 30, and to engage with the property owner at Dunlop and Mulcaster

📛👥 Committee Name Change

  • Recommendation:  Rename the Active Transportation and Sustainability Advisory Committee to the Sustainability Advisory Committee

👯‍♀️👯‍♂️ Adult Entertainment Bylaw

  • Recommendation: Direct Legislative and Court Services to investigate how other municipalities have separated Burlesque Dancing from the Adult Entertainment Bylaw and report back to the Finance and Responsible Governance Committee

🚲🅿️ Bike Racks at Little Lake Park and Cartwright Park (Ward 3)

🌷🪻 Planters for Beautification (Ward 3)

🏫💰 School Bursaries (Ward 3)

  • Sponsor:  Kungl

  • Notice:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14117186&GUID=D0F54D56-4CBC-462E-A5E8-1EE1E3F64268 

  • Allocate $6000 for school bursaries as follows:

  • $500 bursary to three students who are Ward 3 residents from each of St. Joe's Catholic Highschool, Eastview Secondary School, Barrie North Collegiate Institute

  • $100 bursary to three students who are Ward 3 residents from the Grade 8 graduating class of each of Cundles Heights Public School, Terry Fox Elementary School, Monsignor Clair Catholic School, St. John Paul II Catholic School, Sister Catherine Donnelly Catholic School

🥅🏆 Barrie Sports Hall of Fame

🪖🎖️ WWII Veterans Banner

🪖🌳 Interpretive Timeline in Military Heritage Park (Ward 8)

🚲🅿️ Bike Racks in Parks (Ward 7)

🏫💰 High School Bursaries (Ward 7)

🪦🌳 J. Gibbins Park / Cemetery Restoration of Naturalization

🌳🌳 Spruce Trees at Stunden Lane & Mapleview Drive East (Ward 9)

⚡️🖼️ Utility Box Wraps

🪑🌳 Benches in Sunnidale Park

🧺🌳 Picnic Tables for Parks (Ward 4)

🚲🅿️ Bike Racks for Parks (Ward 4)

📋🏛️ Conservation of Built Heritage Community Improvement Plan

🚴🛣️ St. Vincent Street Road Diet - Blake St. to Codrington St. (Wards 1 & 2)

🛣️⬅️ Madelaine Drive Road Diet - Mapleview Dr. to Yonge St. (Ward 9)

🫴💰 Funding Request - Allandale and Downtown Transit Mobility Hubs and Allandale Historic Train Station Development

  • Report:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14130376&GUID=56CBB5DB-C9B7-4030-9EB7-ECE81B5C1C2F 

  • Increase the approved budget for the Allandale and Downtown Transit Mobility Hubs by $1,763,084, funded from the Tax Capital Reserve

  • Increase the approved budget for the Allandale Historic Train Station Development by $600,000, funded from the Tax Capital Reserve

  • Reduce the approved budgets for Projects FC1320, FC1319, FC1300, FC1278, FC1273, FC1258, FC1257, FC1240, FC1230 and FC1079 as indicated in Table 1 of the Staff Report

🏙️💸 Downtown Barrie Business Improvement Area Levy (Ward 2)


Section D (Section C was dealt with last week)

🏦🙏 Redwood Park Communities Loan Forgiveness Request



🧑‍🏫📑 Presentations


🏠🩺 Finding New Opportunities: Restoring Public Safety through Increased Access to Shelter, Housing, and Health Supports



📜📜 Bylaws


🏙️💸 Bill 041 - Downtown Business Improvement Area Tax Levy


📜✅ Bill 42 - Confirmation Bylaw





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