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Nov 5, 20234 min read

City Council - Wednesday, November 8, 2023, 7pm

Updated: Jan 6

Two direct motions reducing the timeline for Council to override the Mayor's "Strong Mayor Powers" at Budget time




🧑‍⚖️🫅 Student Mayor(s)


🗣️🫅 Comments from Outgoing Student Mayor

  • Emma Vernon, Innisdale Secondary School

📜🫅Swearing In of New Student Mayors

  • Omotola Olukoya (Tola), Ecole Secondaire Romeo-Dallaire

  • Sarah Read, Allandale Heights Public School


📜📜 Confirmation of the Minutes


🏆🏅 Awards and Recognitions

  • Nil


🗣🎙 Deputations

  • Nil


💸⚖️ Tax Applications

  • Nil


📝📄 General Committee Report


🤐📋 Confidential Personal Information Matter – Executive Management Team (EMT) Performance Review

  • To receive the motion contained within the confidential notes


📝📄 General Committee Report

  • Report, November 1 (meeting #2): https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12413682&GUID=A312946A-E84D-4FC3-A9EF-17D6C009DEB1


Section A (Reports to be Received)

💰🤷 Affordability Committee

Section B (Consent Agenda)

🏰📜 Municipal Heritage Register – 194 Collier Street

  • Add 194 Collier Street to the Municipal Heritage Register as a listed property

🏭🏗️ Amendment to the Zoning Bylaw - 315 & 323 Mapleview Drive West (Ward 7)

  • Staff Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12396398&GUID=7ECCF8EB-8477-4BE3-98B8-D66E961DABF9

  • Recommending to approve the rezoning from 'Light Industrial with Special Provision' (LI)(SP-367) to 'Light Industrial with Special Provision' (LI)(SP-XXX), to permit a 4,753 sq.m. food store in addition to two 605 sq.m. retail uses

  • Special Provisions to include:

  • permitting additional employment uses: retail store, personal service store, food store, supermarket, stand alone restaurant

🚫🚗 No Parking Anytime - Batteaux Street (Ward 6)

🗺️🏙️ New Zoning Bylaw Update

(Section C was approved on November 1)


Section D

🚴🛣️ Review of Right of Way Design Standards for Salem and Hewitt Areas

  • Deferred from Affordability Committee, September 27

  • Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12362841&GUID=AC580372-EBE4-4A4E-9583-DECE6446A838 from M. Munshaw, Supervisor of Engineering Standards

    • a review of right of way design standards for the Salem and Hewitt areas

    • on collector streets, cycle tracks are the standard and will be implemented for new developments where engineering submissions have not been made – on street buffered bike lanes will be accepted where engineering submissions have been received

    • on arterial streets, off-street facilities are preferred and corridor-specific solutions would be assessed and identified through the Municipal Class EA process

  • Receive the memo

Section E

🤝📜 Lobbyist Registry – Addition of Special Interest Groups

  • Staff Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12396397&GUID=285A0F6E-8047-49BF-B5E7-4B01B617DDBA

  • Recommending an amendment of the draft Lobbyist Registry Bylaw approved May 3, and taking effect January 1, 2024:

    • Add the definition "Organization"

    • A Business, Trade, Industry, Professional or Voluntary Organization;

    • A Trade Union or Labour Organization;

    • A Chamber of Commerce or a Board of Trade;

    • A Partnership, Trust, Association, Charitable Organization, Coalition or Interest Group;

    • A Corporation without share capital incorporated to pursue, without financial gain to its members, objects of a national, provincial, patriotic, religious, philanthropic, charitable, scientific, artistic, social, professional or sporting character or other similar objects.

Section F

🧑‍⚖️📰 Legislative Ads in Barrie Today

  • Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12382062&GUID=B9FE966D-484E-4D14-AB2C-599641ABACB4 from C. Harris, Associate Director, Communications and Customer Service

    • Now that the Barrie Advance is no longer in print, The City is now using Barrie Today's digital platform to share This Week in Barrie (City-related news, events and activities), as well as all legislative ads on an interim basis. City staff will reevaluate options for This Week in Barrie in 2024.

  • Refer this to the Finance and Responsible Governance Committee for further consideration.

🏗️💰 Community Infrastructure and Housing Accelerator (CIHA) order - 175 & 199 Essa Road and 50 Wood Street


⏸️⏯️ Deferred Business

  • Nil


➡️📜 Direct Motions


⌛️🚫 To Shorten the Timelines Council Can Override a Veto of an Amendment to the Budget

  • Moved By: Harvey / Thomson

  • Reduce the time Council can override the Mayor's veto on an amendment to the budget from 15 days to 5 days

⌛️📊 To Shorten the 30-day Period for Passing Amendments to the Budget

  • Moved By: Harvey / Thomson

  • Reduce the amount of time Council has to amend a budget presented by the Mayor from 30 days to 21 days for the Operating and Capital Budgets

  • Reduce the amount of time Council has to amend a budget presented by the Mayor from 30 days to 14 days for the Service Partner Budgets


🧑‍🏫📑 Presentations


🧹🧽 Clean Up Barrie

  • Presentation: not yet available

  • Information on Clean Up Barrie and the possible expansion of its outreach


📜📜 Bylaws


Bill 134 - Part Lot Control Exemption, 1-19 Lake Hill Lane (aka 70 Pioneer Trail)

Bill 135 - Delegation of Approval Authority for Certificate of Cancellation and Validation of Title

Bill 136 - Establish Public Highways, Mattamy (Lockhart) Subdivision, 620 Lockhart Road

Bill 137 - Zoning Bylaw Amendment, 315 & 323 Mapleview Drive West

Bill 138 - Fee Changes, Planning and Building Services

Bill 139 - Rates of Speed Bylaw Update

Bill 140 - Appointments to Boards and Committees

Bill 141 - Parking Restrictions

Bill 142 - Appointing Deputy Fire Chief - Operations

Bill 143 - Confirmation Bylaw













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