Community Safety Committee – March 26, 2025, 6pm (or immediately following the Executive Committee Meeting)

information on short-term rental regulations, reports from the Community Safety and Well-Being Plan Advisory Committee and Town and Gown Committee

Minutes: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1256273&GUID=6955F5D9-D55A-4C20-A76C-A7FDE0634F3D

Watch Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyctNTX1kFU

Agenda: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1256273&GUID=6955F5D9-D55A-4C20-A76C-A7FDE0634F3D

City's Legistar: https://barrie.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1256273&GUID=6955F5D9-D55A-4C20-A76C-A7FDE0634F3D&Options=info|&Search=

Meeting Location: Council Chambers, or electronically

COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: Nuttall, Thomson, Morales, Courser

ALSO ATTENDING: Riepma, Nixon, Kungl, Nigussie, Harvey, Harris, Hamilton

📝📑 Advisory Committee Reports

🛟🫂 Community Safety and Well-Being Plan Advisory Committee

• RECEIVED

• Report from February 25:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13942914&GUID=74B25FE6-7E84-4112-9418-DD276BC8FE25

🏙️🎓  Town and Gown Committee

• RECEIVED

• Report from March 18:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13942919&GUID=38FF75BD-27B2-4B78-BB08-036B61F45086

📑🗂 Reports to Committee

🏘️🏷️ Short Term Rental Regulations

• Report:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13942921&GUID=D4D09614-B5A0-46C2-AB5D-560DA3D297BB

  • Requested information on options to regulate short term rentals (such as Air B&Bs), especially for properties that have received multiple complaints

  • A summary of related complaints in Barrie

  • A summary of how other municipalities are dealing with these issues

• REFERRED by Nuttall back to staff to investigate an enforcement model and report back to Community Safety Committee with options for zoning and Official Plan to provide structure

  • CARRIED, unanimously (according to Chair, vote not shown)