Finance and Responsible Governance Committee – Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 5:30pm (or immediately following Infrastructure and Community Investment Committee)
- Accountability Team
- Apr 25
- 4 min read
Updated: Jun 16
Conservation of Built Heritage CIP, Redwood Park Communities loan, several Community Project submissions
Minutes: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1256294&GUID=889ECB46-8E26-416B-BFB5-3DF036AE6EED
Watch Online: https://www.youtube.com/citybarrie [direct link not yet available]
Agenda: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1256294&GUID=889ECB46-8E26-416B-BFB5-3DF036AE6EED
City's Legistar Page: https://barrie.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1256294&GUID=889ECB46-8E26-416B-BFB5-3DF036AE6EED&Options=info|&Search=
Meeting Location: Council Chambers, or electronically
Committee Members in Attendance: Harvey (Chair), Thomson, Kungl
Late: Nuttall
Also Present: Riepma, Nixon, Courser, Nigussie, Harris, Morales, Hamilton
🧑🏫📑 Presentations
🗺️🗳️ 2025 Ward Boundary Review
Presentation: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14119945&GUID=A004A6ED-155D-4B80-BE10-DBBB203C9BE9 by Watson and Associates
2025 Ward Boundary Review Preliminary Options Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14119946&GUID=E5F7964B-3332-452D-AD38-A4EBB22338E2
MOTION by Thomson
That Option 1 and Option 2b be the only options moving forward for further public consultation, prior to a final option being presented to Council
That when the final option is presented to Council, the numbering of the wards be done in such a manner as to minimize the number of residents who experience a change in their ward number
CARRIED (vote not shown)
↪️📥 Deferred / Referred Items
📋🏛️ Conservation of Built Heritage Community Improvement Plan
Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14024690&GUID=B1518C80-530A-4228-81F7-86BD3CF3AC0E
Appendix A - Proposed Project Area: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14024691&GUID=FA301DA3-B8EF-4A9F-8CD4-12EC5E38903E
Appendix B - Proposed Conservation of Built Heritage Community Improvement Plan (CIP): https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14024692&GUID=9A893BCD-ED4A-4D35-B369-288331DC3C00
Recommendation:
Approve the proposed Conservation of Built Heritage Community Improvement Plan (CIP) Project Area (Appendix A)
Approve the proposed Conservation of Built Heritage Community Improvement Plan (CIP) (Appendix B)
Allocate $79,437.51 from the CIP Reserve Fund to the implementation of the proposed Conservation of Built Heritage Community Improvement Plan (CIP), if approved
HELD by Kungl
AMENDMENT by Kungl:
Change language to read "That Council approve the proposed Conservation of Built Heritage Community Improvement Plan (CIP) attached as Appendix B to Staff Report DEV-003-25, as amended, to provide that the calculation for the grant payment be based on the lowest quote received."
Amendment CARRIED (vote not shown)
MOTION, as amended, CARRIED, unanimously
📝📑 Advisory Committee Reports
👑🏆 Order of the Spirit Catcher Committee
Report from March 27: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14117183&GUID=F9E81894-CE05-4F0C-BD55-D4AA9CF1406F
RECEIVED on consent
📑🗂 Staff Reports
🏦🙏 Redwood Park Communities Loan Forgiveness Request
Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14117182&GUID=8C68A73F-22E9-4B75-81A7-8B24020DE024
Appendix A - Redwood Loan Forgiveness Request, April 3: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14117181&GUID=FBEF4BF0-6DBB-47C7-8601-1FA9CDEAA310
Appendix B - Staff Memo re: CIP Funding Request, February 19: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14117180&GUID=D90B6C10-526D-4944-A0B5-A0CDCFB04535
Providing information and alternatives regarding Redwood Park Communities' partial loan forgiveness request
HELD by Thomson
AMENDMENT by Thomson
That the Redwood Park Communities request for loan forgiveness be approved in the amount of $500,000 against Redwook Park Community Inc., the $3M promissary note agreement with the City of Barrie dated March 8, 2024 on the conditions that the repayment of $1.8M of the promissary note be made by June 30, 2025 and $700K by September 1, 2025 with loan forgiveness being funded from the Reinvestment Reserve
"Friendly" from Nuttall - to add funding from the Federal Government allocated for housing (as an alternate possibility to the Reinvestment Reserve)
CARRIED, unanimously
MOTION, as amended, CARRIED, unanimously
🫂🛠️ Community Project Submission(s)
🚲🅿️ Bike Racks at Little Lake Park and Cartwright Park (Ward 3)
Sponsor: Kungl
Notice: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14117184&GUID=1198D534-B29E-453D-9D36-39EDBCA5BE39
Allocate $2000 to purchase and install 2 bike racks in Ward 3
Potential locations, Little Lake by the park, and Cartwright Park
APPROVED on consent
🌷🪻 Planters for Beautification (Ward 3)
Sponsor: Kungl
Notice: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14117185&GUID=8992C7D3-E74F-48C9-9E83-10FAB1C80ADC
Allocate $1850 to horticulture/parks to add planters to key areas in Ward 3 as part of beautification
APPROVED on consent
🏫💰 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
APPROVED on consent
🥅🏆 Barrie Sports Hall of Fame
Sponsor: Kungl
Notice: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14117187&GUID=D807979B-4BC1-4B1C-A1F1-893B9E6A8C95
Allocate $6900 to the Barrie Sports Hall of Fame at East Bayfield Community Centre for hardware to install banners, reframing of six paintings, and purchasing a display case
APPROVED on consent
🪖🎖️ WWII Veterans Banner
Sponsor: Kungl
Notice: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14117188&GUID=A1932F41-971E-4EAA-A138-EB43B299F1A7
Allocate $8250 to the Barrie Legion at 147 Ferris Lane to supply and install a banner recognizing WWII Veterans
APPROVED on consent
🪖🌳 Interpretive Timeline in Military Heritage Park (Ward 8)
Sponsor: Harris
Notice: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14117190&GUID=6A61B21A-2889-44E6-8AFC-103D3B7562BC
Allocate $13,000 to "fill in the gaps" in the Interpretive Timeline in Military Heritage Park, including:
the Canadian peace-keeping role
Afghanistan international conflict
other remembrances of Pacific conflicts
APPROVED on consent
🚲🅿️ Bike Racks in Parks (Ward 7)
Sponsor: Harvey
Notice: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14117192&GUID=478FF58B-FD94-4E5C-9610-B2AC7739A10B
Allocate $2358 to purchase and install two bike racks in Ward 7 parks
APPROVED on consent
🏎️💈 Traffic Calming Bollards (Ward 7)
Sponsor: Harvey
Notice: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14117193&GUID=DDBD6690-FAFB-44B1-BE41-D98653F860D4
Discontinue installation of speed cushions, and allocate that money and a new $697.12 towards traffic calming bollards in Ward 7, as follows:
Wessenger Drive (around Park), Emms Drive (around Park), Columbia Road (146/148, 159/161), Coughlin Road (at crosswalk), Sundew Drive (replace cushions), Red Oak Drive (23/25, 66/68)
WITHDRAWN by Harvey
🏫💰 High School Bursaries (Ward 7)
Sponsor: Harvey
Notice: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14117195&GUID=8320FF59-E683-4D60-83BB-F9D2B76B34FC
Provide a $1000 bursary to each of 12 high school students who live in Ward 7, attend high school in Barrie, and will be attending post secondary school in the 2025/26 school year
APPROVED on consent
🪦🌳 J. Gibbins Park / Cemetery Restoration of Naturalization
Sponsor: Morales
Notice: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14117196&GUID=7328C0E5-50E3-4156-9A0C-F6666484EC97
Allocate $2000 towards restoring landscaping along the fenceline that faces Lockhart Road
possibly using "zeroscaping" [sic] plants and features
APPROVED on consent
🌳🌳 Spruce Trees at Stunden Lane & Mapleview Drive East (Ward 9)
Sponsor: Morales
Notice: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14117198&GUID=11ECCB4C-1BF0-4B39-A92B-3DA0630A1DE4
Allocate $2,101.80 to plant 3 mature spruce trees at the intersection of Stunden Lane and Mapleview Drive East
APPROVED on consent
⚡️🖼️ Utility Box Wraps
Sponsor: Morales
Notice: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14117197&GUID=C454AB71-F610-4981-AF02-2ACBC375B235
Allocate $5,500 to wrap two Alectra ground-oriented boxes in Ward 9:
southwest corner of Painswick Library
southwest corner of Esther Drive and Lakewoods Crescent
APPROVED on consent
🪑🌳 Benches in Sunnidale Park
Sponsor: Courser
Notice: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14117194&GUID=71E5FBCF-598C-43DD-BDC4-C64282A06A98
Allocate $11,820 to purchase and install six benches in Sunnidale Park
APPROVED on consent
🧺🌳 Picnic Tables for Parks (Ward 4)
Sponsor: Courser
Notice: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14117191&GUID=090DC4E0-3736-454C-9FA7-0C01250DE390
Allocate $1200 to purchase and install two picnic tables in Ward 4 parks
APPROVED on consent
🚲🅿️ Bike Racks for Parks (Ward 4)
Sponsor: Courser
Notice: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14117189&GUID=BA219D97-E653-4B75-9502-DAD618E03C1E
Allocate $4716 to purchase and install four bike racks in Ward 4 parks
APPROVED on consent
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