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General Committee #2 – Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 6pm

Updated: Jun 16

*** NOTE EARLIER START *** new Ward boundaries for 2026 election, moving forward with the Performing Arts Centre, and a mixed-use Recreation Complex and Library for Salem and Hewitt


Watch Online: https://www.youtube.com/citybarrie [direct link not yet available]

Meeting Location: Council Chambers or online


All members of council present


📝📑 Reports of Reference, Advisory or Special Committees


🧑‍💼🕴  Executive Committee

🚘🧐 Traffic Study for Intersection of Mulcaster Street and Worsley Street

⛔️🚧 Temporary Road Vehicle Blockades

  • Notice:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14233098&GUID=60866E3C-C3D1-403B-B30E-3C9516DDD9A1

  • Direct Development Services to prepare an intake form for consideration in the 2026 budget for the purchase of temporary road vehicle blockades (including but not limited to the Archer 1200 and the MVB 3X modular vehicle barriers) for use at road closures for events such as Open Air Dunlop, New Years Eve Countdown and the Remembrance Day ceremonies along with other events and festivals throughout the City to ensure the safety of the attending patrons

  • APPROVED on consent

🛑🛑 4 Way Stop Reid Drive at King Street

🚸⚠️ Extending Community Safety Zone - Marsellus Drive

  • Notice:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14233097&GUID=C1B8A072-A714-4529-8E52-A615976F06AB

  • Direct Development Services to:

    • amend the Community Safety Zones bylaw to add Marsellus Drive from south leg of Downing Crescent to 85m west of Farmstead Crescent

    • amend the Rates of Speed Bylaw with Marsellus Drive to be maximum 40km/h from the south leg of Downing Crescent to 85m west of Farmstead Crescent

  • HELD by Councillor Harvey

  • AMENDMENT by Harvey - to correct the paragraphs to read "south of Farmstead Crescent" instead of west

    • Amendment CARRIED, unanimously

  • MOTION, as amended, CARRIED, unanimously

🤖💸 Pilot Program - Artificial Intelligence

  • Notice:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14233095&GUID=AB3CE777-6814-4648-8B9A-8757B8A39AF9

  • Direct the CAO to establish a 2-year pilot program to pursue programs and services supported by Canadian owned/based Artificial Intelligence Companies

  • Bypass the Procurement Bylaw so the CAO can procure such services and programs during the period of the pilot project

  • Set an annual budget for the program at an upper limit of $600,000 to be funded from the Reinvestment Reserve

  • Have the CAO report back to Finance and Responsible Governance on the programs and services procured, including any efficiencies and return on investment achieved by the City

  • APPROVED on consent

📚🖥️ Northwest Barrie Public Library Location

  • Authorize Corporate Facilities to negotiate a lease agreement with a property owner in northwest Barrie for the purpose of locating and constructing a boutique library to be executed by the Mayor and City Clerk, in a form acceptable to the Director of Legal Services and General Manager of Community and Corporate Services

  • Create a Capital Project to be funded by the Development Charge Reserve and the financial contribution approved by the Barrie Public Library Board

  • Corporate Facilities to report back to Council via confidential memorandum detailing the final location and terms and conditions of the agreement

  • APPROVED on consent

⛺️⛺️ Encampments Update

  • Add encampments to the list of strategic plan updates provided to Executive Committee at each meeting

  • APPROVED on consent


💸🤷 Affordability Committee

🏡📜 Municipal Heritage Register - 67 McDonald Street

  • Add 67 McDonald Street to the Municipal Heritage Register as a listed property

  • APPROVED on consent

🏰📜 Heritage Designation Project

  • Heritage Summary Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14228857&GUID=831CCB95-F759-45A6-BB92-4CF641048321

  • The Cultural Heritage Evaluation Summary Report prepared by MHBC, October 2024 concerning the Bulk Heritage Designation Project has been evaluated by the Heritage Barrie Committee and deemed to demonstrate that the following properties are of heritage value or interest to the community:

    • 14 Cumberland Street

    • 84 Cumberland Street

    • 88 Cumberland Street

    • 97 Cumberland Street

    • 250 Dunlop Street West

    • 90 William Street

    • 87 Owen Street

    • 126 Burton Avenue

    • 22 Granville Street

  • Grant consent to proceed with the issuance of the Notice of the Intention to designate these properties

  • APPROVED on consent


🏦🧑‍⚖️ Finance and Responsible Governance Committee

📛👥 Committee Name Change

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

  • APPROVED on consent

🇺🇸👥 Saginaw Sister City Conference

  • That staff in the Economic and Creative Development Department be supported to attend the Saginaw Sister City Conference, fall 2025, subject to Mayor and CAO approval

  • APPROVED on consent

🖼️🖼️ Artist Panels at Dorian Parker Centre

🖼️🏆 Painting Refurbishing at Barrie Sports Hall of Fame

☘️☘️ White Clover at Lovers' Creek Access

🪧🤗 Welcome to Painswick Sign

🚲🚲 Bike Racks in Ward 9

🚲🚲 Bike Racks in Ward 6

🪧🌿 Ecological Interpretive Signage, Ward 6

🏎️✋ Traffic Calming, Ward 6

⛲️🌳 Community Outdoor Space at Lampman Lane

🏀⛹ Basketball Court - Eastview Park (Ward 1)

✍️🥇 Priority Resident Registration for Recreation Programs

🏦📊 2024 Audited Consolidated Financial Statements

🚫💨 Corporate Net Zero Strategy 2025-2050

  • Report:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14256687&GUID=0A7FB56E-80E1-4636-BE5B-8A8692D9D6F0 from C. Rodger, Climate Change Coordinator, Energy Management Branch

  • Recommendations: 

    • Endorse in principle the Corporate Net Zero Strategy

    • Evaluate low-carbon alternatives as part of the standard capital planning process for all assets

    • Recommend low-carbon options when renewing energy-consuming corporate assets in capital planning and budgeting, when lifecycle payback offsets the incremental cost

    • Direct staff to evaluate the feasibility and lifecycle cost implications of designing new facilities to net-zero energy standards, and report back to Council with recommendations for a formal policy and implementation plan

    • Replace all internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles with electric vehicle (EV) equivalents, typically at end of life, and when feasible, considering the availability of suitable EV models, operational requirements, and the infrastructure needed to support electric vehicles

    • Deploy renewable energy assets when they provide a positive return on investment, and authorize the Director of Corporate Facilities to execute or modify agreements related to regulatory approvals for these assets

    • Prioritize low-carbon options when equipment failure requires immediate replacement under the City's emergency procurement provisions, whenever technically feasible

    • Any return on investment beyond five years on new builds to be approved by the Mayor and the Chief Administrative Officer

    • Direct the Corporate Facilities Department to give a progress report annually to General Committee

  • APPROVED on consent



📑🗂 Staff Reports


🏷️📑 City-Owned Surplus Lands Disposition Framework 2025


🏘️🏘️ Zoning Bylaw Amendment - 435 Anne Street North and 33 Harrison Crescent (Ward 4)

  • Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14273733&GUID=244933A8-2BDA-4A3C-9A8A-DE5D84C7A995

  • Rezone the property FROM Agriculture (A) and Residential Single Detached Dwelling Third Density (R3) TO Residential Multiple Dwelling Second Density with Special Provisions - Hold (RM2 SP-XXX H-XXX), Residential Multiples Dwelling First Density with Special Provisions - Hold (RM1 SP-XXX H-XXX) and Residential Single Detached Dwelling Third Density with Special Provisions - Hold (R3 SP-XXX H-XXX)

  • Special Provisions: Residential Multiple Dwelling Second Density with Special Provisions - Hold (RM2 SP-XXX H-XXX):

    • reduce front yard setback from 7 to 3m

    • reduce rear yard setback from 7 to 3.5m

    • increase lot coverage from 35% to 41%

    • increase maximum building height from 10 to 15m

    • increase maximum gross floor area from 60 to 118%

    • increase maximum density from 40 to 107 units per hectare

  • Special Provisions: Residential Multiple Dwelling First Density with Special Provisions - Hold (RM1 SP-XXX H-XXX):

    • decrease minimum lot area from 300 to 191 square metres

    • decrease minimum lot frontage from 9 to 8m

    • reduce minimum front yard setback to an attached garage from 7 to 6.5m

    • decrease rear yard setback from 7 to 6m

  • Special Provisions: Residential Single Detached Dwelling Third Density with Special Provisions - Hold (R3 SP-XXX H-XXX):

    • decrease minimum lot area from 400 to 317 square metres

    • reduce front yard setback to an attached garage from 7m to 6.4m

    • reduce rear yard setback from 7 to 6m

  • The Holding Provision will be lifted once the owner provides the following to the satisfaction of the City:

    • the remediation program (as described in Section 7 of the Phase 2 ESA from Dec.3, 2024) is completed and a copy of the Remediation Report has been submitted to the Environmental Risk Management & Compliance Branch, OR

    • the completion of a Risk Assessment Report and Soil Vapour Intrusion Assessment following the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) Draft Technical Guidance: Soil Vapour Intrusion Assessment, January 2021, or as amended

  • HELD by Councillor Courser

  • AMENDMENT made by Councillor Courser to remove the "Hold" requirement from the "Residential Multiple Dwelling Second Density with Special Provisions" zoning (as the report had since come in and been approved by staff)

    • Amendment CARRIED (vote no shown)

  • MOTION, as amended, CARRIED unanimously


🏢🏬 Zoning Bylaw Amendment - 664, 674 & 692 Essa Road, and 320, 364 & 366 Mapleview Drive West (Ward 7)

  • Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14268200&GUID=EC7D162D-1D1A-471C-8D3F-827CF2C8B578

  • Rezone the property FROM Light Industrial (LI), General Commercial (C4) and General Commercial with Special Provisions (C4 SP-368) TO Mixed Use Node with Special Provisions (MU1 SP-YYY), Mixed Use Corridor with Special Provisions (MU2 SP-XXX), Open Space (OS) and Environmental Protection (EP)

  • Special Provisions: Mixed Use Corridor with Special Provisions (MU2 SP-XXX):

    • reduce minimum setback from the property line abutting a street to the nearest part of a parking structure underground from 1.8 to 0.9m

    • revise the definition of "Amenity Area - Outdoor" to:

      • Amenity Area - Outdoor, shall mean an area of land; balcony; deck; terrace; the roof of a building, parking structure or accessory structure, which includes landscaped area and may include areas of decorative paving and walkways or other similar surface, provided such surface is not used for vehicle use

    • remove the requirement for fully paved and seamless front yard connections to abutting sidewalks

    • reduce minimum front yard setback from 3 to 2.5m for residential uses

    • remove the requirement for a maximum interior side yard setback of 3m

    • reduce minimum ground level floor height for Apartment Dwellings from 4.5 to 3.5m, and for Townhouses from 4.5 to 2.7m

    • increase maximum building height from 16.5 to 21.5m

    • remove the provision related to waste management for multi-unit residential developments in the Mixed-Use zones

    • reduce minimum driveway length from 6 to 5.8m

    • permit one Additional Residential Unit (ARU) within a block townhouse dwelling unit fronting a private road, to a maximum of 66 ARUs across the site

    • require a minimum of 1 parking space per unit for any ARUs

  • Special Provisions: Mixed Use Node with Special Provisions (MU1 SP-YYY)

    • require a minimum of 268 residential units per hectare

    • increase maximum building height from 25.5 to 36m or 12 storeys

  • Notwithstanding any future severance, partition or division of the lands, the provisions of this bylaw shall continue to apply to the whole of the lands

  • HELD by Councillor Harvey

  • No amendments. Councillor Harvey reviewed history of above motion and thanked all those involved

  • CARRIED unanimously


🚫🛑 Stopping Prohibited - Innisfil Street - St. John Vianney Catholic School (Ward 8)

  • Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14268218&GUID=903EC1BE-3719-4F9D-B7FC-1C1D467C4DE5

  • Remove "No Parking Anytime" from Innisfil Street - north side from Marshall Street to Adelaide Street extended

  • Add "Stopping Prohibited" to Innisfil Street - both sides between Baldwin Lane and Adelaide Street south leg 8am to 5pm except Saturdays, Sundays excluding Statutory Holidays

  • Add "No Parking Anytime" to:

    • Innisfil Street - north side from Marshall Street to Adelaide Street south leg

    • Innisfil Street - east side from Baldwin Lane to Adelaide Street north leg

    • Innisfil Street - West side from Baldwin Lane to Adelaide Street north leg

  • APPROVED on consent


🚘💡 Barrie Regional Technology Development Site Opportunity

  • Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14274410&GUID=97685C7D-1CE5-46E3-95B0-591A1993A148

  • Direct the Economic and Creative Development Department to pursue discussions with the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network and key stakeholders to pursue a Regional Technology Development Site (RTDS) that would serve Barrie, and report back to the Infrastructure and Community Investment Committee with findings, including financial and in-kind funding considerations

  • APPROVED on consent


📚🏊 South Barrie Mixed Use Recreation Complex and Library

  • Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14268227&GUID=FD6FFF5C-69B7-4A71-AF88-CF75733F9F19

  • Endorse the location, program, facility and parks concepts identified as 'Scenario 2' for a single regional recreation centre and library to serve the Salem and Hewitt's growth areas

  • Consolidate the approved capital projects and forecasted project intakes into one project, named as 'South Barrie Mixed Use Recreation Complex and Library' as part of the 2026 Capital Plan

  • HELD by Councillor Harvey

  • AMENDMENT by Harvey (first):

    • Add that staff work with representatives from the Barrie Sports Hall of Fame concerning their request for space not to exceed 5000 square feet at the new facility

    • Amendment CARRIED unanimously

  • AMENDMENT by Harvey (second):

    • Add that the design of the outdoor sports fields consider the cricket and the soccer fields being separate from each other (to avoid conflict between the user groups)

    • Amendment CARRIED unanimously

  • AMENDMENT by Harris:

    • Add that staff consult with minor league sports and other sporting organizations in Barrie to discuss needs and opportunities for the future facility

    • Amendment CARRIED (vote not shown)

  • AMENDMENT by Nigussie:

    • Add that the final design of the recreation centre allows for the potential implementation of the outdoor sports fields, including a multi-use turf field in advance of the completion of the indoor facility

    • Amendment CARRIED (vote not shown)

  • AMENDMENT by Hamilton:

    • That staff review opportunities for space to provide enhanced customer service opportunities including those currently provided by Service Barrie to serve residents in the south end

    • Amendment CARRIED (vote not shown)

  • AMENDMENT by Thomson:

    • Add that the space for the proposed library be reduced to 30,000 square feet and be located on one floor as feasible, and that staff investigate opportunities for shared amenities such as washrooms, etc.

    • Amendment CARRIED (vote not shown)

  • MOTION, as amended, CARRIED unanimously


🎭📐 Barrie Performing Arts and Event Centre - Design Development Advancement

  • Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14268219&GUID=DABE39E9-C70B-4B61-B8ED-5AEA576AB2B5

  • Approve the Schematic Design and use it to guide the project through the Design Development phase

  • Award HPA $455,000 to advance the design and costing of the Performing Arts Centre to the 50% Design Development stage, to further refine the project scope and enhance the accuracy of the projected construction cost, funded from the Theatre Reserve

  • Direct staff to report back to General Committee after summer break with the outcomes of the 50% Design Development phase, including a Class C Cost Estimate for the proposed Performing Arts Centre

  • HELD by Councillor Courser

  • Questions to Staff and discussion

  • AMENDMENT by Harvey:

    • Add that staff report back to General Committee if additional budget is required to include the optional rehearsal space in the Performing Arts Centre construction

    • Amendment CARRIED (vote not shown)

  • MOTION, as amended, CARRIED unanimously


🤝⛽︎ Agreement with Bioflight Fuels for Biogas Upgrading Pilot Project (Ward 2)

  • Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14268220&GUID=605C824B-BF90-47F2-8591-C12413A7B477

  • Authorize the General Manager of Infrastructure and Growth Management to negotiate a Pilot Program Agreement with BioFlight Fuels Inc. for the installation, operation and evaluation of a modular biogas upgrading system at the Wastewater Treatment Facility, and to amend the agreement as necessary to reflect evolving project requirements, provided the amendments don't create financial obligations or operational risks for the city

  • Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a Pilot Program Agreement with BioFlight Fuels Inc.

  • APPROVED on consent


🗑️🏡 Property Standards and Yard Maintenance Waste Bin Amendments

  • Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14268221&GUID=1BBC0AE7-0700-49EA-BE00-195EF33215A2

  • Property Standards Bylaw changes:

    • Replace section 5.5 to allow 'domestic goods' to be stored in a rear yard (provided it's neatly piled and limited to a small amount consistent with the permitted use of the property), and in the front yard (provided it's neat and limited to small amounts)

    • Replace section 38.6 to specify that a barrier or deflector shall be provided to prevent lighting from shining directly into an adjacent dwelling unit

    • Add section 38.7 to further specify that 'directly or directed' shall mean pointed or aimed into a window or doorway, but won't include ambient illumination

  • Yard Maintenance Bylaw changes

    • Replace section 2.7 with the definition of "inoperable vehicle" as defined by the Highway Traffic Act, having missing or damaged components which prevents it mechanical function

    • Replace section 4.14 to say that every owner shall store household waste in rigid containers with secure lids when stored outdoors and will ensure that:

      • all waste containers shall be kept clean and free of dirt, filth, odours and pest infestations

      • all waste containers shall be kept in a manner that prevents animals or vermin from tearing them apart

      • all waste containers will be stored in a garage, designated storage facility or rear yard where possible

  • APPROVED on consent


🗳️🗺️ Ward Boundary Review Recommendation


🥶🧹 Ice Storm Replanting and Recovery



📥🔄 Circulation List Referrals

  • Nil




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