General Committee – Monday, April 4, 2022, 7pm

Updated: Jan 5

A busking pilot program, creating a music industry incubator, and supporting the "Stopping Harassment and Abuse by Local Leaders" Act

ON LEAVE: Lehman

🎤🪕 2022 Busking Program Pilot and Emerging Artists / Musicians Program

APPROVED on consent
Staff Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10682988&GUID=11E055D8-C3BC-49B8-B0DC-FB59D1AFA48E
Execute a Memorandum of Understanding with Canadian Musicians Cooperative, Inc. (CMCI) for delivery of the Emerging Musicians Program as a music industry incubator for 2022 and for subsequent years
Pursue a one-year pilot busking program – artists that are ineligible for the Emerging Artists / Musicians Program can apply for a Busking Permit to perform at a designated spot in downtown Barrie

Sponsors: N.Harris, Morales
Ask staff to include the establishment of a Renters' Committee to be considered by the 2022-26 Council as part of its Council Committee appointments
- to bring forward issues of renters – including rental rates and regulations associated with rental units
HELD by Harvey
AMENDMENT by Morales:
- To remove the second paragraph (i.e., just ask for the Committee to be considered by the next Council, let them decide the mandate then)
- Amendment FAILED (FOR: N.Harris, Morales; AGAINST: Riepma, Kungl, Ward, Thomson, Harvey, J.Harris, McCann – could not see how Aylwin voted, but he said in discussion he would support)
Motion FAILED (FOR: N.Harris, Morales; AGAINST: Riepma, Kungl, Ward, Thomson, Harvey, J.Harris, McCann – could not see how Aylwin voted, but he said in discussion he would support)

APPROVED on consent
Sponsor: J.Harris
Investigate the cost of installing and operating an automated gate at Tyndale Park to limit vehicular access into the park in the later evening hours

APPROVED on consent
Sponsor: Morales
Support federal funding for a Lake Simcoe Restoration Fund, that represents a significant percentage of the overall Freshwater Action Plan Fund, with funding in excess of previous commitments, beginning in the 2022 budget
Ask that this funding be used for:
- Shoreline mitigation, stream restoration and stormwater quality management, including the tributaries of Sophia Creek, Kidd's Creek, Bunkers Creek, Dyments Creek, Hotchkiss Creek, Whiskey Creek, Lovers Creek and Hewitts Creek
- Projects to ameliorate contaminated sites in the watersheds
- Upgrades to help retrofit municipal infrastructure such as wastewater treatment and stormwater management facilities to decrease total discharges
- Planting 250,000 trees in the watershed
- Purchasing and conservation of more forests and wetlands under the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority
Send this resolution and a letter from the Mayor to the federal Minister of Finance, Minister of the Environment & Climate Change, President of the Treasury Board, local MPs, all Lake Simcoe region municipalities and the LSRCA

APPROVED on consent
Sponsor: Aylwin
Endorse the "Stopping Harassment and Abuse by Local Leaders Act" that would create a process for municipal Councils to remove Councillors who violate workplace violence and harassment policies.
Send a letter of support to local MPPs, MPP Stephen Blais, the Premier, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario

Sponsor: McCann
Investigate the feasibility of purchasing the Barrie Jail for the purposes of preservation and affordable housing with the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services and/or Infrastructure Ontario
AMENDMENT from Riepma:
- directing staff to talk with the Ministry of Correctional Services and Infrastructure Ontario about using the property (not wanting City to own it)
- Amendment FAILED (FOR: Riepma; AGAINST: Kungl, Ward, Thomson, N.Harris, Harvey, J.Harris, Morales, McCann – could not see how Aylwin voted)
MOTION FAILED (FOR: McCann; AGAINST: Riepma, Aylwin, Kungl, Ward, Thomson, N.Harris, Harvey, J.Harris, Morales)