General Committee – Monday, March 21, 7pm
Updated: Nov 18, 2022
They're making up for their week off with a packed Agenda! The Community Energy and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan is the top highlight. Also the Waterfront Parking Permits, Public Art Program, Pickleball at Painswick, the recommendations from the Needle Collection Kiosks and Public Access Naloxone Kits Pilot Programs, shifting budget money from City Hall Renovation to 8 underfunded projects, and giving RVH space at Allandale Rec. Councillors are also bringing forward first steps to establish a Youth Council, allowing Ryan's Hope to use the Heritage Park gazebo for its Breakfast To Go program, a $210K grant to Cornerstone To Recovery, making Barrie a Bird Friendly City, making the "Heart Barrie" sign even bigger, and finding solutions for school safety.
Minutes: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=952171&GUID=662C4DEF-5219-4FA3-897E-77FCEAADB7D6
Watch Online: https://youtu.be/lLELL2zfPbo
Agenda: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=952171&GUID=662C4DEF-5219-4FA3-897E-77FCEAADB7D6
Circulation List: https://barrie.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=937074&GUID=9F16B4F5-6405-4B55-8CA2-4C6CAD663985&Options=info|&Search=
💡💨 Community Energy and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan
Presentation: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10654938&GUID=5AA5FA7F-FF55-45CC-8F04-4EBF52589C9D
Presentation by Adam McMullin, Manager of Energy, and Lucy Duncan & Rosa Yu of the Simcoe County Environmental Youth Alliance
💰📊 Finance and Corporate Services Committee
Received on consent
Report, March 1: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10654940&GUID=7525B0B1-121E-45C3-94F2-57D2F054245F
🏖🅿️ Waterfront Parking Permit Update
Held by Deputy Mayor Ward
Staff Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10549563&GUID=64B821EF-18B9-4B9D-B806-EBDEBEDC929C
Make a digital Waterfront Parking Permit available through the HotSpot app and website
Issued on a per-vehicle basis
No limit to the number of permits issued per municipal address
Costs to remain the same as the current hangtags, except Barrie residents won't be charged $20 for third and subsequent permits
Resident permit will be valid for 2 calendar years
Existing resident waterfront hangtags will now expire December 31, 2023, and staff will transition away from issuing new hangtags ahead of the summer of 2022
Staff will be given authority to issue permits in exceptional scenarios
[City to approach Service Ontario and/or the two MPP offices about partnering with Service Ontario to issue the City waterfront hangtag when residents renew their plates]- removed by amendment
AMENDMENT by Deputy Mayor Ward:
That staff in the Traffic and Parking Services Department investigate ways to prevent long-term parking by nearby residents in waterfront lots and streets and report back to Finance and Corporate Services Committee
Amendment CARRIED unanimously
AMENDMENT by Councillor Riepma
To remove the above point #4 re: approaching Service Ontario
Amendment CARRIED (FOR: Riepma, Aylwin, Kungl, Ward, Thomson, N.Harris, Harvey, J.Harris, McCann; AGAINST: Morales)
MOTION, as amended, CARRIED unanimously
🌇🌃 City Building Committee
Received on consent
Report, March 8: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10654942&GUID=993648BB-F10F-43BB-B432-9558E086D3CA
🎨🗿 Public Art Program – 2022 Temporary Project and Maintenance Budget Allocation
Approved on consent
Report to Committee: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10570578&GUID=4761E4D6-CE60-4405-9B6A-D769156013AA
Approve up to $25,000 for temporary public art installations in 2022, funded from the Public Art Reserve
Approve up to $10,000 for maintaining the permanent works of art within the Public Art Inventory, also funded from the Public Art Reserve
Increase the number of Citizen representatives on the Barrie Public Art Committee to 10
Appoint the following to the Barrie Public Art Committee for the duration of the current Council Term (i.e., until November)
Andrea Araujo
Sharon Bagot
Emily Emond
Jenn Guerin
Craig Handy
Sarah Jensen
Laura Kelly
💡💨 Community Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Plan
Held by Deputy Mayor Ward until after presentation (i.e., just a technicality of timing)
Staff Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10654939&GUID=60DA3CFD-81C9-46C5-8DE0-260D1F17EF41
Inspiring Climate Action In Barrie – Part 1: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10654934&GUID=CD73B0D4-B0CF-40C4-8DBD-83DB2A108AA3
Inspiring Climate Action In Barrie – Part 2: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10654935&GUID=EDF3A585-EA35-42EC-B7EF-33C412A9A0E0
Inspiring Climate Action In Barrie – Part 3: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10654936&GUID=1451DF7B-14E5-49B9-B9DA-C5AF6EC0EA66
Letters of Support: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10654945&GUID=7DEF09B1-680E-4EF0-B1FA-AD578736C63B
To endorse the plan in principle.
AMENDMENT by Councillor Riepma:
That staff be directed to investigate ways to eliminate the use of gas-powered lawn and garden equipment in the City's own operations, and throughout the City generally, and report back to General Committee at the end of the second quarter in 2022
Amendment CARRIED unanimously
AMENDMENT by Councillor Morales:
That staff in the Facilities Department present a progress report annually to General Committee concerning the Community Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Plan
Amendment CARRIED unanimously
MOTION, as amended, CARRIED unanimously
🥒🎾 Investigation to Construct Professional Grade Pickleball Courts at Painswick Park (Ward 9)
Approved on consent
Staff Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10654944&GUID=7A584107-2E41-47E9-B46D-CDC9E03784A7
To approve "Concept A" to add 8 dedicated pickleball courts with lighting, remove the existing soccer field, relocate the existing ball diamond, expand the existing parking area, and add new accessible pathways with lighting in Painswick Park
Authorize Development Services to proceed with the procurement process, to get started in the 2nd quarter of 2022
Development Services to host a Public Information Centre to seek public feedback on the preliminary design prior to any work proceeding
Transfer the existing budget of $650,000 for Pickelball Courts to Painswick Park Rehabilitation, and use the $1,260,000 already approved for Park Rehabilitation for construction of the proposed facility and associated park renewal
Operations Department to include $25,480 in the 2024 operating budget to offset the increased maintenance expenses
💉🗑 Needle Collection Kiosks and Public Access Naloxone Kits Pilot Programs Update
Held by Councillor N.Harris