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General Committee (Second) – Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 7pm

Updated: May 9

decommissioning the Bayview Park Reservoir and updating Sam Cancilla Park, loan forgiveness for Redwood Park Communities, setting the BIA tax levy


Meeting Location: Council Chambers or online


All members of Council Present



📝📑 Reports of Reference, Advisory or Special Committees


💸🤷 Affordability Committee


🏛️🫂 Infrastructure and Community Investment Committee

💰🚧 Funding Request for Bayview Park Reservoir Decommissioning and Removal (Ward 2)

  • Staff Report:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13949938&GUID=1A34B4B7-99BD-4328-BC8C-54CE7682C426

  • Open Delegation: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14128285&GUID=5622901B-E624-4174-B782-E016D12ABCF1 from M. Hassey & R. Webster re: Sam Cancilla Park

  • Approve a new Capital Project to decommission the Bayview Park Reservoir and complete the removal of its associated Booster Pumping Station at Sam Cancilla Park, with a budget of $2,565,000 to be funded from the Water Capital Reserve, subject to the return of the same amount from other Water Capital Reserve funded projects in the 2025 Capital Status Report

  • Approve and move up the implementation of Capital Project 001251 - Sam Cancilla Master Plan to start in 2025 simultaneously with the Bayview Park Reservoir Project

    • As part of this project, staff are to review the design concept presented in the Open Delegation by M. Hassey to the Infrastructure and Community Investment Committee on April 30, and to engage with the property owner at Dunlop and Mulcaster

  • APPROVED on consent

📛👥 Committee Name Change

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

  • APPROVED on consent

👯‍♀️👯‍♂️ Adult Entertainment Bylaw

  • Recommendation: Direct Legislative and Court Services to investigate how other municipalities have separated Burlesque Dancing from the Adult Entertainment Bylaw and report back to the Finance and Responsible Governance Committee

  • APPROVED on consent


🏦🧑‍⚖️ Finance and Responsible Governance Committee

🗺️🗳️ 2025 Ward Boundary Review

🚲🅿️ Bike Racks at Little Lake Park and Cartwright Park (Ward 3)

🌷🪻 Planters for Beautification (Ward 3)

🏫💰 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

🪖🎖️ WWII Veterans Banner

🪖🌳 Interpretive Timeline in Military Heritage Park (Ward 8)

🚲🅿️ Bike Racks in Parks (Ward 7)

🏫💰 High School Bursaries (Ward 7)

🪦🌳 J. Gibbins Park / Cemetery Restoration of Naturalization

🌳🌳 Spruce Trees at Stunden Lane & Mapleview Drive East (Ward 9)

⚡️🖼️ Utility Box Wraps

🪑🌳 Benches in Sunnidale Park

🧺🌳 Picnic Tables for Parks (Ward 4)

🚲🅿️ Bike Racks for Parks (Ward 4)

📋🏛️ Conservation of Built Heritage Community Improvement Plan

🏦🙏 Redwood Park Communities Loan Forgiveness Request

  • Report:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14117182&GUID=8C68A73F-22E9-4B75-81A7-8B24020DE024 

  • Approve Redwood's request for loan forgiveness in the amount of $500,000 against Redwood Park Community Inc.'s $3M promissory note agreement with the City of Barrie dated March 8, 2024 on the conditions that the repayment of $1.8M of the promissory note be made by June 30, 2025 and $700K by September 1, 2025 with loan forgiveness being funded from the Reinvestment Reserve or through Federal Government funding allocated for housing

  • HELD by Riepma

  • AMENDMENT by Riepma

    • To reduce the forgiveness portion of the loan to $250,000, to be paid at the end of the loan period

    • To direct the Finance Department to provide a memo on the status of the loan after June 30 (time set for first payment)

    • AMENDMENT to the amendment by Thomson

      • To return the forgiveness amount to $500,000 (but keep the Finance Department report)

      • CARRIED (FOR: Nixon, Kungl, Courser, Thomson, Nigussie, Harvey, Harris, Morales, Hamilton; AGAINST: Riepma)

    • Amendment, as amended, CARRIED (unanimously)

  • MOTION, as amended, CARRIED (unanimously)


💸🤷 Affordability Committee



📑🗂 Staff Reports


🚴🛣️ St. Vincent Street Road Diet - Blake St. to Codrington St. (Wards 1 & 2)


🛣️⬅️ Madelaine Drive Road Diet - Mapleview Dr. to Yonge St. (Ward 9)


🫴💰 Funding Request - Allandale and Downtown Transit Mobility Hubs and Allandale Historic Train Station Development

  • Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14130376&GUID=56CBB5DB-C9B7-4030-9EB7-ECE81B5C1C2F

  • Increase the approved budget for the Allandale and Downtown Transit Mobility Hubs by $1,763,084, funded from the Tax Capital Reserve

  • Increase the approved budget for the Allandale Historic Train Station Development by $600,000, funded from the Tax Capital Reserve

  • Reduce the approved budgets for Projects FC1320, FC1319, FC1300, FC1278, FC1273, FC1258, FC1257, FC1240, FC1230 and FC1079 as indicated in Table 1 of the Staff Report

  • APPROVED on consent


🏙️💸 Downtown Barrie Business Improvement Area Levy (Ward 2)



📥🔄 Circulation List Referrals

  • Nil




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