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POSTPONED: General Committee – Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 7pm

Updated: Apr 1

Corporate Net-Zero Strategy, needle collection kiosks discontinued (except at H-block), pilot project for licensing motorized watersport operators


Minutes: not yet available

Meeting Location: Council Chambers or online


Please note that this meeting has been postponed to April 9 - presumably due to the aftermath of the ice storm (and potential for a second one Wednesday).



🧑‍🏫📑 Presentations


🌎📉 Corporate Net-Zero Strategy 2025-2050 Presentation



📝📑 Reports of Reference, Advisory or Special Committees


💸🤷 Affordability Committee

🛶🪧 Nine Mile Portage Signage

  • Recommendation:  Have staff investigate the most efficient and cost-effective process to re-establish Nine Mile Portage signage, which has been retired by the Ontario Heritage Trust Provincial Plaque Program, and report back to Heritage Barrie Committee, whether or not to apply to the Ontario Heritage Trust for a replacement, or proceed with other options including but not limited to internal City of Barrie departmental options


🧑‍💼🕴  Executive Committee


🚸🚨 Community Safety Committee

🏘️🏷️ Short Term Rental Regulations

  • Report:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13942921&GUID=D4D09614-B5A0-46C2-AB5D-560DA3D297BB

    • Requested information on options to regulate short term rentals (such as Air B&Bs), especially for properties that have received multiple complaints

    • A summary of related complaints in Barrie

    • A summary of how other municipalities are dealing with these issues

  • REFERRAL: Referred back to staff to investigate a complaint-based enforcement model with options related to zoning and Official Plan and report back to the Community Safety Committee



📑🗂 Staff Reports


💉🗑️ Needle Collection Kiosks


🚤🪪 Permitting of Commercial Motorized Watersport Operators (Wards 1, 2, 8 & 10)

  • Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13982757&GUID=ED18A097-8B16-4F16-B6BE-6330EB6ED96A

  • Recommendations:

    • That Marina staff implement a Permit System authorized under the Parks Use Bylaw to regulate businesses offering Commercial Motorized Watercraft within Kempenfelt Bay and adjacent marina facilities for the 2025 boating season, according to the criteria outlined in the staff report

    • Add the following Marina fees to the Fees Bylaw:

      • Commercial Motorized Watercraft Operator Permit: $2000

      • Individual vessels registered under each permit: $500 each

    • Have staff report back to General Committee at the end of the 2025 Boating Season with the results of this pilot program, and recommend changes to lineup of services or number of vessels permitted by each vendor based on operator and public feedback

    • Designate the Supervisor of Marina Services as the Harbour Master for the City of Barrie, according to the jurisdictional limits outlined in the staff report


🌎📉 Corporate Net-Zero Strategy 2025-2050

  • Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13982756&GUID=0198B238-1A52-4FD3-AC53-9ECACAFC29E7

  • Corporate Net Zero Strategy 2025: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13982742&GUID=02DF8DEC-957D-4373-83E8-44DC31D27157

  • Recommendations:

    • Endorse the Corporate Net Zero Strategy in principle

    • 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

    • Design and construct all new facilities to meet a net-zero energy standard, aiming to generate as much renewable energy as they consume from low-carbon sources, where the incremental cost is offset by lifecycle payback as part of the annual capital planning and budgeting process

    • All internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to be replaced 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 give the Director of Corporate Facilities authority to execute or modify agreements related to regulatory approvals for these assets

    • Approve the prioritization of low-carbon options in situations where equipment failure necessitates immediate replacement under the City's emergency procurement provisions, whenever technically feasible

    • Have the Corporate Facilities Department present a Net Zero Strategy progress report annually to General Committee


💸📊 Tax Ratios

  • Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13982753&GUID=F9EB4ACB-4C1D-4304-8F9F-F62856BF7F4E

  • Recommendations:

    • Establish the tax ratios for 2025

      • 1.000000 Residential

      • 1.000000 New Multi-residential

      • 1.000000 Multi-residential

      • 1.433126 Commercial

      • 1.516328 Industrial

      • 1.103939 Pipelines

      • 0.250000 Farmlands

      • 0.250000 Managed Forest

      • 1.067122 Landfills

    • Maintain two sub-classes for Farmland Awaiting Development

      • Phase 1 - 25% discount from the residential tax rate

      • Phase 2 - 0% discount from the applicable property class tax rate

    • Continue with the City's Rebates for Charitable and Non-Profit Organizations Program, providing a tax rebate at a rate of 40% of the current year's taxes applicable only to the leased space occupied by the organization - eligible organizations must continue to submit an annual application and provide evidence of taxes paid

    • Authorize the City Clerk to prepare all necessary bylaws to establish the 2025 tax ratios



📥🔄 Circulation List Referrals

  • Nil




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