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General Committee – Wednesday, May 8, 2024, 7pm

Updated: Jul 5

putting off discussion on the Strategic Plan KPIs further (including the failure to approve or produce any affordable housing units), establishing a Community Safety and Well-Being Plan Committee, a loan to Theatre By The Bay, relocation plans for the Sea Cadets


Meeting Location: Council Chambers



Started late (7:15pm), all members of Council present.


After the Consent Agenda was read out, Nuttall declared that the Multi-Use Sports Field and Parade Ground, and the Relocation of Sea Cadets to Southshore would be dealt with first (out of order), as well as declaring that he would allow debate on both at once (an unusual and, as later demonstrated, highly prejudicial allowance). He also instructed Kungl to hold her amendment re: the sports field / parade ground, and just put the item on the floor as presented.



🗣️🏙️ Public Meetings

  • Nil



🧑‍🏫📑 Presentations

  • Nil



⏸️⏯️ Deferred Business


🚫🪧 Request for Exemption from Sign Bylaw - 201 Fairview Road (Ward 8)

  • HELD by Harvey

  • Referred to General Committee by City Council on May 1

  • Report:   https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12882900&GUID=36E137BE-4DB2-4AC3-989B-B8E87B66A1F2

  • Deny the request for exemption

  • AMENDMENT by Harvey

    • To approve the exemption request "in compliance with the decision and direction from the Ministry of Transportation", and to add paragraph 2: "That all other provisions of the sign bylaw be applied."

    • After some discussion, the "in compliance with..." clause was taken out of the first part of the amendment

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

  • MOTION, as amended, CARRIED [FOR: Nixon, Thomson, Nigussie, Harvey, Harris, Morales, Hamilton; AGAINST: Riepma, Kungl, Courser]



📝📑 Reports of Reference, Advisory or Special Committees


💰🏛️ Finance and Responsible Governance Committee


💵📊 Q1 Internal Audit Status Update

🌲🛣️ Tree-planting at Stunden Lane & Mapleview Drive East

🎭💰 Theatre By the Bay

  • APPROVED on consent

  • Provide $68,000 to Theatre by the Bay, funded from the Theatre Reserve, for the purposes of clearing their current deficit

  • Theatre By the Bay to repay the funds to the Theatre Reserve starting in 2025 -- annual contribution of $15K for four years from their annual allocation of the cultural grant budget, with a final contribution of $8K in 2029 from the same source

📋✅ Strategic Plan KPIs

  • HELD by Courser

  • Memorandum:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12867708&GUID=3B4B5087-DE47-4E84-AD5B-CA442745F8CA from A. Rier, Business Performance Specialist regarding the Key Performance Indicators for Council's 2022-2026 Strategic Plan

  • Annual KPI report for 2023

  • Refer this back to staff in Business Performance and Internal Audit prior to a presentation to General Committee (this seems to ignore / defer the key issue of the KPIs - absolutely no affordable housing units have been built or even approved to date under this term of Council)

  • DEFERRED by Courser to the May 29 meeting (when the appropriate staff would be in attendance to answer questions)

    • CARRIED [FOR: Riepma, Nixon, Kungl, Courser, Thomson, Harvey, Harris, Morales, Hamilton (Nigussie appeared to be reading something and did not vote)]


🆘🫀 Automated External Defibrillator (AED) at Painswick Park

  • HELD by Kungl, at Nuttall's request (but then names Morales in the hold)

  • Community Project Fund Submission:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12864676&GUID=B60227E4-0893-4EC5-BD43-8D5C8FD293A2 from Morales

  • Installing an AED at Painswick Park

  • Refer this proposal back to staff in Infrastructure and Growth Management for further information on other municipalities' practices with AEDs in parks, and report back to General Committee on May 8 (this meeting)

  • Note, the staff memo was provided for the meeting: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12904972&GUID=A2FBC11D-55FB-4828-9674-0BBA76297DEC

  • AMENDMENT by Morales

    • To strike the words "report back to General Committee on May 8, 2024" and replace it with "be approved"

    • Harvey noted the first part of the motion still read to be referred back to staff, Morales removed it as well - leaving the amendment as revoking the entire sentence, and simply approving the proposal.

    • CARRIED [FOR: Nixon, Thomson, Harvey, Harris, Morales, Hamilton, AGAINST: Riepma, Kungl, Courser, Nigussie] (as Nuttall never asks for votes against, and these Councillors later voted for the motion in Council, it could be that they were just distracted and didn't vote - it was unclear)



📑🗂 Staff Reports


👷🛟 Community Safety and Well-Being Plan Committee

  • HELD by Harris

  • Staff Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12898210&GUID=A83D8D6C-6F66-417A-8D43-5F8C6A7052D4

  • Establish a Community Safety and Well-Being Plan Committee, including each of the following:

    • two City Councillors

    • a representative of Ontario Health or an entity that provides services to improve the physical or mental health of individuals in the community

    • a representative of an entity that provides educational services in the municipality

    • a representative of an entity that provides community or social services in the municipality

    • a representative of an entity that provides community or social services to children or youth in the municipality

    • a representative of an entity that provides custodial services to children or youth in the municipality

    • a representative from the Barrie Police Services Board

    • Barrie Police Services' Chief of Police, R. Johnston or his designate

  • Approve the draft Terms of Reference

  • Amend the Procedural Bylaw as follows:

    • Add the Community Safety and Well-Being Plan Committee to the list of Special and Advisory Committees, with the mandate "To review the City of Barrie's 2021 to 2024 Community Safety and Well-Being Plan: Our Shared Plan for a Safer Barrie and provide advice to City Council on any potential revisions to the Plan as well as reporting on the status of the plan

    • Add to the chart contained in paragraph 14 of Schedule 'B' the Community Safety Well-Being Plan Committee identifying that it reports to the Community Safety Committee.

  • Authorize the Committee and staff to collaborate with the County of Simcoe to align Community Safety and Well-being Plans, where appropriate and feasible

  • Harris had held to ask staff the details of the decision process for who would sit on this committee

    • Dawn McAlpine explained there were legislative requirements of the types of individuals or groups who would be represented, and then Council would decide at a later date

    • Nuttall explained he could have appointed the members through his "Strong Mayor" powers, but chose to bring it to Council

  • DEFERRED by Riepma to the May 29 meeting

    • CARRIED unanimously


🚫🅿️ Bear Creek Ridge Subdivision - Residential Parking Control (Ward 7)

  • HELD by Harvey

  • Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12898211&GUID=4DB44458-E9BD-4196-BFCB-6E66838E581B

  • Add "No Parking Anytime" to

    • Mabern Street both sides from Essa Road to the westerly limits

    • Franklin Trail - West and North side form Mabern Street to 515m east

    • Franlkin Trail - North and West side from Paddington Grove to 245m east

    • Paddington Grove - West side from Mabern Street to Franklin Trail

    • Polar Mews - West side from Mabern Street to Alaskan Heights

    • Alaskan Heights - North side from Brown Bear Street to Kodiak Terrace

    • Olympic Gate - North side from Brown Bear Street to Kodiak Terrace

    • Koda Street - North side from Essa Road to westerly termination

    • Kodiak Terrace - East side from Mabern Street to Koda Street

    • Andean Lane - both sides form Mabern Street to Koda Street

    • Brown Bear Street - West side from Mabern Street to Salem Road

  • Development Services to create and distribute a mailing to all homes within the Bear Creek Ridge development noting the approved parking restrictions, effective no sooner than 30 days following the mail-out

  • AMENDMENT by Harvey

    • Amend 2 a) to read "Mabern Street - South side from a point 35m west of Brown Bear Street to Kodiak Terrace", and to add paragraph 3 "That staff in Development Services investigate the feasibility of removing the sidewalk on Andean Lane and report back to General Committee regarding the implications."

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

  • MOTION, as amended, CARRIED [FOR: Riepma, Nixon, Courser, Thomson, Nigussie, Harvey, Harris, Morales, Hamilton; AGAINST: Kungl]


🥅⚓️ Waterfront (Allandale Station Park) Multi-Use Sports Field and Sea Cadets Parade Ground (Ward 8)

  • HELD by Kungl - discussed at beginning of meeting, side-by-side with the Sea Cadets Relocation to Southshore

  • Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12898214&GUID=75A372CD-8761-43FA-8426-7E2CCCFB3B2B

  • Approve the "Premium Synthetic Turf Multi-Use Sports Field Concept" to guide the planning, design and construction of the multi-use sports field and associated amenities

  • Approve $4,622,777 in funding for the implementation of the "Premium Synthetic Turf Multi-Use Sports Field Concept" with half the funding from the Tax Capital Reserve and half from the Cash-in-Lieu Parkland Reserve

  • Include $37,122 in the 2025 Business Plan Operating Budget for future annual maintenance for a parade ground and synthetic turf multi-use sports field in Allandale Station Park

  • Nuttall began the discussion saying that he'd heard from many members of the public that they hadn't known this was being proposed - he blamed lack of newspapers (as opposed to acknowledging that the City had not made this item or information available to the public in any way, prior to the staff report being added to the City's Legistar site on Friday).

  • Nuttall then gave a presentation in defence of the proposal.

    • Nuttall failed to be transparent, at any time during this presentation, of his long-standing relationship with the Barrie Soccer Club which - as evidenced by the deputations at City Council the following week - is apparently the only sports group fighting for this artificial turf sports field being built in the currently protected naturalized area (Michelle Banfield also referred to it solely as a soccer field when answering questions of Jim Harris.)

    • Nuttall alluded to those with concerns as being either mistaken or dishonest - a gross disrespect of Barrie residents and their concerns.

  • Nuttall then allowed the discussion to begin, but instead of starting with Kungl (who held the item), he turned the floor to Harris - which is outside of the normal procedure

  • The following discussion was highly disrespectful of the public, with "arguments" full of strawman arguments, red herrings, and other (disrespectful) logical fallacies.

    • We were also highly upset at the way certain councillors, especially Deputy Mayor Thomson, portrayed those with concerns about the proposal - referring to them as "obstructionists", and intimating they were against the Sea Cadets and/or children's sports if they had any concerns about developing a fenced-off sports field at the waterfront.

    • This disrespect of the public and the public process seems to have become a hallmark of this term of Council.

  • It was also disappointing to hear Councillors Harvey & Riepma refer to the Conservation Authorities being able to veto the project if there were any environmental concerns - as they both sit on the Nottawasaga and Lake Simcoe CAs, respectively, they would know that those authorities do not have jurisdiction over that particular section of Kempenfelt Bay, and that their powers to preserve public lands have been consistently eroded by the Province in favour of developers' desires.

  • EBO is very concerned about the complete lack of public consultation on this issue, especially since this proposal has apparently been "in the works" since last summer, and involves a very large chunk of public land at the waterfront being removed from public access, as well as the de-naturalization of a beautiful natural waterfront area.

  • AMENDMENT by Kungl

    • Amend paragraph 2 with a new revenue source: "That the funding in the amount of $4,622,777 be approved for the implementation of the 'Premium Synthetic Turf Multi-Use Sports Field Concept' with 30% of funding from the Development Charges, and 20% from the Tax Capital Reserve, and half of the funding sourced from the Cash-in-Lieu Parkland Reserve"

    • CARRIED, unanimously

  • MOTION, as amended, CARRIED [FOR: Riepma, Nixon, Kungl, Courser, Thomson, Nigussie, Harvey, Morales, Hamilton; AGAINST: Harris]


🚫🏎️ Community Safety Zone - Prince William Way, Mapleview Drive East (Ward 10)


🏗️⚓️ Sea Cadets Relocation to Southshore

  • HELD by Harris (Courser also asked for a hold, but Nuttall gave it to Harris, presumably as he is Ward Councillor)

  • Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12898215&GUID=BB053AAF-34F9-4D62-B843-AB4A2772A84A

  • Relocation Options: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12898216&GUID=E39A7050-485E-49C0-B4CA-78126BE325A0

  • Endorse in Principle "Option B - Southshore Community Centre Addition " to guide the additional planning, design and construction of the Southshore Community Centre Addition

  • Approve additional funding of $300,000 under Project #FC1318 for the for the planning and design of this option, to be funded from the Tax Capital Reserve

  • Direct staff to report back to General Committee for future construction funding approval once costing is refined through the design process

  • Direct staff to continue to meet with the stakeholders to obtain additional input on design and program requirements

  • This item was discussed at the beginning, together with the "Waterfront (Allandale Station Park) Multi-Use Sports Field and Sea Cadets Parade Ground" item - please refer to that item (above) for discussion notes

  • CARRIED, unanimously


🚫🅿️ Albert Street No Parking (Ward 2)



📑🗂 Reports of Officers of the Corporation


🤐📨 Confidential Correspondence

  • APPROVED on consent

  • Trade secret or scientific, technical, commercial, financial or labour relations information, supplied in confidence to the municipality or local board which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person, group of persons



💡🗣️ Items of Discussion

  • Nil



📥🔄 Circulation List Referrals

  • Nil



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