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Infrastructure and Community Investment Committee – Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 5pm (or immediately following 4:30pm General Committee)

Kempenfest, Culture Plan update, Sam Cancilla Park, electric vehicle chargers


Minutes: not yet available

Watch Online:  https://www.youtube.com/citybarrie [direct link not yet available]

Meeting Location:  Council Chambers, or electronically


COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Hamilton (Chair), Nuttall, Thomson, Riepma, Nigussie



🧑‍🏫📑 Presentations


🎪🤓 Kempenfest Consultation

  • Presentation: not yet available


🎪👏 Kempenfest 2025

  • Presentation: not yet available, by the Kempenfest Board of Directors


🎪💵 Measuring the Economic Impact of Festivals and Events



↪️📥 Deferred / Referred Items


🥏⛳️ Bayview Disc Golf Course (Ward 8)


🌳🛝 Sam Cancilla Revitalization Concept Plan



📝📑 Advisory Committee Reports


🎭🎶 Arts Advisory Committee


🧒👥 Youth Council


🌹🌻 Communities In Bloom Advisory Committee


🌹🌻 Communities In Bloom Advisory Committee


♻️⏳ Sustainability Advisory Committee


🧒👥 Youth Council


🎭🎶 Arts Advisory Committee


♻️⏳ Sustainability Advisory Committee


🧒👥 Youth Council


🧒👥 Youth Council


♻️⏳ Sustainability Advisory Committee



📑🗂 Staff Reports


🎪🤓 Kempenfest Consultation

  • Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14946716&GUID=D153B5DE-C66F-4116-9A97-7EEBA786698D from Recreation and Culture Services, and Economic and Creative Development

  • Recommendations:

    • Receive the report for information purposes

    • Create an In-Kind Tourism and Culture Event Grant for larger-scale festivals and events as part of the 2027 budget process

    • For 2026, support Kempenfest with:

      • up to $5,000 of in-kind staff support for site services (waste removal)

      • cost recovery of up to $17,000 for shuttle bus service supplied by Barrie Transit, funded from the Tourism Reserve

      • up to $10,000 to support rental and equipment costs for the Family Side Stage to serve as a showcase for local talent and artist development, funded from the Tourism Reserve

    • Ask the Kempenfest Board to seek fundraising sponsorship to support the City's fiscal contribution of up to $27,000, and advise Council in writing prior to Council's 2026 summer recess if they are unsuccessful

    • Consider the consultant's recommendations for the City-related medium- and long-term infrastructure and environmental sustainability support of events, as part of the future development of a Waterfront Festivals and Events Strategy


🎭📋 Culture Plan Update

  • Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14954383&GUID=DCED2C46-8111-4CD4-AA1B-09AD6CEDDA28 from Economic and Creative Development, and Recreation and Culture Services

  • Recommendations:

    • Receive and approve in principle the Culture Plan Update, to guide the future planning and development of the cultural sector

    • Use the 65 recommendations identified in the Culture Plan Update to guide the development of the 2026-2035 Cultural Development operating budgets and future Capital Plans for Council consideration as part of the Business Plan approval process

    • Implement these items as part of the 2026 Budget (net-zero impact on tax base):

      • Allocate unspent funds ($50,000) from Capital Project "Culture Plan and Public Art Master Plan" to create a new capital project to update the Arts and Culture Investment Program to align with the new Culture Plan and Performing Arts Centre, including exploring alternate funding models to grow the program

      • Re-allocate summer student salaries ($32,000) within the Economic and Creative Development budget to provide additional resource capacity within the Small Business Centre in the form of programming, and/or conversion of a part-time resource, to temporary full-time, to deliver consultation services, professional development programs to support culture organizations in building capacity in preparation for a new Performing Arts Centre

    • Include an intake form in the 2027 Budget for the development of an In-Kind Tourism and Culture Event Grant Program to offset hard costs for municipal provided services (e.g., transit shuttles, waste removal, etc.) for significant tourism-driving and culture-supportive events, with cost recovery to be supported by the Tourism Reserve of up to $100,000, with the following program goals:

      • Boost Tourism

      • Enhance Cultural Vibrancy

      • Increase Capacity

      • Promote CIvic Pride

    • Recreation and Culture Services Department in consultation with Economic and Creative Development Department to report back to General COmmittee on the progress of the plan's implementation as part of the Department's Performance and Budget Reporting


🥏⛳️ Disc Golf Course at Sandy Hollow

  • Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14946711&GUID=3DB9F090-283C-480E-84D3-6CCA61934319 from M. Banfield, Executive Director of Development Services, and S. Mack, Associate Director of Waste Management and Environmental Sustainability

  • An update on the relocation of the Sandy Hollow Disc Golf Course

  • Staff is recommending that disc golf stay in its current location for the time being, with future planning being part of the Parks Strategic Plan, which has just begun


🔌🛻 Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Update

  • Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14946712&GUID=D346AAF4-F0FC-4630-BF94-4A7D11C0F8B3 from A. McMullin, Manager of Energy Management

  • Recommendations:

    • Director of Corporate Facilities to issue a request for proposals, and be authorized to enter into an agreement with the successful third-party turnkey service provider for the replacement and upgrade of the current downtown Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE)

      • service provider would be responsible for provision and installation of replacement and/or upgraded existing EVSE in downtown with universal charging stations, at no cost to the City

      • service provider would be responsible for management of operational aspects related to the EVSE, including maintenance, client services, plus setting, collecting and overseeing fee and charging services

      • service provider would be responsible for maintenance and other operating costs associated with the equipment

      • service provider would be responsible for decisions related to the number and location of EVSE, in consultation with the City

      • agreement would align with the provisions of the City's existing EVSE contracts

        • City retains the right to expand, add, or remove EVSE, using grant funding where available

        • service provider has first right of refusal for integrating any new charging stations at covered locations

        • City retains ownership of all auxiliary EVSE infrastructure, excluding the charging stations

        • annual cap on price increases will be established for the contract term

    • If the procurement is unsuccessful, Staff to include alternative services options for consideration within the 2027 Business Plan

    • Director of Corporate Facilities to be authorized to amend the agreement withthe service provider and the existing agreement with Alectra, as necessary, to support the evolving needs of teh electric vehicle infrastructure program



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