staff memo on Joint Land Needs Assessment, City seeks feedback on North Shore Trail Improvements, ITSTARTS Month
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Agenda: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1256268&GUID=A76A78A7-0AD8-44EB-A542-BA23A91B6390
📑📊 Staff Memos
🗺️🦹 Joint Land Needs Assessment Verification of Industrial Land Needs
Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13810278&GUID=6C532EF3-6BC2-43B1-A704-CFB32B930D9B from D. Brooke-Bisschop, Manager of Business Development and J. Roberts, Manager of Strategic Initiatives, Policy and Analysis
Staff from Corporate Asset Management, Development Services, and Economic & Creative Development met with representatives of Hemson to verify the process undertaken in its review of the data
Key Findings
Staff do not dispute Hemson's methodology
There were some discrepancies identified between Hemson's data and the City's assessment of 'investment ready' sites, which could allow further refinement of the net developable acreage of individual properties
The Province recently changed the definition of Employment Land, which put pressure on the City's existing employment areas and what will be considered employment land in the future
Staff receive many site requests for 20-40 ha or larger, which the City has not been able to provide, the need is for 'investment ready' lands of this size, of which the City currently has none
Please see EBO's Brief on this for our position and some further background: https://www.engagebarrie.org/post/ebo-releases-brief-on-city-of-barrie-s-boundary-review-and-dispute-with-springwater-and-oro-medonte
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🌹🌻 Communities In Bloom Advisory Committee
🇨🇦🇺🇳 International Relations Advisory Committee
👟♻️ Active Transportation and Sustainability Advisory Committee
✍️📨 Correspondence
🚏🥰 Transit Operator and Worker Appreciation Day
Proclamation from the Mayor: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13810961&GUID=09E5418A-46EB-44FB-AA94-41D0C88516D0
March 18 is Transit Operator and Worker Appreciation Day
❄️🚜 Downtown Snow Removal
Media Release, February 25: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13810284&GUID=35BCF432-A72A-4662-A76E-948658DAA97B "Downtown snow removal operations continue tonight"
⏳➕ Late Additions
📑📊 Staff Memos
🤐🏷️ Confidential re: City Property
Confidential Memorandum from C. Packham, Legal Counsel, concerning information that is subject to solicitor client privilege - City property
✍️📨 Correspondence
👨🏽🧕🏾 ITSTARTS Month
Media Release, February 28: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13901661&GUID=26A00E5F-2424-4E95-BDC7-9A43F55389A5 "City of Barrie recognizes March as ITSTARTS month"
ITSTARTS is a public awareness campaign to address racism and discrimination, and embrace acceptance, inclusion, equity and diversity
🌳📋 North Shore Trail Improvements
Media Release, March 3: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13901930&GUID=3EC39119-C566-4843-AEFE-2F062AC7E7BD "Residents invited to share feedback on North Shore Trail improvements"
The City is inviting public feedback on the North Shore Trail Access Improvements Project, to help design new access points and connections to the North Shore Trail and Kempenfelt shoreline near Kempenfelt Park, St. Vincent Park, and Nelson Square
Online Survey is open until March 24
Pop-up Events:
March 4, 11am-1pm, Parkview Centre (189 Blake Street)
March 8, 9am-1pm, Barrie Farmers' Market (City Hall, 70 Collier Street)
Learn more at buildingbarrie.ca/NorthShoreTrailImprovements
📚👥 Barrie Public Library Board
Minutes from January 23: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13901932&GUID=F1F4A924-9801-44DC-AE78-6A57C531B028
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