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Circulation List for March 5, 2025

Updated: Mar 5

staff memo on Joint Land Needs Assessment, City seeks feedback on North Shore Trail Improvements, ITSTARTS Month




📑📊 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



👥📃 Committee Agendas


🏦🧑‍⚖️ Finance and Responsible Governance Committee


🏛️🫂 Infrastructure and Community Investment Committee


🌹🌻 Communities In Bloom Advisory Committee


🇨🇦🇺🇳 International Relations Advisory Committee


👟♻️ Active Transportation and Sustainability Advisory Committee



✍️📨 Correspondence


🚏🥰 Transit Operator and Worker Appreciation Day


❄️🚜 Downtown Snow Removal



⏳➕ 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

👥⏳ Sandbox Interim Board - Economic and Creative Development Director Voting Status

  • Memorandum: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13906154&GUID=876FCF94-C148-499A-8786-C4003D714E2D from S. Schlichter, Director of Economic and Creative Development

  • With the successful application for the new Regional Innovation Centre (RIC) in Barrie, the Sandbox Centre is required to change their board composition and overall governance to align with the skills and expertise reflective of a RIC and to strategically guide the growth of the RIC

  • The existing board has voted to dissolve and approve a new board to transition from the current advisory board to an operations board, and an interim board is being formed

  • The interim board includes representation from the Sandbox Centre (founder), Georgian College, Lakehead University and Invest Barrie (Economic and Creative Development).

  • A direction of Council is required to appoint a senior staff member to participate in the transitionary board as a voting member.


✍️📨 Correspondence

👨🏽🧕🏾 ITSTARTS Month

🌳📋 North Shore Trail Improvements

📚👥 Barrie Public Library Board

🌳🐦‍⬛ Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority

🎨🧑‍🎨 Brightening Barriers 2025

🗺️🧐 Ward Boundary Review

  • Media Release, March 5: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13906832&GUID=966E69AE-5716-4C0A-BB93-EA380AFB0706 "City of Barrie launches public consultation to review ward boundaries"

  • This review is to ensure that each ward in Barrie has a balanced population, which is crucial for fair and effective representation in the municipal government, especially as the city continues to grow and change

  • Residents are encouraged to participate in the review process by visiting buildingbarrie.ca/wardsreview to learn more and take an online survey

  • There will also be three in-person consultation sessions at the Barrie City Hall Rotunda (1st floor, 70 Collier Street)

    • March 18, 2-3:30pm

    • March 18, 6-7:30pm

    • March 20, 2-3:30pm




A colourful pile of documents, envelopes and letters.

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