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General Committee – Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 7pm

Updated: Mar 5

decommissioning the Bayview Park Reservoir, zoning amendment for 334 & 340 Ardagh Road, 2024 Drinking Water System Report


Meeting Location: Council Chambers or online



All Council Members Present


🗣️🏙️ Public Meetings

  • Nil



🧑‍🏫📑 Presentations

  • Nil



⏸️⏯️ Deferred Business

  • Nil



📝📑 Reports of Reference, Advisory or Special Committees


🏛️🫂 Infrastructure and Community Investment Committee

💰🚧 Funding Request for Bayview Park Reservoir Decommissioning and Removal (Ward 2)

  • Staff Report:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13692310&GUID=1AC3DFAE-85F7-4F91-9497-278DCCA9B391 

  • Recommendation: Approve a new capital project to decommission the Bayview Park Reservoir and remove its associated Booster Pumping Station at Sam Cancilla Park, with a budget of $2,565,000 to be funded from the Water Capital Reserve, subject to the return of the same amount from other Water Capital Reserve funded projects in the 2025 Capital Status Report

  • HELD by Thomson

  • AMENDMENT by Thomson:

    • Refer this item to a future Infrastructure and Community Investment Committee meeting, and invite the public to provide open delegations concerning the feasibility of establishing parkland from Mulcaster Street to the eastern border of Sam Cancilla Park

    • Adopt the staff recommendation (above)

    • "Friendly" amendment from Morales: add a legal review

    • CARRIED (unanimously)

  • MOTION, as amended, CARRIED (unanimously)



📑🗂 Staff Reports


🛣️📛 Renaming of Army, Navy and Air Force Drive to Vespra Street (Ward 2)


📇📛 Municipal Names Registry - Additional Names


🚫🅿️ Subdivision Parking Control - 225 Prince William Way, BEMP II/Great Gulf (9 Mile), Hewitt's Gate East, Hewitt's Gate West, Yonge GO Village Phase 1 & 2 (Wards 9 & 10)


🏘️🏘️ Zoning Bylaw Amendment - 334 & 340 Ardagh Road (Ward 6)

  • Report:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13774746&GUID=96D7EF56-21E9-44F2-8BD5-3CB8971039BB

  • Approve the application submitted by Groundswell Urban Planners, on behalf of King Rich Homes Group

  • Rezone from 'Residential Single Detached Dwelling First Density' (R1) to 'Residential Multiple Dwelling Second Density - Townhouse with Special Provisions' (RM2-TH)(SP-XXX)

  • Special Provisions:

    • reduce Minimum Lot Area from 200sq.m to 134sq.m

    • reduce Minimum Lot Frontage from 6m to 5.5m

    • reduce Front Yard Setback to 1.2m to a daylighting triangle (currently min. 4.5m required)

    • reduce Rear Yard Setback from 7m to 6.5m

    • reduce Front Yard Setback to attached garage from 7m to 6m

    • reduce Minimum Driveway Length from 11m to 6m

    • reduce Minimum Interior Side Yard Setback from 1.8m to 1.2m

    • reduce Minimum Exterior Side Yard Setback from 3m to 2.5m

    • reduce Minimum Setback to the daylighting triangle for a porch of 1.2m (currently min. 1.5 required)

    • increase Maximum Lot Coverage from 45% to 55%

    • increase Maximum Gross Floor Area from 60% to 134%

    • reduce Minimum Landscaped Open Space Area from 35% to 30%

  • HELD by Nigussie

  • Nuttall declared a conflict of interest, since he lives in the neighbourhood, and handed the Chair to Thomson for this item

  • AMENDMENT by Nigussie:

    • To amend paragraph 2 f) to permit a minimum driveway length of 6m on one side of Neva Road and 7m on the other side of Neva Road (instead of 6m overall requested)

    • CARRIED (unanimously)

  • MOTION, as amended, CARRIED (vote not shown)


🚰📑 Water Operations Branch 2024 Drinking Water System Report


🤐🏷️ Confidential Proposed or Pending Disposition of Land Matter - City Property

  • HELD by Thomson

  • AMENDMENT by Thomson:

    • Add "and agree that the City will not consider any other offers or proposals to purchase the City Lands during this 1 year period"

    • CARRIED (unanimously)

  • MOTION, as amended, CARRIED (unanimously)



📑🗂 Reports of Officers of the Corporation

  • Nil



💡🗣️ Items of Discussion


🎒🏙️ Tourism Barrie



📥🔄 Circulation List Referrals


February 12

🏘️💰 CIP Grant - 151 Lillian Crescent

  • Letter from Redwood Park Communities, January 28:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13738125&GUID=4AD43ACB-E834-4A6B-AF32-35DF29F0750B

  • Redwood Park Communities received their Occupancy Certificate for 153 Lillian Crescent on January 31, and can now begin moving 12 families currently experiencing homelessness into housing

  • Redwood is asking to have development charges and permit fees removed in accordance with Ontario Bill 134

  • REFERRED by Thomson to the Finance and Responsible Governance Committee for further consideration

    • CARRIED (vote not shown)


February 19

🏘️💰 Redwood Park Communities CIP Funding Request

  • Memorandum:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13760051&GUID=02C39CA8-77B5-405F-B64A-F913B3B89B1C from M. Banfield, RPP, Executive Director of Development Services

  • Redwood Park Communities has submitted a request for additional CIP funding in support of their family transitional housing project at 151 Lillian Crescent

  • The project is not eligible for additional CIP funding through the Housing CIP, but there are two other options that could provide assistance:

    • Council could consider forgiving a portion of the $3M interest-free construction loan

    • Council could consider awarding Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) funding

  • REFERRED by Thomson to the Finance and Responsible Governance Committee for further consideration

    • CARRIED (vote not shown)




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