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Oct 44 min read

General Committee – Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 7pm

results of the public consultation on the Marshall Green report (see concerns below), the architects' design and report for our new Performing Arts Centre


Meeting Location: Council Chambers



🗣️🏙️ Public Meetings

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🧑‍🏫📑 Presentations

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⏸️⏯️ Deferred Business

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📝📑 Reports of Reference, Advisory or Special Committees


🚸🚨 Community Safety Committee

🦹👮 Enforcement Services - Proactive Enforcement Results

  • Staff Memo:  https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13025787&GUID=12528C52-5D9E-43C2-B83A-6A49C6C3DC46 from T. Banting, Manager of Enforcement Services and W. Cooke, City Clerk / Director of Legislative and Court Services

  • The results of implementing proactive enforcement measures from May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2024, resulting from the Enforcement Services review and subsequent hiring of additional Municipal Law Enforcement Officers

    • the Enforcement Services Team has achieved 28.9% more proactive enforcement related to all regulations managed by Enforcement Services, resulting in 4,495 additional matters being addressed

💰🧐 Budget Expenditure Approval to Hire Consultant

  • Recommendation:  That a budget of up to $125,000 be approved for the Community Safety and Well-Being Advisory Committee to hire a consultant to support the review and any revisions to the Community Safety and Well-Being Plan

➕👥 Additional Memberships

  • Recommendation:  That the composition of the Community Safety and Well-Being Plan Advisory Committee be amended to add member representatives from the County of Simcoe (Social Housing, Emergency Shelters and Homelessness Prevention Programming) and from the Barrie Area Native Advisory Circle [we question why these groups weren't included in the initial committee representatives?]


🏛️🫂 Infrastructure and Community Investment Committee

🏟️♟️ Sports Tourism Strategy

🌳🚜 Parks, Horticulture and Forestry Service Level Review



📑🗂 Staff Reports


🏖️🙋 Waterfront Public Consultation Feedback

  • Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13348612&GUID=FAE01E3C-DC83-43D5-8395-42F5A6A2492D

  • Recommendation: To receive the report concerning the results of the public consultations related to Marshall Green's report, "The Southshore, Barrie Sports and a Revitalized Downtown"

  • The report shows overwhelming public agreement with the proposals outlined in Marshall Green's report

  • Important to note that the recommendation is only to RECEIVE the report - the alternatives presented are to direct staff to take action on one or all of the recommendations in the report, but "receiving" would just mean having the information and not acting on it. Considering the spring plan to put in a multi-purpose sports field at the waterfront was only paused until public consultation was conducted, Council merely "receiving" the report would allow that plan to resume.

  • Also of note is that one of Green's recommendations was to move the proposed Performing Arts Centre to the current Sea Cadets location - given the architect's drawings for the PAC at the current location are being submitted to Council today as well (see below), and also recommended for receipt only, these two Agenda items have the potential of stalling each project indefinitely, and/or setting up potential conflict between the two proposals.


🅿️⏳ Parking on Coronation Parkway and Prince William Way (Ward 10)

  • Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13340425&GUID=921A1AEC-AF5F-4E51-AFD4-8758301352DE

  • Recommendation:

    • Remove "No Parking 8am-5pm Monday to Friday, September 1st to July 1st" from the north side of Coronation Parkway (124m west of Prince William Way to 93m west)

    • Remove "10 minutes between the hours of 8-9am and 10 minutes between 3-4pm" from the west side of Prince William Way (57m north of Coronation Parkway to 130m south of Sandringham Drive)

    • Add "10 minutes between 8-9am and 10 minutes between 3-4pm" to the west side of Prince William Way (57m north of Coronation Parkway to Sandringham Drive)


🚸🚶 Pedestrian Crossing Analysis - Blake Street at Huron Street and Rodney Street (Ward 1)

  • Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13340474&GUID=3BDAD175-639B-49C8-B9C8-0EA7AEDEF940

  • Recommendation:

    • Install a Pedestrian Crossover (Level 2 Type B) on the west leg of Blake Street and Huron Street, approved for the 2025 capital plan, with a budget of $150,000 funded 60% from Development Charges reserves and 40% Tax Capital Reserve

    • Install a Pedestrian Crossover (Level 2 Type B) on the west leg of Blake Street and Rodney Street, approved for the 2025 capital plan, with a budget of $150,000 funded 60% from Development Charges reserves and 40% Tax Capital Reserve


💰📊 Business Plan Status as at June 30, 2024


🎭🎶 Barrie Performing Arts and Event Centre


🦹🏡 Property Acquisition - Whiskey Creek Culvert and Channel Improvements, The Boulevard to Brennan Avenue (Ward 8)

  • Report: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13339883&GUID=54A9B554-25C0-4B29-A54D-D7251DD7FE7A

  • Recommendation:

    • Begin expropriation proceedings for the property necessary to facilitate the construction of the Whiskey Creek Culvert and Channel Improvements, The Boulevard to Brennan Avenue (part of 199 The Boulevard and full of 7 Brennan Ave.)

    • City asks Council for approval to expropriate the properties, and have the City Clerk execute the necessary forms

    • Serve and publish notice of application for approval to expropriate, and forward any inquiries to the Ontario Land Tribunal

    • Authorize the Director of Legal Services to settle the expropriations or any related negotiated agreements


🤐👥 Confidential Personal Information Matter - Committee Appointment - Communities in Bloom Committee



📑🗂 Reports of Officers of the Corporation

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💡🗣️ Items of Discussion

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📥🔄 Circulation List Referrals

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