The Corporation of the City of St. Catharines CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Regular, Monday, December 12, 2022 Council Chambers and Electronic Participation, 5:30 PM
This Meeting will be held both in person at Council Chambers and electronically. Individuals who are feeling unwell are asked to watch the Meeting online at www.stcatharines.ca/youtube rather than attend in-person.
Delegations to Council can be made in person in Council Chambers or electronically through Zoom. Requests to delegate must be submitted using the City’s Electronic Delegation Form by Monday, December 12, 2022 before 9:00 a.m. Those wishing to delegate through Zoom must attend a test session on Monday, December 12, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.
Public Comments: The public may submit comments regarding agenda matters to the Office of the City Clerk by contacting [email protected] by Monday,
If you are submitting comments regarding Item #7.4 - Application for Exemption to By-Law 95-212 – Reptilia Inc., please submit your comments to [email protected]. Comments submitted will be considered as public information and entered into public record.
His Worship Mayor Mat Siscoe takes the Chair and opens the meeting with a Land Acknowledgement |
1. | Mayor's Report |
2. | Adoption of the Agenda |
3. | Adoption of the Minutes |
| 3.1 | Inaugural Meeting, minutes of November 21, 2022.
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| 3.2 | Council (Budget), minutes of November 23, 2022.
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| 3.3 | Regular Council, minutes of November 28, 2022
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| 3.4 | Special Council, minutes of December 5, 2022.
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4. | Declarations of Interest |
5. | Motion to Move Consent Reports Consent Reports are approved in one motion which approves all of the recommendations contained in each report. Prior to this motion, a councillor may request that one or more of the reports listed under Item 6 be moved to the list of Discussion Reports. |
6. | Consent Reports |
| 6.1 | Corporate Support Services 2021 Status Report on Multi-Year Accessibility Plan
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| 6.2 | Financial Management Services, Director Draft 2023 Operating Budget, Parking Meter Reserve Update and Preliminary Estimate 2023 City Tax Rate (Approval of this report will set a public meeting for the Council Meeting of January 16, 2023)
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| 6.3 | Legal and Clerks Services, Office of the City Clerk Upcoming Advisory Committee Structure Review
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| 6.5 | Financial Management Services, Director Safe Restart Agreement Phase 4 Funding for Municipal Transit Stream
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7. | Public Meetings |
| 7.1 | Financial Management Services Stop Up, Close and Declare Surplus Part of Hogan’s Alley (Part of PIN 46195-0114 LT), Realty File 21-054
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| 7.2 | Financial Management Services Amendment to Development Charges By-law No. 2021-140
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| 7.3 | Financial Management Services Updated 2023 Capital Budget, Four Year Forecast and Asset Management Status Supplemental Memorandum from Staff - re. Proposed 2023 Capital Budget Amendments, Analysis & Implications
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| 7.4 | Economic Development and Tourism Services Application for Exemption to By-Law 95-212 – Reptilia Inc. Supplemental Memorandum from Staff - re. Reptilia Inc. CAZA Accreditation Status
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8. | Presentations |
| 8.1 | Canada Games Park - 2023 Operating Budget Presentation (Presentation by Jeff Dixon, General Manager, will precede discussion of the report) Canada Games Park - 2023 Budget Presentation Canada Games Park - 2023 Budget Document
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| 8.2 | Niagara District Airport - 2023 Operating and Capital Budget Presentation (Presentation by Dan Pilon, CEO, will precede discussion of the report) Niagara District Airport - 2023 Budget Presentation Niagara District Airport - 2023 Capital Budget Document Niagara District Airport - 2023 Operating Budget Document
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9. | Discussion Reports |
| 9.1 | Economic Development & Tourism Services and Community, Recreation and Culture Services Niagara IceDogs Request for Support for 2024 Memorial Cup Bid (Delegation by Darren DeDobbelaer, Governor and General Manager of the Niagara IceDogs, will precede discussion of the report)
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| 9.2 | Legal and Clerks Services, Office of the City Clerk Appointment of a Deputy Mayor
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10. | Motions |
| 10.1 | Green Municipal Fund and a net zero retrofit Councillor Townsend will present the following motion:
WHEREAS St. Catharines has declared a climate change emergency; and
WHEREAS urban areas account for over 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions; and
WHEREAS St. Catharines has joined the Cities Race to Zero with a goal to keep global warming below the 1.5°Celsius goal of the Paris Agreement; and
WHEREAS St. Catharines has committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050; and
WHEREAS St. Catharines has an Energy Conservation and Demand Management Plan which identifies municipal facilities and their corresponding energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions; and
WHEREAS Significant investments will be needed to reduce emissions from municipal buildings and facilities; and WHEREAS The Green Municipal Fund, a program of FCM, helps local governments switch to sustainable practices faster and will benefit St. Catharines; and
WHEREAS some City facilities require significant energy usage, such as arenas, which meet the requirements of the program; and
WHEREAS The Green Municipal Fund provides a unique mix of funding, resources and training to give municipalities the tools they need to build resiliency and net zero; and
WHEREAS Other Ontario Municipalities such as Halton Hills, have benefitted from this program to phase arenas to net zero; and
WHEREAS the City's Conservation and Energy Demand Management Plan is scheduled to be updated in 2024;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that staff be directed to examine the four phase approach outlined in FCM’s document titled ‘Taking your indoor ice rink to net zero’; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that staff be directed to plan the cities four phase approach to a net zero retrofit for indoor city arenas; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That staff examine the available funding such as FCM’s Community Buildings Retrofit Fund and Infrastructure Canada Green and Inclusive Community Buildings Program for suitable funding opportunities; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that staff submit proposals to FCM to fund an appropriate feasibility study, ideally coinciding with the Conservation and Demand Management Plan's (CDMP) update, to evaluate these opportunities and identify projects that would support energy improvements and greenhouse gas reductions in line with the City’s commitments to the Cities Race to Zero program.
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| 10.2 | Holiday Parking Promotion Councillor McPherson will present the following motion:
WHEREAS for more than a decade the City has waived parking fees for afternoon parking in the downtown, at the request of the St. Catharines Downtown Association, to encourage the community to shop locally over the holiday period; and
WHEREAS the City received correspondence from the St. Catharines Downtown Association formally requesting three hours of free afternoon parking at downtown City parking meters, City-owned surface parking lots and the Ontario Street parking garage for the period of Monday, December 12 until Friday December 30, 2022; and
WHEREAS By-law 2020-156 delegates authority to the City Treasurer to allow for free parking at metered and hourly machined lots owned or operated by the Corporation for specific periods of time and special holiday parking promotion programs, as requested by any Business Improvement Area Board of Management; and
WHEREAS the St. Catharines Downtown Association has requested that three hours of free parking be extended to the Ontario Street parking garage;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that By-law 2020-156 be amended to delegate authority to the City Treasurer to also allow for free parking at parking garages for specific periods of time and special holiday parking promotion programs, as requested by any Business Improvement Area Board of Management.
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11. | Call for Notices of Motion |
12. | Report Requests |
13. | Committee and Task Force Minutes |
| 13.1 | Minutes to Receive: Arts and Culture Advisory Committee, meeting of October 12, 2022 Heritage Advisory Committee, meeting of November 10, 2022 (draft)
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| 13.2 | FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Investment Policy WHEREAS the establishing by-law for the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre sets limitations on how the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre may finance its business operations (By-law 2018-177, Section 7.6); and
WHEREAS on October 13, 2022, the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Board of Directors approved an investment policy designed to establish and maintain practices and procedures to invest funds; and
WHEREAS City staff have reviewed the investment policy; and
WHEREAS a memorandum from the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre was received by the City Clerk requesting that By-law 2018-177 be amended at the next meeting of Council to permit the implementation of the Investment Policy, per the request of the Board;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that, further to the request from the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Board of Directors, By-law 2018-177 be amended to permit the implementation of the Investment Policy by the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, in form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Solicitor prepare the necessary by-law(s). 1 - Memorandum from FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre re. Request to Council for Amendment to FirstOntario PAC By-Laws 2 - FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Investment Policy 3 - Bylaw 2018-177 - Establishing By-law for FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre 4 - Amendment to Bylaw 2018-177
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14. | Closed Session Council will meet in Closed Session for the following purpose(s): |
| 14.1 | Financial Management Services Property Matter – Disposal (Closed Session Pursuant to Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, Section 239 (2)(c), a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board) Hogan’s Alley, Realty File No. 21-054
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15. | Motion Arising from Closed Session |
16. | By-laws |
| 16.1 | Reading of By-laws
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17. | Adjournment |