The Corporation of the City of St. Catharines

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

Regular, Monday, February 9, 2015 

Council Chambers, City Hall, 6:30 PM

His Worship Mayor Walter Sendzik takes the Chair and opens the meeting

1.

Invocation

2.

Opening Remarks, Mayor Walter Sendzik

3.

Presentations

4.

Adoption of the Agendas

5.

Declarations of Interest

6.

Public Meetings Pursuant to Planning Act (Commencing at 7:30 p.m.)

7.

Adoption of the Minutes (Council and General Committee)

7.1

Special Minutes and Regular Minutes of Council, January 26, 2015

7.2

General Committee Minutes of January 26, 2015

8.

Delegations

8.1

Lilita Stripnieks, Chief Executive Officer, and Jack Foster, Business Administrator; Re: Proposed 2015 Operating Budget

8.2

Monteith Brown Planning Consultants

Draft Recreation Facilities and Programming Master Plan (see General Committee Agenda, February 9, 2015, Item 4.6)

8.3

Public Meeting (Pursuant to Notice By-law 2007-310, as amended):

Proposed Street Name Change - Disher Street (west of Moffat Street) to Arsenault Lane (see General Committee Agenda, February 9, 2015, Item 3.1)

9.

Call for Notices of Motion

10.

Motions

10.1

Addition to 2015 Schedule of Meetings for City Council and General Committee - March 23, 2015

That Council direct staff to prepare and publish an agenda for an additional Council and General Committee meeting to be held on March 23, 2015, in Council Chambers at 6:30 p.m.

10.2

Withdrawal of Motion to Refer - Open Air Fires and Barbecue By-law, Report Number FEM-315-2014

WHEREAS, at the General Committee meeting of December 15, 2014, Council approved the motion to refer the report from Fire and Emergency Management Services regarding Open Air Fires and Barbecue By-law to staff for an additional report to include information on comparisons with local area municipalities, including statistics on how a more restrictive by-law, such as this, affects fire calls in the area; and

WHEREAS the mover of the motion met with the Fire Chief to address some concerns and is now requesting staff withdraw the motion for more informaiton.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council consider the original report at the February 23, 2015 General Committee meeting.

11.

Resolve into General Committee

12.

Motion Arising from In-Camera Session

13.

Motion to Ratify Forthwith Recommendations

14.

By-laws

14.1

Reading of By-laws

List

15.

Agencies, Boards, Committee Reports

16.

Adjournment