The Corporation of the City of St. Catharines CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Regular, Monday, March 23, 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 | Regular Meeting of Council March 9, 2015, and Special Meeting of Council March 10, 2015
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| 7.2 | General Committee Meeting of March 9, 2015
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8. | Delegations |
| 8.1 | Public Meeting (Pursuant to Notice By-law 2007-310, as Amended) By-law to Prohibit and Regulate Noise in the City of St. Catharines - Downtown Establishments (see General Committee Agenda, March 23, 2015, Item 3.1)
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| 8.2 | Public Meeting - Pursuant to Notice By-law 2007-310, as amended 2015 Water and Wastewater Budget and Associated Rates (see General Committee Agenda, March 23, 2015, Item 3.2)
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| 8.3 | Kathleen Powell, Supervisor of Historical Services/Curator and Rebecca Cann, Cultural Services Supervisor Culture Plan 2020 (see General Committee Agenda, March 23, 2015, Item 3.3)
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| 8.4 | Heather Salter, Deputy Solicitor/Deputy Clerk, Legal and Clerks Services Task Force on Advisory Committee Review Recommendations (see General Committee Agenda, March 23, 2015, Item 3.4) and Establishment of Advisory Committees for the Term of Council 2014-2018 (see General Committee Agenda, March 23, 2015, Item 3.5)
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9. | Call for Notices of Motion |
10. | Motions |
| 10.1 | Events of Municipal Significance Niagara Folk Arts Festival and St. Catharines Dragon Boat Festival
That Council of the City of St. Catharines declare the Niagara Folk Arts Festival, to be held between May 1 and May 31, 2015, to be an event of municipal significance with respect to obtaining liquor permits in accordance with the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario requirements; and
That Council of the City of St. Catharines declare the 15th Annual St. Catharines Dragon Boat Festival, to be held on June 13, 2015, to be an event of municipal significance with respect to obtaining liquour permits in accordance with the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario requirements; and
That the Office of the City Clerk make the necessary notifications.
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| 10.2 | Harmonizing Regulatory System for Ballast Water for Vessels Operating Exclusively in the Context of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway
Councillor Phillips will present the following motion at the meeting of March 23, 2015:
WHEREAS, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River are the largest freshwater ecosystem in the world, providing drinking water to over 40 million people and serving as the economic base for much of Canada and the United States; and
WHEREAS, protecting the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence from invasive species that enter the system through ballast water has been of particular interest to many Cities Initiative members for some time; and
WHEREAS, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative has publicly supported comprehensive, uniform, achievable, and protective ballast water standards in the United States and Canada and the harmonization of such standards between the countries where appropriate; and
WHEREAS, since 2006, the ballast water management requirements in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway system have been the most stringent in the world; and
WHEREAS, since 2009 100% of vessels inbound for the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway from outside of the Region received ballast management exams on each seaway transit; and
WHEREAS, recent efforts by the United States and Canada to deal with one of the major pathways for invasive species, ballast water, through a requirement for and strict enforcement of mid-ocean ballast water exchange for oceangoing vessels arriving from overseas, appears to have reduced significantly the risk of new introductions from vessels given that no new aquatic invasive species have been detected in the Great Lakes since 2006; and
WHEREAS, a number of states have proceeded with ballast water control regulations that vary from one state to another, and two different federal agencies regulate ballast water in the United States, creating a difficult regulatory setting for complying with requirements; and
WHEREAS, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) developed the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ship’s Ballast Water and Sediments in 2004; and
WHEREAS, the requirements of the IMO’s Ballast Water Convention are not achievable for domestic Canadian and U.S. flagged vessels that operate in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway; and
WHEREAS, current approaches in Canada and the United States may lead to the implementation of regulatory regimes that will not be uniform for the two countries; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative urges the federal governments of Canada and the United States to develop a bi-national, harmonized and achievable solution to the management of ballast water on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the federal governments of Canada and the United States work with the marine industry, the Canadian Provinces and U.S. States to develop a harmonized regulatory system for the ballast water for vessels that operate exclusively in the context of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all ballast water regulations in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence waterways adopt achievable and risk-appropriate requirements that can be technologically implemented.
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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 the By-laws
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15. | Agencies, Boards, Committee Reports Committee Minutes to Receive: • Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Accessibility: September 24, 2014, November 26, 2014 and January 28, 2015 |
16. | Adjournment |