The Corporation of the City of St. Catharines

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

Regular, Monday, December 14, 2015 

Council Chambers, City Hall, 6:30 PM

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

1.

Presentations

1.1

Kathleen Powell, Supervisor of Historical Services/Curator, City of

St. Catharines

Re: St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre Strategic Plan (see General Committee Agenda, December 14, 2015, Item 3.4)

1.2

Bryan Shynal, Commissioner of Operations, City of St. Catharines

Re: Corporate Workplan (see General Committee Agenda, December 14, 2015, Item 4.8)

2.

Public Meetings Pursuant to Planning Act

3.

Opening Remarks, Mayor Walter Sendzik

4.

Adoption of the Agendas

5.

Declarations of Interest

6.

Adoption of the Minutes (Council and General Committee)

6.1

Regular Meeting of Council, November 30, 2015

6.2

General Committee Minutes, November 30, 2015

6.3

Budget Standing Committee, November 23, 2015

7.

Delegations

7.1

Bob Gale, NRPS Board Chair, Jeff McGuire, Chief of Police, and Bryan MacCulloch, Deputy Chief of Police, Niagara Regional Police Services; Re: Emergency Services Dispatch (see General Committee Agenda, December 14, 2015, Item 4.13, Sub-item 8)

7.2

Jennifer Wallace and John Crawley, Members of Cultural Funding Task Force

Re: Recommendations to Council on City's Cultural Funding Policies, Programs and Funding Levels

7.3

Diane Condon, Zone Commander, Royal Canadian Legion

Re: Former Merritton Town Hall (see General Committee Agenda, December 14, 2015, Item 3.1 and Item 3.2)

7.4

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

a)     Municipal Consultation Process for Wireless Telecommunication Facilities (see General Committee Agenda, December 14, 2015, Item 3.5); and

b)     2016 Schedule of Rates and Fees (see General Committee Agenda, December 14, 2015, Item 3.6)

8.

Call for Notices of Motion

9.

Motions

9.1

Free Parking in City-owned Parking Lots and Garages on Remembrance Day Morning

Mayor Sendzik will present the following motion:

That Council approve in principle the implementation of free parking in all City-owned parking lots and garages in the downtown for Remembrance Day from 10 am – 12 noon effective November 11, 2016. FORTHWITH

9.2

Infrastructure Funding for Municipalities

Councillor Stevens will present the following motion:

WHEREAS Canadians have recently elected a new Liberal Government; and

WHEREAS sixty billion dollars has been quoted as the amount to be targeted in infrastructure funding for municipalities; and

WHEREAS the City of St. Catharines needs to be pro-active in identifying and prioritizing infrastructure requirements in order to be considered for its fair share of these Federal funds; and

WHEREAS in the past, the City of St. Catharines has held special Council meetings to identify and prioritize Federal and Provincial funding requests; and

WHEREAS the City of St. Catharines has been successful in previous applications for Federal funding targeted for infrastructure projects identified;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that a special Council meeting be called to identify, prioritize, and list infrastructure requirements which could be considered eligible for future funding initiatives; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the M.P. for St. Catharines, Chris Bittle, be requested to present the requested initiatives to the appropriate Federal department or contact.

10.

Resolve into General Committee

11.

Motion Arising from In-Camera Session

12.

Motion to Ratify Forthwith Recommendations

13.

By-laws

13.1

Reading of By-laws

By-Law List

14.

Agencies, Boards, Committee Reports

14.1

Minutes to Receive:

Green Advisory Committee - September 9, and October 14, 2015

Public Art Advisory Committee - October 16, 2015

Arts and Culture Advisory Committee - November 3, 2015

Downtown Development and Revitalization Advisory Committee, November 10, 2015

Cultural Funding Task Force - November 11, November 17, and November 18, 2015

15.

Adjournment