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The Corporation of the City of St. Catharines

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

Regular, Monday, April 4, 2016 

Council Chambers, City Hall, 6:30 PM

 

            Deputy Mayor Bill Phillips takes the Chair and opens the meeting

 

 

 

1.

Presentations

 

 

 

1.1

Elaine Manocha, Committee Chair, and Tisha Polocko, Vice-Chair, Clean City Advisory Committee

Re: Annual Spring Clean Up and Pitch in Week (April 17-23)

 

 

 

2.

Public Meetings Pursuant to Planning Act

 

 

 

3.

Mayor's Report

 

 

 

4.

Adoption of the Agendas

 

 

 

5.

Declarations of Interest

 

 

 

6.

Adoption of the Minutes (Council and General Committee)

 

 

 

6.1

Regular Meeting of Council, March 21, 2016

 

 

 

 

6.2

General Committee Minutes, March 21, 2016

 

 

 

7.

Delegations

 

 

 

7.1

Michael Ashford (former Master Warrant Officer, CD, Retired Canadian Reserve and Regular Army)

Re: Recognition of Afghanistan Mission Service on City Cenotaphs

(see General Committee Agenda, April 4, 2016, Item 3.1)

 

 

 

 

 

7.2

Charles Suddaby, Vice President and Practice Leader, Hospitality & Gaming Group, Valuation & Advisory, Cushman & Wakefield

Re: Hotel Feasibility Study for Downtown and Port Dalhousie

(see General Committee Agenda, April 4, 2016, Item 4.1)

 

 

 

 

 

7.3

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

Re: 2016 Water and Wastewater Budget and Associated Rates

(see General Committee Agenda, April 4, 2016, Item 3.2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.4

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

Re: Amendment to By-law 2016-6 - Regulate the Sale and Setting Off of Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Special Effects (Sale of Consumer Fireworks from Tents with Commercial Cube Vans used as Point of Storage)

(see General Committee Agenda, April 4, 2016, Item 3.3 and Item 3.4)

 

 

 

8.

Call for Notices of Motion

 

 

 

9.

Motions

 

 

 

9.1

Event of Municipal Significance - In the Soil Arts Festival

That the Council of the City of St. Catharines declare the In the Soil Arts Festival, to be held from Friday, April 29, 2016, to Sunday, May 1, 2016, 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 the Office of the City Clerk be directed to make the necessary notifications. FORTHWITH

 

 

 

 

 

9.2

Event of Municipal Significance – 2nd Annual Port Dalhousie Supper Market

That the Council of the City of St. Catharines declare the 2nd Annual Port Dalhousie Supper Market, organized by Matthew Swan of the Silversmith Brewing Company Limited, to be held at Lakeside Park every Tuesday for twelve weeks commencing June 7, 2016, and ending August 30, 2016, 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 the Office of the City Clerk be directed to make the necessary notifications. FORTHWITH

 

 

 

 

 

9.3

Event of Municipal Significance – Summer Concerts in

Montebello Park

That the Council of the City of St. Catharines declare the Summer Concerts, to be held at Montebello Park every Wednesday for four weeks commencing June 29, 2016, and ending July 20, 2016, 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 the Office of the City Clerk be directed to make the necessary notifications. FORTHWITH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.4

Appointment of Integrity Commissioner to Review Complaint

of March 30, 2016

WHEREAS the City’s Integrity Commissioner, Ms. Suzanne Craig, has resigned her appointment effective February 29, 2016; and

 

WHEREAS the City Clerk received two complaints on March 30, 2016, pursuant to the City’s Code of Conduct for Elected Officials regarding the conduct of members of Council; and

 

WHEREAS the City Clerk, in accordance with the City’s Purchasing By-law, sought quotations for the services of an Integrity Commissioner to conduct an inquiry related to the March 9, 2016 complaint;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council, upon the recommendation of the City Clerk, does hereby appoint Mr. John Mascarin of the law firm Aird & Berlis LLP as the City’s Integrity Commissioner for the purposes of conducting an inquiry pursuant to s. 223.4 of the Municipal Act, 2001 into the two March 30, 2016 complaints, and directs Mr. Mascarin to report back to Council with the findings of the inquiry. FORTHWITH

 

 

 

 

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:

(click on links provided; copies available upon request)

         Recreation Facilities and Programming Master Plan, January 4, 2016

         Cultural Sustainability Committee, January 13, 2016

         Town and Gown Advisory Committee, January 14, 2016

         Downtown Development Revitalization Advisory Committee, January 19 and February 17, 2016

         St. Catharines Heritage Permit Advisory Committee, January 28, 2016

         Parking Advisory Committee, March 10, 2016

         Master Fire Planning Committee, March 10 and March 17, 2016

 

 

 

15.

Adjournment