The Corporation of the City of St. Catharines

GENERAL COMMITTEE MINUTES

Monday, June 27, 2016

Item 4.5: Facer European Festival (Councillor Stevens)

Item 4.8: Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management Review Report - Compliance Achieved (Councillor Haywood)

Item 4.9: Canada Cultural Spaces Fund Grant - FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre (Councillor Britton)

Moved By:  Councillor Stevens

That Council approve the Consent Agenda, save and except those items brought forward for discussion. FORTHWITH

Yeas: Councillors Bellows, Britton, Elliott, Garcia, Haywood, Kushner, Phillips, Sorrento, Stevens, and Mayor Sendzik

Nays:

Carried

Follow this link to view General Committee Agenda reports of June 27, 2016

Dan Dillon, Director of Transportation and Environmental Services provided Council with an overview, including a slide presentation, regarding the Seymour-Hannah Sports and Entertainment Centre – Ice Pad Replacement and Associated Mechanical Modifications – Phase 1 – Proposed Additional Replacement of Ice Pad 1. Mr. Dillon provided in depth, explanation of the construction progress at the Centre, as well as the proposed improvements from the revised layouts of the refrigeration and heating systems being reinstalled.  Mr. Dillon gave a cost breakdown, and answered questions from Council.

Moved By:  Councillor Phillips

That Council approve the change in scope for Project P16-164, Seymour-Hannah Sports and Entertainment Centre – Ice Pad Replacement and Associated Mechanical Modifications – Phase 1, awarded to Schilthuis Construction Inc., to include the replacement of Ice Pad 1 at an additional cost of $301,100 plus HST. FORTHWITH

Yeas: Councillors Bellows, Britton, Elliott, Garcia, Haywood, Kushner, Philips, Sorrento, Stevens, and Mayor Sendzik

Nays:

Carried

Moved By:  Councillor Britton

That Council defer this item to the next meeting of Council to allow for Mr. Peter Partridge to speak to the report.

Motion to Defer Lost

Moved By:  Councillor Elliott

That Council authorize staff to allocate up to $1,040,000 of the additional funds raised for the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre over and above the $5 million fundraising goal on upgraded facility amenities to increase the original project budget from $60,757,101 to $61,797,101; and

That Council authorize staff to allocate any further additional funds raised for the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre to the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre capital sustainability reserve; and

That the City Solicitor be directed to prepare the necessary agreements and by-laws. FORTHWITH

Yeas: Councillors Bellows, Britton, Elliott, Garcia, Haywood, Kushner, Phillips, Sorrento, Stevens, and Mayor Sendzik

Nays:

Carried

Moved By:  Councillor Britton

That Council approve the request by the Facer District Merchants and Residents Association for the “Facer European Festival (2016)”; and

That the public be notified that the Director of Transportation and Environmental Services will temporarily close Facer Street between Currie Street and Augusta Avenue (as shown in Appendix 1 in report) on Monday, August 1, 2016, at 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., to permit the Facer European Festival; and

That the City Solicitor be directed to prepare the necessary agreement documents and by-laws. FORTHWITH

Yeas: Councillors Bellows, Britton, Elliott, Garcia, Haywood, Kushner, Phillips, Siscoe, Sorrento, Stevens, and Mayor Sendzik

Nays:

Carried

Moved By:  Councillor Haywood

That Council defer this item to the meeting of August 22, 2016, to allow time for Councillor Haywood to review the compliance items with staff.

Motion to Defer Carried

Moved By:  Councillor Britton

That Council allow for Peter Partridge to be a delegation at the meeting of July 11, 2016, with respect to the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre. FORTHWITH

Yeas: Councillors Bellows, Britton, Garcia, Siscoe, Sorrento, and Stevens

Nays: Councillors Elliott, Haywood, Kushner, Phillips, and Mayor Sendzik

Carried

Moved By:  Councillor Britton

That Council authorize staff to make an application to the Centre to the Department of Canadian Heritage, Canada Cultural Spaces Fund, due June 30, 2016, to purchase specialized sound, lighting and staging equipment; and

That Council authorize the use of $100,000 from the Cultural Capital Investment Fund Reserve collected on tickets sold at the centre as the City’s contribution to the purchase of specialized sound lighting and staging equipment at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre; and

That Council authorize the Executive Director to execute the necessary documents and agreements to make the application and enter into any agreements to accept the funds; and

That the City Solicitor be directed to prepare the necessary by-law and agreements. FORTHWITH

Yeas: Councillors Bellows, Britton, Garcia, Haywood, Kushner, Phillips, Siscoe, Sorrento, Stevens, and Mayor Sendzik

Nays:

Carried

Follow this link to view General Committee Agenda reports of June 27, 2016

That Council approve the annual financial report for the year ended December 31, 2015. FORTHWITH

Approved on Consent

That Council declare the land described as being Part of Lot 22, Concession 4 in the geographic Township of Grantham shown as Parts 9 and 10 on Reference Plan 30R-14663 being part of 149 Martindale Road as illustrated on Appendix 1 as surplus and disposed of according to procedures outlined in Property By-law 2007-309; and

That Sections 4.6 and 4.7 of Property By-law 2007-309, relating to notification of Niagara Region and School Boards, placing of a ‘For Sale’ sign and listing of the property on the local Real Estate Board, be waived; and

That the City Solicitor be directed to prepare the necessary by-laws. FORTHWITH

Approved on Consent

That Council refer to the Budget Standing Committee (BSC) for consideration for 2017 budget. FORTHWITH

Approved on Consent

That Council approve revisions to the boundaries of Block 2 and Block 9 of the draft plan of subdivision originally approved by Council on June 23, 2014, for lands known municipally as 26 Oakdale Avenue, as illustrated in Appendix 2 of this report; and

That Council approve revisions to the conditions of draft plan approval originally approved by Council on June 23, 2014, as follows, all identified in bold in Appendix 3:

i) That Condition 1 be deleted in its entirety and replaced with a new Condition 1 to recognize Block 11;

ii) That an additional condition of draft plan approval be approved, being Condition 31, “That Block 11 be immediately transferred to the owner of the neighbouring lands, municipally known as 38 Oakdale Avenue, upon registration of the final plan of subdivision, and that the subdivision agreement include a clause to effect this condition.”;

iii) That Condition 24 be revised to delete reference to Block 9;

iv) That an additional condition of draft plan approval, be approved, being Condition 24a “That the Owner, in lieu of constructing a multi-use trail within Block 9, provide a payment of $13,175 to cover the cost of the multi-use trail, which will be constructed by the City.” (City of St. Catharines); and

That the City Clerk be authorized to endorse the revised plan of subdivision as “draft approved”; and

That the Clerk be directed to make the necessary notifications; and

That Council approve the modifications as being minor, and that further public notice is not required, pursuant to Section 51(47) of the Planning Act; and

Further, that Council receive for information the pedestrian crossing cost estimate ($5,000), as outlined in this report. FORTHWITH

Approved on Consent

That Council approve the installation of a sidewalk on the west side of Benfield Drive from Louth Street to a point 65 metres southerly; and

That Council approve the installation of a sidewalk on the west side of Burleigh Hill Drive from Dalecrest Avenue to St. David’s Road; and

That Council approve the installation of a sidewalk on the south side of Dunkirk Road from Welland Avenue to Grantham Avenue South; and

Further, that Council approve the installation of a sidewalk on the west side of Louis Avenue from Linwell Road to a point 185 metres northerly. FORTHWITH

Approved on Consent

That Council authorize entering into an agreement with the owners of Lot 453 and 454, Corporation Plan 2, PIN’s 46219-0188(LT) and 46219-0117(LT), City of St. Catharines, Municipally known as 233-239 St. Paul Street to permit the encroachment of the building brick, window sills, eaves, light and drain pipes onto Garden Park a maximum of 0.33 metres and onto St. Paul Street, a maximum of 0.37 metres shown as Part 1 on the sketch prepared by Roy Kirkup, OLS, dated April 14, 2016; and

That Council vary the encroachment policy to authorize the further encroachment of the façade improvements including the proposed awnings, and goose neck lighting to encroach a maximum of 0.92 metres shown as Part 2 on said sketch; and

That the agreement be only for the duration of the present and proposed encroachments and upon such other terms and conditions recommended by the City Solicitor; and

Further, that the City Solicitor be directed to prepare the necessary agreement and by-law. FORTHWITH

Approved on Consent

That Council adopt the revised terms of reference for the Recreation Facilities and Programming Master Plan Implementation Advisory Committee, attached as Appendix 1 on report; and

That Council appoint Sandy Derstine and Kim Bauer to the Recreation Master Plan Advisory Committee for the remainder of the term of Council; and

That the Office of the City Clerk be directed to make the necessary notifications. FORTHWITH

Approved on Consent

That Council adopt the Local Improvement Roll certified by the Treasurer on June 16, 2016, as the Local Improvement Roll for the Fourth Avenue municipal services extension authorized by By-laws 2010-172, 2010-173, 2010-174, and 2010-175, as amended by the Ontario Municipal Board, under the provisions of Ontario Regulation 586/06; and

That the City Solicitor be directed to prepare the necessary by-law. FORTHWITH   
          Approved on Consent

That Council receive and file the items listed within the report; and

That Council receive and file additional correspondence distributed for the meeting held June 27, 2016, which is available upon request and includes Niagara Region - regarding Report CLK1-2016, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Regulation under the Municipal Act, 2001 - Double Direct, and Financial Management Services, Financial Report  and Information Return for the Year Ended 2015. FORTHWITH

Approved on Consent

Council will meet In-Camera for the following purposes:

•         a proposed of pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board, Realty File No. 11-28, and Realty File No. 16-12

Moved By:  Councillor Haywood

That this meeting of the General Committee recess and reconvene In-Camera.
             Carried

General Committee recessed to the In-Camera session at 9:30 p.m.

There being no further items of business, General Committee adjourned at 9:34 p.m. and City Council reconvened.

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