The Corporation of the City of St. Catharines
BUDGET STANDING COMMITTEE MINUTES
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Members Present:
Absent: | Councillor Mathew Siscoe, Chair Councillors Mike Britton, N. Carlos Garcia, David A. Haywood, and Bill Phillips
Mayor Walter Sendzik |
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Officials Present: | Dan Carnegie, Chief Administrative Officer Shelley Chemnitz, Commissioner of Corporate Services Kristine Douglas, Director of Financial Management Services Jim Riddell, Director of Planning and Building Services Dan Dillon, Director of Transportation and Environmental Services Margaret Kreuk, Budget Analyst Bonnie Nistico-Dunk, City Clerk |
Call the Meeting to Order |
The Committee Chair, Councillor Mathew Siscoe, took the chair and called the meeting to order in the Sean Jackson Room, Seymour Hannah Sports & Entertainment Centre, at 5:19 p.m.
2. | Adoption of Agenda |
That the Budget Standing Committee adopt the agenda as presented for the meeting of January 12, 2017.
Carried
3. | Declarations of Interest |
There were none.
4. | Adoption of Minutes |
There were none.
5. | Chair's Report |
The Chair notified the Committee that the results of the Town Hall meetings and the Telephone Town Hall meetings will be part of the Chair's report at the next full meeting of the Budget Standing Committee.
Discussion Items |
6.1. | Dan Dillon, Transportation and Environmental Services Re: Facer Street Revitalization (Referred by Council to the Budget Standing Committee, December 19, 2016, Item 9.1) |
The members of the Budget Standing Committee in attendance reviewed the motion from Councillor Britton relating to Facer Street. Mr. Dillon presented a memorandum to the Budget Standing Committee regarding this venture and the preliminary cost estimates.
WHEREAS a sustainable community is one that respects and embraces its heritage to create a sense of identity and pride; and
WHEREAS Policy 4.1 of the Official Plan recognizes that Urban Design principles should be based on sustainable design principles including:
• To help create a strong sense of identity and place
• To be stimulating, have an attractive and safe public realm, be a compact, walkable, bikeable and a well-connected community
• To consist of mixed use nodes and corridors
• To have complete streets of all users
• To have building design to support street life; and
WHEREAS within the Facer Street area there has been a renewed interest in improving the street and overall businesses as evidenced by the successful Facer Street European Festival held in August of 2016; and
WHEREAS it is important to seek the public’s view on the ultimate vision of how Facer Street should look aesthetically and function practically at the street predesign stage;
WHEREAS the Civic Project Funds' purpose in its terms of reference is to "Fund community projects, external cultural and community improvement initiatives"; and
That Council direct staff to explore funding opportunities from Federal, Provincial and Regional cultural and heritage grant programs for the design phase;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City commit $60,000 from the Civic Project Fund towards seeking public input and develop the City’s vision and design phase of the Facer Street revitalization and reconstruction by the end of the first quarter of 2017.
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Moved By: Councillor Phillips
That the Budget Standing Committee defer the motion regarding Facer Street Revitalization.
Yeas: Councillor Phillips and Siscoe
Nays: Councillors Garcia, Haywood and Britton
Motion to Defer Lost
An amended motion was now put on the floor and voted on.
WHEREAS a sustainable community is one that respects and embraces its heritage to create a sense of identity and pride; and
WHEREAS Policy 4.1 of the Official Plan recognizes that Urban Design principles should be based on sustainable design principles including:
•To help create a strong sense of identity and place
•To be stimulating, have an attractive and safe public realm, be a compact,
walkable, bikeable and a well-connected community
•To consist of mixed use nodes and corridors
•To have complete streets of all users
•To have building design to support street life; and
WHEREAS within the Facer Street area there has been a renewed interest in improving the street and overall businesses as evidenced by the successful Facer Street European Festival held in August of 2016; and
WHEREAS it is important to seek the public’s view on the ultimate vision of how Facer Street should look aesthetically and function practically at the street predesign stage;
WHEREAS the Civic Project Funds' purpose in its terms of reference is to "Fund community projects, external cultural and community improvement initiatives"; and
That Council direct staff to explore funding opportunities from Federal, Provincial and Regional cultural and heritage grant programs for the design phase;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City commit $10,000 from the Civic Project Fund towards seeking public input and develop the City’s conceptual design for the Facer Street revitalization and reconstruction by the end of the first quarter of 2017.
Yeas: Councillors Garcia, Haywood, Britton, and Siscoe
Nays: Councillor Phillips
Carried as Amended
7. | Consent Reports |
There were none.
8. | Other Business |
There was none.
9. | Adjournment |
There being no further items of business, this meeting be adjourned at 5:58 p.m.
Carried
Certified Correct: Confirmed by:
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