The Corporation of the City of St. Catharines CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Regular, Monday, March 20, 2017 Council Chambers, City Hall, 6:30 PM
His Worship Mayor Walter Sendzik takes the Chair and opens the meeting |
1. | Mayor's Report |
2. | Adoption of the Agendas |
3. | Adoption of the Minutes (Council and General Committee) |
| 3.1 | Regular Meeting of Council, Minutes of February 27, 2017
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| 3.2 | General Committee, Minutes of February 27, 2017
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4. | Declarations of Interest |
5. | Public Meetings Pursuant to Planning Act |
| 5.1 | Planning and Building Services, Planning Services Applications for Zoning By-law Amendment and Draft Plan of Subdivision, 4 Berkley Drive; Owner: 2071380 Ontario Inc.; Agent: Upper Canada Consultants
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| 5.2 | Planning and Building Services, Planning Services Proposed Amendment to Zoning By-law 2013-283, 115 Martindale Rd, 117 Martindale Road, and 14 Grapeview Drive; Sante Aceti, Owner; Chris Millar, Agent
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6. | Delegations |
| 6.1 | Chris Bittle, MP Re: Centennial Gardens Revitalization Plan Update, 2010 - 2017 (see General Agenda, March 20, 2017, Item 3.2)
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7. | Presentations |
8. | Call for Notices of Motion |
9. | Motions |
| 9.1 | Supporting 1,400 Jobs in Niagara (Councillor Britton provided notice of the following motion at the meeting of March 6, 2017)
WHEREAS Niagara's Casinos are the largest employer within the Niagara region employing over 4,000 people.
WHEREAS a third-party external report conducted by HLT Advisory indicates that OLG's modernization plans for the Niagara Casinos will result in a loss of 1,400 jobs for hard-working Niagara families.
WHEREAS Niagara's unemployment rate of 6.6% is already above the provincial average of 6.4%.
WHEREAS Niagara Regional Chair Alan Caslin and Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati have written an open letter to Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa outlining their concerns regarding the potential loss of jobs in Niagara.
WHEREAS UNIFOR Local 199 President Greg Brady representing affected workers has indicated he shares the concerns outlined in the Regional Chair and Niagara Falls Mayor's open letter.
WHEREAS Many of these affected employees and their families live within the City of St. Catharines.
WHEREAS The St. Catharines economy is closely linked to the Niagara economy at large.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT this motion be circulated to our City's Member of Provincial Parliament, the Honourable Jim Bradley, and that St. Catharines Council request MPP Bradley provide a letter of support for the Regional Chair and Niagara Falls Mayor's open letter in defense of 1,400 jobs in Niagara and St. Catharines; and
THAT this resolution be circulated to the Regional Chair and the Mayor of the City of Niagara Falls; and
THAT this resolution be circulated to all Niagara municipalities requesting their support of jobs in our Niagara community by passage of a similar resolution. FORTHWITH
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| 9.2 | Provincial Auditor General's Offer to NPCA - Third Party Audit (Councillor Garcia will present the following motion) WHEREAS with an annual contribution of approximately $1.7 million, the residents of the City of St. Catharines are the largest Niagara Region contributors of public funds to the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority’s funding; and
WHEREAS at its January 18, 2017 meeting, the Board of the NPCA responded to requests by this Council, the majority of Niagara municipalities, the City of Hamilton and all Niagara MPPs, and voted unanimously to "immediately initiate an independent and thorough third party operational review and performance assessment of NPCA operations from 2011 through 2016"; and
WHEREAS the Province’s Auditor General, Ms. Bonnie Lysyk has recently offered to perform the independent, third party operational review/audit at her office’s expense but the NPCA has not accepted her offer; and
WHEREAS on March 8, 2017, the NPCA Board held a special meeting and approved a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the operational review/audit that the mover of their January 18 motion strongly argued "watered down" and did not "follow closely the intent" of his motion for an independent, third party approach;
THEREFORE, be it resolved, that Council urges the NPCA board to do everything required in order to ensure they accept the Auditor General's offer to perform an independent, third party operational review/audit, as approved by the board on January 18, 2017, at no direct cost to property taxpayers in St. Catharines and the other NPCA-funding municipalities; and
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the NPCA, all Niagara Municipalities and MPPs, the City of Hamilton and Haldimand County, the Premier, the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, the Auditor General and the Ombudsman be notified. FORTHWITH
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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
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14. | Agencies, Boards, Committee Reports | |||
| 14.1 | Minutes to Receive: • Town & Gown Advisory Committee, September 28, 2016, and February 23, 2017 draft • St. Catharines Heritage Advisory Committee, February 9, 2017 • Fire Master Planning Committee, February 23, 2017
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15. | Adjournment |