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The Corporation of the City of St. Catharines

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

Regular, Monday, April 10, 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 Meetings of Council, Minutes of March 20, 2017, and March 27, 2017

 

 

 

 

3.2

General Committee, Minutes of March 20, 2017, and March 27, 2017

 

 

 

 

4.

Declarations of Interest

 

 

 

5.

Public Meetings Pursuant to Planning Act

 

 

 

5.1

Applications for Zoning By-law Amendment and Draft Plan of Vacant Land Condominium, 168 and 170 Lakeshore Road; Owner: 2274846 Ontario Inc.; Agent: Upper Canada Consultants

Report PBS-079-2017

 

 

 

 

6.

Delegations

 

 

 

6.1

Elizabeth Thiessen

Re: Supplemental Report - Proposed Amendment to Zoning By-law 2013-283, 115 Martindale Road, 117 Martindale Road, and 14 Grapeview Drive

(see General Committee Agenda, April 10, 2017, Item 3.2)

 

 

 

 

6.2

Chris Millar, Agent

Re: Supplemental Report - Proposed Amendment to Zoning By-law 2013-283, 115 Martindale Road, 117 Martindale Road, and 14 Grapeview Drive

(see General Committee Agenda, April 10, 2017, Item 3.2)

 

 

 

 

6.3

Tom Richardson, Sullivan Mahoney LLP

Re: 101 South Drive Property Task Force Report and Recommendations

(see General Committee Agenda, April 10, 2017, Item 3.4)

 

 

 

 

6.4

Don Walker, President of Grantham Optimist Club

Re: Special Event Parking Request: Grantham Optimist Club

(see General Committee Agenda, April 10, 2017, Item 4.2)

 

 

 

 

6.5

Public Meetings (Pursuant to Notice By-law)

Prohibition of Nuisance Parties

(see General Committee Agenda, April 10, 2017, Item 3.5)

 

 

 

 

7.

Presentations

 

 

 

8.

Call for Notices of Motion

 

 

 

9.

Motions

 

 

 

9.1

Niagara Region’s Transit Service Delivery and Governance Strategy

(see Background Information from Niagara Region, General Committee Agenda, April 10, 2017, Item 4.3, Sub-item 1)

 

Whereas St. Catharines City Council unanimously endorsed the principle of a consolidated transit system at a special Council meeting on February 22, 2017, and directed staff to work with the cities of Niagara Falls, Welland and the Regional Municipality of Niagara to develop a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) including a governance framework, communication and implementation plan and specify how key issues are to be addressed by all parties along with next steps and timelines by the end of 2017; and

 

Whereas Niagara Falls City Council and Welland City Council each unanimously endorsed the principle of a consolidated transit system in February 2017, and together requested the Regional Municipality of Niagara to initiate the legislated “triple majority” process to become formally and directly involved in the provision of public transit as recommended by the Inter-municipal transit working group; and

 

Whereas, on March 23, 2017, Niagara Regional Council voted to endorse in principle the creation of a consolidated public transit system in partnership with the City of Niagara Falls, the St. Catharines Transit Commission, the City of Welland, and the Region of Niagara in order to develop a regionally integrated transit system; and

 

Whereas Niagara Regional Council adopted a bill to provide Niagara Council with the non-exclusive authority to establish, operate and maintain an inter-municipal passenger transportation system for the Region, and such Bill, if adopted, to come into force and effect on June 1, 2017, provided that:

a)      a majority of the councils of the local area municipalities pass resolutions consenting to the by-law; and

b)      the total number of electors in the local municipalities that have passed resolutions in support of the Bill form a majority of all electors in the Region of Niagara as established in the revised list of electors for the municipal election held in the year 2014; and

 

That St. Catharines City Council consents to the passage of By-law No. 2017-021 of the Regional Municipality of Niagara, being a by-law to provide Niagara Region with the non-exclusive authority to establish, operate and maintain an inter-municipal passenger transportation system for the Niagara Region. 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:

         Canada 150 Anniversary Task Force, February 2, 2017

         Public Art Advisory Committee, February 21, 2017

         Arts and Culture Advisory Committee, February 7, 2017, and March 7, 2017

 

 

 

 

14.2

Appointment to St. Catharines Downtown Association Board of Management

 

That Council approve the appointment of Sarah Jarvis to the St. Catharines Downtown Association Board of Management for the remainder of the present Board’s term. FORTHWITH

 

 

 

 

15.

Adjournment