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
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| 3.2 | General Committee, Minutes of March 20, 2017, and March 27, 2017
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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
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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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| 6.5 | Public Meetings (Pursuant to Notice By-law) Prohibition of Nuisance Parties (see General Committee Agenda, April 10, 2017, Item 3.5)
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7. | Presentations |
8. | Call for Notices of Motion |
9. | Motions |
| 9.1 | Niagara Region’s Transit Service Delivery and Governance Strategy
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
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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 |
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| 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
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15. | Adjournment |