Regular Council - 29 May 2017 - Agenda

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The Corporation of the City of St. Catharines

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

Regular, Monday, May 29, 2017

Council Chambers, City Hall, 6:30 PM

His Worship Mayor Walter Sendzik takes the Chair and opens the meeting

Mayor's Report

Adoption of the Agendas

Adoption of the Minutes (Council and General Committee)

3.1

Special Meeting of Council, Minutes of May 1, 2017

3.2

Regular Meeting of Council, Minutes of May 8, 2017

3.3

General Committee, Minutes of May 8, 2017

Declarations of Interest

Public Meetings Pursuant to Planning Act

Delegations

6.1

Shelley Stewart and Diane Foster, Accessibility Advisory Committee Co-chairpersons

Re: Accessibility Plan 2016 Year-End Report

(see General Committee Agenda, May 29, 2017, Item 4.1)

6.2

Bill Schenck and Tim Rigby, Representatives of Canadian Henley Rowing Corporation and St. Catharines World Rowing, and Doug Hamilton, Chair of 2021 Canada Summer Games

Re: 2020 World Rowing Senior and Junior Championships

(see General Committee Agenda, May 29, 2017, Item 3.2)

6.3

Kaleb Schriefer, Representative of Niagara Farm Project

Re: Requirements to be Declared a Bee City

(see General Committee Agenda, May 29, 2017, Item 4.3)

6.4

Elizabeth Thiessen

Re: Second Supplemental Report - Proposed Amendment to Zoning By-law 2013-283, 115 Martindale Road, 117 Martindale Road, and 14 Grapeview Drive, Sante Aceti, Owner; Chris Millar, Agent

(see General Committee Agenda, May 29, 2017, Item 3.1)

6.5

Chris Millar, Agent, and Sante, Ray and Ada Aceti, Owners / Applicants

Re: Second Supplemental Report - Proposed Amendment to Zoning By-law 2013-283, 115 Martindale Road, 117 Martindale Road, and 14 Grapeview Drive, Sante Aceti, Owner; Chris Millar, Agent

(see General Committee Agenda, May 29, 2017, Item 3.1)

Presentations

Call for Notices of Motion

Motions

9.1

Reports for In-Camera Session

Councillor Stevens provided notice of the following motion to be presented at the meeting of May 8, 2017:

Whereas reports provided to City Council in open session are written and provided to Council and the public at large 10 days prior to the meeting of Council;

Whereas the Municipal Act requires all meetings of Council to be open to the public save and except for the requirements listed in s.239;

Whereas the use of verbal reporting in closed session has become more common to the detriment of Council’s ability to review the matter beforehand and corporate record keeping abilities;

Therefore Be it Resolved that all reports provided to City Council during in-camera sessions of Council be a written document (memo or report format) and provided to City Council in a manner that promotes Council’s ability to familiarize themselves with the material prior to the meeting; and

That those documents be published no later than the timeline outlined in Section B13, of the City of St. Catharines Procedural By-law; and

Further, that should a closed session verbal report be required for reasons of urgency, a memo be provided to City Council at the next meeting of Council that captures the contents of the verbal report to strengthen the City’s corporate record keeping ability in relation to Council decisions.

9.2

Special In-Camera Meeting and Special Meetings of Council

That Council direct staff to schedule a Special Meeting of Council to be held June 7, 2017, at 3:30 p.m. to conduct a Council / staff workshop to consider the Strategic Plan; and

That Council direct staff to schedule a Special In-Camera meeting, to be held on June 12, 2017, at 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for the purpose of receiving advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose, as it relates to the expropriation file for 240-246 St. Paul Street; and

That Council direct staff to schedule a Special Meeting of Council to be held June 26, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for the purpose of receiving general education and training from the Corporation's Integrity Commissioner, John Mascarin, regarding the City's Code of Conduct.

9.3

Appointment of Deputy Treasurer

That Council appoint Ms. Kristine Douglas as Deputy Treasurer; and

That Ms. Douglas have all of the powers and duties of the treasurer under the Municipal Act, 2001, c.25, s. 286 (2) or any other Act; and

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

9.4

Establishing a By-law to Regulate and License Locations for Sale of Medicinal Cannabis

Councillor Siscoe will present the following motion at the meeting of May 29, 2017:

WHEREAS the Federal Government and Courts have already legalized the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, and some Canadian Municipalities have established municipal by-laws to regulate the location and land use issues related to medical cannabis dispensaries; and

WHEREAS it is the Federal Government’s intention to make recreational use of cannabis legal July 1, 2017; and

WHEREAS municipalities have the right to establish business licensees and regulations;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that staff be directed to prepare a report on how the City of St. Catharines would go about establishing a by-law to regulate and license locations for the sale of medicinal cannabis, modelled after by-laws in the City of Vancouver and City of Victoria;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the report should deal with medicinal cannabis specifically, but should incorporate the possibility of sale of legal recreational use of cannabis in the future;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the report should consider issues such as (but not limited to) signage, fees, location, distance from competing operations, distances from public facilities (i.e. schools, community centres, recreational centres), ownership, number of outlets with same ownership, video monitoring, availability of medical consultations from the outlet, labeling and testing of products, and the sale of cannabis and edibles and oils.

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.