The Corporation of the City of St. Catharines CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Regular, Monday, April 23, 2018 Council Chambers, City Hall, 6:30 PM
His Worship Mayor Walter Sendzik takes the Chair and opens the meeting
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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 April 9, 2018
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| 3.2 | Budget Standing Committee, Minutes of March 21, 2018
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4. | Declarations of Interest |
5. | Public Meetings Pursuant to Planning Act |
| 5.1 | Planning and Building Services, Planning Services Planning Act Public Meeting - Information Report Application to Amend Zoning By-law 2013-283, Subject Lands: 57 Lakeport Road; Owner: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 350; Applicant: Rankin Construction Inc.; Agent: MHBC Planning
Additional Subject Lands: 3 Lakeport Road, 57A Lakeport Road; Owner: Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Additional Subject Lands: 45 Lakeport Road; Owner: City of St. Catharines
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[Addenda]
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| 5.2 | Planning and Building Services, Planning Services Planning Act Public Meeting - Information Report GO Transit Station Secondary Plan and Urban Design Guidelines
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6. | Delegations |
7. | Presentations |
8. | Motions |
| 8.1 | Special Meeting - Wednesday, May 23, 2018 - Planning Applications
That Council direct staff to schedule a Special Council meeting to be held in Council Chambers on May 23, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. for the purpose of addressing a number of Planning matters including: Public Meetings for:
Recommendation Reports for:
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9. | Call for Notices of Motion |
| 9.1 | Waste Reduction Councillor Siscoe will present the following motion to Council at its meeting scheduled for May 7, 2018:
WHEREAS the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - 1 of 5 worldwide - was recently recalculated at as much as 16 times the size previously thought, twice the area of Texas, three times that of France, and growing exponentially; and
WHEREAS largely due to its own environmental and social crises, China, a major importer of recyclables, restricted imports on 24 types of solid waste as of January 2018; and
WHEREAS this January British Prime Minister, Theresa May, pledged to “eradicate all avoidable waste” from the U.K. within 25 years due to plastic waste becoming a planetary crisis ruining ecosystems; and
WHEREAS Catherine McKenna, Federal Environmental Minister announced Canada’s plans to lead global conversations on cutting plastic waste at the 2018 G7 leaders’ summit; and
WHEREAS North American jurisdictions are now going beyond banning single-use plastic bottles and bags to include plastic caps, cutlery, straws and styrofoams; and
WHEREAS Starbucks is committing $10M towards a three-year program backing entrepreneurs working on the creation of disposable cups that will be better for the environment while the British Parliament is proposing a 34-cent tax per cup; and
WHEREAS food waste, which tends to include various other waste streams, is estimated to be as high as 40 percent; and
WHEREAS Canadian municipalities are now threatened with stockpiled waste, unexpected costs and lost revenues due to lack of landfill and processing plants; and
WHEREAS Niagara Region’s responsibilities are mainly region-wide waste collection and management; and
WHEREAS the present St. Catharines Council committed to becoming internationally recognized as the most dynamic, innovative, sustainable, and livable city in North America; and
WHEREAS at Mayor Sendzik’s behest, Council re-committed to fulfilling prior poorly implemented motions regarding bottled water at municipal facilities; and
WHEREAS an amendment to that motion called for the development of strategies and comprehensive plans for implementation; and
WHEREAS significant market disruptions tends to stimulate innovation and create economic opportunities by way of new materials, products and processes; and
WHEREAS we should no longer be kicking our filth down the road expecting others to clean up nor suffer our messes;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of St. Catharines establish a steering committee mandated to research, devise and recommend broad-based, impactful strategies for educating and engaging residents, businesses and institutions in actively eradicating or replacing avoidable waste;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that staff investigate the feasibility of a full-time City staff position be established for a Community Waste Officer responsible for: providing staff support to the waste committee; and providing framework for community consultation; and implementing institutional and municipal waste auditing; and liaising and lobbying all levels of government for legislative policies deemed essential to the objectives of eradicating avoidable wastes and enabling alternatives.
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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: Arts and Culture Advisory Committee, March 6, 2018 Clean City Advisory Committee, February 20, 2018, and March 20, 2018 (draft) Green Advisory Committee, February 21, 2018 Recreation Master Plan Advisory Committee, February 20, 2018, March 21, 2018, and April 4, 2018 (draft) St. Catharines Heritage Permit Advisory Committee, February 22, 2018, and March 29, 2018 (draft)
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15. | Adjournment |