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The Corporation of the City of St. Catharines

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

Regular, Monday, May 7, 2018 

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 April 23, 2018

 

 

 

 

3.2

General Committee, Minutes of April 23, 2018

 

 

 

4.

Declarations of Interest

 

 

 

5.

Public Meetings Pursuant to Planning Act

 

 

 

5.1

Planning and Building Services, Planning Services

Recommendation Report - Adoption of Official Plan Amendment 19 to implement the GO Transit Station Secondary Plan; and Approval of the GO Transit Station Secondary Plan Urban Design Guidelines

(Report contains a link to an appendix, which is available upon request)

Report PBS-099-2018

 

 

 

6.

Delegations

 

 

 

6.1

Bernie Slepkov

Re: Waste Reduction (see Council Agenda, Motions, Item 8.1)

 

 

 

 

6.2

Diane Foster, Co-chair, and Bob Mahony, Member, Accessibility Advisory Committee

Re: Accessibility Plan 2017 Year-end Report (see General Committee Agenda, Item 4.1)

 

 

 

7.

Presentations

 

 

 

8.

Motions

 

 

 

8.1

Waste Reduction

At the meeting of April 23, 2018, Councillor Siscoe provided notice that he would present the following motion:

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.2

Release of Funds for Lock One Greater Niagara Circle Route Extension

At the meeting of April 23, 2018, Councillor Britton provided notice that he would present the following motion:

 

BE IT RESOLVED that the City of St. Catharines requests that the Region of Niagara release the funds for the Lock One Greater Niagara Circle Route (GNCR) extension project from the GNCR Reserve.

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.3

Cannabis Excise Tax Revenue

At the meeting of April 23, 2018, Councillor Sorrento provided notice that he would present the following motion:

 

WHEREAS St. Catharines will be one of the first Ontario communities to have a legal Cannabis Sales outlet, as chosen by the Ontario Government; and

 

WHEREAS the Association of the Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) has forecast a substantial increase of cost to Policing, By-Law Enforcement, Public Health, and other Services, with these costs being largely borne by Municipal Taxpayers; and

 

WHEREAS the Government of Canada has promised 75% of Federal Revenues derived from the sale of Cannabis shall be shared with Provinces and Territories;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council direct staff to seek cannabis excise tax revenues to cover any additional costs of Regional policing and City by-law enforcement; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Region of Niagara be made aware of possible additional policing costs for the City of St. Catharines and that all four local MPPs, MPs, Regional Council, the Police Service Board, Provincial leaders of the Opposition, the Premier, and Minister of Finance be informed of this motion.

 

 

 

 

8.4

Issuance of Debentures

Councillor Siscoe will present the following motion:

 

WHEREAS it is deemed desirable to issue debentures in the amount of $16,523,730 in accordance with the terms of the various authorizing by-laws applicable to such expenditures;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Corporation of the City of St. Catharines that the City Clerk be and is hereby directed to request the Council of the Regional Municipality of Niagara to issue debentures, on behalf of the City, in the amount of $16,523,730; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk and Treasurer be and are hereby directed to make available to the Regional Municipality of Niagara certified copies of all By-laws and Orders of the Ontario Municipal Board applicable and all other information required in this connection, to ensure the issue of the said debentures in the amount of $16,523,730.

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.5

Amendment to Organizational Effectiveness Task Force Terms of Reference - Deputy CAO

Councillor Garcia will present the following motion:

 

BE IT RESOLVED that the Organizational Effectiveness Task Force Terms of Reference be amended to include the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer as a staff liaison.

 

[Addenda]

 


 

9.

Call for Notices of Motion

 

 

 

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-laws List

 

 

 

14.

Agencies, Boards, Committee Reports

 

 

 

14.1

Minutes to Receive:

         Green Advisory Committee, March 21, 2018, and April 4, 2018 (draft)

 

 

 

15.

Adjournment