The Corporation of the City of St. Catharines CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Regular, Monday, October 7, 2019 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. | Declarations of Interest |
4. | Adoption of the Minutes (Council and General Committee) |
| 4.1 | Regular Meeting of Council, Minutes of September 23, 2019
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| 4.2 | General Committee, Minutes of September 23, 2019
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5. | Resolve into General Committee Council will proceed to General Committee Agenda Item 1 - Motion to Move Reports on Consent |
6. | Public Meetings Pursuant to Planning Act |
| 6.1 | Planning and Building Services, Planning Services Planning Act Public Meeting – Recommendation Report Application for Draft Plan of Subdivision Approval; Subject Lands: 49 Ridley Road; Owner: Ridley College; Agent: T. Johns Consulting Group
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7. | Public Meetings Pursuant to Notice By-Law |
| 7.1 | (Staff presentation precedes discussion of report) Financial Management Services, Corporate Asset Management 2020 Capital Budget, Four Year Forecast and Asset Management Status Update
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8. | Special Presentations There are none |
9. | Resolve into General Committee Council will proceed to General Committee Agenda Item 3 - Discussion Reports |
10. | Motion Arising from In-Camera Session |
| 11. | Motion to Ratify Forthwith Recommendations |
12. | Motions |
| 12.1 | Canadian Urban Libraries Council Councillor Littleton will present the following motion: WHEREAS the City of St. Catharines recognizes the important role that libraries play in our community. Libraries and the early literacy programs that they run are integral to developing proficient readers and ensuring that children succeed in school. More and more, digital literacy programs run by libraries also help ensure that citizens can contribute to our digital world. Additionally, vulnerable demographic groups, including seniors, low income families, youth, and new Canadians rely on access to libraries as an important tool for their participation in the community – from education to searching for jobs to consuming Canadian cultural materials; and
WHEREAS libraries in our community recognize that users increasingly seek to access digital publications offered by multinational publishers, and that access to those publications is too often curtailed by prohibitively high licensing fees or else entirely denied to Canadian libraries; and
WHEREAS libraries must be in a position to offer digital publications to their users as part of their service offering to our community, particularly given the contemporary rapid pace of digitization of educational and cultural materials;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of St. Catharines hereby supports the Canadian Urban Libraries Council in its efforts to increase access to digital publications for library users in St. Catharines and across Canada; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of St. Catharines call on the Federal government to investigate the barriers faced by libraries in acquiring digital publications and the problems that poses for vulnerable demographic groups in Canada; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of St. Catharines requests that the Federal government develop a solution that increases access to digital publications across Canada and assists libraries in meeting the cost requirements to acquire digital publications; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this motion be forwarded to local MPs; the Honourable Lisa MacLeod, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport; and the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism.
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| 12.2 | Accessory Dwelling Unit Sizes Councillor Sorrento will present the following motion: That staff consider an increase in the maximum accessory dwelling unit size to 93 square metres (1000 square feet) as part of the housekeeping amendment to the zoning by-law, targeted for Council’s consideration in the First Quarter of 2020.
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13. | Call for Notices of Motion |
14. | Report Requests |
15. | By-laws |
| 15.1 | Reading of By-Laws
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16. | Agencies, Boards, Committee Reports |
| 16.1 | Minutes to Receive: Heritage Advisory Committee - September 19, 2019 (Draft) Heritage Permit Advisory Committee - August 22, 2019 (Draft); and August 29, 2019 (Draft) Museum Advisory Committee - January 29, 2019; March 26, 2019; June 25, 2019; August 27, 2019; and September 24, 2019 (Draft)
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17. | Adjournment |