The Corporation of the City of St. Catharines CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Regular, Monday, November 30, 2020 Electronic Participation, 6:00 PM
As part of the City's commitment to safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, this meeting of Council will be held electronically.
This Meeting may be viewed online at www.stcatharines.ca/youtube
Public Comments: The public may submit comments regarding agenda matters to the Office of the City Clerk by contacting [email protected] by Monday,
Electronic Delegations: Those wishing to speak to an item on the agenda must complete the City’s Electronic Delegation Form by Sunday, November 29, 2020 before 11:59 p.m. and attend a test session with City staff on Monday, November 30, 2020 at 10 a.m.
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 | General Committee, Minutes of November 18, 2020
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| 4.2 | Regular Meeting of Council, Minutes of November 16, 2020
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| 4.3 | General Committee, Minutes of November 16, 2020
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| 4.4 | General Committee, Minutes of November 10, 2020
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| 4.5 | Regular Meeting of Council, Minutes of November 9, 2020
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| 4.6 | General Committee, Minutes of November 9, 2020
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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 and Public Notice By-Law |
| 6.1 | Planning and Building Services, Planning Services City wide Land Needs Assessment (LNA) and proposed Official Plan Amendment to designate Employment Areas, and re-designate certain Employment lands for Alternative Uses (Due to the file sizes of the appendices and background documents associated with the report the items were uploaded separately from the report)
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| 6.2 | Financial Management Services, Property Management Stop Up and Close Millbank Street (PIN 46349-0129 LT),
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7. | Special Presentations |
8. | Resolve into General Committee Council will proceed to General Committee Agenda Item 3 - Discussion Reports |
9. | Motion to Ratify Forthwith Recommendations |
10. | Motions |
| 10.1 | Ontario Gas Fired Power Plants Councillor Townsend will present the following motion:
WHEREAS the City of St. Catharines strategic plan focuses on liveability and increased environmentally friendly initiatives; and
WHEREAS the Government of Ontario is planning to increase reliance on gas-fired electricity generation from Ontario's gas-fired power plants, which is anticipated to increase greenhouse gas pollution by more than 300% by 2025 and by more than 400% by 2040; and
WHEREAS Canada's temperature is rising more than double the rate of the rest of the world (which is in alignment with climate models and projections impacting northern climates most significantly); and
WHEREAS the Province of Ontario will adversely impact more than a third of the greenhouse gas reductions it achieved by phasing -out its dirty coal-fired power plants due to a power plan built around ramping up gas-fired generation to replace the output of the Pickering Nuclear Station (scheduled to close in 2024); and
WHEREAS alternative options are available to reversing short sighted cuts to energy efficiency programs and stop under -investing in this quick to deploy and low-cost resource, which include maximizing our energy efficiency efforts by paying up to the same price per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for energy efficiency measures as we are currently paying for power from nuclear plants (e.g., up to 9.5 cents per kWh); and
WHEREAS the Province of Ontario should continue to support renewable energy projects that have costs that are below what we are paying for nuclear power and work with communities to make the most of these economic opportunities; and
WHEREAS the Province of Ontario has alternative options to increasing gas-fired electricity generation, such as the Province of Quebec's offer to receive low-cost 24/7 power from its water powered reservoir system as a possible alternative; and
WHEREAS, other municipalities such as Hamilton, Kitchener, and Halton Hills have called on the Province of Ontario to phase out gas fired power plants by 2030 for cleaner, renewable energy; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of St. Catharines requests the Government of Ontario to place an interim cap of 2.5 mega tonnes per year on our gas plants' greenhouse gas pollution and develop and implement a plan to phase-out all gas-fired electricity generation by 2030 to ensure that Ontario meets its climate targets; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Premier of Ontario, to the local MPPs, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), the Niagara Region, local area municipalities and the municipalities of Hamilton, Halton Hills and Kitchener.
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| 10.2 | Ontario Business Improvement Area Association Resolution regarding National Addiction Awareness Week Councillor Littleton will present the following motion:
WHEREAS communities across Canada, including the communities represented by the Ontario Business Improvement Area Association (OBIAA), are struggling to deal with the opioid overdose health crisis; and
WHEREAS OBIAA acknowledges the efforts currently being undertaken by the Provincial and Federal Governments, but also acknowledges that these efforts are failing in reducing the number of overdoses and overdose deaths; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that OBIAA urges the Governments of Canada and Ontario to recognize, acknowledge and declare a National Health crisis (epidemic) and work with Provinces and Municipalities to develop comprehensive, adequately funded drug strategies to address this health crisis in our cities; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be sent to the Prime Minister of Canada, Canada's Minister of Health, the Premier of Ontario, Ontario Minister of Health, Ontario Minister of Long-Term Care, and Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
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| 10.3 | Hospice Workers Councillor Garcia will present the following motion:
WHEREAS Hospice Niagara, and hospices across this province, provide a number of critical services needed by Ontario and Niagara residents including: end of life Hospice Residence care; in-Home Palliative Care; Day Hospice; Bereavement Support; and Education and Consultation; and
WHEREAS these services provide a central role in decreasing hospital emergency department volume, incidents of hallway medicine and costly hospital admissions for palliative and end-of-life care; and
WHEREAS Hospice care is the only health service whose health care workers are not fully funded by the Province and hospices and provincial organizations have requested that this funding be provided as delegations before the Standing Committee regarding Bill 3, the Compassionate Care Act;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of St. Catharines recommends that Ontario's Health Ministry accept Hospice Niagara's request and start fully funding all hospice health care workers fully, and right away; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this motion be forwarded directly to the Minister of Health Christine Elliot, all Niagara MPPs, the Region of Niagara and all Niagara municipalities. FORTHWITH
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11. | Call for Notices of Motion |
12. | Report Requests |
13. | Agencies, Boards, Committee Reports |
| 13.1 | Minutes to Receive: Arts and Culture Advisory Committee, meeting of August 27, 2020 Anti-Racism Advisory Committee, meeting of November 3, 2020 (Draft) Recreation Master Plan Advisory Committee, meeting of October 27, 2020 (Draft) Surplus Lands Development Task Force, meeting of November 11, 2020(Draft)
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| 13.2 | Motion arising from Minutes of Surplus Lands Development Task Force Meeting That Council directs staff to send correspondence to the Region of Niagara as an expression of interest for the lands know as 68 Church Street that identifies that Council is interested in a development that includes affordable housing; and
That staff be directed to report back on options and opportunities for this site for Council’s consideration, that includes information about what other communities are doing with similar sites; and
That staff be directed to report back on the opportunity for the City to develop a municipal land development corporation.
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14. | Resolve into General Committee Council will proceed to General Committee Agenda Item 4 - In-Camera Session |
15. | Motion Arising from In-Camera Session |
16. | By-laws |
| 16.1 | Reading of By-Laws
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17. | Adjournment |