The Corporation of the City of St. Catharines CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Regular, Monday, September 13, 2021 Council Chambers and Electronic Participation, 6:00 PM
This Meeting of Council will be held in person at Council Chambers and electronically for the Members of Council. Due to capacity limits due to the COVID-19 pandemic the public can only participate 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, September 13, 2021 before Noon. Comments submitted will be considered as public information and entered into public record.
Electronic Delegations: Those wishing to speak to an item on the agenda must complete the City’s Electronic Delegation Form by Monday, September 13, 2021 before 9:00 a.m. and attend a test session with City staff on Monday, September 13, 2021 at 10:00 a.m.
His Worship Mayor Walter Sendzik takes the Chair and opens the meeting with a Land Acknowledgement |
1. | Mayor's Report |
2. | Adoption of the Agenda |
3. | Adoption of the Minutes |
| 3.1 | Regular Council, Minutes of August 30, 2021
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4. | Declarations of Interest |
5. | Motion to Move Consent Reports Consent Reports are approved in one motion which approves all of the recommendations contained in each report. Prior to this motion, a councillor may request that one or more of the reports listed under Item 6 be moved to the list of Discussion Reports. |
6. | Consent Reports |
| 6.1 | Community, Recreation and Culture Services, Business Planning and Strategic Services Community Outdoor Ice Rink Pilot Project Update
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| 6.2 | Engineering, Facilities and Environmental Services, Environmental Services Progress towards St. Catharines Climate Change Targets
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7. | Public Meetings |
8. | Presentations |
9. | Discussion Reports |
| 9.1 | Financial Management Services 2021 Development Charges Background Study and By-law (Staff presentation precedes discussion of the report)
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| 9.2 | Legal and Clerks Services, Office of the City Clerk Deferral from Council Meeting of August 30, 2021, Council Agenda Item 5.3, Council Correspondence, Additional Correspondence Sub-Item 4, Memorandum from the Chief Administrative Officer regarding Clarity on St. Catharines Transit Commission Governance Feedback
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| 9.3 | Legal and Clerks Services, Office of the City Clerk Deferral from Council Meeting of August 30, 2021, Council Agenda Item 5.3, Council Correspondence, Additional Correspondence Sub-Item 3, Memorandum from Director of Community, Recreation and Culture Services regarding Walker Family YMCA Update
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10. | Motions |
| 10.1 | Rolls Avenue and Moote Street Neighbourhood Parking Strategy Councillor Townsend will present the following motion:
That staff be directed to investigate and report back to Council on a parking strategy for the Moote Street and Rolls Avenue neighbourhood.
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| 10.2 | Provincial Nursing Shortage Councillor Siscoe will present the following motion:
WHEREAS a nursing shortage in the Province of Ontario is currently ongoing due to burnout from the COVID-19 pandemic; and WHEREAS this nursing shortage has led to a situation where many medically fragile children who require one-on-one care from a nurse are unable to find one; and
WHEREAS this situation will lead to these children being unable to attend school this year; and
WHEREAS all available research indicates that in-person learning is superior to online virtual learning in the vast majority of cases;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of St. Catharines call upon the Government of Ontario to immediately identify and implement solutions to this crisis that will allow the resumption of in-person learning for these children, possibly including but not limited to greater incentives to retain qualified nurses and the allowance of trained caregivers to fill these roles; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be forwarded to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, Premier Doug Ford, Health Minister Christine Elliott, MPP Jennie Stevens, MPP Sam Oosterhoff and MPP Jeff Burch.
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11. | Call for Notices of Motion |
12. | Report Requests |
13. | Committee and Task Force Minutes |
| 13.1 | Minutes to Receive: Development Studies Task Force, meeting of August 23, 2021 (draft) Heritage Advisory Committee, meeting of August 12, 2021 (draft) Recreation Master Plan Advisory Committee, meeting of July 6, 2021 (draft)
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14. | Closed Session Council will meet in Closed Session for the following purpose(s): |
15. | Motion Arising from Closed Session |
16. | By-laws |
| 16.1 | Reading of By-laws
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17. | Adjournment |