The Corporation of the City of St. Catharines CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Regular, Monday, January 31, 2022 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.
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Public Comments: The public may submit comments regarding agenda matters to the Office of the City Clerk by contacting [email protected] by Monday, January 31, 2022 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, January 31, 2022 before 9:00 a.m. and attend a test session with City staff on Monday, January 31, 2022 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 January 17, 2022
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| 3.2 | Budget Standing Committee, Minutes of January 24, 2022 (draft)
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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 | Financial Management Services, Director 2022 Water and Wastewater Budget and Associated Rates (Approval of this report will set a Public Meeting for the Council Meeting of February 14, 2022 to discuss the 2022 Water and Wastewater Budget and Associated Rates)
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7. | Public Meetings |
| 7.1 | Economic Development and Tourism Services Application for Exemption to By-law 95-212 - Reptilia, being a By-law to Regulate the Keeping of Animals The following sub-items are included in the Addendum to Report EDTS-205-2021:
Addendum to Report EDTS-205-2021
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8. | Presentations |
9. | Discussion Reports |
| 9.1 | Engineering, Facilities and Environment Services, Transportation Services and Financial Management Services, Director Amending Agreement for Intermunicipal Agreement related to Vision Zero (Presentation by Niagara Region will precede discussion of this item)
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| 9.2 | Office of the Chief Administrative Officer COVID-19 Update - January 31, 2022
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10. | Motions |
| 10.1 | 282 and 285 Ontario Street - Request to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks to Appear Before Council Councillor Porter will move and Councillor Garcia will second the following motion: WHEREAS the contractor for 282 and 285 Ontario Street has indicated that $100,000 of PCB mitigation has been undertaken on the subject sites over a period of three days in December 2021; and
WHEREAS 15,000 litres of liquid and three tons of sediment of unknown PCB concentration were removed from the subject sites and sent to a federally-regulated PCB storage facility in Brampton; and
WHEREAS the contractor has indicated that split sampling is scheduled when weather permits, meaning that test samples are taken by both the contractor’s qualified engineers and the Ministry of Environment, Conservation, and Parks, and tested by both for comparison; and
WHEREAS it has been 13 months since the MECP became aware of the discharge of PCBs flowing from the 282 and 285 Ontario Street properties and other sites into Twelve Mile Creek which flows into Martindale Pond, Port Dalhousie Harbour and Lake Ontario; and
WHEREAS it has been approximately seven months since Council has received any updates from MECP about their progress in identifying the sources of the discharge and/or stopping it;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that staff seek a timeline from both the contractor and the MECP for split testing and that staff invite the MECP to present the PCB Clean Up Workplan and split results for the subject properties to Council as soon as possible; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Ministry staff and City staff provide an update to Council on the additional PCB hotspots, testing and cleanup efforts in the other known areas of concern along Twelve Mile Creek; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that staff be directed to request a copy of any manifests or reports from Canada’s Environment Ministry in regards to the contaminated materials that were taken offsite from 282 and 285 Ontario Street and sent to the Brampton facility; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this motion and a copy of the request be sent to Minister Piccini and Premier Ford.
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11. | Call for Notices of Motion |
12. | Report Requests |
13. | Committee and Task Force Minutes |
| 13.1 | Minutes to Receive: Anti-Racism Advisory Committee, meeting of January 18, 2022 (draft) Equity and Inclusion Advisory Committee, meeting of January 11, 2022 (draft) Recreation Master Plan Advisory Committee, meeting of November 2, 2021 (draft) St. Catharines Museum Advisory Committee, meeting of November 23, 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 |