The Corporation of the City of St. Catharines CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Regular, Monday, February 14, 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.
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, February 14, 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, February 14, 2022 before 9:00 a.m. and attend a test session with City staff on Monday, February 14, 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 31, 2022
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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 Gardens on City-owned Land Policy – Insurance Update
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7. | Public Meetings |
| 7.1 | Financial Management Services, Director 2022 Water Wastewater Budget and Associated Rates
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| 7.2 | Planning and Building Services, Planning Services Planning Act Public Meeting and Recommendation Report Re: Application to Amend Official Plan and Zoning By-law 2013-283 Subject Lands: 33 Rockwood Avenue (Report republished February 10, 2022 to include amended setback information)
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| 7.3 | Planning and Building Services, Planning Services Cannabis Operations Study – City Initiated Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment
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8. | Presentations |
9. | Discussion Reports |
| 9.1 | Financial Management Services and Port Dalhousie Staircases
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10. | Motions |
| 10.1 | Social Procurement Councillor Garcia will present the following motion:
WHEREAS St. Catharines City Council values an open, fair, transparent process in all procurement; and
WHEREAS we recognize that every purchase has an economic, environmental, social and cultural impact; and
WHEREAS social procurement is a means to intentionally leverage a social value from existing purchasing to build healthy and resilient local communities; and WHEREAS both the Provincial and Federal government have learned due to the COVID-19 pandemic and expressed it should be a priority to be prepared and improve access to opportunities for the Ontario and Canada workforce for employment in essential manufacturing of products, skills training and apprenticeship programs; and
WHEREAS St. Catharines has heavily promoted shop local and buy local to assist city businesses with the recovery from COVID-19; and
WHEREAS the Government of Canada is modernizing procurement practices to leverage the government's buying power to support socio-economic objectives and to generate positive societal impact by purchasing goods and services from targeted diverse suppliers and social enterprises; or incorporating social benefits requirements into procurement documents; and
WHEREAS other municipalities in Canada (e.g., Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Ottawa) have adopted policies to promote social benefits within their procurement policies; and
WHEREAS at its meeting of January 20, 2022, Niagara Regional Council unanimously passed a motion directing staff to prepare a report and recommendation on the benefits of adding a Social Component to their Procurement process; and
WHEREAS the Canada 2022 Summer Games has, via assistance from the Niagara Community Benefits Network (niagarabenefits.ca) and via a workshop offered by Buy Social Canada (buysocialcanada.com), begun to incorporate the priorities of social procurement in their preparation for the Canada 2022 Summer Games in Niagara Region; and
WHEREAS social procurement can be an opportunity to maximize the value of taxpayer dollars for the benefit of the community and alleviate some of the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic while supporting an equitable economic recovery; and
WHEREAS it is also an opportunity to support many of the objectives that the City has identified, including, but not limited to diversity, equity and inclusion, local economic development and employment, reconciliation, and community safety and well-being;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that, as part of the City's COVID-19 economic recovery efforts, our Procurement Department be directed to consult with experts such as Buy Social Canada and identify opportunities to include and encourage the City's use of social procurement projects and social enterprises in our procurement; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this consultation be conducted in close collaboration with the City's (and their Regional counterparts) Economic Development staff, and our Community Recreation and Culture Services staff plus appropriate City Advisory Committees and other community stakeholders, such as Niagara Community Benefits Network and the Niagara Poverty Reduction Network, and others as appropriate, with the intent of ensuring citizen-led economic efforts, local social procurement capacity building and job creation initiatives are included in the City's overall recovery strategy; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Financial Management Services and her staff work closely with their Regional counterparts to provide a report to Council no later than the end of the second quarter of 2022 with potential actions to be taken to adopt the principles of social procurement in the City’s procurement policies, and recommendations for Council’s consideration; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this motion be forwarded to Niagara Region, all other Niagara municipalities and local MPPs and MPs.
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11. | Call for Notices of Motion |
12. | Report Requests |
13. | Committee and Task Force Minutes |
| 13.1 | Minutes to Receive: Arts and Culture Advisory Committee, meeting of December 1, 2021 Fallen Firefighters Memorial Task, meeting of January 18, 2022 Heritage Advisory Committee, meeting of January 13, 2022(draft) Public Art Advisory Committee, meeting of January 11, 2022(draft) Recreation Facilities Allocation Policy Sub-Committee, meeting of November 24, 2021 (draft) Social Sustainability Committee, meeting of February 3, 2022 (draft) St. Catharines Museum Advisory Committee, meeting of February 1, 2022(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 |