That consent be granted, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the replacement of a door frame and transom window at the designated heritage property (By-law 91-197) municipally known as 205 Lakeshore Drive with the proposed alterations described in the Heritage Barrie Report dated December 9, 2020.

1. That staff in the Business Performance and Environmental Sustainability, and Recreation and Culture Services Departments and Access Barrie develop a program to encourage local businesses and event organizers to discontinue the provision of single-use plastics at their establishments or events with an approach suitable to their operation and that the City implement a voluntary ban of single-use plastics at all City Facilities and City Special Events.
2. That to encourage participation in the voluntary single-use plastics ban, City staff develop an associated Outreach Program that complements Federal, Provincial, and Municipal Circular Economy Initiatives.
   

1. That the General Manager of Infrastructure and Growth Management and the Chief Administrative Officer be authorized to negotiate a Construction, Maintenance and Operation Agreement wherein Watersand Construction Ltd. and Wormwood Developments Ltd. (collectively, the “Landowner”) and the City agree to the details of the Landowner’s commitments to construct, operate and maintain a temporary sanitary pumping station and forcemain (the “Project”), in a form approved by the Director of Legal Services and the Director of Infrastructure, and as detailed in Appendix ”A” to Staff Report IGM001-21.
2. That the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to execute a Construction, Maintenance and Operating Agreement for the Project with Watersand Construction Ltd. and Wormwood Developments Ltd.
3. That the principle of temporarily redistributing sewer capacity between wastewater sewersheds, in order to facilitate development in the northeast and southeast quadrants of Veteran’s Drive and McKay Road, be supported.
4.  That the General Manager of Infrastructure and Growth Management and the Chief Administrative Officer be authorized to negotiate a sewer capacity allocation agreement with H&H Capital and 2528286 Ontario Inc./2431805 Ontario Inc. (“Poponne”) for the Salem Secondary Plan Area Phase 1 lands they own, located in the northeast corner of Veteran’s Drive and McKay Road, generally in accordance with the principles set out in Staff Report IGM001-21, and in a form approved by the Director of Legal Services and the Director of Finance.
5. That the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to execute the Sewer Capacity Allocation Agreement.
6. That the forecasted budget of $15,361,783 for construction of project EN1257 in the 2021 Capital Plan for the McKay Road ROW Expansion - Reid Drive to west of Highway 400 (Developer), be approved.
7. That the forecasted budget of $7,193,602 for construction for project EN1258 in the 2021 Capital Plan for the Veterans Drive New Trunk Watermain - Salem to McKay (Developer), be approved.
8. That the General Manager of Infrastructure and Growth Management and the Chief Administrative Officer be authorized to negotiate a Development Charge Credit Agreement with Watersand Construction Ltd. for the approved infrastructure works related to road, storm and sanitary sewer works (associated with project EN1257) generally in accordance with the principles set out in Staff Report IGM001-21 and in a form approved by the Director of Legal Services and the Director of Infrastructure.
9. That the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to execute the Development Charge Credit Agreement for the EN1257 works.
   
10. That the General Manager of Infrastructure and Growth Management and the Chief Administrative Officer be authorized to negotiate a Development Charge Credit Agreement with Watersand Construction Ltd. for the approved watermain works within Veterans Drive (associated with project EN1258) generally in accordance with the principles set out in Staff Report IGM001-21 and in a form approved by the Director of Legal Services and the Director of Infrastructure.
    
11. That the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to execute the Development Charge Credit Agreement for the EN1258 works.
    
12. That the principles detailed in Appendix “B” of Staff Report IGM001-21 be supported to form the basis for annual monitoring and decision making around measures to mitigate the risks of temporarily reallocating sewer capacity between sewersheds. (IGM001-21) (File: D17-GRO) (P1/21)
    

1. That the General Manager of Infrastructure and Growth Management be authorized to negotiate Crossing Agreements for various City infrastructure projects within the City’s boundaries with Metrolinx or any other applicable rail owner or operator, in a form approved by the Director of Legal Services and the Director of Infrastructure.
2. That the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to execute Crossing Agreements. (LGL005-21) (L04-GEN)
   

• CONFIDENTIAL PERSONAL INFORMATION MATTER - APPOINTMENTS TO THE ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (LCS002-21) (File: C06)
• CONFIDENTIAL DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY MATTER - KING STREET (WARD 7) (LGL002-21) (File: L17-33) (P36/20)

WHEREAS the COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on main street businesses and the survival of the small business sector is essential to the Province’s recovery efforts; and

WHEREAS on December 26, 2020 at 12:01 a.m. Ontario entered into a Province-wide Shutdown which limited many main street businesses to curbside pick-up and delivery options only; and

WHEREAS ongoing restrictions under the Ontario COVID-19 response framework continue to challenge the revenue models of businesses; and

WHEREAS online and digital channels have emerged as an important method for main street businesses to interact with customers and generate revenues; and

WHEREAS the Digital Main Street program has been implemented by the City of Barrie through local Digital Service Squads which have supported over 215 main street businesses in the City of Barrie to adopt new online and digital tools and skills, and opportunities for qualifying businesses to access $2,500 Digital Transformation Grants to successfully implement these digital tools within their business; and

WHEREAS as of December 31, 2020 applications are no longer being accepted for the $2,500 Digital Transformation Grant and the specific funding for the Digital Service Squads administered by the City of Barrie ends in March 2021.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED as follows:

1. That the provincial and federal governments be requested to renew and expand their funding to the Digital Main Street program to help Barrie businesses survive the COVID-19 pandemic and to figure in the recovery of the Ontario economy in the future.
2. That the provincial and federal governments be requested to renew funding for the $2,500 Digital Transformation Grant and Digital Service Squad grant programs within the Digital Main Street portfolio.
3. That the provincial and federal governments be requested to expand the Digital Transformation Grant program to be available to all main street businesses that are located outside of a designated Business Improvement Area (BIA).
4. That the provincial and federal governments be requested to commit to a minimum two (2) year funding extension to the Digital Main Street program.
5. That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, P.C., Prime Minister of Canada, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, the Honourable Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, the Honourable Victor Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, the Honourable Prabmeet Sarkaria, Associate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction, the Honourable Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Barrie’s MPs, Barrie’s MPPs, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), Ontario Big City Mayor’s Caucus (OBCM), Mayors and Regional Chairs of Ontario (MARCO), GTHA Mayors and Chairs, Ontario Business Improvement Area Association (OBIAA), Tourism Industry Association of Ontario (TIAO), Ontario Restaurant, Hotel and Motel Association (ORHMA), Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC), Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce, Tourism Barrie, Barrie Downtown Business Improvement Association. (Item for Discussion 8.1, February 22, 2021)
   Sponsor: Mayor, J. Lehman
   

1. That staff in Access Barrie investigate the feasibility of procuring a landmark sign (‘heart icon’ Barrie) to bring the City of Barrie together and encourage residents and tourist to capture memories and share on social media, with the proposed sign being bold and having Lake Simcoe in the backdrop, with the sign being a size of 6-10 feet high, and the sign incorporate basic colours and effects so that the lights could be changed in recognition of special occasions and report back to General Committee.
2. That upon completion of a competitive bid process and once a preferred vendor is selected, a Working Group be established, including Mayor Lehman, Councillor McCann and Councillor Thomson, the vendor, and staff from Access Barrie to select the final design of the signage and location and installation timelines with a goal of October 2021, and report back to General Committee via memorandum.
3. That the cost of the sign not exceed $200,000, with $50,000 to be fundraised by Councillor McCann and the remaining $150,000 to be funded from the Reinvestment Reserve and the Municipal Accommodation Tax. (Item for Discussion 8.3, February 22, 2021)

Sponsor: Councillor, M. McCann

1. That the utilization by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit of City of Barrie Community Centres as COVID-19 immunization centres and support services, be supported.
2. That the General Manager of Community and Corporate Services be authorized to negotiate the arrangements as well as other terms associated with its use of City Community Centres, subject to the satisfaction of the Chief Administrative Officer and the Director of Legal Services.
3. That the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to execute any documents that may be required. (Item for Discussion 8.7, February 22, 2021)

Sponsors: Mayor, J. Lehman and Deputy Mayor Ward

The purpose of the Public Meeting is to review proposed amendments to the Community Improvement Plan (CIP) to improve the overall administration of the program, and thereby further contributing to its continued success.
The proposed amendments to the Community Improvement Plan include:    

1. Section 6.3 - Reducing the number of application in-take periods from three to two cycles per year. • The amendment proposes one application in-take period in the winter/spring and one in the summer/fall (i.e. February to May and July to October).     
2.  Section 12.1.8(c) - Adjusting the timing of payment for redevelopment grants for development charges. • Currently, redevelopment grants for development charges are paid to applicants following the redevelopment and MPAC reassessment of a property. The amendment proposes that redevelopment grants be paid to applicants at the time of a building permit application.
   Presentation by Andrew Gameiro, Planner, Development Services Department.

1. That the Temporary Use Zoning By-law Extension application, submitted by MHBC Planning on behalf of 1911940 Ontario Inc. for lands municipally known as 164 Innisfil Street, to permit a retail store on the subject lands be approved for one (1) year and six (6) months until June 3, 2022.
2. That the written and oral submissions received as part of the technical review, relating to this application have been, on balance, taken into consideration as part of the deliberations and final decision related to approval of the application for the Temporary Use By-law, including parking and traffic concerns.
3. That in accordance with Section 34(17) of the Planning Act, no further public notification is required. (DEV005-21) (File: D14-1657)