Owen Sound Council Meeting - Regular Meeting Transcript — April 27, 2026

00:00:31 SPEAKER_135: So I'll call the meeting to order.

00:00:33 SPEAKER_135: I'll ask if there's any additional business.

00:00:37 SPEAKER_135: Councilor Merton, through you, Mayor.

00:00:40 SPEAKER_135: I just like to get an update from our city clerks regarding Bill 97 and the Freedom of Information amendments that have just passed.

00:00:50 SPEAKER_135: Councilor Farmer, did you have your hand up? No. Okay. Anyone else that way?

00:00:54 SPEAKER_135: No. I just mentioned the Culture Arts Volunteer Awards earlier in the week.

00:01:07 SPEAKER_135: Declarations of interest, Councillor Hamlin. Thank you, Your Worship.

00:01:12 Brock Hamley: I'm declaring a direct pecuniary interest in item twenty-one J and twenty-one K, which are bylaws and agreements with the Government of Ontario for the gas tax and the court security costs.

00:01:24 Brock Hamley: And the nature of my interest is that I work for the government. of Ontario. Good, thank you.

00:01:34 SPEAKER_135: Didn't see any other hands going up.

00:01:36 SPEAKER_135: Didn't see Councilor Dodd's hand going up.

00:01:38 SPEAKER_135: Confirmation of council meeting minutes.

00:01:40 SPEAKER_135: I think Councilor Hamley has the minutes tonight. Yeah, go ahead.

00:01:44 Brock Hamley: Moved by myself, seconded by Councilor Kepke, that the minutes of the following meetings be adopted as printed.

00:01:49 Brock Hamley: Closed session of the regular council meeting held on March twenty third, twenty twenty six, and regular council meeting held on April. thirteenth, two thousand and twenty-six. All in favor? That's carried.

00:02:00 SPEAKER_135: Councilor Dodds' hand is up, so that carries.

00:02:03 SPEAKER_135: Number five is motion to move council into committee of the whole.

00:02:08 Brock Hamley: Move by myself, seconded by Councilor Kepke, that City Council now move into committee of the whole to consider public meetings, deputations and presentations, public forum, matters arising from correspondence, reports of city staff, consent agenda,

00:02:21 Brock Hamley: committee minutes, matters postponed, motions for which. notice was previously given, and additional business. Great, thank you.

00:02:27 SPEAKER_135: In all favor, all hands went up. That is unanimous. It's carried.

00:02:33 SPEAKER_135: So we are now in committee of the whole.

00:02:35 SPEAKER_135: At number six, we have no public meetings.

00:02:40 SPEAKER_135: At number seven, we have as a deputation or presentation from the acting city manager presenting the city manager's update. Thank you.

00:02:53 SPEAKER_135: I am just getting my clicker here, so I'm thankful to be presenting the city manager's update on behalf of the city manager,

00:03:00 SPEAKER_137: and I will also acknowledge that Christina McLean gave a lot of assistance in putting this together.

00:03:06 SPEAKER_137: Some highlights: the Gray Bruce Home and Lifestyle Show is happening this upcoming Saturday, May 2nd, and Sunday, May 3rd, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bayshore.

00:03:17 SPEAKER_137: Admission is $5 cash at the door, and kids under 12 are free.

00:03:21 SPEAKER_137: The Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony is scheduled for Friday, May 8th, at the Bayshore.

00:03:26 SPEAKER_137: There are limited tickets available until April 30th, or until they are sold out.

00:03:31 SPEAKER_137: The Arts and Culture and Volunteer Awards took place last weekend.

00:03:34 SPEAKER_137: Congratulations to all award recipients.

00:03:37 SPEAKER_137: The Owen Sound Leaf and Yard Waste is now open for the season from 8:30 till 8 p.m. at night.

00:03:42 SPEAKER_137: And the first Household Hazardous Waste event just took place, and the next one is scheduled for Saturday, May 23rd.

00:03:49 SPEAKER_137: Phase one of the public engagement for the park naming at Eight Hundred and Twenty Three Fifth Ave East, previously known as Harrison Park, is underway.

00:03:57 SPEAKER_137: You can visit ourcity.owensound for more information and to submit a suggestion.

00:04:03 SPEAKER_137: Residents and visitors gathered at Harrison Park on Earth Day for the marker tree dedication ceremony, where an interpretive plaque was unveiled at the site.

00:04:12 SPEAKER_137: Building staff have witnessed key milestones at several in-progress developments, including fire stopping for the building. at first building one at SkyDev and pile installation at the Harbor West site.

00:04:24 SPEAKER_137: The Junior Firefighters Program begins in May and is full with a wait list.

00:04:28 SPEAKER_137: This program is offered free of charge thanks to sponsor Troy Fire and Safety.

00:04:32 SPEAKER_137: Fire crews will be going door to door from May to September to check for smoke and carbon monoxide detector compliance and to assist and educate homeowners on new alarm requirements.

00:04:43 SPEAKER_137: On the screen in front of you now is a photo of. staff and volunteers installing the new turf flooring at the Bayshore.

00:04:51 SPEAKER_137: This is all made possible in collaboration with Owen Sound Minor Lacrosse, Owen Sound Junior B Lacrosse, Owen Sound, and the Owen Sound Tourism and Development Fund, and with support from the following sponsors:

00:05:03 SPEAKER_137: Milk Producers of Grey Bruce, McMillan Electric, Driver Seat, Hellrite, Bear Wheel and Brake, and On Point Insulation.

00:05:11 SPEAKER_137: I'm sure you'll hear this in many different ways, but. just another reminder that the municipal election is coming up, and some of the key dates include Friday this week when nominations open.

00:05:22 SPEAKER_137: You can look for more information at onsoundvotes.ca, and if you want to check if you're on the voters list, register to vote on.ca.

00:05:31 SPEAKER_137: But you can find everything you need on the city's website.

00:05:35 SPEAKER_137: And just drawing some attention to the fact that the two thousand and twenty-six census will be delivered to houses in May, and encouraging everyone to participate.

00:05:45 SPEAKER_137: With respect to upcoming committees and their agendas, we've got a May art gallery update at the art gallery advisory committee on May sixth.

00:05:55 SPEAKER_137: Corporate services meets on May seventh.

00:05:57 SPEAKER_137: We've got the tax billing and collection policy and our team one financial update.

00:06:02 SPEAKER_137: Community services committee meets later in the month on May twentieth.

00:06:05 SPEAKER_137: They'll be discussing the Kelso Beach at Nayswash Park splash pad and playground, vacant building conversion expansion grant related. to 345 Eighth Street East, alcohol at public events,

00:06:16 SPEAKER_137: and the rules of use for the Bayshore Community Center walking track.

00:06:22 SPEAKER_137: And finally, Operations Committee meets on Thursday, May 21st.

00:06:25 SPEAKER_137: They'll be giving an update on the walking beam flocculator, introducing the salt and sand dome replacement requirements, flow monitoring update, Sixteenth Avenue East construction update, a provincial policy change to the Clean Water Act, and the 27th.

00:06:44 SPEAKER_137: Water Act and the Twenty Seventh Street Storm Emergency Repair Update.

00:06:50 SPEAKER_137: And in case you missed it, there's a list of our media advisories, all of which are available on the city's website.

00:06:51 SPEAKER_137: And just a reminder that you can stay connected with our website and to participate with our cityowen sound.ca. That's it. Good. Thank you. Any questions? Seeing none. Thank you.

00:07:00 SPEAKER_135: At number eight in our agenda.

00:07:07 SPEAKER_135: Number eight on our agenda is public forum, and I think there's somebody here to present to us. Welcome.

00:07:16 SPEAKER_135: I will go to Ms. Bloomfield first.

00:07:20 SPEAKER_135: Through your worship, no comments for public forum have been submitted electronically.

00:07:24 SPEAKER_135: If anyone present wishes to speak, please begin by stating your name and the municipality in which you reside.

00:07:30 SPEAKER_138: Each speaker is limited to a maximum of three minutes.

00:07:33 SPEAKER_138: The total time allotted for public forum is fifteen minutes.

00:07:36 SPEAKER_138: There may the mayor may curtail comments that are repetitive or end any presentation for disorderly conduct.

00:07:39 SPEAKER_138: The mayor will respond to comments where appropriate.

00:07:44 SPEAKER_138: Council members will not enter into discussion or debate. Hello, councilors.

00:07:54 SPEAKER_138: My name is James Blake.

00:07:56 SPEAKER_138: I live in Owen Sound.

00:07:58 SPEAKER_138: I'm here today to talk to you about my proposal for the renaming of Bryerson Park.

00:08:03 SPEAKER_139: I believe that this should be treated as an opportunity. to recognize someone who truly reflects the history and spirit of our community.

00:08:11 SPEAKER_139: Now I understand that two names have been rejected on the basis of lack of locational relevance: one named after a former principal of Ryerson School, and another after a previous mayor of Owen Sound.

00:08:22 SPEAKER_139: It seems to me that both of those suggestions have more locational relevance than Friendshipland.

00:08:28 SPEAKER_139: But that aside, I'm here to elaborate on my proposal, one that I believe the people of Owen Sound.

00:08:34 SPEAKER_139: Believe the people of Onsound can rally behind.

00:08:37 SPEAKER_139: I propose the park be named after one of Onsound's greatest sons, Billy Bishop.

00:08:43 SPEAKER_139: Billy Bishop was born here in Onsound in February of eighteen ninety four.

00:08:47 SPEAKER_139: He grew up here, went to school here, and built his character here.

00:08:51 SPEAKER_139: From those beginnings, he went on to become one of the most celebrated Canadians in all of our history.

00:08:57 SPEAKER_139: During the First World War, Billy Bishop distinguished himself as a pilot of extraordinary skill. and is credited with 72 aerial victories.

00:09:06 SPEAKER_139: He became the top flying ace not just in Canada, but in the entire British Empire.

00:09:12 SPEAKER_139: He is a figure of national pride, a hero of remarkable achievement, and someone that young Canadians can look up to with admiration.

00:09:20 SPEAKER_139: Billy Bishop embodied a spirit of adventure, daring, and fearless exploration—the very qualities we see in children at play.

00:09:28 SPEAKER_139: A park is a place of imagination. discovery, and testing one's limits, and in that sense, his legacy would not only be remembered but lived out in the everyday experiences of the families who gather there.

00:09:42 SPEAKER_139: Naming this park after Billy Bishop would do more than honor one man; it would remind the residents of Onsound that greatness can come from right here, from our hometown.

00:09:52 SPEAKER_139: It would also send a broader message that our parks, our landmarks, and our institutions are an inheritance; they're the result of sacrifice.

00:10:00 SPEAKER_139: They're the results of sacrifices, efforts, and achievements of those who came before us.

00:10:03 SPEAKER_139: The men and women who built our communities, shaped our institutions, and in many cases risked their lives to achieve it, deserve to be remembered.

00:10:11 SPEAKER_139: We shouldn't shy away from our past.

00:10:13 SPEAKER_139: We should preserve it and respect it, and we should pass that sense of respect and continuity on to future generations.

00:10:20 SPEAKER_139: Renaming the park after Billy Bishop would be a step in that direction.

00:10:24 SPEAKER_139: It would root the park in a story of courage, achievement, and local pride.

00:10:28 SPEAKER_139: At local pride, one that belongs exclusively to unsound.

00:10:32 SPEAKER_139: Thank you for your time, counselors. Thank you. Other speakers. Thank you.

00:10:48 SPEAKER_135: I'll get you to come back up just before you go.

00:10:51 SPEAKER_135: I'll get you to come back up. You from an organization?

00:10:53 SPEAKER_135: You've come in with a group.

00:10:55 SPEAKER_135: I'll get you to explain yourself. Although.

00:10:56 SPEAKER_135: I'm breaking my own three-minute rule, but if you if you can, this is members of the Dominion Society.

00:11:04 SPEAKER_135: They're an advocacy group for Canadian Canadians, I suppose.

00:11:10 SPEAKER_135: Yeah, they came to support me in the renaming.

00:11:14 SPEAKER_135: I just stole the microphone from you again, but they came to support me in the proposal that I had for the renaming of Ryerson Park. Good.

00:11:23 SPEAKER_135: Thank you very much for coming in.

00:11:25 SPEAKER_135: So my name is Ken Jones.

00:11:33 SPEAKER_135: I am one of the founders of the Dominion Society.

00:11:36 SPEAKER_140: We are a heritage preservation and Canadian identity advocacy group.

00:11:41 SPEAKER_140: Obviously, we see a lot of the renaming of our city parks and memorials across all municipalities of Canada.

00:11:50 SPEAKER_140: We are here to put this municipality and. all municipalities across the country on notice that we will not stand for the renaming of our heritage monuments and memorial sites.

00:12:04 SPEAKER_140: We would like to do so respectfully.

00:12:06 SPEAKER_140: So, thank you again for your time today, and we hope that you guys are influenced to make the right decision. Thank you. Good. Again, thank you.

00:12:15 SPEAKER_140: Thank you all for coming in. Go ahead.

00:12:25 SPEAKER_140: Good evening, Your Worship, Council, City staff members.

00:12:28 SPEAKER_140: My name is Kyle Woodfield. I'm from Georgian Bluffs.

00:12:31 SPEAKER_141: I'm here just to make a request, sort of bring some information to light.

00:12:37 SPEAKER_141: I came here in two thousand and nineteen, got my first boat when I was twenty, and loved to fish here in Owen Sound.

00:12:45 SPEAKER_141: And I've been an advocate user of your boat launch, which I understand is now. tenders tenders out to Tim, who runs a great show there.

00:12:54 SPEAKER_141: There are a couple of issues that I'd like to bring to to highlight that I'm hoping that we can work together with.

00:13:04 SPEAKER_141: One of them is the timing of the East Dock going, or sorry, the West Side Dock going in.

00:13:12 SPEAKER_141: We you guys typically do it by May first.

00:13:15 SPEAKER_141: There is a Georgian Triangle fishing tournament that start started last week. and the docks weren't in when it started.

00:13:22 SPEAKER_141: Bringing that to highlight highlights that the other dock on the other side is fairly high. It doesn't adjust anymore.

00:13:30 SPEAKER_141: We know the lake levels, you know, they change a lot, but it makes it very dangerous for someone who maybe has mobility issues trying to get in another boat on that side.

00:13:40 SPEAKER_141: Whereas the west side does make things a little easier with with the movement and the launch, which then brings me to the second. point with the launch over there is access to the bathrooms.

00:13:48 SPEAKER_141: A lot of fishermen get up four or five in the morning to go out there, and we get there and the bathrooms are locked.

00:13:59 SPEAKER_141: I understand that there are issues with, you know, people destroying the bathrooms, getting in there.

00:14:06 SPEAKER_141: I understand that what I'd like to propose, and I proposed it last last year, is possibly a fob system.

00:14:13 SPEAKER_141: If we pay five dollars more for our launch. pass to put an electronic fob system in for us boaters to be able to have access to that bathroom,

00:14:22 SPEAKER_141: it's pretty tough when you come in if you've got to go.

00:14:26 SPEAKER_141: You're leaving your boat at the dock, getting in the truck, and trying to find somewhere to go.

00:14:30 SPEAKER_141: I think that's that's about it.

00:14:35 SPEAKER_141: It's a tough pill to swallow and follow after those guys.

00:14:37 SPEAKER_141: There there seems a lot more important than than me and fishing, but I think I speak on behalf of a lot of fishermen here.

00:14:44 SPEAKER_141: We we have a great.

00:14:46 SPEAKER_141: You guys do have a great docking system.

00:14:47 SPEAKER_141: Yeah, there's some upgrades that need to be done, but if we can get them out earlier, and if we can solve that bathroom issue, I understand you guys had to port a potty there before,

00:14:55 SPEAKER_141: but and it got vandalized.

00:14:57 SPEAKER_141: But any help would be truly appreciated.

00:15:00 SPEAKER_141: I appreciate you taking the time listening to me tonight. Thank you.

00:15:04 SPEAKER_135: Thanks for the feedback and the information.

00:15:07 SPEAKER_135: I know it's been written down by probably several people, so it's something we can look at and try and try and work on. Thank you very much.

00:15:12 SPEAKER_135: And anyone else want to speak at the public farm network?

00:15:19 SPEAKER_135: So next on our agenda is number nine correspondence.

00:15:27 SPEAKER_135: We have no correspondence items being presented for consideration.

00:15:32 SPEAKER_135: At ten a report from city staff, sort of, but verbal update from Gray County Council from Deputy Mayor Greig.

00:15:43 SPEAKER_142: Thank you, and through you, Mayor Boddy, Council at its recent meeting last week endorsed a letter from the Western Ontario Warden's,

00:15:52 SPEAKER_142: which communicated concerns with Bill One Hundred and respectfully requests any future changes involving upper tier municipalities maintain locally elected leadership, recognize the distinct rules and structures of counties, regions, and cities,

00:16:06 SPEAKER_142: reflect rural and regional realities, and be developed in partnership with. municipalities through meaningful consultation, council endorsed a joint municipal committee recommendation to purchase social point engagement software this year.

00:16:20 SPEAKER_142: This software is intended to enhance community engagement and input, not replace open houses or similar public engagement initiatives, but to complement current practices.

00:16:30 SPEAKER_142: Lower tier municipalities will have the opportunity to purchase and subscribe in the future, framing a more regional approach.

00:16:36 SPEAKER_142: Council learned that the county realized at 1.8 million.

00:16:39 SPEAKER_142: Realized a 1.8 million dollar surplus in 2025, driven by surpluses in capital work.

00:16:43 SPEAKER_142: A slight operating deficit occurred, resultant of the additional winter operating costs.

00:16:48 SPEAKER_142: Staff presented a report outlining comments regarding Bill 98, Building Homes, and Improving Transportation Infrastructure Act.

00:16:57 SPEAKER_142: And I should just note that, and it was circulated to council.

00:17:02 SPEAKER_142: The correspondence item, which was a release from the Communications Department. signaling that the construction of Rockwood Terrace in Durham has passed the 50% completion mark.

00:17:15 SPEAKER_142: So it's the largest capital project in the county's history, and we're diligently working away on it.

00:17:22 SPEAKER_142: And now I guess we're on the the second half.

00:17:26 SPEAKER_142: So hopefully everything is going smooth.

00:17:30 SPEAKER_142: So I welcome any questions.

00:17:31 SPEAKER_142: And actually, I should just note that information.

00:17:34 SPEAKER_142: No, that information would be on the county website for anybody that might be interested in that video, or learning more about that project.

00:17:41 SPEAKER_142: But I welcome any questions and ask for council's endorsement of the verbal report. Any questions? Seeing none.

00:17:49 SPEAKER_142: Call the question on favor. That's carried. Vote from everybody.

00:17:55 SPEAKER_142: I do note that the city.

00:17:57 SPEAKER_142: You did have a question. Okay. Hold on.

00:18:02 SPEAKER_135: We're not there yet. the communications program that the county is looking at.

00:18:14 SPEAKER_135: The city has something similar that we've had in place here for communicating with and receiving communications from.

00:18:21 SPEAKER_135: I just want to add to that.

00:18:23 SPEAKER_135: Okay, next is consent agenda.

00:18:25 SPEAKER_135: I'm going to get Ms. Bloomfield to read it.

00:18:30 SPEAKER_138: Through your worship on the consent agenda this evening is a. report on Bill 98, Building Homes and Improving Transportation Infrastructure Act, and a report on the patio permit bylaw.

00:18:39 SPEAKER_138: Business licenses were issued to Glow Up Beauty at 968 Second Ave West, Good Neighbor Resale at 956 Second Ave East, and Rowan's Roost at 791 First Avenue East.

00:18:51 SPEAKER_138: Approval was issued for the Ontario Medical Association for Doctors Day City Hall Illumination request.

00:18:56 SPEAKER_138: The last item on the consent agenda is the information package of full listing is available at 11E. Thank you.

00:18:58 SPEAKER_138: Now, is there anything that anyone wants to poll and vote on separately, Council Farmer?

00:19:08 SPEAKER_138: Through the mayor, I would have questions to 11A, 11B, and would like to speak to item three in the correspondence package.

00:19:17 SPEAKER_135: So, polling and voting separately, 11A, 11B, and 11E.

00:19:23 SPEAKER_135: So, I think you've got the motions.

00:19:27 SPEAKER_135: So, if you want to move. eleven C and eleven D, I guess.

00:19:35 SPEAKER_135: A and B are out, and there's something in correspondence.

00:19:40 SPEAKER_135: So, Paul E for now.

00:19:48 Brock Hamley: Move by myself that, in consideration of items listed on the April twenty-seven, twenty twenty-six consent agenda, City Council.

00:19:59 Brock Hamley: Receives items C and D. And all in favor? That is carried. Councilor Dodds in favor? Okay. So 11A.

00:20:09 Brock Hamley: Somebody want to put it on the floor?

00:20:17 SPEAKER_142: I'll move receipt of 11A, which was the report regarding Bill 98 from staff.

00:20:23 SPEAKER_142: Councilor Farmer, you want to speak to it?

00:20:25 SPEAKER_142: If I may, through the mayor, if I can turn to staff, with the the changes described for site plan approvals and new limitations for only what is there for health and safety reasons, essentially,

00:20:43 SPEAKER_143: does that leave us with any opportunity to advocate for best practices, or does this functionally mean that developers can do anything?

00:20:55 SPEAKER_143: on any piece of land, assuming that it is in line with the official plan and the building code, and isn't poisoning someone.

00:21:09 SPEAKER_103: Not sure through the mayor.

00:21:11 SPEAKER_103: The report does, in the chart, outline some of staff's concerns with the proposed changes, as we understand them,

00:21:20 SPEAKER_103: to the site plan approval process. site plan control is that sort of last step before a building permit, and it does really have a pretty significant impact on the quality of the built environment,

00:21:35 SPEAKER_103: the sustainability of of many of the elements.

00:21:38 SPEAKER_103: Making sure that the driveways are in the right place, that traffic servicing, pedestrians are thought about in a development, deferring and putting all of those things off, etc. Things off, accessibility servicing,

00:21:54 SPEAKER_103: until you get to a building permit.

00:21:56 SPEAKER_103: I think will, in fact, result in you know as staff share here, cause delays.

00:22:06 SPEAKER_103: So I think the staff report does a great job of outlining what some of those concerns are.

00:22:11 SPEAKER_103: The ERO posting is open, and we're hopeful that the the province will consider these changes and and come back out with a revised. proposal.

00:22:20 SPEAKER_143: A follow-up question through the mayor: We, this is another legislative change in November.

00:22:28 SPEAKER_143: We received a report from staff highlighting the high cost in staff time and confusion to the rapidly changing legislative environment, impacting planning and development since two thousand and twenty-two.

00:22:44 SPEAKER_143: Just going back to the reports listed, in, in reference on. this reporting question, and at that time we sent a letter to our own MPP voicing concerns.

00:22:55 SPEAKER_143: Did we ever get a response from the MPP to that correspondence? Yeah, I'll end there. That's a question. And thank you.

00:23:06 SPEAKER_103: You did ask this today, and I did check with my colleague, the city clerk, and we're not aware that the city received a response through the mayor.

00:23:18 SPEAKER_143: I would look to my more experienced colleagues with whether a response to that kind of correspondence is typical,

00:23:24 SPEAKER_143: or if it's worth sending a follow up letter to reiterate that the changes being proposed consistently are costing a lot of time, causing a lot of confusion,

00:23:37 SPEAKER_143: potentially slowing down the certainty in the development and building environment, and that we, yeah, that. we could use some support in a more predictable environment,

00:23:51 SPEAKER_143: but I don't know whether MPPs give responses back to letters like that.

00:23:59 SPEAKER_135: Sometimes, not all the time.

00:24:00 SPEAKER_135: I do note that the county has written on the same thing was presented to us the other day by that was Scott, wasn't it, Taylor? Yes.

00:24:09 SPEAKER_135: So the county has sent a very long, detailed report through the planning department to them.

00:24:15 SPEAKER_135: I'm not sure that we're going to move the ball any further, and it's if they didn't respond the first time, it's hard to ask our staff to chase after that again.

00:24:24 SPEAKER_135: But through the mayor, I respect that feedback and appreciate it, and that's the end of my questions.

00:24:35 SPEAKER_135: Okay, so I'll call the question on 11. Oh, name went out.

00:24:38 SPEAKER_135: Sorry, I thought I saw a hand going up out of the periphery.

00:24:42 SPEAKER_135: Okay, I'll call the question on.

00:24:44 SPEAKER_135: Okay, I'll call the question all in favor. That is carried.

00:24:46 SPEAKER_135: Eleven B is senior planning patio permit bylaw.

00:24:52 SPEAKER_135: Someone want to put it on the table?

00:24:54 SPEAKER_135: It's usually the, Councillor Kapke.

00:24:57 SPEAKER_135: I move approval of item eleven B. Thank you, Councillor Farmer.

00:25:04 SPEAKER_143: Through the mayor to staff, with the requirements for, we spoke years ago about protective barricades. at the end of a patio.

00:25:14 SPEAKER_143: It was unclear to me, reading through the report, with the new recommendations and highlighting that the city's insurance provider also recommends that we comply with those provincial best practices.

00:25:27 SPEAKER_143: It was unclear to me, though, whether each patio would require a barricade, regardless of whether or not there are multiple patios back to back.

00:25:36 SPEAKER_143: I do understand from the report that it's only in the direction of the flow of. traffic,

00:25:41 SPEAKER_143: but I'm wondering if there's a way to reduce the additional cost burden for folks putting up patios and activating downtown.

00:25:51 SPEAKER_143: If multiple adjacent patios can share the cost of a single barrier closest to the next active parking space.

00:26:03 SPEAKER_143: Through your worship, to Councilor Farmer, yes, exactly.

00:26:05 SPEAKER_145: Like that, that would be the ideal scenario if multiple. shopkeepers had patios back to back, then it would just be a continuous row of barricades.

00:26:16 SPEAKER_145: When you have them split up and separated by, you know, fair few parking spaces in between,

00:26:22 SPEAKER_145: that's when it's going to be really inefficient because you need to taper it on both ends. is really important on the direction of traffic,

00:26:31 SPEAKER_145: but we really should have it on the other side too in case somebody veers into the opposite lane.

00:26:38 SPEAKER_143: Through the mayor, two questions and follow up to that: Are we making allowances for patios that might be adjacent to mid-block crossings that already narrow the the traffic flow?

00:26:48 SPEAKER_143: And do we have a mechanism to connect applicants so that they can share the the cost benefit of a continuous barrier?

00:27:02 SPEAKER_145: Through your worship, we to be honest, I don't think we've. thought that far through.

00:27:07 SPEAKER_145: If that situation arose, we would obviously be able to discuss that with whatever applicant came to us.

00:27:16 SPEAKER_145: I can't remember off the top of my head which businesses are right beside the crossings, but yeah, absolutely.

00:27:22 SPEAKER_145: If they're affected by the crosswalk and if we know there are side by side vendors that are interested, we would make sure that they're aware of that ability to economize.

00:27:32 SPEAKER_145: Okay, so I'll call the question.

00:27:37 SPEAKER_145: On favor, that is carried.

00:27:40 SPEAKER_145: If we go down to the, how are we going to do that?

00:27:43 SPEAKER_135: We're going to do that a little bit backwards, I guess.

00:27:47 SPEAKER_135: We'll go to the correspondence.

00:27:48 SPEAKER_135: If you can pull the one you want to talk about, and then we'll move. Yeah, go ahead. Thank you, City Manager.

00:27:57 SPEAKER_143: I was hoping to pull number three regarding the age-friendly community action plan progress report.

00:28:04 SPEAKER_143: Do you want me to speak to that now, and then we'll do the whole thing? Okay.

00:28:10 SPEAKER_143: Through the mayor, I was just hoping to get some more information from staff.

00:28:13 SPEAKER_143: To what extent Owen Sound's own plans or programming or planning is impacted by the Age-Friendly Community Plan,

00:28:23 SPEAKER_143: and if there's anything that we should know about the relevance to that update a few years in from the county perspective, as a participating municipality.

00:28:34 SPEAKER_103: Is Coulter anything you can answer there? Thank you, Worship.

00:28:39 SPEAKER_103: I haven't read this particular item of correspondence.

00:28:42 SPEAKER_103: However, I did hear a presentation the other day.

00:28:45 SPEAKER_103: I think it was at Community Safety on Age Friendly.

00:28:49 SPEAKER_103: Many of the things that make a community accessible are also the same things that make it age friendly.

00:28:57 SPEAKER_103: So, no particular comments on.

00:29:00 SPEAKER_103: Other comments on on this item.

00:29:01 SPEAKER_103: We could, if council's interested, have a presentation through community services on the work happening around age friendly.

00:29:12 SPEAKER_143: Through the mayor, personally, I think that would be a benefit.

00:29:14 SPEAKER_143: I think it's an important frame that makes our communities more livable and explains why staff recommend various projects and various priorities.

00:29:23 SPEAKER_143: And that having a better grounding in that would be helpful for us and the public.

00:29:28 SPEAKER_143: If I don't know if that requires a motion or just a general invitation, Pam, do you require a motion or is that something you can just go ahead and do?

00:29:42 SPEAKER_103: A motion is always helpful for tracking, Your Worship. Go ahead.

00:29:47 SPEAKER_143: Through the mayor, I would move that the Community Services Committee invite a representative from Gray County to present to the committee on the. status of the Age from the Community Plan,

00:30:01 SPEAKER_143: Age from the Community Action Plan, and relevant information for Owen Sound. Any other discussion? Go ahead, Councilor Merton. Through you, Mayor. Just a clarification.

00:30:16 SPEAKER_143: That information would be important, I think, for all of us to hear.

00:30:20 SPEAKER_143: And I'm wondering whether it would be more appropriate. to have it presented to council so that, as a whole, we can ask questions or clarification. I'm just not sure.

00:30:33 SPEAKER_143: I see advantages to both, but I'm, I'm for those of us who aren't on community services who may wish to listen or participate.

00:30:45 SPEAKER_143: I'm just wondering if it's something as a council we should hear together. Through the mayor, I'm.

00:30:54 SPEAKER_143: I'm open to the feedback of my colleagues, if that's something that would be of interest for council as a whole.

00:31:01 SPEAKER_143: Happy to amend the motion.

00:31:03 SPEAKER_143: I think there are benefits to having community members see that report as well, but also the regular viewers of our local council meetings.

00:31:12 SPEAKER_143: So I'd be looking for feedback from staff or not staff from my colleagues.

00:31:16 SPEAKER_143: This way, if you have a preference.

00:31:20 SPEAKER_135: Given that we're a lot more free to discuss at committees and ask questions than we are here, we've got, you know, this is where we conduct the business.

00:31:29 SPEAKER_135: The committee meetings is where we discuss issues.

00:31:32 SPEAKER_135: I think would be better to go there.

00:31:34 SPEAKER_135: We can watch the video after, Councillor Koepke. That was my suggestion.

00:31:38 SPEAKER_135: The the committee meetings are live streamed, and any member of council can come and and view any presentations that come to a committee meeting. So, so Councillor Farmer.

00:31:48 SPEAKER_135: So, Councilor Farmer's motion is to have the Gray County's Age-Friendly Action Plan presented by the county to Community Services Committee. Any discussion?

00:32:03 SPEAKER_135: Seeing none, call the question. On favor, that's carried.

00:32:09 SPEAKER_135: So, Councilor Hamley, if I can get you to go back and move the rest of, I guess probably receiving all of.

00:32:19 SPEAKER_135: The correspondence received is presented for information.

00:32:26 Brock Hamley: Moved by myself, that City Council receive item eleven E. All in favor.

00:32:36 SPEAKER_135: That's carried through to number twelve.

00:32:40 SPEAKER_135: Twelve A is minutes of the Corporate Services Committee meeting held on April ninth, two thousand and twenty-six. Councilor. Councillor Kukrasi.

00:32:48 SPEAKER_135: Thank you, through you, Your Worship.

00:32:54 SPEAKER_135: I would like to present the minutes of the Corporate Services Committee held on April nine, two thousand and twenty-six.

00:33:03 SPEAKER_135: There were a couple of reports that was discussed.

00:33:06 SPEAKER_146: The first from the Clerks Department, at eight a one, report CR twenty-six zero two zero from the Deputy Clerk, respecting the Animal Control.

00:33:15 SPEAKER_146: Inspecting the Animal Control 2025 year in a review, a quick review was an overall review was presented by the clerk.

00:33:24 SPEAKER_146: The report provided stats and information related to the provision of animal control services in 2025,

00:33:31 SPEAKER_146: making the first full year of the new animal control contract as well as the city's first full year operating with the new software DocuPet.

00:33:41 SPEAKER_146: Based on the stats, a total of 249 cats were adopted. And cats were adopted.

00:33:50 SPEAKER_146: A total of one hundred and forty-four dogs were adopted.

00:33:52 SPEAKER_146: A total of seven hundred and thirty cat dog licenses were issued.

00:33:54 SPEAKER_146: Staff issued three hundred and forty-five of these licenses at the service, Ovensound counter at the city hall, and around three hundred and eighty-five were issued online through the software DocuPad.

00:34:06 SPEAKER_146: A total of four thousand one hundred eighty-three inquiries and seventy-nine complaints were received by the contractor, and they completed seventy-nine inquiries.

00:34:16 SPEAKER_146: They completed seventy-nine investigations, so that compiled report, eight a one, report eight a two still under the clerk's department was a report, cr twenty-six zero two seven, from the manager of legislative services,

00:34:28 SPEAKER_146: regarding policy review project, and a two thousand and twenty-six annual update on it.

00:34:34 SPEAKER_146: Based on the report, an intensive review of all city policies was initiated in two thousand and twenty-three, to remove policies. that no longer had merit, and to schedule timely policy review.

00:34:47 SPEAKER_146: The project began way back in two thousand and twenty-three with approximately four hundred policies that was considered to be reviewed.

00:34:56 SPEAKER_146: In two thousand and twenty-three, about ninety policies were repealed, and in two thousand and twenty-four, another sixty-five policies were repealed due to being obsolete, redundant, or better categorized as a procedure.

00:35:09 SPEAKER_146: So coming back in. 2025, approximately 45 policies were scheduled for review, but only 20 of 45 actual reviews took place.

00:35:20 SPEAKER_146: In 2026, the project team platform began being used by staff to organise future project works, including the deferred policy reviews which have been scheduled for the future years.

00:35:32 SPEAKER_146: A comprehensive and a detailed list of all the policies recommended for repeal are attached in the report. for anyone who wishes to review them.

00:35:41 SPEAKER_146: The list included outdated policies identified through the two departmental reviews, basically community services, public works, and engineering.

00:35:50 SPEAKER_146: Throughout the last year, the policies again are categorized as obsolete, redundant.

00:35:57 SPEAKER_146: The list includes 101 policies, which, if repealed, will reduce the policies to approximately 125 policies.

00:36:06 SPEAKER_146: A breakdown. of the updated policies is: fifty-five former policies to be amended or repealed, sixty-five revised policies to be reviewed on a five-year review cycle,

00:36:18 SPEAKER_146: and approximately five new policies were identified and scheduled for creation.

00:36:23 SPEAKER_146: That concluded the reports from the Clerks Department.

00:36:29 SPEAKER_146: There were reports from the Corporate and Facilities Services.

00:36:32 SPEAKER_146: The first report, CR twenty-six zero three. 26033 was on Billy Bishop Museum front veranda replacement, along with some budget amendments and project authorizations.

00:36:45 SPEAKER_146: Based on the reports provided by the staff, the front veranda replacement had been identified, along with the board, as one of the high priority capital needs for the facility.

00:36:56 SPEAKER_146: The current condition of the veranda presents both functional as well as preservation concerns.

00:37:02 SPEAKER_146: Based on the facts provided by staff. Tax provided by staff. A holistic review.

00:37:07 SPEAKER_146: Identify opportunities to reallocate the previously approved funding across the plan project at the facility.

00:37:15 SPEAKER_146: As a result, funds have been redistributed to prioritized the veranda replacement without materialistically impacting other critical asset needs.

00:37:25 SPEAKER_146: The front veranda replacement project was approved in the 2023-2027 capital plan for eighty thousand dollars. due to the heritage designation of the building,

00:37:40 SPEAKER_146: architect was retained in twenty twenty five to complete the design work at a cost of twenty one thousand four hundred.

00:37:48 SPEAKER_146: A thorough breakdown on the financial aspect of the project is mentioned in the report.

00:37:53 SPEAKER_146: Another report from the facilities that was presented was report CR twenty six zero three zero from the deputy treasurer.

00:38:05 SPEAKER_146: The update pressurer regarding fees and charge update based on corporate services.

00:38:11 SPEAKER_146: This particular report highlighted the updates to annual fee and charges reviewed by corporate services committee.

00:38:15 SPEAKER_146: The key changes highlighted were based on schedule A. In animal control, there was administrative changes reflecting the new animal control contract and changes to the HST.

00:38:27 SPEAKER_146: There was an increase of replacement. of tag fees to offset processing fee implemented by DocuPad.

00:38:36 SPEAKER_146: Schedule D, which had clerks.

00:38:43 SPEAKER_146: All general business licenses are set to increase approximately by three percent annually in two thousand and twenty-six, two thousand and twenty-seven, and two thousand and twenty-eight.

00:38:55 SPEAKER_146: Mobile food business licenses fees are set to increase approximately by ten percent annually in two thousand and twenty-six, two thousand and twenty-seven, two thousand and twenty-eight. 2027, 2028.

00:39:07 SPEAKER_146: These are one-time fees for business licenses and not renewed annually.

00:39:11 SPEAKER_146: This is a slightly higher fee because it was set to better align with the fees for mobile food businesses licensing in the neighborhood and comparator municipalities.

00:39:14 SPEAKER_146: The fee is mentioned in the report.

00:39:16 SPEAKER_146: If anybody wishes to look at the comparatives,

00:39:19 SPEAKER_146: this increase also considers that mobile food businesses do not pay the city the additional costs when operating a business that generates. revenues such as the property taxes and the building fee.

00:39:31 SPEAKER_146: Schedule F had fire and emergency services.

00:39:42 SPEAKER_146: No major changes were proposed for 2026.

00:39:46 SPEAKER_146: Inspection and permit fees are set to increase by approximately 3% in both 2027 and 2028.

00:39:47 SPEAKER_146: Fire fee did not did not increase in 2025 or 2026. Schedule G parking bylaw.

00:39:53 SPEAKER_146: No changes proposed at this time. schedule K, tax, water and finance, administrative changes to update fee titles were included.

00:40:10 SPEAKER_146: Water and wastewater rates will be updated as a part of a separate council report, which will be presented to council in May two thousand and twenty-six.

00:40:20 SPEAKER_146: With that, it completes the reports from. what was the other reports?

00:40:29 SPEAKER_146: Now under accounting, there was report eight D one.

00:40:34 SPEAKER_146: It was report CR twenty six zero three seven from the director of corporate services regarding twenty twenty five year end financials.

00:40:51 SPEAKER_146: The corporate services committee reviewed the city's unaudited twenty twenty five year end financial results and recommended that council accept the treasury.

00:41:00 SPEAKER_146: Council accept the treasurer's statement confirming compliance with Development Charges Act, transfer the 2025 operating surplus to the tax stabilizing reserves, approve all unbudgeted reserve transfers outlined in the report.

00:41:06 SPEAKER_146: Based on the report, a brief overview of the financial situation was provided.

00:41:12 SPEAKER_146: The city ended 2025 with an estimated operating surplus of 394,500.

00:41:16 SPEAKER_146: This surplus was recommended to be transferred to the tax stabilizing reserve.

00:41:25 SPEAKER_146: The other positive year-end position was supported by one-time revenues from the WSB rebate, staffing vacancies resulting in wage savings, and higher than expected revenues from recreation and building permits.

00:41:39 SPEAKER_146: The report also highlighted certain pressures, like the increased cost of the winter controls, and maintenance cost, and fleet costs. With that, your worship.

00:41:49 SPEAKER_146: I request approval of these minutes as presented. Great, thank you. Any questions?

00:41:57 SPEAKER_135: Seeing none, I call the question. All in favor? That's carried. Councilor Dodson, favor? Those are carried.

00:42:04 SPEAKER_135: Minutes of the Operations Committee meeting held on April twenty-three, two thousand and twenty-six. Deputy Mayor Greig.

00:42:12 SPEAKER_142: April operations minutes include four items, two of which generated participation and public input.

00:42:18 SPEAKER_142: Attendees spoke to the value of the multi-use preferred option path.

00:42:23 SPEAKER_142: One opposed to losing road width.

00:42:25 SPEAKER_142: Individuals were also in attendance, concerned with new fees for road closure and similar costs which will occur for parades being considered as part of the fees review.

00:42:36 SPEAKER_142: Committee supported the fees and charges recommendation, only revising items related to the parade road closure costs, such that they are recognized and charged only to. for-profit events,

00:42:48 SPEAKER_142: committee recommends to council to proceed with the multi-use path on the east side of the roadway for Fourth Avenue West as part of the staff report presented as the preferred option.

00:42:59 SPEAKER_142: Committee received a report respecting bulk water sales.

00:43:03 SPEAKER_142: The city would implement a new bulk water sales application to define rules and responsibilities and address outstanding liability concerns.

00:43:12 SPEAKER_142: As highlights, the city earned eighteen thousand dollars in bulk water revenue in two thousand twenty-five.

00:43:19 SPEAKER_142: The new application was developed with legal review.

00:43:22 SPEAKER_142: Requires users to carry liability insurance.

00:43:24 SPEAKER_142: Describes limitations of the city's responsibility to disinfection of the filling connection, and that once dispensed, the city cannot guarantee water quality.

00:43:33 SPEAKER_142: As the filling station use grows, Public Works staff continue to monitor location, connection size, fill rate, and access to inform future solutions provided.

00:43:43 SPEAKER_142: Solutions providing better service, and staff presented a report updating service levels for frozen water, which was received for information.

00:43:50 SPEAKER_142: The established service levels support managing expectations in the next emergency frozen water situation should it arise.

00:43:58 SPEAKER_142: Many of the fourteen items are recommended to continue, due to the low success rates of thawing services via water jet or electrical, which is subsequently heating.

00:44:09 SPEAKER_142: Then, this practice is to be discontinued. as one of those fourteen items.

00:44:14 SPEAKER_142: It is a resource intensive.

00:44:16 SPEAKER_142: Sorry, it is resource intensive and with additional risk if used improperly.

00:44:21 SPEAKER_142: And staff do not use the specialized equipment often enough to be proficient.

00:44:26 SPEAKER_142: And committee will discuss a notice of motion at the next meeting regarding creating a crash analysis working group in the next term of council, consisting of three to five members,

00:44:36 SPEAKER_142: analyzing the three most prevalent intersections for accidents. Sections for accidents.

00:44:47 SPEAKER_142: I welcome any questions and ask for council's endorsement of the recommendations contained within Save and Accept Item 8B1, which is the Fourth Avenue West.

00:44:57 SPEAKER_142: As I have a member that's asked to pull it and speak to it separately.

00:44:58 SPEAKER_135: So, any questions on what's on the table so far? Go ahead.

00:45:03 SPEAKER_013: I just wanted clarification on the fees and charges.

00:45:07 SPEAKER_013: The folks that came. and spoke, and then Councillor Farmer made the motion to only have those fees apply to for profit.

00:45:18 SPEAKER_013: So my question is: those new fees are they replacing other fees that were in existence, or are there still going to be fees that will apply to these groups?

00:45:33 SPEAKER_142: I can take that as I've got it right on the sheet here.

00:45:36 SPEAKER_142: The six fees that. are being spoken to are road closure single area setup, road closure multiple areas setup, road closure detour setup, road closures and detours after hours, event barrel usage, and event barricade usage.

00:45:52 SPEAKER_142: These were all proposed to be new fees. Okay, Councilor Farmer. Through the mayor,

00:46:01 SPEAKER_143: I would just clarify the deputy mayor presented those fees as only applying to parades. but it would be to my understanding it's to any event that would close a section of the street.

00:46:11 SPEAKER_143: So that would include things like the hottest street sale and other events that take place downtown.

00:46:17 SPEAKER_135: Just before we go much farther in that question, I remind council that we set up a service review committee and we asked service review committee to come up with recommendations.

00:46:27 SPEAKER_135: Staff came up with recommendations.

00:46:30 SPEAKER_135: I think one of them was to find user fees that were not. collecting.

00:46:35 SPEAKER_135: Staff did what we requested of them. I appreciate that.

00:46:39 SPEAKER_135: Though it's not exactly where you want to go, but I just want to make sure that a we're not saying service review doesn't seem to be producing anything.

00:46:46 SPEAKER_135: On one hand, and then the other hand, being ticked at staff for presenting to us exactly what we asked for.

00:46:52 SPEAKER_135: So, with that, I will call the question, which is Deputy Mayor Greig has moved everything with the exception of that one section. So, all in favor? That is carried. Councilor Dodds approved.

00:47:05 SPEAKER_135: Now we'll go to that part.

00:47:08 SPEAKER_142: And I would move the preferred option recommendation from committee, which was integrating a multi-use path option three, to the floor at this time.

00:47:25 SPEAKER_142: And somebody wants to discuss it? Go ahead.

00:47:29 SPEAKER_013: Thank you, through you, Mayor. my question—I have a number of questions.

00:47:35 SPEAKER_013: I think the we've seen a few reports come on the Fourth Ave West, February nineteenth.

00:47:47 SPEAKER_013: That operations committee was the original report.

00:47:50 SPEAKER_013: Then WSP came on March nineteenth and presented option three as the preferred.

00:47:57 SPEAKER_013: And then April seventeenth, a report. went to Gray County Accessibility Committee, and all of those three.

00:48:06 SPEAKER_013: The information in the reports was that option one was the cheapest, had the fewest pole removals and tree removals.

00:48:18 SPEAKER_013: Option three would be more expensive, but it you know met more of of what staff determined were accessibility needs, and then all of a sudden. on April 23rd we get a new report,

00:48:30 SPEAKER_013: 22 pages long, that says things that are completely contrary to what was said in the other reports.

00:48:37 SPEAKER_013: That now option three is the cheapest, option one is more expensive.

00:48:41 SPEAKER_013: All of the options will have the same tree and pole removals.

00:48:44 SPEAKER_013: So I'm just questioning what changed between going to as far as April 17th with all of the same information, and then all of a sudden five days later we get a new 22-page report. What was different? Thank you, Your Worship.

00:49:06 SPEAKER_145: Through you to Councilmember Perro. Essentially, the design progressed.

00:49:11 SPEAKER_145: The so when I confirmed this with the consultant today, I was for context.

00:49:15 SPEAKER_145: I was made aware of your questions, so I did.

00:49:19 SPEAKER_145: I did prepare a little bit of a paragraph, but I'll answer this question directly.

00:49:21 SPEAKER_145: The option one did not include. things that we would have to replace or upgrade.

00:49:29 SPEAKER_145: Even though it's going to be replaced like for like, we still have to bring it up to AODA standards.

00:49:39 SPEAKER_145: We still have to install the the protected crossing at the school.

00:49:43 SPEAKER_145: There were a number of still have to upgrade storm sewer.

00:49:45 SPEAKER_145: There are a number of things that we have to do, even though we're saying on paper that we're replacing it exactly the way it is.

00:49:55 SPEAKER_145: So functionally, all. all four options, with the exception of four, so the first three options, are functionally in the within the scope of the scale of the project. They're comparable price-wise.

00:50:08 SPEAKER_145: It comes down to what options you want within that corridor.

00:50:13 SPEAKER_145: If anything, the there is a trade-off between a couple more hydropool replacements in option. two and three, but in option one and two, actually, there's wider, a larger surface area of road asphalt,

00:50:32 SPEAKER_145: which is a thicker structure, more expensive, more volume of asphalt than the the multi-use path.

00:50:39 SPEAKER_145: So there's all these trade-offs.

00:50:41 SPEAKER_145: So at the end of the day, there the difference isn't going to be in the surface features.

00:50:49 SPEAKER_145: The different like this project. the three quarters of the cost, if not more, is in the underground replacement that we're doing, which was the whole impetus for the project in the first place.

00:51:00 SPEAKER_145: The reason why we're integrating the additional surface features is since we have to essentially dig everything up anyway, why not make it better?

00:51:15 SPEAKER_013: Through you, do you have Class D?

00:51:19 SPEAKER_013: estimates on all four options, and why were they never presented to council?

00:51:25 SPEAKER_145: Through through mayor, no, we don't have Class D estimates for all four options.

00:51:30 SPEAKER_145: Class D was only prepared for the recommended option because it's a lot of effort to create a level level D Class D estimate.

00:51:40 SPEAKER_145: And I'll just read I'll just read my my paragraph here. So.

00:51:47 SPEAKER_145: I understand it's a long report.

00:51:49 SPEAKER_145: If nothing else, I would like to draw your attention to the matrix on page eighteen of twenty-two.

00:51:54 SPEAKER_145: This matrix provides a summary of the analysis that staff undertook to determine the best option beyond a subjective feeling or opinion.

00:52:02 SPEAKER_145: Every criterion was graded on a scale of one to five, where the higher the number, the better that option delivers on that parameter.

00:52:08 SPEAKER_145: For clarification, class D estimates were not completed for all four options.

00:52:12 SPEAKER_145: A partial sixty percent design class D cost estimate was.

00:52:17 SPEAKER_145: The cost estimate was prepared for Option Three only.

00:52:20 SPEAKER_145: Aside from that, staff have approximate costs used for budgetary purposes and in support of a grant application that unfortunately was unsuccessful.

00:52:27 SPEAKER_145: This is common as it takes a lot of effort to put together a detailed cost estimate, and they can change dramatically by the time the final detailed design is complete.

00:52:35 SPEAKER_145: With the global cost of commodities at the moment, any detailed cost estimate is unlikely to resemble the final bids,

00:52:41 SPEAKER_145: especially given the time lag between now and when it will be tendered. estimated high-level costing implications were provided in comparison to Option Three in the PIC One documents, as you noted, Councillor Middlebro.

00:52:55 SPEAKER_145: It said essentially that the cost increases with each successive option.

00:52:59 SPEAKER_145: However, as design progressed, more items were considered, and this ranking shuffled.

00:53:04 SPEAKER_145: In the remove and replace as is Option One, there would be the need to be there would need to be some costs that were already included in Option Three, because when we touch something,

00:53:14 SPEAKER_145: we have to bring it to today's standards, such as bringing the intersections TOD compliance, installing the protected pedestrian crossing.

00:53:22 SPEAKER_145: As noted within the report, compared to the scale of the project, the difference in cost between the options is insignificant.

00:53:28 SPEAKER_145: Where one option may have a couple of extra hydro poles to be replaced, another has a much larger area of road pavement, which, due to the thickness, is much more expensive than the path structure.

00:53:40 SPEAKER_145: The number of hydro poles to be removed also varies between options.

00:53:44 SPEAKER_145: Option three and four would have the most, estimated at somewhere between five and ten.

00:53:48 SPEAKER_145: The costing for hydro pole removals, etc., was not included in the cost estimate to date, as we need the design from Hydro One.

00:53:55 SPEAKER_145: Hydro One will not provide a design or cost sharing requirement for four options.

00:54:00 SPEAKER_145: We have initiated all correspondence with their required form letter notifications in relation to option three to date.

00:54:06 SPEAKER_145: Regarding tree removals, the option three design to date saves as many trees. as possible.

00:54:11 SPEAKER_145: Without progressing the detailed design for the other options, it is difficult to be exact.

00:54:16 SPEAKER_145: But our consultants indicated that option two would result in more tree removals.

00:54:21 SPEAKER_145: And the main driving force behind potential tree removals in the recommended option is the new larger sewers adjacent to the new curb, service installations, and the new path alignment.

00:54:34 SPEAKER_145: If you'll indulge me, I understand one of your questions was in relation. to the project scheduling. So I'll continue.

00:54:42 SPEAKER_145: This project was in the capital plan for several years, and it has been slated for two thousand and twenty-five to be the design year,

00:54:49 SPEAKER_145: and two thousand and twenty-six and two thousand and twenty-seven to be construction.

00:54:52 SPEAKER_145: There was a delay at the beginning of the proposed timeline due to staff vacancies, and as the Ninth Avenue and Thirty-second Street projects were the primary focus of the engineering team, design was begun,

00:55:03 SPEAKER_145: and the schedule was initially planned with a comfortable timeline to begin the design and. tender in 2026.

00:55:09 SPEAKER_145: However, in order to ensure that any contractors are qualified and equipped to complete the project, we introduced a pre-qualification step.

00:55:17 SPEAKER_145: It was an ambitious timeline, but we were confident we could still achieve it, and there was still benefit to striving to begin construction in Q3 2026,

00:55:25 SPEAKER_145: as bidders would be expecting the tender release and would plan their workloads accordingly.

00:55:29 SPEAKER_145: We also experienced a small delay due to the accessibility committee being postponed, but it was not a critical path item.

00:55:37 SPEAKER_145: The main concern was that if significant redesign is required, it would use up any remaining buffer that we had in the timeline, meaning we would have to push the construction start to 2027.

00:55:49 SPEAKER_145: If we defer the construction start to early 2027, the planned construction phasing will likely have to be adjusted as well.

00:55:56 SPEAKER_145: Even if the project proceeds this year, we will likely have to move more work into phase two.

00:56:06 SPEAKER_145: Yeah, so my struggle is with the costing.

00:56:13 SPEAKER_013: Without having more information, it's hard for me to justify one option over another.

00:56:20 SPEAKER_013: You you say in the report that one is more expensive, another one isn't, but we don't actually have a costing.

00:56:26 SPEAKER_013: You're using, you know, I guess educated guesswork.

00:56:32 SPEAKER_013: How do we know that option one wouldn't come in significantly lower than option three?

00:56:41 SPEAKER_013: I think that's my struggle: is is is not knowing the actual cost and what happens if this goes to tender and it's way way above.

00:56:50 SPEAKER_013: Then, what other options do we have? Is my question.

00:56:57 SPEAKER_145: Your Worship, the short answer is: if it's way above.

00:57:03 SPEAKER_145: Third answer is if it's way above, we have two options, just like we did with River District Phase Two, or Downtown River Precinct Phase Two.

00:57:11 SPEAKER_145: We either reduce the scope of the project, or we split the project into multiple years.

00:57:21 SPEAKER_145: Anyone else, Deputy Mayor Greig?

00:57:27 SPEAKER_142: I just have to say I have an extreme. reluctance about constructing to the narrowness of the proposed roadway. I just think you.

00:57:38 SPEAKER_142: Every now and then, someone has to move out of their house, and there's a 53-foot transport truck that may have to be involved in moving, or someone wants to do a driveway,

00:57:49 SPEAKER_142: and there's a float with the the roller and the milling equipment on it.

00:57:55 SPEAKER_142: I think in the winter of from the Jubilee Bridge to Sixth Street, when you get big piles of snow that accumulate and then consume some of the roadway, and Sixth Street is very similar.

00:58:12 SPEAKER_142: Those are just two that I'm particularly familiar with because I travel it.

00:58:20 SPEAKER_142: I I just have an extreme concern that once this is constructed, there's no going back.

00:58:28 SPEAKER_142: We as a council even last council meeting, just approved the official plan and zoning bylaw update.

00:58:37 SPEAKER_142: And we as a council went against their professional staff's recommendation on parking for additional dwelling units, being something that we should be considering.

00:58:46 SPEAKER_142: And we decided to remove that.

00:58:49 SPEAKER_142: I think there should be extreme reluctance when we proceed.

00:58:55 SPEAKER_142: We do one thing, and there's the risk of trickle down and additional concerns that downstream.

00:59:03 SPEAKER_142: That we certainly better be thinking about on nights like tonight.

00:59:06 SPEAKER_142: And I'm I'm just concerned we're not giving.

00:59:10 SPEAKER_142: There is probably zero complaints about children riding their bikes on the sidewalk along Fourth Avenue West, as it currently is. if there's any complaints to be had about people riding their bikes on sidewalks,

00:59:28 SPEAKER_142: I would presume they're instigated by individuals there in the 20s or 30s riding their bikes in our downtown on the sidewalks, not in the established neighborhoods.

00:59:40 SPEAKER_142: I don't see that being a substantive problem that needs to be rectified here, at the significant risk of narrowing. the streets because it's winter in Owen Sound. Owen Sound gets snow.

00:59:58 SPEAKER_142: Our roadways get narrow, and yes, we have great equipment, but sometimes it's late February or March when the blower, the auger goes out and works to widen the roadway.

01:00:09 SPEAKER_142: Even a snowplow is encroaching into the next lane with the wing down by probably a meter over a three and a half meter lane.

01:00:19 SPEAKER_142: This better be items. that we're considering as a council here this evening,

01:00:23 SPEAKER_142: because if that snowplow in the winter has to lift its wing just to be able to pass an oversized pickup truck or other large vehicle, we built it.

01:00:36 SPEAKER_142: So just know that the direction from this council tonight is going to be: Warn, long term, we built it.

01:00:44 SPEAKER_142: Seven meters is not a big breadth of of cross section on a roadway, it is a collector road.

01:00:53 SPEAKER_142: I get the safety concerns.

01:00:56 SPEAKER_142: We've had concerns on safety as long as my twelve years on council on streets around the city, and we look at items that can be introduced onto the roadway,

01:01:08 SPEAKER_142: or perhaps a stop sign is required at at the at the public school at Seventeenth Street.

01:01:14 SPEAKER_142: But once you once you decide to move forward with this three point.

01:01:18 SPEAKER_142: To move forward with this three-five meter lane, and it's constructed, it's done, and it's all sound.

01:01:27 SPEAKER_142: And I'm concerned that there's issues that will populate down the road that we were not expecting that could be impactful. Anyone else, Councilor Farmer?

01:01:39 SPEAKER_143: Through the mayor, we have also approved as a council Vision Two Thousand and Fifty, which. says that we want to have a city where people can get around, not just by car,

01:01:51 SPEAKER_143: where we want people to be able to get around safely.

01:01:53 SPEAKER_143: We've heard through multiple public engagement sessions, centers, picks, with this project in the neighborhood, as the report lays out.

01:02:01 SPEAKER_143: At committee, we've heard from people coming to multiple meetings on various sides of what they think the answer to the problem is,

01:02:09 SPEAKER_143: but clearly identifying a problem of speeds in excess of what is safe. for, or what we've posted as legal for a school zone, in these areas,

01:02:20 SPEAKER_143: it is well established that narrow lanes—not lanes that are so narrow that my bicycle would have a hard time—a traffic lane width that meets the standard of, like,

01:02:32 SPEAKER_143: not just not just various communities known and sound, but also the province, because staff did not just make up the number of three five meters, that that's enough space,

01:02:42 SPEAKER_143: and the snow will not. pile up in the lane of traffic because this design also incorporates a boulevard, which, on the street that I live on, which is narrow,

01:02:52 SPEAKER_143: is where the snow on the other side of the street goes into the boulevard, on the grass between the sidewalk.

01:02:59 SPEAKER_143: We have a level of service for the city that considers this, and staff care about that because they also have to manage the snowplows.

01:03:08 SPEAKER_143: We've also heard that the accessibility the idea of designing for universal accessibility, universal design—mixing of acronyms—is good not just for kids riding bikes, but for folks with strollers,

01:03:24 SPEAKER_143: for folks with scooters that are like mobility aids that are wider than they used to be, and that of all of the various considerations that we are, as council,

01:03:35 SPEAKER_143: asked to balance in a decision like this, that even though. and I said this at the committee meeting, that this design is not my first choice.

01:03:44 SPEAKER_143: I'm increasingly in favor of my wild idea of making that a one-way for a few blocks going north,

01:03:50 SPEAKER_143: so that commuter traffic into Owen Sound is pushed to what in the future still looks like it will eventually be our own commuter corridor of the Eddie Sargent Parkway.

01:04:01 SPEAKER_143: We have a way to do that with traffic controls at the intersection of Nineteenth Street.

01:04:05 SPEAKER_143: There, that's what I would vote for, but. I'm not in charge,

01:04:10 SPEAKER_143: and I trust that just like the matrix that's included in this report makes that much clearer that of all the various considerations that we as a council are entrusted to balance not just money but also livability,

01:04:25 SPEAKER_143: also safety, also considering that whatever we decide is not just going to be there for the next term of council.

01:04:31 SPEAKER_143: It's going to be there for the lifespan of these assets, which is decades and multiple generations.

01:04:37 SPEAKER_143: That. we are slowly and incrementally building a city where more people can live better, regardless of their age, mobility, income,

01:04:46 SPEAKER_143: etc. For all the reasons that the age from the community plan is a good thing to reference.

01:04:51 SPEAKER_143: I moved the report at the at operations.

01:04:54 SPEAKER_143: I'll be happy to vote for that again here.

01:04:56 SPEAKER_143: I think we've heard from the community, and although our individual opinions may vary, our job is to split the difference and consider various perspectives.

01:05:03 SPEAKER_143: So, I think this report does that. and I'll be happy to vote for it.

01:05:08 SPEAKER_135: Anyone else wish to speak to it?

01:05:10 SPEAKER_135: Seeing no other hands going up, so I'm just confirming that we have consideration staff report OP twenty six zero one two respecting the preliminary design options for Fourth Avenue West construction,

01:05:24 SPEAKER_135: Fifteenth Street to Twenty Street.

01:05:26 SPEAKER_135: The Operations Committee recommends that City Council approve Option Three, integrating a multi-use path, as the best combination. of value for investment, due to its positive impact on active transportation safety and ease of maintenance. Recorded vote.

01:05:44 SPEAKER_135: Councillor Farmer has asked for a recorded vote.

01:05:48 SPEAKER_135: I will pass it over to Ms. Bloomfield. Councillor Dodd. Opposed.

01:06:01 SPEAKER_135: Sorry, can you repeat that, Councillor Dodd? Yeah, no problem. Opposed. Councillor Farmer. In favour. Councillor Hamley. Opposed. Councillor Koepke. Opposed. Councillor Kukraysia. Opposed. Councillor Merton. In favour. In favor. Councillor Middlebro. Opposed. Deputy Mayor Greig. Opposed. Mayor Boddy. In favor.

01:06:46 SPEAKER_135: The resolution is defeated with three in favor and six opposed. Okay. So what's next? Motion. Go ahead.

01:06:59 SPEAKER_143: I move the council direct this project to be shifted to the two thousand and twenty-seven year,

01:07:09 SPEAKER_143: and that we receive design consideration and staff report on the option of switching the Fourth Avenue to a one-way street between Sixteenth and Nineteenth, going north. Any discussion? Yep. go ahead.

01:07:28 SPEAKER_142: That kind of a topic is a discussion that is part of a master transportation plan update and not made in isolation on a particular street.

01:07:38 SPEAKER_142: That is absolutely something that you incorporate the entire community to input when you're for for comment when you're considering one-way streets back and forth in a community.

01:07:51 SPEAKER_142: But we will have our opportunity on the master transportation plan update in a few years.

01:07:55 SPEAKER_142: That's when that kind of item should be approached.

01:08:01 SPEAKER_142: Anyone else wish to comment? Councillor Doden.

01:08:09 SPEAKER_142: Thank you, Worship, and just maybe for clarity, did Councillor Farmer just note be used as an option in a future staff report?

01:08:21 SPEAKER_142: We'll find out, Councillor Farmer.

01:08:23 SPEAKER_142: To clarify, yes, as a Yes, as an option.

01:08:32 SPEAKER_142: If you want to speak a little bit more to it, and then we'll move on. Go ahead.

01:08:34 SPEAKER_143: Through the mayor, I think that we've, as the deputy mayor noted, shown a willingness to take it upon ourselves to do our job and vote regardless of staff recommendations,

01:08:47 SPEAKER_143: both with the update to the official plan and clearly tonight, not just for staff's recommendation,

01:08:52 SPEAKER_143: but also. going against both the spirit and the and the framing of various aspects of both our Vision Two Thousand and Fifty plan as well as the yeah the official plans and and documents that

01:09:10 SPEAKER_143: would say that we are working to become a more accessible community and to consider things like pedestrian-friendly infrastructure and that to suggest that we can dis we will hold up. the sanctity of one plan

01:09:25 SPEAKER_143: and the timeline for that,

01:09:26 SPEAKER_143: while also disregarding things when they're convenient to our own preferences, is incongruent to me.

01:09:32 SPEAKER_143: And so, I'll yeah, I made the motion. I made. Okay, Counselor Dodd.

01:09:41 SPEAKER_143: Thank you, Your Worship, and I appreciate the discussion tonight. And I'll be honest.

01:09:45 SPEAKER_143: One of the biggest concerns I had while reading this report was where we are.

01:09:50 SPEAKER_143: I know the prequalification from the last discussion was about making sure that we are ready, that the construction companies would be ready for tender.

01:10:03 SPEAKER_098: By the time this gets out, we get back.

01:10:05 SPEAKER_098: We're talking at that June, July, and I just doubt strongly that we're going to get a favorable quote in the next two months for finishing of a project in by November.

01:10:15 SPEAKER_098: Preferably, when we talk about doing these big projects, I've always had the assumption that we are.

01:10:19 SPEAKER_098: I've always had the assumption that we were trying to get out to tender before contractors were very busy and already had kind of created their work plans.

01:10:27 SPEAKER_098: So, in my perspective, I am going to support Councillor Farmer on what does that look like for a deferral, Miss Bloomfield.

01:10:39 SPEAKER_135: It seems to me we've got two ideas thrown into one motion.

01:10:43 SPEAKER_135: One is to defer to two thousand and twenty-seven to look at the other. one is to go with a one-lane or one-way street that seems to be too diverse.

01:10:55 SPEAKER_135: Ideas would it not make more sense to divide them into two motions because they're two separate ideas that are caught up in one.

01:11:07 SPEAKER_138: Through your worship, we can certainly separate the motion into two parts.

01:11:12 SPEAKER_135: Councillor Farmer, is that something you're willing to do? Certainly.

01:11:18 SPEAKER_135: Okay, so if we can recognize the first motion to defer this project for further consideration to two thousand and twenty-seven, does that sound like one?

01:11:32 SPEAKER_143: Yeah, that that would be my original motion.

01:11:36 SPEAKER_143: I would look to staff.

01:11:38 SPEAKER_143: Finally, my understanding is that we've made a decision tonight that makes that an inevitable outcome anyway, and that it's helpful to formalize that.

01:11:44 SPEAKER_143: But I'll look to staff. for confirmation that that timeline is appropriate. Laura, thank you, Russ. The timeline is fine.

01:11:53 SPEAKER_145: I think what I require clarification on is: Are we preserving the current option for reproposal in 2027, or are we going back to the drawing board and coming back with something fresh in 2027?

01:12:13 SPEAKER_135: If we haven't passed anything, then I guess it leaves it wide open.

01:12:16 SPEAKER_135: Unless I assume there's going to be other motions.

01:12:19 SPEAKER_135: But anyway, on the floor is a motion to defer to next year.

01:12:23 SPEAKER_135: If you want to speak to it or vote on it, we're going to call the vote pretty quickly.

01:12:26 SPEAKER_142: But Deputy Mayor Gray, I would just place that it is on the county's plan to do the roadwork at the northern terminus of Onsound on Gray Road One to East Linton for the year 2027.

01:12:39 SPEAKER_142: So I don't know if staff would like. to weigh in and comment on what kind of impact that might have on this roadway.

01:12:47 SPEAKER_142: I'm just commenting that it's on the county plan for next year.

01:12:56 SPEAKER_013: Councilmember Brown, question for staff: In consideration of deferring it to two thousand and twenty-seven, this project was split into two parts.

01:13:07 SPEAKER_013: Was it split into two parts because the scope of it?

01:13:10 SPEAKER_013: is too much to do in one season, or is it based on grant funding that we need to complete the project, or could it all be done in one year?

01:13:22 SPEAKER_145: Three, worship the council member. Bro, the former.

01:13:26 SPEAKER_145: It was, I think, it was considered more manageable to to split it and funding wise.

01:13:31 SPEAKER_145: I don't think it matters with our capital budget too much, but. it's the it's the the size and scale of the project.

01:13:44 SPEAKER_145: We could have tried to push for it to be all done in one year, but the contractors that are capable of executing that are very few in this area.

01:13:56 SPEAKER_135: Okay, so I think right now we've got a motion to defer.

01:13:59 SPEAKER_135: You either want to defer it to two thousand and twenty-seven, or you don't.

01:14:02 SPEAKER_135: I will call the question.

01:14:03 SPEAKER_135: All in favor to defer.

01:14:07 SPEAKER_135: One. two, Travis is three, four, five.

01:14:11 SPEAKER_135: So that carries with others opposed. I assume. Okay.

01:14:18 SPEAKER_135: Do you need to go ahead?

01:14:21 SPEAKER_143: I'll move that the next report regarding the Fourth Avenue reconstruction includes consideration of a one-way. northern corridor between 16th and 19th, to effective as an option to support traffic calming and appropriate traffic flow,

01:14:51 SPEAKER_143: or appropriate management of commuter traffic into Owens Sound.

01:14:58 SPEAKER_143: Do we need to discuss it, or can I call the vote?

01:15:02 SPEAKER_135: Don't see any hands going up.

01:15:04 SPEAKER_135: Can I call the vote? Any hands going up?

01:15:06 SPEAKER_135: Going to call the vote. All in favor? Two in favor. Opposed? The remainder. So that's defeated. So, Councilor Merton. Through you, Mayor.

01:15:19 SPEAKER_149: Now that the vote has been taken, what would be the communication rollout strategy to the public who were actively engaged, offered their opinion, came to the meetings?

01:15:32 SPEAKER_149: How do we communicate back to them so that they are aware, of course, of the decision, but the rationale behind the choice?

01:15:43 SPEAKER_135: I don't think we've made a decision to communicate.

01:15:45 SPEAKER_135: We've decided that we're voting against that, and we really haven't. So, it's ongoing.

01:16:02 SPEAKER_135: So that pretty well covers everything in the operations committee. Yes. Okay.

01:16:09 SPEAKER_135: So I will hand the gavel. We're good.

01:16:24 SPEAKER_135: I will hand the gavel to Deputy Mayor Greig.

01:16:26 SPEAKER_135: Given that I'm presenting the minutes of the service review, and.

01:16:34 SPEAKER_142: Service Review Information Ad Hoc Meeting.

01:16:35 SPEAKER_142: At this time, I'll pass it back to Mayor Boddy regarding Item Twelve C. Okay, I'm reporting on the minutes from Service Review Ad Hoc Committee meeting held on April eight, two thousand and twenty-five.

01:16:48 SPEAKER_135: We elected the chair and the vice chair.

01:16:50 SPEAKER_135: Reviewed and approved minutes from a previous meeting, although they had been approved by Council previously.

01:16:56 SPEAKER_135: Then we had discussions and consideration.

01:17:01 SPEAKER_135: Discussions and considerations of four reports.

01:17:03 SPEAKER_135: We received a report for information purposes from the corporate application analyst regarding integration of Microsoft Teams.

01:17:08 SPEAKER_135: Staff are now able to stay at their workstation and attend meetings virtually via Teams, which cuts down on travel time for staff moving from one location to another.

01:17:20 SPEAKER_135: Second one, we received a report for information purposes from corporate applications analyst.

01:17:25 SPEAKER_135: Analysis regarding investigating cloud-based solutions for digital timecoding solutions.

01:17:33 SPEAKER_135: This was identified as an action item in both the IT needs assessment and in the way back when the MPMNP service review.

01:17:42 SPEAKER_135: Moving towards a digital solution will provide a more streamlined and reliable workflow.

01:17:49 SPEAKER_135: The implementation will be undertaken in phased approach in order to sequence the rollout. of digital timesheets with the rollout of mobile devices for staff,

01:18:01 SPEAKER_135: we received a report from the director and chief curator regarding tourism services at the Tom Pilot Project, or as the time, Pilot Project.

01:18:12 SPEAKER_135: We discussed a question concerning parking limitations at the Tom Thompson Art Gallery.

01:18:17 SPEAKER_135: Staff will work towards education and increase signage directing users to nearby parking lots.

01:18:23 SPEAKER_135: It was noted. that there are a lot of synergies between tourism and Tom operations,

01:18:30 SPEAKER_135: and their integration has shown to be an effective way to deliver both these services without compromising compromising sorry any professional integrity.

01:18:43 SPEAKER_135: The committee recommends that City Council approve the continuation of tourism services at the Art Gallery.

01:18:49 SPEAKER_135: Last one, the Manager Parks and Open.

01:18:54 SPEAKER_135: The manager of parks and open space provided a PowerPoint presentation respecting a draft service levels for playgrounds.

01:19:03 SPEAKER_135: This was a big, very well analyzed report.

01:19:05 SPEAKER_135: Throughout 2025, staff have continued to collect park infrastructure and tree-related data.

01:19:10 SPEAKER_135: It's approximately 50% complete to establish an accurate inventory of assets in parks and open spaces.

01:19:19 SPEAKER_135: Here on, I'm going to re.

01:19:24 SPEAKER_135: Hereon, I'm going to refer to it as PnOS, just to try and keep it simpler, though that might not be.

01:19:32 SPEAKER_135: Staff have continued to carry out planning condition assessments for of the identified PnOS assets, in collaboration with corporate services.

01:19:40 SPEAKER_135: Staff have generated levels of service for key park assets, informed by better defined asset condition information to support the next phase. of the asset management plan.

01:19:51 SPEAKER_135: They've captured development lands and proposed open spaces, and assess if new residential areas are adequately served.

01:20:01 SPEAKER_135: They've assessed potential modifications to the operating budget structure and work order tracking configurations to support generating asset-based costing.

01:20:12 SPEAKER_135: Staff have completed the following condition assessments: playground condition assessment. trail condition assessment, Quonset Park condition assessment, and Duncan McClellan condition assessment.

01:20:29 SPEAKER_135: City currently has an inventory of twenty-one existing playgrounds that are distributed across three park classifications: neighborhood parks, community parks, and city parks.

01:20:40 SPEAKER_135: GIS database has been built up over the past few years to help inform decision making on park. assets.

01:20:48 SPEAKER_135: There is proposed long-term capital plan for playground renewal of over 17 years that will take over 17 years, with an estimated cost at this time of 4,677, almost seven 678,000 dollars.

01:21:02 SPEAKER_135: There are recommendations that equipment in four playgrounds that are close to each other not be replaced.

01:21:13 SPEAKER_135: The committee recommends that city council approve the draft service level documents and direct staff to move forward with recommendations as outlined in the service level documents for the playgrounds.

01:21:25 SPEAKER_135: At the meeting, Mr. Simmons noted that approximately 29 to 30 service review projects have been completed so far.

01:21:31 SPEAKER_135: Some of them will continue, of course, into next term and beyond.

01:21:35 SPEAKER_135: So, with that, I move approval of the minutes of the service review ad hoc committee and actions contained therein from the meeting. held on April eighth, twenty twenty six.

01:21:46 SPEAKER_142: Questions for the committee chair, Councilor Merton.

01:21:51 SPEAKER_149: Through you, I will approve the report after I ask the question around the art gallery.

01:22:01 SPEAKER_149: So within the report, and I'm looking at the report April the eighth by Aiden Ware to the service review.

01:22:12 SPEAKER_149: Implementation Ad Hoc Committee, within it there is a discussion about the opportunity to further extend the shared service model, studied along with the library staff and board as well as the city facilities staff.

01:22:28 SPEAKER_149: So within this document, there is the recommendation to approve the art gallery to continue with the tourism services as.

01:22:42 SPEAKER_149: How do we assure that the study around the shared service model continue further and in addition to this?

01:22:54 SPEAKER_149: I see Pam's ready to respond. There.

01:22:58 SPEAKER_103: Thank you, and through the deputy mayor, the next steps in the staff report that are behind the the resolution before you this evening. did speak to the sort of next steps,

01:23:15 SPEAKER_103: and there is several items there.

01:23:17 SPEAKER_103: Council could amend the motion before you this evening.

01:23:23 SPEAKER_103: Something like, you could add wording to the motion that would say, and that this shared model be studied further to evaluate the opportunity to include the library.

01:23:35 SPEAKER_103: That that would just make certain that we we don't. lose track of that action.

01:23:42 SPEAKER_103: And I'll go to Mayor Boddy for a response, and then back to you, Councilor Martin.

01:24:03 SPEAKER_103: Isn't that what the very next postponed matter is all about, Your Worship?

01:24:12 SPEAKER_103: The postponed so the service review work.

01:24:13 SPEAKER_103: There was the there was a postponed matter.

01:24:15 SPEAKER_103: It's listed on the agenda this evening.

01:24:16 SPEAKER_103: That motion asked us to look at different. operating models for the Tom, through the service review project and other work that we are doing, including incorporating tourism at the Tom and some other initiatives.

01:24:19 SPEAKER_103: Council may be satisfied that there's work underway.

01:24:23 SPEAKER_103: That is, so we thought with you know working with the city clerk, but with the recommendations and the work that's gone through service review committee,

01:24:32 SPEAKER_103: that we would bring that postponed matter. before you this evening, Councillor Hamley. Oops, nope.

01:24:41 SPEAKER_103: I'm going to go back to Councillor Merton. Thank you.

01:24:49 SPEAKER_149: The I would request an amendment to the motion that would state that this shared service model be studied further.

01:25:00 SPEAKER_149: So, in the report, it says.

01:25:03 SPEAKER_149: In the report, it said should be,

01:25:06 SPEAKER_149: but the request is be studied further to evaluate the opportunity to include the Owen Sound and North Grey Union Public Library in consultation with the North Grey and Union Library Board and library staff.

01:25:23 SPEAKER_142: So you formally move that amendment.

01:25:25 SPEAKER_142: I'm going to go to Brianna here for her comment.

01:25:29 SPEAKER_142: Thank you, Deputy Mayor Greig.

01:25:34 SPEAKER_138: Through you, Deputy Mayor Greig.

01:25:36 SPEAKER_138: Procedurally, we can't amend what happened at the meeting, so we would need to vote on the minutes, save and accept that item,

01:25:39 SPEAKER_138: and then we could have a subsequent motion to read as if Councilor Merton wishes to bring that forward. Okay.

01:25:46 SPEAKER_142: Would you like to do that, save and accept this one item, and we'll speak to the remaining.

01:25:52 SPEAKER_142: We'll pass the remaining minutes and circle back. Yes. Okay.

01:25:58 SPEAKER_142: So we've got that noted.

01:25:59 SPEAKER_142: Okay. so we will circle back to this item.

01:26:03 SPEAKER_142: Any the other items within the minutes.

01:26:06 SPEAKER_142: Let's deal with first anything with the within the other items.

01:26:12 SPEAKER_142: Councillor Hamley, I think maybe I should have spoken up sooner.

01:26:19 Brock Hamley: So I recall I was the one who asked for the options, but what I think I'm hearing from the director. is that.

01:26:31 SPEAKER_142: Sorry, I cut you off.

01:26:32 SPEAKER_142: We are going to speak to the other items, save and accepting that one at this time.

01:26:42 SPEAKER_142: Is there any comments to the other material in the minutes so we can move forward with it and then we'll come back, Councillor Farmer.

01:26:51 SPEAKER_143: Through the chair, I'm looking at the report. on the cost of playgrounds, that in just this term of council has more than tripled, if not,

01:27:02 SPEAKER_143: we might be quadrupled for some of the cost estimates from the capital budget so far.

01:27:07 SPEAKER_143: I'm knowing that we've had great success partnering with like the scenic city order of good cheer to fundraise for specific marquee parks.

01:27:17 SPEAKER_143: I'm wondering if there's an opportunity, or if staff have considered, with the escalating cost of playgrounds, to also add to the Canada helps. page, an opportunity to specifically support playgrounds.

01:27:29 SPEAKER_143: We currently, on that page, are running campaigns for physicians, for the Harrison Park Fund, for the Lacrosse Turf, and for the Weavers Creek Boardwalk.

01:27:40 SPEAKER_143: It strikes me that playgrounds are something that are important and, yeah, maybe universally recognized as such.

01:27:49 SPEAKER_143: And if there's room to add that as an opportunity for subsequent. funding has that been considered?

01:28:00 SPEAKER_142: I'll go to Pam, noting that I'm certain staff are always willing to listen and engage with various community partners on opportunities for partnership. But go ahead, Pam.

01:28:11 SPEAKER_103: Thank you, and through you, two quick items.

01:28:14 SPEAKER_103: One, the Calswell Beach and Nawash Park Playground and Splash Pad project is a partnership with the Order of Good Cheer.

01:28:22 SPEAKER_103: They will be fundraising half of the money.

01:28:25 SPEAKER_103: So we didn't want to take away from that initiative by putting that project here.

01:28:30 SPEAKER_103: The report that's behind the minutes that you see tonight, going from memory,

01:28:36 SPEAKER_103: but I'm 99% certain that one of the recommended actions with respect to playgrounds is to continue to evaluate opportunities for grants and partnerships in trying to reduce the cost to the. Okay.

01:28:56 SPEAKER_142: So just before we move forward, I might look to the clerk and/or mayor boddy just so that we're clear on the wording here.

01:29:04 SPEAKER_142: That are you okay, mayor boddy, with moving forward with the recommendation to approve the recommendations within, save and accept the item regarding the Tom Thompson operating law? I'm good with that. Okay.

01:29:19 SPEAKER_142: So I'm not. seeing any other questions.

01:29:21 SPEAKER_142: All those in favor, and that's carried. Thank you.

01:29:24 SPEAKER_142: And at this time, then I will go.

01:29:28 SPEAKER_142: Let's put the recommendation on the floor.

01:29:31 SPEAKER_142: So I'll go back to Mayor Boddy first.

01:29:40 SPEAKER_142: With apologies, I don't know exactly what I'm putting on the floor. Okay,

01:29:48 SPEAKER_135: so then in front of us is in consideration of staff report CS twenty six zero two zero respecting the conclusion of project three A three tourism services at the Tom Thompson Our Gowrie pilot project.

01:30:02 SPEAKER_135: The service review implementation ad hoc committee recommends that City Council approve the continuation of tourism services at the Gowrie. So I move that.

01:30:12 SPEAKER_142: Okay, thank you, and it's an opportunity to expand on the topic because we've been speaking. to a notice, a motion is coming up later.

01:30:19 SPEAKER_142: That some viewers are likely wondering what in the world we're associating this with.

01:30:23 SPEAKER_142: So, Councillor Hamley, go ahead. Thank you.

01:30:28 Brock Hamley: So, I think the confusion is this: I moved a motion asking for options.

01:30:36 Brock Hamley: I think it was during the budget, and then the ad hoc committee went and.

01:30:45 Brock Hamley: Decided that they were kind of focusing in on potentially a singular option.

01:30:51 Brock Hamley: I think I'm okay with that because that's one of the reasons that we struck the ad hoc committee in the first place.

01:30:59 Brock Hamley: So I just wanted to reframe that for folks. Okay, thanks, Councillor. Councillor Farmer.

01:31:09 SPEAKER_143: Through the chair, I recall in one of the previous years that we've talked about. this,

01:31:13 SPEAKER_143: that I asked the question whether it's possible to address the parking concerns for visitors specifically with one or two dedicated short-term parking spaces adjacent to the Tom entrance,

01:31:26 SPEAKER_143: which doesn't give you a place to pull up your truck and trailer,

01:31:28 SPEAKER_143: but it does give someone who's just popping in to get some brochures or to get some lunch recommendations a chance to grab a map and realize that they want to move one space over and

01:31:40 SPEAKER_143: park for an hour or two. and and look at everything.

01:31:44 SPEAKER_143: What would is are there any barriers to exploring a short term like one or two short term visitor specific parking stalls to support tourism in that location?

01:31:54 SPEAKER_143: And if there are barriers, what are they?

01:31:57 SPEAKER_143: And if there aren't barriers, what would be required for us to try that?

01:32:02 SPEAKER_142: Okay, thanks for the question.

01:32:04 SPEAKER_142: Parking was recognized and discussed as an item at the committee.

01:32:06 SPEAKER_142: I'll go to the director first.

01:32:09 SPEAKER_142: I see her nodding. and anticipating the question.

01:32:13 SPEAKER_103: And certainly, as you noted, it was discussed at committee.

01:32:17 SPEAKER_103: And if the motion is approved or with an amendment, certainly signage.

01:32:24 SPEAKER_103: The looking at ways to address short-term parking, both kind of in the shorter term and then you know in the future, at the time when the street might be reconfigured,

01:32:38 SPEAKER_103: we'll. certainly be looking at opportunities for more convenient parking.

01:32:45 SPEAKER_143: Through the chair, is this an appropriate time to move an amendment to the motion, then, to specifically request a pilot project for short short-term parking for visitors during the next feasible tourist season?

01:33:00 SPEAKER_143: In that, or would that be like we move this motion, and then that's a new motion after that one?

01:33:11 SPEAKER_142: I will look to my left to the committee chair for commentary on that.

01:33:18 SPEAKER_142: I would see there's an association to the two, but Mayor Boddy, to the clerk, to the clerk, Brianna, through you, Deputy Mayor, so. the proposed amendment is to add a pilot project relating to parking.

01:33:44 SPEAKER_143: Through the chair, yes, specifically adding one or two short-term parking stalls, or dedicating one of the stalls adjacent to the Tom entrance as a short-term visitor parking stall.

01:34:05 SPEAKER_138: I would suggest that this could be a subsequent motion.

01:34:09 SPEAKER_138: Okay, you're good with that, Councillor Merton. Through you, Deputy Mayor.

01:34:16 SPEAKER_149: Further to Councillor Hamley's comment, the intent for either an amendment or a separate motion is to ensure that the shared model examination does not pause here or stop.

01:34:31 SPEAKER_149: That there is direction from. council to move forward, continuing with the shared model, and I believe that was the intent of the original motion brought forward by Councillor Hamley.

01:34:44 SPEAKER_149: So I would look to the procedural appropriateness of either an amendment or a separate motion, and the intent would be that City Council directs staff to add to their work plans for 2026,

01:34:59 SPEAKER_149: 2027. to research art gallery operating models and report back to council on the options available, and that the art gallery, in consultation with with the library library board and library staff,

01:35:32 SPEAKER_142: so it's to go back to the original motion proposed by Councilor Hamley, so that we continue to look at shared models and report back.

01:35:42 SPEAKER_142: That sounds very similar to the item that we're going to discuss shortly.

01:35:44 SPEAKER_142: If we can wrap up the conversation here, this is a recommendation from committee: the Service Review Implementation and Hot Committee recommends that City Council approve the continuation of tourism services at the Art Gallery. Period.

01:35:46 SPEAKER_142: Any questions specific to that right now?

01:35:47 SPEAKER_142: Noting we've got the other item we'll speak to shortly. Seeing.

01:35:53 SPEAKER_142: Not seeing anything from Councillor Dodd, you're good. I'll call the question.

01:35:58 SPEAKER_142: All those in favour of that recommendation, and that is carried unanimously.

01:36:03 SPEAKER_142: Thank you, and that concludes those that set of minutes.

01:36:07 SPEAKER_142: Oh, subsequent motion back to Councillor Farmer.

01:36:16 SPEAKER_143: I move that Council direct staff to pilot a change to the parking for tourism to install signage dedicating one parking space. adjacent to the entrance to the Tom, as short-term visitor parking for tourism services. Councilor Kepi, thank you. Through you, Chair, Deputy. Whoever write it.

01:36:44 Marion Koepke: Could I ask staff, perhaps the direct or the art gallery director or or director of community services, have we had complaints from people that there's nowhere to?

01:36:55 Marion Koepke: park for them when they do come to tourism.

01:37:00 SPEAKER_103: Through the chair, some of the feedback offered and collected last summer was that parking could be a challenge.

01:37:09 SPEAKER_103: I wonder, not speaking to the motion, but you might want to make it short-term parking for those cultural services, library, art gallery, and the Tom.

01:37:22 SPEAKER_103: If I'm running into the Tom, it would be hard to differentiate.

01:37:27 SPEAKER_103: So, if if Council is considering a motion about short-term parking, it should be for those civic institutions located on First Avenue West.

01:37:38 Marion Koepke: Councilor Cepi, I just wanted to know when it says short-term, how long is short-term?

01:37:45 Marion Koepke: I know the post office one was ten or fifteen minutes.

01:37:49 Marion Koepke: Is this what's being looked at?

01:37:55 SPEAKER_103: Through the chair and looking to the clerk, I think we would need an amendment to the streets bylaw or the parking bylaw to dedicate these spaces.

01:38:03 SPEAKER_103: So perhaps a report would come forward with what these short-term spaces would look like with the appropriate amending bylaws.

01:38:15 SPEAKER_103: And did you have anything to add, Commissary Farmer? Go ahead.

01:38:18 SPEAKER_103: Through the chair, I'm open to. educated input, and I'm happy to amend the motion to request a report back prior to instituting those changes.

01:38:31 SPEAKER_143: Acknowledging that I don't know which of the other parking and streets bylaws would require specific amendment for that, I do think it's prudent to just make that short-term parking.

01:38:39 SPEAKER_143: I think we get to decide whether that's 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 27 minutes.

01:38:45 SPEAKER_143: We get to print the signs, so I think we get to decide.

01:38:47 SPEAKER_143: Personally, I would think that 15 or Personally, I would think that fifteen or thirty minutes would be appropriate.

01:38:49 SPEAKER_143: That that's enough time to pop in, ask some questions, be surprised by how beautiful a piece of art is, and get back to your car.

01:38:58 SPEAKER_143: But I would amend the motion to request a staff report for short-term parking options adjacent to the tomb. Okay. Thank you, Councillor Koepke.

01:39:09 Marion Koepke: Sorry, just a further question.

01:39:11 Marion Koepke: So, if I'm returning a library book, can I park in that spot and return my book and then leave?

01:39:20 SPEAKER_142: I would suggest we wait for the report.

01:39:22 SPEAKER_142: It would cover questions like that, enforcement, an entirety of different ideas. Questions. Anything further from council? Not seeing it.

01:39:35 SPEAKER_142: Oh, Councillor Kepu, go ahead.

01:39:36 Marion Koepke: Councillor Merton was talking about the joint library, I believe, entrance at the Tom. Can that? Tom, that project continuing? Where is that?

01:39:48 Marion Koepke: Is that kind of lost now, or what's happening with it?

01:39:54 Marion Koepke: I'll go to the director.

01:39:59 SPEAKER_103: In the report respecting service review, that sort of wraps up tourism at the Tom.

01:40:07 SPEAKER_103: The next steps in that report identify that sort of that next step is looking at integrating. the library with this shared service model. Thanks to the question.

01:40:21 SPEAKER_103: Not seeing any further hands. All those in favor?

01:40:26 SPEAKER_142: And that is carried unanimously. Thank you.

01:40:29 SPEAKER_142: And at this time, we have concluded that item.

01:40:31 SPEAKER_142: And I will pass the gavel back to Mayor Boddy.

01:40:36 SPEAKER_135: Thank you, Deputy Mayor Greig.

01:40:39 SPEAKER_135: So that gets us through all of twelve.

01:40:41 SPEAKER_135: So thirteen is a matter. postponed.

01:40:46 SPEAKER_135: Ms. Bloomfield, you're in the hot seat tonight.

01:40:48 SPEAKER_135: How do you want to present this?

01:40:49 SPEAKER_135: How do we do it?

01:40:55 SPEAKER_138: Through your worship, I would suggest that someone, if someone wishes to, they can put this motion on the floor.

01:41:04 Brock Hamley: Thank you, Councillor Hamley's got his hand up.

01:41:07 Brock Hamley: Just to make things simple, because I moved the motion on the options, I'll move this. entire motion as well.

01:41:16 Brock Hamley: Do you want to speak to it while your hands up?

01:41:18 Brock Hamley: Sort of what you're looking for? Yeah.

01:41:20 Brock Hamley: No. I just think it makes sense not to.

01:41:23 Brock Hamley: We've obviously been contemplating this, turning the Tom into this sort of museum slash library.

01:41:36 Brock Hamley: We've been talking about this for probably this entire term.

01:41:39 Brock Hamley: So I don't want. exploring other options to kind of gum up the works.

01:41:43 Brock Hamley: So I'm completely okay with with pausing on the the optionality while we pursue the what the ad hoc committee is suggesting. Go ahead, Pam. Sorry, Your Worship.

01:42:10 SPEAKER_103: I guess I'm just confused by the intent of the comments from Councillor Hamley.

01:42:16 SPEAKER_103: The ad hoc committee that he's referring to is the expansion ad hoc committee, or the so where one of the options was a combined. Sorry.

01:42:32 Brock Hamley: I said ad hoc committee when I truly meant the service review committee. Yes, thank you. Yes.

01:42:43 SPEAKER_103: So, if if I understand what Councillor Hamley is suggesting, with the work that's happening through service review, with the next step looking at continuing to incorporate the Tom,

01:42:55 SPEAKER_103: your intent with this motion is that that work is covering what you'd intended or asked for.

01:43:01 SPEAKER_103: Yes, I think that's fair.

01:43:02 SPEAKER_103: Councillor Kapke, do you have your hand up?

01:43:16 Marion Koepke: I'm sorry, but I'm a little confused, because the second portion says to postpone it.

01:43:22 Marion Koepke: So, is that what we're voting on? Is postponing the review? Okay. Ms. Bloomfield.

01:43:36 SPEAKER_138: Mr. Bloomfield, through your worship, the second motion was the one that postponed the first one, so it was just to explain why this is coming back before you.

01:43:46 SPEAKER_138: So it's only resolution number 003 that we're that's under consideration.

01:43:52 SPEAKER_138: So this isn't postponing it; it's putting it back on the table to move forward.

01:43:56 SPEAKER_135: So that's where we're dealing with 003.

01:43:58 SPEAKER_135: There, go ahead, Brock, and that's what you wanted to. move was as is okay, Councillor Bob Merton.

01:44:09 SPEAKER_135: Through you to clarify then.

01:44:13 SPEAKER_149: When I brought forward the concept, I want to be sure that we continue to look at the the service the model for function, Councillor Hamley.

01:44:26 SPEAKER_149: That would be your intent then, that we would continue so we go back to your original motion. so that the work continues at the service models.

01:44:37 SPEAKER_149: Am I understanding that correctly? Yeah.

01:44:47 Brock Hamley: So, I made the original motion from the operating budget, which asked for options. Right.

01:44:55 Brock Hamley: The service review is focusing in on. a particular operating model is that fair to say, Pam?

01:45:10 SPEAKER_103: Through your worship, the first step was to incorporate tourism, and the next step is to look at the option to continue to expand that to include the library.

01:45:22 Brock Hamley: And I'm saying that, as the original mover of the motion, I find that to be acceptable to. what I was originally trying to get to. Okay, any other comments? Everybody understands it. Yes. Call the question. All in favor? And that's carried unanimously. Councilor Dodds in favor.

01:45:37 Brock Hamley: So that gets us through 13.

01:45:48 SPEAKER_135: You know, I think that's in 12 years the first time we've had a postponed matter, but I could be wrong.

01:45:54 SPEAKER_135: At 14, motion for which notice was previously given. we have none. Discussions of additional business.

01:46:00 SPEAKER_135: I think it's Councillor Merton. Through you, Mayor.

01:46:09 SPEAKER_149: Recently, there was a bill that has been passed, and it's relating to freedom of information and amendments to freedom of information.

01:46:24 SPEAKER_149: Although it was passed at the provincial. level, my understanding is that there is an impact municipally at our lower tier level as well,

01:46:34 SPEAKER_149: and I would ask our city staff to be able to explain potential impact or actions staff will be taking in response to this change in the legislation.

01:46:43 SPEAKER_149: Through your worship, thank you for the question.

01:46:57 SPEAKER_138: Staff are working on a report to be presented at the June Corporate Services Committee meeting on this matter.

01:47:02 SPEAKER_138: Some of the changes are set to come into effect July one st, two thousand and twenty-six, with others coming into effect January one st, two thousand and twenty-seven.

01:47:10 SPEAKER_138: The staff report will highlight the legislative changes that will impact the city and provide suggested next steps. That covers it.

01:47:19 SPEAKER_138: Okay, a couple of items that have gone on.

01:47:28 SPEAKER_135: First was the city celebrated culture, arts, and volunteers a week ago at a awards ceremony.

01:47:38 SPEAKER_135: So, congratulations under arts and culture to Lifetime Achievement Award Colleen Burden, Artistic Excellence Sheri Benson, Cultural Impact Grapers Makers, Outstanding Eve.

01:47:50 SPEAKER_135: Outstanding event, Amelia Kramer for Canadian Incaustic Conference, Senior Volunteer of the Year and Robertson Youth Volunteer of the Year, Abigail Trombley, and Jan Chamberlain Volunteer of the Year.

01:48:06 SPEAKER_135: Two winners, Andrew Howlett, and Frank Graves.

01:48:11 SPEAKER_135: Cultural Legacy On Sound Emancipation Festival Cultural Change Maker Keith Medley, Frontier Award.

01:48:19 SPEAKER_135: Marianne Thomas and Miranda Miller, merging artists Leopold Baker, and Shared Voices Mark Matai.

01:48:29 SPEAKER_135: So, congratulations to all of them.

01:48:30 SPEAKER_135: Congratulations to those who nominated them and everybody that was nominated.

01:48:37 SPEAKER_135: There was it was a great night with a lot of people there enjoying themselves.

01:48:43 SPEAKER_135: Councillor Hamley and I and spouses were on the. order of good cheer cruise on Saturday night, which is Chichiman, raising money for the city project,

01:48:58 SPEAKER_135: which is the upgrade or the update or the renewal of the splash pad down at Nawash Park.

01:49:07 SPEAKER_135: So that was a good, very well attended, very well supported, and it's great to see the community providing support to order of good cheer in Kwame.

01:49:16 SPEAKER_135: Support to order of good cheer and Kwanas and all those different groups that do so much for our community.

01:49:21 SPEAKER_135: As noted last time, and I think Kate hit it, the census is coming up.

01:49:25 SPEAKER_135: There's some people that are sort of concerned that they're giving up personal information.

01:49:29 SPEAKER_135: In a sense, you're not because they're not recording anything.

01:49:33 SPEAKER_135: They're not identifying you with that information.

01:49:36 SPEAKER_135: If you don't fill it out, then the data that we're going to look at and governments will look at that will make decisions in the future won't include. you or your stuff about you.

01:49:48 SPEAKER_135: So if you get the envelope, I encourage everyone to fill it out because it it puts your information into the system about you, but not about you personally.

01:49:59 SPEAKER_135: Just about who you are and and and everything.

01:50:02 SPEAKER_135: So it's it's a pretty important thing for governments to make decisions.

01:50:04 SPEAKER_135: So I encourage everyone to to participate when it comes to. your door, that's all for me.

01:50:09 SPEAKER_135: For additional business, not seeing any light hands going up, motion that the committee of the whole rise and report. Brocken, move by myself.

01:50:28 SPEAKER_135: The committee of the whole rise and report. All in favor? It's carried.

01:50:34 SPEAKER_135: Councilor Dodd on screen voting in favor.

01:50:37 SPEAKER_135: Motion to so back into the formal session.

01:50:40 SPEAKER_135: Motion to adopt proceedings and.

01:50:41 Brock Hamley: Motion to adopt proceedings in committee of the whole.

01:50:43 Brock Hamley: Move by myself, seconded by Councilor Kepke, that the action taken in committee of the whole in considering public meetings, deputations, and presentations, public forum matters arising from correspondence, reports of city staff, consent agenda,

01:50:55 Brock Hamley: committee minutes, matters postponed, motions for which notice was previously given, and additional business be confirmed by this council.

01:51:01 SPEAKER_135: And all in favor, and that is unanimous.

01:51:05 SPEAKER_135: Are there any notices of motion being?

01:51:10 SPEAKER_135: given tonight, not seeing any hands going up.

01:51:15 SPEAKER_135: So next is going to be a motion to move into closed.

01:51:19 SPEAKER_135: But just before we move into closed, I would like to note that if you're watching this meeting on Rogers Cable TV or the Rogers TV website,

01:51:28 SPEAKER_135: the feed will not reconnect to this meeting when we return to the open session to report out of the closed session and review the bylaws.

01:51:36 SPEAKER_135: If you would like to review the remainder of the open session. you can watch the live stream on the city, city's council and committees website, at www.onsound.ca/meetings.

01:51:46 SPEAKER_135: The video recording the meeting will also be posted in this website following the meeting. So over to you.

01:51:57 Brock Hamley: Move by myself, seconded by Councilor Kepke, that City Council now move into closed session to consider minutes of the closed session of the regular council meeting held on April thirteenth, twenty twenty.

01:52:07 Brock Hamley: On April 13th, 2026, one matter regarding a proposed or pending disposition of land by the municipality and position, plan, procedure, criteria, or instruction to be applied to negotiations respecting property on Third Avenue West,

01:52:14 Brock Hamley: and one matter regarding a position, plan, procedure, criteria, or instruction to be applied to negotiations respecting an assignment of lease.

01:52:30 SPEAKER_135: Call the question on favor. That's carried.

01:52:32 SPEAKER_135: It'll take us a minute to roll over. We're back.

01:52:34 SPEAKER_135: It is now seven forty-one p.m.

01:52:35 SPEAKER_135: City Council is returning to the open session.

02:10:33 SPEAKER_135: During the closed session, City Council reviewed minutes of the closed session of the regular council meeting held on. April 13th, 2026,

02:10:41 SPEAKER_135: we discussed one matter regarding a proposed or pending disposition of land by the municipality and a position plan procedure criteria or instructions to be applied to negotiations respecting property in Third Avenue West,

02:10:56 SPEAKER_135: and direction was provided to staff and city solicitor.

02:11:01 SPEAKER_135: And we discussed one matter regarding a position plan procedure criteria or instructions to be applied to negotiations respecting an assignment of lease and direction was provided to staff.

02:11:11 SPEAKER_135: So down to twenty one bylaws.

02:11:24 SPEAKER_138: Through your worship, the bylaws listed for approval on tonight's agenda include the confirmatory bylaw,

02:11:28 SPEAKER_138: a valid executant agreement with the municipality of Meaford and the township of Georgian Bluffs respecting access to and use of the city's leaf and yard waste comp.

02:11:36 SPEAKER_138: Of the city's leaf and yard waste composting site,

02:11:37 SPEAKER_138: a bylaw to amend the fees and charges bylaw to establish an election map fee and a contractor disposal fee for the city's leaf and yard waste site,

02:11:44 SPEAKER_138: a bylaw to adopt a policy respecting taxes for the city of One Sound, a bylaw to license, regulate, and govern the construction, erection, and operation of street furniture and sidewalk patios on public lands,

02:11:55 SPEAKER_138: a bylaw to amend the preservation of order on streets bylaw to repeal section two one eight, a bylaw to execute a collective agreement with the One Sound Professional Firefighters Association.

02:12:04 SPEAKER_138: National Firefighters Association, Local Five Hundred and Thirty-One, for the years two thousand and nineteen to two thousand and twenty-six.

02:12:08 SPEAKER_138: A biotum and the delegation of powers and duties, biot respecting approval authority for patio permits.

02:12:13 SPEAKER_138: A biot execute an agreement with the County of Gray for street sweeping.

02:12:17 SPEAKER_138: A biot execute a letter of agreement with the Minister of Transportation respecting the dedicated gas tax funds for public transportation program,

02:12:24 SPEAKER_138: and a biot execute a transfer payment agreement with the Solicitor General respecting the court security and prisoner transportation program. Thank you. I think we're split. Thank you.

02:12:33 SPEAKER_138: I think we're splitting them a little bit. Go ahead, Councillor Hamley.

02:12:36 Brock Hamley: Moved by myself, seconded by Councillor Kepke, that Bylaw Numbers Two Thousand and Twenty Six Zero Three Eight through to and including Two Thousand and Twenty Six Zero Four Six be passed and enacted.

02:12:47 SPEAKER_135: And all in favor, and that is carried.

02:12:49 SPEAKER_135: Then I think I'm going to Councillor Kukracja or Councillor Kepke. Go ahead.

02:12:54 Marion Koepke: Moved by myself, seconded by Councillor Kukracja, that Bylaw Numbers Two Thousand and Twenty Six Zero Four Seven. 26-047 and 2026-048 be passed and enacted.

02:13:07 SPEAKER_135: Call the question all in favor, and that is carried.

02:13:10 SPEAKER_135: So that completes our business for tonight. It is 7:44 p.m. We're done. Thanks, everybody.