City Council
Meeting Agenda

Monday, December 20, 2021 at 6:00 P.m. - 11:00 P.m.

Remote meeting live streamed on guelph.ca/live

Changes to the original agenda are noted with an asterisk "*". 

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1.

Notice of Electronic Participation 

1.1

City Council

This meeting will be held by Electronic Participation in accordance with City of Guelph Procedural By-law (2021)-20649

2.

Call to Order - 6:00 p.m.

3.

Authority to move into closed meeting

• Recommendation:

  That the Council of the City of Guelph now hold a meeting that is closed to the public, pursuant to the Municipal Act, to consider:

3.1

Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest and General Nature Thereof (closed items)

3.2

Confirmation of Minutes for the closed Council meetings held October 25, 2021.

4.

Open Meeting – 6:30 p.m.

4.1

Closed Meeting Summary

4.2

O Canada

4.3

Silent Reflection

4.4

First Nations Acknowledgement

4.5

Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest and General Nature Thereof

5.

Confirmation of Open Minutes

• Recommendation:

  That the minutes of the open Council Meeting held October 25, 2021, Special Council Meetings held November 15, 16 and 18 and Committee of the Whole meeting dated November 1, 2021 be confirmed as recorded and without being read.

6.

Committee of the Whole Consent Report

The following resolutions have been prepared to facilitate Council’s consideration of various matters and are suggested for consideration. If Council wishes to address a specific report in isolation of the Committee of the Whole Consent Report, please identify the item. It will be extracted and dealt with separately as part of the Items for Discussion.

6.1

2022 Intergovernmental Priorities - 2021-343

• Recommendation:
  1. That Council approve the intergovernmental priorities proposed for 2022.
  2. That Staff prepare an Information Report outlining the Provincial Election Advocacy Strategy in advance of the dropping of the writ for the Provincial Election in 2022.
  3. That Staff provide an update on intergovernmental performance and priorities in the Fourth Quarter (Q4) of 2022.

6.2

Managing the impacts of COVID-19 update 10 - 2021-373

• Recommendation:
  1. That the report “Managing the Impacts of COVID-19: Update 10” dated December 6, 2021 be forwarded to the local Member of Parliament and Member of Provincial Parliament, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Association of Municipalities Ontario, Ontario Big City Mayors and the Federal Minister of Finance and the Ministers of Municipal Affairs and Housing and Minister of Finance for the Province of Ontario.
  2. Staff are directed that notwithstanding the following sections of the City of Guelph By-law No. (2021)- 2026 (“Sign By-law"):

  18.1.5 (K) for C.1, NC, CC, RC, SC.1, SC.2 Zones

  18.3.4 (K) for OR, CR Zones

  18.4.4 (L) for B.1, B.2, B.3, B.4, B.5 Zones

  18.5.4 (K) for I.1, I.2, I.3 Zones

  19.1.4 (L) for Legal Non-conforming Commercial & Industrial Uses

  20.1.4 (L) for vehicle gas bar uses

  20.2.4 (L) for Vehicle Sales Establishments

  Permits for Mobile Signs which are solely for Displaying employment opportunities may be issued for the remainder of the of calendar year 2021 without regard to restrictions relating to the number of display periods per year.

  3.Staff are directed to prepare amendments to the Sign By-law to extend the above exemptions through the end of the 2022 calendar year.

6.4

Downtown Improvement Area Review Process - 2021-372

Delegation:
*Rick Zuccato, on behalf of The Olive Experience Inc.
*Steven Petric
*Lauryn Conlon, on behalf of Barres and Bells, 20 Douglas Street and Downtown Guelph Business Association Board Member
*Scott Coburn, on behalf of Scott Coburn Optical
*John Van de Kamer, on behalf of Knar Jewellery
*Kevin Polach

• Recommendation:
  1. That the report entitled “Downtown Business Improvement Area Review Process”, dated December 6, 2021, be received.
  2. That staff be directed to proceed with a fulsome third-party review, as described in report 2021-372, to be funded by up to $50,000 from the Tax Operating Contingency Reserve.
  3. That staff be directed to report back to City Council in June, 2022 with the results of the third-party review.

7.

Council Consent Agenda

The following resolutions have been prepared to facilitate Council's consideration of various matters and are suggested for consideration.  If Council wishes to address a specific report in isolation of the Consent Agenda, please identify the item.  It will be extracted and dealt with separately as part of the Items for Discussion.

7.1

CME-1221- The Elliott Long Term-Care Resident Report - The Business Case to Support the Application for Increased Long Term Care Home Redevelopment

This item was referred from the December 6, 2021 Committee of Management for the Elliott meeting. 

7.1.1

The Elliott Community Application to Increase Long-Term Care Beds - Staff Memo - 2021-374

• Recommendation:
  1. That any direction to City Staff regarding the signing of a non-binding application for additional long-term care beds for The Elliott Community be referred to the December 20, 2021 City Council meeting; and
  2. That the Elliott Community staff be requested to provide two versions of the completed application form, one for phase one as well as a second for phase one and two combined, to City staff no later than December 16, 2021 for review.

8.

Special Resolutions

9.

By-laws

Resolution to adopt the By-laws (Councillor Billings). 

• Recommendation:

  That By-law number (2021)-20662 is hereby passed.

10.

Mayor’s Announcements

Please provide any announcements, to the Mayor in writing, by 12 noon on the day of the Council meeting.

11.

Adjournment