Minutes of Guelph City Council

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Council Chambers
Guelph City Hall, 1 Carden Street
Council:
  • Mayor C. Guthrie
  • Councillor P. Allt
  • Councillor B. Bell
  • Councillor C. Billings
  • Councillor L. Caron
  • Councillor C. Downer
  • Councillor D. Gibson
  • Councillor R. Goller
  • Councillor J. Gordon
  • Councillor M. MacKinnon
  • Councillor D. O'Rourke
  • Councillor M. Salisbury
Absent:
  • Councillor J. Hofland
Staff:
  • S. Stewart, Chief Administrative Officer
  • C. Clack-Bush, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, Public Services
  • J. Holmes, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, Infrastructure, Development and Enterprise Services
  • T. Lee, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, Corporate Services
  • T. Baker, General Manager, Finance/City Treasurer
  • T. Gayman, General Manager, Engineering and Transportation Services/City Engineer
  • K. Walkey, General Manager, Planning and Building Services
  • C. Gammie, Infrastructure Planning Engineer
  • S. Laughlin, Downtown Revitalization Advisory
  • S. O'Brien, General Manager, City Clerk's Office/City Clerk
  • J. da Silva, Council and Committee Assistant
  • T. Di Lullo, Council and Committee Coordinator
  • G. Meades, Council and Committee Coordinator
  • A. Sandor, Council and Committee Assistant

2.
Call to Order – 6:00 p.m.
 

Mayor Guthrie called the meeting to order. (6:00 p.m.)

3.
Decision Report for the Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan and MESP (OPA79) - 2022-95
This item has attachments. 

1.Decision Report for the Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan and MESP (OPA79) - 2022-95.pdf
2.Attachment-1 Location Maps.pdf
3.Attachment-3 Summary of Changes to the MESP.pdf
4.Attachment-4 Summary of Key Comments and Revisions.pdf
5.Attachment-5 Gordon St Corridor Renderings.pdf
6.Attachment-6 Detailed Chart of Public Input and Staff Responses since the release of the draft Secondary Plan (to date).pdf
7.Attachment-7 Summary of Consultation and Engagement Opportunities.pdf
8.Attachment-9 Draft Notice of Completion for MESP.pdf
9.Attachment-10 Staff Presentation for the Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan Decision Meeting.pdf
10.Correspondence - Astrid J. Clos.pdf
11.Correspondence - Astrid J. Clos 2.pdf
12.Correspondence - Astrid J. Clos 3.pdf
13.Correspondence - Meagan Ferris.pdf
14.Correspondence - Carson Reid and Shant Sarmazian.pdf
15.Correspondence - Mike Darmon.pdf
16.Correspondence - Paul Adema.pdf
17.Correspondence - Lin Grist.pdf
18.Correspondence - Kevin Thompson.pdf
19.Correspondence - Kevin Thompson 2.pdf
20.Correspondence - Kevin Thompson 3.pdf
21.Correspondence - Hugh Whiteley.pdf
22.Correspondence - Katherine McLaughlin.pdf
23.Correspondence - Katherine McLaughlin 2.pdf
24.Correspondence - Stefanie DeSousa.pdf
25.Correspondence - Susan Watson.pdf
26.Correspondence - David Stephenson and Nathan Miller.pdf
27.Correspondence - David Stephenson and Nathan Miller 2.pdf
28.Correspondence - David Stephenson and Nathan Miller 3.pdf
29.Correspondence - Hugh Handy.pdf
30.Correspondence - Hugh Handy 2.pdf

Jayne Homes, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, Infrastructure Development and Enterprise, Stacey Laughlin, Downtown Revitalization Advisory, Colleen Gammie, Infrastructure Planning Engineer, Tara Baker, General Manager Finance/City Treasurer, Terry Gayman, General Manager Engineering and Transportation Services provided a presentation on the subject as it relates to the Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan and the Master Environmental Servicing Plan.

The following delegates spoke:
Susan Watson
Tanya Gevaert
Morgan Dandie
Benjamin Perry
PK Much
Hugh Whiteley
John Farley
Mike Marcolongo
Stan Kozak
Erin Caton

The following delegate did not speak:
Heather Tremain

  • Main Motion
    Moved ByCouncillor MacKinnon
    Seconded ByCouncillor Allt
    1. That Official Plan Amendment No. 79, initiated by the City of Guelph, be approved in accordance with Attachment-2 to report 2022-95 - City-initiated Official Plan Amendment for the Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan and in accordance with Attachment-1 of the Council Memo - re 2029 Gordon Street in Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan - 2022-2000 dated May 16, 2022.
    2. That the Clair-Maltby Master Environmental Servicing Plan be approved and that staff be directed to file a Notice of Completion.
    3. That the financial implications from the Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan and Master Environmental Servicing Plan be referred to the City’s multi-year budget process and the upcoming Development Charges Background Study
  • First Amendment to the Main Motion
    Moved ByCouncillor Goller
    Seconded ByCouncillor Bell
    1. That the section of Street A, where it crosses the moraine ecological linkage within the Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan be designed as an Active Transportation route only.
    Voting in Favour: (4)Councillor Gordon, Councillor Goller, Councillor Allt, and Councillor Billings
    Voting Against: (8)Mayor Guthrie, Councillor Gibson, Councillor Bell, Councillor Salisbury, Councillor Downer, Councillor MacKinnon, Councillor O'Rourke, and Councillor Caron
    Defeated (4 to 8)
  • Second Amendment to the Main Motion
    Moved ByCouncillor Goller
    Seconded ByCouncillor Bell
    1. That OPA 79 and the Clair-Maltby Master Environmental Servicing Plan’s be referred and updated to:
      1. accommodate adequate parkland for a maximum population of 25,000 people.

    Councillor O'Rouke raised a point of personal privilege. Councillor O'Rourke requested that Councillor Bells statement be clarified as a mischaracterization. Mayor Guthrie upheld Councillor O'Rourke's statement.

    Voting in Favour: (3)Councillor Bell, Councillor Gordon, and Councillor Goller
    Voting Against: (9)Mayor Guthrie, Councillor Gibson, Councillor Allt, Councillor Salisbury, Councillor Downer, Councillor MacKinnon, Councillor O'Rourke, Councillor Billings, and Councillor Caron
    Defeated (3 to 9)
  • Third Amendment to the Main Motion
    Moved ByCouncillor Downer
    Seconded ByCouncillor Allt
    1. THAT Street A within the Clair Maltby Secondary Plan is planned and designed to serve the function of a Collector Road, to convey area traffic to the arterial road network; and that the future Municipal Class EA study for Street A include consideration of design elements that protect the integrity of the road classification as a Collector Road, including traffic calming, in order to prevent Street A from functioning as an arterial road.
    Voting in Favour: (12)Mayor Guthrie, Councillor Gibson, Councillor Bell, Councillor Gordon, Councillor Goller, Councillor Allt, Councillor Salisbury, Councillor Downer, Councillor MacKinnon, Councillor O'Rourke, Councillor Billings, and Councillor Caron
    Carried (12 to 0)
  • Fourth Amendment to the Main Motion
    Moved ByCouncillor O'Rourke
    Seconded ByCouncillor Caron
    1. That Schedule D be amended to include a transition in height within the Gordon Street Corridor at Maltby Road of 8 storeys equivalent in width to the existing identified 8 storey area.

    Councillor Caron raised a Point of Order. Councillor Caron requested confirmation for staff related to Councillor Bell's comment regarding land annexation. Mayor Guthrie requested staff clarify those statements.

    Voting in Favour: (7)Councillor Gordon, Councillor Goller, Councillor Salisbury, Councillor Downer, Councillor O'Rourke, Councillor Billings, and Councillor Caron
    Voting Against: (5)Mayor Guthrie, Councillor Gibson, Councillor Bell, Councillor Allt, and Councillor MacKinnon
    Carried (7 to 5)
  • Fifth Amendment to the Main Motion
    Moved ByCouncillor O'Rourke
    Seconded ByCouncillor MacKinnon
    1. That staff include a policy addressing a guiding principle for consultation between the County/Township and City in the Urban-Rural Interface - Planning Coordination Section of the Official Plan through OPA 80.
  • Amendment to the Fifth Amendment
    Moved ByCouncillor Allt
    Seconded ByCouncillor Bell
    1. That the Fifth Amendment to the Main Motion be refereed to the Governance Review.

    The Amendment to the Fifth Amendment to the Main Motion was withdrawn.

    The Fifth Amendment to the Main Motion was withdrawn.


  • Main Motion as Amended
    Moved ByCouncillor MacKinnon
    Seconded ByCouncillor Allt
    1. That Official Plan Amendment No. 79, initiated by the City of Guelph, be approved in accordance with Attachment-2 to report 2022-95 - City-initiated Official Plan Amendment for the Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan and in accordance with Attachment-1 of the Council Memo - re 2029 Gordon Street in Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan - 2022-2000 dated May 16, 2022.
    2. That the Clair-Maltby Master Environmental Servicing Plan be approved and that staff be directed to file a Notice of Completion.
    3. That the financial implications from the Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan and Master Environmental Servicing Plan be referred to the City’s multi-year budget process and the upcoming Development Charges Background Study.
    4. That Street A within the Clair Maltby Secondary Plan is planned and designed to serve the function of a Collector Road, to convey area traffic to the arterial road network; and that the future Municipal Class EA study for Street A include consideration of design elements that protect the integrity of the road classification as a Collector Road, including traffic calming, in order to prevent Street A from functioning as an arterial road.
    5. That Schedule D be amended to include a transition in height within the Gordon Street Corridor at Maltby Road of 8 storeys equivalent in width to the existing identified 8 storey area.
    Voting in Favour: (11)Mayor Guthrie, Councillor Gibson, Councillor Gordon, Councillor Goller, Councillor Allt, Councillor Salisbury, Councillor Downer, Councillor MacKinnon, Councillor O'Rourke, Councillor Billings, and Councillor Caron
    Voting Against: (1)Councillor Bell
    Carried (11 to 1)

4.
By-laws
 

  • Moved ByCouncillor MacKinnon
    Seconded ByCouncillor O'Rourke

    That By-laws numbered (2022) - 20712 and (2022) - 20718 are hereby passed.

    Voting in Favour: (12)Mayor Guthrie, Councillor Gibson, Councillor Bell, Councillor Gordon, Councillor Goller, Councillor Allt, Councillor Salisbury, Councillor Downer, Councillor MacKinnon, Councillor O'Rourke, Councillor Billings, and Councillor Caron
    Carried (12 to 0)

5.
Adjournment
 

  • Moved ByCouncillor Billings
    Seconded ByCouncillor Salisbury

    That the meeting be adjourned.  (9:27 p.m.)

    Voting in Favour: (12)Mayor Guthrie, Councillor Gibson, Councillor Bell, Councillor Gordon, Councillor Goller, Councillor Allt, Councillor Salisbury, Councillor Downer, Councillor MacKinnon, Councillor O'Rourke, Councillor Billings, and Councillor Caron
    Carried (12 to 0)
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