City Council
Revised Meeting Agenda

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

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This meeting will be held by Electronic Participation in accordance with City of Guelph Procedural By-law (2021)-20590.

  • 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 meeting held June 14, 2021, and the closed Committee of the Whole meeting held June 7, 2021
 

3.3
75 Dublin Street - Ontario Land Tribunal Update, 2021-215
 

Section 239 (2)(e) and (f) of the Municipal Act relating to litigation or potential litigation, including matters before administrative tribunals, affecting the municipality or local board; and advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose.

(Councillor Hofland)

  • Recommendation:

    That the minutes of the open Council Meetings held June 14, 21 and 23, 2021, and the open Committee of the Whole meeting held June 7, 2021, be confirmed as recorded and without being read.

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.

  • Recommendation:
    1. That the 2022 City Council and Committee Meeting Schedule, included as Attachment-1 to report "2022 City Council and Committee Meeting Schedule" dated July 5, 2021, be approved.
    2. That staff be directed to reschedule any Committee of the Whole, Council, Council Planning or meetings of Council as a shareholder to one day following the regularly scheduled meeting where that meeting follows the conferences of either the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) or the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO).
  • Recommendation:
    1. That the Advisory Committee Meeting Procedures and Public Appointment Policy be repealed.
    2. That the Advisory Committees of Council – Meetings Procedures Policy, included as Attachment 2 to the Advisory Committees of Council Governance Policies Update report dated July 5, 2021, be approved, as amended.
    3. That the Advisory Committees of Council – Administration Policy, included as Attachment 3 to the Advisory Committees of Council Governance Policies Update report dated July 5, 2021, be approved, as amended.
    4. That the Advisory Committees of Council – Public Appointments Policy, included as Attachment 4 to the Advisory Committees of Council Governance Policies Update report dated July 5, 2021, be approved.
    5. That Section 5.7 d) of the Administration Policy be amended to: "Standing sub-committees shall meet in public and post agendas and minutes to comply with the Municipal Act, City of Guelph Procedural By-law and ACOC meeting procedure requirements."
    6. That the definition of working groups/task groups be referred back to staff for greater clarity to report back as part of the next Governance Review in the 2022 term of Council.
    7. That Section 9.1.8 of the Meeting Procedures Policy be amended to: "The ACOC chair shall serve as a representative of an ACOC in communicating with Council and the public, and where appropriate, act as a representative of the ACOC at meetings of Council to present ACOC resolutions and advice."
  • Recommendation:
    1. That Council approve extension of the Operations and Maintenance Services Agreement with Wellington Organix Inc., the operator of the Guelph Organic Waste Processing Facility, for an additional two years, with a term ending September 2023, and;
    2. That Council delegate authority to staff to negotiate and execute an amending agreement to reflect the amendments approved by Council.
  • Recommendation:
    1. That the Market’s refreshed Vision, Mission, Goals, and Objectives, as outlined in the Guelph Farmers’ Market: Refreshing Our Local Tradition report, dated July 5, 2021, be approved.
    2. That staff be directed to negotiate an agreement with 10 Carden Shared Space to manage and operate the Guelph Farmer’s Market on Saturdays and program the building and grounds on other days of the week, as outlined in the Guelph Farmers’ Market: Refreshing Our Local Tradition report, dated July 5, 2021.
    3. That staff report back to Council in Q4, 2021 with results of the negotiation with 10 Carden Shared Space and present options for City Council’s approval.

The following items have been extracted from the Committee of the Whole Consent Report and the Council Consent Agenda and will be considered separately. These items have been extracted either at the request of a member of Council or because they include a presentation and/or delegations.

Delegations:
*Ian Cottingham, Magnetsigns
*Carinta Mannarelli, Global Currency Services Inc.
*Ian Brown
*John Camelford, C-Here Mobile Signs
*Shawn Jones, Guelph Signs
*Jenny Sommerfeld, Mobile Message

Correspondence:
*Peter Curtis, *Emma Willms, *Sheena Lalani, *Michelle Dasilva, *Audrey Kloepfer, *Joseph Balfour, *Laurie Douglas, *Maureen Hollinger, *Anita Valeriote, *Marilyn Ingram, *Carol Bard, *City Pizza Guelph, *Kim Ryan, *Karen Short and Michael Marion, *Brian Inthof, *Fresh Salon and Spa by Holly's, *Lisa Welch, *Karen Karns, *Stacey French, *Dan Lavoie, *Judy Steibelt, *Jessie Smithan, *Sonia Tucker, *Lorie Miller, *Jolly Bedi, *Dr. Radovan Rudik, *Sukh Saini, *Jodi O'Regan, *Keith R. McLaren, *Angela Zabder, *Barrie Browne, *Dr. Kapil Surana and Colleen Briestensky, *John Ireton, *Diane Drouin, *Robert Mason, *PV Tax Service Team, *Mark Cullen, *John Werkema, *Lesli Barker, *Deborah Kampf, *Larry Conrad, *Debbie Conrad, *Jackie Cyr, *Tina Kolpean, *Joanne Dang, *John Miller, *Amanda Kavchak, *Anna Farquharson, *Chas Birkett, *Carl S. Swanson, *Carinta Mannarelli, *Gurinder Saini, *Frank Fegan, *Val Wyatt, *Karen Cave, *Doug Dibben, *Ted Calabretta, *Ashim Arora, *Tamanjit Kaur, *Brad Kleist, *Narinderjit Singh, *Malachi Rietberg, *David Broadband, *Nirali Parmar, *John Camelford

  • Recommendation:
    1. That By-law Number (1996)-15245, as amended, short titled the Sign By-law, be repealed and that the new Sign By-law included as Attachment 2 of the Report titled “New Sign By-law and Amendment to By-law Number (2013)-19529”, be adopted, as amended.
    2. That By-law Number (2013)-19529, as amended, be amended to include Attachment 3 of the Report titled “New Sign By-law and Amendment to By-law Number (2013)-19529”, that will delegate the authority for granting minor sign variances to staff.
    3. That staff shall define the term "Boulevard" under Section 5 of the By-law.
    4. That section 21.4 C)  be amended to read: 21.4C) A maximum of three (3) additional ancillary signs, each no greater than 0.15 m2, that support the marketing of the real estate property may be attached to a Real Estate Sign or its frame.

Delegations:
*Mike Darmon, Guelph Coalition for Active Transportation
*Yvette Tendick, Guelph Coalition for Active Transportation

  • Recommendation:
    1. That staff be directed to bring forward a revised Traffic By-law, including speed limit changes as outlined in report IDE 2021-180 dated July 5, 2021.
    2. That staff be directed to bring forward a revised Traffic By-law, including community safety zones in preparation for future automated enforcement programs, as outlined in report IDE 2021-180 dated July 5, 2021.
    3. That the Automated Speed Enforcement program implementation plan, as outlined in report IDE 2021-180 dated July 5, 2021, be approved with two additional Automated Speed Enforcement programs (for a total of four cameras) and considered through the 2022 budget process.

Delegations:
*Hugh Whiteley
*Susan Watson

Correspondence:
*Hugh Whiteley

  • Recommendation:
    1. That the proposed boundary adjustment as described in the report titled “Dolime Settlement Pathway Update”, dated July 5, 2021 be approved; and
    2. That Council request a Minister’s Zoning Order from the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to rezone the Dolime lands to permit residential in principle; and that the lands shall be subject to future Planning Act applications, including but not limited to, Official Plan Amendments, Zoning By-law Amendments, Plan or Plans of Subdivision and Site Plan Approvals and that the requirements for the Planning Act applications shall be identified and confirmed through a comprehensive planning process such as or similar to a secondary planning process; and
    3. That this report be forwarded to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing and the Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks.

(extracted from the June 25, 2021 Items for Information as requested by Mayor Guthrie)

Mayor Guthrie will speak to this item.

(extracted from the July 2, 2021 Items for Information as requested by Mayor Guthrie)

Mayor Guthrie will speak to this item.

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

A By-law to authorize a vote from home service pilot as an alternative method of voting for the 2022 Municipal Election.

A by-law to regulate the Installation, Display, alteration, repair and removal of signs within the City of Guelph (to be known as the Sign By-law) and to repeal and replace By-law Number (1996)-15245, as amended.

A by-law to confirm proceedings of meetings of Guelph City Council held July 19, 2021.

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

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